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STEPPING IT UP: Irish dancing sets the tone for St. Patrick’s Day P9

ROAD AHEAD: Find out which streets are in store for repairs P4

GONE TOO SOON: A teacher slain in rural Colorado is remembered, as the suspect in his death awaits trial P8

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VOICES: PAGE 12 | LIFE: PAGE 16 | CALENDAR: PAGE 26 | SPORTS: PAGE 28

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In Vita case, court upholds city’s rules for citizen appeals

MY NAME IS

Judges eye ‘Grove’ suit and agree that Littleton can deny hearings

BY DAVID GILBERT DGILBERT@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Desiree Hirschfield holds daughter Honor, left, while husband Dean holds son Truth in front of the family’s new music school, Do-Re-Mi Lessons.

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DEAN HIRSCHFIELD

Co-owner of Do-Re-Mi Lessons music school The way of the drum My wife Desiree and I grew up in Littleton, and I went to Chatfield High School. I’m a lifelong percussionist. I’ve taught percussion all over the area — Littleton Public Schools, Douglas County, Jeffco. My wife has taught percussion too, and she’s on the Foothills Academy staff. Desiree and I have both been in the community for so long, and we both went to college in Colorado for music.

Desiree and I just opened our own space, called Do-Re-Mi Lessons, at 5184 S. Lowell Boulevard. We’ve enlisted our friends to help — we have two violin teachers, and teachers for cello, bass, ukulele, woodwind, and low brass, as well as three guitar teachers and two piano teachers. I teach percussion. We’re literally an embodiment of a mom and pop operation, chasing our own kids around.

Outside the box We have a lot of ideas of classes to do. We wanted to think bigger, outside the box. Instead of being limited to half-hour lessons, we want to take students to sports games to play the anthem, or be involved in the Western Welcome Week parade.

Getting up and running was very

challenging. We just opened a month ago. It’s been quite a learning experience dealing with contractors and the permitting process. Thankfully, we have lots of friends and family in the contractor fields. My brother helped, and my cousins did the electrical work.

The style of our lessons really depends on student and teacher. We’ve made an effort to ensure all teachers take having fun to be a priority, but we want to make sure teachers are giving students rudiments on how it works — how to become a musician. How to use music to enrich your lives.

Life lessons The thing about teaching music is, you can never have the expectation that the students will become professional career musicians. That’s not the goal. It’s about learning about yourself and being a member of society. There are so many other skills you learn: working with others and problem solving, for instance.

Nobody ever regrets learning an instrument. People will say “my parents made me take lessons,” but they always follow that with “I wish I hadn’t given it up.”

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Extant litigation involving the Vita Littleton senior apartment complex — formerly called the Grove — ended on March 8, when the Colorado Court of Appeals upheld a prior ruling that the city was within its rights to deny neighbors the ability to appeal staff ’s approval of the complex.

The initial lawsuit was filed by Leah Burkett, who formerly lived across the street from the site where the complex now stands at Littleton Boulevard and Bemis Street. Burkett leads a grassroots group called Advocates for Littleton, which opposed the city’s approval of the complex, arguing that the plans violated city zoning and building codes.

Burkett filed suit against the city and the complex’s developer, Zocalo Community Development, in 2015, saying the city unfairly denied her the right to appeal the approval of the site development plan for the complex.

A judge issued a summary judgment in favor of the city’s right to deny such appeals the day before the case was scheduled to go to trial in 2016.

Burkett appealed the case to the Colorado Court of Appeals. Oral arguments were heard in the case on Feb. 27.

The court’s decision, which all three appeals judges agreed upon, read in part: “Because the city’s interpretation of the Code is consistent with the legislative intent as manifested by a harmonious reading of the plain language of the Code as a whole, we defer to the City’s interpretation.”

Burkett said she felt disappointed with the court’s decision.

“I feel like maybe the judges don’t completely understand the entire scenario,” Burkett said. “I’m befuddled how differently people can interpret language.”

City officials welcomed the decision.

“The city is gratified with the Court of Appeals decision,” Littleton City Attorney Steve Kemp said in the press release. “The court correctly recognized the importance of giving due deference to Kemp the decision of the city council and how the city interprets its own code.”

Burkett responded to the city’s press release on Nextdoor.com, saying in part: “Let it be known that the City Council NEVER heard or approved the Grove/Vita project. It was approved by non-elected city employees only. In my opinion, the decision to allow staff to approve that building was deliberately planned to bypass the City Council (since City Council decisions require public process — which previous experience had proven that a project like this would not be seen favorably by the public). It’s maddening when City officials try to mislead the public with quotes like this!”

Burkett said she can still apply to have the case heard by the Colorado Supreme Court, but isn’t sure if she’ll do so. In the meantime, she said she plans to advocate for changes to city code.

“They need to clarify the language, and absolutely neighbors should have the right to question zoning interpretations,” Burkett said. “If they’re untouchable, it opens the door to corruption.”

Zocalo CEO David Zucker declined to comment.

Units at Vita Littleton are expected to start opening for occupancy in May.

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Street budget robust in 2018, but worries loom City hopes to repair as much pavement as possible before funds dwindle

BY DAVID GILBERT DGILBERT@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Littleton is poised to kick off a robust season of roadway improvements thanks to a budget boost from a ballot measure last fall that allowed the city to keep extra revenue, although road maintenance remains far short of the ideal and budget woes loom on the horizon.

The city’s road repair budget this year is nearly $4.8 million, high above the average of $1.4 million, according to city engineer Brent Thompson, who presented the 2018 road repair plan at the March 6 city council meeting.

Voters approved a measure last fall allowing the city to keep $1.9 million in excess revenue otherwise due to be refunded to taxpayers under the Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights, or TABOR. A little more than a quarter of the money, $550,000, is earmarked for a revamping of the intersection of Federal Boulevard and Bowles Avenue, with the rest of the windfall slated for various road upgrades.

The city also carried over $400,000 from last year’s road repair budget, which Thompson attributed to high staff turnover in 2017 slowing or stall-

Geese alight from Bowles Grove Park, adjacent to the intersection of Federal Boulevard and Bowles Avenue. The intersection is slated for big changes this year thanks to taxpayers allowing the city to keep excess revenue.

DAVID GILBERT ing progress on projects. Some of the carryover cash will be put into pedestrian crossing improvements, including flashing beacons at six locations, Thompson said.

Some of the carryover funds will also be allocated for a structural analysis of traffic-light poles, Thomp-

son said.

“The importance of this structural analysis became painfully evident two weeks ago,” Thompson said. “We had a mast arm on a signal on County Line Road that the weld failed at the connection between the post and the mast arm. We were able to close the street

quickly and there were no injuries. We installed a temporary signal the same day, and we’ve ordered a new pole, but that will be a six-month lead time.”

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regular maintenance, the more expensive it becomes to repair, said City Manager Mark Relph.

Relph said the $4.8 million road budget this year is a happy anomaly, and that future years will likely drop back closer to the $1.4 million norm. A 2014 study suggested that Littleton should be spending $3 million to $4 million every year for 10 years to bring the roads up to par, but that possibility seems unlikely.

Road repairs come out of the city’s capital projects fund, which is drawn from construction use taxes and gasoline taxes. Increased fuel efficiency of vehicles has caused gas tax revenue collection to slow, and construction use taxes vary widely from year to year.

Previous years have seen city council beef up the capital projects fund by transferring surplus cash from the city’s general fund, but those surpluses are starting to dwindle as city costs increase.

“Unless we solve the capital projects funding problem, we will have a very serious problem and will not be able to meet the life cycle standards to manage our pavement,” Relph said. “2018 is an exception because of TABOR. Once that goes away in 2019, Public Works will be looking at a very minimum investment, and we will not be able to meet the standard for the typical pavement management practice

ON THE ROAD AGAIN A look at some of the road maintenance projects slated for summer 2018: • New crosswalks and signals at two intersections: Federal Boulevard and Berry Avenue, and Prince Street and Church Avenue.

• A revamping of the intersection of Federal Boulevard and Bowles Avenue.

• Patching concrete on Mineral Avenue between Platte Canyon Road and Santa Fe Drive.

• Improving sidewalks on the north side of Prentice Avenue from Hickory Street to Delaware Street.

• Adding six new flashing beacons for pedestrian crossings — three near the downtown light rail station, one by Littleton High School, and two more on trail connections.

• A variety of crack and chip sealing projects on roads around town, including Prince Street south of Ridge Road.

• Several miles of road resurfacing projects, including Windermere Street between Belleview Avenue and Littleton Boulevard, and several short stretches of residential streets in the southwest part of the city.

“Safety is king in everything we do,” said city engineer Brent Thompson. “Citizens can expect to see many orange cones throughout the city. We ask everyone to slow down and be aware of their surroundings. We recognize the inconvenience the projects cause in the short term, but long term they improve the quality of life for the community.”

and we will fall behind.”

The life cycle of pavement is about 50 years, Relph said, but that’s with routine maintenance — and an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure..

“We’ll get to a condition where (road) reconstruction will be on our doorstep and we will not be able to afford that in the long run. In many parts of the city we haven’t touched the road surface in decades, so we’re already behind,” Relph said.

The city conducted a survey of its pavement condition in 2014, and found it to be in the 35th percentile of quality statewide.

“We have a substantial backlog of streets rated fair to poor,” Thompson said. “Our goal is to do the worst first.

We have to prioritize with the funds we have allocated.”

Other contingencies could arise, Relph said, such as the possible elimination of Community Development Block Grants the city uses to improve sidewalks in lower-income parts of town.

“Every year we hear that block grants are likely to be cut,” Relph said. “I’m not surprised the Trump administration is looking at that. If they are, so be it … If we lose those, it puts more burden back on the local government.”

Beyond road maintenance, investments will be required to combat traffic congestion, Thompson said. An “intelligent transportation system,” that is, a high-tech traffic control system, would go a long way, he said.

“We cannot totally build our way out of congestion,” Thompson said.

“It’ll take intelligent signals, a fiber

Revamping the intersection of Federal Boulevard and Bowles Avenue is high on the list of road projects slated for this summer after voters allowed the city to keep excess revenue for street repair.

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network to allow real time traffic response, and coordination and interconnectivity with regional systems to manage our congestion. It would provide the ability to make signal adjustments from the office — a realtime response to congestion.”

Communicating the city’s road upgrade challenges and schedule to the public is important, said councilmember Karina Elrod.

“The city’s (roads are) not going to get fixed in a few years,” Elrod said.

“We hear citizens ask, ‘Well, why wasn’t it done in my neighborhood?’ or, ‘Those streets look worse, why not go over there?’ That’s some of the conversation. It’s important to convey as we embark on this approach that it will take five, 10, 15, 20 years, or that it’s continuously ongoing.”

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Supervised-injection sites proposal stopped in Senate Plan would have allowed Denver to create facility as part of package focused on opioids

BY ELLIS ARNOLD EARNOLD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

A party-line 3-2 vote in a state Senate committee, with Republicans in the majority, stopped a proposal to allow one Colorado area to create a supervised-injection facility — where people with substance-use disorders can safely inject drugs — on Feb. 14.

Previously, the proposal was to allow Denver specifically to create the facility. No other place in the United States has such a site, according to the Colorado Legislative Council staff, but there are around 100 of them in 66 cit-

ies among nine countries, according to committee member state Sen. Cheri Jahn, independent from Wheat Ridge.

San Francisco and Philadelphia this year have moved closer to establishing such facilities.

Health professionals would have overseen the facility, making sure to reverse overdoses if they happen, said state Rep. Brittany Pettersen, D-Lakewood, in November. They’d also have been able to refer people to

resources to address their substance-use disorders.

But Republicans were skeptical of the bill, which was part of a package of six proposals aimed at addressing the opioid crisis that were Pettersen up for consideration this session.

Another of the bills, SB 18-022, aims to limit the amount of opioid medication a health-care practitioner can prescribe. The Senate on a bipartisan vote passed that bill, authored by Republican state Sen. Jack Tate of Tate Centennial, on Feb. 22, according to a news release.

It then proceeded to the House.

For initial prescriptions for situations like getting a tooth pulled, a surgery or other short-term issues,

prescriptions would be limited to a seven-day supply for the first prescription for a person who has not been prescribed opioids in the last 12 months, the release said. Individuals with chronic or long-term conditions would be among the exceptions.

The bill would require practitioners to access the Prescription Drug Monitoring Program, or PDMP, before prescribing the first refill prescription for an opioid, except under some cases. The PDMP collects information submitted by pharmacies about prescribing and dispensing medications, and about patients.

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tions into recent sexualharassment claims against lawmakers.

The DA’s office responded on March 2 that it does not have jurisdiction to “investigate or enforce civil matters or workplace Grantham policies.” McCann said the office is not initiating an investigation based on Grantham’s letter.

Criminal sexual misconduct should be criminally investigated “apart from the separate authority” of the Legislature to investigate claims of misconduct on its own, the DA’s letter said.

Grantham, R-Cañon City, responded March 6 in a letter citing laws and court cases he said enable the DA to open investigations without victims requesting them through police.

McCann responded in yet another letter March 8 reiterating her earlier

points that her office would investigate claims if accusers go through the standard police process and that the Legislature has its own authority to dole out discipline.

State Senate Minority Leader Lucia Guzman, D-Denver, argued in a statement that Republicans are dismissing the Legislature’s independent investigations as invalid for political gain.

Former state Rep. Steve Lebsock of Thornton was expelled March 2 by the House in the first expulsion of a House member since 1915. Sens. Jack Tate, Randy Baumgardner and Lebsock Larry Crowder have all faced accusations in recent months.

Concealed-carry conversation abounds After the February school shooting in Parkland, Florida, a push to allow concealed carrying of firearms in Colorado schools was stopped in the House in committee on a 6-3 party-line vote Feb. 21 with Democrats in the majority.

But a bill that would allow law-abid-

ing people the right of concealed carry without a permit — but not on school grounds — is still alive. Senate Bill 18-097, sponsored by Republican state Sen. Tim Neville of Jefferson County, was introduced Jan. 22 and passed the GOP-majority Senate on a party-line 1817 vote on March 8. It now moves to the Democrat-controlled House.

“The idea behind constitutional carry is that you should be able to carry a concealed handgun without applying for government permission,” Neville said, according to a news release.

Keeping health-care costs honest A bill to increase price transparency for free-standing emergency departments — which patients often confuse with urgent-care facilities only to be charged emergency-room fees that can cost hundreds and even thousands of dollars more — passed the Senate March 5.

SB 18-146 requires FSEDs — which are sometimes operated by hospitals at separate, off-campus locations or run independently of a hospital system — to provide individuals with information on cost of treatment, the

individual’s right to reject treatment and the ability to ask questions about options and costs.

The proposal would require that information to be explained by a staff member or health-care provider orally and would include that the facility is an emergency-medical facility, that it’s not an urgent-care center or primarycare provider if it doesn’t include an urgent-care clinic at its location and that it will treat a person regardless of their ability to pay.

The bill also requires locations that don’t have urgent-care centers to post a sign that says, “This is an emergency medical facility that treats emergency medical conditions.”

After determining that a patient does not have an emergency-medical condition or after treatment has been provided to stabilize such a condition, the facility must provide information on whether it accepts programs like Medicaid, what health-insurance provider networks and carriers the facility participates with and the price information for the 25 most common services it offers.

The bill proceeded to the House.

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‘You can’t fill those shoes’

Teachers, students remember slain teacher Randy Wilson

BY DAVID GILBERT DGILBERT@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

A wooden cross marks the lonely prairie crossroads where Kiowa High School teacher Randy Wilson was found dead in 2010. At the school, 16 miles south, Wilson’s final, stoic yearbook photo hangs in a hallway above the engraved names of students who have received a scholarship in his name.

Mementos of the father of five are everywhere: A mural of the mountains he loved outside his old classroom. A stone monument beside a mini amphitheater outside the school, with benches arrayed toward a lectern, dedicated to him. Around Kiowa, a town of about 740 people in Elbert County, stand bookshelves he built and basements he finished as a carpenter during summer breaks.

But the most poignant legacy Wilson left is the broken hearts of the teachers and students who knew him, who were left with memories of a rock of a man, a father figure of quiet grace and capability who was ripped from their lives.

“We’ve done our best to carry on what he left, but you can’t fill those shoes,” said Karen Carnahan, who was once a student of Wilson’s and now teaches at the same school.

At the age of 52, Wilson was found dead at the intersection of KiowaBennett Road and County Line Road on a cold and rainy June day, with a bag over his head, his own belt around his neck and his hands bound behind his back. No suspects were ever named in the case, and more than seven years passed until the surprise arrest of Daniel Pesch, a longtime Summit County resident, in Littleton in December.

Pesch, charged with first-degree murder, is awaiting trial in the Elbert County Jail, just a few blocks from the school where Wilson’s memory remains so alive. A judge quickly sealed all records in the case after Pesch’s arrest, and few details are available.

Pesch’s next scheduled court appearance is a preliminary hearing, where the prosecution will lay out evidence in the case against him, currently set for March 30.

Country home Kiowa, 50 miles southeast of Denver, feels far from the Front Range megalopolis. It has been largely untouched by the development that has changed nearby towns in recent decades. Today, Elizabeth is home to a Wal-Mart and strip malls. Farther northwest, Parker now teems with office parks and bigbox retail. Kiowa, though, remains part of the Great Plains.

Approaching from the west on Highway 86, the subdivisions, then the mansions, then the hobby farms fade away, and ahead stretches an infinite

Kiowa school counselor Liz Morrone stands in Randy Wilson’s old classroom, and points out how he had the room arranged.

PHOTOS BY DAVID GILBERT

The life and death of Randy Wilson: Part 1 Kiowa High School teacher Randy Wilson was found dead at a prairie crossroads in 2010. No suspects were named in the homicide until the surprise arrest of Daniel Pesch in December 2017. Part one of a two-part series looks at what the teacher and father meant to the rural town of Kiowa. Part two in next week’s edition will explore the impact that his mysterious death had on people who remember him. horizon. Kiowa is topped by an old water tower, visible from miles distant, like an inverse anchor rising into the sea of sky.

Tucked along Kiowa Creek, the town feels nestled in, the stately old courthouse bookending one end of Comanche Street, the town’s main drag. Outside the courthouse stands a stone memorial that reads in part, “In Memory of Pioneers Massacred by Indians,” in memory of the Hungates, a young family murdered by Cheyenne warriors on a ranch to the north in 1864.

Kiowa is the Elbert County seat and home to the annual county fair. But there is no stoplight along the town’s two-block main street, with its stretch of false-fronted bars and shops, and a church converted to a library. The town climbs away to the east, where Kiowa’s school — with an enrollment of roughly 250 from kindergarten through high school — crowns the hill.

It was here that Randy Wilson settled in his early 40s, after a career that

Randy Wilson’s final yearbook photo looks down from a hallway in Kiowa’s K-12 school, above a list of winners of a scholarship created in his honor. had seen him teach science at schools around the United States and halfway across the world, to the Colorado town that would later be haunted by his unsolved death.

‘When he spoke, we listened’ Born in Utah and raised in Bozeman, Montana, Wilson majored in science at Montana State University and received his master’s degree in secondary education from Steward University in Georgia, according to his obituary. His first teaching job was in Mount Vernon, Washington, in 1981. He married in 1984, and had five sons with his wife Linda. Wilson’s teaching career took him to schools in California, Montana, Missouri, and

Saipan, an island in the western Pacific.

The family came to Kiowa in 2000, and life changed soon after. Court records show Randy and Linda began divorce proceedings the next year, and in 2002 Linda moved out of state.

Wilson’s ex-wife and sons declined to comment for this story.

Wilson taught a slew of classes — math, science, computers, architecture and consumer science — at Kiowa’s small K-12 school, which typically has fewer than 100 students in the high school grades. He strove to make lessons relevant, said Sarah McFarland, a former student who knew Wilson well and remains close to his son Weston, who still lives in Kiowa.

“In consumer sciences, he had us plan a budget, balance a checkbook, plan meals for a family, and even budget a wedding,” McFarland said. “We had to account for dresses, tuxedos, flowers — the whole nine yards.”

Wilson’s lessons drew from his life, she recalled.

“He pulled from his own experiences, from childhood, from raising kids to marriage,” McFarland said.

“He would tell the story over and over about the day his fourth son was born.

They didn’t have time to get to the hospital, so he had to deliver his son himself. He said it was the most humbling experience of his life.”

Wilson had an air that drew respect.

“He was a man of few words, but when he spoke, we listened,” McFarland said. “He could look at me and get me to tell him something I wasn’t going to tell anyone.”

Wilson was devoted to his profession, recalled Liz Morrone, Kiowa’s longtime school counselor.

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Dancers ring in St. Patrick’s Day

BY DAVID GILBERT DGILBERT@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

The rhythmic clomp of Irish hardshoe dancing broke the quietude of Bemis Library in Littleton on March 11 as members of the McTeggart Irish Dance troupe kicked off the St. Patrick’s Day season with a lively routine.

The nine girls, ranging in age from 12 to 17, performed a variety of traditional Irish dances, their fancy footwork in seamless unison.

“These girls get an incredible cultural experience, and they learn to be successful individually and as part of a team,” said coach Caitlin Coney.

“It’s so different than ballet,” said Chloe, 15, exhausted after finishing a high-energy routine. “I’m so thankful for my teammates and what we have together.”

The McTeggart Irish Dance group was formed in the 1920s, Coney said.

The group will perform in Denver’s St. Patrick’s Day Parade on March 17.

Audrey, 13, has twice qualified for the world championship of Irish dancing.

The dancers’ flying feet stayed in close synchronization.

Eliana, 15, braces for her cue.

Photos by David Gilbert

Members of the McTeggart Irish Dance troupe stomp in the St. Patrick’s Day season at Bemis Library on March 11.

Colorado students go head to head in Science Bowl Teams from across the state competed at Dakota Ridge High School

BY SHANNA FORTIER SFORTIER@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

After a full day of competition in the state Science Bowl March 3, a team from Fort Collins High School was named the champion after outscoring Fairview High School in Boulder, in a rapid-fire final, answering questions in physics, math, biology, energy, chemistry, and earth and space sciences.

Cherry Creek High School in Greenwood Village rounded out the top finishers, earning the third-place trophy.

A total of 41 teams from 25 schools throughout the state battled it out at the daylong competition at Dakota Ridge High School in south Jefferson County.

Other schools that excelled during the morning competitions and advanced to the afternoon doubleelimination contests were: Cheyenne Mountain High School in Colorado Springs, Fossil Ridge High School in Fort Collins, Highlands Ranch High School, Liberty Common High School in Fort Collins, Loveland High

School, Niwot High School, Peak to Peak Charter School in Lafayette, Poudre High School in Fort Collins, Ridgeview Classical School in Fort Collins and Rock Canyon High School in Highlands Ranch.

Viyan Giri, a first-year competitor and 10th-grade student at Rock Canyon, said the competition was sharp but fun.

“I’m liking the biology questions in particular this year,” he said. “I’m taking a biotechnology class at my school and the questions are falling hand-inhand and helping me out.

Giri said he hopes that having a competitive mindset is important to his future career.

For Lakewood High School senior Wesley Linder, the Science Bowl is a way to show of his brain.

“I think it’s really exciting to come here and know it’s up to your knowledge of the content — what has been given to you in class, but also the extra stuff you study on your own,” Linder said, adding that the physics and chemistry questions are where he shines. “It’s fun to show that off and compete with other people interested in the same stuff.”

The Department of Energy created the National Science Bowl in 1991 to encourage students to excel in mathematics and science and to pursue

Students from Ralston Valley High School in Arvada compete in the round robin portion of the Colorado Science Bowl March 3.

SHANNA FORTIER careers in these fields.

More than 275,000 students have participated in the National Science Bowl throughout its history, and it is one of the nation’s largest science competitions. The DOE’s Golden Field Office once again served as one of the major sponsors of this year’s event, along with the National Renewable Energy Laboratory. The lab’s involvement is part of its continuing commitment to workforce development through ongoing STEM education programming.

“The National Renewable Energy Laboratory has many programs that are interested in grooming the genera-

tion that might become our next scientists and researchers at our lab,” said Linda Lung, manager of workforce development and education programs at NREL and regional coordinator for the Colorado Science Bowl. “What we think is so fun is these kids get to go in and get acknowledged for all their academic achievements.”

Lung said one of her favorites things to see when visiting the schools is the Science Bowl trophy mixed in with athletic trophies.

“The kids take a lot of pride in this,” she said. “This is a great competition to say it is cool to be smart.”

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Caucuses turn out passionate voters in Arapahoe County Events were a prelude to the county party assemblies later this month

BY ELLIS ARNOLD AND DAVID GILBERT STAFF WRITERS

The road to Election Day starts not in a stadium with a speech, but in small rooms and high-school gyms with conversations between neighbors.

That’s what voters saw at the March 6 caucuses in Arapahoe County, the first stop on the long route to the November election, when voters will decide several local, regional and statewide races.

“It really comes down to: Can you take care of your family?” said Rick Rome, captain for an area of precincts, or neighborhood areas, in western Centennial.

Jobs, the economy, faith-based topics, infrastructure and transportation are issues he hears about in his area. Republicans have more common ground with Democrats than people might think, once you get past the arguments, Rome said.

At caucuses, voters gather at community areas such as libraries, churches and schools to select delegates to party assemblies, which help choose who will be candidates on the primary ballot for county, regional,

From left, Arapahoe County Assessor Marc Scott, Phil Stark, Nicholas Colglazier and Rebecca Wright engage in a discussion during the March 6 Arapahoe County caucus. The group met at Lutheran Church of the Holy Spirit in Centennial for the Republican caucus in their neighborhood.

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ASSEMBLY DATES FOR GOP, DEMOCRATS Assembly dates for both major parties: Arapahoe County assembly • Republicans: 9:30 a.m. March 24, Arapahoe County Fairgrounds • Democrats: 9 a.m. March 24, Hinkley High School in Aurora District assembly, Congressional District 6 • Republicans: 1 p.m. April 7, Hinkley High School in Aurora • Democrats: 7 p.m. April 12, Gateway High School in Aurora

State assembly • Republicans: 9 a.m. April 14, CU Boulder Coors Events Center • Democrats: Time to be determined — April 14, 1stBank Center in Broomfield Contact the state parties for information on other district, or multi-county, assemblies for U.S. congressional candidates, state legislative candidates, state board of education and other positions: cologop.org and coloradodems.org.

Primary Election Day is June 26.

state and national offices — ranging from your local sheriff to your U.S. congressperson. In Arapahoe County, the two major parties have their as-

semblies on March 24.

Some delegates declare their support for a candidate at caucuses, but they’re not required to do so to

get elected.

The primary ballot — for the primary election in June — offers voters a choice that will narrow down the field to one candidate per party who will compete in the November general election for the various county, regional, state and national offices.

Turnout in midterm years trails the larger crowds that come to caucuses during presidential election years, but dedicated voters still turned out across Arapahoe County to discuss health care, education, gun policy and additional contentious issues.

“This is the grassroots of the (political) organization,” said Jaylen Mosqueira, a 22-year-old voter who came to the Lutheran Church of the Holy Spirit in Centennial for his neighborhood’s Republican caucus.

“The grassroots, in my opinion, is the first place to start.”

For Mosqueira, a second-time caucusgoer, education policy is at the top of the list of important issues.

“To support private schools, charter schools, vouchers — to give parents choice when it comes to where their kids go to school,” Mosqueira said.

In one precinct that gathered at the church, four Republican voters, including Marc Scott, the current Arapahoe County assessor running for re-election, picked among themselves who would be delegates to the assemblies and discussed issues.

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A man of faith McFarland remembered the day she heard her sister-in-law was diagnosed with late-stage cancer. She thought of her little niece who would be without a mom.

“I completely lost it,” she said. “I sat on the floor in the hallway rocking back and forth. The halls were empty, nobody in the school. Then here comes Mr. Wilson. He sat there with me while I cried. It meant everything to me. He didn’t ask what was wrong, he just sat there. Teenage girls cry a lot. He figured out something was wrong.”

Wilson was a calming presence in the school.

“There was a student who died a couple years before Randy, in a car wreck,” remembered Polly Ehlers, who teaches fourth and fifth grades.

“Something that always struck me: At the student’s memorial, which we held in the school gym, everyone was just a wreck. But there was Randy, in his suit, out front directing traffic and parking. Somehow that helped me keep it together. Of course, only a couple years later, we would hold Randy’s memorial in the same gym.”

Wilson’s suit stands out in another memory. McFarland remembered him coming to a sermon at a newly formed

Many roles One of Wilson’s more low-key but vital roles was as the school’s de facto computer repairman, several people recalled.

“Because he was so quiet, the holes he filled we didn’t even know about became so obvious,” Ehlers said. “He was amazing with computers. If you got yourself into a bind, or a panic that you broke it, he’d calmly come in and fix it. We weren’t sure anyone could do that again.”

He was willing to fill in wherever necessary, remembered Cherie Wyatt, a fellow high school science teacher who taught alongside Wilson.

“I remember we had a teacher who left in April. Randy just stepped in and did substitute lesson plans for her class while still teaching his own.”

Wilson often elevated the level of discourse, Wyatt said.

“Lunches aren’t nearly as fun anymore. We would laugh and talk about deep scholarly things. He was so well read in the arts and classics. I was in heaven.”

Wilson had a dry, sometimes subtle sense of humor.

“He told me during the science fair, when I was whining about it, he said, ‘I found a project even you can do,’” Carnahan said. She recalled it involved potatoes.

Both Carnahan and McFarland remembered him making fun of their cowboy boots.

“I’d wear these wild-colored boots, and he’d say, ‘ugh, they’re making me puke!’” Carnahan said.

McFarland said she saw a different side of Wilson on a class trip to Glenwood Springs. The kids rushed to the hot springs pool not long after they got off the train, and close behind them was Wilson.

“Somebody was splashing me like crazy, and I turned around to see it was Mr. Wilson,” she said with a laugh.

McFarland, like Carnahan, went on to become a teacher herself, teaching elementary in Calhan, south of Kiowa.

“I think of him all the time,” she said. “I wonder what he would think.

I try to take lessons from what he did.

He truly loved us. We were like his surrogate children, and that’s how I try to approach teaching.”

“He would ask me all the time after I graduated, ‘Are you a teacher yet?’ The last time I saw him, I said, ‘Will you stop asking me that? You’ll be my first phone call after that happens.’”

McFarland never got to make that call.

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would come in on Saturday or whenever they wanted to study,” she said.

Morrone said she was dazzled by the breadth of Wilson’s knowledge.

“He could talk about the physics in a bowl of soup as you stirred it.”

Wilson was a father figure for a lot of kids, said Carnahan, his former student.

“We had a lot of students who didn’t have a great relationship with their dads, and he was that strong male figure in their lives,” she said. “Even the bad kids respected him, because they knew he cared about them, too.

He could help with any subject. Kids would even bring him their English papers for editing.”

Wilson was a godsend for a rural district trying to build up its technology programs at the dawn of the internet age, said Greg Kruthaupt, the former superintendent of Kiowa schools who hired Wilson.

“Randy was off the charts intellectually,” Kruthaupt said. “His understanding of technology was in the top 5 percent. His brain was like a sponge.”

Kruthaupt once briefly suspended Wilson from teaching, after an anonymous caller informed police that a student had built an inert bomb-like device for a school science fair, a project supervised by Wilson. The incident was the subject of a New York Times article.

Police confiscated the device, and Kruthaupt put Wilson on leave with pay while the incident was investigated.

Wilson was soon reinstated, and neither he nor the student faced charges.

Kruthaupt said it didn’t damage his view of Wilson.

“He just got so close working with students that he didn’t think about the impact,” Kruthaupt said. “It was four months after 9/11 and people were just edgy. A ‘bomb’? Give me a break. It was about the scientific method.”

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Baptist congregation, which at the time was meeting in the school cafeteria. Wilson was the only parishioner in a suit.

“That was that Montana boy in him,” she said. “To him, that was just how you dress for church.”

Faith played a strong role in Wilson’s life, Ehlers said.

“He could quote Bible passages off the top of his head. He had read the Bible cover to cover — twice.”

After his divorce, Wilson never dated again, according to McFarland.

“He told me that once he was married, he was married,” said McFarland. “He never talked about dating because in his mind he was going to be faithful to his wife even though they were divorced.”

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Even in Colorado, we could all use more sunshine

ocal governments, law enforcement agencies, school districts and other taxpayer-funded entities are sharing more information than ever with the public, thanks to the internet.

Want information on a road closure?

Try Twitter.

Want to know what upcoming events are planned at your child’s school? The school’s website is your ticket.

No doubt, that information is helpful. But make no mistake, what you find on the web is not an all-access pass.

Want to know the name of the finalists for school district superintendent?

Well ...

Or the name of the person arrested as the suspect in a local crime? Um ...

It’s complicated.

Often, that information is made public, depending on the agency.

Sometimes, it’s not — or at least not right away.

Colorado’s open-records law generally stipulates that information held

OUR VIEW by a public agency is available to the public. But there are exceptions to the law, as well as different interpretations of the law that can lead to gray areas.

While most agencies and entities follow both the letter and the spirit of the state’s open-records laws, there is room for improvement. With this being Sunshine Week — the annual nationwide celebration of access to public information that runs March 1117 — we have put together a short wish list of what we would like to see in the Denver metro area.

• State law allows law enforcement agencies to withhold information that could jeopardize the public safety amid an ongoing investigation. That’s sound policy, in theory. But too often, “ongoing investigation” is used as a mantra, a way to keep from releasing anything but the smallest nuggets of information. We’re asking law enforcement to use this shield less frequently, only

when public safety is truly at risk.

Wouldn’t the public be better served to know more, not less?

• We would like all government entities to release a list of finalists for top positions. The Colorado Open Records Act mandates this for what it calls “executive” positions, such as city manager or school district superintendent. Last year, one of the state’s largest school districts skirted this rule by announcing a lone finalist for superintendent. At the very least, we feel that violated the spirit of the law. Members of the public deserve to know who is in consideration for positions paid for by their tax money.

• We’re calling for a greater diversity of voices from government entities.

That means granting the media and members of the public easier and more access to leaders. In at least one of the towns we cover, the mayor has been anointed the sole spokesperson for the entire council. And we know of several government bodies that demand all requests for interviews with

staff go through the official communications director, a needless step that can slow the reporting process. We believe the public would be better served to hear from a variety of voices, rather than a controlled, group message. Why not make it easier to achieve that?

• We would like to see more citizen involvement. Help us in our roles as watchdogs by asking questions of your elected leaders and by telling us when your voice is not being heard. The open-records law and the Sunshine Law, which regulates open meetings, are there for everyone. The Colorado Freedom of Information Coalition — a Denver-based nonpartisan group that promotes freedom of the press and open access to public records for all — is a great resource to learn more, including how to file an open-records request. Find out more at coloradofoic. org.

Sunshine Week arrived with a fiveword slogan, one that we try to keep in mind year round.

“It’s your right to know.”

The hardest things in life could well be the easiest things in life

Sometimes when all seems good, that really is the case

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hile facilitating a workshop for a corporate client, I asked the class a simple question.

I asked them this, “What is the hardest thing about getting on an elevaWINNING tor?” As I looked out at WORDS the classroom and the confused eyes staring back at me in silence, I once again asked the same question, “What is the hardest thing about getting on an elevator?”

Finally, after a few silent and intended to be awkward moments, Michael Norton one of the women in the class said, “Well, there is nothing hard about getting on an elevator, you just push

f it’s on the QUIET floor, it’s on the DESPERATION menu. If it’s near the floor, it’s on the menu.

Who would drink toilet water if he could reach it?

No, it’s not: 1. A Republican, or 2. A Democrat.

Who walks on four legs, and Craig Marshall sleeps 18 hours a Smith day? Who had a map of San Diego in his mouth this morning? Who has the power to improve a curmudgeon’s outlook with a brown-eyed glance?

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Good financial advice that applies to people of any age

nvestors may be FINANCIAL puzzled by curSTRATEGIES rent market and economic news.

After a long run that appears to have had virtually no volatility, February and March showed market swings never seen before in the history of the stock market. This may cause some investors to Patricia Kummer chart a different course that may be detrimental to their goals.

It may be time to go back to the fundamentals. What causes economic growth and what follows or predicts the outcome on Wall Street? Basic Economics 101, which reminds me of when I taught financial planning to high schoolers.

Recent research of basic finance uncovered an interesting article on the “Ten Money Myths Parents Pass On To Their Kids” by Asia Martin. The article states that Steve Siebold, author of “Secrets Self-Made Millionaires Teach Their Kids,” asks parents this question

in his book.

It is hard to remember why we are investing when fluctuations cause us to lose focus. We want to learn from these opportunities and teach others as well.

If we are stressed by investing instead of energized, we may be sending the wrong message. It will be difficult to pass on wealth, or teach the next generation of investors how to handle money, if we were brought up to believe that money is the root of all evil. It’s time to demystify what it takes to grow and keep wealth.

Here are some highlights from Martin’s article: • Myth: Making money is hard. Teach your children that making money is about solving problems. The world is full of opportunities to help solve problems.

• Myth: Money is evil. Money is a tool, a medium of exchange. It is not an indicator of self-worth.

• Myth: Kids need an Ivy League education to become rich. It is important to respect all forms of education available to make dreams a reality. Formal educa-

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And many times, we will look for the hardest possible way to solve each one instead of looking for the solution that is obvious and right under our nose.

We overcomplicate the whole process and end up with a fear of getting on the elevator, any elevator. I mean all we have to do is push the button, wait for the door to open, let the other people exit and then step on. We do not need forced or contrived contingency plans for most of what we face in life, we just need to take the first step and then the next and then the next.

Zig Ziglar says it this way, “People who never take step one, can never possibly take step two.” And it is so true. We get so wrapped up and twisted up thinking that everything in life is a Rubik’s Cube. Many of us just have a knack for turning the seemingly simple and obvious into an almost unsolvable mystery. And we drag others along with us, so that they too can enjoy or endure the agony. It’s like everything in life must come with illustrative assembly instructions from IKEA. Now don’t get me wrong, I do acknowledge that we have difficult and challenging situations in life, that is a certainty. And when we do, we need to draw upon all of the people who can help us and all of the problem-solving skills we can muster. But when we can avoid turning the easiest things in life into the hardest things in life, it will bring a level of simplicity and a greater sense of accomplishment in all that we do or endeavor to do. And it really is that simple.

So how about you? Have you managed to avoid overcomplicating the simple things in life? If so, I would really love to hear your story of stepping onto an elevator at gotonorton@gmail. com. And when we can stop making things harder than they have to be, it really will be a better than good week.

Michael Norton is a resident of Castle Rock, the president of the Zig Ziglar Corporate Training Solutions Team, a strategic consultant and a business and personal coach.

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the button and when the door opens, and other people get off, you just step on and push the button of the floor you want to go to. It’s really easy.”

It is, isn’t it. It’s one of those things in life that we just take for granted and do, because it is so very basic. That is of course until we think of all the other things that could possibly make it more difficult. When the class was pushed for a deeper answer, they came up with 21 things that could make stepping on to an elevator difficult or challenging. Everything from a fast opening and closing door where you have to force it to stay open while you enter, to a slightly raised lip that could be a trip hazard, to moving a bulky piece of furniture, and also an elevator that had not been updated with Braille for someone who had lost their sight. They had so many more creative ideas and thoughts that could make it really difficult to get on an elevator, but in the end, they got the point.

We can make anything in life harder than it has to be, when in fact, most times all we have to do is get on the elevator.

Instead, we think to ourselves that there must be a trap, there must be another shoe that is going to drop, this can’t possibly be as easy as it seems. It would be like buying a 100-piece jigsaw puzzle and emptying the contents onto a table and thinking, “Wait, this is too easy, why aren’t there more pieces in the box? Shouldn’t there be 500 or 1,000 pieces?” No, the box clearly said that there were 100 pieces didn’t it? But since we live in such a complex world with complex feelings and complex relationships and complex businesses and complex technologies, there must be more complexity to a 100-piece jigsaw puzzle too.

Yes, there are puzzles in life, outright conundrums and riddles if you will.

tion is valuable but self-education is a very powerful tool. It is most effective at problem-solving and achievement, which leads to success.

• Myth: If you fail, move on to something else. Parents often rush to prop up their child’s self-esteem and suggest new sports, music or courses the minute they fail or get frustrated. Consider teaching about persistence and how failure is not fatal, it is a necessary process to learn and achieve.

• Myth: All people are equal. We should all be treated with equal respect and justice, but we don’t all excel at the same things. Teach your kids to focus on their own unique talents and empower them to do things that bring them joy. Don’t use wealth as a crutch for entitlement or to set yourself apart from others.

• Myth: Money will make you happy.

While money can help you feel more secure, it does not eliminate life’s struggles. Happiness comes from family, friends, spirituality and most impor-

tantly, love. Teach your kids to find happiness and self-worth first and if you love what you do, the money will follow.

If you reverse your goals and go after money first, then prepare to line up next to the millions who seek therapy for handcuffing themselves to a grindstone for the wrong reasons.

With these guidelines, we can begin raising a generation of smart investors: Persistent, educated, patient problemsolvers who view money as a tool, not an endgame. It is important not just to pass down money, but to pass down the wealth of knowledge necessary to manage the future.

Patricia Kummer has been an independent certified financial planner for 31 years and is President of Kummer Financial Strategies LLC, a Registered Investment Advisor in Highlands Ranch.

Please visit www.kummerfinancial. com for more information. Any material discussed is meant for informational purposes only and not a substitute for individual advice.

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eing brave comes inherently being able to reach your goals and to you as an immigrant. The dreams is heart-breaking. I got told road toward the American too many times why I could not go dream is paved with to college and that I should GUEST obstacles to overcome. choose a more technical degree. But I worked at it until When I was 5, my parents COLUMN I found a solution and people brought me to the United who saw beyond my immigraStates, escaping poverty and tion status. hardship, wanting to ensure a Finally my college dreams better life and future for their became a reality, and I spent children. My dad found work the next six years working full as a hotel maintenance mantime while going to school and ager, and my mom became a finally graduated from college housekeeper. This country has with a bachelor of science always been my home. degree.

High school became the Jonathan After graduating, though most difficult part of my my wife and I both had college journey. I could not apply for Alfonseca degrees, we had to face the fact a driver’s license or college that we could not pursue our careers financial aid. The few scholarships I due to our immigration status. My could apply for could barely begin to wife became a nanny, and I found work cover college expenses. doing anything from plumbing and Understanding your limitations in

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As the years passed, we grew tired of living in fear and felt hopeless.

Some comfort was found in attending our local church. We came to Christ and placed our trust and our hope for a better life in Him. We decided that fear would not drive our decisions.

It was around this time that Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) was instituted. My wife and I could have a taste of the American dream and finally achieve milestones like buying a car and owning a home.

We felt so blessed and decided to give back as much as we could. I began coaching my daughter’s soccer team and served on a few boards for nonprofit organizations. My wife began volunteering at a school for teen moms, became part of church leadership and involved herself in our children’s school programs.

When we heard that DACA was ending, we were gripped with fear.

We cried for days thinking about the fate of our family. How do you tell your children, “We’re not wanted; we are different,” when you’ve worked so hard to give them an American dream?

Some political leaders want to paint all immigrants as dangerous, unproductive members of society.

These are not the Dreamers I know, who have worked hard and paid their dues. Dreamers are not asking for a handout, just a line to get in — a way to earn citizenship, with appropriate background checks and rigorous requirements.

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Fashion Week celebrates dynamic scene Non-traditional night to be among highlights of March 18-25 event

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hen people think about fashionable cities, most probably imagine places like New York City, Paris, or Milan. Wherever they imagine, odds are, Denver doesn’t rank high on the list.

In recent years, local designers, models and other artists have been working to make the metro area a place where fashion and design thrive in bold, new directions. And they hope that people are starting to notice.

“I wish more people knew that a fashion world is here in Denver,” said Duane Topping, designer with Topping Designs, a fashion company he runs with his wife, Jamie. “I am often astounded to hear that many people didn’t know this local fashion community existed.”

In an effort to celebrate all the exciting work being done locally, the city is getting its first Denver Fashion Week, running March 18-25.

The bi-annual event is hosted by 303 Magazine, in partnership with Denver Arts and Venues, Visit Denver, the Denver Art Museum and The Paper Fashion Show.

The event — formerly Denver Fashion Weekend — started 10 years ago, and substantial growth in these industries over the years inspired organizers to finally expand the event to a full week.

“The hair design scene in Denver is particularly exciting, and we wanted to bring in local designers and boutiques as well,” said Brittany Werges, managing editor of 303 Magazine. “People are so often that they’ve been around for so long and not heard much about the fashion scene. It may have been niche for a while, but it’s big for the people in it.”

The weeklong event kicks off with a children’s fashion show, bridal runway show and the 303 Awards in the evening. During the week, there will be industry workshops for models, boutiques and designers, as well as trunk shows, sales events and more. At the workshops will be local industry leaders, acclaimed designers from New York City and expert panels.

Most events will take place at Wings Over the Rockies, 7711 E. Academy Blvd., No. 1, in Denver.

One exciting feature of fashion week will be Stevie Boi, a New York-based designer known for his

Examples of the design work done by Denver designer Duane Topping, of Topping Designs. A veteran who has always been interested in design, Topping will be featured in two events during this year’s Denver Fashion Week. PHOTO COURTESY OF DUANE TOPPING

IF YOU GO

During Denver Fashion Week, March 18 through 25, audiences will get a sampling of the creations from local designers, stylists, models and other creatives.

COURTESY OF DENVER FASHION WEEK work with Beyoncé, Lady Gaga, and Madonna, to name a few. Boi will be showing a brand new, exclusive line on Thursday, March 22.

Another highlight will be the non-traditional night featuring models of all shapes, sizes, ages and orientations, which will also be the same day. Werges said this kind of acceptance has made the night one of the most popular events.

“Denver is such a diverse city and so many different art forms

WHAT: Denver Fashion Week WHERE: Wings Over the Rockies Air & Space Museum, 7711 E. Academy Blvd., No. 1, Denver; also at other boutiques around the metro area WHEN: March 18 through 25 TICKETS/ INFORMATION: www.denverfashionweek.com

co-exist here,” said Kotomi Yoshida, a Denver-based designer who will be showing work during the nontraditional model night, and during the hair show on March 25. “Since we are kind of brand new, especially compared to LA or New York, the doors are so open to anybody who want to join the community. That is the beauty of this town.”

The diversity of the fashion world, SEE FASHION, P17

Scripting a night of fun with ScreenPLAY There are some movie characters that just stick with you. Maybe they go through something you can relate to throughout the course of the film, or have a line that seems to apply directly to your life.

Which makes it a rare treat when a local actor gets to take a crack at a defining character. And that’s what ScreenPLAY, created by Adrian Sorge, has been bringing to the metro area for the past three years.

“We provide the COMING opportunity for ATTRACTIONS actors to play iconic characters, some that they’ve loved for years,” Sorge explained. “Not only are the evenings a chance to have some fun, but they’re a great way to build our artistic community.”

Clarke Reader Started out of a desire to create more opportunities for women actors, directors and organizers, ScreenPLAY productions take famous movie scripts and gender-flip them for live, one-night only, readings. All the proceeds from these readings go to creative nonprofits.

At 8 p.m. on Monday, March 19, ScreenPLAY will host a live reading of the cult favorite, “Empire Records.” The reading will benefit Lakewood’s newest theater company, Benchmark Theatre, 1560 Teller St., with a $10 suggested donation at the door.

“This presentation is exciting, because we’re using Benchmark’s players in all the roles for the reading,” Sorge said. “These events are a lot of fun when audiences get into it, and with a movie as quotable as ‘Empire Records,’ it should be a lot of fun.”

The interactive evening promises to be loads of fun for movie lovers, theater lovers, and music fans alike.

“What better way is there to support local actors and have an evening of fun and silliness?” Sorge said.

“It’s like seeing your favorite movie live.”

For more information, visit www. facebook.com/denverscreenplay/.

What if U-God was one of us?

As most of us have known since 1993, “the Wu-Tang Clan ain’t nuthing ta f ’ wit.” And one of the key voices in the clan, Lamont “U-God” Hawkins, will be giving bibliophiles and audiophiles a chance to see him do his thing.

First, at 7 p.m. on Friday, March 16, U-God will be signing his first book, “Raw” at the Tattered SEE READER, P18

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Meet the designer Kotomi Yoshida Background I grew up in Japan, went to the University of Tennessee and have BFA in studio arts. After graduation, I got married and moved to Denver.

We have lived here for about 17 years now.

Getting into design I always loved fashion, and growing up in Japan, fashion was always a big part of my culture. After receiving my BFA, we moved to Denver and I was very excited that the art scene was very alive in this city.

Applying for my green card was really tough, so while I waited for my official status to start working I started hand-sewing kimonos. I had sewn my own garments here and there back in Tennessee during college and became really interested in fabric. Through many wonderful supporters, I found my niche in the art of fashion. I started joining fashion markets and shows and met so many awesome individuals.

They have become my friends, peers, and big supporters who bring me more and more great opportunities.

I am very impatient, so the immediate result is always a great reward for me. We spend hours and days and weeks to finish one collection, and it is an awesome feeling to know

Designer Kotomi Yoshida started hand-sewing kimonos while awaiting a Green Card approval. This lead to a passion for fashion, which will be on display at this year’s Denver Fashion Week.

PHOTO COURTESY OF KOTOMI YOSHIDA

hundreds of people will be watching what I have made.

The runway show has such an impact — it is like, wait, wait, wait, then boom! I love the moment when my models start walking and captivate viewers’ minds. For that glorious five minutes, hundreds of people’s minds are all mine. For that moment, I live.

This year’s Fashion Week I will be showing my new collection on March 22 for the non-traditional model segment. I have five mature models (older than 50) to walk for me.

I will also be teaming up with Stephan Lauren on the hair show on the 25th. We will have three models to show off our awesome work together.

We have been working so hard to tell everyone we have such a great variety of talents in this city. Many people still do not believe Denver is a city with style, but we will keep trying.

I want to be a black sheep and bring in more unexpected things to the scene. I want people to know there are so many art activists here who are bringing many perspectives to offer.

Denver’s fashion world People don’t have to go to an already established big city for a great fashion scene — we have one right here, right now.

Not many people know the hard work we all put into one show. It is an art form which requires so much work from so many artists, photographers, DJs, designers, models, hairstylists, make-up artists, sound design, stage set, lighting, venue, organizers, and vendors.

The backstage is a pure chaos but it is such a place with so much positive creative energy. It is my temple.

Fashion is my religion.

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which encompasses areas like hair, makeup, and even running fashion boutiques, makes it a particularly welcoming industry that can accept people from all walks of life, and that’s one of the things that Denver Fashion Week aims to highlight.

“There’s a misconception that the fashion world is very exclusive, but I want people to see how inviting it can be,” Werges said. “Not only can people learn about the industry, but they can see what Denver has to offer, and then support it. It’s really exciting for everyone.”

An example of the fashion design from Kotomi Yoshida. Yoshida will have work on display in two events at this year’s Denver Fashion Week.

PHOTO COURTESY OF KOTOMI YOSHIDA

MAR 16-25 NEIL SIMON’S

Meet the designer Duane Topping, of Topping Designs Background I grew up in east Denver, and spent most of my younger life in Montbello. I spent a while in the military, retired in 2012, and returned to Denver.

Getting into design I’ve always loved fashion. Even when I was deployed, I would find a stray Vogue and cut out designs I liked.

After I retired in 2012, I had a difficult time readjusting to civilian life. I needed a positive way to redirect all the energy, so I brought a sewing machine home, taught myself to sew and here I am.

This year’s Fashion Week This year is a special year for us. We have always been honored to participate in DFW. Our first glimpse at Denver Fashion was at DFW a few years ago, and now we are a part of it.

We’ll have two segments this year.

On March 22 we debut our winter/ fall line for this year with a cast of transgender models. It’s a platform that allows us to highlight the diversity that is Denver.

We will also have a second segment as a part of Beauty Underground on Sunday the 25th. This will be our second run for the hair show and its always an honor and I love the challenge.

Denver’s fashion world One of the great things about Denver are the talented artists in the community. As an artist I was afforded the

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APR 6-7 WILEY AND THE HAIRY MAN APR 13 HENRY AND MUDGE Designer Duane Topping, who created this dress, started fully exploring fashion after retiring from the military in 2012. Topping’s work will be seen in two events during the first Denver Fashion Week.

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opportunity to show at DFW, and it has fueled our growth as a brand.

In any endeavor you need to start with step one, and I think the importance of DFW is that it is a fantastic steppingstone for local designers. Not only is it local, but it will challenge you to exceed even your own expectations. And in a world that is constantly evolving, continually breaking the mold is essential.

I love all the new faces and have met some really incredible personalities.

From veterans I adore, to some powerful young women who stand alone as the future. It’s all very inspiring.

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Cover’s East Colfax location, 2526 E. Colfax Ave. in Denver. Just a couple hours later, at 9:30 p.m. at Lost Lake, 3602 E. Colfax Ave., he will be performing as part of his Raw Venom Tour.

U-God’s first-person account of his journey, from the streets of Brooklyn to some of the biggest stages around the world, is a fascinating and inspiring one. Readers will learn how Hawkins was raised in New York City, and came to meet and join the founders of the WuTang — RZA, GZA, Method Man, Raekwon, ODB, Inspectah Deck, Ghostface Killah, and Masta Killa.

Rap fans shouldn’t miss this rare opportunity to meet a living legend.

For more information on the book signing, visit www.tatteredcover. com/new-event-calendar. And for tickets to his concert, go to www.

The British (songs) are coming back Formed in 1982 with “a commitment to build a diverse community and foster acceptance through music,” the 140-member Denver Gay Men’s Chorus has been wowing crowds for 35 years.

This week, the group will be restaging the music of the British Invasion — including bands like The Beatles, The Animals, The Kinks and more.

The Denver Gay Men’s Chorus will be performing at 7:30 on Friday, March 16, and 2 and 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, March 17, at the Ellie Caulkins Opera House, Speer Boulevard and Arapahoe Street in Denver.

In 2017, Gov. John Hickenlooper declared June 15 through 17, 2017, as Denver Gay Men’s Chorus 35th Anniversary days, commending the chorus for being “a respected leader in the arts community that significantly enriches the cultural

life of the city while serving as a messenger of social justice and change.”

For tickets, visit www.axs.com/ and search for the Denver Gay Men’s Chorus.

Clarke’s Concert of the Week — The Menzingers at Summit Music Hall It’s hard to imagine a better way to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day than with some beer-sloshingly great rock music.

To get some of that great bar rock that’ll have you shouting along and jumping into friends and strangers alike, The Menzingers at 7 p.m. on Saturday, March 17, at the Summit Music Hall, 1902 Blake St. in Denver, is the best way to go.

The Philadelphia-based Menzingers has been making music for 10 years, when they first got together in Scranton, Pennsylvania. Last year’s album, “After the Party,” was one of the best rock albums of the year, and explored the challenges and joys of leaving one’s 20s behind with a keen eye for storytelling.

The show will also feature Brendan Kelly, Bud Bronson and The Good Timers.

For tickets, head to www.thesummitmusichall.com/.

WINGS, WINE & SNOW

An ‘Odyssey’ for the new season The March Equinox (also known as the first day of spring) is traditionally a moment for ancient cultures to celebrate the beginning of a new season with one of the oldest forms of expression — oral storytelling.

The Human, Kind Theater Project will be keeping the tradition alive with its “Odyssey” production, hosted at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, March 20 at the Forum Theater at Koelbel Library, 5955 S. Holly St. in Centennial.

The show is a collection of stories from some of Denver’s best artists, providing a peek into the lives of others — all the happiness, sadness, comedy and tragedy that make life worth living. The show features Amelia Watkins, Davis Moline, Jane Hillson Aiello, Rav’n Moon, Robert Ham, and Sebastian Wolfe.

For tickets and more information, visit www.hktheaterproject.com/ on-stage.

Clarke Reader’s column on culture appears on a weekly basis. A community editor with Colorado Community Media, he can be reached creader@coloradocommunitymedia. com.

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Pigs come out to play to raise awareness Crowds meet rescued pigs at nonprofit-hosted event

BY ELLIS ARNOLD EARNOLD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Pigs aren’t just for farms — they’re for friendship, too.

Crowds at Hog Haven Farm’s event at Resolute Brewing Co. in Centennial got to meet rescued pigs and learn more about them as intelligent creatures that make empathetic pets.

“They rescue pet pigs from bad situations, take care of them and try to find them forever homes,” said Tracy Schantz, a Highlands Ranch resident who came to the Pints for Pigs event March 3.

Jeff Helgerson, 30, kneels next to Penelope, his pet pig, at a Hog Haven Farm event at Resolute Brewing Company on March 3.

Helgerson volunteers for Hog Haven Farm.The occasion took place in honor of National Pig Day, which is celebrated annually March 1.

The Hog Haven Farm nonprofit, based in Deer Trail, aims to combat poor information from pig breeders that can harm pigs,

according to the group. What’s known as the “teacup pig” myth — that people can buy young, tiny pigs that won’t grow to larger sizes — is one point the organization raises awareness about.

Danica Druva, a 26-year-old from Castle Rock, took a pig in as a pet who had experienced abusive conditions as bait for dog-fighting, Druva said.

“Turbo, he was in Hog Haven’s first calendar” to raise money for the group, said Druva, who came to the event. She had to pig-proof her drawers at home, but she’s satisfied with her pet.

“They’re smart — they get into everything. They’re problemsolving animals.”

Attendees participated in activities and saw merchandise for sale to support Hog Haven’s rescue and sanctuary. Resolute Brewing, located at 7286 S. Yosemite St., donated 10 percent of beer sales during the event to the nonprofit.

Hog Haven Farm was founded in 2014 and helps pot-bellied pigs find homes as pets, offers sanctuary to pot-bellied and standard pigs, and educates pig owners and the public. The organization combats abuse and neglect of pigs and has rescued more than 100.

Tara Vaughn, left, and 2-year-old Teagan Widby say hello to Katniss Eversqueal, a rescued pot-bellied pig, at a Hog Haven Farm event at Resolute Brewing Company in Centennial March 3. Hog Haven Farm is a Colorado-based nonprofit that rescues pigs from situations of abuse and neglect to find them homes or offer them sanctuary.

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‘The Book Handlers’ is quirky extrapolation Irish author’s essay gave idea to creative Buntport troupe

IF YOU GO Buntport Theater is at 717 Lipan St., Denver, two blocks west of El Noa Noa and El Centro Su Teatro on Santa Fe Drive. Parking lot plus street parking available. Performances through March 17: 8 p.m. Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays. Tickets: $18 advance, $20 at the door, $3 off for students and seniors; buntport.com, 720-946-1388.

BY SONYA ELLINGBOE SELLINGBOE@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Perhaps it’s less common these days, but there was a time when pretentious, well-off folks would have their decorator fill their built-in bookshelves with rows of colorful, shiny new books, or elegant leather-bound sets in assorted sizes — or a mix. But when one would visit that library, the books had obviously not been read, dog-eared, underlined and loved — they were pristine. And suppose those owners wanted visitors to view them as well-read and scholarly?

Irish author Brian O’Nolan elaborated on that idea for an essay he wrote for The Irish Times, under the name Myles na gCopaleen.

“And so, we wrote a play,” say the members of Buntport Theater, who discovered the essay: Brian Colonna, Hannah Duggan, Erik Edborg and Erin Rollman, who perform as well — supported by multi-tasking SamAnTha Schmitz, who runs sound, lights and other tech processes, plus the box office.

This clever, articulate, energetic crew originally connected at Colorado

Brian Colonna, Hannah Duggan (center and Erik Edborg on the Rube Goldberg set of the very clever “The Book Handlers” at Buntport Theater.

COURTESY PHOTO College and formed a theater company when they graduated — which has remained together since and grown stronger as its members created careers. (A few originals have dropped out.) They write, direct and stage all their own plays on highly creative sets — usually based on someone’s essay, story, play, legend or book from the past. And once in a while, someone has just had a “what if ?” idea, I’m guessing.

Per Buntport Theater Company’s program notes on O’Nolan: “He imagined a service in which wealthy

people could have the books in their extensive libraries `suitably mauled’ in order to look read.” That seed of an idea was enough. The group went to work, writing individually and piecing it together — and created another of its truly hilarious plays: “The Book Handlers.” It runs through March 17 and is clearly worth the time and effort to score tickets if you can!

Buntport has also performed history-based outreach programs for kids, including those at Lone Tree Arts Center in the south area, as well as regularly scheduled events at the Denver theater for adults and children. But the three or four original plays they produce each year require a visit to Denver’s Art District, where they operate in a warehouse space at 717 Lipan St., two blocks west of Santa Fe Drive.

The Book Handlers’ jumbled workshop fills the stage one sees upon taking a seat in the theater. Desks, of

course, ladders to higher levels, swinging baskets and buckets for booktransfer, an old bathtub for “water damage,” specific, annotated, corporate-style processes written in a fat volume, dictating words and actions for annotations, wine and coffee spills and dog-earing corners of pages, etc.

Duggan, as Connie Diane, cheerfully sings “Elmer’s Tune” each day when she arrives through the entryway, while Erik Edborg (John), who’s in charge, manages to be silly and officious at the same time, imaging himself in a Teddy Roosevelt role occasionally, while scholarly Jard (Brian Colonna) knows a lot of stuff from his reading — but not here, of course! Erin Rollman is in top form as fussy Linda, who has lots of issues and a special way with words as she waters plants, and sputters through her workday. Amazing energy.

The routine changes, depending on who’s located where, but ropeborne baskets and buckets swing through the air delivering volumes for special coffee stains, pounding, scraping and dunking. They are sent along a sort of belt-drawn assembly line at times, on a slide at others, and stacked awaiting their next treatment, until “suitably mauled,” then shipped out again to make space for more. And all too soon, the 90-minute piece is over — I could have happily watched longer.

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Recreation Draw from Life sessions are offered from 6-8 p.m. the second Wednesday of each month at The Depot Art Gallery, 2069 W. Powers Ave., Littleton, just north of the Buck Recreation Center. Class offers a chance to work with a clothed model with a variety of pose times. Reserve space with Cheryl at mbadamsjr@msn.com. Cost is $5. Call 303795-0781.

Duplicate Bridge ACBL sanctioned open game at noon Mondays at The Hub, 8827 Lone Tree Parkway, Lone Tree. Reservations are required; partners are arranged. Call Sue at 303-6413534.

Friday Dance Night Saint Patrick’s Brewing Company offers First Friday Dance Nights.

Dance floor complete with lights and DJ. Outdoor beer garden with fire pit right on the river at Santa Fe and Bowles. Call 720-366-9147.

Colorado Woodworkers Guild: 6:30-8:30 p.m. the third Tuesday of each month in the basement of Rockler Woodworking, 2553 S. Colorado Blvd. Anyone interested in woodworking is welcome. Contact vicepresident@ coloradowoodworkersguild.org.

Ladies Golf League at Raccoon Creek Golf Course, Littleton, is accepting new members. Call 303-973-4653.

Learn to Fly Fish: 9-11 a.m. Saturdays at Orvis Park Meadows, 8433 Park Meadows Center Drive, Unit 149, Lone Tree. The free Fly Fishing 101 course teaches the basics including fly casting, outfit rigging, and knot tying. After completing FF101, sign up for the free FF201 class at a local stocked pond and practice hooking, playing and landing fish. For information or to sign up, call 303-768-9600 or go to www.orvis.com/s/park-meadowscolorado-orvis-retail-store/620.

Meadows Women’s Golf League offers relaxing Tuesday mornings of friendly golf for ladies at the Meadows Golf Course, 6937 S.

Simms St., near Ken-Caryl Ranch. The league plays 18 holes weekly from mid-April to midOctober. This fun group competes for prizes while playing from the red tees. Afterward, lunch can be ordered on the patio overlooking the course. Call Laura at 303-526-9598.

Oil painting classes are offered at The Depot Art Gallery from 1-4 p.m. Mondays at 2069 W. Powers Ave., Littleton, just north of the Buck Recreation Center. Class is taught by Jennifer Riefenberg. Join anytime; pay by the session or the month. Contact JenniferRief@ comcast.net. Call 303-795-0781.

Peer critique of art offered at 9 a.m. the fourth Friday of every month, except November and December, at The Depot Art Gallery, 2069 W. Powers Ave., Littleton, just north of the Buck Recreation Center. Any medium welcome. In conjunction with The Colorado Watercolor Society. Free. Call 303-795-0781.

Rocky Mountain Basketball Academy club, expert training for youth basketball players grades fifth through 12th meets twice per

week and operates all year. Play in leagues and tournaments. Send inquiries to ronkburgin@yahoo.com.

Rocky Mountain Woodturning Club meets at 6 p.m. the first Tuesday of every month in the basement of Rockler Woodworking Store, 2553 S. Colorado Blvd.

Saint Patrick’s Brewing Company offers bocce ball and ping pong tournaments.

Bocce ball tournaments are at 2 p.m. Sundays, and ping pong is from 7 p.m. to close Thursdays. Play is first-come, free play. Saint Patrick’s is at Santa Fe and Bowles, right on the river. Call 303-718-7575.

Salty Dog Sailing Club If you love to sail or want to try, if you don’t have a boat, if you have a boat but don’t sail enough because you cannot find a crew, the Salty Dog Sailing Club is for you. The club meets the second Thursday of the month. Dinner begins at 5:30 p.m. with the business meeting commencing at 7 p.m. Go to www.saltydog.org for meeting locations and directions.

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he oldest known Biblical documents, dating back more than 2,000 years, were discovered in 1947 by young Bedouin goat herders in a cave near the Dead Sea. Eventually, archaeologists discovered more than SONYA’S 900 remarkably preserved scrolls. Ten SAMPLER of these are now displayed at the Denver Museum of Nature & Science, 2001 Colorado Blvd., Denver, in special cases. After the first half of the exhibit, they will be replaced by a different 10, due to Sonya Ellingboe fragility (which also limits the length of time they can be exposed to light on a given day, opening an hour later than the museum). English translations will be available. Timed tickets are available and can be reserved in advance: $25.95/adults; $21.95/seniors; $17.95 students 3-18. Discount for members. dmns.org/deadseascrolls, 303-370-6000. A related IMAX film, “Jerusalem,” is shown. See dmns.org/imax.

August Wilson play “Fences,” by August Wilson, is scheduled April 5 to 21 at the Lone Tree Arts Center, 10025 Commons St., Lone Tree. Wren T. Brown, co-founder with Israel Hicks of the Ebony Repertory Theatre in Los Angeles, will direct, with Esau Pritchett starring as Troy Maxon. The Pulitzer Prize winner is part of Wilson’s American Century Cycle, tracing African-American experience through 10 plays. Denver Center Theatre Company produced all 10 — one a year, with some directed by Hicks. Performances: April 5, 6, 7, 12, 13, 14, 15, 19, 20, 21. Tickets: $35-60. 720509-1000 or lonetreeartscenter.org.

Theater for young audiences Denver Children’s Theatre presents its annual classic tale, performed by adult professional actors: “Sleeping Beauty” opened March 8 and runs through May 4 on select days at the Elaine Wolf Theatre in the Mizel Arts and Culture Center, 350 S. Dahlia St., Denver. Public performances at 1 p.m. on Sundays cost $10/children. $12/ adults. School group performances many weekdays at 10 a.m. may have open seats. Suggested for kindergarten age and up. 303-316-6360; jccdenver. org/event/denver-childrens-theatre.

Library events for children Englewood Public Library Children’s Department is ready for spring break. March 20 — Messy Process Art; March 27 — Fort Building (bring a flashlight); March 28 — movie “Madagascar”; March 29 — Crafts; March 26 and 30 — Legos; March 3, 17, 31 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. — Open Play (also weekdays 3 to 5 p.m.); March 24 — Lego Maniacs from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. (under 5 welcome with an adult).

Fine art students Arapahoe Community College’s fine

Specially designed display cases protect the ancient examples of the Dead Sea Scrolls in an exhibit at the Denver Museum of Nature & Science.

MATTHEW PEYTON art students will exhibit their juried works from March 22 to April 12, with a closing reception on April 12 from 5-7 p.m. in the Colorado Gallery of the Arts on the Littleton Campus, 5900 S. Santa Fe Drive, Littleton. Gallery hours: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mondays to Fridays; until 7 p.m. on Tuesdays.

CORE Gallery The “Wide Open Whatever Exhibit” is open at CORE Gallery, 900 Santa Fe Drive, Denver. Littleton artists Michele Lamb and Susan Blosten have works in the show. 303-297-8428. Hours: Thursdays noon to 6 p.m.; Fridays noon to 9 p.m.; Saturdays noon to 5 p.m.; Sundays noon to 4 p.m.

Colorado’s natural resources Bemis Library, 6014 S. Datura St., Littleton will host a series by Red Rocks College students in park ranger interpretation on Tuesdays at 7 p.m.: March 20 — Mega Minds of the Whales; Where Does the Gallon Jug Go? (recycling). April 10 — Redwoods: Nature’s Tupperware for Carbon Storage; Legends of the Aurora Borealis: Shedding Light on Mysteries of the Aurora Borealis; Spirit Trees: Windows Into the Past. 303-795-3961.

Andy Grammer Pop singer-songwriter Andy Grammer will feature songs from his new album, “The Good Parts,” when he appears on March 24 at the Gothic Theatre, 3263 S. Broadway, Englewood.

For tickets: 303-789-9206, gothictheatre. com.

Legendary Ladies The Highlands Ranch Historical Society will present “Legendary Ladies — Unconventional Women of the West” at its 7 p.m. March 19 meeting, held at Southridge Recreation Center, 4800 McArthur Ranch Road (upstairs auditorium). Members of this group research and write scripts about particular individuals who lived from the mid-1800s to mid-1900s. This show will feature: Annie Oakley — sharpshooter; Lillie Hitchcock Coit

— eccentric patroness of firefighters; Klondike Kate — flamboyant dancer and vaudeville star; Katherine Lee Bates — Wellesley professor and poet, who wrote “America the Beautiful” while visiting Pikes Peak in 1893.

Refreshments at 6:30 p.m. Members free, $2 donation suggested for nonmembers. Guest speaker Terry Nolan will provide information about the fire station situation in Highlands Ranch.

Jazz orchestra The Colorado Jazz Repertory Orchestra, directed by Art Bouton of Lone Tree, performs a “Tribute to Buddy Rich” at 7:30 p.m. March 24 at the Arvada Center, 6901 Wadsworth Blvd., Arvada. Robert Johnson will sing songs performed by Mel Torme.

Tickets: 720-898-7200, arvadacenter.org.

Kushner play Curious Theatre will present Tony Kushner’s latest play: “The Intelligent Homosexual’s Guide to Capitalism and Socialism, with a Key to the Scriptures” from March 17 to April 15 at 1080 Acoma St., Denver. Performances: 8 p.m. Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays; 2 p.m. Sundays. Chris Walton directs.

Curioustheatre.org, 303-623-0524 (2 to 7 p.m. Tuesdays to Saturdays).

Western art The American Museum of Western Art at 1727 Tremont Place, Denver, offers “Western Women Guided Tours” in March, from 1 to 3 p.m. on Wednesdays. Also guided tours at 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays. Self-guided tours available; Writing the West from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m.

March 21, led by Lighthouse Writers Workshop. Information: AnschutzCollection.org.

SCFD, Arapahoe County Jake Zambrano was appointed by the Arapahoe County commissioners to represent Arapahoe County on the board of the Scientific and Cultural Facilities District, SCFD. The Aurora resident previously served on SCFD, appointed by the governor, and is experienced in government affairs and campaign management.

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Kirkland Museum’s new home is stylistic standout IF YOU GO

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When asked about his favorite part of the new Kirkland Museum of Fine & Decorative Art he designed, Jim Olson, of Olson Kundig architects in Seattle, said the glass tiles with told backing that are used on the exterior especially please him. He also loves the Art Deco room in the Denver museum.

He was excited when asked to work on this new addition to the Golden Triangle arts district, but concerned that there were architecturally outstanding buildings nearby. How to make it stand out? (Denver Art Museum; DAM’s Gio Ponti-designed North building, now closed for remodeling; Denver Central Library, Clyfford Still Museum …)

Described as “A Golden Museum in the Golden Triangle,” Olson has designed an inviting smaller museum that clearly won’t get lost, with its sunny facing in various shades of glowing yellow terra cotta plus those glittering glass tiles with gold that speak to the craftsmanship of the decorative arts collection inside.

Situated at 1201 Bannock St., the

The newly opened Kirkland Museum at 12th and Bannock invites a visitor with its decorative design by Jim Olson of the Seattle firm, Olson Kundig. PHOTO BY WES MAGYAR 38,000-square-foot Kirkland Museum opened on March 10, a couple of years after the original Kirkland at 13th Avenue and Pearl Street closed in anticipation of the move.

A key part of the previous building: Vance Kirkland’s historic original studio — where he painted, taught and met with area artists — was loaded on a truck one Sunday in November 2016 and very slowly and carefully hauled across Denver to its new home. It is seamlessly attached to the north end of the new building, where it displays part of the collection plus Kirkland’s books and art supplies.

It shows how and where the noted namesake artist worked for decades.

Built originally as Henry Read’s Students’ School of Art in 1910-1911,

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The Kirkland Museum, 1201 Bannock St., Denver, is open from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesdays to Saturdays; noon to 5 p.m. Sundays. Due to the fragile nature of the collection, which is displayed in salon style, no one under 13 is admitted. Admission: $10, with discounts for seniors, teachers, students over 13, military personnel with ID. Free admission for members. Memberships start at $45.

303-832-8576. Kirklandmuseum.org. A paid parking lot is next door to the north and there are meters for street parking.

Kirkland (1904-1981) acquired it and became a most prominent Colorado artist, recognized nationally and internationally.

He was also chairman of the University of Denver’s art department for many years, active in the local artists’ community and in starting the Denver Art Museum.

He was well-acquainted with the mother of the young Hugh Grant, who continued the friendship, shared a love of classical music and eventually became the heir to Kirkland’s studio and private collection of decorative arts.

Most of the museum collection was actually acquired by Grant and Merle Chambers, whose Chambers Foundation was instrumental in funding the new museum.

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of building a museum to house and conserve the considerable number of Kirkland’s paintings, which ranged from early realistic through Art Deco and a surrealism phase, to his last works — the dot paintings where he created an abstract composition, and added dots with a wooden dowel.

A room in the new museum is dedicated to Kirkland’s work and is centered with a handsome dining table designed by architect Olson.

(Other Olson designs are featured in the guest area near the entrance.)

Windows on the exterior wall frame items from the collection, inviting passing walkers to enter. Sculptural pieces also decorate the outside. Just inside, past a visitor’s area and desk/ showcase, stands an inviting glassenclosed gift shop on the left.

To the right is a long promenade, a spine for the various style-related galleries that line each side (with displays designed by Hugh Grant). At the far end, a large bright Kirkland dot painting hangs on the wall of the original studio.

In addition to the collection of decorative arts — which are displayed salon style, in home-like groupings — the Kirkland has a collection of works by prominent Colorado artists, including a number from the south metro area: Edgar Britton, Craig Marshall Smith, rita derjue, Macy Dorf and more, whose works are rotated through changing exhibits.

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Phil Stark proposed to the group a resolution in support of eliminating Colorado’s health-insurance exchange under the Affordable Care Act. Resolutions are voted on by delegates in the assembly process and, if approved, are put into the state-party platform, a list of political positions on various issues that the party supports.

“There’s already a federal exchange — why is the state running an exchange?” Stark said. “I think we can save ourselves some money.”

Nicholas Colglazier expressed his support for U.S. Rep. Mike Coffman, R-Aurora, and said the congressman is a good listener.

“It’s unfortunate that someone’s challenging Coffman” in the 6th Congressional District Republican primary, Colglazier said. “He’s been a very good congressman for our area.”

Stark came to the caucus because of his interest in politics in general and to meet people with like interests. He’s read about the governor candidates, but he’s waiting until the field narrows down to decide whom he supports.

“Right now, I’m stuck,” Stark said. “I was hoping more would drop out.”

Mosqueira, who was chosen as a delegate to multiple assemblies, had a candidate in mind for that race.

“For governor, Walker Stapleton is who I’m currently supporting,” Mosqueira said. “I do support his experience, and I think that will transition the best for the party.”

Rome likes the positions of George Brauchler, 18th Judicial District Attorney, the only Republican in the race for attorney general.

“I really like his message about law and order and being a law-and-order

Miles Hersch, left, and Delaney Trail, students from Heritage High School, sat in at the Democratic caucus as observers since they aren’t yet old enough to vote.

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It’s important to come to caucuses because candidates listen to delegates, Rome said.

“They need your vote,” Rome said.

Being a delegate “gives you a direct conduit to the candidate.”

“Maybe 75-100 people people came,” Rome said of his caucus at the church.

“We have three times that amount for the presidential-election year. We have a good economy, people aren’t as fired up.”

The vast majority of people were middle- or senior-aged, but some were young, like Mosqueira.

On the other side At Ralph Moody Elementary School in Littleton, where several Democratic precincts met, some were too young to vote, like Heritage High School students Delaney Trail and Miles Hersch, both 17. The teens sat in as observers, both hoping to get a jump on civic participation.

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“I want to know what’s going on, so that when I’m 18 I can be an informed part of the process,” Trail said. She’s been passing out fliers and posters for Chris Kolker, a candidate for House District 38 who she says hits the right notes on her primary issues: education and health care funding.

“Teens should try to get involved young, because the earlier you start voting, the more likely you are to keep doing so,” Trail said. “You need to be involved to be heard.”

Hersch founded his school’s Progressive Club, and said membership has been lagging, so he’s hoping to get more involved to become a more informed leader.

“I want to reach out to people to get to know what Democrats do in the community beyond the presidential elections,” Hersch said. “I want to make our future brighter. If young people don’t vote, we lose the chance to influence things.”

Hersch said he’s passionate about school safety and gun control, and supports a ban on the sale of assault rifles.

“Who needs an AR-15 to hunt?”

Hersch said.

Democratic turnout seemed high this year, said Arne McDaniel, the chairman of precinct 148’s table of eight — five of whom were caucusing for the first time.

McDaniel has been involved in Colorado politics since he moved to the state in 1994 from California, and appreciates the chance to be in on the ground floor.

“We got invited to Democratic precinct work not long after we arrived, and within two years we were hosting

This year, offices up for election that serve Arapahoe County include: United States House of Representatives, Districts 1, 4 and 6 Colorado Governor and lieutenant governor Attorney general Secretary of State State treasurer State board of education, District 4 State House of Representatives, Districts 3, 9, 36, 37, 38, 40, 41, 42, 56 University of Colorado Board of Regents, regent at-large Arapahoe County Assessor Clerk and recorder County commissioner, District 2 County commissioner, District 4 Coroner Sheriff Treasurer campaign launch events for Senate candidates. Denver has been incredible for me and my wife — politics here are so well organized, and people are so enthusiastic.”

McDaniel, like many at the tables arranged around the school gym, was concerned about President Trump.

“I’m a business owner, and I care about how business is conducted and how tax policy shapes up. We need to be closely involved if we’re going to push back.”

For others, like Liesa Malik, standing up to a Trump presidency felt more dire.

“We’ve had an extremely disappointing experience since 2016, both with the election itself and the possibility of a foreign country trying to take over our governance,” Malik said.

“This president has taken the rights and advantages the Constitution provides, but not exercised the responsibility that goes with those rights.”

Malik said this was her first time participating in a midterm caucus, and preferred it to the “zoo” that the 2016 presidential caucus became.

“We were able to actually talk about the issues instead of just shouting,” she said.

The big issues were closer to home for Helen Beyer, a nurse who said she’s growing tired of watching her colleagues priced out of Denver’s skyhigh housing market.

“It’s a cliché, but all politics are local,” Beyer said. “I wish I saw more young people in here, so we could hear more about what matters to them.”

Democrats from Arapahoe County precinct 107 caucus at Englewood High School on March 6. The precinct is just inside the northern border of Englewood and is bounded

by Yale Avenue, Logan Street, Floyd Avenue and Broadway.

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THEATER

Michael Ammar Show: 7:30 p.m.

Friday and Saturday, March 16-17 and 3 p.m. Sunday, March 18 at Theatre of Dreams, 735 Park St., Castle Rock. Ammar won the gold medal in close-up magic in Lausanne, Switzerland, and has numerous television credits. Tickets at http://tickets.amazingshows. com.

Something’s Afoot, A Musical Whodunit: 7:30 p.m. Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays, and 2 p.m.

Sundays through March 25 at Town Hall Arts Center, 2450 W. Main St., Littleton. Tickets: 303-794-2787 ext. 5, or townhallartscenter.org/ somethings-afoot.

ART/CRAFTS

Open Play: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, March 17 at Englewood Public Library, 1000 Englewood Parkway.

Call the children’s department at 303-762-2560.

Messy Art: 10:30-11:30 a.m. Tuesday, March 20 at Englewood Public Library, 1000 Englewood Parkway.

This month, paint with string. Dress to get messy. Call the children’s department at 303-762-2560.

MUSIC

Lenten Recitals: 12:10-12:40 p.m.

Wednesdays in Lent at St. Andrew United Methodist Church, 9203 S. University Blvd. in Highlands Ranch. A soup lunch is also served for a donation. March 21: Ben Ehrlich, organist. Contact: Mark Zwilling 303 794-2683 or mzwilling@gostandrew.com John Brown University Cathedral Choir: 7 p.m. Thursday, March 22 at Waterstone Community Church, 5890 S. Alkire St., Littleton. Call 303-972-2200.

FILM/MOVIES

Lifetree Café Discussion Group: 5-6 p.m. March 19 (Dangerous Food: Is your Supermarket Killing You?); March 26 (Do Good Dogs Go to Heaven? Questions About Animals and the Afterlife) at DAZBOG, 202 Wilcox St., Castle Rock. Call 303-814-0142. Go to LifetreeCafe. com.

FOOD/ COOKING

Knights of Columbus Lenten Fish Fry: 4-6:30 p.m. Fridays in Lent (no service on Good Friday) at Ave Maria Catholic Church, 9056 E. Parker Road, Parker. Dates are March 16 and March 23. Homemade desserts also sold.

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of Cutthroat Chapter of Trout Unlimited, which meets the third Tuesday of each month at Cresthill. Tim Wade of North Fork Anglers in Cody, Wyoming, leads presentation. Go to www. cutthroatctu.org/

Birding Insights: `Drumroll Please, Woodpeckers of the Front Range’: noon to 3 p.m.

Sunday, March 18 at 9308 S. Wadsworth Blvd., Littleton. Learn about the Northern Flicker, a woodpecker who loves to dine on the harvester ants at the Audubon Nature Center. One Audubon Society member set up a nest box with a camera to view the development of five fledglings. Register at www.denveraudubon.org.

The Other Side of Yellowstone: 6:30-8:30 p.m.

Tuesday, March 20, at Cresthill Middle School, 9195 Cresthill Lane, Highlands Ranch. Program

READING/WRITING

Evening with Author Brad Meltzer: 6:30 p.m. Friday, March 16 at the James H. LaRue Library, 9292 Ridgeline Blvd., Highlands Ranch.

Hear about his new fiction thriller “The Escape Artist”; book sale and signing to follow talk. Registration required. Contact 303-791-7323 or DCL.org.

Astronomy at the Audubon Center: Meteors, Asteroids, and Comets, Oh My! 7-9 p.m. Friday, March 16 at 9308 S. Wadsworth Blvd., Littleton. Join Red Rocks Community College professors and students for an introduction to astronomy. Register at www. denveraudubon.org.

Genealogy: The Beginning: 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Saturday, March 17 and Saturday, March 24 at Englewood Public Library, 1000 Englewood Parkway. Join genealogy expert Leah Klocek to learn the basics and get started learning about your ancestors. For adults and teens. Register at http://www. englewoodlibrary.org/ The Human Library: 1:30 p.m. Sunday, March 18 at the Philip S. Miller Library, 100 S. Wilcox St., Castle Rock. Adults.

Registration is required; call 303-791-7323 or DCL.org.

Digital Drop-In Tech Help: 2-4 p.m. Monday, March 19 at the Lone Tree Library, 10055 Library Way. Adults. No registration required; more info at 303-791-7323 or DCL.org.

Learn About Backyard Birding: 10 a.m. Wednesday, March 21 at the Philip S. Miller Library, 100 S. Wilcox St., Castle Rock. Tips and tricks for backyard birdwatching with a representative from the Audubon Society of Greater Denver. Ages 50-plus. Registration is required; 303-7917323 or DCL.org.

Juice O’ The Barley Benefit Concert: 7 p.m. Friday, March 23 at Good Shepherd Episcopal Church, 8545 E. Dry Creek Road, Centennial. Benefits NAMI Arapahoe/Douglas Counties. Go to www.gshep. org/music-with-a-mission-concert-series.

Legendary Ladies, Unconventional Women of the West: 7-8:30 p.m. Monday, March 19 at Southridge Recreation Center, 4800 McArthur Ranch Road, Highlands Ranch. Program of the Highlands Ranch Historical Society.

Go to http://thehrhs. org/ for information.

The Mega Minds of Whales: 7 p.m.

Tuesday, March 20 at Bemis Public Library, 6014 S. Datura St., Littleton. Bemis and students from Red Rocks Community College’s Park Ranger Interpretation program are presenting a series of programs about wildlife and natural resources. Call 303-795-3961.

Writing Your Own Story: 8:30-9:30 a.m. Wednesday, March 21 at Littleton United Methodist Church, 5894 S. Datura St., Littleton. Program of the LUMC Optimist Club. Henry “Hank” Wyeno will talk about how to self-publish your story for the benefit of your children, grandchildren, family and yourself.

Fandom Fun: 4-5:30 p.m. Friday, March 23 at Southglenn Library, 6972 S. Vine St., Centennial. For tweens and teens. Go to arapahoelibraries.org.

Laughs with Joy Johnson: 1-2 p.m.

Saturday, March 24 at Koelbel Library, 5955 S. Holly St., Centennial.

Joy Johnson presents jokes and stories from her comedy-mystery series celebrating senior women friendships, “The BOOB Girls: The Burned Out Old Broads at Table 12.”

Go to arapahoelibraries.org.

Lego Maniacs: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Saturday, March 24; 1-5 p.m. Monday, March 26; and 1-5 p.m. Friday, March 30 at Englewood Public Library, 1000 Englewood Parkway.

Call the children’s department at 303-762-2560.

Sports Card Collecting for Tweens: 2-3 p.m. Sunday, March 25 at Castlewood Library, 6739 S. Uinta St., Centennial. An expert from Mike’s Stadium Sports Cards will show you how to get started and protect your collection. Go to arapahoelibraries.org.

Nonfiction Book Club, “A Fine Mess”

by T.R. Reid: 1 p.m. Wednesday, April 18 at the Columbine Public Library, 7706 W. Bowles Ave., Littleton; and 9:30 a.m. Saturday, April 21 at Brookdale Westland Meridian, 10695 W. 17th Ave., Lakewood. Read “A Fine Mess: A Global Quest for a Simpler, Fairer and More Efficient Tax System” by journalist T.R. Reid before the meeting and be ready for a discussion. Presented by Jeffco League of Women Voters. Call Lynne at 303-985-5128.

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Spring Break Sports Camp: 9 a.m. to noon Monday, March 19 and Wednesday, March 21 at Recreation Center at Southridge. Students with special needs, ages 8 and older, will learn the skills needed to play a variety of sports. The also will learn rules of the game, focusing on good sportsmanship and teamwork.

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I Care? 9:30-11:30 a.m. Tuesday, March 20 at Lutheran Church of the Holy Spirit, 6400 S. University Blvd., Centennial. Presented by Wendy Dillenschneider, experienced genetic genealogist. Contact ColumbineGenealogy@gmail.com. Go to www.

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Monday Morning Links Ladies Golf League: Accepting applications for the Monday morning 9-hole golf group. Group is open to women golfers ages 21 and older. Applications and more information available at The Links Golf Course Pro Shop. Contact Sherrie Mitchell at 303-799-4583 or email mmlinksladies18@gmail.com.

Broken Tee Women’s 9 Hole Monday Golf League is seeking new members. League plays on Monday mornings from April to September at Broken Tee Golf Course, 2101 W. Oxford Ave., Englewood. This is the league’s 40th anniversary. Contact Sharron Quirin at 303-549-8545.

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Anticoagulation Basics: Through Thick & Thin: 1:30-2:30 p.m.

Monday, March 19 at South Denver Heart Center, 1000 SouthPark Drive, Littleton. Learn to live with Warfarin/Coumadin. Call 303-744-1065 or go to www.southdenver.com for information or to register.

Diabetes, Prediabetes and Insulin Resistance: 11 a.m. to noon Monday, March 19 at South Denver Heart Center, 1000 SouthPark Drive, Littleton. Susan Weitkunat, RD, CDE teaches the ins and outs of diabetes and how to control blood sugar. Call 303-744-1065 or go to www.southdenver.com for information or to register.

EDUCATION

Sisters of Courage: A Colorado Tale: 1:30-2:30 p.m. Friday, March 16 at Koelbel Library, 5955 S. Holly St., Centennial. Historian Dave Lively will transport you to 1896, where the Harbison family operated a 160-acre dairy ranch at the Grand Lake entrance of Rocky Mountain National Park. Go to arapahoelibraries.org.

North Korea: 1-2 p.m. Thursday, March 22 at Castle Rock Senior Center, 2323 Woodlands Blvd., Castle Rock. Active Minds program.

Call 303-688-9498 to RSVP. India: A Story of Contrast: 10-11 a.m. Friday, March 23 at Malley Senior Center, 3380 S. Lincoln St., Englewood. Active Minds program.

Call 303-762-2660 to RSVP. Editor’s note: Calendar submissions must be received by noon Wednesday for publication the following week. To place a calendar item go to eventlink.coloradocommunitymedia.com

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Local athlete is giant slalom state champ

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Littleton midfielder Nick Schreiber (16) shields the ball from a Thompson Valley defender as he moves upfield during the March 10 nonconference lacrosse game. Matty Paredes led the Lions, scoring four goals to go along with three assists, but Littleton lost the game to the visiting Eagles, 9-8.

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Goals scored in the second, third and fourth periods by the Littleton boys lacrosse team in a 9-4 loss to Heritage on March 8.

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Shots on goal for the Arapahoe girls soccer team compared to one for Lakewood in a 3-0 win on March 8.

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Goals for Littleton senior Sarah Gray in 5-0 and 2-1 girls soccer wins over Pomona and Chaparral .

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Goals scored by the Cherry Creek girls lacrosse team in an 18-6 win over ThunderRidge and a 18-5 triumph over Denver East.

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Points won by Littleton senior Brittany Line, who won the girls shot put with a throw of 37-02.25 at the March 10 Columbine Invite.

Standout Performers Payton Canon, Cherry Creek The senior carded an even-par 31 in a nine-hole Centennial League girls golf season opener on March 8 at The Links.

Isaac Kron, Cherry Creek The senior went 3-for-3 with three runs batted in in a 15-7 baseball win over Dakota Ridge on March 10.

Josh Carlson, Arapahoe The sophomore had four goals and an assist in a 17-3 boys lacrosse triumph over Cherokee Trail on March 10.

Gunnar Carlile, Heritage The senior scored three goals and added an assist in a 9-4 boys lacrosse win over Littleton on March 8.

Matty Paredes, Littleton The senior had a big game with four goals and three assists in a 9-8 boys lacrosse loss to Thompson Valley on March 10.

Pearl Schwartz, Cherry Creek The senior scored seven goals to lead the girls lacrosse team to an 18-6 win over ThunderRidge on March 8.

STANDOUT PERFORMERS are six athletes named from south metro area high schools.

Preference is given to those making their debut on the list. To nominate an athlete, contact Jim Benton at jbenton@coloradocommunitymedia.com

s bizarre as it might sound, high school skiing is an overlooked sport on the Front Range in Colorado.

Skiing may connote Colorado between the months of November through March, but any high school OVERTIME skier from Front Range schools has to join mountain schools to compete in the Colorado High School Activities Association’s state championships.

It is a winter Jim Benton sport that doesn’t garner much attention in the Denver area compared to basketball, wrestling, girls swimming and hockey.

Luke Bailey, a senior at Chaparral who was skiing for Platte Canyon High School, was the state giant slalom champ at the CHSAA state meet held Feb. 22-23 at Ski Cooper near Leadville. He was also second in the slalom and was named the co-Alpine Skier of the Year along with Michael Resnick of Vail Mountain.

In the 53-history of the ski program at Platte Canyon, nobody had ever won an individual state championship until Bailey and Alex Cregan captured state titles last month. Cregan won the girls giant slalom.

Bailey will continue his athletic endeavors at St. Cloud State after his graduation from Chaparral but he will be playing baseball. Bailey is an outfielder and captain on the Wolverines baseball team.

“It’s pretty cool to be a state champion,” said Bailey. “I think once school winds down it will sink in. It would be nice to see my name at Chaparral but it’s not a team sport at school.”

Bailey followed his brother Nick, who skied for Platte Canyon six years ago. Nick placed third in the giant slalom in 2013 and sixth in the slalom.

Luke, who was seventh last winter in the giant slalom, had the two fastest runs in the GS and finished with a tworun total of 2:09.09 to beat Resnick. In the slalom, he had a total time of 1:10.23 and was second behind Resnick.

“I skied well in the giant slalom, the course definitely suited me,” said Bailey. “There were a few technical spots that you definitely had to watch out for down at the bottom of the course.

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Englewood athletes get up to speed for track season Pirates working out in preparation for March 10 opener

BY TOM MUNDS TMUNDS@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

The sound of running feet shattered the months of silence on the track inside Englewood High School Stadium as about 40 athletes began training for the coming track and field season.

“We have a decent turnout of Englewood athletes, plus we will have about 10 athletes joining us from St. Mary’s Academy for the season,” Pirates coach Ryan Wess said. “We have a good mix of young athletes and veterans. Most of our sprinters are young but are pretty good. I think our team will score points in the sprints and the distance events.

“We have a few kids throwing shot put and discus. We could use more athletes competing in those events and definitely it would help us if more girls signed up to compete in those events.”

Wess said plans are for the Pirates to compete in at least six meets this season. He said most of the meets on the schedule are Denver Public Schools meets.

However the first meet of the season for the Pirates will be March 10 at Columbine.

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“Not all our kids will compete at Columbine,” the coach said. “We will take the kids who are in shape, and we know that won’t be all our kids because we still will have new kids joining our team in the next week or so.”

Wess and Andy Cornell are coach-

ing the team for the first time. Wess, who also coaches the Englewood cross country teams, works with the distance runners. Cornell, an EHS graduate who ran track for the Pirates, is coaching sprinters and hurdlers.

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Coach Andy Cornell directs the warmup exercises for sprinters and hurdlers during the Feb. 28 Englewood High School track team practice. Cornell and Ryan Wyss are coaching the team this season for the first time and there are about 40 athletes are out for the team, including about 10 girls from St. Mary’s Academy.

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Englewood coach Ryan Wyss explains the route he wants his distance runners to follow during track team practice Feb. 28. Wyss said he was pleased with a turnout of about 40 athletes for his first season coaching track and field. He also coached Pirate cross country and he said he will primarily coach distance runners while Andy Cornell, who shares the head coaching duties, works with sprinters and hurdlers. TOM MUNDS

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He is a familiar face to many athletes because he has been an assistant football and track coach for several years.

The team took advantage of the nice weather to get in a full practice Feb. 28. Cornell worked with the shortdistance event runners. He led them through a series of stretching exercises before running on the track. At the same time, Wess gathered the distance runners around him. He instructed them to run a street course of about two miles at a comfortable pace.

He said he wasn’t interested in fast times, he just wanted to have them get out and run a distance route as part of getting ready for competition.

Englewood senior Dwight Anderson is back with the team this season.

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discus but he will also run sprints for his team.

Anderson, who wrestled for the Pirates, said he was in shape and ready to compete.

“Wrestling got me in great shape for the track season,” the senior said.

“I will focus on shot put and discus.

Discus is the most difficult event for me. Technique is so important in both shot put and discus. I hope to improve my techniques in both events. One of my goals this season to throw the discus more than 100 feet.”

Anderson said work in the weight room to get stronger for wrestling also makes him stronger for the track season.

“Wrestling also helped me build my endurance which will help me in my track events,” he said. “This is my senior year, so I plan to focus on having the best season of my high school career and to do all I can to help our team score points.”

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Colorado Attorney General 1300 Broadway, 10th Floor Denver, Colorado 80203 (800) 222-4444 www.coloradoattorneygeneral.gov

Also known by street and number as: 3780 S DELAWARE ST., ENGLEWOOD, CO 80110.

Public Notices Public Trustees COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0001-2018

To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On January 5, 2018, 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) 2143, LLC, a Colorado limited liability company Original Beneficiary(ies) Equable Investment Corporation Current Holder of Evidence of Debt Equable Investment Corporation Date of Deed of Trust May 03, 2017 County of Recording Arapahoe Recording Date of Deed of Trust May 04, 2017 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) D7050717 Original Principal Amount $480,000.00 Outstanding Principal Balance $480,000.00

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. SEE EXHIBIT A ATTACHED. Also known by street and number as: 4286 S Akron St., Greenwood Village, CO 80111.

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, 05/09/2018, 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: 3/15/2018 Last Publication: 4/12/2018 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;

IF THE BORROWER BELIEVES THAT A LENDER OR SERVICER HAS VIOLATED THE REQUIREMENTS FOR A SINGLE POINT OF CONTACT IN SECTION 38-38-103.1 OR THE PROHIBITION ON DUAL TRACKING IN SECTION 38-38-103.2, THE BORROWER MAY FILE A COMPLAINT WITH THE COLORADO ATTORNEY GENERAL, THE FEDERAL CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION BUREAU (CFPB), OR BOTH. THE FILING OF A COMPLAINT WILL NOT STOP THE FORECLOSURE PROCESS. Colorado Attorney General 1300 Broadway, 10th Floor Denver, Colorado 80203 (800) 222-4444 www.coloradoattorneygeneral.gov Federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau P.O. Box 4503 Iowa City, Iowa 52244 (855) 411-2372 www.consumerfinance.gov DATE: 01/05/2018 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:

Robert W Hatch II #16888

Notices

KILLIES BROADWAY HEIGHTS, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO.

Federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau P.O. Box 4503 Iowa City, Iowa 52244 (855) 411-2372 www.consumerfinance.gov

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

DATE: 01/05/2018 Susan K Ryden, Public Trustee in and for the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado By: Susan K Ryden, Public Trustee

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.

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

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, 04/11/2018, 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

Robert W Hatch II #16888 Christopher J. Conant #40269 Hatch Ray Olsen Conant LLC 730 Seventeenth Street, Suite 200, Denver, CO 80202 (303) 2981800 Attorney File # 4286 S AKRON ST 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.

NOTICE OF SALE

Public Trustees

©Public Trustees' Association of Colorado Revised 1/2015

First Publication: 2/15/2018 Last Publication: 3/15/2018 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent

0001-2018 EXHIBIT A Lot 10, Block 15, Cherry Creek Village - Fourth Filing, together with that part vacated South Akron Street adjoining said Lot 10 on the West described as follows:

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;

Beginning at the Southwest corner of said Lot 10; thence North 6.92 feet to the True Point of Beginning; thence along the arc of a curve to the left whose Radius is 30.00 feet and whose Central Angle is 90 degrees, a distance of 47.12 feet; thence North and parallel to the center line of South Akron Street, a distance of 47.12 feet; thence North and parallel to the center line of South Akron Street, a distance of 6.40 feet; thence Northwesterly along the Northwesterly line of said Lot 10 Projected, a distance of 82.86 feet to the Northwesterly corner of said Lot 10; thence Southwesterly along the Arc of a Curve to the right whose Radius if 50.00 feet and whose central angle is 114 degrees 35 Minutes 30 Seconds, a distance of 100 feet to the True point of Beginning, County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado.

IF THE BORROWER BELIEVES THAT A LENDER OR SERVICER HAS VIOLATED THE REQUIREMENTS FOR A SINGLE POINT OF CONTACT IN SECTION 38-38-103.1 OR THE PROHIBITION ON DUAL TRACKING IN SECTION 38-38-103.2, THE BORROWER MAY FILE A COMPLAINT WITH THE COLORADO ATTORNEY GENERAL, THE FEDERAL CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION BUREAU (CFPB), OR BOTH. THE FILING OF A COMPLAINT WILL NOT STOP THE FORECLOSURE PROCESS.

Commonly known and numbered as: 4286 S Akron St., Greenwood Village, Colorado, 80111

Federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau P.O. Box 4503 Iowa City, Iowa 52244 (855) 411-2372 www.consumerfinance.gov

Legal Notice NO.: 0001-2018 First Publication: 3/15/2018 Last Publication: 4/12/2018 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0671-2017 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On December 8, 2017, 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) KATHY R CANNON AND DANIEL CANNON Original Beneficiary(ies) MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., ACTING SOLELY AS NOMINEE FOR MARKET WISE MORTGAGE INC. Current Holder of Evidence of Debt NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE LLC D/B/A MR. COOPER Date of Deed of Trust January 17, 2007 County of Recording Arapahoe Recording Date of Deed of Trust January 18, 2007 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) B7007696 Original Principal Amount $195,000.00 Outstanding Principal Balance $228,291.81 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 19 AND 20, BLOCK 5, HAMILTON AND KILLIES BROADWAY HEIGHTS, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO. Also known by street and number as: 3780 S DELAWARE 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, 04/11/2018, at the East Hearing Room, County Administration Building, 5334 South Prince Street, Littleton, Colorado, 80120, sell to the

Colorado Attorney General 1300 Broadway, 10th Floor Denver, Colorado 80203 (800) 222-4444 www.coloradoattorneygeneral.gov

DATE: 12/08/2017 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: Monica Kadrmas #34904 Randall Chin #31149 Weldon Phillips #31827 Lauren Tew #45041 Nichole Williams #49611 Barrett, Frappier & Weisserman, LLP 1199 Bannock Street, Denver, CO 80204 (303) 350-3711 Attorney File # 00000007217664 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.: 0671-2017 First Publication: 2/15/2018 Last Publication: 3/15/2018 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0708-2017 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On January 2, 2018, 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) JOHN DEYOUNG Original Beneficiary(ies) MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., ACTING SOLELY AS NOMINEE FOR FINANCE OF AMERICA MORTGAGE LLC Current Holder of Evidence of Debt LAKEVIEW LOAN SERVICING, LLC Date of Deed of Trust July 14, 2016 County of Recording Arapahoe Recording Date of Deed of Trust July 15, 2016 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) D6075872 Original Principal Amount $255,290.00 Outstanding Principal Balance $252,112.07 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.

Current Holder of Evidence of Debt LAKEVIEW LOAN SERVICING, LLC Date of Deed of Trust July 14, 2016 County of Recording Arapahoe Recording Date of Deed of Trust July 15, 2016 COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION Recording Information (Reception No. CRS §38-38-103 and/or Book/Page No.) FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0677-2017 D6075872 Original Principal Amount To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given $255,290.00 with regard to the following described Deed of Outstanding Principal Balance To advertise yourTrust: public notices call 303-566-4100 $252,112.07 On December 13, 2017, the undersigned Public Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you are Trustee caused the Notice of Election and hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described trust have been violated as follows: failure to below to be recorded in the County of Arapahoe records. pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the evidOriginal Grantor(s) ence of debt secured by the deed of trust and STEVEN T RAHN other violations thereof.

Original Beneficiary(ies) THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION FIRST LIEN. SYSTEMS, INC., ACTING SOLELY AS NOMINEE FOR LENDER, LOT 243, BLOCK 1, HIGHLAND VIEW II, PINNACLE MORTGAGE GROUP INC. COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, Current Holder of Evidence of Debt STATE OF COLORADO. FEDERAL NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION (“FANNIE MAE”), Also known by street and number as: A CORPORATION ORGANIZED AND 8242 SOUTH FILLMORE CIRCLE, EXISTING UNDER THE LAWS OF THE CENTENNIAL, CO 80122.

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Date of Deed of Trust THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL June 25, 2012 OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCounty of Recording CUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF Arapahoe TRUST. Recording Date of Deed of Trust July 12, 2012 NOTICE OF SALE Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) The current holder of the Evidence of Debt seD2075473 cured by the Deed of Trust, described herein, Original Principal Amount has filed Notice of Election and Demand for sale $137,000.00 as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust.

Outstanding Principal Balance $124,140.69 THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you are 05/02/2018, at the East Hearing Room, County hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of Administration Building, 5334 South Prince trust have been violated as follows: failure to pay principal and interest when due together Street, Littleton, Colorado, 80120, sell to the with all other payments provided for in the evidhighest and best bidder for cash, the said real ence of debt secured by the deed of trust and property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), other violations thereof.

Grantor(s)' heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. Trust, plus attorneys' fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to LOTS 14 AND 15, BLOCK 9, ROSE ADDIthe purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as TION TO ENGLEWOOD, COUNTY OF ARprovided by law.

APAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO. First Publication: 3/8/2018 Also known by street and number as: Last Publication: 4/5/2018 3262 S. LOGAN ST, ENGLEWOOD, CO 80113.

Name of Publication: Littleton Independent

March 15, 2018M

Public Trustees

Public Trustees

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;

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

IF THE BORROWER BELIEVES THAT A LENDER OR SERVICER HAS VIOLATED THE REQUIREMENTS FOR A SINGLE POINT OF CONTACT IN SECTION 38-38-103.1 OR THE PROHIBITION ON DUAL TRACKING IN SECTION 38-38-103.2, THE BORROWER MAY FILE A COMPLAINT WITH THE COLORADO ATTORNEY GENERAL, THE FEDERAL CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION BUREAU (CFPB), OR BOTH. THE FILING OF A COMPLAINT WILL NOT STOP THE FORECLOSURE PROCESS. Colorado Attorney General 1300 Broadway, 10th Floor Denver, Colorado 80203 (800) 222-4444 www.coloradoattorneygeneral.gov Federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau P.O. Box 4503 Iowa City, Iowa 52244 (855) 411-2372 www.consumerfinance.gov DATE: 01/02/2018 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: Monica Kadrmas #34904 Randall Chin #31149 Weldon Phillips #31827 Lauren Tew #45041 Nichole Williams #49611 Barrett, Frappier & Weisserman, LLP 1199 Bannock Street, Denver, CO 80204 (303) 350-3711 Attorney File # 00000007121288 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.: 0708-2017 First Publication: 3/8/2018 Last Publication: 4/5/2018 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0677-2017 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On December 13, 2017, 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) STEVEN T RAHN Original Beneficiary(ies)

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, 04/11/2018, 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: 2/15/2018 Last Publication: 3/15/2018 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;

IF THE BORROWER BELIEVES THAT A LENDER OR SERVICER HAS VIOLATED THE REQUIREMENTS FOR A SINGLE POINT OF CONTACT IN SECTION 38-38-103.1 OR THE PROHIBITION ON DUAL TRACKING IN SECTION 38-38-103.2, THE BORROWER MAY FILE A COMPLAINT WITH THE COLORADO ATTORNEY GENERAL, THE FEDERAL CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION BUREAU (CFPB), OR BOTH. THE FILING OF A COMPLAINT WILL NOT STOP THE FORECLOSURE PROCESS. Colorado Attorney General 1300 Broadway, 10th Floor Denver, Colorado 80203 (800) 222-4444 www.coloradoattorneygeneral.gov Federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau P.O. Box 4503 Iowa City, Iowa 52244 (855) 411-2372 www.consumerfinance.gov

DATE: 12/13/2017 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: Heather Deere #28597 Toni M. Owan #30580 Halliday, Watkins & Mann, PC 355 Union Blvd., Ste. 250, Lakewood, CO 80228 (303) 274-0155 Attorney File # 17-914-80045

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The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector

The name, address, business telephone numMarch 15, 2018 ber and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is:

Heather Deere #28597 Toni M. Owan #30580 Halliday, Watkins & Mann, PC 355 Union Blvd., Ste. 250, Lakewood, CO 80228 (303) 274-0155 Attorney File # 17-914-80045

Public Trustees

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

Federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau P.O. Box 4503 Iowa City, Iowa 52244 (855) 411-2372 www.consumerfinance.gov

Public Trustees

DATE: 12/19/2017 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:

PUBLIC NOTICE Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name

Name Changes

Public notice is given on February 16, 2018, that a Petition for a Change of Name of a minor child has been filed with the Arapahoe County Court.

The petition requests that the name of Nathan Joseph Crandell be changed to Nathan Joseph Ryckman Case No.: 18 C 100140 By: Amy Johnson, Deputy Clerk

COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0692-2017

Eve Grina #43658 Jennifer Cruseturner #44452 Holly Shilliday #24423 Courtney Wright #45482 Erin Robson #46557 Jennifer Rogers #34682 McCarthy & Holthus LLP 7700 E Arapahoe Road, Suite 230, Centennial, CO 80112 (877) 369-6122 Attorney File # CO-17-801219-LL

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

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 notice is given on February 9, 2018, that a Petition for a Change of Name of an adult has been filed with the Arapahoe County Court.

On December 19, 2017, 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

The petition requests that the name of Alexander Donald Cox be changed to Lillith Alexandra Cox Case No.: 2018 C 100121

Legal Notice NO.: 0677-2017 First Publication: 2/15/2018 Last Publication: 3/15/2018 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent

Original Grantor(s) John J. Peters and Jenifer L. Peters Original Beneficiary(ies) Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for FPF Wholesale, a Division of Stearns Lending, Inc. Current Holder of Evidence of Debt Wells Fargo Bank, NA. Date of Deed of Trust March 26, 2012 County of Recording Arapahoe Recording Date of Deed of Trust April 03, 2012 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) D2036244 Original Principal Amount $215,312.00 Outstanding Principal Balance $192,639.47

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 2, BLOCK 28, BROADMOOR FIFTH FILING, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO. Also known by street and number as: 6065 South Bannock Street, Littleton, CO 80120.

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, 04/18/2018, 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: 2/22/2018 Last Publication: 3/22/2018 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;

IF THE BORROWER BELIEVES THAT A LENDER OR SERVICER HAS VIOLATED THE REQUIREMENTS FOR A SINGLE POINT OF CONTACT IN SECTION 38-38-103.1 OR THE PROHIBITION ON DUAL TRACKING IN SECTION 38-38-103.2, THE BORROWER MAY FILE A COMPLAINT WITH THE COLORADO ATTORNEY GENERAL, THE FEDERAL CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION BUREAU (CFPB), OR BOTH. THE FILING OF A COMPLAINT WILL NOT STOP THE FORECLOSURE PROCESS. Colorado Attorney General 1300 Broadway, 10th Floor Denver, Colorado 80203 (800) 222-4444 www.coloradoattorneygeneral.gov Federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau P.O. Box 4503 Iowa City, Iowa 52244 (855) 411-2372 www.consumerfinance.gov DATE: 12/19/2017 Susan K Ryden, Public Trustee in and for the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado By: Susan K Ryden, Public Trustee

Legal Notice NO.: 0692-2017 First Publication: 2/22/2018 Last Publication: 3/22/2018 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent

Name Changes Public Notice County Court Arapahoe County, Colorado 1790 W. Littleton Blvd.

Littleton, Colorado 80120 In the Matter of the Petition of: Parent/ Petitioner: Sabrina Saylor For Minor Child: Alexander Allen Newman To Change the Child’s Name to: Alexander William Saylor Case Number: 18 C 100164 NOTICE TO NON-CUSTODIAL PARENT BY PUBLICATION Notice to: Mark Allen Newman, Jr., non custodial parent.

Notice is given that a hearing is scheduled as follows: Date: April 23, 2018 Time: 9:30 a.m.

Location: Arapahoe County Court Division A2 1790 W. Littleton Blvd.

Littleton, Colorado 80120 For the purpose of requesting a change of name for Alexander Allen Newman

Legal Notice No: 521201 First Publication: March 1, 2018 Last Publication: March 15, 2018 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name

By: Kelly Ann LaFave, County Court Judge Legal Notice No: 521203 First Publication: March 1, 2018 Last Publication: March 15, 2018 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name Public notice is given on February 16, 2018, 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 Lindsay Ann Jacques be changed to Lindsay Ann Gardner Case No.: 18 C 100143 Shana Kloek By: Kim Boswell, Deputy Clerk Legal Notice No: 521205 First Publication: March 1, 2018 Last Publication: March 15, 2018 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name Public notice is given on February 15, 2018, that a Petition for a Change of Name of an adult has been filed with the Arapahoe County Court.

Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name Public notice is given on March 5, 2018, that a Petition for a Change of Name of an adult has been filed with the Arapahoe County Court.

Name Changes

The petition requests that the name of Daniel Robert Barnhill be changed to Daniel Robert King Case No.: 2018 C 100169 By: Amy Johnston, Clerk of the Court / Deputy Clerk Legal Notice No: 521258 First Publication: March 15, 2018 Last Publication: March 29, 2018 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name Public notice is given on March 8, 2018, 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 Ivan DeWayne Snodgrass be changed to Ivan Jay Wayne Case No.: 18 C 100175 By: Amy Johnson, Clerk of Court / Deputy Clerk Legal Notice No: 521277 First Publication: March 15, 2018 Last Publication: March 29, 2018 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name Public notice is given on February 27, 2018, 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 Lily Fung be changed to Lilaya Hong Case No.: 18 C 100156

Notice To Creditors Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of John E. Jones, a/k/a John Edward Jones, a/k/a John Jones, Deceased Case Number: 18PR74

Shana Kloek By: Kim Boswell, Deputy Clerk

Date: March 8, 2018

Legal Notice No: 521206 First Publication: March 1, 2018 Last Publication: March 15, 2018 Publisher: Littleton Independent

Cynthia D. Jones, Personal Representative 1382 S. Edison Way Denver, CO 80222

In the Matter of the Petition of: Parent/ Petitioner: Azusena Castillo For Minor Child: Karla Betzaide Geronimo Castillo To Change the Child’s Name to: Karla Betzaide Castillo Case Number: 2018 C 100176 NOTICE TO NON-CUSTODIAL PARENT BY PUBLICATION Notice to: Luis Eduardo Geromino Sanchez, non custodial parent.

Notice is given that a hearing is scheduled as follows: Date: April 19, 2018 Time: 9:00 a.m.

Location: Arapahoe County Court 1790 W. Littleton Blvd.

Littleton, Colorado 80120 For the purpose of requesting a change of name for Karla Betzaide Castillo 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: March 8, 2018 Legal Notice No.: 521278 First Publication: March 15, 2018 Last Publication: March 29, 2018 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name Public notice is given on February 16, 2018, that a Petition for a Change of Name of a minor child has been filed with the Arapahoe County Court.

Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name Public notice is given on March 2, 2018, 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 Michael Danso be changed to Peter Michael Quansah Case No.: 18 C 100163 By: Amy Johnson, Clerk of Court / Deputy Clerk Legal Notice No: 521254 First Publication: March 15, 2018 Last Publication: March 29, 2018 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name Public notice is given on March 5, 2018, 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 Teshome Amde Woldemichael be changed to Teshome Woldemichael Amde Case No.: 18 C 100168 Shana Kloek By: Deputy Clerk Legal Notice No: 521256 First Publication: March 15, 2018 Last Publication: March 29, 2018 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name Public notice is given on March 5, 2018, 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 Daniel Robert Barnhill be changed to Daniel Robert King Case No.: 2018 C 100169

Kathryn S. Dolan Personal Representative c/o Brian Landy, Attorney 3780 South Broadway, Suite 107 Englewood, CO 80113 Legal Notice No.: 521223 First Publication: March 1, 2018 Last Publication: March 15, 2018 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS In the Matter of the Estate of: RONNIE RAY RICHTER, also known as RONNIE R. RICHTER, Deceased

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 9, 2018 or the claims may be forever barred.

Legal Notice No.: 521230 First Publication: March 8, 2018 Last Publication: March 22, 2018 Publisher: The Littleton Independent

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

Public Notice

All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the District Court of the County of Arapahoe, Colorado on or before July 2, 2018, or the claims may be forever barred.

Legal Notice No: 521232 First Publication: March 8, 2018 Last Publication: March 22, 2018 Publisher: Littleton Independent

All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado on or before July 9, 2018, or the claims may be forever barred.

County Court Arapahoe County, Colorado 1790 W. Littleton Blvd.

Littleton, Colorado 80120

Legal Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of JAMES HUBERT MCCONNELL, a/k/a JAMES H. MCCONNELL, a/k/a JAMES MCCONNELL, Deceased.

Case No.: 17PR30837

By: J. Kaufmann, Clerk of the Court / Deputy Clerk

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

PUBLIC NOTICE

Notice To Creditors

Darlene Thorndyke Personal Representative c/o Edward L. Zorn, #1653 Zorn & Richardson, P.C. 626 E. Platte Avenue Fort Morgan, CO 80701 (970) 867-1199

The petition requests that the name of Taylor Nicole Loomis be changed to Erik Taylor Andrews Case No.: 18 C 100137

Legal Notice No.: 521252 First Publication: March 15, 2018 Last Publication: April 13, 2018 Littleton Independent

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Legal Notice No.: 521231 First Publication: March 8, 2018 Last Publication: March 22, 2018 Publisher: The Englewood Herald and the Littleton Independent Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Mary S. Vanderhoef, aka Mary Sue Vanderhoef, aka Mary Vanderhoef, and Sue Vanderhoef, Deceased Case Number: 2018 PR 30145 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 2, 2018, or the claims may be forever barred.

Trig N. Vanderhoef, Personal Representative 4972 S. Eaton Pkwy Aurora, CO 80016 Phone: 303-725-1996 E-mail: trigandjack@comcast.net Legal Notice No.: 521202 First Publication: March 1, 2018 Last Publication: March 15, 2018 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Helen C. Havers, Deceased Case Number: 2018PR30160 All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado on or before July 2, 2018, or the claims may be forever barred.

Mary Jo Ford Personal Representative 962 South Ironton Street Aurora, CO 80012 Legal Notice No.: 521212 First Publication: March 1, 2018 Last Publication: March 15, 2018 Publisher: Littleton Independent

Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Lorna J. Corathers, aka Lorna Corathers, aka Lori Corathers, aka Lorna Joan Corathers, Deceased Case Number: 18PR30193

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 16, 2018 or the claims may be forever barred.

Maureen Mayer Personal Representative 8522 E. Sinto Spokane, WA 99212 Legal Notice No.: 521253 First Publication: March 15, 2018 Last Publication: March 29, 2018 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Dainna Lynn Cicotello, a/k/a Dianna Lynn Cicotello, a/k/a Daniel Joseph Cicotello, Deceased Case Number: 18 PR 30191

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 15, 2018, or the claims may be forever barred.

Laurie M. Cicotello, Personal Representative P.O. Box 387 Lihue, HI 96766 Phone #: (808) 294-5884 Email lcicotello@gmail.com Legal Notice No.: 521257 First Publication: March 15, 2018 Last Publication: March 29, 2018 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of SUSAN A. SUTTON, also known as SUSAN ANNETTE SUTTON, Deceased Case Number: 2018 PR 30244

All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado on or before July 16, 2018, or the claims may be forever barred.

Michael S. Sutton, Personal Representative 3355 N Highway 29 Cantonment, FL 32533 Legal Notice No.: 521268 First Publication: March 15, 2018 Last Publication: March 29, 2018 Publisher: The Englewood Herald and the Littleton Independent

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36 The Independent - The Herald Notice To Creditors Public Notice In the Colorado District Court in and for Arapahoe County, Colorado 7325 S. Potomac Street Centennial, Colorado 80112 In the Interests of: JOSHUA MICAH SCHEFFLER, Respondent Attorney: Law Office of Steven R. Owens, P.C. 6041 South Syracuse Way, Suite 103 Greenwood Village, Colorado 80111-4716 Phone Number: (720) 529-9800 E-mail: steve@mydenverlawyer.com FAX Number: (720) 529-1059 Atty. Reg.#: 24992 Case Number: 2018PR30203 Division 12 NOTICE OF HEARING BY PUBLICATION PURSUANT TO § 15-10-401, C.R.S. To: Virginia M. Branson, formerly known as Virginia M. Scheffler, formerly known as Virginia M. Dorgan Last Known Address, if any: Warwick, Rhode Island and all interested persons A hearing on Petition for Appointment of Guardian for Adult on behalf of Joshua Micah Scheffler will be held at the following time and location or at a later date to which the hearing may be continued: Date: April 16, 2018 Time: 1:30 pm Courtroom or Division: 12 Address: Arapahoe County Court, 7325 S. Potomac Street, Centennial, Colorado 80112 Legal Notice No.: 521263 First Publication: March 15, 2018 Last Publication: March 29, 2018 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Bethena Bleser, a/k/a Beth Bleser, Deceased Case Number: 2018PR030219 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 16, 2018 or the claims may be forever barred.

Alan J. Bleser, Personal Representative c/o Law Office of Byron K. Hammond, LLC 3900 E. Mexico Ave., Ste. 300 Denver, CO 80210 Legal Notice No.: 521269 First Publication: March 15, 2018 Last Publication: March 29, 2018 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of DOUGLAS MARTIN HANNASCH, a/k/a DOUGLAS M. HANNASCH, a/k/a DOUGLAS HANNASCH, Deceased.

Case No.: 2018PR30222

All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the District Court of the County of Arapahoe Colorado on or before July 20, 2018, or the claims may be forever barred.

Kay Leiner, Personal Representative c/o Brian Landy, Attorney 3780 South Broadway, Suite 107 Englewood, CO 80113 Legal Notice No.: 521270 First Publication: March 15, 2018 Last Publication: March 29, 2018 Publisher: The Englewood Herald and the Littleton Independent

PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Richard C. Waldorf, Deceased Case Number: 2018 PR 30079

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 July 2, 2018, or the claims may be forever barred.

Michael W. Reagor Attorney for the Personal Representative 8400 E. Prentice Avenue, Suite 1040 Greenwood Village, Colorado 80111 Legal Notice No: 521200 First Publication: March 1, 2018 Last Publication: March 15, 2018 Publisher: Englewood Herald and the Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Daniel Sichone, Deceased Case Number: 18 PR 30118 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 2, 2018, or the claims may be forever barred.

Robert D. Taylor, P.C. Attorney to the Personal Representative 7400 E. Caley Ave., No. 300 Centennial, Colorado 80111 Legal Notice No: 521207 First Publication: March 1, 2018 Last Publication: March 15, 2018 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Susan Baak, Deceased Case Number: 17 PR 518 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 10, 2018, or the claims may be forever barred.

Arlyn C. Baak Personal Representative 7977 S. Clayton Circle Centennial, Colorado 80122 Legal Notice No: 521211 First Publication: March 1, 2018 Last Publication: March 15, 2018 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Nancy Lee Striebing, aka Nancy L. Striebing, aka Nancy Striebing, Deceased Case Number: 18 PR 30042 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 2, 2018, or the claims may be forever barred.

Lisa L. Striebing Co-Personal Representative 2012 Davis Drive Burlingame, CA 94010 George Scott Striebing Co-Personal Representative 2665 5th Avenue, No. 506 San Diego, CA 92103 Legal Notice No: 521213 First Publication: March 1, 2018 Last Publication: March 15, 2018 Publisher: Littleton Independent and the Englewood Herald PUBLIC NOTICE

Public Notice

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Lillian D. French, aka Lillian Durbin French, Deceased Case Number: 2018-PR-30176

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Melvin Seymour Goldberg, aka Melvin S. Goldberg, aka Melvin Goldberg, aka Mel Goldberg, Deceased Case Number: 2018PR30230

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 2, 2018, or the claims may be forever barred.

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 16, 2018, 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.: 521280 First Publication: March 15, 2018 Last Publication: March 29, 2018 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Richard C. Waldorf, Deceased Case Number: 2018 PR 30079 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

Michael W. Reagor Dymond Reagor, PLLC Attorney to the Personal Representative 8400 E. Prentice Ave., Suite 1040 Greenwood Village, Colorado 80111 Legal Notice No: 521214 First Publication: March 1, 2018 Last Publication: March 15, 2018 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Peggy Laws Strickland, aka Peggy L. Strickland, and aka Peggy Strickland, Deceased Case Number: 2018 PR 30093 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 2, 2018, or the claims may be forever barred.

William L. Strickland Personal Representative

and aka Peggy Strickland, Deceased Case Number: 2018 PR 30093 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 2, 2018, or the claims may be forever barred.

Notice To Creditors

William L. Strickland Personal Representative 11 E. Belleview Lane Greenwood Village, Colorado 80121-1406 Legal Notice No: 521222 First Publication: March 1, 2018 Last Publication: March 15, 2018 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Margaret A. Scott, a/k/a Margret A. Scott, Deceased Case Number: 2018 PR 30021 All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to District Court of Arapahoe, County, Colorado on or before July 9, 2018, or the claims may be forever barred.

Steven Scott Personal Representative 4755 S. Huron Street Englewood, CO 80110 Legal Notice No: 521227 First Publication: March 8, 2018 Last Publication: March 22, 2018 Publisher: Littleton Independent

the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado on or before July 9, 2018, or the claims may be forever barred.

Dated this 8th day of March, 2018.

Notice To Creditors

ALLEN B. SAUER Personal Representative to the Estate 4869 W. Cedar Avenue Denver, CO 80219 Home Phone: 303-936-6119 Legal Notice No: 521244 First Publication: March 8, 2018 Last Publication: March 22, 2018 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of George B. Whitehead, aka George Whitehead, aka George Burtis Whitehead, Deceased Case Number: 2018 PR 30083 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 11, 2018, or the claims may be forever barred.

Gary R. Whitehead Personal Representative 45582 Whitcomb Square Sterling, VA 20166 Legal Notice No: 521245 First Publication: March 8, 2018 Last Publication: March 22, 2018 Publisher: Englewood Herald and the Littleton Independent

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NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of June V. Ferrell, Deceased Case Number 2018PR30171

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of ROSALIE JANE LAY a/k/a ROSALIE J. LAY, Deceased Case Number: 18PR30179

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 9, 2018, or the claims may be forever barred.

Kenneth F. Ferrell Personal Representative c/o Barbara E. Cashman, Esq. Barbara Cashman, LLC 4 West Dry Creek Cir., #100 Littleton, CO 80120 Phone Number: 720-242-8133 e-mail: Barb@DenverElderLaw.org Legal Notice No: 521228 First Publication: March 8, 2018 Last Publication: March 22, 2018 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of JOYCE ELIZABETH HOFFER, a/k/a JOYCE E. HOFFER a/k/a JOYCE HOFFER, Deceased Case No.: 17PR31246 All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the District Court of the County of Arapahoe, Colorado on or before July 10, 2018, or the claims may be forever barred.

Doug Hoffer Personal Representative c/o Brian Landy, Attorney 3780 South Broadway, Suite 107 Englewood, CO 80113 Legal Notice No: 521229 First Publication: March 8, 2018 Last Publication: March 22, 2018 Publisher: Englewood Herald and the Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Freida M. Bowman, aka Freida May McCoy Bowman, Deceased Case Number: 2017 PR 31061 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 9, 2018, or the claims may be forever barred.

Carole Yvonne Bowman Personal Representative c/o O'Dell & Silburn, LLC 1600 Jackson Street, Suite 200 Golden, Colorado 80401 Legal Notice No: 521242 First Publication: March 8, 2018 Last Publication: March 22, 2018 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS In the Matter of the Estate of: ELAINE LOOMIS, a/k/a ELAINE M. LOOMIS, a/k/a ELAINE MARY LOOMIS Deceased Case Number: 2018-PR-30143 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 9, 2018, or the claims may be forever barred.

Dated this 8th day of March, 2018.

ALLEN B. SAUER Personal Representative to the Estate 4869 W. Cedar Avenue Denver, CO 80219 Home Phone: 303-936-6119

All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado on or before July 9, 2018, or the claims may be forever barred.

Janet Sue Phelps Personal Representatives c/o Patrick A. Schilken, P.C. 7936 E. Arapahoe Court #2800 Centennial, CO 80112 Legal Notice No: 521248 First Publication: March 8, 2018 Last Publication: March 22, 2018 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Leslie James Petrash, aka Leslie J. Petrash, aka Leslie Petrash, Deceased Case Number: 2018 PR 30224 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 16, 2018, or the claims may be forever barred.

Leland J. Petrash Personal Representative 6574 S. Datura Street Littleton, Colorado 80120 Legal Notice No: 521250 First Publication: March 15, 2018 Last Publication: March 22, 2018 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Beverly Krieg, Deceased Case Number: 18 PR 88 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 16, 2018, or the claims may be forever barred.

Danny M. Krieg Jr. Personal Representative 4681 S. Decator Street, No. 223 Englewood, Colorado 80110 Legal Notice No: 521251 First Publication: March 15, 2018 Last Publication: March 29, 2018 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Harry Bauman, aka Harry H. Bauman, aka Harry Harold Bauman, Deceased Case Number: 2018 PR 30202 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 23, 2018, or the claims may be forever barred.

Glenn R. Bauman Personal Representative 7385 S. Washington Street Centennial, Colorado 80122 Legal Notice No: 521259 First Publication: March 15, 2018 Last Publication: March 29, 2018 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Ann Shouvlin Bryan, Deceased Case Number: 2018 PR 30153

March 15, 2018M Notice To NOTICE Creditors PUBLIC NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Ann Shouvlin Bryan, Deceased Case Number: 2018 PR 30153

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 15, 2018, or the claims may be forever barred.

Kellie Adam Personal Representative 9725 E. Hampden Avenue, Suite 102 Denver, Colorado 80231 Legal Notice No: 521272 First Publication: March 15, 2018 Last Publication: March 29, 2018 Publisher: Littleton Independent and the Englewood Herald PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Roy Van Dyke, aka Roy G. Van Dyke, aka Roy Glenn Van Dyke, aka Roy VanDyke, and Roy G. VanDyke, Deceased Case Number: 2017 PR 31249

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 15, 2018, or the claims may be forever barred.

Debra Witham Personal Representative 8201 S. Santa Fe Drive, Lot 4 Littleton, Colorado 80120 Legal Notice No: 521279 First Publication: March 15, 2018 Last Publication: March 29, 2018 Publisher: Littleton Independent and the Englewood Herald

Misc. Private Legals Public Notice DISTRICT COURT, ARAPAHOE COUNTY, STATE OF COLORADO Case No: 2017CV031285 Division: 202 NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE OF REAL PROPERTY Plaintiff: THE BREAKAWAY CONDOMINIUMS ASSOCIATION, INC., a Colorado nonprofit corporation v.

Defendants: RICHARD DEAN WISE; COMMERCIAL FEDERAL BANK; OCWEN LOAN SERVICING, LLC; DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY; THE OFFICE OF THE ARAPAHOE COUNTY PUBLIC TRUSTEE

Regarding: Condominium Unit No. 143, Building No. 17, Breakaway Condominiums, in accordance with and subject to the Declaration of Covenants, Conditions and Restrictions of The Breakaway Condominiums recorded on July 19, 2984 in Book 4217 at Page 512 and any and all amendments and supplements thereto, and Map recorded July 24, 1984 in Book 77 at Page 11, and any and all amendments or supplements thereto, County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado Also known and numbered as: 2276 S Pitkin Way, #D, Aurora, CO 80013 TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANTS, Please take notice:

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 Sheriff's Office of Arapahoe County, Colorado at 10:00 A.M., on the 12th day of April, 2018, at 13101 E. Broncos Pkwy, Centennial, CO 80112; phone number (303) 874-3850. 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 TIME OF SALE. ** Further, for the purpose of paying off, curing default or redemption, as provided by statute, intent must be directed to or conducted at the above address of the Civil Unit of the Sheriff’s Office of Arapahoe County, Colorado.

PLEASE NOTE THAT THE LIEN BEING FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN ON THE SUBJECT PROPERTY.

DATED in Colorado this 9th day of January, 2018.

David C. Walcher Sheriff of Arapahoe County, Colorado By: Trent Steffa, Deputy Sheriff ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF: ORTEN CAVANAGH & HOLMES, LLC 1445 Market Street, Suite 350 Denver, CO 80202 Legal Notice No.: 521036 First Publication: February 15, 2018 Last Publication: March 15, 2018 Published In: Littleton Independent

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Sheriff of Arapahoe County, Colorado By: Trent Steffa, Deputy Sheriff

March 15, 2018

ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF: ORTEN CAVANAGH & HOLMES, LLC 1445 Market Street, Suite 350 Denver, CO 80202

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Legal Notice No.: 521036 First Publication: February 15, 2018 Last Publication: March 15, 2018 Published In: Littleton Independent 4 W. Dry Creek Cr. 100, Littleton, CO 80120

Public Notice Hope’s Promise 309 Jerry Street, Castle Rock, CO 80104 (303) 660-0277 Timothy J. Eirich, Esq. Kathleen M. Glynn, Esq. Attorneys for Hope’s Promise Grob & Eirich, LLC 12596 W. Bayaud Ave., Suite 390 Lakewood, CO 80228 (303) 679-8266 NOTICE OF ANTICIPATED EXPEDITED RELINQUISHMENT OF THE PARENT-CHILD LEGAL RELATIONSHIP TO: CHRISTIAN (LAST NAME UNKNOWN) YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED, PURSUANT TO C.R.S. § 19-5-103.7, AS FOLLOWS: 1. You have been identified by Roxana Beatriz Hernandez as the possible birth father of her child who is expected to be born on or around March 29, 2018 in Colorado.

2. Ms. Roxana Beatriz Hernandez plans to relinquish her parental rights to the child on an expedited basis in the Douglas County District Court, State of Colorado, where the adoption agency has an office, pursuant to C.R.S. § 19-5103.5, in order to make the child available for adoption.

Placing a child for adoption requires termination of the birth mother and alleged birth father(s) parent-child legal relationships. Termination of parental rights means that, pursuant to a court order, all rights powers, privileges, immunities, duties, and obligations existing between a parent and a child are permanently severed, except for inheritance rights, which will be severed at the time of the final decree of adoption. Upon termination of parental rights, a parent shall: (a) no longer have the right to custody of, or parenting time with the child; (b) no longer have the right to any information concerning the whereabouts, activities, health, or well-being of the child; and (c) have no say in any further decisions concerning said child.

1. A birth parent of a child has the right to contest the termination of parental rights.

2. Failure to declare intent to contest the termination of parental rights may likely result in a termination of parental rights to the child. In order to contest the termination of the parent-child legal relationship, YOU MUST: • Request and then return a “Reply Form to Notice of Anticipated Expedited Relinquishment” to Hope’s Promise at the above addresses or to Grob & Eirich, LLC, 12596 W. Bayaud Ave., Suite 390, Lakewood, CO 80228 by Certified Mail, Return Receipt Requested, no later than twenty-one (21) days after the date of this notice or before the birth mother’s relinquishment petition is filed with the court, whichever occurs later. The date of notice shall be considered the date of the first day of publication in the newspaper.

OR • Request and return a “Reply Form to Notice of Anticipated Expedited Relinquishment” in person to Hope’s Promise, at the address indicated above, no later than twenty-one (21) days after the date of this notice or before the birth mother’s relinquishment petition is filed with the court, whichever occurs later. The date of notice shall be considered the date of the first day of publication in the newspaper. You should bring photo identification with you for in-person submission.

YOU MUST ALSO: • File a claim of paternity pursuant to Article 4 of Title 19, Colorado Revised Statutes and notify Hope’s Promise pursuant to C.R.S. § 19-5105.5. This claim of paternity must be filed no later than twenty-one (21) days after the date of this notice or before the birth mother’s relinquishment petition is filed with the court, whichever occurs later. The date of notice shall be considered the date of the first day of publication in the newspaper.

3. You may also waive your right to contest the termination of parental rights and doing so will likely result in a termination of any parental rights you may have to the child. If you do not believe that you are the father of this child, please check the appropriate box on the reply form.

YOU ARE FURTHER NOTIFIED THAT IF YOU FAIL TO PROPERLY REPLY TO THIS NOTICE IN A MANNER DESCRIBED ABOVE, YOU ALSO WAIVE YOUR RIGHT TO ANY FURTHER NOTICE RELATED TO THE ANTICIPATED EXPEDITED RELINQUISHMENT PROCEEDINGS AND YOUR PARENTAL RIGHTS, IF ANY, WILL LIKELY BE TERMINATED BY THE COURT. Thank you for your cooperation.

Sincerely, Timothy J. Eirich Kathleen M. Glynn Attorneys for Hope’s Promise Legal Notice No.: 521271 First Publication: March 15, 2018 Last Publication: March 15, 2018 Publisher: Littleton Independent

Misc. Private Legals Public Notice District Court, County of Arapahoe, Colorado Court Address: 7325 S. Potomac Street Centennial, CO 80112 BILLY DAVID WILLIAMS, individually and derivatively on behalf of R & D TECHNICAL SOLUTIONS, LLC, a Colorado Limited Liability Company, Plaintiffs v.

RICHARD BRAGDON, Defendant Case Number: 2017CV32701 Division: 402 DISTRICT COURT CIVIL SUMMONS TO THE ABOVE-NAMED DEFENDANT: RICHARD BRAGDON YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to file with the Clerk of this Court an answer or other response to the attached Complaint. If service of the Summons and Complaint was made upon you within the State of Colorado, you are required to file your answer or other response within 21 days after such service upon you. If service of the Summons and Complaint was made upon you outside of the State of Colorado, you are required to file your answer or other response within 35 days after such service upon you. Your answer or counterclaim must be accompanied with the applicable filing fee.

If you fail to file your answer or other response to the Complaint in writing within the applicable time period, the Court may enter judgment by default against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint without further notice.

Dated: 11/28/17 Clerk of Court/Clerk /s/ Richard A. Levine, Signature of Attorney for Plaintiff Richard A. Levine, #28468 Law Office of Richard A. Levine, P.C. 30752 Southview Dr., Suite 150 Evergreen, CO 80439 Tele: 303-670-1555 Email: evergreenatty@gmail.com This Summons is issued pursuant to Rule 4, C.R.C.P., as amended. A copy of the Complaint must be served with this Summons.

This form should not be used where service by publication is desired.

WARNING: A valid summons may be issued by a lawyer and it need not contain a court case number, the signature of a court officer, or a court seal. The plaintiff has 14 days from the date this summons was served on you to file the case with the court. You are responsible for contacting the court to find out whether the case has been filed and obtain the case number. If the plaintiff files the case within this time, then you must respond as explained in this summons. If the plaintiff files more than 14 days after the date the summons was served on you, the case may be dismissed upon motion and you may be entitled to seek attorney’s fees from the plaintiff.

Legal Notice No.: 521274 First Publication: March 15, 2018 Last Publication: April 12, 2018 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice In re Marriage of Safiya Mohamed Hussein and Mustafa Said Mohammed, Case No. 17DR1414 Div. 26: TO MUSTAFA SAID MOHAMMED PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that a Petition for Dissolution of Marriage with Summons has been filed in the above case. If you do not appear and participate in the matter, default judgment may be entered against you.

Legal Notice No.: 521276 First Publication: March 15, 2018 Last Publication: April 12, 2018 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice DISTRICT COURT, WATER DIVISION 1, COLORADO FEBRUARY 2018 WATER RESUME PUBLICATION TO: ALL PERSONS INTERESTED IN WATER APPLICATIONS IN WATER DIV. 1 Pursuant to C.R.S. 37-92-302, you are notified that the following is a resume of all water right applications and certain amendments filed in the Office of the Water Clerk during the month of FEBRUARY 2018 for each County affected.

18CW3036 (94CW191, 88CW253, 88CW254, and 87CW033 (Consolidated) 08CW313), The State of Colorado, by and through the Board of Land Commissioners, 1127 Sherman S t r e e t , D e n v e r , C o l o r a d o 8 0 2 0 3 a nd Rangeview Metropolitan District, 34501 East Quincy Avenue, Watkins, CO 80137 (Mitra Pemberton and Eva La, Colorado Department of Law, 1300 Broadway, 7th Floor, Denver, CO 80203, and Frederick A. Fendel, III, and Matthew S. Poznanovic, Petrock Fendel Poznanovic, 700 17th Street, #1800, Denver, CO 80202), APPLICATION FOR FINDING OF REASONABLE DILIGENCE, IN ARAPAHOE AND ELBERT COUNTIES. The State Board of Land Commissioners (“State Land Board”) is the owner of the conditional water rights at issue and the land on which the water rights are located. Rangeview Metropolitan District (“Rangeview”) is the Lessee of the land and water rights pursuant to the 2014 Amended and Restated Lease executed July 10, 2014, Lease No. S-37280. DESCRIPTION OF CONDITIONAL WATER RIGHTS. 2. Name of Structure: Rangeview East Water System. A. Original decree: Case Nos. 94CW191, 88CW253,

AND ELBERT COUNTIES. The State Board of Land Commissioners (“State Land Board”) is the owner of the conditional water rights at issue and the land on which the water rights are located. Rangeview Metropolitan District (“Rangeview”) is the Lessee of the land and water rights pursuant to the 2014 Amended and Restated Lease executed July 10, 2014, Lease No. S-37280. DESCRIPTION OF CONDITIONAL WATER RIGHTS. 2. Name of Structure: Rangeview East Water System. A. Original decree: Case Nos. 94CW191, 88CW253, 88CW254, and 87CW033 (Consolidated). B. Last finding of diligence: 08CW313. C. Location/point of diversion: Box Elder Creek Diversion: the diversion structure will be located in Box Elder Creek at a point located in the SW1/4 of the SE1/4 of Section 34, Township 5 South, Range 64 West of the 6th P.M. at a point located approximately 2,600 feet from the east section line and approximately 50 feet from the south section line of said section. D. Source: Box Elder Creek, tributary to the South Platte River. E. Appropriation date: October 13, 1986.

F. Amount: 250 cfs (conditional) and limited to a maximum of 6500 acre-feet per year not to exceed 53,900 acre-feet in a 20 year period. 3.

Name of Structure: Rangeview West Water System. A. Original decree: Case Nos. 94CW191, 8CW253, 88CW254, and 87CW033 (Consolidated). B. Subsequent decree: Case No. 03CW173 (alternate point of diversion). C. Last finding of diligence: 08CW313. D. Location/point of diversion: Coal Creek Diversion: The diversion structure will be located in Coal Creek at a point located in the SE1/4 of the NW1/4 of Section 36, Township 5 South, Range 65 West of the 6th P.M. at a point located approximately 3,200 feet from the east section line and approximately 2,200 feet from the south section line of said Section. Pursuant to the decree in 03CW173, applicants may withdraw 450 gpm of this water right from the alternate point of diversion located in the NE1/4 of the NE1/4 of Section 33, Township 4 South, Range 65 West of the 6th P.M. at a point approximately 600 feet from the north and 1,050 feet from the east section lines of Section 33. E. Source: Coal Creek, tributary to the South Platte River. F. Appropriation date: October 13, 1986. G. Amount: 150 cfs (conditional) and limited to a maximum of 1,625 acre-feet per year not to exceed 12,320 acre-feet in a 20 year period. 4. Name of Structure: OAR Reservoir A. A. Original decree: Case Nos. 94CW191, 88CW253, 88CW254, and 87CW033 (Consolidated). B. Last finding of diligence: 08CW313. C. Location/point of diversion: In the W1/2 and SE1/4 of Section 26, E1/2 and SW1/4 of Section 27, N1/2 of Section 34, and NW1/4 of Section 35, all in Township 5 South, Range 65 West of the 6th P.M. in Arapahoe County, Colorado, whence the left abutment of the dam will be approximately located at a point on the west section line of Section 26, Township 5 South, Range 65 West, at a point approximately 600 feet south of the NW corner of said Section 26. D. Source: Coal Creek, Box Elder Creek, and Denver Basin groundwater described in paragraph 12 of the original decree.

E. Appropriation date: June, 1984. F. Amount: Active storage – 6,200 acre-feet. Dead storage – 998 acre-feet (all conditional). 5. Name of Structure: OAR Reservoir B. A. Original decree: Case Nos. 94CW191, 88CW253, 88CW254, and 87CW033 (Consolidated). B. Last finding of diligence: 08CW313. C. Location/point of diversion: In the S1/2 and SW1/4 of Section 11, E1/2 and the NW1/4, W1/2 of the NE1/4, and SW1/4 of Section 14, and the E1/2 of the E1/2 of Section 15, and the NW1/4 of Section 23, all in Township 5 South, Range 65 West of the 6th P.M. in Arapahoe County, Colorado and whence the left abutment of the dam will be approximately located at a point on the west section line of Section 11, Township 5 South, Range 65 West, at a point approximately 600 feet north of the southwest corner of said Section 11. D. Source: Coal Creek, Box Elder Creek, and Denver Basin groundwater described in paragraph 12 of the original decree. E. Appropriation date: June, 1984. F. Amount: Active storage – 10,200 acre-feet. Dead storage – 1,545 acre-feet (all conditional). 6. Name of Structure: OAR Reservoir C. A. Original decree: Case Nos. 94CW191, 88CW253, 88CW254, and 87CW033 (Consolidated). B. Last finding of diligence: 08CW313. C. Location/point of diversion: In the S1/2 of Section 19, and the W1/2 of the NW1/4 of Section 29, and the N1/2 of Section 30, all in Township 5 South, Range 64 West of the 6th P.M. and the E1/2 of the SE1/4 of Section 24, and the NE1/4 of the NE1/4 of Section 25, all in Township 5 South, Range 65 West of the 6th P.M. in Arapahoe County, Colorado and whence the left abutment of the damn will be located at a point in the west section line of Section 30, Township 5 South, Range 64 West of the 6th P.M., at a point approximately 700 feet south of the northwest corner of said Section 30. D. Source: Coal Creek, Box Elder Creek, and Denver Basin groundwater described in paragraph 12 of the original decree. E. Appropriation date: June, 1984. F. Amount: Active storage – 4500 acrefeet. Dead storage – 819 acre-feet (all conditional). 7. Name of Structure: OAR Reservoir D. A. Original decree: Case Nos. 94CW191, 88CW253, 88CW254, and 87CW033 (Consolidated). B. Last finding of diligence: 08CW313. C. Location/point of diversion: In the SW1/4 of the NW1/4, and the W1/2 of the SW1/4 of Section 36 and the SE1/4 of the NE1/4, the SE1/4, and the S1/2 of the SW1/4 of Section 35 in Township 5 South, Range 65 West of the 6th P.M., in Arapahoe County, Colorado, and the N1/2 of the NW1/4 of Section 2 in Township 6 South, Range 65 West of the 6th P.M. in Elbert County, Colorado and whence the left abutment of the dam will be approximately located at a point approximately 1,980 feet south of the north and 150 feet east of the west section lines of Section 36, Township 5 South, Range 65 West. D. Source: Coal Creek, Box Elder Creek, and Denver Basin groundwater described in paragraph 12 of the original decree. E. Appropriation date: June, 1984. F. Amount: Active storage – 4,000 acrefeet. Dead storage – 1,000 acre-feet (all conditional). 8. Use: Municipal, irrigation, augmentation, domestic, piscatorial, commercial, industrial, recreation and storage, within Applicant’s service area in all or parts of Sections 33 and 34, Township 4 South, Range 65 West of the 6th P.M., Sections 3, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 34, 35, and 36 of Township 5 South, Range 65 West of the 6th P.M, and Sections 7, 8, 9, 10, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, and 34 of Township 5 South, Range 64 West of the 6th P.M., as

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1984. F. Amount: Active storage – 4,000 acrefeet. Dead storage – 1,000 acre-feet (all conditional). 8. Use: Municipal, irrigation, augmentation, domestic, piscatorial, commercial, industrial, recreation and storage, within Applicant’s service area in all or parts of Sections 33 and 34, Township 4 South, Range 65 West of the 6th P.M., Sections 3, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 34, 35, and 36 of Township 5 South, Range 65 West of the 6th P.M, and Sections 7, 8, 9, 10, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, and 34 of Township 5 South, Range 64 West of the 6th P.M., as shown on Attachment A to the original decree.

CLAIM FOR FINDING OF REASONABLE DILIGENCE. 9. Outline of work toward completion of the appropriations: During the diligence period, the State Land Board and Rangeview, and Rangeview’s service provider, Pure Cycle Corporation, have diligently worked toward making the conditional water rights absolute. The following summary shows generally the activities involved. Greater detail, additional activities, and additional or revised expenses may be claimed in support of this application. All parties: Litigation and settlement of Case No. 11CV8565, Denver District Court, including negotiation of the 2014 Amended and Restated Lease Agreement, dated July 10, 2014, and follow-up implementation of the settlement and lease.

Rangeview: Rangeview continues to develop its surface water and storage supplies through continued engineering, site specific and systemwide diligence work, has acquired approximately 19 acres of property from the State Land Board for a water treatment facility to deliver and treat surface water supplies and groundwater supplies and blend the two supplies for distribution to its customers. Engineering: $93,659. Reviewed current hydrologic data and engineering analysis regarding Box Elder Creek and the Box Elder Creek alluvial aquifer. Available information includes recent hydrological studies by the State Land Board, ground water model developed for Case No. 04CW125, and current streamflow and precipitation information; Inventoried existing water rights on Box Elder Creek; Analyzed storage potential at existing and planned reservoir locations, including the development of stage / capacity / surface area relationships; Updated previous analyses of yield of Rangeview East Water System water right, decreed in Case No. 94CW191; Reviewed and operated existing ground water models of the alluvial aquifer, including the ground water model used in Case No. 04CW125; Test drilled the alluvial aquifer and installed permanent monitoring wells. Installed three new wells and two exploratory boreholes. Prepared a technical memorandum summarizing results; Completed a pumping test on the new monitoring wells.

Collected water level measurements in wells and analyzed pumping test data to determine aquifer characteristics; Reviewed and calculated alluvial aquifer underflow; Completed preliminary designs of surface water diversion and measurement structures at decreed point of diversion and potential future point of diversion near northern boundary of District; Developed a new ground water model for the purposes of determining lagged pumping depletions resulting from diversions at Rangeview. Operated model with various diversion scenarios. Summarized results in technical memorandum; Installed new field game cameras for the purposes of monitoring and documenting stream flow conditions in Box Elder Creek, monthly monitoring; Initiated ground water monitoring program; Measured surface water flow conditions and initiated surface water flow monitoring program. Legal: $204,696. Infrastructure:Monitoring Wells: $10,056. Water Treatment Site: Acquired 19 acres from the State Land Board. Water Master Plan (KAR): $148,873. Regional Water Storage: Discussions/negotiations with City of Aurora, Denver Water, South Metro Water Authority on potential regional water storage in reservoirs.Staff time valued at $60,000. Update and modifications to the Lease Agreement with the State Land Board including alternate points of diversions to surface water decrees, realignment of reservoir sites, pipeline corridors, water treatment facilities, and other considerations $1,164,602. Total during diligence period: $1,730,966. State Land Board: During the diligence period, the State Land Board has conducted diligence activities in the development of these conditional surface and water storage rights, and has expended funds for staff, legal, and operations in support of those activities, including: Filing statements of opposition in water court for the protection of the conditional water rights and ground water rights associated with the Lowry Range and the augmentation plan for the conditional water rights; Developing surface use of the Lowry Range, including issuing leases for grazing and oil and gas development; Updating the Lease Agreement with Rangeview for the development of these water rights to include alternate points of diversions to surface water decrees, realignment of reservoir sites, pipeline corridors, water treatment facilities, and other considerations; Participating in discussions with City of Aurora, Denver Water, South Metro Water Authority on potential regional water storage in reservoirs. 10. Name and addresses of owner or reputed owner of the land upon which diversion and storage structures are located or proposed to be located: The State Land Board owns the land on which all structures are located or are proposed to be located.

Wherefore, applicants pray for a finding of reasonable diligence and a decree continuing the conditional water rights, and for such other relief as is warranted by the evidence. Further, Applicant prays that this Court grant the application and for such other relief as seems proper in the premises.(9 pages).

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WATER RIGHTS CLAIMED OR HERETOFORE ADJUDICATED THE WATER RIGHTS CLAIMED BY THESE APPLICATIONS MAY AFFECT IN PRIORITY ANY WITHIN THIS DIVISION AND OWNERS OF AFFECTED RIGHTS MUST APPEAR TO OBJECT WITHIN THE TIME PROVIDED BY STATUTE OR BE FOREVER BARRED. YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that any party who wishes to oppose an application, or an amended application, may file with the Water Clerk, P. O. Box 2038, Greeley, CO 80632, a verified Statement of Opposition, setting forth facts as to why the application should not be granted, or why it should be granted only in part or on certain conditions. Such Statement of Opposition must be filed by the last day of APRIL

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RIGHTS MUST APPEAR TO OBJECT WITHIN THE TIME PROVIDED BY STATUTE OR BE FOREVER BARRED.

YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that any party who wishes to oppose an application, or an amended application, may file with the Water Clerk, P. O. Box 2038, Greeley, CO 80632, a verified Statement of Opposition, setting forth facts as to why the application should not be granted, or why it should be granted only in part or on certain conditions. Such Statement of Opposition must be filed by the last day of APRIL 2018 (forms available on www.courts.state.co.us or in the Clerk’s office), and must be filed as an Original and include $158.00 filing fee. A copy of each Statement of Opposition must also be served upon the Applicant or Applicant’s Attorney and an affidavit or certificate of such service of mailing shall be filed with the Water Clerk.

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Legal Notice No: 521255 First Publication: March 15, 2018 Last Publication: March 15, 2018 Publisher: Englewood Herald

City and County Public Notice NOTICE OF FINAL PAYMENT

NOTICE is hereby given that the Orchard Valley Metropolitan District, City of Greenwood Village, Arapahoe County, Colorado, will make final payment at 5291 E. Yale Avenue, Denver, Colorado, on Monday, March 26, 2018, at the hour of 9:00 a.m. to Consolidated Divisions, Inc. (the “Contractor”) for all landscaping installation Work done by said Contractor(s) in connection with, or done on, the Contract for Village Center – Landscape Improvements by and between Orchard Valley Metropolitan District and Consolidated Divisions, Inc. (the “Contract”).

Any individual, corporation, government or governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, limited liability company, partnership, association, or other legal entity that has furnished labor, materials, sustenance, or other supplies used or consumed by such Contractor or its subcontractors in or about the performance of the Work contracted to be done pursuant to the Contract, or that supplied laborers, rental machinery, tools, or equipment to the extent used in the prosecution of the Work, and whose claim therefor has not been paid by the Contractor or its subcontractors, is required to file a verified statement of the amount due and unpaid on account of the claim to the Orchard Valley Metropolitan District on or before the date and time herein above shown for final payment. Failure on the part of any claimant to file such verified statement of claim prior to such final settlement will release Orchard Valley Metropolitan District, its directors, officers, agents, and employees, of and from any and all liability for such claim.

Orchard Valley Metropolitan District By: /s/ Keith L. Neale Its: Assistant Secretary Legal Notice No.: 521246 First Publication: March 8, 2018 Last Publication: March 15, 2018 In the: Littleton Independent Public Notice NOTICE OF CANCELLATION OF REGULAR ELECTION BY THE DESIGNATED ELECTION OFFICIAL FOR THE NORMANDY ESTATES METROPOLITAN RECREATION DISTRICT

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the Normandy Estates Metropolitan Recreation District, Arapahoe and Jefferson Counties, Colorado, that at the close of business on the sixty-third (63rd) day before the election or thereafter there were not more candidates for Director than offices to be filled, including candidates filing affidavits of intent to be write-in candidates; therefore, the election to be held on May 8, 2018, is hereby cancelled.

The following candidates are declared elected: Carey Wirtzfeld Four-Year Term to 2022 Preston Faiks Four-Year Term to 2022 Kacey R. Pickard Two-Year Term to 2020 NORMANDY ESTATES METROPOLITAN RECREATION DISTRICT By: /s/ Micki L. Mills Designated Election Official Legal Notice No.: 521261 First Publication: March 15, 2018 Last Publication: March 15, 2018 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice NOTICE OF CANCELLATION OF REGULAR ELECTION BY THE DESIGNATED ELECTION OFFICIAL FOR THE SOUTHERN METROPOLITAN DISTRICT

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the Southern Metropolitan District, Arapahoe County, Colorado, that at the close of business on the sixtythird (63rd) day before the election or thereafter there were not more candidates for Director than offices to be filled, including candidates filing affidavits of intent to be write-in candidates; therefore, the election to be held on May 8, 2018, is hereby cancelled.

The following candidates are declared elected: Richard Boon Four-year Term to 2022 Edward E. Quinn Four-year Term to 2022 Kirk A. Bast Two-year Term to 2020 SOUTHERN METROPOLITAN DISTRICT By: /s/ Micki L. Mills Designated Election Official

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38 The Independent Thedeclared Herald The following candidates -are

elected: Richard Boon Four-year Term to 2022 Edward E. Quinn Four-year Term to 2022 Kirk A. Bast Two-year Term to 2020

section 1-13.5-513(6) C.R.S.

City and County SOUTHERN METROPOLITAN DISTRICT

The following candidates are hereby declared elected: Hugh E. Harvey Jr. 4 year term until May, 2022 Lon K. Sears 4 year term until May, 2022 Scott Wagner 4 year term until May, 2022

By: /s/ Micki L. Mills Designated Election Official

Patrick J. Fitzgerald Designated Election Official

Legal Notice No.: 521262 First Publication: March 15, 2018 Last Publication: March 15, 2018 Publisher: Littleton Independent

Legal Notice No.: 521264 First Publication: March 15, 2018 Last Publication: March 15, 2018 Publisher: Littleton Independent

City and County

The following candidates are hereby declared elected: Phyllis Gooden 4 year term until May, 2022 Mary Alice Ledbetter 4 year term until May, 2022

City and County

Patrick J. Fitzgerald Designated Election Official

Legal Notice No.: 521265 First Publication: March 15, 2018 Last Publication: March 15, 2018 Publisher: Littleton Independent and the Englewood Herald

Public Notice

Public Notice

Public Notice

NOTICE OF CANCELLATION and CERTIFIED STATEMENT OF RESULTS §1-13.5-513(6), 32-1-104, 1-11-103(3) C.R.S.

NOTICE OF CANCELLATION and CERTIFIED STATEMENT OF RESULTS §1-13.5-513(6), 32-1-104, 1-11-103(3) C.R.S.

NOTICE OF CANCELLATION and CERTIFIED STATEMENT OF RESULTS §1-13.5-513(6), 32-1-104, 1-11-103(3) C.R.S.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the Bow Mar Water and Sanitation District, Arapahoe and Jefferson Counties, Colorado, that at the close of business on the sixty-third day before the election, there were not more candidates for director than offices to be filled, including candidates filing affidavits of intent to be write-in candidates; therefore, the election to be held on May 8, 2018 is hereby canceled pursuant to section 1-13.5-513(6) C.R.S.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the Valley Sanitation District, Arapahoe County, Colorado, that at the close of business on the sixty-third day before the election, there were not more candidates for director than offices to be filled, including candidates filing affidavits of intent to be write-in candidates; therefore, the election to be held on May 8, 2018 is hereby canceled pursuant to section 1-13.5-513(6) C.R.S.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the Platte Canyon Water and Sanitation District, Arapahoe and Jefferson Counties, Colorado, that at the close of business on the sixty-third day before the election, there were not more candidates for director than offices to be filled, including candidates filing affidavits of intent to be write-in candidates; therefore, the election to be held on May 8, 2018 is hereby canceled pursuant to section 1-13.5-513(6) C.R.S.

The following candidates are hereby declared elected: Hugh E. Harvey Jr. 4 year term until May, 2022 Lon K. Sears 4 year term until May, 2022 Scott Wagner 4 year term until May, 2022 Patrick J. Fitzgerald Designated Election Official Legal Notice No.: 521264 First Publication: March 15, 2018 Last Publication: March 15, 2018 Publisher: Littleton Independent

The following candidates are hereby declared elected: Phyllis Gooden 4 year term until May, 2022 Mary Alice Ledbetter 4 year term until May, 2022 Patrick J. Fitzgerald Designated Election Official Legal Notice No.: 521265 First Publication: March 15, 2018 Last Publication: March 15, 2018 Publisher: Littleton Independent and the Englewood Herald

The following candidates are hereby declared elected: Anthony M. Dursey: 4 year term until May, 2022 Louis J. Fohn: 4 year term until May, 2022 George E. Hamblin Jr.: 4 year term until May, 2022 Patrick J. Fitzgerald Designated Election Official

City of Littleton Warrants

Legal Notice No.: 521266 First Publication: March 15, 2018 Last Publication: March 15, 2018 Publisher: Littleton Independent

suant to section 1-13.5-513(6) C.R.S. The following candidates are hereby declared elected: Anthony M. Dursey: 4 year term until May, 2022 Louis J. Fohn: 4 year term until May, 2022 George E. Hamblin Jr.: 4 year term until May, 2022

City and County

Patrick J. Fitzgerald Designated Election Official Legal Notice No.: 521266 First Publication: March 15, 2018 Last Publication: March 15, 2018 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice NOTICE OF CANCELLATION and CERTIFIED STATEMENT OF RESULTS §1-13.5-513(6), 32-1-104, 1-11-103(3) C.R.S. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the Southwest Metropolitan Water and Sanitation District, Arapahoe, Douglas and Jefferson Counties, Colorado, that at the close of business on the sixtythird day before the election, there were not more candidates for director than offices to be filled, including candidates filing affidavits of intent to be write-in candidates; therefore, the election to be held on May 8, 2018 is hereby canceled pursuant to section 1-13.5-513(6) C.R.S. The following candidates are hereby declared elected: Anthony M. Dursey 4 year term until May, 2022 Bernard J. Sebastian, Jr. 4 year term until May, 2022 George E. Hamblin Jr. 4 year term until May, 2022 Patrick J. Fitzgerald Designated Election Official

tent to be write-in candidates; therefore, the election to be held on May 8, 2018 is hereby canceled pursuant to section 1-13.5-513(6) C.R.S.

March 15, 2018M

The following candidates are hereby declared elected: Anthony M. Dursey 4 year term until May, 2022 Bernard J. Sebastian, Jr. 4 year term until May, 2022 George E. Hamblin Jr. 4 year term until May, 2022

City and County

Patrick J. Fitzgerald Designated Election Official Legal Notice No.: 521267 First Publication: March 15, 2018 Last Publication: March 15, 2018 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice NOTICE OF CANCELLATION and CERTIFIED STATEMENT OF RESULTS §1-13.5-513(6), 32-1-104, 1-11-103(3) C.R.S.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the Lochmoor Water and Sanitation District, Jefferson and Denver Counties, Colorado that at the close of business on the sixty-third day before the election there were not more candidates for director than offices to be filled, including candidates of intent to be write-in candidates; therefore, the election to be held on May 8, 2018, is hereby canceled pursuant to 1-13.5-513(6) C.R.S. The following candidates are declared elected: Gail W. Sevier four-year term until May, 2022 Edna Gray two-year term until May, 2020 /s/ Ty Holman Designated Election Official Lochmoor Water and Sanitation District

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“It was one of my better slalom runs. It was on a new run I had never skied before. It was pretty fun.

To perform that well was pretty cool for me because I’m more of a GS specialist kind of guy.”

Bailey has set aside his skis and is roaming the Chatfield outfield which brings up the obvious question of which sport is his favorite.

“Baseball to me is a huge mental game,” he explained. “I really enjoy that. It’s not all about athletic ability. You have to be able to handle failure.

In skiing you get two opportunities and if you don’t perform that day, that’s just how it goes.

“It’s hard to say which is my favorite because they are both so different. I really like the individual aspect of ski racing. It can be nerve-wracking especially getting into the starting gate. I really like the team aspect of baseball. And you know that if you succeed only three out of 10 times you are going to be in the Hall of Fame. I like that as well but if I had to pick, I would say baseball.”

Gatorade honors Masten Rock Canyon’s Sam Masten, who is one of the Colorado’s best players at driving to the basket to score points and draw fouls, has been named the Gatorade Colorado Player of the Year.

The 6-foot-3 senior guard who will play next season at the University of Northern Colorado was averaging 22.5 points, 7.9 rebounds, 3.4 assists and 1.6 steals a game before Rock Canyon’s March 9 Final Four game against George Washington.

New Chap grid boss Jeff Ketron introduced himself to players and parents on March 8 at Chaparral only days after he was named the Wolverines’ new head football coach.

He replaces Rod Dobbs who resigned last month.

Ketron was the head coach at Douglas County between 1999-2013. The Huskies won the state championship in 2005 and were the runners-up in 2007.

Ketron’s appointment was the latest in what has been a revolving change of football coaches from last season as many of the departing coaches wound up continuing to coach but at different schools.

Mike Campbell left Arapahoe and is the new coach at Class 2A Englewood. Former Valor coach Rod Sherman resurfaced at Arapahoe. New Castle View coach Todd Casebier comes from 4A Fruita Monument. Tom Thenell turned in his Mullen coaching gear and is the new coach at Smoky Hill. Nick Trombetta went from Denver North to Thornton. John Trahan moved from Smoky Hill to Highlands Ranch.

Public Notice No word yet on who will replace Wayne Voorhees NOTICE OF CANCELLATION at Legacy .

Voorhees was hired as the coach at Riverand CERTIFIED STATEMENT OF RESULTS dale Ridge, the new high school in Thornton. §1-13.5-513(6), 32-1-104,

The word “puppy” comes from Old French “poupee,” which, in general, sums up Harry’s waking moments. That and chewing, shredding, and racing back and forth as if the Devil were trying to collect.

I haven’t seen anything like it since 1993. I bought a puppy that year too; Badger was my second dachshund.

Harry is my fourth. My fourth and final dachshund and dog and pet.

Smitty, my third, left last November. It was a very sad and lonely time around here. The house was all wrong without another life in it.

The search was on, the word went out, and, in short, I located Harry in Bevier, Missouri. How I got him here would be another column.

His given name was replaced with my father’s name.

But, to be honest, little Harry has been called “Smitty” more than once.

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must reach across partisan aisles to pass a permanent legislative solution for us — one that benefits all Americans. Deporting hundreds of thousands of Dreamers would not only harm the economy, risking the loss of hundreds of billions of dollars in fiscal contributions. It also

1-11-103(3) C.R.S.

City and County

Gail W. Sevier four-year term until May, 2022 Edna Gray two-year term until May, 2020 /s/ Ty Holman Designated Election Official Lochmoor Water and Sanitation District Contact person for the District: Ty Holman Address of the District: 1221 W. Mineral Ave. Ste 202 Littleton, CO 80120 Telephone Number of the District: 303-795-2142 District Facsimile Number : 303-795-3356 District E-mail: tyh@hayniecpas.com Legal Notice No.: 521273 First Publication: March 15, 2018 Last Publication: March 15, 2018 Publisher: Littleton Independent

Notice To Creditors Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Virginia Claudeen Wert, a/k/a Claudeen Wert, a/k/a Virginia Wert, Deceased Case Number: 2018PR30183 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 9, 2018, or the claims may be forever barred.

Sandra W. Nichols Personal Representative 558 Newark St. Aurora, CO 80010 Legal Notice No: 521243 First Publication: March 8, 2018 Last Publication: March 22, 2018 Publisher: Englewood Herald and the Littleton Independent

World. Nothing is safe.

I have emptied all of the lowest shelves in my office. Maps, envelopes, blank CDs, small books, manila envelopes. They were on the menu once.

He has toys: a bin of them. But he seems to prefer things that aren’t meant for him.

In the absence of children, my dogs have taken care of that adventure. The work is rewarded in unimaginable ways. If you know dogs, I don’t have to say another word.

Jennifer is co-parenting. She’ll take Harry for sleepovers and I’ll have a day or two by myself.

Harry, like Smitty, like Badger, like Hexe, is a red, smooth-coated dachshund. The big difference is that he will not get much bigger than he is right now: a little over eight pounds.

I was able to write this during his Basic Rest Cycle. The Basic Activity Cycle is coming right up.

Batten down the hatches.

would contradict everything this country represents, including opportunity for people who work hard to support their family and community.

Republicans in Congress have a huge opportunity right now.

They can earn well-deserved credit for providing a permanent legislative solution that honors our values. Support for such a solution is high among law enforcement and local and national Christian leaders,

conservatives and hundreds of CEOs. I have so much to be grateful for. If given a chance, I and many other Dreamers will work even harder to bless our community and country. We are waiting for a path forward, and we urge members of Congress to forge one quickly.

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We have a routine. I wake at three or four and start the day with coffee and the newspaper.

Harry, next to me on the couch, reads over my shoulder, and tries to get the pages in his pin-teeth and begin the Daily Shredding Cycle.

We have already become great friends.

I recommend dogs, unless you are allergic. Unless management won’t allow one. Be sure to do your research first.

If you want to adopt or purchase, you’ll be asked a lot of questions first. And you should be.

Remember pet stores at the malls with doggies in the window? You don’t see that anymore.

A lot of those doggies came from mills, and the pet stores didn’t care who bought them.

That has changed. Mostly.

Puppy mills still exist.

Harry came with letters of transit, a heath certificate, and proof of this and that. There have been numerous follow-up calls and reminders from the consultant.

After he has dispatched the morning paper, he goes to the floor as if he is exploring the New

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NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Virginia Claudeen Wert, a/k/a Claudeen Wert, a/k/a Virginia Wert, Deceased Case Number: 2018PR30183

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

Jonathan Alfonseca is the executive director of The Thomas Garage in Englewood.

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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 9, 2018, or the claims may be forever barred.

Sandra W. Nichols Personal Representative 558 Newark St. Aurora, CO 80010

Notice To Creditors

Legal Notice No: 521243 First Publication: March 8, 2018 Last Publication: March 22, 2018 Publisher: Englewood Herald and the Littleton Independent

City and County PUBLIC NOTICE: Cellco Partnership and its controlled affiliates doing business as Verizon Wireless (Verizon Wireless) proposes to build a 30-foot Stealth Light Pole Communications Tower. Anticipated lighting application is medium intensity dual red/white strobes. The Site location is 7229 South Alton Way, Centennial, Arapahoe County, CO 80112, N 39° 35’ 08.86” W 104 °53’ 06.89”. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Antenna Structure Registration (ASR, Form 854) filing number is A1095246.

ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS – Interested persons may review the application

Wireless) proposes to build a 30-foot Stealth Light Pole Communications Tower. Anticipated lighting application is medium intensity dual red/white strobes. The Site location is 7229 South Alton Way, Centennial, Arapahoe County, CO 80112, N 39° 35’ 08.86” W 104 °53’ 06.89”. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Antenna Structure Registration (ASR, Form 854) filing number is A1095246.

City and County

ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS – Interested persons may review the application (www.fcc.gov/asr/applications) by entering the filing number. Environmental concerns may be raised by filing a Request for Environmental Review (www.fcc.gov/asr/environmentalrequest) and online filings are strongly encouraged. The mailing address to file a paper copy is: FCC Requests for Environmental Review, Attn: Ramon Williams, 445 12th Street SW, Washington, DC 20554.

Legal Notice No.: 521282 First Publication: March 15, 2018 Last Publication: March 15, 2018 Publisher: Littleton Independent

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