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Schools, parents share burden of student mental health, officials say Broadening definitions of success could help kids, superintendent says

Littleton school board members listen to parents during a community forum at Koelbel Library on Feb. 26.

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Littleton Public Schools officials say the district is putting serious effort into addressing students’ mental health challenges, but they can’t do it alone.

“We’re investing in the safety and mental health of our children, and inviting people to help us,” said school board member Robert Reichardt at a town hall-style community forum on Feb. 26. “We’re facing a crisis around adolescent mental health that’s nationwide. If we knew the answer, we’d do it. We’re on this journey of trying to figure out how to respond to these big challenges.”

The meeting was the final of four held in January and February to discuss climate and culture in the district, spurred by a largely anonymous coalition, said to consist of parents, teachers and students, that alleged a toxic culture at Arapahoe High School and lackluster district response last spring.

The district is undertaking a wide array of efforts toward studying and addressing student mental health, school board members said, including an ongoing study by Dr. Anna Muel-

ler of Indiana University into youth suicide at LPS. Board members also touted efforts to break down information silos around student behavioral health incidents, and a program that helps parents find and even pay for mental health care providers.

Several parents at the meeting praised the district’s efforts.

“The team at LPS has been dedicated to communicating with us and with my kids,” said Chelsea Marx, who said her sixth-grader is on the autism spectrum and her third-grader has been diagnosed with ADHD. “I hear stories from parents in other districts, and I realize we’re really fortunate,” Marx said.

Still, some parents said the district could do more. In anonymous messages written by parents during the meeting, some said they found teachers and counselors overburdened, overwhelmed or inadequately trained to address their children’s needs.

Asked whose voices aren’t heard often enough in the district, parent Kris Carafelli said: her own.

“I want to say that there’s a lot of trauma in this community,” said Carafelli, who said she happened to be across the street from Arapahoe High School in 2013 the day student Claire Davis was murdered by another student.

“When I send my kids to school, I tell them I love them, and I hope I see them again,” said Carafelli, adding she vividly recalls the 1999 Columbine High School shooting. “I feel the district is doing good, innovative work, but there’s a lot of pain and fear out there.”

Carafelli said her fellow parents sometimes also shut out her voice.

“There’s such pressure to be the perfect mom,” she said. “I feel like parents have to pretend there’s nothing wrong in their lives. I don’t fit in.”

Arapahoe High School was a common topic at the meeting, with parents asking about the school board’s response to scandals that have rocked the community, including Davis’ murder, two teachers who pleaded guilty to sexually abusing students and a number of student suicides that eclipses the district’s other two traditional high schools.

School board President Jack Reutzel said the district did all it could to vet Ian Ahern and Sarah Porter, the two teachers who abused students.

“All we can do is rely on what someone’s reported before,” Reutzel said.

“The idea that we’re prescient enough to looking into someone and see that in them, that’s too high of a standard.”

Superintendent Brian Ewert said he commissioned an internal investigation into Porter and Ahern’s vetting and found no red flags.

As far as Arapahoe’s higher level of troubling incidents, Reichardt, the school board member, said Arapahoe really is different.

“It’s an achievement-oriented place,” Reichardt said. “That’s reflected in parents, alumni and teachers. That’s not great for all kids. There are children at Arapahoe where it’s not the right place for them to be. But I don’t think the administration or the board are the right people to go to individual parents and say this is not the best fit for your kid.”

Ewert said Arapahoe administration and the district in general are becoming more open to alternate definitions of achievement.

“There’s no evidence to suggest that a 4.0 GPA — or a 4.5, which some of our kids are striving for — makes any difference later in life,” Ewert said.

“Kids who are well-rounded and try their best, that matters more than a 4.0.”

Reutzel said the schools can’t solve all mental health problems, nor should they be expected to.

“The job of parents is to support the district in educating your children,” Reutzel said. “The job of the school district is to support parents with kids’ mental health. We don’t have all the resources we need, but we’re there to help kids. In my opinion, mental health begins at home.”

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Deanna Bixby, 21, reaches deal for 20-year sentence for vehicular homicide

BY DAVID GILBERT DGILBERT@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

The woman who killed a young couple in a car crash while fleeing police in Littleton in 2019 pleaded guilty to vehicular homicide on Feb. 13.

Deanna Bixby, 21, was one of two drivers fleeing police in stolen cars on Feb. 6, 2019, police said. Bixby crashed into a car at Mineral Avenue and Santa Fe Drive going about 100 mph, killing Ryan Carter and Jayne Davicsin.

Bixby Bixby pleaded guilty on Feb. 13 to two counts of vehicular homicide while driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol, a felony. In exchange for the guilty pleas, prosecutors dropped numerous other charges, including vehicular eluding resulting in death.

Under the terms of the plea deal, Bixby will serve 20 years in prison, according to the 18th Judicial District Attorney’s Office. The office declined to comment on the case until the sentence is made official in April.

The families of Bixby’s victims, however, are serving life sentences of a different sort.

“We no longer have a son,” said Rod Carter, whose son Ryan, 27, was killed in the crash. “We won’t have a daughter-in-law. We won’t have grandkids.

The Carter name has ended. It’s a complete loss for us.”

Rod said he still cries regularly when he thinks of his only child.

“All our plans changed,” Rod said.

“Without a son to be responsible for our finances when we’re old, or just help out around the house, it’s all thrown away.”

Rod’s wife Tracy said Ryan’s death took away a “reason to move forward.”

“Who will help us in old age?” Tracy

said. “Who will help me with my phone?”

Tracy said she tries to stay busy at work or at the gym to keep from thinking about it.

“I don’t feel like this plea deal is justice, but I don’t know how you make it fair. (Bixby) will get to start over, but our son doesn’t get to.”

Jayne Davicsin’s family could not be reached for comment. The driver of the other car, Mario Jose, was sentenced to three years in prison for vehicular eluding in October.

Both Rod and Tracy said they are still upset with Douglas County deputies’ decision to engage in a highspeed chase with Bixby and the other driver. The chase started near Castle Pines.

Douglas County Sheriff Tony Spurlock said in 2019 that deputies chased Bixby and the other driver after they fled a traffic stop.

The Douglas County Sheriff ’s Office allows deputies to chase fleeing vehicles believed to be stolen, at odds with other chase policies in the Denver metro area.

A spokesman for the department said in 2019 that Spurlock stood by the policy. “(Spurlock) feels that our pursuit policy is well written and does not feel that changes are needed at this time,” department spokesman Sgt. Jeff Miller said last year.

Tracy said she is heartened to know that people remember her son. She said she spotted a new memorial cross placed at the intersection where Ryan died, and his coworkers at King Soopers sent them a bouquet of flowers on the anniversary of his death.

The Carters have arranged for a memorial bench dedicated to their son to be installed at Ridgeview Park, just down the street from their south Littleton home.

The location is fitting, Rod said.

“It’s where Ryan used to go fishing, sledding, riding his skateboard,” Rod said. “I remember him running around on Easter egg hunts there.”

Tracy said she looks forward to getting the bench installed.

“We’ll have a place to reflect.”

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Future is cloudy for Goddard’s old missile Littleton school must bid farewell to symbolic rocket; longtime residents seek solution

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After more than half a century, the towering missile that stands outside Goddard Middle School in Littleton is coming down, and longtime residents are hoping to save it from the scrapyard.

“It’s a piece of history, and it’s got a spot in a lot of people’s hearts,” said Randy Trujillo, a 1971 graduate of Littleton Public Schools whose two grandchildren attend Goddard.

The 41-foot-tall Nike Hercules surface-to-air missile was installed outside Goddard when the school opened in 1968.

Now, as Littleton Public Schools prepares to renovate the school and expand the parking area, district officials say it’s time for the missile to go.

“We’re trying to bring the building up to 21st-century standards,” said Terry Davis, the district’s director of operations. “Could we move the missile and put it elsewhere? Yes, but there’s a huge cost associated with taking it apart and building a new foundation for it, and we’d rather

Longtime residents of Littleton are hoping someone wants to give a good home to the old Nike Hercules missile at Goddard Middle School. Littleton Public Schools officials plan to remove it this spring to make way for a parking lot expansion.

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LPS would happily donate the missile to anyone who can come up with money and a plan to move it, Davis said.

“We’ve got a tight budget and a time crunch, and I don’t have funding to disassemble or transport it,” Davis said. “But we’re always willing to partner with folks who have a plan.”

The missile needs to be out by early June, Davis said. If nobody comes up with a plan, it will be cut up and sold for scrap, he said.

Plenty of people have ideas. After Trujillo posted the news that the missile was slated for removal to a Facebook group for people with roots in Littleton, the response was swift.

In hundreds of comments, posters offered ideas regarding a new location for the missile: another park in Littleton, the Littleton Museum, Wings Over the Rockies Air and Space Museum on the old Lowry Air Force Base, the U.S. Air Force Academy, or Englewood’s Belleview Park — already home to a vintage MGM-13 MACE missile.

But at the moment, none of those entities are interested.

South Suburban Parks and Recreation District, which manages Littleton’s parks, isn’t interested.

“I’ve asked around, but I don’t think we’re so keen on it,” said South Suburban spokeswoman Jamie DeBartolomeis. “We haven’t looked into the cost of moving and supporting it, and we’ve got plenty of budgetary needs of our own.”

Littleton Museum director Tim Nimz said while the missile is associated with a Littleton school, it doesn’t otherwise have a Littleton connection, and wasn’t built by Lockheed Martin or its predecessor Martin Marietta.

The City of Littleton isn’t interested, either.

“I don’t know where it could be relocated, and I imagine the cost would be quite expensive,” said city spokeswoman Kelli Narde.

Wings Over the Rockies, home to numerous Cold War relics, said the missile isn’t up to their standards.

“We are delighted the rocket has fans and supporters who want to see it preserved,” said Chuck Stout, the museum’s curator, in an email.

Stout said he’s visited the missile on several occasions, but said “unfortunately, its condition is too poor for it to be useful to our museum. I agree it would be a shame for it to be scrapped, but we don’t have the resources to move, store, restore or display it.”

Englewood isn’t biting either.

“Belleview Park will remain a onemissile attraction,” said city spokeswoman Ann Lauricello in an email.

A spokesman for the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs said he was not aware of any desire to retrieve the missile.

One exception to the cavalcade of rejection was the Pueblo Weisbrod Aircraft Museum.

“How big is it?” asked Shawn Kirscht, curator of the Pueblo museum, which is already home to a number of warbirds. “It’s 41 feet? If we can split it in two, I’ve got a 20-foot trailer. I’ll come get it.”

If the missile were to wind up in Pueblo, it would be a return of sorts — Dr. Ben Millspaugh, a former Littleton Public Schools science teacher, procured the missile as military surplus from the Pueblo Army Depot in 1968, Trujillo said.

Millspaugh saw the missile as a way to honor Dr. Robert Goddard, the school’s namesake. Goddard was a pioneer of rocketry, who launched the first successful liquid-fueled rocket in 1926.

Millspaugh, in turn, was an inspiration to a generation of Littleton students, Trujillo said. Millspaugh still lives in Littleton, but was unavailable for comment.

The missile was installed at the school with pomp and circumstance in October 1968, with a ceremony featuring a speech by an Air Force colonel and a performance the Lowry Air Force Base band, according to old news clippings and records provided

by LPS. “It was a symbol of science and of American power,” Trujillo said.

It became a fixture of Goddard, and Trujillo said principals used to prank students by running an extension cord out to the rocket and telling kids they were going to launch the missile after school, then seeing who actually showed up.

If nobody steps up to take the missile, Trujillo said he’s got a friend — a retired pilot and oilman with deep pockets who doesn’t want to be identified — who would be happy to stick it in his yard.

“I just hope it gets saved,” Trujillo said. “We’ve lost so much history around here already, and this is worth preserving.”

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Interim RTD chief targets retention, project oversight Paul Ballard came from Texas to serve until board picks long-term replacement

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The Regional Transportation District’s interim CEO and general manager will have 14 months to steer the district in the right direction before RTD finds a long-term replacement.

Paul Ballard, the longtime general manager of transit agencies in Fort Worth, Ballard Texas; Nashville, Tennessee; and St. Louis, came out of retirement to guide the district as it experiences driver and operator shortages and declining ridership.

Ballard and RTD agreed he would helm the district for a period ranging from four to 14 months.

“My objective is to keep things going,” Ballard said. “Tackle the issues I can in the interim and make things ready for the next, permanent CEO.”

Ballard said the length of his stint will depend on the employee retention rate.

Ballard joined RTD officially Feb. 24 as a temporary replacement to former CEO/GM Dave Genova, who retired in December. Ballard said his two priorities are improving worker retention and overseeing the opening of the north commuter rail.

Opening of the N Line, a 2004 FasTracks project to bring 18.5 miles of commuter rail from Union Station to Commerce City, Northglenn and Thornton, has been delayed by almost three years due to construction problems. RTD expects to open the line later this year.

Ballard said, in his experience, Denver’s transit problems are unique.

“In Fort Worth, for example, we had a similar labor market to here … But somehow, we didn’t have the turnover,” Ballard said. Ballard said Fort Worth’s transit agency, Trinity Metro, was smaller, which made it easier to develop strong relationships within the agency.

“Obviously, there a communication problem (at RTD),” Ballard said. “That’s something we have to work on. How do we communicate to our employees, make them really part of the team and (make them) understand what our goals and objectives are?”

Ballard said he plans to regularly

ride different RTD bus and rail lines to hear firsthand from riders and operators.

“We have a good source of people to hire from, but somehow they’re not staying,” Ballard said. “We need to study it very closely and very quickly and find out how we can improve the experience so they want to stay.

“We have to convince them to stick with it and things will get better quickly because it’s not an easy job,” Ballard said.

RTD has experienced a driver shortage that has forced it to cut service across the region. On May 17, the district will make cuts to certain bus and rail lines, following a series of public open houses throughout the region, which conclude March 5.

“We talk about how we want to increase ridership. Cutting service is not going to solve that, obviously.

But we have to face reality,” Ballard said. Ballard noted service cuts can have a larger impact on local businesses whose employees rely on public transit to get to work.

Ballard was optimistic about working with the Colorado Legislature, which he planned to do for the first time Feb. 25. Senate Bill 151 aims to expand RTD’s board of directors by two, both governor-appointed representatives, who would advocate for the district’s most

vulnerable population — those with disabilities and those in disadvantaged communities.

Angie Rivera-Malpiede, chair of the RTD Board of Directors, said the board was excited to bring Ballard on in a “new era” for the district. Rivera-Malpiede thanked the public for its input in the search for the district’s new CEO/GM. RTD allowed members of the community to weigh in on the five finalists for the job, announced in January.

Forty people applied for the job.

“The board and I are extremely excited about all the possibilities we have moving forward,” RiveraMalpiede said.

Rivera-Malpiede said the new executive team, voted in Jan. 7, made a point to be more transparent, beginning with the open search for an interim CEO/GM. “I think that’s a whole new era,” Rivera-Malpiede said. Rivera-Malpiede added the district’s efforts to reach constituents through surveys and open houses at places like bus stops and train stations, where people “gather organically.”

“It’s really a whole new way of thinking about talking to our constituents, our commuters and everybody, our staff, and we’re really excited about that,” Rivera-Malpiede said. “We think Mr. Ballard will enhance that opportunity with us to work hand-in-hand.”

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Local Methodists grapple with national changes Split in church is inevitable based on debate about LGBTQ marriages and ordinations

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hen the Jardine family joined St. Andrew United Methodist Church in Highlands Ranch in 2018, they were grateful to have a place where their oldest son would be accepted.

Not long before, the then 14-year-old had come out as gay, and the Parker family had immediately left their previous faith because they felt there wasn’t a place for them in the conservative congregation.

After a few Sundays at St. Andrew, “my son said to me, ‘I’m so glad I still get to have religion in my life,’” Ryan Jardine said. “That for me was such a touching moment.”

The Jardine family is pleased with their experience at the Highlands Ranch place of worship. But that’s only because the church actively breaks the Methodist denomination’s rules by performing same-sex marriages and ordaining LGBTQ people.

“I feel comfortable attending St. Andrew because I feel like they have the autonomy and desire to be inclusive,” Jardine said. “St. Andrew has gone out of their way with him to make sure he feels accepted and loved.”

But the United Methodist Church has been deeply divided for decades over how to include the LGBTQ community in its faith. And, in May, the issue may finally split the church as members vote on the Protocol, a proposal that would divide the church into two denominations — one for those who formally endorse same-sex marriage and the ordination of gay and lesbian clergy, and another for those who do not.

Two churches acting as one The United Methodist Church, or UMC, works a lot like modern democracies, with a system of delegates, conferences and legislation. When members want to make a change within the denomination, they must follow strict procedures.

The church first addressed homosexuality in the 1970s, when the UMC adopted a stance against condoning same-sex marriage. Since then, there have been multiple additions to that ruling, such as completely outlawing same-sex marriages and ordinations of clergy who identify as LGBTQ. Several attempts by delegates from progressive churches to remove language stating homosexuality is incompatible with Christianity have failed.

In 2019, delegates voted to approve the Traditionalist Plan, strengthening penalties for those who violate these policies.

Although LGBTQ marriages and ordinations are prohibited, churches throughout the country and the Denver metro area break these rules every

The Jardine family started attending St. Andrew United Methodist Church in Highlands Ranch in 2018, drawn to the church for its stance on LGBTQ inclusivity.

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Rev. Mark Feldmeir is the lead pastor at St. Andrew United Methodist Church in Highlands Ranch and has been performing same-sex weddings for 18 years. He also allows openly gay pastors to be clergy in his church.

ELLIOTT WENZLER year. Under current policy, church members can file a complaint against respective leaders, which can lead to the clergyperson losing his or her ordination.

But in the UMC’s Mountain Sky Conference, which includes Colorado, Utah, Wyoming and Montana, the current bishop, Karen Oliveto, is the first openly lesbian person to hold her office. She recently said she won’t process complaints related to LGBTQ involvement in church rites.

“If people have proven they have the

Elected delegates from UMC churches around the world, half clergy and half lay people, make decisions about the denomination’s legislation during a General Conference, which normally meets every four years. During many of these meetings, delegates have voted on rules around LGBTQ people and their role in the church.

1972: The Social Principles, which are not considered church law but are considered to still be instructive, are adopted, including a statement on homosexuality.

“We declare our acceptance of homosexuals as persons of sacred worth … though we do not condone the practice of homosexuality and consider this practice incompatible with Christian teaching.”

1984: After multiple failed attempts to change the language of The Social Principles to make it more inclusive, additional language is added restricting ordination of LGBTQ people.

“Since the practice of homosexuality is incompatible with Christian teaching, self-avowed practicing homosexuals are not to be accepted as candidates, ordained as ministers or appointed to serve in the United Methodist Church.”

1996: A petition is approved that prohibits the church from hosting or conducting same-sex marriages. This prohibition was added to The Social Principles.

2000: While the incompatibility clause in the Social Principals is upheld, it is softened and new language is added.

“We implore families and churches not gift for ministry,” she said, “to simply be LGBTQ is no reason to receive a complaint.”

Oliveto’s stance — she believes the Traditionalist Plan has created “a

to reject or condemn their lesbian and gay members and friends. We commit ourselves to be in ministry for and with all persons.”

2004: The church’s official rules are amended, creating charges against clergy people who are openly gay and those who officiate same-sex marriages. These can now result in a church trial, which could strip the accused clergyperson of his or her ordination.

2008: A resolution is approved opposing homophobia. “(The church opposes) all forms of violence or discrimination based on gender, gender identity, sexual practice or sexual orientation.”

2019: In a 438-384 vote, the “Traditional Plan” is approved, reinforcing the teaching that homosexuality is incompatible with Christianity. The plan also strengthens the church’s penalties for those who violate this policy.

January 2020: The Protocol is introduced, proposing a split of the church based on the compatibility of LGBTQ people and the church.

“The United Methodist Church and its members are at an impasse, the Church’s witness and mission is being impeded and the Church itself as well as its members have been injured.”

May 2020: Delegates from the United Methodist Church will vote on whether or not to adopt the Protocol, which would effectively split the church in two. church of punishment” — reflects a simmering fracture within the church that has unfolded over five decades.

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Rev. Bob Kaylor, lead pastor at Tri-Lakes UMC in Monument, which follows the more traditional belief, believes “we have long been at least two churches trying to act like one church.”

Traditionalist views, he said, are often misunderstood.

“The biggest misconception is that if you insist that Christian marriage is reserved for one man and one woman that somehow you hate your LGBTQ neighbors,” he wrote in an email to Colorado Community Media.

“We aren’t trying to deny any human rights to anyone. We simply believe that the rites of the church must be consistent with Scripture and the longstanding teaching of the church.”

The Protocol, conceived by delegates from churches across the world — including bishops and reverends — calls for worship practices to remain the same in all churches. But it gives traditionalists $25 million to create a new Methodist denomination, which would allow and enforce only unions between a man and a woman and prohibit ordinations of anyone who identifies as LGBTQ. Remaining churches continue as United Methodist and will support the inclusivity of all people in rites such as marriage and ordination.

While the Protocol isn’t the only proposal under consideration, it has the strongest momentum and was derived from the most viewpoints, according to UMC documents. Delegates worked on the plan in 2019 and announced it in January. In May, 862 delegates from across the world will convene in Minneapolis to vote on the Protocol.

If the legislation passes, the Mountain Sky Conference would vote by July 2021 whether to join the inclusive or traditional branch. Individual churches, regardless of their conference’s decision, also can vote to stand with either side, with all decisions to be made by Dec. 31, 2024.

According to Oliveto, most of the nearly 380 churches in her conference identify as inclusive of all people. In a petition signed last July, about a dozen leaders from churches throughout the conference stated they reject the traditionalists’ “strict requirements.”

“The Traditionalist Plan is against everything my region has come to understand about the body of Christ,” Oliveto said. “We’re grounded in an understanding of God’s generous grace.”

In the Denver metro area’s Methodist community, congregants and clergy say they are anxious and hopeful about the coming months and potential changes.

Some area churches have already lost members of their congregation over this issue. Others fear the split will lead to further departures.

Among religious leaders, “there is a strong push to keep as many people together as possible,” said Rev. Megan Armstrong, associate pastor at Arvada United Methodist Church.

Armstrong’s wife, Rev. Elizabeth Jackson, is also a UMC pastor. It’s important to the couple, who support an inclusive church, to try to keep congregations together, regardless of

What happens with complaints against the church

IF THE PROTOCOL LEGISLATION PASSES

At a global conference this May in Minneapolis, hundreds of United Methodist Church delegates will vote whether to approve legislation based on the Protocol.

Should the legislation pass, the Protocol requires: • Those forming a new denomination will register by May 15, 2021.

• Regional conferences, such as the Mountain Sky Conference, which includes Colorado, Wyoming, Utah and Montana, will choose which branch to affiliate with

by July 1, 2021.

• Leadership can choose to align with either branch by July 1, 2022.

• Local churches can choose to split from their conference until Dec. 31, 2024.

• $25 million will be allocated to the traditionalist Methodist denomination and $2 million will be set aside for any other denominations that are formed.

Married couple Rev. Megan Armstrong, right, and Rev. Elizabeth Jackson are both pastors in the United Methodist denomination, with Armstrong at Arvada UMC and Jackson at Louisville UMC. CASEY VAN DIVIER some members’ sexual orientation.

“These are the people who have sat next to you,” Armstrong said, “who have been there when your child was baptized, who have comforted you.”

An inevitable split Despite these shared experiences, church data shows conflicting viewpoints among its members.

A 2019 UMC survey of more than 500 congregants in the U.S. showed that 44% identified as conservative or traditional in their religious beliefs, 20% identified as progressive or liberal and the rest were a mix of moderate and unsure, according to a news release from the church.

In 2015, the church completed a similar poll asking about U.S. congregants’ beliefs on same-sex marriage.

It surveyed 400 people in each of three groups — pastors, leaders and members. Results showed 42% of members

disagreed with the church’s ban on same-sex marriage. About 38% of pastors also disagreed.

On both sides of the debate, Methodists cite the Bible and the central mission of Christianity to support their beliefs.

“The Bible has only six passages that speak to anything related to the issue of homosexuality,” said Rev. Mark Feldmeir, lead pastor at St. Andrew UMC in Highlands Ranch.

“Scripturally speaking, there’s no concept for homosexuality but we’ve interpreted some of those passages through the lens of our own biases.”

He believes passages interpreted in the present day as being about homosexuality actually referred to other concepts and have been misconstrued because of faulty translations and a lack of historical context.

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Bishop Karen Oliveto of the Mountain Sky Conference — which includes Colorado, Utah, Wyoming and Montana — is the first openly lesbian bishop elected to the office.

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Kaylor, one of the area’s few traditionalist pastors, disagrees, saying Scripture clearly defines marriage as between a man and a woman. He also maintains the traditionalist view is inclusive.

“All of us are sinners in need of God’s grace and restoration. That is, I think, a radically inclusive position — though a very different way of defining inclusivity than my progressive colleagues might express,” Kaylor said in his email. “... the most inclusive church is the one where all the people are finding together that new way of life in Christ, no matter what their particular pattern of sin and brokenness might have been. I need my LGBTQ friends, my addicted friends, my greedy friends, my gluttonous friends … to be part of the church and they need me — because we all need Christ.”

Some local churches, like Littleton United Methodist Church, fall somewhere in the middle of the debate.

The church is open to all members of the LGBTQ community but also wants to be open to people who are somewhat more traditionalist, said Rev. Richard Evans, interim senior pastor.

“Right now,” he said, “I’m very much aware that I’m an interim minister of a ‘purple’ (politically mixed) church trying to be a minister to everybody (and) convey that whatever

BY THE NUMBERS • More than 12 million congregants make up the United Methodist Church worldwide.

• 6.8 million congregants are in the United States, with the remaining in Africa, Asia and Europe.

• The UMC has reached more than 136 countries.

Source: UMC.org happens, we remain open and respectful of different points of view.”

Local leaders such as Feldmeir and Armstrong believe the Mountain Sky conference will likely side with the inclusive branch if the Protocol is approved. But even if the legislation isn’t adopted, local pastors say a split is inevitable.

After the Traditionalist plan passed in 2019, St. Andrew led a group of about 50 like-minded churches from throughout the country in preliminary plans to leave the denomination if forced to follow the conservative policy. Those plans were put on hold when the Protocol was announced.

Should the Protocol not be approved, other churches such as Lakewood UMC also would consider leaving the denomination, said Rev. Ben Hensley, the church’s lead pastor.

“At Lakewood UMC, the conversation we will be having involves the question of who we are and our identity,” Hensley said. “Are we a congregation comfortable with discrimination against the LGBTQ community? I don’t believe (that we are).”

For churchgoers like the Jardines,

Rev. Bob Kaylor, who is the lead pastor at Tri-Lakes United Methodist Church, represents one of the few traditionalist churches in the Mountain Sky Conference.

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these plans to split, no matter the process, are a necessary reassurance.

Their experience has found few fully inclusive places of worship south of Denver. But for the Jardines’ son, whose family asked that his name not be used for privacy reasons, St. Andrew’s viewpoint has allowed him to find a church community, particularly among his peers, that he didn’t have before.

“It makes it a lot easier in normal life” to accept himself, the teen said.

Without the Highlands Ranch church, the family wouldn’t know where to go.

Said Ryan Jardine: “We wouldn’t feel comfortable anywhere where LGBTQ individuals can’t be fully included in every aspect, including as pastors or reverends, (or be able to) participate in all rites.”

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Jessica Boyd said men and women both have work to do around recognizing and preventing domestic abuse.

Domestic abuse survivor says society must address issue

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behavior so they don’t carry it into the next generation.

Anger is just a symptom I thought domestic violence was an anger issue, but anger is just a symptom. Anger management classes don’t cut it. It’s a mindset issue. It’s

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ingrained in our culture. In the United States, it only became illegal to beat your wife in 1920.

I’m raising my son to be open and communicative, and to be aware of how his actions impact those around him.

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Spreading the word My goal is to spread the word that abuse isn’t always what we think it is.

It’s not always a black eye or a bloody nose. It’s on so many levels: physical, verbal, emotional, psychological, spiritual and sexual. I want people to get out before you get in too deep.

It’s a public safety issue, and a human rights issue. It’s been a long journey for women to become equal, and there are still struggles.

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Knowing the signs I’m working on a book, and I’ve even got some speaking engagements. I want to show how to reduce domestic violence.

With education and awareness, domestic violence can be prevented and avoided. It’s about knowing warning signs and red flags. It can be subtle, and it usually starts off slow.

The vast majority of domestic abusers are men, although it’s underreported among men and women. Everyone, men and women, has work to do. It’s important children don’t grow up in that environment around that

I’m taking, I shared some of my own experiences with domestic abuse, and afterward I was approached by both men and women. The men said just hearing my experience made them think about their actions and how they treat their partners.

I had no idea. I thought I’d only be speaking to fellow women, but it turns out men need that awareness as well.

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his is it, I promise. My one and only political column.

Nationally, roughly 43% of eligible voters QUIET did not vote in the 2016 presidential DESPERATION election.

Let’s try to do better.

That’s all I am going to say. You’re not going to get an endorsement out of me, but if you can read between the lines, I think you’ll Craig Marshall know.

I have never seen Smith anything like 2016-20.

If nothing else, it has been entertaining.

However, there has been a whole lot

of else. Daily. Hourly.

The past three and a half years have been exhausting and exasperating.

There’s no other way for me to look at it.

It’s been what’s called an “eye opener.” I simply didn’t realize as many of my neighbors believe in what they believe in.

Maybe that’s the silver lining.

The United States are not united states.

I often wonder if the exhaustion and exasperation have wicked into our conscious and unconscious behavior.

There seems to be more disrespect and belligerence.

I would prefer to be either informative or amusing and leave the deep dish editorials to others.

Will Rogers said, “I am not a member of any organized political party.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR A growing problem According to a recent article in Colorado Politics, Colorado leads the nation in the percentage of unelected legislators. For many of us living in Littleton, both our state representative (Richard Champion) and our state senator (Jeff Bridges) were selected by unelected partyspecific precinct committee people — Champion by Republicans and Bridges by Democrats — rather than by voters or even elected representatives. Since, according to the secretary of state, there are now more unaffiliated voters in Colorado than either registered Democrats or Republicans, these party-appointed representatives are rather unrepresentative.

Colorado’s party-specific method of filling vacancies is unusual among U.S. states and, given the increasing proportion of unaffiliated voters, should be changed.

One can imagine many more representative procedures, including persistent ranked choice voting or even random selection of citizens or elected officials from the affected districts, if the time and cost of vacancy-filling elections are not warranted. My goal here is not to promote a solution but to highlight a growing problem and to raise awareness and discussion in the wider community.

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With almost three decades of experience in LPS, I have experienced shrinking financial support in the midst of rising costs of living and significant declines in people wanting to come into the profession.

This “perfect storm” of disappearing resources, increased demands out of the classroom, and shrinking community of educators led me to the Capitol this week to address these concerns directly with my Sen. Jeff Bridges and Rep. Froelich among others members of the legislature representing Littleton Public Schools.

I delivered a petition with 70 of my teaching colleagues names, demanding immediate action around the state’s investment in education and teacher pay.

While U.S. News and World Report ranks Colorado’s first economically and 11th in education, we rank 31st in average teacher salary, 47th in education funding and 51st for teacher wage competitiveness. In the words of the movie “Patriot Games,” “we are way beyond birthdays” now for the need to support teachers.

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I’m a Democrat.”

Does anyone remember Rogers?

He was born to a Cherokee family in 1879 and died in a plane crash in Alaska in 1935. In between, he was a humorist, actor, cowboy, social commentator and newspaper columnist.

“Folksy” always appears next to his name.

He once said he never met a man he didn’t like.

Boy, I sure have. Including myself.

Each and every one of us is imperfect. Except my sister. No, I take that back. She bites her fork.

Some people are more imperfect than others.

I could name names all day, but why be that unpleasant?

It’s so easy to be unpleasant, and I admit my own voice participates.

If I had only one choice, I’d choose

“humorist.”

I can’t change, improve, or enthrall anyone, and I don’t want to try.

I wish I had kept track of the films I have watched since November 2016.

Have there been more comedies than tragedies?

How about music? My preference was wordless classical music before the 2016 election and it has remained wordless classical music.

When I hear Beethoven it improves my day. It’s so good, it makes up for the headlines, at least for 10 or 15 minutes.

There’s something else that improves my day: writing. It’s my banjo.

One of Steve Martin’s routines had him playing the banjo. Playing the banjo whisked away whatever troubles he was having.

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The born salesperson can be nature or nurture

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o, occasionally, my selling roots do show up in some of my writing. And, although you may not be in sales yourself, two things may happen by continuing to read on. First, you may know someone in sales, and they could find this column interesting. Second, even though it looks like WINNING a column about the WORDS selling profession, it’s really about much more.

Over the years I have heard two sides of an argument. There is one school of thought that believes there are certain people who are born with Michael Norton the gifts, personality, attitude and skills to be recognized as a born salesperson. The other side of that argument is that there is no such thing as a born salesperson, salespeople are made, not born. They will argue that even though they may have been blessed with the gifts, personality and attitude, there is no way they were born with the skills.

Do you know any born salespeople?

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I mean the kind of person that without any guidance or direction just somehow ended up in sales. And not only did they end up in sales, they were somewhat successful and sometimes even wildly successful. I know that I can personally name a few men and women whom I know and whom I have worked with who may have me thinking that they actually were a born salesperson.

Now having spent most of my professional life in personal and professional development, and having met thousands of salespeople over the years, I may be qualified to choose a side in this debate. And where I would land would be that I do believe there are born salespeople. Just like I believe there are born athletes, born musicians, and born chefs, I also believe there are born salespeople.

But just like an athlete, musician, or chef who was born with certain gifts, personalities, and attitudes, somewhere along the way they were taught and perfected skills and techniques. Somewhere along the way they received coaching and training to elevate them to a new level of achievement.

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When we look at the difference between being born with certain physical qualities and positive attitudes that help us get to where we want to go in life, there is also this other quality called desire and another trait called work ethic. And when we can marry our desire and work ethic with the qualities and attributes we were born with, while working on ourselves and our craft, we can become great at anything.

Maybe the argument shouldn’t be about whether or not we were born to be a certain kind of person, maybe the argument should be that we were all born with gifts, personalities, attitudes, and the ability to build upon each one through some great coaching, training, and practice.

A born doctor, a born nurse, a born leader, a born teacher, this list

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As soon as I sit down to write, I leave (most) of my troubles at the doorstep. With one exception: I often write letters to the editor of the daily, and it’s rarely to praise someone or something.

I reminisce more than ever these days. Partly because of my age and partly because of the past three and a half years.

I lived alone throughout college in little apartments, generally with

could include any one of us. Sure, maybe we had a little guidance and direction, and maybe we felt a pull or tug towards an area that we are passionate about. But every person who has achieved success has done so by coupling who they are and what they aspired to become with hard work, desire, perseverance and endurance. Yes, even the born salesperson.

So how about you? Are you making the most of the gifts and talents you were born with by coupling them with desire and work ethic, skills and practice? I would love to hear your story at mnorton@tramazing.com, and when we realize that were all a born somebody, who can be great at anything, it really will be a better than good week.

Michael Norton is the grateful CEO of Tramazing.com, a personal and professional coach, and a consultant, trainer, encourager and motivator to businesses of all sizes. wafer-thin walls that let in every imaginable sound.

My dream was a home filled with silence, if that’s what I wanted. Now I have it. Silence is one of my best friends.

Soon enough it will be Nov. 3, 2020.

To conclude, I quote Bob Dylan: “Here I sit so patiently waiting to find out what price you have to pay to get out of going through all these things twice.”

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

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Denver Regional Mobility Access & Council is a resource for transportation. The ride share program is for those who face intellectual developmental disabilities.

Depending on capabilities, we can help them find a ride or can set one up with our drivers.

Need: Volunteer drivers in and around Arapahoe County (oprganization is looking

to expand when the right opportunity comes up for funding, so the reach may broaden).

Requirements: must be 18 years or older; background check required, as is an inperson interview at the office at 190 E 9th Ave, Denver, CO 80203.

Contact: Amberrae at 720-665-5656 (rider phone) or rides@drmac-co.org. Go to https://www.drmac-co.org/volunteer Douglas County Libraries: elevates our community by inspiring a love of reading, discovery and connection.

Need: Volunteer opportunities consist of event assistance, weekly shelving or bookstore shifts, tutoring, Storytime helpers, and more.

Requirements: Attend an orientation. We will provide training. Specific requirements are listed in each opportunity’s details.

Contact: Visit VolunteerConnectDC.org and search for Douglas County Libraries opportunities.

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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.

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Dean Coddington, 87, died February 23, 2020 in Littleton Colorado, his home town for 60 years. His Memorial will be held at Mission Hills Church on Friday, March 6th at 10:00 AM located at 620 Southpark Drive, Littleton, 80120. Reception to follow.

Dean is survived by his wife of 65 years, Judy, children David (Therese), Susan Pietri (Bud), Michael (Amy), and Lisa (Stephen), seven grandchildren and four great grandchildren, brother, Richard Coddington (Eleanor), and sister, Mary Ann Severson (Joel).

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Movie theaters step up comfort, amenities for enhanced experience

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raditional moviegoing is struggling, and it’s not hard to see why. Cheap Netflix subscriptions. High (and higher) definition TVs. The ability to stream endless hours of entertainment with the push of a smartphone button.

It’s that seemingly endless entertainment bounty that makes the decline of the simpleton cinema inevitable, right? Perhaps, but don’t tell that to the executives at the nation’s two largest movie theater chains, Regal Cinemas and AMC Theaters. They’ve both spent millions on lavish renovations and improvements to their theaters across the Denver area and show no signs of stopping.

From Westminster to Highlands Ranch and Arvada to Lone Tree, Denver-area audiences now sip craft beers and nosh on gourmet treats like flatbread pizzas and mac and cheese bites while watching crystal-clear movies from recliner seats that they reserved hours and even days ahead of time.

It’s all part of a new focus on the guest that AMC public relations director Ryan Noonan says has swept both AMC and the theater industry as a whole in the last few years. That’s been especially true in the Denver area, which Noonan said has seen among the most renovations and investment among AMC markets.

“What we saw is that guests really wanted this elevated moviegoing experience and they were no longer satisfied with just showing up and sitting in a seat and rubbing elbows with the person next to them,” Noonan said “They wanted to come sit in recliners, they wanted to enjoy better food, they wanted to have a beer as they watched a movie and they wanted to see it on a really big screen with the latest in projection technology. And as we’ve continued to provide that, we’ve seen more and more success and great guest feedback.”

Improvements can be costly Although each of those improvements represents a major investment on the part of theater operators, few match the costs of adding reclining seats, which not only require individual auditoriums to be closed during installation but also typically reduce their capacity by 50% to 60% once installed.

But while such a change would seem to represent a self-inflicted threat to theater bottom lines, Noonan said AMC has found it to be a net positive because theaters are now finding people are returning to theaters more often even if it means

AMC Theaters across Denver, including in Highlands Ranch, Westminster and the Littleton area, have replaced traditional movie theater seats with power recliners.

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SWEETER EXPERIENCE Denver-area movie theaters with reclining seats, alcoholic beverages and other “experience” amenities include: Arvada Harkins Arvada 14 (9355 Park Meadows Drive) Centennial Regal Southglenn (6901 S. Vine St.) Denver Alamo Drafthouse Cinema Sloan’s Lake (4255 W. Colfax Ave.) AMC Dine-In Cherry Creek 8 (inside the Cherry Creek Mall) Esquire Theater (590 North Downing Street) Regal UA Denver Pavillions (500 16th St. Mall) Sie Film Center (2510 E. Colfax Ave.) The Marketplace concession stand at AMC Highlands Ranch 24. there are not as many seats available to sell on the most popular moviegoing weekends.

The unique attraction that such seats offer became evident when the seats were first installed in an entire AMC theater in Seattle, Noonan said, and strong consumer enthusiasm for them has also been evident in the Denver area.

“Almost immediately what we saw (in that first theater in Seattle) were guests coming up to the box office and saying ‘I’d like to sit in a recliner to watch a movie’ and not ‘I’d like to go see this specific movie, what auditorium is it in?’” said Noonan.

The Alamo Drafthouse Effect But while these kind of amenityladen moviegoing experiences

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have become increasingly standard in Denver and other markets throughout the country, they were anything but when a Texan named Tim League opened a theater called Alamo Drafthouse that combined inseat food and drink service with an old-school Hollywood vibe in Austin, Texas in 1997.

Alamo Drafthouse is credited by many in the industry with spearheading changing consumer tastes and the evolving nature of theaters in the Denver market has followed quickly from the opening of Alamo Drafthouse’s first area theater in Littleton in 2013 (additional locations have since opened in the Sloan’s Lake area and Westminster).

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Highlands Ranch AMC Highlands Ranch 24 (103 Centennial Blvd.)

Lakewood Century 16 Belmar (440 S. Teller St.) Littleton area Alamo Drafthouse (7301 South Santa Fe Drive) AMC Bowles Crossing 12 (8035 W. Bowles Ave.) Lone Tree Regal UA Meadows (9355 Park Meadows Drive) Westminster AMC Westminster 24 (10655 Westminster Blvd.)

AMC Orchard 12 (14653 Orchard Parkway) Alamo Drafthouse Westminster (8905 Westminster Blvd.)

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Englewood venue snags major art exhibition Rauschenberg: Reflections and Ruminations now at Museum of Outdoor Arts

BY SONYA ELLINGBOE SELLINGBOE@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Starting with the glass entry doors at Museum of Outdoor Arts, Robert Rauschenberg’s work impacts a visitor — and it continues as one strolls through the large gallery at the Englewood Civic Center, and loops through a reprocessed office space. Then one reverses directions and heads down a fascinating hallway to two more spaces filled with the distinctive American artist’s works. MOA staff, with curator Dan Jacobs, has worked on pulling off this exhibit for a number of years and we are fortunate that it’s finally open through June 13.

Rauschenberg (1925-2008) painted, printed, photographed, drew, sculpted, assembled, experimented — and combined techniques as he wished. It’s especially appropriate that his exuberant work is exhibited during Mo’ Print (Month of Printmaking, March 2020)

IF YOU GO “Rauschenberg: Reflections and Ruminations” runs through June 13 at the Museum of Outdoor Arts indoor gallery in the Englewood Civic Center, 1000 Englewood Parkway, Englewood. Tickets: $10, moaonline.org. Hours: Monday to Thursday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.; Friday, Saturday, 10a.m. to 5 p.m. Information on upcoming workshops and events: moaonline.org/Rauschenberg. in the area, since his explosive works are a dramatic contrast to the smaller, tighter, more controlled images we tend to expect from a traditional printmaker.

Museum Director Cynthia Madden Leitner’s catalog foreword explains a connection: “I met Robert Rauschenberg at his home on Captiva Island in Florida in the early 1980s.” Her parents were friends of this charismatic man … The title of the exhibit: “Reflections and Ruminations,” refers to titles of works and the highly polished surfaces that carry some images. Jacobs may have started with John Madden, the director’s father, who owned several pieces, but the search took him across the country, as well as locating works at DU and CU.

Works on reflective surfaces seem to include the visitor’s reflection as part of the art in prints on aluminum, brass or polished steel, and one realizes the title of the exhibit plays with one’s perceptions …

A photograph to the left as one enters presents a profile of a goodlooking man staring off into the distance — no doubt mentally picturing wild bursts of color and big strokes of brush or other implement. The outline of Rauschenberg’s hand also brings one in closer to an extraordinary man.

There are repeats of images such as skyscrapers and tires and cabbages … these images continue to his last series: “Lotus,” continuing into 2008, the year he died. He took photos himself — and used other images freely, including some historic ones.

Works include paintings, lithographs and “Combines,” one of which, “Autobiography,” includes an image of the artist with a parachute flying behind him as he skates forward …

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Percussion from Malaysia makes its way to Colorado

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ands Percussion: Drumbeat Inferno” brings an ensemble of Malaysian percussionists with traditional and contemporary sounds to Lone Tree Arts Center, 10075 Commons St., Lone Tree, on March 22 at 7 p.m. Chinese Shigu drums, Malay gamelan and other instruments will combine music and choreography into a lively evening introducing different cultures of SONYA’S Malaysia. Tickets: SAMPLER $38-$48. 720-509-1000, lonetreeartscenter. org.

ists and multi-media artists see moaonline.org/design-and-build. Focus will be on community placemaking projects.

Books, books, books!

Littleton’s FOL/M, Friends of the Library/Museum, announces its Annual Silent Auction through March 29.

Two children’s books Sonya Ellingboe

by Robert Louis Stevenson, a historic book about the Grand Canyon, Ralph Moody’s history of the stagecoach, “Children of Dickens,” and more. Bemis Library, 6014 S. Datura St., Littleton. Bid and bid again if necessary.

Littleton High artists The Depot Art Gallery at 2069 West Powers Ave., downtown Littleton, exhibits art by Littleton High School students through March 15. Admission free. See depotartgallery.org.

Design and Build Attention: College undergraduate and graduate students in art: April 3 is the deadline to apply for Museum of Outdoor Arts paid summer art internships, Design and Build. The Design and Build program invites students to work collaboratively in a summer program with pay. A master teacher will oversee the program. Painters, illustrators, projection artists, mural-

Voices West Voices West will offer choral concerts this week: March 6 at 7:30 p.m. at Littleton United Methodist Church, 5894 S. Datura St. Littleton; March 7 at St. Timothy’s Episcopal Church, 1401 E. Dry Creek Road, Centennial; March 8 at United Church of Christ, 10926 Democrat Road, Parker. “Hemispheres” will take you around the world in 80 Minutes. Tickets? See VoicesWest.org.

Englewood history The Englewood Historic Preservation Society will meet twice on March 30: 2:30 p.m. at Englewood Public Library, in the Englewood Civic Center, 1000 Englewood Parkway and at 630 p.m. at Moe’s Barbecue, 3295 S. Broadway. Speaker will be Don Roth, about Englewood area homesteads and early settlers. Skerrit, Sandford, McBroom, Magnes, Brown, Younker and more … Two parts: 1865-1868 and 1869-1895, Free.

Jazz concert The Colorado Jazz Repertory Orchestra plays “Kind of Blue” named for Miles Davis’ great album, in Parker’s Schoolhouse Theatre, 19650 E. Mainstreet, from 7 to 9:30 p.m. on

March 27. Tickets: parkerarts.org. See the same website for tickets to the Dueling Pianos Fundraiser to be held at 6 p.m. on March 27 at the PACE Center, 20000 Pikes Peak Ave. Arvada Center news “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” runs on select dates through spring , alternating with “Murder on the Orient Express” and eventually, “Small Mouth Sounds” in the Black Box Theatre, performed by the Repertory Company.

6901 Wadsworth Blvd., 720-898-7200.

Also at Arvada Center: “Imprint: Print Educators of Colorado” through March 29 in the galleries. Free admission. And, coming April 10-May 3: “Something’s Rotten,” the musical.

See arvadacenter.org.

Local Author Showcase Highlands Ranch Library hosts a Local Author Showcase at 2 p.m. March 8, with more than 10 local authors.

Free. Bestselling author Harlan Coban will appear at 7-10 p.m. March 20 at CU Denver South, 10035 S. Peoria St., Parker, sponsored by Douglas County Libraries. Ticket price includes a copy of “The Boy From the Woods.” Book signing follows talk. Register at your library.

Hudson Gardens “Birding Optics” will present experts from Front Range Birding Company to guide a choice of the right pair of binoculars for you. Cost of class applies to cost of binoculars if you buy them. Hudson Gardens, 6115 S. Santa Fe Drive, Littleton, also sponsors regular Bird Walks, beekeeping instruction and more. Hudsongardens.org.

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Students help build tiny home village Innovation Campus class works on organization’s second project for homeless people

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BY ELLIS ARNOLD EARNOLD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

The ever-present issue of homelessness in the Denver metro area met a novel small-scale solution in 2017, when the City of Denver’s first legal community of tiny homes opened along 38th Street, giving a small number of people a lift in their struggle to exit homelessness.

Now, the second tiny home community by the same organization is in the works — and the builders are high school students.

One is Matthew Danfelser, a Cherry Creek High School senior who attends a class at the Cherry Creek Innovation Campus. Danfelser lives in Centennial, where he says he doesn’t see homelessness as much as in Denver.

“It’s sad to see, but I really like this idea of getting them back on their feet,” Danfelser said during a class session.

At the Innovation Campus, where high school students in the Cherry Creek district come to learn skills in several trades — from construc-

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Jim Dosky, an infrastructure engineering teacher, gives instructions Feb. 19 in a circle of students at the Cherry Creek Innovation campus, the school district’s career-technical education facility. tion management to cybersecurity — students are building tiny homes as part of a partnership with the Colorado Village Collaborative.

That’s the organization that launched Denver’s first legal tiny home community, called Beloved Community Village, which later

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a t l i Matthew Danfelser, a Cherry Creek High School senior, right, uses a tool during a Feb. f 19 construction class at the Cherry Creek Innovation Campus. Watching over him is Jim D Dosky, an infrastructure engineering teacher, left.

PHOTOS BY ELLIS ARNOLD t w moved to the city’s Globeville neight borhood. a The upcoming village will be the p second-ever legal tiny home village b for people experiencing homelessi ness in the Denver metro area, w according to Cole Chandler, director of the Colorado Village Collaborative. It’s also likely the second in the entire state, to Chandler’s knowledge.

The organization sees its partnership with the Innovation Campus as a way to combine students’ practical learning with gaining understanding of the local homelessness crisis and being good members of their A student uses a tool on the base of a community, Chandler said. structure that will eventually be a tiny “We are hopeful that by introduchome for the homeless in the Denver ing this topic to students early on area. in their careers, we affect the way of hospitals, detox programs, jails that they think about homelessness throughout their lives as citizens,” and psychiatric institutions — all at Chandler added. high cost to the public.

The students at Innovation CamSome studies have found that a pus will build six units for a village person experiencing chronic homethat will allow women transitioning lessness can cost taxpayers as much out of homelessness to live in them as $30,000 or more per year, accordfor up to a year, said Jim Dosky, an ing to the U.S. Interagency Council infrastructure engineering teacher on Homelessness, a partnership of who works with the class. federal agencies.

The students were working on the Getting homeless people into tiny base of a home in mid-February, homes and connecting them to other and they’ll have the homes finished services while housed could be in April. Ideally, the homes will be much cheaper, Degitis said. delivered in early May, Dosky said.

The Innovation Campus opened at Colorado Village Collaborative the start of this school year. Danaims to open the village by the end felser, the Creek student, wishes he of 2020, according to its website. could have taken the class sooner.

The village will sit at a location “I’m having a ball,” Danfelser that isn’t publicly known yet, said said, dressed in a neon vest and Mike Degitis, a math teacher at hardhat.

Innovation Campus who helped put The students are proud to be worktogether the class’ partnership with ing on the project, Dosky said. the Colorado Village Collaborative.

“I mean, they’re building people’s But it will be in the City of Denver, homes,” he said.

Chandler said.

The Innovation Campus is located Under federal law, the chronically at 8000 S. Chambers Road near homeless are defined as people with East Broncos Parkway. It sits in the disabilities who experience extendDove Valley area of unincorporated ed or repeated episodes of homeArapahoe County, just outside cenlessness. They often cycle in and out tral Centennial.

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Regal Cinemas, the nation’s second biggest theater chain and the operator of 13 theaters in Colorado, seemed to be following the Alamo model when it opened a Regal Cinebarre, its brand of dine-in theater, in Greenwood Village last year. The Cinebarre took over its space from Greenwood Plaza Stadium 12, an aging theater that had closed in 2018.

“This state-of-the-art theater is a unique destination that provides moviegoers with an enhanced entertainment experience as they watch movies and eat a great meal,” Heather Peters, the public relations director for Regal Cinemas, wrote in an email. “The theater features a complete restaurant menu, traditional movie treats, plus a full bar with handcrafted cocktails and satellite television.”

Even some of Denver’s most classic and longstanding cinema destinations are taking note of the changing landscape and responding accordingly. When damage from a burst pipe forced the historic Esquire Theater in Denver’s Capitol Hill neighborhood to close in late 2018, many assumed it would never reopen.

But when it did so last summer, the theater’s guests were greeted with the addition of new theater seats, carpeting and flooring as well as a new box office and concession stand. The improvements continued this winter with the addition of alcoholic beverag-

The new Alamo Drafthouse Cinema in Westminster, which opened in June.

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The bar at Regal Southglenn in Centennial. Drinks can also be taken into the theaters.

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es and an expanded concession menu.

“People increasingly expect to be able to grab a beer when they go out, and if we can have that for them it obviously keeps us in contention as far as a night out,” said the theater’s manager, Troy Lasley, who said alcohol has been popular at the theater.

Different angle on competition But will such changes allow theaters like the Esquire to stave off the challenge posed by Netflix, DisneyPlus and other in-home entertainment options?

Patrick Corcoran, the vice president

of the National Association of Theater Operators, says that’s not actually the right question. That’s because Corcoran and other industry insiders feel that movie theaters are not actually competing with streaming services.

“Our competition is primarily for people who want to get out of the house,” said Corcoran. “In terms of the home, the disruption has primarily been in the home whether it’s been with VCR or DVD or now streaming services.”

And that away-from-home experience market is one in which Noonan

said the theater industry continues to hold its own. For evidence of that success, he points to data that shows the film industry continues to sell around twice as many tickets as the NFL, NBA, NHL and MLB professional sports leagues combined.

“I can’t think of a movie that’s been on a streaming service that’s ever got the amount of attention that ‘Avengers: Endgame’ got this year and that’s because movie theaters and movies up on the big screen are the cultural touchpoint for people that they gravitate towards,” Noonan said.

“And so while there will always be challenges, I think AMC and really the industry in general have done a really good job of pivoting to an elevated experience and I think guests have really responded.”

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CLUBS Editor’s note: Clubs listings are published free, on a space-available basis. Listings are submitted by the community; to submit a new listing, or to make changes to or remove an existing listing, contact hharden@coloradocommunitymedia.com.

Service/Social League of Women Voters of Arapahoe and Douglas Counties encourages community members to participate in one of our three monthly meetings. Help us create a democracy where every person has the desire, the right, the knowledge and the confidence to participate. Feel free to call or email Jo Ann Feder at 904-6083932 or joluvs10s@gmail.com for details.

Littleton Garden Club meets at 6:30 p.m. the first Wednesday of each month, September through May. A speaker is featured at each meeting. Guests are welcome. Go to www.littletongardenclub.org.

Littleton Gem & Mineral Club 7:30 p.m. the third Friday of each month from September through May at the Columbine Hills Church, 9700 Old Coal Mine Ave., Littleton. Doors open at 7 p.m. All meetings are open to the public. Club and section meetings may deviate from their regular schedules due to holidays, shows, inclement weather, etc.

Littleton Junior Chamber of Commerce, Jaycees, welcomes interested parties between the ages of 21-40 to become involved with this social and community service organization. Jaycees meet at 7 p.m. the first Tuesday each month at Burt Chevrolet, 5200 S. Broadway, and at 7 p.m. the

third Tuesday each month at Breckenridge Grille, 2852 W. Bowles Ave. Call 303-9140180 or visit littletonjaycees.org.

the community and who wish to find a fun active service club. Contact Terry Boucher, 303-880-7559 or bouchertp@aol.com.

Littleton Lions Club, a group of civic minded men and women serving the Littleton community since May 1949, meets at 11:45 a.m. the first and third Thursday of each month at Egg & I Restaurant, 2630 W. Belleview Ave., Littleton. We are associated with the largest service organization in the world, Lions Clubs International meeting the needs of our community locally in a fun filled fellowship environment. Contact Rich Waldmeier at 303-770-5149 or jd194768@hotmail.com, or Jeff Bridges at 303-596-4518 or The5bridges@msn.com.

The Loving Hands crocheting and knitting group meets one Saturday a month from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the Parish Hall at St. Frances Cabrini Parish, 6673 W. Chatfield Ave. (intersection of Pierce) in Littleton.

For those who cannot attend but can work on projects at home, we are always in need of newborn and infant hats and booties as well as bereavement gowns/ fetal pouches. Check out our Loving Hands Ministry Web page at www.saintfrancescabrini.org or call Karen at 303-791-8385 for a schedule, patterns, list of needs, and other details.

Littleton Newcomers Club is a social club for women in Littleton and the surrounding areas. Come have fun and meet new friends. You don’t need to be new to the area to join. Interest groups include bridge and other card games, wine tasting, book clubs, party animals, luncheons, stitch and chat, and many other events. Our monthly general meetings and luncheons are the third Wednesday of each month.

Call 303-430-4898 and leave your name and number or e-mail littletonnewcomersclub@yahoo.com. Visit www.littletonnewcomersclub.org or contact MaryLynn Rector (marylynnr66@gmail.com) to attend a get-acquainted coffee or for information.

Littleton Sertoma meets from 7-8 a.m. the first, third and fifth Friday each month for breakfast and a program at the Shack Sports Grill, Mineral and Broadway, Littleton. Doors open at 6:30 a.m. and they welcome ndividuals looking to serve

MacinTech, a club for all users of Apple’s technologies, meets from 6-9 p.m. the second Tuesday of every month at Metrum Community Credit Union, 6980 S. Holly Circle, Centennial. Go to www. macintech.org for information.

MOMS Club, Moms Offering Moms Support, of Littleton is part of a national organization offering support for women and families during their child-raising years. All interested stay-at-home moms can call Lurae Beck at 303-933-6749.

Moms In Touch International is an interdenominational Christian organization in which moms meet for one hour a week to pray for their children and schools. To find out where moms are meeting to pray, call Nancy Villarreal at 303-761-1967.

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printed and he just went ahead and completed the work, including that crack. The edition of repeats of this image shows slight differences as the stone shifted a bit, according to the catalog copy by curator Jacobs.

A traveler, with concern for environmental and human issues, Rauschenberg interacted with the world as he soaked up images. He started ROCI, the Rauschenberg Overseas Cultural Exchange and images from the Soviet leg tried to show similarities in cultures. ”Soviet/American Array VII” shows New York and Moscow apartment buildings in a collection of other images.

Each grouping of works has a block of wall copy, rather than a label on each painting, so a visitor may want to focus in on each block of words for better interpretation of the exhibit.

“Reflections and Ruminations” offers more than 50 original works by a man who was very influential in his own world and well beyond. The visitor can try to follow thought processes, changes in the use of repeated images and a variety of techniques. A work unto itself is “Barney Google Glut,” 1987, assembled metal collage. Is it a sort of rhino? An entirely imaginary beast?

Or should we settle for an abstracted sculptural image? (I really wanted to stroke its back.)

MOA offers a special opportunity to art lovers during the duration of this exhibit. It’s a “don’t miss.”

Alzheimer’s, caregiver conference set in Denver STAFF REPORT

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People with Alzheimer’s disease and their caregivers will learn about brain health and how to provide care to those with dementia at a free educational conference presented by the Alzheimer’s Foundation of America.

The foundation’s 2020 national Educating America Tour presents the conference from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Thursday, March 12 at the University of Denver, Craig Hall, 1745 S. High St. Participants can meet with Alzheimer’s experts, ask questions, network, and obtain a free memory screening.

“More than 73,000 Coloradans are living with Alzheimer’s disease; many others are caring for a family member with Alzheimer’s. As those numbers grow, it’s critically important to connect people with information that can help them if Alzheimer’s enters their lives,” Charles J. Fuschillo, Jr., the foundation’s president and chief executive officer, said in a news release.

Sessions by dementia and caregiving experts will include: Unraveling Alzheimer’s Disease: George Perry, Ph.D., will

provide an overview of Alzheimer’s disease, an update on Alzheimer’s research and clinical trials, and what we can expect on the horizon.

Creating Your Long-Term Care Team: Eva Veitch, director of community living services in Montrose, will offer tips on how to build a support structure to aid in caregiving.

She will also provide tips for longterm care planning. She will also discuss when it is time to involve professionals and the importance of self-care.

Innovative Activities: Preserving Functional Ability: Alisa Tagg, activity consultant and president of the National Association of Activity Professionals, will discuss the importance of activity programming in helping someone with Alzheimer’s disease improve their quality of life.

Free, confidential memory screenings will be conducted throughout the day. Registration is free and open to all. For information or to register, visit www.alzfdn.org/tour.

Those who can’t attend the conference or have immediate questions about Alzheimer’s disease can contact AFA’s National Toll-Free Helpline at 866-232-8484, or through the Internet at www.alzfdn.org seven days a week.

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Winter cultural series goes out with a bang

BY ELLIOTT WENZLER EWENZLER@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

The Denver Pops Orchestra played to a sold-out audience at Cherry Hills Community Church on Feb. 20 as the final installment of the Highlands Ranch Community Association’s Winter Cultural Series.

The show, which cost $10 in advance to attend, had a theme of Broadway musicals and was conducted by Ron Argotsinger.

The hour and a half performance included songs like “As if We Never Said Goodbye,” “The Impossible Dream” from “Man of La Mancha” and “Bring Him Home” from “Les Miserables.”

Suzanne Morrison and Joel Hillan were the soloists for these songs.

There were also instrumental compilations from classics like “Wicked,” “The Phantom of the Opera” and “The Sounds of Music.”

The Denver Pops Orchestra is a nonprofit organization aiming to share music with the metro Denver community.

The Winter Cultural Series, which took place in January and February, also included performances from Opera Colorado, Ballet Ariel and Heritage Irish Stepdancers.

Conductor Ron Argotsinger guided the orchestra through their performances and hosted the evening, announcing the songs and their backstory to the audience. ELLIOTT

Soloist Suzanne Morrison performs with the Denver Pops Orchestra Feb. 20 at Cherry Hills Community Church in Highlands Ranch. She sang “As If We Never Said Goodbye,” and “The Girl in 14G.” PHOTOS BY ELLIOTT WENZLER The Denver Pops Orchestra performed a soldout show Feb. 20 as part of the Highlands Ranch Community Association’s Winter Cultural Series. The theme of the night was Broadway.

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Area students earn free ride through caddying Evans Scholars to receive $120,000 over four years to attend University of Colorado at Boulder STAFF REPORT

Thirteen students from Colorado have been awarded the Evans Scholarship, a full housing and tuition college grant offered to golf caddies.

The final selections were made after interviews Jan. 28 at the Cherry Hills Country Club.

Each caddie has a unique story that reflects the scholarship’s four selection criteria: a strong caddie record, excellent academics, demonstrated financial need and outstanding character.

The students will begin college in

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English Learning Center A nonprofit organization near the University of Denver, with more than 45 volunteers.

Daytime (mornings) classes.

Need: Volunteer teachers, substitute teachers and tutors to teach English to adult foreign students.

Requirements: If you are willing to teach or assist one or two times a week, we will provide all necessary orientation and instruction. ESL or teaching experience preferred but not required.

Contact: englishlearningcenter2122@gmail. com. Go to www.englishlearningcenterdenver.com

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

Need: help distribute food the second and

fall 2020 as Evans Scholars at the University of Colorado at Boulder.

The Evans Scholarship is estimated at $120,000 over four years.

“Each of these deserving Evans Scholars epitomizes what our program has been about since its creation in 1930,” WGA Chairman Kevin Buggy said in a news release.

“Their dedication, hard work and sacrifice is humbling, and we are honored to be able to help them pursue their dreams.”

The selection meeting in Colorado was one of more than 20 such meetings the Evans Scholars Foundation will have across the country through the spring. When the 201920 selection meeting process is completed by April, an estimated 285 caddies are expected to be awarded the Evans Scholarship.

A record 1,010 caddies are enrolled in 18 universities across the nation as Evans Scholars, and more than

11,050 caddies have graduated as Evans Scholars since the program was founded by famed Chicago amateur golfer Charles “Chick” Evans Jr. “These young men and women have shown excellence in the classroom and in their communities, as well as on the golf course,” John Kaczkowski, WGA President and CEO, said in the release. “We welcome them to the Evans Scholars family.”

Scholarship funds come mostly from contributions by 32,500 golfers across the country, who are members of the Evans Scholars Par Club program. Evans Scholars Alumni donate more than $14 million annually, and all proceeds from the BMW Championship, the third of four PGA Tour Playoff events in the PGA Tour FedExCup competition, are donated to the Evans Scholars Foundation.

To learn more about the WGA and ESF, visit www.wgaesf.org.

fourth Thursday of each month. Donation also accepted.

Contact: www.feedingdenvershungry.org or https://www.facebook.com/FeedingDenversHungry/

Requirements: Must attend a 26-hour training session; bilingual skills welcome Contact: Jeneen Klippel-Worden, 303-3431856 or jkworden@gatewayshelter.com

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

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Girl Scouts of Colorado Need: Troop leaders, troop support volunteers in Highlands Ranch Age Requirement: A Girl Scout run background check is required. Excitement to be a cheerleader, guide and mentor.

Contact: Emma VonFeldt, Emma.VonFeldt@ gscolorado.org 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 faith-based 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 Help & Hope Center: 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.

EVANS SCHOLARS Students from the Colorado Community Media coverage area: William Kissinger, of Arvada, a senior at Arvada High School; works at the Lakewood Country Club.

Natalia Garayoa, of Centennial, a 2019 graduate of Mullen High School; works at Cherry Hills Country Club.

Giovanny Gordillo, of Denver, a senior at Regis Jesuit High School; works at Cherry Hills Country Club.

Ethan Perlstein, of Highlands Ranch, a senior at ThunderRidge High School; works at Castle Pines Golf Club.

Alexander Granquist, of Lakewood, a 2019 graduate of Lakewood High School; works at Columbine Country Club.

Fenton Dowling, of Littleton, a senior at Regis Jesuit High School; works at Meridian Golf Club.

Logan Byler, of Parker, a senior at Valor Christian High School; works at Castle Pines Golf Club.

Contact: Marion Dahlem, 303-688-1114, ext.

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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 Integrated Family Community Services: provides basic human services and enrichment programs to low-income people in Arapahoe and Douglas counties.

Need: Volunteers to assist serving clients in the food and clothing bank.

Need: Volunteers to assist in the front office greeting clients, answering phones, verify client eligibility, completing food/clothing orders and assist where needed.

Need: Volunteers to assist in IFCS enrichment events including Mother’s Day, Ready, Set, School! and Thanksgiving and Holiday programs.

Need: Volunteers to assist in IFCS fundraising events including Nibbles and Sips event, Puttin’ for a Purpose event (mini golf); Booa-thon event (bowling) Requirement: All levels of experience are welcome; training and support provided.

Contact: Kendrab@ifsc.org or call 303-7890501.

The Learning Source, nonprofit resource for adult education classes and family literacy Need: volunteers in Aurora, Centennial, Denver and Thornton. Join the volunteer pool of more than 130 individuals to help tutor adult students. Volunteer tutors help with one-on-one instruction or small group work.

Contact: debby@thelearningsource.org.

Learn more at TheLearningSource.org or call 303-922-4683.

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Taking a stand in historic shoes Scholar portrays Rosa Parks during her historic civil rights activism

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he small stage at Koelbel Library found upon it the commanding presence of Rosa Parks.

“In that day, there were 40,000 Negroes in Montgomery, Alabama,” but barely any were registered to vote, said Becky Stone, a National Endowment for the Humanities and Chautauqua scholar, portraying the civil rights activist.

She took the audience back to 1955, where decades of segregation in the South had built up after the Civil War and flew in the face of the amendments to the Constitution that followed it, which aimed to establish equality for black Americans.

Parks, a longtime member of the Montgomery chapter of the NAACP, joined that organization in 1943, the same year a bus driver had Parks removed — 12 years before the more famous incident where she would refuse to give up her seat.

And, as fate would have it, that same bus driver had her ejected from the bus in 1955.

Her removal set off a chain of events that saw the historic bus boycott and a ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court outlawing bus segregation.

Stone immersed the library audience in lesser-known facts, too. The famous photo of Parks looking out of a bus window was a posed picture for the press — on a bus that, yet again, was driven by James Blake, the same bus driver that had her removed. In the photo, she sits in front of a white member of the media.

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Becky Stone stayed after her performance to chat with kids and parents and answer questions.

Becky Stone, a National Endowment for the Humanities and Chautauqua scholar, portrays civil rights activist Rosa Parks Feb. 27 at Koelbel Library in Centennial. She took the audience back to 1955, when Parks refused to give up her seat on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama, setting off a chain of events that led to the desegregation of busing.

PHOTOS BY ELLIS ARNOLD was no different,” Stone said, answering questions in character as Parks after her performance.

Stone, 70, who lives near Asheville, North Carolina, performed in the Feb. 27 event, titled “History Reimagined: The Rosa Parks Story.” She also has portrayed Maya Angelou and Harriet Tubman and has done portrayals since 2003, she said.

Stone’s performances are usually attended by largely white, older and well-educated audiences, she said.

Stone enjoys the chance to highlight black history and help bridge racial gaps.

“I treasure the opportunity to bring who we are as a people to people who don’t know us,” Stone said.

Koelbel Library is located at 5955 S. Holly St. in Centennial.

The audience gives a round of applause to Becky Stone, an actor and scholar who portrayed Rosa Parks in her years of civil rights activism.

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Rocky Mountain Train Show returns to Denver Families, enthusiasts invited to event stretching over two days STAFF REPORT

The largest train show west of the Mississippi chugs into Denver in March as a treat for families and train enthusiasts. Presented by the Rocky Mountain Division of the Train Collectors Association, the Rocky Mountain Train Show is larger than ever, now covering more than three acres.

The two-day show will feature more than 20 operating train layouts of different scales and sizes, manufacturer and hobby store displays, face-painting for children and more than 600 tables of vendors selling trains, books, paints, scenery material and everything you might need to set up your own spectacular model train.

This show also will feature how-to clinics, Thomas the Tank Engine displays, a free train ride for kids, lots of Legos and door prizes with family fun for all. Union Pacific Heritage Operations senior manager Ed Dickens will give a presentation on the Union Pacific 4014 Big Boy steam locomotive.

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Colorado each year. This year, children from Big Brothers Big Sisters, Children’s Hospital, Kenzi’s Causes, the Kempe Foundation, Boys & Girls Clubs and several other nonprofits will get to attend the show for free.

The Rocky Mountain Train Show is open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. March 7 and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. March 8 at the Denver Mart, I-25 and 58th Avenue.

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Schomp provides gift, sponsorship to Sturm campus STAFF REPORT

A $250,000 gift and sponsorship by Schomp Automotive Group to Arapahoe Community College’s Sturm Collaboration Campus in Castle Rock will be matched by the Sturm Family Foundation, providing $500,000 for future program innovative initiatives at the campus and student scholarships.

The state-of-the-art boardroom at the campus will be named the Schomp Automotive Innovation Center. The investment supports the ACC Lift the Gift campaign, a $5.1 million match opportunity provided by the Sturm Family Foundation.

“Schomp believes education provides the basis for a strong community and thriving economy. We have a longstanding relationship with Arapahoe Community College and are proud we can contribute to the ACC Sturm Collaboration Campus where students will be well prepared for the future,” Schomp Vice President for Business Development Michael Dunlap said in a news release.

The ACC Sturm Collaboration Campus opened in August 2019 and welcomed more than 650 students and provides pathways in business, technology, health, and workforce training. The campus, which also

houses staff from Colorado State University, Douglas County School District, the Arapahoe Douglas Workforce Center, and Innosphere Ventures, has been developing innovative partnerships and programs with community and industry partners.

“ACC has had a great working relationship with Schomp Automotive through the years, and this gift and sponsorship demonstrates Schomp Automotive’ s commitment to this region and to our students,” Dr. Eric Dunker, ACC’s associate vice president and dean of Business, Technology, and Workforce Partnerships, said in the news release.

Schomp Automotive and ACC will celebrate with a naming dedication event for the Schomp Automotive Innovation Center from 5-7 p.m.

Thursday, March 12 at the Sturm Collaboration Campus. RSVP at http:// www.arapahoe.edu/schomp.

For information about workforce partnerships and the Sturm Collaboration Campus at Arapahoe Community College, contact Eric Dunker at eric.dunker@arapahoe.edu.

For information about Sturm Collaboration Campus naming opportunities and the Lift the Gift campaign, contact ACC Foundation Executive Director Courtney Loehfelm at Courtney.loehfelm@arapahoe.edu.

Students invited to enter writing contest Friends of the Littleton Library and Museum creative writing competition open to grades 1-12 STAFF REPORT

Students in Littleton Public Schools who would like to get published are invited to enter the Friends of the Littleton Library and Museum’s 53rd annual creative writing contest.

The contest is open to students in grades 1-12 who attend Littleton Public Schools, or who live in the school district’s boundaries. Entry forms are available at Bemis Library or at https://friendslittleton.org/creativewriting-contest.

Entry categories are: poetry, any length and all forms; short story, 2,500 words maximum, fiction or nonfiction; and other, anime, script, essay, speech.

The deadline to submit entries is 5 p.m. Saturday, March 28. No late entries will be accepted.

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Exercise your mind as you challenge other spellers age 60+ Thursday, March 19, 1:00-3:00 p.m. (check-in at 12:30 p.m.)

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to manuscript and submit at the front desk at Bemis Public Library, 6014 S. Datura St., Littleton, or email it to FriendsCreativeWritingContest@gmail.com.

Manuscripts will not be returned.

Winners will be notified by the week of April 13. Because of the volume of contestants, only the winners will be notified. All winning entries will be bound in a book and copies will be available for purchase. Past-year books may be referenced in the children’s room at the library.

The awards ceremony will be at 2 p.m.

Sunday, April 26 at Bemis Library. The keynote speaker is Kristen Gilligan, coowner of the Tattered Cover Bookstore.

This contest is sponsored and managed solely by the Friends of the Littleton Library and Museum. The staff of the Bemis Public Library has no involvement in procedures or judging.

Littleton Public School boundaries are Belleview Avenue, Sheridan Boulevard, Holly Street and County Line Road.

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MOMS holds playgroups, Mom’s Night Out, twice-yearly kids’ consignment sales, and other social events for parents of multiples in and around Highlands Ranch. For details, visit www.mothersofmultiples.com.

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Castle Pines

My Yard! Lawn & Landscape Ideas & Tips: 10-11 a.m. March 12 at Douglas County Libraries in Castle Pines, 360 Village Square Lane. Turf grasses have a place in the landscape, even in a Xeriscape.

Session covers plant selection and proper grouping of plant materials.

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

Castle Rock

Consignment Sale: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, March 7 at the Douglas County Fairgrounds, 500 Fairgrounds Drive, Castle Rock.

Presented by the Mothers of Multiples Society. Expecting moms and moms with babies younger than 6 months can shop starting at 9:30 a.m. Go to www.mothersofmultiples.com.

Car Seat Safety Event: 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, March 7 at the Douglas County Fairgrounds, 500 Fairgrounds Drive, Castle Rock.

Free car seat safety checks by certified child passenger safety technicians. Learn more at www. mothersofmultiples.com.

The Naturalization Process: 10 a.m. to noon Tuesday, March 10 at the Philip S. Miller Library, 100 S. Wilcox St., Castle Rock. Castle Rock Colorado Genealogical Society program. Becoming a citizen was not always easy and finding naturalization records can be a challenging task. Discover ways to meet the naturalization records challenge head on. Register at www.crcgs.org.

March Mania: Aerial Variety Show: 6 p.m. and 8 p.m. Friday, March 13 at Aerial Works, 1050 Topeka Way, Unit I, Castle Rock.

Fabric, trapeze, hoop, and more.

Call 303-578-6456 or go to http:// www.aerialworkscastlerock.com ShamROCK Stampede: 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, March 21 at the Douglas County Events Center, Castle Rock. Familyfriendly run/walk and Irish-themed festival to raise awareness and money for organizations that help veterans, first-responders and others with post-traumatic stress disorder and mental illness. Register and learn more at www. shamrockstampede.com.

Camp Timberline’s Outta Bounds Day Camp: 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily from July 27-31 at Plum Creek Church, 960 I-25, Castle Rock. A Christian sports and adventure day camp. Features sports instruction, a portable high ropes course, climbing wall, giant inflatables, theme parties, bible

this week’s TOP FIVE Beauty and the Beast: 7-9 p.m.

Thursday through Saturday, March 5-7; and 2 p.m. Saturday, March 7 at Highlands Ranch High School, 9375 Cresthill Lane, Highlands Ranch. Presented by the Highlands Ranch High School theater department. Tickets available at https://hrhs.seatyourself. biz; if not sold out, tickets also will be sold at the door.

4800 McArthur Ranch Road, Highlands Ranch. An evening celebrating wine from around the world. 21-plus; no children or infants. Go to https://hrcaonline.org/about-us/guides-communication/calendar-schedules/event-details/ international-wine-tour-de-italy.

History Revisited: Remembering the Holocaust: 2-3:30 p.m. Saturday, March 7 at Douglas County Libraries in Parker, 20105 E. Mainstreet. Hear from Sara Moses, a child survivor of the Holocaust and the youngest survivor in Denver, as she tells her story as one of the youngest children to survive a Jewish ghetto and two Nazi concentration camps, Ravensbruck and Bergen-Belsen. For adults. Registration is required at 303-791-7323 or DCL.org.

International Wine: Tour de Italy: 4-6 p.m.

Saturday, March 7 at Southridge Recreation Center,

studies and more. For grades K-6.

Registration open now at www. camptimberline.com. Contact diane@camptimberline.com.

Centennial

Time to be Counted: 2020 Census Update: 1:30-2:30 p.m. Friday, March 6 at Koelbel Library, 5955 S. Holly St., Centennial; and 1-2 p.m.

Monday, March 9 at Southglenn Library, 6972 S. Vine St., Centennial. Explore ways to complete the census and learn the steps the U.S. Census Bureau is taking to protect responses. Presented by the Colorado State Demography Office. Sponsored in part by the City of Centennial. Go to https:// arapahoelibraries.org Meet Author Stephanie Kane: 7-8:30 p.m. Monday, March 9 at Koelbel Library, 5955 S. Holly St., Centennial. Kane will share her suspense fiction novel, “A Perfect Eye.” Part of the Colorado Author Series.

Go to https://arapahoelibraries.org/ A Rhythmic Journey: An Afternoon with the Kusogea Nobi Drum Ensemble: 2-3 p.m. Wednesday, March 11 at South Suburban Family Sports Center, 6901 S. Peoria St., Centennial. Go to https://www. centennialco.gov/Calendar/ARhythmic-Journey-An-Afternoonwith-the-Kusogea-Nobi-DrumEnsemble.

Career Fair: 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

Thursday, March 12 at Embassy Suites Denver, Tech Center, 10250 E. Costilla Ave., Centennial. Bring 10-15 resumes and wear business professional attire. Free for job seekers. Learn more at https://

Littleton from 1860 to Present Day: 1-3 p.m. Tuesday, March 10 at Lutheran Church of the Holy Spirit, 6400 S. University Blvd., Centennial. Using a variety of historic photographs, Littleton Museum Curator of Collections Jenny Hankinson will speak. Go to https://columbinegenealogy.com.

Brokenhood: The Art of Healing Through Community: on display through May 14 in the Bridge Gallery in the Harold and Virginia Simpson Leadership Center at Denver Seminary, 6399 S. Santa Fe Drive, Littleton. A reception is planned from 7-9 p.m. Thursday, March 12 in the gallery. Go to https://denverseminary.edu

www.hirelive.com/fair/1986/CO/ centennial/March/12/2020 Music with a Mission Concert: Grand Tango: 7 p.m. Friday, March 13 at Good Shepherd Episcopal Church, 8545 E. Dry Creek Road, Centennial. Show features the piano/cello music of Carl Algermissen and Ethan Lazarus. All money collected through a love offering will go to Family Tree House of Hope, which serves the homeless in our community. Learn more at www.gshep.org/music-with-amission-concert-series.

Denver

Rocky Mountain Train Show: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. March 7 and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. March 8 at the Denver Mart, I-25 and 58th Avenue. Tickets available online at www.RockyMountainTrainShow.com, or at the door.

Jeannette Rankin Portrayal: 4 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. Thursday, March 12, at Center for Colorado’s Women History at the ByersEvans House Museum, 1310 Bannock St., Denver. Actor and scholar Mary Jane Bradbury will portray Rankin, the first woman to be elected to the U.S. Congress, as part of a Colorado Humanities tour to celebrate the centennial year of women earning the right to vote in U.S. elections. Visit coloradohumanities.org or call 303-894-7951.

Englewood

Songs of Love and Loss: 7:30 p.m.

Friday and Saturday, March 13-14 at Bethany Lutheran Church, 4500 E. Hampden Ave. Presented by the Colorado Choir. Go to thecoloradochoir.org or call 303-892-5922.

Highlands Ranch

How Women Retire with Confidence: 10 a.m. to noon Saturday, March 7 at Douglas County Libraries in Highlands Ranch, 9292 S. Ridgeline Blvd. Jo-Ann Holst is a local, certified financial planner, who specializes in the financial concerns of women. Learn more at https://www.joannholstadvisers. com/how-women-retire-withconfidence Slektforskningklubb: The Sons of Norway Fjelldalen Lodge Genealogy Club: 10 a.m. to noon Saturday, March 7 at Christ Lutheran Church, 8997 S. Broadway, Highlands Ranch. Learn about Histreg.no, which gives an overview of the Norwegian population.

Work through examples and work on individual problems after the presentation. At the 1 p.m., the Fjelldalen Lodge presentation will be Poulsbo, Washington, Charming Little Norway. Bring laptops. Go to http://fjelldalen.com.

Local Author Showcase: 2-4 p.m. Sunday, March 8 at Douglas County Libraries in Highlands Ranch, 9292 S. Ridgeline Blvd.

Twelve local authors will talk about their books in genres ranging from juvenile fiction and YA to adult fiction and nonfiction. A book sale and signing will follow the authors’ presentations. For adults. Registration is required at 303-791-7323 or DCL.org.

Art Exhibit: on display through Wednesday, March 11 at St. Andrew

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United Methodist Church, 9203 S. University Ave., Highlands Ranch. Features photographer Tim Kathka and photographer/woodworker Bill Knoll.

Lifelong Learning: Birds of Prey with HawkQuest: 1:30-2:30 p.m.

Friday, March 13 at Douglas County Libraries in Highlands Ranch, 9292 S. Ridgeline Blvd. Information about golden and bald eagles, owls, falcons and free-flying hawks. Learn about their roles in the ecosystems, their features, and their specially adapted tools. Ages 50-plus. Registration is required at 303-791-7323 or DCL.org.

Comedy Night in Highlands Ranch: 7-8 p.m. Friday, March 13 at Southridge Rec Center, 4800 McArthur Ranch Road, Highlands Ranch. Featuring Comedy Works’ Elliot Woolsey, stand-up comedian from Denver. Elliot is the winner of the 2012 Comedy Works new faces contest. Go to https://hrcaonline.org/about-us/ guides-communication/calendarschedules/event-details/comedynight-1

Littleton

A New Look at Skills and Tools: 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, March 7 at First Presbyterian Church, 1609 W. Littleton Blvd, Littleton.

Denver artist Homare Ikeda will demonstrate the use of unconventional tools. Register at http://www.heritage-guild.com and select Current Workshops.

Contact Mary kay Jacobus at mkstudio@comcast.net.

St. Patrick Day Gnome Workshop: 2:30-4 p.m. Saturday, March 7 at The Painted Estate, 2677 W. Alamo Ave., Littleton. Ann Vanatta Gutierrez, owner of Halfpeeledbanana, will provide hands-on instruction.

Go to https://www.thepaintedestate.com Diabetes, Pre-diabetes and Insulin Resistance: 11 a.m. to noon Monday, March 9 at South Denver Cardiology Associates, 1000 Southpark Drive, Littleton. Find out why diabetes develops, how it affects your body and how small changes can make huge improvements in your glucose levels and overall health. Go to https://www. southdenver.com.

Anticoagulation Basics: Through Thick and Thin: 1:30-2:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 10 at South Denver Cardiology Associates, 1000 Southpark Drive, Littleton. An overview of warfarin therapy with an emphasis on safety. Go to https://www. southdenver.com.

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Jeannette Rankin Portrayal: 2 p.m. Friday, March 13, at Bemis Public Library, 6014 S. Datura St., Littleton. Actor and scholar Mary Jane Bradbury will portray Rankin, the first woman to be elected to the U.S. Congress, as part of a Colorado Humanities tour to celebrate the centennial year of women earning the right to vote in U.S. elections.

Visit coloradohumanities.org or call 303894-7951.

Advanced Painting Techniques: 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Saturday, March 14 at The Painted Estate, 2677 W. Alamo Ave., Littleton. Learn how to dry brush or paint items in your home. Go to https://www. thepaintedestate.com.

Acrylic Pour Workshop: 2-4 p.m. Saturday, March 14 at The Painted Estate, 2677 W. Alamo Ave., Littleton. Learn about the acrylic pour and create a set of six coasters or two 8-by-10-inch canvases. Go to https:// www.thepaintedestate.com.

Mommy/Daddy & Me Yoga: 10-11:30 a.m.

Sunday, March 15 at The Inn at Hudson Gardens, 6115 S. Santa Fe Drive, Littleton.

Animal-inspired yoga. Children will make and take animal masks and enjoy animal crackers and milk. For ages 5-10. Go to https://www.hudsongardens.org/event/ mommy-daddy-me-yoga Littleton High School International Baccalaureate Art Show: on display through Sunday, March 15 at the Depot Art Gallery, 2069 W. Powers Ave., Littleton. INTENTIONS: New Voices” showcases work from

Barefoot in the Park: on stage through March 21 at Town Hall Arts Center, 2450 W. Main St., Littleton. Follows a newlywed couple as they learn to live together in their first apartment. Call 303-794-2787, ext. 5, or go to https://townhallartscenter.org

Lone Tree

Travel Insights: Cruise the World: 1-3 p.m.

Friday, March 6 at Douglas County Libraries in Lone Tree, 10055 Library Way. Discover why your next trip to tropical beach destinations, Europe’s rivers, and adventure destinations should be aboard a cruise. Ideal for singles, couples, and multigenerational families. For adults. Registration is required at 303-791-7323 or DCL.org.

Living and Aging Well Speaker Series Luncheon: 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Monday, March 9 at Lone Tree Golf Club and Hotel, 9808 Sunningdale Blvd., Lone Tree. Speaker will be Mark Perez, chiropractor from Belleview Spine and Wellness in Greenwood Village, presenting an interactive lecture on balance, slip and fall prevention, and chair yoga/exercises. Reservations required; go to https://www.eventbrite.com/e/livingand-aging-well-in-lone-tree-luncheontickets-21531891467 Team Alexander Basketball Tryouts: 6-7:30 p.m. (grades 4-6) and 7:30-9 p.m. (grades 9-12) Tuesday, March 10 and Thursday, March 12 at Rocky Heights Middle School, 11033 Monarch Blvd., Lone Tree. Bring a basketball and a water bottle. Call 720-251-5282 or go to https://www.teamalexander.org/teamalexanderregistration to register.

National Geographic Live: Day To Night With Photographer Stephen Wilkes: 8-10 p.m. Friday, March 13 at the Lone Tree Arts Center, 10075 Commons St., Lone Tree. Call 720-509-1000 or go to www. lonetreeartscenter.org. Wilkes photographs the changing of time from a fixed camera position over the course of a full day and seamlessly blends the results into a single photograph.

Passport to Culture: Spoke N Motion Dance: 1:30-3 p.m. Sunday, March 15 at the Lone Tree Arts Center, 10075 Commons St., Lone Tree. Call 720-509-1000 or go to www. lonetreeartscenter.org. Spoke N Motion celebrates a passion for music and movement in a diverse population of dancers with and without disabilities in a creative art form called Integrated Dance. Sensory-friendly performance from 4-5:30 p.m.

Parker

Lenten Fish Fry: 4-6:50 p.m. Fridays through April 3 at Ave Maria Catholic Church, 9056 E. Parker Road, Parker. Served by the Knights of Columbus. Ladies Auxiliary will sell desserts. Following dinner, guests are invited to the 7 p.m. Stations of the Cross service in the church. For menu, cost and other information, go to http://www. parkerknights.org/2020-calendar.

Parker Senior Center Closet Sale: 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. March 6-7 at the Parker Senior Center, 10675 Longs Way, Parker. Gently used women’s clothing, shoes, jewelry and accessories. Fundraiser for the Parker Senior Center. Call 303-841-5370 or go to https:// www.parkerseniorcenter.org Trails Across Douglas County: From Footpaths to Interstate: 6:30 p.m.

Tuesday, March 10 at The Schoolhouse, 19650 E. Mainstreet, Parker. Join Lee and Jane Whiteley, authors of five books on early transportation systems of the West and associate producers of the PBS documentary Paving the Way, the National Park-to-Park Highway, for a look at how travel across Douglas County has evolved in the last 150 years. Sponsored by the Parker Area Historical Society. Go to https://www. parkerhistory.org When Will They See Us? on display through Wednesday, March 11 at the PACE Center Art Gallery, 20000 Pikes Peak Ave., Parker.

Tya Anthony, Rochelle Johnson, Autumn Thomas, Ella Marie Ray, and Brigitte Thomas shine a light on contemporary issues for black women artists. Go to https:// parkerarts.org Ethel String Quartet in Concert: 7:309:30 p.m. Friday, March 13 at PACE Center, 20000 Pikes Peak Ave., Parker. Go to http:// www.ethelcentral.org. Ethel presents new performances of its acclaimed show “The River,” an integral journey in instrumental virtuosity, song and storytelling.

Lessons and Lemonade: Painting with Acrylics: 9:30-11 a.m., 11:15 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. and 1-3:30 p.m. March 14 at Parker Hobby Lobby, Mainstreet and Parker Road.

Led by Jo Ann Nelson. All three classes are identical. Open to ages 9-14 (grades 4-8). Presented by the Parker Artists Guild.

Registration required; go to www.parkerartistsguild.com/youth-workshops.

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ThunderRidge senior Kristina Keefe, left, is defended by Jayden Staab of Arapahoe during a second-round Class 5A girls state playoff basketball game on Feb. 28 at ThunderRidge. Arapahoe outscored the Grizzlies 15-5 in the fourth quarter and earned a 43-32 victory.

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Before the start of the fourth quarter of Arapahoe’s second-round 5A girls state playoff game at ThunderRidge, coach Jerry Knafelc talked with his team — and they listened. ”When we came over at the end of the third, we got together and I told them we will determine our fate in this game,” Knafelc said. ”It will be on our play. We kept battling and got into the flow. We finally got comfortable with what we needed to do.”

Arapahoe outscored ThunderRidge 15-5 in the fourth quarter to break open a close game and record a 43-32 victory on Feb. 28.

The Warriors, 15-10 and the winners of six straight games, advanced to the Sweet 16, which was played March 3. Arapahoe, the 20th seed in the playoff bracket, played Centennial League foe and No. 4 seed Grandview, which beat Arapahoe twice during the regular season by a combined 112-59 score.

Arapahoe held a one-point lead over ThunderRidge heading into the final quarter but went on a 10-2 run

to take charge.

Junior Sam Shaw had a 3-point basket and two free throws to help ignite Arapahoe’s fourth-quarter surge. ”Obviously, we wanted basically to play hard in the fourth quarter, play together and play for the seniors because it could have been our last game if we lost” said Shaw. ”So I hit my shots and we hit our free throws and we won. We really turned it on.”

Arapahoe sank 8-of-11 free throws in the final 2:16 of the game to seal the win.

Senior Kali March was the Warriors’ leading scorer with 15 points while Shaw had 11 points, including three 3-point baskets, and also pulled down seven rebounds. Sophomore Sam Crispe seven points and eight rebounds.

ThunderRidge, the No. 13 seed, finished its season with a 17-7 record.

Senior Heidi Haze had nine points to pace the Grizzlies’ offense while senior Lindsay Anhalt added seven points for ThunderRidge, which had eight seniors on the roster. ”We just didn’t play our best game,” said ThunderRidge coach Samantha Gillmore. ”We weren’t playing our normal game. We kind of passed up shots, we passed up things and we weren’t doing what we normally do.

“It was one heck of a season. This

Arapahoe’s Kali March drives along the baseline during the Feb. 28 second-round girls state basketball playoff game against ThunderRidge. March scored 15 points for the Warriors, who outscored the Grizzlies 15-5 in the fourth quarter to pull off a 43-32 win. group brought the program back.

What a great season but not the ending we wanted.”

tate playoff action in 4A and 5A high school basketball started last week with the first two rounds, and there is nothing better that watching playoff action in any sport.

The intensity and competition in most games increases, and there is usually a surprise or two along the way to the finals.

In the Class 5A boys bracket, Rangeview was top-seeded and Valor Christian was the No. 1 seed in the girls Class 5A. I figured it would be good to talk with somebody that has been OVERTIME through playoff competition, so I reached out to Dick Katte, the winningest Colorado high school boys coach, with 867 victories in 48 seasons at Denver Christian, where Jim Benton he guided teams to eight state titles.

“I’m always anxious for these three weeks of the season,” said Katte, who watches many games during the season. “I love to watch the play, but in my heart it is the toughest thing that I still miss.

Those kinds of games, working with players and asking them to step up, is really an intangible thing.”

It seems to me that teams have to have a little luck, quality talent plus depth, good preparation, a winning demeanor and a confident mental attitude to succeed.

“I don’t know if I’ve seen enough teams to make any judgment on who should be considered,” said Katte about the boys 5A brackets. “I know that the goods are good. I’ve seen Rangeview. They are good. I’ve seen Grandview and they are good and I think Cherry Creek is very good.”

Here are a few more thoughts from Katte about the state tournament basketball playoffs.

“You know that if you are going to win the whole thing that somewhere along the way you are going to have to beat somebody that maybe you shouldn’t have,” offered Katte.

“When you did it as long as I did it, I think that there were times where we should have won but didn’t win the game that was on the line, but there were also times we did win when there were teams better than us.

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Five south metro area teams prevailed in second-round Class 5A boys playoff basketball games played on Feb. 29.

Sweet 16 games were scheduled to be held March 4, with the winning teams advancing to the Great Eight on March 7 at the Denver Coliseum.

Grandview, Valor Christian, Chaparral, Smoky Hill and Regis Jesuit were the teams advancing to the Sweet 16.

Fifth-ranked Grandview raced to a 34-point halftime lead and went on to collect an 86-49 victory over Aurora Hinkley.

Amondo Miller scored 17 points to help sixth-seeded Valor Christian earn a 65-61 victory over Rocky Mountain.

Chaparral, the No. 7 seed, connected on14 3-point shots and Konnor Ruth tied a school record with seven as the Wolverines downed Douglas County, 91-64. Ruth wound up with 23 points.

Tenth-seeded Smoky Hill got past Fossil Ridge, 105-76, and Regis

Jesuit, seeded 29th, pulled off the biggest upset of the tournament with a 69-65 win over No. 4 Cherry Creek.

Boulder outscored ThunderRidge, 15-9, in the fourth quarter and notched a 51-49 second-round win over the Grizzlies.

Denver East made 59 percent of its field goal attempts, used a thirdquarter flurry and then held on to down Legend, 65-59. No. 3 Ralston Valley held on to its 15-point halftime advantage in a 63-52 triumph over Arapahoe in another secondround contest.

Five teams notched first-round victories on games played Feb. 26 but teams from Highlands Ranch, Heritage, Rock Canyon and Castle View saw their seasons end.

ThunderRidge had a 28-point halftime lead and a 47-point advantage after three quarters in a 71-23 victory over Arvada West. Junior Garrett Arnold and senior Tommy Crawford each had 13 points for the Grizzlies.

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A 29-point fourth quarter helped Legend earn a 77-65 win over Legacy.

Jaeton Hackley had 16 points to spark Douglas County’s 78-57 conquest of Rampart.

Senior Bryson Stephens scored 26 points while Derik Pranger and Korey Hess each had 16 points in Arapahoe’s 73-50 victory over Fort Collins.

Highlands Ranch went into overtime but lost 61-59 to Arvada West.

Fossil Ridge pulled away from Heritage in the second half in a 7760 win over the Eagles. Rock Canyon also came up short in overtime in a 68-64 loss to Rocky Mountain.

Castle View fell behind by 35 points heading into the fourth quarter and wound up losing, 75-38, to Overland.

Littleton and Pueblo Central were tied at halftime but the Wildcats pulled out a 56-51 win over the Lions in Class 4A first-round action. Ponderosa was not able to catch up to Lewis-Palmer in a 64-52 setback.

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“It’s how you prepare players to play against teams that are better than you. Good athletes will win for you when you have tournament brackets like we have in these three playoff weeks.”

There is no way I can overlook the girls 5A state bracket.

Highlands Ranch coach Caryn Jarocki is the state leader with 660 wins and seven state championships so it’s hard not to say the Falcons, seeded sixth this season, could be the team to watch in the playoffs.

No team likes to see Highlands Ranch on its side of the bracket.

Defending champion Cherry Creek, top-seeded Valor Christian, Grandview, Regis Jesuit and Ralston Valley all have strong teams that have the potential to advance.

Class 3A boys and girls basketball teams completed district play last weekend and the state hockey playoffs are ready for the semifinals on March 5.

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

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Girls basketball playoffs: How local teams fared Top-seeded Valor Christian, defending state champion Cherry Creek, Regis Jesuit, Grandview, Highlands Ranch, Arapahoe and Cherokee Trail were south metro teams to notch second-round victories in the Class 5A girls state basketball playoffs.

Sweet 16 games were scheduled to be played March 3.

Valor made 59 percent of its field goal attempts in rolling to a 91-30 victory over the Far Northeast Warriors on Feb. 28, when all the second-round games were played.

The Eagles had five players in double digits, led by Mariah Hillard and Raegan Beers with 16 points each.

Cherry Creek, the No. 2 seed, used a double-double from senior Cali Clark, who had 25 points and 14 rebounds to sprint to a 77-55 victory over Horizon.

Regis grabbed a 54-11 halftime lead and went on to pound Liberty, 88-24. Sophomore Lauren Betts scored 15 points to lead Grandview in a 76-28 win over Arvada West.

Payton Muma, Sarah Mitchell and Taylor Ray each finished with 14 points as Highlands Ranch routed Chatfield, 67-18. Arapahoe’s strong fourth quarter pushed the Warriors to a 43-32 win over ThunderRidge.

Dominique Rodriguez scored 16 points in Cherokee Trail’s 62-57 win over Lakewood.

In other second-round games, Rangeview posted a 55-41 conquest of Chaparral and Broomfield edged Mountain Vista, 49-48.

In the first round of the 5A playoffs on Feb. 25, No. 17 Chaparral jumped to a 31-11 halftime advan-

tage and went on to record a 58-27 win over Grand Junction. Senior Jessica Formento and sophomore Avery Bang each scored 16 and had six rebounds to pace the Wolverines.

Arapahoe, seeded 20th, rolled to a 61-30 victory over Douglas County as sophomore Sam Crispe had 14 points and senior Kali March added 13 for the Warriors.

Mountain Vista led 52-23 at halftime, finished with 26 steals to record a 80-45 win over Prairie View.

Senior MacKenzie Gamble tossed in 19 points to lead four double-figure scorers for the Golden Eagles.

Lakewood made 12 3-point field goals in a 70-42 conquest over No.42 Rock Canyon. Doherty outscored No. 44 Legend 22-8 in the third quarter in an otherwise close game as the Spartans eliminated the Titans, 47-29.

Ponderosa and Littleton collected first-round wins in the 4A playoffs.

The Mustangs, seeded 18th, held Conifer scoreless in the second and third quarters in a 71-15 win over the Lobos. Junior Liberty Line made six 3-point field goals and scored 30 points for Pondo.

Littleton, seeded 34th, downed No. 31 Denver West, 58-44, as senior Jasmyn Thompson-Harvey and Ava Youngblood-Yazzi each scored 12 points and senior Brook Wolanin added 11 points for the Lions. Susie Puchino had 11 of the 27 steals made by Littleton.

George Washington made a lastminute free throw to beat Ponderosa, 54-53, in the 4A second round.

Littleton hit only 13 percent of its field goal attempts in a 50-12 second round loss to Pueblo West.

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property and all interest of the 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 issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

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

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, 04/08/2020, at the East Hearing Room, County Administration Building, 5334 South Prince Street, Littleton, Colorado, 80120, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the 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 issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. LOT 25, BLOCK 3, THE HIGHLANDS FIRST FILING, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO.

August 26, 2019 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) D6094975 Original Principal Amount $269,500.00 Outstanding Principal Balance $264,790.79

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PUBLIC NOTICES First Publication: 2/6/2020 Last Publication: 3/5/2020 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent

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;

DATE: 12/04/2019 Susan K Ryden, Public Trustee in and for the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado By: Susan K Ryden, Public Trustee

The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is:

First Publication: 2/13/2020 Last Publication: 3/12/2020 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent

Public Notices call Sheree 303.566.4088 Public Trustees COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0600-2019

To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust:

On December 4, 2019, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Arapahoe records.

Original Grantor(s) Consuelo Kelly Original Beneficiary(ies) Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for Fairway Independent Mortgage Corporation Current Holder of Evidence of Debt Matrix Financial Services Corporation Date of Deed of Trust July 02, 2018 County of Recording Arapahoe Recording Date of Deed of Trust July 05, 2018 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) D8065492 Original Principal Amount $387,903.00 Outstanding Principal Balance $384,819.14

Pursuant to CRS §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 thereof.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.

ALL OF LOT 15, EXCEPT THE WEST 163 FEET THEREOF, BLOCK 1, KOEHLER SUBDIVISION, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO. Also known by street and number as: 4825 S Fox St, Englewood, CO 80110.

THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY 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 Notice of Election and Demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust.

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, 04/01/2020, at the East Hearing Room, County Administration Building, 5334 South Prince Street, Littleton, Colorado, 80120, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the 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 issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

First Publication: 2/6/2020 Last Publication: 3/5/2020 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent

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;

DATE: 12/04/2019 Susan K Ryden, Public Trustee in and for the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado By: Susan K Ryden, Public Trustee

The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: David W Drake #43315 Scott D. Toebben #19011 Randall S. Miller & Associates PC 216 16th Street, Suite 1210, Denver, CO 80202 (720) 259-6710 Attorney File # 19CO00350-1 The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any informa-

David W Drake #43315 Scott D. Toebben #19011 Randall S. Miller & Associates PC 216 16th Street, Suite 1210, Denver, CO 80202 (720) 259-6710 Attorney File # 19CO00350-1

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The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose. ©Public Trustees' Association of Colorado Revised 1/2015 Legal Notice No.: 0600-2019 First Publication: 2/6/2020 Last Publication: 3/5/2020 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0608-2019

DATE: 12/10/2019 Susan K Ryden, Public Trustee in and for the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado By: Susan K Ryden, Public Trustee

Public Trustees

The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: Joseph D. DeGiorgio #45557 Nichole Williams #49611 Monica Kadrmas #34904 Randall Chin #31149 Weldon Phillips #31827 Barrett, Frappier & Weisserman, LLP 1391 Speer Boulevard, Suite 700, Denver, CO 80204 (303) 350-3711 Attorney File # 00000008709081 The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose.

On December 10, 2019, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Arapahoe records.

©Public Trustees' Association of Colorado Revised 1/2015

Pursuant to CRS §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 thereof.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. LOTS 17 AND 18, BLOCK 21, SOUTH BROADWAY HEIGHTS, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO. Also known by street and number as: 4170 S GRANT STREET, ENGLEWOOD, CO 80113.

THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY EN CUMBERED 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 Notice of Election and Demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust.

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, 04/08/2020, at the East Hearing Room, County Administration Building, 5334 South Prince Street, Littleton, Colorado, 80120, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the 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 issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

First Publication: 2/13/2020 Last Publication: 3/12/2020 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent 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; DATE: 12/10/2019 Susan K Ryden, Public Trustee in and for the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado By: Susan K Ryden, Public Trustee The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the

Also known by street and number as: 1148 E IRWIN PL, CENTENNIAL, CO 80122.

THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY 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 Notice of Election and Demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust.

Pursuant to CRS §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 thereof.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.

LOT 5, BLOCK 7, HALLCRAFT'S WALNUT HILLS- FILING NO. 3, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO. Also known by street and number as: 7373 East Fremont Drive, Centennial, CO 80112.

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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;

To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust:

Original Grantor(s) ROBERT M LEWIS AND LINDA J LEWIS Original Beneficiary(ies) WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A. Current Holder of Evidence of Debt NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE LLC D/B/A CHAMPION MORTGAGE COMPANY Date of Deed of Trust September 25, 2010 County of Recording Arapahoe Recording Date of Deed of Trust October 19, 2010 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) D0105867 Original Principal Amount $205,500.00 Outstanding Principal Balance $78,925.33

PARCEL ID NUMBER:207735209014

Legal Notice NO.: 0608-2019 First Publication: 2/13/2020 Last Publication: 3/12/2020 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0635-2019 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On December 31, 2019, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Arapahoe records.

Original Grantor(s) BENITO LONGORIA, JR AND KELLY R LONGORIA Original Beneficiary(ies) MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. AS NOMINEE FOR FREEDOM MORTGAGE CORPORATION, ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS Current Holder of Evidence of Debt MIDFIRST BANK Date of Deed of Trust June 02, 2015 County of Recording Arapahoe Recording Date of Deed of Trust June 10, 2015 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) D5060505 Original Principal Amount $392,755.00 Outstanding Principal Balance $390,752.26 Pursuant to CRS §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 thereof.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. LOT 25, BLOCK 3, THE HIGHLANDS FIRST FILING, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO. PARCEL ID NUMBER:207735209014 Also known by street and number as: 1148 E IRWIN PL, CENTENNIAL, CO 80122.

THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY EN CUMBERED 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 Notice of Election and Demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust.

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, 04/29/2020, at the East Hearing Room, County Administration Building, 5334 South Prince Street, Littleton, Colorado, 80120, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the 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 issue to

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, 04/29/2020, at the East Hearing Room, County Administration Building, 5334 South Prince Street, Littleton, Colorado, 80120, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the 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 issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

Public Trustees

First Publication: 3/5/2020 Last Publication: 4/2/2020 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent 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; DATE: 12/31/2019 Susan K Ryden, Public Trustee in and for the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado By: Susan K Ryden, Public Trustee The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: Lynn M. Janeway #15592 Alison L Berry #34531 David R. Doughty #40042 Nicholas H. Santarelli #46592 Elizabeth S. Marcus #16092 Janeway Law Firm, P.C. 9800 S. Meridian Blvd., Suite 400, Englewood, CO 80112 (303) 706-9990 Attorney File # 19-023559 The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose. ©Public Trustees' Association of Colorado Revised 1/2015 Legal Notice NO.: 0635-2019 First Publication: 3/5/2020 Last Publication: 4/2/2020 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0627-2019 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On December 20, 2019, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Arapahoe records.

Original Grantor(s) 7373 East Fremont 15, LLC Original Beneficiary(ies) Velocity Commerical Capital, LLC Current Holder of Evidence of Debt U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee for Velocity Commerical Capital Loan Trust 2016-2 Date of Deed of Trust August 24, 2016 County of Recording Arapahoe Recording Date of Deed of Trust August 26, 2019 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) D6094975 Original Principal Amount $269,500.00 Outstanding Principal Balance $264,790.79 Pursuant to CRS §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 thereof.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. LOT 5, BLOCK 7, HALLCRAFT'S WALNUT HILLS- FILING NO. 3, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO. Also known by street and number as: 7373 East Fremont Drive, Centennial, CO 80112.

THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY 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 Notice of Election and Demand for sale

THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST.

Public NOTICETrustees OF SALE

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

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, 04/22/2020, at the East Hearing Room, County Administration Building, 5334 South Prince Street, Littleton, Colorado, 80120, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the 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 issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

First Publication: 2/27/2020 Last Publication: 3/26/2020 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent

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;

DATE: 12/20/2019 Susan K Ryden, Public Trustee in and for the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado By: Susan K Ryden, Public Trustee

The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: Kimberly L Martinez #40351 Joseph A. Murr #14427 Jamie G. Siler #31284 Murr Siler & Accomazzo, P.C. 410 17th St, #2400, Denver, CO 80202 (303) 534-2277 Attorney File # 8407.005

The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose. ©Public Trustees' Association of Colorado Revised 1/2015 Legal Notice No.: 0627-219 First Publication: 2/27/2020 Last Publication: 3/26/2020 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent

City and County PUBLIC NOTICE CITY OF CENTENNIAL

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on Monday, March 2, 2019, the Centennial City Council approved the following ordinance on second and final reading:

Ordinance 2020-O-01 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CENTENNIAL, COLORADO AMENDING CHAPTER 12 OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE (LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE) C O N C E R N I N G V A R I A N C E A P P R O V AL STANDARDS

The full text of the ordinance is available for public inspection in the office of the City Clerk and is also available on the City’s web site, www.centennialcolorado.com. The ordinance may be obtained by contacting the City Clerk, 303-754-3324. by a vote of 9 in favor and 0 against.

(First published February 13, 2020) By: Barbara Setterlind, MMC, City Clerk Legal Notice No.: 60082 First Publication: March 5, 2020 Last Publication: March 5, 2020 Publisher: Littleton Independent and the Centennial Citizen Independent Public Notice NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR FRANCHISE

BY PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY OF COLORADO

NOTICE is hereby given that at the regular meeting of the Town Board of the Town of Bow Mar, Arapahoe and Jefferson Counties, State of Colorado, to be held on March 16, 2020, at the

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NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR FRANCHISE

BY PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY OF COLORADO

City and County

NOTICE is hereby given that at the regular meeting of the Town Board of the Town of Bow Mar, Arapahoe and Jefferson Counties, State of Colorado, to be held on March 16, 2020, at the hour of 7:00 p.m. at Columbine Valley Town Hall, 2 Middlefield Road, Columbine Valley, Colorado, Public Service Company of Colorado will request that the Bow Mar Town Board approve an ordinance granting an electric and gas franchise to Public Service Company of Colorado, entitled:

AN ORDINANCE OF THE BOW MAR TOWN BOARD GRANTING BY FRANCHISE TO PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY OF COLORADO, ITS AFFILIATES, SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS, THE RIGHT TO USE THE STREETS WITHIN THE TOWN TO FURNISH, SELL, TRANSMIT AND DISTRIBUTE GAS AND ELECTRICITY TO THE TOWN AND TO ALL RESIDENTS OF THE TOWN, GRANTING THE RIGHT TO ACQUIRE, CONSTRUCT, INSTALL, LOCATE, MAINTAIN, OPERATE AND EXTEND INTO, WITHIN AND THROUGH THE TOWN ALL FACILITIES REASONABLY NECESSARY TO FURNISH, SELL, TRANSMIT AND DISTRIBUTE GAS AND ELECTRICITY WITHIN AND THROUGH THE TOWN AND FIXING THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS THEREOF.

The franchise to be applied for a term of (20) years. The Company shall collect a fee from a surcharge upon Town residents who are customers of the Company.

Dated this 20 day of February, 2020.

PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY OF COLORADO By: Tom Henley, Area Manager Legal Notice No.: 523555 First Publication: February 20, 2020 Last Publication: March 5, 2020 Publisher: Littleton Independent

Metropolitan Districts

formance of the contract, as prescribed in the Contract Documents.

The site is located near 19 Inverness Way East.

Englewood, CO 80112. Bidders shall submit all questions in writing to the District’s Engineer no later than 3:00 pm, March 23, 2020. Questions received after this time will be addressed at the discretion of the District. The District will periodically compile lists of Bidders’ questions and respond in writing to all Bidders registered on the District’s “Plan Holder List”. The District’s preferred method of written communication is via electronic mail. If any major clarifications are needed, an addendum will be sent to all bidders.

Bids and Settlements

In order to perform public work, the successful Bidder shall hold or obtain such contractor's and business licenses, as may be required by applicable law.

Before a Contract will be awarded for the work contemplated herein, the District will conduct such investigation as is necessary to determine the performance record and ability of the apparent low Bidder to perform the size and type of work specified under this Contract. Upon request, the Bidder shall submit such information as deemed necessary by the District to evaluate the Bidder's qualifications.

The successful Bidder shall be selected based on the Bidder’s ability to successfully complete the project in a timely manner as well as the Bidder’s total amount of bid. The District reserves the right to reject any and all Bids, to waive any and all informalities and to negotiate contract terms with the Successful Bidder, and the right to disregard all non-conforming, non-responsive or conditional Bids, and to postpone the award of the Contract for a period of time which, however, shall not extend beyond 60 days from the bid opening date unless a different period is set forth in the Contract Documents.

Dated this day 2nd of March, 2020 INVERNESS WATER & SANITATION DISTRICT

By Luis Tovar, District Representative Legal Notice No.: 523665 First Publication: March 5, 2020 Last Publication: March 5, 2020 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice

Public Notice

INVITATION TO BID

NOTICE AS TO DOMESTIC WATER and WASTEWATER SERVICE, USAGE and TAP FEE RATE INCREASES FOR 2020

The Inverness Water and Sanitation District (The District) requests formal bids for the Inverness Water and Sanitation District – Well #2 Iron and Manganese Filtration Skid Connection Project. Bids will be publicly opened and read at the District’s office located at 188 Inverness Drive West, Suite 140, Englewood, CO 80112, on the 31st day of March, 2020 at 11:00 a.m. local time.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Board of Directors of the INVERNESS WATER AND SANITATION DISTRICT will hold a hearing to consider proposed service, usage and tap fee rate increases for 2020 to be effective May 1, 2020. A 3%-6% increase in water and wastewater service, usage and tap fees is proposed for all user rates. Such hearing will take place at 3:00 P.M. during a special meeting of the Inverness Water and Sanitation District on Thursday, April 2, 2020. Detail on the proposed rates are available at the District office. The meeting will be held at 188 Inverness Drive West, Suite 150, in Englewood, Colorado.

Dated: February 27, 2020 INVERNESS WATER AND SANITATION DISTRICT By: /s/ Randall S. Warren Manager to the District Legal Notice No.: 523672 First Publication: March 5, 2020 Last Publication: March 5, 2020 Publisher: Littleton Independent

Bids and Settlements Public Notice INVITATION TO BID

The Inverness Water and Sanitation District (The District) requests formal bids for the Inverness Water and Sanitation District – Well #2 Iron and Manganese Filtration – Yard Piping Project. Bids will be publicly opened and read at the District’s office located at 188 Inverness Drive West, Suite 140, Englewood, CO 80112, on the 31st day of March, 2020 at 11:00 a.m. local time.

The project contemplated consists of the connection of a 0.72 MGD Iron and Manganese Filtration Skid, already on site, to the District’s raw and filtered water systems. Ultimately, this project will allow the Iron and Manganese filtration system to be connected to another facility for further water treatment.

Drawings and Specifications may be examined in the office of the District at 188 Inverness Drive West, Suite 140, Englewood, CO 80112. Bid Documents may be obtained at the District's office upon payment of $50.00 per hard copy or $20.00 for an e-file transmittal. These documents will be available beginning March 4, 2020. Fees for the Bid Documents are non-refundable.

Each Proposal must be submitted on the prescribed form and accompanied by a certified check or bid bond executed on the prescribed form, payable to the District, in an amount not less than 5 percent of the amount bid. The successful bidder will be required to furnish the necessary additional bond(s) for the faithful performance of the contract, as prescribed in the Contract Documents.

The site is located near 19 Inverness Way East.

Englewood, CO 80112. Bidders shall submit all questions in writing to the District’s Engineer no later than 3:00 pm, March 23, 2020. Questions received after this time will be addressed at the discretion of the District. The District will periodically compile lists of Bidders’ questions and respond in writing to all Bidders registered on the District’s “Plan Holder List”. The District’s preferred method of written communication is via electronic mail. If any major clarifications are needed, an addendum will be sent to all bidders.

The project contemplated consists of the installation of approximately 300 feet of 6-inch water line, including a circular manhole.

In order to perform public work, the successful Bidder shall hold or obtain such contractor's and business licenses, as may be required by applicable law.

Drawings and Specifications may be examined in the office of the District at 188 Inverness Drive West, Suite 140, Englewood, CO 80112. Bid Documents may be obtained at the District's office upon payment of $50.00 per hard copy or $20.00 for an e-file transmittal. These documents will be available beginning March 4, 2020. Fees for the Bid Documents are non-refundable.

Before a Contract will be awarded for the work contemplated herein, the District will conduct such investigation as is necessary to determine the performance record and ability of the apparent low Bidder to perform the size and type of work specified under this Contract. Upon request, the Bidder shall submit such information as deemed necessary by the District to evaluate the Bidder's qualifications.

Each Proposal must be submitted on the prescribed form and accompanied by a certified check or bid bond executed on the prescribed form, payable to the District, in an amount not less than 5 percent of the amount bid. The successful bidder will be required to furnish the necessary additional bond(s) for the faithful performance of the contract, as prescribed in the Contract Documents.

The successful bidder shall be selected based on the Bidder’s ability to successfully complete the project in a timely manner as well as the Bidder’s total amount of bid. The District reserves the right to reject any and all Bids, to waive any and all informalities and to negotiate contract terms with the Successful Bidder, and the right to disregard all non-conforming, non-responsive or conditional Bids, and to postpone the award of the Contract for a period of time which, however, shall not extend beyond 60 days from the bid opening date unless a different period is set forth in the Contract Documents.

The site is located near 19 Inverness Way East.

Englewood, CO 80112. Bidders shall submit all questions in writing to the District’s Engineer no later than 3:00 pm, March 23, 2020. Questions received after this time will be addressed at the discretion of the District. The District will periodically compile lists of Bidders’ questions and respond in writing to all Bidders registered on the District’s “Plan Holder List”. The District’s pre-

Dated this day 2nd of March, 2020 INVERNESS WATER & SANITATION DISTRICT

to disregard all non-conforming, non-responsive or conditional Bids, and to postpone the award of the Contract for a period of time which, however, shall not extend beyond 60 days from the bid opening date unless a different period is set forth in the Contract Documents.

Bids and Settlements

Dated this day 2nd of March, 2020 INVERNESS WATER & SANITATION DISTRICT

By Luis Tovar, District Representative Legal Notice No.: 523666 First Publication: March 5, 2020 Last Publication: March 5, 2020 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice INVITATION TO BID The Inverness Water and Sanitation District (The District) requests formal bids for the Inverness Water and Sanitation District – Non-Potable System Water Valve Replacement Project. Bids will be publicly opened and read at the District’s office located at 188 Inverness Drive West, Suite 140, Englewood, CO 80112, on the 31st day of March, 2020 at 11:00 a.m. local time.

The project contemplated consists of the installation of 5 – 10” Gate Valves.

Drawings and Specifications may be examined in the office of the District at 188 Inverness Drive West, Suite 140, Englewood, CO 80112. Bid Documents may be obtained from the Distric t upon payment of $20.00 for an e-file transmittal.

To request a set of the Bid Documents, please contact Kelly Conover at 303-649-9857. Hard copies can be made available upon request for a fee of $50 per set. These documents will be available beginning March 4, 2020. Fees for the Bid Documents are non-refundable.

Each Proposal must be submitted on the prescribed form and accompanied by a certified check or bid bond executed on the prescribed form, payable to the District, in an amount not less than 5 percent of the amount bid. The successful bidder will be required to furnish the necessary additional bond(s) for the faithful performance of the contract, as prescribed in the Contract Documents.

The site is located near 19 Inverness Way East.

Englewood, CO 80112. Bidders shall submit all questions in writing to the District’s Engineer no later than 3:00 pm, March 23, 2020. Questions received after this time will be addressed at the discretion of the District. The District will periodically compile a list of Bidders’ questions and respond in writing to all Bidders registered on the District’s “Plan Holder List”. The District’s preferred method of written communication is via electronic mail. If any major clarifications are needed, an addendum will be sent to all bidders.

In order to perform public work, the successful Bidder shall hold or obtain such contractor's and business licenses, as may be required by applicable law.

Before a Contract will be awarded for the work contemplated herein, the District will conduct such investigation as is necessary to determine the performance record and ability of the apparent low Bidder to perform the size and type of work specified under this Contract. Upon request, the Bidder shall submit such information as deemed necessary by the District to evaluate the Bidder's qualifications.

The successful bidder shall be selected based on the bidder’s ability to successfully complete the project in a timely manner as well as the bidder’s total amount of bid. The District reserves the right to reject any and all Bids, to waive any and all informalities and to negotiate contract terms with the Successful Bidder, and the right to disregard all non-conforming, non-responsive or conditional Bids, and to postpone the award of the Contract for a period of time which, however, shall not extend beyond 60 days from the bid opening date unless a different period is set forth in the Contract Documents.

Dated this day 2nd of March, 2020 INVERNESS WATER & SANITATION DISTRICT

By Luis Tovar, District Representative Legal Notice No.: 523667 First Publication: March 5, 2020 Last Publication: March 5, 2020 Publisher: Littleton Independent

Summons and Sheriff Sales Public Notice DISTRICT COURT, ARAPAHOE COUNTY, STATE OF COLORADO Case No.: 2018CV032919 DIV: 21 COMBINED NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE OF REAL PROPERTY PLAINTIFF: THE RED SKY HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION v.

DEFENDANTS: PATRICIA A HOLMES; US BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE, SUCCESSOR IN INTEREST TO WACHOVIA BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE FOR GSMPS MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST 2003-3; RUSHMORE LOAN MANAGEMENT SERVICES, LLC; SECRETARY OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT; WESTLAKE SERVICES, LLC DBA WESTLAKE FINANCIAL SERVICES; LVNV FUNDING LLC; JCR GROUP INC.; and SUSAN KAY RYDEN, ARAPAHOE COUNTY PUBLIC TRUSTEE. TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANTS, Please take notice:

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GAGE LOAN TRUST 2003-3; RUSHMORE LOAN MANAGEMENT SERVICES, LLC; SECRETARY OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT; WESTLAKE SERVICES, LLC DBA WESTLAKE FINANCIAL SERVICES; LVNV FUNDING LLC; JCR GROUP INC.; and SUSAN KAY RYDEN, ARAPAHOE COUNTY PUBLIC TRUSTEE.

States. A copy of the Complaint may be obtained from the Clerk of the Court.

TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANTS, Please take notice:

This is an action affecting the real property described in the Complaint and is a proceeding in rem as well as a proceeding in personam.

Summons and Sheriff Sales

You and each of you are hereby notified that a Sheriff's Sale of the referenced property is to be conducted by the Civil Unit of the Sheriff's Office of Arapahoe County, Colorado at 10 O’clock A.M., on the 16th day of April 2020, at 13101 East Broncos Parkway, Centennial, CO 80112, phone number 720-874-3845. At which sale, the above described real property and improvements thereon will be sold to the highest bidder.

Plaintiff makes no warranty relating to title, possession, or quiet enjoyment in and to said real property in connection with this sale. **BIDDERS ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE CASH OR CERTIFIED FUNDS SUFFICIENT TO COVER THEIR HIGHEST BID AT THE TIME OF SALE.** PLEASE NOTE THAT THE LIEN BEING FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN ON THE SUBJECT PROPERTY. Judgment is in the amount of $33,681.72.

This is to advise you that a Sheriff’s sale proceeding has been commenced through the office of the undersigned Sheriff pursuant to Order for Default Judgment and Order and Decree for Judicial Foreclosure dated and C.R.S. 38-38101 et seq. by The Red Sky Homeowners Association, the holder and current owner of a lien recorded on April 11, 2018 at Reception No. D8034796 in the records of the Clerk and Recorder of the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado. The foreclosure is based on a default under the Declaration of Red Sky recorded on 01/11/1979 at 1810250 in the records of the Clerk and Recorder of the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado. The Declaration establishes a lien for the benefit of The Red Sky Homeowners Association against real property legal described as follows: Condominium Unit No. 208G, Building G, Red Sky Condominiums, according to the Condominium Map filed of record on January 11, 1979 in Plat Book 36 at Page 86 and Supplements thereto and as defined in the Declaration of Condominium of Red Sky recorded January 11, 1979 in Book 2918 at Page 601, records of Arapahoe County, Colorado, County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado.; Also known as: 14806 E. 2nd Ave #208G, Aurora, CO 80011.

The attorney representing the legal owner of the above described lien is: Kate M. Leason, Reg. No. 41025, Altitude Community Law P.C., 555 Zang Street, Suite 100, Lakewood, Colorado 80228-1011, 303.432.9999.

DATED: January 14, 2020.

Tyler S. Brown, Arapahoe County Sheriff By: Trent Steffa, Deputy Sheriff Legal Notice No.: 523540 First Publication: February 20, 2020 Last Publication: March 19, 2020 Published In: Littleton Independent 750 W. Hampden Ave., Suite 225 Englewood, Colorado, 80110 Public Notice DISTRICT COURT, ARAPAHOE COUNTY, STATE OF COLORADO 7325 South Potomac Street Centennial, CO 80112 Court Phone: 303-649-6355 PLAINTIFF: THE RED SKY HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION v.

DEFENDANTS: PEDRO MENENDEZ; BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.; MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. and SUSAN KAY RYDEN AS PUBLIC TRUSTEE FOR ARAPAHOE COUNTY Attorney: Kate M. Leason, Reg No. 41025 Jeffrey B. Smith, Reg No. 40490 Firm: Altitude Community Law P.C. Address: 555 Zang Street, Suite 100 Lakewood, Colorado 80228-1011 Phone Number: 303.432.9999 E-mails: kleason@altitude.law jsmith@altitude.law Our File No.: 8274.0123 Case No.: 2019CV032061 Div: 15 SUMMONS THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF COLORADO TO THE ABOVE-NAMED DEFENDANTS: You are hereby summoned and required to appear and defend against the claims of Plaintiff, as set forth in the Complaint filed with the Court in this action, by filing with the Clerk of this Court an Answer or other response. You are required to file your Answer or other response within twenty-one (21) days after service upon you if within the State of Colorado, or within thirty-five (35) days after service upon you if outside the State of Colorado or if served by publication pursuant to C.R.C.P. 4(g). If served by publication, service shall be complete on the day of the last publication. Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2410(b), the time for filing an Answer or other response is extended to sixty (60) days for the United States. A copy of the Complaint may be obtained from the Clerk of the Court.

If you fail to file your Answer or other response to the Complaint in writing within the time required, judgment by default may be rendered against you by the Court for the relief demanded in the Complaint without further notice.

This is an action affecting the real property described in the Complaint and is a proceeding in rem as well as a proceeding in personam.

If you fail to file your Answer or other response to the Complaint in writing within the time required, judgment by default may be rendered against you by the Court for the relief demanded in the Complaint without further notice.

Summons and Sheriff Sales

Dated: August 27, 2019 Respectfully submitted, ALTITUDE COMMUNITY LAW P.C. Original signature of Kate M. Leason is on file with the law offices of Altitude Community Law P.C. pursuant to C.R.C.P. 121, §1-26(7).

S/ Kate M. Leason Kate M. Leason, #41025 Jeffrey B. Smith, #40490 555 Zang Street, Suite 100 Lakewood, Colorado 80228-1011 303.432.8999 ATTORNEYS FOR PLAINTIFF The Red Sky Homeowners Association Address of Plaintiff: The Red Sky Homeowners Association c/o Summit Management & Consulting 4950 S. Yosemite St. Suite F2-506 Greenwood Village, CO 80111 Legal Notice No.: 523573 First Publication: February 6, 2020 Last Publication: March 5, 2020 Publisher: Littleton Independent

Public Notice DISTRICT COURT, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO Case No.: 2018CV032934 Division/Ctrm.: 402

Plaintiff(s): SADDLE ROCK RIDGE HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC., a Colorado nonprofit corporation v.

Defendant(s): JOSEPHINE G. DOMINGUEZ; CITIBANK, N.A. as Trustee for American Home Mortgage Assets Trust 2006-3, Mortgage-Backed Pass-Through Certificates Series 2006-3; WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A.; CAPITAL ONE BANK a/k/a Capital One Bank (USA), N.A.; PORTFOLIO RECOVERY ASSOCIATES, L.L.C.; and SU RYDEN as the Arapahoe County Public Trustee COMBINED NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE

This is to advise you that a Sheriff sale proceeding has been commenced through the office of the undersigned Sheriff pursuant to the Order for Judgment and Decree of Foreclosure dated August 21, 2019, and C.R.S. §§ 38-38-101 to 401, by the Saddle Rock Ridge Homeowners Association, Inc., the current holder of a lien recorded with the County of Arapahoe Clerk and Recorder on October 28, 2015, at Reception No. D5124214. The judicial foreclosure is based on a default under the Declaration of Covenants, Conditions and Restrictions of Saddle Rock Ridge Homeowners Association, Inc. recorded with the Arapahoe County Clerk and Recorder on July 6, 1998, in Reception No. A8101286 (“Declaration”). The Declaration and notices as recorded, establish a lien for the benefit of the Saddle Rock Ridge Homeowners Association, Inc. - THE LIEN BEING FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN ON THE SUBJECT PROPERTY AND IMPROVEMENTS – against the property legally described as follows: Lot 3, Block 33, Saddle Rock Ridge Filing No. 1, County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado.

Also known by street and number as 5528 South Sicily Way, Aurora, CO 80015.

You may have an interest in the real property being foreclosed, or have certain rights or suffer certain liabilities or loss of your interest in the subject property as a result of said foreclosure.

You may have the right to redeem the real property or you may have the right to cure a default under the instrument being foreclosed. The lien being foreclosed may not be a first lien. In this regard, you may desire and are advised to consult with your own private attorney.

The Sheriff’s sale has been scheduled to occur at 10:00 a.m. on April 23, 2020, at the Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office, 13101 E. Broncos Parkway, Centennial, CO 80112, telephone (720) 874-3845. At the sale, the Sheriff will sell the real property described above, and the improvements thereon, to the highest bidder.

Plaintiff makes no warranty relating to title, possession, or quiet enjoyment in and to said real property in connection with this sale.

BIDDERS ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE CASH OR CERTIFIED FUNDS SUFFICIENT TO COVER THEIR HIGHEST BID AT TIME OF SALE.

All telephone inquiries for information should be directed to the office of the undersigned Sheriff at (720) 874-3845. The name, address and telephone number of the attorney representing the legal owner of the above described lien is: K. Christian Webert, #43739, Moeller Graf, P.C., 385 Inverness Parkway, Englewood, CO 80112, telephone (720) 279-2568.

Date: January 30, 2020 Tyler S. Brown, Sheriff County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado By: Sgt. Trent Steffa, Deputy Sheriff Legal Notice No.: 523599 First Publication: February 27, 2020 Last Publication: March 26, 2020 Published in: Littleton Independent 750 W. Hampden Ave., Suite 225 Englewood, Colorado, 80110

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38 The Independent Summons and Sheriff Sales Public Notice DISTRICT COURT, ARAPAHOE COUNTY, COLORADO Court Address: 7325 S. Potomac St., Centennial, CO 80112 Case Number: 17CV030945 Plaintiff: THE CHAMBERS RIDGE TOWNHOUSE ASSOCIATION, a Colorado non-profit corporation,

Defendants: AUNDRE WHITE; BOKF, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION; COLORADO HOUSING AND FINANCE AUTHORITY; MARGARET T. CHAPMAN AS PUBLIC TRUSTEE FOR ARAPAHOE COUNTY; SUE SANDSTROM AS TREASURER FOR ARAPAHOE COUNTY; UNKNOWN TENANT(S) IN POSSESSION. Plaintiff’s Attorney: Wendy E. Weigler, #28419 Gina C. Botti #42005 WINZENBURG, LEFF, PURVIS & PAYNE, LLP 8020 Shaffer Parkway, Suite 300 Littleton, CO 80127 Telephone: (303) 863-1870 Facsimile: (303) 863-1872 SHERIFF’S NOTICE OF SALE

Under an Order Granting Plaintiff’s Motion for Entry of Judgment Against Defendant Aundre White for Default In Stipulation and Order and Decree for Judicial Foreclosure entered on December 6, 2019, in the above titled action, I am ordered to sell certain real property as follows:

Original Lienee: Aundre White Original Lienor: The Chambers Ridge Townhouse Association Current Holder of the evidence of debt: The Chambers Ridge Townhouse Association Date of Lien being foreclosed: July 23, 2014 Date of Recording of Lien being foreclosed: July 24, 2014 County of Recording: Arapahoe Recording Information: D4066173 Original Principal Balance of the secured indebtedness: $1,037.00 Outstanding Principal Balance of the secured indebtedness as of the date hereof: $4,617.85 Amount of Judgment entered December 6, 2019: $3,125.85 Description of property to be foreclosed: LOT 145, BLOCK 2, CHAMBERS RIDGE SUBDIVISION FILING NO. 1, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO. Also known as: 2013 S. Helena Street, #D, Aurora, CO 80013.

THE PROPERTY TO BE FORECLOSED AS DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN.

THE LIEN BEING CLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.

The covenants of Plaintiff have been violated as follows: failure to make payments on said indebtedness when the same were due and owing.

THEREFORE, NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that I will, at 10 o'clock A.M., on April 23rd, 2020, in front of the flagpole of the Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office, Civil Unit, located at 13101 East Broncos Parkway, Centennial, CO 80112, phone number 720-874-3845, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property described above, and all interest of said Grantor and the heirs and assigns of said Grantor, for the purpose of paying the judgment amount entered herein, and will deliver to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

**BIDDERS ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE CASH OR CERTIFIED FUNDS SUFFICIENT TO COVER THEIR HIGHEST BID AT TIME OF SALE.**

Inquiries regarding this Sheriff’s Sale must be directed to the Civil Unit of the Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office, telephone 720-874-3845.

a Colorado non-profit corporation, Defendants: WENDY K. CUMMINGS; NOVA FINANCIAL & INVESTMENT CORPORATION; SUSAN RYDEN AS PUBLIC TRUSTEE FOR ARAPAHOE COUNTY; SUE SANDSTROM AS TREASURER FOR ARAPAHOE COUNTY; UNKNOWN TENANT(S) IN POSSESSION.

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Attorneys for Plaintiff: WINZENBURG, LEFF, PURVIS & PAYNE, LLP Wendy E. Weigler, #28419 Gina C. Botti #42005 Address: 8020 Shaffer Parkway, Suite 300 Littleton, CO 80127 Phone Number: (303) 863-1870 Case Number: 2019CV032984 SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF COLORADO TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANT: WENDY K. CUMMINGS You are hereby summoned and required to appear and defend against the claims of the complaint filed with the court in this action, by filing with the clerk of this court an answer or other response. You are required to file your answer within 35 days after the service of this Summons upon you. Service of the summons shall be complete on the day of the last publication. A copy of the complaint may be obtained from the clerk of the court.

If you fail to file your answer or other response to the complaint in writing within 35 days after the date of the last publication, judgment by default may be rendered against you by the court for the relief demanded in the complaint without further notice.

This is an action for judicial foreclosure of an assessment lien in and to the real property situated in Arapahoe County, Colorado, more particularly described on Exhibit A, attached hereto and by this reference made a part hereof.

Dated: February 10, 2020 WINZENBURG, LEFF, PURVIS & PAYNE, L.L.P. /s/: Wendy E. Weigler By: Wendy E. Weigler, #28419 This Summons is issued pursuant to Rule 4(h), Colorado Rules of Civil Procedure Exhibit A Lot 140, Block 1, Peachwood Subdivision Filing No. 2, County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado.

Also known as: 11953 E. Ford Drive, Aurora, CO 80012.

Legal Notice No.: 523636 First Publication: February 20, 2020 Last Publication: March 5, 2020 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice DISTRICT COURT, ARAPAHOE COUNTY, COLORADO Arapahoe County Justice Center 7325 S. Potomac Street Centennial, CO 80112 Plaintiff: Beal Bank USA, a registered Colorado foreign corporation, v.

Defendants: Lela Ann Olmsted, an individual; Thomas Ray Olmsted Trust, a trust; and Thomas R. Olmsted 1998 Revocable Trust, a trust.

Attorneys for Beal Bank USA: Perry L. Glantz, Atty. No. 16869 Anna S. Day, Atty. No. 50725 Stinson LLP 6400 South Fiddlers Green Circle, Suite 1900 Greenwood Village, Colorado 80111 Phone Number: 303-376-8400 Fax Number: 303-578-7961 perry.glantz@stinson.com anna.day@stinson.com Case Number: 2020CV30249 Div.: 202 SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF COLORADO TO THE ABOVE-NAMED DEFENDANT: Thomas Ray Olmsted Trust

By: Sgt. Trent Steffa Deputy Sheriff

You are hereby summoned and required to appear and defend against the claims of the Interpleader Complaint filed with the Court in this action, by filing with the Clerk of this Court an answer or other response. You are required to file your answer or other response within 35 days after the service of this summons upon you. Service of this summons shall be complete on the day of the last publication. A copy of the Interpleader Complaint may be obtained from the Clerk of the Court.

Legal Notice No.: 523612 First publication: February 27, 2020 Last publication: March 26, 2020 Published in: Littleton Independent, 750 W. Hampden, Suite 225, Englewood, CO 80110

If you fail to file your answer or other response to the Interpleader Complaint in writing within 35 days after the date of the last publication, judgment by default may be rendered against you by the Court for the relief demanded in the Interpleader Complaint without further notice.

DATED at Centennial, Colorado this 4th day of February, 2020.

Tyler S. Brown, Sheriff Arapahoe County, Colorado

Public Notice DISTRICT COURT, ARAPAHOE COUNTY, COLORADO Court Address: 7325 S Potomac Street, Centennial, CO 80112 Plaintiff: PEACHWOOD HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC., a Colorado non-profit corporation,

Defendants: WENDY K. CUMMINGS; NOVA FINANCIAL & INVESTMENT CORPORATION; SUSAN RYDEN AS PUBLIC TRUSTEE FOR ARAPAHOE COUNTY; SUE SANDSTROM AS TREASURER FOR ARAPAHOE COUNTY; UNKNOWN TENANT(S) IN POSSESSION. Attorneys for Plaintiff: WINZENBURG, LEFF, PURVIS & PAYNE, LLP Wendy E. Weigler, #28419

This is an interpleader action pursuant to Colorado Rule of Civil Procedure 22, wherein Beal Bank USA requests to interplead into the registry of the Court $200,000.00 from two accounts at issue, excluding and deducting Beal Bank USA’s costs and attorneys’ fees incurred as result of the dispute.

Dated: March 5, 2020

STINSON LLP /s/ Anna S. Day Anna S. Day, Atty. No. 50725 Perry L. Glantz, Atty. No. 16869 Stinson LLP 6400 South Fiddlers Green Circle, Suite 1900 Greenwood Village, Colorado 80111 Phone Number: 303-376-8400 Attorney for Plaintiff Beal Bank USA

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Legal Notice No.: 523661 First Publication: March 5, 2020 Last Publication: April 2, 2020 Publisher: Littleton Independent

Misc. Private Legals PUBLIC NOTICE The Commission on Accreditation of Medical Transport Systems will conduct an accreditation site visit of: AirLife Denver HealthONE On March 4-5, 2020 The purpose of the site visit will be to evaluate the program’s compliance with nationally established medical transport standards. The site visit results will be used to determine whether, and the conditions under which accreditation should be awarded to the program. CAMTS accreditation standards deal with issues of patient care and safety of the transport environment. Anyone believing that he or she has pertinent or valid information about such matters may request a public information interview with the CAMTS site surveyors at the time of the site visit. Information presented at the interview will be carefully evaluated for relevance to the accreditation process. Requests for public information interviews must be made in writing and sent to CAMTS no later than 10 business days before the site survey begins. The request should also indicate the nature of the information to be provided during the interview. Such request should be addressed to: Office of the Executive Director Commission on Accreditation of Medical Transport Systems PO Box 130 Sandy Springs, SC 29677 The Commission will acknowledge such written requests in writing or by telephone and will inform the program of the request for an interview. The Commission will, in turn, notify the interviewee of the date, time and place of the meeting. This notice is posted in accordance with CAMTS requirements and shall not be removed until the site visit is completed.

Date Posted: 1-23-2020 Legal Notice No.: 523590 First Publication: February 6, 2020 Last Publication: March 5, 2020 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice Dental records for patients of Butterman Dental PC whose last visit date was prior to 5/1/2013, will be destroyed (shredded) on 05/01/2020. If you would like to receive your records please submit your request in writing to 3949 E. Arapahoe Rd. #100 Centennial CO 80122. All requests must be postmarked no later than 4/15/2020.

Legal Notice No.: 523622 First Publication: February 13, 2020 Last Publication: March 5, 2020 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice Zayo proposes to build a 30.5-foot Pole Communications Tower at the approx. vicinity of 4771 S University Blvd, Cherry Hills Village, Arapahoe County, CO 80113. Public comments regarding potential effects from this site on historic properties may be submitted within 30 days from the date of this publication to: Trileaf Corp, Alison, a.cusack@trileaf.com, 10845 Olive Blvd, Suite 260, St. Louis, MO 63141, 314-997-6111.

Legal Notice No.: 523659 First Publication: March 5, 2020 Last Publication: March 5, 2020 Publisher: Littleton Independent

Notice To Creditors Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Marilyn A. Allison, aka Marilyn Ann Allison, aka Marilyn Allison, Deceased Case Number: 2020 PR 30086 All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the District Court of Arapahoe, County, Colorado on or before June 22, 2020, or the claims may be forever barred.

Katz, Look & Onorato, P.C.

by Michael M. Katz, President Attorney to the Personal Representative 1120 Lincoln Street, Suite 1100 Denver, CO 80203 Legal Notice No.: 523628 First Publication: February 20, 2020 Last Publication: March 5, 2020 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Joan Horigan, Deceased Case Number: 2020PR30065

STINSON LLP /s/ Anna S. Day Anna S. Day, Atty. No. 50725 Perry L. Glantz, Atty. No. 16869 Stinson LLP 6400 South Fiddlers Green Circle, Suite 1900 Greenwood Village, Colorado 80111 Phone Number: 303-376-8400 Attorney for Plaintiff Beal Bank USA

All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado on or before June 22, 2020, or the claims may be forever barred.

Legal Notice No.: 523661 First Publication: March 5, 2020

Cyndi L. Lyden, Personal Representative 1777 S. Harrison Street, Ste. 1250

Estate of Joan Horigan, Deceased Case Number: 2020PR30065 All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado on or before June 22, 2020, or the claims may be forever barred.

Notice To Creditors

Cyndi L. Lyden, Personal Representative 1777 S. Harrison Street, Ste. 1250 Denver, Colorado 80210 Legal Notice No.: 523632 First Publication: February 20, 2020 Last Publication: March 5, 2020 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Sally C. Doty, Deceased Case Number: 2020PR30076 All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Arapahoe, County, Colorado on or before June 25, 2020, or the claims may be forever barred.

Dirk O’Brien Doty, Personal Representative 6156 South Cook Street Centennial, CO 80121 Legal Notice No.: 523637 First Publication: February 20, 2020 Last Publication: March 5, 2020 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS In the Matter of the Estate of: MARJORIE A. SUTTON, AKA MARGIE SUTTON Deceased Case Number: 2019-PR-31139 All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado on or before June 22, 2020, or the claims may be forever barred.

Dated this 20th day of February, 2020.

JOHN R. SINGLETON Personal Representative to the Estate 20 Broadmoor Ave Colorado Springs, CO 80906 Home Phone: (303)472-3621 Legal Notice No.: 523638 First Publication: February 20, 2020 Last Publication: March 5, 2020 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Audre B. Kemper, Deceased Case Number: 20PR30064 All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado on or before June 22, 2020, or the claims may be forever barred.

Hal R. Blanchard, #1305 Attorney to the Personal Representative 400 S. Colorado Boulevard, Suite 590 Denver, CO 80246 Legal Notice No.: 523639 First Publication: February 20, 2020 Last Publication: March 5, 2020 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Daniel Connor Vogt, a/k/a Daniel C. Vogt, Daniel Vogt, and Dan Vogt, Deceased Case Number: 2020PR030141 All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado on or before June 22, 2020, or the claims may be forever barred.

Gregory Steven Vogt Personal Representative c/o Law Office of Byron K. Hammond, LLC 4500 Cherry Creek Drive South, Suite 960 Denver, CO 80246 Legal Notice No.: 523640 First Publication: February 20, 2020 Last Publication: March 5, 2020 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of KATHRYN K. GLEICHMAN, Deceased Case Number: 19 PR 30884 All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado on or before June 21, 2020, or the claims may be forever barred.

Ted Gleichman, Jr., Peter Gleichman, and Leslie Gleichman Bradley, Co-Personal Representatives 125 Estes Street Lakewood, CO 80226 Legal Notice No.: 523641 First Publication: February 20, 2020 Last Publication: March 5, 2020 Publisher: Littleton Independent

March 5, 2020M Notice To Creditors Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Gary H. Kurotsuchi, a/k/a Gary Haruo Kurotsuchi, Deceased Case Number: 2020PR30196

All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado on or before July 6, 2020, or the claims may be forever barred. /s/ signature on original in office Signature of Attorney for Person Giving Notice Personal Rep: Karen M. Bowman c/o: BOATRIGHT, RIPP & LUSK, LLC 4315 Wadsworth Blvd.

Wheat Ridge, CO 80033 Ph: 303-423-7134 Legal Notice No.: 523660 First Publication: March 5, 2020 Last Publication: March 19, 2020 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Karlee M. Burnham, Deceased Case Number: 2020-PR-30190

All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado on or before July 13, 2020, or the claims may be forever barred.

Michael W. Reagor Attorney for Personal Representative Dymond ● Reagor, PLLC 8400 E. Prentice Ave., Suite 1040 Greenwood Village, CO 80111 Legal Notice No.: 523673 First Publication: March 5, 2020 Last Publication: March 19, 2020 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Joan Marie Cosby, AKA Joan M. Cosby, AKA Joan Cosby, Deceased Case Number: 20PR30159

All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the District Court of Arapahoe, County, Colorado or on or before July 6, 2020, or the claims may be forever barred.

Kimberly Raemdonck, Attorney for the Personal Representative Kathy J. Murray 899 Logan Street Suite 308 Denver, CO 80203 Legal Notice No.: 523700 First Publication: March 5, 2020 Last Publication: March 19, 2020 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Anita Ethelyn Greene, Deceased Case Number: 2020 PR 000044

All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado on or before June 22, 2020, or the claims may be forever barred.

William Vince Greene Personal Representative 150 Via Del Sol Walnut Creek, CA 94597 Legal Notice No: 523634 First Publication: February 20, 2020 Last Publication: March 5, 2020 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Jay Patrick Biersdorfer, aka Jay P. Biersdorfer, aka Jay Biersdorfer, Deceased Case Number: 2020PR30109

All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado on or before June 27, 2020, or the claims may be forever barred.

Paula J. Davis Personal Representative c/o 3801 E. Florida Ave., Ste. 906 Denver, CO 80210 Legal Notice No: 523644 First Publication: February 27, 2020 Last Publication: March 12, 2020 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Nataliya Vladimirovna Lef, aka Nataliya V. Lef, aka Nataliya Lef, Deceased Case Number: 2020PR030136

All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to

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Effort brings music to life for students

this year.” continuously improve due to the generINSTRUMENT DRIVE Those who don’t have an instrument osity of Bringing Music to Life,” Ouray to donate can help by contributing School music teacher Michael Scott The annual Bringing Music to Life Dates: March 2-15 to the repair fund. Money donations said in a news release. “We currently Locations: 17 donation locations availInstrument Drive kicks off March 2, go to repairing and refurbishing the are able to offer band to all students in able throughout the state of Colorado. continuing its mission to bring the instruments, ensuring that they’re in grades 5 and 6, while our high school Visit www.bringmusic.org for a complete gift of music to Colorado students in excellent condition when awarded to program also continues to improve.” list. underfunded music programs. students.

At Denver’s North High School, Instruments Needed: Band and This is the 10th year for the instru“Instrument repairs are the single music teacher Katy Lushman has been orchestra instruments in good condition, ment drive, which has impacted the greatest expense of the program, with able to start a Modern Band program including strings, brass, woodwinds, perlives of 15,000 children in hundreds of the average repair costing us about and says her students love it. cussion, guitars and electronic keyboards. elementary, middle and high schools $155,” Blatt said in the release. “CI“This class has given me access to The program cannot accept upright and in Colorado. To date, more than 5,000 OMIT is once again doing all refurbishinstruments that I’ve never had access grand pianos or organs. instruments have been awarded with a ing and reconditioning at a significant to before. I really enjoy being able to Applications for Instruments: Teachvalue exceeding $2 million. play electric guitar and bass. It’s a ers and principals can apply online now at Coloradans are asked to bring their discount. Again this year, we’re pleased new experience,” one of Lushman’s www.bringmusic.org. Deadline is March 31. that Boomer Music Company is joining gently used band or orchestra instrustudents said. ments to any of 17 donation from the effort to repair donated instruand managed at Colorado Public Radio. ments.”

Another said, “It’s helped me discovMarch 2-15. Instrument donations may “Study after study shows the positive er my love for music and for playing.” be tax-deductible. Drop-off locations Title One schools with a majority of impact that learning music has on chil- students receiving free or reduced cost At Ranum Middle School in Westcan be found at www.bringmusic.org. dren,” Blatt said in the news release. minster, a student’s new instrument lunches are encouraged to apply for Donated instrument are then re“Their listening skills improve, as well “has helped me become more creative instruments now through March 31 uspaired by technicians at the Colorado as creative thinking, self-discipline and ing the online application form. Bring… It has opened a door to music.” PUBLIC NOTICE Institute of Musical Instrument Techself-esteem.

Students learn the value Bringing Music to Life was founded ing Music to Life will match qualifying nology and Boomer Music Company in Public Notice of Petition Change of ofName persevering and how to work with in 2013 by executive director Stevefor Blatt schools with donated instruments.

Fort Collins, and instruments are doothers18,toward as a project of the Colorado Nonprofit For more information about Bringnated to music school programs before Public notice is given on February 2020 that a common goal. We’re a Petition for a Change of excited Name of anabout adult hasreaching evenPublic PUBLIC NOTICE Center to continue Notice more Development the ing Music to Life, visit www.bringmuthe start of the 2020-2021 school year. been filed with the Arapahoe County Court.

TO CREDITORS children, schools, and communities instrument drives he had established Arapahoe County, Colorado sic.org.

“Our band program has been able to NOTICE STAFF REPORT

PUBLIC NOTICE

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Nataliya Vladimirovna Lef, aka Nataliya V. Lef, aka Nataliya Lef, Deceased Case Number: 2020PR030136

Notice To Creditors

All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado on or before June 27, 2020, or the claims may be forever barred.

Yevgeniy Perekhov Personal Representative 21858 E. Powers Drive Centennial, CO 80015 Legal Notice No: 523645 First Publication: February 27, 2020 Last Publication: March 12, 2020 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Barbara A. Hilger, aka Barbara Hilger, aka Barbara Ann Hilger, and Barbara B. Hilger, Deceased Case Number: 2019 PR 31260

All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado on or before June 29, 2020, or the claims may be forever barred.

James Whitney Brien Personal Representative 463 Willow Creek Road Red Lodge, MT 59068 Legal Notice No: 523652 First Publication: February 27, 2020 Last Publication: March 12, 2020 Publisher: Littleton Independent

Estate of Susan M. Inglis, aka Susan Mary Inglis, Deceased Case Number: 2020PR30158

All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado on or before July 5, 2020, or the claims may be forever barred.

Notice To Creditors

Ian Martin Inglis Personal Representative 7611 S. Polo Ridge Drive Littleton, Colorado 80128 Legal Notice No: 523655 First Publication: March 5, 2020 Last Publication: March 19, 2020 Publisher: Littleton Independent

Name Changes

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Susan M. Inglis, aka Susan Mary Inglis, Deceased Case Number: 2020PR30158

All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado on or before July 5, 2020, or the claims may be forever barred.

Ian Martin Inglis

In the Matter of the Petition of: Parent / Petitioner: Lydia - Fan For Minor Child: Soraya Sompo Muuala To Change the Child’s Name to: Soraya Sompo Fan Case Number: 20 C 100100

NOTICE TO NON-CUSTODIAL PARENT

BY PUBLICATION Notice to: Francis Malongo, non custodial parent.

Notice is given that a hearing is scheduled as follows: Date: March 27th, 2020 Time: 9:30 a.m.

Location: Division A 1790 W. Littleton Blvd.

Littleton, Colorado 80120

Name Changes PUBLIC NOTICE Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name

Public notice is given on February 21, 2020, that a Petition for a Change of Name of an adult has been filed with the Arapahoe County Court.

The petition requests that the name of Ily Joanne Kendall be changed to Ily Joanne Russell Case No.: 20C100133 Clerk of Court By: Kim Boswell, Deputy Clerk Legal Notice No: 523656 First Publication: March 5, 2020 Last Publication: March 19, 2020 Publisher: Littleton Independent

Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name

Notice to: John Sangwa, non custodial parent.

At this hearing the Court may enter an order changing the name of the minor child.

Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name

Public notice is given on February 18, 2020 that a Petition for a Change of Name of an adult has been filed with the Arapahoe County Court.

Notice is given that a hearing is scheduled as follows:

To support or voice objection to the proposed name change, you must appear at the hearing.

Public notice is given on February 26, 2020, that a Petition for a Change of Name of an adult has been filed with the Arapahoe County Court.

The petition requests that the name of Luke Robert Leech be changed to Luke Robert Ohlrich Case No.: 2020C100112

Date: March 27th, 2020 Time: 9:30 a.m.

Location: Division A 1790 W. Littleton Blvd.

Littleton, Colorado 80120

Date: February 12, 2020

By: Clerk of Court/Deputy Clerk Legal Notice No: 523649 First Publication: February 27, 2020 Last Publication: March 12, 2020 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE

Public notice is given on February 19, 2020 that a Petition for a Change of Name of an adult has been filed with the Arapahoe County Court.

PUBLIC NOTICE

Public Notice Arapahoe County, Colorado Division A 1790 W. Littleton Blvd.

Littleton, Colorado 80120

Name Changes

For the purpose of requesting a change of name for Samuel Fan Malongo

PUBLIC NOTICE

Legal Notice No: 523654 First Publication: March 5, 2020 Last Publication: March 19, 2020 Publisher: Littleton Independent

Legal Notice No: 523648 First Publication: February 27, 2020 Last Publication: March 12, 2020 Publisher: Littleton Independent

In the Matter of the Petition of: Parent / Petitioner: Lydia - Fan For Minor Child: Samuel Malongo Dinganga To Change the Child’s Name to: Samuel Fan Malongo Case Number: 20 C 100102

NOTICE TO NON-CUSTODIAL PARENT

BY PUBLICATION

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Ella M. Stang, aka Ella Maria Stang, Deceased Case Number: 2020PR30171

Heather Christina Higerd Personal Representative c/o James A. Littlepage, Esq. 1777 S. Harrison St., Suite 1500 Denver, CO 80210

Name Changes

By: Clerk of Court/Deputy Clerk

Division A 1790 W. Littleton Blvd.

Littleton, Colorado 80120

PUBLIC NOTICE

Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name

All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado on or before July 6, 2020 or the claims may be forever barred.

The petition requests that the name of Randall Stanton Kohn be changed to Randall Stanton Kohn Radetsky Case No.: 2020C100114

The petition requests that the name of Adriana Sieren be changed to Adriana Sieren Valentine Case No.: 2020C100122

For the purpose of requesting a change of name for Soraya Sompo Fan At this hearing the Court may enter an order changing the name of the minor child.

To support or voice objection to the proposed name change, you must appear at the hearing.

Date: February 12, 2020 Legal Notice No.: 523670 First Publication: March 5, 2020 Last Publication: March 19, 2020 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name

By: Clerk of Court/Deputy Clerk

Public notice is given on January 8, 2020, that a Petition for a Change of Name of an adult has been filed with the Arapahoe County Court.

Legal Notice No: 523651 First Publication: February 27, 2020 Last Publication: March 12, 2020 Publisher: Littleton Independent

The petition requests that the name of Natalia Rogachevsky be changed to Natalia Palazova Case No.: 20 C 100018

PUBLIC NOTICE Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name Public notice is given on February 18, 2020 that a Petition for a Change of Name of an adult has been filed with the Arapahoe County Court.

The petition requests that the name of Randall Stanton Kohn be changed to Randall Stanton Kohn Radetsky Case No.: 2020C100114 By: Clerk of Court/Deputy Clerk Legal Notice No: 523648 First Publication: February 27, 2020 Last Publication: March 12, 2020 Publisher: Littleton Independent

Legal Notice No.: 523672 First Publication: March 5, 2020 Last Publication: March 19, 2020 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name Public notice is given on February 5, 2020, that a Petition for a Change of Name of an adult has been filed with the Arapahoe County Court.

The petition requests that the name of Jamie Lee Beach be changed to Jamie Lee Anderson Case No.: 2020 C 100085 Shana Kloek, Clerk of Court By: Kimberly Boswell, Deputy Clerk Legal Notice No: 523643 First Publication: February 20, 2020 Last Publication: March 5, 2020 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name

By: Clerk of Court / Deputy Clerk

Public notice is given on February 21, 2020, that a Petition for a Change of Name of an adult has been filed with the Arapahoe County Court.

Legal Notice No: 523633 First Publication: February 20, 2020 Last Publication: March 5, 2020 Publisher: Littleton Independent

The petition requests that the name of Chelsea Robin DeLong be changed to Chelsea Robin Reinis Case No.: 2020C100129

Public Notice Arapahoe County, Colorado Division A 1790 W. Littleton Blvd.

Littleton, Colorado 80120 In the Matter of the Petition of: Parent / Petitioner: Lydia - Fan For Minor Child: Samuel Malongo Dinganga To Change the Child’s Name to: Samuel Fan Malongo Case Number: 20 C 100102 NOTICE TO NON-CUSTODIAL PARENT

By: Kim Boswell Clerk of Court / Deputy Clerk Legal Notice No: 523653 First Publication: March 5, 2020 Last Publication: March 19, 2020 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name Public notice is given on February 21, 2020, that a Petition for a Change of Name of an adult has

PUBLIC NOTICE

The petition requests that the name of Joseph Daniel Fulkerson be changed to Joseph Daniel Reinis Case No.: 20 C 100142 By: Clerk of Court / Deputy Clerk Legal Notice No: 523668 First Publication: March 5, 2020 Last Publication: March 19, 2020 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name

Public notice is given on February 26, 2020, that a Petition for a Change of Name of an adult has been filed with the Arapahoe County Court.

The petition requests that the name of Nya Jordan Muhammad be changed to Nya Muhammad Case No.: 20 C 100147 By: Kathleen Janski, Magistrate Legal Notice No: 523669 First Publication: March 5, 2020 Last Publication: March 19, 2020 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name

Public notice is given on February 26, 2020, that a Petition for a Change of Name of an adult has been filed with the Arapahoe County Court.

The petition requests that the name of Tyler Charles Carlson be changed to Tyler Mathew Jones Case No.: 20 C 100141 By: Clerk of Court / Deputy Clerk Legal Notice No: 523674 First Publication: March 5, 2020 Last Publication: March 19, 2020 Publisher: Littleton Independent

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Renewal by Andersen of Colorado is an independently owned and operated affiliate operating in CO and NM. Offer not available in all areas. Discount applied by retailer representative at time of contract execution and applies to purchase of 3 or more windows and/or entry or patio doors. 3% cash discount for payment in full by cash or check applied at time of sale. Cannot be combined with other offers. To qualify for discount offer, initial contact for a free Window and Door Diagnosis must be made and documented on or before 3/31/20 with the appointment then occurring no more than 10 days after the initial contact. No payments and deferred interest for 12 months available to well qualified buyers on approved credit only. Not all customers may qualify.

Higher rates apply for customer with lower credit ratings. Financing not valid with other offers or prior purchases. No Finance Charges will be assessed if promo balance is paid in full in 12 months. Renewal by Andersen retailers are independently owned and operated retailers, and are neither brokers nor lenders. Any finance terms advertised are estimates only, and all financing is provided by third-party lenders unaffiliated with Renewal by Andersen retailers, under terms and conditions arranged directly between the customer and such lender, all subject to credit requirements. Renewal by Andersen retailers do not assist with, counsel or negotiate financing, other than providing customers an introduction to lenders interested in financing. Window Warmth, LLC d/b/a Renewal

by Andersen of Colorado. “Renewal by Andersen” and all other marks where denoted are marks of Andersen Corporation. ©2020 Andersen Corporation. All rights reserved. ©2020 Lead Surge LLC. All rights reserved. *Using U.S. and imported parts.

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