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December 20, 2018D

Businesses get reprieve from new sales tax rules May 31 is new date for protocol to take effect

BY TABATHA STEWART SPECIAL TO COLORADO COMMUNITY MEDIA

The Colorado Department of Revenue has extended the deadline for Colorado businesses to comply with new sales tax rules to May 31, 2019.

The emergency rules, which were enacted Sept. 26, originally were to take effect Nov. 30, but amid concerns from legislators and the business community, the DOR announced that it was granting an extension until May 31.

“As part of our rulemaking process to implement sales tax rules for in-state and out-of-state retailers, we have heard from legislators and the business community, and the Department of Revenue agrees it is important for the state to take the time to get this right,” said Colorado Department of Revenue Executive Director Mike Hartman.

According to Dan Carr, Department of Revenue taxation communications manager, Colorado is among 33 states that created the emergency rules in response to the Supreme Court ruling in the case of South Dakota vs.

Wayfair, in which South Dakota won the right to receive sales tax on items purchased on the internet and shipped to the state.

The emergency rules make it mandatory for Colorado retailers who ship products out of their jurisdiction to collect sales tax based on the rate of where the item is shipped. Supporters of the decision have said the move levels the playing field and could bring in as much as $48 million in revenue to Colorado in the first year, with as much as $200 million in subsequent years.

“This has opened the door for all states to say `We can fix this unfair competition problem and start telling internet sites they have to pay sales tax,’” said Democratic state Rep. Tracy Kraft-Tharp of Arvada, chair of the Sales and Use Tax Simplification Task Force. “This new law could bring in as much as $48 million this year.”

The website colorado.gov/tax was created by the DOR to help Colorado retailers understand and navigate the new laws, and includes a “hold harmless” list that makes it easier for business owners to look up the tax at the item’s destination.

“If a retailer uses the platform and the charge is wrong, they will be held harmless,” said Carr.

The DOR will evaluate the need for another extension as May 31 nears, and Carr said the additional time will give the state Legislature an opportunity to find innovative solutions to streamline and simplify our sales tax collection laws in accordance with the wishes of the residents of Colorado.

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Highlands Ranch Community Association guest services employee About me I was born in Bend, Oregon and raised in Colorado since 1967. We lived in a small town and my father wanted to be in the city. I graduated from Arapahoe High School.

I was a stay-at-home mom and I had a daycare at the house, worked for Littleton Public Schools and decorated cakes to make ends meet. I worked for a tour company for nine years in customer service. I had my own cleaning business for seven years. From there, I was offered a contracting job with Intel.

I moved to Highlands Ranch eight years ago. I have three grown children and five grandchildren with one more on the way.

At Westridge Rec Center I started exercising here and thought, OK this looks like it would be fun. I’ll be here two years in February. I get here at 4:30 a.m., before the facility opens at 5 a.m. I greet and welcome every person.

The people here are wonderful. The members are wonderful. I try calling every one of them by name. We all have a name — we should use it. We have a group of seniors — we call them the gang — that comes in and they are absolutely hilarious. I love them.

Sara Harper has greeted guests at Westridge Recreation Center for nearly two years. The people, she said, are wonderful.

ALEX DEWIND What I like about the community As a whole, it has a hometown feel.

As neighbors, we all help each other.

There are a lot of things to do here, whether it be hiking or riding horses in the Backcountry to all of the activities that the HRCA and metro district offer. We have such a vast array of activities.

I do a lot of walking in the open space. I take my dogs on walks and use the dog parks. I enjoy doing PIYO — half Pilates, half yoga — at the rec centers.

Fun fact I love to travel. I love going to the Oregon coast. My mom’s background is English, so going back to England is very special.

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Residents interested in helping to plan the future of Douglas County are invited to apply for open positions on the Douglas County Planning Commission.

Each commissioner district has an opening, and members meet the first and third Mondays of each month.

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For information, contact the Douglas County Commissioners’ Office at 303660-7401.

CLARIFICATION An article in the Dec. 6 edition about an altercation between a white student and a black student at Mountain Vista High School should have stated that authorities said the white student used a racial slur during the confrontation. Officials did not say toward whom the slur was directed.

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December 20, 2018

2019 FARES Effective January 1, 2019

In RTD’s continuing efforts to provide safe, clean, reliable, courteous, accessible and cost-effective service for all members of the community we serve, our Board of Directors approved a new fare policy that will take effect on January 1, 2019.

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December 20, 2018D

Orphaned ornaments await owners County saves treasures from discarded trees

BY NICK PUCKETT NPUCKETT@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

At the Douglas County Parks and Trails Division office in Highlands Ranch, a 3-foot-tall Christmas tree holds a bevy of family treasures: custom ornaments, about 30 of them, forgotten on trees after the holiday season.

County workers find dozens of ornaments every year on trees discarded as part of a county program. Most of the time, the ornaments are hidden after a tree was stripped of its decorations. Other times they find trees fully decorated. The commercial-looking decorations, like the ball ornaments, are thrown away. That used to be the fate of all forgotten ornaments until last year.

County workers began collecting ornaments they thought held sentimental value. On one ornament is a photo of a golden retriever. On another is a silver cup with a teddy bear that says “Baby’s First Christmas 2000.” Another has a photo of a baby girl named Lucy on her first Christmas from 2005.

Randy Burkhardt, of Douglas County Parks and Trails, said the reasons for collecting the ornaments is personal.

The “Christmas Tree of Lost Ornaments” is a collection of lost-and-found decorations with sentimental value, like this photo of Lucy on her first Christmas in 2005.

Randy Burkhardt of the Douglas County Parks and Trails Division with the “Christmas Tree of Lost Ornaments” at the division’s Highlands Ranch office. The trees consists of sentimental ornaments found after yearly Christmas tree collection.

PHOTOS BY NICK PUCKETT “We think of the county citizens as family. We know that if someone in our family had lost one of these, we would want to get it back to them.” Burkhardt said. Burkhardt is the assistant director of parks, trails and building grounds. “We want to get them back to the place they should be. Not on our tree of lost ornaments, but where they should be.”

The Douglas County Parks and Trails department collects discarded Christmas trees after the holidays as a service to residents. The trees are

shredded by a wood chipper at three locations across the county.

The “Christmas Tree of Lost Ornaments” at the Highlands Ranch office sits in the building’s lobby decorated from top to bottom with lost-and-found family ornaments. The oldest one dangling from a branch is labeled as belonging to the Yelk family and dated from 1984.

“Someone may have lost it and not even known it,” Burkhardt said.

“Here’s an opportunity for them to possibly find something that has

sentimental value.”

So far, no one has claimed any of the saved ornaments. Each ornament is photographed and posted in a slideshow on the county’s website, douglas. co.us/dcoutdoors/lost-ornaments.

If you lost an ornament, you can visit the Douglas County Parks and Trails office in Highlands Ranch at 9651 S. Quebec St. or you can call the office at 720-733-6990.

Burkhardt said his favorite ornament will be the first one that returns to its rightful owner.

“We see this as building upon itself,” Burkhardt said. “I’m sure families think, ‘Oh, they’re gone forever.’ Well, maybe not.”

Michelle Obama, Santa Claus share holiday cheer with kids Children’s Hospital Colorado welcomes two special guests

BY JOSEPH RIOS JRIOS@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

There was a buzz in the air at the Children’s Hospital Colorado in Aurora as children began to slowly make their way to the hospital’s lobby. The children, ages 3 to 17, were patients of the Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders, Neurosciences Institute, Heart Institute, Rehabilitation, Orthopedics Institute and trauma and surgery departments. They had no idea what they were about to see — they just knew that they were going to some type of holiday event.

As the children made their way to the lobby that was decorated with a sky-high Christmas tree and two large, white chairs, it became apparent amongst the crowd that this wasn’t just any event.

Families and individuals

Obama answers a question about if she is going to run for President. “The answer is no,” she said. “I have two girls who spent eight years with the spotlight on them. They’ve had to struggle with living a normal life.”

PHOTOS BY JOSEPH RIOS packed balconies above the lobby to watch as former first lady Michelle Obama and

Santa Claus entered the room to a roar from the crowd.

Obama, who is in Denver as

part of a tour for her book, “Becoming,” started off the event by reading “The Night

Before Christmas.” Once the book was finished, she answered questions that the children had.

“What inspires me? It’s kids like you,” Obama told the crowd. “Whenever I meet kids like you guys, it gives me a reason to work harder.”

Leslie Hernandez, a child who sat through the event in a wheelchair, said she felt inspired by seeing the former first lady in person.

“It makes me happy that she came to visit us. I got to see a famous person today,” Hernandez said with a big grin on her face.

Once Obama left, Santa handed children presents like books and board games.

Obama has met with other children on her book tour, including at Whitney Young High School in Chicago and the Boys and Girls Club in Boston.

“It was awesome. The timing was beautiful, and I think she is such a great role model for young women, and Americans in general,” said Roslyn Swinton, a mother of one of the children in attendance.

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December 20, 2018D

Physically challenged athlete takes world title in trail race ‘You have to have a positive outlook,’ says man whose life changed in military accident

Craig Vogtsberger nears the finish line at the XTERRA Trail Run World Championship on Dec. 2 in Hawaii. He placed first in the Physically Challenged Male Division.

BY ALEX DEWIND ADEWIND@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Seventeen years ago when he was serving in the Bosnia Peace Operation, Craig Vogtsberger was crushed between two military trucks. He was left with a traumatic brain injury, spinal injury, partial paralysis and nerve disorder.

Doctors said he would never walk again.

Since then, Vogtsberger has participated in more than 100 foot races and triathlons. On Dec. 2, he placed first in his division in the XTERRA Trail

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Run World Championship in Hawaii.

XTERRA is an off-road race and lifestyle brand. Vogtsberger completed the intensive, 13-mile course through ankle-deep mud, up a set of stairs, and

down a steep hill, in three hours and six minutes.

“The human body is capable of so much more than you think,” said Vogtsberger, 44. “You have to get there

mentally — you have to have a positive outlook and believe in yourself.”

Vogtsberger, a Highlands Ranch resident, was born in Illinois and raised in different states across the country. His father worked in the oil business.

At the University of Oklahoma, he joined the National Guard. He wanted to follow in the footsteps of the men in his family who served in the military, he said. After graduating from college, Vogtsberger joined the United States Capitol Police in Washington, D.C. He was then sent overseas to Bosnia, where one moment forever changed his life.

Vogtsberger’s accident in 2001 caused 63 injuries. He spent the following five years in and out of the hospital, relying on a wheelchair, cane and crutches.

He spiraled into a dark depression and had frequent panic attacks.

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December 20, 2018

Agreement addresses traffic concerns in northwest Douglas County New roads will ease traffic congestion, improve public safety, county officials say

BY ALEX DEWIND ADEWIND@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

A partnership between the Sterling Ranch Community Authority Board and Douglas County will address traffic concerns in the growing northwest region of the county.

Per an intergovernmental agreement signed Nov. 13, construction of two roadways that will offer motorists a third route in and out of the Chatfield Valley will begin next year.

County officials say the project will ease traffic congestion in the area.

Sterling Ranch is expected to grow by 33,000 people over the next 20 years. At completion, the $4.4 billion multi-generational development is expected to have 12,000 homes on 3,400 acres with schools, churches, shopping, recreation and innovative technology.

About 260 homes are currently filled.

On Dec. 4, the Douglas County Board of Commissioners unanimously approved a third preliminary filing that will bring hundreds more.

County officials say the additional route is necessary for incident management and emergency-response time.

“When all completed, these projects will provide additional access to the Roxborough and Chatfield communities to Highway 85 and Waterton Canyon to address traffic issues of access, convenience and safety for years to come,” Douglas County Commissioner Roger Partridge said in an email.

Alternate route In February 2019, Douglas County will begin construction of a two- and three-lane road —known as the Southern Connector — connecting Moore Road to the intersection of Airport Road and Louviers Boulevard, west of Highway 85. The county’s Road Sales and Use Tax Fund will fund the $15 million, roughly three-mile stretch.

Sterling Ranch has agreed to fund $15 million of phase two of the project, called Waterton Central. The two-lane road — with room for up to six lanes — will extend Waterton Road east from the North Rampart Range Road intersection in Roxborough to Moore Road, about 3 miles.

The county will provide an advancement of $5 million to fast-track phase two. Sterling Ranch is required to pay back the funds with interest within five years, according to county documents.

Construction of phase two is expected to begin in the middle of next year.

When both roads are completed in an estimated three years, motorists will have an alternate route from the Chatfield Valley south to Castle Rock or Colorado Springs. County officials say travelers will save two to three miles of driving.

Public safety Currently, only two roads exist in and out of Roxborough, a community of about 9,000 people west of Highlands Ranch. Titan Road — the majority is two lanes —connects Roxborough to Highway 85 and Waterton Road stretches north to Wadsworth Boulevard and C-470.

The limited access puts pressure on Titan Road, which sees about 17,000 motorists a day on a stretch near Highway 85, according to Matt Williams, Douglas County’s development review manager. A variety of motorists travel the road, from commuters to school bus drivers to residents of Sterling Ranch.

In 2017, 13 accidents happened on Titan Road, according to Chief Deputy Tim Moore of the Douglas County Sheriff ’s Office. In 2018, there were 23.

“An accident can back up the road for two hours,” Moore said. “A serious accident could close the road for a couple of hours.”

The additional route will also improve safety in the case of a natural disaster, such as a wildfire or flooding, county officials say.

In Moore’s 28 years with the sheriff ’s office, Roxborough has had to evacuate two times due to wildfires.

Both instances occurred at night.

“There is no way that the two current roads can manage that type of vehicular traffic when there is not an emergency,” Moore said of the projected growth of the area. “When there is an emergency, it’s a huge problem.”

Moore said the project is long overdue.

“We see this as a massive improvement for public safety to get in and to get out when there is heavy traffic or an emergency,” he said.

Solving a regional problem Harold Smethills, managing director of Sterling Ranch, foresees the additional route benefiting existing residents of the Chatfield Valley and future residents of his development.

Traffic has been an ongoing concern among residents in the region, he said.

“The one prevailing message that we heard time and again from the Roxborough community was related to transportation and connectivity throughout the Chatfield Valley,” Smethills said in a news release. “We’re looking forward (to) providing a solution that has been on the Douglas County Master Plan for many years but without the funding or partner to solve it.”

Amy Sherman, CEO of the Northwest Douglas County Economic Development Corporation, has a similar outlook.

“Our organization has long been an advocate for the Waterton Extension and Southern Connector,” Sherman said in the news release. “This important addition to the mobility network in our region will help residents and employees travel safer and more efficiently.”

Christmas Douglas County offices will close at Noon Dec. 24 through Dec. 25 for the Christmas Holiday.

Many county services are available online at www.douglas.co.us

Funds available to serve at-risk Veterans Emergency assistance is available to veterans struggling with housing (mortgage and rent payments), transportation, employment, healthcare or other emergency needs. To apply for the veterans assistance funds visit www.douglasveterans.org or call 303663.6200.

Christmas tree recycling For drop-off locations, times and dates, as well as instructions on how to prepare a tree for recycling, visit www.douglas.co.us and search for Christmas tree recycling.

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December 20, 2018D

CHAMP

Craig Vogtsberger competed in his first XTERRA Trail Run World Championship on Dec. 2 in Hawaii.

The 44-year-old Highlands Ranch resident placed first in the Physically Challenged Male Division.

FROM PAGE 6

He went bankrupt from the neverending medical bills — his Department of Veterans Affairs benefits didn’t take effect for three years. His wife left him. His family lived out of state.

“Everyone just kind of quit on me,” Vogtsberger said. “I thought, this isn’t living, this is barely existing.”

In 2006, Vogtsberger saw an ad in the newspaper for a triathlon and thought: “That is living.” He found a trainer and day-by-day started to regain his life back. He walked a quarter-mile on the treadmill, which increased to a half-mile, which led to a mile.

The pain was excruciating, he said.

But he never quit.

“It was basically like starting over, relearning everything,” Vogtsberger said.

Two years later, a doctor introduced

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Vogtsberger to a dynamic leg brace — the BlueROCKER by Allard USA — that boosted his performance. The brace stabilizes Vogtsberger’s left leg, which is partially paralyzed. He went on to compete in eight XTERRA World Championships and earn two titles.

Vogtsberger is the most decorated, physically challenged athlete in the company’s history, with nine regional off-road triathlon titles, five trail run titles and five USA Championship

crowns since 2008, a media release says.

Vogtsberger started a recent December day with yoga, followed by a comprehensive swimming session and hour-long run. He trains at least six days a week. His goal is to qualify for the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo.

His coach, Christine Palmquist, will try to help him achieve that goal. The two met in 2015 at an international

triathlon race in Mexico. Palmquist coaches Vogtsberger remotely from Chicago, where she lives. They communicate throughout the day about his training routines, mindset and health.

“He is a very strong athlete,” Palmquist said. “When you meet him, you immediately have the feeling that he is not actually suffering from too many impairments, when actually he is. He has a lot of injuries from that pretty catastrophic event.”

When he isn’t training, Vogtsberger spends time with his wife and three kids. He takes his 3-year-old daughter to the park. He goes on jogs with his stepson. He’s working on a fiction novel and a book of a blueprint for other physically challenged athletes.

Vogtsberger struggles daily. He never knows if his body will quit on him, he said. But his passion for competing pushes him forward.

“You have to find that thing,” Vogtsberger said. “Whatever that thing you love is, that is what you focus on.”

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December 20, 2018

Parkour creates caring community As sport booms in Colorado, gyms promote inclusivity, safety

BY CASEY VAN DIVIER CASEYVANDIVIER@YAHOO.COM

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Ayden Perkins, 14, scales Path Movement’s warped wall, a replica from the popular television show “American Ninja Warrior.” Perkins has been training at Path Movement in Littleton for around four years. sport is gaining momentum all across the nation, Fiacco said.

“Ten years ago, there was nothing, and now there’s 100,000 people doing it,” he said.

Staying safe For both gyms, the increase in popularity means more customers, but it doesn’t have to mean an increase in injuries. Fiacco and Arrington, whose gyms often see 100 customers per day, said the best way to minimize risk is to educate athletes on safety.

“I made sure everybody who walked through the gym took our introductory class,” Arrington said. “We teach you how to fall, we teach you how to roll, we teach you how to learn to be safe.”

Parkour athletes Julian Frazier and Shae Perkins, who often train together at APEX Movement, said out of all the sports they’ve tried, parkour has been one of the least dangerous.

“I’ve been able to manage risk a lot better in parkour because I have a lot more autonomy in how I interact with the space,” Frazier said.

“I’ve broken some fingers and ribs, nothing that was too big of a deal,” Perkins said. “Maybe it should have taken me out. I just kept training.”

As the sport works its way into the mainstream, many of the newer athletes have different aspirations than their predecessors, Perkins said, which may also lessen the risk of injury.

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en Arrington, founder of parkour gym Path Movement, knows that parkour — in which athletes often scale walls, make 9-foot leaps and traverse rails 10 feet off the ground — has a bad reputation for being dangerous.

That’s why he keeps close tabs on the safety at his gym.

He’s managed to keep injuries to a minimum. He said that out of 17,289 customer visits at the Littleton gym, there have only been three instances of broken bones.

“All people see is these kids running around on rooftops and breaking the law,” he said, “but when parkour is done correctly and taught correctly, it is safer than most sports.”

In Arrington’s 6,000-square-foot facility at 8000 S. Lincoln St., students can try their hand at a variety of feats.

The gym is a collection of boxes, rails, rings and a 14-foot “warped wall,” all of which Arrington built himself. He often rearranges the equipment so students can have new experiences.

Path Movement is one of many parkour gyms in Colorado, a state which several outlets have called a hotspot for the top sites at which to practice parkour. American Parkour, for instance, named the University of Colorado at Boulder the fourth best location for parkour athletes in America.

APEX Movement also named Colorado one of the top 10 states for parkour based on the number of times Coloradans have searched for the terms “parkour” and “freerunning” on Google.

Colorado was one of the first adopters of the sport in the Western Hemisphere. In fact, the first parkour classes on this side of the world were taught in 2006 by APEX Movement on the CU-Boulder campus. APEX has since opened three gyms in Colorado and two in California.

“APEX was definitely the first gym in Colorado, and the second gym in America,” said Vinny Fiacco, who is co-owner and general manager at APEX Movement’s gym in Denver, 700 W. Mississippi Ave. Athletes now recognize Colorado as home to one of the most thriving parkour communities.

“I stole a couple coaches from gyms in different states, and it’s because they wanted to be a part of a community that’s growing,” Arrington said.

As for why the Colorado parkour community started growing to begin with, he suggested the state’s reputation for progressiveness may have something to do with it.

“We’re pretty forward when it comes to the way that we think,” he said. “We have a state that’s very accepting of the outliers.”

Although the increase in popularity is focused in states like Colorado, the

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December 20, 2018D

VOICES

It’s a meat-and-potatoes issue, and skip the meat

QUIET DESPERATION

Craig Marshall Smith

J

ennifer has Siri on her cellphone. I have neither. I asked her, “What’s Siri?”

When she told me, I just looked at her.

I said, “Ask Siri how many games Warren Spahn won.”

A woman’s pleasant voice, not that of a robot, said, “Warren Spahn, left-handed pitcher, won 363 games with the Boston Braves, Milwaukee Braves, New York Mets, and San Francisco Giants. He was 23-7 at age 42 in 1963. He especially liked eggs Benedict and once ran over a garden hose with a lawn mower.”

I told Jennifer to tell Siri to take the day off.

The world is encamped with technologies that can auto pilot automobiles and airplanes.

Drones deliver items on behalf of Amazon, and Amazon itself is something to behold.

I have an entire slide show for an upcoming speaking engagement on a little device about

the size of three, side-by-side Chiclets.

Whatever I want, I can have (within some measureable reason, like income) right now, by tapping on some keys, including my seat on a return flight that is scheduled for next July.

Boom. Bap. Pow. Siri (and Alexa) and drones and all of the rest are wonderful, I guess, but something is lost (who said this?) when something is gained.

Think of something that is simple yet profound, doesn’t come from China, and provides an inordinate amount of value for the money?

Here are some nominations: toothbrushes, light bulbs, and No. 2 pencils.

What I have chosen for discussion? Potatoes.

Wait, don’t go.

Those dusty, dull-brown russets in produce are a humble, starchy, tuberous crop, cheap as dirt, an apple of the earth, and full of nutrients.

O LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Argument falls flat In regard to last week’s article “Finding hope on a flat earth,” the Flat-Earthers state that the world is flat, covered by a dome, and Antarctica is a wall off ice that wraps around the flatcircular edge of the Earth. If this were so, north/south round-the-world flights would be impossible as the plane would hit the dome. And how do they account for communication and weather satellites, if there is no space? Are the satellites glued to the top of the dome?

When a sailing ship with a tall mast heads out to sea, how come the mast moves downward toward the horizon as it moves on, finally disappearing, unless the world were round? If it were flat, the

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entire ship would simply shrink away into the distance, all of it in view.

Groups like this always claim the moon landing was faked, yet they seem to forget that there were six of them. When did they start faking all of this? With Sputnik? John Glenn?

The Mercury, Gemini series? And why would Russia, our Cold War enemy, not blow the lid off the story? They had the technology to track it. They would have known. Instead, they were humiliated by losing the race to the moon.

In my opinion, the people at the top of groups like this are capitalizing off of other people’s foolishness.

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I was reminded of the understated allure of potatoes recently when someone mentioned the Original Pantry Cafe, 877 S. Figueroa, in Los Angeles. Have you been there?

It’s open 24 hours a day, 365 days a day. There is no lock on the door.

It’s cash only, and unless it’s 2 in the morning, there will be a line. It will be worth it.

Every day, they peel and steam potatoes, never boiling them. They steam 20 cases a day.

That’s 180 tons a year.

Country potatoes and hash browns for breakfast, and mashed potatoes the rest of the day and night. (You can order breakfast 24 hours a day.)

“Jennifer, call the airline.”

The only thing better than a good book is a great book

ne of my conversation start- By moving quickly from one book ers and favorite questions to to the next, I wasn’t giving myself ask someone is, “What are the time to reflect on the story or the you reading these days?” message, the meaning or the lesson.

Some people are very quick with Whether it was a thrilling novel that their response as they know exactly could have inspired creativity or what they are reading, where they challenged my thinking in some way, are in the book or story, or that they or a business book where I highjust finished the book and are eager lighted and underscored awesome to give a review of what they had principles and ideas but never took recently read. the time to apply them, As someone who reads a lot, WINNING I found that I was shortI have a great appreciation changing myself in my WORDS for the types of books and quest for more. Until I took articles people read. And more a “less is more” approach importantly what they get when it comes to reading. out of the book or article. For There was this sense some, books are a getaway, that I always had to be they are pure enjoyment as reading the newest and latthey get lost and swept up in est book, the current best the story. For others, reading seller, I always had to be on is their method for continuous top of the new strategies learning and desire to grow, or and tactics that were comout of natural curiosity and Michael Norton ing out. And then I had an a desire for answers. For me aha moment while reading it’s a little bit of both as I enjoy a about one of my favorite historical good and healthy mix of fiction and figures, George Washington. The non-fiction, business and leadership, book is titled’,” George Washington history and biographies, personal on Leadership.” As I read it, and and professional development, and highlighted Washington’s principles, faith-based reading. values, strategies and tactics, I realI used to pride myself on the ized that all the newest books and number of books that I was able to articles I was so focused on making read each year. The problem was, as sure that I read, were all in some much as I was reading, the less I was learning, retaining, and applying.

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Why expanded fiduciary is important

t seems the famous “fiduciary rule” has lost steam and is no longer headline news due to delays and lack of support in general. Yet we see situations every day where clients were not ethically cared for.

This strikes me as archaic in this day and age of technology and transparency. Why are consumers not demanding FINANCIAL that their advisors STRATEGIES practice ethical standards and put the customer’s interests first in all recommendations?

This year when I renewed my Certified Financial Planner or CFP designation, the Code of Ethics and Standards of Conduct Patricia Kummer increased.

There is now an expanded fiduciary duty that all CFPs must comply with.

It is important for you to be aware of these standards as they are put into place to protect you when you work with an adviser on your financial matters.

Discussing financial matters openly was taboo just a decade ago. We are still dealing with generations of people who don’t feel comfortable sharing their

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way based on the principles, values, strategies, and tactics found in a book written about a man who lived more than 200 years ago.

That was almost 10 years ago that I had that revelation. And to this day, it reminds me of the saying, “It’s not what’s new that works, it what works that works.” So how has this impacted my reading today? I actually spend as much time reading today as I used to read. However, I find myself taking the time to read, and then even reread a paragraph, chapter, an article, or maybe the entire book. I take more notes then I used to, and I dog-ear and bookmark more pages than ever before. I read classic novels and earlier books by some of my favorite authors, not just the brand-new releases. Bookstores are still my favorite place to shop. Whether I am looking for new, old, or even used, to me there is nothing like the bookstore.

And speaking of used books, I am not sure about you, but I really enjoy

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It’s 10 miles from my alma mater, and at midnight, when my mouth started to water, it watered in the direction of 877 S. Figueroa.

At one time or another, everyone has had McDonald’s french fries, and if I’m not careful, I will have to have some right after I conclude this essay. By the way, the AP Stylebook tells me that “french” is the style of cut, not the country, and, therefore, lower case is correct.

Get them while they’re hot. And ap-

monetary situation, much less their goals and dreams.

This is unfortunate since now the tables have turned and it is a requirement of the engagement to share this type of confidential information with your adviser so that he or she can act prudently on your behalf as a fiduciary. In fact, it is almost impossible for your adviser to do a good job without the whole picture, so holding back information could be detrimental to the outcome.

Don’t be afraid to ask your adviser or planner if he or she is a fiduciary if it is not already posted information and apparent in the way they advise you objectively. Here are the professional duties you should expect: • Duty of Loyalty - A CFP professional must avoid conflicts of interest, fully disclose any material or potential conflicts and must place the interest of the client above their own interests.

• Duty of Care - A CFP professional must act with care, skill, prudence and diligence based on client goals, risk tolerance, objectives and circumstances.

• Duty to Follow Client Instructions - The terms of the client engagement must be upheld, and all reasonable, lawful and prudent directions followed.

The CFP Board of Practice Standards identifies the Code of Ethics as reading a previously owned book and seeing where other people have highlighted a section, dog-eared a page, maybe even wrote a comment in the margin. And one of my favorite used books to buy and read is the Bible. I look for a Bible that is well-worn and has lots of notes and underscores already in it. And just like the analogy above about George Washington, sometimes an old Bible will show us that someone, at some point, was reading and appreciating life’s principles and values, and learning through life’s victories and hardships, they were just going through it at a different time.

So how about you? What are you reading today? Can you share more about it? I sure hope you do, and as always, I would love to hear your story at gotonorton@gmail.com. And when we can remember that when it comes to books, both new and old alike, there is always something we can learn that will make this a better than good week.

Michael Norton is a resident of Castle Rock, the president of the Zig Ziglar Corporate Training Solutions Team, a strategic consultant and a business and personal coach. parently we do: McDonald’s sells 3 billion pounds of french fries every year.

Hash browns, country potatoes, mashed potatoes, and fries, and I’m just getting started. Chips, scalloped potatoes, roasted potatoes, and maybe the best of all: baked potatoes. Split, fluffed, cheesed and chived.

Take a look at all of the shiny red and green and orange and yellow vegetables in the produce department. And right in the middle of all that color and glamor are potatoes: waiting patiently for their opportunities.

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

the following: • Act with honesty, integrity, competence and diligence.

• Act in the client’s best interests at all times.

• Exercise due care and avoid or disclose conflicts of interest.

• Maintain confidentiality and protect client privacy.

• Uphold the Standards of Care of the CFP profession.

There is now a seven-step process to comprehensive financial planning. As the financial world becomes more complex, so should your financial plan.

We are constantly dealing with change including a new tax law for 2018, updated estate planning language, changing economic patterns including interest rates and market volatility, to name a few.

Employment agreements are more complex, and benefits are changing or being reduced or eliminated, especially for retirees.

It would be difficult for the consumer to be an expert in all of these areas

simultaneously.

Therefore, it is important to find an advisor who is a CFP and a fiduciary that you can trust with your hardearned welfare, goals and dreams. It is their job to watch out for you, so you can do what you do best.

There is no reason to fall victim to a financial scam when all of the ethics and standards of care are widely published and expected.

The CFP Board of Standards is available at www.cfp.net for more information. Keeping yourself informed will empower you to make good decisions.

Encourage others, especially the elderly or the uninformed, how best to protect themselves by asking for a fiduciary.

Patricia Kummer has been a Certified Financial Planner and a fiduciary for over 30 years and is managing director for Mariner Wealth Advisors., a Registered Investment Adviser with its physical place of business in the State of Colorado.

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December 20, 2018D

LIFE

Eat the wheat, test the taste — it’s scientific

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from Germany. They started with the stollens and fruitcakes. People come from all over now. It would be a huge disappointment if we didn’t have holiday items.”

Another bakery offering traditional family recipes is Grammy’s Italian Goodies in Wheat Ridge. The family-owned Italian restaurant and bakery bakes traditional Italian cookies and desserts from scratch daily.

Their honey and wine cookies are a best seller.

“They are really hard to make, so they are a special treat during the holidays,” said Joey Lyn Corder, co-owner with her mom, dad and brother.

Corder said their shop, which has been located on Harlan Street for the past four years, is like coming into a family member’s home.

here’s a stereotype that scientific research belongs in cold, sterile laboratories to people with Ph.D.s and white lab coats. But at the Genetics Taste Lab at the Denver Museum of Nature & Science, Nicole Garneau, Ph.D., curator of health sciences at the museum, is working to make sure the community knows they have just as much claim as anyone.

“We want the pubCOMING lic to know they own ATTRACTIONS scientific inquiry too, not just professional researchers,” Garneau said. “We want to remove the privilege and elitism that comes with these fields and let the community get involved in important studies.”

Through Aug. 2, community members aged Clarke Reader 8 and older can participate in a new Genes and Grains study, designed and conducted in partnership with community scientists, Colorado State University and the United States Department of Agriculture. The study aims to determine how variations of the TAS2R4 gene affect the taste of whole wheat.

“This is the sixth study we’ve participated in at the genetics lab. We accept applications from scientists all over the country on a ride range of topics,” Garneau explained. “We try to balance the setup so the scholarly part is not diminished, but participants can still have fun.”

This new study is part of a larger project funded by a Science Education Partnership Award rom the National Institutes of Health to conduct research in a way that empowers community participation. And since genetics is such a complicated field, exploring it through the lens of taste allows easier entry for the layperson.

“The community lab is on its way to better understanding why DNA affects the sense of taste and the role taste plays in what individuals choose to eat and their health,” Garneau said. “By participating, the community will be adding real, diverse data to the experiment.”

Each taster will sample a series of whole wheat wafers and describe what they detect. The community scientist will record the observations and take a DNA sample from the guest tasters via a cheek swab. Community scientists will then analyze the DNA samples using high-tech equipment in the Genetics of Taste Lab. The results will shed light on how DNA affects human perception of whole wheat, as sweeter or more bitter, according to information provided by the museum.

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about holiday season Ashley Lawrence decorates sugar cookies at Rheinlander Bakery.

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Strudels, cookies, cakes, other sweets are December delights

Peppermint is among the holiday flavors baked up at Gold Mine Cupcakes in Golden each December.

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hile customers browse the glass cases to pick out their sweet treats at Rheinlander Bakery in Olde Town Arvada, in the back a team of bakers works to bring the sweets to life. One rolls out pastry dough, fills it with sweet almond paste and prepares it for the oven, while another decorates sugar cookies with ornate details.

For over 50 years Rheinlander has been bringing German and Eastern European sweets to the Denver suburbs year-round. But the time between Thanksgiving and Christmas is the busiest of the year.

With baking happening 12 hours a day, seven days a week, co-owner and baker Maro Dimmer said Rheinlander is 80 percent to 90 percent busier during the holidays than the rest of the year.

“The last three days before Christmas are the busiest,” Dimmer said, adding that during those days, they can barely fit anything else in the over other than their strudels.

Strudels are one of the bakery’s specialties with apple being the most popular. New to the holiday menu this year is an eggnog strudel.

Other traditional items the bakery is known for are kringles, stol-

lens, holiday cinnamon king cakes, German cookies, yule log cakes and brandied fruit cake.

“Our family is also very famous for our brandied fruit cake,” Dimmer said.

The cake is made by soaking nuts, fruits, dates and currents in a rum sauce and brandy sauce. That is then mixed with cake.

“Fruitcake is always a little controversial,” Dimmer said. “But I tell people if you taste our fruitcake, you’ll change your mind.”

As a German bakery in the United States, Rheinlander also offers hand-decorated sugar cookies and holiday-flavored cupcakes with a European buttercream.

Rheinlander starts prepping for the holiday season in July to make sure they have enough supply to meet the holiday demand.

“The holiday season has always been a tradition here,” Dimmer said. “Ever since our parents came

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One-day art workshop to be led by painter

bstracting the Ordinary” will be a one-day workshop with wellknown metro area painter Victoria Kwasinski, held by the Heritage Fine Arts Guild of Arapahoe County from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Jan. 5 at First Presbyterian Church of Littleton, 1609 W. Littleton Blvd. Kwazinski has exhibited nationally and internationally and taught throughout the metro area.

This workshop will help an artist to draw inspiration from everyday objects one has on hand. Bring a sketchbook, pencil or charcoal sketchbook and paints. Registration required; see heritage-guild.com. (And note the HFAG exhibit “This is Colorado” at Colorado Gallery of the arts, Arapahoe Community College, 5900 S. Santa Fe Drive, Littleton, through Jan. 17.

Closed Dec. 25-Jan. 2.)

‘Christmas Jazz’ Swing Shift, a part of the Highlands Ranch Concert Band, will present “Christmas Jazz,” a free concert, at 7 p.m. Jan 22 at Highlands Ranch Southridge Recreation Center, 4800 McArthur Ranch Road.

‘Typewriter Revolution” Stories On Stage will again collaborate with members of Buntport Theater Company for a program, “Typewriter Revolution,” at 1:30 and 7:30 p.m. Jan. 12, at Su Teatro Cultural and Performing Arts Center, 721 Santa Fe Drive, Denver. Buntport challenges the digital paradigm with poems and mini-stories written on, by, or about typewriters … The public can contribute through Jan. 3. Visit one of the typewriters located at Tattered Cover, 2526 E. Colfax Ave., Denver, or Park Hill Library, 4705 Montview Blvd., Denver, to type and submit your piece.

Winning authors will receive two free

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“Those who participate will be helping to create real knowledge,” Garneau said. “It is also a way to get people more comfortable with participating and being involved in science.”

The study is fully available in both English and Spanish, and people can participate by going to the Taste Lab in “Expedition Health” on the second level of the museum at 2001 Colorado Blvd. The experiment is available daily, from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Enrollment is free with museum admission.

Experiments run approximately 30 minutes and are subject to the availability of the community scientists on a first-come, first-served basis. It is also possible to make an appointment by emailing genetics@dmns.org. For more information, visit www.dmns. org/genetics.

Go home this holiday to Lone Tree Tap into a vein of pure Christmas cheer right before the holiday itself kicks into high gear by heading to Lone Tree.

SONYA’S SAMPLER

tickets. Brian Colonna, Hannah Duggan, Erik Edborg, Erin Rollman and Samantha Schmitz are Buntport members. Tickets: $15-28, at storiesonstage.org or 303-494-0523, or at the door.

David Ake We recently Sonya Ellingboe received a call from Mary Ake, a longtime Littleton resident, who helped start the Friends of the Littleton Library/Museum when Bemis Library was built. She reports that her son David, who some readers will remember with his camera at local events, is heading AP Global Photos from his home bases in Virginia and New York. (Mary is living in Montana near her daughter.) Good news!

Performance Now in 2019 “She Loves Me” opens Jan. 4 at Lakewood Cultural Center, 470 S. Allison Parkway, Lakewood, presented by Highlands Ranch-based Performance Now Theatre Company. Based on a play, “Parfumerie,” originally written

by Hungarian playwright Niklos Lazlo in 1937, the American musical version

by Joe Masterhoff, Sheldon Hanick and Jerry Bock stays popular and won awards in a 1993 Broadway revival.

Bernie Cardell will direct, with music direction by Eric Weinstein and choreography be Kelly Van Oosbree.

Performances run Friday, Saturday, Sunday nights and Saturday and Sunday afternoons. Tickets: lakewood. org/CulturalCenter, 303-987-7845.

Lone Tree show “Home for the Holidays,” a holiday variety show, plays Dec. 19-23 In response to audience demand the Lone Tree Arts Center, 10075 Commons St., is hosting Home for the Holidays 2018 through Dec. 23. Performances are at 1:30 and 8:30 p.m. on Friday and Saturday, and 1:30 p.m. on Sunday.

This production aims to delight everyone by including everything from dancers, singers, drummers, holiday songs, and of course, a special appearance by everyone’s favorite Christmas elf. The storyline has even been updated for 2018.

Get your tickets at www.lonetreeartscenter.org.

Clarke’s Concert of the Week — Conscious Alliance Holiday Party at Fillmore Auditorium It is no secret that the holidays can be a very stressful time, with all the crowds and shopping, to say nothing of commitments with family and friends. Sometimes the best thing a person can do to stay sane is relieving some of that stress on the dance floor.

BoomBox, the electronic work of songwriter, producer and multi-instrumentalist Zion Rock Godchaux, is offering audiences a chance to do just

“Garden Party,” a painting

by Victoria Kwasinski, who will conduct the first 2019 Heritage Fine Arts Guild workshop on abstract painting on Jan. 5.

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at Lone Tree Arts Center, 10075 Commons St., Lone Tree. (Allow time to see an exhibit of works by the winners of this fall’s juried art exhibit.) Tickets: lonetreeartscenter. org, 720-509-1000.

Young operatic singers The annual competition for operatic singers held by the Denver Lyric Opera Guild will be 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on March 16 at Calvary Baptist Church, 6500 E. Girard Ave., Denver. The event is free and open to the public, so opera fans might want to mark that new 2019 calendar now. Interested singers can visit: denverlyricoperaguild.org. Singers on a professional track can win some financial help for their journey, which involves travel for auditions as a career begins to take shape. Finals will be held from 1 to 5 p.m. at the sane address on March 30. 1 to 5 p.m. (Also free admission for an audience.) New members are welcome to this opera support group, There are monthly lunches with an opera-related program for members, who live throughout the metro area.

See website above. that while collecting toys for a good cause at the same time.

The Conscious Alliance Holiday Party will be held at 6:30 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 21 at the Fillmore Auditorium, 1510 N. Clarkson St. in Denver.

The event is hosted by Conscious Alliance, a nonprofit focused on feeding the hungry through organized food drives at music and sporting events.

For this special concert, instead of food the organization will be accepting new or unwrapped toys. Those who donate will receive a limitededition poster.

In addition to BoomBox, the show will also feature a DJ set from Classixx, one of my favorite contemporary electronic groups, and Orchard Lounge, a duo that blends genres ranging from downtempo to space disco, with a healthy dose of hip-hop, soul and funk added to the mix.

Tickets can be purchased at www. livenation.com, and find about more about Conscious Alliance at www. consciousalliance.org.

Clarke Reader’s column on culture appears on a weekly basis. He can be reached at Clarke.Reader@hotmail. com.

Germinal Stage The long-running Germinal Stage will be in a new home with its presentation of “The Pinter Plays: Early Classic One-acts by Nobel Laureate Harold Pinter” Jan. 4 to Feb. 2, 2019.

The company will perform at the John Hand Theatre, 7653 East First Place, Denver (Lowry). Ed Baerlein, his wife Sally Diamond and Ginger Valone opened the original Germinal Stage at 1820 Market St., Denver, on Nov. 7, 1974. The company operated at 44th and Alcott for 25 years and has been in Westminster the past four years.

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December 20, 2018D The Bouche de Noel at Coperta in Denver takes two days to make.

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BOUCHE DE NOEL BY JODI POLSON, PASTRY CHEF AT COPERTA Chocolate Sponge Cake What you need: 20 grams cocoa powder 40 grams all-purpose flour 115 grams dark chocolate, chopped 25 grams canola oil 1/2 teaspoon vanilla

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Because of that, serving traditional Italian sweets was a no-brainer.

“There was never a meal served at our grammy’s house — our namesake -—that there wasn’t something sweet on the table or served after dinner,” Corder said. “We want all our customers to know that they are part of the family.”

Family is also the focus at Gold Mine Cupcakes in downtown Golden.

During December, the shop turns into a winter wonderland. Every weekend in Golden, downtown comes to life with parades and special events, and Gold Mine is no different.

“Being a family-owned business, we have always loved Christmas,” said Krista Lyons, co-owner of the cupcake shop with

her mom and sister. “It’s such a family holiday, so we love the chance to be able to share our Christmas spirit and joy with the community.”

During the winter months the flavors at Gold Mine shift to include those of traditional holiday cookies and drinks. Eggnog, gingerbread, peppermint hot chocolate, candy cane and white chocolate cranberry are just a few of the festive cupcake flavors found.

Baking begins at 3 a.m. to get 300 cupcakes done before the shop opens each day. And that doesn’t include special orders.

Santa and horse-drawn carriage rides can also be found at the shop on the weekends.

“When we have Santa at the shop it brings in three times the amount of people we have on a Saturday,” Lyons said “It’s crazy busy, but it’s so much fun that we can bring smiles to peoples faces around the small town.”

6 eggs, separated 1/2 teaspoon salt 70 grams granulated sugar What to do: Sift together the cocoa powder and all-purpose flour. Combine the chocolate, oil, and vanilla and melt over a double boiler. Begin whipping the egg whites until frothy, then slowly pour in the first addition of sugar and the salt; whip until stiff peaks form.

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December 20, 2018

‘Mary Poppins’ provides magical moments on stage Musical is delightful adaptation of classic movie fare

From feeling powerless to finding his passion.

BY SONYA ELLINGBOE SELLINGBOE@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Cherry Tree Lane is spelled out by a pair of large pink-blossoming trees, painted at the front edges of Vintage Theatre’s wide stage, for “Mary Poppins.” Bert (a chipper, engaging Kalond Irlanda), the cheerful Cockney chimney sweep/narrator, appears singing and introduces the scene and the Banks family — who have gone through six nannies in the past four months, due to unruly Michael and Jane. (We saw talented Nathaniel Waite-Lutz and Hazel Kachline, both Denver School of the Arts students, in the double-cast role.) Kerri Emswiller is the bewildered mom, Winnifred, and Michael O’Shea is the pompous father, George.

As lights go up, an angry former nanny storms out and two smug, grinning kids stand on the stair landing, watching. Mom is in tears and Dad mutters “Nannies should govern!”

The banker also says “I remain the sovereign of Cherry Tree Lane.” No wonder there’s trouble!

The kids write up a new ad to place in the newspaper, stating what sort of nanny they’d like to see in the position, and poof ! A smiling woman with a carpet bag and umbrella with a green parrot head on its handle appears — carrying a copy of the kids’ ad and repeating some of their requirements.

She introduces herself and says she’s come to care for the children, whom she quickly lines up for a dose from a pink bottle. “A Spoonful of Sugar makes the Medicine Go Down” she sings, then tells Michael and Jane to head upstairs, “Spit! Spot!” She follows them and the magic journey begins for this disturbed family, as Mary pulls a tall hat rack, teapot and cup, green plant and other items she needs out of her magic carpet bag … (which is empty when the kids peer in).

Readers will be familiar with the story, so what they need to know is that Vintage Theatre in Aurora is staging a delightful musical version, based on the books and popular Disney movie. If you are fortunate enough to have young ones in your life, take them to see it. (If not, go anyhow!) “Mary Poppins” runs through Jan. 6.

Caroline Lohr, who makes magic in a classroom by day, plays Mary Poppins with a gleam in her eyes, a brisk manner and a great voice. She really is the magical nanny I imagined years ago when this was a favorite book for me.

Mary, and the also magic Bert — her good friend, it turns out — lead Michael and Jane on the first of several

“Mary Poppins,” the musical, is at Vintage Theatre. Carolyn Lohr as Mary Poppins; Michael O’Shea as a puzzled father George Banks; Hazel Kachline as Jane Banks and Nathaniel Waite as Michael Banks.

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Performances: scene. “Feed the Birds … ..Tuppence a Bag.” 7:30 p.m.

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Household servants (Box office open 5-8 p.m. Mrs. Brill and RobertWednesdays, son Ay are also astonished as Mary makes Thursdays.) lavender frosting appear on a cake and broken dishes whole before they jump back on the shelf. Another adventure involves Mrs. Corry and a colorfully costumed, dancing group of friends, wearing pastel wigs And, it’s where we are introduced to a new word — and song: “Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious!”

Work by a large creative team made this standout production flow ... Director Clay White is to be commended for concocting this sugar plum of a holiday entertainment for us. He directed “Beauty and the Beast” at Vintage, but is fairly recently arrived on our scene, from Texas. We’ll hope to enjoy more of his imaginative work. And the very clever set, designed by Ryan Walkoviak and painted by Julie Lemieux, with Kevin Taylor’s lighting, enhanced Kortney Hanson’s special effects.

Costumes by Cheryl Faulkner and Angie Biederbecke were colorful and so imaginative and Eric Weinstein’s recorded music tracks carried it all along. Adrianne Hampton was choreographer and Brooks Larsen, musical director, while stage manager Lexi Holtzer kept all the pieces together …

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BY SONYA ELLINGBOE SELLINGBOE@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

In a new novel, we meet lead character Esther Ainsworth and her family, late on the day they arrive at a new home in Truth or Consequences, New Mexico, after a move from their home in Ohio … The new house, “the color of sand,” is larger than their former one and feels unwelcoming. The family is peering into a swimming pool — but it’s empty — and a cactus outside her bedroom window is “drinking up all the water in the desert,” the unhappy girl grumbles.

“The Infinite Pieces of Us,” tells of Esther’s journey — across the country and into a new life … and it tells of the diverse new friends she meets who help her grow and adjust.

Former teacher and successful author for young adults, Rebekah Crane of Evergreen, has just published her fifth YA novel on Nov. 1: “The Infinite Pieces of Us,” which should be available for YA readers soon if not yet on shelves. (Ask for it.)

Crane, who has two younger daughters, says the teens who populate her novel aren’t modeled after particular students she’s had in classes — but “kind of a meshing of kids I’ve taught — or met on author visits to schools. I’m always on the lookout …”

Some are concrete, such as Jesus and Color. In “The Infinite Pieces of Us,” she thought about how characters changed: Moss changed a lot, Hannah changed a lot and the one who changed the most is Esther’s difficult stepfather, Tom, who insisted on the move to avoid a problem Esther had caused — so it was her fault they were in the desert.

Crane was most recently “on the lookout” at an International School in Brussels, where she has a connection. On those school visits, she talks to kids about her work and a writing career in general and reads brief selections from her books .And probably talks about what they’re writing …

She has also been working on a script for a film of her earlier book, “Aspen.” A different sort of challenge. “I loved that — it’s a completely different world, including navigating the business side.” She compared that experience to writing a book, where she “sees it like a movie in my head.”

We asked about her writing process. “I’m an organized writer. I take usually a few months to research and read — usually in spaces I want to write, whether fiction or non-fiction, and work pretty methodically piece by piece. I wish I had a little more space — I’m flying by the seat of my pants! I always find surprises along the way.

“The characters’ personality traits

Cover for “The Infinite Pieces of Us,” a new Young Adult novel by Rebekah Crane of Evergreen.

COURTESY PHOTO and back story develop along the way. Then I go back to the start — I love when that happens. In about four months, I have a first draft and the book develops slowly, over a year — not all at once. It’s edited before submission ... Each book is a stand-alone story.” (Others are: “The Upside of Falling Down,” “The Odds of Loving Grover Cleveland,” “Aspen” and Playing Nice.”) Another one is due in August 2019; “Postcards for a Songbird.”)

Esther is especially good at math and she makes up clever math jokes that get conversations started. Pushed to join the church by her mom and very religious stepfather, she meets Beth, who wears interesting T-shirts and seems to question things as Esther does. Esther and her sister Hannah are supposed to be homeschooled, although that story line is not really developed. So she’s a thinking girl, but the new stuff she’s learning is social rather than intellectual, it seems — and much needed.

Color, a really imaginative, nicely drawn girl, becomes a friend when she comes to clean Esther’s house. She’s enrolled in a work-study program at school, and needs the money she can earn, since her single mom is unreliable and she and her brother, Moss, have a place to live, but not a steady source of groceries. Moss, who is a runner, becomes a connection for Esther and they grow some in parallel spaces as they fall for each other.

Esther’s new friends have a unique secret meeting place, where they feel free to talk about pretty much anything, unthreatened … Inclusion allows her to begin a new life — and grow a lot, intellectually, spiritually and physically.

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December 20, 2018

HEAR MY VOICE STORIES from our YOUTH and why we should LISTEN to them

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HEAR MY VOICE

Young voices carry a powerful message

In this week’s special report called “Hear My Voice,” 15 young people from around the Denver metro area share their stories, their passions, their hopes for the future. They range in age from 15 to 23. They come from different backgrounds, places and experiences that have shaped who they are, how they view the world and what they want to change.

In a year marked by the rise of unprecedented youth activism, in which young people fought to be

heard, the stories in this report reflect some of the nation’s most pressing challenges: mental health, immigration, equity, racism, politics, gender and sexuality identity, teen pregnancy and more.

The excerpts from these interviews, which have been edited for clarity and space, point to a common call to action: to listen better, to be more compassionate, to be willing to change.

They are aware of their power — 24 percent of the U.S. population is under

18, U.S. Census numbers show. They understand the issues because many live them, and they see the country we are becoming: By 2055, the United States will have no racial or ethnic majority, Pew Research Center reports.

These young men and women are adamant in the belief they can make a difference — and that their voices should be heard.

“Young voices make up a giant chunk of those living in this country, and they are widely underrepresented

and misunderstood because they are just labeled as ‘kids who have learning and maturing to do,’ ” said Englewood resident Maria Alsubhi, 19, who moved to the U.S. from Saudi Arabia when she was in eighth grade.

“We cannot just repress and patronize them — it is frustrating and unfair that we already do ... Listening just expands perspectives, especially listening to a young, excited, refreshing voice.”

So, let’s listen.

STORIES AND PHOTOS BY TAYLORE TODD SPECIAL TO COLORADO COMMUNITY MEDIA

‘People should listen to everyone’ Ikram Zetraoui and Rokaya Abdulameer Denver

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kram Zetraoui, 18, was a freshman in high school when she moved to Denver from Morocco to live with her older sister. A high school senior, she hopes to study psychology and criminology to become a detective or psychiatrist. She has always been interested, she says, in trying to understand how people view themselves. Rokaya Abdulameer, 17, emigrated from Iraq in 2009 to seek shelter from the war. Being from another culture, she says, has taught her not to judge. Also a senior, she plans to study business and pre-law in college next year.

If you knew me, you would know …

Ikram: “When I speak my language, people try to protect themselves and they scoot away from where I am. It happened once on a bus, but I didn’t know anyone there, so I didn’t know how to react. One time it happened at school and another girl stood up for me. It’s nice to have allies and people who are going to stand up for you and tell you how to react in that situation because I wouldn’t know what to do.

“Anything that’s attached to human services — serving food, giving them their needs — anything that is serving them makes me happy.

Seeing people in front of me suffer

Rokaya Abdulameer and going through the same kind of situation, it made me realize that so many people are ungrateful for things they have. And people who don’t have anything are so grateful for what they do have. I just try to find a balance between those two kinds of people.”

Rokaya: “Not living in Iraq made it hard to understand where my culture came from, but my parents have taught me everything — our Arabic language, our traditions. I love the people of my culture and everything, really. The food, the dancing, the celebrations.

Coming here, “I didn’t know that so many cultures could exist in one place, because I grew up around people who followed the same values and traditions as me and my family.”

How I want to change the world Ikram: “People see immigrants as people who are trying to steal their jobs and trying to get their salaries ...

Muslim people are seen as ... not on

Ikram Zetraoui the same level of humanity ... At the end of the day, if we really look into America’s deepest economy, we see it’s based on immigrants. I would like other people to see immigrants as how they see themselves.

“If I had a chance to change the world, I would probably change how people are viewed ... Why is there so much hatred ... and so many crimes? ... I’m interested in human services, and that’s a way for me to help other people. I’m thinking about doing that as volunteering. I feel like I’m pretty good with other people ... helping people in need — coming together as one, basically.”

Rokaya: “The biggest problem right now is that people think everyone from the Middle East is a terrorist and all that, so I guess that’s the biggest thing that I would want to change ...

People are not like that, you just have to get to know them.

“My biggest goal is to go back and use the opportunities I’ve had in America to help however I can. I was

thinking about it, and there’s a lack of education there. I think that’s my biggest goal is to just go back to the schools in need and just help out. I have pretty good English — maybe I can teach them there.”

Why my voice is important Ikram: “If we all come as one collective mind, I feel like we would be so much more successful than just looking back on our mistakes and blaming it on other people and other countries.

We need to forget all of this hate that is between us.”

Rokaya: “We are the future and this generation has a lot to offer.

Knowing different perspectives helps us understand the world more. I think I bring a different perspective, which is why people should listen to everyone, especially those who are from different cultures. Just don’t judge someone by their cover. I think that’s the biggest thing I’ve learned — just to not judge someone if you don’t know them.”

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HEAR MY VOICE

‘We don’t recognize the footsteps we are leaving behind’

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Elizabeth Osterhoudt Castle Rock

in Pine Ridge, that’s in South Dakota, some of them don’t even have homes and some of them don’t really have water. So I really want to just make sure that rezes have the supplies they need to just even survive because the winter is coming.

“I really want the world to recognize all of the bad things that are being done right now because I think with that recognition some people will take initiative for what happens — like especially with GSA (Gender Sexuality Alliance). I just want to raise awareness that it isn’t right to judge someone based on how they identify because that’s not your business.

“And for the world, I just think we need to respect the land we live on more. Some people are treating it really bad, and we don’t recognize the footsteps we are leaving behind. And if this earth dies, we have nowhere else to go.”

lizabeth Osterhoudt, 17, is a member of the Pueblo of Jemez Native American tribe and has family who lives on a New Mexico reservation. Growing up in a predominantly white community, she says she has dealt with racism, along with unintended slights and negative assumptions from classmates and teachers. She is passionate about fighting for equal rights of Native Americans and such populations as the LGBTQ community who she says need allies to make their voices heard. She plans to attend college and raise awareness about the injustice that Native people still face.

If you knew me, you would know ...

“Here, a lot of people don’t know my race, so they just assume I’m Hispanic at first, and then I’ll get a lot of microaggressions and just racist comments to Hispanic people ... But then a lot of people, once they find out I’m Native, really start to target me, in a way. They’ll ask if I live in a tipi ... One time, in the classroom, these two girls presented ‘Indian tag’ as a game in gym. The teacher didn’t do anything. My classmates didn’t do anything. So I had to be the one

Elizabeth Osterhoudt to stand up and say it wasn’t right.

And then I get asked a lot if I speak ‘Indian.’

“I was talking with my teacher — he didn’t realize that he was being racist. We were talking about alcoholism, but he told me that I should be careful because I’m Native ... This girl was saying I was her ‘Native American friend,’ so I was sort of held as an object. It’s really

hard to go between being open and an object. You don’t want to be too open about anything because then you’ll be treated like this prized possession.”

How I want to change the world “I really want to start branching out to just Native Americans and help out a lot on rezes (reservations) because they are in more need right now … Up

Why my voice is important “It is important to listen to the voices of the young people because they have learned from the older generations. As they mature, they can recognize the mistakes and actions the past generations have committed.

From that recognition, they can then carve a new path that will be more efficient in shaping the world to be better.”

‘You can’t be a racist if you travel’ understanding.”

Maria Alsubhi Englewood

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aria Alsubhi, 19, was born in Saudi Arabia and moved to the United States when she was in eighth grade. Because of her dad’s love of exploring, Alsubhi has traveled to seven countries throughout Europe and Asia.

She is a freshman at the University of Colorado-Boulder and has goals to serve others. She frequently shadows public health officials, doctors and those working for nonprofits so that she can learn as much as she can about how to make a difference later in life.

If you knew me, you would know ...

“My family, we travel a lot. We’ve gone to parts of Asia and parts of Europe. Just seeing the way these people live and experiencing a different way of life helps you be able to put yourself in someone else’s shoes a lot easier. It helps you connect with others more and then you can find a different network. For me, personally, it helps me connect with people if I can put myself in their shoes and understand where they’re coming from. Coming from a completely different background than the life I’m living right now really has expanded upon my ability

How I want to change the world “The best way to understand other people is to talk to them. There’s a difference between tourism and actually understanding and meeting the locals … Try to understand where people are coming from and the reasons why they have the beliefs that they do and the reasons why they’ve gotten to the places that they’re in.

“Careerwise, I am very passionate about healthcare access and affordability … I feel like here, especially in the States, the bill that you’re going to get after you visit the hospital just makes it so terrifying to go and heal yourself … I want healthcare to be affordable and accessible to everybody whether you’re middle class, the top 1 percent or socio-economically disadvantaged.”

thinks, `Oh, today I’m going to be evil.’ There is a reason why people believe what they believe, and when you get to the root of that, that’s when change can happen ... People are filled with anger when they don’t have anyone that’s listening to them. Maybe my message is just to listen.

“Considering the fact that 24 percent of the U.S. population is under age 18, young voices make up a giant chunk of those living in this country, and they are widely underrepresented and Maria Alsubhi misunderstood because they are just labeled as ‘kids who have learning and maturing to do.’ This is dangerous because it leaves no one listening to powerful young voices that are attempting to represent the new generations. We cannot just repress and patronize them — it is frustrating and unfair that we already do ...

Listening just expands perspectives, especially listening to a young, excited, refreshing voice.”

‘People are filled with anger when they don’t have anyone that’s listening to them.

Maybe my message is just to listen.’

Maria Alsubhi to do that. I’m grateful for it.

“My number one belief is `You can’t be a racist if you travel.’ I went to Thailand when I was a kid, and it was the most amazing experience ever, so I got really into Asian culture. There is something beautiful about every single part of the world, and if you choose to focus on that, rather than the ugly statistics, perhaps it helps you kind of be a more well-rounded person and more well-spoken and more

Why my voice is important “No one ever goes outside and

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HEAR MY VOICE

‘You don’t know everybody’s story’ Vanessa Garcia Arvada

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anessa Garcia, 23, was 15 years old when she gave birth to her son. She was “scared, disappointed ... in disbelief ” when she found out she was pregnant. She relied on Hope House, a nonprofit in Arvada, to help her take care of her son and herself, living in its residential program for about five months. Today, she works full-time and plans to attend college in Florida to study law.

If you knew me, you would know ...

“I was a baby having a baby. I was 15 when I had my son, so I was in ninth grade … Teen moms, when they have a child, they either mature or they don’t. With my case, I come from a very dysfunctional, abusive family. So I feel like when I had my son, when I found out I was having him, it was kind of like a fight-or-flight feeling for me because I didn’t have anybody to fall back on … He shaped me into wanting to be the best mom … I wanted to give him everything that I wasn’t provided with. It’s been an awesome Vanessa Garcia eight years. We’ve grown up together, after all. He’s like my best friend, but he’s my son.

“The first thing that people do is judge. They judge. I just feel like they shouldn’t be so judgmental because they don’t know exactly what is going on or what happened. They don’t know if the mom has support or family. You don’t know everybody’s story.

“I don’t think I would change anything because it’s made me who I am now ... I think the only thing I would have changed was to probably push myself more as to wanting to achieve my goals Vanessa Garcia and go after my goals. Like I said, I come from a very dysfunctional family. So having that voice in for a machine company, so they make your head 24/7 telling you that parts for different things people need. you’re never going to be this, you’re I handle all the administrative, so I never going to do that, that you aren’t handle the money, the bills, their data worth it, that stopped me from being entry, all of that. I definitely want to able to do a lot of things because I move up in the world, but as of now, never believed in myself. So now … I it’s cool. just go after what I want to do.”

“My real dream is to become a homicide detective, but to make it more How I want to change the world realistic, I would work in a jail or be “I definitely want to be able to help a probation officer ... I just want to be out … with teen moms because I was able to help out in some way.” there at one point. I know it’s hard.

It’s difficult — especially when you’re Why my voice is important a baby having a baby. I mean, can you “Everyone, regardless of age, is enimagine being 15 years old? You can’t titled to their own opinion. Everyone go out and have a job. There are age has a different situation, relatable or limits for everything … I definitely want to be able to help people the way not, but being a younger crowd, we shouldn’t be afraid to ask for help I’ve been helped. when needed or just be heard. I guess “I’m moving to Florida, but I do it just doesn’t hurt anyone to hear us plan on going to college out there and out. Maybe they’ll learn a thing or studying law. That’s a goal of mine. two.”

Right now, I work full-time. I work

‘Everyone has a different situation, relatable or not, but being a younger crowd, we shouldn’t be afraid to ask for help when needed or just be heard.’

Mike Andrews

‘The only way to change is to listen’

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Mike Andrews Denver

ike Andrews, 20, a volunteer coach at The Phoenix, a sober active community in Denver, began using meth and heroin when he was 13 years old, getting high with his mother. He got his GED before heading into recovery. He says he has been arrested and jailed about seven times. Almost two years ago, after a week into his six-month sentence, he realized he needed to make a change.

He hasn’t touched a drug since, he says, and is intent on helping others.

If you knew me, you would know ...

“Using was pretty much the ultimate reason why I was arrested several times. I’m now labeled a multiconvicted violent felon, so there’s a huge overhang. I can’t have a normal job, so right now I work at a treatment center.

“Using is also the only reason that I have become the person I am today. It’s the only reason I’ve had to work this hard to be as good of a person as I try to be. It’s influenced everything in my life.

“I grew up in a home with addiction, so it’s always kind of been a part of my life. I got high with my mom. That kind of screwed my whole worldview.

“My breaking point was the realization of how alone I was in the world.

With all the ‘friends’ that I had made, none of them were real and nothing was real, essentially, which is really strange if you think about it. The last time I got locked up, I went into jail and I had a pair of pants, a pair of boots and a hoodie and two rings.

I didn’t have a wallet. I didn’t have a phone. I didn’t have anyone to call. I didn’t have anywhere to go.

“Having completely nothing and having to build myself back up was probably the hardest thing I’ve done in my life … It took me a solid six months of doing nothing but walking the streets all day long trying to find an ID, a job, a place to live and all these other things.”

FOR MORE INFORMATION The Phoenix is a sober active community that provides resources, support and community for addiction recovery. 2239 Champa St., Denver, 720-440-9175, https://thephoenix.org How I want to change the world “I’ve completely turned my life around, so I’m just trying to break the stigma behind how terrible addiction is. The whole ‘addiction is a choice thing’ irritates me so much … That’s absolute nonsense, so I’m trying to change that stigma as well. Nine out of 10 people don’t know that I was ever a drug user. Essentially, not everything is what it seems.

“I think a lot of the perspective around addiction is that a lot of us are monsters and that we’re incapable of being helped, and that we’re just pretty much a lost cause. That’s definitely not true. The whole monster piece, that shapes the people in addiction, that shapes their view of themselves, because for a long time I fully believed I was a lost cause and that I was a monster, whatever you want to call it.

“I work in a treatment facility, not only because that’s pretty much the only job I can get, but it’s nice to help other people — whether it’s just helping other addicts or getting the information out. I think both are equally relevant.

Whether or not the information gets out, there still needs to be people there for other addicts. There still needs to be some type of support. Whether they do 12-step, whether they’re religious, whether they’re just doing their own thing, whatever that looks like for them, I’m always there to support whoever.

That’s been my biggest mission for me because I had no help for a good while before I figured things out.”

Why my voice is important “If we don’t listen to our youth then nothing will change. Young people die every day, whether it be from addiction or hate crimes, and it has to stop. The only way to change is to listen, so people need to start opening their ears and their minds.”

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‘We shouldn’t be working against each other’ similar ideas as me. I like to not hate people.”

Ben Yoshida Highlands Ranch

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en Yoshida, 17, uses his Buddhist faith to strive to make the world a better place. Buddhism focuses on reaching a sense of peace and learning the meaning of life by following in the footsteps of the Buddha, Siddhartha Gautama. A high school senior, he is an editor of his school magazine.

His faith, he says, gives him hope and something to look forward to.

He wants to attend college to study politics and business.

If you knew me, you would know ...

Being Buddhist “didn’t really shape my life until recently. I went to a camp over the summer in California that really changed my perspective.

I wouldn’t say that my life really revolves around it or it’s the most important part of my life, but I’d say that it’s a community that I have friends in also — outside of school, outside of clubs. It’s just additional support, so it’s kind of cool.

“I think it’s helped me be more openminded. I like to hear stories from everyone. It’s one of the reasons I still like journalism, too, and still do it. I want to hear the stories of other peo-

Ben Yoshida ple. I want to know. I want to be open to different perspectives. I think that being Buddhist has kind of helped me stay open to different possibilities, different options in my life in general.

“I don’t hate anyone. One thing that I’m proud of is that I don’t really hold a grudge against anyone and I try to be as happy as possible

all the time. I feel like I’m able to accomplish that through Buddhism, but also through my everyday life.

I feel that one of my strong suits is that I have been able to meet a lot of people and make a lot of connections. I guess Buddhism has helped me because I’ve met a whole different group of people who have

How I want to change the world “We’re all coming from different points of view. We are all working towards a common goal, and we shouldn’t be working against each other.

“I want to bring a sense of understanding to other people and to myself because no one is exactly the same …

We don’t necessarily have to like what someone else thinks or even want to know it, but we should have a sense of understanding and compassion for their situation. We shouldn’t feel the need to dislike someone for what they think ... Everyone’s opinions should be valued.

“I want to pursue business and politics as a career, although I’m not exactly sure yet. I also hope to travel internationally to experience different cultures. I want to make an impact environmentally by doing a lot of community service and helping with alternative energy sources.”

Why my voice is important “I believe that it’s important for people to listen to young people because we offer a unique perspective from growing up with technology. Most people in our generation are very passionate: Our generation’s drive will not only benefit us but society as a whole.”

‘I’m hopeful that life gets better’ Chloe McNamee Denver

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hloe McNamee, 17, a leader of Children’s Hospital Colorado’s Youth Advocacy Board, a group of 20 metro-area students who raise awareness and advocate for mental health, struggles with anxiety and depression. She also is an ambassador for the hospital and has testified to pass a bill that would increase suicide prevention training for professionals who work with youth. She lost her brother, who had bipolar disorder, to suicide.

She says she has attempted suicide several times. She wants to become a clinical psychologist to help others the way she has been helped.

If you knew me, you would know ...

Her brother’s death by suicide “was a huge thing that really impacted me. But at the same time, it was like ‘I can’t just wallow in this sadness. I feel like I should do something about it.’ So my mom, actually, is on the adult board for the PMHI, which is the Pediatric Mental Health Institute, so she told me about this youth board.

I wanted to be a part of that just because I want to help so that somebody else doesn’t have to go through that — or they have the resources so they don’t have to reach that point.

“I struggle with my own mental health stuff, which also makes me

FOR MORE INFORMATION The Youth Advocacy Board works to raise awareness of and destigmatize mental health issues. https://www.childrenscolorado.org/doctors-and-departments/departments/psych/youth-action-board/ want to do more ... but I am getting to the point where I can function, which is good. It’s just a process. It’s not linear by any means. It’s hard, but I’m hopeful that life gets better.”

Having a mental illness “has lead me to be more empathetic with other people and develop friendships that are deeper because we can talk about these things, and I’m more open with that. That’s a huge part of me — developing relationships with people and being able to connect on the emotional level, and understanding where they’re coming from when they’re dealing with hard stuff. Also, it’s just driven my passion for advocacy. I didn’t really have anything that I was super passionate about before, and now this is something I can really focus on — and it means a lot to me. I always want to do more with it.”

How I want to change the world “In the ideal world, I would like to create more access for mental health treatment just among different demographics of people because I know that there are a lot of barriers, especially if you don’t have money to pay

Chloe McNamee for it. It’s expensive. It’s not offered in some places ... So I just want to increase access for everybody no matter what circumstance they’re in. I think that there are some racial barriers and stigmas within communities ... In any way I can, I just want to make it better for somebody.

“Having a mental illness is not a choice. It’s hard to talk about, but we need to talk about it. If you ignore it, it’s not going to go away. You can’t just sweep it under the rug because that’s how it gets worse. Just reach out to somebody ... You can be helped, but you have to take that step of asking for help. It’s hard for other people to know,

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so you need to advocate for yourself and express your own needs.”

Why my voice is important “I think our generation has a lot of different experiences than other generations. Especially with social media, we’re more aware of a lot of things because it’s so accessible. I think we have a different perspective.

I also think that there are a lot of kids who are really invested in activism and just changing the way the world is ... I think that we have a lot to say and it’s challenging the social norms in a way that people haven’t done before.”

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‘Hope and humanity is the ticket to safety and prosperity’ Wesley Ferguson Castle Rock

“Being gay defines who I am but, at the same time, it doesn’t. People are like `describe yourself.’ And I’m like `Well, I do a lot of theater, and I do art, and, oh yeah, I guess I’m gay.’ I try not to play up the gay stereotypes. I try to kind of avoid them and just be who I am … I’m really lucky to be gay in the time that I’m gay, so it makes me thankful for being alive now … It’s made me aware of how lucky I am, but also of how much I still have to fight — and people like me still have to fight. I’m also very lucky because I was never really bullied by a single person for being gay.”

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esley Ferguson, 18, told his family and friends he was gay when he was a high school freshman so that he would no longer be hidden in the shadows. The national moment of silence after the Parkland shooting in April spurred an emotional response that propelled him to take action. These days, the senior leads walkouts and peaceful protests for gun control and LGBTQ rights and is part of an outreach organization that encourages youth to register to vote. He plans to study technical theater, with a focus on stage management, in college.

If you knew me, you would know …

“I just have to speak out. It’s my duty. It’s what I have to do as a human being in America. I have to use the rights that I’ve been given and do what I can to spread goodness in the world.

“I first questioned my sexuality in sixth or seventh grade. By seventh grade, I was pretty sure, but I didn’t really tell anyone, and I was kind of scared to come out because I was like

Wesley Ferguson `I don’t know anyone else.’ I came out in ninth grade, around September.

I was real proud of coming out as a freshman. All of the upperclassmen that I knew in theater company were just so supportive, and I was like `Oh, my gosh, why didn’t I do this earlier?’

How I want to change the world “I would like universal background checks. I am in favor of an assault weapons ban because it’s a weapon of war and if we’re doing other things the way we should, nationally and globally, we shouldn’t need weapons of war in our homes. We shouldn’t need to be scared of people the way that we are … An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind … I want others to be more accepting of people and be able to see that everyone is human.

I believe that hope and humanity is the ticket to safety and prosperity for everyone.

“I want people to understand that gun violence isn’t only about mass shootings, it’s also about things like suicide ... It affects us all. It’s not just about your rights. It’s about my rights.

And her rights. And his rights. And their rights over there.

“I just want the LGBT community to be seen, just like anyone else. We want a happy home, a happy family, a happy significant other … We want to know that we’re not going to be discriminated against.”

Why my voice is important “Everyone has some reason for being the way they are ... They were rude in line because they woke up late and, maybe yesterday, a presentation they had didn’t go well. They were rude on the road because their sister is sick and in the hospital, and they’re really just concerned about getting to her. People aren’t unkind because they want to be unkind, they’re unkind because something made them that way … Anger begets anger, goodness begets goodness. If you can just eliminate all of the anger and all of the distraction in your life — and keep focused on positivity and spreading that — the world would just be a better place.”

‘Everything I do, I do it for my mom’ Brisa Bejarano-Gonzalez Aurora

shouldn’t be going to school. I should be doing something rather than school. I’ve had a lot of that confrontation, but that doesn’t stop me from doing what I want to do.”

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risa Bejarano-Gonzalez, 19, is a freshman at University of Colorado-Denver. She received a $10,000 scholarship from Hide in Plain Sight, a nonprofit that helps homeless students pursue higher education, because of her family’s struggles with homelessness when she was young. She works two jobs to pay her bills so that her mom no longer has to support her. Bejarano-Gonzalez is studying English and wants to become a teacher.

If you knew me, you would know ...

“We were going from place to place.

It was maybe from six months until I was 2 years old. I was really young, so it’s not something I can recollect, you know? But my mom tells me stories now.

“What my mom had to go through, every challenge that she had to go through is an eye-opener for me ...

Everything I do, I do it for my mom because she’s been through so much throughout her life. What she did was for my own good, for my siblings’ own good. Everything’s basically for my mom.

“I used to be ashamed of being Latina. Sometimes it was embarrassing to say where your family came from because you’d get made fun of in school. Now it’s like `You have so many opportunities.’ I appreciate my mom for it.

“My mom has always been strong

How I want to change the world “When I think about making an impact, I think about my community, the Latino community. So just looking back from where I come from, a very small town and the Aurora area where I was living before, there are just a lot of kids who don’t have the resources that they need. We do have access to a lot of things — they just don’t know about it. So I’d like to bring that awareness and help that out.

“I want to teach high school. My senior year, I took a class called Pathways to Teaching. It was about the teaching world ... I learned so much about teaching and students and how students view teachers ... It’s a very hard profession and I want to be able to do something challenging and help students who have a similar background as me get through what I went through as well.”

Brisa Bejarano-Gonzalez and independent. As soon as she knew she was pregnant with me at the age of 19, she packed her bags, came to a country of opportunity and decided she was going to start fresh no matter what obstacles she had to face. She pushed through with the mindset of a better life for her daughter.

“I have (faced racism). Mostly in middle school and the beginning of high school but not so much after that ... (Some people) think that because you’re foreign you’re able to do labor work, you have to do it, and that’s the position you’re supposed to be in. I’ve had a lot of (people) who tell me that I

Why my voice is important “I believe it is important for young voices to be heard because it creates a bigger community of opportunity ... for minorities — homeless, of color, less power, etc. ... People should listen to my story as an eye-opener for those who can’t speak up for themselves — including those who don’t see the struggles that homelessness brings to younger individuals.”

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‘Trayvon Martin could have been me’

Isaiah Alfonso

‘There’s no reason to be ashamed of who you are’

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Isaiah Alfonso Denver

saiah Alfonso, 16, volunteers with Rainbow Alley, a safe space for young members of the LGBTQ community, where he, too, feels safe. He identifies as non-binary, but mostly as trans male, he says. After dealing with mental health challenges, he fell behind in school, eventually to the point where he knew he couldn’t catch up. He is now working toward a GED and plans to attend college to study psychology.

If you knew me, you would know …

“I realized when I was pretty young.

When I was 5 years old, I loved girly things. I was like `This is how girls are supposed to be.’ All pink and princesses.

Then I saw this soccer game of a local soccer team where all the girls had their hair in ponytails and they were all wearing blue and looked the exact same as the boys. I was like `Huh, something seems a little weird here, I think my favorite color is blue now.’ And as time went on, I became slowly more passionate. I was not a girl, I was a tomboy — there’s a very big difference. Then I found out what trans is, and the rest is history. “... Everyone around me was definitely not super restorative of my struggle. But it’s turned out pretty good so far. Most people who were around me back then aren’t around me anymore or have changed for the better.

“I’d say that the hardest thing was losing some of the people that I did or, just in general, seeing the backlash I got from people.

When you come out, you don’t expect it to be that bad, especially when you’re really young. You just think `No one’s going to give me any crap.’ I was the token queer kid at school ... People didn’t take me very seriously and they were rude. For the most part, my transition, even though I haven’t medically transitioned yet — because that’s a lot of stuff and things to do — but just the social transition itself has, luckily,

Tay Anderson

FOR MORE INFORMATION The Rainbow Alley, operated by the GLBT Community Center of Colorado, provides a safe dropin space, along with youth-led events, counseling and support groups, health services and life skills for LGBTQ youth ages 11 to 21. 1301 E. Colfax Ave., Denver, 303-733-7743, https://www. glbtcolorado.org/programs/rainbow-alley/ gone pretty smoothly.”

How I want to change the world “I just want people to know that they can be whatever they want to be and they shouldn’t feel ashamed for being themselves. And I just want people to treat trans people normal … People expect you to look a certain way or else you aren’t real. I just don’t want people to worry about being themselves … and to have the space to be themselves because there’s no reason to be ashamed of who you are or pretend you’re something that you’re not ... As long as you don’t hurt anyone else, what’s the real harm in being you — no matter what you look like?”

Being transgender “made me have a perspective where I can appreciate the outlandish a little bit more because I am considered outlandish and weird by most people. I just have this odd perspective on life where I was raised as one thing then found out I was another.

“I want to do a lot of public work with LGBT youth. A lot of them don’t know who they are or what they want to be or what they are looking for. I hope that I am someone who can help lead them to where they want to be.”

Why my voice is important “Youth have new ideas. We haven’t been raised in the same society that a lot of adults were. We come in with a fresh head and new perspective on things, so we see things that not everyone else does. So many kids are really intelligent, and no one gives them the space they deserve to say these awesome things they are thinking.”

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Tay Anderson Denver

ay Anderson, 20, is running for the Denver Public Schools board election in 2019 because he wants to improve safety in schools. A student at Metropolitan State University of Denver, he is taking a gap year to focus on his campaign. He first ran for school board in 2017 when he was a senior in high school, but lost. Because of family issues, he spent about eight months in foster care when he was 16. His activism began in 2015 when he attended a protest against police brutality. Today, he works to create justice and equal opportunity for people of color.

If you knew me, you would know …

“I think we come with a unique experience because a lot of people think that we are still clinging onto the past, and we’re not clinging onto the past — we’re just trying to rectify the wrongs of the past. When Colin Kaepernick takes a knee, he’s not taking a knee to say that this is for Martin Luther King.

He’s saying that this is for every unarmed black man that’s been shot in the 21st century, for kids that are still living in poverty, for young people that aren’t allowed to have a voice. It’s also been used against me. I’ve had people tell me that because of the color of my skin, I won’t be able to win a citywide race. I just get to prove them wrong in November.

I mean, I might be black, but my blackness doesn’t define where it’s going to take me in the future.

“My activism started on July 5th, actually my birthday, in 2015

when Alton Sterling was killed, because I’d had enough of waking up to the news that another unarmed black person was killed by people that we trust to protect us. Trayvon Martin could have been me. Eric Garner could have been me. Philando Castile could have been me. All of these other African-American males that have been killed at the hands of law enforcement could have been me ... I just got tired of injustice.”

How I want to change the world “A lot of people think that I want to be president — which is cool and I would love to do that — but I want to help my city before I try to go save the world. So that’s why I’m running for the Denver school board.

My city desperately needs some young perspective on the board of education. They need somebody who knows what it means to sit in those seats and what it means to have failed policies used against them. Before we can go change the world and worry about what’s happening in D.C., we have to fix our cities ...”

Why my voice is important “My work has never been about me, it’s never going to be about me. It’s about making sure that the next person who looks like me, who has a funny name like me — my real name isn’t Tay, its Auontai — who have these different, unique characteristics just like myself understand that they, too, have a place in the world.

“It’s time for us to stand up, to understand what we’re inheriting — because we can either inherit a system that we helped craft or we can inherit a system we’re forced to recreate.”

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‘We live in a democracy — let’s make sure it stays that way’ Abigayle Post and Codey Carr Golden

spread more ideas. That’s really when you can have a stronger foundation in your own opinion. So I feel like the stronger your opinions are and the more well-founded they are, the more impactful, I think, on a personal level, your vote actually is.”

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bigayle Post, 18, and Codey Carr, 15, helped push for a law to lower the voting age in Golden to 16 years of age, as well as help write city legislation to ban conversion therapy, the practice of trying to change a person’s sexual orientation from homosexual or bisexual to heterosexual. Abigayle became involved in politics after the election of President Donald Trump, which she said threatened her beliefs in social justice, change and diversity.

Codey’s involvement also began soon after the election — he wanted to make a difference and ensure his ideas were represented. They plan to remain involved in politics in the future.

If you knew me, you would know ...

Abigayle: “I think it’s important to speak up because it’s important to create the world that you want to live in and to create the spaces that future generations will live in, and so speaking up is so important to make sure that you can live in the best world possible. I think I’m so passionate because it’s exhausting to watch history repeat itself, and watch the same issues come up again and again. And I think it’s important to try and create that change individually so that we can also create it as a society.”

Codey: “Being involved in politics has really just shaped my willingness to speak to other people, my willing-

Abigayle Post

Codey Carr

ness to listen to other people’s opinions. I think before I really started getting engaged and super actively involved, I had opinions I wanted to stick to and that was that. Talking to more people, spreading the word, canvassing and actually being involved a lot more with just more discussion, in general, has just really changed my opinions as well as just made me stronger in what I believe in and what I think on what America stands for.”

Codey: “I want to work in the state department when I am older, so I’d really like to change the political sphere not only on a national level but on an international level as well, and make sure that every single international relation does either benefit the United States — or we’re informed in regards to that issue and we can also really make the best decision on that. On a national level, I think more moderation is wonderful. I think we are so polarized right now as a country that I would do anything I could to … make sure that everything is heard and it’s not just black and white, but a spectrum of gray.

“I also think just keeping open dialogue with people you don’t agree with — that’s the best way to make informed decisions, besides going and actually reading up on the issues.

When you talk to more people, you

How I want to change the world Abigayle: “I would love to create a political sphere that is focused on diversity and diversifying the people that we see in office and the policies that are brought to office — not just the type of person they are, but when it comes to health care, gun control and things like that, diversifying the types of beliefs that really get media-megaphoned.”

‘All of us can help out in the world’

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Cyndy Dominguez Arvada

yndy Dominguez, 20, attends Sobesky Academy in Lakewood and is participating in Children’s Hospital Colorado’s Project Search Program, which teaches young people with developmental disabilities who are nearing the end of their high school careers the skills they need to work. She has a cognitive disability that makes it more difficult for her to learn new things quickly.

She is interning at the hospital to gain job experience. For her internship, Dominguez takes the vitals of patients, cleans the exam rooms and performs many other jobs usually handled by medical assistants. Her goal is to live an independent and successful life.

If you knew me, you would know ...

“They didn’t find my disability until I was a freshman in high school. The put me on a ton of meds for ADHD, but it wasn’t that. It’s cognitive. And then my life changed. How I learn has changed. I feel like I got more support to learn in the way I learn best — being shown and talked to during the process just to make sure I do it right.

Cyndy Dominguez

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“I’ve been in Project Search just for a few months, but I’ve been in transition for three years. JeffCo Transition Services is for young adults with a disability to job train, budget and teach them how to do cooking and cleaning.

“I want to be a CNA (certified nurse assistant) and maybe an RN (registered nurse). I want to take classes and find good classes that will help me how to do stuff. I maybe want to go to college in the future, I’m not sure.

I want to get my own apartment in Arvada and get my driver’s license.”

How I want to change the world “I did a summer job at a retirement home and I just fell in love with it because I was helping the elderly and taking them to the bathroom and giving them baths and talking to them. I just like helping people ... That made me feel like I was helping patients and learning more about medicine and how to not just be a standby person.

I liked that feeling of helping people and this job will give me a good point of view in the medical career.

“I want to help people and to demonstrate all of us can help out in the world, too. Just be patient with us. Don’t think we can’t do everything you guys do ... some of us can’t, but most of us can.

All of us can’t be independent all of the time and all of us need support.”

Why my voice is important “We are still figuring out life. The older generation needs to be more patient with us because we are still figuring it out. We do the same things they have been through ... It makes them aware about how people with a disability don’t get everything they say and it kind of puts them in our shoes. To teach them how to actually talk to us and not get mad easily. If they try to tell us what to do really fast, sometimes we can’t.”

Why my voice is important Abigayle: “We have all been lucky enough to be in a country that wants us to exercise our voice and vote on our right to speak to one another. As individuals, the best thing that we can do for our community is to take a stand and talk about what we believe in.

“Just a general rule of thumb, especially to the younger population, is to make sure that you understand when you go into the voting booth how many people have worked for and fought for and died for that right that you have now been given. And that, as a person, the best thing that you can do is make sure that your opinion is heard. You’ll hear a lot of people say, `Oh, vote blue, vote red.’ But vote how you believe in and what you believe and just make sure that you are always doing what you truly believe is best for your country — and then you can’t ever really go wrong.”

Codey: “It’s always that we’re trying to get more people to vote, right? In my opinion, it does not matter how you vote as long as you are voting and making sure that you are putting your opinion in the polls and you are making your vote matter. That’s so important. We live in a democracy, let’s make sure it stays that way.”

ABOUT THE REPORTER Taylore Todd, 17, is a senior at Castle View High School in Castle Rock, where she is copy editor of the yearbook. She has been involved in the school’s journalism program for four years and has spent the past nine weeks interning at Colorado Community Media.

Todd was inspired to do this project by Brandon Stanton’s “Humans of New York.” She has always loved learning about people and their experiences and is passionate about advocating for social equality for people of all backgrounds. She used both interests to create the idea for “Hear My Voice.”

To report and write the stories for this project, she interviewed youths from Castle Rock to Arvada to Denver and other metro-area municipalities to find out how they see their place in today’s world.

“I haven’t been through Taylore Todd a lot of the experiences they have been through,” Todd said of the young people she interviewed. “It made me aware of what more I can do.

This world is going to be ours someday — it might as well start listening to us now.”

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Corey Lasley Surgical Services Business Manager, St. Anthony Hospital

Beyond health care.

This is Corey care.

Corey Lasley, a Surgical Services Business Manager at Centura Health, puts a high premium on efficiency and overseeing his department with a positive outlook. To him, everyone who visits the hospital becomes family. At Centura Health, we pride ourselves on being instruments of whole person care, like Corey serving the Denver Metro region.

Discover more at centura.org

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Santa drops in for an

Christmas

BY DAVID GILBERT DGILBERT@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

anta Claus took a break from his Christmas preparations to take a spin on the ice with some pint-size skaters at the South Suburban Ice Arena in Centennial on Dec. 15.

Students from South Suburban Parks and Recreation District’s hockey and figure skating programs swirled around St. Nick, with some sidling up alongside to whisper their Christmas wishes.

For parents watching from the stands, the magic was about more than Kris Kringle’s presence — it was the magic of watching kids too young to tie their shoes glide gracefully across the ice.

“I can’t believe it,” said Mary Ann Lucks, watching her 5-year-old granddaughter Adria Veruchi skating by.

“She’s only been doing this since January.”

A little skater pulls Santa in close to whisper her Christmas wishes.

Hayden Heitmann, left, and Sammi Masur watch from the sidelines.

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Adria Veruchi, 5, glides after Santa Claus.

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Mary Ann Lucks watches her granddaughter zoom by.

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I particularly liked Crane’s scenes set there — it’s called “Heaven”— and I enjoyed the sense of security it offered. (I wonder how many teens have anything comparable?) “Common things about teens,” Crane says: “they all like to hang out with friends and listen to music …”

Esther, while she tends to lack respect for things related to organized religion, often uses the work “numinous,” which refers to a spiritual quality in things. She just needs a different way of expressing that

aspect of her life.

When Crane started teaching, there wasn’t much in the way of novels for young adults, she says.

There was a huge goal to keep being more diverse and publishers responded. “Always to students, my job is to be honest. For me it’s most important to maintain a book’s honesty.” She finds her association with a group of like-minded authors who get together quarterly for dinner and conversation. Some write science fiction/fantasy, some contemporary. All are female. There’s an online forum and one retreat a year.

“Great sounding board.” “Being a mom forces your hand,” she observes. “Things happen much more methodically.”

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PARKOUR FROM PAGE 11

“It used to just be young men who wanted be reckless, and now it’s everyone,” he said.

“There’s a lot of people who their life is not necessarily parkour,” Frazier agreed. “This is a power hobby or something that contributes to their work-life balance.”

A tight community Perkins estimated that there are 10 times more women training in the sport than there were when he started 12 years ago. Additionally, he said the age range of the sport’s practitioners has expanded significantly — a trend that Arrington has also noticed.

“I’d say our youngest participant is about 5, and our oldest participant is 68,” he said. “You can have them in the same building doing the same thing, and that’s what makes it wildly unique and amazing.”

The sport also appeals to athletes who are on the spectrum or have a learning disability, a group that makes up 10 percent of the customers at Path Movement.

“The people that thrive in parkour are the people who love individual sports,” Arrington said. “You can have somebody with a strong learning disability who enjoys it and is in the same class as a top-tier athlete.”

Ayden Perkins, a freshman at ThunderRidge High School — and Arrington’s stepson — has become one of the best athletes at Path Movement

Students practice their skills during a class at Path Movement.

Vinny Fiacco on the rails at APEX Movement, the parkour gym in Denver at which he is co-owner and general manager.

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in the few years he has been training there. As somebody who has ADHD, he always has a lot of energy, he said, and parkour is one way he can channel that energy.

“It makes you focus on this one thing, parkour, and nothing else,” he said. “It just calms you down.”

Beyond being a fun hobby, the sport has positive benefits for him after he leaves the gym.

“This gets all the energy out, so then I can focus on my homework,” he said.

For everyone in the parkour world, one of the greatest rewards is the sport’s one-of-a-kind community and the strong bonds between coaches and students, Arrington said.

“My coaches are very protective of the kids,” he said. “They’re the unsung heroes of our community.

My business would be worth nothing

without them.”

Likewise, the athletes are supportive of one another in a way that isn’t common to other sports, Fiacco and Arrington said.

“It’s only about 10 years old, so everyone remembers what it’s like to not be able to do the challenge you’re trying,” Fiacco said. “No one wants to see you fail. Everyone wants to help.”

“We had a competition last weekend and there wasn’t a dry eye in the whole building, because everybody was rooting for everybody,” Arrington said. “Parkour, in its core, is all about the community.”

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THINGS to DO

MUSIC

Reunited at Christmas Concert: 7:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 21 at St. Andrew United Methodist Church, 9203 S. University Blvd., Highlands Ranch. Embrace an evening of musical magic with a contemporary a capella choral group followed by a dessert reception. Tickets: $15 in advance online or $20 at the door. Contact: Mark Zwilling 303 7942683 or mzwilling@gostandrew.com A Christmas Carol, the Musical: Through Dec. 23 at Town Hall Arts Center, 2450 West Main St., Littleton. With an infuriated “Bah! Humbug!” Scrooge is forced to face his selfish ways on Christmas Eve when three ghosts visit to lead him through his Past, Present and Future. Visit townhallartscenter.org for more information.

this week’s TOP FIVE Madrigal Dinner — A Musical Medieval Feast: 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Dec. 21 and 22 at 401 W. Mineral Ave., Littleton. A Madrigal Dinner is a 21st Century re-creation of the Renaissance feasts held in the great baronial halls throughout England during the twelve days of Christmas. This is a benefit event supporting the Lauren Townsend Foundation on behalf of Rock Canyon High School’s DECA, FBLA, and Drama students. Please come prepared to donate cash and/or checks at the end of event for this great cause.

Movie Matinee: It’s a Wonderful Life: 2 to 4 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 22 at Bemis Public Library, 6014 S. Datura St., Littleton. Get into the holiday spirit with this Christmas classic starring Jimmy Stewart and Donna. Enjoy free popcorn and lemonade. Call 303-795-3961 or visit littletongov.org for more information.

Christmas Eve Services: 2:30 and 4 p.m. Monday, Dec. 24 at Connections Church, 2121 Dad Clark

tions are required. Call 303-7981389 or go to fpcl.org/dinner for more information.

EVENTS

New Adventures: From Tale to Tale: 4 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 23 at the PACE Center, 20000 Pike Peak Ave., Parker. The Ukrainian Youth Theater will take your family to a magical Russian New Year’s celebration. After a successful tour across the USA last year, audiences young and old were excited for the return of this unique cultural experience. Please be aware that this presentation is performed entirely in Russian. Visit parkerarts.org for more information.

Digital Drop-In Technology Help: 2 to 3 p.m. Monday, Dec. 24 at Douglas County Libraries in Lone Tree, 10055 Library Way, Lone Tree. Stop by the Lounge at Lone Tree for help with your tech questions, including email; downloading books, movies and music; and more. Adults. No registration required; more information is available at 303-791-7323 or DCL.org.

Free Community Dinner: 6 to 7 p.m.

Wednesday, Dec. 26 at First Presbyterian Church, 1609 W. Littleton Blvd., Littleton. Our volunteers will be preparing Christmas Dinner Casserole, Green Salad, Orange Cranberry Salad, Fresh Fruit and Handheld Desserts. All are welcome to come and enjoy the meal and warm hospitality and no reserva-

Open Studio: 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.

Thursday, Dec. 27 at Douglas County Libraries in Lone Tree, 10055 Library Way, Lone Tree. Make crafts!

Use the supplies provided or bring your own! Children 12 and under must be accompanied by an adult.

No registration required; more information is available at 303-791-7323 or DCL.org.

Pajama Party: 1 to 2 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 27 at the Englewood Public Library, 1000 Englewood Parkway.

Join us as we close out 2018 in our comfy PJs! Fun pajama themed books, games, and crafts. There will even be a “midnight” snack.

Visit englewoodco.gov or call (303) 762-2560.

Parker Chess Club: 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 27 at the Parker branch of the Douglas County Libraries, 20105 E. Mainstreet, Parker. Friendly drop-in competition for players of all ages and abilities. All ages, no registration required. For more information, contact Sarah Irwin (303) 791-7323 or sirwin@dclibraries.org.

Movie Day: Home Alone: 1 to 3 p.m.

Friday, Dec. 28 at the Englewood Public Library, 1000 Englewood Parkway. Join us for Home Alone!

Feel free to bring stuffies, pillows and blankets! There will be popcorn. Altenbach Room. Visit englewoodco.gov or call (303) 762-2560.

“Noon” Year’s Party: 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Monday, Dec. 31 at Bemis Public Library, 6014 S. Datura St., Littleton.

Get a jump on the countdown to

Drive, Highlands Ranch. We hope that you’ll consider joining us to hear the story of his birth and what it means this Christmas season. myconnections.church/visit/christmasconnections-church.

Christmas Eve at Hudson Gardens: 4:30 to 5:45 p.m. Monday, Dec. 24 at The Hudson Gardens & Event Center, 6115 S Santa Fe Dr., Littleton. In the most unlikely of times, in the most unlikely of places, in the most unlikely of ways, something extraordinary happened. This is the story of that something. Visit littletonchristmas.com for more information.

Whiskey of the World Seminar: 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 20 at the Parker Garage, 19420 Mainstreet, Parker. Join us for our monthly whiskey tasting featuring whiskey from Westland Distillery. $30/per person, includes welcome cocktail. Reservation required: 720-389-8105

2019! Join us for treats, dancing, door prizes, and the dropping of the New Year’s Eve ball…at noon! A hilarious performance by Bryce Jackman followed by a family dance party will be featured during this favorite celebration to mark the start of a new year.

Reservations required. Come in or call 303-795-3961. visit littletongov. org for more information.

Lifetime Parker Commitment Day 5K: 10 a.m. to noon, Tuesday, Jan 1. at Lifetime Fitness Parker, 9250 Crown Crest Blvd., Parker. Join the Lifetime Fitness Parker community in committing to a healthier, happier life. This is a family friendly 5K open to members and nonmembers. Registration includes a t-shirt, bib, medal, and post race brunch. Kids under 12 are free with every adult registration. $40 Race Day Registration. Visit Commitmentday.com for more information.

Take A Hike on the First Day of the year: 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

Tuesday, Jan. 1 at Castlewood Canyon State Park, 2989 S. Highway 83, Franktown. Castlewood Canyon State Park (Castlewood) Volunteers invite you to join us for a hike to start the year off on the right foot (left if you are military).

It will be a leisurely hike of about 2 ½ miles. Who knows what the weather will be like. Previous hikes have been in sunshine, snowing and almost everything in between.

Visit cpw.state.co.us/placestogo/ parks/CastlewoodCanyon for more information.

African Wildlife Photography: 6:30 p.m.

Wednesday, Jan. 9 at the PACE Center, 20000 Pikes Peak Ave., Parker. Photographer Russ Burden will give a two-part presentation entitled, “Under Tanzanian Skies.” Part one includes an instructional “how to” presentation that illustrates making award-winning safari and wildlife images, and demonstrates his fondness for Tanzania through photos depicting his most common tour mottos: It’s All About The Light, Edit Before Pressing the Shutter, Exhaust All Possibilities, Watch For Those Blinkies, and more.

Part two is an escape into the land of the Serengeti showing a slideshow of both wildlife and scenery.

Winter Cultural Series: “Murder for Two”: 7 to 8:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 10 at Cherry Hills Community Church - 3900 Grace Blvd., Highlands Ranch. In this hilarious 90-minute show, 2 performers play 13 roles—not to mention the piano—in a witty homage to oldfashioned murder mysteries. Tickets: $10 early bird pricing, $15 week of event, if not sold out; Children 2 and under sitting on parent’s lap are free. Military/Senior (65+)/Child (12 under): $7 early bird pricing, $10 week of event, if not sold out. Visit hronline.org or call 303-791-2500 for more information.

Family Fun: Stuffed Animal Sleepover: 6 p.m. Friday, Jan. 11 to 9:30 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 12 at Douglas County Libraries in Parker, 20105 E. Mainstreet, Parker. Bring a stuffed animal friend for a special

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Storytime with crafts and snacks, and then tuck in your stuffed animal to spend the night in the library.

One stuffed animal per child. Ages 0-5. Register now: Jayna Ramsey (303) 791-7323 or jramsey@ dclibraries.org.

Thrilling Thursdays: 12:30 to 3:30 p.m. Thursdays, at the Recreation Center at Southridge, 4800 McArthur Ranch Road, Highlands Ranch.

Special Needs Thrilling Thursdays (Ages 16 and up). Join the therapeutic recreation staff on Thursdays and participate in gym activities, fitness activities, art classes, cooking classes, swimming classes and more. $120 HRCA Member/$138 Non-members. Call (303) 471-7020 for more information.

EDUCATION

Audition for “Willy Wonka’s Chocolate Factory”: 4 p.m. Friday, Dec. 21. This 15-week class teaches 6-18 year old children singing, dancing, and acting techniques while preparing a full-length musical production! Classes will be held on Fridays from 4-5:30 pm from January 4 through April, when performances will take place. Check out spotlightperformers.com or call 720-44-DANCE for more info and current tuition rates.

TR Winter Break Sports Camp: 9 a.m. to noon, Jan. 2 through Jan. 4 at the Recreation Center at Southridge, 4800 McArthur Ranch Road, Highlands Ranch. Special Needs Sports Camp (Ages 8 and up) Learn the skills necessary to play a variety of sports. Also learn the rules of the games, focusing on good sportsmanship, and teamwork. $60 HRCA Member/$69 Non-member.

Visit hrcaonline.org/tr for more information.

Register now for OLLI South January Classes: Eight weeks of OLLI South’s winter classes start Jan. 14, 2019. Sign up now at portfolio. du.edu/ollisouth to get the courses you want. Fifty-one arts, history, or science courses are available this coming term. The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) is a learning organization for seniors; “learning for the fun of it, without grades, tests, and nobody takes attendance.” OLLI at Denver University is endowed by the California-based Bernard Osher Foundation, which has launched 122 senior learning groups across the U.S. Active Minds presents Chicago: Biography of a City: 2 to 4 p.m.

Wednesday, Jan. 16 at Brookdale Meridian Englewood, 3455 S Corona St., Englewood. Join Active Minds for the story of the Windy City. RSVP: 303-761-0300

Editor’s note: Calendar submissions must be received by noon Wednesday for publication the following week. To place a calendar item, go to eventlink. coloradocommunitymedia.com.

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HOW TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE Editor’s note: Send new listings or changes to hharden@coloradocommunitymedia. com. Deadline is noon Wednesday a week before publication.

Douglas/Elbert Task Force: Provides assistance to people in Douglas and Elbert counties who are in serious economic need, at risk of homelessness or in similar crisis.

Need: Volunteers to assist in the food bank, client services and the thrift store Treasures on Park Street.

Contact: Marion Dahlem, 303-688-1114, ext. 32 Dumb Friends League Harmony Equine Center: Cares for homeless horses and other equines.

Need: Volunteers to work with horses and other opportunities.

Requirements: Must be 16 years old, pass a background check, and be able to commit to at least three hours a week for three months.

Contact: 303-751-5772.

Other Information: Two-hour orientation provides an overview of the services provided, learn about the volunteer opportunities, take a tour of the center, and talk with staff and volunteers. Contact www. ddfl.org.

Elbert County Sheriff ’s Posse: Supports the Elbert County Sheriff ’s Office and the Office of Emergency Management with detentions support, patrol, administrative duties, event security, emergency services support, and call-outs as need arises.

Need: With proper training and clearances, volunteers help with patrol, fingerprinting,

records keeping, community event security services, disaster response and management (wildfire, tornado, blizzard, flood, disaster relief, etc.).

Requirements: Must be 21 years or older; retired individuals are great. Must complete an employment application, pass a background check, and complete interviews. After being sworn in, in the first three months of membership, complete a minimum of 45 hours of orientation and training curriculum. After this 90-day probationary period, members must log a minimum of 10 hours of month and attend monthly training meetings. Persons ages 15-20, may join the Elbert County Sheriffs Explorer POST that is associated with the Posse.

Contact: David Peontek at djp1911@msn. com or 303-646-5456. Go to http://www. elbertcountysheriff.com/posse.html; print out and complete an employment application and turn it into the Elbert County Sheriff ’s Office in Kiowa, “Attn: David Peontek.”

Feeding Denver’s Hungry: serves 8001,000 people and families in need in lower downtown Denver.

Need: help distribute food the second and fourth Thursday of each month. Donation also accepted.

Contact: www.feedingdenvershungry.org or https://www.facebook.com/FeedingDenversHungry/ Front Range BEST: Hosts free robotics competitions for middle and high school students.

Need: Volunteer judges for competions.

Contact: Tami Kirkland, 720-323-6827 or

Tami.Kirkland@FrontRangeBEST.org Gateway Battered Women’s Shelter: Serves victims of family violence in Aurora and Arapahoe County.

Need: Volunteers help with crisis-line management, children’s services, legal advocacy, community education and other shelter services.

Donations: Also accepts used cell phones (younger than 4 years) to give to victims.

Mail to Gateway at P.O. Box 914, Aurora, CO 80040, or drop them off at Neighborly Thrift Store, 3360 S. Broadway, Englewood Requirements: Must attend a 26-hour training session; bilingual skills welcome Contact: Jeneen Klippel-Worden, 303-3431856 or jkworden@gatewayshelter.com Girl Scouts of Colorado: Youth organization for girls.

Need: Troop leaders, office support, administrative help and more Age Requirement: Men and women, 18 and older Contact: www.girlscoutsofcolorado.org, inquiry@gscolorado.org or 1-877-404-5708 Global Orphan Relief: Develops and supports programs bringing light, comfort and security to orphans around the world.

Need: Super stars with website development, users of the abundant resources of social media. Those with great connection ability are needed to help with the development of the donor pool.

Contact: Those interested serving this faithbased Colorado nonprofit can contact Deitra Dupray, 303-895-7536 or dadupray@ comcast.net.

GraceFull Community Café: Provides a place in Littleton where people of all backgrounds can gather, eat well and be inspired to give back. Cafe is open for breakfast and lunch, from 7 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Tuesday to Saturday. A partner of the GraceFull Foundation.

Need: Opportunities for food preparation, guest service, cleaning and dishwashing.

Location: 5610 Curtice St., Littleton Contact: Sign up for volunteer opportunities at http://gracefullcafe.com/volunteer/ Habitat ReStore: Nonprofit home improvement stores and donation centers.

Need: Volunteers for Wheat Ridge, Denver or Littleton Habitat ReStores, helping with the cash register, dock and warehouse floor Contact: 303-996-5468, email Alice Goble at Alice@habitatmetrodenver.org Highlands Ranch Community Association: Works with Therapeutic Recreation Program and Special Olympics.

Need: Volunteers to help teach classes, coach Special Olympics, provide athletes support during Special Olympics practices, assist with special events, and help participats succeed in the therapeutic recreation program.

Contact: Summer Aden, 303-471-7043 or www.hrcaonline.org/tr Hospice at Home Need: Volunteers help patients and their families with respite care, videotaping, massage and other tasks. Home study training is available.

Contact: 303-698-6404

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December 20, 2018

SPORTS STUDENT-ATHLETE STUDENT ATHLETE SPOTLIGHT

Gamble not short on skill

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5-foot-7 Mountain Vista point guard steps into leadership

BY JIM BENTON JBENTON@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

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ome basketball players are selfish, looking to score with every opportunity, and many times are not team players.

Mountain Vista 5-foot-7 junior point guard Mackenzie Gamble is not one of those players and is still trying to get more comfortable with her abilities to do a myriad of things on a basketball court.

Vista coach Mike Willahan keeps reminding Gamble to take shots instead of looking to make a pass.

“As a point guard you are put into that position as the leader,” said Gamble, who is considering playing lacrosse in the spring.

“Coming into high school that was a big step and I have definitely matured in that area. I get in a lot of shooting during the break between club and the high school seasons.

“I have to continue to be the best leader for my team, having an attack mentality for 100 percent of the game and having the endurance to play that kind of basketball. It’s weird, the transition between your underclassman years to your upperclassman years, because you have to look back on how you were as a freshman and sophomore. When you get to your upperclassman years you have to remember you are bringing those younger kiddos with you.”

Gamble started in gymnastics but switched to basketball since her brothers play basketball.

Older brother Corbin is on Vista’s boys team and Henry is a freshman on the junior varsity team.

COACH’S TAKE: ‘There’s not much she can’t do on the basketball court.

She deserves to be mentioned with the rest of the top point guards in the state.’

Mike Willahan, Mountain Vista girls basketball coach

Gift from afar scores down under

Mountain Vista junior point guard Mackenzie Gamble is averaging 10 points and more than 5 rebounds per game.

JIM BENTON

Q&A with Gamble Who is your favorite athlete and why?

Steph Curry. He’s tiny compared to the other players but he can still dominate as a point guard. I don’t know specific players, but the Florida Gators girls basketball team. They have an extremely good program and my parents both went to the University of Florida.

We wear these little ribbons on the back of our shoes. We do that every year. That’s a tradition. When you look down, when you are tired or whenever, you are supposed to see the ribbon and remember we are a team. Before every game we hold this rope and lean back. That has also been a team tradition.

What would be a perfect performance in your sport?

A win would be nice for sure and then personally just playing extremely good defense, getting steals, assisting my teammates.

How does a 5-foot-7 point guard average five rebounds a game?

It is just how much you want it. You can be 6-7 and just stand under the basket, but a little guard like me can go in and want the basketball. It’s just how much you desire and want the basketball and want to work for it. My speed is definitely an advantage underneath the basket.

Do you or the team have any rituals and traditions?

Have a suggestion for whom to feature in Student-Athlete Spotlight?

Email Jim Benton at jbenton@coloradocommunitymedia.com

Key stats | After the first six games of the season, Gamble is averaging 10 points, 5.2 rebounds, 3.7 assists and four steals per game.

e are often reminded that one of the best things about the holiday season is the ability to help those in need.

It’s a special time of year, and Rock Canyon assistant basketball coach Nick Mahan and his uncle, Shawn Dominguez, who is a Col- OVERTIME orado State Patrol officer, were feeling good as they helped orchestrate a donation of old Jaguars basketball uniforms to a school in Derby, Australia.

The uniforms Jim Benton were used by kids and even adult teams in Derby.

This bittersweet story came to light when Trev Menmuir Sr. and his son, Trev Menmuir Jr., were in Colorado and spoke during a course on emotional intelligence for Colorado Department of Public Safety employees in late October.

Gerry Cleveland, an attorney for at-risk kids and a businessman from Australia who has known Trev Menmuir Sr. for years, helped teach the course, and since the Menmuirs were being treated to a three-week vacation in Colorado and Washington, D.C., they were invited to speak to the CDPS class.

What they told the CDPS group was moving and when they asked for donations of basketball equipment and paraphernalia, Dominguez called Mahan, who talked with Rock Canyon head coach Kent Grams and found some old uniforms to ship down under, along with gifts from other donating organizations.

“The class was so moved that we reached out to different sources to find basketball attire for the kids,” said Mahan. “Rock Canyon donated home and away uniforms for the kids. The uniforms were a big hit with everybody in Derby.”

Derby is a tribal township in western Australia with a population of 3,325, and 47.2 percent of the population is of Aboriginal decent. Much of the Aboriginal population faces poverty and poor living conditions.

Trev Sr. is employed at the local school as a counselor. His paid hours are 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. on weekdays, but he usually works from 5 a.m. until 11 p.m. between Monday and Saturday.

On Sundays, he is usually working between noon and 10 p.m.

His day starts at 5 a.m. as he drives around to pick up students for school because their parents are unable to drive them.

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Chaparral, Valor athletes share volleyball honors Julianna Dalton, Anna Davis named South Metro Players of Year

BY JIM BENTON JBENTON@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Chaparral’s Julianna Dalton (19) is the co-South Metro Volleyball Player of the Year.

PHOTOS BY PAUL DISALVO

Valor Christian’s Anna Davis is the co-South Metro Volleyball Player of the Year.

On campus:

Chaparral’s Julianna Dalton was switched this season from an outside hitter to the middle, the position that Valor Christian’s Anna Davis plays.

Dalton and Davis were standout volleyball players last season and helped their teams advance to the Class 5A state volleyball championship match.

Colorado Community Media has selected Dalton and Davis at the 2018 South Metro Co-Volleyball Players of the Year.

Dalton, a 6-foot-4 junior, led the Continental League with a .373 hitting percentage and was also the league leader with 126 blocks which was third in the state. She finished with 222 kills, a 49.0 kills percentage, 69 digs and 24 assists.

“I normally do not play middle,” said Dalton. “It’s not what I play in

Rock Canyon • Grant Figueroa tallied 23 points, missed only one shot and pulled down 10 rebounds for a doubledouble in a 64-40 boys basketball win over Monarch on Dec. 14.

• Senior Mara Powner scored 13 points and had six rebounds and three assists in the

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News and notes from local high school sports programs 10 before a 63-42 loss to Middle Park on Dec. 15. In four-game statistics that have been recorded, senior Jp Chambers is the team’s top scorer with a 11.3 scoring average.

• The girls basketball team won for the fifth time in six outings with a 46-25 victory over Middle Park on Dec. 15.

Highlands Ranch • The girls basketball team, ranked third in the CHSAANow.com Dec. 10 Class 5A poll, improved to 6-0 with wins over Arapahoe and Pine Creek. Kasey Neubert scored 15 points in a 61-39 victory over Arapahoe on Dec. 11. Six players scored in double figures, led by Kacy Horton’s 15 points, in an 80-32 rout over Pine Creek on Dec. 15.

• The boys basketball team lost two of three games in the Power To Play Showcase tournament in Windsor. Cheyenne East downed the Falcons 85-61 in the Dec. 13 opener. On Dec. 14, the team downed Golden,66-61, but lost to Horizon, 62-55, on Dec. 15 in the consolation finale.

Mountain Vista • Junior Amy Holland had a double-double with 24 points and 11 rebounds as the girls basketball team posted its sixth straight win with a 69-59 victory over Cherokee Trail on Dec. 11. The win streak was snapped Dec. 14 when the Golden Eagles were outscored by 15 points in the second and third quarters in a 53-36 loss to Broomfield.

• Jacob Strawn scored the game-winning goal on a third-period power play in the hockey team’s 3-2 win over Columbine on Dec. 13. Caleb Kivett had a goal and assist in an 8-2 loss to Cherry Creek on Dec. 14 in a game in which the Golden Eagles were outshot, 43-18.

club. I played it my freshman year just because I really didn’t know what I wanted to do. Coach asked me if I wanted to play middle this season and I said sure simply because there was no one else.

“At the beginning I thought, `Oh my gosh, this is awful. I cannot do this. I can’t even get up on every block. I cannot close or whatever.’

But I really improved as a middle.”

She still prefers being an outside hitter.

“I still like outside,” she noted.

“Middle definitely helps me with blocking. We have had club practices and after moving from middle to outside, blocking is 10 times easier because you are only in charge of two people instead of three. As the middle you have to block everyone and you are in charge of closing. It is just a more fas-paced game for a middle. You have to be up on every ball. “ Davis, a 6-1 junior who has committed to Tulane University, was up all season for Valor and a key reason the Eagles captured the state championships.

ThunderRidge • The basketball team built up a 16-point lead after three quarters and went on to down Boulder, 60-52, on Dec. 14. Austin Holt scored 14 points and Nolan Marold had 13 points for the No. 2-ranked Grizzlies in the victory.

• Diver Gretchen Wensuc racked up 480.65 statequalifying points and was third in the competition at the Rex Abelein Memorial Invitational swim meet on Dec. 15 at the Veterans Memorial Aquatic Center.

Rock Canyon’s Jaylen Eikenberg flies in for the layup as Monarch’s Joey Covington looks to get in his way. The Jaguars ended up on top their home court 64-40 on Dec. 14.

PAUL DISALVO girls basketball 41-39 win over Weston Ranch (Stockton, California) on Dec. 15.

SkyView Academy • The boys basketball team toppled Aurora West College Prep Academy, 62-46, on Dec.

Valor Christian • In a rematch of last season’s state championship hockey game, defending champion Regis Jesuit posted a 4-1 victory over the Eagles on Dec. 15.

Colton Carlson scored the goal for Valor.

• Lindsay Stenstrom won the 100 freestyle finals at the Rex Abelein Memorial Invitational swim meet on Dec. 15 with a time of 51.01.

She was second in the 50 freestyle and also was part of the winning 400 freestyle relay team, which turned in a 3:12.12 clocking. Other members of the relay team were Ashley Stenstrom, AJ Adams and Makayla Hoehn. The Eagles were fourth in the team standings at the meet held at the Veterans Memorial Aquatic Center.

• Kindyll Wetta scored 25 points and had 13 steals in the No. 7 ranked girls basketball team’s 72-37 win over Douglas County on Dec. 14. The 5-9 sophomore leads the 5A Jeffco League with a 19.8 scoring average and 6.8 steals a game.

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Mountain Vista’s Jenna Fitzsimmons.

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Vista, Valor students are standouts in cross country

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Jenna Fitzsimmons and Cole Sprout couldn’t be caught during the high school cross country season.

Fitzsimmons, a junior for the state champion Mountain Vista team, is the 2018 Colorado Community Media South Metro Girls Cross Country Runner of the Year. Sprout, a junior at Valor Christian, is the Boys Cross Country Runner of the Year.

Both won their second consecutive t individual state championships on Oct. 27 at the Norris Penrose Event Center in Colorado Springs.

Fitzsimmons, a three-time winner of the Colorado Community Media South Metro Girls Cross Country Runner of Year award, ran away from her closest competitors over the last mile and won the 2018 state title by 13 seconds with a time of 18:12.3 “It was so fun to have such an amazing team,” said Fitzsimmons, who is always reluctant to talk about herself.

“We all push each other. Any day you are not feeling good they are right next to you to push you along in a workout or even on a run.

“A lot of times when I was doubting myself and not sure what was going to happen I was like doing it for other girls on the team, knowing they are putting in the work and knowing every point counts. I was just seeing what happened at state.

The other girls were right next to

Valor Christian’s Cole Sprout. me, pushing me.”

Fitzsimmons had two older two sisters, Delany and Mauren, run for Mountain Vista and she always seemed to outdistance other runners and helped the Golden Eagles repeat as 5A girls team state champions.

“Jenna is a hardworking and selfless individual who always puts the needs of the team ahead of her own,” said Mountain Vista coach Jonathan Dalby. “It is pretty special when an athlete defends a state championship as an individual. For Jenna, however, the win was more about helping her team than it was about personal accolades for her. She is a special athlete and we are lucky to have her on our team here at Mountain Vista.”

Sprout is also a special athlete who captured the 4A championship in 2017 and had an easy time winning the 5A title this season. Like Fitzsimmons, he finished way ahead of other competitors and broke the course record by 17 seconds with a time of 15:16.1.

“It’s really hard (without challengers),” Sprout said. “It takes a lot of guts mentally. You have to keep yourself on because it is easy to kind of drift off and slow down a little bit when there is nobody right there pushing you.

“I’ve kind of always had the mental toughness. I train by myself and in most races I am usually by myself. I feel like I ran well all season. It takes a couple minutes but thinking about the season now it was pretty incredible. I felt a lot stronger for sure and a lot faster this year.”

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Trev Sr. has a classroom with room to nap for the kids who did not get a good night’s sleep because of issues at home. He has a uniform program and keeps clean, spare school uniforms for any kids who have a dirty uniform. He issues laundered uniforms so students are not bullied for being dirty.

There is also a breakfast area for kids to get food to start the day and another room with games, puzzles and a TV, on which National Basketball Association highlights are shown. Basketball is the second highest team participation sport in Australia, according to Basketball Australia. Australian Rules Football is the No. 1 watched sport.

After school, the Menmuirs run a basketball league with about 100 players but practice and games last

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She led the 5A Jeffco League with a .473 hitting percentage. She had 243 kills and a 55.5 kills percentage. She was the Jeffco leader with 114 blocks.

“I played well this year,” said Davis. “The main thing was I just focused on working hard being determined to be the hardest-working player on the court. It paid off because I was able to do things and

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Valor coach Greg Coplen pointed out that Sprout ran a 14:32 at the Desert Twilight in Arizona in September, which was the fastest time in the nation this season.

sometimes to 10 p.m. Afterward, the Menmuirs make sure the players get home.

On weekend trips, Menmuir teaches kids about the Aboriginal culture, including hunting, fishing and singing. They also make boomerangs, hunting tools and musical instruments like didgeridoos.

There was a basketball tournament early in December in Halls Creek, outside of Derby, with 15 teams. Trev Jr.’s team won the tourney wearing the Rock Canyon uniforms.

There was also a town fair in Derby, where more basketball games were played and all the NBA jerseys collected by the CDPS class were handed out as town fair prizes.

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.

push harder than I was able to do before in previous years.”

She feels blocking takes more skill than hitting.

“Blocking is definitely harder having to read the players on the other side of the net and reacting quickly to what they are doing and be able to get up strong and take about court and space away from them,” she continued. “Hitting is a lot of the same, smart placement and working hard to put the ball where you want it to go and a lot of that is the connection you have with your setters.”

“Cole had an absolutely fantastic season and he has some big goals ahead,” said Coplen.

“He’s a 4.0 student and about as humble of a kid as you’ll ever find.”

Sprout recently won the Nike Southwest Regional meet on Nov. 17 in Casa Grande, Arizona, with a time of 14:39.1.

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Public Notice Commissioner’s Proceedings November 2018 Vendor Name 18TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT VALE FUND 2020 TECHNOLOGIES 53 CORPORATION LLC ABERDEEN CONSTRUCTION INC ABSOLUTE GRAPHICS INC ACERTUS/METRO TITLE ACORN PETROLEUM INC ADAPTIVE INTERVENTIONS ADVANCED PROPERTY MAINTENANCE INC ADVANCED TRAFFIC PRODUCTS INC AETNA HEALTH AG WASSENAAR INC AGGREGATE INDUSTRIES AIRVAC SERVICES INC

Total $5,160.00 1,689.00 148,509.00 36,277.00 5,121.99 164.19 96,396.70 38,800.00 2,293.85 21,613.00 3,994.00 850.00 1,506,218.26 5,225.85

ALCOHOL MONITORING SYSTEMS INC ALEXANDER, MICHAEL D ALGER, BRADLEY ALL ACCESS INC ALL ANIMAL RECOVERY ALSTON, MARSHA AMAILCO INC AMELING, CASEY AMERICAN DIVERSITY AMERICAN PLANNING ASSOCIATION ANDREWS, ANDREW ANTHONY, ALISA AON CONSULTING INC APDC COLORADO LANGUAGE CONNECTION APEX DESIGN PC ARAMARK SERVICES INC ARAPAHOE COUNTY HUMAN SERVICES

12,359.97 50.22 67.02 1,475.15 3,320.00 576.83 922.34 40.00 258.50 1,028.00 72.17 164.19 32,500.00 974.00 579.50 60,686.22 8,231.80

ARAPAHOE COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE ARAPAHOE COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE ARCHAEOLOGY REVIVAL CONSULTING ARCHITERRA GROUP INC ARMORED KNIGHTS INC ARNESON, SARAH JOAN ASHWORTH, JOSHUA ASKINS, HAILEY RENEE ASSOCIATED BAG COMPANY AT CONFERENCE ATKINS NORTH AMERICA ATTITUDE SYSTEMS LLC AUSTIN, SHANNA MARIE AUTOMATED BUILDING SOLUTIONS

59.00 230.00 4,573.17 9,614.88 2,065.60 49.92 469.88 376.96 717.86 35.81 11,263.33 1,544.03 63.97 1,250.00

AZTEC CONSULTANTS INC 1,460.00 B & H PHOTO-VIDEO 799.20 BACH, SABRINA DALE 195.83 BALCOMB & GREEN 4,556.20 BALDRIDGE, SAM 500.00 BANKS, JERRY 188.57 BARNES, ELIZABETH 189.81 BAROFFIO PSY D, JAMES R 12,667.00 BASELINE ASSOCIATES INC 560.00 BASH, JERRY 212.49 BASSETT & ASSOCIATES INC 48,261.03 BECKETT, NICOLE LYNN 41.75 BEGLEY, MICHAEL 161.90 BENNINGTON MERCANTILE 368.30 BEYOND TECHNOLOGY INC 1,700.01 BITHELL, RUBY 20.00 BJORK, PATSY LEE 205.90 BLACK HILLS ENERGY 38,494.83 BOE, GEORGIENNE LOUISE 30.40 BORNHOFT, DAVID W 4,778.50 BORNHOFT, JANINE 3,104.68 BOYDEN, KAREN NICHOLE 240.67 BRADLEY, MICHELLE SAMANTHA 115.90 BRANNAN AGGREGATES 59,001.24 BRINKWORTH, THOMAS ALLEN 100.00 BROWN, JOHN AUSTIN 83.38 BURNS, WALTER O 9,729.41 CALEA-COMMISSION ACCREDITATION FOR LAW 5,500.00 CAMPBELL, COLTEN 40.00 CAPSTONE GROUP LLC 4,500.00 CARLSON, AVERY 40.00 CARLSON, ISABEL 20.00 CARVER MD, JOHN 3,111.00 CASI COLORADO ASPHALT SERVICES 2,434.80 CASTLE ROCK CONSTRUCTION 1,146,213.03 CASTLE ROCK ‘N ROLLERS 955.00 CASTLE ROCK SENIOR CENTER 22,638.08 CASTLETON CENTER WATER & SANITATION 215.57 CBM CONSULTING 7,215.42 CCMSI 90,122.76 CDIA-COLO DRUG INVESTIGATORS 1,346.04 CED (CONSOLIDATED ELECTRIC) 4,422.00 CENTENNIAL PRINTING 129.00 CENTURA HEALTH 260.26 CENTURY LINK 21,757.63 CHANG, DENISE ANN 40.80 CHATO’S CONCRETE LLC 112,846.75 CHEMA TOX LABORATORY INC 1,573.00 CIANCONE, LAURA (YOGA) 180.00 CIANCONE, LAURA ELIZABETH 69.84 CINTAS CORPORATION 7,821.00 CITY OF AURORA 42,590.04 CITY OF CASTLE PINES 175,837.52 CITY OF CASTLE PINES 16,560.93 CITY OF LAKEWOOD 230.00 CITY OF LITTLETON 17,622.78

Description Due to 18th Judicial Dist.-VALE Computer Software/License Perry Park Road Improvements HS Facility Remodel Project Clothing & Uniforms Fee Refunds - Clerk & Recorder Fleet Tanks Fuel Other Professional Services Other Repair & Maintenance Service Traffic Signal Equipment - Engineering Service Charge Roads, Street, Drainage-Engineering Aggregate Products & Asphalt Overlay Car Wash Repair & Maintenance Service Other Professional Services 2017 Fire Deployments Fee Refunds - Clerk & Recorder Audio Equipment Other Purchased Services Metro Area Meeting Expense Service Contracts County Fair Awards/Fair Livestock Printing/Copying/Reports Professional Membership & Licenses Fee Refunds - Clerk & Recorder Travel Expense Consulting Services Interpretation Services Traffic Signals - Engineering Inmate Meals Child Support Enforcement Legal Services Service of Process Training Fees Other Professional Services Other Improvements Armored Car Services Travel Expense Fee Refunds - Clerk & Recorder Travel Expense Operating Supplies Telephone/Communications Roadmap Development Services Parker Car Wash Equipment Travel Expense Software/Hardware Support/ Maintenance Roads, Street, Drainage-Engineering Thermal Vision Equipment Metro Area Meeting Expense Legal Services Veteran Stipend Fee Refunds - Clerk & Recorder Travel Expense Other Professional Services Recruitment Costs Clothing & Uniforms Fairgrounds Platform Project Metro Area Meeting Expense Fee Refunds - Clerk & Recorder Livestock Management Computer Supplies County Fair Awards/Fair Livestock Metro Area Meeting Expense Utilities/Gas Fee Refunds - Clerk & Recorder Other Purchased Services Other Purchased Services Travel Expense Travel Expense Salt & Other Ice Removal Reimburse Farrier Service Travel Expense 2018 Fire Deployments Professional Membership & Licenses County Fair Awards/Fair Livestock Other Professional Services County Fair Awards/Fair Livestock County Fair Awards/Fair Livestock Medical, Dental & Vet Services Asphalt & Asphalt Filler Concrete Repairs Equipment Use Fees Transportation Grant Services Water & Sewer Other Professional Services Workers Compensation Claims Travel Expense Other Repair & Maintenance Supplies Printing/Copying/Reports Medical, Dental & Vet Services Telephone/Communications Fee Refunds - Clerk & Recorder Sidewalk Repair Projects Medical, Dental & Vet Services Wellness Program Travel Expense Service Contracts Due to Aurora - Auto Use Tax Due to Castle Pines-Auto Use Tax Intergovernmental-Castle Pines Training Fees Due to Littleton-Auto Use Tax

CITY OF LONE TREE 7,509.10 CITY OF LONE TREE 186,332.14 CIVICORE LLC 3,000.00 CL CLARKE INC 7,474.00 CLEAR BALLOT GROUP INC 17,384.85 CLIFF SPRINGS RANCH TRUCKING 4,370.00 CNDC-COLO NONPROFIT DEVELOPMENT CENTER 55,798.98 COALITION FOR THE UPPER SOUTH PLATTE 2,500.00 COLLINS ENGINEERS INC 27,918.00 COLORADO ASSESSORS ASSOCIATION 1,060.00 COLORADO BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION 7,569.00 COLORADO CODE CONSULTING LLC 6,275.00 COLORADO COMMUNITY MEDIA 7,847.58 COLORADO CORRECTIONAL MEDICAL GROUP PLLC 190,870.81 COLORADO COUNTIES INC 3,925.00 COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & ENVIRONMENT 336.00 COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES 5,565.00 COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH 350.00 COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE 5,471,339.23 COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF STATE 13,380.00 COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 12,411.55 COLORADO DEPT OF HUMAN SERVICES 2,240.00 COLORADO DOORWAYS INC 372.00 COLORADO JUDICIAL DEPARTMENT 528.00 COLORADO PIPELINE REHABILITATION LLC 204,160.00 COLORADO ROCKY MOUNTAIN DANCERS 234.00 COLORADO SADDLE MAKERS ASSOCIATION 170.00 COLORADO SECRETARY OF STATE 27.50 COLORADO STATE BEEKEEPER 200.00 COLORADO STATE TREASURER 10,493.42 COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY MEAT SCIENCE 619.00 COLUMBINE PAPER & MAINTENANCE 456.50 COMMUNITY SAFETY 1ST 480.00 COMPUTRONIX INC 28,343.75 CONTINUUM OF COLORADO 12,825.00 COOPERATIVE PERSONNEL SERVICES 14,496.00 COPRO EFP LLC 1,367.52 CORDANT HEALTH SOLUTIONS 29.25 CORNERSTONE ONDEMAND INC 129,000.00 CORRECT RX PHARMACY SERVICES 7,476.00 CORUS360 17,250.00 COUNTY SHERIFF’S OF COLORADO 396.00 CREEKSIDE BIBLE CHURCH 200.00 CRISIS CENTER 31,250.00 CROSS LINE CONSTRUCTION 41,547.00 CROSSPURPOSE 1,425.00 CROWN TROPHY CORPORATE AWARDS 121.00 CSST SOFTWARE LLC 26,340.00 CUB SCOUT PACK #262 100.00 CUMMINS SALES AND SERVICE 33,341.59 CUNNINGHAM, DWIGHT 10,652.58 DAHL OF DENVER 8,160.92 DAU, BRAD 95.00 DAVID EVANS & ASSOCIATES INC 15,399.80 DAWN B HOLMES INC 11,110.00 DEFI CONSULTING 3,000.00 DELLENBACH MOTORS 629.00 DELVE, DEREK S 231.00 DENVER HEALTH & HOSPITAL AUTHORITY 680.00 DESANTIS, KATHERINE AUDREY 504.87 DEWBERRY, RICHARD 212.40 DIAMOND RESIDENTIAL MORTGAGE 66.25 DIMMICK, KARI LYNN 277.19 DISTRICT ATTORNEY 621,870.24 DLH ARCHITECTURE LLC 2,183.00 DOUGLAS COUNTY DEPUTY SHERIFF’S ASSOCIATION 14,661.25 DOUGLAS COUNTY INMATE WELFARE ACCOUNT 3,240.00 DOUGLAS COUNTY SENIOR FOUNDATION 8,120.50 DOUGLAS COUNTY SHERIFF 115.00 DOUGLAS COUNTY TEMPORARY SERVICES 2,070.00 DOUGLAS/ELBERT TASK FORCE 12,996.79 DR HORTON 16,432.54 DRC CONSTRUCTION SERVICES INC 253.12 DUDE SOLUTIONS INC 3,514.04 DUDLEY, MELISSA LEANNE 299.15 DUMB FRIENDS LEAGUE 10,471.00 DUNNAWAY, KELLY 198.88 ECONOLITE CONTROL PRODUCTS INC 130.00 EDELMANN, JOHN LUKE 572.00 EL PASO COUNTY SHERIFF 35.25 43.00 ELBERT COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE ELIZABETH GARAGE DOORS LLC 895.00 ELK CREEK SAND AND GRAVEL LLC 24,184.57 EMBASSY SUITES COLORADO SPRINGS 10,920.00 EMBASSY SUITES HOTEL 2,544.00 EMBASSY SUITES HOTEL DENVER 3,329.00 EMPLOYERS COUNCIL SERVICES INC 2,100.00 EMPLOYERS COUNCIL SERVICES INC 660.00 EMPLOYMENT LAW SOLUTIONS INC 3,000.00 ENNIS-FLINT INC ENTERPRISE ENVIROTECH SERVICES INC ENVISION IT PARTNERS ERECORD PARTNERS ERO RESOURCES CORPORATION ESKER SOFTWARE INC EST INC EVANS, SANDRA A EVANS, SANDRA A EZ LINER INDUSTRIES FARIS MACHINERY COMPANY FARNSWORTH GROUP FASTENAL COMPANY

13,752.91 462.30 21,099.78 4,824.00 10.00 781.83 1,234.59 59,233.47 8,606.17 234.41 210.62 17,410.07 3,207.50 806.05

Due to Lone Tree-MV License Fee Intergovernmental-Lone Tree Software/Hardware Subscription Other Professional Services Other Professional Services Livestock Management Transportation Grant Services Professional Membership & Licenses Traffic Signal Inspections Conference, Seminar, Training Fees Concealed Handgun Fee Remittance New Elevator Installations Newspaper Notices/Advertising Medical, Dental & Vet Services Conference, Seminar, Training Fees Due to State-PH Marriage License Due to State-CO TBI Trust Permit Fee - Airport Road Due to State - Auto Use Tax Due to State - eRecording State-CDOT Due to State-HS Marriage License Other Repair & Maintenance Supplies Due to State - Family Friendly Court Big Dry Creek Culvert Project Security Deposit Refund-Fairground Security Deposit Refund-Fairground Due to State-Voter Confidentiality Security Deposit Refund-Fairground Unemployment Claims County Fair Awards/Fair Livestock Janitorial Supplies Other Professional Services Other Professional Services Transportation Grant Services Contract Work/Temporary Agency Thermal Imaging Equipment Medical, Dental & Vet Services Software/Hardware Subscription Medical, Dental & Vet Services Contract Work/Temporary Agency Operating Supplies Security Deposit Refund-Fairground Contributions Clerk of Courts Remodeling Project Other Professional Services Other Repair & Maintenance Supplies Other Professional Services Security Deposit Refund-Fairground Repair & Maintenance Service/Supplies Other Professional Services Machinery & Equipment Fee Refunds - Clerk & Recorder Other Professional Services Medical, Dental & Vet Services Other Training Services Fee Refunds - Clerk & Recorder Instructor Travel Medical, Dental & Vet Services Travel Expense Fee Refunds - Clerk & Recorder Fee Refunds - Clerk & Recorder Travel Expense Legal Services Design Services Security Services Other Prof Services/Booking Fees Contributions Other Purchased Services Contract Work/Temporary Agency Other Professional Services Escrow Payable Fee Refunds - Clerk & Recorder Computer Software/License Travel Expense Other Purchased Services Travel Expense Traffic Signal Parts Travel Expense Other Purchased Services Other Purchased Services Other Repair & Maintenance Service Aggregate Products Student Travel Student Travel Student Travel Other Training Services Recruitment Costs Leadership Academy/Other Training Services Paint & Road Striping Travel Expense Dust Suppressant Software/Hardware Support/ Maintenance Fee Refunds - Clerk & Recorder Other Professional Services Software/Hardware Support/ Maintenance Roads, Street, Drainage-Engineering Other Professional Services Travel Expense Equipment & Motor Vehicle Parts Equipment & Motor Vehicle Parts Other Professional Services Sign Parts & Supplies

FEDEX 114.05 FELD, LORI KLEIN 6,240.00 FELSBURG, HOLT AND ULLEVIG 142,206.76 FIRE ALARM SERVICES INC 6,035.00 FORENSIC & CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY ASSOCIATION 17,000.00 FRAILEY ROOFING LLC 9,409.25 FRANKTOWN ANIMAL CLINIC 1,293.46 FREDERICKS, FRANK 1,752.76 FRONT RANGE AGILITY TEAM 72.50 FRONT RANGE LEGAL PROCESS SERVICE 125.00 FRONTIER FERTILIZER & CHEMICAL COMPANY 4,763.75 FROST, JENNIFER ANN 78.59 G H PHIPPS CONSTRUCTION 6,003.00 GADES SALES COMPANY INC 16,413.00 GADZIALA, CAMILLE LOUISE 596.56 GALLS LLC 18,114.92 GARRISON, KALILA 40.00 GARVEY, ERIC KENDALL 240.00 GENERAL AIR SERVICE & SUPPLY 51.01 GIRARD, DAVID E 500.00 GMCO CORPORATION 50,918.40 GORMAN, THOMAS J 613.90 GORMAN, THOMAS J 14,146.83 GOUDY, MALISA ANNABELLE 80.44 GOVCONNECTION INC 84,480.15 GRAFFT, DEAN LEWIS 288.86 GRAHAM, CHAD 200.00 GROUND ENGINEERING CONSULTANTS INC 41,223.00 GROUP14 ENGINEERING PBC 17,810.00 H2O CAR WASH 861.00 HAFEY, TIM 2,500.00 HARLOW, T GRADY 112.71 HARPER, TRACY J 1,864.00 HARTFORD TECHNOLOGY RENTAL CO 23,700.00 HARTIG, JAMIE CHRISTINE 104.92 HARTLEY, JOSEPH RYAN 2,346.50 HAULAWAY STORAGE CONTAINERS 80.00 HAYNE, LOGAN 20.00 HC PECK & ASSOCIATES INC 176,448.00 HDR ENGINEERING INC 6,545.15 HEALTH MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATES 12,966.50 HIGH COUNTRY TECHNOLOGY CONSULTANTS 515.00 HIGHLANDS RANCH COMMUNITY 3,416.00 HIGHPOINTE SERVICES LTD 25,000.00 HML TRAINING INC 7,474.00 HML TRAINING INC 412.12 HOFSHEIER, TORI 265.94 HOME CARE ASSISTANCE OF DOUGLAS COUNTY 2,165.00 HOMICIDE TRAINING.COM 13,500.00 HOWARD, ETHAN MICHAEL 628.00 HSS - HOSPITAL SHARED SERVICES 56,148.69 HUBER, KATE 40.00 HUDICK EXCAVATING INC 5,000.00 HUMANE SOCIETY OF PIKES PEAK 31,808.34 ID EDGE INC 603.75 ID INVESTIGATIVE SERVICES LLC 3,856.42 IMPACT RECOVERY SYSTEMS INC 742.00 INDIGOLD CONSULTING LLC 1,900.00 INFOMEDIA INC 9,000.00 INGALLS, LANCE 85.40 INGALLS, MELISSA ANN 143.42 INTEGRATED CLEANING SERVICES 35,651.05 INTEGRATED VOTING SOLUTIONS 272,779.49 INTELLECTUAL TECHNOLOGY INC 19,009.17 IREA 104,474.36 ISC - INFORMATION SYSTEMS 8,626.42 J & A TRAFFIC PRODUCTS J BROWER PSYCHOLOGICAL SERVICES & CONSULTING J P MORGAN CHASE BANK JACOBSEN, FRANK D JAKUBOWSKI, MATTHEW JAMES R PEPPER LLC JBS PIPELINE CONTRACTORS

3,408.00

Postage & Delivery Service Other Professional Services Tomah Intersection Design Service Contracts Legal Services Other Repair & Maintenance Supplies Operating Supplies Travel Expense Security Deposit Refund-Fairground Other Purchased Services Other Repair & Maintenance Supplies 2016-2017 Fire Deployment Adjustment Escrow Payable Traffic Signal Equipment - Engineering Travel Expense Clothing & Uniforms County Fair Awards/Fair Livestock Fee Refunds - Community Justice System Operating Supplies Other Professional Services Dust Suppressant Travel Expense Other Professional Services Travel Expense Computer Equipment Travel Expense Security Deposit Refund-Fairground Construction Inspection Services Design Services Fleet Car Wash Services Escrow Payable Travel Expense Instructor Travel Vehicle & Equipment Rent/Lease Metro Area Meeting Expense Instructor Travel Waste Disposal Services County Fair Awards/Fair Livestock Right-of-Way-Permanent US 85 Design Services Other Professional Services Other Professional Services Escrow Payable Transportation Grant Services Other Professional Services Travel Expense Travel Expense Senior Services Grant Conference Hosting Expenses 2017 Fire Deployments Security Services County Fair Awards/Fair Livestock Escrow Payable Animal Control Services Building Security Supplies Other Professional Services Operating Supplies Leadership Academy Support & Website Maintenance Travel Expense Travel Expense Service Contracts Postage & Delivery Service ITI MV Kiosk Fees Payable Utilities/Electric Software/Hardware Support/ Maintenance Sign Parts & Supplies

400.00 720,315.60 57.80 32.49 7,770.00 26,113.66

Other Training Services PCard Purchases 10/05/18-11/04/18 Fee Refunds - Clerk & Recorder Metro Area Meeting Expense Roofing Inspections Chaparral High School Water Quality Pond JBS PIPELINE CONTRACTORS 8,565.00 Drain Improvement JE DUNN CONSTRUCTION 192,363.00 Construction/Regional Crime Lab JEFFERSON COUNTY HUMAN SERVICES 10,630.00 Other Professional Services JOAQUIN, THOMAS JAMES 85.40 Travel Expense JOHNS, GREGORY DAVID 133.73 Travel Expense JOHNSON, DAWN LYNNETTE 99.41 Travel Expense JOHNSON, JOI MARIE 63.22 Travel Expense KANE, MICHELLE LANE 440.41 Travel Expense KARNIK, NKHIL 404.30 Fee Refunds - Clerk & Recorder KB CONSTRUCTION INC 7,920.60 Parks & Recreation Improvement KEELER, EUGENE 285.93 Fee Refunds - Clerk & Recorder KEITH, JIM 1,825.98 Instructor Travel KEN CARYL GLASS INC 1,923.00 Other Repair & Maintenance Service KENNEDY - COLORADO LLC 11,626.23 Building/Land Lease/Rent KIEHN, STEVEN 83.17 Fee Refunds - Clerk & Recorder KIEWIT INFRASTRUCTURE COMPANY 6,617.70 Asphalt & Asphalt Filler KIRK, JAMES C 261.63 Fee Refunds - Clerk & Recorder KOLBE STRIPING INC 5,284.85 Contractor Road Marking KORF CONTINENTAL 264,549.00 Cars, Vans, Pickups KOROVINA, KRISTINA 603.20 Fee Refunds - Clerk & Recorder KOSTER, STEVE 369.93 Travel Expense KRENING, TIMOTHY OWEN 200.00 Talent for Douglas County Community Foundation KRUG, SHANNON LEIGH 125.80 Travel Expense KUMAR AND ASSOCIATES INC 1,186.25 Engineering Study Highway 85 LANDS END BUSINESS OUTFITTERS 161.78 Clothing & Uniforms LANGUAGE TESTING INTERNATIONAL 180.00 Recruitment Costs LASER TECHNOLOGY INC 373.00 Other Repair & Maintenance Service LEE, LUANNE 425.00 Travel Expense Continued to Next Page 934589

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December 20, 2018 Public Trustees PUBLIC NOTICE Highlands Ranch NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2018-0226 To Whom It May Concern: On 9/27/2018 4:42:00 PM the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in Douglas County.

Original Grantor: THOMAS H. DANIEL AND ASHLEY C. DANIEL Original Beneficiary: SECURITY SERVICE FEDERAL CREDIT UNION Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: SECURITY SERVICE FEDERAL CREDIT UNION Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 3/28/2016 Recording Date of DOT: 3/31/2016 Reception No. of DOT: 2016019166 DOT Recorded in Douglas County.

Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $370,000.00 Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $356,702.77

Reception No. of DOT: 2016019166 DOT Recorded in Douglas County.

Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $370,000.00 Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $356,702.77

Public Trustees

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 3, BLOCK 1, HIGHLANDS RANCH FILING NO. 68-A, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO Which has the address of: 6315 Collegiate Dr, Highlands Ranch, CO 80130 NOTICE OF SALE The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust described herein, has filed written election and demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust.

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.

Public Trustees

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that on the first possible sale date (unless the sale is continued*) at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, January 30, 2019, 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.

First Publication: 12/6/2018 Last Publication: 1/3/2019 Publisher: Douglas County News Press Dated: 10/2/2018 CHRISTINE DUFFY DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is:

The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: COURTNEY WRIGHT Colorado Registration #: 45482 7700 E. ARAPAHOE ROAD, SUITE 230, CENTENNIAL, COLORADO 80112 Phone #: (877) 369-6122 Fax #: Attorney File #: CO-18-838517-LL

Public Trustees

*YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE DATES on the Public Trustee website : http://www.douglas.co.us/publictrustee/ Legal Notice No.: 2018-0226 First Publication: 12/6/2018 Last Publication: 1/3/2019 Publisher: Douglas County News Press PUBLIC NOTICE Highlands Ranch NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2018-0227 To Whom It May Concern: On 10/4/2018 12:05:00 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: JOHN R. LINTON AND LORRAINE K. LINTON Original Beneficiary: U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION ND Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: U.S. BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION SUCCESSOR BY MERGER TO U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, N.D. Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 7/31/2020 Recording Date of DOT: 8/6/2002 Reception No. of DOT: 2002077222 DOT Recorded in Douglas County.

Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $149,999.00 Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $148,755.44

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ing to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in Douglas County.

Original Grantor: JOHN R. LINTON AND LORRAINE K. LINTON Original Beneficiary: U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION ND Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: U.S. BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION SUCCESSOR BY MERGER TO U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, N.D. Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 7/31/2020 Recording Date of DOT: 8/6/2002 Reception No. of DOT: 2002077222 DOT Recorded in Douglas County.

Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $149,999.00 Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $148,755.44

Public Trustees

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.

Said Deed of Trust was rerecorded on 8/20/2018, under Reception No. 2018050327.

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.

COURTNEY WRIGHT THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that on Legal Description of Real Property: Colorado Registration #: 45482 the first possible sale date (unless the sale is LOT 44, BLOCK 1, HIGHLANDS RANCH 7700 E. ARAPAHOE ROAD, SUITE 230, continued*) at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, January FILING NO. 50-A, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, CENTENNIAL, COLORADO 80112 30, 2019, at the Public Trustee’s office, 402 WilSTATE OF COLORADO Phone #: (877) 369-6122 cox Street, Castle Rock, Colorado, I will sell at Fax #: public auction to the highest and best bidder for Which has the address of: Attorney File #: CO-18-838517-LL cash, the said real property and all interest of 44 Falcon Hills Dr, said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns Highlands Ranch, CO 80126 *YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedDATES on the Public Trustee website: THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A ness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured NOTICE OF SALE http://www.douglas.co.us/publictrustee/ FIRST LIEN. by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by The current holder of the Evidence of Debt Legal Notice No.: 2018-0226 The property described herein is all of the law, and will deliver to the purchaser a Certificsecured by the Deed of Trust described herein, First Publication: 12/6/2018 property encumbered by the lien of the deed ate of Purchase, all as provided by law. If the has filed written election and demand for sale as Last Publication: 1/3/2019 of trust.

TAYLOR, VIVIAN A (4) (i), you are Other RAWWYO LLC 2,125.00 Training/Consulting Fees Continued From Last Page: Page 2 of 2 sale date is continued to a later date, the deadprovided10,316.08 by law and inProfessional said DeedServices of Trust.

Publisher: Douglas County News Press Pursuant to C.R.S. §38-38-101 TAYLOR, VIVIAN A of the deed of 2,120.58 Travel Expense REDDING, TAYLOR 8,197.72 Other Professional Services line to file a notice of intent to cure by those Legal Description of Real Property: hereby notified that the covenants TELERUS INC 1,500.00 Telephone/Communications REDWOOD ERC LITTLETON LLC 5,350.00 Right-of-Way-Permanent LEVEL 3 COMMUNICATIONS 5,009.74 Telephone/Communications parties entitled to cure may also be extended.

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that on LOT 3, BLOCK 1, HIGHLANDS RANCH trust have been violated as follows: Failure to TELLIGEN 2,041.66 Wellness Program REEVES, MATTHEW & MALIA 124.50 Fee Refunds - Clerk pay & Recorder LIGHTING ACCESSORY & WARNING SYSTEMS 16,280.00 Cars, Vans, Pickups FILING NO. 68-A, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, the first possible sale date (unless the sale is principal and interest when due together TEREX UTILITIES WEST 111,558.00 Cars,a.m.

Vans,Wednesday, Pickups RESPEC CONSULTING & SERVICES 5,016.25 High Line Canal Study LINCOLN STATION METRO DISTRICT 732.68First Lincoln Station LID12/6/2018 Publication: STATE OF COLORADO continued*) at 10:00 January with all other payments provided for in the EvidTHOMAS, LORA L 433.24 Travel Expense REVAC USA LLC 3,510.00 Tactical Equipment ence of Debt secured LIVING CENTER LLC 220.00Last Medical, Dental & 1/3/2019 Vet Services Publication: 23, 2019, at the Public Trustee’s office, 402 Wilby the Deed of Trust and THOMPSON, HairColorado, Care REVISION INC 6,460.00 Leadership Development Support LLAMAS OF the CENTRAL COLORADO 210.00Publisher: Security Deposit Refund-Fairground Douglas County News Press Which has address of: cox Street,150.00 CastleInmate Rock, I will sell at other violations of the termsSTACY thereof.

REUTERS WEST 6,848.32 Books & Subscription Services LOCLYZ MEDIA SERVICES 1,750.00 Videography 6315 Collegiate Dr, public auction to the highest and best bidder for Said Deed ofTHOMSON Trust was rerecorded on THYSSENKRUPP ELEVATOR CORP Other Repair & and Maintenance Serviceof REYNOLDS, DUANE 25.00 Fee Refunds - Clerk 8/20/2018, & Recorder under LONERGAN,Ranch, MIA 20.00Dated: County10/2/2018 Fair Awards/Fair Livestock Highlands CO 80130 cash, the1,800.00 said real property all interest Reception No. 2018050327.

TIERRA GROUP INTERNATIONAL LTD 1,484.20 Stormwater Support RICHLAND TOWERS-DENVER LLC 2,431.00 Building/Land Lease/Rent LOUVIERS WATER & SANITATION 3,803.00CHRISTINE Water & Sewer DUFFY said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirsProject and assigns TO THE RESCUEMAY NOT BE A Transportation Grant Services 16,000.00 Education Navigator THE LIEN FORECLOSED LOWNSDALE, JASON ABBOTT 628.00DOUGLAS 2017 Fire Deployments COUNTY Public TrusteeRIGHT ON LEARNING NOTICE OF SALE therein, 27,870.00 for the purpose of paying the indebtedRIVERBEND EQUIPMENT INC 51.92 Fee Refunds - Clerk FIRST & Recorder LYLES, CELESTENE (TENA) 223.89 Metro Area Meeting Expense 325.00 SepticEvidence System Pumping ness provided in said of Debt secured LIEN. TODD COMPANIES INC WATER of 2,454.00 Service Contracts LYTLE WATER SOLUTIONS 1,901.98The Water Consulting Services TOWN OF CASTLE ROCK 10.00 Countyplus Fair Service/Fair name, address and telephoneRK numbers The current holder of the LLC Evidence of Debt by the Deed of Trust, attorneys’ fees, the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of RMOMS 204.00 UA Testing MAGIC RABBIT WASH & DETAIL Car Wash Services secured by theCAR Deed of Trust described herein,196.00theFleet expenses of saleAdministration and other items allowed by The property described herein is all of the indebtedness is: has filed written law, and will deliver the purchaser a CertificROADSIDE 3,736.69 Equipment & Motor Vehicle Partsencumbered MAKELKY, DAN election and demand for sale as 202.20theTravel Expense TOWN OFby CASTLE ROCK 1,174,221.74 Dueto to Castle Rock-Auto Use Tax property the lien of the deed provided by lawJOHN and in said Deed of Trust. ate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

ROCKSOL CONSULTING GROUP INC 21,355.33 Roads, Street, Drainage-Construction MANZANARES, 2,249.99 Fee Refunds - Clerk & Recorder TOWN OF CASTLE ROCK 255,940.21 Intergovernmental-Castle Rock If the of trust.

WRIGHT sale date4,064.78 is continued a later date, theFee deadROCKY MOUNTAIN AIR SOLUTIONS 37.28 Operating Supplies MARES, RENEE 19.36COURTNEY Travel Expense TOWN OF LARKSPUR Due to to Larkspur-MV License #: 45482 line to file a notice of intent to cure by those THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that on 7.44Colorado ROCKY MOUNTAIN CHAPTER OF HUTCHINSON BELL 200.00 Security Deposit Refund-Fairground MARSHALL, CURTIS OperatingRegistration Supplies TOWN OF LARKSPUR 6,275.48 Intergovernmental-Larkspur Legal Description of Real Property: 7700 E. ARAPAHOE ROAD, SUITE 230, parties886,160.21 entitled toDue cure may - also be Tax extended. the first possible ROCKY MOUNTAIN CHAPTER OF THE BMW CCA 450.00 Security Deposit Refund-EVOC MATABI, JOTHAM sale date (unless the sale is 123.14 Travel Expense OF PARKER RANCH to Parker Auto Use LOT 44, BLOCKTOWN 1, HIGHLANDS COLORADO 80112 ROCKY MOUNTAIN EXCAVATING INC continued*) at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, January 628.00CENTENNIAL, 3,313.45 Fee Refunds - Clerk FILING & Recorder MAY, CODY TYLER 2017 Fire Deployments TPM STAFFINGOF SERVICES 656.80 Contract Work/Temporary Agency NO. 50-A, COUNTY DOUGLAS, (877) 369-6122 First Publication: 30, 2019, atROBERT the Public Trustee’s office, 402 Wil- 114.00Phone ROCKY MOUNTAIN LLAMA & ALPACA 25.00 Security Deposit Refund-Fairground MCMAHAN, Travel#:Expense TRAFFIC SIGNAL CONTROLS INC 9,079.20 11/29/2018 School Flasher Traffic Light STATE OF COLORADO #: Last Publication: cox Street, Castle ROCKY MOUNTAIN MAIL SERVICES 1,718.37 Postage & Delivery Service MCMULLINS, JENNA Rock, Colorado, I will sell at100.00Fax Judges/Referees/Fair Show TRANS AERO LIMITED 67,560.00 12/27/2018 Helicopter Services Attorney File #: CO-18-838517-LL ROGGEN FARMERS ELEVATOR Publisher: 522.48 Douglas County News Support/ Press public auction to the highest and best bidder for 532.23 Propane Gas Management TRANSUNION Software/Hardware Which has the address of: RISK & ALTERNATIVE cash, the said real property and all interest of Falcon Hills Dr, ROLOFSON III, LYLE 717.92 Fee Refunds - Clerk 44 & Recorder MEEHAN, GERMAINE THERESE 354.27 Travel Expense Maintenance TRACK SALE Dated: 572,814.00 10/10/2018Public Health Services said Grantor(s), Highlands Ranch, CO 80126 ROONEY, JIM 322.69 2016-2017 Fire Deployment Adjustment MELODY WEST LLCGrantor(s)’ heirs and assigns 1,419.57*YOU Other MAY Purchased ServicesFORECLOSURE TRI-COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT on the Public Trustee website: CHRISTINE20.00 DUFFY therein, for the purpose of paying the indebted- 645.45DATES ROOSTER RANCH INC 1,200.00 Use by Special Review Fees MEREDITH, RODNEY L Travel Expense TRIPP, MEGAN County Fair Awards/Fair Livestock COUNTY Public ness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured 857.68http://www.douglas.co.us/publictrustee/ OF SALE ROTH, CODY 203.00 Judges/Referees/Fair Show Management NOTICE MERIDIAN METROPOLITAN DISTRICT Water & Sewer TRUE NORTH SURVEYING & MAPPING DOUGLAS 4,000.00 Roads, Street,Trustee Drainage-Engineering byMETRO the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the ROXBOROUGH WATER & SANITATION DISTRICT 152.42 Water & Sewer TAXI 550.00 Transportation Grant Services TSIOUVARAS SIMMONS HOLDERNESS INC 85,937.31 Roads, Street, Drainage-Engineering Legal The name, address telephone expenses ofJAY sale of the Evidence of Debt RYDERS PUBLIC SAFETY LLC 2,223.05 Clothing & Uniforms The current holder MEYERSON, D and other items allowed by 327.37 Fee Notice Refunds No.: - Clerk2018-0226 & Recorder TWOPENNY PRODUCTIONS LLC 2,200.00 Otherand Training Services numbers - Booking of First Publication: 12/6/2018 the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of law, willLLC deliver to the purchaser a Certificsecured 352.34 Equipment & Motor Vehicle Partsby the Deed of Trust described herein, MH and CORBIN 15,464.00 Traffic Signal Equipment - Engineering SAFETY KLEEN CORPORATION Fees Last Publication: 1/3/2019 the indebtedness is: ate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

If the has filed written election and demand for sale as SATHER, ELIZABETH L PSY D 1,500.00 Other Training Services - Booking MILDREN, JODI B 343.44 Travel Expense ULINE 477.67 Operating Supplies Douglas County News Press sale dateWENHOLD is continued to a later date, the deadprovided by law and in saidAMMUNITION Deed of Trust.

Fees MILLER CAPITOL 10,000.00Publisher: Federal Lobbying ULTRAMAX 4,918.00 Firearm Supplies NICHOLE1,605.69 WILLIAMS line to file MICHAEL a noticeJOSEPH of intent to cure by those280.95 Travel Expense SCANNER ONE INC 12,117.80 Office Equipment Maintenance MITCHELL, UMB BANK Banking Service Fees Colorado2,117.00 Registration 49611 Services parties entitled to cureINC may also be extended.

THEREFORE, Notice Renewal MOLTZ CONSTRUCTION 2,500.00 Escrow Payable UNCC Is Hereby Given that on Utility #: Notification 1199 BANNOCK first possibleUNIFIRST sale date (unless the sale is SCHENK, ROBERT L & MARGARET J 70.57 Fee Refunds - Clerk the & Recorder MOON, JASON 4,363.00 Instructor Travel CORPORATION 938.53 STREET, Clothing & Uniforms First Publication: 12/6/2018 DENVER, 879.93 COLORADO 80204 continued*) at 10:00 Wednesday, January 24.62 Travel Expense MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS INC 1,967.19 Other Repair & Maintenance Supplies SCHLEY, VICKIE UNIONa.m.

PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY Plan Review/Inspection US 85 Last 1/3/2019 Phone #: (303) 23, 2019, at the UNITED Public Trustee’s office,SUPPLY 402 WilSCHMIDT, SANDRA SUE 2,728.00 Other Professional Services MTMPublication: RECOGNITION 2,537.31 Recognition Programs REPROGRAPHIC INC 100.10350-3711 Operating Supplies Publisher: Douglas County News Press Fax #: cox Street, Castle Rock, Colorado, I will sell at SCHNEE, SAMANTHA 167.09 Fee Refunds - Clerk & Recorder MUNOZ, MARIA DEL CARMEN 172.84 Travel Expense URBAN DRAINAGE & FLOOD CONTROL 1,250,000.00 Urban Drainage & Flood Control Attorney File #: 00000007677156 auction toUS theBANK highest and best bidder for SCHOFIELD, MARK 72.41 Fee Refunds - Clerk public & Recorder NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FLOOD & STORMWATER3,000.00 2019 Membership Dues 3,073.82 Banking Service Fees Dated: 10/2/2018 the said real property and allFINANCE interest of SCHROEDER, DOLF 133.77 Fee Refunds - Clerk cash, & Recorder NATIONAL ELECTRICAL CONSTRUCTION INC 3,849.75 Light Pole Repair US BANK EQUIPMENT 295.00 Service Contracts CHRISTINE DUFFY *YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE saidLivestock Grantor(s),US Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns SCHUCK, BENJAMIN 40.00 County Fair Awards/Fair NCAFC GROUP LLC 5,356.58 Other Professional Services GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 19,261.00 Gage Maintenance Services DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee DATES on the Public Trustee website: of paying the indebtedSCHULTZ, MAUREEN SMITHWICK 202.58 Fee Refunds - Clerk therein, & Recorderfor the purpose NELSON, BECKY 420.66 Metro Area Meeting Expense VADER, PALMER 158.20 Fee Refunds - Clerk & Recorder http://www.douglas.co.us/publictrustee/ ness provided inVAUGHAN said Evidence of Debt secured SCHWAB, GREG 16,553.75 Other Improvements NET TRANSCRIPTS 1,454.12 Transcription Services & DEMURO 920.00 Legal Services The name, address and telephone numbers of by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the SECURITY CENTRAL 12,647.33 Other Machinery & Equipment NICOLETTI-FLATER ASSOCIATESthe legal holder of 1,350.00 Conference, Seminar, Training Fees VELOCITY CONSTRUCTORS INC 208.28 Plan Checking Fees the attorney(s) representing Legal Notice No. 2018-0227 expenses of sale and other items allowed by SECURITY TRANSPORT SERVICES 8,833.01 Transportation of Prisoners NILEX INC 190.00 Construction/Maintenance Materials VERIZON WIRELESS SERVICES 1,925.84 11/29/2018 Cell Phone Service the indebtedness is: First Publication: law, and will deliver to the purchaser a CertificSEDALIA LANDFILL 1,088.94 Waste Disposal Services NORSTAR INDUSTRIES INC 67.44 Operating Supplies VIA WEST 68,835.25 2018 BPPT Rebate Last Publication: 12/27/2018 ate of Purchase,VISITING all as ANGELS provided law. If the SEDALIA WATER & SANITATION 10,114.50 Water & Sewer NOVAD MANAGEMENT 15.00 Fee Refunds - Clerk & Recorder OFby DENVER 6,352.75 Senior Services Grant COURTNEY WRIGHTCONSULTING LLC Publisher: Douglas County News Press sale date is continued toBUSINESS a later date, the deadSEMPERA 21,156.00 Consulting Services O’CONNELL, LETA MAE 143.88 Travel Expense VONAGE 1,885.50 Telephone/Communications Colorado Registration #: 45482 line to file a notice of intent to cure by those SENTER, GOLDFARB & RICE LLC 240.00 Legal Services O’CONNOR SMITH, KATHRYN REBECCA 351.90 Travel Expense WAGGONER, DANIECE 77.68 Travel Expense 7700 E. ARAPAHOE ROAD, SUITE 230, parties entitled to cure may also be extended.

SHADY TREE SERVICE LLC 5,415.00 Other Professional Services O’DONNELL, CARA CATHERINE 80112 21.00 Travel Expense WAGNER EQUIPMENT COMPANY 16,598.94 Repairs-Equipment/Motor Vehicle CENTENNIAL, COLORADO SHAREGATE GROUP INC 6,995.00 Software License Renewal OFFICE#:DEPOT 1,318.48 Office Supplies ELIZABETH ANN 499.77 Travel Expense Phone (877) 369-6122 First Publication:WALZ, 11/29/2018 SHILOH HOME INC 660.00 Building/Land Lease/Rent OGDEN, 139.36 Fee Refunds - Clerk & Recorder FANG 90.92 Fee Refunds - Clerk & Recorder Fax #: JOHN Last Publication:WANG, 12/27/2018 SHILOH HOME INC 11,386.44 Other Professional Services ORACLE AMERICA INC 286.73 Software/Hardware Support/ WASTE MANAGEMENT DENVER ARAPAHOE SITE 5,472.38 Waste Disposal Services Attorney File #: CO-18-838517-LL Publisher: Douglas County News Press SHRED-IT 174.23 Other Purchased Services Maintenance WATER & EARTH TECHNOLOGIES INC 10,860.25 Hayman Flood Gauge Maintenance SILL-TERHAR MOTORS INC 36,329.00 Cars, Vans, Pickups ORMSBEE, SONIA 17.14 Travel Expense WEAVER, TIFFANY GRANT 21.49 Travel Expense *YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE Dated: 10/10/2018 SISSON, KAREN 422.96 Fee Refunds - Clerk CHRISTINE & Recorder PACIFIC OFFICE AUTOMATION WELLE, JILL MARIE 868.40 Travel Expense DATES on the Public INC Trustee website: 33.28 Copier Charges DUFFY SKYLINE STEEL 19,652.51 Construction/Maintenance Materials PAC-VAN INC 294.00 Equipment Rental WELLSPRING COMMUNITY 200.00 Security Deposit Refund-Fairground http://www.douglas.co.us/publictrustee/ DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee SMITH, CRAIG & BRENDA 45.88 Fee Refunds - Clerk & Recorder PALMER, NICOLE ELIZABETH 185.67 Travel Expense WEMBER INC 9,647.34 Design Services SMITH, NANCY ANN & WALTER J 624.61 Fee Refunds - Clerk The & Recorder PARKER SENIOR INC 6,064.00 Transportation Grant Services WERNand AIR telephone INC 4,427.50 Service Contracts Legal Notice No.:CENTER 2018-0226 name, address numbers of SMITH-ANGELICO, ALEXANDER WIDOW 160.00 Fee Refunds - Clerk the & Recorder PARKER WATER AND SANITATION 4,829.99 Water & Sewer WES TEST 60,654.00 Road Repair, Maintenance & Overlay First Publication: 12/6/2018 attorney(s) representing the legal holder of SOCIETY OF CREATIVE ANACHRONISM 200.00 Security Deposit Refund-Fairground PASE CONTRACTING INC 57,241.20 Storm Pond Maintenance WEST 1,163.75 Consulting Services Last Publication: 1/3/2019 the indebtedness is: HEALTH ADVOCATE SOLUTIONS INC SOURCE OFFICE PRODUCTS 3,531.99 Office Supplies PD’ PROGRAMMING 6,827.00 Software/Hardware Support/ WESTERN PAPER DISTRIBUTORS INC 3,246.65 Operating Supplies Publisher: Douglas INC County News Press SOUTH METRO FIRE RESCUE AUTHORITY 40,000.00 2018 SWAT Cost Sharing Maintenance WESTSIDE TOWING INC 6,651.25 Vehicle Tow Services NICHOLE WILLIAMS SOUTH METRO FIRE RESCUE AUTHORITY 584.00 Building/Land Lease/Rent PEAK OFFICE FURNITURE INC 44,918.12 Furniture/Office Systems/Equipment WETHERBEE, ERIN LEIGH 198.71 Travel Expense Colorado Registration #: 49611 SPANSWICK, KRISTINA M 230.75 Travel Expense PERRY PARK WATER & SANITATION 6,603.75 Bulk Water JOEL 122.00 Travel Expense 1199 BANNOCKWHITE, STREET, SPARKS, JOHN BYRON 10.79 Travel Expense PICTOMETRY INTERNATIONAL CORP 36,609.84 Aerial Imagery and Data Services WILDCAT80204 SHOPPING CENTER LLC 9,851.50 Building/Land Lease/Rent DENVER, COLORADO SPECIALIZED ALTERNATIVES FOR FAMILIES 4,500.00 Other Professional Services PIKES PEAK RABBIT BREEDERS 100.00 Security Deposit Refund-Fairground WILDEMAN, DR CHRISTOPHER 50,000.00 Other Professional Services Phone #: (303) 350-3711 SPENCER, SCOTT ANDREW 100.00 Talent for Douglas County PINERY HOMEOWNERS 302.03 Security Services WILLIAMS, KELLY ANN 158.05 Travel Expense Fax #: Community Foundation PINERY WATER DISTRICT 396,000.00 Other Special Districts WILSON & COMPANY INC 450.33 Roads, Street, Drainage-Engineering Attorney File #: 00000007677156 STAIRS, SAMANTHA 53.63 Fuel Charges PINERY WATER DISTRICT 2,660.02 Water & Sewer WITTNER, MATTHEW E 346.50 Instructor Travel STANLEY CONSULTANTS INC 1,800.00 Roads, Street, Drainage-Engineering PINYON ENVIRONMENTAL INC 1,240.25 Wetlands Monitoring WIZ-QUIZ DRUG SCREENING SERVICE 150.00 UA Testing *YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE STARKEY, VICTORIA 69.96 Travel Expense PLAYERS CLUB VILLAS HOA 25.00 Security Deposit Refund-Fairground WL Public CONTRACTORS INC website: 1,562.00 Traffic Signal On-Call Service DATES on the Trustee STATE OF COLORADO 1,483.11 Postage & Delivery Service PMAM CORPORATION 6,685.90 Alarm Administration Expenses XCEL ENERGY 18,364.77 Utilities/Electric & Gas http://www.douglas.co.us/publictrustee/ STATEWIDE INTERNET PORTAL AUTHORITY 88.75 Software/Hardware Support/ PMI PIKES PEAK 25.00 Security Deposit Refund-Fairground YOUNG WILLIAMS PC 95,411.82 Contract Work/Temporary Agency Maintenance POLYONE CORP 32,749.59 2018 BPPT Rebate NOW LLC 191.40 Computer Supplies Legal Notice No.YTIME: 2018-0227 First Publication:ZAZENSKI, 11/29/2018 STEGINK, MOLLY CHRISTINE 206.79 Travel Expense POWER DMS 475.50 Software/Hardware Subscription JAMES 1,152.82 Fee Refunds - Clerk & Recorder Last Publication:ZIA 12/27/2018 STICKY FEET FLOOR FINISHING LLC 17,661.46 Concrete Floor Finishing PR DIAMOND PRODUCTS INC 776.00 Construction/Maintenance Materials CONSULTING INC 64,900.00 Software/Hardware Support/MaintePublisher: Douglas County News Press STONEGATE VILLAGE METRO 1,937.66 Water & Sewer PRATT, CHRISTOPHER 85.40 Travel Expense nance STRAIGHT ARROW FENCE LLC 2,380.00 Reinstall Field Fence - Woody Creek PRO COM - PRO COMPLIANCE 1,603.00 Medical, Dental & Vet Services Road PRO DISPOSAL & RECYCLING 3,063.47 Waste Disposal Services TOTAL AMOUNT OF DISBURSEMENTS $20,043,504.35 STRATTON, ROBERT FRANCIS 396.00 Professional Membership & Licenses FOR THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER 2018 PRO PLUMBING SERVICES 4,965.00 Other Repair & Maintenance Service STROUSE, BROOK 20.00 County Fair Awards/Fair Livestock PROFESSIONAL LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING 4,950.00 Other Professional Services STUART, RAVEN 232.15 Travel Expense PUBLIC TRUST ADVISORS LLC 5,833.33 Accounting & Financial Services THE ABOVE AND FOREGOING IS A CONDENSED STATEMENT OF THE BILLS APPROVED FOR SUDS FACTORY CAR WASH & DETAIL CENTER 140.00 Fleet Car Wash Services PULCIANI, MICHAEL 25.00 Fee Refunds - Clerk & Recorder PAYMENT DURING THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER 2018 BY THE DOUGLAS COUNTY BOARD OF SUKUT, SUSAN PATRICE 420.00 Other Professional Services QDC RANCH SERVICES LLC 290.00 Other Purchased Services COMMISSIONERS UNDER WHOSE DIRECTION THIS NOTICE IS PUBLISHED. 258.11 Travel Expense QDS COMMUNICATIONS INC 182.02 Other Repair & Maintenance Supplies SUMMERALL SMITH, DANIELLE LYNN SUNCREST COUNSELING PC 240.00 Other Professional Services QUANTIX CONSULTING INC 16,500.00 Contract Work/Temporary Agency N. ANDREW COPLAND, CPA, DIRECTOR OF FINANCE SWARCO REFLEX LLC 21,160.00 Paint & Road Striping RAMPART HELICOPTER SERVICE LLC 106.22 Fee Refunds - Clerk & Recorder SWARTZ, RICHARD S 42.84 Travel Expense RAMPART LANDSCAPE & ARBOR SERVICES 5,521.05 Tree Removal Services Legal Notice No.: 934589 Last Publication: December 20, 2018 T D MERTLICH INC 6,390.67 Other Professional Services RAMSEY III, JACK ROBERT 100.00 Talent for Douglas County First Publication: December 20, 2018 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press T D MERTLICH INC 1,144.47 Travel Expense Community Foundation

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.

Douglas County Payments

Highlands Ranch 12.20.18 * 2

FIRST LIEN. 46 Highlands Ranch Herald

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

Legal Description of Real Property: LOT 44, BLOCK 1, HIGHLANDS RANCH FILING NO. 50-A, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO

Public Trustees

Which has the address of: 44 Falcon Hills Dr, Highlands Ranch, CO 80126 NOTICE OF SALE

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

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that on the first possible sale date (unless the sale is continued*) at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, January 23, 2019, 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.

First Publication: 11/29/2018 Last Publication: 12/27/2018 Publisher: Douglas County News Press Dated: 10/10/2018 CHRISTINE DUFFY DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee

The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: NICHOLE WILLIAMS Colorado Registration #: 49611 1199 BANNOCK STREET, DENVER, COLORADO 80204 Phone #: (303) 350-3711 Fax #: Attorney File #: 00000007677156

*YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE DATES on the Public Trustee website : http://www.douglas.co.us/publictrustee/ Legal Notice No. 2018-0227 First Publication: 11/29/2018 Last Publication: 12/27/2018 Publisher: Douglas County News Press PUBLIC NOTICE Highlands Ranch NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2018-0202 To Whom It May Concern: On 9/19/2018 10:25:00 AM 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: CSBT LLC Original Beneficiary: PINETREE FINANCIAL CORPORATION Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: PINETREE FINANCIAL CORPORATION Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 3/6/2018 Recording Date of DOT: 3/7/2018 Reception No. of DOT: 2018013587 DOT Recorded in Douglas County.

Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $824,000.00 Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $824,000.00

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: Failure to pay montly payments of principal and interest 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 87, HIGHLANDS RANCH - FILING NO. 118-O, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO Which has the address of: 10786 Rainribbon Road, 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, January 16, 2019, 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.

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.

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First Publication: 11/29/2018 Last Publication: 12/27/2018 Publisher: Douglas County News Press Dated: 9/19/2018 CHRISTINE DUFFY DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: ROBERT GRAHAM Colorado Registration #: 26809 360 S GARFIELD STREET, 6TH FLOOR, DENVER, COLORADO 80209 Phone #: (303) 333-9810 Fax #: (303) 333-9786 Attorney File #: 3118.0190 *YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE DATES on the Public Trustee website: http://www.douglas.co.us/publictrustee/ Legal Notice No.: 2018-0202 First Publication: 11/29/2018 Last Publication: 12/27/2018 Publisher: Douglas County News Press PUBLIC NOTICE Highlands Ranch NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2018-0215 To Whom It May Concern: On 9/25/2018 12:35:00 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: KIETH M. LAGRENADE Original Beneficiary: U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 1/3/2015 Recording Date of DOT: 1/29/2015 Reception No. of DOT: 2015005284 DOT Recorded in Douglas County.

Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $35,739.00 Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $13,919.80 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: SITUATED IN THE COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO, TO-WIT: CONDOMINIUM UNIT 5B, AREA TWO, BROWNSTONES AT TOWN CENTER, IN ACCORDANCE WITH AND SUBJECT TO THE AMENDED AND RESTATED CONDOMINIUM AND SUBASSOCIATION DECLARATION FOR BROWNSTONES AT TOWN CENTER, INC., OF HIGHLANDS RANCH COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION, INC. RECORDED JANUARY 19, 2005 AT RECEPTION NO. 2005005755, AND SUPPLEMENTAL CONDOMINIUM DECLARATION FOR THE BROWNSTONES AT TOWN CENTER, INC RECORDED ON, DECEMBER 4, 2006 AT RECEPTION NO. 2006103843, AND THE CONDOMINIUM MAP FOR BROWNSTONES AT TOWN CENTER, AREA TWOPHASE 2, RECORDED ON DECEMBER 4, 2006 AT RECEPTION NO. 2006103844 IN THE OFFICE OF THE CLERK AND RECORDER OF DOUGLAS COUNTY, COLORADO. BEING THE SAME PROPERTY CONVEYED BY DEED RECORDED IN DOCUMENT NO. 2006109111, OF THE DOUGLAS COUNTY, COLORADO RECORDS. Which has the address of: 768 Brookhurst Ave Unit B, Highlands Ranch, CO 80129 NOTICE OF SALE The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust described herein, has filed written election and demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust.

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that on the first possible sale date (unless the sale is continued*) at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, January 23, 2019, 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.

First Publication: 12/6/2018 Last Publication: 1/3/2019 Publisher: Douglas County News Press Dated: 9/26/2018 CHRISTINE DUFFY DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of

line to file a notice of intent to cure by those parties entitled to cure may also be extended.

First Publication: 12/6/2018 Last Publication: 1/3/2019 Publisher: Douglas County News Press

Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $397,324.01

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Public Trustees

Highlands Ranch NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2018-0218

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

To Whom It May Concern: On 9/25/2018 2:47:00 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.

Dated: 9/26/2018 CHRISTINE DUFFY DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee

COURTNEY WRIGHT Colorado Registration #: 45482 7700 E. ARAPAHOE ROAD, SUITE 230, CENTENNIAL, COLORADO 80112 Phone #: (877) 369-6122 Fax #: Attorney File #: CO-18-838227-LL *YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE DATES on the Public Trustee website : http://www.douglas.co.us/publictrustee/ Legal Notice No.: 2018-0215 First Publication: 12/6/2018 Last Publication: 1/3/2019 Publisher: Douglas County News Press PUBLIC NOTICE Highlands Ranch NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2018-0217 To Whom It May Concern: On 9/25/2018 2:47:00 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: TIMOTHY J STANEVICH AND DEANNA STANEVICH Original Beneficiary: MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. AS NOMINEE FOR TAYLOR, BEAN & WHITAKER MORTGAGE CORP., ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: SELENE FINANCE LP Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 7/26/2006 Recording Date of DOT: 8/4/2006 Reception No. of DOT: 2006067049 DOT Recorded in Douglas County.

Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $252,633.00 Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $230,465.31 Pursuant to C.R.S. §38-38-101 (4) (i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: Borrower's failure to make timely payments as required under the Evidence of Debt and Deed of Trust.

Public Trustees

Original Grantor: TAMI HODGES GRUNEICH and CHRISTOPHER GRUNEICH Original Beneficiary: MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. AS NOMINEE FOR STEARNS LENDING, LLC, ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: FREEDOM MORTGAGE CORPORATION Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 6/7/2017 Recording Date of DOT: 6/8/2017 Reception No. of DOT: 2017038770 DOT Recorded in Douglas County.

Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $427,121.00 Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $420,929.85 Pursuant to C.R.S. §38-38-101 (4) (i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: Borrower's failure to make timely payments as required under the Evidence of Debt and Deed of Trust.

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

Legal Description of Real Property: LOT 73, HIGHLANDS RANCH - FILING NO. 101-A, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO. Which has the address of: 9821 Bucknell Court, Highlands Ranch, CO 80129 NOTICE OF SALE The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust described herein, has filed written election and demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust.

Legal Description of Real Property: LOT 14, HIGHLANDS RANCH NO. 100-M, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO.

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that on the first possible sale date (unless the sale is continued*) at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, January 23, 2019, 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.

Which has the address of: 3879 East Garnet Way, Highlands Ranch, CO 80126

First Publication: 12/6/2018 Last Publication: 1/3/2019 Publisher: Douglas County News Press

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.

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, January 23, 2019, 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.

First Publication: 12/6/2018 Last Publication: 1/3/2019 Publisher: Douglas County News Press Dated: 9/26/2018 CHRISTINE DUFFY DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: DAVID R DOUGHTY Colorado Registration #: 40042 9800 S. MERIDIAN BLVD. SUITE 400, ENGLEWOOD, COLORADO 80112 Phone #: (303) 706-9990 Fax #: (303) 706-9994 Attorney File #: 18-019696 *YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE DATES on the Public Trustee website: http://www.douglas.co.us/publictrustee/ Legal Notice No.: 2018-0217 First Publication: 12/6/2018 Last Publication: 1/3/2019 Publisher: Douglas County News Press PUBLIC NOTICE Highlands Ranch NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2018-0218 To Whom It May Concern: On 9/25/2018 2:47:00 PM the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relat-

Dated: 9/26/2018 CHRISTINE DUFFY DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: NICHOLAS H. SANTARELLI Colorado Registration #: 46592 9800 S. MERIDIAN BLVD. SUITE 400, ENGLEWOOD, COLORADO 80112 Phone #: (303) 706-9990 Fax #: (303) 706-9994 Attorney File #: 18-019709 *YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE DATES on the Public Trustee website: http://www.douglas.co.us/publictrustee/ Legal Notice No.: 2018-0218 First Publication: 12/6/2018 Last Publication: 1/3/2019 Publisher: Douglas County News Press PUBLIC NOTICE Highlands Ranch NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2018-0234 To Whom It May Concern: On 10/15/2018 4:07:00 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: ALEXANDER BACAN CHAPMAN Original Beneficiary: MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. AS NOMINEE FOR FLAGSTAR BANK, FSB, ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: LAKEVIEW LOAN SERVICING, LLC Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 3/30/2016 Recording Date of DOT: 4/6/2016 Reception No. of DOT: 2016020571 DOT Recorded in Douglas County.

Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $408,532.00 Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $397,324.01 Pursuant to C.R.S. §38-38-101 (4) (i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: Borrower's failure to make timely payments as required under the Evidence of Debt and Deed of Trust.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A

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

Public Trustees

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.

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

Legal Description of Real Property: LOT 74, HIGHLANDS RANCH - FILING NO. 122-J, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO. Which has the address of: 10305 Bentwood Ct, Highlands Ranch, CO 80126-7868 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, February 6, 2019, 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.

First Publication: 12/13/2018 Last Publication: 1/10/2019 Publisher: Douglas County News Press Dated: 10/17/2018 CHRISTINE DUFFY DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee

The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: NICHOLAS H. SANTARELLI Colorado Registration #: 46592 9800 S. MERIDIAN BLVD. SUITE 400, ENGLEWOOD, COLORADO 80112 Phone #: (303) 706-9990 Fax #: (303) 706-9994 Attorney File #: 18-019782

*YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE DATES on the Public Trustee website: http://www.douglas.co.us/publictrustee/ Public Notice No.: 2018-0234 First Publication: 12/13/2018 Last Publication: 1/10/2019 Publisher: Douglas County News Press

PUBLIC NOTICE Highlands Ranch NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2018-0239

To Whom It May Concern: On 10/23/2018 11:52:00 AM 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: JARED L. JARNAGIN AND DENISE A. JARNAGIN Original Beneficiary: MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. AS NOMINEE FOR RYLAND MORTGAGE COMPANY, ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 11/11/2002 Recording Date of DOT: 12/4/2002 Reception No. of DOT: 2002131854 DOT Recorded in Douglas County.

Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $249,900.00 Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $157,374.15

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

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.

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

Legal Description of Real Property: LOT 221, HIGHLANDS RANCH FILING 122T, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO. Which has the address of: 2957 Windridge Circle, 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, February 13, 2019, 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

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has filed written election and demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust.

December 20, 2018

First Publication: 12/20/2018 Last Publication: 1/17/2019 Publisher: Douglas County News Press

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that on the first possible sale date (unless the sale is continued*) at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, February 13, 2019, 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.

ALISON L. BERRY Colorado Registration #: 34531 9800 S. MERIDIAN BLVD. SUITE 400, ENGLEWOOD, COLORADO 80112 Phone #: (303) 706-9990 Fax #: (303) 706-9994 Attorney File #: 18-019847

First Publication: 12/20/2018 Last Publication: 1/17/2019 Publisher: Douglas County News Press

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

Dated: 10/24/2018 CHRISTINE DUFFY DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee

Legal Notice No.: 2018-0239 First Publication: 12/20/2018 Last Publication: 1/17/2019 Publisher: Douglas County News Press

made by the County of Douglas, State of Colorado, for and on account of a contract between Douglas County and Aggregate Industries for the 2018 Asphalt Overlay Project, CI 2018003 in Douglas County; and that any person, copartnership, association or corporation that has an unpaid claim against said Aggregate Industries for or on account of the furnishing of labor, materials, team hire, sustenance, provisions, provender or other supplies used or consumed by such contractor or any of his subcontractors in or about the performance of said work, or that supplied rental machinery, tools, or equipment to the extent used in the prosecution of said work, may at any time up to and including said time of such final settlement on said JANUARY 13, 2019, file a verified statement of the amount due and unpaid on account of such claim with the Board of County Commissioners, c/o Director of Public Works Engineering, with a copy to the Project Engineer Daniel Roberts, Department of Public Works Engineering, Philip S. Miller Building, 100 Third Street, Suite 220, Castle Rock, CO 80104.

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the Project Engineer Daniel Roberts, Department of Public Works Engineering, Philip S. Miller Building, 100 Third Street, Suite 220, Castle Rock, CO 80104.

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Dated: 10/24/2018 CHRISTINE DUFFY DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee

Public Trustees

Bids and Settlements

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

PUBLIC NOTICE

NOTICE OF CONTRACTORS SETTLEMENT COUNTY OF DOUGLAS STATE OF COLORADO

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

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, pursuant to Section 38-26-107, C.R.S., as amended, that on JANUARY 13, 2019, final settlement will be made by the County of Douglas, State of Colorado, for and on account of a contract between Douglas County and Aggregate Industries for the 2018 Asphalt Overlay Project, CI 2018003 in Douglas County; and that any person, copartnership, association or corporation that has an unpaid claim against said Aggregate Industries for or on account of the furnishing of labor, materials, team hire, sustenance, provisions, provender or other supplies used or consumed by such contractor or any of his subcontractors in or about the performance of said work, or that supplied rental machinery, tools, or equipment to the extent used in the prosecution of said work, may at any time up to and including said time of such final settlement on said JANUARY 13, 2019, file a verified statement of the amount due and unpaid on account of such claim with the Board of County Commissioners, c/o Director of Public Works Engineering, with a copy to the Project Engineer Daniel Roberts, Department of Public Works Engineering, Philip S. Miller Building, 100 Third Street, Suite 220, Castle Rock, CO 80104.

Legal Notice No.: 2018-0239 First Publication: 12/20/2018 Last Publication: 1/17/2019 Publisher: Douglas County News Press

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

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

ALISON L. BERRY Colorado Registration #: 34531 9800 S. MERIDIAN BLVD. SUITE 400, ENGLEWOOD, COLORADO 80112 Phone #: (303) 706-9990 Fax #: (303) 706-9994 Attorney File #: 18-019847

Bids and Settlements

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

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The Board of Douglas County Commissioners of the County of Douglas, Colorado, By: Janet Herman, P.E., Director of Public Works Engineering.

Account Number: 00012184 Legal Notice No: 934550 First Publication: December 13, 2018 Last Publication: December 20, 2018 Publisher: Douglas County News Press

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

The Board of Douglas County Commissioners of the County of Douglas, Colorado, By: Janet Herman, P.E., Director of Public Works Engineering.

Account Number: 00012184 Legal Notice No: 934550 First Publication: December 13, 2018 Last Publication: December 20, 2018 Publisher: Douglas County News Press

The Board of Douglas County Commissioners of the County of Douglas, Colorado, By: Janet Herman, P.E., Director of Public Works Engineering.

Account Number: 00012184 Legal Notice No: 934550 First Publication: December 13, 2018 Last Publication: December 20, 2018 Publisher: Douglas County News Press

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