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Forum shows power of students School board candidates field questions from those they affect most

By Mike DiFerdinando mdiferdinando@coloradocommunitymedia.com It’s a rainy morning on Oct. 21, and the students of Mountain Vista Media are hard at work in the high school’s newsroom.

The next evening they will host a student-run forum for the candidates in the Douglas County School Board race.

There’s only a day left to finalize plans for the live stream, social media hashtags, live blog and candidate questions before the forum in the auditorium at Mountain Vista High School in Highlands Ranch.

“We’re not giving them the questions ahead of time to answer or even think

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about,” said Tara O’Gorman, Mountain Vista Media editor. “When someone is put on the spot, they answer more truthfully.”

O’Gorman and fellow editor Katie Pickrell have spent the past six weeks organizing the production of the forum with their classmates.

Mountain Vista Media has 60 students involved in media from broadcast to yearbook, a website and news magazine.

They routinely publish school, local Forum continues on Page 7

Tara O’Gorman, right, and Katie Pickrell prepare for the student-sponsored school board candidate forum Oct. 21 in the Mountain Vista Media room. Photo by Mike DiFerdinando

HRCA board puts a lid on trash talk Residents persuade board to revisit regulations; revision due in January

By Alex DeWind adewind@coloradocommunitymedia.com

Valor Christian players celebrate after winning their second consecutive state title. Photos by Jim Benton

Clutch homers carry Valor to title Eagles break up two no-hitters to win second straight championship

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PROPOSED NEW TRASH RULES The Highland Ranch Community Association, acting on litter complaints, proposed new trash containment rules: • Households must have designated receptacles for trash and recyclable materials with lids. The recommended color is blue, with a different colored lid or signage designating recycling on appropriate receptacles.

By Jim Benton jbenton@coloradocommunitymedia.com Valor Christian delivered two dramatic hits on Oct. 25, and coupled with good defense and pitching the Eagles claimed their second straight Class 4A state softball championship.

The Eagles avenged their only loss of the season with a 2-1 victory over Wheat Ridge in the state title game at Aurora Sports Park and finished the season with a 23-1 record.

“We got dramatic, timely hits,” said Valor coach Dave Atencio. “We’ve been playing long ball all year. And with (Lauren) Foster in the semis and then (Abigail) Zuschlag, we got the big long ball.”

Sophomore pitcher Alexandria Kilponen, with fans yelling “Ali Kat” behind her, was once again a dominant force in the state tournament and worked out of a key situation in the title game.

“Kilponen came through,” added Softball continues on Page 5

Shortly into a meeting about trash that drew an overflow crowd to argue against proposed receptacle changes, Highlands Ranch Community Association board director Scott Lemmon tabled the issue until January.

Over the past month — since proposed new rules were announced — Lemmon has received mixed messages from the community through emails — some he considered “nasty.”

“Trash is an item that seems very near and dear to people’s hearts,” he said. “I don’t quite get it.”

• Receptacles can be three sizes: 96-gallon, 64-gallon and 32-gallon.

• All trash and recycling materials must fit into the approved trash receptacle.

• Trash receptacles must be placed in the street, next to the curb and not on sidewalks.

• Lawn clippings are required to be placed in sealed bags.

• Trimmed branches are required to be bundled and tied into 3-foot sections, but cannot exceed 12 inches in width.

Because of community outcry, the vote on the rules has been postponed until January so the HRCA board can consider citizen input.

Public comments can be submitted at hrcaonline.org/Contact-Us.

The win, one player said, “was the best feeling ever, what you dream about.”

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NEWS IN A HURRY Metro district chairman receives award Rick Owens, chairman of the Board of Directors of the Highlands Ranch Metro District, was selected as one of two winners for the Special District Association of Colorado’s Board Member of the Year. The award shows the commitment, contribution and service that Owens has given to the district. Owens has served on the board for 13 years and has been involved with projects like the renovation of the Highlands Ranch Mansion and the construction of six parks.

“He encourages collaboration and seeks opportunities for partnerships to improve both the district and the community as a whole,” according to a press release from the Special District Association of Colorado.

Tyler Weaver, a professional martial artist from Highlands Ranch, travels internationally for competitions and seminars.

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TYLER WEAVER Professional martial artist About me I’m 19 years old, born and raised in Highlands Ranch.

I’m taking online college classes right now and I’m also a professional martial artist, sponsored by Paul Mitchell.

I’m really into extreme martial arts and sports karate. I’m a part of the ATA Martial Arts School in Denver.

In a day, I usually wake up and study for a few hours, and then I’ll go to the gym. Sometimes, I’ll go to an open gym for gymnastics to practice my flips and jumps.

My inspiration My father owned a martial arts studio in Highlands Ranch called Championship Karate, so I’ve been into the sport my entire life. He’s retired now and the studio’s closed, but I grew up always doing it.

I want to become an actor someday, like Jackie Chan, and perform actual stunts in movies. I want to go big.

Where I’ve been I’ve traveled to a lot of places for martial arts competitions and seminars — Ireland, Australia, Russia, Germany.

It’s hard to say which place has been my favorite. Everywhere that I get to go is amazing. Summer is tournament season, so I travel two to three times a month.

I’ve also been involved with the media — I was on the Oprah Winfrey show and the Megan Mullally show.

In my free time . . .

My life is mostly karate and martial arts, but I love music and dancing. I also like tricking, which is martial arts combined with gymnastics.

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Veterans Day event at library Community members are invited to James H. LaRue Library at 6:30 p.m. Nov. 11 for a tour of the Highlands Ranch Veteran Monument followed by a Veterans Day celebration on the second floor. Air Force Lt. Col. (Ret.) Dan Hampton, a veteran and best-selling author of three books about his experiences, will be speaking. The event will also have a color guard from the Highlands Ranch American Legion, music, and winners of the poster contest will be awarded. For more information, visit hrvets.org.

Neighbor Network aims to help As the senior population in Douglas County continues to grow at one of the fastest rates in the nation, those who have time to spare and share with the elder population are becoming more in demand by the day.

For those with a heart for helping others, there is opportunity to make a difference.

Neighbor Network, a grassroots nonprofit based out of Douglas County’s Philip S. Miller Building in Castle Rock, provides free volunteer services that allow older adults to continue to live independently in their own homes for as long as safely possible.

The organization is fielding about 1,500 calls per month on average.

Neighbor Network is actively seeking volunteers, age 21 or older, who have an hour or more each week to help with things such as shopping and delivering groceries, providing transportation assistance and performing handyman duties.

All volunteers must clear a background check and are matched up with Neighbor Network members based on location and common interests.

If you are interested in volunteering, fill out an application at dcneighbornetwork.org or call 303814-4300.

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Goal: ‘Get everyone on renewable water’ New agreement provides treated water to southwest communities

By Alex DeWind adewind@coloradocommunitymedia.com

Rick Beane, a certified arborist who lives in Chatfield Estates southwest of Highlands Ranch, fills a 325-gallon tank with water from a nearby fire hydrant three times a week. He takes the tank home and uses his cistern to get tap water.

He’s been doing this for the past five years because his well went dry.

“It’s unbelievable considering he lives in south metro Denver,” said Melanie Goetz, a former Roxborough Water and Sanitation District board member.

But Beane’s water troubles may soon be over.

Like many others in the area, he will receive treated water — hopefully by next fall — from an intergovernmental agreement between Roxborough Water and Sanitation District and Centennial Water and Sanitation District.

The agreement will deliver water to residential customers in Chatfield Acres and Chatfield East subdivisions, along with existing businesses in the Titan Road Industrial Park. d “The biggest benefit is that we are going to have good, domestic water,” Beane

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Rick Beane, a certified arborist who lives in Chatfield Estates, hooks up to a Centennial Water & Sanitation District fire hydrant three times per week and fills up his 325-gallon tank to bring water back to his house. Beane has been doing this for the past five years because his well went dry. Photo courtesy of Melanie Goetz said. “I think it’s great that the county and two water districts have come to a solution for a 20-year problem.”

Douglas County and its Water Alternatives Program spearheaded the agreement to help communities that owned wells.Once word was out that the county

wanted to help, Douglas County Commissioner Jill Repella worked with Aurora Water to get 150 acre-feet of water supplied through Roxborough Water and Sanitation District, said general manager Larry Moore.

The county then paid for preliminary

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Last November, an election was held for the public with a detailed ballot about the logistics of the new water, including how the project would be financed and the infrastructures needed.

“The results were a pretty good indication that the people wanted this water project,” Moore said.

Aurora Water, Centennial Water —the provider for Highlands Ranch — and Roxborough Water worked together to deliver treated water to about 251 homes.

Centennial will pick up the water from Aurora Water, treat it, store it and deliver it to paying customers in master meters, the volume of public water used by residents and businesses. Roxborough will then measure the master meters to determine how much water its customers will need the following month.

Construction for appropriate delivery infrastructures will start in early 2016. It will take about seven months to complete the project, Moore said. Paying customers will have treated water by next fall.

The intergovernmental agreement serves as an example to other cities in the state, Moore said.

“When you get people working in the same direction, you can accomplish a lot of things,” Moore said. “The end goal is to have everyone on renewable water.”

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High voter turnout expected Election officials project at least 100,000 will cast ballots

By Mike DiFerdinando mdiferdinando@coloradocommunitymedia.com With three seats open on the Douglas County Board of Education, county officials are expecting the trend of high voter turnout for school district races to continue Nov. 3.

There are 224,956 registered voters in Douglas County, and officials estimate more than 50 percent of voters will cast ballots.

In District A, incumbent Craig Richardson will take on Wendy Vogel. Board President Kevin Larsen will face off with Anne-Marie Lemieux in District C. Incumbent Richard Robbins and David Ray will vie for the District F seat.

The county has already received more than 20,000 mail-in ballots, according to Douglas County Clerk and Recorder Merlin Klotz.

Voter service and polling centers Ballots must be received by the Douglas County Elections Office no later than 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 3 in order to be counted. Postmarks do not count.

If you have not received your ballot, replacement ballots can be issued in person at one of the voter service and polling centers available in the county.

The following centers

will be open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. through Oct. 30, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Oct. 31, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Nov. 2, and from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Election Day, Nov. 3: • Douglas County Elections office, 125 Stephanie Place, Castle Rock • Douglas County Sheriff’s Office substation, 9250 Zotos Drive, Highlands Ranch • Larkspur Fire Protec-

According to Klotz, the county had received 29,000 ballots at the same point prior to the 2013 election. But there are several factors that could have accounted for the difference, Klotz said.

“If you look at the sample ballot for

tion District, 9414 S. Spruce Mountain Road, Larkspur • Lone Tree Motor Vehicle Office, 9350 Heritage Hills Circle, Lone Tree • Parker Recreation Center, 17301 E. Lincoln Ave., Parker • Parker Town Hall, 20120 E. Mainstreet, Parker

2013 vs. the sample ballot for 2015 you will note that Amendment 66 (taxes) and Proposition AA were on the 2013 ballot and drew a lot more interest than the current statewide ballot issue,” Klotz said.

“Even the local city issues and races were

more aggressive in 2013.”

School board elections in 2009 and 2011 brought out 27 percent and 48 percent of registered voters, respectively.

In 2013, more than 50 percent of Douglas County voters sent in their ballots.

Douglas County election officials are estimating 100,000 to 130,000 ballots will be submitted for this year’s election.

“Whichever side you’re on, I think there are a lot of strong feelings because it’s right there,” Larsen said. “Some of this national stuff, everybody has opinions, but its starts to feel a little removed.”

Candidate David Ray said the large turnouts seen for school board races in recent years are the result of parents who are invested in their children’s education.

“A large majority of the parents, of the 60,000 students in our district, are upset with politics influencing the educational decisions made for their children,” Ray said. “They are rallying against a political machine that is taking advantage of the 70 percent of voters who are uninformed because they do not currently have children in the schools.”

Douglas County to test new voting machines Locations around state will take part in trial run

By Mike DiFerdinando mdiferdinando@coloradocommunitymedia.com Douglas County is one of eight counties that will be testing new voting machines this election season.

The effort is part of an attempt by the Colorado secretary of state’s office to possibly unite all of the state under one system. As part of that initiative, four small counties and four large counties, including Douglas, were asked to pilot next-generation equipment.

The other test counties are Adams, Denver, Garfield, Gilpin, Jefferson, Mesa and Teller. They will be trying out four dif-

ferent vendors.

According to the secretary of state’s office, the upgrades to newer machines will cost about $10 million to $15 million and the counties will be dividing the cost, if the program moves forward following the test period. There is no charge to the counties during the test period.

Douglas County will be testing the Hart Verity system. The system offers a number of ballot setup, operational and audit advances over the previous Hart system, which the county had been using.

“Like the other seven counties, we are about to discover how each of the vendor’s products perform in battle,” Douglas County Clerk and Recorder Merlin Klotz said.

The new systems differ from previous systems in that instead of accumulating

data on an electronic storage medium at the polling place, devices at polling locations are required to print a paper ballot that looks exactly like the mail ballots.

This ballot may then be forwarded to central processing or field-scanned to an electronic medium. This approach gives voters an opportunity to look at their ballots and confirm that markings are as intended before submitting them.

As for 2016, Klotz said the county may return to the previous Hart system or possibly continue to use the Hart Verity system now being piloted.

That decision depends on a number of factors including the secretary of state, satisfaction with Hart Verity performance and cost.

Secretary of State Wayne Williams has said he plans to choose one new system

to unify the state behind, based on the performance during the test run in 2015.

Klotz said the move to a single system across the state may pose some challenges.

“Can the same system used by Douglas be cost-effective for Sedgwick with only 2,500 residents?” he asked. “Can Colorado risk reliance on the financial health of a single vendor for the execution of elections over the next 10 to 20 years? Would a single vendor hold Colorado hostage on cost of acquisition and support?”

According to Klotz, the county has been extremely happy with the current Hart system, but it is approaching end of its life cycle.

“We may by choice, or choices made by others, find ourselves with a new system in the future,” he said.

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Alexandra Kinder smiles at her hit, which flew over the fence during Valor’s first game at the state tournament against Pueblo South. “Sometimes, the pressure I put on myself scares me, but I still believe in myself and I know my coaches believe in me, so it always works out,” Kinder said. The 10-0 victory over South set the tone for the rest of the tournament, which the Eagles went on to win. Photos by Katie Pickrell

Alexandria Kilponen rejoices after her teammate completes the last out. In the background, Alexandra Kinder embraces Lauren Foster, the teammate she’s grown closest to during the past couple months of the softball season.

Victorious Valor softball creates family from team

By Katie Pickrell Special to Colorado Community Media Dirt, eye black and bruises usually aren’t in style for homecoming season, but for the 13 girls on Valor Christian High School’s varsity softball team, there wasn’t much of a choice.

In between two days of tenacious softball play that ended with a second 4A championship trophy, the girls took time to clean up and head to the homecoming dance at their school in Highlands Ranch.

“Getting to celebrate at homecoming after winning the first two games was a great way to reconnect with my team,” said Alexandra Kinder, the team’s third baseman and only senior. “I think we all knew from the beginning we would come out strong.”

That belief in — and connection to — each other fueled their bond, the girls say, helping make the consecutive title a reality.

“We see each other every day — when we do devotions, when we eat lunch and even when we do things like going to football games,” said Kinder, the team captain. “We really are a family, and whether we’re winning or losing, we’re always there for each other.”

Coach Dave Atencio agreed, but noted talent played a large role, too.

“I think the team’s biggest strength this year was a combination of the team’s chemistry and our offensive line up,” Atencio said. “We knew we had a powerful (team). There wasn’t just any individual person that could hit the ball — we had one through nine.”

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Atencio. “She knew she had a good defense behind her. We knew this was going to be a tough year for us. Everybody knew Valor Christian and they all came at us, but we persevered.”

Valor beat Pueblo South 10-0 and Frederick 6-2 to advance to the semifinals. And the Eagles had to break up two no-hitters to capture the championship hardware.

Erie’s Rio Sanchez had a no-hitter through 6 1/3 innings against the Eagles in the scoreless semifinal game when Foster, a junior transfer from Texas, lofted a home run over the right-field fence. It was Valor’s lone hit of the game, but it was enough for a 1-0 victory.

“It was the best feeling ever, what you dream about,” said Foster. “I was just trying to get a base hit. Rio is a great pitcher.

I play on her club team. She just left a pitch down the middle.’’

Kilponen, who allowed four hits, gave

And no single player was placed above another.

“Coach Atencio has impacted us all so much,” Kinder said. “He’s showed all of us the importance of work ethic and what it takes to win. We all work hard and we’re all equal on the field.”

Junior Lauren Foster echoed Kinder and added that faith also plays a significant unifying role.

“We all share a special connection because of how we put God first in our lives and represent Christ,” Foster said about her team.

For Kinder, who has played on the varsity team since freshman year, last weekend’s victory was the perfect way to wrap up her high school softball career — one that included personal physical challenges as well.

She’s played through various sportsrelated injuries over the years. Six months ago, she was diagnosed with Raynaud’s Disease, which causes areas of the body, including fingers and toes, to feel numb and cold in response to cold temperatures or stress due to limited blood circulation.

“I didn’t really worry because it isn’t curable, but it can’t kill you,” Kinder said. “I’m now seeing that it is an everyday struggle.”

While Kinder’s friends wear sandals and dresses, she’s forced to wear jeans and boots to stay warm. And although it hasn’t affected her play on the field much, there are moments when the disease interferes.

“There’s times when I don’t know when to release a ball if I’m throwing to first,” Kinder said. “I can’t feel my hands up a two-out single in the bottom of the seventh but struck out Maddie Foster to end the game.

In the title contest the score was tied 1-1 and Wheat Ridge pitcher Christina Nelson had yet to give up a hit through 5 1/3 innings.

But Zuschlag belted a home run over the left-field fence to break up the nohitter and give the Eagles the 2-1 lead. Kilponen retired the next six batters in order to give Valor back-to-back state titles.

Zuschlag, a junior second baseman, also admitted she was just trying to get a hit but instead belted a game-winning home run.

“We just proved we could do it again this year,” she said. “We worked hard all season.”

Kilponen, who surrender four hits but struck out seven batters, worked out of a jam with the bases loaded and one out in the third inning by inducing a foul popup to first base and a strikeout.

“I had a sore arm, but I knew my defense would step up for me and they did,” she said. “Last year no one expected Valor to win, but this year everyone thought last year was a fluke. We proved them wrong.”

and I’ll end up chucking the ball over the first baseman’s head or drilling it into the ground.”

But all worked out well for Kinder and the team, now celebrating a year to be remembered.

“Having all of the support we received from friends and family was amazing all season long,” Kinder said. “The mean 13 decided to make history this year once again.”

Freshman Savannah Behabetz leads off toward home plate against Frederick High School. Behabetz made it home and ended up being one of six runs on Valor Christian’s side of the scoreboard. The final score of the quarterfinal matchup was 6-2, Valor Christian.

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and national news and opinion pieces on their website, Vistanow.org. The journalism students are also active on Twitter and Instagram @vista_now.

A voice for students The Mountain Vista Media students collected candidate-forum questions from students at other Douglas County high schools and also will take questions submitted on social media during the event.

“A lot of kids feel like they don’t have a voice when it comes to the school board,” Pickrell said. “But, really, you are the ones they are accountable for, not the parents.

Even though it’s the parents’ money, the money affects you.”

Among the most popular topics of questions submitted by district students — standardized testing, changing class schedules and snow days.

O’Gorman called the pushback against standardized testing a movement among the students and referenced last year’s walkouts by seniors as an indicator of dissatisfaction.

Pickrell and O’Gorman, both seniors, also said they have heard concerns from students about their teachers leaving the district.

“When you have to face a student and tell them they aren’t getting the education they deserve, that’s hard,” O’Gorman said. “It’s different than facing voters.”

O’Gorman has been involved with Mountain Vista Media since her freshman year. She became an editor as a junior and began covering politics and the Douglas County School Board from a student perspective.

“I never, ever thought that I would get into politics or be this passionate about it,” O’Gorman said.

Pickrell joined the staff as a sophomore after taking her first journalism class. However, it was a trip to Washington, D.C., that turned her hobby into a passion.

“We took a trip to the national high school journalism convention,” Pickrell said. “I realized this is really something I

Adviser Mark Newton works with students Oct. 21 in the Mountain Vista Media room. Photo by Mike DiFerdinando care about, especially the political aspect of it.”

Student media adviser Mark Newton said the two students have been the driving force behind the candidate forum and that other students have turned to them for help and advice.

“Tara and Katie are really involved in just thinking about the world,” Newton said. “They are very intelligent so (their passion) really doesn’t surprise me for those two.”

Showtime It’s the evening of Oct. 22 and people are beginning to flood into the Mountain Vista auditorium for the forum.

The lights are dimmed and students hustle around the room, plugging in cords, checking cameras and Internet feeds.

“I’m a little nervous,” said Pickrell,

who will kick off the show as the moderator.

The candidates shake hands and introduce themselves to the students.

It’s 7:05 p.m. as Pickrell introduces herself and her classmates before welcoming parents, students and candidates to the forum. Each candidate has a chance for an opening statement before diving into the student questions.

The crowd becomes unruly at times, cheering and booing depending on the candidate and answer.

When it’s O’Gorman’s turn to step behind the lectern and host, she calmly and sternly warns the crowd to be respectful and hold their outbursts.

Questions touch on everything from student input in teacher evaluations and standardized testing to the superintendent’s salary and how teachers are supposed to teach world-class outcomes on

shoestring budgets.

When the dust settles, the students thank the candidates for coming and receive a loud ovation from their classmates and parents in the audience.

For Mountain Vista Media student Christian Holton, whose mother is an elementary teacher in the district, the opportunity to ask the candidates questions in a professional setting was a thrill.

“At first, it was a little nerve-racking,” Holton said. “But after we got warmed up it was pretty exhilarating to ask these questions that we haven’t had answers to for a long time.”

For students, the evening was empowering.

“I think we exposed our voice as students and that (the candidates) really didn’t expect it,” O’Gorman said. “It was really good and definitely was something that people needed to hear.”

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Task force opens client-services center Facility means more privacy, ability to increase numbers

By Shanna Fortier sfortier@coloradocommunitymedia.com The Douglas/Elbert Task Force, a human service organization that helps people in Douglas and Elbert counties who are in serious economic need, at risk of homelessness or in a similar crisis, opened the doors to its new client-services building in Castle Rock last week.

The center was scheduled to open in June, but issues with the fire-suppression system and an antiquated fire alarm system pumped up the project cost by about $70,000 and pushed the opening back four months to Oct. 13.

The renovation project took almost $250,000 to complete, with $201,000 funded by the 2014 Douglas County Community Development Block Grant program.

Another $26,000 came from the Town of Castle Rock’s portion of the 2015 community grant funding.

A variety of organizations also contributed, including Castle Rock Rotary, Leadership Douglas County, Highlands Ranch Rotary, Village Idiots Bicycling Club and Office Liquidations.

“As part of the mission statement of the Task Force, it says in there that we will provide dignity to our clients,” said Jim Weglarz, board chairman. “The old set-up wasn’t the best for that.”

Renovation of the new space, which was previously a vacant, unfinished part of the building, not only affords the organization more space but also more privacy.

“What the new center really offers to us is a much more professional working environment,” Weglarz said. “It will provide us with the opportunity to expand our client services moving forward.”

There are now two offices where clientservices advocates can meet with clients.

By utilizing both offices, the center could double the number of clients served.

The second office also is being considered to house computers and a possible job assistance space, Weglarz said. He added that in January, there will be a push

from the federal government for social services agencies, such as the task force, to provide a tracking model that shows how clients are moving into self-sufficiency.

“We’re going to have to look for what other client services we can provide to achieve that goal,” Weglarz said.

The center’s growth and expansion over the years would not have been possible without Suzanne Greene, who was executive director for 11 years, Weglarz said.

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Game on diamond is gem of example Well here we are again, October baseball and the postseason. Thirty teams began their road to success back in the off-season and then played 162 games to determine who would make the playoffs as they vie for the title of the 2015 World Series Champions.

Let’s just think about this for a moment, that’s 162 games for 30 different teams (not including the preseason or postseason), so that is 4,860 games played, and approximately 43,740 innings played (not including extra innings or games where weather ended a game early). There were 4,909 home runs, and 37,446 strikeouts. There are statistics and data for every aspect of the game, attendance, injuries, and even the number of hot dogs and beer that are consumed.

Although the official season began back in April and will end the first week in November, their road to success began long before the 2015 season ever started. So how about we make this about you? When did your season or road to success begin for 2015?

Whether you set and planned for your goals on New Year’s Eve or you more recently defined what your personal success would look like, you will be participating in your

own journey, keeping your own statistics, and playing your own game.

If you were pursuing a health goal you might be keeping statistics around calories consumed, days or hours in the gym, steps taken, miles ran, strength or endurance Michael Norton increased, etc.

As a salesperson WINNING trying to increase WORDS sales, revenue and commission, your score keeping may include networking events attended, number of new prospects identified, qualified appointments scheduled, presentations given, proposals generated, contracts signed and referrals received.

So you see, it’s not just about professional athletes and teams who plan, prepare, and achieve success, win World Series trophies, and receive Most Valuable Player awards; the game of success is for each and every one of

us who takes the time to set a worthy goal, has the determination and commitment to see it through, and who carefully keeps score around the actions and behaviors required to meet with their desired level of success.

And as you are looking at the statistic above, 4,909 home runs and 37,446 strikeouts, you can see that there are 7.5 times more failures than there are successes. But for the team that wins the World Series, they only see the strikeouts as temporary setbacks.

So how about you? Are you keeping score and looking at your statistics as you pursue your goals and dreams? Have you turned your goals into a game of success? If you would like to know more about this concept I would love to hear from you at gotonorton@gmail.com. And when we can look at and evaluate the pursuit of our goals in new ways, it really will be a better than good week.

Michael Norton is a resident of Highlands Ranch, the former president of the Zig Ziglar Corporation and the CEO/founder of www. candogo.com.

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Partisan divide prevents progress The three partisan letters to the editor in your Oct. 15 issue concerning the Douglas County School Board were disappointing. I tend to discount commentary that is only critical and disapproving. In tone, the submissions felt orchestrated, timed for publication just as ballots arrived in the mail. One correspondent is not a resident. For me, the reflection of their uncompromising partisanship does a disservice to the candidates they endorse.

Any management performs some functions well (even very well) and others less well (even inadequately). So, credibility calls for at least some acknowledgement of inevitable positive results or endeavors: Maybe student-performance rankings, or tech and Wi-Fi initiatives, or charter school governance. Past or present, management is a mix of differing pluses and minuses. There is no idealized time to be recaptured. (Same goes for those who only have praise without remarking shortcomings.)

As a Douglas County property-tax payer, I contribute nearly $1,100 annually (over $10,000 in 10 years) to our education system, an acceptable responsibility to the children of our community. For my funding, I believe education systems achieve better, fairer teacheraccountability through pay-for-performance programs rather than by pay-for-tenure. For those who find public education lacking, I

ter on-time graduation rates, and the district being among only 15 Accredited with Distinction by the Department of Education.

Teachers from each school helped design the performance-pay system that the union says is “demoralizing” and “punitive.” It’s likely underperforming teachers rated “partially ineffective” or “ineffective” by the achievement standards are indeed demoralized, and in fact they leave, accounting for much of the turnover that critics cite.

But parents who want their kids taught by excellent teachers won’t be troubled by turnover, which is in line with nearby districts.

Rather, they will be delighted that the district is retaining 95 percent of the teachers rated “highly effective” and 90 percent of the “effective” teachers. Great teachers mean great education, studies say.

Three years ago negotiations with the teachers’ union collapsed when board members Incumbents have schools on correct path wanted to stop paying $300,000 in taxpayer The Douglas County School Board election dollars to union leaders on the district payroll in November is about only one thing. who never taught a day in the classroom.

And that is whether the teachers union will The district was also forced to siphon off return triumphant to force its rigid seniority $1.3 million in teachers’ union dues from rules, erasing the reforms of the union-scuttling paychecks, more taxpayer money which ended incumbents that have given parents kids who up funding Democrats’ political candidates are learning more and performing better. Under the incumbent board, merit pay rewarding nationally. The incumbent board members said teachers with raises according to their skills has not fair. resulted in all-time-high ACT/SAT scores, betLetters continues on Page 11 support alternatives, including charter schools, magnet schools, cyber schooling and tuition vouchers.

Over two election cycles, Douglas County voters have chosen a fiscally conservative, provoucher school board obligated to heed constituents’ sentiment. The current board seems to continue struggling to overcome a significant public communications gap (acknowledging that some have no wish to listen). Others could be more effective by shaping a response that works within the given circumstances.

My reading is that all six board candidates offer worthy qualifications, each striving for educational excellence. Hopefully, the election of these smart people will move us past unproductive partisan divides. Anything less would be disheartening.

Charles Dippold Highlands Ranch

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A student’s words to the school board Editor’s Note: Julia Martin, a Douglas County School District seventh-grader, spoke to the Douglas County Board of Education during public comment at the Oct. 20 meeting. Here is what she wrote and why she presented it to the board.

My assignment was to set a goal that we are passionate about. I am passionate about helping my fellow students and I want to get a good education. When I came home that day after getting that assignment, I told my mom that I wanted to do something bigger than myself by publicly speaking. I chose the board because not a lot of kids have spoken to the board of education. I was assigned this project six weeks ago and it was due by

the end of the quarter. This got bigger than I expected! This is what I said: My name is Julia Martin and I am seventhgrader in this district. My teacher gave Julia Martin my class an assignment to set and accomplish a goal about something we are passionate about. My goal is to use my voice to stand up for myself and my school.

First, I see experienced teachers leaving

because how they are being treated. Kids that follow me, like my little brother, are missing out on these teachers. New teachers learn from more experienced teachers. If there are no experienced teachers to mentor them, how will they learn? Who will they collaborate with?

Second, the mismanagement of money is affecting me as a student. You want us to have world-class outcomes, right? I look around and see wallpaper peeling and falling-apart computers. We are either freezing or burning up in our classrooms every day. Parents are having to hold fundraisers for things like new math curriculum. Where is the money that is meant for kids going? This doesn’t make sense to me. This does not seem “world

class.”

I’m 13 years old. I don’t have all the answers but I know this: Collaboration is working together.

Communication is listening to both sides.

Creativity takes courage.

Critical thinking is stepping back and looking at what is working and what is not working.

There are several things that are not working. Please put the money back in our schools and not in glossy ads and more websites. Please treat our teachers in a way that they want to stay and help us grow. We are not a “system,” we are students. We are kids. This is our time to learn. Please give us a positive place to do that.

Sometimes, there’s music that cuts through murk The Zombies were in town recently.

No, not the candidates.

The “She’s Not There” Zombies.

About 45 years ago, I was in the school newspaper offices at UCLA and spotted a Zombies PR packet. It featured someone named Colin Blunstone.

That name stuck in my head.

A name like Colin Blunstone would stick in the head of someone named Craig Smith.

Blunstone is 70, and all of the other surviving Zombies are older than I am too.

When I saw the newspaper article about their Denver concert, I had to read it twice.

I thought it might be one of those tribute bands.

Nope. It’s them.

It’s not Them.

Them was Van Morrison’s group.

The Zombies had back-to-back hits, and then recorded an album, “Odessey (sic) and Oracle,” that went nowhere initially.

Later Rolling Stone ranked it number 100 on its list of the 500 Great Albums of All Time.

The group played the album in its entirety in Denver.

It’s only 35 minutes long, so they must have added a few songs to the playlist.

I know that some performers stay around forever.

It happens all the time in classical music.

But usually a band that only has a couple of hits fades away.

I tried to Craig Marshall Smith imagine some of QUIET the other bands DESPERATION from that era touring again.

Herman’s Hermits, Gerry and the Pacemakers, Billy J. Kramer and the Dakotas.

Billy J. Kramer’s middle initial was not “J.” John Lennon suggested it.

He thought it gave Kramer a “tougher edge.”

Lennon, and McCartney, also gave Kramer some songs. They turned out to be their biggest hits.

Those few years of the early Beatles and all of the bands that followed them from

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If Douglas County voters want the union death grip to strangle the successful reforms they should vote for the challengers. But if they want better pay for exceptional teachers, improved learning, leadership committed to forward-thinking educational opportunities, like public charter schools and choice, vote for the incumbent board: Larsen, Richardson and Robbins.

Joy Overbeck Parker What’s with the painted cars?

Have you wondered why cars around Douglas County are painted with the names “Lemieux, Ray, Vogel?” I drive one of those cars, and would love to explain. The school board election on Nov. 3 is a David-vs.Goliath battle.

On the David side are parents, teachers and community members reaching into their own wallets to inform the community about three pro-public education candidates — Anne-Marie Lemieux, David Ray and Wendy Vogel. With no “big money” backing them, these candidates have to rely on grassroots efforts such as painted cars to spread the word.

In the Goliath corner, the incumbents have a gigantic advertising budget funded by several large organizations. My husband and I, registered Republicans, have received not one, not two, but three mailers from the incumbents. Paid for by Citizens for a Sound Government, Douglas County Education Alliance and the Republican Party. Wait, what? The Republican Party?

School board elections are supposed to be nonpartisan! Additionally, DCEA is hiring canvassers, producing TV ads and buying airtime on Denver TV stations. Much of this and other money can be tied to out-of-state donors.

The power is in your hands to decide the winner — David or Goliath? If you don’t want to decide solely on painted cars, I urge you to watch a candidate debate. You can find video of last week’s debate at MVHS on the Vistanow.org site under The Scoop — Local. I am confident that after watching, your will choose to vote for the names on

A new way to fund capital needs?

Since the Douglas County School Board will not allow voters to decide if funds for school capital needs are needed, where are they going to get money to repair/update our schools? Suggestion: Voters approved override funds for the schools and are they being used for Douglas County students?

Since these funds go to schools either neighborhood or charter schools, who is receiving the benefit?

Our schools have many out-of-district students attending that receive these funds.

Example: Legend High had 60 out-of-district students attend there for the 2014-15 school year. That equates a need for two teachers and since it may be overcrowded, a mobile classroom. Total cost just for those 60 kids comes to around $225,000 that comes from Douglas County taxpayers.

Granted the state money those kids bring with them might offset some of the cost but a mobile at a school comes at a cost to taxpayers well over $100,000.

Charter schools enrolled over 700 out of district students, which equates to 58 percent of all out-of-district students attending Douglas County Schools receiving override funds while denying in district students. Since the school district has no clear guidelines on what capacity of a school is, our schools have to accept out-of-district students and continue to provide mobiles to meet growing enrollment. To help fund capital needs of the district, could these override funds be used for that purpose rather than funding out of district students?

It would remove funds to our resident students as well or can the district just keep funds that go to out of district students and use for capital needs? This may force schools to look closer at capacity and possibly not accepting out-of-district students as well as charter schools giving in-district students a better chance of attending a charter.

Taxpayer money is not being used to benefit our kids. Are changes needed or are you comfortable with the manner things are occurring?

Dave Usechek Parker

England made a big impression on me.

It was a big improvement.

The radio was backed up with Paul Anka and Frankie Avalon, and, please, Fabian.

Neil Sedaka. Sedaka was awful. Tab Hunter had a hit record.

Music needed a considerable laxative.

Am I allowed to say that?

Then things changed. They changed on Sunday, February 9, 1964, when ghoulish Ed Sullivan introduced the Beatles.

It changed again when bands like Led Zeppelin, The Who, and the Yardbirds appeared.

The Kinks were great.

The lead singer, Ray Davies, married the lead singer of the Pretenders, Chrissie Hynde.

Led Zeppelin truly had a tougher edge, and they went along neatly with the Rolling Stones, who were the bad boys when the Beatles were being sweet and cute.

That changed too.

By the time he died, Lennon had a reputation.

One morning a few years ago, I sat on a bench at the Lennon tribute in Central Park.

It’s called Strawberry Fields. I erased everything in my thoughts for a few minutes

except the Beatles.

I saw them in concert two months after Jennifer was born, in the same city.

I cannot imagine that the music on the radio now will impact teenagers like “Please Please Me” affected me.

It’s almost unexplainable.

Everything was beginning to take its shape at that time. I had an identity for the first time.

Music is on all the time here.

When I am writing, I can go back and forth between KVOD and my playlists.

I always have a soundtrack.

Music has been a column theme many times. Please get used to it.

During KVOD’s fund drive, I listen to my own music.

I came home one day, and a song that I didn’t know I owned was playing.

It was a street corner song by the Pastels.

I first heard “Been So Long” on my brand new transistor radio.

In 1957. It’s been so long.

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

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Trash

Continued from Page 1

Before the Oct. 20 meeting began, delegate Larry Perkins predicted “people are going to come out tonight.”

And he was right.

About 40 delegates and community members poured into the room at Eastridge Recreation Center, which had tables lined up and chairs squeezed along the back wall.

Some were forced to stand.

Community members expressed many concerns, ranging from the lack of updates to the strictness of receptacle color.

“You’ve all done a great job with everything — except for this,” delegate Allen McEwen told the board.

McEwen was out of town when the regulations were proposed. He said he was blindsided when he got a knock on his door from his homeowner’s association about his trash bins.

Resident Suresh Damle voiced concern about the required receptacle bins because he “didn’t have that much trash to begin with.”

Lemmon said the board will seek input from community members when it revisits the trash regulations in upcoming months. He also plans to modify the language of future regulations to assure transparency.

“I’ll be the first to say that they were confusing,” Lemmon said.

Delegates and community members were relieved the proposed trash regulations were removed and hope to be better informed when the new regulations come out Jan. 1.

And with that, Lemmon asked those at the meeting to “leave the trash behind.”

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“When you say ‘guidelines,’ that means it’s not mandatory,” said delegate Suresh Damle at the HRCA delegate and board meeting at Eastridge Recreation Center on Oct. 20. He, like many others, was confused on the wording of the proposed trashed regulations. Photo by Alex DeWind

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Buzz Aldrin lands at library STEM students excited to meet astronaut who visited moon

By Alex DeWind adewind@coloradocommunitymedia.com Mars is even more interesting when a real-life astronaut is talking about it.

An audience of about 340 people gathered at James H. LaRue Library in Highlands Ranch on Oct. 19 to see and listen to Buzz Aldrin, the Apollo 11 lunar module pilot and second man to walk on the moon.

Among the audience members were five students from STEM School and Academy in Highlands Ranch who signed up months ago to volunteer at the event.

“We really want to hear Buzz Aldrin speak,” sophomore Sebastian Del Barco said. “And, of course, we want to meet him.”

The evening started with videos and photos of Aldrin, 85, on his space missions — Gemini 12 in 1966 and Apollo 11 in 1969, with fellow astronaut Neil Armstrong.

Mission director of Aldrin Enterprises, Christina Korp, accompanied Aldrin on stage.

Aldrin, 85, recalled the story of how he got the name “Buzz.”

“My sister pronounced brother as bruzzer,” he said. “So my family called me Buzz for short.”

Edwin Eugene Aldrin Jr. made Buzz his legal first name in the 1980s.

Aldrin also introduced his new children’s book, “Welcome to Mars: Making a Home on the Red Planet,” which is written from the point of view of a young astronaut on a mission to Mars.

“Upon landing, Aldrin describes how the first explorers — including the reader — will de-dust themselves, set up camp and begin finding resources,” according to space.com.

For Del Barco, who is in the engineering program at STEM and aspires to be in the aerospace and aero-economics industries, the event made the dream seem a little closer.

He and his classmates are working on an aerospace intern rocket that tracks things like temperature and pressure at about 1,500 feet off the ground.

Students in the engineering program build everything from robotics to rockets, said Mike Shallenberger, STEM department chair for engineering.

And now five of those students can say they’ve listened to an astronaut speak about the marvels of space.

Mission Director of Aldrin Enterprises Christina Korp and Apollo 11 astronaut Buzz Aldrin talk space at James H. LaRue Library in Highlands Ranch. Photos by Alex DeWind From left, Jake Billings, Scott McIntyre, Sebastian Del Barco, Joe Evigat and Vivian Duarte, five students from Stem Academy, volunteered for the event at James H. LaRue Library to see astronaut Buzz Aldrin.

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Open-space activist to be honored Douglas Land Conservancy will salute founding member Mel Sorenson Staff report Mel Sorensen, longtime Castle Rock resident and leader of open-space efforts in the town and county, will be honored at a special event in November.

Sorensen, who is retired and lives in Arizona, will be awarded the Oak Leaf Award from the Douglas Land Conservancy on

Nov. 6 at the PACE Center in Parker. The DLC presents the Oak Leaf Award to an individual who has made outstanding contributions to conservation and open-space protection.

“It is through the foresight and vision of people like Mel that great things happen, like the preservation of over 22,000 acres by Douglas Land Conservancy,” said DLC President Pete Smith. “Mel had the foresight to realize we could lose the open spaces in Douglas County due to the high growth. I want to personally thank Mel for all the work he has done towards preservation of open space in this beautiful county.”

Sorensen was an early contributor to the trails and open space in Castle Rock as president of the Castle Rock Greenway Foundation. In 1984, the foundation commissioned a study to find a way to build a trail system that would connect different parts of the town. That study led to the first trails in town, which today are still the spine of the town’s citywide trail network.

Sorensen also was a founding member of the Douglas Land Conservancy in 1987.

He served on the board as treasurer for many years. In 1994, Sorenson was among a group that successfully put up a ballot measure creating an open-space sales tax

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Deb Denning wears earphones and holds the signaling device as she prepares to take a hearing test at the Hearing Rehab Center in Centennial. For the test, Denning sits in a soundproof booth. Photos by Tom Munds

Options to combat hearing loss have evolved

By Tom Munds tmunds@coloradocommunitymedia.com

W

hile many vision problems are easily detected and treated, experts say it isn’t that way with hearing loss.

“I knew it was getting hard to hear people talking, particularly in a crowd, but I just figured it was because I was getting older,” Douglas County resident Julie Foster said.

She said her family finally insisted she get her hearing checked.

“I had a hearing test that showed I had hearing loss in both ears,” the 68-year-old said. “I put it off, but eventually did get hearing aids. It was a huge change, and it was fun to hear everything clearly again.”

Statistics from The National Institute of Deafness and Other Communications Disorders show that about 28 million Americans suffer hearing loss, including deafness. The same report stated that only about 6 million Americans have sought to correct the problem with hearing aids.

Ronald Olson, clinical audiologist at the University of Colorado Hospital, said people usually only get their hearing checked when they sense a loss.

“Most people never get their hearing checked,” he said. “Usually people only decide to come in for a hearing test when they’re noticing more difficulty in one-onone conversations, in group situations and in background noise.”

Olson said the first test is called a baseline test and is used in future treatment to determine whether the loss is increasing.

If the person chooses to get hearing aids, the baseline test determines the need — whether it is amplification of all frequencies, amplification of certain frequencies or reduction of background noise.

Technology has made it possible to screen the hearing of about 95 percent of newborns before they leave the hospital using an auditory brain response measurement, he said.

Jim Woodward, former Englewood mayor, said he decided to have a hearing test soon after he was elected to the city council.

“After two meetings, I realized I couldn’t hear most of the conversations and discussions,” he said. “I went and had my hearing tested and purchased hearing aids for both ears.”

He was surprised to find the hearing aids were expensive and that most types of insurance do not cover them.

Hearing test provides diagnosis

By Tom Munds tmunds@coloradocommunitymedia.com

Rebecca Heilig administers a hearing test in the office of the Hearing Rehab Center in Centennial. Heilig, an audiologist, administers hearing tests for those who are experiencing hearing difficulties as the first step to determine if a hearing assistance device is needed.

“I began using the hearing aids, and I found they made some difference,” he said. “It wasn’t a huge difference, but it did help me to hear what was being said at the council meetings. These work OK and, although technology has come a long way, I have no plans to upgrade to new hearing aids.”

Efforts to deal with hearing problems date to the 1700s, when a firm marketed the ear trumpet, a long funnel-like device designed to focus sound into the ear. In the late 1880s, a company used the same technology as that used in telephones to amplify sound to market a hearing aid.

There were hearing aids that used vacuum tubes, transistors and, eventually, digital technology.

Rebecca Heilig, an audiologist with the commercial firm Hearing Rehab Centers, said for years hearing aids were bulky. In the 1960s, for example, the patient wore a box around the neck wired with a set of earphones.

“Those were just amplifiers,” she said.

“By that, I mean those devices amplified all frequencies the same. The advance was to analog devices that were made so small adjustments could be made with a screwdriver.”

For many years, hearing aids were visible, with a mold in the ear connected by tubing to a device usually worn behind the ear.

Technology has shrunk the size and

Technology has created a variety of sizes and shapes for devices to help people who suffer hearing loss. shape of hearing aids. Today, a patient can choose a hearing aid that fits entirely inside the ear. One of the latest devices is tiny, placed inside the ear and replaced about every month.

There are also devices not connected to the ear, like bone conduction hearing aids. These are implanted in the bony area behind the ear and conduct the sound through the bone to the ear.

Today, digital hearing aids allow audiologists to use wireless technology, view the information on a computer and make adjustments to frequencies, volume and noise reduction.

“The technology is getting better all the time,” Heilig said. “Everything is adjusted through the computer, with advances to allow more adjustments to fine-tune each frequency to better accommodate the patient’s need.”

A hearing test takes about an hour and is very informative.

Hearing Rehab Center, a commercial firm with a number of offices around the metro area, offers free tests.

The company Tom Munds carries hearing aids from a number of commercial manufacturers if a patient decides he or she wants to purchase one.

Rebecca Heilig, an audiologist with the Hearing Rehab Center in Centennial, administered a full test on me.

I was seated in a sound-proof room.

For this test, I chose to wear headphones, but could have selected earbuds.

Heilig told me there would be sounds of different volume and frequency coming through the headset, and when I heard a sound, I was to press the button I was holding.

She shut the door and moved to her computer control panel. She could see me through the window connecting the two areas and she could talk to me through the headphones.

In addition to the tones, she also measured how well I could hear despite background noise by asking me to repeat sentences. There were other audio tests as well.

The test took about an hour and, when completed, she provided me a report on the results. In my case, the test showed I had significant hearing loss in the left ear and, to hear normally, I probably should get a hearing aid.

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October 29, 2015

A musical dialogue on politics, hope Nobody really likes election season, right?

The idea behind it is one thing: Nobility and inspiration in the notion of citizens having a voice in their government and, if necessary, changing it peacefully.

But the multi-year trial that election season has become, particularly with presidential races —consider we still have a full 12 months to go — can cause even the most ardent of patriots to despair.

But despite the system’s imperfections, there are times when the dialogue surrounding our country’s direction can create something beautiful.

The turbulent 1960s led to some of the best music ever recorded. So many of those songs were birthed out of political frustration and helplessness. Bob Dylan rightly stands out as the pinnacle of this kind of expression, and his 1963 anthem “Blowin’ in the Wind” helped to bring protest music into the mainstream.

It’s never left.

Today, protest music has worked its way into all genres — you can hear it in the Dixie Chicks’ and Tom Morello’s take on folk, Green Day’s pop-punk, and rap from Public Enemy to Kendrick Lamar.

But “Blowin’ in the Wind” remains unassailable.

For a long time, Dylan claimed it wasn’t a protest song, saying at an early performance in April 1962, “This here ain’t

no protest song or anything like that, ‘cause I don’t write no protest songs.”

And in regards to “Blowin’ in the Wind,” he’s right. It’s not angry. He’s not throwing out blame at any particular person or instituClarke Reader tion. And he’s certainly not pushing LINER for any change or NOTES remedy.

Instead of offering answers, it’s all questions: “How many deaths will it take till he knows/That too many people have died?” and “How many years can some people exist/Before they’re allowed to be free?”

There are no hard and fast answers.

The questions were meant to be pondered and debated.

“Blowin’ in the Wind” was a challenge to the world that changed the way many people thought about society.

One who perhaps heard Dylan’s call the clearest was Sam Cooke, who translated what he heard into “A Change is Gonna Come,” Cooke’s crowning achievement and a standard of the Civil Rights era.

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what really impressed Cooke was the way Dylan wrote a song that transcended race so powerfully. Reportedly, Cooke said “Jeez — a white boy writing a song like that?”

Inspired by Dylan and pulling from his own experiences — including being arrested for disturbing the peace in Louisiana in 1963 when he and his band tried to check in at a white motel — Cooke used his soaring vocals tell a story of despair and the strength of hope.

The way he stretches out the word “born” in the first line still gives goose-

bumps. His lyrics about loss are immediately recognizable to all who have experienced it: There been times when I thought I couldn’t last for long But now I think I’m able to carry on It’s been a long time coming But I know a change is gonna come, oh, yes, it will “A Change is Gonna Come” remains vital, not just to the African-American community (still waiting for the realization of many of the promises made), but also to all hoping for a change in the world. The song is regularly name-checked in rap songs, ensuring younger generations stay aware of its message and power.

The musical dialogue between these two men is indicative of the power of discussion. And that’s what elections should be about.

Because those same answers are still on the wind. And there’s only one way that change is gonna come.

Clarke Reader’s column on how music connects to our lives appears every other week. A community editor with Colorado Community Media, Sam Cooke is his favorite singer of all time. Check out his music blog at calmacil20.blogspot.com.

And tell him your favorite political songs at creader@coloradocommunitymedia. com.

Sad day comes for downtown Denver eatery The owner of Lower48 Kitchen, a contemporary American eatery at 2020 Lawrence St., announced in an email to customers that it will close after dinner service on Nov. 7. Here’s some of what owner Mario Nocifera wrote: “Good afternoon friends, “I am reaching out on behalf of the entire Lower48 team. Chef/partner Alex Figura and I started this adventure four years ago with sincere goals and I couldn’t be more proud of what we, as a team, created.

“I write to you with a heavy heart, as we have made the very difficult decision to close Lower48. Our last night of service will be Saturday, November 7, and we hope you will come in and join us in celebration and reflection of two great years serving the community.

“To the team that helped open Lower48, to our fantastic guests, loyal supporters, friends & family, landlord and investors: thank you for your generosity, belief, unwavering support and tireless work to help grow and develop Lower48 into what it is today.”

Denver, Boulder hotels make list Denver’s Hotel Teatro and Boulder’s St Julien Hotel & Spa have both been named top hotels in Condé Nast Traveler’s 28th annual Readers’ Choice Awards. More than 128,000 people cast votes for the best hotels, cities, cruise ships and islands in the annual survey. As a result, 1,500 of

the best travel experiences in the world were recognized

by Condé Nast Traveler readers. St Julien Hotel & Spa is the only hotel in Boulder recognized in the awards.

“We’re honored to be named among several of the best Penny Parker hotels, not only in Colorado, but MILE HIGH internationally,” LIFE said Bob Trotter, St Julien Hotel & Spa general manager.

“The endorsement — granted by readers and our guests — underscores our team’s dedication to providing outstanding service.”

“We’re proud to receive such accreditation from readers, and ultimately our guests,” said David Coonan, Hotel Teatro general manager. “The award allows guests and travelers to voice their opinion on their travel experiences, which ultimately speaks to the level of hospitality our team works so diligently to provide.”

Located in the heart of Downtown Denver’s theater district, the awardwinning Hotel Teatro is Denver’s iconic boutique hotel. Housed in a historic early 20th century building, and offering 110 guest rooms; more than 5,000 square feet

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The Readers’ Choice Awards are announced in the November issue of Condé Nast Traveler, on newsstands nationwide.

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Rusty Bucket to open in Highland Southern Land Company has signed a lease with Rusty Bucket Restaurant & Tavern to serve as the first retail tenant in its 18th and Central apartment project in Denver’s Lower Highland neighborhood.

The restaurant will occupy 5,250 square feet in the upscale development, under construction at 2505 18th St. Rusty Bucket is a mainstay in the Midwest, with 19 locations in Ohio, Michigan and Indiana and more recently, Florida. In addition to the upcoming LoHi location, the restaurant brand also plans to open a restaurant in spring 2016 in Westminster’s Orchard Town Center.

“Having a neighborhood restaurant and tavern on site only increases the attractiveness of 18th and Central, offering future residents a convenient spot to catch a game, grab a late-night meal or network over lunch,” said Southern Land Company CEO Tim Downey.

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World of photos and video returning to Lone Tree If you missed the National Geographic explorers, adventurers, photographers, filmmakers and scientists series at the Lone Tree Arts Center, there will be more coming next year, Feb. 21 and 22 and April 8. National Geographic Live! speakers report cutting-edge stories from the field through images and video.

Tickets range in price from $33 to $41.

The Lone Tree Arts Center is located at 10075 Commons St. in Lone Tree. Tickets may be purchased online at www.lonetreeartscenter.org or by calling 720-5091000.

Overheard Eavesdropping on two friends entering a sports bar in Littleton: “I hear the Royals are on TV tonight.”

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Former engineer opens business ‘women love’ Centennial salon counts blow-dry bar among services

By Alex DeWind adewind@coloradocommunitymedia.com The glass storefront will be filled with crisp white décor and designer lighting. Heavenly smells will radiate throughout the rooms.

“My strategy is to put everything in the business that women love,” said former engineer Loni Le VanEtter, owner of Glosshouz Aesthetic Bar and Spa Retreat.

And the strategy shows in her planning.

The aesthetic bar will have nail technicians, hair stylists and an assortment of refreshments — smoothies, coffee or cocktails, if preferred.

The spa retreat will have a serene waiting room and services from massage therapists to estheticians.

Glosshouz, set to open this winter at 8171 S. Chester St., Centennial, near Park Meadows, will have it all — including a blow-dry bar.

The first blow-dry bar was the California-based Drybar. It went from four chains in southern California in 2010 to more than 40 nationally in 2014, according to Forbes, and is now a multimillion-dollar company. But even though it’s considered an affordable service for women who want their hair styled professionally, the trend hasn’t made much of a

mark in south metro Denver.

Tracie Tate, a Castle Pines resident, was unfamiliar with the blowdry bar concept because she used to get her hair styled by her hair dresser.

“I would go in for blowouts with my old hair stylist, but she moved away,” she said. “I’d like to check out this blow-dry bar when it opens.”

A number of salons in the Centennial area offer a blow-dry service, but Glosshouz will be the first to provide it in a separated, aesthetic bar.

Similarly, BlowDry Lounge Denver in downtown Denver has a blow-dry menu. “The trend is very popular among middle-aged woman,” said Kyleigh Desteiguer, a receptionist.

In her blow-dry bar, Van-Etter will use UNITE products, which have been featured in high-fashion magazines like Vogue and Elle.

“I want to avoid the ‘nail polish’ smell in the aesthetic bar,” said VanEtter. “These hair products smell fresh and style really well.”

Van-Etter is familiar with the blow-dry trend because of its popularity in her home state, Texas. She moved to Highlands Ranch a year ago.

She hopes to provide a social experience with all things beauty.

“The motto is ‘Your essence, our magic,’” said Van-Etter. “When you look good, you feel good.”

Glosshouz, an aesthetic bar and spa retreat, will open this winter at 8171 S. Chester St., Centennial, near Park Meadows. Photo by Alex DeWind

CU – Boulder key partner innational Calendar of Events STEM center initiative To Noah Finkelstein it’s more of a movement. And it’s one that will go a long way to address the well-documented shortage of professionals in certain science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) fields.

The University of Colorado Boulder and University of Massachusetts Amherst are lead public campuses partnering with the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities to create a national network of about 200 campus STEM education centers.

This project, funded by a $1.5 million grant from the National Science Foundation, will create a network that supports and incubates these centers, provides a critical resource for stakeholders to engage with universities around STEM education and allows for essential research on the nature of these centers and the processes of network formation.

“We are now in a position to move beyond individual and isolated efforts and to leverage cross-institutional work,” said Finkelstein, CU-Boulder physics professor and network co-director.

STEM education centers serve as campus-based resources for addressing the national call for improving science, technology, engineering and mathematics education at the undergraduate level.

These centers serve as homes for interdisciplinary and cross-unit work, support transformation of educational practices, provide resources within and across disciplines and serve as a locus for educational research, evaluation and systematic transformation.

In recent years, there has been significant growth in number and scale of these centers yet there is no established network or coordination.

The project will also examine the capacities and mechanisms of individual centers and identify how such a network forms and what it may accomplish.

The five-year project will yield a new national resource that will impact individual centers and campuses and provide a new platform for systemic transformation of undergraduate STEM education.

For a complete list of South Metro Denver Chamber events visit our website www.bestchamber.com or call 303-795-0142.

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The network will provide programming and resources for established and new STEM centers including conferences, learning communities, an online engagement platform, toolkits of resources for centers and directory of centers for the community and external stakeholders.

“It’s extremely valuable for institutions to have a dedicated forum to exchange ideas, compare practices and work together to address the pressing need to improve and expand undergraduate STEM education across the country,” Finkelstein said.

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FRIENDS FIRST Celebrates New Location Parents, students, and other community members celebrate past projects and future plans Greenwood Village just got a lot FRIENDLY…FRIENDS FIRST relocated to their new location at 7100 E. Belleview Ave. Suite 303. On Tuesday, October 20th members of the community and South Metro Denver Chamber welcomed the impactful nonprofit with a ribbon cutting and open house.

The event included drinks, light hors d’oeuvres and door prizes. Staff shared their passion for working with students and the impact FRIENDS FIRST has had over the 22 years.

Students shared how the organization has taught them compassion. One young teen spoke to the crowd stating “FRIENDS FIRST has boosted her self-confidence and she looks forward to seeing her friends.”

“FRIENDS FIRST serves over 30 schools in the Denver metro area. We are happy to now occupy an office closer to the students and families we serve,” said Elycia Cook, Executive Director of FRIENDS FIRST. “We are also

excited to be surrounded by a community of businesses, with whom we hope to build partnerships for the future success of our teens. This Open House is not only a celebration and an opportunity to share about FRIENDS FIRST, but also a way for us to say thank you to our families, friends, and community of supporters.”

FRIENDS FIRST is known as a community leader in peer mentoring, working to educate and inspire teens to avoid high-risk behaviors, develop a strong sense of selfawareness, and prevent negative social interactions like bullying. Community service projects are an integral part of FRIENDS FIRST’s STARS peer mentoring program because they help teens cultivate compassion, one of the core elements of bullying prevention.

Following the celebration teens and staff finished preparing for Make Difference Day – October 24, 2015. Over 30 FRIENDS FIRST teens, parents, and

staff distributed blankets and hygiene kits to people experiencing homelessness in the areas surrounding 26th & California in Denver. FRIENDS FIRST decided to focus their community service in this neighborhood because it is undergoing an increase in people experiencing homelessness due to the area’s gentrification, rising rents, and the resulting displacement.

Mission: FRIENDS FIRST educates and mentors teens to make positive life choices and develop healthy relationships.

To learn more about FRIENDS FIRST of to get involved, visit: Friendsfirst.org or call 720.981.9193

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‘Tales from North’ makes its way south Sonya Ellingboe

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“Tales from the North” is the title for Arapahoe Philharmonic’s concert at 7:30 p.m. on Nov. 6 at Mission Hills Church, 620 South Park Drive, Littleton. Music by Grieg, Tchaikovsky and Sibelius will be featured, with Nico Olarte-Hayes, winner of the Vincent C. LaGuardia Jr. Conducting Competition, conducting Grieg’s “Peer Gynt Suite No. 1.” Hayes, who will be mentored by orchestra conductor Devin Patrick Hughes, will lead rehearsals during the previous week, as well as receive a cash award.

Tickets: Arapahoe-phil.org, 303781-1892.

Talk about architect Author and journalist Mike McPhee will talk about his famous grandfather, Jules Jacques Benedict, at Bemis Library, 6014 S. Datura St., Littleton, at 7 p.m. on Nov. 3.

Benedict designed Town Hall, the Carnegie Library (Melting Pot), First Presbyterian Church and his residence, now the Carmelite Monastery, as well as many Denver buildings. Free. (McPhee is working on a book, not yet completed.) 303-795-3961.

Event aids ACC Foundation The sixth annual Grapes to Grads Wine Tasting and Silent Auction will be held from 6:30 to 9 p.m. on Nov. 12 at Mike Ward Infiniti, 1800 Lucent Court, Highlands Ranch.

Enjoy music, food from area restaurants and samples of 45 different wine and craft beer selections, courtesy of Lido Wine Merchants. Tickets: $30/$25 each for two or more. Proceeds support the ACC Foundation. Tickets:

www.arapahoe.edu/about-acc/foundation/acc-foundation-events, 303-797-5881.

Audubon hosts Fielder The annual Audubon Society of Greater Denver Friends Gathering will be from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. on Nov. 11 at the Molly Brown Summer House, 2690 S. Wadsworth Blvd., Denver. Nature photographer John Fielder will present a program on his journey down the length of the Yampa River. Tickets: $15, 303-973-9530 (space is limited).

Vienna Boys Choir Current members of the 400-year-old Vienna Boys Choir will perform at 2 p.m. Nov. 15 at the PACE Center, 20000 Pikes Peak Ave., Parker. Tickets: $45/$40, parkeronline.org, 303-805-6800.

Nutcracker Market The Colorado Ballet will host its first-ever Colorado Ballet Nutcracker Market Nov. 5-8 in a heated tent in Skyline Park, 16th and Arapahoe Streets, Denver. There will be an upscale retail market, artisan and craft booths, a food court with trucks and breakfast with Santa. Information: coloradoballet.org/nutcrackermarket.

Ancient Egypt “What Came Before: Ancient Egypt’s Roots in Neolithic Africa” is Joni Teter’s topic when she speaks at Englewood Library (Anderson Room) at 1:30 p.m. Nov. 8. Egypt’s advanced civilization was built by cattle herders. Teter is from the Egypt Study Society. Free. Refreshments at 1 p.m.

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Nico Olarte-Hayes is winner of the 2015 Vincent C. La Guardia Jr. Conducting Competition held by the Arapahoe Philharmonic. He is also a talented cellist. He will conduct the orchestra in “Peer Gynt Suite No. 1” in the Nov. 6 concert. Courtesy photo

Children’s concert is free The Littleton Symphony presents its annual free children’s concert, “The Sneetches — Oh the Music You’ll Hear,” at 2:30 p.m. Nov. 14 at Littleton United Methodist Church, 5894 S. Datura St., Littleton. Also on the program: the finale from “William Tell,” Sousa’s “Liberty Bell March” and a solo on the marimba. No tickets needed. 303-9336824, littletonsymphony.org.

Fiber arts The Rocky Mountain Weavers Guild’s annual Fiber Arts Sale will return Nov. 12-14 to the Community Room on the second level of the Englewood Civic Center, 1000 Englewood Parkway. Weaving, silk painting, basketry, quilting, jewelry, felting, knitting are featured. Beautiful holiday gifts — or just beautiful to look at. Admission is free.

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By Shanna Foriter sfortier@coloradocommunitymedia.com It was Douglas County 4-H Day on Oct. 13, according to a proclamation adopted by the county commissioners at their meeting that day.

Several 4-H members from area clubs attended the commissioners’ meeting to read the proclamation into the public record.

“I want to thank all the 4-Hers involved,” commissioner Roger Partridge

said. “Seeing these children read the proclamation gives you an idea of what 4-H brings to the community — the life choices that you made and the example you set for the other youth.”

There are more than 20 4-H clubs in Douglas County, with activities ranging from raising livestock and shooting guns to cake decorating and scrapbooking.

“As a former beef superintendent, I would be proud to take any one of you as my children,” Partridge told the 4-H youth at the meeting. “I still get teary.”

For more information on 4-H clubs in Douglas County, visit extension. colostate.edu/douglas.

Douglas County commissioners Roger Partridge, far left, and David Weaver, far right, celebrate 4-H Day with 4-H club members from throughout the county. Photo by Shanna Fortier

4-H CLUBS IN DOUGLAS COUNTY What is 4-H? 4-H is the nation’s largest youth development organization, empowering 6 million young people throughout the United States. It is run through the Cooperative Extension System of land-grant universities.

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Following are 4-H clubs in Douglas County:

The Mavericks: Beef, sheep, swine, goats, Cake decorating, decorate your duds, vet science, outdoor adventures, scrapbooking, .22 rifle, shotgun, muzzleloading, .22 pistol

Castle Rock Castle Rock Clover Buddies: Cloverbud, Discovering 4-H Cherry Valley Renegades: Beef, horse, poultry, turkey, swine, cake decorating, decorate your duds, leather craft, vet sciences, outdoor adventure, model rocketry, food and nutrition, .22 rifle, shotgun, air rifle, muzzleloading, pistol Clover Clan: Cloverbud, goat, poultry, woodworking, cake decorating, vet sciences, model rocketry, .22 rifle, archery, pistol, shotgun

Four Paws: Dogs, photography, vet sciences, visual arts Hooves, Paws & Claws: Beef, sheep, rabbit, goat, cake decorating, food and nutrition, vet sciences, horseless horse, archery, pistol

Franktown Clay Busters: .22 rifle, pistol, air rifle, shotgun, muzzle loading Franktown Farmers: Poultry, goat, leather craft, decorate your duds, home environment, woodworking, archery

DC Dally’s: Horse, roping, poultry, goat, turkey

Castle Pines Misc. Makers: Child development, wildlife, visual arts, clothing, oudoor trails, cake decorating, food and nutrition, scrapbooking (or other general and family and consumer science projects, no shooting sports

DC Rabbitears: Rabbit, dog, goat, swine, turkey, cake decorating, photography, leather craft, .22 rifle

Highlands Ranch Cowboys: Cloverbud, horse, beef, sheep, poul-

DC Cabritos: Goat, poultry, rabbit, pocket pet, cake decorating, vet science, visual arts

try, swine, goat, turkey, rabbit, cake decorating, food preservation, vet sciences, photography, sportfishing, model rocketry, entomology, small engines, wildlife, needlepoint, .22 rifle, shotgun, air rifle, archery Lone Ranch Rattlers: Dog, .22 rifle, air rifle, archery, pistol, shotgun Wolf Pack: Cloverbud, model rocketry, bicycle, cake decorating, photography, leathercraft, clothing construction, visual arts The Outlaws: Sheep, beef, turkey, bread, self determined, woodworking, entomology, model rocketry, vet sciences, archery, .22 rifle, air rifle, shotgun Parker Artists Unlimited: Cloverbuds, general and natural resources projects, family and consumer sciences projects — no livestock or shooting sports Hoof Over Heels: Goat, beef, rabbit, poultry, sheep, swine, .22 rifle, shotgun, pistol, archery Ponderosa Pines: Cloverbud, swine, sheep, clothing, decorate your duds, specialty foods, .22 rifle, archery The Rising Stars: Cloverbud, poultry, goat, rabbit, quilting, foods, decorate your duds,

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Friday, Nov. 6, at Mission Hills Church, 620 SouthPark Drive, Littleton. A silent auction begins at 6:30 p.m. and continues through intermission. The concert will include music of Edvard Grieg, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky and Jean Sibelius. Go to www.arapahoe-phil.org

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Arts Guild Show The Heritage Fine Arts Guild of Arapahoe County’s art show runs through Friday, Oct. 30, at Bemis Library. Questions should be directed to show coordinators Linda Millarke, 303-973-0867 or Orrel Schooler, 303-7986481. Go to www.heritage-guild.org, redesigned by artist Susan L. Stewart, for details on the guild’s planned activities.

Art Exhibition Concordia Orchestra Concert The nationally and internationally acclaimed 69-member collegiate symphony orchestra will perform at 7:30 p.m.

Tuesday, Nov. 3, at St. Andrew United Methodist Church, 9203 S. University Blvd., Highlands Ranch. The orchestra, conducted

by Professor Foster Beyers, will perform “Karelia Suite” by Jean Sibelius and “Symphonie Fantastique” by Hector Berlioz. Dr. Stephanie Carlson, oboe faculty soloist, will perform Vaughn Williams “Oboe Concerto.”

The concert is free and open to the public. A freewill offering will be taken. Contact Mark Zwilling at mzwilling@st-andrew-umc.com or 303 794-2683.

Cholesterol and Your Heart Join Susan Buckley, RD, CDE, and Renee Julien, RN, as they explore how to manage cholesterol with medication, lifestyle and natural alternatives. Program is from 11 a.m. to noon Tuesday, Nov. 3, at South Denver Heart Center, 1000 Southpark Drive, Littleton. For information, or to register, call 303-744-1065 or go to www. southdenver.com.

Genealogy Wiki’s Everyone knows about Wikipedia, the online encyclopedia, but many people do not know that there are other “Wikis” out there, to include many dedicated to genealogy. Join the Highlands Ranch Genealogical Society at 7 p.m., Tuesday, Nov. 3, at the James H. LaRue Library, 9292 Ridgeline Blvd., Highlands Ranch, for a presentation of “Genealogy Wiki’s” by Wikipedia contributor and society member Dave Barton. Show up at 6:30 p.m. for snacks and conversation with fellow genealogists. Every month people find someone with the solution to their toughest “brick wall.”

Jules Jacques Benedict Author and journalist Mike McPhee will talk about his famous grandfather Jules Jacques Benedict at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 3, at Bemis Public Library , 6014 S. Datura St., Littleton. He will share photographs of the Benedict family and buildings that Benedict designed in the Denver area.

Benedict was one of the most flamboyant architects of the early 20th century.

He designed four well-known buildings in Littleton: Town Hall Arts Center, the First Presbyterian Church, the former Carnegie Library, and Benedict’s private residence which is now the Carmelite Monastery. Call 303-795-3961.

Town Hall Arts Center presents “Romantic Brushstrokes,” an art exhibition in the Stanton Art Gallery at Town Hall. Featuring work by Rita Campbell, Patricia Barr Clark, Christopher Clark, Susan Gordon, and Tiffiny Wine, the exhibit runs through Tuesday, Nov. 10. The Stanton Art Gallery is inside Town Hall Arts Center and is open weekdays from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. For more information go to www.townhallartscenter.org/stanton-art-gallery/.

This is Colorado Art Show Heritage Fine Arts Guild of Arapahoe County and the Colorado Gallery of the Arts are sponsoring “This is Colorado,” a statewide art show juried by professional artists and Arapahoe Community College professor Marsha Wooley. The show runs through Friday, Nov. 13, at the gallery on the campus of Arapahoe Community College. Go to www.heritage-guild.com/ shows.html.

EVENTS

Halloween Costume Ballroom Dance Party Join us for a night of fall DJ ballroom, Latin, salsa, swing and tango dance at the Halloween costume ballroom dance party from 8-9:30 p.m.

Friday, Oct. 30, at Adventures in Dance Studio, 1500 W. Littleton Blvd., Unit 207, Littleton. Dress to impress with your Halloween costume.

Refreshments and beverages available. Come have a fun time. Call 720-276-0562, go to www.adventuresindance.com or email info@adventuresindance.com.

Trunk or Treat STEM School and Academy plans its annual Trunk or Treat Event from 4:30-6:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 30, at 8773 S. Ridgeline Blvd., Highlands Ranch. Bring your young kids out for some fun trick-or-treating out of advanced-decorated cars. This event features music, events, trick-or-treating and more. Costumes are strongly advised. Event is open to all.

Trick or Treat Street at Castle Country Castle Country Assisted Living will host a Trick-or-Treat Street at 10 a.m.

Friday, Oct. 30, at Victorian House, 19600 Victorian Drive, Parker; and at 10 a.m. Friday, Oct. 30, at Valley House, 255 S. Valley Drive, Castle Rock.

Join us for a fun, safe Halloween tradition. This event is free and open to the public but space is limited. For more information or to RSVP, call 303-4825552. Castle Country Assisted Living is a nonprofit organization serving seniors in Douglas County.

Zumba Halloween Party Wear a costume you can dance and sweat in at the last Friday Zumba Halloween party at 7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 30, at Centerstage Starz in Centennial.

Multiple instructors will lead a 90-minute Zumba fitness class. Prizes for scariest, funniest and Zumba themed costumes. Ditch the workout and join the party. Reserve your spot at www.withDavida.com.

Special Needs Halloween Dance The Highlands Ranch Community Association’s therapeutic recreation program plans a night of fun, food, prizes, and dancing for people ages 16 and up. Join us for some ghoulish games, fearsome fun and frightening food.

Don’t forget your costume. The special needs Halloween dance is from 7-9 p.m. Friday, Oct. 30, at the Recreation Center at Southridge, Wildcat Auditorium. Go to www.hrcaonline.org/tr.

Pumpkin Wow Enjoy a display of more than 600 lighted pumpkins, including a 16-foot-tall fire-breathing dragon carved from 206 foam pumpkins. Pumpkin Wow also is Colorado’s only zombie paintball experience. It is a family-friendly event; children as young as 4 can participate. Show runs from dusk to 10 p.m. Sunday to Thursday, and from dusk to 11 p.m. Friday and Saturday, through Saturday, Oct. 31. Show operates at the Jellystone Park in Larkspur, off I-25 and exit 174. Go to www.pumpkinwow.com.

Art Contest, Exhibit

Pumpkin Sale

The Greater Castle Rock Area Art Guild plans its ninth annual contest and exhibit of the National Arts Program through Friday, Nov. 13, at the Philip S. Miller Library, 100 S. Wilcox St., Castle Rock. An awards ceremony and reception will from 4:30-6 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 7, at the library. For information, call 303-814-3300, e-mail etherealflinn@yahoo.com or go to www.nationalartsprogram.org/venues/front-range.

Boy Scout Troop 457’s annual pumpkin sale is going on from 10:30 a.m. to dusk through Saturday, Oct. 31, at Greenwood Community Church, 5600 E. Belleview Ave., Greenwood Village. Thousands of pumpkins will be for sale, and proceeds benefit the troop and Navajo farmers. The pumpkins are shipped from a Navajo Reservation farm. Boy Scouts will carry your chosen pumpkins to your car. Credit cards as well as cash/checks accepted.

Stickers for your little kids. Contact troop committee chair Rolf Asphaug at rolfdenver@mac.com.

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Woodturners Club Meeting The Front Range Woodturners will meet at 6:15 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 3, at Rockler Woodworking Store, 2553 S. Colorado Blvd., Denver. Meetings are in the basement. Guests and visitors are welcome. The club meets the first Tuesday of each month.

American Legion Membership Meeting

The November general membership meeting of the George C. Evans American Legion Post 103 is at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 4, at the Buck Recreation Center, 2004 W. Powers Ave., Littleton. Matters before the members include plans and activities for Veterans Day, Nov. 11, and the annual banquet at the Englewood Elks Club on Saturday, Nov. 21.

Operation Wedding Gown Brides Across America will kick off its nationwide Operation Wedding Gown campaign with a special event Friday, Nov. 6, at Compleat Couture Bridal and Formal, SouthGlenn Square, 7562 S. University Blvd., Centennial. The salon will celebrate the American spirit by giving military brides-to-be free designer wedding gowns from a selection of more than 500 pieces, valued at $4,000.

The bride or her fiancé must be serving in the military, be currently deployed, be deployed in the last five years, or be scheduled for deployment to Iraq, Afghanistan, the Middle East, Korea, Japan or surrounding territory. Proper identification and deployment papers will be required on event day. Eligible brides may register at www. bridesacrossamerica.com. Appointments are offered from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and should be scheduled directly with the store at 720-287-077. An additional Operation Wedding Gown events is offered Friday, Dec. 4.

HEALTH

South Metro Community Blood Drives A number of community blood drives are planned in the South Metro area.

For information or to schedule an appointment, contact the Bonfils Appointment Center at 303-363-2300, unless otherwise noted. Go to www.bonfils. org. Upcoming blood drives are: Tuesday, Nov. 3, 8-9:40 a.m. and 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., Western Union Blood Drive, 12500 E. Belford Ave., Englewood; Wednesday, Nov. 4, 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., Greenwood Corporate Plaza, Building 3, 7951 E. Maplewood Ave., Greenwood Village; Friday, Nov. 6, 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., PACE Center, 20000 Pikes Peak Ave., Parker; Saturday, Nov. 7, 8 a.m. to noon, Cherry Creek Presbyterian, 10150 E. Belleview, Englewood; Sunday, Nov. 8, 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church, 2746 5th St., Castle Rock (contact Larry Bauer at 720-220-2394).

Free Nutrition, Cooking Class Free Heart Health nutrition classes and cooking demonstrations are offered from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 4 (Genetics); Wednesday, Nov. 18 (Eating to Prevent Cancer) at the South Denver Heart Center, 1000 Southpark Drive, Littleton. Join Richard Collins, M.D., “The Cooking Cardiologist,” along with Susan Buckley, RD, CDE, as they share their expertise on Heart Healthy nutrition and cooking solutions. For more information or to register, call 303-744-1065, www.southdenver.com.

EDUCATION Cooking Class

Lola’s Cocina presents Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) cooking class from 1-4 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 1, in Highlands Ranch. The three-hour class is led by Mexican-American food blogger Dolores “Lola” Dweck. Cost includes hands-on cooking class, a take-home recipe booklet and a certificate of completion. Menu includes a mescal or tequila tasting, a homemade agua fresca, an appetizer, a side dish, a main entrée and a dessert. Go to www. lolascocina.com or email lola@lolascocina.com.

VFW Youth Scholarship The deadline for the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 4266 Voice of Democracy and Patriot’s Pen scholarship competitions is Sunday, Nov. 1. These competitions are dedicated to promoting patriotism among America’s youth.

Students are asked to submit an essay in response to a question or statement on a subject that encourages them to consider how democratic ideals and principles apply to their lives. This year’s Voice of Democracy theme encourages students to describe, “My Vision for America.” Go to http://www. vfw.org/VOD/ for guidelines. Patriot’s Pen applicants are asked to reflect on the statement, “What Freedom Means to Me.” Go to http://www.vfw.org/ Community/Patriot-s-Pen/ for guidelines on this contest. Douglas County students should submit their entry (along with a completed entry form) and any questions or comments to adjutant@vfwpost4266.org. Students out of the Douglas County School District should go to www.vfw.org/oms/findpost. aspx to find the nearest VFW Post.

Mini Law School Learn about important legal principles in key areas of law during Mini Law School, taught by members of the University of Colorado Law School faculty.

Series is eight sessions, which last from 6-7:30 p.m. Tuesdays through Nov. 3 at the Liniger Building at CU South Denver, 10035 Peoria St., Parker.

A different topic is presented each week. Areas covered constitutional law, intellectual property law, litigation, estate planning and taxation, environmental law, family law, criminal law and contracts and business law. Go to www. colorado.edu/law/minilawschool to register and for information.

Practice English Skills Practice your English class gives adult mixed level English language learners an opportunity to practice speaking English. Adults from all levels and language backgrounds are welcome at 10:30 a.m. Saturdays at Douglas County Libraries in Parker, 10851 S. Crossroads Drive, and in Highlands Ranch, James H. LaRue branch, 9292 Ridgeline Blvd. No registration is required.

Continuing Education Program Metropolitan State College of Denver offers a continuing education program for adults. Most classes are from 6-8 p.m. Wednesdays, for two to four weeks, and cost varies. Most take place at the Student Success Building on the Auraria Campus, with other classes taking place at the South Campus (I-25 and Orchard) and the Center For Visual Arts on Santa Fe Drive. For list of classes, go to www.msudenver.edu/learnon or call 303-556-3657. Application not required. More information on Facebook www.Facebook.com/msudenverlearnoninitiative.

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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Gardeners can do their part to create avian habitat

By Sonya Ellingboe sellingboe@coloradocommunitymedia.com “Gardeners can provide important habitat for native birds,” says Anne Phelps of the long-running Littleton Garden Club. “In turn, birds offer us a richer and more beautiful place to live.”

The club will hear a talk by Audubon Society Director Karl Brummert about creating a backyard habitat at 6:30 p.m.

Nov. 4. Visitors and prospective members are welcome.

Attracting birds to your yard requires four basic elements, Phelps says: • Food. Consider placing a wide variety of bird feeders and food around your back yard. Include different kinds of feeding stations: platform feeders for groundfeeding birds, such as juncos; hanging feeders for perching birds, such as chickadees and finches; suet feeders for insecteating birds, such as flickers and downy woodpeckers.

• Shelter and places to rear their young.

Wild birds feel more secure if they have shelter to protect themselves from the elements and predators. Trees and large shrubs are welcome as places to raise and protect their young. Consider offering nesting boxes and nesting materials in the spring.

• Water. Probably the single most important element to include in your backyard habitat is water. The sound of moving water is magnetic to most birds.

IF YOU GO The Garden Club of Littleton meets on the first Wednesday of each month, September to May, at 6 p.m. at the Littleton Public Schools Educational Services Center lunchroom, 5776 S. Crocker St., Littleton. (Enter from the south side.) Social time and refreshments are offered at 6 p.m., followed by a speaker at 6:30.

If you add a heater in winter, available at wild bird supply stores and some hardware stores, it will draw birds because you will provide fresh water in a season when bird baths otherwise freeze over.

• Variety of foliage and habitat. The greater variety or diversity you create, the more birds you will attract. Offer plants and foliage that produce berries, seeds, fruits, nuts, sap and nectar for yearround food as well as providing nesting materials. Shrubs and trees should be dense enough to protect nests, while still allowing birds to move freely among the branches to escape predators. “Of all the trees to select from, your best investment is an evergreen,” Phelps concludes.

• Reporter’s note: An important point number five is DO NOT use pesticides.

(Caterpillars provide a large percentage of spring and summer food for a bird such as the chickadee and its nestlings — the gardener can depend on this natural kind of pest control. This approach also protects the all-important pollinators such as bees and butterflies.)

Genealogy group has education focus Salt Lake City trips are held each year

IF YOU GO

By Sonya Ellingboe sellingboe@coloradocommunitymedia.com Visitors are welcome at meetings of the Columbine Genealogical and Historical Society, which holds two daytime sessions monthly and has a roster of 200 to 300.

An early alliance with Littleton’s Bemis Library was formed and it met there for the first 22 years, as well as contributing thousands of genealogy books and records to Bemis for use as a research collection.

Education is a key objective and annual trips to the Family History Library in Salt Lake City are on the agenda.

The gatherings are now held at Lutheran Church of the Holy Spirit, 6400 S. University Blvd., in Centennial, and November meetings offer a good sampler: • “They Weren’t All Prostitutes and Gamblers” is Dr. Sandra Mather’s intriguing title for her talk at 1 p.m. on Nov. 10.

Mather, president of the Summit Historical Society, author and historian, will talk about female pioneers through research using newspaper accounts, census records, photos and diaries — just as genealogists might research an ancestor.

She will refer to Anna Sadler Hamilton, a settler in the mid-1880s whose diary gives an account of her challenges as a newcomer to Colorado’s high country.

• On Nov. 17 from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m., lawyer Kirk Woolsey Patton will present “Genealogical Research with Estate Records: Where There’s Not a Will, There’s

The Columbine Genealogical and Historical Society meets on the second Tuesday of each month September through May, with workshops on the third Tuesday each month.

Meetings are at Lutheran Church of the Holy Spirit, 6400 S. University Blvd., Centennial. A holiday social gathering is held the second Tuesday of December, which is Dec. 8 this year. Information: ColumbineGenealogy.com.

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• On Nov. 17 at 1 p.m., professional researcher and author Julie Miller will present “Carriers of News and Knowledge: Post Office Records.” These underused records can provide rich information to genealogists.

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Wolves become the hunted

Valor Christian’s Noah Elliss pulls Cherry Creek quarterback Joe Caplis down for a sack. Elliss managed to get Caplis twice during Valor’s 10-0 victory. Photos by Paul DiSalvo

Defense drives Valor victory Eagles’ big play sparks 10-0 win over Cherry Creek

By Jim Benton jbenton@coloradocommunitymedia.com It was a defensive struggle between two elite football programs, and almost everybody at Valor Christian’s Stadium figured that one big play would determine the winner.

It was Valor that got a 97-yard pass from Dylan McCaffrey to Ben Walters, which sealed the Eagles’ 10-0 Centennial League victory over Cherry Creek on Oct. 23.

It was Valor’s first victory over Creek, which beat the Eagles twice last season in the first meetings between the schools.

The Bruins’ second win last year came in the Class 5A state championship game.

“We knew it was going to be a hardfought game, and we expect to see them again,” said Walters. “We knew they had an amazing defense and that was something we had to get past. Our defense played amazing too.”

Valor, which came into the game ranked third in the CHSAANow.com poll, improved to 4-0 in the league and 6-2 overall. Defending state champion Cherry Creek, ranked second, lost its second consecutive game and fell to 2-2 in the Centennial and 6-2 overall.

“When you play a good team there are plays you need to make,” pointed out Creek coach Dave Logan. “Valor made a big play.”

Key Moments Valor was nursing a 3-0 lead and was backed up at its 3-yard line after stopping a Creek fourth down attempt to take the lead. McCaffrey threw a long pass down field; Creek’s Javier Craft had good coverage on Walters, but Valor’s 6-foot-1 senior turned back to get the ball and then raced to the end zone, which helped push the Eagles to a 10-point advantage with 11:27 left in the game.

“That’s what we practice all the time,” said Walters. “I was glad Dylan was able to make the throw like he always does, and I just had to come back and make a play.”

Key players/statistics All the key statistics belong to the defense in this game.

Valor finished with 225 yards of total offense, but 97 came on one play. Before that play, the Eagles had 98 yards of total offense. Creek finished with only 194 yards total offense and failed to score three times in the red zone.

Gabriel Kortz, Noah Elliss and Cole Baker each had six tackles for the Eagles, who had six sacks during the game. Mc-

This is a story about the hunter becoming the hunted.

Westminster’s football team, which has been decent in recent years, is 8-0 this season and has a target on its collective back with other teams trying to knock off the Wolves.

Jim Benton “It’s great for the school itself,” said OVERTIME Westminster coach Kerry Denison. “There’s a lot of positive energy going on here. It’s been a good experience. The kids understand we have a big target on our backs. The kids are understanding that it is a good feeling to have done what we have done so far.”

It’s frustrating, but nobody seems to know where the eight straight victories rank in Westminster lore. One fan sent an email stating that the 1989 team, which was using the nickname Warriors, went 10-0 but lost their last two games.

That was before Westminster and Ranum merged in 2009 and the new school building was built in 2010. So the 8-0 start is considered the best in school history, meaning the new school.

“I haven’t been able to find anything either about the past,” said Denison. “We’re trying to keep our perfect record going. The one thing we have still missed out on is a conference championship, and our goal is a conference championship. We’ve had some decent teams, but these kids have jelled together better than the teams we’ve had in the past.”

Westminster has clinched at least a tie for the Flatirons League championship and can secure the outright title with a win at home Oct. 30 against second-place Boulder.

Overcoming adversity Mountain Vista’s standout sophomore runner Allie Chipman has overcome adversity before and will have to do it again at the Oct. 31 State High School Cross-Country Championships in Colorado Springs.

Chipman is struggling with allergies, and she has dealt with asthma her whole life. She was extremely sick with pneumonia and whooping cough last winter, which slowed her during last track season.

After dominating this season in crosscountry, she skipped last week’s Region 5 meet because of foot problems. But she will compete at the state meet.

“I will be competing at state because fortunately my team qualified for me,” said Chipman. “The issue with my feet is a bone spur and plantar fasciitis. I am improving rapidly, and I will be able to compete at 100 percent with my ankle at state. It’s impossible to know how I will feel in Colorado Springs, but I am going to give state my best shot.”

Cherry Creek’s Steven O’Malley collides with Valor Christian’s Gabe Kortz. Kortz ran for 12 yards on the night.

Caffrey wound up completing eight of 17 passes for 147 yards. Freshman Joshia Davis replaced Tanner Tadra, who was carted off the field to the hospital as a precaution for numbness in his arms and a headache, and was the top Valor ground gainer with 22 yards.

Tadra could return to play this season.

Valor wide receiver Adryon Vickers, who was also taken to the hospital, suffered a broken fibula.

Santino Marchiol and Austin Cooper were each credited with six tackles for the Bruins, who sacked McCaffrey twice.

Marquise Davis rushed for 108 yards on 18 carries. Quarterback Joe Caplis finished 10-25 for 104 yards and one interception.

They said it “Our defense stepped up,” said Valor junior defensive end Nate Meredith, who had two sacks. “It was a hard test. They have a great offense. We know that Cherry Creek is a dangerous team, (and) they are one of the best schools in Colorado. We knew we had to play all four quarters.

“At 3-0 we were comfortable because we knew it was going to be a defensive game. We had to keep going forward and never go through the motions. We are not satisfied with the win. It was a big one for

us, but we have to keep moving forward hoping this will give us motivation and a little bit of that extra fire against Grandview.”

“I’m really proud of our kids,” said Valor coach Rod Sherman. “That team is as good of a team as we’ve played all year.

We feel very, very fortunate to win. It was going to come down to a couple plays.

The games we’ve played against Creek have come down to just a few plays. We put pressure on the quarterback and tackled well. Our defensive line really helped our secondary.”

Logan acknowledged the Bruins didn’t execute on several plays that could have made a difference.

“We fumbled the ball inside the 15 and get stopped inside the five,” he said. “We had other big plays for touchdowns that we missed. We just have to go back to the drawing board and get a lot better. Offensively we had ample opportunities for big plays. Credit Valor and credit both teams for playing exceptionally hard. It was a really hard-fought game. I was really proud of the way the defense played.”

Going forward Valor will play Grandview for the Centennial League championship Oct. 30 while Creek will host Eaglecrest.

Doubling up at Chaparral Alan DiGiosio will be the new head baseball coach at Chaparral next spring. After the Wolverines lost a semifinal Class 5A game at the State Softball Tournament, DiGiosio declared he would remain as softball coach.

“I am not going anywhere,” he said. “I told them I wasn’t giving up softball, and if they didn’t let me do both that I wasn’t doing baseball.”

DiGiosio just completed his fifth season as head softball coach, and he has been the Wolverines baseball pitching coach for the past nine campaigns.

Final week of regular season There are several key football games to determine league championships as the Class 5A regular season ends.

Grandview and Valor Christian are both unbeaten in the Centennial League and will clash for the loop title Oct. 30 in an 8 p.m. game at Valor.

Westminster has clinched at least a tie for the 5A Flatirons crown but can capture the outright title with a win over Boulder Oct. 30 in a game at Westminster.

Arapahoe plays Smoky Hill Oct. 30. The unbeaten Warriors, who have shown an amazing ability to pull out victories in a couple games that didn’t look winnable, are assured of a share of the 5A Metro League title but can avoid a tie with a win over the Buffs.

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

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Rock Canyon comeback stops Mountain Vista Jaguars overcome 0-2 deficit, win decisive fifth set

By Jim Benton jbenton@coloradocommunitymedia.com

Rock Canyon junior Reven Bradbury prepares to receive a serve during the Jaguars’ 3-2 win over Mountain Vista on Oct. 22. Photo by Jim Benton

The long and winding road near the top of the Continental League volleyball standings has taken a couple more twists.

Rock Canyon, ranked sixth in the CHSAANow.com Class 5A rankings, shored up its defense and overcame an 0-2 deficit to beat fourth-ranked Mountain Vista 3-2 (18-25, 20-25, 25-17, 25-22, 15-12) on Oct. 22 in the Golden Eagles’ gym.

Mountain Vista had a chance to clinch at least a tie for the league title, but now Ponderosa has the inside track. However, by the time the league season concludes on Oct. 28 (after press time), it’s possible there could be four teams at the top.

Ponderosa, a Class 4A team, was 7-1 before playing Douglas County Oct. 27 and Rock Canyon Oct. 28.

Chaparral, which could have sealed at least a title last Oct. 20 but was swept by Pondo, has ended its league season with an 8-2 record. Rock Canyon was 7-2 but had a date looming with the Mustangs. Vista was 7-2 and played a league game Oct. 27 against

Heritage.

“It was a fun match,” said Mountain Vista coach Doug Schafer after the Rock Canyon game. “We were both even teams. It seems as if right now our league is the top in the state.

We have a lot of teams in the top 10.

It’s like on any given game. You have Ponderosa, Rock Canyon, Mountain Vista and Chaparral.”

And Legend earlier this season was top-ranked but slipped during league play.

Key moments Rock Canyon, with only one senior on its roster for the Vista game, picked up its defensive intensity after the first two sets and stormed back to force a 15-point fifth game, which sophomore Keeley Davis ended with a kill for the three-point win.

“That kill was awesome and the block before it,” said Davis. “They are our biggest rival, and we were just nervous and weren’t playing like we should have. We started playing like ourselves. What turned it around for us was our defense.”

Key players/statistics Davis led Rock Canyon with 18 kills while Maddy Metcalf had 13.

Volleyball continues on Page 31

Local runners gain spots at state meet Staff report Mountain Vista will seek its fourth consecutive Class 5A boys team championship, and SkyView Academy senior Ben Butler will be out to defend his Class 3A individual title during the State High School Cross-County Championships.

The meet is Oct. 31 at the Norris Penrose Events Center in Colorado Springs.

In highlights from region meets held

last week, Mountain Vista’s Paxton Smith won the Region 5 championship in 15:44, and the first six runners to cross the finish line were Golden Eagles as Vista won the boys team championship.

Rock Canyon was third and Chaparral fourth.

Mountain Vista’s girls also won the Region 5 team title while Castle View’s Savanna Dalton was the individual winner in 18:19. Rock Canyon placed fifth in

the team standings.

Arapahoe’s Mason Brevig was the champion in the Region 1 meet and the Warriors boys team claimed the team title. Brevig’s winning time was 16:44.

Catherine Liggett of Legend won the girls race in 18:33.0, and Arapahoe was the third-place team.

Kyle Moran of Cherry Creek finished ahead of Heritage’s Jeremy Romeo in the Region 2 meet. Moran was timed in 16:59.6. Creek was crowned both the boys and girls regional champions, and

Heritage’s girls placed third.

Butler and the SkyView Academy boys dominated the Class 3A Region 3 meet.

Butler won in 16:04.00. SkyView girls wound up fourth.

The top five teams in each region qualified for the state meet along with all athletes who finished in the top 15.

So that means Dalton, Liggett, Legend’s Scott Johnson and Landon Rast, and Garrett Beckstead of ThunderRidge qualified to compete as individuals at state.

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SPORTS ROUNDUP THUNDERRIDGE GRIZZLIES FOOTBALL Highlands Ranch 21, ThunderRidge 19 The Grizzlies lost an away conference game against the Highlands

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Key performers: No individual statistics were reported for this game.

MOUNTAIN VISTA GOLDEN EAGLES FOOTBALL Regis Jesuit 35, Mountain Vista 0 The Golden Eagles took the fall against Regis Jesuit at a home conference game on Oct. 22.

Key performers: No individual statistics were reported for this game.

BOYS SOCCER Mountain Vista 2, ThunderRidge 1 The Mountain Vista Golden Eagles beat ThunderRidge at a home conference game on Oct. 23.

Key performers: Junior Nolan Gao scored one goal and senior Brent Lackey had one assist.

Football Valor Christian 10, Cherry Creek 0 The hosting Valor Christian Eagles beat Cherry Creek at a conference game on Oct. 23.

Key performers: Junior Dylan Mccaffrey had 147 passing yards and senior Ben Waters had 97 receiving yards.

VOLLEYBALL Valor Christian 3, Arvada 0 The Valor Christian Eagles beat Arvada at a home conference game on Oct. 20 with three sets of 25 points.

Key performers: Junior Delaney Thome was selected as player of the game and had five serving aces. Senior Paighton Miller had seven digs and seven

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Fruita Monument 36, Rock Canyon 32 Josh Goldin threw 15 completions for 212 yards and two touchdowns in the Oct. 23 game.

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Key performers: No individual statistics were reported for this game.

VOLLEYBALL Regis Jesuit 3, Highlands Ranch 2 Visiting Highlands Ranch lost a close conference game to Regis Jesuit on Oct. 22.

Key performers: Junior Melissa Evans had 18 kills and one serving ace. Senior Jasmine Evans had 19 digs and three serving aces.

BOYS SOCCER Douglas County 1, Highlands Ranch 0 The Highlands Ranch Falcons lost a home conference game against Douglas County on Oct. 19.

Key performers: Senior Harry Kottenstette was selected as player of the game. Senior and goalie Tyler Londono had eight saves.

Eaglecrest 1, Highlands Ranch 0 The visiting Highlands Ranch Falcons lost nonconference game against Eaglecrest on Oct. 22.

Key performers: Senior Jeff Ingell was selected as player of the game and had three shots on goal.

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required under said Deed of Trust and the Evidence of Debt secured 30 Highlands Ranch Herald ments thereby.

you have been offered and have accepted a loss mitigation option (38-38103.2 CRS), you may file a complaint with the Colorado Attorney General (720-508-6006) or the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (855-411-2372) or both. However, the filing of a complaint in and of itself will not stop the foreclosure process.

Public Notices 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 151, HIGHLANDS RANCH NO. 122A, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO

Public Trustees RENOTICED AND REPUBLISHED PURSUANT TO CRS 38-38-109(2)(b)(II) PUBLIC NOTICE Littleton NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2012-1013 To Whom It May Concern: On 8/11/2015 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: DANIEL D STONEBARGER Original Beneficiary: WORLD SAVINGS BANK, FSB Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A. Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 10/26/2007 Recording Date of DOT: 11/2/2007 Reception No. of DOT: 2007085671 DOT Recorded in Douglas County.

Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $536,000.00 Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $504,866.96 Pursuant to C.R.S. §38-38-101 (4) (i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: Failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust and other violations of the terms thereof.

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

Legal Description of Real Property: LOT 201, HIGHLANDS RANCH, FILING NO. 122-I COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO. Which has the address of: 10205 Charissglen Ln, Littleton, CO 801265528 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, December 9, 2015, 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 (38-38103.2 CRS), you may file a complaint with the Colorado Attorney General (720-508-6006) or the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (855-411-2372) or both. However, the filing of a complaint in and of itself will not stop the foreclosure process.

First Publication: 10/8/2015 Last Publication: 11/5/2015 Publisher: Douglas County News Press Dated: 8/12/2015 CHRISTINE DUFFY DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: Colorado Registration #: 7700 E. ARAPAHOE ROAD, SUITE 230, CENTENNIAL, COLORADO 80112 Phone #: (303) 952-6902 Fax #: Attorney File #: CO-14-639664-JS *YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE DATES on the Public Trustee website: http://www.douglas.co.us/publictrustee/ Legal Notice No. 2012-1013 First Publication: 10/8/2015 Last Publication: 11/5/2015 Publisher: Douglas County News Press PUBLIC NOTICE Highlands Ranch NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2015-0114 To Whom It May Concern: On 5/1/2015 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: CAREY L GERLING AND PAUL J GERLING JR Original Beneficiary: WASHINGTON MUTUAL BANK, FA Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 2/23/2005 Recording Date of DOT: 3/2/2005 Reception No. of DOT: 2005017948 DOT Recorded in Douglas County.

Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $229,000.00 Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $247,866.40 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 151, HIGHLANDS RANCH NO. 122A, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO Which has the address of: 9725 Gatesbury Circle, Highlands Ranch, CO 80126 NOTICE OF SALE The current holder of the Evidence of Debt

Which has the address of: 9725 Gatesbury Circle, Highlands Ranch, CO 80126

Public NOTICETrustees 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, December 2, 2015, 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 (855-411-2372) or both. However, the filing of a complaint in and of itself will not stop the foreclosure process.

First Publication: 10/15/2015 Last Publication: 11/12/2015 Publisher: Douglas County News Press Dated: 10/5/2015 CHRISTINE DUFFY DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: JOAN OLSON Colorado Registration #: 28078 7700 E. ARAPAHOE ROAD, SUITE 230, CENTENNIAL, COLORADO 80112 Phone #: (303) 952-6903 Fax #: Attorney File #: CO-14-640077-JS *YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE DATES on the Public Trustee website: http://www.douglas.co.us/publictrustee/ Legal Notice No. 2015-0114 First Publication: 10/15/2015 Last Publication: 11/12/2015 Publisher: Douglas County News Press PUBLIC NOTICE Littleton NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2015-0199 To Whom It May Concern: On 8/11/2015 2:02:00 PM the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in Douglas County.

Original Grantor: DAVID J LUNDY Original Beneficiary: MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., ACTING SOLELY AS NOMINEE FOR ALLY BANK CORP. F/K/A GMAC BANK Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: OCWEN LOAN SERVICING, LLC Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 12/22/2009 Recording Date of DOT: 12/30/2009 Reception No. of DOT: 2009100784 DOT Recorded in Douglas County.

Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $215,377.00 Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $190,358.83 Pursuant to C.R.S. §38-38-101 (4) (i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: Failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust and other violations of the terms thereof.

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

Legal Description of Real Property: LOT 8, BLOCK 3, ACRES GREEN FILING NO. 6, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO. Which has the address of: 13285 Callisto Dr, Littleton, CO 80124-2923 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, December 2, 2015, 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 (38-38103.2 CRS), you may file a complaint with the Colorado Attorney General (720-508-6006) or the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (855-411-2372) or both. However, the filing of a complaint in and of itself will not stop the foreclosure process.

First Publication: 10/8/2015 Last Publication: 11/5/2015 Publisher: Douglas County News Press Dated: 8/12/2015 CHRISTINE DUFFY DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: LISA CANCANON Colorado Registration #: 42043 1199 BANNOCK STREET ,

First Publication: 10/8/2015 Last Publication: 11/5/2015 Publisher: Douglas County News Press

Dated: 8/12/2015 CHRISTINE DUFFY DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: LISA CANCANON Colorado Registration #: 42043 1199 BANNOCK STREET , DENVER, COLORADO 80204 Phone #: Fax #: Attorney File #: 4500.101149.F01 *YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE DATES on the Public Trustee website: http://www.douglas.co.us/publictrustee/

Public Trustees

Legal Notice No.: 2015-0199 First Publication: 10/8/2015 Last Publication: 11/5/2015 Publisher: Douglas County News Press PUBLIC NOTICE Highlands Ranch NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2015-0206 To Whom It May Concern: On 8/11/2015 3:17:00 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 S. SOMERS Original Beneficiary: WELLS FARGO HOME MORTGAGE, INC. Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A. Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 3/1/2002 Recording Date of DOT: 3/6/2002 Reception No. of DOT: 02023019 Book 2280 Page 991 DOT Recorded in Douglas County.

Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $241,071.00 Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $159,247.09 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 as required under the 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 49, BLOCK 6, HIGHLANDS RANCH FILING NO. 4, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO. Which has the address of: 790 Old Stone Drive, Highlands Ranch, CO 80126 NOTICE OF SALE The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust described herein, has filed written election and demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust.

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that on the first possible sale date (unless the sale is continued*) at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, December 2, 2015, 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 (38-38103.2 CRS), you may file a complaint with the Colorado Attorney General (720-508-6006) or the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (855-411-2372) or both. However, the filing of a complaint in and of itself will not stop the foreclosure process.

First Publication: 10/8/2015 Last Publication: 11/5/2015 Publisher: Douglas County News Press Dated: 8/12/2015 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 #: Attorney File #: 15-008590 *YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE DATES on the Public Trustee website: http://www.douglas.co.us/publictrustee/ Legal Notice No.: 2015-0206 First Publication: 10/8/2015 Last Publication: 11/5/2015 Publisher: Douglas County News Press PUBLIC NOTICE Highlands Ranch NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2015-0209 To Whom It May Concern: On 8/19/2015 2:23:00 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: CHERYL L THOMPSON Original Beneficiary: JP MORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: JP MORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 4/25/2005 Recording Date of DOT: 5/13/2005 Reception No. of DOT: 2005042671 DOT Recorded in Douglas County.

Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $35,308.00 Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $34,900.00

Notices

Recording Date of DOT: 5/13/2005 Reception No. of DOT: 2005042671 DOT Recorded in Douglas County.

Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $35,308.00 Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $34,900.00

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.

Public Trustees

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

Legal Description of Real Property: LOT 43, HIGHLANDS RANCH FLING NO. 62-A, 1ST AMENDMENT, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO. Which has the address of: 328 Brentford Cir, Highlands Ranch, CO 801263564 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, December 9, 2015, 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 (38-38103.2 CRS), you may file a complaint with the Colorado Attorney General (720-508-6006) or the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (855-411-2372) or both. However, the filing of a complaint in and of itself will not stop the foreclosure process.

First Publication: 10/15/2015 Last Publication: 11/12/2015 Publisher: Douglas County News Press Dated: 8/20/2015 CHRISTINE DUFFY DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: JOAN OLSON Colorado Registration #: 28078 7700 E. ARAPAHOE ROAD, SUITE 230 , CENTENNIAL, COLORADO 80112 Phone #: (303) 952-6906 Fax #: Attorney File #: CO-15-678599-JS *YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE DATES on the Public Trustee website: http://www.douglas.co.us/publictrustee/ Legal Notice No.: 2015-0209 First Publication: 10/15/2015 Last Publication: 11/12/2015 Publisher: Douglas County News Press

Government Legals Public Notice NOTICE OF PURCHASE OF REAL ESTATE AT TAX LIEN SALE AND OF APPLICATION FOR ISSUANCE OF TREASURER’S DEED To Every Person in Actual Possession or Occupancy of the hereinafter Described Land, Lot or Premises, and to the Person in Whose Name the Same was Taxed or Specially Assessed, and to all Persons having an Interest or Title of Record in or to the said Premises and To Whom It May Concern, and more especially to: OCCUPANT - OCCUPANT - Carlos Contreras Barros - David Hatch for Terrell Properties Corp aka David Hatch David Hatch, President c/o Terrell Properties - Ensign Limited Liability Co - Fig Capital Investments CO13 - George J & Phyllis Prisner - George J Prisner & Carlos Contreras aka Carlos Contreras Barros - George Prisner & Carlos Contreras Barros - George Prisner & Carlos Contreras Barros ETAL - George Prisner & Omar Martinez & Carlos Contreras Barros - John B & Barbara A Collins Marilyn C Green - Maximum Property Mgt - Omar Martinez and Carlos Contreras, Joint Tenants aka Omar Martinez & Carlos Contreras - Omar Martinez Reyes aka Omar Martinez R - Philos Construction LLC - Phyllis Prisner - Ruth M & Douglas H Pennington - Samuel Vanderbilt Stephanie B Cook - Tammy Hall, Agent c/o Woodmoor Mountain Homeowners Association - Terrell Properties Corp Theodore D Pennington - Vicki McPherson - Woodmoor Mountain Homeowners Association You and each of you are hereby notified that on the 15th day of November 2007 the then County Treasurer of the County of Douglas, in the State of Colorado, sold at public tax lien sale to Ensign Limited Liability Co the following described real estate situate in the County of Douglas, State of Colorado, to wit: LOT 30 WOODMOOR MOUNTAIN 1 2.587 AM/L and said County Treasurer issued a certificate of purchase therefore to Ensign Limited Liability Co. That said tax lien sale was made to satisfy the delinquent* taxes assessed against said real estate for the year 2006. That said real estate was taxed or specially assessed in the name(s) of Omar Martinez & Carlos Contreras for said year 2006

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.

That on the 15th day of May 2014 said Ensign Limited Liability Co assigned said certificate of purchase to Philos Construction LLC. That said Philos Construction LLC on the 17th day of July 2015 the present holder of said certificate, has made request upon the Treasurer of said County for a deed to said real estate; That a Treasurer’s Deed will be issued for said real estate to the said Philos Construction LLC at 1:00 o’clock P.M., on the 28th day of January 2016 unless the same has been redeemed. Said property may be redeemed from said sale at any time prior to the actual execution of said Treasurer’s Deed. Witness my hand this 5th day of October 2015

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.

/s/ Diane A. Holbert County Treasurer of Douglas County

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

Legal Notice No.: 927881 First Publication: October 15, 2015 Last Publication: October 29, 2015 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press

Legal Description of Real Property: LOT 43, HIGHLANDS RANCH FLING NO. 62-A, 1ST AMENDMENT, COUNTY

LOT 49 OAK HILLS 1 5.77 AM/L

October 29, 2015

and said County Treasurer issued a certificate of purchase therefore to Cameron D or Nancy I Mee. That said tax lien sale was made to satisfy the delinquent taxes assessed against said real estate for the year 2010;That said real estate was taxed or specially assessed in the name(s) of Candido A & Fe P Mata for said year 2010.That a Treasurer’s Deed will be issued for said real estate to the said Cameron D or Nancy I Mee at 1:00 o’clock P.M., on the 28th day of January 2016, the same has been redeemed.

To advertise your publicunless notices call Said property may303-566-4100 be redeemed from said sale at any time prior to the actual execution of said Treasurer’s Deed. Witness my hand this 5th day of October 2015.

Government Legals Public Notice

NOTICE OF PURCHASE OF REAL ESTATE AT TAX LIEN SALE AND OF APPLICATION FOR ISSUANCE OF TREASURER’S DEED To Every Person in Actual Possession or Occupancy of the hereinafter Described Land, Lot or Premises, and to the Person in Whose Name the Same was Taxed or Specially Assessed, and to all Persons having an Interest or Title of Record in or to the said Premises and To Whom It May Concern, and more especially to: OCCUPANT - Board President c/o Village Lake Homes Association, Inc., a Colorado nonprofit corporation - Castle Pines Fidelity Associates Limited Partnership, its sole general partner - Castle Pines Fidelity Realty, Inc. its sole General Partner Castle Pines Homes Association Inc aka Castle Pines Homes Association - Castle Pines Metropolitan District - Castle Pines Metropolitan District, a Quasi-Municipal Corporation - Castlewood Fire Protection District - Commonwealth Land Title - Fidelity Castle Pines, Ltd., a Maryland limited partnership - Intermountain Rural Electric Association - Kerry M Colburn, Attorney in Fact for Castle Pines Homes Association Inc. c/o Winzenburg, Leff, Purvis & Payne, LLP -Land Title Guarantee Company - Norman Stuard, President c/o Village Lakes Homes Association Inc Norman Stuard, Vice President, c/o Lexis Development LLC - Occupant - Occupant - Occupant -Occupant - Occupant Occupant - Occupant - Occupant - Occupant -Occupant - Occupant - Occupant Occupant - Occupant - Occupant -Occupant - Occupant - Occupant - Occupant Occupant - Occupant -Occupant - Occupant - Paradise Villas Castle Pines LLC aka Paradise - Paradise Villas Castle Pines - Paradise Villas Castle Pines LLC, a Colorado limited liability company aka Paradise Villas Castle Pines, LLC - Paradise Villas West, LLC aka Paradise Paradise Villas West, LLC, a Colorado limited liability company - Stephen M Buck, Assistant Vice-President c/o Fidelity Castle Pines, Ltd., a Maryland limited partnership - Stephen M Buck, Assistant Vice-President c/o Castle Pines Fidelity Associates Limited Partnership, its sole general partner - Stephen M Buck, Assistant Vice-President c/o Castle Pines Fidelity Realty, Inc., it sole general partner Steve Gage, Manager c/o Paradise Villas Castle Pines LLC, a Colorado limited liability company - Steven Gage, President c/o Vision Development Group Inc, a Colorado Corporation - Steven Gage, President c/o Vision Asset Management Group Inc., a Colorado Corporation -Steven Gage, President c/o Paradise Villas West, LLC, a Colorado limited liability company - Town of Castle Rock - Uemco Real Estate Fund LLC - US West Communications c/o CenturyLink - Village Lake Homes Association, Inc aka Association Village Lake Homes Association, Inc., a Colorado nonprofit corporation - Vision Asset Management Group Inc., a Colorado Corporation - Vision Asset Management Group, Inc - Vision Development Group Inc et al - Vision Development Group Inc, a Colorado Corporation - Vision Development Inc - Winzenburg, Leff, Purvis & Payne You and each of you are hereby notified that on the 5th day of November 2012 the then County Treasurer of the County of Douglas, in the State of Colorado, sold at public tax lien sale to Uemco Real Estate Fund LLC the following described real estate situate in the County of Douglas, State of Colorado, to wit: LOT 5068A CASTLE PINES VILLAGE 32 J 1ST AMD 0.101 AM/L and said County Treasurer issued a certificate of purchase therefore to Uemco Real Estate Fund LLC. That said tax lien sale was made to satisfy the delinquent taxes assessed against said real estate for the year 2011; That said real estate was taxed or specially assessed in the name(s) of Paradise Villas Castle Pines LLC for said year 2011.That a Treasurer’s Deed will be issued for said real estate to the said Uemco Real Estate Fund LLC at 1:00 o’clock P.M., on the 28th day of January 2016, unless the same has been redeemed. Said property may be redeemed from said sale at any time prior to the actual execution of said Treasurer’s Deed. Witness my hand this 5th day of October 2015. /s/ Diane A. Holbert County Treasurer of Douglas County Legal Notice No.: 927882 First Publication: October 15, 2015 Last Publication: October 29, 2015 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press Public Notice NOTICE OF PURCHASE OF REAL ESTATE AT TAX LIEN SALE AND OF APPLICATION FOR ISSUANCE OF TREASURER’S DEED To Every Person in Actual Possession or Occupancy of the hereinafter Described Land, Lot or Premises, and to the Person in Whose Name the Same was Taxed or Specially Assessed, and to all Persons having an Interest or Title of Record in or to the said Premises and To Whom It May Concern, and more especially to: OCCUPANT - Cameron D or Nancy I Mee - Candido A Mata & Fe P Mata - Eaton Land & Cattle Co II, a General Partnership c/o Plaza Assoc. Inc - Neil J Rudolph, General Partner, Eaton Land & Cattle Co c/o Plaza Assoc. Inc - Rusco Land and Cattle Co - Eaton Land & Cattle Co II, a General Partnership c/o Rusco Land and Cattle Co - Neil J Rudolph, General Partner, Eaton Land & Cattle Co c/o Rusco Land and Cattle Co You and each of you are hereby notified that on the 20th day of October 2011 the then County Treasurer of the County of Douglas, in the State of Colorado, sold at public tax lien sale to Cameron D or Nancy I Mee the following described real estate situate in the County of Douglas, State of Colorado, to wit: LOT 49 OAK HILLS 1 5.77 AM/L and said County Treasurer issued a certificate of purchase therefore to Cameron D or Nancy I Mee. That said tax lien sale was made to satisfy the delinquent taxes assessed against said real estate for the year 2010;That said real estate was taxed or specially assessed in the name(s) of Candido A & Fe P Mata for said year 2010.That a Treasurer’s Deed will be issued for said real estate to the said Cameron D or Nancy I Mee at 1:00 o’clock P.M., on the 28th day of January 2016, unless the same has been redeemed.

Said property may be redeemed from said sale at any time prior to the actual execution of said Treasurer’s Deed. Witness my hand this 5th day of October 2015. /s/ Diane A. Holbert County Treasurer of Douglas County

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/s/ Diane A. Holbert County Treasurer of Douglas County Legal Notice No.: 927883 First Publication: October 15, 2015 Last Publication: October 29, 2015 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press Public Notice NOTICE OF PURCHASE OF REAL ESTATE AT TAX LIEN SALE AND OF APPLICATION FOR ISSUANCE OF TREASURER’S DEED

To Every Person in Actual Possession or Occupancy of the hereinafter Described Land, Lot or Premises, and to the Person in Whose Name the Same was Taxed or Specially Assessed, and to all Persons having an Interest or Title of Record in or to the said Premises and To Whom It May Concern, and more especially to:

OCCUPANT - Alexander Pankonin, as authorized signer for Aronowitz & Mecklenburg LLP Attorney in Fact for Fannie Mae a/k/a Federal National Mortgage Association – Alexander Pankonin, as authorized signer for Aoronowitz & Mecklenburg LLP Attorney in Fact for Fannie Mae a/k/a Federal National Mortgage AssociationAronowitz & Mecklenburg, LLP as attorney in fact for Fannie Mae a/k/a Federal Mortgage Association - Fannie Mae A/K/A Federal National Mortgage Association Maximum Property Management - Michael M Noyes, Atty. - Settler's Village SubAssociation of Highlands Ranch Community Association Inc - Tammy Hall, Agent, c/o Settler's Village SubAssociation of Highlands Ranch Community Association Inc - Thomas Lee & Yue-Ling Li - Uemco Real Estate Fund LLC

You and each of you are hereby notified that on the 5th day of November 2012 the then County Treasurer of the County of Douglas, in the State of Colorado, sold at public tax lien sale to Uemco Real Estate Fund LLC the following described real estate situate in the County of Douglas, State of Colorado, to wit: LOT 186 HIGHLANDS RANCH #61-A 0.024 AM/L

and said County Treasurer issued a certificate of purchase therefore to Uemco Real Estate Fund LLC. That said tax lien sale was made to satisfy the delinquent taxes assessed against said real estate for the year 2011; That said real estate was taxed or specially assessed in the name(s) of Thomas Lee & Yue-Ling Li for said year 2011.That a Treasurer’s Deed will be issued for said real estate to the said Uemco Real Estate Fund LLC at 1:00 o’clock P.M., on the 28th day of January 2016, unless the same has been redeemed. Said property may be redeemed from said sale at any time prior to the actual execution of said Treasurer’s Deed. Witness my hand this 5th day of October 2015. /s/ Diane A. Holbert County Treasurer of Douglas County Legal Notice No.: 927884 First Publication: October 15, 2015 Last Publication: October 29, 2015 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press Public Notice NOTICE OF PURCHASE OF REAL ESTATE AT TAX LIEN SALE AND OF APPLICATION FOR ISSUANCE OF TREASURER’S DEED

To Every Person in Actual Possession or Occupancy of the hereinafter Described Land, Lot or Premises, and to the Person in Whose Name the Same was Taxed or Specially Assessed, and to all Persons having an Interest or Title of Record in or to the said Premises and To Whom It May Concern, and more especially to:

OCCUPANT - OCCUPANT - Blue Sky Property Investments LLC - Cheryl Ellis, Authorized Agent c/o Cottonwood South Development LLC, a Colorado limited liability company - Clarion Mortgage Capital Inc - Cottonwood South Development LLC, a Colorado limited liability company FAHTC - Forbush Legal Offices PC Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc aka MERS - Ocwen Loan Servicing LLC - Public Trustee, Douglas County -Sarah M Holmen aka Sarah MacLeod Holmen - Uemco Real Estate Fund LLC

You and each of you are hereby notified that on the 5th day of November 2012 the then County Treasurer of the County of Douglas, in the State of Colorado, sold at public tax lien sale to Uemco Real Estate Fund LLC the following described real estate situate in the County of Douglas, State of Colorado, to wit: GARAGE UNIT G-12-F PRAIRIE WALK ON CHERRY CREEK CONDOS MAP 9

and said County Treasurer issued a certificate of purchase therefore to Uemco Real Estate Fund LLC. That said tax lien sale was made to satisfy the delinquent taxes assessed against said real estate for the year 2011; That said real estate was taxed or specially assessed in the name(s) of Sarah M Holmen for said year 2011.That a Treasurer’s Deed will be issued for said real estate to the said Uemco Real Estate Fund LLC at 1:00 o’clock P.M., on the 28th day of January 2016, unless the same has been redeemed. Said property may be redeemed from said sale at any time prior to the actual execution of said Treasurer’s Deed.

Witness my hand this 5th day of October 2015. /s/ Diane A. Holbert County Treasurer of Douglas County Legal Notice No.: 927885 First Publication: October 15, 2015 Last Publication: October 29, 2015 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press Public Notice NOTICE OF PURCHASE OF REAL ESTATE AT TAX LIEN SALE AND OF APPLICATION FOR ISSUANCE OF TREASURER’S DEED

To Every Person in Actual Possession or Occupancy of the hereinafter Described Land, Lot or Premises, and to the Person in Whose Name the Same was Taxed or Specially Assessed, and to all Persons having an Interest or Title of Record in or to the said Premises and To Whom It May Concern, and more especially to:

OCCUPANT - Blake Brungardt & Christine Brungardt aka Blake Brungardt & Christine Brungardt as joint tenants Blake Brungardt, a Single Person and Christine Brungardt, a Married Person Colorado Mortgage Alliance, LLC aka Colorado Mortgage Alliance, LLC Limited Liability Company - Fannie Mae A/K/A Federal National Mortgage Association Foothills Title - Judith A Willie, VPLD c/o Colorado Mortgage Alliance LLC - Law Office of Michael P Medved, PC, Attorney in Fact for Fannie Mae A/K/A Federal National Mortgage Association - Public Trustee, Douglas County - Tracie Castanon,

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October 29, 2015

South metro soccer teams make playoffs Arapahoe is seeded fourth in Class 5A Staff report State soccer playoff pairings were released Oct. 25, and 10 south metro

teams will play opening-round games on Oct. 29.

In Quadrant 1, 25 seed Legacy will play eighth-seeded ThunderRidge at Shea Stadium. No. 6 Heritage will host No. 27 Bear Creek in Quadrant 2. No. 29 Rock Canyon will face No. 4 Arapahoe in a 3:30 p.m. game at Arapahoe in Quadrant 2, while No. 28 Mountain

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Lacy Zedra led the Jaguars with six blocks, Reven Bradbury was credited with 20 digs, and Kylar Lane had 45 assists.

Sophomore Annie Ell had 19 kills and 30 assists for Mountain Vista. Amanda Keller, another sophomore, was a force late in the match and had 11 kills and six blocks. Taylor DuBray had 31 assists to go along with 12 kills, and McKinnon Brown finished with 31 assists.

They said it Rock Canyon coach Angela Nylund-Hanson believes her team started to have fun, which was one of the keys to the victory.

Vista plays at No. 5 Monarch in another Quadrant 2 contest.

No. 26 Douglas County travels to the Stutler Bowl for a 4 p.m. match against No. 7 Cherry Creek in Quadrant 4, while No. 39 Legend plays No. 10 Lincoln in a 4 p.m. contest.

Ponderosa is seeded eighth in the Class 4A bracket and will play No. 25

Pueblo West in a 5 p.m. Quandrant 1 game at Sports Authority Stadium.

No. 28 Harrison will play No. 7 Littleton in a Quadrant 4 match, while No. 19 Valor Christian meets No. 14 Lewis Palmer in a 6 p.m., Quadrant 3 game at Don Breese Stadium. Second round games are scheduled for Nov. 4.

Rock Canyon sophomore Keeley Davis led the Jaguars with 18 kills and a serving percentage of 100 in the Jaguars’ comback 3-2 win over Mountain Vista on Oct. 22. Photo by Jim Benton

“Nerves were getting the best of us,” she said. “We knew we were going to play in that third game and they were going to be a little lazy because they got the first two. This was a really big win. We just focused on having fun. Make them have fun and smile, and that makes them play different.”

“We kind of let down a little in the third,” admitted Schafer. “That gave them some confidence and they played a lot better. They started playing defense. We played well. It wasn’t that anybody played poorly. There were just a few points that could have gone either way.”

Going forward Rock Canyon and Mountain Vista will participate in the Dakota Ridge tournament Oct. 30-31. There will be 36 Class 5A teams playing in 12 regional tournaments, which must be completed by Nov. 7. The state tournament is set for Nov. 13-14 at the Denver Coliseum.

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To Every Person in Actual Possession or Occupancy of the hereinafter Described Land, Lot or Premises, and to the Person in Whose Name the Same was Taxed or Specially Assessed, and to all Persons having an Interest or Title of Record in or to the said Premises and To Whom It May Concern, and more especially to:

To Every Person in Actual Possession from or a surprising source.

Occupancy of the hereinafter Described Land, Lot or Premises, and to the Person SAGITTARIUS (November 22 to December 21) in Whose Name the Same was Taxed or With more information to work with, you might Specially Assessed, and to all Persons having an Interest or Title of Record in now or be able to start the process that could lead to the said Premises and To Whom It May to a major change. Reserve the weekend for Concern, and more especially to: family and friends.

OCCUPANT - Blake Brungardt & Christine Brungardt aka Blake Brungardt & Christine Brungardt as joint tenants Blake Brungardt, a Single Person and Christine Brungardt, a Married Person Colorado Mortgage Alliance, LLC aka Colorado Mortgage Alliance, LLC Limited Liability Company - Fannie Mae A/K/A Federal National Mortgage Association Foothills Title - Judith A Willie, VPLD c/o Colorado Mortgage Alliance LLC - Law Office of Michael P Medved, PC, Attorney in Fact for Fannie Mae A/K/A Federal National Mortgage Association - Public Trustee, Douglas County - Tracie Castanon, as Sec/Treasurer c/o Law Office of Michael P Medved, PC, Attorney in Fact for Fannie Mae A/K/A Federal National Mortgage Association - Uemco Real Estate Fund LLC - Wells Fargo Bank NA -Wells Fargo Home Mortgage - WFHM, Docs X2599-024

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Public Notice NOTICE OF PURCHASE OF REAL ESTATE AT TAX LIEN SALE AND OF APPLICATION FOR ISSUANCE OF TREASURER’S DEED To Every Person in Actual Possession or Occupancy of the hereinafter Described Land, Lot or Premises, and to the Person in Whose Name the Same was Taxed or Specially Assessed, and to all Persons having an Interest or Title of Record in or to the said Premises and To Whom It May Concern, and more especially to:

OCCUPANT - Blake Brungardt & Christine Brungardt aka Blake Brungardt & Christine Brungardt as joint tenants Blake Brungardt, a Single Person and Christine Brungardt, a Married Person Colorado Mortgage Alliance, LLC aka Colorado Mortgage Alliance, LLC Limited Liability Company - Fannie Mae A/K/A Federal National Mortgage Association Foothills Title - Judith A Willie, VPLD c/o Colorado Mortgage Alliance LLC - Law Office of Michael P Medved, PC, Attorney in Fact for Fannie Mae A/K/A Federal National Mortgage Association - Public Trustee, Douglas County - Tracie Castanon, as Sec/Treasurer c/o Law Office of Michael P Medved, PC, Attorney in Fact for Fannie Mae A/K/A Federal National Mortgage Association - Uemco Real Estate Fund LLC - Wells Fargo Bank NA -Wells Fargo Home Mortgage - WFHM, Docs X2599-024

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You and each of you are hereby notified that on the 5th day of November 2012 the then County Treasurer of the County of Douglas, in the State of Colorado, sold at public tax lien sale to Uemco Real Estate Fund LLC the following described real estate situate in the County of Douglas, State of Colorado, to wit: GARAGE UNIT 71 CASTLE VILLAS CONDOS FIFTH SUPPLEMENT TO CONDO MAP RELATED # 0427723 and said County Treasurer issued a certificate of purchase therefore to Uemco Real Estate Fund LLC. That said tax lien sale was made to satisfy the delinquent

Public Notice NOTICE OF PURCHASE OF REAL ESTATE AT TAX LIEN SALE AND OF APPLICATION FOR ISSUANCE OF TREASURER’S DEED To Every Person in Actual Possession or Occupancy of the hereinafter Described Land, Lot or Premises, and to the Person in Whose Name the Same was Taxed or Specially Assessed, and to all Persons having an Interest or Title of Record in or to the said Premises and To Whom It May Concern, and more especially to:

You and each of you are hereby notified that on the 5th day of November 2012 the then County Treasurer of the County of Douglas, in the State of Colorado, sold at public tax lien sale to Uemco Real Estate Fund LLC the following described real estate situate in the County of Douglas, State of Colorado, to wit: GARAGE UNIT 71 CASTLE VILLAS CONDOS FIFTH SUPPLEMENT TO CONDO MAP R ELATED # 0427723

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and said County Treasurer issued a certificate of purchase therefore to Uemco Real Estate Fund LLC. That said tax lien sale was made to satisfy the delinquent taxes assessed against said real estate for the year 2011; That said real estate was taxed or specially assessed in the name(s) of Blake Brungardt & Christine Brungardt for said year 2011. That a Treasurer’s Deed will be issued for said real estate to the said Uemco Real Estate Fund LLC at 1:00 o’clock P.M., on the 28th day of January 2016, unless the same has been redeemed. Said property may be redeemed from said sale at any time prior to the actual execution of said Treasurer’s Deed. Witness my hand this 5th day of October 2015. /s/ Diane A. Holbert County Treasurer of Douglas County Legal Notice No.: 927886 First Publication: October 15, 2015 Last Publication: October 29, 2015 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press

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OCCUPANT - ATFH Real Property LLC, a Florida limited liability company aka ATFH Real Property LLC - Brian C Erickson Brian Lynch, V.P. c/o JW Liens LLC - Brian Lynch, V.P. c/o ATFH Real Property, LLC - Cameron D or Nancy I Mee - JW Liens LLC, a Florida Limited Liability Company aka JW Liens, LLC - Randy Allemang, V.P. c/o Wells Fargo Capital Finance LLC f/k/a WFF as Secured Party Wells Fargo Capital Finance LLC f/k/a WFF as Secured Party

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You and each of you are hereby notified that on the 20th day of October 2011 the then County Treasurer of the County of Douglas, in the State of Colorado, sold at public tax lien sale to Cameron D or Nancy I Mee the following described real estate situate in the County of Douglas, State of Colorado, to wit: LOT 10 BLK 2 PULTE HOMES @ ROXBOROUGH VILLAGE #3 .097 AM/L and said County Treasurer issued a certificate of purchase therefore to Cameron D or Nancy I Mee. That said tax lien sale was made to satisfy the delinquent taxes assessed against said real estate for the year 2010; That said real estate was taxed or specially assessed in the name(s) of ATFH Real Property LLC for said year 2010.That a Treasurer’s Deed will be issued for said real estate to the said Cameron D or Nancy I Mee at 1:00 o’clock P.M., on the 28th day of January 2016, unless the same has been redeemed.

Said property may be redeemed from said

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You and each of you are hereby notified that on the 20th day of October 2011 the PISCES (February 19 to March 20) Someone then County Treasurer of the County of be trying to disguise his or her true moDouglas, in the State of Colorado, sold might at tives. But the perceptive and perspicacious Pipublic tax lien sale to Cameron D or Nancy I Mee the following described real sces should have little or no problem finding the estate situate in the County of Douglas, truth in all that foggy rhetoric.

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and said County Treasurer issued a certificate of purchase therefore to Cameron D or Nancy I Mee. That said tax lien sale was made to satisfy the delinquent taxes assessed against said real estate for the year 2010; That said real estate was taxed or specially assessed in the name(s) of ATFH Real Property LLC for said year 2010.That a Treasurer’s Deed will be issued for said real estate to the said Cameron D or Nancy I Mee at 1:00 o’clock P.M., on the 28th day of January 2016, unless the same has been redeemed.

Said property may be redeemed from said sale at any time prior to the actual execution of said Treasurer’s Deed. Witness my hand this 5th day of October 2015.

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/s/ Diane A. Holbert County Treasurer of Douglas County Legal Notice No.: 927887 First Publication: October 15, 2015 Last Publication: October 29, 2015 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press Public Notice PURSUANT TO THE LIQUOR LAW OF THE STATE OF COLORADO, Cuba Cuba II, LLC d/b/a Cuba Cuba Sandwicheria, whose address is 870 Bonnie Brae Blvd, Denver, Colorado, has requested the Licensing Officials of Douglas County to grant a Hotel And Restaurant Liquor License at the location of 9567 S. University Blvd, #C-1A, Highlands Ranch, Colorado, to dispense Malt, Vinous and

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PURSUANT TO THE LIQUOR LAW OF THE STATE OF COLORADO,

Cuba Cuba II, LLC d/b/a Cuba Cuba Sandwicheria, whose address is 870 Bonnie Brae Blvd, Denver, Colorado, has requested the Licensing Officials of Douglas County to grant a Hotel And Restaurant Liquor License at the location of 9567 S. University Blvd, #C-1A, Highlands Ranch, Colorado, to dispense Malt, Vinous and Spirituous Liquors by the drink for consumption on the premises. The Public Hearing on this application is to be held by the Douglas County Local Liquor Licensing Authority at 100 Third Street, Castle Rock, Colorado on December 11, 2015, at approximately 1:30 p.m.

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Date of Application: October 14, 2015 Officers: Joseph David Karam Kristina Socarras Bigelow Legal Notice No.: 927957 First Publication: October 29, 2015 Last Publication: October 29, 2015 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press

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October 29, 2015

Attention, 8th graders:

LPS welcomes the Class of 2020!

You are invited to attend:

Heritage High School Freshmen Showcase HHS Theater Tues., Nov. 3, 2015 6:30 p.m.

Arapahoe High School Freshmen Showcase Sitting Eagle Gym Wed., Dec. 2, 2015 6 p.m.

Littleton High School Lion Pride Preview and International Baccalaureate Program Info.

LHS Theater Thurs., Nov. 5, 2015 6:30 p.m.

All interested high school students are welcome to attend these events!

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