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NEWS IN A HURRY Annual golf tournament Highlands Ranch Metro District’s annual golf tournament benefiting local parks and recreation programs and facilities will start at 12:30 p.m. Sept. 25 at Highlands Ranch Golf Club, 9000 Creekside Drive.

Participants will enjoy 18 holes of golf, dinner and drinks and a tax deduction. Prizes will go to the top three teams, third from the last, longest drive, closest to the pin and longest putt.

The format is a four-person scramble. Participants may register as an individual or as a team. The cost is $95 per golfer and registration deadline is Sept. 18, or until the tournament fills. Visit highlandsranch.org/highlands-ranch-metro-district-golf-tournament/ to register.

The Metro District is currently seeking sponsors for this event. The deadline for sponsorship is Sept. 8. For more information, contact recreation supervisor Dave Parks at 720-2405933 or dparks@highlandsranch.org.

GERARD AFLAGUE

Highlands Ranch resident shares culture of Guam Building a creative business My family has five generations from Guam. I left in the early 2000s for a career change and moved to Washington, D.C. We moved to Highlands Ranch in 2009. It’s a great place to raise a family.

Congressional auditing is my main job.

My wife, Mary Aflague, and I also have an online business — the Gerard Aflague Collection — that sells Guam artwork. In 2012, I illustrated an endangered bird of Guam called the Guam rail using illustrating software. I posted the artsy illustration on my Facebook page to share with friends.

It wasn’t intended to be a product. Immediately, I received inquiries.

Days later, I was asked to attend a Chamorro — the ethnicity of the natives from Guam and the Marianas islands of Saipan, Tinian, and Rota — festival in San Diego, California as a vendor. Feeling the enthusiasm of the people at the Chamorro festival and the encouragement from strangers telling me that they appreciate the cultural significance of what I do, I took my artwork and incorporated it into many home, auto, and office products.

We don’t know where the future will bring us, however we look forward to being the number one source of goods online for those that seek to represent their island cultures.

The culture of Guam Guam is interspersed with military people and people from China that come for work and stay. There are 10,000 tourists on any given day. Beach is part of our weekly culture, so are fiestas and parties.

The Catholic faith is very strong. There is a strong social and community structure with a lot of support.

My mother passed away earlier this year and more than 60 people came before to pray. Eight hundred people came to her funeral. There is so much love and closeness of the people in Guam. There is truly a special thing about being back home, being in the islands.

There are limited resources for technical skill and opportunities for learning. You have a lot of that here (in the states), but you don’t have that sense of community.

Gerard Aflague and his wife, Mary, started the Gerard Aflague Collection in 2012 to share the culture of Guam, where they are both originally from. They have lived in Highlands Ranch since 2009.

COURTESY GERARD AFLAGUE North Korea missile threat I’ve heard threats in the past. It’s not a matter of if they can do it, and it worries me. My dad, siblings and first, second and third cousins are in Guam.

I own property there and I have the potential to go back. What will this mean for my own home, my island? I’m not sure what it would do on shore. It would literally shut down the tourism industry overnight.

My ideal situation is that Guam is still around and that it is a peaceable environment. I want to be able to know that I can go home in the future to an island that has been untouched by war, unaffected by this threat. I’d like to see our people have more voice, more ability as an island to make decisions about their own direction.

I’d like people to see less of Guam as a military place and more of a place to enjoy the scenery.

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Tickets are $7 per dog in advance, $10 week of the event.

There is a limit of two dogs per adult and owners must stay at the event. Dogs must be up to date on rabies shots. No humans will be allowed in the pool.

For more information, visit hrcaonline.org.

Youth Congress coming Douglas County offers a program that unites high school students with area civic leaders and gives insight on how the legislative process works. At Youth Congress, teens discuss topics that affect the lives of Douglas County’s youth, such as substance abuse, truancy, unified curfew and mental health in schools.

Participants will work in small groups of 10 students and three civic leaders ranging from county employees to local legislators to town council members. Students will share their ideas and each group will present at the end of the day.

Online registrations are now being accepted for this year’s Youth Congress, which will be from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

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Med students matriculating Rocky Vista University College of Osteopathic Medicine is pleased to announce the matriculation of student doctors Gage Williamson of Highlands Ranch, Samantha Jain of Parker and Clare Rudman of Littleton. The students were among 160 students selected out of an applicant pool of nearly 5,000 candidates.

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Q&A with school board candidate Chris Ciancio-Schor Douglas County Board of Education District D

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.

Chris Ciancio-Schor grew up in Welby, a rural Adams County community, where she worked on a vegetable farm in the summers.

The Castle Rock resident has four children and six grandchildren, all of whom attend or attended Douglas County schools.

Ciancio-Schor, 62, has been an educator since 1977.

She taught in the Douglas County School District and was an assistant principal at Rock Ridge Elementary in Castle Rock, an assistant principal at Pine Lane Primary in Parker and served as the principal at Castle Rock Elementary.

She has also worked in Mapleton Public Schools in Adams County

and currently works on a contract basis for Mapleton as a mentor and trainer for teachers and administrators.

Ciancio-Schor will be running for the District D seat, which includes portions of Castle Rock as well as the Franktown area.

District D’s seat is held by board Vice President CiancioJudith Reynolds, who Schor was first elected in 2013.

Reynolds has not said whether she will seek re-election.

Why did you decide to run?

I have six grandchildren at Castle Rock schools and my four children went to school in Douglas County.

I love Douglas County and I love the educational community.

I decided that it was a good time in my life to run for school board.

With my six grandchildren going to school here, I think its kind of important that I’m invested.

What are the most important issues facing the school district?

We need to prioritize our student needs. So, academic achievement,

career education, vocational education, our special education and health services in our school district, as well as classroom resources.

The other key issue I see is that we need to retain and recruit quality teachers and principals.

Restoring trust.

We need to provide support and training for teachers. We need to build strong relationships between the school district, schools and parents.

Also in the top three would be restructuring school district budget expenditures to provide new buildings and capital improvement needs.

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

I’ve worked specifically in working with people and collaborating on many issues, but especially educational issues.

I have a lot of experience doing that. Once we all focus on what students need in our district, and we have that end result, I think we’ll be able to collaborate and have respectful discussions.

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I think we can do that.

Would you be supportive of a bond or mill levy to bring more funding to the district?

I would need to continue to listen to our parents and our teachers for additional guidance.

At this time, I would support a bond and mill levy to support our school buildings and capital improvement needs. It also supports the retention and recruitment of high-quality teachers.

It also helps support the academic achievement of kids. I’d like to gather some more information and data, but it looks likely.

What do you want people to know about you?

I’m a life-long educator and I was born in Colorado. I have deep commitment to this community and to education.

I grew up in a rural community.

I have a background that I think will benefit our school district.

I’m committed to listening to our parents, our kids and our employees. I’m committed to serving them and to meeting the needs of our kids.

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Study looks at need for senior center in Highlands Ranch Growing number of seniors need designated space, services

BY ALEX DEWIND ADEWIND@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

In its 14 years of existence, the Highlands Ranch Senior Club has grown to nearly 500 participating members.

The group of people ages 50 and older meets monthly at the Southridge Recreation Center for a luncheon, cards and bingo. Sometimes they meet in the auditorium, which maxes out at 325 people, depending on the setup. Other times, they meet in a room that has limited access for wheelchairs and walkers.

The club’s president, Ron Winter, worries about space for his growing organization.

“This is a first-class community,” Winter, 70, said. “But when it comes to seniors, I wouldn’t say this is a first class-community.”

To address the growing number of seniors in the community, the Highlands Ranch Metro District held an open house on Aug. 15 at its building on Plaza Drive. Feedback will be used in a study to determine if more amenities, including a designated senior space, are needed.

In 2015, the population of Highlands Ranch residents 65 and older was 10.2 percent, about three times what it was in 2010, according to the U.S. Census. The trend is seen countywide — in 2030, one in four people in Douglas County will be 60 years or older, according to county documents.

Seniors often move to Highlands Ranch to be closer to their children and grandchildren, while others have aged in place, said Jodie McCann, senior outreach coordinator of the metro district.

“We want older adults to age successfully and with services and programs that will support them,” McCann said.

Winter and dozens of other older adults attended the open house, where they browsed through booths and answered questions about offered services and the need for a designated senior center.

In 2002, the community voted down a ballot measure for such a center, according to the metro district. The need was in a lull, said Carolyn Peters, recreation manager of the metro district.

“I think the momentum has peaked again,” Peters said.

Which was apparent by the open house turnout.

Resident Bea Wilson, who is in her 70s, pays assessments for the four recreation centers in Highlands Ranch but prefers Goodson

Recreation Center in Centennial for its Silver Sneakers program — classes offered to seniors for free. She also likes exercising with people her age. She said she would like to see a similar program offered in Highlands Ranch, as well as a senior center.

“I don’t like paying for the four recreation centers — that have mostly younger people — and not feeling comfortable,” said Wilson.

“It’s intimidating.”

The consulting firm behind the study will take the open house results — along with information collected at focus groups and stakeholder meetings — and formulate a report for the metro district board.

The board is expected to review the material in September, after which it will address the issues presented and begin pursuing partnerships, Peters said.

“There’s been a recognition — on the board — that what there is right now is either disjointed or not addressing all of the needs,” Peters said.

Highlands Ranch has three main programs for seniors: the metro district’s senior outreach program, fitness offerings from the Highlands Ranch Community Association and the Highlands Ranch Senior Club.

But, there isn’t a central meeting place. Programs are held at the four recreation centers, the library and in churches. People often get confused about where to go for what, McCann said.

“There are a lot of options but they aren’t connected,” she said.

“We find ourselves all over the Ranch, rather than in one place.”

Sally Kelly, 74, who moved to the community with her husband 22 years ago, wants to see a senior center. A member of the senior club, she said the room at Southridge Recreation Center is overcrowded.

“I don’t think it’s welcoming to seniors who want to socialize,” Kelly said.

Which is the goal of the senior club. Winter wants to see an unconfined space where seniors can meet to have a cup of coffee, watch TV and play games.

Unlike in a city, where a city council or mayor would take up the matter, the various governing bodies of Highlands Ranch — the metro district, HRCA, Shea Properties and the county — need to work together to make a senior center happen, Winter said.

He hopes to see an existing facility dedicated to seniors or a building built from the ground up in two years. The open house was a step in the right direction, he said.

“We are hoping the metro district is the savior that gets us where we need to be,” Winter said.

Labor Day Douglas County offices will be closed Monday, Sept. 4 for Labor Day. Many county services are available online at www.douglas.co.us

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Youth Congress seeks youth delegates Douglas County youth, 9-12th graders, have an opportunity to become involved as youth delegates at the Douglas County 2017 Youth Congress on Monday, September 25 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. at the State Capitol in Denver. To complete your online registration or to learn more about the 2017 Youth Congress visit douglas. co.us and search: Youth Congress.

Visit prehistoric times on September 9 Take a trip back in time to the end of the last Ice Age by a tour of the world-renowned Lamb Spring Archaeological Preserve and Douglas County’s historic Miksch-Helmer Cabin at 9:30 a.m. on Saturday, September 9. For reservations or additional tour dates visit www.lambspring.org

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Community members gather at park for eclipse

BY ALEX DEWIND ADEWIND@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Tom and Dorthy Salvatore wanted to travel to Nebraska with their son for prime viewing of the much-anticipated Aug. 21 solar eclipse. But the drive was too far, so instead they parked a small tent at Civic Green Park, 9370 South Ridgeline Blvd. in Highlands Ranch.

“Just to be here around people and to experience it together,” said Dorthy Salvatore, wearing protective black glasses that allowed her to stare at the sun. “It’s so exciting.”

The Salvatores and dozens of other people gathered at the park to watch the eclipse, a rarity that occurs when the moon passes between the Earth and sun, causing a shadow of darkness in the middle of the day.

The last time the U.S. experienced a similar solar eclipse — visible from coast to coast — was nearly a century ago.

Brody Maas-Baldwin, 3, stares up at the Aug. 21 solar eclipse through his special glasses. He was one of many to gather at Civic Green Park for the anticipated event.

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Dozens of people gather at Civic Green Park, 9370 South Ridgeline Blvd., for the Aug. 21 solar eclipse. They used special glasses to get a good — and safe — look at the phenomenon, which last occured in North America in 1979.

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Community nonprofit helps kids in need with free clothes IFCS fights homelessness, poverty with ‘hand up, not handout’ approach

BY ELLIS ARNOLD EARNOLD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

From left to right: Todd McPherson, director of development, and Sandra Blythe-Perry, executive director, looking over school supplies at Integrated Family Community Services Aug. 14. The nonprofit provided backpacks and school supplies to children in need this month.

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37, her caretaker who does day labor and panhandles “when he needs to,” Kerrick said. She receives federal disability assistance, but it’s not enough, she said.

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As they filled out forms, they talked to Davis and Jones.

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Should I cast people out in my life or put myself in peril to help them?

That’s the decision some area residents increasingly have had to make lately, said Todd McPherson, a leader with Integrated Family Community Services, a nonprofit located just west of Englewood that supports financially struggling residents and families.

“It’s becoming more and more popular, people putting themselves in a situation of poverty to take care of kids” that aren’t their own, said McPherson, whose organization helps people in Centennial, Englewood, Glendale, Highlands Ranch, Littleton, Lone Tree, Sheridan and unincorporated Arapahoe County — all the way to Bennett.

When people have to make those tough decisions, or drop a job to take care of someone in their life, they can end up needing the services of IFCS, said McPherson, director of development.

“Seventy-six percent of clients are single mothers,” McPherson said.

“We do have single fathers, seniors who have dependent grandchildren — a lot of different scenarios. It could be a 20-year-old that’s taking care of siblings.”

The organization, which became a state-recognized nonprofit in 1968, offers free food, rent and mortgage support, temporary housing assistance, school supplies, clothes and other programs to low-income individuals and families. IFCS gave out backpacks and supplies like markers, books and glue sticks from Aug. 2-18 — an annual program that had people lining up outside its building at 6:30 a.m. The program also gives students in grades K-8 who registered for it in May-June a new first-day-ofschool outfit. All K-12 students are eligible for backpacks and supplies.

Until Aug. 31, IFCS will give away school supplies if any are left over from earlier in the month, according to its website.

William Davis, 52, and Trashundrah Jones, 42, who live in Englewood and take care of three grandchildren, brought one of them to the nonprofit’s office at 3370 S. Irving St. looking for a backpack Aug. 14. The grandson played with a toy as they sat across from Shannon Kerrick.

Kerrick, 40, who has stayed in an Englewood motel since February, signed up for services on that hot afternoon.

“I’ve been here in Colorado since 2012 and haven’t even found anyone to help find housing,” said Kerrick, who was born with a disease called osteoegenesis imperfecta, or “brittlebone disease.” She uses a motorized wheelchair and lives with Jai Ross,

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IFCS serves several thousand family members each year. The largest group of its clients comes from Englewood. Littleton is a close second, McPherson said, and the target age range for clients is 20s to 40s — those that are most likely to be taking care of children. But McPherson sees people of all ages coming to get help.

“There’s no normal anymore,” said McPherson, who described a diverse picture of client families. “There aren’t many dad-mom-three children families — people are taking custody of their siblings’ kids, there are same-gender parents ... I see more and more grandparents.”

McPherson said he knows a woman who didn’t have biological children but took in her sister’s children because she was dealing with addiction.

“Out of love, she put herself in that situation,” he said.

When individuals or families find themselves on the financial edge, IFCS can connect them with temporary housing in partnership with Colorado Coalition for the Homeless, another nonprofit based in downtown Denver.

You can offer to sponsor a K-8 student to buy them a backpack, supplies and new clothes for back-to-school next year.

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Shannon Kerrick, left, and Jai Ross, right, pose in front of Integrated Family Community Services Aug. 14. The nonprofit offers food, clothing and financial assistance to low-income individuals and families. Ross and Kerrick inquired about services that day.

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New queen taking over in rodeo royalty program Candidates spend weeks preparing to compete for rodeo title

BY JESSICA GIBBS JGIBBS@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Olivia Ary grew up idolizing Douglas County Fair and Rodeo royalty.

With their perfectly primped hair, makeup and western outfits, combined with the suave quality of their rodeo and horse riding skills, rodeo queens were her role models, Ary said.

Now, the 16-year-old Highlands Ranch teen is taking the helm as the 2018 Douglas County Rodeo Queen. The honor carries more weight than usual, as Ary will reign during the 100th anniversary of the county fair.

In taking on the role, she will begin a rotation of appearances, travel and weekend events representing the county — because although the 2017 fair and rodeo has closed its doors, being rodeo queen is a year-round commitment.

“It’s a huge year,” Ary said of the centennial anniversary. “It definitely adds pressure but it’s exciting pressure.”

Before Ary rose to the ranks of queen, she was one of 12 girls competing for princess, queen and their attendants. Girls from both the high school and collegiate age level vied for a title by spending weeks in preparation.

Ary said she spent two hours in the arena practicing her horsemanship skills, four or five days a week.

But aside from horsemanship, candidates are tested for knowledge of their horse and the industry — such as certain vaccinations, types of feed, horse health and anatomy. They’re given a written test, interviewed by judges and asked to perform a speech.

Ultimately, the competition is an hours-long process where candidates prove they are the best person to represent Douglas County.

Ahead of the pomp and circumstance of the county fair, the program hosted two practices for the rodeo queen competition. On July 10, candidates arrived to the county fairgrounds with black, brown, gray and painted ponies in tow, ready to sharpen their horsemanship skills under the watchful eye of rodeo coaches.

They donned cowboy hats and shining belt buckles. They paired jeans with Western style shirts. All looking the part, the girls first circled their horses around Debbie Mills, a co-coordinator of the rodeo royalty program.

“We’re really honored that you would do this,” Mills said, before explaining that receiving a title would be a big commitment. “This is a job.”

In the next couple hours, despite rain spitting down on them, the girls drove their horses through riding patterns mapped out by instructors who carefully critiqued their form and technique, pointing out errors a judge might see.

A rodeo queen must smile at all times while riding in the arena, coaches said. And so the girls flashed their best grins as they waved to an imaginary crowd, all the while riding

Candidates for rodeo queen and princess line up to hear feedback from instructors at a horsemanship practice event in July.

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their horses in large circles and more complex patterns.

Mills’ goal, she said, was to make the competition judges’ decision very difficult.

When the big day came on July 23, the girls had put in hours, days and weeks preparing.

One girl asked a nearby competitor: “You ready?”.

“I think so, but you can never be too sure,” she replied.

In front of a crowd of family and friends, candidates entered the arena one at a time for the horsemanship round. They showcased their ability to start and stop their horse, change directions and complete what’s known as a “hot lap,” or a fast lap around the arena along the fence.

Some horses — including Ary’s — gave their riders trouble, not wanting to smoothly complete their pattern. But that was OK. Judges don’t worry about if a horse performs perfectly. They know each animal reacts to crowds differently.

What they watched was how the rider responded. Regardless of how the ride when, each girl was cheered on by her fellow competitors.

“I think I learned a lot about support and companionship,” Ary said. “Seeing that sense of community, even though were all competing.”

Helping to lead girls through the competition was the 2017 Rodeo Queen, Emily Wormington. The 17-year-old senior at Highlands Ranch High School was preparing to relinquish her title after a transformative year, she said.

“I started out as a really shy child and when I started trying out for royalty it really boosted my confidence,” she said.

Wormington also served as rodeo princess in 2015. Through her participation in the program, Wormington said

Olivia Ary, who was crowned as the 2018 Rodeo Royalty Queen, practices a fast lap around the arena during a July practice held ahead of the rodeo royalty competition. she is a better speaker and has already begun networking in fields she’s considering as a career thanks to connections she gained as queen.

Most importantly, being queen was about tradition and getting out of her comfort zone, she said.

“Rodeo is a sport for the past, present and future that many have worked hard to establish. One of my goals as queen was to make sure that the tradition can stay alive,” she said. “I’ve left with so many new friends and memories that will last a lifetime. And the contacts that I’ve made, I know that they will help me throughout my life.”

Wormington hopes to one day compete for Miss Rodeo Colorado, and she wouldn’t be alone if she did. Roxann Harris, co-coordinator for the program,

Debbie Mills, a co-coordinator for the Douglas County rodeo royalty program, says they make sure all girls competing for a title understand being queen or princess is a year-round committment. said many girls in Douglas County go on to pursue bigger rodeo pageant titles.

And, they grow as individuals.

“By this time next year they’re a completely different person,” she said of the rodeo royalty court. “Their whole persona has changed and they just walk into these young women who are so confident.”

Ary has already improved her confidence. She’d been most nervous for the public speaking portion of the competition, she said, but was relieved when she made it through.

Now, she’s aiming to be the role model she looked up to, for the younger kids who are now watching her wear the crown.

“I want to do the best job that I can,” Ary said. “It’s going to be a really good year.”

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Freddie G Fellowship honor goes to local teacher Mountain Ridge Middle School awarded $5,000 from theater notables STAFF REPORT

Local educator Laurilea McDaniel was selected as one of eight teachers from schools and performing arts centers nationwide to work alongside Broadway stars at the eighth annual Freddie G Fellowship.

McDaniel, director of Headstrong Theatre at Mountain Ridge Middle School and executive director of Front Range Theatre Company, was honored for the difference she is making for her students and community through theater productions, a media release says.

The fellowship included a four-day event in early July in New York City.

Recipients attended private workshops led by winners of prestigious theater awards, including the Tony Honor, which recognizes achievement in theater, and the Tony Award, which honors Broadway performances and productions. Recipients also participated in classes with Broadway choreographers, directors, producers, actors and designers.

They attended and met the cast of a current hit show, “Anastasia,” accord-

Mountain Ridge Middle School theater director Laurilea McDaniel stands between Tony Honors winners Jeff Calhoun, left, and Baayork Lee in New York City in early July. McDaniel was selected as one of eight educators nationwide for the Freddie G Fellowship, which honors instructors and teachers who are making a difference through musical and educational theater productions. COURTESY PHOTO ing to a media release.

Each of the teachers’ schools received $5,000 from Freddie Gershon (chairman and CEO of leading theatrical licensor Music Theatre International) and his wife Myrna, who underwrite the fellowship.

The honor provides teachers with one-of-a-kind learning opportunities to take back to their schools and students, Freddie Gershon said in a media release.

“These teachers perform inspiring

work with limited financial resources,” he said in the release. “We want to give them the opportunity to live the Broadway experience and interact with qualified professionals to reward them for all they do to introduce the next generations to live theater and simultaneously enhance their knowledge, skills and experience.”

McDaniel was selected out of dozens of educators who attended the 2017 annual Junior Theater Festival — the world’s largest

musical theater festival dedicated to educational musical theater groups that work with elementary and middle school students — which had more than 5,800 attendees, the medial release says.

Without teachers, Gershon said, there is no Broadway junior.

“It’s crucial we keep live theater thriving in this country by working with both educators and children,” he said. “Our future is in their hands.”

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Senator gets chided by constituents at town hall Cory Gardner holds three gatherings — first such tour in more than a year — including one in Lakewood

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U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner’s constituents had a lot of questions for him at his first Denver metro area town hall in more than a year on Aug. 14 at Colorado Christian University’s event center in Lakewood.

But it was difficult for most to hear the Republican from Yuma over the boos and profanities he received over and over from the more than 300 attendees who filled the center.

“People of disparate party views can disagree and still work together,” Gardner said at one point, following a particularly raucous response to one answer. “Our country will be stronger when we’ll be able to listen to people we disagree with.”

The town hall in Lakewood was the final meeting in a series of three the senator held that day — the others were in Colorado Springs and Greeley.

The town halls followed months of the Cardboard Cory Gardner campaign, where constituents, frustrated

by Gardners lack of face-to-face meetings with residents, made six cardboard cutouts of the senator and took them to impromptu town halls.

“It’s amazing he’s finally hosting a town hall, and I want to see what he has to say,” said Denver resident Amanda Mininger, before the town hall started. “He represents us, and he should be able to speak to us in person.”

Gardner faced questions and criticism from constituents on a variety of topics, ranging from relations with North Korea, Republicans’ efforts to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, and his support of President Donald Trump.

One thing Gardner received unanimous support for was his condemnation of the neo-Nazis and white supremacists who incited violence in Virginia on Aug. 12, leaving one person dead and 19 injured.

“There is no moral equivalency between the two sides,” Gardner said at the beginning of the town hall, referencing the white supremacists and their counter protesters. “We have to fight racism and bigotry in our country. Any and all white supremacists should go back to their caves.”

Several attendees received standing ovations for asking questions about Gardner not supporting hate groups, but supporting a president who does not explicitly condemn them and has White House officials like Steve Bannon and Sebastian Gorka, who have been tied to white nationalist groups.

“I’m glad to see you giving real responses to questions, but how can

Sen. Cory Gardner faced a raucous crowd during his town hall at Colorado Christian University on Aug. 15. Many of the senator’s responses to questions were met with boos and curse words.

CLARKE READER you still support a president who puts people like that in power?” asked Denver resident Jonathan Rose.

In response, Gardner reiterated that hate groups are unacceptable, but said it wasn’t his place to ask the president to remove members of his staff.

Many voiced concerns about cuts to Medicare and the price of insurance if the ACA were to be repealed.

One attendee was even ejected from the town hall because he wouldn’t stop screaming, “You’re taking our health care” over other peoples’ questions and Gardner’s answers.

But a couple conservative constituents also chided Gardner for his health care approach from the other side.

“I know the majority of people in this room are here to say the ACA should continue, but I want to remind you of who put you in your seat,” said one woman. “I want to know when you’re going to repeal and replace?”

Gardner also heard from constituents who wanted to ensure he would protect the state and world’s environmental health and sustainability.

“We have an incredible outdoor legacy, and I want to do right for my children,” Gardner said. “I do believe the (Environmental Protection Agency) has overreached at times.

We shouldn’t be doing something if the cost outweighs the benefits.”

By the end of the hour-and-a-half town hall, the audience allowed Gardner to speak more completely, even if they didn’t like what they heard. And some issues weren’t brought up at all, like education.

“I wanted to ask what he was going to do to protect our Title I students,” said Angela Anderson, a Jeffco resi-

dent, referencing the many students who are on the free and reduced lunch program. “I also wanted to ask how we could work on educating our

students about the damage that racism does to a society. So many don’t understand racism exists in ways for all of us.”

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VOICES

Want to understand education? Try being a teacher — that’ll learn you QUIET DESPERATION

Craig Marshall Smith

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hree little words — “back to school” — have the impact of hundreds, including, “Oh, no.”

I think I was supposed to dread it, but inwardly I looked forward to strapping on my button-down shirts and khakis and returning to the classroom.

My educational path was a lesson in American geography. I attended eight schools in four states. My father was either transferred or promoted. At least, that’s what he said.

Maybe we were one step ahead of the feds.

A new school year always meant my mother and father would give me a couple of new shirts, and something else: a three-ring binder with a blank, blue canvas cover.

Budding artists will draw or paint on anything that is blank. My new binder was my annual opportunity to show off.

Late summers were spent considering the new school year’s drawing. I understood that pencil drawings smeared, and markers didn’t exist. That left me with ball-point pens.

The majority of my drawings featured animals, like wolverines and bruins.

The animals didn’t stop there: I studied with Miss Bird and Mrs. Hare. Miss Bird was 100 years old (that’s what we all thought), and a caricature of mean-natured, elderly schoolmarm.

Mrs. Hare was as meek as her name. She was in her first year of teaching, and in her

first year of marriage. Double jeopardy. I hope she was more successful at home.

Back then, schools provided just about everything we needed — except for binders and Pee Chees.

Things have changed.

One Jefferson County school asked every student to bring five dozen pencils, because of the school’s low supply.

Costs overall have rocketed. One article (The Denver Post) stated, “In the last decade, the price of supplies and extracurricular activities increased by 88 percent for elementary school students, 81 percent for middle SEE SMITH, P13

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Empowering kindness is the best choice to make for a fruitful life WINNING WORDS

Michael Norton

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he contrarian point of view here could have been “Enabling Meanness,” but really, who really wants to focus on being mean instead of being kind anyway? I guess perhaps we can accept the fact that some people have a mean streak, or they are mean-spirited, or maybe they have just become a selfproclaimed meanie over time.

As I wrote this column the question I found myself asking was: Why do some folks choose to be mean instead of being kind? Why do some people look so hard for the bad that they completely miss the

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smallest bit of good and kindness right under their noses? Is it because we have fostered a culture of meanness at home or at work? Do we enable and permit people to be mean to us and to others for the sake of maintaining a very unhealthy relationship? Or have we lost our nerve and just accept any behavior so we don’t rock the boat, even if it is mean behavior?

Now here’s the deal, we can choose to enable meanness or we can empower

What’s the incentive?

I have been reading/seeing a lot about the Town of Parker’s plans to build a 70-acre digital/film campus that could create 4,000 jobs. Wow! As far as Hollywood being a “monolith” that stopped a long time ago. What’s missing in all the hype I’ve seen so far is tax incentives for production companies to come to Colorado.

Canada took on Hollywood decades ago with tax incentives. You can’t walk more than a few blocks in Vancouver without coming upon some film or TV series in production. The same goes for Toronto.

Here in the United States, Georgia is rapidly becoming a major production center for productions like “Ozark,” “The Walking Dead” and the “Hunger Games,” just a few of the hundreds of films and TV series being shot there. Georgia offers qualifying productions a 20 percent tax credit, plus an additional 10 percent credit for embedding a Georgia promotional logo in the film title or credits.

Canada has offered similar incentives for decades. It’s why “Fargo” is shot in Alberta.

There was much hoopla a while ago about a TV series to be shot in southwest Colorado. Gov. Hickenlooper was there for that announcement too. But it didn’t pan out. Other states offered better deals.

I feel bad for poor Wyoming. “Wind River” is set in Wyoming, but was filmed in Utah. “Longmire” is also set in Wyoming but filmed in New Mexico.

Parker’s plans seem to be along the lines of “If we build it they will come.” The reality should be if we offer tax incentives, maybe they will come.

But get in line behind other states who’ve beat you to the punch.

So let’s simmer down with the hype and start dealing in reality. Is Colorado ready to get real in attracting film companies?

Brian Olson Highlands Ranch

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SMITH FROM PAGE 12

school students, and 68 percent for high school students.”

When I changed sides and became an educator myself, a new school year meant that I had as many as 120 eyes (three classes worth) giving me the once over.

My very first morning as a college educator is an indelible memory. I

NORTON

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kindness. You see, we get to choose, don’t we? Sometimes we have to accept sadness just like sometimes we know that bad things do happen to even the best of people. Yet even with that said, we never have to accept being treated meanly by anyone, especially when we can choose to empower kindness and receive kindness.

Kindness is and should be a two-way street. Most times we do get back what we give out, not 100 percent of the time, but my experience tells me most times. When we say hello, we usually get a hello back. When we smile, most times we get a smile back. When we are courteous to others we are typically greeted with courtesy in return.

Again, not always, there are times

am glad it is not on YouTube. I think I said, “I am the walrus. Goo goo goo joob,” and dismissed them.

Much later on in my career, I walked around the classroom on opening day with a sense of command and a sense of humor.

I’d tell them I learned to draw in “Pencil-vania,” and wait for the laughter to die down.

I’d tell them that Van Gogh had a good ear for music.

When I was in high school, art classes were perceived as a ver-

sion of recess. However, college art classes are far from it (or should be) and that often surprised my incoming freshmen.

I enjoyed seeing their eyes widen when I handed them the nine-page syllabus.

I heard gulps.

Do I miss teaching? Yes and no.

Yes, because I worked with some very talented, intelligent, involved, and hard-working artists and scholars.

No, because I worked with the op-

posite, and too many students who were grade-driven and often gradeobsessed.

Increasingly, faculty were expected to do a hill of accountability paperwork.

And not only that, most collegelevel drawing students are a little sketchy.

where we try our best to be polite and kind only to be met with the unpleasantness and wrath of someone who chose to be mean that day.

And I don’t know about you, but one of my very favorite things to observe is watching an interaction between two people where one person is berating the other person, thinking that a tone of anger and rising voice will get them what they want. And yet the other person remains calm, confident, helpful and rooted in kindness. Two people, same conversation or interaction, and yet one chooses to be mean while the others chooses kindness.

Which one are you? Which one do you want to be?

Kindness is a behavior. Kindness is an attitude. Kindness is a choice. Kindness is all around us if we just look for it and are open to receiving it.

One of my favorite quotes when it comes to kindness is this one by Wil-

liam Penn, “I expect to pass through this life but once. If, therefore, there may be any kindness I can show, or any good thing I may do to any fellow being, let me do it now and not defer or neglect it, as I shall not pass this way again.”

How about you? Does it depend on the day or even the moment if you choose kindness or is kindness part of your everyday being? Either way

I would love to hear your kindness story at gotonorton@gmail.com and when we can remember that kindness is a choice, it really will be a better than good week.

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Fresh faces, ideas needed We’ve all heard it a million times: politics has no place in education. Yet, politics is exactly what we’ve seen on the school board in recent years.

Many of our board members have lost their focus on students, consumed instead by political warfare against their colleagues. It’s time for a change.

Our district should have one, overarching goal: to deliver the education that our parents have always dreamed of for their kids and that will fuel our future. We need to reclaim our Accredited with Distinction status and ensure that any of our struggling schools and students have the support they need to succeed. We need to ensure that every school leader is empowered to make decisions for the benefit of students, not as the result of political ties or pressure. And we need to make sure we maintain our focus on kids at all costs.

We’ve drifted too far from the real reason we all care about education.

We need to restore that focus, and I believe only a strong leadership team with a fresh perspective can do that.

I believe the Elevate Douglas County slate (Randy Mills, Ryan Abresch, Debora Scheffel and Grant Nelson) can offer that perspective. After what we’ve been through, I’m ready for some fresh faces, new ideas, and much-needed stability.

Aleta You Parker

Did senator learn lessons?

Sen. Cory Gardner is chair of the re-election committee for GOP senators, so of course he’d meet with the president of the Colorado Business Roundtable and left Thursday for a fundraiser with McConnell. So much for Colorado voters.He meets with “safe constituents” not The Front Range. He seems to forget that Colorado voted for Clinton and is a “purple state” with a bipartisan congressional delegation.

I attended his Lakewood town hall and it was no rowdier than those held when the Affordable Care Act was being debated. He refused to directly answer any questions. The only comment everyone agreed on was his Charlottesville statement.

He just spouted tired GOP policy.

On health care, he only needed to say he was ready to work on a repair of the ACA with democrats in a bipartisan manner. He never answered a statement from a rural doctor about the impact of repealing the ACA. When asked about Trump’s solo ability to order a nuclear attack against North Korea, he could have said that it would not happen without a declaration of war voted on by Congress. Instead he said “he would allow the commander in chief to act like the commander in chief.” What does that mean?

On the environment, he only talked about Pruitt’s visit and nothing about how climate change is already effecting us all.

I hope Gardner learned the importance of meeting with all constitu-

ents and not just those who will give him money or believe as he does and will have more live town halls.

We will be watching and remember when he runs for re-election in 2020.

Gayle M.Spelts Lone Tree Act brings needed support There are 244,000 people caring for a loved one with Alzheimer’s disease. As someone who has served in this role, I am proud to support the Palliative Care and Hospice Education and Training Act. Recently reintroduced in Congress, and supported by the Alzheimer’s Association, PCHETA (S. 693 /H.R. 1676) would ensure America has an adequate, welltrained palliative care and hospice workforce through workforce training, education and awareness, and

enhanced research. These services are critical services for persons in the advanced stages of Alzheimer’s.

In fact, a number of studies have concluded that hospitalization is not recommended for individuals with advanced dementia given the life expectancy of the individual, the significant burdens of aggressive treatment and the difficulty of pain management for those who cannot communicate in the hospital setting.

PCHETA will help ensure that the millions of Americans living with Alzheimer’s have access to quality care and end-of-life services, making a devastating diagnosis slightly more manageable.

Please join me in asking Sen. Gardner to support PCHETA and the 69,000 Coloradans living with Alzheimer’s disease.

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Kids as young as 5 years old attend a Gracie Barra Centennial Jiu-Jitsu class, where they learn discipline and self defense. The young students fill out cards before each class to track their progress and receive colored belts when they hit a milestone in the program. “To keep kids involved,” said studio owner Robert Goodloe, “they need to see progression.”

PHOTOS COURTESY ROBERT GOODLOE

Studios across Denver metro area teach range of martial arts

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icole Gossett’s 9-year-old son has been practicing karate at ATA Family Martial Arts in Highlands Ranch for the past year. He has become a positive influence for the “not very athletic family,” Gossett said.

“Watching him be so disciplined practicing at home and in the studio,” Gossett said, “we all have done a lot more sit-ups and squats and push-ups in the last year.”

Adults practice self defense moves at a Gracie Barra Centennial Jiu-Jitsu class, held at 4181 East County Line Road. The month-long program teaches discipline and builds strength.

Karate, Brazilian jiu-jitsu, judo, taekwondo, muay thai, kickboxing — the list of martial arts forms goes on.

Though the names are distinctive, their styles all have something in common: self-defense.

According to Black Belt Magazine, martial arts date back to 2600 B.C. in China.

Emperors, troops and tribesmen used the defensive movements in battle. The practice evolved across the globe and many popular styles have made their way into fitness gyms and studios across the U.S. Robert Goodloe, owner of Gracie Barra Centennial Jiu-Jitsu, was studying for his master’s degree in business administration at Pepperdine University in Malibu, California, 10 years ago when he first tried a Brazilian jiu-jitsu class.

“I started training at the studio and I never left,” said Goodloe, a Highlands Ranch resident. He opened the second Gracie Barra studio in Colorado — the first is in Colorado Springs — at 4181 E. County Line Road in July.

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SOME POPULAR MARTIAL ARTS A quick Google search reveals that dozens of martial arts studios can be found throughout the Denver metro area. Here’s a look at some of the most popular types of martial arts being taught in the area: Taekwondo A Korean martial art focused on punches, blocks, strikes and kicks. The style builds character and self-discipline. It is practiced around the world and is an Olympic sport.

Karate A Japanese martial art based on fighting techniques, including punches, hand and elbow strikes, knee strikes and kicks. One of the most practiced martial arts in the U.S., the style embeds self-discipline and strong character.

Judo A Japanese martial art that uses throwing and grappling

techniques instead of strikes and kicks. Participants throw or trip their competitor to get them on their back.

Judo also focuses on mental discipline.

Brazilian jiu-jitsu A Brazilian martial art focused on self-defense. The style teaches a smaller person how to defend himself or herself against a larger opponent and how to escape from an opponent.

Muay thai A martial arts style from Thailand that is similar to kickboxing — a stand-up sport practiced with gloves — but includes elbow and knee strikes.

Sources: livestrong.com, blackbeltwiki.com

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Kids as young as 5 years old attend a Gracie Barra Centennial Jiu-Jitsu class, where they learn discipline and self defense. The type of martial arts is offered to kids and adults at 4181 East County Line Road.

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Benefits of martial arts are far reaching. From engraining a strong sense of discipline to strengthening muscles, the sport boosts mind and body, teachers and participants say.

Body In an evening class at Gracie Barra Centennial Jiu-Jitsu, a small group of adults wearing white kimonos — a matching long sleeve shirt and pants worn with a colored belt to signify the level of experience — listen carefully to instructors before gently performing a series of grappling moves with a partner. Intertwined on the mat, they learn how to defend themselves.

Martial arts use quick movements that increase flexibility. Using chokes and holds, Brazilian jiu-jitsu was originally for a smaller inidividual to defend against and escape from a larger person. Taekwando emphasizes kicking. Karate focuses more on hand movements, including punching and knee and elbow strikes.

Although martial arts teach fighting movements, typically they do not encourage fighting.

“We teach how to use our body to defend ourselves,” said Irene Bowden, instructor of Shotokan Karate Colorado in Lone Tree. “A lot of people will come to train and learn how to kick and punch and they may never in their lifetime get in a fight.”

The Showticon karate style — re-

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ferred to as an empty-hand method of teaching self defense without weapons — builds muscle strength, flexibility, stamina and makes participants feel good, said Bowden.

She started training with her sensei, or instructor, Gary Swain, more than 16 years ago to get in shape and learn self-defense. Karate has since become a “wonderful addiction,” Bowden said.

She teaches three classes at the Lone Tree Recreation Center: Shotokan Tigers for ages 5 to 7, Stars Special Needs for ages 6 and older, and Women’s Self-Defense for ages 13 and older.

Mind In a Gracie Barra Centennial JiuJitsu class, participants of all ages follow etiquette guidelines. They bow before getting on and off the mat. Talking is kept to a minimum.

‘Art Encounters’ program celebrated in exhibition Roxborough group helps put together outdoor art walk, reception

BY SONYA ELLINGBOE SELLINGBOE@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Rox Arts (Roxborough Arts Council) and Seven Stones Botanical Gardens Cemetery, on Rampart Range Road near Littleton, will collaborate on an outdoor art walk and reception from 5 to 8 p.m. on Sept. 8. “Time and Togetherness” celebrates Art Encounters, Douglas County’s sculpture program. In addition, about 20 artists, members of the Roxborough Arts Council, will exhibit and sell 2-D and 3-D artwork, according to member Moira Casey.

There are 27 Art Encounters sculptures displayed throughout Douglas County through spring 2018, when a new group will be chosen. Artists submit sculptures and if chosen, loan their works, receive a small honorarium, and in some cases sell their artwork. They are exhibited in Roxborough, Highlands Ranch, Lone Tree, Parker and Castle Rock. (Locations are listed online.)

Roxborough has five pieces this year: “Iron Horse” by Janene DiRico-Cable

IF YOU GO “TIME AND TOGETHERNESS,” presented by the Rox Arts Council and Seven Stones, 9835 N. Rampart Range Road, Roxborough, will run from 5 to 8 p.m. on Sept. 8. Admission is free. Exhibit of Art Encounters sculptures plus work by about 20 Rox Arts Council members. Music, food, drinks. Information: roxartscouncil.org; discoversevenstones.com. is placed in front of the clock tower at Roxborough Marketplace, where Rox Arts has a gallery on the second floor above King Soopers. The other four, “Tenderness” by Rene Carollo, “Mask of the Breath” by Kimmerjae Marcus, “Novus Grande” by Harold Linke and “Shard 1” by Joe Norman, are placed on the Seven Stones grounds.

Rox Arts member artists will exhibit and sell jewelry, painting, photography, ceramics, jewelry and more.

Food, drinks and live music will be available and special events such as a cakewalk and live auction are planned.

Admission is free.

Seven Stones, which offers a natural outdoor setting for the sculptures, is a recent addition in Douglas County. It welcomes sculptural memorials, and offers a number of different options throughout the grounds to meet a family’s needs for appropriate burial.

Uniforms are worn. Professors, or instructors, are treated with respect.

“I think people start to see the value of discipline,” Goodloe said.

“It’s really a challenge to yourself. It improves your whole way of living.”

Martial arts have a strong focus on moral values, discipline and character, experts say. Participants can use the mental skills to excel in competitive martial arts, but also in other areas of life.

Gossett signed her son up more than a year ago to help shift his focus from distractions at school. The goal-oriented nature of martial arts helped him, she said. At ATA Family Martial Arts, participants are tested for belts — which signify a level of experience — every two months.

“The discipline of martial arts was a huge component to give him structure,” Gossett said. “He sees the consequences of positive and

negative actions.”

Some studios offer family classes, where parents can practice with their children. One of those is Personal Achievement Martial Arts, 3964 Youngfield Street, in Wheat Ridge.

Having parents present increases kids’ focus, said founder Korey Stites.

Instructors encourage better grades, respect, focus in and out of the classroom and leadership.

“It’s also something they can do together,” Stites said. “You’re actually participating and doing everything right alongside the kids.”

In martial arts, there is always room to grow, physically and mentally.

Karate has changed Bowden’s life dramatically, she said. The Realtor and mother of three calls the form of martial arts her passion.

“Martial arts in our view is considered a lifelong training,” Bowden said.

“It’s something that you learn to love.”

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Retirement community residents run own radio station For past four years, seniors provide in-house music and programs

BY ELLIS ARNOLD EARNOLD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

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hen seniors at Holly Creek Retirement Community wake up, they rise to the sound of words from a chaplain and “The Star-Spangled Banner.”

In the afternoons, they listen to oldies and big-band music, and two days a week, they tune in to interviews with their fellow community members that delve into their life stories. In evenings, they hear a closing prayer and the military song “Taps,” and the radio station signs off for the day.

But they’re not listening to a golden oldies station. They’re listening to Holly Creek Radio, an entirely inhouse station run by residents, for residents.

“It’s my wife’s fault,” said Dick Gustafson, a former radio DJ who has lived at Holly Creek since 2013. “I was asked what my hobbies were” when I moved here. “Wendy interrupted and said, `He’s interested in radio.’ ” Gustafson, 82, worked for a radio station in Vail from 1972 to about 1980 and volunteered for a station called Radio Free Minturn from about 2007 to when he arrived at the senior living community in Centennial.

He brought some equipment he owned when he moved — microphones, a mixing board, speakers — and an anonymous donation provided the rest. Initially, an effort in part to broadcast community announcements to visually impaired residents, HCRK became a full-fledged radio station as more people joined in with no radio experience at all. It’s one of the only stations run by a retirement community in the nation.

“Since Aug. 12, 2013, that’s the day we broke ground,” Gustafson said.

Jayne Keller, Holly Creek’s executive director, had the idea to have music and announcements for those who struggle with sight. There are about 18 residents who are in some stage of blindness, said Bob Strong, a volunteer for the station in his 90s.

The station plays a mix of country and western music, gospel, classical, oldies from the 1950s and further back — and of course, Glenn Miller, whose hit “Moonlight Serenade” serves as the station’s theme song. Programs include Broadway musicals, “Dick’s Big Band Show,” comedy and a show run by Keller.

Marty Lamm, an 84-year-old resident, runs a program called “Wanderings” with resident Priscilla Stenman, which features interviews with people who live in Holly Creek.

“We’ve interviewed all the people who were in the second World War, and other people who have lived here for over a year,” Lamm said. “And we’ve had some very interesting stories ... we take the interesting parts of

From left, Dick Gustafson, 82; Dan Parker, 86; Linda Platte, in her 80s; and Bob Strong, who is in his 90s, in the radio room at Holly Creek Retirement Community Aug. 11. Gustafson, a former DJ for radio stations in Vail and Minturn, founded the radio station at Holly Creek, which is broadcast in-house to the residents of the community.

PHOTOS BY ELLIS ARNOLD their lives, such as if they were missionaries or in the (military) service — a lot of people have done a great deal of travel.”

Lamm and Stenman give the interviewees a recording of their interview, which also benefits their families when they pass away, Lamm said. Chuck Montera, a community relations official for Holly Creek, mentioned plans to potentially put the station’s programs on the Holly Creek website — hollycreekretirementcommunity.org — which would allow the general public to listen in.

“We’ve had 98 interviews over a three-year period,” said Lamm, who lived in Denver for 65 years and taught at a school in the city more than 50 years ago. There are “a million stories” at Holly Creek, Lamm said.

Unlike other volunteers, Gustafson got his start in radio a long time ago.

When asked why he got into radio, he said, “Oh, I had a good voice, and I wanted it on the air.”

Gustafson, an Eagle County commissioner from 1984-93 who lobbied in the Washington, D.C., area to eventually turn what is now the Eagle County Regional Airport into a commercial airport, runs HCRK with help from a supporting cast.

Dan Parker, an 86-year-old retired minister, runs the big-band music show with Gustafson and does the announcements for him on Tuesday — Parkinson’s disease has made speaking more difficult for Gustafson.

But he still leads the team as manager, with Strong as his co-manager.

Under that leadership, the station has become a vibrant part of the community’s fabric.

“This is a program where residents take charge of their lifestyles through their own initiatives,” Montera said.

“They share their life experiences and talents with others for the greater good of the community.”

When asked what Holly Creek would be like without the station, Gustafson didn’t hesitate.

“I’d be out of here, man,” he said.

A logo for the Holly Creek Retirement Community radio station Aug. 11, which was made by a Holly Creek resident.

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Parade thrills thousands Western Welcome Week highlighted by floats and fun on Littleton’s Main Street

BY DAVID GILBERT DGILBERT@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

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hat do square dancers, Venetian canal boats, and soap box derby racers have in common?

They all rolled down Main Street in Littleton for the annual Western Welcome Week Grand

Parade.

Crowds thronged the streets on Aug. 19 as the nearly twohour parade went by, filling Main Street with antique tractors and cars, marching bands from as far away as Pueblo and the boom of black powder rifles.

“It’s a hometown tradition,” said Steve Smith, better known as Cowboy Steve, who played cowboy songs from the rear of a float. “You can’t live without it — that’s America.

I’ve been doing it well over 20 years.”

This year’s theme was a thank you to men and women in uniform, and parade marshals were retired Navy SEAL Jesse Clay, Littleton Police officer Brent Kieffer and his retired K-9 partner Sabor, and Littleton Fire Rescue firefighter Tiffany Longmire.

The weather was gorgeous, if not a little hot for the hundreds of high school kids in full marching regalia.

“You see those poor marching band kids in those uniforms, but they just go for it and have a good time,” Western Welcome Week director Cindy Hathaway said. “It was a beautiful day for a parade.”

A 1956 Chevy Bel Air driven by members of the Arapahoe High School Class of 1967.

PHOTOS BY DAVID GILBERT

Mike Brown holds daughter Julia, 2, as the first marchers descend the hill to Main Street.

Littleton High School put the “color” in Color Guard.

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He will bring stories of patents the company held. Two examples from General Mills: a machine to make potato chips and another that formed the little round Cheerios from oats.

General Iron Works developed the machines, and built production facilities.

The program will be offered at 2:30 p.m. at the Englewood Library, 1000 Englewood Parkway, and at 6:30 p.m. at Brew on Broadway, 3445 S. Broadway.

Admission is free. 303-242-3257.

Dearfield lecture Charleszine “Terry” Nelson, special collection and community resource manager at the Blair-Caldwell African-American Research Library in Denver, will speak at 7 p.m. on Aug. 31 at the Littleton Museum, 6028 S. Gallup St., Littleton. Her topics will be Dearfield, Colorado, (about 30 miles east of Greeley) and Nicodemus, Kansas, both towns settled after the Civil War by African-Americans. Get free tickets in advance at museum. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. for refreshments.

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Louisa May Alcott Storyteller/author Linda Batlin will portray the life of celebrated author Louisa May Alcott at 2 p.m. Aug. 28 at Bemis Public Library, 6014 S. Datura St., Littleton. Free. 303-795-3961. Bestknown for the children’s novel, “Little Women,” she was a prolific writer of children’s books, as well as thrillers and adult novels.

This portrait of a woman, by the late Dr. Richard Steckel, is part of the large group of international portraits that make up The Milestones Project Exhibit now showing through Sept. 11 at the Colorado Gallery of the Arts at Arapahoe Community College.

COURTESY IMAGE Free community dinner All are welcome from 6 to 7 p.m. on Aug. 29 for First Presbyterian Church of Littleton’s August Free Healthy Dinner. Menu: chicken or beef tacos, with all the fixings, fresh fruit and hand-held desserts. Information: littletonpresbyterian.org, 303-798-1389.

Ballet assemblies Colorado Ballet is looking for schools in October, November and January that might want to schedule assemblies with excerpts from productions. Recently retired principal dancer Maria Mosina will be choreographing and working with the Colorado Ballet Studio Company dancers to prepare these programs. For information, contact the Community Engagement Department.: 303-339-1619.

Benefit for youths Colorado Youth for a Change, devoted to decreasing dropouts, will host their annual Back to School Night at 5:30 p.m. Sept. 7 at Comedy Works South, 5345 Landmark Place, Greenwood Village. Comedian Monty Franklin will headline. Presentation of “You Count” Awards. Tickets, $50: youthforchange. ejoinme.org/MyEvents/BTSN2017.

Free concert “Let Them Roar,” with special guests, The Cody Sisters, will perform at 6 p.m.

Aug. 31 at Curtis Park, 2349 E. Orchard Road, Greenwood Village. Free ice cream. This is the closing event in the first ever Village Read program, where the book was Mark Stevens’ “Lake of Fire.”

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Confidence is biggest lesson at school for the blind Students learn life skills in encouraging environment

MORE INFORMATION More information on the the Colorado Center for the Blind can be found at cocenter. org or by calling 303-778-1130.

BY DAVID GILBERT DGILBERT@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Tucked away on a quiet residential street in Littleton above the railroad tracks, the Colorado Center for the Blind goes unnoticed by many. But the school, housed in an old YMCA, is world-famous among blind people, who strive for years to attend the center’s intensive nine-month program that builds confidence along with life skills.

The center offers an array of classes, from using technology to reading braille to self-defense and woodworking. But the most important thing the center teaches is self-assurance.

“We want our students to feel good about being blind,” said Julie Deden, the center’s executive director. “People think it would be so terrible to be blind, but we don’t think anything of it.”

The center, at 2233 W. Shepperd Ave., received a perfect score in May after an inspection by the National Blindness Certification Board.

Joining the school was a dream come true for Jayaram Lamichhane, a 21-year-old from Nepal. He’s been at the school for four months.

“It’s frustrating to be blind in Nepal,” Lamichhane said. “Your parents treat you badly. Society doesn’t want to talk to you, because according to Hindu mythology, if you are blind, you committed some crime in your previous life, like a curse or a sin. Then, there is no infrastructure or support. I used to say I wish I had been born without legs instead. Here, you and me talking, I don’t feel blind anymore. I feel confident now, like I can do whatever you can. Now I’m happy to be blind.”

Getting around The Independence Training Program is the cornerstone of the school’s offerings — an immersive nine-month program focused on home management, technology, braille literacy, and “cane travel” — the use of a long white cane to walk around.

Cane travel is the most visible of

Chris Parsons, a technology teacher, said blind people may often be able to navigate the internet more quickly than sighted people, thanks to keyboard shortcuts.

Word, Excel, PowerPoint and beyond.

“I’ve had students who wanted to make websites. I had another who wanted to make an audio game.

“I had no idea how to make an audio game, but I said let’s figure it out.”

Chaz Davis, 23, makes curry chicken wraps for fellow students to prepare for a celebration of his graduation. Davis will start his master’s degree studies at DU in the fall.

PHOTOSO BY DAVID GILBERT the center’s activities, with students roaming Littleton and the greater Denver area practicing wayfinding and public transit. Students who still retain partial sight often wear “sleepshades,” eye masks that totally occlude light, in order to prepare them for a possible future of total blindness.

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said David Nietfeld, a cane travel instructor. “We start off with the basics, sending people around the center, using stairs and doors. Then we go to the bus station. Then we go to taking buses and trains and crossing different kinds of intersections, including Santa Fe. We often know the city better than sighted people, because we memorize the street grid. People using GPS can’t even paint a picture in their mind where they’re going.”

An advanced lesson is called a “drop project,” where students are driven in circles and dropped in a mystery spot in the city, given a flip phone, and instructed to find their way back to the center.

The final project is to travel solo to four different cities in the metro area in a day using public transit, and visiting a place of interest in each city.

Tech skills A computer for the blind looks odd — there’s no monitor or mouse. But for the center’s students, it’s an essential life tool.

“We do everything from keyboarding to programming, but mostly it’s stuff in between,” said Chris Parsons, a technology teacher. Her classes cover word processing, email, Microsoft

Reading and writing In the 1960s, almost half of blind children learned braille — “reading” raised dots on a page with their fingers — but today it’s only one in 10, said Dan Burke, the center’s public relations specialist.

“A blind person who can’t read braille is illiterate,” Burke said. “It’s become a crisis. We’re working hard on changing it.”

In Jennifer Spears’ braille class, students run their fingertips over what appear to be blank pages.

“People think braille isn’t important anymore because of technology,” Spears said. “But there are so many uses, especially reading signs in public. Plus, if you know braille, you’re more likely to be employed.”

At the table with Spears’ students, Mickey Payne sat punching a braille slate with a stylus, writing each letter and word backward so it would be right when she flipped it over.

“This means a lot to me,” Payne said. “I can read and write now.”

Among braille’s limitations are how much size it takes up. The center’s braille library’s dictionary is 72 volumes. “Gone with the Wind” takes up nine huge binders.

The center offers classes beyond the core skills. Students in the woodworking class use power saws, drills SEE BLIND, P23

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Jayaram Lamichhane, 21, stands in the center’s garden. He said the center has given him confidence that was hard to come by in his native Nepal.

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I feel like I can go for my master’s too. I came here for the tech skills, and now I’ve learned to program. I found my calling here.”

and hammers to build a variety of furnishings and projects.

“I’m finishing up a cake stand,” said Libby Connor of Arizona, tapping footers into an elegant stand composed of locally harvested cottonwood. “First I cut the logs to size with a chain saw, then I sanded it down and now I’m just putting it all together.”

Other classes and events include art, rock climbing, skiing, canoeing, and whitewater rafting.

For those who had sight into adulthood, the center is a lifesaver.

“I went blind my senior year of college,” said Kosy Asabere, 28, from Pennsylvania. “I had to stop going because I just didn’t have the skills. I couldn’t use a computer, I couldn’t read my textbooks.

I didn’t know how to get to class.

I was just stuck. The center gave me the tools to go back and finish.

Public learns, too The center aims to educate the public as well, Burke said.

“One of the biggest misconceptions about the blind is that we don’t know where we are,” Burke said. “My person is not as private as a sighted person. People might grab my hand without asking, thinking I need help.”

Deden said the public could stand to appreciate the blind better.

“The unemployment rate among blind people is 70 percent,” Deden said. “We need the public to understand that blind people are very valuable, and to give blind people an opportunity and a chance.”

Deden said many blind people rely on Social Security and Medicaid. She said 80 percent of the center’s students go on to college, vocational training, or jobs.

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Chaz Davis, who graduated at the end of July, will go on to graduate school at the University of Denver.

“Right now I’m making a big meal for everyone to celebrate my last day here,” Davis said, chopping veggies and herbs for curry chicken salad wraps. “I lost my sight about 3 1/2 years ago. It was a genetic thing I didn’t know I had. I was in the middle of college and didn’t know how to navigate life.”

Davis said he was a runner in college, but didn’t let blindness stop him — he competed in the Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro this year.

“I feel extremely independent now, and that’s what it’s all about.

There are so many blind people who are confined to their blindness because they don’t have the skills to travel, to be employed.

That’s what they teach here. So many people who have come through this program have gone on to great things.”

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Bouton marks two decades at helm of Denver Concert Band Jacinda BoutonThe 90-member Denver Concert Band surrounds director Jacinda Bouton, who celebrates her 20th year with the band this season.

The first concert is “Western Winds” on Oct. 1.

BY SONYA ELLINGBOE SELLINGBOE@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

“I always wanted to be a teacher,” Jacinda Bouton said. With a degree in instrumental and vocal music from Missouri State in Springfield, she was teaching music at George Washington High School in Denver. Parents of several of her students were members of the long-running (56 years) Denver Concert Band. “A group showed up and invited me to audition” when the band sought a new director, she said.

She ran a rehearsal and auditioned on two or three pieces. That was 20 years ago and the band celebrates her leadership this season.

Her instrument of choice is the clarinet, she said, but as a band director, one pretty much needs to know how to play all of them. She is excited to have clarinetist Jeremy Reynolds from the University of Denver’s Newman School of Music as soloist in the Lone Tree Symphony’s May 4 concert.

“They selected me,” she says happily, “and it’s been great — some of my best friends are Denver Concert Band members. They come from all walks of life: teachers, dentists, insurance people, who learned an instrument

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and maybe put it down for 20 or 30 years … one can’t always play football, but you can always play an instrument. Our flutist is 90 years old and has been with the band for 50 years.”

When the Lone Tree Arts Center opened, Bouton was able to move the 90-member band there to enjoy the hall’s great acoustics.

Regarding programming: “A small music committee of band members meets and throws ideas out. They bring pieces I’ve never heard. We try for a theme…” Then Bouton decides the program.

She always attends the Midwest Band and Orchestra Convention in Chicago, especially to hear new music.

“Sonoran Desert” on this year’s Lone Tree Symphony program is one such work. “We need to play those.”

The Denver Concert Band’s season begins with “Western Winds” on Oct. 1, followed by “Harvests and Holidays” on Nov. 19. “Up and Away” will be Feb. 25 and “Spring Fever” on April 28.

Concerts are at 2 p.m. on Saturdays or Sundays.

Some band members also play in the “Show and Tell Band,” conducted by Ken Kopatich of Littleton, in concerts for school kids. Kopatich and his wife, Joanne, organize the band’s annual Young Artists Competition and feature the winner in the April 28 concert. High school seniors who play

IF YOU GO Tickets for the Denver Concert Band and the Lone Tree Symphony Orchestra are available at the Lone Tree Arts Center, 10025 Commons St. The box office is open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Mondays through Fridays and during performances. Denverconcertband. org/lone-tree-arts-center; lonetreesymphony.org; 720-509-1000. a band instrument compete and the winner receives a $2000 scholarship.

For the past 16 years, Jacinda Bouton has also conducted the Lone Tree Symphony, which will perform four concerts at the Lone Tree Arts Center.

She said a new group of volunteers, the “Symphomaniacs,” is formed this year and seeking members to help with grant writing, fundraising and other activities.

The LTSO tries to coordinate with the RTD Senior Ride Program when possible, Bouton said. Season programs: “British Isles” 7:30 p.m. Oct. 6; “Sleigh Ride in Winter,” at 7:30 p.m.

Dec. 1 and 2:30 p.m. Dec. 2; “Symphony and Young Voices” at 7:30 p.m. March 2; “Clarinet and More!” at 7:30 p.m.

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Popular festival is all about affordable art All fine arts and crafts will be $100 or less

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The scene will be colorful and crowded as 150 artists from Colorado and the nation set up on Arapahoe Community College’s west lawn for the Affordable Arts Festival, which takes place from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Sunday, Aug. 27.

Rows of tents will be filled with examples of fine arts and crafts selling for $100 or less. Included will be some smaller sized works — and some larger ones that have perhaps been in the artist’s inventory for some period of time.

Art lovers will want to get up early and buy an admission ticket for $10, (children admitted free).

Proceeds go entirely to the ACC Foundation for scholarships for art students, among others. Tickets are also available online.

Jim DeLutes, who has directed the Denver Arts Festival on Memorial Day weekend since 2007, saw a successful event like the Affordable Arts Festival elsewhere and decided to bring the idea to Colorado. The appeal to artists is the potential for selling a lot of art — such as a painting once priced at $4,000 — in a few hours, he said.

People start lining up two or three hours in advance for tickets, in hopes of scoring a real deal, DeLutes said, so there will be an en-

IF YOU GO WHAT: Affordable Arts Festival WHEN: 9 a.m.-3 p.m., Sunday, Aug. 27 WHERE: West lawn of Arapahoe Community College, 5900 S. Santa Fe Drive, Littleton. Free parking is readily available on campus.

COST: $10 for adults. Children are admitted free. Tickets can be bought at the gate or online at affordableartsfestival. com. Proceeds from admission go to the ACC Foundation’s Scholarship Program.

INFORMATION: affordableartsfestival. com tertainer on hand as well as a coffee cart. Later on, food trucks also will be there for shoppers who have an attack of the munchies.

Denver artist Tate Hamilton will have a space to display and sell his paintings, created with just five colors on his palette. He shows at sales nationally. A former musician, he recalls watching an artist paint at a fair he attended with his parents when a young child and thinking it was a cool way to earn a living. His parents bought several works by this artist while Hamilton registered that this was a possible way to build a life.

South suburban-area artists involved include Patricia Barr Clark of Highlands Ranch; Tracy Haines, Littleton; and Peggy Crago, Englewood. Paintings, drawings, sculpture, prints, ceramics, jewelry and items crafted from wood and glass will be exhibited and sold at the 2017 Affordable Arts Festival.

This 30’x40’ painting by Denver artist Tate Hamilton, originally priced at $4,000, will be for sale at the 2017 Affordable Art Show at ACC on August27. Ticket proceeds from the show will go to the ACC Foundation’s Scholarship Fund.

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THINGS to DO

ART

Art Center Reception: 5-7 p.m.

Friday, Sept. 1, at the Sangre de Cristo Arts and Conference Center, 210 N. Santa Fe Ave., Colorado Springs. Get a preview of “Sordid and Sacred: The Beggars in Rembrandt’s Etchings,” which shows through Sept. 25. Call 719-2957200 or go to www.sdc-arts.org.

Evening with Art Encounters: 5-8 p.m. Friday, Sept. 8 at Seven Stones Botanical Gardens Cemetery, 9635 N. Rampart Range Road, Littleton. Stroll the Seven Stones gardens and celebrate five newly placed public art sculptures, along with artwork from 20-plus local artists. All art is for sale. Call 303-619-9697 to RSVP

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MUSIC

Hudson Gardens Concert: 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 27, The B-52s 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: Sunday, Sept.

3, YES featuring Jon Anderson, Trevor Rabin, Rick Wakeman.

Calvin Weatherall to Perform: noon Monday, Aug. 28 at Victorian House, 19600 Victorian Drive, Parker. Known as “The Hat Man,” Weatherall will perform at the monthly Red Hat Luncheon.

Space is limited; RSVP at 303482-5552.

Civic Youth Orchestra Auditions: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Sept.

2, at Avanti Music Academy, 2030 E. County Line Road, Ste. U, Highlands Ranch.

Audition materials, requirements and registration available at http://avantimusic.org/civic-youthorchestra-south/.

EVENTS

Community Yard Sale: 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Friday, Aug. 25 at Cantril House, 221 Cantril St., Castle Rock.

Donations for the Cantril sale accepted through Aug. 23. Stop by to see what treasures you can find. Call 303-482-5552 for information on either sale.

Caddy Stacks and Life-Sized Games: 6:30 p.m. Friday, Aug. 25 at the James H. LaRue Library, 9292 Ridgeline Blvd., Highlands Ranch. Have big fun throughout the library with life-sized games

https://goo.gl/forms/hn6ptPTIuHmPfVGb2. Represent your alma mater or favorite sports team with a T-shirt, hat or jersey.

this week’s TOP FIVE John Ford Coley/Little River Band: 7 p.m.

Saturday, Aug. 26 at the Philip S. Miller Amphitheater, Castle Rock. John Ford Coley is best known as half of the Grammy-nominated duo England Dan & John Ford Coley. Active throughout the 1970s, they released 11 albums and nine singles, including best-known single “I’d Really Love to See You Tonight.” Go to http:// www.johnfordcoley.com. Little River Band performs at 8:30 p.m. Between 1976 and 1983, chart success included “Lonesome Loser” and “Cool Change.” For tickets and information, go to http://crgov. com/2618/Summer-Concert-Series Music and a Movie: 7-10 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 26 at Centennial Center Park, 13050 E. Peakview Ave., Centennial. Live music by the Dearling, a Denver area country/folk/rock band, followed by a screening of the critically acclaimed “Hidden Figures” (rated PG). Movie starts at dusk. Food and beverages available for purchase. Bring chairs and blankets.

The Life and Times of Louisa May Alcott: 2 p.m.

Monday, Aug. 28 at Bemis Public Library, 6014 S.

for the whole family. Registration is required at 303-791-7323 or DCL.org.

Louviers 100th Anniversary Celebration: 10 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 26, at the Louviers Library, 7885 Louviers Blvd. Celebrate the historic Louviers Village Clubhouse with old-fashioned snacks, games, crafts and more. Registration is required at 303-791-7323 or DCL.org.

Downtown Walking Tour: Saturday, Aug. 26 starting at The Courtyard on Perry Street, between Third and Fourth streets, and concluding at the Castle Rock Museum.

Tour lasts 45 minutes. Contact the museum at 303-814-3164 or museum@ castlerockhistoricalsociety. org. Go to www. castlerockhistoricalsociety.org.

Lifetree Café: 5-6 p.m. Monday, Aug. 28 (Cocussions: A Former NFL Player Speaks Out); Monday, Sept. 4 (Getting Past Your Past); Monday, Sept. 11 (A Safe Place); Monday, Sept. 18 (Is Church Obsolete?); Monday, Sept. 25 (Forgiving the Unforgivable) at DAZBOG, 202 Wilcox St., Castle Rock. Call 303-814-0142.

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Datura St., Littleton. Celebrated author Louisa May Alcott will be portrayed by storyteller and author Linda Batlin, who is known for her dynamic living history presentations.

Come and meet Louisa May Alcott and learn more about this fascinating woman and her life. Call 303-795-3961.

Artificial Intelligence 101: 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 29, at the Lone Tree Library, 10055 Library Way. Learn about the real world of artificial intelligence from speakers with the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at the University of Denver. Adults. Registration is required at 303-791-7323 or DCL.org.

Chinese Auction: 4-7 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 30 at The Spur of the Moment, 8885 Spruce Mountain Road, Larkspur. Presented by the Front Range Chapter of The Breakfast Club.

Silent auction; cash or checks only. Items for bid range from grandma’s candlesticks to Murano Glass from Italy.

Brews & Views Beer Festival: 2-5 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 2, at the Hudson Gardens and Event Center, 6115 S. Santa Fe Drive, Littleton. More than 30 Colorado breweries, local food trucks, music, games and more. Tickets available at www.altitudetickets. com. Call 303-797-8565 or go to www.hudsongardens.org.

SPARK! Gardening: 10-11:30 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 5 at Denver Botanic Gardens Chatfield Farms, 8500 W. Deer Creek Canyon Road, Littleton. In partnership with the Colorado chapter of the SPARK! Alzheimer’s Association, Denver Botanic Gardens offers an opportunity for participants with mild memory loss to enjoy hands-on garden related projects.

Meet in the main parking lot in front of the Visitor Center. Free, registration required. Go to www. botanicgardens.org.

ion, 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.

Nocturnal Wildlife Hike, Silly Salamanders: 7-9 p.m. Friday, Aug. 25 at Denver Audubon Society, 9308 S. Wadsworth Blvd., Littleton. Join us for this ever-popular program in search of bats, beavers, owls, and more.

Listen for coyote calls, check out the bat houses around the ponds, and see if the beaver are making progress on their South Platte River dam. Limited to 20 participants. Register at http:// www.denveraudubon.org/event/ nocturnal-wildlife-hike-sillysalamanders/. Call 303-973-9530 or go to communityoutreach@ denveraudubon.org

Membership Meeting: Wednesday, Sept. 6 at the George C. Evans American Legion Post 103 of Littleton. Newly elected commander Al Rodriguez will lead the post through July 2018.

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 Pavil-

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Free Community Dinner: 6-7 p.m.

Tuesday, Aug. 29 at First Presbyterian Church, 1609 W. Littleton Blvd., Littleton. All are welcome.

Dinner is chicken and beef tacos with all the fixings, fresh fruit and handheld desserts. Call 303-7981389 or go littletonpresbyterian. org/dinner.

Book Lovers: 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 31 at the Castle Pines Library, 360 Village Square Lane.

Discover great new authors and books recommended by library staff and publishing guests, with refreshments and giveaways.

Adults. Registration is required at 303-7917323 or DCL.org.

HEALTH

NAMI Family-to-Family Classes: 6:30-9 p.m. Tuesdays from Aug. 29 to Nov. 14 at C-470 and University Boulevard; and 6:30-9 p.m. Thursdays at I-25 and Dry Creek Road. These 12-session programs a designed for family members, significant others and friends who have an adult in their life who is living with diagnosed mental illness. Programs provided at no cost; space for up to 20 students per class. Registration is required. Go to namiadco.org (click education, then family to family); or email family2family@ namiadco.org. `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

HSE Prep Class: 6 p.m. Monday, Aug. 28, and Wednesday, Aug. 30 at the Parker Library, 20105 E. Mainstreet. Instruction, assessment and practice for those preparing to take high school equivalency exams. Ages 17-plus.

Registration for either day is required at 303-7917323 or DCL.org.

Shiloh Shindig: 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

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Romano’s celebrates 50 years in Littleton Classic Italian restaurant on Windermere still uses mom and dad’s recipes

BY DAVID GILBERT DGILBERT@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Few things in life stay the same.

But for 50 years, Romano’s Italian Restaurant has been serving up old-fashioned Italian food using the same recipes, in the same cozy dining room.

The menu and the dining room are a little bigger than when Neil and Ellie Romano started the place in 1967, but for generations of area residents, Romano’s, at 5666 S. Windermere St. in Littleton, is synonymous with great food, good memories, and celebration.

Sue, Nick and John Romano, Neil and Ellie’s kids, still run the joint, gracing regulars and newcomers alike with Italian hospitality and a basket of bread with softened butter. Collages of family photos and lush paintings of the Old Country adorn the warm wood-paneled walls, and the aroma of simmering garlic wafts from the kitchen.

“We feel like we’re home for a lot of people,” said John Romano.

“When they come home after college, they want to come here. To be part of the Littleton community for such a long time, and know that we’re part of people’s memories, it’s humbling. It’s overwhelming sometimes.”

The Romano’s story goes back to Neil’s childhood in Manhattan’s Little Italy, where his mother ran a restaurant called the Sugar Bowl, and his father ran a fruit stand. One day in the late 1950s Neil’s cousins invited him to join them in heading to Colorado, and Neil threw a suitcase together and hopped in the car west.

He landed with relatives in Denver’s north-side Italian neighborhood, and soon was working for the family restaurant in Greeley.

Dyani Galligan, top right, celebrates the first day of school at Romano’s with her kids Saoirse, 12, at left, and Tiernan, 9.

PHOTOS BY DAVID GILBERT After hopping around to a few different restaurants, and marrying Ellie along the way, the couple grew tired of working for others and bought a little pizza joint in Littleton.

Sue, who was in first grade when the restaurant opened, remembered that on their first day, Neil was worried because there was no money in the till to make change with.

“They were literally down to their last dollar,” Sue said.

The restaurant was tiny then, but over time the Romanos slowly acquired more space in the building.

It wasn’t long before Romano’s grew into a revered Littleton institution.

The Romanos experimented with other locations over the years, including restaurants in Black Hawk, Highlands Ranch, and on Arapahoe Road. The family found that the other locations stretched them too thin, and the last of the

other locations closed in 2013.

“We’re done with that,” Sue said.

“People always tell us we ought to open one in Golden or something, and we say no thanks, we’re settled here.”

The menu still has all the old favorites that Neil and Ellie started with, but their kids have expanded it over the years. Sue said eggplant parmesan is a favorite.

“Lots of people say they hate eggplant, but then they try ours and love it.”

John said they’ll probably continue to tweak the menu, but it’s a game of careful addition.

“We’ve added numerous things over the years,” John said. “If you don’t add things, customers get bored. But the foundations don’t change. The meatballs, the sauce, the dough, the dressings and sauces — all the same as mom and dad used to make.”

The consistency means a lot to Romano’s regulars, like Dyani Galligan, who was celebrating the first

John Romano, left, niece Jordan and sister Sue show off their 50th anniversary placard. day back in school with her kids Saoirse and Tiernan on a recent night.

“I’ve been coming here for 30 years,” Dyani said, with the kind of easy laugh that comes after a glass or two of red wine. “When I was in high school everybody I knew worked at Romano’s. Everybody who works here is like family.”

Ellie passed away in 2012, and Neil followed her 15 months later.

Neil and Ellie had eight granddaughters, and John and Sue feel confident that one or more of them will take over Romano’s someday — though they hope that day is still a ways off.

“We keep saying we’ll never retire,” Sue said. “Our dad never retired until he was physically not able to come in anymore. He would still come in to stir the sauce and check the dough. We hope mom and dad are looking down on us and smiling on us as we take it forward into the next 50 years.”

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Drills prepare players for soccer matches Practices pair athletes with teammates for best approximation of games

SOCCER PLAYERS TO WATCH

Returning boys soccer players from south metro area schools who made all-league first or second teams last season: Arapahoe: Noah Anthony, Chris Grauberger, Castle View: Justin Howe, Dillion O’Connor Chaparral: Evan Olson Cherry Creek: Sam Hallam, Cesar Martinez, Jacob Wood, Peter McHugh Douglas County: Thomas Hoy, Noah Johnson Heritage: Adam McDaniel Highlands Ranch: Brian Lutz, Chase Goldsberry, Devin Sharpe Legend: Samuel Gardner, Keenan Palmore, Larry Kruger Littleton: Zach Mcguire, Omar Serrano Mountain Vista: Jake Edmund, Brady Stevens Ponderosa: Slade Walker Rock Canyon: Justin Olcott ThunderRidge: Chris Hood, Ethan Anderson, Chase Rojas Valor Christian: Ryan Pierce

BY JIM BENTON JBENTON@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

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occer matches are packed with one-on-one confrontations as players mark each other up and down the field.

Therefore, many practice sessions also involve drills with players going against another player to simulate game action.

“We try to create a competitive atmosphere with some technical work,” explained Cherry Creek coach Marcelo Curi. “This generally revolves with players working with and against each other to improve technique. We try and play some tactical soccer following, and yes, we many times compete for shootouts at the end.

“We want to create game conditions as much as possible, and even though some exercises involve limited players and touches on the ball, they all have value in their purpose.”

Senior Zach Tripp says Arapahoe coach Mark Hampshire lets his players select some practice drills.

“We play a lot of small side games so it’s a half field, some 6-v-6, sometimes we do 2-v-2 which is a lot of fun,” said Tripp. “We try our hardest to make it like a game. It’s not that much different. We try to push each other the

Andres Marquina (blue shirt) and Jack Hibbett goes after a loose ball during a Rock Canyon scrimmage which will help coach Aaron Carpenter select the Jaguars varsity team. Other players watching from left to right are Nasser Marakcki, Bruno Zdravecky and Blake Perry.

JIM BENTON hardest we can.”

Official soccer practice started Aug. 12 and Arapahoe was one of six teams from the Colorado Community Media circulation area that were ranked in the preseason rankings compiled by CHSAANow.com.

Arapahoe was sixth in the Class 5A poll with Cherry Creek ninth and Ralston Valley 10th. D’Evelyn was

sixth in the preseason Class 4A poll with Standley Lake seventh. Jefferson Academy was second in Class 3A. All regular season matches must be completed by Oct. 21. First of three rounds of the state playoffs competition begins Oct. 25. State semifinals are set for Nov. 8 with the state title games for 3A, 4A and 5A scheduled for Nov. 11 at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park in Commerce City.

“We work on technique, tactics related to our previous game and upcoming opponents and physical maintenance work,” said Heritage coach Adam Buseck. “We use video analysis to view previous games and show the players positive and negative things they are doing as individuals and in groups.

“We utilize the depth of our program and scrimmage with our JV team a good amount. We work situational concepts this week on how do we adjust when we are winning or losing by one goal, two goals or if we are overmatch playing a strong team.”

Volleyball squads work in ways like football teams Offense centers on setter, whose role is similar to that of quarterback

BY JIM BENTON JBENTON@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

A good volleyball team can relate to what makes a football team successful.

Volleyball players have to know each other and work together just like a good offensive line in football that is directed by an effective quarterback.

“We liken offense to football a lot but the most important part of that is the setter, who is the quarterback of the team,” said Arapahoe coach Jordan Wright. “Setters are running the offense, telling players what plays they are doing, then setting the smartest option within those plays.”

Chaparral coach Amanda West claims team unity goes hand in hand

with success.

“Our pre-competition practices are full of team building and consist of a lot of 6-on-6 competition drills to get the girls used to playing next to each other,” she said.

Girls’ high school volleyball teams opened practice Aug. 14.

Eight teams from the Colorado Community Media circulation area were ranked in the CHSAANow.com preseason volleyball polls.

Rock Canyon was third in the Class 5A ratings with Chaparral fourth, Mountain Vista fifth, Cherry Creek sixth and Arapahoe eighth. Holy Family was second in the 4A poll with Valor Christian fifth, while Faith Christian was eighth in the 3A poll.

Teams will have two months of practice and matches to tune up their games before the regionals that must be completed by Nov. 5. The all-classification state tournament is set for Nov. 10-11 at the Denver Coliseum.

“We are in some form of 6-v-6 during

VOLLEYBALL PLAYERS TO WATCH The following are returning players from south metro area schools who made last year’s all-league volleyball teams: Castle View: Lauren Lowry, Leanne Lowry, Katie Menz.

Cherry Creek: Katie Sherman Douglas County: Melanee Bauer, Jessika Linnemeyer Heritage: Sydney Larson Highlands Ranch: Kelsie Minkowski, Allison Conor Lutheran: Tori Bjorgum, Payton Brjoch, Kennedey Johnson Mountain Vista: Amanda Keller, Sam Novak Ponderosa: Abigail Hildebrand, Taylor Weible Rock Canyon: Keeley Davis SkyView Academy: Tiana Schwarz Valor Christian: Lily Thomason 80 percent or more of our practices,” related Castle View coach Scott Dowis.

“We do a lot of statistical drills in this SEE SQUAD, P31

Castle View girls volleyball coach Scott Dowis offers advice to his team during a Sabercats’ practice session on Aug. 16.

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In tennis, players often climb a lengthy ladder

BY JIM BENTON JBENTON@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Ladders and challenge matches are vehicles used by tennis coaches to rank players on a team.

For a large school like Cherry Creek. the ladder is big.

Members on teams from all schools must play documented challenge matches and either move up or down non the ladder, which eventually will determine a team’s lineup based on ability.

The Colorado High School Activities Association has the following ethics rules regarding challenge matches in its tennis bulletin: A tennis coach must present a player’s list at the beginning of each dual match/ tournament. The list shall certify that the team’s best player determined by play is the #1 singles, #2 singles, etc. with the exception of temporary replacements. A tennis ladder or challenge match results must be provided to prove a team lineup.

Challenge matches don’t continue into the regular season because of another CHSAA guideline.

All players must have competed in at least six events at that position before they can play at that position in regionals.

Cherry Creek had 169 players on its ladder when challenge matches started Aug. 14, and coach Art Quinn admits it takes time to understand just how a substantial ladder SEE TENNIS, P31

TENNIS PLAYERS TO WATCH Returning players from south metro area schools who qualified to play in last year’s boys state tennis tournaments: Heritage: Skyler Gates, Jack Alexander, Will Jones, Zach Kennedy, Cole Sullivan, Carson McLeod.

Arapahoe: Tyler Larson, Nick Stephenson, Jake Hall, Kick Zieser, Jack Kikkeri, Chase Wern, AJ Nelson.

Ponderosa: Henry Cox, Hayden Smith, Luke Lindell, Trent Lowe, Peyton Correll, Cherry Creek: Alex Gordon, Sam Angell, Drew Hill, Stone Heyan, Nick Eidler,

Ben Murray, Zack Smith, Nick Suichar.

Mountain Vista: Collin Bean, Tommy Hipp, Brian Benson, Naman Kapasi.

ThunderRidge: Benton Haensel, Carson Sexton Rock Canyon: Luke Smith Legend: Luke Grant Valor Christian: Carter Logan, Xavier Pacheco, Chapin Schott, Truman Osburn, Ben Findlow

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Broncos great offers motivation for high school players Hall-of-famer Terrell Davis speaks at Castle View event

BY JIM BENTON JBENTON@COLORDOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Denver Broncos hall of fame running back Terrell Davis started the Mile High Salute in the 1990s after he scored touchdowns to honor service men.

Davis received a salute of sort with a standing ovation after his 35-minute speech on Aug. 18 at the Castle View Gridiron Club’s Back the Cats evening, which was held at the Plum Creek church in Castle Rock.

The three-time all-pro player and two-time Super Bowl champion talked about the core values of virtue, trust, resilience, passion, accountability and belief. Those are also same values that the Castle View football team stresses.

“It was amazing having TD talk about Castle View football’s core values,” said Gridiron Club president Charles Oster. “I had dozens of people share their excitement after the event. Players in particular were grateful and excited.”

Davis, who was induced into the Pro Football Hall of Fame on Aug. 5, also took part in a meet-and-greet session before his speech and answered questions from the audience afterward.

He enhanced his speech with personal stories. He recalled the time

when he was 14 years old and had a shotgun pointed in his face, but the potential shooter was convinced by another party not to pull the trigger.

“That night told me I can’t put myself in situations that I’m guaranteed to lose,” Davis said. “From that day, I never put myself in those situations.

“It’s up to you to decide what kind of life you want to live. These six core values were instrumental in helping me achieve the goals I wanted to achieve. When things go a little south for us all, we just go back to our core values.”

Senior safety Josh Hermanstorfer was impressed with Davis’ discourse about belief.

“He didn’t always believe in himself and I’ve had some problems believing in myself,” Hermanstorfer said. “He said you just kind of have to flip that switch and it will change your game. It’s really empowering.”

There was an overflow crowd of 750 that attended the event, which helped raise funds to support the Castle View football program.

Most of the Castle View players in attendance weren’t born or were in cribs from 1995-2001, when Davis was becoming the Broncos’ all-time leading rusher.

“Yeah, I know who Terrell Davis is,” senior linebacker Heath Helms said. “Who doesn’t know? I was in a crib, but he’s one of my favorite players. I watch videos of him all the time.

“It was a great event. I feel like it gave a lot of motivation for the team.

It brings a lot of good energy and maybe pumps the team up a little.”

Terrell Davis spoke to a crowd of 550 during the Castle View Gridiron Club’s Back and Cats night on Aug. 18 at the Plum Creek Church in Castle Rock. During a question and answer session, Davis revealed he is afraid for himself about possible concussion effects but he would let his 6-year-old son play tackle football if he wants. Davis says strides have been made with practice limitations, tackling techniques and concussion awareness and he is comfortable with the safety measures that are being taken at all levels of organized football.

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Injury report puts health of young athletes in spotlight

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aybe that last-place ranking that Colorado recently received in the report released by the Korey Stringer Institute on managing injury risk has turned into a positive for the Colorado High School Activities Association.

Colorado was last among 51 state associations in the high school sports Safety Policy Rankings. Rankings are based on guidelines for sudden cardiac arrest, exertional heat stroke, traumatic head injury, appropriate health care coverage and emergency preparedness.

North Carolina was ranked first, followed by Kentucky.

CHSAA and the National Federation of State High School Associations objected to the Aug. 8 report.

CHSAA responded loudly and has made people aware of what the organization is doing.

“It gave us pause to look at what we were doing, double check our best practices with others and provide reassurance that we had many good things in place,” assistant CHSAA Commissioner Bert Borgmann said.

“We know that we will be adding additional measures, and we would have

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without the survey.

We are focused on and will continue to be focused on the health and safety of Colorado’s student participants.”

CHSAA claims the Stringer ranking was not an accurate reflection of safety Jim Benton measures employed and the organization said it did not participate in the questionnaire involved with the rankings.

The Korey Stringer Institute is a safety research and advocacy organization based at the University of Connecticut. Stringer, a pro football player, died of complications from heat stroke at the age of 27 in 2001.

NFHS felt the grading of state associations was an incomplete measurement of the states’ ability to help member schools with heat, heart and head issues.

New CHSAA Commissioner Rhonda Blanford-Green felt the institute’s questions were flawed and didn’t allow CHSAA to elaborate on alternatives and overshadowed safety measures CHSAA has implemented. To learn

more about those measures, go to www2.chsaa.org/sports/medicine/ The KSI report can be found at ksi. uconn.edu/high-school-state-policies Friday Night lights For decades, Friday nights have been when the spotlight shines on high school football games. Saturday was the day that college football teams were in the limelight. However, that has been changing in recent years, with more and more college games showing up on TV on Friday nights.

The National Federation of State High School Associations adopted a resolution that urges schools and teams at the college and pro levels to honor the longstanding tradition that Friday nights in the fall should be reserved for high school football.

That just won’t happen because money talks and college football can gain revenue from television contracts by playing games on Friday.

Colorado and Colorado State play on Friday, Sept 1. The Big 10 is exploring playing Friday games and joining the many other schools already seeking paydays by playing a day earlier than usual.

There are 38 games this season that

will be played and televised nationally on Friday nights between Sept. 1 and Nov. 17.

Big shoes to fill Matt Bocklet, team captain for the Major League Lacrosse Denver Outlaws and a four-time all-star selection, has accepted a new challenge as he replaces Brian Perry as the Cherry Creek boys lacrosse coach.

Perry retired after the 2017 season.

He led the Bruins into 10 state championship games, won five of those title encounters and logged 258 career victories.

Bocklet, 31, has been head coach at Highlands Ranch, where he compiled a 43-36 record in six seasons. He said he is looking forward to the journey ahead as he takes the reins of the Bruins, who graduated 13 players off last season’s state championship team.

He plans to continue playing professional lacrosse.

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

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environment. We also do one positional practice each week.

“In terms of technology we use an iPad that films our team and projects it to a TV in our gym on a 15-second delay.

That way we review a play or player performing a skill right after it happened. The visual feedback is a great tool.”

Ralston Valley coach Debbie Erick-

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works that is complete with four-player clusters.

Quinn, a 1982 graduate, played tennis at Creek and was an assistant coach for eight seasons before assuming the head coaching position two years ago.

“It took me five to six years as an assistant coach to completely understand each part of the ladder and understand it as a whole,” said Quinn. “Every year there’s something that will happen that you cannot foresee. With a program the size of Cherry Creek and the amount of variables you have, there’s really no way to predict every outcome. There are surprises every year, no doubt.

“There are so many processes within the processes. As you get near the top of the clusters, the top 14, it’s still the same ladder, but it’s a different system within the system.”

The system has worked as the Bruins head into the 2018 season, having won the past six straight Class 5A state titles and 42 of 45 championships since 1971.

This season, tennis state qualifying

son rationalizes that “practice varies depending on where we are in the season.”

At Lutheran, coach Alicia Oates stresses ball control during practice and games.

“We will practice ways to utilize our team strengths while improving any areas of weakness,” Oates said. “As we get into game competition we like to look for ways to use our strengths against our opponent’s weaknesses, but our primary focus is on controlling our side on the net. The more competition, pressure situations and game-like experiences we can create in practice, the better.”

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regionals must be completed by Oct. 7 and the state tournaments are scheduled for Oct. 12-14. The Class 5A state tournament is set for the Gates Tennis Center in Denver and the 4A meet will be held at Pueblo City Park.

Challenge matches provide a competitive, intense start to the season but coaches usually wait until the lineup is established to work on helping players with particular phases of the game.

“For our challenge matches, I do not coach our athletes,” said Mountain Range coach Karl Buck. “I do not want our athletes to feel that I am coaching one more than the other, so I avoid it altogether. I watch every singles and doubles challenge match, taking notes on what I feel our players can do better in the future.”

Heritage coach Chad Hanson is also a spectator during the early-season challenge matches.

“The boys have been coached by me or their private coaches all summer and have a chance to show me how hard they’ve worked during the challenge matches,” he said. “We begin normal practices as soon as the ladder is set.”

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‘I felt like I could do anything’ Parker man reaches new heights with adaptive climbing wall

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arker resident Nate Redman has a rare genetic condition, spinocerebellar ataxia 7, that’s gradually taking away his brain’s ability to communicate with his body. A wrestler and football player in high school, the 25-year-old now uses a wheelchair and relies on his family, therapists and friends to get from point A to point B, at least when he’s on the ground.

But he can go upward as well as just about anyone.

“I’d never done a therapy like that,” Redman said, referring to an indoor adaptive climbing wall he’s been using at the Parker Fieldhouse, 18700 E. Plaza Drive in Parker. “It helps my coordination and it’s fun.”

A special harness allows a staff member to keep him from falling, the same it would with any climber.

And with a little help transferring from his wheelchair, Redman can grab the handholds, place his feet on footholds and pull himself up the 25-foot structure. It’s the only wall like it in the area, according to Fieldhouse staff.

Redman began using the wall in April, but he’s already made it to the top twice.

TO USE THE WALL A 60-minute private session with a staff member using the adaptive climbing wall is $30 for Parker Recreation members and $35 for non-members. The Fieldhouse recommends calling 303-805-6300 at least a week in advance for scheduling.

For more information on rates or scheduling for the adaptive climbing wall, call the Fieldhouse at 303-805-6304 or crhode@ parkeronline.org.

“I felt like I could do anything,” he said of his first summit. “I was actually turning around and waving.”

Spinocerebellar ataxia is degenerative, and patients with Redman’s condition are ultimately bedridden.

Redman’s occupational therapist, Jeff Galloway, said climbing is one way to keep Redman active and exercising as long as possible, adding that the wall has unique benefits for Redman’s coordination and confidence.

“It’s a novel experience,” Galloway said. “Reaching and seeking the handles helps with his coordination and sensory integration…

These are things we all apply every day to build our character.”

Redman’s closest companion, Aaron Peterson, said he’s noticed improvement in his friend’s dexterity and strength, but added that the positive effects of using the wall go beyond Redman himself.

“Every time we tell someone about it,” he said, “it inspires them to try it.”

Nate Redman, in red, makes his way up the Parker Fieldhouse climbing wall as his occupational therapist Jeff Galloway, wearing a hat, and his friend Aaron Peterson, help him get started.

Peterson, a friend of Redman’s since their teen years, moved in with the Redman family to assist in Nate’s care.

Nate Redman, 25, scales the adaptive climbing wall at the Parker Fieldhouse on Aug. 9. Redman has been coming to the facility to climb since April, and has made it to the top of the 25-foot structure twice, so far.

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Chess Club meets from 7-9 p.m. the second and fourth Wednesdays at the James H. LaRue Library, 9292 Ridgeline Blvd., Highlands Ranch.

Drop in to play a serious social game; no fees or charges. Clocks and ratings rarely used. Sets and boards provided. An informal ladder helps to pair you against your equals; all ages welcome. Contact Frank Atwood, 720-260-1493 or highlandsranchlibrarychess.org.

Douglas County Elks Lodge 2873 meets at 7 p.m. the first and third Tuesday of every month at the Douglas County Fairgrounds & Events Center, Kirk Hall, 500 Fairgrounds Drive, Castle Rock. The lodge is actively seeking a permanent venue in the Castle Rock area. All “Stray Elks” are invited to attend and to be involved in the growth and activities of this new social and community service organization. Call 303941-0135 or e-mail swgilbert@comcast.net.

Falcon Youth Sports Association baseball board meeting is at 7 p.m. every fourth Thursday at Highlands Ranch Community Association offices, 48 W. Springer Drive. Call 303-791-6244.

Falcon Youth Sports Association executive board meetings are at 7 p.m. every second Wednesday at the Highlands Ranch Community Association offices, 48 W. Springer Drive.

Call 303-791-6244.

Front Range Woodturners Club meets from 6-9 p.m. the first Tuesday of each month in the basement of the Rockler Woodworking store at 2553 S Colorado Blvd. Anyone interested in woodturning is welcome. Contact Jim

August 24, 2017A Proud at cavaleon1956@gmail.com for more information.

GED Prep Class Douglas County Libraries offers GED preparation classes for those ages 17 and older. Classes offered at 6 p.m. Mondays and Wednesdays at the Parker Library, 10851 S. Crossroads Drive; and at 6 p.m. Tuesdays at the Philip S. Miller Library, 100 S. Wilcox St., Castle Rock. Registration is required; call 303791-7323 or DouglasCountyLibraries.org.

Highlands Ranch Cycling Club has weekly rides and a variety of cycling experiences for the cycling enthusiast. The club also meets regularly for club business. Visit www.highlandsranchcycling.com or call Bernie Greenberg, 303-791-6792.

Highlands Ranch Garden Club. Whether you are an experienced gardener or a novice, you will always find something of interest at the Highlands Ranch Garden Club. For information, visit www.hrgc.org.

Learn to Fly Fish: 9-11 a.m. Saturdays at Orvis Park Meadows, 8433 Park Meadows Center Drive, Unit 149, Lone Tree. The free Fly Fishing 101 course teaches the basics including fly casting, outfit rigging, and knot tying. After completing FF101, sign up for the free FF201 class at a local stocked pond and practice hooking, playing and landing fish. For information or to sign up, call 303-768-9600 or go to www.orvis. com/s/park-meadows-colorado-orvis-retailstore/620.

Running Club meets at 7:30 a.m. every Saturday in the parking lot of Southeast Christian Church. Walkers, joggers and runners are welcome. Call John at 720-842-5520.

Salty Dog Sailing Club If you love to sail or

want to try, if you don’t have a boat, if you have a boat but don’t sail enough because you cannot find a crew, the Salty Dog Sailing Club is for you. The club meets the second Thursday of the month. Dinner begins at 5:30 p.m. with the business meeting commencing at 7 p.m.

Go to www.saltydog.org for meeting locations and directions.

SilverSneakers Fitness, Silver&Fit at ACC The Arapahoe Community College fitness center offers the SilverSneakers Fitness and Silver&Fit programs for seniors in the south metro Denver area. For more information about health and fitness options at ACC, call 303-797-5850 Yoga class. Health Ministries at St. Andrew United Methodist Church welcomes the community to their health class: Yoga helps improve flexibility, balance, alignment, posture, toning, strengthening, relaxation and awareness. Class is offered from 9:45-10:45 a.m. Wednesdays. Sessions are 10 weeks, and drop-ins are welcome. Cost is $90 per 10 weeks or $15 per session. All levels are welcome. For information, contact the leader Martha who has taught yoga for many years, Call 720-4802164, ihealing@msn.com. St. Andrew United Methodist Church, 9203 S. University Blvd., Highlands Ranch. Call 303-794-2683 for information or visit www.st-andrew-umc.com.

Service AAUW (American Association of University Women), founded in 1881, is the oldest women’s organization in the United States. It has a mission of promoting equity for women and girls through advocacy, education and research. Scholarships are provided to Douglas County women who are in college, and cash awards are presented to senior girls from Douglas County high schools who have an

interest in the areas of science, technology, engineering or math (STEM). Meetings are in Castle Rock the third Wednesday of the month, at various times and locations. Go to douglascounty-co.aauw.net. Contact Beryl Jacobson at 303-688-8088 or berylmjacobson@gmail.com.

American Legion Highlands Ranch Post 1260 meets at 6:30 p.m. the fourth Tuesday of each month at the Northridge Recreation Center, 8801 S. Broadway, Highlands Ranch.

Call 720-663-1260.

Highlands Ranch Lions Club: 6:30-8:30 p.m. the second and fourth Thursday of each month, except June and July, at IHOP, 9565 S. University Blvd., Highlands Ranch. Lions Club International is the largest service organization in the world and is celebrating its 100th anniversary. Highlands Ranch club has celebrated its 20th anniversary. Contact 303-955-4353 or loismgould@comcast.net Mansion tours. The Highlands Ranch Metro District invites the public to visit the Highlands Ranch Mansion for free during regular open hours from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. every Tuesday and Thursday. Visit www.HighlandsRanchMansion. com or call 303-791-0177.

Taize-style service, a meditative hour of prayer, song, scripture and the labyrinth, is offered from 6:45-7:45 p.m. the fourth Thursday of the month at St. Andrew United Methodist Church, 3350 E. White Bay Drive, Highlands Ranch. Child care is provided for this hour. The labyrinth is also available for individual meditation and prayer from 4 p.m. until the service on fourth Thursday, and from 4-8 p.m. on the second Thursdays. Call 303-794-2683 or visit www.st-andrew-umc.com.

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The Louviers Village Club House will celebrate its 100th birthday on Aug. 26.

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Louviers Village Club House turns 100 years old STAFF REPORT

The historic Louviers Village Club House has a big birthday coming up.

The building now housing a Douglas County Libraries branch will celebrate its 100th anniversary Aug. 26.

In those 100 years, the club served Louviers — a small community in western Douglas County, south of Titan Road just off Santa Fe Drive — in multiple capacities. Opening as a community center in 1917, the building has housed a mercantile, post office, reading room, shooting range and barbershop. The building’s storied history earned it a spot on the National Register of Historic Places, through which Louviers Village is also designated a Historic District.

Today, in addition to functioning as a library branch, the building offers event space and a two-lane bowling alley.

“Louviers is a community that treasures its history and its library, and DCL is excited to celebrate the building’s 100-year anniversary with them,” Jill Seeland, patron service technician with Douglas County Libraries, said in a written statement.

The Aug. 26 celebration will run from 10 a.m. to noon, featuring an old-fashioned ice cream social, games such as horseshoes and ring toss, crafts and more.

The event also offers a first look at the newly updated library — a project incorporating refinished floors, restored historic furniture, new carpet and fresh paint.

The Louviers Village Club House is located at 7885 Louviers Blvd. For more information about the event, call 303-791-7323 or visit DCL.org.

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$409,760.80 Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $452,140.35

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.

First Publication: 8/10/2017 Last Publication: 9/7/2017 Publisher: Douglas County News Press

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

Dated: 6/16/2017 CHRISTINE DUFFY DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee

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.

Legal Description of Real Property: LOT 119, HIGHLANDS RANCH - FILING NO. 122-U, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO.

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

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.

Which has the address of: 10718 Amesbury Way, Highlands Ranch, CO 80126

Public Trustees 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.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.

First Publication: 8/10/2017 Last Publication: 9/7/2017 Publisher: Douglas County News Press

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

Dated: 6/16/2017 CHRISTINE DUFFY DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee

Legal Description of Real Property: LOT 119, HIGHLANDS RANCH - FILING NO. 122-U, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO.

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

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.

Notices

411-2372) or both. However, the filing of a complaint in and of itself will not stop the foreclosure process.

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.

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/

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

Public Trustees

*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 PUBLIC NOTICE 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.

Legal Description of Real Property: LOT 21, BLOCK 1, HIGHLANDS RANCH FILING NO. 52-C, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO.

Public Trustees

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

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

Dated: 6/8/2017 CHRISTINE DUFFY DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee

Legal Description of Real Property: LOT 21, BLOCK 1, HIGHLANDS RANCH FILING NO. 52-C, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO.

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

NOTICE OF SALE

Douglas County

August 24, 2017A

First Publication: 8/3/2017 Last Publication: 8/31/2017 Publisher: Douglas County News Press

Dated: 6/8/2017 The property described herein is all of the CHRISTINE DUFFY property encumbered by the lien of the deed To advertise yourDOUGLAS public notices call 303-566-4100 COUNTY Public Trustee of trust.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.

Which has the address of: 1884 Mountain Sage Run, Highlands Ranch, CO 80126

tion 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.

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

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

Public Trustees

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

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

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

Legal Notice No. 2017-0154 THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that on The current holder of the Evidence of Debt se*YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE First Publication: 8/10/2017 the first possible sale date (unless the sale is Legal Description of Real Property: cured by the Deed of Trust described herein, DATES on the Public Trustee website: Last Publication: 9/7/2017 continued*) at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, October LOT 9, BLOCK 1, HIGHLANDS RANCH has filed written election and demand for sale as http://www.douglas.co.us/publictrustee/ Publisher: Douglas County News Press 4, 2017, at the Public Trustee’s office, 402 WilFILING NO. 23, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, provided by law and in said Deed of Trust. cox Street, Castle Rock, Colorado, I will sell at STATE OF COLROADO. PublicIsNotice Legal Notice No.: 2017-0138 public auction to the highest and best bidder for THEREFORE, Notice Hereby Given that on COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, COLORADOFirst Publication: 8/3/2017 cash, the said real property and all interest of Which has the address of: the first possible sale date (unless the sale is TREASURER'S STATEMENT Last Publication: 8/31/2017 said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns 502 White Cloud Dr, Highlands Ranch, continued*) at 10:00 a.m.

Wednesday, SeptemCOUNTY OF DOUGLAS, COLORADO Statement of Cash Receipts & Disbursements Publisher: Douglas County News Press therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedCO 80126 ber 27, 2017, at the Public Trustee’s office, 402 TREASURER'S STATEMENT ness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured Wilcox Street, Castle Rock, Colorado, I will30, sell2017 For the 6 months Ended June Statement of Cash Receipts & Disbursements by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the NOTICE OF SALE at public auction to the highest and best bidder Forthe thesaid 6 months Ended June expenses of sale and other items allowed by for cash, real property and30, all2017 interest of law, and will deliver to the purchaser a CertificThe current holder of the Evidence of Debt sesaid Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns TREASURER ABATED AND TOTAL ate of Purchase, all as provided by law. If the cured by the Deed of Trust described herein, therein, for the purpose of paying the indebted-TOTAL sale date is continued to a later date, the dead- BEGINNING CURRENT DELINQUENT OTHER TRANSFERS RECEIPTS TRANSFERS DISBURSEMENTS has filed written ENDING election and demandFEES for sale as ness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured TREASURER ABATED AND TOTAL TOTAL line to file a notice of intent to cure by those provided by law and in said Deed WITHHELD of Trust. by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, theTRANSFERS DISBURSEMENTS TAX INTEREST RECEIPTS IN AND AND TRANSFERS CASH FEES BEGINNING CASH CURRENT DELINQUENT TAX OTHER of TRANSFERS OUT DISBURSEMENTS ENDING parties entitled to cure may also be extended. expenses saleTRANSFERS and other items RECEIPTS allowed by WITHHELD CASH TAX TAX INTEREST RECEIPTS AND TRANSFERS DISBURSEMENTS OUT AND TRANSFERS THEREFORE, CASH Notice Is Hereby Given that on law, and will deliver toIN the purchaser a CertificIf youCOUNTY believeFUNDS that your lender or servicer the first possible sale date (unless the sale is ate of Purchase, all as provided by law. If the has failed continued*) at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, October sale date is continued to a later date, the deadUNTY FUNDSto provide a single point of contactCAPITAL (38-38-103.1 CRS) or they are still pursu- $10,545,674.18 4, 2017, at the$7,636,700.92 Public Trustee’s office, 402 Willine to file a notice$0.00 of intent to cure by those $969,178.62 EXPENDITURES $970,120.61 ($1,097.49) $155.50 $0.00 $3,878,151.88 $0.00 $3,878,151.88 14,542.17 ing CAPITAL foreclosure even though you have sub- $10,589,311.77 cox Street, Rock, Colorado, I will sell at parties entitled to cure may also be extended. $80,290.24 REPLACEMENT 0.00 0.00 0.00 37,522.24 42,768.00 0.00 0.00 $0.00 Castle $10,669,602.01 AL EXPENDITURES $970,120.61 ($1,097.49) $155.50 $0.00 $0.00 $969,178.62 $3,878,151.88 $0.00 $3,878,151.88 public 14,542.17 $10,545,674.18 $7,636,700.92 mitted a completed loss mitigation applicaauction to the highest and best bidder for CONSERVATION TRUST 0.000.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 $3,346,302.91 tion or you have been offered and have acAL REPLACEMENT 0.00 $80,290.24$578,420.22 0.00 365,622.21 0.00 $0.00$365,622.21 $10,589,311.77 $10,669,602.01 cash, the said $3,559,100.92 real property and all interest of If 0.00 you37,522.24 believe 578,420.22 that 42,768.00 your lender or servicer COUNTY GENERAL 73,095,176.740.00(123,611.48)0.00 84,182.35 4,488,962.18 $150,862,289.90365,622.21 114,863,238.08 0.00 784,382.00 $115,647,620.08 $70,059,982.92 $105,274,652.74 cepted a loss mitigation option (38-38-103.2 said $3,559,100.92 Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs1,091,851.99 and assigns has failed to73,317,580.11 provide a 0.00 single point$578,420.22 of conERVATION TRUST 0.00 578,420.22 $365,622.21 $3,346,302.91 CRS), you may file a complaint with the ColDEBT SERVICE 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 2,741,070.30 $2,741,070.30 309,325.25 0.00 $309,325.25 tact (38-38-103.1 CRS) or they are still pursu$92,696.66 $2,524,441.71 therein, for the purpose 1,091,851.99 of paying the indebtedTY GENERAL 73,095,176.74 (123,611.48) 84,182.35 73,317,580.11 4,488,962.18 $150,862,289.90 114,863,238.08 784,382.00 $115,647,620.08 $105,274,652.74 $70,059,982.92 orado Attorney General (720-508-6006) or the ing foreclosure even though you0.00 have subness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES 5,551,450.970.00 (9,470.69)0.00 6,098.46 0.00 $5,548,078.74309,325.25 4,167,119.12 0.00 0.00 $4,167,119.12 83,060.01 $1,706,201.85 SERVICE 0.00 0.00 2,741,070.30 $2,741,070.30 $309,325.25 $92,696.66$325,242.23 $2,524,441.71 Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (855mitted a completed loss mitigation applicaby the Deed of$6,076,974.72 Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, HUMAN or SERVICES 1,735,119.18 4,411,626.21 0.00 $6,145,841.30 5,192,011.10 0.00 0.00 $5,192,011.10 0.00the $5,123,144.52 LOPMENTAL DISABILITIES 5,551,450.97 (9,470.69) (2,821.97) 6,098.46 1,917.88 0.00 $5,548,078.74 4,167,119.12 $4,167,119.12 83,060.01 $1,706,201.85 411-2372) both. However, the filing $325,242.23 of a tion or you0.00 have been offered and have acexpenses of sale and other items allowed by INTERNAL LIAB will & PROP 0.00 0.00 0.00 957,183.24 0.00 0.00 0.00 $4,045,232.98 $4,419,917.23 in SERVICES and of itself notINSUR stop the cepted a loss mitigation option (38-38-103.2 law, $6,076,974.72 and will deliver to the purchaser Ncomplaint SERVICES 1,735,119.18 (2,821.97) 1,917.88 4,411,626.21 $6,145,841.30$957,183.24 5,192,011.10 582,498.99 0.00 $5,192,011.10$582,498.99 0.00 a Certific$5,123,144.52 INTERNAL SERVICES MEDICAL 0.000.00 0.00 0.00 0.00957,183.24 8,173,739.75 0.00 8,909,625.17 0.00 0.00 $8,909,625.17 foreclosure $2,663,118.80 $1,927,233.38 CRS), you may file a complaint with the Col-$8,173,739.75582,498.99 ate of Purchase, all as provided by law. If the NAL SERVICESprocess.

LIAB & PROP INSUR SELF INSUR 0.00 0.00 $957,183.24 $582,498.99 $4,045,232.98 $4,419,917.23 sale date is continued to a later date, the deadorado Attorney General (720-508-6006) or the$1,548,466.25 INTERNAL SERVICES-EMPLOYEE 0.000.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 1,548,466.25 0.00 2,031,700.51 0.00 0.00 $2,031,700.51 $3,011,763.00 $2,528,528.74 NAL SERVICES MEDICAL SELF INSUR BENEFITS 0.00 8,173,739.75 0.00 $8,173,739.75 8,909,625.17 $8,909,625.17 $2,663,118.80 FirstJUSTICE Publication: 8/10/2017 line $1,927,233.38 to file a $35,466,365.01 notice of intent to cure by those Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (855CENTER SALES & USE TAX 0.00 0.00 0.00 13,573,623.04 0.00 $13,573,623.04 7,745,012.73 4,238,962.40 $11,983,975.13 $33,876,717.10 NAL 0.00 0.00 0.00 1,548,466.25 0.00 the $1,548,466.25 2,031,700.51 0.00 $2,031,700.51 parties $3,011,763.00 $2,528,528.74 LastSERVICES-EMPLOYEE Publication: 9/7/2017 BENEFITS entitled to cure may also be extended.

411-2372) or both. However, filing of a L.I.D. CAPITAL 0.00 0.00 7,114.71 0.00 0.00 $31,169.93 283.83 Publisher: Douglas News Press $33,876,717.10$510,566.84 CE CENTER SALES CONSTRUCTION &County USE TAX 0.00 21,268.540.00 13,573,623.04 0.00will not $13,573,623.04 7,745,012.73 31,169.93 4,238,962.40 $11,983,975.13 $35,466,365.01$507,780.16 complaint in and of0.00 itself stop the $28,383.25 LAWCONSTRUCTION ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITY 15,656,044.370.00 (14,663.72) 2,391,980.16 0.00 0.00$28,383.25 $18,058,922.86 31,169.93 12,060,233.89 0.00 0.00$31,169.93 $12,060,233.89 $18,040,972.75 $24,039,661.72 If you$507,780.16 believe that your lender or servicer foreclosure process.

CAPITAL 21,268.54 7,114.71 25,562.05 0.00 283.83(222,032.01) $510,566.84 Dated: 6/16/2017 has failed to provide$0.00 a(222,032.01) single point of conLINCOLN STATION SALES TAX IMPROVE 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 $4,279.43 0.00 $4,279.43 $0.00 NFORCEMENT AUTHORITY 15,656,044.37 (14,663.72) 25,562.05 2,391,980.16 4,279.43 0.00 $18,058,922.86 12,060,233.89 4,279.43 0.00 $12,060,233.89 $18,040,972.75 $24,039,661.72 CHRISTINE DUFFY tact (38-38-103.1 CRS) or they are still pursuFirst 8/3/2017 OPEN SPACE - SALES & USE TAX 0.000.00 0.00 0.00 0.00Publication: 5,413,354.84 0.00 $4,279.43 $5,413,354.84 4,279.43 1,592,131.87 0.00 2,347,575.75 $4,279.43 $3,939,707.62 $15,410,079.83 $16,883,727.05 LN STATION SALES TAX IMPROVE 0.00 4,279.43 $0.00 $0.00 DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee ing foreclosure even though you have subLast Publication: 8/31/20170.00 PARKS SALES & USE 0.000.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 2,223,498.70 555,225.45 $2,778,724.15 $8,424,502.83 $10,591,322.59 SPACE - SALES & USE TAXTAX 0.00 5,413,354.84 $5,413,354.84 1,592,131.87 569,136.39 2,347,575.75 42,768.00 $3,939,707.62$611,904.39 $15,410,079.83 $16,883,727.05 mitted a completed loss mitigation applicaPublisher: Douglas County0.00 News Press PUBLIC TRUSTEE 0.000.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 ($743,160.50) 0.00 ($822,438.12) name, address of tion$10,591,322.59 or you have been offered and have acSThe SALES & USE TAX and telephone numbers 2,223,498.70 78,812.06 555,225.45 $2,778,724.15 $78,812.06569,136.39 158,089.68 42,768.00 $611,904.39$158,089.68 $8,424,502.83 attorney(s) representing the legal holder of RMHIDTA 0.000.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 78,812.06 1,012,471.64 0.00 0.00$78,812.06 $1,012,471.64158,089.68 1,136,157.39 0.00 0.00 $1,136,157.39 ($282,967.22) 0.00 ($406,652.97)option (38-38-103.2 cepted a loss mitigation Dated: 6/8/2017 Cthe TRUSTEE $158,089.68 ($743,160.50) ($822,438.12) the indebtedness is: CRS), you may file a complaint with the ColCHRISTINE DUFFY 30,392,646.830.00 (40,123.17)0.00 27,270.96 7,520,808.24 0.00 784,382.00 $38,684,984.86 18,746,900.75 0.00 0.00 $18,746,900.75 369,182.06 $35,774,388.58 $55,712,472.69 DTA ROAD & BRIDGE 0.00 1,012,471.64 $1,012,471.64 1,136,157.39 $1,136,157.39 ($282,967.22) orado($406,652.97) Attorney General (720-508-6006) or the DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee 0.00 ROAD SALES & USE TAX 0.00 0.00 0.00 12,847,590.21 $12,847,590.21 5,734,605.17 0.00 1,198,719.78 $6,933,324.95 $31,366,597.50 $37,280,862.76 & BRIDGE 30,392,646.83 (40,123.17) 27,270.96 7,520,808.24 784,382.00 $38,684,984.86 18,746,900.75 $18,746,900.75 369,182.06 $35,774,388.58 $55,712,472.69 DAVID A. SHORE Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (855SOLID WASTER 0.000.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 30,173.66 0.00 0.00 $2,776.60 $349,249.03 Colorado Registration #: 19973SITE or both.

However, the filing of a The name, address and telephone numbers of $30,173.66 SALES & USE TAX DISPOSAL 0.00 12,847,590.21 0.00 $12,847,590.21 5,734,605.17 2,776.60 1,198,719.78 $6,933,324.95 411-2372) $31,366,597.50$321,851.97 $37,280,862.76 5347 S VALENTIA in and of itself will not stop the the attorney(s) of WASTER DISPOSALWAY SITE SUITE 100, 0.00 0.00 0.00 30,173.66 representing 0.00the legal holder $30,173.66 2,776.60 0.00 $2,776.60 complaint $321,851.97 $349,249.03 GREENWOOD VILLAGE, COLORADO 80111 foreclosure process. the indebtedness is: TREASURER'S CASH & INVESTMENT Phone #:DUE (303) TO573-1080 TAXING AUTHORITIES SURER'S Fax #: CASH & INVESTMENT First Publication: 8/10/2017 DAVID R DOUGHTY & IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS 434,726,606.61 364,447.30 570,254.96 74,832.80 0.00 $435,736,141.67 386,786,001.07 0.00 $386,786,001.07 3,246,280.59 $3,309,589.18 $52,259,729.78 Attorney File #: 17-00201SH DUE TO TAXING AUTHORITIES Last Publication: 9/7/2017 Colorado Registration #: 40042 MISCELLANEOUS 0.00 0.00 0.00S. 29,791,277.17 0.00 $29,791,277.17 30,165,661.39 0.00 0.00 $30,165,661.39 ($272,688.00) Publisher: Douglas County News Press 9800 MERIDIAN BLVD.0.00 SUITE 400, & IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTSRECEIVABLES $3,309,589.18$101,696.22 434,726,606.61 364,447.30 570,254.96 74,832.80 $435,736,141.67 386,786,001.07 $386,786,001.07 3,246,280.59 $52,259,729.78 *YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE MISCELLANEOUS PAYABLES 0.000.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 1,159,955,825.32 0.00 $1,159,955,825.32 1,161,135,490.78 0.00 0.00 $1,161,135,490.78 $4,520,739.68 $3,341,074.22 ENGLEWOOD, COLORADO MISCELLANEOUS RECEIVABLES 0.00 29,791,277.17 0.0080112$29,791,277.17 30,165,661.39 $30,165,661.39 $101,696.22 ($272,688.00) DATES on the Public Truste e website: Dated: 6/15/2017 Phone #: (303) 706-9990 MISCELLANEOUS PAYABLES 0.00 0.00 0.00 1,159,955,825.32 1,161,135,490.78 0.00 $1,161,135,490.78 CHRISTINE $4,520,739.68 $3,341,074.22 http://www.douglas.co.us/publictrustee/ Fax #: (303) 706-99940.00 0.00 $1,159,955,825.32 WOODMOOR MOUNTAIN GID 25,649.40 0.00 9.99 0.00 $25,659.39 19,843.44 0.00 $19,843.44 DUFFY 363.96 $150.95 $5,966.90 DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee Attorney File #: 17-015754 Legal Notice No. 2017-0154 DMOOR MOUNTAIN GID 25,649.40 0.00 9.99 0.00 0.00 $25,659.39 19,843.44 0.00 $19,843.44 363.96 $150.95 $5,966.90 $4,583,532.60 TOTAL COUNTY FUNDS $260,434,195.68 $562,174,083.25 $172,658.78 $722,566.86 $1,323,943,065.29 $8,612,407.93 SALE $1,895,624,782.11 $1,766,186,782.82 $8,612,407.93 $1,774,799,190.75 $381,259,787.04 First Publication: 8/10/2017 *YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE The name, address and telephone numbers of Last Publication: 9/7/2017 DATES on the$8,612,407.93 Public Trustee website: attorney(s) representing the legal holder of $4,583,532.60 AL COUNTYDouglas FUNDS County News Press $260,434,195.68 Legal $562,174,083.25 $172,658.78 $722,566.86 $1,323,943,065.29 $1,895,624,782.11 $1,766,186,782.82 $8,612,407.93 $1,774,799,190.75 the$381,259,787.04 Notice No.: 931378 ** First Publication: August 24, 2017 ** Last Publication: August 24, 2017 ** Publisher: Douglas County News-Press Publisher: http://www.douglas.co.us/publictrustee/ the indebtedness is: Legal Notice No.: 2017-0138 First Publication: 8/3/2017

EVE GRINA Colorado Registration #: 43658

Highlands Ranch * 1

7hereof: August$162,917.86 24, 2017

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.

Public Trustees

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 9, BLOCK 1, HIGHLANDS RANCH FILING NO. 23, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLROADO. 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 PUBLIC NOTICE

of trust.

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.

Public Trustees

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.

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

Misc. Private Legals

You are hereby notified that a petition has been filed which alleges that the above-named child is dependent or neglected as per the facts set forth in the Dependency and Neglect Petition, a copy of which is being served upon you. The following documents are also available for service upon you: Petition in Dependency and Neglect, Dependency and Neglect Handbook; Application for Court Appointed Counsel; ICWA Affidavit; Advisement in Dependency and Neglect; and the Relative Affidavit.

A Continued Pre-Trial Conference and Mandatory First Appearance for Respondent Father, Pasqual Masi and Appearance Review Hearing for the Respondent Mother, Pamela Masi set for September 14, 2017 at 11:00 a.m., in Division 2, Douglas County District Court, 4000 Justice Way, Castle Rock, Colorado, 80109.

Your presence before this court is required to defend against the claims in this petition. IF YOU FAIL TO APPEAR, THE COURT WILL PROCEED IN YOUR ABSENCE, WITHOUT FURTHER NOTICE, TO CONDUCT AN ADJUDICATORY HEARING AND MAY ENTER A JUDGMENT BY DEFAULT THEREBY ADJUDICATING YOUR CHILD AS A DEPENDENT OR NEGLECTED CHILD. You have the right to request a trial by jury at the adjudicatory stage of this petition. You also have the right to legal representation at every stage of the proceedings by counsel of your own choosing, or if you are without sufficient financial means, appointment of counsel by the Court. Termination of your parent-child legal relationship to free your child for adoption is a possible remedy in this proceeding. If that remedy is pursued, you are entitled to a hearing before a Judge. You also have the right, if you are indigent, to have the Court appoint, at no expense to you, one expert witness of your own choosing at any hearing on the termination of your parent-child relationship. If you are a minor, you have the right to the appointment of a Guardian ad litem to represent your best interests.

This summons is being initiated by the Douglas County Department of Human Services through its counsel.

Dated: 6/16/2017 CHRISTINE DUFFY DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee

Dated: August 24, 2017 John Thirkell, #13865 R. LeeAnn Reigrut, #28833 Assistant Douglas County Attorney

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 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

Public Notice

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

Your presence before this court is required to defend against the claims in this petition. IF YOU FAIL TO APPEAR, THE COURT WILL PROCEED IN YOUR ABSENCE, WITHOUT FURTHER NOTICE, TO CONDUCT AN ADJUDICATORY HEARING AND MAY ENTER A JUDGMENT BY DEFAULT THEREBY ADJUDICATING YOUR CHILD AS A DEPENDENT OR NEGLECTED CHILD.

First Publication: 8/10/2017 Last Publication: 9/7/2017 Publisher: Douglas County News Press

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.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.

TO: PASQUAL MASI

You have the right to have this matter heard by a district court judge rather than by the magistrate. You may waive that right, and in doing so, you will be bound by the findings and recommendations of the magistrate, subject to review as provided by sec. 19-1-108(5.5), C.R.S. 2016, and subsequen tly, to the right of appeal as provided by Colorado Appellate Rule 3.4.

Misc. Private Legals

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.

Willy Livingston and a Review Hearing is set for September 25, 2017 at 8:30 a.m. in Division 7, Douglas County District Court, 4000 Justice Way, Castle Rock, Colorado, 80109.

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.

Highlands Ranch NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2017-0153

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

This Summons is initiated pursuant to Rule 2.2 of the Colorado Rules of Juvenile Procedure, Rule 4 of the Colorado Rules of Civil Procedure, and Section 19-3-503, C.R.S. 2016.

DOUGLAS COUNTY DISTRICT COURT, STATE OF COLORADO 4000 Justice Way Castle Rock, CO Douglas County, CO 80109 THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF COLORADO In the Interest of: CHRISTOPHER MASI, D.O.B.: 12/24/2006; MATTHEW MASI, D.O.B.: 5/25/2005; and MICHAEL MASI, D.O.B.: 12/22/2000; The Children, And concerning: PAMELA MASI, D.O.B.: 2/01/1974, Mother; and PASQUAL MASI, D.O.B.: 4/20/1971, Father, Respondents.

Attorney for Department: John Thirkell, #13865 R. LeeAnn Reigrut, #28833 4400 Castleton Ct. Castle Rock, CO 80109 (303) 663-7726; FAX 877.285.8988 jthirkel@douglas.co.us; lreigrut@douglas.co.us CASE NUMBER: 17JV113 DIVISION 2 DEPENDENCY SUMMONS This Summons is initiated pursuant to Rule 2.2 of the Colorado Rules of Juvenile Procedure, Rule 4 of the Colorado Rules of Civil Procedure, and Section 19-3-503, C.R.S. 2016.

TO: PASQUAL MASI You are hereby notified that a petition has been filed which alleges that the above-named child is dependent or neglected as per the facts set forth in the Dependency and Neglect Petition, a copy of which is being served upon you. The following documents are also available for service

Legal Notice No.: 931463 First Publication: August 24, 2017 Last Publication: August 24, 2017 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press Public Notice Douglas County District Court, State of Colorado 4000 Justice Way Castle Rock, CO Douglas County, CO 80109 THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF COLORADO In the Interest of: HAVEN LIVINGSTON, D.O.B. 06/17/2016, Child, And concerning: ASHLEE COOKSON, D.O.B. 05/15/1985, Mother WILLIE LIVINGSTON, Father, and, JOHN DOE, Possible Father, Respondents, And, DIANE MARDESICH, Maternal Aunt, MELISSA and STEPHANIE VERLET, Kin-like placement, Special Respondent.

Attorney for Department: John Thirkell, #13865 R. LeeAnn Reigrut, #28833 4400 Castleton Ct. Castle Rock, CO 80109 (303) 663-7726 FAX 877-285-8988 jthirkel@douglas.co.us; lreigrut@douglas.co.us CASE NUMBER: 17JV57 DIVISION 7 DEPENDENCY SUMMONS This Summons is initiated pursuant to Rule 2.2 of the Colorado Rules of Juvenile Procedure, Rule 4 of the Colorado Rules of Civil Procedure, and Section 19-3-503, C.R.S. 2016.

TO: WILLIE LIVINGSTON You are hereby notified that a petition has been filed which alleges that the above-named child is dependent or neglected as per the facts set forth in the Dependency and Neglect Petition, a copy of which is being served upon you. The following documents are also available for service upon you: Petition in Dependency and Neglect, Dependency and Neglect Handbook; Application for Court Appointed Counsel; ICWA Affidavit; Advisement in Dependency and Neglect; and the Relative Affidavit.

A Return of Service for Respondent Father, Willy Livingston and a Review Hearing is set for September 25, 2017 at 8:30 a.m. in Division 7, Douglas County District Court, 4000 Justice Way, Castle Rock, Colorado, 80109.

Your presence before this court is required to defend against the claims in this petition. IF YOU FAIL TO APPEAR, THE COURT WILL PROCEED IN YOUR ABSENCE, WITHOUT FURTHER NOTICE, TO CONDUCT AN ADJUDICATORY HEARING AND MAY ENTER A JUDGMENT BY DEFAULT THEREBY ADJUDICATING YOUR CHILD AS A DEPENDENT

Misc. Private Legals

You have the right to request a trial by jury at the adjudicatory stage of this petition. You also have the right to legal representation at every stage of the proceedings by counsel of your own choosing, or if you are without sufficient financial means, appointment of counsel by the Court. Termination of your parent-child legal relationship to free your children for adoption is a possible remedy in this proceeding. If that remedy is pursued, you are entitled to a hearing before a Judge. You also have the right, if you are indigent, to have the Court appoint, at no expense to you, one expert witness of your own choosing at any hearing on the termination of your parent-child relationship. If you are a minor, you have the right to the appointment of a Guardian ad litem to represent your best interests.

You have the right to have this matter heard by a district court judge rather than by the magistrate. You may waive that right, and in doing so, you will be bound by the findings and recommendations of the magistrate, subject to review as provided by sec. 19-1-108(5.5), C.R.S. 2016, and subsequently, to the right of appeal as provided by Colorado Appellate Rule 3.4.

This summons is being initiated by the Douglas County Department of Human Services through its counsel.

Dated: August 14, 2017 John Thirkell, #13865 R. LeeAnn Reigrut, #28833 Assistant Douglas County Attorney Legal Notice No.: 931467 First Publication: August 24, 2017 Last Publication: August 24, 2017 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press

City and County PUBLIC NOTICE ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS Highlands Ranch Metropolitan District, Owner 62 Plaza Drive Highlands Ranch, Colorado 80129 Sealed BIDS for the 2018 Parkway Landscape Maintenance Project consisting of mowing, edging, fertilizing, turf weed control, shrub maintenance, general weed control, sidewalks/stairs cleaning, litter control, and miscellaneous landscape maintenance items will be received by: Highlands Ranch Metropolitan District 62 Plaza Drive Highlands Ranch, Colorado 80129 until 9:00 a.m., (Local Time), September 28, 2017, and will be publicly opened and read aloud.

A Pre-Bid Meeting is scheduled for 9:00 a.m. on September 7, 2017.

The CONTRACT DOCUMENTS may be examined at McGraw-Hill Construction – Dodge, All Electronic Plans room: www.construction.co/projectcenter For more information, e-mail: support@construction.com Copies of the CONTRACT DOCUMENTS may be obtained after August 24, 2017 at the office of: Highlands Ranch Metropolitan District 62 Plaza Drive Highlands Ranch, Colorado 80129 upon payment of $25.00 for each set.

The $25.00 payment is non-refundable.

Highlands Ranch Metropolitan District By: s/i Dirk Ambrose, Project Manager Date: 8/9/2017 Legal Notice No.: 931425 First Publication: August 24, 2017 Last Publication: August 24, 2017 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press Highlands Ranch Herald Public Notice PUBLIC INVITATION TO BID Separate sealed bids for CULVERT REHABILITATION PROJECT, DOUGLAS COUNTY PROJECT NUMBER DV 2016-387, will be received by the Owner, Douglas County Government, Department of Public Works Engineering, Philip S. Miller Building, 100 Third Street, Suite 220, Castle Rock, CO 80104, until Tuesday, September 12, 2017, at 2:00 p.m.

This project consists of cleaning, minor repairs, placement of liner, and annular space grouting in two existing culverts within Douglas County under Burntwood Way and under University Boulevard, east of Wildcat Reserve Parkway.

The Contract Documents will be available after 10:00 a.m. on Monday, August 21, 2017, through Rocky Mountain E-Purchasing System Website (www.rockymountainbidsystem.com) or they may be obtained at the above address. Electronic versions of the Plans obtained by any other means than as described above may not be complete or accurate, and it is the Bidder’s re-

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in two existing culverts within Douglas County under Burntwood Way and under University Boulevard, east of Wildcat Reserve Parkway.

The Contract Documents will be available after 10:00 a.m. on Monday, August 21, 2017, through Rocky Mountain E-Purchasing System Website (www.rockymountainbidsystem.com) or they may be obtained at the above address. Electronic versions of the Plans obtained by any other means than as described above may not be complete or accurate, and it is the Bidder’s responsibility to obtain a complete set of the Project Plans and Specifications. Douglas County will not be held responsible for misinformation received from private plan rooms.

City and County

A PRE-BID CONFERENCE will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday, August 30, 2017, at the Department of Public Works Engineering, Philip S. Miller Building, 100 Third Street, Suite 220, Castle Rock, CO 80104. All questions are due to Dennis Lobberding, Project Engineer, by 12:00 p.m. on Tuesday, September 5, 2017.

The Bid Opening will be conducted at 2:00 p.m. on Tuesday, September 12, 2017, at the same address.

The Project includes the following major items and approximate quantities: • Removal of Pipe - 39 LF • Annular Grout - 119 CY • Culvert Lining (90 inch) - 502 LF Prior to submitting a Bid Proposal, Bidders shall have received prequalification status (active status) with the Colorado Department of Transportation to bid on individual projects of the size and kind of work as set forth herein.

Any questions on the bidding process shall be directed to Dennis Lobberding, Project Engineer, at 303.660.7490.

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

Legal Notice No.: 931446 First Publication: August 17, 2017 Last Publication: August 24, 2017 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press Public Notice INVITATION FOR BID (IFB) NO. 035-17 FRONT RANGE TRAIL, CREEK CROSSINGS & BANK IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT

The Division of Open Space and Natural Resources of Douglas County Government, hereinafter referred to as the County, respectfully requests bids from responsible and qualified firms for the provision of the construction of the Front Range Trail, Creek Crossings and Bank Improvements project. The Front Range Trail, Creek Crossings and Bank Improvements project is an approximately 3.2-mile natural surface trail project between Greenland and Larkspur. The project includes site preparation, sheet pile and concrete bridge abutments for two to three prefabricated pedestrian bridge (provided by Owner), installation of pedestrian bridges, rip rap bank improvements, erosion control measures, earthwork, soil preparation, seeding and mulching.

The IFB documents may be reviewed and/or printed from the Rocky Mountain E-Purchasing System website at www.rockymountainbidsystem.com. IFB documents are not available for purchase from Douglas County Government and can only be accessed from the above-mentioned website. While the IFB documents are available electronically, Douglas County cannot accept electronic bid responses.

ON WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 2017 @ 1:00PM THERE WILL BE A MANDATORY PRE-BID MEETING RELATED TO THIS PROJECT. THE MANDATORY PRE-BID MEETING WILL ALLOW ALL INTERESTED PARTIES THE OPPORTUNITY TO VIEW PROJECT LOCATION PICTURES AND DISCUSS THE PROJECT DETAILS. THE MANDATORY PRE-BID MEETING WILL BE HELD AT DOUGLAS COUNTY GOVERNMENT, FINANCE CONFERENCE ROOM, FIRST FLOOR, ROOM #113, 100 THIRD STREET, CASTLE ROCK, COLORADO 80104.

Three (3) copies of the bid response shall be submitted in a sealed envelope plainly marked “IFB No. 035-17, Front Range Trail, Creek Crossings and Bank Improvements Project” and mailed or hand-carried to the address shown below prior to the due date and time. Electronic and/or faxed bid responses will not be accepted.

Bids will be received until 11:00 am, on Friday, September 22, 2017 by the Douglas County Finance Department, Purchasing Division, 100 Third Street, Suite 130, Castle Rock, Colorado 80104. Bids will not be considered which are received after the time stated, and any bids so received will be returned unopened.

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

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

Legal Notice No.: 931473 First Publication: August 24, 2017 Last Publication: August 24, 2017 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press

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