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October 22, 2015 VO LUM E 28 | IS S U E 48 | FREE

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SCHOOL BOARD RACE

Fundraising figures so far favor challengers Third-party money pays for TV ad in support of incumbents By Mike DiFerdinando mdiferdinando@coloradocommunitymedia.com

The eight-acre corn maze at the Denver Botanic Gardens Chatfield Farms is open Friday, Saturday and Sunday through Nov. 1. The eight-acre corn maze at Denver Botanic Gardens Chatfield Farms was packed Oct. 17 with families trying to find their way. Life-size animal cutouts hidden throughout the maze provided a game in which families could help find Farmer Green’s lost animals. The fall festivities also feature a pumpkin patch, hayrides and a giant inflatable jumping pillow. For more information on events, visit botanicgardens.org/corn-maze/about

PHOTOS BY SHANNA FORTIER

In contrast to recent Douglas County School Board races, candidates challenging the school district’s reform policies have raised more money than their opponents as of the first reporting deadline. David Ray, Anne-Marie Lemieux and Wendy Vogel have combined to raise $51,765, nearly $44,000 more than the three incumbent candidates during the reporting period that ended Oct. 8. Those totals do not reflect third-party money being spent to try to influence voters. Kevin Larsen, Craig Richardson and Richard Robbins have raised $7,793, according to the most recently released campaign finance reports. By this time in the 2013 campaign, the candidates who supported the school district’s reform policies had outraised their opponents DCSD continues on Page 6

WHAT THEY’VE RAISED A look at the campaign fundraising totals of candidates through the first reporting period, which ended Oct. 8, in the 2015 Douglas County School Board race: Incumbents

Challengers

Craig Richardson: $3,020

David Ray: $19,015

Kevin Larsen: $2,800 Richard Robbins: $1,973 Total: $7,793

Anne-Marie Lemieux: $17,805 Wendy Vogel: 14,945 Total: $51,765 Source: tracer.sos. colorado.gov

INSIDE: Ethan MacMillan, 9, of Highlands Ranch, rides a pony Oct. 17 at the fall festivities.

Damien Stahl takes a shot on the mechanical bull.

Turn to Page 5 for coverage of the candidate forum at SkyView Academy.

Children’s Hospital opens sports therapy field

By Alex DeWind adewind@colorado communitymedia.com Children’s Hospital Colorado South Campus opened its first outdoor sports therapy field for young rehabilitees. An opening ceremony was held Oct. 13 at the campus off Lucent Drive in Highlands Ranch. Denver Broncos linebacker Brandon Marshall assisted children in cutting a blue ribbon next to the facility. “This field is very useful,” said Bridget Younger, manager of Children’s Hospital Colorado Sports Medicine Program. “It’s an extra tool to use.” The outdoor field, which has a

soccer field and basketball court, will be used by adolescents in the final stages of their recovery processes. Jay Albright, the program’s surgical director, sees 95 percent of his patients for sports-related injuries like ligament tears and concussions. The field will replicate the surface that the patient will eventually be training on again. It allows physical therapists to see patients in a real-time environment, rather than just a clinic, said Younger. “This field is one of a kind,” Albright said. And it is: it’s the first outdoor sports therapy field for Children’s Hospital Colorado.

Broncos linebacker Brandon Marshall is accompanied by a group of children at the opening ceremony of the sports therapy field at Children’s Hospital Colorado South Campus in Highlands Ranch. Photo by Alex DeWind


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