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Special Olympics Colorado hosts State Skating Championship P7

EARLY SEASON SHOWDOWN: Heritage and Cherry Creek meet in a battle of heavyweights P23

NEARING A DEAL? Talks of a merger between Littleton Fire Rescue and South Metro continue P4 THE BOTTOM LINE PERIODICAL

‘I was the youngest of 15 so I didn’t have a lot of things like baseballs and equipment, so we just wanted to help kids any way we could.’

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MY NAME IS

NEWS IN A HURRY Learn to prune roses South Suburban Parks and Recreation District horticulturist Larry Hurd and members of the Denver Rose Society will show gardeners how to properly care for their roses in a free workshop next month in Littleton.

The hands-on training event will be held from 8 a.m. to noon on April 22 at the War Memorial Rose Garden, 5804 S. Bemis St. Attendees should bring pruning shears and gloves. Refreshments will be served and there will be an opportunity to win gardening-themed door prizes. In case of inclement weather, the alternate date will be April 29.

DAVID ROSENFELD

Pizza restaurateur moved from St. Louis About me I moved to Colorado from St. Louis in September to open Sprezzatura Pizza. We’re a wood-fired pizza concept located outside of Rocker Spirits. I grew up outside of Philadelphia and went to high school in Richmond, Virginia.

How long have you worked in restaurants?

I got my first restaurant job when I was 15, so about 15 years. I went to college for one semester for environmental science, but it wasn’t what I wanted to do. I ended up going back to restaurant life and decided it was what I really wanted to do, so I went to New England Culinary Institute in Vermont. From there, I felt like I needed to go the fine dining route, that’s kind of what culinary schools push you to do, so I moved to New York City.

Document shredding Littleton High School’s Future Business Leaders of America will host its seventh annual ShredA-Thon on April 8.

Secure shredding will be done on site at a rate of $10 per copy paper-sized box or $25 for three boxes.

The event will take place from 9 a.m. to noon in the school’s south parking lot, 199 E. Littleton Blvd.

David Rosenfeld owns Sprezzatura Pizza in Littleton.

He has worked at restaurants in New York City and St. Louis.

KYLE HARDING and we’re looking into possibly doing some catering or festivals.

Why did you come here?

My partners in St. Louis and I were selling our restaurant, and one of them was good friends with one of the owners of Rocker. So we talked to them about what their needs were here. There’s a lot of pizza around, but nothing really similar to what we’re doing. We naturally ferment all of our doughs instead of using commercial yeast.

We make our own ricotta cheese. We’re trying to source the best quality ingredients we can and treat them with respect. It’s a labor of love. Rocker is only open four days a week. The other three days are available if people want to do private events,

What are your favorite pizza toppings?

I’m kind of a traditionalist; I love a good margherita or bianco, which are fairly simple. A margherita is sauce, fresh mozzarella and basil and olive oil finished with parmesan; bianco is cheese and black pepper and olive oil. But if I’m going to add something, I love white anchovies.

Hunt for Easter eggs South Suburban Parks and Recreation District will host its egg scramble on April 15, the day before Easter.

The field inside of the Family Sports Dome will be covered with colorful eggs for each of four age groups, with a grand prize for finding the golden egg. Participants need to bring their own basket.

Ages 3 and under start at 9 a.m.; 4 through 6 at 9:30 a.m.; 7 through 9 at 10 a.m.; and 10 through 12 at 10:30 a.m.

The event is free and no registration is required. For more information, contact Chantel Tolan at 303-754-0552 or chantelt@ssprd.org.

Family Sports Dome is located at 6959 S. Peoria St.

How do you like Colorado so far?

The weather and the scenery is gorgeous, the people have been really friendly. It’s been an easy place to live, especially after living most of my life on the East Coast. There hasn’t been a lot of time to do much. As a kid I used to ski a lot. My grandparents used to do a lot of fly fishing so it’s something I want to get into.

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Consultant looking at possible fire merger

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A third-party consultant is advising Littleton Fire Rescue and its partners, Littleton Fire Protection District and Highlands Ranch Metro District, on a possible merger with South Metro Fire Rescue.

Officials from South Metro approached LFR Chief Chris Armstrong, as well as Cunningham Fire Protection District, last summer about the possibility of merging as a way to cut costs and improve service.

At a March 21 study session, Littleton City Council heard from Armstrong, as well as representatives of the fire protection district and Highlands Ranch.

Armstrong said that South Metro would be a simpler merger than with Denver Fire Department, which contracts with Englewood and Sheridan, or West Metro Fire Rescue. He noted that LFR shares about 75 percent of its border with South Metro and the departments already have automatic aid agreements. A unified department with South Metro, Littleton and Cunningham would cover nearly 300 square miles across the south metro area with a population of about half a million people. Its 600-member department would still be smaller than the 900-member Denver Fire Department.

“It makes a lot of sense to have this conversation with South Metro,” Armstrong said.

Highlands Ranch Metro District Boardmember Carolyn Schierholz added that Denver Fire Department would not be a good option for Highlands Ranch due to its distance, and that Denver Fire does not operate its own advanced life support service, which is instead provided by Denver Health.

LFPD board member Jim Albee said the district had already been looking at issues it has with cost and service, and some of its problems could be solved by unification with a larger department.

“We believe it’s very unlikely that an LFR scenario is going to offer the fire protection district a better combination of service and cost than a South Metro option,” he said.

Washington, D.C.-based Center for Public Safety Management is consulting the department on what its best options are. Armstrong said that LFR’s priorities are sustaining its existing partnerships, financial sustainability and service improvements.

If one of the three partners left and joined a larger department on its own, the remainder would face either higher costs or degraded service.

Councilmember Doug Clark cautioned that the partners should look at all options before making a decision, noting that emergency medical services could be taken over by hospitals in the future.

“It’s like somebody drove up to the front of your house and said ‘do you want to buy my car?’” he said.

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The Arapahoe and Douglas County sheriff ’s offices teamed to raise money and shave off their hair for the St. Baldrick’s Foundation. Littleton and Castle Rock’s police departments also participated as separate teams. The event took place March 4 at the Family Resource Pavilion, 9700 E Easter Lane, Centennial.

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Dirt Coffee impresses investors at contest The Littleton nonprofit that hires autistic people wins at The Tank

BY STEPHANIE MASON SMASON@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

The employees at Dirt Coffee are amazing — just ask the people who donated $7,291 to the company at a nonprofit event hosted by the South Metro Denver Chamber of Commerce at the Denver Botanic Gardens on March 23.

The company took first place in The Tank, inspired by the TV show “Shark Tank.” It is a forum in which six local nonprofits pitch their organization or a unique program idea in front of community business leaders, lenders and investors.

Dirt Coffee has a company mission to train and employ young adults affected by autism spectrum disorders. The nonprofit, which has run as a food truck since 2013, will open a brick-and-mortar location in Littleton this year at 5767 Rapp St. The new location opens the door for at least 10 new employees, doubling Dirt’s workforce. During The Tank, co-founder of Dirt Coffee Lauren Burgess said the company is ultimately looking to hire 50 more individuals with autism.

Burgess said 50,000 autistic people graduate high school each year but only 16 percent find full-time employment. “(Autistic people) are misunderstood as somebody with a disability rather as seen as someone with a different ability,” Burgess said.

Dirt employees receive a job coach, who helps them better their skills and increase their independence at work and home, Burgess said.

Employees receive instruction applicable to their every-day lives, such as social skills training and training regarding public transit use.

“We are bringing more than jobs to the community,” Burgess said.

“We are teaching our community and other businesses what it means to accept individuals with autism.”

Overall, The Tank generated

Lauren Burgess presents the nonprofit she co-founded, Dirt Coffee, to the panelists and potential donors at the South Metro Denver Chamber’s event, The Tank, on March 23 at the Denver Botanic Gardens. Dirt Coffee received the most money, $7,291, for its mission of hiring individuals with autism as full-time employees.

PHOTOS BY STEPHANIE MASON $20,485 in donations. Last March, the event raised a little more than $17,000.

“Raising over $20,000 for six nonprofits in our business community is very meaningful and it is extremely gratifying to be able to have such an impact on their success,” Robert Golden, the chamber’s president and CEO, said in an email.

Coming in second place was the Warrior Bonfire Program, receiving $4,320 in donations. The Centennialbased nonprofit takes Purple Heart recipients on small group trips around the country to allow wounded veterans to enjoy camaraderie and boost morale.

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A sewer line buried 50 feet under an old landfill is causing problems for a small district that serves about 2,000 residents of Littleton, Englewood, Sheridan and Denver and will likely cost $2.35 million to replace.

Valley Sanitation District’s first option for paying for a new sewer line will also require district residents to vote to approve it.

On its way to the Littleton-Englewood Wastewater Treatment Plant on the north side of Dartmouth Avenue, sewage from Valley Sanitation customers flows through about 23,000 feet of 21-inch and 24-inch interceptor pipe, most of which has been rehabilitated over the years with an epoxy lining.

But between Union and Oxford avenues, on the west side of the South Platte River, lies about 4,400 feet of pipe that has not been rehabilitated, and is being infiltrated with potentially explosive methane and other hydrocarbon gases from the landfill that used to occupy the site, according to Platte Canyon Water and Sanitation District, which performs maintenance for Valley Sanitation on a contract basis.

Platte Canyon manager Pat Fitzgerald said the line must be replaced within a year or two, and that rehabilitating it in a similar way to the rest of the line is not feasible.

He said that working on the pipe 50

feet underground within the district’s 30-foot easement on the property, now home to a recycling center, a Waste Management transfer station and a recreational vehicle storage facility, is not an option.

“It’s just a matter of time, we believe, that that pipe is going to be subject to collapse,” Fitzgerald said.

“We want to move the pipe out of the landfill,” he added. “We don’t think it’s a viable option to leave it in the landfill.”

Of several alternatives presented after Valley Sanitation contracted with a civil engineering firm to look at the issue, the most promising seems to be constructing a sewer lift pump station near Englewood’s Centennial Park and a new pipe that skirts the landfill.

Valley Sanitation is planning to apply for a low-interest state loan to pay for the lift station and the new pipe and hopes to pay back the loan over time via property taxes. Fitzgerald said the district would likely get a 2 percent interest rate on the loan.

Over a 30-year term, he said, the loan payments would amount to a home appraised at $200,000 paying about $26 per year.

However, raising property taxes requires a TABOR election, which the district hopes to hold this November.

The district will hold a meeting on the issue on April 12 from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m at Centennial Academy of Fine Arts Education School, 3660 W. Berry Ave. in Littleton.

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Special athletes shine on ice

BY STEPHANIE MASON SMASON@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

On March 25, Special Olympics figure and speed skaters dazzled judges with their grace, balance and joy. The state championship was held at the South Suburban Ice Arena in Centennial.

Alexa Barricklow, in the 22 to 29 age division, enjoyed showing her speed and accuracy in the level five and six compulsory figure skating round, the most advanced division in the competition.

“When I am on the ice, I feel happy and confident,” the Centennial resident said. “I’ve always done a lot of sports. I’m looking forward to the ice skating and the awards, too.”

Nearly 50 athletes and volunteers participated in the event.

Special Olympics Colorado provides year-round training and competition in 22 sports for 21,118 athletes with intellectual disabilities living in the state of Colorado. More than 100 events are held annually for athletes as young as 2.

Alexa Barricklow warms up for her division of figure skating at the South Suburban Ice Rink for the Special Olympics Colorado State Skating Championship on March 25.

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Amanda Douglas and Haldan Pranger practice for their pairs skating division competition on March 25 at the South Suburban Ice Rink.

Christina Hinkle demonstrates what she called a “Grab the camel” ice skating move at the South Suburban Ice Rink, where Special Olympics athletes competed on March 25.

Two friends encourage each other before their figure skating division at the South Suburban Ice Rink, where Special Olympics athletes gathered to compete in state championships.

Competition puts students, robots to the test Regional event draws schools from around Colorado

BY MIKE DIFERDINANDO MDIFERDINANDO@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Robots race at each other in a metallic frenzy, scooping up balls, gears and sprockets as quickly as they can.

The collected parts are brought back to their stations and the fuel is loaded before the propellers can start to turn.

“The idea is that they’re trying to get their steamship to take off,” said William Schneider, president of Colorado FIRST Robotics. “The more skilled robots will shoot 60 balls up into the top netting. It’s real fun to watch those.”

The Colorado regional of the threeday, national FIRST Robotics Competition took place at the University of Denver March 23-25 and pitted students from across Colorado in a robot-building contest that matches their creations in different games.

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Robots compete at the Colorado regional of the FIRST Robotics Competition March 24 at the University of Denver.

MIKE DIFERDINANDO tion of Science and Technology — is a nonprofit group based in New Hampshire that works to spark youths’ interest in science and technology.

Teams advance in the tournament, with winners gaining a place at the national competition in Houston later this year.

Each team has six weeks to build their robot and the game they play is different every year.

Teams start with kits of basic

parts, but are allowed the freedom to customize.

“A senior engineer could play with it for years,” Schneider said on the second day of the competition. “It’s like the best erector set ever.”

Licia Lamb, a senior from the team representing STEM High and Academy in Highlands Ranch, said her team spent 12 weeks designing, testing and building their robot.

“I like that our students are the

ones doing it,” said Lamb, who was competing in her sixth FIRST robotics competition. “There’s no mentors.

It’s students learning and students doing.”

In between rounds of competition, the robots and their engineers spent their time in the pits.

“Think of it like NASCAR,” Lamb said. “This is our maintenance area.”

Austin Briggs, a senior from the team representing Legacy High School in Broomfield, said he likes that the competition allows for creativity.

“It’s such a complex game, we really wanted to boil it down to a simple solution to that,” Briggs said.

Legacy focused on gear intake.

“We did a lot of geometry testing on that to make sure the lever (for gears) is at the right angle,” Briggs said.

Legacy played 12 practice matches the first day and then came back to the pits to make adjustments before the start of competition.

“That’s a huge thing with this competition,” Briggs said. “You recognize an issue that you have and you come up with the solution. It’s a really fastpaced environment.”

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Donations bring smiles to kids far away Items from Englewood merchant delivered to Nicaraguan children

Englewood merchant Sal Mineo, left, donated bike helmets and baseball equipment that Casa Unida Foundation delivered to children in northern Nicaragua.

Foundation president Bob Moore tells Mineo, of Rico’s Pizzeria, about the pictures of the delivery that was done the last two weeks of February. )TOM MUNDS

BY TOM MUNDS TMUNDS@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Englewood businessman Sal Mineo decided to put bike helmets and baseball equipment that were gathering dust in his garage to good use, so he donated them to Casa Unida Foundation for delivery to children in northern Nicaragua.

Casa Unida Foundation is an all-volunteer nonprofit organization based in Lakewood that does humanitarian projects in Nicaragua, including helping schoolchildren with donations of sports equipment and laptop computers.

Mineo, a member of the family that owns Rico’s Pizzeria, said when he learned what the foundation was doing with kids he wanted to help.

“I have always done all I could to help kids with equipment because we didn’t have this stuff when I was growing up. I mean when Englewood had the kids’ baseball program, Rico’s always sponsored teams,” he said.

“I was the youngest of 15 so I didn’t have a lot of things like baseballs and equipment, so we just wanted to help

kids any way we could.”

When representatives of the foundation told Mineo about the humanitarian work they were doing in Northern Nicaragua, particularly the work with kids, he said he wanted to help. He donated five bike helmets plus a bucket of baseballs, a bat, a glove and a dozen new baseballs.

“Those things were just sitting in my garage,” Mineo said. “I am glad I found a way to get them to kids who can use them.”

Foundation members spent the last two weeks of February in the villages in Northern Nicaragua. When they returned, they gave Mineo pictures of the children who received his donations.

“Look at the smiles on the faces of the children in these pictures,” he said. “Seeing their smiles warms my heart.”

Bob Moore, Casa Unida Foundation president, told Mineo that bicycles are a major means of transporta-

tion in Nicaragua for adults and for children.

“We were in the village of San Isidro, and you see some bike riders wearing helmets in big cities, but not in villages like San Isidro, even though the kids ride their bikes along busy highways and along dirt roads,” Moore said. “We went to a school in the village and gave out the helmets and the kids needed our help to put them on.”

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Supreme Court: School district didn’t do enough for student

BY MIKE DIFERDINANDO MDIFERDINANDO@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

A unanimous U.S. Supreme Court decision March 22 will have ramifications for special-needs students across the country.

The court has sided with the parents of an autistic Douglas County School District student who say their child wasn’t provided the level of public education required by federal law.

In the decision, Chief Justice John Roberts said it is not enough for school districts to offer minimal instruction for special-needs children.

The school programs must be “reasonably calculated to enable a child to make progress appropriate in light of the child’s circumstances.”

The parents were seeking reimbursement of $70,000 for the child’s tuition and related expenses at a private school.

The student involved is identified only as Endrew F. in court documents.

He attended Summit View Elementary in Highlands Ranch. The suit was filed through his parents, identified only as Joseph F. and Jennifer F. in court documents. The attorney for the family is listed as Jack D. Robinson, with Spies, Powers & Robinson, P.C., of Denver.

“In DCSD, we are ever dedicated to the education of all of our 67,000 students,” William Trachman, the school district’s legal counsel, said in

an email. “We respect the decision of the Supreme Court justices and we are confident that the work we do for our students already meets this higher standard. Notably, the court did not hold that Douglas County School District failed to meet the new standard, or say that DCSD can’t proceed to prove that it met that standard in the Endrew F. matter. Indeed, in this case, the Douglas County School District offered an appropriate Individualized Education Plan and we look forward to proving to the lower courts that the IEP meets the new, higher standard.”

The question centered on what educational benefits are guaranteed to a child with disabilities by a public school under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. The case dates to 2010.

“When all is said and done, a student offered an educational program providing ‘merely more than de minimis’ progress from year to year can hardly be said to have been offered an education at all,” Roberts wrote in the decision. “For children with disabilities, receiving instruction that aims so low would be tantamount to ‘sitting idly ... awaiting the time when they were old enough to ‘drop out.’”

The federal Individuals With Disabilities Education Act, or IDEA, guarantees a “free appropriate public education” to all students with disabilities.

The court decision expands the defi-

nition of what “appropriate” means.

“It cannot be right that the IDEA generally contemplates grade-level advancement for children with disabilities who are fully integrated in the regular classroom, but is satisfied with barely more than de minimis progress for children who are not,” Roberts wrote.

Roberts wrote that the nature of the IEP process, from the initial consultation through state administrative proceedings, ensures that parents and school representatives “will fully air their respective opinions on the degree of progress a child’s IEP should

pursue” and by the time any dispute reaches court, school authorities will have had a complete opportunity to bring their expertise and judgment to bear on areas of disagreement.

IEPs were established by the case Board of Education of the Hendrick Hudson Central School District v.

Rowley in 1982, a case out of Peekskill, New York. Each IEP must be “reasonably calculated to confer an educational benefit on the child.”

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Island vendor’s inspiring, affirming words add to beauty of beach WINNING WORDS

Michael Norton

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he past several months have been an extremely busy time in my life. And I am grateful for all of the work, opportunities, challenges, setbacks and people who have been placed in my path.

The good news is that I was fortunate enough to take a short vacation on one of the Caribbean islands last week. The weather was perfect, the sand was soft, the water warm and inviting, the breeze singing through the palm trees, and all that combined with a good book was enough to help get me to that place of vacating all the tension, stress, and tiredness that had accumulated over the prior several months. That is, I thought it was enough, as it turned out I had one more blessing that

would take place each and every day while relaxing on the beach.

There were many locals on the island who walk the beach talking with the guests and trying to sell their tours, fishing trips, snorkel trips, a ride or taxi into town, jewelry, aloe, and some other items that they carried with them. However, there was one local man who was selling foot massages. He carried a sign and his T-shirt read, “Just Feet.” Although I didn’t take advantage of a foot massage, many of the other guests did.

However, what I did take advantage of was listening to Sam, as he walked the beach.

As he walked, he would speak out loud. He wasn’t trying to sell his services, he was

counting on his sign, his T-shirt, and word of mouth to bring him business. What he was saying out loud while walking were daily positive affirmations. He had a different word for each day we were there. Sam would say something like, “Today I am happy. All my thoughts and all my actions today will build upon my happiness. I will share my happiness with others hoping I can give them some of my heart and happiness.” And he would repeat this over and over again while walking.

This took place every day. The next day Sam walked by saying, “Today I am grateful, today I count my blessings instead of my curses, SEE NORTON, P11

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Not to give anything away, but let’s go all out on awards QUIET DESPERATION

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am polishing my tuxedo.

Jennifer’s backless, strapless gown is out of pawn.

We’re getting ready for the Awards Awards. Pardon my redundancy, as W.C. Fields would say.

We have awards for everything else, so why not awards for awards?

There are two or three ceremonies every month, for movies, songs, zookeepers, and shoe clerks.

The Awards Awards pools all of them. It makes perfect sense.

Sooner or later each and every one of us will be handed a trophy.

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As an educator I made an important discovery. Give everyone an “A,” and everyone goes home happy.

Best Jimmy Stewart Impersonator, Best Achievement in Achievement, Best Achievement in Underachievement, Best Methodist Named Carl.

Best Acceptance Speech. Best Worst Acceptance Speech.

Best Musical. Best Musical Music.

Awarding awards goes back 40,000 years. We know that a Neanderthal named “Buzz” picked up a trophy for Best GruntSEE SMITH, P11

Mentally ill don’t belong in jail State Sen. Daniel Kagan’s bill SB 17-207, “Strengthen Colorado’s Behavioral Health Crisis System,” makes perfect sense. As a people, we should not incarcerate those who have committed no crime.

People who are suffering a mental health crisis and have not committed a crime do not belong in jail. They need clinically appropriate care. It is certainly not the fault of patients that the number of beds available has dropped dramatically throughout the state for people with mental illness. They are patients — not criminals, as the law in some instances treats them now.

As with any acute or chronic condition or disease, healthcare professionals are best suited to deal with and treat the person who is suffering from the episode, not a jailer.

Sen. Kagan has a deep and abiding belief in the human spirit. He believes people with mental health issues deserve better than being sent to already overcrowded jails when they have committed no crime. Imagine how much worse a situation might become if you found yourself in jail as opposed to the comfort you might feel if you found yourself in the hands of a trained provider.

Sen. Kagan has strong support for SB 17-207 from the State Department of Human Services’ Office of Behavioral Health. The bill would have funding from the Marijuana Tax Cash Fund (MTCF), which is different from marijuana taxes used to fund schools. Indeed, health care is one of the things for which MCTF dollars must be used. The program would take no money from education or public infrastructure.

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today I am grateful for my family, my country, the food I will eat, the people I will meet, today I am grateful.”

Now if I were a cynic, I might have thought that this was just Sam’s way of getting the attention of the resort guests so that they would read his sign or T-shirt and request a foot massage.

But the more I watched him, and the more he walked the beach away from the guests, he continued saying out loud, softly, almost in a whisper sometimes, but still proclaiming his positive affirmations out loud. He

SMITH FROM PAGE 10

ing Around the Females.

From there it spread to Greece, and the first Olympiad.

And now?

I have heard rumors about an awards channel, like Turner Classic Movies. Twenty-four hours a day.

Non-stop ceremonies, new ones, old ones.

Who wouldn’t want to see Sacheen Littlefeather accept on behalf of Marlon Brando again? And maybe catch up on what she is doing these days?

She turned 70 last November.

Upcoming: Best Sports Nicknames.

I’m rooting for Thomas “The Angry Salad” Romaine, a St. Louis middleweight.

Jennifer is rooting for Bill “Old Fish ‘n’ Chips” Flounderman, a utility infielder in the Appalachian League.

Best Ethical Politician was canceled because there are none.

Best Sideline Reporters? Same thing.

Upcoming in June, appropriately: Best Best Man. Then we can look forward to Best Trophy.

I like the Stanley Cup. It has the names of the winning teams, their coaches, players, and dentists engraved on it.

wasn’t holding them inside, he wasn’t keeping them to himself, he was just sharing what seemed very natural and a very big part of his life and reason for contentment and happiness.

I was only there for several days, so I do not know how many positive words and affirmations Sam has in his affirmation bucket or in his positive word bank, But I do know that happiness, gratitude, contentment, love and forgiveness were the words I heard Sam use. I don’t know that I had a favorite as they were all speaking directly to me, but I think the most memorable was his positive affirmation about love. Sam was causally and peacefully walking through the sand and saying, “Today I choose love. I choose to love

others as I have been loved. I choose to love even those who do not love me.

I hope that someone may hear or see my love today and that it somehow makes a difference in their lives.

Today I choose love.” And he recited it over and over again.

Sam’s positive affirmations added to what was already a relaxing vacation, and his words reminded me just how powerful the spoken word is, especially when we are using them to positively affirm ourselves or others.

So how about you? Do you have a positive word bank or affirmation bucket you can draw upon that drives your belief system for each day? It doesn’t have to be a big list or large bucket, maybe you just have a few

“go-to” words that inspire you. My encouragement is that you try speaking them out loud, softly, almost a whisper if it gives you greater comfort, but to try the power of the positively spoken word for yourself. Even if you speak it in private, speak the words and thoughts out loud and let me know if it makes a difference at gotonorton@ gmail.com. And when we can start each day and live each day through positive words of affirmation, it really will be a better than good week.

Jennifer thinks that Floyd of Rosedale is tops. That’s the trophy they give to the winner of the Iowa-Minnesota football game every year.

The Hawkeyes beat the Golden Gophers last year, 14-7.

Best License Plate is right around the corner. The Automobile License Plate Collectors Association gives out the annual award.

Colorado won in 1975.

Michigan won in 2013 with its tasteful montage of the Mackinac Bridge, a Woodward Avenue hot dog, and lyrics of “The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald.”

“Lake Huron rolls, Superior sings, in the rooms of her ice-water mansions.”

The album version of the song is 6:32, but I always think it takes a week.

It’s up for Best Disaster Song, and I think it has a real shot. Its stiffest competition might be that catchy tune about the Kansas City Hyatt Regency walkway collapse.

“Krakatoa, East of Java” is up for Best Worst Movie Title, in part, I think, because Krakatoa is west of Java.

“Living Without Intestines” certainly has a chance in that category.

Speaking of categories, Best Category category nominations have just been announced.

There will be Best Performance by a Single Mother with Three or More Kids in a Grocery Store, Each

of Whom Had Sugary Cereals for Breakfast.

And Best Version of “Lady of Spain” by Someone Who Sounds Exactly Like James Earl Jones.

Look who’s talking? I have a trophy.

It’s on a shelf right behind me. It says

“Best Band Name Namer.”

I won for Radioactive Dachshund.

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He attended Douglas County schools from preschool through fourth grade. During that time, he received special-education services, including IEPs tailored to meet his unique needs.

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f all the traditions Vietnamese immigrants brought to the United States, pho is probably the one most people recognize, even if they can’t pronounce it.

The beef-and-noodle dish, pronounced “fuh,” originated in Vietnam in the 1880s. The name is believed to come from the French “pot au feu,” which translates to “pot of fire,” a beef stew the French brought to Vietnam when they colonized the country.

Over the course of generations, the dish became Vietnam’s national food.

“We look at pho like Americans look at bacon and eggs,” says Sunny Wong, whose family owns Pho Real in Littleton. “It’s a staple, it’s a street food. You can just get out

of your car anywhere (in Vietnam) and get a bowl of pho. We eat it for breakfast and dinner.”

Pho became popular in the United States over the last few decades, but the trend has become a favorite with consommé consumers, and new restaurants continue to open across the metro area.

Aficionados frown upon referring to pho as a soup, but comparisons arise nonetheless. Wong points out a key difference is pho, as opposed to ramen or wonton soup, is always made with rice noodles, not egg or flour. A variety of spices like star anise and ginger are added during cooking, and the bowl is traditionally topped with thin slices of rare beef that brown in the bowl.

But every batch of pho begins and ends with the broth.

Chanh Nguyen, who owns and operates Hashtag Pho in Centennial with his daughters Ally and Sue, steeps beef bones for two days to infuse all of the flavor he can into the broth, just as Wong’s aunt and uncle do at Pho Real.

One disadvantage of pho’s popularity, they say, is that some restaurants have begun to cut corners and use canned broth. Grocery stores have even begun to carry “instant pho,” a concept Sue and Ally laugh at.

Chanh Nguyen ladles out a bit of the beefy broth he’s steeping in the kitchen at Hashtag Pho in Centennial. Nguyen came to the United States in 1987 and opened his family’s first pho restaurant near County Line and Quebec over 15 years ago.

TOM SKELLEY But the Nguyens’ discerning customers, like Dan Popylisen, of Parker, know the difference.

“I’ve been in the restaurant business for more than 20 years, and some of the younger places around Denver take their broth off the back of a truck,” he says. “This place is the real deal.”

Traditional pho is all about the beef, but many restaurants offer “pho chay,” a vegetarian variation created for Vietnam’s Buddhist population.

Pho Real bases their vegetarian broth on soy sauce and adds tofu, while Hashtag Pho’s pho chay is carrot and cabbage-based. At Golden Pho, in Golden the menu boasts that the pho chay there takes 10 hours to cook, and

includes onions, ginger, cabbage, snow peas, squash, corn, scallions and even some cinnamon.

‘A sense of pride’ Authenticity and fresh ingredients are important to pho restaurateurs, Wong says, because family honor is on the line with every bowl.

“Every good pho restaurant probably has a family behind it,” he says.

“When people came to America from Vietnam, there’s a sense of pride in opening a pho restaurant.”

Born in the U.S., Wong says eating pho almost every day was a way for him to connect to his heritage.

SEE PHO, P18

PHO-NETICS A quick Google search reveals the many punfilled names of area pho restaurants. Sonny Wong, manager of Pho Real in Littleton, said he and his family had a brainstorming session to come up with the name.

1 2 3 Pho 11804 E. Oswego St., in the Meridian area

While many restaurant names are simply the word “pho” with a number attached, and a few are unfit to print, the following offers a sampling of some of the wittier restaurant pho names in the metro area.

Fee Fi Pho Fum 1384 S. Broadway, Denver

Pho-natic 229 E. Colfax Ave., Denver

Pho Real 2399 W. Main St., Littleton

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Vinyl Me, Please keeps the music spinning

ow do you find the music you love?

There’s always been the radio, and streaming sites like Spotify have gotten better and better at creating LINER recommendations for NOTES listeners to discover new artists.

But the people behind Denver-based Vinyl Me, Please, know none of that can replace the person who shares an album they really love with you.

“Everybody has Clarke Reader these moments where you have this friend who is like, ‘No, you have to hear this thing’ and plays it for you,” said Tyler Barstow, who co-founded Vinyl Me, Please with Matt Fiedler in 2013. “Any music person, regardless of how much you use Spotify and that stuff, needs somebody in their life who says, ‘You need to sit down and listen to this one thing,’ and that’s what we do every month.”

Vinyl Me, Please, is a record-of-themonth club where subscribers are sent one record each month — a record the 16-person staff has discussed, debated and decided it’s essential to any vinyl collection. Over the years, selections have included everything from Nina Simone’s “Nina Simone Sings the Blues” to The War on Drugs’ “Lost in the Dream” and Gorrilaz’s “Demon Days” to The Fugees’ “The Score.”

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CLARKE’S ALBUM OF THE WEEK Selection: Drake’s “More Life,” released on Young Money, Cash Money and Republic records.

Review: Drake was starting to take himself a little too seriously on last year’s “Views,” but he’s lightened up considerably on his latest release, which he is calling a playlist

(how that is different from an album or mixtape, I couldn’t possibly explain).

Drake pulls even more international influences into his sound, and as is always the case, he and his producers make it sound absolutely incredible. I’ve always been a fan of Drake’s R&B leanings over rap, and he highlights

that side of himself this time around. Don’t miss it.

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“We have a relationship with our members where we say, ‘Here is this thing that was really moving to us and we actually spend a lot of time writing about it … and we’d love for you to give it a listen,’ “ Barstow explained. “Our goal is to illuminate and shed some light on where this album comes from, because there are so many albums that aren’t just another pop record or another rap record or another indie rock record.”

In addition to the album of the month, subscribers to Vinyl Me, Please, receive access to limited-edition album pressings and special versions through the company’s online store. The website, www.vinylmeplease.com, also features some of the best long-form music writing on the internet, podcasts where Barstow discusses the latest in music with artists and other music experts, and weekly playlists.

Vinyl Me, Please, also hosts monthly listening parties called The Spins at

local bars and brewpubs, where music lovers can come together over drinks and great tunes.

Not bad for a club that started in a house in Louisville with just 12 members.

The roots of the company go back to Chicago, where Barstow and Fiedler lived and worked together. Fiedler got a record player for Christmas, but it was hard to find good vinyl around town.

They started looking for record clubs, but couldn’t find any good ones — and so Vinyl Me, Please was born.

Fiedler and his wife came to Colorado, and Barstow soon followed, and they started working in earnest on building the best record club available.

“It started with how do we get this to work, and then it was how do we make this tolerable and then how do we make this a little better than tolerable, and now we have the resources to go make this thing really great to use and be a part of,” Barstow said. “Over time it’s a relationship you develop with people.

And we don’t refer to any of our people

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by And Toto Too Theatre Company, supported by Next Stage NOW, at The Commons on Champa, 1245 Champa St., Denver, in the Denver Performing Arts Complex. Performances: 7:30 p.m.

Thursdays through Saturdays, followed by a community discussion. Tickets $25/$22, 720-583-3975, andtototoo.org.

as customers, because they’re members of a thing we’re building with them.”

The approach is working: By the end of 2016, Vinyl Me, Please had more than 20,000 subscribers in 40 countries, and has been featured on “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” and in Forbes Magazine. The company left its Boulder headquarters, and now is in downtown Denver, where it has room for even more growth.

“Very slowly, almost without us noticing at times, it became a very big deal,” Barstow said. “Our mantra is we want to bring people closer to music and artists that matter and find more ways to connect with these artists and albums in a deeper level.”

At a time where people primarily get their music from digital means, it’s important to celebrate those who still find the meaning in the tactile.

“I think there’s something really meaningful about going, ‘I love this album and I have it, and I have it on my shelf and I have all the art. And I open it up and there’s the liner notes and I see all these photographs,’” Barstow said. “There’s something meaningful in the ritual and setting time aside to show how much you value this art.”

Clarke Reader’s column on how music connects to our lives appears every other week. A community editor with Colorado Community Media, he hopes someone will vinyl him, please. Check out his music blog at calmacil20. blogspot.com. And share why you love vinyl at creader@coloradocommunitymedia.com.

CURTAIN TIME

18th-century Mississippi “The Robber Bridegroom” by Alfred Uhry, Robert Waldman, based on the novel by Eudora Welty, plays March 31 through April 30 at Town Hall Arts w Center, 2450 W. Main St. in downtown Littleton. Tale of Jamie Lockhart, a rascally backwoods robber who courts the rich planter’s daughter Rosamund.

(An evil stepmother is involved.)

Directed by Bob Wells, with musical direction by Donna Debreceni and choreography by Kelly Kates. Performances: 7:30 p.m. Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays; 2 p.m. on April 15 and Sundays. Tickets: $20-$42, 303-794-2787,

Little steps “Baby Dance” by Jane Anderson, presented by Cherry Creek Theatre Company at Mizel Arts and Cultural Center, 350 Dahlia St., Denver, runs through April 23. Gavin Mayer directs.

Performances: 8 p.m. Thursdays and Saturdays; 2 p.m. Sundays and 7 p.m.

Sundays April 16 and 23. Tickets: $35/$30, cherrycreektheater.org, 303-8006578.

And Toto Too “The Gun Show” by E.M. Lewis, a

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First for Benchmark “The Nether” by Jennifer Haley runs March 31 to April 23, presented by the new Benchmark Theatre Company, at Buntport Theater, 717 Lipan St., Denver. Performances: Thursdays, Fridays,

Saturdays at 8 p.m.; Sundays at 6 p.m.

Directed by Rachel Bouchard, company co-founder with Haley Johnson.

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For the young ones “Jungle Book” is presented by Denver Children’s Theatre at the Mizel Arts and Culture Center, 350 S. Dahlia St., Denver. Performances: Sundays at 1 p.m. and school performances most weekdays at 10 a.m. Tickets $10 children/$12 adults, $9 school children with group. maccjcc.org/denver-childrens-theatre.

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olorful miniature paintings in many styles and techniques, whimsical ceramic bird feeders, traditional functional pottery and other products created by the members of the Littleton Fine Arts Guild are available at bargain prices SONYA’S through April 23 at SAMPLER the Depot Art Gallery. The gallery is housed in a restored 1888 Santa Fe Depot that once was a hub of Downtown Littleton. It is located at 2069 W. Powers Ave., Littleton. Open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Tuesdays-Saturdays, Sonya Ellingboe 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Sundays. 303-795-0781.

Admission free, parking free.

Ghost town presentation “Legend of the High Country: Colorado’s Vanishing Ghost Towns” is

historian Ron Ruhoff ’s special interest and he has visited them since 1955.

He combines his images with music and live narration and will present the First Thursday Lecture at the Littleton Museum at 7 p.m. April 6. Admission is free, but free advance tickets will assure a seat. (four-per-person limit.) The lecture series is a collaboration of the Littleton Museum and Historic Littleton Inc. The museum is at 6028 S. Gallup St. in Littleton. 303795-3950.

Museum Outdoor Arts “Unerased Journeys: A Survey of Works by Darryl Pottorf ” opens at the Museum Outdoor Art with a 6 to 9 p.m. reception on April 8, running until July 15. The internationally recognized artist was studio assistant and then collaborator with Robert Rauschenberg, which led to international travel and connections with a number of luminaries, as well as Malaysian headhunters. The MOA is at 1000 Englewood Parkway in the En-

glewood Civic Center, 1000 Englewood Parkway. Admission is free. Pianist Hank Troy will perform at the reception. “Life changes things. Things get erased, so you go back and unerase them to understand.”—Darryl Pottorf.

303-806-0444; moaonline.org Fielder presentation “Landscape Photography Techniques” will be the topic for noted Colorado photographer John Fielder when he speaks to the Highlands Ranch Photography Club on April 11.

The meeting will be from 7 to 9 p.m. in the Shea A Meeting Room at the James H. LaRue Branch Library, 9292 Ridgeline Blvd., Highlands Ranch.

The club, which meets on the second Tuesday of each month (except December) at various locations, welcomes members of all skills and visitors are invited. (May 9 will be at the Lone Tree Library Event Hall.)

Special benefit The Goods, 2550 E. Colfax Ave.,

Denver, will host a benefit for United Cerebral Palsy, in conjunction with Tattered Cover, local author Frank Dadione and music project Songs for Jake from 5 to 9 p.m. March 30. A percentage of food and drink purchases and 100 percent of sales of Dadione’s memoir, “Life’s Equation,” will go to United Cerebral Palsy. 303-355-5445, thegoodsrestaurant.com.

Going far far away …

“Star Wars and the Power of Costume” is extended a week — through April 9 — at the Denver Art Museum, before it blasts off to another location. Advance timed ticket purchase is recommended to avoid a disappointed fan from arriving at one of the many sold-out segments. Visit denverartmuseum.org or call 720-913-0130.

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Non-Practicing and Part Time Nurses Association meets from 12:30-2:30 p.m. on the third Wednesday of each month at the Southglenn Library, 6972 S. Vine St., Centennial. All nurses are invited to attend for medical presentations. Contact: Barbara Karford, 303-794-0354.

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Contacts Unlimited is a business and professional leads group that meets at Courtesy Ford, 8252 S. Broadway, Littleton in the meeting room on the first, second, and third Thursday of every month.

Meeting time is 8-9:15 a.m. Visitors are welcome. Call Jenifer at 303-221-6550.

Recreation Adventures in Dance offers a number of dance classes for adults. Line Dance Aerobics is Mondays; West Coast swing is Tuesdays; Merengue and bachata is Wednesdays; Viennese waltz and slow waltz is Thursdays; and a social Latin dance sampler is offered over two Fridays. Adventures in Dance is at 1500 W. Littleton Blvd., Littleton. Go to www. adventuresindance.com for details and to sign up.

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Professional CERTUS Professional Network meets for its Littleton networking event from 9:30-11 a.m. the fourth Thursday of the month at Panera Bread, 3702 River Point Parkway, Littleton. Build your network, grow your business, network less. Our events are structured to connect professionals with the resources, power partners and leaders to expand their business and the business of others. Open to all industries, includes 30 minutes of open networking and organized introductions to the group. Cost: $12 non-CERTUS members at the door. First participants pay half price. RSVP not required. More info about CERTUS™ Professional Network at http://www.CertusNetwork.com.

Women Investment Group Master Mind Group meets to empower all women to build a real financial freedom through the power of real estate in any market condition. We network, share ideas, leads, resources and encourage each other. We meet once a month. For meeting information, call Lorena 303981-6539 or e-mail WomenInvestmentGroup@comcast.net.

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Our membership ranges from the 40s to 60-plus. We usually meet at 7 p.m. the first Tuesday of the month. For specific meeting information, contact campingsingles@gmail.com

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PHO FROM PAGE 14

For American customers like Chad Baker, of Aurora, the connection may not be as personal, but the personality of the cooks comes through in the taste.

“Every kitchen has its own flavor, every restaurant does its own thing,” Baker, who’s been a pho fan for four or five years, says.

“Every place has a different broth,” says Baker’s table mate, Nicole Nicholas of Highlands Ranch.

Being able to customize her dish with basil, lime, jalapeno or sauces available is another plus.

“I like that you can do your own thing with it,” she says.

Littleton’s Janie Salazar says that that versatility makes pho the perfect option for a family. She and her husband bring their children to Pho Real so everybody gets what they want out of the meal.

“There’s so many things you can throw in it,” Salazar says. “Everyone in the family customizes it, and the kids feel like they’re making their own soup.”

A remedy for what ails you Salazar adds that knowing pho is made with fresh, healthy ingredients makes her feel good about what she’s feeding her family, a selling point not lost on other pho lovers who rely on the dish as a remedy for whatever ails them.

Customers tell the Nguyens they rely on a hot bowl of pho to get them over the flu, a cold or the occasional hangover.

“We hear it all,” Sue says. “I love that pho is becoming the next chicken noodle soup.”

Monica Baruth likes to bring her 24-year-old daughter, Lindsay, with her when she visits Pho Real, especially when one of them is under the weather.

“It’s like you’re eating your medicine,” Monica says, pointing with her chopsticks at the vibrant vegetables floating atop her bowl of broth.

“It’s hydrating as well,” Lindsay says. “I love the freshness of it, it’s hearty and it makes your soul feel good.”

That warm, full feeling is what keeps customers coming back, Wong says, healthy or sick, rain or shine or snow.

“It’s a comfort food. You get filled up but it’s easy to digest,” he says.

“It’s also really comforting to have a hot bowl of soup on a cold morning.”

“I check the weather report every night,” he adds with a smile.

As they begin to prepare an entrée for Popylisen, before he can order it, Sue and Ally insist they’d be making pho the same way they always have even if they didn’t have a restaurant.

It’s comfort food for them too, after all.

“We’re eating this every day,” Sue says.

Ally agrees.

“We’re making it as much for us as we are for them.”

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Cranes fly into valley on wings of wonder Monte Vista area comes alive with birds and visitors

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Head southwest on U.S. 285 into the beautiful San Luis Valley for an appealing weekend adventure that works well for families as well as adults, as thousands of sandhill cranes pass through on their northbound migration..

Birders with spotting scopes, seriously large cameras and binoculars line the viewing area west of the Monte Vista National Wildlife Refuge along State Highway 15, six miles west of Monte Vista. Viewers also gather along a county road for a mile or so south (look for two separate clumps of old trees).

Excited young children seemed to enjoy the search as much as their parents and grandparents — and the elegant birds didn’t seem to ruffle a feather over a little extra noise. What the cranes were concentrating on was eating every possible bite of grain, small frogs, insects and anything else to be found in the bare fields where local farmers have left some grain for them after harvest.

This flock, estimated at about 20,000 by naturalists, is stopping over to tank up, on the way to nesting grounds in northern Wyoming and into Canada. They’ll do a reverse trip south with new offspring in September, when they also hang around the area for some time (also a beautiful season for a weekend in the mountains.).

Ancient pictographs on nearby rock faces show the long-legged birds that flew on this path thousands of years ago.

One sees tall, gray adults with a bright red cap as well as younger brownish cranes, which have not yet developed the red cap. “The Pictorial Checklist of Colorado Birds” talks about a smaller brownish variety that travels with the gray cranes, but more recent books don’t seem to distinguish them, and one does see quite a range of brownish cranes side by

Among the thousands of sandhill Cranes stopping to rest and feed at the wildlife refuge near Monte Vista were these long-legged specimens. The smaller brown birds are young ones. The gray adults have bright red caps.

PHOTO BY KIRSTEN ORAHOOD side with the larger sleek gray birds.

It’s said that cranes mate for life and the younger birds travel with parents the first year — and then with the flock after a new chick needs care from the adults. They are close enough to see clearly with the bare eye, but binoculars distinguish different markings.

Then suddenly, there will be a call and a number will rise into the air and sail away, communicating as they fly. (Especially engaging toward sunset when the sky fills with birds heading to roost overnight.)

At the same time another group may circle in to land and feed. The best times to see them would be mornings before 10 a.m. and afternoons after 4 p.m.

Monte Vista hosted its 34th Annual Crane Festival March 10-12, but one can spot the birds well into April. Our three-generation family visited March 17-19 and easily spotted thousands.

If they’re not at the first location, check another one.

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the national wildlife refuge near the buildings may reveal cranes, but over several years, we have found more within a half -mile radius, in fields that are part of the refuge property. A variety of ducks, red-winged blackbirds, geese and other feathered creatures are visiting the ponds and

marshy surrounding land as well.

An enjoyable mid-day hike is available in Penitente Canyon, off U.S. 285 near La Garita, north of Monte Vista.

Popular with rock climbers, it also offers spectacular views of the surrounding countryside, campsites and a shaded picnic area.

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THEATER

‘The Robber Bridegroom’: 7:30 p.m. Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays, and 2 p.m. Sundays, from Friday, March 31 to Sunday, April 30, with an additional show at 2 p.m.

Saturday, April 15, at Town Hall Arts Center, 2450 W. Main St., Littleton.

The musical follows a rascally robber of the woods as he courts the only daughter of the richest planter in the country. The proceedings go awry, however, thanks to a case of double-mistaken identity.

Tickets available at the box office, by calling 303-794-2787 or online at townhallartscenter.org/robberbridegroom.

Auditions for ‘Sing!’: 5:30 p.m.

Tuesday, April 11 at Spotlight Performing Arts Center, 6328 E. County Line Road, Unit 102, Highlands Ranch. Show is for ages 6-18 years.

Class runs 15 weeks and teaches acting, dance and vocal techniques while preparing a full-length musical production. Classes take place from 5:30-7 p.m. Tuesdays.

Performances in August. Go to www.spotlightperformers.com or call 720-44-DANCE for information and tuition rates.

‘Don Quixote’: 2 p.m. and 7 p.m.

Saturday, April 22 at the Performing Arts Complex at Pinnacle Charter School, 1001 W. 84th Ave., Federal Heights. Presented by Denver Ballet Theatre, Centennial. Discounted tickets available through April 1; use code EARLYBIRD. Go to www.denverballettheatreacademy.com for tickets and information.

MUSIC

Colossal Classics and Surprising Concertos, The Titan: 7:30 p.m.

Friday, March 31, at Littleton United Methodist Church, 5894 S. Datura St., Littleton.

Call 303-933-6824 or go to www.littletonsymphony.org for tickets.

Peter & Will Anderson Jazz Trio: 7 p.m.

Tuesday, April 4, at Good Shepherd Episcopal Church, 8545 E. Dry Creek Road, Centennial.

Go to http://gshep.org/ ministry/music-missionconcert-series Lenten Recitals: 12:10 p.m. Wednesdays through April 5 at St. Andrew United Methodist Church, 9203 S. University Blvd., Highlands Ranch.

Music of the Lenten season presented in 20- to 25-minute recitals.

Light lunch served. Donations accepted. Concert schedule: Mark Zwilling, organ and piano, March 22; Alleluia Handbells, March 29; St. Andrew Sisters Women’s Ensemble, April 5. Contact Mark Zwilling at 303 794-2683 or mzwilling@ gostandrew.com

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Presented by Susan Buckley, RD, CDE. For information or to register, call 303-744-1065 or go to www. southdenver.com.

this week’s TOP FIVE Instrument Zoo: 9:30 a.m. Saturday, April 1, at the Lone Tree Library, 10055 Library Way. Douglas County Libraries program for children offers handson fun with a variety of musical instruments. No registration needed; call 303-791-7323 or go to DCL.org.

Yours, Colorado: Colorado State of Mind Fair: 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Saturday, April 1, at the Philip S. Miller Library, 100 S. Wilcox St., Castle Rock. Explore a variety of Colorado outdoor activities, from rock hunting to canoeing and more, including displays and demos. No registration required. Call 303-791-7323 or go to DCL.org.

Splashy Watercolor Technique: 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Saturday, April 1 at First Presbyterian Church, 1609 W. Littleton Blvd., Littleton. Led by local artist Robert Gray; presented by Heritage Fine Arts Guild of Arapahoe County. Full supply list on the Heri-

ART

Create a Graphic Novel: 4:30 p.m.

Tuesday, April 4, at the James H. LaRue Library, 9292 Ridgeline Blvd., Highlands Ranch. Local graphic novel artist helps kids in grades 2-6 create their own graphic novel. Registration required; call 303-791-7323 or go to DCL.org.

Explore the Art of Improv: 4:30 p.m. (ages 8-12) and 6 p.m. (teens and adults) Tuesday, April 4, at the Castle Pines Library, 360 Village Square Lane. Certified theater teacher leads workshop. Registration required; call 303-791-7323 or go to DCL.org.

Elizabeth Arts Survey: Community and civic leaders are exploring the potential for new, affordable art space to be built in Elizabeth.

Everyone involved in the arts, cultural and creative communities is asked to take the Elizabeth Arts Survey. The survey closes April 10. Go to www. elizabethartsurvey.org.

FILM

Two Silent Films, Discussion: 6-8 p.m. Thursday, April 6, at Alamo Drafthouse Cinema, 7301 S. Santa Fe Drive, Ste. 850, Littleton.

Watch “The Land Beyond the Sunset” and “The Boat,” then discuss with film critic and creative director of the Denver Silent Film Festival Howie Movshovitz.

Admission is free; Active Minds members receive extra raffle tickets. Registration required.

Contact 303-320-7652 or info@ activeminds.com.

tage Fine Arts Guild website. For ages 18 and older.

Sign up at http://www.heritage-guild.com.

Genealogy Fair: 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Saturday, April 1, at the James H. LaRue Library, 9292 Ridgeline Blvd., Highlands Ranch. Highlands Ranch Genealogical Society presents booths, workshops and online research tools. Try out tools such as Ancestry.com, Newspapers.com, NewspaperArchive.com and MyHeritage to see which of these subscription sites will be best for you. No registration required; call 303-791-7323 or go to DCL.org.

Finding Old Maps on the Internet: 7 p.m.

Tuesday, April 4 at the James H. LaRue Library, 9292 Ridgeline Blvd., Highlands Ranch. Presented by the Highlands Ranch Genealogical Society and led by Ted Bainbridge, Ph.D. Learn how cartography can help you make sense of your research and get you past those dreaded “brick walls.” Show up at 6:30 p.m. for conversation with fellow genealogists.

EVENTS

Mystery of the Enigma: 7:30 p.m. Friday, March 31 at South Suburban Christian Church, 7275 S. Broadway, Littleton. Concert preceded by a talk with Maestro Devin Patrick Hughes and guest soloist Nicholas May at 6:45 p.m.

Tickets and information available by calling 303-781-1892 or www. arapahoe-phil.org.

Post 103: 7 p.m. Wednesday, April 5, at Buck Recreation Center, 2004 W. Powers Ave. Littleton.

Post 103 invited area veterans to learn more about legion activities and consider joining.

Community Passover Seder: 7 p.m. Monday, April 10, at Chabad Jewish Center, 9950 Lone Tree Parkway, Lone Tree. All are welcome to join the community Seder, regardless of Jewish affiliation or background. Reservations can be made online at www.

DenverJewishCenter.com. A Teen Club Seder is Tuesday, April 11.

Contact Rabbi Avraham Mntz at 303-792-7222 or Rabbi@DenverJewishCenter.com.

Recording Your Family History: 1-3 p.m. Tuesday, April 11, at Lutheran Church of the Holy Spirit, 6400 S. University Blvd., Centennial. Author and family historian Ron Ross developed an oral history technique when he recorded the life stories of his now-deceased parents. He will share his work and demonstrate his methods. Preview his method at www.recordyourfamilyhistory. com. Contact Bob Jenkins, president, at ColumbineGenealogy@ gmail.com. Go to www.ColumbineGenealogy.com

HEALTH

Arapahoe County Administration Blood Drive: 8-9:40 a.m. and 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Friday, March 31 at 5334 S. Prince St., Littleton, CO 80166. Call 303-363-2300 or visit bonfils.org.

Cascades Building Blood Drive: 9-10:40 a.m. and noon to 3 p.m.

Monday, April 3 inside the Bloodmobile at 6300 S. Syracuse Way, Centennial. Contact the Bonfils Appointment Center at 303-3632300 or bonfils.org.

AT&T/DirecTV Blood Drive: 1011:40 a.m. and 1-3:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 4 inside the Bloodmobile at 161 Inverness Drive West, Englewood. Contact the Bonfils Appointment Center at 303-363-2300 or bonfils.org.

DaVita-Centennial Blood Drive: 10-11:40 a.m. and 1-3:30 p.m.

Thursday, April 6 inside the training room at 7173 S. Havan St., Suite 100, Centennial. Contact the Bonfils Appointment Center at 303-363-2300 or bonfils.org.

Liberty Mutual Blood Drive: 9-10:40 a.m. and noon to 2:30 p.m.

Friday, April 7 inside the Bloodmobile at 10800 E. Geddes, Ste. 200, Centennial. Contact the Bonfils Appointment Center at 303-3632300 or bonfils.org.

Roxborough PTIC Blood Drive: 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Saturday, April 8 inside the Bloodmobile at 8000 Village Circle West, Littleton.

Contact Cindy Fowler at 303-4344365 or visit bonfils.org Bethany Lutheran Church Blood Drive: 8 a.m. to noon Sunday, April 9 inside the Fellowship Hall at 4500 E Hampden Ave., Cherry Hills Village. Contact the Bonfils Appointment Center at 303-3632300 or bonfils.org.

ChristLife Community Church Blood Drive: 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Sunday, April 9 inside the gym at 5451 CO-86, Franktown. Contact Diana Brown at 720-224-1484 or go to bonfils.org.

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Newmont Mining Blood Drive: 8 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 5 inside the Bloodmobile at 6501 S. Fiddler’s Green Circle, 6501 S. Fiddler’s Green Circle, Greenwood Village. Contact the Bonfils Appointment Center at 303-3632300 or bonfils.org.

Douglas County School District: The Next Four Years: 3 p.m.

Sunday, April 9 at the Castle Pines Library, 360 Village Square Lane; and 6:30 p.m. Thursday, April 13 at the James H. LaRue Library, 9292 Ridgeline Blvd., Highlands Ranch.

Join Douglas County Parents in a conversation about the state of our school district and why the 2017 Board of Education election is important to the future of the district and to you. Go to www. douglascountyparents.com, or contact jason@douglascountyparents.com or amy@douglascountyparents.com.

Heart Health Nutrition: 11 a.m. to noon Wednesday, April 5 (Ban the Belly Fat); Wednesday, April 12 (The Protein Prescription); and Wednesday, April 19 (Thyroid Health-Your Metabolic Engine) at the South Denver Heart Center, 1000 Southpark Drive, Littleton.

Editor’s note: Calendar submissions must be received by noon Wednesday for publication the following week. Send listings to calendar@coloradocommunitymedia.com. No attachments, please. Listings are free and run on a space-available basis.

Quadrant Building Blood Drive: 9-10:40 a.m. and noon to 2 p.m.

Wednesday, April 5 inside the Bighorn Room, 5445 DTC Parkway, Centennial. Contact the Bonfils Appointment Center at 303-3632300 or bonfils.org.

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‘Math Lab’ is number one for childhood fun

BY SONYA ELLINGBOE SELLINGBOE@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

“Welcome to the secret world of mathematicians … Mathematicians play. They come up with interesting questions and investigate possible solutions,” say authors Rebecca Rapoport and J.A. Yoder about their recently published book, “Math Lab,” which presents shapes, puzzles and games and invites hands-on participation.

“Math Lab” — which is aimed at 6- to 10-year-olds who may want to develop “skills in math, science, engineering, writing and well, life” — has numerous exercises that only require items available around the house: toothpicks, gum-

drops, paper (assorted colors), string, pencil, tape … and, of course, a curious kid with a bit of parental assistance, when needed.

Along the way, an interesting vocabulary will grow: octahedron, dodecahedron, Mobius, parabola, fractal — and one can learn the ancient game of Nim. The book grew out of an after-school STEAM (science, technology, engineering, art and math) center the authors helped to build. Illustrations are colorful and projects are clearly explained, step by step. It would definitely be best to begin at the beginning and work up to the more complex shapes later, no matter how swell they look — followed by puzzles and games.

With colored chalk, a broom and string, one can draw giant circles and ellipses on a sidewalk or driveway — and perhaps create a game or grand design. With a needle and colored thread, one can stitch parabolas into elaborate stars. With colored paper, scissors, ruler and a triangle template you have made previously, you can build a complex Sierpinski Triangle.

At the back of the book, there is also a pattern for Tangrams, which can offer endless diversion. With each lab is a section of instructions, colorful illustration and, sometimes, a “Think About It” phrase and/or a related activity.

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The authors express the thought early on that “Real math is so much more about curiosity and experimentation than most people realize.” Some additional resources and their website are included as well, as kids learn to play with math.

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SPORTS ALL-SOUTH METRO GIRLS AND BOYS BASKETBALL TEAMS

Talented 20 make their points

BY JIM BENTON JBENTON@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

T

his season’s Colorado Community Media AllSouth Metro boys and girls basketball teams have a

mixture of individuals with different talents and skills.

Among the 20 players who comprise the boys and girls first and second teams, you’ll find: • Versatile guards who are like quarterbacks on the court.

• Three-point shooters who can knock down baskets from afar.

• Rugged rebounders.

• Top-notch defenders.

• All-around standouts.

The players were chosen by the Colorado Community Media sports

staff, with input from area coaches.

To be considered, players must have attended schools in the Douglas County, Littleton or Englewood school districts, or have attended Cherry Creek, Valor Christian or Lutheran high schools.

ALL-SOUTH METRO GIRLS FIRST TEAM Tommi Olson, Highlands Ranch

Jana Van Gytenbeek, Cherry Creek

Class: Junior

Class: Freshman

Class: Senior

Height: 5-6

Height: 5-7

Height: 5-7

Key stats: Led the Continental League in assists (5.3), steals (4.0) and 3-pointers (73) and she scored 14.8 points per game.

Autumn Watts, Highlands Ranch

Reagan Chiaverini, Chaparral

Key stats: The Bruins floor leader who averaged 14.8 points, 5.7 assists and 2.1 steals per game, and made 43 3-pointers.

Key stats: Continental League’s second leading scorer with a 16.9 average and she shot 77 percent from the free throw line.

Ashleigh Ellis, Ponderosa

Haley Shaklee, Lutheran

Class: Sophomore Height: 6-0 Key stats: She scored 13.9 points and pulled down 9.8 rebounds a game.She had 11 double doubles.

Rebekah Sandstrom, Littleton Class: Junior Height: 6-1 Key stats: Led the Jefferson County 4A League in rebounding for the second consecutive season with an 11.8 average and scored 7.3 points a game.

SECOND TEAM Macy Ziegler, Arapahoe

Tess Boade, Valor Christian

Jaela Richardson, Cherry Creek

Class: Senior

Class: Senior

Class: Junior

Class: Senior

Class: Junior

Height: 5-4

Height: 5-7

Height: 5-11

Height: 5-4

Height: 6-0

Key stats: She averaged 12 points and 2.6 assists and made 33 3-point shots.

Key stats: Wound up fourth in the Continental League scoring race with

Key stats: Made 82 3-point baskets, shooting 35 percent, to lead Class 3A.

Key stats: Scored at a 13.1 clip as the Eagles’ leader while averaging 3.7

Key stats: She was a big contributor inside for a tall Bruins squad, scoring

a 15.4 average.

steals.

9.3 points.

ALL-SOUTH METRO BOYS FIRST TEAM Sam Masten, Rock Canyon

Jalen Sanders, Valor Christian

Corey Seng, ThunderRidge

Brendan Sullivan, Highlands Ranch

Jake Belknapp, Mountain Vista

Class: Junior

Class: Senior

Class: Senior

Class: Junior

Class: Senior

Height: 6-3

Height: 6-5

Height: 6-5

Height: 6-6

Height: 6-8

Key stats: Led the Continental League and was fourth in the state in Class 5A in scoring with a 22.3 average. He shot 55 percent from the field and 77 percent from the foul line.

Key stats: He was the Jeffco 4A leader in scoring (22.5), assists (4.4) and blocks (3.2). Also averaged 7.3 rebounds and 2.6 steals.

Key stats: He scored 21.2 points per game, made 48 3-point shots, pulled down 4.9 rebounds a game and handed out 3.1 assists per contest.

Key stats: Topped the Continental League in rebounding with 10 per game and double doubles with 11. He scored 16.6 points per game.

Key stats: Finished the season with a 16.6 scoring and a 9.0 rebounding average while recording nine double doubles.

Colin Rardin, Rock Canyon

Kyle Lukasiewicz, Arapahoe

Isasc Essien, Mountain Vista

Ronnie DeGray III, Chaparral

SECOND TEAM Kaison Hammonds, ThunderRidge Class: Junior

Class: Senior

Class: Senior

Class: Senior

Height: 6-4

Height: 6-3

Height: 6-4

Height: 6-0

Key stats: Emerged as a crucial part of the Grizzlies’ attack by averaging 14.4 points, 5.3 rebounds and 4.6 assists per game.

Key stats: Connected on a Continental League-leading 50 3-pointers while averaging 13.3 points with 3.0 assists per game.

Key stats: Did it all for the Warriors, averaging 17.8 points and 4.1 rebounds per game and making 50 3-point baskets.

Key stats: He was the assist leader in the Continental League with 6.2 per game while also scoring 11.2 points per game.

Class: Sophomore

M

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Height: 6-5

Key stats: Showed his C potential on a young Wolverines team by averaging 15.3 points and 5.7 rebounds a game.

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For crew chiefs, it’s life in the fast lane

C

Heritage’s Arian Jimenez leads off the bottom of the first with a double, but was stranded at second base in the March 23 game against Cherry Creek. The Bruins held on for a 7-6 victory to hand the Eagles their first loss of the season in a game featured two top 10 teams in the CHSAANow.com Class 5A rankings.

JIM BENTON

Bruins edge Heritage in top 10 showdown Cherry Creek holds on for 7-6 win over Eagles

BY JIM BENTON JBENTON@COLORDOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Cherry Creek and Heritage believe that scheduling tough baseball games early can make teams better late in the season.

The Bruins went to Heritage for a non-league game featuring two of the top 10 teams in the state on March 23.

Cherry Creek, ranked fourth in the CHSAANow.com Class 5A poll, took a 7-2 lead into the bottom of the seventh and held on for a 7-6 triumph over the 10th-ranked Eagles.

Both teams departed for a spring break trip to Arizona after the game, with Cherry Creek toting a 4-1 record and Heritage a 3-1 mark.

“If you look at our schedule, we schedule everybody that has good pitchers,” Creek coach Marc Johnson said. “We want to see everybody’s best. And if we lose some games, we lose some games. We want to be where we are seeing good pitching every game. We know that as Cherry Creek, people will bring their best against us.”

Heritage coach Scott Hormann had two of Colorado’s most touted pitchers facing the Bruins.

“We just have to play the best schedule we can play,” he said. “Wins and losses take care of themselves. I’m not concerned whether we won or lost. That was a great ball game. Either team could have won it. I think we showed we’re a top team in the state. We want to be around. We want to play the best schedule we can play. Playing against Creek is always a good option.”

Heritage junior right-hander Riley Egloff started for the Eagles but was touched for eight hits and five runs in four innings. Senior Jacob Hilton allowed two hits in three innings of work and struck out seven batters, although the Bruins managed two unearned runs in the top of the seventh, which provided the winning margin.

Junior Tyler Schultz delivered a two-run double just inside the third-base foul line to key a three-run second inning for the Bruins. Senior Cody Schultz and junior Tanner O’Tremba hit back-to-back solo homers in the third as Creek took a 5-1 lead.

Heritage got a run back in the fourth and had SEE BASEBALL, P27

STANDOUT PERFORMERS Meg Hanson, lacrosse, junior, Arapahoe: She had four goals as the Warriors had 10 different players score in a 20-3 win over Evergreen on March 20.

Jordan Medina, baseball, junior, Highlands Ranch: He went 4-for-4 with a home run and double, drove in five runs and stole a base as the Falcons opened play March 21 in the Pride Classic Tournament with an 18-0 win over Scottsdale Christian Academy.

Case Williams, baseball, freshman, Douglas County: Williams allowed just one hit and struck out nine

batters in a four-inning stint during the Huskies’ 5-0 win over Highland of Palmdale, California, on March 21.

Jacob Dack, track, senior, Lutheran: Dack won the shot put (52-00.25) and discus (136-03.00) on March 23 at the Denver South Rebel Invitational.

Logan O’Neill, baseball, senior, Rock Canyon: O’Neill went 3-for-3, scored three runs, stole a base and had five runs batted in as the Jaguars beat Valley Vista of Surprise, Arizona, on March 22.

STANDOUT PERFORMERS are five 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

ole Pearn and Chris Gayle feel right at home in Golden, but neither is home very often.

Both are crew chiefs for Denver’s NASCAR Furniture Row Racing teams.

Pearn is in his second season as crew chief for the No. 78 team and driver OVERTIME Martin Truex Jr. Truex, who won March 12 in Las Vegas, is third in driver points and has a series-leading eight playoff bonus points following the March 26 Auto Club 400 in Fontana, California.

Gayle is the crew chief for the No. 77 and rookie driver Erik Jones, for the second FRR team. Jones is 15th in the point standings.

Pearn and his family moved from Jim Benton North Carolina to the Denver area before the start of the 2016 season. They are embracing the Colorado lifestyle, but it’s not always easy.

“It’s hard being away,” said Pearn, a native of London, Ontario, who plays hockey in an area league and skis during the offseason. “I’ve got two young kids (Callum and Freya), so it’s hard on my wife (Carrie)… We just do the best we can with it, but it’s a challenge.”

On most NASCAR weeks when races are on Sundays, the FRR teams return to Denver after the race Sunday evening and depart on Thursday for the next track Gayle, along with his wife Brandi and 2-year-old daughter Cora, moved to Golden from North Carolina on Nov. 30, 2016.

“I moved out (here) and three days later it dumped 9 inches of snow and it was like 4 degrees for a high for two straight days,” Gayle. “I was like, ‘whew, this is more than I expected,’ but then three days later it was 50 degrees and all the snow was gone. It’s nice and sunny and I like that.”

American football in Italy Football is the most popular sport in Italy, but in America that sport is called soccer.

Castle View senior Riese Lutz is part of the American Football Worldwide USA Elite 19U team that will tour Italy April 15-22 and will play a game of American football on April 22 in Milan against the Italian National U19 team.

The Italian team gets together a couple times a year to train and compete against other national European American football teams. The USA team will help refine the American form of football for Italy’s team.

Lutz was all-conference player in the Mount Wilson league last season. The cornerback/free safety made 26 solo tackles, had five interceptions and blocked two field goals.

Later start shouldn’t effect sports Start time for classes at the high schools in the Cherry Creek School District will start later for the 2017-18 school year. The school day will start at 8:20 a.m. and release at 3:30 p.m.

Cherry Creek High School Athletic Director Jason Wilkins doesn’t anticipate any effect on Bruins’ athletic practices or after-school games, even those away games that start at 4 or 4:15 p.m.

“We do anticipate a few more students wanting off the last period of the day as athletes will not want to miss class for a game,” Wilkins said. “We also anticipate more students wanting a first-period class since it will now start later.

“When I went through and looked at every game played last year, the location and the times, it was surprising to see how few games would have been affected by this new end time. One of the benefits is that many coaches are out of the building these days, so practices started later anyway. This later end time will help to eliminate some of that down time while kids waited for practice to start.”

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

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Benton, coaches honored at Hall of Fame dinner Colorado Community Media’s own Jim Benton was honored with the Media Award by the Colorado High School Coaches Association March 25 at its Hall of Fame induction dinner in Aurora.

Benton joined five coaches in receiving honors at the dinner.

Benton is a Denver native who graduated from Lincoln High School and the University of Denver. He worked for 41 years as a sportswriter for the Rocky Mountain News covering all levels of sports — club, high school, college and pro. Since 2012, he has been covering sports, with a focus on high schools, in the metro area for Colorado Community Media.

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runners on first and second with one out in the fifth when Cody Schultz stabbed a hard ground ball hit by Egloff and turned it into an inningending double play.

“Everybody thought it was a base hit — I did too,” Johnson said. “Cody got it and I think the runner thought he had a base hit. He wasn’t running as hard as he could. Getting that double play was huge.

“It was a good game. They scrapped, came back and hit a grand slam. It was a good thing we were up 7-2.”

The play by Cody Schultz prevented what could have been a big Heritage inning.

“It was a hard hit ground ball,” Cody Schultz said. “I got down to one knee

High School volleyball coachT.R. Ellis, former Fowler basketball coach Greg Fruhwirth, former North Park coach and althletic director Randy Hodgson, former Overland football coachTony Manfredi and Colorado Academy track and cross country coach Alan Versaw.

Ellis was the lone female coach inducted by the CHSCA this year. She began her coaching career in Colorado at Olathe High School in 1982 and in 1990 moved over to the Douglas County School District for the remainder of her career.

In 1997, Chaparral High opened and Ellis became the school’s first volleyball coach. In 2010 and 2011, the Wolverines were state champions and she led them to a 226-120 record. She was the All-Colorado Volleyball Coach of the Year and Class 5A Volleyball Coach of the Year in 2011.

and just tried to stop it if I could and keep it close to me.

“It definitely killed their momentum. Facing good competition just prepares us when it comes playoff time and we’ve faced the best arms in the state. Jacob Hilton came in and threw lights out for them from the fourth inning on.”

Hilton allowed two hits in three innings but struck out seven batters.

The Bruins managed to score two unearned runs in the top of the seventh to take a 7-2 lead.

Gunnar Kozlowitz belted a two-out grand slam in the bottom of the seventh to pull the Eagles to within one run, but Creek reliever Gabe Austin got the game’s final out with a strikeout.

“Tip your cap to them,” Hormann said. “They beat us. Hopefully, we get the chance to beat them the next time.”

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ATTORNEY GENERAL, THE FEDERAL CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION BUREAU (CFPB), OR BOTH. THE FILING OF A COMPLAINT WILL NOT STOP THE FORECLOSURE PROCESS.

Public Notices 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

COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0038-2017

To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On January 27, 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) JENNIFER KRAMER Original Beneficiary(ies) Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., acting solely as nominee for SWBC Mortgage Corporation Current Holder of Evidence of Debt SWBC MORTGAGE CORPORATION Date of Deed of Trust December 26, 2014 County of Recording Arapahoe Recording Date of Deed of Trust January 02, 2015 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) D5000463 Original Principal Amount $194,275.00 Outstanding Principal Balance $189,520.32

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 165, HIGHLAND VIEW, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO. Also known by street and number as: 2741 E Nichols Cir, Centennial, CO 80122.

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

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

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, 05/17/2017, 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: 3/23/2017 Last Publication: 4/20/2017 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

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THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, 05/24/2017, 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: 3/30/2017 Last Publication: 4/27/2017 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent

DATE: 01/27/2017 , Public Trustee in and for the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado By: Diana Springfield, Chief Deputy, for Public Trustee

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

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.

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 # 00000006487805 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.: 0038-2017 First Publication: 3/23/2017 Last Publication: 4/20/2017 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0044-2017 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On January 31, 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) LYNN ALAN DREHER and LORI ANN DREHER Original Beneficiary(ies) WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A. Current Holder of Evidence of Debt WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A. Date of Deed of Trust May 30, 2008 County of Recording Arapahoe Recording Date of Deed of Trust June 11, 2008 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) B8067070 Original Principal Amount $167,919.00 Outstanding Principal Balance $158,351.55 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 33, BLOCK 8, KASSLERS ADDITION THIRD FILING; A RESUBDIVISION OF BLOCK 8 OF KASSLER ADDITION, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO APN: 2077-17-3-l2-006 Also known by street and number as: 3533 W Bowles Ave, Littleton, CO 80123.

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, 05/24/2017, 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: 3/30/2017 Last Publication: 4/27/2017 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent

DATE: 01/27/2017 , Public Trustee in and for the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado By: Diana Springfield, Chief Deputy, for Public Trustee

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 name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the

IF THE BORROWER BELIEVES THAT A LENDER OR SERVICER HAS VIOLATED THE

Public Trustees

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: 01/31/2017 Public Trustee in and for the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado By: Diana Springfield, Chief Deputy, for Public Trustee The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: Lynn M. Janeway #15592 Elizabeth S. Marcus #16092 Kelly Murdock #46915 David R. Doughty #40042 Alison L Berry #34531 Sheila J Finn #36637 Eve M. Grina #43658 Nicholas H. Santarelli #46592 Janeway Law Firm PC 9800 S. Meridian Blvd., Suite 400, Englewood, CO 80112 (303) 7069990 Attorney File # 17-014215 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.: 0044-2017 First Publication: 3/30/2017 Last Publication: 4/27/2017 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0033-2017 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On January 27, 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) KEVIN A PILKINGTON and RAPHAELLA S PILKINGTON Original Beneficiary(ies) MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. AS NOMINEE FOR MEGASTAR FINANCIAL CORP., ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS Current Holder of Evidence of Debt NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE LLC Date of Deed of Trust August 22, 2005 County of Recording Arapahoe Recording Date of Deed of Trust September 19, 2005 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) B5140788 Original Principal Amount $308,000.00 Outstanding Principal Balance $295,550.93 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 29, BLCOK 1, THE KNOLLS FILING NO. 3, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO Also known by street and number as: CO 80122.

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

B5140788 Original Principal Amount $308,000.00 Outstanding Principal Balance $295,550.93

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.

March 30, 2017M

Public Notice

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

Littleton, Colorado 80120

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. To advertise yourInpublic notices 303-566-4100 the Matter of thecall Petition of: Parent/ Petitioner: LOT 29, BLCOK 1, THE KNOLLS FILING NO. Guadalupe Vidal Palomeque 3, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLFor Minor Child: Estephanie Lopez Vidal ORADO To Change the Child’s Name to: Estephanie Gonzalez Vidal Also known by street and number as: CO Case Number: 17 C 100178 80122.

NOTICE TO NON-CUSTODIAL PARENT THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL

BY PUBLICATION OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF Notice to: Jose Lopez Burgos, non-custodial TRUST. parent.

Public Trustees

Name Changes

NOTICE OF SALE

Notice is given that a hearing is scheduled as follows: Date: April 24, 2017 Time: 9:00 a.m.

Location: 1790 W. Littleton Blvd., Division A1 Littleton, Colorado 80120

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, 05/17/2017, 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: 3/23/2017 Last Publication: 4/20/2017 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: 01/27/2017 Public Trustee in and for the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado By: Diana Springfield, Chief Deputy, for Public Trustee The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: Lynn M. Janeway #15592 Elizabeth S. Marcus #16092 Kelly Murdock #46915 David R. Doughty #40042 Alison L Berry #34531 Sheila J Finn #36637 Eve M. Grina #43658 Nicholas H. Santarelli #46592 Janeway Law Firm PC 9800 S. Meridian Blvd., Suite 400, Englewood, CO 80112 (303) 7069990 Attorney File # 16-013990 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.: 0033-2017 First Publication: 3/23/2017 Last Publication: 4/20/2017 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: Guadalupe Vidal Palomeque For Minor Child: Estephanie Lopez Vidal To Change the Child’s Name to: Estephanie Gonzalez Vidal Case Number: 17 C 100178 NOTICE TO NON-CUSTODIAL PARENT

BY PUBLICATION Notice to: Jose Lopez Burgos, non-custodial

For the purpose of requesting a change of name for Estephanie Gonzalez Vidal At this hearing the Court may enter an order changing the name of the minor child.

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

Date: February 24, 2017 Legal Notice No.: 58652 First Publication: March 9, 2017 Last Publication: April 6, 2017 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name

Public notice is given on March 3, 2017 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 Jessica Liduvina Banalez be changed to Jaden Elijah Banalez Case No.: 2017C100189 Shana Kloek, Clerk of Court By: /s/ Deputy Clerk Legal Notice No: 58680 First Publication: March 16, 2017 Last Publication: March 30, 2017 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name

Public notice is given on February 24, 2017 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 Sasha Nicole Lindstrom be changed to Colter Alexander Armstrong Case No.: 17C100176 J. Kaufmann By: Deputy Clerk Legal Notice No: 58681 First Publication: March 16, 2017 Last Publication: March 30, 2017 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name

Public notice is given on March 3, 2017 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 Julia Elizabeth Richardson be changed to Sarah Roberts Case No.: 17 C 100192 By: J. Kaufmann, Deputy Clerk Legal Notice No: 58682 First Publication: March 16, 2017 Last Publication: March 30, 2017 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name

Public notice is given on March 7, 2017 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 Daniel Rea Torres be changed to Daniel Rea-Torres Case No.: 2017 C 100194 Shana Kloek By: Deputy Clerk Legal Notice No: 58684 First Publication: March 16, 2017 Last Publication: March 30, 2017 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name Public notice is given on March 21, 2017 that a Petition for a Change of Name of an adult has been filed with the Arapahoe County Court.

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Case Number: 2017PR30140

7March 30, 2017 PUBLIC NOTICE

Name Changes Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name

All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado on or before July 16, 2017, or the claims may be forever barred.

Notice To Creditors

Public notice is given on March 21, 2017 that a Petition for a Change of Name of an adult has been filed with the Arapahoe County Court.

Julie M. Karavas Jung, Karavas & Kranz, P.C. Attorney for the Personal Representative 1123 Spruce Street, Suite 200 Boulder, CO 80302

The petition requests that the name of Taylor Pamela Ann Raby be changed to David Patrick Anthony Raby Case No.: 17 C 100249

Legal Notice No.: 58693 First Publication: March 16, 2017 Last Publication: March 30, 2017 Publisher: Littleton Independent

By: MBL, Judge

Public Notice

Legal Notice No: 58730 First Publication: March 30, 2017 Last Publication: April 13, 2017 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name Public notice is given on March 23, 2017 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 Jody Marie Coopersmith be changed to Jody Marie Stancato Case No.: 2017 C 100254 By: J. Kaufmann, Deputy Clerk Legal Notice No: 58743 First Publication: March 30, 2017 Last Publication: April 6, 2017 Publisher: Littleton Independent

Notice To Creditors Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Doris A. Goodwin, Deceased Case Number: 2017 PR 30147

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 17, 2017, or the claims may be forever barred.

Brenda J. Goodwin Personal Representative Address: C/O Stutheit & Gartland, P.C. 8119 Shaffer Parkway, Unit A101 Littleton, Colorado 80127 Legal Notice No.: 58683 First Publication: March 16, 2017 Last Publication: March 30, 2017 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Claudia B. Perez , Deceased Case Number 2017-PR-30225 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 17, 2017, or the claims may be forever barred.

Matheo Perez 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.: 58691 First Publication: March 16, 2017 Last Publication: March 30, 2017 Publisher: The Englewood Herald and the Littleton Independent Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Alva Mae Ellis, a/k/a Alva M. Ellis, and Alva Ellis, Deceased Case Number: 2017PR30177

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, 2017, or the claims may be forever barred.

Frosyne D. Mensendick Personal Representative 1140 East Fort Pierce Dr. N., House #40 St. George, UT 84790 Legal Notice No.: 58692 First Publication: March 16, 2017 Last Publication: March 30, 2017 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Frank Velzen, Deceased Case Number: 2017PR30140

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, 2017, or the claims may be forever barred.

Julie M. Karavas Jung, Karavas & Kranz, P.C. Attorney for the Personal Representative 1123 Spruce Street, Suite 200

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Kathleen Theresa Bethurem, aka Kathleen T. Bethurem, Deceased Case Number: 2017PR30101 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 24, 2017, or the claims may be forever barred.

Arthur S Bowman Jr. Esq. Attorney for the Personal Representative 650 S. Cherry St., Suite 1000 Glendale CO 80246 Legal Notice No.: 58701 First Publication: March 23, 2017 Last Publication: April 6, 2017 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Lester E. Williams, Deceased Case Number: 2017PR30233 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 24, 2017, or the claims may be forever barred.

Mary Lou Gerou Personal Representative c/o The Law Office of Ryan B. Scott, LLC 26 W. Dry Creek, Suite 600 Littleton, CO 80120 Legal Notice No.: 58710 First Publication: March 23, 2017 Last Publication: April 6, 2017 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Oliver G. Anderson Jr., Deceased Case Number: 17PR128 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 August 1, 2017, or the claims may be forever barred.

Kurt Anderson Personal Representative 5812 W. Hoover Place Littleton, Colorado 80123 Legal Notice No.: 58716 First Publication: March 30, 2017 Last Publication: April 13, 2017 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Creighton Harvey Tom, AKA Craig H. Tom, Deceased Case Number: 2017PR030246 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 August 1, 2017, or the claims may be forever barred.

Patricia Lew Personal Representative 3787 Westerman St. Houston, TX 77005 Legal Notice No.: 58717 First Publication: March 30, 2017 Last Publication: April 13, 2017 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of WAYNE H. NELSON, A/K/A WAYNE HAMILTON NELSON, A/K/A WAYNE NELSON, A/K/A, HAMILTON NELSON, A/K/A W.H. NELSON, Deceased Case Number: 2017PR30251 All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the Arapahoe County District Court, Colorado on or before July 30, 2017, or the claims may be forever barred.

Pamela J. Hultquist Personal Representative 4449 Grassy Hill Road Rocky Mount, VA 24151 Legal Notice No.: 58718 First Publication: March 30, 2017 Last Publication: April 13, 2017 Publisher: The Englewood Herald and the Littleton Independent

Public Notice

Notice To Creditors Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS In the Matter of the Estate of: JOSE DELFINO SANTISTEVAN Deceased Case Number: 17-PR-30228 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 31, 2017, or the claims may be forever barred.

Dated this 30th day of March, 2017.

ANN M. MESPLAY Personal Representative to the Estate 1358 Heritage Landings Drive Lakeland, FL 33805 Home Phone: 863-266-7769 OR 720-837-6366 Legal Notice No.: 58728 First Publication: March 30, 2017 Last Publication: April 13, 2017 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Lucille Maria Lucero, Lucille O. Lucero, Deceased Case Number: 17PR30212 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 30, 2017, or the claims may be forever barred.

Heather A. Lucero, Personal Representative c/o Law Office of Claire E. Dineen, 1444 Blake Street Denver, Colorado 80202 Legal Notice No.: 58729 First Publication: March 30, 2017 Last Publication: April 13, 2017 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Rita E. Solo, Deceased Case Number: 17PR30207 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 30, 2017, or the claims may be forever barred.

Kevin Zaloudek Attorney for the Personal Representative 600 17th Street, Ste, 2800 Denver, CO 80202 Legal Notice No.: 58732 First Publication: March 30, 2017 Last Publication: March 30, 2017 Publisher: The Englewood Herald and the Littleton Independent Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of STANLEY F. LOVE, also known as STANLEY FOSTER LOVE and STANLEY LOVE, Deceased Case Number: 2017PR30237 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 31, 2017, or the claims may be forever barred.

MARYANN M. LOVE Personal Representative 2775 S. Brook Drive, Apt. 410 Denver, Colorado 80222 Legal Notice No.: 58736 First Publication: March 30, 2017 Last Publication: April 13, 2017 Publisher: The Englewood Herald Littleton Independent Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Candace S. Burch, Deceased Case Number 2017PR30280 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 31, 2017, or the claims may be forever barred.

Paul C. Avery Personal Representative 22194 E. Rowland Place Aurora, CO 80016 paverydds@gmail.com Legal Notice No.: 58737 First Publication: March 30, 2017 Last Publication: April 13, 2017 Publisher: Golden Transcript Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Jerry M. Hensley, a/k/a Jerry Mae Hensley, a/k/a Jerry Hensley Case Number: 2017PR30182 All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of Jerry M. Hensley, Notice ToMae Creditors a/k/a Jerry Hensley, a/k/a Jerry Hensley Case Number: 2017PR30182

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 31, 2017, or the claims may be forever barred.

PUBLIC NOTICE

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Ronald Dean Washburn, aka Ronald D. Washburn, aka Ron Washburn, Deceased Case Number: 16 PR 31267

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 17, 2017 or the claims may be forever barred.

Philip V. Keenan, Personal Representative 950 South Cherry Street, Suite 1650 Denver, CO 80246

Anne Brumm Personal Representative 145 South Eisenhower Drive Junction City, Kansas 66441

Legal Notice No.: 58747 First Publication: March 30, 2017 Last Publication: April 13, 2017 Publisher: Littleton Independent

Legal Notice No: 58694 First Publication: March 16, 2017 Last Publication: March 30, 2017 Publisher: Littleton Independent

PUBLIC NOTICE

PUBLIC NOTICE

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Nancy Marie Conklin, aka Nancy M. Conklin, aka Nancy Conklin, Deceased Case Number: 2017 PR 30198

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Thomas W. Kohl, aka Thomas William Kohl, aka Thomas Kohl, and Tommy Kohl, Deceased Case Number: 2017 PR 30218

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, 2017 or the claims may be forever barred.

Carole R. Coppock and Alan C. Conklin Co-Personal Representatives c/o Breeze Trusts & Estates, LLC 10465 Park Meadows Drive, Suite 108 Lone Tree, Colorado 80124 Legal Notice No: 58677 First Publication: March 16, 2017 Last Publication: March 30, 2017 Publisher: Littleton Independent

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 17, 2017 or the claims may be forever barred.

James A. Kohl Personal Representative 46 Cider Fork Road Warren, Vermont 05674 Legal Notice No: 58695 First Publication: March 16, 2017 Last Publication: March 30, 2017 Publisher:Englewood Herald and the Littleton Independent

PUBLIC NOTICE

PUBLIC NOTICE

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Carole Ines Cottrell, aka Carole I. Cottrell, aka Carole Cottrell, Deceased Case Number: 2017 PR 30208

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Moses Benjamin Sanchez, aka Moses B. Sanchez, aka Moses Sanchez, Deceased Case Number: 2017 PR 30163

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 17, 2017 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 24, 2017 or the claims may be forever barred.

Diane Roy Personal Representative c/o Katz, Look & Onorato, P.C. 1120 Lincoln Street, Suite 1100 Denver, Colorado 80203

Regina Lynn Perkins aka Regina Perkins Personal Representative 5209 E. Galena Avenue Castle Rock, Colorado 80104

Legal Notice No: 58678 First Publication: March 16, 2017 Last Publication: March 30, 2017 Publisher: Englewood Herald and the Littleton Independent

Legal Notice No: 58696 First Publication: March 16, 2017 Last Publication: March 30, 2017 Publisher: Littleton Independent

PUBLIC NOTICE

PUBLIC NOTICE

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Arthur Lovic McKee, Jr., aka Arthur Lovic McKee, aka Arthur L. McKee, Jr., aka Arthur L. McKee, aka Arthur McKee, Deceased Case Number: 17 PR 30204

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Sherry Gay Wood, aka Sherry G. Wood, Deceased Case Number: 2017 PR 30248

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 August 10, 2017 or the claims may be forever barred.

Edith M. Hughes Personal Representative 4286 W. 14th Street Road Greeley, Colorado 80634 Legal Notice No: 58679 First Publication: March 16, 2017 Last Publication: March 30, 2017 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Lois Jean King, aka Lois J. King, and/or Lois King, Deceased Case Number: 2017 PR 30180 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 17, 2017 or the claims may be forever barred.

Estate of Lois Jean King Douglas Lee Canady Personal Representative c/o Branaugh Law Offices, P.C. 8700 Ralston Road Arvada, Colorado 80002 Legal Notice No: 58690 First Publication: March 16, 2017 Last Publication: March 30, 2017 Publisher: The Englewood Herald and the Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Ronald Dean Washburn, aka Ronald D. Washburn, aka Ron Washburn, Deceased Case Number: 16 PR 31267 All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District

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 31, 2017 or the claims may be forever barred.

Ronald LaVern Martin Personal Representative c/o Katz, Look & Onorato, P.C. 1120 Lincoln Street, Suite 1100 Denver, Colorado 80203 Legal Notice No: 58719 First Publication: March 30, 2017 Last Publication: April 13, 2017 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Joan Wasinger, Deceased Case Number: 2017 PR 30169

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 31, 2017 or the claims may be forever barred.

Susan A. Bugg Personal Representative 6311 Sundance Kid Drive Colorado Springs, Colorado 80923 Legal Notice No: 58720 First Publication: March 30, 2017 Last Publication: April 13, 2017 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Gerald M. English, aka Gerald English, Deceased Case Number: 2017 PR 30259

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 31, 2017 or the claims may be forever barred.

Personal Representative BOKF, NA, d/b/a Colorado State Bank and Trust c/o Kathryn Porter,

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Case Number: 2017 PR 30259 30 The Independent - The Herald

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 31, 2017 or the claims may be forever barred.

Notice To Creditors

Personal Representative BOKF, NA, d/b/a Colorado State Bank and Trust c/o Kathryn Porter, Senior Vice President 1600 Broadway, 3rd Floor Denver, Colorado 80202 Legal Notice No: 58738 First Publication: March 30, 2017 Last Publication: April 13, 2017 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Joseph Lewis Childs Sr. aka Joseph Lewis Childs, aka Joseph L. Childs, Deceased Case Number: 2017PR30273 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 August 4, 2017 or the claims may be forever barred.

Joseph L. Childs, Jr. Personal Representative 9744 Las Colinas Drive Lone Tree, Colorado 80124 Matt Ratterman (32652) Attorney for Personal Representative Frie, Arndt & Danborn PC 7400 Wadsworth Blvd., #201 Arvada, CO 80003 303-420-1234 Legal Notice No: 58739 First Publication: March 30, 2017 Last Publication: April 13, 2017 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Joan M. Gormish, aka Joan Marilyn Gormish, Deceased Case Number: 2017 PR 30278

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 31, 2017 or the claims may be forever barred.

Michelle Williams Personal Representative 3936 Bell Mountain Drive Castle Rock, Colorado 80104 Legal Notice No: 58746 First Publication: March 30, 2017 Last Publication: April 13, 2017 Publisher:Englewood Herald and the Littleton Independent

Misc. Private Legals Public Notice DISTRICT COURT, ARAPAHOE COUNTY, STATE OF COLORADO CIVIL ACTION NO. 2016CV031765 DIVISION NO. 202 COMBINED NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE

Plaintiff: SECOND APPLETREE EAST CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION, a Colorado nonprofit corporation v.

Defendants: DIAMOND PORTER; STONEPINE INVESTMENTS LLC; ENRICO D DAVID; ALPINE CREDIT, INC.; INTEGRAL RECOVERIES, INC.; THE OFFICE OF THE ARAPAHOE COUNTY PUBLIC TRUSTEE

Regarding: Condominium Unit 5, in Condominium Building X, the Second Appletree East Condominiums, Arapahoe County Colorado according to the condominium map for the 2nd Appletree East Condominiums - Phase III recorded June 11, 1981 in Book 51 at Pages 21-26, in the records of the office of the Clerk and Recorder of Arapahoe County, Colorado and as defined and described in the condominium declaration for the Second Appletree East Condominiums recorded July 28, 1980 in Book 3252 at Page 654 and the First Amendment to the Condominium Declaration recorded December 30, 1980 in Book 3342 at Page 588 and the supplement thereto recorded June 11, 1981 in Book 3428 at Page 713, County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado Also known and numbered as: 14110 E Temple Dr, X-05, Aurora, CO 80015 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 25th day of May 2017, at 13101 E. Broncos Pkwy, Centennial, CO 80112; phone number (720)874-3935. 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.

(720)874-3935. 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.

Misc. Private Legals

**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 BEIN G FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN ON THE SUBJECT PROPERTY. DATED in Colorado this 23rd day of February, 2017.

David C. Walcher Sheriff of Arapahoe County, Colorado By: Dep. Karl Ditus Deputy Sheriff ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF: ORTEN CAVANAGH & HOLMES, LLC 1445 Market Street, Suite 350 Denver, CO 80202 Legal Notice No.: 58627 First Publication: March 30, 2017 Last Publication: April 27, 2017 Published In: Littleton Independent 2550 W. Main St., Littleton, CO 80120 PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE OF PERSONAL PROPERTY SHERIDAN BOAT & CAMPER STORAGE3575 S Clay Street Englewood, CO 80110, 303-789-1686, sheridan.storage73@gmail.com Auction is to be held April 13th, 2017 Space #648: Salvage for parts 10’ Viking Pop-Up Trailer with contents Lessee: Gregorio Garcia Jr., 180 S Weir St, Denver, CO 80219 Space #228: Salvage for parts 30’ Itasca Motorhome with contents. CO Plate: RH-417 Lessee: Corwin Hallett, 4100 W Rutgers Pl, Denver, CO 80236 Space #636: Salvage for parts 16’ Dodge Sportsman Jamboree Motorhome with contents. ND plate: JYE-418 Lessee: Robert Bettini, 10512 W Lehigh, Lakewood, CO 80235 Space #123: Salvage for parts Rally Sport Camaro with contents. CO Plate: QRI-721 Vin: 1P87HAL518911 Lessee: Armando Cervantes, 11701 Washington St #248, Northglenn, CO 80233 Space #71: Salvage for parts Coleman Fleetwood UTAH Pop-Up Camper with contents.

CO Plate: 284-UDT Lessee: Josh Bender, 10114 W Dartmouth, Lakewood, CO 80227 Space #37: Salvage for parts 1989 28’ Tioga Motorhome with contents. CO Plate: 168-SIX Vin: ZGBJG31M1D4160176 Space #661: Salvage for parts Subaru Forester with contents CO Plate: 738-PHX Vin: JF1SF6350YG706475 Lessee: Michael Nielson, 724 S Pecos St, Denver, CO 80223 Legal Notice No.: 58703 First Publication: March 23, 2017 Last Publication: March 30, 2017 Publisher: The Englewood Herald and the Littleton Independent

be found at www.courts.state.co.us by clicking on the “Self Help/Forms” tab.

After 91 days from the date of service or publication, the Court may enter a Decree affecting your marital status, distribution of property and debts, issues involving children such as child support, allocation of parental responsibilities (decision-making and parenting time), maintenance (spousal support), attorney fees, and costs to the extent the Court has jurisdiction.

Misc. Private Legals

If you fail to file a Response in this case, any or all of the matters above, or any related matters which come before this Court, may be decided without further notice to you.

This is an action to obtain a Decree of: Dissolution of Marriage or Legal Separation as more fully described in the attached Petition, and if you have children, for orders regarding the children of the marriage.

Notice: §14-10-107, C.R.S. provides that upon the filing of a Petition for Dissolution of Marriage or Legal Separation by the Petitioner and CoPetitioner, or upon personal service of the Petition and Summons on the Respondent, or upon waiver and acceptance of service by the Respondent, an automatic temporary injunction shall be in effect against both parties until the Final Decree is entered, or the Petition is dismissed, or until further Order of the Court. Either party may apply to the Court for further temporary orders, an expanded temporary injunction, or modification or revocation under §14-10-108, C.R.S. A request for genetic tests shall not prejudice the requesting party in matters concerning allocation of parental responsibilities pursuant to §14-10-124(1.5), C.R.S. If genetic tests are not obtained prior to a legal establishment of paternity and submitted into evidence prior to the entry of the final decree of dissolution or legal separation, the genetic tests may not be allowed into evidence at a later date.

Automatic Temporary Injunction –

By Order of Colorado Law, You and Your Spouse are: 1. Restrained from transferring, encumbering, concealing or in any way disposing of, without the consent of the other party or an Order of the Court, any marital property, except in the usual course of business or for the necessities of life.

Each party is required to notify the other party of any proposed extraordinary expenditures and to account to the Court for all extraordinary expenditures made after the injunction is in effect; 2. Enjoined from molesting or disturbing the peace of the other party; 3. Restrained from removing the minor children of the parties, if any, from the State without the consent of the other party or an Order of the Court; and 4. Restrained without at least 14 days advance notification and the written consent of the other party or an Order of the Court, from canceling, modifying, terminating, or allowing to lapse for nonpayment of premiums, any policy of health insurance, homeowner’s or renter’s insurance, or automobile insurance that provides coverage to either of the parties or the minor children or any policy of life insurance that names either of the parties or the minor children as a beneficiary.

Date: February 27, 2017 Michael J. Wadle, #5951 Attorney for Petitioner Legal Notice No.: 58654 First Publication: March 9, 2017 Last Publication: April 6, 2017 Publisher: Littleton Independent

In re the Marriage of: LAWRENCE DUANE YOUNG, Petitioner, and YETUNDE K. AKINGBADE, Respondent.

Michael J. Wadle, #5951 Attorney for Petitioner 5299 DTC Blvd., Suite 260 Greenwood Village, CO 80111 Phone: 303-220-7700 Fax: 303-220-7775 E-mail: mjwadle@wadlelaw.com Case Number: 2017DR30064 Division: 12 SUMMONS FOR DISSOLUTION OF MARRIAGE To the Respondent named above, this Summons serves as a notice to appear in this case.

If you were served in the State of Colorado, you must file your Response with the clerk of this Court within 21 days after this Summons is served on you to participate in this action.

If you were served outside of the State of Colorado or you were served by publication, you must file your Response with the clerk of this Court within 35 days after this Summons is served on you to participate in this action.

You may be required to pay a filing fee with your Response. The Response form (JDF 1103) can be found at www.courts.state.co.us by clicking on the “Self Help/Forms” tab.

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

After 91 days from the date of service or publication, the Court may enter a Decree affecting your marital status, distribution of property and debts, issues involving children such as child support, allocation of parental responsibilities (decision-making and parenting time), maintenance (spousal support), attorney fees, and costs to the extent the Court has jurisdiction.

Further, for the purpose of paying off, curing de-

If you fail to file a Response in this case, any or

City Public andNotice County INVITATION TO BID

CONSTRUCTION OF 2017 SANITARY SEWER MAIN CURED IN PLACE LINING, IN NORMANDY ESTATES, SPECIFICATIONS NO. B7-031 (Engineer): ENS Consulting. LLC (Owner): PLATTE CANYON WATER AND SANITATION DISTRICT Sealed bids will be received by Platte Canyon Water and Sanitation District, 8739 Coal Mine Road, Littleton, CO 80123, until 1:30 pm local time Friday, April 14, 2017. Bids received after this time will not be accepted and will be returned unopened.

At said place and time, and promptly thereafter, all bids that have been duly received will be opened publicly and read aloud. All interested parties are invited to attend. The Owner reserves the right to reject any and all bids and to waive irregularities or informalities in any bid.

The work to be performed generally includes: 1. Furnish and install Insituform Liner for 8” concrete pipe, including T.V. and cleaning, 7,389 L.F. 1A.Furnish and install Civiliner liner for 8” concrete pipe, including T.V. and cleaning, 7,389 L.F. 1B.Furnish and install Glass Reinforced Plastic (GRP) liner for 8” concrete pipe, including T.V. and cleaning, 7,389 L.F. 2. Furnish and install Insituform Liner for 10” concrete pipe, including T.V. and cleaning, 1,698 L.F. 2A.Furnish and install Civiliner liner for 10” concrete pipe, including T.V. and cleaning, 1,698 L.F. 2B.Furnish and install Glass Reinforced Plastic (GRP) liner for 10” concrete pipe, including T.V. and cleaning, 1,698 L.F. 3. Rehabilitation of Manholes, 38 EA 4. Reconnect House Services, 149 EA 5. Replacement of Manhole rings and covers, 2 EA 6. Miscellaneous work and material Bids shall be submitted on a unit price basis as shown in the Proposal, which is included in the Project Specifications.

Copies of the Drawings, Specifications and other Contract Documents for use in preparing Bids may be obtained from the Engineer after March 30, 2017, upon paying $30.00 for each set of Contract Documents. Payment is to be made to Engineer, whose mailing address is: 1200 South Wadsworth Blvd, Suite 100, Lakewood, CO 80232. All payments made for Drawings, Specifications, and other Contract Documents are nonrefundable.

Copies of the Drawings and Project Specifications are also on file and may be examined at the District’s address during normal working hours after March 30, 2017.

Each Bidder shall file with his Bid a cashier’s check, or a Bid Bond, in accordance with the Instructions to Bidders.

The Bidder to whom a Contract is awarded will be required to furnish a Performance, Payment and Warranty Bond guaranteeing faithful performance.

City and County

No Bids may be withdrawn within a period of sixty (60) days after the date Bids are opened.

Public Notice

A mandatory Prebid Conference will be held at Manhole # N-1 located at the intersection of South Sheridan Blvd. and North Ontario Avenue on Friday, April 7, 2017 at 1:30 p.m.

Public Notice DISTRICT COURT, ARAPAHOE COUNTY, COLORADO 7325 S. Potomac Street, Centennial, Colorado 80112

March 30, 2017M

CITY OF ENGLEWOOD NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING The regular meeting of the Board of Adjustment and Appeals is scheduled for April 12, 2017 at 7:00 p.m. in the City Council Chambers at Englewood Civic Center, 1000 Englewood Parkway, Englewood, Colorado.

CASE #VAR2017-0005. APPLICANT: Ryan Meissner The applicant is requesting a variance to reduce the rear setback from 20 feet to 5 feet. This is a variance to Table 16-6-1.1: Summary of Dimensional Requirements for Principal Structures, of the Unified Development Code.

PREMISES: 3135 South York Street Copies of the application are on file in the Community Development Department and may be reviewed upon request. Anyone interested in this matter may be heard at the Public Hearing at the previously cited location, date, and time.

By Order of the City Board of Adjustment and Appeals /s/ Nancy G. Fenton Nancy G. Fenton Recording Secretary

Legal Notice No.: 58741 PUBLISHED: March 30, 2017 First Publication: March 30, 2017 Last Publication: March 30, 2017 Publisher: The Englewood Herald and the Littleton Independent

Public Notice INVITATION TO BID CONSTRUCTION OF 2017 SANITARY SEWER MAIN CURED IN PLACE LINING, IN NORMANDY ESTATES, SPECIFICATIONS

Bids will be considered only from Bidders who have attended the Prebid Conference.

Bids from Bidders not indicated in the Engineer’s records to have been in attendance at the Prebid Conference will be returned unopened.

OWNER By: Platte Canyon Water And Sanitation District, Patrick Fitzgerald, Manager Legal Notice No.: 58742 First Publication: March 30, 2017 Last Publication: March 30, 2017 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice Cellco Partnership and its controlled affiliates doing business as Verizon Wireless (Verizon Wireless) proposes to build a 46-foot Stealth Structure/Clock Tower Communications Tower at the approx. vicinity of the NE Corner of S Wadsworth Boulevard and W Coal Mine Avenue, Littleton, Jefferson County, CO 80128.

Public comments regarding potential effects from this site on historic properties may be submitted within 30 days from the date of this publication to: Trileaf Corp, Sara, s.spagnolo@trileaf.com, 10845 Olive Blvd, Suite 260, St. Louis, MO 63141, 314-997-6111.

Legal Notice No.: 58715 First Publication: March 30, 2017 Last Publication: March 30, 2017 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice NOTICE OF FINAL PAYMENT On or about April 14, 2017 the City of Englewood will make final payment to: W.O. Danielson Construction Company, LTD.

Public Notice

City and County

NOTICE OF FINAL PAYMENT On or about April 14, 2017 the City of Englewood will make final payment to: W.O. Danielson Construction Company, LTD. 2970 S Fox St Englewood, CO 80110

P B b Any claims relating to this contract must be filedr with Kathleen Rinkel, Director of Finance & For construction of: Servicenter Prewash & Wash Facility ITB-15-013

Administrative Services, 1000 Englewood Parkway, Englewood, Colorado 80110-2373 (303) m 762-2401, prior to April 14, 2017.

Kathleen Rinkel Director of Finance & Administrative Services City of Englewood, Colorado Legal Notice No.: 58731 First Publication: March 30, 2017 Last Publication: April 6, 2017 Publisher: The Englewood Herald and the Littleton Independent

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Public Notice INVITATION TO BID

The Inverness Water & Sanitation District (“The District”) requests formal bids for the Inverness Water and Sanitation District 56-58 IDE Sewer Upgrade project. Sealed bids will be received by the District, 2 Inverness Drive East, Suite 200, Englewood, CO, until 9:00 am local time May 15, 2017. No partial bids or bids received after this time will be accepted and will be returned unopened.

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The project contemplated consists of the install-P ation of approximately 650 linear feet of sanitary sewer pipelines (12” DIA SDR-35 PVC) and the abandonment in-place of the existing lines N (8” DIA Clay Pipe). In addition, the project requires the installation of 4-48” DIA manholes and abandonment in-place of 2-48” DIA man-C holes. The disconnection and reconnection of three (3) building service lines will also be required. The project will include miscellaneousA parking lot asphalt repair and landscape and irrigation restoration. The exact project details areO contained in the Contract Documents.

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Drawings and Specifications may be examined in the office of the District beginning April 10, 2017. A copy of the Documents may be obtained at the District's office upon payment of a $150.00 nonrefundable fee for each set of Documents.

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

Bidders shall submit all questions in writing to the District’s Engineer no later than 3:00 pm, Wednesday, May 10, 2017. Questions received after this time will be addressed at the discretion of the District. The District will periodically compile lists of Bidders’ questions and respond in writing to all Bidders registered on the District’s “Plan Holder List”. The District’s preferred method of written communication is via electronic mail, however fax or hardcopy communications will be accepted. If any major clarifications are needed, an addendum will be sent to all bidders.

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

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

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

Dated this day 22nd of March, 2017 INVERNESS WATER & SANITATION DISTRICT By: Luis Tovar, District Representative Legal Notice No.: 58740 First Publication: March 30, 2017 Last Publication: March 30, 2017 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING OF THE TOWN OF BOW MAR, COLORADO

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Board of Trustees of the Town of Bow Mar will hold a public hearing to consider the adoption of an ordinance amending the Town of Bow Mar Municipal Code, Chapter 16 concerning certain provisions related to requests for variances and clari-

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Pet,” Arapahoe Deputy Brian McKnight joked while brushing his hand over his recently shaved head.

McKnight has lost his mom, dad, sister and brother-in-law to cancer.

St. Baldrick’s is a volunteer-run charity that funds more childhood cancer research grants than any organization except the U.S. government, according to

the event website.

The event’s participants raised $13,374, with the Arapahoe and Douglas sheriff ’s offices contributing $8,964.

While at the event, participants were encouraged to leave the event lacking hair and gaining a story to share about donating to cancer research.

Many Douglas County deputies, who are permitted to grow beards, shaved their facial hair in front of the crowds. Participating Arapahoe County deputies

VOLUNTEERS

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Animal Rescue of the Rockies Provides foster care for death-row shelter dogs and cats throughout Colorado Need: Foster families for animals on lists to be euthanized Contact: www.animalrescueoftherockies.org.

ASSE International Student Exchange Program Organizes student exchange programs Need: Local host families to provide homes for boys and girls age 15-18 from a variety of coutries.

Public Notice

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING OF THE TOWN OF BOW MAR, COLORADO

City and County

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Board of Trustees of the Town of Bow Mar will hold a public hearing to consider the adoption of an ordinance amending the Town of Bow Mar Municipal Code, Chapter 16 concerning certain provisions related to requests for variances and clarification of Chapter 16 as it relates to the Board of Adjustment. Said public hearing will be held at a Regular Meeting scheduled for Monday, April 17, 2017 at 7:00 p.m., at Columbine Valley Town Hall, 2 Middlefield Road, Columbine Valley, CO 80123. A copy of said proposed amendment is on file for inspection at the office of the Town Clerk at 7995 E. Prentice Ave., Suite 103E, Greenwood Village, CO 80111 and on the Town’s website as www.colorado.gov/townofbowmar.

By Order of the Board of Trustees of The Town of Bow Mar, Colorado Legal Notice No.: 58744 First Publication: March 30, 2017 Last Publication: March 30, 2017 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING OF THE TOWN OF BOW MAR, COLORADO

all shaved their heads.

Many officers were at the event to represent Corbin, an Arapahoe County deputy’s nephew who is in remission after fighting non-Hodgkin lymphoma since 2010.

“Corbin and I were sitting up there, getting our heads shaved at the same time and laughing,” McKnight said.

“Just seeing him so healthy now and excited was the best part. When you see kids like Corbin up there, who have experienced cancer and are doing better, that is why we do this.”

NOTICE ISDenver HEREBY GIVEN that the Board of Audubon Society of Greater Trustees of the Town of Bow Mar will hold a Provides engaging andpublic educational wildlife of an hearing tobirding considerand the adoption ordinance amending the Town of Bow Mar Muprograms at the Audubon Nature Center at Chatfield nicipal Code, Chapter 7 concerning commercial door-to-door within the State Park and throughout the Denversolicitation metro area.

Town. Said public hearing will be held at a RegNeed: Volunteers leadular birding field trips and assist April 17, Meeting scheduled for Monday, 2017 at 7:00 p.m., at fundraising Columbine Valley Town with nature programs, office projects, Hall, 2 Middlefield Road, Columbine Valley, CO 80123. A copy of said proposed amendand community events. ment is on file for inspection at the office of the Location: Chatfield State offsite locations TownPark Clerkand at 7995 E. Prentice Ave., Suite 103E, Greenwood Village, CO 80111 or on the around Denver.

Town’s website as www.colorado.gov/townofAge requirement: 18 years or older for year-round bowmar. volunteers; 13-17 for summer camp programs.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the proposed code amendment is concerning an ordinContact: Kate Hogan at communityoutreach@denveance of the Board of Trustees of the Town of raudubon.org or 303-973-9530.

Bow Mar amending Chapter 7 of the Bow Mar

Public Notice

City and County

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING OF THE TOWN OF BOW MAR, COLORADO NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Board of Trustees of the Town of Bow Mar will hold a public hearing to consider the adoption of an ordinance amending the Town of Bow Mar Municipal Code, Chapter 7 concerning commercial door-to-door solicitation within the Town. Said public hearing will be held at a Regular Meeting scheduled for Monday, April 17, 2017 at 7:00 p.m., at Columbine Valley Town Hall, 2 Middlefield Road, Columbine Valley, CO 80123. A copy of said proposed amendment is on file for inspection at the office of the Town Clerk at 7995 E. Prentice Ave., Suite 103E, Greenwood Village, CO 80111 or on the Town’s website as www.colorado.gov/townofbowmar.

Municipal Code to add a new Article VIII concerning commercial door-to-door solicitation and to repeal Section 10-137 in its entirety.

City and County

By Order of the Board of Trustees of The Town of Bow Mar, Colorado

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Symphony’s concert at 7:30 p.m. March 31 at Littleton United Methodist Church, 5894 S. Datura St., Littleton.

Jurgen de Lemos is conductor. Opening with John Williams’ “Liberty Fanfare,” the audience will next hear violinist Geraldine Walther perform the “Bartok Viola Concerto.” After intermission, the orchestra will play Mahler’s First Symphony, “The Titan.” Information and tickets: Littletonsymphony.org, 303-933-6824.

Douglas County Libraries • Best-selling author Lisa Scottoline will appear to talk aboutPublic her Notice latest book, “One Perfect Lie,” an urban BOWLES METROPOLITAN DISTRICT crime thriller, at 7 p.m.

8390 East Crescent Parkway, Suiteon 500 Village, CO 80111 AprilGreenwood 13Phone at CU South Denver, 303-779-4525 10035 S. Peoria St., Parker.

Fax 303-773-2050 There will befor dessert Request Proposal bites and book signing by the Notice is hereby given that Bowles Metropolitan author.

Tickets: $30, include District will accept Proposals for the Concrete Shaving/Grinding Project located within the a hardback copy of “One Counties of Denver and Jefferson. The project includes, butLie.” is not limited to, concrete shaving Perfect Tickets: dcl.org and grinding project located within the Bowles or your District library Metropolitan on thebranch. community trail par-

allel to S. Eaton Street and ease of Reflections Village.

• Photographer John Fielder will appear at 6:30 p.m. April 7 at Castle Rock Library, 100 Wilcox St., to celebrate “Colorado’s National Parks and Monuments.” Books will be for sale.

• Author Jessica Brady leads a three-part workshop on writing fiction at 5:30 p.m. at the Castle Pines Library, 360 Village Square Lane, on March 30: Characters; April 6: Setting; April 13: Plot. Register separately for each session. dcl.org.

Writers Studio fest Arapahoe Community College Writers Studio presents its annual Literary Festival from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on April 8 in the Half Moon, Littleton Campus, 5900 S. Santa Fe Drive. Workshops, lunch and readings, books for sale. Advance reservations required (maximum, 20).

RSVP: andrea.mason@ arapahoe.edu. Check by April 6 to: ACC Writers Studio Literary Festival c/o Andrea Mason-Campus Box Public Notice 32, P.O. Box 9002, Littleton, BOWLES METROPOLITAN DISTRICT CO 80160-9002.

8390 East Crescent Parkway, Suite 500 Greenwood Village, CO 80111 Phone 303-779-4525 Fax 303-773-2050

Proposals will be received up until April 10th by 2:00 pm.

City and County

Request for Proposal City and County

Public Notice

Request for Proposal is available electronically upon publication of this notice. Email requests for an electronic copy should be submitted to chuck.reid@claconnect.com. Please request a read receipt of the email to avoid spam filters.

Chuck Reid can also be contacted at 303-7795710.

Notice is hereby given that Bowles Metropolitan District will accept Proposals for the Concrete Removal & Replacement Project located within the Counties of Denver and Jefferson. The project includes, but is not limited to, removing and replacing two areas of the existing boat ramp at the Grant Ranch Village Center.

BOWLES METROPOLITAN DISTRICT 8390 East Crescent Parkway, Suite 500 Greenwood Village, CO 80111 Phone 303-779-4525 Fax 303-773-2050

The Owner reserves the right to reject any and all proposals, to waive any informalities or irregularities therein, and to accept the proposal that in the opinion of the Owner is in the best interest of Bowls Metropolitan District.

Proposals will be received up until April 10th by 2:00 pm.

Legal Notice No.: 58745 First Publication: March 30, 2017 Last Publication: March 30, 2017 Publisher: Littleton Independent

Request for Proposal

Legal Notice No: 58721 First Publication: March 30, 2017 Last Publication: March 30, 2017 Publisher: Littleton Independent

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the proposed code amendment is concerning an ordinance of the Board of Trustees of the Town of Bow Mar amending Chapter 7 of the Bow Mar Municipal Code to add a new Article VIII concerning commercial door-to-door solicitation and to repeal Section 10-137 in its entirety.

Notice is hereby given that Bowles Metropolitan District will accept Proposals for the Concrete Shaving/Grinding Project located within the Counties of Denver and Jefferson. The project includes, but is not limited to, concrete shaving and grinding project located within the Bowles Metropolitan District on the community trail parallel to S. Eaton Street and ease of Reflections Village.

By Order of the Board of Trustees of The Town of Bow Mar, Colorado

Proposals will be received up until April 10th by 2:00 pm.

Legal Notice No.: 58745 First Publication: March 30, 2017 Last Publication: March 30, 2017 Publisher: Littleton Independent

Request for Proposal is available electronically upon publication of this notice. Email requests for an electronic copy should be submitted to chuck.reid@claconnect.com. Please request a read receipt of the email to avoid spam filters.

Chuck Reid can also be contacted at 303-7795710.

Notice is hereby given that Bowles Metropolitan District will accept Proposals for the Concrete Removal & Replacement Project located within the Counties of Denver and Jefferson. The project includes, but is not limited to, removing and replacing two areas of the existing boat ramp at the Grant Ranch Village Center.

The Owner reserves the right to reject any and all proposals, to waive any informalities or irregularities therein, and to accept the proposal that in the opinion of the Owner is in the best interest of Bowls Metropolitan District.

Proposals will be received up until April 10th by 2:00 pm.

Public Notice BOWLES METROPOLITAN DISTRICT 8390 East Crescent Parkway, Suite 500 Greenwood Village, CO 80111 Phone 303-779-4525 Fax 303-773-2050 Request for Proposal

Request for Proposal is available electronically upon publication of this notice. Email requests for an electronic copy should be submitted to chuck.reid@claconnect.com. Please request a read receipt of the email to avoid spam filters.

Chuck Reid can also be contacted at 303-7795710.

The Owner reserves the right to reject any and all proposals, to waive any informalities or irregularities therein, and to accept the proposal that in the opinion of the Owner is in the best interest of Bowles Metropolitan District.

Legal Notice No: 58722 First Publication: March 30, 2017 Last Publication: March 30, 2017 Publisher: Littleton Independent

Public Knowledge = Notices Community

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Board of Trustees of the Town of Bow Mar will hold a public hearing to consider the adoption of an ordinance amending the Town of Bow Mar Municipal Code, Chapter 7 concerning commercial door-to-door solicitation within the Town. Said public hearing will be held at a Regular Meeting scheduled for Monday, April 17, 2017 at 7:00 p.m., at Columbine Valley Town Hall, 2 Middlefield Road, Columbine Valley, CO 80123. A copy of said proposed amendment is on file for inspection at the office of the Town Clerk at 7995 E. Prentice Ave., Suite 103E, Greenwood Village, CO 80111 or on the Town’s website as www.colorado.gov/townofbowmar.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the proposed code amendment is concerning an ordinance of the Board of Trustees of the Town of Bow Mar amending Chapter 7 of the Bow Mar Municipal Code to add a new Article VIII concerning commercial door-to-door solicitation and to repeal Section 10-137 in its entirety.

By Order of the Board of Trustees of The Town of Bow Mar, Colorado

Legal Notice No.: 58745 First Publication: March 30, 2017 Last Publication: March 30, 2017 Publisher: Littleton Independent

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Legal Notice No: 58721 First Publication: March 30, 2017 Last Publication: March 30, 2017 Publisher: Littleton Independent

Request for Proposal is available electronically upon publication of this notice. Email requests for an electronic copy should be submitted to chuck.reid@claconnect.com. Please request a read receipt of the email to avoid spam filters.

Chuck Reid can also be contacted at 303-7795710.

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The Owner reserves the right to reject any and all proposals, to waive any informalities or irregularities therein, and to accept the proposal that in the opinion of the Owner is in the best interest of Bowles Metropolitan District.

Legal Notice No: 58722 First Publication: March 30, 2017 Last Publication: March 30, 2017 Publisher: Littleton Independent

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