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Residents and their four-legged friends were invited on Sept. 9 to Westridge Recreation Center, 9650 Foothills Canyon Blvd., Highlands Ranch, for the eighth annual Doggie Splash and Pet Expo, hosted by the Highlands Ranch Community Association. The outdoor pool was open for dogs, toys and tennis balls. Owners watched their pups escape the heat or perused a Pet Expo with pet adoptions, supplies and services. The event marked the closing of Westridge’s outdoor pool for the season.

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Northridge Park improvements underway

MY NAME IS

FRANK ADAMS

Tennis pro at Highlands Ranch Community Association About me I grew up in west Philadelphia and went to Saint Joseph’s high school, where I coached track and field and freshman cross country. From there, I joined the Air Force for 10 years. I was at Yokota Air Base in Japan and Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. After my experience as a base tennis pro at Yokota, Vandenberg let me put together a tennis team. We played in tournaments all along the West Coast.

Vandenberg is where I met my wife, Judy.

She was a lab technician but cross-trained to weather forecasting and that brought us to Lowry Air Force Base in Colorado. We have two kids.

I worked for about 10 years in microbiology at Leprino Foods. In my spare time, I worked with inner-city tennis programs. I was the president of Colorado Tennis Association for a few months — I continue to be on its junior recreation committee and diversity and inclusion committee. After that, I served on the board of directors and eventually became president of the Intermountain Tennis Association. I’ve been playing and coaching for the Asian Tennis League of Denver for more than 15 years and was inducted into their hall of fame.

From player to coach In Philadelphia in the 1970s, I had been away from home visiting family friends for the summer. When I came back, two tennis courts had been built down the street from my house. I went and played, got beat badly, and just stayed.

I joined the National Junior Tennis league at 14 years old. Each week, I would learn a different stroke and teach the other kids what I learned. I noticed instantly that these kids were becoming really good tennis players. That’s when I realized I am a much better teacher than I am tennis player and that is what has led me to where I am today.

HRCA tennis pro I’ve been at the HRCA for 20 years. I’m the tennis pro — I design tennis programs and train coaches. I believe the HRCA has always supported outreach programs and diversity. It has really strong community ethics.

Substantial project set to be completed in November

BY ALEX DEWIND ADEWIND@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Frank Adams, an Air Force veteran with a passion for teaching tennis. Adams started the Highlands Ranch Community Association’s tennis program 20 years ago.

COURTESY FRANK ADAMS We have programs for 5-year-olds to seniors, including our special needs population and wheelchair participants. The kids and adults in Highlands Ranch have been very supportive of the things I am passionate about. At Northridge Recreation Center, we do Special Olympics and provide wheelchair clinics in the winter for the Colorado Wheel Chair Tennis Foundation.

My job allows me to travel across the country teaching other people. Who else can do that without community support?

Top three accomplishments The first is working for HRCA and creating a tennis program. Second, my involvement in underserved communities and continual involvement in wheelchair tennis, Special Olympics and minority communities. And having the support of my family and my wife, who make all of these things possible.

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The community’s first park is getting revamped over the next two months.

Built in 1982, Northridge Park is undergoing a $524,400 project, funded by the Highlands Ranch Metro District, which owns the park. Improvements include modifying irrigation systems, leveling the baseball field that accommodates 90foot bases, repurposing the basketball court, sprucing up the landscape in the entrance and adding some amenities to the picnic area. Completion is slated for November.

Northridge is one of four community parks in Highlands Ranch. Its sheltered picnic area is one of three in the metro district’s park system — which also includes 20 neighborhood parks — that

can accommodate up to 100 people, according to Carolyn Peters, recreation manager of the metro district.

“It’s a really popular park for picnics and graduations,” Peters said. “Since it is the oldest park, it’s also got the greatest amount of shade and shelter area.”

Some fun features the metro district will be adding to the park include a bocce court on a portion of the basketball court, as well as an outdoor ping-pong table.

An accessible ramp will be installed to the picnic area.

The improvements are the second phase of a two-year project to upgrade the park.

In 2016, the bathrooms were renovated. The cost of the entire project is $773,000, according to the metro district.

Funds come from a major repair fund, a conservation trust fund and Highlands Ranch Parks and Recreation Foundation, Peters said.

“This year,” said Peters, “we are going in and addressing a lot of things that have occurred over the last 32 years.”

MILESTONES Marisa Koemi Gray Takayama, of Highlands Ranch, graduated in May from Washington State University with a bachelor’s degree in hospitality business management.

Reagan B Tonner, of Highlands Ranch, was named to the spring 2017 dean’s list at the University of Alabama.

Elizabeth R Tuller, of Highlands Ranch, was named to the spring 2017 president’s list at the University of Alabama.

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Karla Wardell, of Highlands Ranch, was named to the spring 2017 dean’s list at the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh.

Kyle Zeberlein, of Highlands Ranch, was named to the spring 2017 dean’s list at Augustana College. Zeberlein is a senior majoring in engineering physics and applied mathematics.

Meghan K. Zieger, of Highlands Ranch, was named to the spring 2017 president’s list at Clemson University.

Zieger is majoring in English.

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‘Founding father’ of Highlands Ranch retires Bruce Lebsack leaves metro district after 36 years

BY ALEX DEWIND ADEWIND@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Bruce Lebsack was driving down County Line Road in 1981 when he saw a billboard that read “Future site of Highlands Ranch.” There were no residents. C-470 was nonexistent.

The following weekend, after seeing an ad in the paper, 28-year-old Lebsack applied to be the director of finance for what is now the Highlands Ranch Metro District and Centennial Water. He got the job, so he left his position as chief financial officer of Metro Wastewater.

“I thought it would be a wonderful opportunity to build something from scratch,” Lebsack said.

And that is what he did.

After 36 years, Lebsack recently left his position at the Highlands Ranch Metro District and Centennial Water. Retirement came faster than he anticipated. Lebsack, now 64, was diagnosed with cancer last Christmas. He continues to fight his battle, and “things are improving,” he said.

Lebsack wasn’t just an employee — he was an influencer of the community that stands today. Terry No-

Bruce Lebsack, left, and Highlands Ranch Metro District board member Allen Dreher at the Lebsack Tennis Center dedication at Redstone Park in 2009. Lebsack recently resigned after 37 years as the director of finance of the metro district and Centennial Water and Sanitation District.

COURTESY SHERRY EPPERS/HRMD lan, general manager of the metro district, calls him one of the “founding fathers” of Highlands Ranch.

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When asked what accomplishment of Lebsack’s stands out, Nolan said: “Wow — that is a hard question to answer because there are so many of them.”

One of Lebsack’s first jobs was designing the metro district’s building in 1984. Then a team of two, the finance department now has about two dozen people. He witnessed Highlands Ranch come to fruition — he saw the first houses sell, the first residents move in, the first streets built.

“It was unbelievable how it changed,” he said. “It changed on a weekly basis.”

Some of Lebsack’s primary duties included acquiring financing for infrastructure, building customers, reinvesting and issuing debt. He put together some unique finances, including a 20-year evergreen provision with United Bank that allowed the metro district to bid for a line of credit to support debt. He set a mill levy that hasn’t changed much over the years and helped establish the community’s “extremely fair” water rate, he said.

“We tried to operate the districts as much as possible as a business rather than a government,” Lebsack said, “and it’s been highly successful.”

All the while, he was hand-typing utility bills and driving around the community daily to see how it was changing and what was needed to accommodate development.

One of Lebsack’s biggest success stories is the Highlands Ranch Mansion. He remembers visiting the property prior to the 2010 renovation, when it was owned by Mission Viejo, for fantasy football drafts and small gatherings. The outside

wasn’t too bad, he said, but the inside was pretty rough.

“We would barbecue pigs in the back yard,” Lebsack said. “It has some great memories all the way up my tenure.”

Lebsack was instrumental in figuring out how the metro district — which conveyed ownership of the mansion in 2010 — could renovate and operate the mansion without using tax dollars. He helped develop a business plan, in which private rentals cover operations and maintenance fees. Today, the facility is used for a range of public and private events, including free tours for the public, parties, community celebrations and weddings.

“That is a tremendous accomplishment to have that facility without using tax dollars,” Nolan said, “and Bruce gets a lot of credit for that.”

Nolan has mixed emotions about Lebsack’s retirement. The two worked together for more than 20 years.

“Health is the number one thing,” Nolan said. “We are all hoping and praying he beats this challenge he is currently facing.”

Retirement is bittersweet for Lebsack, who originally planned to retire in two years. The husband and father of three plans to do some nonprofit work when his health is back on track. He will contract with the metro district and help the new director of finance, Stephanie Stanley, who worked under him for 11 years, in her transition.

One thing is certain: he loved his job.

“It was a great 36-year run,” Lebsack said. “I wouldn’t have traded it for anything.”

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School board to consider suspending pay-for-performance for a year 2017-18 school year will focus on new teacher evaluation rubric

BY ALEX DEWIND ADEWIND@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

The Douglas County School District may suspend the differentiated pay structure for licensed teachers and administrators, replacing it for one year with uniform pay raises while it reassesses the evaluation and salary systems that many community members say spurred an exodus of quality educators.

Interim Superintendent Erin Kane pointed out at the board of education’s Sept. 5 meeting that no one is talking about moving away from pay-for-performance, but rather honoring what employees want and restructuring the pay-for-performance system.

“We want to talk to our employees about what it is that motivates them and makes them want to bring their A-game every day,” she said. “Because at the end of the day bringing their A-game is what makes our kids winners. That is what is behind this.

Not any kind of movement away from differential pay.”

The recommendation to put the differentiated pay system on hold for the 2017-18 school year came from Steve Colella, the district’s chief of human resources, who said doing so gives teachers and administrators the chance to review and share their opinions about a revised teacher evaluation rubric developed over the past year. A group of teachers and administators worked with the district on the revisions.

“Let’s ... allow participants to weigh in and have robust discussions without worrying about the impact on the raises,” Colella said.

Now is a good time to suspend payfor-performance, Cane said, because “there isn’t a lot of money” for raises. The uniform pay raise would take effect in the 2018-19 school year.

The amount is unknown at this time and would depend on next year’s budget.

The seven-member board will vote on the recommendation at its Sept.

19 meeting, beginning at 6 p.m., in the boardroom of Wilcox Administration Building, 620 Wilcox St. in Castle Rock.

Douglas County parent Darien Wilson, who attended the Sept. 5 meeting, talked before the recommendation was presented about how teacher turnover following implementation of the pay-for-performance structure has affected her three children.

“I hope you never have to dry the tears of a 5-year-old when she learns that her beloved teacher is leaving,” Wilson said through tears herself to board members. “You should be doing everything possible to retain teachers, so that they can maintain the relationships they have with the children of Douglas County.”

A REVISED RUBRIC Douglas County School District introduced a revised CITE rubric in the 2017-18 school year, in which the order and language of standards is different. Used to evaluate the teacher, “climate and culture” and “professionalism” went from being the last two standards listed on the rubric to the first two. The latter three standards — “planning,” “assessment” and “instruction” — evaluate the teaching.

Turnover rates better, but district says work remains

The language of the revised rubric is broader to consider the different instructional styles of teachers and schools, according to Erica Mason, the district’s director of educator effectiveness.

WHAT THEY’RE SAYING ABOUT PAY-FOR-PERFORMANCE Deanne Kirby, principal of Trail Blazer Elementary School in Highlands Ranch “The way we rolled it out brought a different style of competition. It wasn’t a healthy way to compete against other teachers. It really took the focus off of what was important. I think there is a way to do it right, but it wasn’t that one.”

Kimberly Seefried, principal of Frontier Valley Elementary in Parker “Anytime you have pay-for-performance, it’s one of those things that makes the evaluation system feel more high-stakes. I think in terms of suspending it for the year, as teachers and administrators delve in the new rubric, it gives them the opportunity to work through those pieces without feeling that stress and pressure of having it tied to pay.”

Mike Carlson, co-principal Eldorado Elementary School, Highlands Ranch “As a former teacher, I am a fan of pay-for-performance. I found that it was recognizing hard work and dedication and professionalism. With that being said, it can be a little tricky from one year to the next. It does need to incorporate more than one test score. A more comprehensive breakdown would lead to a more ideal pay-for-performance system.”

Gary Colley, retired DCSD teacher “We pull back pay-for-performance, that’s a start, but what do you do in the meantime?”

Systems ‘created challenges’ Teacher and principal evaluations are required in all Colorado school districts under 2010’s Senate Bill 191, also called the Educator Effectiveness Bill. Districts were allowed to adopt either the state’s teacher-evaluation program or create their own. DCSD is among six districts that designed its own for teachers and administrators, along with a differentiated pay structure based on those evaluation rubrics.

They were both implemented in the 2012-13 school year.

CITE, Continuous Improvement Effectiveness, has six components for measuring teacher effectiveness: Outcomes, Assessment, Instruction, Culture and Climate, Professionalism and Student Data. Each of those categories contains a number of standards against which teachers are evaluated.

LEAD is a rubric used to evaluate administration, including principals, deans and directors.

Based on the results of evaluations based on those rubrics, teachers and administrators are rated as highly effective, effective, partially effective or ineffective. They then receive differentiated raises based on the ratings.

‘You should be doing everything possible to retain teachers, so that they can maintain the relationships they have with the children of Douglas County.’

Darien Wilson, Douglas County parent “The district implemented a new CITE rubric and a LEAD rubric for our administration and a pay-forperformance, or a differentiated pay structure, based on those brand-new evaluations,” Colella said. “We know that the simultaneous implementation created challenges.”

Over the past years, many teachers have expressed dissatisfaction with salaries, competition among teachers because salaries are tied to subjects

they teach, and hours of time spent on evaluations.

If the school board approves the recommendation, the district would suspend the differentiated pay structure for employees evaluated with CITE and LEAD and instead provide flat pay raises for the 2018-19 school year for those rated partially effective and above.

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All other employee groups — including classified staff, which includes secretaries, instructional assistants and food service workers — will continue with the current differentiated pay system.

Board member Wendy Vogel asked why only half of employees would be included in the suspension of differentiated pay, saying it seems to pit classified and licensed employees against each other.

But Kane said the goal is to revise CITE and LEAD evaluations, which have caused teachers to feel constrained in their teaching.

“We are not telling them how to teach,” Kane said of the revised CITE rubric, “but we need to make sure they are doing it right.”

Developing a new rubric The human resources department met with a group of teachers and ad-

ministrators during the 2016-17 year to revise the CITE rubric. Taking into consideration the many different teachers and instructional styles within the district, the language of the new rubric is “quite a bit more broad,” said Erica Mason, director of educator effectiveness for the district.

Outcome, one of six components of CITE, is now called planning, which better describes what teachers are being evaluated on: their planning in instruction, said Mason. There is also a “renewed focus” on culture and climate, she said.

“We heard from teachers and staff that that is what keeps them coming to work,” Mason said. “They want to be valued and we want to make sure that the tools we are using as part of their evaluations are valued too.”

Colella said they took into consideration several factors in developing a new CITE rubric for this school year and interrupting the pay-forperformance structure, including the district’s value of incentivizing “great work” through differentiated pay

increases.

“From a competitive perspective, I can tell you anecdotally I have had teachers come to me and say `I really like what Douglas County does,’ ” Colella said. “Maybe you don’t get paid as much some districts, but the concept of being paid more for doing better appeals to a lot of people.”

On the other hand, Colella pointed out that factors other than performance should be considered. Input from employees, the community and the school board is essential. The previous implementation of evaluation rubrics and differentiated pay structure led to confusion for many people, he said.

Although the LEAD rubric remains the same for now, based on feedback from LEAD participants revisions are “probably warranted,” Colella said.

Before explaining the pay-for-performance recommendation, Colella gave the board updated figures on the district’s teacher turnover rate, which improved over the previous year, but remains higher than neighboring districts. Colorado Department of

Education data shows DCSD’s teacher turnover rate was 19 percent in 2016, compared to Littleton Public Schools at 8.7 percent and Cherry Creek School District at 10.4 percent. The state average was 17 percent.

But board member Jim Geddes called the reported increases in teacher turnover rates over the past years a “myth.”

“The question is, if you want to just coast and not be evaluated and be paid on some salary scale, based on seniority, that is not the kind of person I want in my organization,” Geddes said.

“Whether we are taking care of sick people or teaching our children.”

Board member Anne-Marie Lemieux said she would like to hear from principals and teachers to see if they are on board with the recommendation.

That could be completed in a survey format or a question sent out over Facebook, she said.

“I think it would be easy to send that question out so that when you come back to the board for a vote on it, we can say, `yes, we support the needs of the employee,’ “ Lemieux said.

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Thousands climb in remembrance of 9/11 The Colorado 9/11 stair climb drew 2,000

BY SHANNA FORTIER SFORTIER@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

The registration table was scattered with badges, each one with the face of someone who lost their life on Sept. 11, 2001. As the American flag flapped in the wind, attached to two fire truck ladders, more than 2,000 firefighters, paramedics and civilians readied to climb 110 flights of stairs at Red Rocks Amphitheater — a memorial to the 110 stories climbed by firefighters 16 years ago at the World Trade Center.

“We all remember 9/11 — where you were at, what you were doing, how you felt,” said Laurelyn Norberry, 32, a volunteer firefighter with Evergreen Fire and Rescue.

“So this is our chance to remember, pay respects and do something to honor those who have fallen.”

The ninth annual Colorado 9/11 Stair Climb drew climbers from 60 fire departments and 16 states.

The Stair Climb benefits the FDNY Counseling Services Unit and the programs provided by the National Fallen Firefighters Foundation to support the families of our nation’s fallen.

As tribute, many firefighters climbed in full bunker gear.

“It’s just the culture,” said Lt. Brenden Finnegan with West Metro Fire. “It shows respect to the firefighters who

Members of West Metro and South Metro Fire came together to raise the American flag for the opening ceremony at the Colorado 9/11 Stair Climb.

PHOTOS BY SHANNA FORTIER work in NYC and lost their lives that day.”

Finnegan has been participating in the event since it began.

“It’s a great experience to come and be with all your friends and family crew members and remember 9/11,” he said. “Some of us lost friends in the towers — both firefighters and civilians. It’s just a good experience to be part of.”

Tags honoring those who died on Sept. 11, 2001 were available for climbers to wear in remembrance of the lives lost.

Members of the public are invited to climb alongside firefighters as a memorial.

John Zeising, of the Red, White and Blue Fire Protection District in Breckenridge, was one of 2,000 climbers representing 60 fire departments at the ninth annual Colorado 9/11 Stair Climb.

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Persons with Developmental Disabilities Need You Highlands Ranch High School’s chapter of Young Americans for Freedom placed 2,977 American flags on a lawn near Highlands Ranch High School, at the corner of University Boulevard and Cresthill Lane. Each flag represents a life lost in the 9/11 attack.

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Students place flags in field for 9/11 victims A group of Highlands Ranch High School students spent Sept. 10 placing thousands of small American flags in a field near University Boulevard and Cresthill Lane in preparation of the following day, Sept. 11. They lined 2,977 flags on the lawn to represent each victim of the Sept. 11, 2001 at-

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The students were members of the school’s Young Americans for Freedom chapter, a project of Young America’s Foundation that brings together students who advocate for conservatism, according to the foundation’s website.

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VOICES Avoiding convenience is more convenient than convenience

QUIET DESPERATION

Craig Marshall Smith

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lexa, don’t peel me a grape.”

It has taken a while — my entire life — to figure something out. What I want and what I need are just about the same

thing.

There are new technologies that I neither want nor need.

I don’t want Alexa.

I don’t want Tesla.

I don’t want a camera in my car or a camera in my refrigerator (Samsung makes one).

I don’t want to be able to turn my house lights on and off from a restaurant.

At what point is enough — enough? Whatever it is, I think I am there.

I don’t have a mobile device. Never have, and

never will, and I seem to be subsisting.

That was the last piece of my technology puzzle, and I solved it years ago. Don’t want one, don’t need one.

I do own and operate many of the usual suspects: a television with a remote, a garage door opener, and a dishwasher.

I am able to send a column like this to my editor without seeing my editor. Clark Kent couldn’t do that, and neither could Walter Winchell.

I can book flights at home, and ask not to be seated next to crying babies.

It used to take me half a day to make a tape of my favorite songs. Now I can create a CD with a few finger touches.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Claims of district’s demise not true The current Douglas County School Board, yes, the one with the muchcriticized “reform” majority, has saved us taxpayers $21 million of our hard-earned bucks in the last two years according to a June article in this publication.

How? Mostly by eliminating a bunch of administrative positions, which means anyone carping that the board spends too much on admin is dead wrong. Here’s a wake-up for those constantly bashing charter schools saying they “drain” district funding: none of our charters get district or taxpayer funding to build their schools!

Dedicated charter boards, who are parents and private citizens (for-profit groups cannot by Colorado law start a charter school), after an extensive process of getting school board approval must go hat in hand to banks and other lenders with financial packages, just like any of us getting a mortgage. So surprise, surprise charters (which are public, neighborhood schools, remember) actually save the district (and all of us) actual money. Lots of it! Think of the schools we would have to build if they didn’t exist!

I am sick of this charter school and candidate bashing and people accusing DougCo education of going downhill. Chew on this: our four-year graduation rates are 90.1 percent (state average is only 78.9, better than JeffCo, 82.8, and Cherry Creek, 88.1. Test scores are up in most areas (see the recent article in this publication) — DCSD’s average SAT score is 1,086.9, way above the state average and again higher than JeffCo and Cherry Creek.

There’s lots to like about the “Elevate” candidates. Their dedication to fiscal responsibility, a second-to-none education

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and our kids’ future are sure some of the big reasons I’m voting to Elevate DougCo with Randy Mills, Ryan Abresch, Debora Scheffel, and Grant Nelson.

R.J. O’Connor Parker Kids, not politics, must come first As a mom of four kids in Douglas County schools, I know that it is time to put kids, not politics, first. It is time to elect school board members who will make decisions that benefit students, teachers, and taxpayers alike.

My children range from preschool to eighth grade. My oldest three children attend a Castle Rock charter school.

We have a lot of public choice in this district — open enrollment into neighborhood schools, charters, magnets, online and alternative schools, and homeschool programs. Now we need smart management of all of the choices, good decisions about growth and capital improvements, and a school board that will encourage the community’s support of a high-quality education for all of our county’s children.

School Board candidates Anthony Graziano, Krista Holtzmann, Kevin Leung and Chris Schor will put our kids, and therefore the future well-being of our community, first. They will work to create a district that retains, and even better, attracts teachers again. Please become informed and vote for the best candidates for our kids and community. This mom of four is voting for Graziano, Holtzmann, Leung and Schor!

Jeanette Schwecke Castle Rock SEE LETTERS, P11

I can “watch now” films and other programs that are upcoming.

I have something called a “microwave” in the kitchen. I use it primarily to heat up my coffee. It does a splendid job.

I don’t want a Rolex. I don’t want a Timex. I haven’t worn a watch in 30 years, and I am never late.

I don’t want a girlfriend who wants a Hermes bag.

I have something called “Amazon Prime.” I can shop at home, and miss out on traffic, parking and rabble. Mall rabble, like nothing else, gets to a curmudgeon in amounts that exceed the

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With more than 1 billion users, and in some reports showing the numbers to be Michael Norton getting close to 2 billion people using social media, it is easy to see how some might confuse facts, share opinions and possibly mislead others or become misled themselves. There are also other studies that show where people get their news including TV, online, the radio, and print newspapers. I read one report that said 62 percent of adults consume the news online and another report that had that number as high as 81 percent. Of course, I got that data online, so maybe it’s accurate and then again maybe it’s not.

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Social media and online news sources certainly have their value if we can discern what is fact and what is opinion, and what is just completely wrong or false.

With so much happening in the world and so many opinions from the far left, the far right, the left, the right, and all of the people right down the middle, it really does become difficult to choose what we want to focus on or pay attention to.

Now our community is so incredible, we always seem to rally and come together and become bound by the collective efforts we make to the national and international situations and crises whenever they happen.

So let me share with you what I am doing for the next few months. Without sounding like I am sticking my head in the sand like an ostrich, or caring about what is happening in our nation or the world, I am focusing on my local reality. Our local community newspapers are filled with great information and that is where I want to spend my time.

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LETTERS FROM PAGE 10

Here’s a vote for choice There are currently 15 highly successful public charter schools in Douglas County with five new charters approved in the last two years. This is a good thing if you love school choice and want the option to put your kids in a charter school.

Additionally, keeping a lid on property taxes, property owners are benefiting from new charter schools supporting our Douglas County 6 percent population growth and thus not requiring the construction of any new public schools. Taxpayers can’t find a better deal than charter schools.

However, this is not only an endorsement letter. Our current school choice is threatened by the anti-Elevate slate candidates opposing the four Elevate Douglas County school board candidates. The anti-Elevate slate seems to be very closely aligned with the cur-

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Inside these papers are great articles loaded with relevant information that lets us know what is happening here, nationally, and around the world.

More importantly, our local community newspapers are sponsored by the awesome local businesses and merchants who make our communities thrive. If we want a dose of local reality, just get out and about, away from our computers and smartphones, and visit some of the businesses who make this paper possible, talk to the merchants and shopkeepers, restaurant owners, bartenders, and the customers who all shape our community. No doubt that there will be plenty of opinions there too, but we can also find out what is going on in our own back yard, meet some great people, do some shopping, have a great meal, a hot coffee or cold drink, and have some fun along the way.

I have read these papers for years, I have seen many of the same columnists

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recommended maximum daily intake of human interaction by, oh, 100 percent.

It means, however, that I miss out on running into someone I haven’t seen in 25 years, who wants to talk about her granddaughter. Who is special.

There are things that do things that I didn’t even know needed to be done.

Automobile manufacturers keep coming up with stuff, but they haven’t been able to come up with better drivers.

There is no new technology to abate rudeness either.

When they develop a product that allows me to impose my will on others like Elizabeth Montgomery could, sign me up. All she had to do was twitch her upturned nose (“Bewitched,” 1964-72),

rent minority school board members, Lemieux, Ray and Vogel. I believe they would all support the return of unions back into Douglas County. The national teacher’s union position on charter schools is clear and threatens the existence of charter schools everywhere.

Contrary to the anti-Elevate slate’s alarmist propaganda about the damage by charter schools, traditional public schools are thriving along with the ever-expanding public charter schools.

It appears competition is working very well here in Douglas County.

There are four Elevate Douglas County school board candidates in the upcoming November election worth looking at: Randy Mills, Ryan Abresch, Debora Scheffel and Grant Nelson.

All four candidates support parental choice and believe different children learn best in different environments.

More information can be found about the Elevate Douglas County candidates at www.elevatedouglas county. com Rita Young Parker

writing in the paper for years too. And I have seen many of the same businesses continuing to support the paper each year. The publishers and editorial staff are amazing. They all deserve a big shout-out for their contributions to making our communities better. Now you may say the sponsors are doing it simply for marketing purposes, but I can tell you that I have met many of the people who advertise in the paper, and although it is a business decision, many of them do it to support us, the community and keep our local news alive.

So how about you? Are your news sources overwhelming you? If so, maybe you can join me in shutting down the noise for a little while and focusing our attention right here at home. I would love to hear all about your stories and your favorite parts of the local news at gotonorton@gmail.com. And when we can get a little dose of local reality, it really will be a better than good week.

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

and either Dick York or Dick Sargent would turn into a lizard.

I would like to turn a few bad drivers into lizards (after they parked, of course).

I looked at the new gadgets that are already being promoted for — hold on to your cringle — Christmas.

Snapchat is not new, but Snapchat Spectacles are. I need Snapchat like I need someone to remind what Tuesday Weld’s first name is.

I juried a national personal robotic art exhibition in 1980, and was asked at the time what I wanted a robot to do for me someday.

I said, “Nothing.”

It’s still true.

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

Time to restore faith in district My name is Andy Watkins, and I am a teacher in the Douglas County School District. I am writing this letter as a 17-year district veteran and a parent of a high school student also in the district to express my strong support for Krista Holtzmann, Anthony Graziano, Kevin Leung and Chris Schor, who are running in the Douglas County School Board election this fall.

I have seen the devastation that current and past “Elevate” board members have caused throughout the past eight years. I personally have witnessed the exodus of highly qualified teachers who have joined other districts for higher pay and honestly, more respect from top school board members and their “reformer” administration. I have also seen how the exodus has severely affected my students and even my own child.

This year’s election is critical. By voting for Krista Holtzmann, Anthony Graziano, Kevin Leung and Chris Schor, you will be voting for students,

respect for teachers, and faith in the value of a public, local education.

Andy Watkins Lone Tree We must move forward I take issue with Aleta You in her recent letter “Fresh faces, ideas needed for Douglas County School board.”

The Elevate Douglas County slate of Mills, Abresch, Scheffel and Nelson represent ideas that will take us back once again to the chaotic times the Douglas County Schools experienced a few years ago. A mass exodus of good teachers and administration, plus unrest by both parents and students took place. Taxpayer money was spent on legal battles promoting vouchers. Does Douglas County Schools want to go there again?

The philosophies and reasonable approaches of Greziano, Holtzmann, Lueng and Ciancio-Schor seem a much wiser choice, for future leadership and stability in this district.

Bette Cox Highlands Ranch

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Self-service DMV kiosks arrive in Douglas County Vehicle registration renewal now a two-minute process, officials say

‘I think that the more people become familiar with it the more it will be used.’

BY JESSICA GIBBS JGIBBS@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

The notorious wait times at Division of Motor Vehicles offices could be shortening up for some area residents.

Last month, Douglas County announced it was becoming the next among several Colorado counties — including Arapahoe, Adams and Jefferson — to participate in a pilot program offering self-service kiosk machines at which residents can renew their vehicle registration.

The first Colorado MV Express kiosk in Douglas County is now available exclusively to county residents in Castle Rock, and officials say they hope to expand throughout the county in coming months.

“The citizens of Douglas County have shown us by their investment in personal technology that this is the right decision, at the right time, for all the right reasons,” Douglas County Clerk and Recorder Merlin Klotz said in a news release. “Touchscreens are used on a daily basis in many other transactions during the day at the grocery store, the bank,

Sheri Davis, deputy of motor vehicle Self-service kiosks at the DMV now allow users to renew vehicle registration in two minutes.

JESSICA GIBBS the airport and even for movie rentals.”

As of now, vehicle registration renewal is the only function the kiosk performs, but county officials expect the new technology to free up DMV staff for more tedious title and

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registration transactions, such as new vehicle registration.

Sheri Davis, deputy of motor vehicle for Douglas County, said the kiosks are an opportunity for the county to bring more convenience and efficiency to the DMV. In time,

she envisions installing more machines at high-traffic areas like King Soopers or Safeway.

“We’re hoping we’ll be able to take that next step,” Davis said. “Where they’re open 24/7 and people can have access to them.”

The county would also target areas that do not already have a DMV office, such as Parker, for which the nearest DMV locations are in Lone Tree or Castle Rock, Davis said.

The county does not pay for or own the kiosk. The equipment is distributed by a private company and paid for through a $3 fee added to each user’s transaction, Davis said.

The first Douglas County kiosk — a bright blue-and-yellow machine resembling an ATM — is open from 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Douglas County Wilcox Building, 301 Wilcox St. in downtown Castle Rock.

To use the machine, residents can type in their license plate number on the touch screen and pay any taxes or fees with cash, check or credit card. The kiosk will immediately print a receipt, the new registration and license plate tabs.

Each transaction takes approximately two minutes, Davis said, and more information about how to use it can be found on douglas.co.us/mvkiosk.

“It’s very quick,” she said. “I think that the more people become familiar with it the more it will be used.”

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Man works toward better communication through devices Lone Tree veteran working on invention for the hearing-impaired

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In July 2016, Richard Braden woke up and couldn’t hear his grandfather clock. The 80-yearold Lone Tree resident knew that years of working with “big guns” in the U.S. Army had caught up with him, but it gave him the idea for his first invention.

Braden began designing the Peck and Talk, or P & T, a device that would take spoken dialogue and transcribe it onto a screen.

“I wanted something that I could wear around my neck that I could hold and would print out your words,” he says.

For users not in the same room, the device operates like a walkie-talkie that uses 50 channels to connect with other users. For people in a faceto-face conversation, the P & T would instantly transcribe words spoken into a microphone onto

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“I’m looking for a really big microchip,” he says.

His target consumers are hearing-impaired adults like himself in the United States, but he adds that teenagers, known for passing notes and Snapchat messages, also have a desire to communicate discreetly.

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Inmate’s death in Douglas County jail is seen as suspected suicide STAFF REPORT

Officials are investigating the death of Daniel Bellinger, an inmate at the Douglas County jail who was found unresponsive and hanging from his bed with a sheet around his neck, the Douglas County Sheriff ’s Office reported in a news release.

At 11:30 a.m. Sept. 6, deputies were told to check on the

wellbeing of Bellinger, 40, the release says. When they found Bellinger, they immediately called for medical staff and began CPR. Bellinger was transported to the hospital, where he survived his injuries through the night, according to the sheriff ’s office.

He was pronounced dead at 2 p.m. Sept. 7. The final cause and manner of death is under investigation by the sheriff ’s

office, the 18th Judicial District Attorney’s Office and the Douglas County Coroner’s Office.

Bellinger was in custody on several charges, including vehicle trespass, possession of fraudulent financial devices, theft, false reporting, obstructing police, possession of a weapon by a previous offender and three out-of-county warrants, the release says. His total bond was $13,000.

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“My greatest market may not be deaf people, though that’s who it’s intended for,” he says, adding that each club or group a high school student is involved in could have its own channel for transmitting messages with the P & T. “Teenagers like to talk to each other quietly.”

Startup companies historically face an uphill battle to succeed, and Braden is aware he faces

a challenge to break into the technology industry.

Braden is in the process of looking for investors and he hopes to find a manufacturer that will give him 90 days from shipment to payment, after which he’ll be on the hook for the cost. He knows startup ventures like his are risky, but he’s more focused on seeing his idea come to be than turning a large profit.

“If I don’t sell them, I’m in deep trouble,” he says, undeterred. “A man as old as I am, why try to make a lot of money?”

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Building a home on the

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“When we look to the past and think about what they went through, it reminds us how familiar their experience was to our own,” said Dr. Derek Everett, a Colorado State University history professor. “What motivated a person in Colorado 150 years ago is what people worry about today: family, friends, your job, finding a place to live, opportunities for your children.”

Early Littleton settler Mollie Sanford, a newlywed farm girl from Nebraska, here with her husband Byron, kept an eloquent journal that reveals the similarities across the

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in wagons, tents, and shelters made of carpets and bedding. I like the looks of the place.”

Mollie arrived a year after Denver was founded at the confluence of Cherry Creek and the South Platte River.

People, including families, were steadily arriving in hopes of getting in on the ground floor of a new boomtown.

The telegraph was still three years away, the railroad

a decade away.

“They were willing to take a chance,” said Dr. Stephen Leonard, a history professor at Metropolitan State University of Denver. “People had grown up hearing of settling Indiana or Minnesota. They had an adventuresome spirit.”

But one person’s adventure is another’s nightmare.

“Husbands write about what an exciting adventure this is,” Everett said. “Wives

write that they married the stupidest man on the planet, who has dragged them off into the middle of godforsaken nowhere to be murdered or starve to death.”

Down on the farm Mollie and Byron eventually found themselves in the upper South Platte Valley, among a growing community of farmers and ranchers about where Sheridan is today.

Mollie took to prairie life with good graces.

“June 1, 1861: There can’t be much jealousy, for one is not much better off than others, so there is a feeling of brotherhood with all.”

Life on a prairie farm was monotonous and labor intensive, said Andrea Wilhelm, a historical interpreter at the Littleton Museum, a living history village.

Typical farms of the region were 160 acres, and often had a garden and livestock to provide sustenance, and fields of rye, barley and wheat.

“Someone got up before dawn to milk the cow,” Wilhelm said. “Then a big breakfast before heading out to the fields to work. There was never much down time.”

While men worked the fields, wives’ tasks included laundry, ironing, cooking and cleaning.

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On Sundays many people went to church, a rare chance for entertainment and music. Men often congregated on Sunday afternoons at the post office, where all news of the outside world arrived.

Suffer the little children Life on the frontier was hard on the body.

“September 25, 1861: My little babe was born, a beautiful boy, but he did not stay with us. God took him to his fold, this one pet lamb. When I first looked on his little face, he was in his little coffin, dressed in one of the sweetest robes I had made, into whose stitches I had woven dreams of my angel baby.”

Mollie fell into a bit of a funk after the stillbirth, writing nearly a year later, while pregnant again: “July 4, 1862: O! but this is the most indolent life I ever led. Were I to write each day’s events, it would be, ‘Got up. Got breakfast, eat, washed dishes, got dinner, ate again,’ and so on, each succeeding day the same.”

Mollie’s first child was born that fall: “November 10, 1862: I introduce to these pages my sweet baby boy, my little Bertie… A regular little captain, already giving his orders, with no intention of having them disregarded.”

Little Bertie likely grew up fast, Wilhelm said.

“There wasn’t much of a notion of childhood,” Wilhelm said. “Parents allowed some level of play, but children were learning to sew by age 2 or 3.

There were no idle hands. If you were sitting around the fire, you might as well be knitting.”

Families often had five or six kids, and sometimes more than a family could handle. Wilhelm recalled a Western Slope doctor of the period who sent out young assistants with wire to perform abortions.

The McBroom Cabin at the Littleton Museum was once home to an early settler’s family.

PHOTOS BY DAVID GILBERT Tensions rise The influx of settlers displaced the native tribes who had lived in the region for ages prior.

A series of reprisal killings in the summer of 1864 heated relations between settlers and natives to the boiling point.

In June 1864, ranch hand Nathan Hungate, his wife Ellen, and their two daughters were found murdered, scalped and mutilated on a remote ranch near what is today Elizabeth.

The Hungates’ bodies were displayed on Larimer Street in Denver, and the story of the murdered family was used to whip up public anger and calls for a final solution to the Indian problem.

In September 1864, Mollie took in three recently recovered settlers who had been held hostage by natives, including a little girl: “The girl saw her father butchered...

She would wake from a sound sleep, and sit up in bed with staring eyes, and go in detail over the whole thing.”

Paranoia ran high in the charged atmosphere, and Mollie writes, “It was about 11 o’clock that a horseman came tearing up the road, dismounting at our door… he gasped out, knees knocking together, ‘Run, wimmen!

Run for your lives, the Injuns are coming!’”

The warning turned out to be a false alarm.

“It turned out people got scared of a cloud of dust they thought was Indians,” Leonard said.

The paranoia culminated in the Sand Creek Massacre, when on Nov. 29, U.S. forces launched a dawn sneak attack on a peaceful Arapaho and Cheyenne village, killing upwards of 200, mostly women and children. Ensuing years saw natives pushed back to the margins, herded onto barren reservations.

Not so wild west Mollie had a second child in 1866, introducing “my baby girl, a dimpled, blue-eyed, brown-haired darling. We call her ‘Dora Bell,’ and although hard times

Blacksmith Steve Loo pounds out decorative ironwork at the Littleton Museum. are with us, and troubles surround us, we are happy.”

With the arrival of the first locomotive in Denver in 1870 came an era of explosive growth. Denver’s population in 1870 was virtually unchanged from when Mollie arrived 10 years earlier, but in the decade following the train’s arrival, the city swelled by almost 650 percent. Telephones, streetcars, opera houses, churches and hotels transformed the city. The rough frontier Mollie and her family settled was fading into memory.

The young lady who watched the rugged West go tame died at age 76 in 1915, only a few months after her husband.

She closes her journal: “I pray for grace, patience, and judgment, and for long and useful lives for us all.”

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Performers from the Broadway and national touring companies of Hairspray, The Lion King, Camelot and more perform at the Lone Tree Arts Center opening-night gala Sept. 23.

The Company Men interweave Top 40 hits with re-imagined classics of the last six decades by blending songs by favorite artists, including The Four Tops, Michael Jackson, Adele, The Temptations, Billy Joel, Prince, Bruno Mars, Michael Bublé and more.

A kickoff to the 2017-18 season at the Lone Tree Arts Center, the gala begins with cocktails at 4:30 p.m., followed at 5:30 p.m. with dinner in the Event Hall at the arts center, 10075 Commons St., Lone Tree. A live auction, featuring luxury experiences, will be led by

Doug Tisdale, member of the Lone Tree Cultural Arts Foundation Board.

The Company Men show is after the auction, and the evening ends with dessert and dancing in the Event Hall.

To purchase a ticket, call the Lone Tree Arts Center box office at 720-5091000 or go to www.lonetreeartscenter. org and click on “Gala and Show.”

Contact Tonya Fallows at 303-489-5533 for information.

A second event presented by the Lone Tree Arts Center Guild is the annual fashion show Oct. 13 at Dillard’s at Park Meadows mall. Two levels of ticket prices are offered. Both include a donation to the guild, a cosmetics gift bag and an entry to win a $250 wardrobe. Tickets are available online at www.lonetreeartscenter.org or by calling Lynn Pender at 303-517-4831.

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Wendy Terrien launches two new titles in Jason Lex Adventure Series

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“The first book took me five years,” said Highlands Ranch author Wendy Terrien, talking about her carefully plotted “Rampart Guards,” which was named to Kirkus Review’s Best Books of 2016. Her Jason Lex Adventure Series follows with two new titles, just published in August: “The League of Governors” and “The Clan Calling.” In an Aug. 16 book talk at Tattered Cover Aspen Grove, she explained that she had two main characters developed and they each had a story …

“The characters really take over,” she told the group of readers. “In `The Rampart Guards,’ I originally had a different ending in mind.” Someone asked if there was a particular order in which to read the two new ones, and Terrien’s critique group friend answered that she thought alternating would work well. (Jason joins his father and sister London, where they consult the League of Governors, while his friend, Sadie Callahan, is staying in the small town in in the Northwest where they lived,

so a different volume covers her story.)

The paranormal world surrounds both young people.

“I was watching TV and folding laundry and heard some mention of a `cryptozoologist,’” the author of Young Adult titles recalled. That led her to a world of creatures that most of us can’t see … (Bigfoot, Loch Ness Monster, etc.). Jason, whose mother is missing, is pursued by a horde of flying creatures, criptids, learns he has remarkable powers, and is affected by a mysterious coin that glows.

His uncle, a nicely conceived quirky fellow, with a fascinating laboratory, helps him understand and deal with an increasingly challenging world, which comes with life-or-death decisions to be made …

Terrien strongly recommends connecting with a critique group when one is developing a book. She meets with one at Tattered Cover, where each member reads aloud from a new chapter and the others talk about it.

With another group, she sends pages in advance, which will be discussed.

She said she “had no idea what will happen yet” in the next books. They will also surely appeal to both teens and adults who want to enter a world that combines realism and fantasy.

Terrien has been named 2017 Independent Writer of the Year by the Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers.

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Hudson Gardens is perfect place for September stroll

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eptember is a colorful time to visit Littleton’s Hudson Gardens, 6115 S. Santa Fe Drive, for a stroll. The giant Victoria water lilies are blooming amidst their huge dappled leaves; SONYA’S dahlias and mums SAMPLER are in full color; and some roses summon up a final fling. Vegetables mature and leaves will begin to change later in the month. Join a September bird walk at 8 a.m. on Sept. 30.

Admission is free, but there is a charge Sonya Ellingboe for the bird walk.

Pre-register on the website, hudsongardens.org. Open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily.

Corn maze The Denver Botanic Gardens Chatfield Farms, just southwest of C-470 and Wadsworth on Deer Creek Canyon Road, hosts its annual corn maze from Sept. 15 to Oct. 29. Hours:

Littleton Museum’s Sherry Kling is coordinator, 303-795-3950.

Arts and letters in Parker Ekphrastic writing is literature that uses art as inspiration in PACE Center’s new exhibit, but PACE Center’s also asks artists to respond to poetry, with artwork and statements by artistic pairings. The exhibit runs through Oct. 31 with a reception and readings planned for Oct. 6 from 6 to 8 p.m. with food, music and a cash bar. No admission charge. The PACE Center is at 20000 Pikes Peak Ave., Parker.

Giant Victorian Waterlilies are blooming at Hudson Gardens, surrounded by huge flat leaves, plus other water lily varieties. COURTESY PHOTO 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays; 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sundays.

Those wanting the after-dark corn maze experience can attend Oct. 6-28 — 7-11 p.m. Fridays, Saturdays; 7-10 p.m. Sundays; and 7-10 p.m.

Thursdays Oct. 19, 26. Admission: $9-$14, free 2 and younger. And, for 13 and over: there’s also the Dead Zone Scream Park at $27, $37, which

includes a haunted hayride and dumps you into the dark maze. Botanicgardens.org.

Craft fair Reminder to artist and crafters; the 46th Annual Friends of the Littleton Library and Museum Craft Fair will be Oct. 7 at Ketring Park in Littleton.

Spaces may still be available. The

Marquez photo exhibit “The Magic and Wonder of Colorado” is a new large-format collection of photos by local photographer Andy Marquez. It will be introduced from 5 to 8 p.m. on Sept. 14 at Outnumbered Gallery, 5654 S. Prince St., Littleton. In process for several years, it got tied up with a bankrupt publisher last year, and is just now available, with 160 pages, 85 images. ($39.95.)

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Adult drama on stage raises tough questions ‘The Mystery of Love and Sex’ is offered by Firehouse Theater Company

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Family dynamics have for centuries provided the basis for drama. Playwright Bathsheba Doran gives the audience a contemporary spin as we sit in on a dinner party with decidedly 21st-century elements in Firehouse Theater Company’s regional premiere production of “The Mystery of Love and Sex.” It runs through Oct. 7 at the John Hand Theater in Lowry.

Suzanne Conners Nepi of High-

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lands Ranch, an active member of Denver’s theater community, said “it’s a timely piece — tackles so many subjects discussed these days …”

In the role of Lucinda, Nepi starts out as “a Southern ornamental wife” (and Jewish mother), a free spirit, who “may have married for the wrong reasons.”

Lucinda’s daughter Charlotte (white and Jewish) had defied her parents and turned down opportunities at more prestigious schools to share a college experience at a Deep South university with her roommate and best friend Jonny (black and Christian). He has been almost a family member since childhood.

Their college room is the scene: They have invited Charlotte’s parents, Lucinda and Howard, for dinner

(soup and dry bread).

Father Howard writes mysteries and is the subject of Jonny’s college thesis, which offers an analysis ... and issues.

Nepi commented that the play, at times, may show a kindred spirit to Edward Albee’s powerful “Whose Afraid of Virginia Woolf,” in which she has also performed, with its look at a disintegrating marriage.

“It’s thoughtful, perhaps a strain autobiographical … It comes full circle — with all kinds of secrets …”

Described by Firehouse Theater Company as “a compelling, spirited story of intricate relationships, an entertaining and explosive look at race, sexual identity and family dynamics,” and is now living and working

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Sundays. Tickets: $20-$23, firehousetheatercompany.com, 303-562-3232. Note: due to sexual content, may be inappropriate for children under 13. in New York after a period in Los Angeles.

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Nepi said she “had found myself in a decent number of classics …” This offers a different sort of challenge for a cast — and for an audience.

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Music education helps connect students to humanity

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Clarke Reader

W

e grow up with music all around us.

Its in movies, TV shows, playing over the speakers in stores and shops, and can be heard blaring out of car windows on the road.

But I didn’t start understanding music until I got to school.

I don’t have a lot of memories of actual class time at Fremont Elementary in Jefferson County, but some of my most vivid memories are from music class. We sang songs together, learned a little about music notes, and tried our hands at becoming the world’s best recorder player.

Needless to say, the latter didn’t happen, but I did come away with a lifelong love of music.

So it gives me great pleasure to report that students in schools all over the Denver Metro Area still have many of the same opportunities I had.

“Every neighborhood school in Jeffco has music in it, and our middle and high schools have choir, band and orchestra programs,” said Lee Andres, music and theater curriculum coordinator with Jeffco schools. “We’d always like to see more, but the state of music education in Jeffco is thriving.”

A good music education goes beyond opportunity — it also means a diversity of offerings. Not just classes for those interested in performing, but options to learn about the aesthetic or business side.

Orlando Otis, music teacher at Legend High School in Douglas County, knows the importance of this firsthand — in addition to performance classes, he teaches music appreciation and music technology.

“These classes give me time with students I

CLARKE’S ALBUM OF THE WEEK SELECTION: Jack Johnson’s “All the Light Above It Too,” released on Island/Republic Records.

that catapulted him to fame on his early albums. Put it on while you’re relaxing on the porch, while there’s still time.

REVIEW: Johnson’s music always sounds like summer, so it’s a good thing he was able to release this while there’s still a few weeks left in the season. Johnson doesn’t break any new sonic ground here, but he does return to the more acoustic-driven approach

FAVORITE SONG: “Subplots” CHILLEST RESISTANCE SONG OF THE YEAR: “My Mind is For Sale”

a social experience,” he said. “Music is one wouldn’t normally see,” Otis said. “So many of the oldest human activities, and its one of students love music, and it’s my job to give opthe things we’re able to bring to students that tions to as many of them as I can.” feeds the soul.”

One of my favorite classes at Ralston Valley Both Andres and Otis agree that the imporHigh School was a music appreciation class tant part of music education is not turning I took from longtime music educator Ken students into professional musicians, but Sawyer. It provided me a sense of context on some of the music I was already enjoying, and getting them involved in music — something they can do for the rest of their lives. opened up a new appreciation for classical “Music education is just as important as the pieces. academic courses because it gives students a And exposure to music, especially at a place to belong,” Otis said. “You can catch a young age, can be extremely important. kid and help them find their identity in a way According to the National Association for you can’t in other areas.”

Music Education, learning about music helps As someone who discovered themselves develop language and reasoning, mastery of through music, I will never fully be able to memorization, increased coordination and repay the debt to those who taught me about discipline. the art early on. We owe it to all future generaFrom the site: tions to keep the music playing on and on.

Kids who study the arts can learn to think creatively. This kind of education can help Clarke Reader’s column on how music conthem solve problems by thinking outside the box and realizing that there may be more than nects to our lives appears every other week. A community editor with Colorado Community one right answer.

Media, he still wishes he was a master recorder One of the things that makes music educaplayer Check out his music blog at calmacil20. tion special, according to Andres, is that it’s a blogspot.com. And share your favorite music group learning experience for students.

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THINGS to DO

THEATER

‘Music Man’ Auditions: 4 p.m.

Friday, Sept. 15 at Spotlight Performing Arts Center, 6328 E. County Line Road, Ste. 102, Highlands Ranch. For ages 6-18, class runs 15 weeks and teaches singing, dancing and acting techniques. Class meets from 4-5:30 p.m. Fridays through January.

Performances planned in late January. Call 720-44-DANCE or go to www.spotlightperformers.com.

Opening Night Gala: 4:30 p.m.

Saturday, Sept. 23 at the Lone Tree Arts Center, 10075 Commons St., Lone Tree. Cocktails, dinner, live auction, dessert, dancing and entertainment by The Company Men. Purchase tickets at the box office, by calling 720-509-1000 or online at www.lonetreeartscenter. org. Contact Tonya Fallows at 303-489-5533 for information.

In the Heights: shows through Sunday, Oct. 8 at Town Hall Arts Center, 2450 W. Main St., Littleton. First musical production of the 2017-18 season. Reserved tickets on sale at the box office or online at www.townhallartscenter.org/in-the-heights.

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Centennial Chalk Art Festival: 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 23 and Sunday, Sept. 24 at Centennial Center Park, 13050 E. Peakview Ave., Centennial. Artists bring masterpieces to live right at your feet. Enjoy live music and fine art vendors. Go to http://www. centennialco.gov/Things-To-Do/ community-events.aspx.

Learn Embroidery: 2 p.m. Saturday, Sept.

23 at the Castle Pines Library, 360 Village Square Lane. Learn the skills to create embroidery at home. All ages.

Registration is required at 303-791-7323 or DCL.org.

MUSIC

Arapahoe Philharmonic Concert: 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 16 at Aspen Academy, 5859 S. University Blvd., Greenwood Village. “Destiny Fulfilled” features Johannes Brahm’s Symphony No. 1 and Richard Strauss’s Four Last Songs, featuring local soprano Lauren Sawyer. Go to www.arapahoe-phil.org/events/ buy-tickets/.

Joyful Celebration Community Picnic and Concert: 9:30 a.m. (worship) and 11 a.m. (free concert, picnic, games) Sunday, Sept. 17 at Joy Lutheran Church,

this week’s TOP FIVE Hilltop Schoolhouse Open House: 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 16 at 5748 Flintwood Road, Parker. The 1898 Hilltop Schoolhouse is the only remaining public structure from the railroad town, Hilltop. Event is free; Hilltop notecards, postcards and pencils given when donation made to schoolhouse. Five ponderosa pine tree seedlings will be planted.

Wag `n’ Trail: 8 a.m. to noon Saturday, Sept. 16 at Glendale Farm Open Space, near I-25 and Surrey Ridge, Douglas County.

Hikers enjoy the 1.6-mile hike with their pups and a beer garden sponsored by Living the Dream Brewing Co., dozens of vendors, food trucks, music, and adoptable dogs. Event benefits homeless pets at the Dumb Friends League Buddy Center in Castle Rock. Call 303-751-5772 or go to www. wagntrail.org.

The Fly’n B: Colorful History and Characters: 6:30-8:30 p.m. Monday, Sept. 18 at the Southridge Recreation Center, 4800 McArthur Ranch Road, Highlands Ranch. Highlands Ranch Historical Society member Nancy Linsenbigler is the speaker.

7051 Parker Hills Court, Parker.

Live music by the Metropolitan Jazz Orchestra. Service will be translated by a sign language interpreter. Go to joylc.org.

EVENTS

Gateway to the Rockies: 7-8 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 14 at Bemis Public Library, 6014 S. Datura St., Littleton. Learn about the history, people and events that have made Colfax Avenue the longest and wickedest street in the United States. View historic photos and hear stories from Colfax Avenue historian Jonny Barber.

Paws to Read: 10 a.m. to noon Saturday, Sept. 16 at the Englewood Public Library, 1000 Englewood Parkway, in the Storytime Room. Early readers share their stories with four-legged listeners.

Registration recommended; space cannot be guaranteed to those who do not register. Call 303-762-2560.

Animals provided through Denver Pet Partners.

Restore Through Mindfulness: 2 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 17 at the Roxborough Library, 8357 N. Rampart Range Road, Suite 200.

Learn the secrets to being more present, aware and calm through mindfulness and meditation.

The Fly’n B, also known as the Plews House, shares a connection with greenhouses, Johnny Appleseed, social gatherings, gambling, mobsters, car bombing, “More Horsepower for the Dollar,” children at play, airplanes, and the Gates Rubber Company.

Contact http://thehrhs.org.

HOOTenanny Owl & Music Festival: Tuesday, Sept. 19 to Saturday, Sept. 23 at the Audubon Nature Center at Chatfield, 11280 Waterton Road, Littleton. Discover the secret life of owls through owl workshops, night hikes, live owl encounters, crafts, educational activities, and informational displays presented by local non-profit and government organizations.

Registration is requested; go to www. denveraudubon.org or call 303-973-9530.

Proceeds from this festival support our educational programs and activities at the Audubon Center at Chatfield.

Pump and Dump Show: 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 20 and Wednesday, Nov. 29 at Comedy Works South, 5345 Landmark Place, Greenwood Village. Band of Mothers national tour. Call 720274-6800 or go to https://www.comedyworks. com/comedians/the-pump-dump. Go to facebook.com/thepumpanddump.

Seasoned meditation instructor leads program for teens and adults. Registration is required at 303-791-7323 or DCL.org.

Donut Dash 5K: 9 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 8 at Clement Park, 7306 W. Bowles Ave., Littleton. Early registration ends Tuesday, Sept.

19. Complete the first 2.5K, then enter the Donut Challenge Zone, where you will consume a dozen glazed donuts, then complete the second half of the 5K. Must finish in less than 40 minutes. A “wimpy” category allows partners to split the donuts; must be done in 35 minutes. You also may register without participating in the challenge. Prizes, refreshments and

more.

Search Donut Dash Challenge on runningguru.com for information and to register.

Basic Genealogy Research: 9:30-11:30 a.m. Tuesday, Sept.

19 at Lutheran Church of the Holy Spirit, 6400 S. University Blvd., Centennial. Introduction to selected genealogy research tools and techniques for beginners. Columbine Genealogical and Historical Society members

will present topics including census records, Ancestry.com, Family Search and searching the internet. Handouts provided.

Contact ColumbineGenealogy@ gmail.com.

Lawyers in the Library: 5:30-6 p.m., 6-6:30 p.m., 6:30-7 p.m. or 7-7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 19 at Castlewood Library, 6739 S. Uinta St., Centennial. Attorneys available for short sessions to offer advice and provide references.

Registration encouraged, but walk-ins are welcome prior to 6:15 p.m., subject to attorney availability. Presented by the Arapahoe County Bar Association.

Register for a session at arapahoelibraries. org.

Obituariesfrom The Denver Post: 1-3 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 19 at Lutheran Church of the Holy Spirit, 6400 S. University Blvd., Centennial. Columbine Genealogical and Historical Society program presented by Claire Martin, journalist who has described writing obituaries as an extraordinary opportunity to tell the life stories of

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many different people and to look at their place in history. Contact ColumbineGenealogy@gmail.com.

Writer’s Group: 6:30-8:30 p.m.

Wednesday, Sept. 20 at Englewood Public Library, Altenbach Room, 1000 Englewood Parkway, Englewood. Meet twice a month for writing discussion and practice with prompts and exercises. All experience levels welcome. For adults. Call the Englewood Public Library at 303-762-2560 or email epl@ englewoodco.gov.

‘Final Mission of Extortion 17’: 7 p.m. Sept. 21 at Tattered Cover Aspen Grove. Book investigates the deadliest helicopter crash in the history of the United States.

Meet with the author Ed Darack.

Malley Book Club: 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 21, at the Malley Center, 3380 S. Lincoln St., Englewood. Book is “Hidden Figures” by Margot Lee Shetterly. For adults. Call the Englewood Public Library at 303-762-2560 or email epl@ englewoodco.gov.

Identify Your Old Photos: 6:30-8 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 21 at Koelbel Library, 5955 S. Holly St., Centennial. Do you have old photographs that need identification? Want some tips on searching for clues that could help date an image or identify the people or places within? We’ll go over several techniques and resources for learning more about your historic photos. Save your spot at arapahoelibraries.org.

EDUCATION

Practice Your English: 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 16 at the James H. LaRue Library, 9292 Ridgeline Blvd., Highlands Ranch. Join a Family Tree guest speaker to learn about parenting techniques used in the United States. Ages 17-plus.

Registration is required at 303791-7323 or DCL.org.

Computer Basics: 6:30-8 pm.

Thursday, Sept. 21, in the Tech Lab at the Englewood Public Library, 1000 Englewood Parkway, Englewood. Learn the basics of using a computer and practice using a mouse. No computer experience required. For adults.

Registration required. Call the Englewood Public Library at 303-762-2560 or email epl@ englewoodco.gov.

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

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Extra base hits in seven games for Chaparral senior outfielder Adrienne Visintine.

Lacrosse coach adds to luster of program

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Set lost in Lutheran’s seven-match volleyball winning streak.

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Runs scored in the second inning by Rock Canyon in a 21-5 softball win over Chaparral on Sept. 6.

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Quarterback rating for Rock Canyon’s junior Allen Mullen in a 41-7 win over Smoky Hill on Sept. 9.

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Total yards gained on Sept. 8 by Ponderosa in a 44-0 win over Douglas County.

ThunderRidge’s Hunter Bolt, left, gets off the kick just before he collides with Mountain Vista defender Zach Schaeffer. Mountain Vista prevailed 3-1 over the Grizzlies at Shea Stadium on Sept. 7.

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Standout Performers Dillon Baker, Castle View The senior golfer shot a 3-underpar 69 at Plum Creek Sept. 5 to become the first Sabercats player to win a Continental League tourney.

Chris Theodore, Rock Canyon The senior won the Division I boys event at the Liberty Bell Cross Country Invitational on Sept. 8 with a time of 15:23.

Bradley VanEgeren, Douglas County Scored the overtime goal in the Huskies’ 1-0 soccer win over Heritage on Sept. 7 to give the senior seven goals in six games.

Caden Meis, Legend Meis, a junior, ran for two touchdowns and made 15 tackles on defense in the Titans’ 31-14 football win over Westminster on Sept. 8.

Dario Bautista, Chaparral He had three goals in a 5-1 soccer victory over Ponderosa on Sept.

7 and the senior helped the Wolverines collect their first win.

Sterling Ostdahl, Ponderosa The senior quarterback accounted for five touchdowns, two passing and three rushing, in a 44-0 victory over Douglas County on Sept. 8.

STANDOUT PERFORMERS are five athletes named from south metro area high schools. Preference is given to those making their debut on the list.

To nominate an athlete, contact Jim Benton at jbenton@coloradocommunitymedia.com

verybody knew him when he walked into the room and he received a loud ovation.

Brent Adams was introduced Sept. 5 as the new boys lacrosse coach for the Falcons of Highlands Ranch High School. He became another wellrecognized lacrosse coach as the sport continues to draw qualified coaches to Colorado high school OVERTIME teams.

I recall years ago when there were derogatory comments about the quality of prep soccer coaches, but the remarks have quieted as more knowledgeable people have joined the coachJim Benton ing ranks.

Those kinds of observations never began in lacrosse, which has attracted top college and professional players to coach at many schools.

Adams, who was an All-American selection at Fairfield University, comes from Valor Christian, where he was an assistant coach under former professional lacrosse legend John Grant Jr. Adams played for the Chesapeake Bayhawks and Boston Cannons of Major League Lacrosse.

In 2016 he signed with the Denver Outlaws of the MLL and is currently in the second year of a two-year contract with the Colorado Mammoth of the National Lacrosse League.

Adams, 26, replaces Outlaws captain Matt Bocklet who left Highlands Ranch to coach defending state champion Cherry Creek.

“If you have a coach that is creditable, for lack of a better word, it allows players to commit to the sport a little more when they know they are getting good instruction that you really can’t find at a lot of schools,” said Adams.

“I’m going to be hands-on as much as I can. I think the players will benefit from that. Lacrosse has done so much for me in my life that I can’t wait to give back as much as I possibly can.”

Help-wanted sign out for officials There is a critical shortage of officials for almost every high school sport for all levels.

The Colorado High School Activities Association offered clinics over the summer in an attempt to recruit new personnel, and CHSAA Commissioner Rhonda Blanford-Green claims the workshops were successful.

“We saw a little bit of growth,” she said. “We are now even thinking about being at some job fairs on the collegiate level. When you see the percentage of college people that don’t play college sports but have knowledge of SEE BENTON, P24

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ON THE WAY UP

Chloe Richeson prepares to go airborne as part of her routine as she competes in floor exercise for Rock Canyon during the Sept. 6 triangular gymnastics meet at Cherry Creek High School. Richardson placed 12th in the floor exercise event as she and her teammates earned a total score of 160.50 to take runner-up honors in the team standings, finishing less than four points behind first-place Cherry Creek. Jaguar Kaitlyn Krason took top individual honors on the balance beam and Ashlita Lodha placed third in the all-around scoring.

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CLUBS Editor’s note: To add or update a club listing, e-mail calendar@coloradocommunitymedia.com.

page. In addition, we are also recognized by the State Libertarian party. Contact Wayne Harlos at 303-229-3435.

Political Douglas County Democrats executive committee meets at 7 p.m. the second Monday of every month at various sites.

Contact Mike Jones at 720-509-9048 or email info@DouglasDemocrats.org. Socialdiscussion meetings take place in Highlands Ranch, Castle Rock, Parker, Lone Tree and Roxborough. Visit douglasdemocrats.org and click on calendar for more information.

Douglas County Republican Women meets at 11 a.m. the third Wednesday each month at the Lone Tree Golf and Hotel. Call Marsha Haeflein at 303-841-4318 or visit www. dcgop.org or www.dcrw.org.

Douglas County Libertarian Development Group meets at 6 p.m. the first Thursday of each month at the Rio Grande Restaurant, 9535 Park Meadows Drive. Go to LPDG.org.

The group also has a very active Facebook

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the game and are part of intramurals, why aren’t we tapping into that resource?”

In previous columns we noted a few of the reasons for the shortage, which include the aging of current officials, time commitment and pay.

Varsity officials for most sports get $58 a game but another factor hurting the recruitment of officials is the abuse directed at them from coaches and fans.

Mistreatment of officials hap-

Highlands Ranch, Roxborough, and Lone Tree Democrats meet at 7 p.m. the third Thursday of every month for topical speakers and lively discussion at the James H. LaRue Library, 9292 S. Ridgeline Blvd., Highlands Ranch. Visit www.douglasdemocrats.org for more information.

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pens everywhere, and I watched a Colorado State Cup soccer match on Labor Day when the referee would not restart the action until an unruly fan left the field.

“We need to educate our parents about how to treat officials,” admitted Blanford-Green, who says the CHSAA is working on ways to give officials more recognition. “The National Association for Sports Officials will tell you that pay is not the reason we lose officials.

“It has to do with three major areas. Retention and that has to do with how you’re treated, recognition and then pay. We are addressing the issues.”

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HOW TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE

Hospice of Covenant Care Nonprofit, faith-based hospice Need: Volunteers to support patients and families Contact: 303-731-8039 Lone Tree Police Department Volunteers in Police Service (VIPS) Provides assistance within the Police Department in both Administrative and Patrol functions.

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

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

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

Lutheran Family Services: Cultural Mentoring Program We welcome refugee families and help them adjust to their new home Need: People who can commit to working with refugees on skills for self-sufficiency

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Theater benefit The Denver Actors Fund was established to support local theater people who find themselves in medical need.

It is supported in part by “Miscast,” an annual spoof cooked up by talented performers who place themselves in unlikely acts and costumes — and scenes. All are welcome to enjoy an evening as actors make fun of themselves. The 2017 “Miscast” will be at 7 p.m. on Sept. 25 at Town Hall Arts Center, 2450 W. Main Street in downtown Littleton. Why is it scheduled for a Monday? That’s when these guys are free to goof off ! Tickets cost $20, townhallartscenter.org, 303-794-2787, ext. 5. The show is rated R — 16 and older. DenverActorsFund.org.

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Neighbor Network Nonprofit that helps older adults stay independent. Serves all of Douglas County Need: Volunteers who can provide transportation, light housekeeping, handyman and companion services to seniors.

Requirements: Must be at least 21 years old and have a valid driver’s license and auto insurance.

Contact: 303-814-4300, neighbornetwork@ douglas.co.us or dcneighbornetwork.org.

Nonprofit Wildlife Group Works to protect native wildlife in Greenwood Village Need: Volunteers help protect wildlife Requirements: Must work two hours per week, schedule flexible Contact: info@wildearthguardians.org SEE VOLUNTEERS, P26

Voices West fundraiser A fundraiser for Voices West is planned at 6 p.m. Sept. 28 at the Melting Pot in Littleton’s old Carnegie Library at the west end of Main Street. Tickets cost $75 per person for the restaurant’s fourcourse dinner. Friends are welcome. Reserve at: voiceswest.org.

Flyin’ B presentation Local old-timers may recall a little plane, the Flyin’ B, that towed ad banners across Littleton and surrounding areas and originated just south of County Line Road at Santa Fe Drive. The Flyin’ B Park remains at that site of the Flyin’ B Ranch, now administered by Highlands Ranch. The Highlands Ranch Historical Society’s Nancy Linsenbigler will tell its story from 6:30 to 8:3o p.m. on Sept. 18 at Southridge Recreation Center, 4800 McArthur Ranch Road, Highlands Ranch. Donations suggested for non-members ($2).

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Meals on Wheels Delivers meals to residents in Englewood, southern Jefferson County and western Arapahoe County Need: Drivers to deliver meals; volunteers to help prepare, box and label meals Requirements: Must dedicate one to two hours a week Contact: Phil or Mary at 303-798-7642 (from 8 a.m. to noon Mondays through Fridays)

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and helping them learn about their new home.

Requirements: Must be 18 or older (although children of volunteers are welcome to participate). One-hour training and orientation required.

Contact: David Cornish, 303-225-0199 or david.cornish@lfsrm.org; go to www.lfsrm. org.

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Outreach Uganda Empowers impoverished people in Uganda, especially women and children, to overcome poverty through income generation, education, training and other holistic endeavors.

Need: Volunteers weekly to provide office support with fair trade craft show preparation, mailings and miscellaneous office work. Office hours are 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Monday to Friday. Office located at 9457 S. University Blvd., Suite 410, Highlands Ranch.

Contact: Jennifer Dent, 303-683-8450 or office@outreachuganda.org.

Paladin Rescue Alliance Christian non-government organization dedicated to rescuing human trafficking victims and building alliances to combat trafficking locally, nationally and internationally Need: Volunteers to help organize supplies; donations of supplies. All donations are tax-deductible. Needed items include cleansers, skin cream, ointment, disinfectants, dressings, bandages, rolls, sponges, pads, dressing tape, gloves, alcohol pads, asprin, Tylenol.

Age requirement: All ages can participate.

Contact: www.paladinrescue.org; Paladin Rescue Alliance, P.O. Box 79, Littleton, CO 80160; 888-327-3063 Parker Senior Center Provides services to local seniors.

Need: Volunteer drivers to take seniors to the center for a hot meal, to appointments, to the grocery store, and more.

Contact: Louise West at 303-841-5370.

Pedaling4Parkinsons Proceeds go to the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research.

Date: June 24 Need: Volunteers to work at aid stations and at an expo at Sweetwater Park in Lone Tree. Shifts available from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m.

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Contact: info@pedaling4parkinsons.org, 888-548-3002 ext. 2, or www.pedaling4parkinsons.org.

PeopleFirst Hospice Denver hospice Need: Volunteers to provide companionship to hospice patients and their families.

Contact: Rachel Wang at 303-546-7921 Project CURE Delivers medical supplies and equipment to developing countries around the world Need: Groups of 7-15 people to help sort medical supplies; those with medical/ clinical backgrounds to become Sort Team Leaders; truck drivers to help pick up donations (no CDL required).

Age requirements: Ages 15 and older (if a large group of ages 15 and younger is interested, we can try to accommodate different projects).

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Highlands Republican Club meets at 7 a.m. every last Friday of the month at Salsa Brava, 52 W. Springer Drive, Highlands Ranch. Speakers of local, state and national political office address the group. Contact Jeff Wasden, 303-683-5549 or hrbreakfast@dcgop.org.

Libertarian Party of Douglas County: 6 p.m. the first Thursday of each month at On the Rox Sports Bar, 11957 Lioness Way, Parker. Topics include items of general libertarian interest and organization for local activism to make a difference in our

Parker Democrats meets at 7 p.m. the third Tuesday of each month for discussion of timely topics, led by knowledgeable speakers, at the South Metro Fire Station 45, 16801 Northgate Drive, Parker. Visit www. douglasdemocrats.org for information.

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Public Notices Public Trustees

Public Trustees PUBLIC NOTICE

Public Trustees PUBLIC NOTICE

PUBLIC NOTICE

Hghlands Ranch NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2017-0161

Highlands Ranch NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2017-0168

To Whom It May Concern: On 7/6/2017 4:42:00 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.

To Whom It May Concern: On 7/17/2017 12:14:00 PM the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in Douglas County.

Original Grantor: MICHAEL JOHN BREW AND CATHERINE LYNN BREW Original Beneficiary: MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. AS NOMINEE FOR 360 MORTGAGE GROUP, LLC, ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: 360 MORTGAGE GROUP, LLC Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 12/22/2015 Recording Date of DOT: 12/30/2015 Reception No. of DOT: 2015092603 DOT Recorded in Douglas County.

Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $378,668.00 Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $371,336.89

Original Grantor: GREGORY D. GALYON AND DIANE S. GALYON Original Beneficiary: MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., AS NOMINEE FOR MEGASTAR FINANCIAL CORP. Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: FEDERAL NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION (“FANNIE MAE”), A CORPORATION ORGANIZED AND EXISTING UNDER THE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 2/23/2004 Recording Date of DOT: 3/8/2004 Reception No. of DOT: 2004023686 DOT Recorded in Douglas County.

Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $333,700.00 Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $255,765.48

Littleton NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2017-0160 To Whom It May Concern: On 7/5/2017 12:57:00 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: MATTHEW R ESSIG Original Beneficiary: NATIONAL CITY MORTGAGE A DIVISION OF NATIONAL CITY BANK Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 10/11/2007 Recording Date of DOT: 10/18/2007 Reception No. of DOT: 2007081658 DOT Recorded in Douglas County.

Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $277,000.00 Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $238,310.38

Pursuant to C.R.S. §38-38-101 (4) (i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: failed to make the monthly mortgage payments as required by the terms of the Note and Deed of Trust.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.

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

Legal Description of Real Property: LOT 273, HIGHLANDS RANCH - FILING NO. 122-V, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO Which has the address of: 10474 Applebrook Cir, Littleton, CO 80130 NOTICE OF SALE

The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust described herein, has filed written election and demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust.

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that on the first possible sale date (unless the sale is continued*) at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, October 25, 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: 8/31/2017 Last Publication: 9/28/2017 Publisher: Douglas County News Press Dated: 7/5/2017 CHRISTINE DUFFY DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee

The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: SUSAN HENDRICK Colorado Registration #: 33196 9745 EAST HAMPDEN AVE SUITE 400, DENVER, COLORADO 80231 Phone #: (303) 353-2965 Fax #: Attorney File #: CO170120

*YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE DATES on the Public Trustee website : http://www.douglas.co.us/publictrustee/ Legal Notice No.: 2017-0160 First Publication: 8/31/2017 Last Publication: 9/28/2017 Publisher: Douglas County News Press

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

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

Legal Description of Real Property: LOT 7, HIGHLANDS RANCH FILING NO. 78-E, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO. Which has the address of: 3549 Boardwalk Cir, Hghlands Ranch, CO 80129 NOTICE OF SALE The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust described herein, has filed written election and demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust.

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that on the first possible sale date (unless the sale is continued*) at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, November 8, 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: 9/14/2017 Last Publication: 10/12/2017 Publisher: Douglas County News Press Dated: 7/10/2017 CHRISTINE DUFFY DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: NICHOLAS H. SANTARELLI Colorado Registration #: 46592 9800 S. MERIDIAN BLVD. SUITE 400, ENGLEWOOD, COLORADO 80112 Phone #: (303) 706-9990 Fax #: (303) 706-9994 Attorney File #: 17-014467 *YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE DATES on the Public Trustee website : http://www.douglas.co.us/publictrustee/ Legal Notice No.: 2017-0161 First Publication: 9/14/2017 Last Publication: 10/12/2017 Publisher: Douglas County News Press

PUBLIC NOTICE

PUBLIC NOTICE

Hghlands Ranch NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2017-0161

Highlands Ranch NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2017-0168

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

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

Legal Description of Real Property: LOT 1, HIGHLANDS RANCH FILING NO. 90B, COUNTY IF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO Which has the address of: 9999 Cottoncreek Drive, Highlands Ranch, CO 80130 NOTICE OF SALE The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust described herein, has filed written election and demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust.

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that on the first possible sale date (unless the sale is continued*) at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, November 8, 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: 9/14/2017 Last Publication: 10/12/2017 Publisher: Douglas County News Press

PUBLIC NOTICE

NOTICE OF CONTRACTORS SETTLEMENT COUNTY OF DOUGLAS STATE OF COLORADO

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, pursuant to Section 38-26-107, C.R.S., as amended, that on October 14, 2017, final settlement will be made by the County of Douglas, State of Colorado, for To advertise yourand public notices 303-566-4100 on account of acall contract between Douglas County and R.E. Monks Construction Company, LLC for the Moore Road Emergency Vehicle Operation Center (EVOC), Douglas County Project Number CI 2015-016, in Douglas County; and that any person, co-partnership, association or corporation that has an unpaid claim against said R.E. Monks Construction Company, LLC for or on account of Public Notice the furnishing of labor, materials, team hire, sustenance, provisions, provender or other supREQUEST FOR PROPOSALS plies used or consumed by such contractor or any of his subcontractors in or about the perProposals for TRAFFIC OPERATIONS formance of said work, or that supplied rental MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR THE machinery, tools, or equipment to the extent DOUGLAS COUNTY TRAFFIC DIVISION; used in the prosecution of said work, may at any DOUGLAS COUNTY PROJECT NUMBER TF time up to and including said time of such final 2017-024 will be received by the Owner, settlement on said October 14, 2017, file a veriDouglas County Government, Department of fied statement of the amount due and unpaid on Public Works Engineering, Philip S. Miller Buildaccount of such claim with the Board of County ing, 100 Third Street, Suite 220, Castle Rock, CO 80104, until Wednesday, October 18, Commissioners, c/o Public Works Engineering 2017, at 2:00 p.m. This project consists of the Director, with a copy to the Project Engineer acquisition and implementation of an integrated Dennis Lobberding, Department of Public Works asset management and workflow system for the Engineering, Philip S. Miller Building, 100 Third Traffic Division.

Street, Suite 220, Castle Rock, CO 80104.

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The Request for Proposals (RFP) Documents will be available after 10:00 a.m. on Monday, September 11, 2017, through Rocky Mountain E-Purchasing System Website (www.rockymountainbidsystem.com). RFP Documents are not available for purchase through Douglas County Government and can only be accessed from the above-mentioned website. Electronic versions of the RFP Documents obtained by any other means than as described above may not be complete or accurate, and it is the Offeror’s responsibility to obtain a complete set of the RFP Documents.

Failure on the part of claimant to file such statement prior to such final settlement will relieve said County of Douglas from all and any liability for such claimant's claim.

A PRE-PROPOSAL CONFERENCE will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Wednesday, October 4, 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 Krista Deibert, Engineering Contracts Specialist, by 12:00 p.m. on Friday, September 22, 2017.

Offerors must submit one (1) unbound paper copy and one (1) electronic copy (in pdf format, on a flash drive) of their Proposal no later than Wednesday, October 18, 2017 at 2:00 p.m.

Douglas County will not accept or consider Proposals which are time stamped at the place of receipt after the specified due date and time.

Douglas County will not accept or consider emailed or faxed Proposals. Proposals should be hand-delivered or mailed to the location below: Douglas County Government Department of Public Works Engineering 100 Third Street, Suite 220 Castle Rock, CO 80104 Attn: Krista Deibert, Engineering Contracts Specialist

Public Notice NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING BEFORE THE PLANNING COMMISSION A public hearing will be held before the Planning Commission on October 2, 2017 at 7:00 p.m. in the Commissioners’ Hearing Room, 100 Third Street, Castle Rock, CO, for approval of a preliminary plan located in the Sterling Ranch Planned Development, South of Filing No. 1 and Filing No. 2 and approximately 3/4 mile South of Titan Road, 1/4 mile West of Moore Road, North of Waterton Road and East of Rampart Range Road. For more information call Douglas County Planning, 303-660-7460.

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

Legal Notice No.: 931599 First Publication: September 14, 2017 Last Publication: September 14, 2017 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press

Legal Notice No.: 2017-0168 First Publication: 9/14/2017 Last Publication: 10/12/2017 Publisher: Douglas County News Press

Have you seen how Classifieds can work for you?

Legal Notice No.: 931565 First Publication: September 7, 2017 Last Publication: September 14, 2017 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press

File #/ Name: SB2017-018 / Sterling Ranch Preliminary Plan No. 4.

*YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE DATES on the Public Trustee website : http://www.douglas.co.us/publictrustee/

Legal Notice No.: 931569 First Publication: September 14, 2017 Last Publication: September 21, 2017 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press

Douglas County reserves the right to reject any and all Proposals, to waive formalities, informalities, or irregularities contained in a Proposal and furthermore, to award a Contract for items therein, either in whole or in part, if it is deemed to be in the best interest of Douglas County to do so. Additionally, Douglas County reserves the right to negotiate optional items and/or services with the successful Offeror. Any questions on the RFP Documents shall be directed to Krista Deibert, Engineering Contracts Specialist, at 303.660.7490.

Dated: 7/21/2017 CHRISTINE DUFFY DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee

EVE GRINA Colorado Registration #: 43658 7700 E. ARAPAHOE ROAD, SUITE 230, CENTENNIAL, COLORADO 80112 Phone #: (877) 369-6122 Fax #: Attorney File #: CO-17-774622-LL

The Board of Douglas County Commissioners of the County of Douglas, Colorado, By: Frederick H. Koch, P.E., Public Works Engineering Director.

PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE OF CONTRACTORS SETTLEMENT COUNTY OF DOUGLAS STATE OF COLORADO NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, pursuant to Section 38-26-107, C.R.S., as amended, that on October 14, 2017, final settlement will be made by the County of Douglas, State of Colorado, for and on account of a contract between Douglas County and R.E. Monks Construction Company, LLC for the Moore Road Emergency Vehicle Operation Center (EVOC), Douglas County Project Number CI 2015-016, in Douglas County; and that any person, co-partnership, association or corporation that has an unpaid claim against said R.E. Monks Construction Company, LLC for or on account of the furnishing of labor, materials, team hire,

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