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Activity brewing at Breckenridge site Fall opening anticipated

By Jennifer Smith

jsmith@coloradocommunitymedia.com Littleton City Council on March 4 approved a resolution officially renaming West Briarwood Avenue west of Santa Fe Drive to Brewery Lane in anticipation of Breckenridge Brewery opening there this fall.

“I believe there is building excitement over the brewery moving and opening in Littleton,” said Mayor Phil Cernanec. “It seems that a week does not go by during which I don’t get at least a handful of questions, `When will the brewery be opening?’

Every time I drive by the property on Santa Fe, I sneak a peek to see what is progressing.”

The trees are uprooted and activity is stirring at what was the site of Silver Sage Garden Center to make way for the 12-acre,

$20 million brewery, expected to open this fall. It’s south of Meadowood mobile-home community, which caters to seniors, and north of Wolhurst Landing’s single-family homes.

The restaurant will have seating for up to 250 and employ up to 75 people. It will feature a tasting room, guest accommodations, fermenting building, warehouse, brewhouse, gift shop and more, all designed to attract “beer tourists.”

The developer coordinated with the adjacent Designs by Sundown landscaping company, owned by longtime Littletonite Michael Hommel, to create a unified site with a rural, agricultural feel. Heights are limited to 60 feet, shorter than Aspen Grove’s 65 feet, and the buildings are designed to resemble rural farmhouses and barns. A hops field will line Santa Fe on the east side of the site. On the west, city-owned Brewing continues on Page 18

Ground is breaking in preparation for Breckenridge Brewery on Santa Fe Drive, just south of the Meadowood mobile home community. Photo by Jennifer Smith

Report on river released Group envisions a livelier South Platte experience

By Jennifer Smith

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like number of bars and gift stores, charitable donations, religious organizations and more.

Marsha Jones, owner of Woodlawn Flowers on Littleton Boulevard, said Littleton residents often show their friendliness by sending flowers. That makes it a great place for her store, which has been in business since 1958.

“Littleton has a small-town feel, even though it’s in a suburb in a metropolitan area,” she said.

The employees at the Hallmark in Aspen

While the South Platte Working Group has been busy overseeing active projects along the river, it’s also been conducting an intensive study of what else it would like to see happen.

A major goal of the SPWG was to: “Embrace many types of adjacent land uses and recognize that the community’s historic relationship to the Platte River is part of the history of this river and part of richness of the visitor’s experience. The diversity of experience and expression of the community’s evolving relationship with the Platte river is to be celebrated, not homogenized.”

The 56-page report makes several suggestions for Littleton’s share of the river that the members think would serve to turn it into a standout feature of the community instead of a hidden jewel.

It suggests redeveloping the west side of the Bowles Avenue/Santa Fe Drive intersection into a mixed-use civic center to serve as a “front door” for the city, while encouraging nearby businesses like Lucille’s restaurant to reorient themselves to embrace the river.

To the south, the SPWG feels opportunities were missed with both Hudson Gardens and Aspen Grove to integrate the river experience.

“The relocation of the Breckenridge Brewery to this area offers a wonderful and immediate opportunity to work with the developer to `test drive’ incentives that encourage use of the river edge,” reads the

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Marsha Jones, owner of Woodlawn Flowers on Littleton Boulevard, says Littleton residents often demonstrate their friendliness by sending flowers. Photo by Jennifer Smith

Littleton among friendliest cities Website puts city No. 6 on national list

By Jennifer Smith

jsmith@coloradocommunitymedia.com Hey Littleton — you’re good enough, you’re smart enough and doggone it, people like you.

Movoto, a real-estate research site, recently declared Littleton the sixth-friendliest small city in the nation.

“At 43,775 people, Littleton is the smallest small city in our top 10, but it was a big

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deal during the Pike’s Peak gold rush of the 1800s,” writes Randy Nelson, content editor for Movoto. “Today, the community still has plenty of gold … in the form of friendliness.”

(The first gold known to be discovered in the territory of Colorado was in the South Platte River in 1858, in what is now Englewood. But prospectors quickly swarmed the river in what we now know as the Pikes Peak Gold Rush of 1859.)

Movoto chose the 100 largest cities with populations under 50,000 people, then collected data from the FBI, philanthropy.com, and business listings. They looked at things

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A forecast full of money comes our way The second half of the legislative session will be best summed up by an overused 1990s catch phrase.

“Show me the money.”

While lawmakers spent quite a bit of time working on flood legislation during the first half of the session, the real story right now is the flood of bills that are piling up in appropriations committees, waiting to be funded.

The hundreds of bills that sit in appropriation limbo are like a casting room full of singing, animated bills that are auditioning for “School House Rock.”

“But I know I’ll be a law someday. At least I hope and pray that I will. But today I am still just a bill.”

Starting March 18, there’s going to be a lot of lawmakers sitting around praying that their bills will not only become law, but will receive funding to boot. That’s the day that the Joint Budget Committee is scheduled to announce the state’s revenue forecast for the upcoming fiscal year.

The forecast will determine which bills get money and which ones don’t. Whatever happens after that day, the result is certain to disappoint some lawmakers.

“We will have tough decisions as we move through (the appropriations process),” said House Speaker Mark Ferrandino, D-Denver. “There’s a lot of good ideas out there, but it doesn’t mean we can fund them all.”

The JBC will do its best to cobble together a budget that comes close to the one that

Gov. John Hickenlooper has proposed — a $24 billion long bill that could result in hundreds of millions of dollars in additional funding for Colorado schools.

In addition to Senate Bill 1 legislation, which would pump more than $100 million into higher education, the budget is also expected to include $230 million for K-12 education, as outlined by House Bill 1292, the Student Success Act. While the additional funding will go a long way in replacing money that was drained from education funding in recent lean budget years, even the sizable cash infusion is certain to leave some educators wanting more.

Last month, school superintendents called on lawmakers to address the socalled “negative factor” in education funding, which came as a result of $1 billion in education budget cuts in recent years.

Superintendents point to a healthier state education fund as a sign that perhaps this is the year they get all the funding they want,

will few strings attached.

But that’s not going to happen.

“They look at that fund and say, `Lets spend it,’ ” Ferrandino said of school superintendents.

“The problem is when we spend it all down, then we’re in a place where there’s volatility and we can’t sustain it. It’s their job to do all they can to push for education, and I respect that. It’s our job as policy makers for the state to try to deal with all competing districts and look not just at the short term, but long term.”

Senate President Morgan Carroll, DAurora, understands that there is “pent up frustration” on the part of school superintendents who haven’t been getting the funding that was originally expected through 2000’s Amendment 23 — the voterapproved initiative that required funding for education that exceeds the annual rate of inflation. Lawmakers had to take a chisel to that initiative in recent years.

“Patience is running out and (superintendents) would like to catch up all at once, with no strings attached,” Carroll said. “And the reality is, within the revenue we have, we don’t mathematically have the option of zeroing out what’s referred to as the negative factor.”

Education will make up the lion’s share of the budget. And there are several other funding areas that are certain to receive infusions — efforts aimed a flood and wildfire mitigation, as well as tax credits for business and families, to name a few.

But $24 billion gets eaten up pretty quickly during the sausage-making process.

“People fight over more money than we do over less,” said Senate Minority Leader Bill Cadman, R-Colorado Springs.

Cadman said that about “a half a billion dollars in spending is waiting in line for the (budget forecast),” with Cadman equating those who are hoping for money to come their way as being “drunk monkeys” that already lined up.

House Minority Leader Brian DelGrosso, R-Loveland, said more money needs to go to transportation and education, but also said that it’s important to practice temperance when doling out cash — because you never know.

“Yes, we have resources but we don’t want to extend ourselves where we get to the point where we are slashing and burning like we were a few years ago,” DelGrosso said. “That’s not fair to the people of Colorado, when you try to run a state that way.”

So March 18 is going to be an awfully interesting day. There’s going to be some folks who are happy and some who aren’t.

And there’s going to be some joyous “School House Rock” songs sung by bills that made it, while other sad little bills are left singing the blues.

Vic Vela covers the Legislature for Colorado Community Media. He can be reached at vvela@coloradocommunitymedia.com. Or, follow him on Twitter: @ VicVela1.

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But legislators were forced to take regulatory action after the Public Utilities Commission began investigating whether companies like Uber and Lyft are complying with state transportation rules.

“I think it’s an important bill and it’s something that has to be done because the PUC is saying these businesses are acting outside of the law,” said Sen. Ted Harvey, R-Highlands Ranch, a bill sponsor.

“And, without this bill, they would no longer be able to do business.”

The bill is one of many nationwide responses to the relatively new industry — Uber, for example, began operating four years ago.

Local governments across the U.S. have struggled with

determining whether transportation network companies fall under the umbrella of a motor vehicle service or as web-based transportation companies that are entirely different animals, altogether.

The bill would require businesses like Uber and Lyft to carry liability insurance, conduct background checks on drivers, inspect vehicles and receive permission to operate from the PUC. The amended version of the bill also requires that drivers not be allowed to drive more than eight hours in any 24-hour period and that companies keep files containing driver insurance

While the bill had strong bipartisan support — it passed the Senate following a vote of 29-6 — there was some dissent. Sen. Owen Hill, R-Colorado Springs, blasted the attempts to impose “wet blanket” regulations on the new industry.

Hill — who said he has logged 193 trips through Uber — tried unsuccessfully to attach an amendment that would have put off the implementation of the PUC regulations until next year.

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Four challenge three SSPR incumbents L Parks and recreation district election is May 6

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jsmith@coloradocommunitymedia.com Four people are challenging the three incumbents in the South Suburban Parks and Recreation Board of Directors election, to be held May 6.

Michael Anderson, Pam Eller and John Ostermiller will try to ward off Sally Daigle, Travis Nicks, John Watson and Tom Wood.

Anderson, retired from his career as a manager in the petrochemical industry, has lived in Lone Tree for 12 years and in the district for 25. He’s active with the Lone Tree Men’s Golf Club and several nonprofits.

“The first priority for the board is to keep our parks, trails and recreational facilities open and safe for everyone in the community,” he said. “I will continue to provide leadership to ensure that we take care of the wonderful facilities that we have, and that we provide excellent customer service to everyone.”

Sally Daigle has lived in Sheridan for 20 years, and in November 2013 was elected to a second term on the Sheridan School Board. A recent graduate of Colorado Christian University, she works part time as a home-care nurse.

“I feel my experience and knowledge of

Sheridan will benefit the South Suburban Recreation district board,” she said. “My understanding is that Sheridan has not been represented on the board, and now feels like a good time. Sheridan has some exciting things happening; a new school is being built, River Point has really brought some great companies into our city, our parks and outdoor trails are beautiful, and our recreation center is a vital component to our community.”

Eller, who has lived in the district for 28 years, is a Columbine Valley resident. She is retired from the University of Colorado, where she ran a research lab that studied human sensory cells.

“It is very important that the fiscal health of the district be maintained,” she said.

“This is a real balancing act when we are also trying to keep our programming up to date and maintain our facilities to the high standards our constituents expect.”

Travis Nicks has lived or worked in the district since 1996. He ran an unsuccessful campaign for Littleton City Council in 2009, losing to Phil Cernanec, now the mayor, in District 3. He works for CenturyLink and has a start-up software company, he said.

“I want to ensure the responsible management of the property and the facilities of South Suburban Parks and Recreation and benefit the taxpayers of the district,” he said. “I want to ensure we’re spending on things where they need to be, and make

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“This bill will increase self-sufficiency by allowing parents to stay in the workforce,” Pettersen said. “Our child care expenses are one of the most expensive in the nation.”

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Only those who support the legislation provided testimony, including Megan Smith, an Alamosa single mother of a 7-year-old child.

Smith said she moved to Colorado from Chicago to attend Adams State University five years ago and that she initially struggled to pay for child care.

The bill passed the Democrat majority committee following a 7-5 party-line vote.

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r taxDugan leaving to head up zens d. Red Rocks CC force vice truc-By Jennifer Smith sincejsmith@coloradocommunitymedia.com outh Littleton Police Cmdr. Sean Dugan has come a long way since his days as a recruit outh nters,with the Wheat Ridge Police Department in t we1982. d for “Back in those days, they would hire you s,” hefirst, then, after eight weeks of field training, I was turned loose on the citizens of scal-Wheat Ridge,” he said Feb. 27, relaxing in a ningcoffee shop while reflecting on a long and main-storied career. erior Today, he teaches young recruits at both the Arapahoe Community College police oardacademy, and in the master’s programs andat Regis University and the University of oeverPhoenix. And now, after 30 years with the BrashLittleton Police Department, he’s leaving heldto become the chief of police at Red Rocks f theCommunity College. ourth “It’s been a great career, a great city to dsonwork in,” he said. “The citizens treated us 15 S.well. I’ll miss the citizens (academy) alumni, and I’ll miss all the great employees that golfhave worked in the City of Littleton that houthave come and gone.” eton, Chief Doug Stephens said Dugan’s 30

years of experience will be missed.

“He’s dedicated a lot of his life to the Littleton Police Department,” Stephens said.

Dugan has often been the face of the LPD, leading classes in the Littleton Police Citizens Academy and dealing with the media for several years as the department’s public information officer.

“Being the PIO wasn’t bad,” he said. “I was skeptical going in, but I was pleasantly surprised.

I realized the media needed us as much as we needed them. They treated us very well and never misrepresented the information we shared with them.”

He was the face in front of the camera during some Dugan of Littleton’s most notorious crimes, including the 2004 murder of Rhonda Holland. It was a frustrating case for the department, he said.

“We think we solved it, but the district attorney wouldn’t take it,” he said. “As PIO, I felt an obligation to protect the victims in cases. I think Rhonda’s mother deserved that as a parent who lost a child. We worked very hard on that case, and we’re all (still) very frustrated.”

LPD charged Gregory Parker with the crime in 2009, but the district attorney’s of-

fice didn’t think there was enough evidence to take the case to trial.

Parker, however, is still sitting in jail for the murder of his wife, Barbara, on Valentine’s Day of 2004.

The Parkers were acquainted with Holland, who worked at her mother’s gift store in downtown Littleton.

Dugan knows how it feels to be worried about a child’s safety, because his daughter Mandy was a student at Columbine High School on the day of the tragedy there. As a member of LPD’s SWAT team, he was posted outside with a rifle trained on the door, with no way of knowing whether she was trapped inside with murderers.

“I was one of those lucky people,” he said. “From the perspective of a parent, a human being, and even as a police officer, it makes you realize how fragile life is, and how that can all change in an instant.”

Dugan also has a grown son, Ryan, who is a Littleton firefighter, and three young children with his wife, Heather.

In addition to being on SWAT, Dugan is one of just a handful of LPD officers to have graduated from the prestigious FBI National Academy in Quantico, Va. The 10-week program is offered four times a year to a very competitive field of about 250 students from around the world.

“It certainly was a goal of mine,” he said

upon returning in March 2010. “It felt very good to be selected to go.”

Some of his favorite memories about his years in Littleton are from the time he was a street sergeant, chasing down criminals and breaking up bar brawls.

“It’s the greatest job in the department,” he said.

He attributes much of his success to having great mentors over the years, and makes particular mention of LPD Lt. Bill Black, who helped start ACC’s police academy in 1983. He died of cancer in June 2007.

“He looked out for me, and paved the way for me and others,” said Dugan.

As he moves on, he said, he’ll take with him fond memories of Kathi Christ, Chris Grosz and Kevin Denner, all LPD employees taken too soon.

Although Dugan’s last couple years at LPD found him entangled in controversy after the now-retired command staff secretly listened to recordings of his phone calls, he’s ready and eager to move on.

“I’m looking forward to making a difference,” he said. “I’m proud of the different capacities I’ve been able to work in, and I’m proud of the lifetime friendships that I will always have with my fellow officers. I’m proud that I never compromised my integrity, because if you don’t have your integrity, you don’t have anything.”

Fraudulent drug test bill fails in committee

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Republican-sponsored legislation would’ve fined those who cheat tests

By Vic Vela

vvela@coloradocommunitymedia.com A Senate committee on March 5 rejected a bill that sought to impose legal penalties in cases where employees try to cheat on company-mandated drug tests.

The Republican-sponsored effort had previously passed the House, but Democrats on the Senate’s State, Veterans and Military Affairs Committee killed the legislation.

The committee chairman wondered how accusations involving a fake or diluted drug test would hold up in a court of law if there were no actual visual proof that the employee was trying to cheat by using a urine-cleansing device.

“Is it eye witness testimony that (deter-

mines that) this person used a Whizzinator or video proof that this person used a Whizzinator?” said Sen. Jesse Ulibarri, D-Commerce City. “I don’t believe that government belongs in the bathroom or the bedroom.”

House Bill 1040 would have created a petty offense penalty for employees who attempt to defraud a drug test for occupations where the testing is required by law.

Police, corrections officers, and commercial vehicle drivers are a few of the professionals who would have been impacted

by the bill. Under the bill, those who try to hide their drug use through fake or diluted urine samples would have been subjected to fines of up to $5,000, depending on how many times they tried to cheat.

The bill would not have applied in cases where business-mandated drug testing is not legally required.

Some who testified in opposition to the bill said the legislation is clearly aimed at targeting marijuana users, with one witness calling it “the marijuana testing bill.”

Controlled burns slated near Chatfield Staff Report

Littleton Fire Rescue wants neighbors of Denver Botanic Gardens at Chatfield, 8500 W. Deer Creek Canyon Road, to be aware that firefighters will be conducting small controlled burns periodically throughout March.

Smoke might be visible in the area,

near C-470 and Wadsworth Boulevard, during normal working hours.

“Sections of the restored prairie and wetlands are periodically burned to replicate the wildfires that lightning occasionally starts on the grasslands,” reads a news release.

“These fires are a natural part of the plains ecology and help balance

the diversity of plant species. The burn will aid in the germination and growth of different species, including wildflowers and native plants, while simultaneously helping to suppress the growth of invasive weeds.”

Permits have been obtained from the fire department, and the burns will be performed on low-pollution days.

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March 13, 2014

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Defending the right to access information “Sunlight is said to be the best of disinfectant.”

Louis Brandeis wrote these words a century ago, before his appointment to the U.S. Supreme Court, to note the power of publicity as a cure for “social and industrial diseases” like the inequities fostered by the corporate monopolies of his time.

Today all states have “sunshine laws,” a catchall term for statutes requiring openness in government — rules meant to guarantee access to public records and proceedings. Justice Brandeis would probably approve: Shed light on the workings of government and society is better off.

Transparency is now such a popular concept, it’s become something of a buzzword. Mayors, school boards, city councils, the president — public officials at every level tout their transparency initiatives.

Indeed, the Internet has made it possible for governments to easily share important information — budgets, agendas, minutes, databases — like never before.

It’s a trend worth applauding. But not every bit of information regarded by the law as a public record is free of charge and easy to download. Far from it. And elected officials in some communities still conduct some public business behind closed doors.

That’s why news and civic organizations nationwide are taking time this week —Sunshine Week — to educate the public about the importance of open government.

And that’s why, about a year ago, a littleknown, 27-year-old council of Coloradans decided to greatly expand its mission. The Colorado Freedom of Information Coalition (CFOIC) is a nonpartisan alliance of media outlets, civic groups, First Amendment lawyers and individuals founded in 1987 by Jean Otto, a long-time Rocky Mountain News editor.

With a tiny budget, CFOIC volunteers mostly sponsored community forums, presented awards and filed court briefs in support of greater government transparency.

Its most notable accomplishment was not a small one, helping to persuade the state judiciary to put court records online.

But similar nonprofits in other states were doing much more — putting on seminars, developing online resources, reporting on issues and legislation, answering questions from citizens and journalists and playing the role of watchdog. Colorado needed the CFOIC to be more like them.

Why? The CFOIC is rooted in the belief that a healthy democracy depends on the free flow of information. To be engaged and to hold their elected officials accountable, citizens need to know what’s going on in their communities. They have a right to know.

But it’s a right that shouldn’t be taken for granted. The State Integrity project recently gave Colorado an “F” for public access to information. Coloradans have no way to administratively appeal denials of access. Colorado has no agency monitoring governments for possible violations of access-to-information laws.

If a Coloradan is denied access, the only recourse is to sue. This is frustrating for residents like Melody, who was denied information on how much employees of her local fire district are paid in salary and overtime. And Bill, who spent nearly $1,500 trying to show that his county commission was improperly meeting in secret. And Ruth, a state college professor who was billed $3,700 after requesting records from her employer.

The news media play a vital role in using open-government laws to expose corruption, life-threatening problems or the need for policy reforms. But newsroom staffs have shrunk dramatically (or have disappeared entirely) in recent years, as have news media budgets to wage legal battles against violations of freedom-of-

information statutes.

The CFOIC hopes to shore up the news media’s efforts in defense of access to information by providing Colorado journalists — and all residents — with a resource and partner. Among our initiatives: seminars and an FOI hotline supported by the state’s leading media-law attorneys.

Visit our website at www.coloradofoic. org for resources, news and original reporting on open-government issues and legislation. To keep up with new entries, “like” our Facebook page, follow us on Twitter (@CoFOIC) or sign up for our emailed newsletter. We welcome new members and, of course, donations (we’re a 501(c)(3) nonprofit).

You may already belong to a civic group that belongs to the CFOIC. Our growing membership includes (in addition to media organizations) the American Civil Liberties Union of Colorado, the Colorado Bar Association, Colorado Common Cause, Colorado Ethics Watch, the Independence Institute, the League of Women Voters of Colorado and the Society of Professional Journalists.

Members represent varied interests and political persuasions but share a common passion for government transparency.

Jeffrey A. Roberts, a former reporter and editor at The Denver Post, is executive director of the Colorado Freedom of Information Coalition.

It happens to the best of us

The story of the invisible stop sign “The Invisible Man” is a science fiction novella written by H.G. Wells. An exceptional film was made based on the book, and starred Claude Rains.

The film came out in 1933, and the special effects are brilliant.

There was another “Invisible Man,” a novel written by Ralph Ellison, published in 1952. It is very different than Wells’ book, because the invisibility is not science fiction, but rather “it addresses the many social and intellectual issues facing black Americans early in the twentieth century.”

I think most of us have wished from time to time to be invisible, to eavesdrop, maybe to see something we weren’t supposed to see, or just to be further out of sight so we can read Kerouac.

Some of us may feel like we are invisible to others, even when we are not.

Underappreciated, undervalued.

I live near a high school. It has an invisible stop sign.

If there were a stop sign it would be right there at the exit, but there’s no there there, as Virginia Woolf would say.

If there were a stop sign, maybe things would be a little less hazardous at lunchtime, and when the kids get out of school for the day. But since there is no sign, it’s hazardous. Let me tell you.

You probably wondered where I was going with this. I am here today to do a public service.

Here it is: go around. Maybe even way around. Or just don’t go near the school at that time at all. Sooner or later something unfortunate is going to happen, and I just hope it doesn’t happen to a white station wagon, or to a car filled with Brownies.

I thought I had it figured out, when they have their lunch break. Not today.

It was nonstop out of the parking lot, although one kid in a truck paused, and I was

ready to give him a thumb’s up, and then he turned right in front of me as if: I were invisible.

The point is what? I think the point is to concede. No one wants to be scolded, told what to do or what not to do, so I say: “Kids, just keep on doing what you are doing, and the rest of us will adjust.”

I know what I am going to do, and I think it will work for everyone else. Avoid the area, at least when the students have the cards.

I can schedule my dental appointments at another time. And my veterinarian appointments at another time. I can do the same thing with my optometrist. Her office is on the other side of the school too.

Or I could find those services in the other direction. Change dentists and doctors.

My dentist can simply forward all of my records to a new office. It’s as simple as that.

But really all I have to do is avoid the area altogether for three hours on every school day. That’s not asking much, is it? And if we all re-schedule our lives and appointments out of deference to an invisible sign and the young motorists who ignore it, at least we won’t be in touch with their insurance agents, or a body shop, or a chiropractor.

See what I mean?

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

Recently I was watching a professional golf event on television and was reminded that even though these people are the very best in the world, they too can have a bad day or round, a terrible hole, or just a horrific shot or two.

It does and can happen to the best of us.

So many people I talk with have expectations of perfection. The perfect house, the perfect family, the perfect job, the perfect performance or the perfect relationship. And yes, some of the folks even talk about that perfect golf shot. What we have to remember is that even the professionals in any sport, career, or hobby have off days, tough times and bad shots.

Here’s the difference, the professionals know that there will be a miscue from time to time. And although they strive for perfection, it’s really about achieving excellence. The difference between being a professional or playing at the highest level possible and the rest of the population is that in most cases they expect and understand that sometimes things will go wrong.

It can happen to them, it can happen to you, it happens to the best of us and the rest of us.

The thing is we can’t let those temporary setbacks or minor mistakes take us completely out of our game. Sure we will make a mistake, everyone does. Yes, we will have a bad or sad day, we all do.

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Sometimes we will watch an event on television or a live event and we will witness a professional athlete, singer, or dancer make an error, miss a note or lyric, and maybe miss a step or two. It happens.

And although sometimes we see a minor league response or immature behavior from a major league player, in most cases they handle it with grace and dignity. They may be burning inside from the mistake, but that is only because they know they can do better and want more out of themselves.

Things happen, life happens, errors happen, and lapses in judgment happen.

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The question is, do we handle it like a rookie or like a seasoned professional? Do we overreact and make things worse? Or do we respond and make things better? I love Norton continues on Page 7

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Combating s exual n assaults in the military

ews nWe must end the scourge of sexual asnalrce saults in our military. When young women mi- decide to serve their nation in the armed he services, they should never be forced to live under a cloud of intimidation or sexual oic. harassment. This is a challenge the military port-must confront and overcome.

During my own military career, I have giswitnessed quite a number of challenges ke” that the military had to confront. Each r time it overcame the obstacles and always emerged as a more effective fighting force c)(3) as a result.

For example, in 1972, when I joined oup the U.S. Army, I found an Army that was fractured along racial lines with its combat to effectiveness further compromised by an vil epidemic of drug and alcohol abuse. The ado combination of these factors produced an ause, Army plagued by disciplinary problems, nce poor morale and very low retention rates. of This was not just an Army problem but was al evident in all of the branches of military service.

The Army responded aggressively to and mon resolve those problems and today, when I talk to the newest generation of young people serving in uniform, the challenges r cu- that our military faced in the 1970s is unm of thinkable to them today.

But today, our military is confronted with a new and very different challenge, an epidemic of sexual assaults that is again, seriously compromising the combat effectiveness of our military.

Today, our soldiers, Marines, sailors, and airmen, are among the most accomplished of their generation.

The standards of the young men and women who serve in our military have never been higher than at any time in our nation’s history.

One fundamental factor that has driven up recruiting standards has been that many of the military’s occupational career fields have been opened up to women. By adding women into the mix we have increased the pool of eligible recruits raising the standards to make our military the most professional that our country has ever had. Unfortunately, with the increase in women serving in uniform there has been a reprehensible increase in the number of sexual assaults and a culture within our military that, knowingly or unknowingly, has tolerated it.

Members of the U.S. House and Senate have been debating how best to combat the epidemic of sexual assaults that have plagued our military. We seem to have fallen into two camps.

The first supports the leadership of our

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watching a professional athlete after they have made an error, fumbled a football, or missed an easy lay-up.

If you watch the true professionals, or the cameraman captures the moment on television, you will see them all replaying the situation on the field or on the sideline.

You can watch as a golfer who hit his ball into the water, stand in the same spot, swinging again, visualizing a different outcome and knowing what he or she did wrong.

They don’t throw the club, blame others or point fingers. They just know that errors and mistakes happen and they happen to

military in wanting to resolve allegations of sexual assaults within the chain-ofcommand.

The second believes that we should have independent military prosecutors deal with sexual assault cases to remove the stigma of reporting the assaults and encourage women to feel comfortable in stepping forward to bring their assailants to justice.

I strongly believe that any allegations of sexual assault should be reported to authorities outside of the chain-of-command and thus should be procedurally treated separately from all other violations listed under the Uniform Code of Military Justice.

Questions of sexual assault, regarding military coworkers within the same unit, are always highly sensitive in nature and my concern is that a unit commander might feel pressure to resolve a problem that he or she might feel reflects poorly on their own leadership or be an embarrassment to the reputation of their command, and that this could lead to cases not being properly vetted and prosecuted.

The net result could be fewer victims having the confidence to step forward and to testify against their attackers.

This is why I support taking the reporting of sexual assaults outside of the chain-of-command and will work with Rep. Jackie Speier (D-Calif.) and Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) to ensure these allegations can be investigated by independent military authorities, and if necessary, prosecuted accordingly.

This is not a partisan issue. This is about protecting the young men and women who step forward to risk their lives in defense of our freedom. I am proud to stand with my Democratic colleagues to ensure we end the scourge of sexual assaults in our military.

U.S. Representative Mike Coffman is a retired combat veteran with a combined 21 years of military service between the U.S. Army, Army Reserve, U.S. Marine Corps and the Marine Corps Reserve. He is a member of the House Armed Services Committee.

the best of us, even the very best of us.

We don’t want to go out looking to make a mistake; that is not the message. The message is that when challenges come our way, when things do not go according to our plan or meet our expectations, we simply need to recognize that it happens from time to time and we need to adapt and course correct, learn from it and move on towards the pursuit and achievement of our endeavors.

Does it happen to you? How do you handle it? I would love to hear all about it at gotonorton@gmail.com and when we learn how to adapt to the `things’ that happen in our lives, it will be a better than good week.

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

OBITUARIES Skotty

Alvin Clyde Skotty

Sept. 9, 1925 - Feb. 26, 2014

Alvin Clyde Skotty passed away on February 26, 2014.

After 88 years, he departed this life peacefully to join his beloved wife Constance, who passed away on December 3, 2012.

He was born on September 9, 1925 in San Bernardino, California.

He attended Riverside Poly High in Riverside, California, until enlisting in the Navy, eager to join the war.

From 1943 to 1946, he served as an aviation machinist mate. For the rest of his life, he was a proud veteran of World War Two. Returning to civilian life, he graduated with a Mechanical Engineering degree from Riverside College and attended CalAero Institute in Glendale studying electronic engineering. While at Riverside Poly, he met Constance Boosey. On their first date, Al, who was an accomplished swimmer, attempted to impress her by swimming across Balboa Bay. It was a one-way trip, though, owing to exhaustion.

With a lucky nickel, he commandeered transportation to the mainland to resume romancing Connie for nearly seven decades. They were married in 1949, and began raising a family with Donald (1953), Rodney (1956), and John (1958).

Al made a career in the aerospace industry as an electronic engineer, designing, managing, and leading on highly advanced space and defense programs.

He contributed to America’s exploration of space, and was well-respected for his creativity and precision.

From 1952 until retirement in 1988, he worked for Hunter-Douglas (1951-2); Convair/General Dynamics (1952-62); and

Martin-Marrietta (196288). He was recognized for his quality design work with several awards throughout his career.

In 1962, he was hired

by Martin-Marrietta, bringing him to Littleton, Colorado.

Seeking to take most advantage of the Rocky Mountains and environs, Al led the family in a life of excitement and adventure. Summers were spent camping, fishing, and exploring; winters skiing. Al’s and Connie’s priorities were to enable a full and happy family life. They also cultivated a strong religious upbringing, and were active members of Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church. They moved to Aurora in 1985.

After Connie died, he and son John moved to his final residence in 2013.

Al was an active member of his communities.

In Montclair, he was Secretary of the Trinity Lutheran Voters’ Assembly and Commissioner of the Monte Vista Fire District; in Littleton, leader in his church council; and at Heather Gardens in Aurora, volunteer computer teacher. He was modest and without pretense – always committed to others over himself.

With their sons gradually leaving the familyhome starting in 1971, and both Connie and Al looking towards retirement, travel beckoned.

They did so extensively: at first, domestically, then internationally. Their priority, though, was to enjoy the company of Donald’s and Rodney’s families. They relished their responsibilities as grandparents to which they applied their passions with gusto.

Al devoted his life to country, community, friends, and family.

He entered this world

on the brink of the Great Depression; he matured answering the call to defend his country; and he evolved by embracing the appeal to conquer the frontiers of space; but more than anything, he thrived in the company of his wife and family.

Ironically, despite the swirl of history, as witness to the vast change of a complex world, he possessed a simplicity that is his greatest legacy: simply, Al Skotty was a patriot, professional, father, grandfather, and husband.

Alvin Clyde Skotty is predeceased by his wife, Constance Lorraine Boosey Skotty; his father, Mr. George S. Skotty; mother, Mrs. Alice Schofield Skotty; and brother, Mr. William George Skotty.

He is survived by his son, Mr. Donald Raymond Skotty, his wife, Ms. Anne Espenan Skotty of Breckenridge, Colorado, and their daughters, Ms. Samantha Marie Espenan of London, England, and Ms. Alexa Alice Skotty of Breckinridge; son Mr. Rodney William Skotty, his wife Ms. Rebecca Rumble Skotty of Greene, New York, and their daughters, Ms. Sarah Skotty Powell of New Orleans, Louisiana, and Dr. Hannah Schofield Skotty, Captain, USA, DVM of Freisen, Germany, and respective husbands, Messieurs Scott Powell and Michael Dunlap; son Mr. John Alvin Skotty of Aurora; and sister Mrs. Virginia Skotty Greek of San Juan Capistrano, California.

Interment will be Friday, April 25, 2014 at 9:30am at Fort Logan National Cemetery, with Memorial Service following at 11am at Horan & McConaty Family Chapel, 11150 E. Dartmouth Ave. (at Parker Rd.), Aurora, CO 80014.

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Affordable housing bill clears House But GOP lawmakers say measure will have little impact

By Vic Vela

vvela@coloradocommunitymedia.com A Democrat-sponsored bill that aims to provide more access to affordable housing in Colorado passed the House on March 4, following a party-line vote.

Democrats see the bill as an overdue piece of legislation that would help struggling families obtain roofs over their heads, including those who were affected by last year’s flooding that ravaged parts of the state.

But House Republicans said Democrats’ own policies have contributed to the lack of affordable housing and that the bill’s effort to help flood-impacted families doesn’t go far enough.

House Bill 1017 would provide tax incentives to developers who construct affordable or reasonably-priced homes. The bill also gives the state’s Home Investment Trust Fund the ability to make more lowinterest loans available for the purposes of affordable housing construction.

The bill would impact the state’s General Fund by $40 million over the next decade.

Rep. Crisanta Duran, D-Denver, the bill’s sponsor, said the legislation is a response to the increasing need for affordable housing in Colorado, where rents continue to rise, causing more people to become priced out of their neighborhoods.

“It is an issue that has hit every single corner of our state, in both urban and rural areas,” Duran said just before the House vote.

A bill amendment that was added prior to the House vote would give housing priority to those who were affected by last year’s floods in the northern part of the state.

However, House Republicans said they needed more assurance that the bill would give priority to flood victims and proposed an amendment that would require 50 percent of the money to be set aside for that purpose.

That and several other Republican amendments failed.

And Republicans wondered whether this bill would do anything to help the state’s af-

‘While on the road to revenge we need to be prepared to dig two graves. We as a body cannot afford to waste time with petty partisanship when it co mes t o t he fl ood

Dueling versions of a bill aimed at creating stiffer penalties for those who commit sex crimes on children were heard in legislative committee hearings last week, but only one survived.

The House State, Veterans and Military Affairs Committee on March 3 gave unanimous approval to a Democrat-sponsored bill that would create a Colorado version of Jessica’s Law. The law is a national initiative that came as a result of the 2005 rape and murder of 9-year-old Jessica Lunsford of Florida.

The law would impose mandatory minimum sentences for sexual assaults on children.

House Bill 1260, sponsored by Rep. Mike Foote, D-Lafayette, creates a minimum sentencing structure of 10 years behind bars for crimes of sexual penetration of a child under the age of 12. The bill would also set a minimum sentence of 24 years for serious cases of sexual assault, and judges would be able impose life sentences, if they believe the punishment is warranted.

Meanwhile, a Republican effort to create a “Jessica’s Law” statute failed. The bill, sponsored by Rep. Libby Szabo, R-Arvada, would have created the identical version of Florida’s law, which imposes a 25-year minimum sentence for sexual assaults on children.

Foote, a Boulder County deputy district attorney, said Szabo lifted the Florida law “almost word for word.” He said her bill was “over-broad in its consequences” and would have been subjected to constitutional challenges.

Szabo’s bill failed in the same committee on a party-line vote. Foote’s bill now heads to the House Appropriations Com-

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Rep. Jonathan Singer fordable housing issues, to begin with. Rep. Cheri Gerou, R-Evergreen, said that Democrats’ own regulations on the construction industry — which were meant to provide more consumer protections — have raised insurance costs and have made it less desirable for developers to build affordable homes.

“We’ve basically killed affordable housing in the private sector and this bill does nothing to help that,” Gerou said.

House Minority Leader Brian DelGrosso, R-Loveland, agreed with his Republican colleague.

“We think we’re going to dangle a few dollars of a credit in front of someone and that it’s somehow going to solve the problem?” he said. “We’re kidding ourselves.”

But Rep. Jonathan Singer, D-Longmont, quoted Chinese philosopher Confucius as he accused Republicans of playing politics for not getting their way in the amendment process.

“While on the road to revenge we need to be prepared to dig two graves,” Singer said.

“We as a body cannot afford to waste time with petty partisanship when it comes to the flood or this bill.”

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Colorado law requires that all legal notices be published in newspapers of wide circulation that reside within the county where the notices apply. House Bill 1056, sponsored by Rep. Carole Murray, R-Castle Rock, creates a statewide legal notice website that is run by an organization that represents newspapers.

Jerry Healey, publisher of Colorado Community Media, joined Murray and Hickenlooper at the bill signing, which took place inside the governor’s office.

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A House committee on March 6 gave unanimous approval to a bill that creates tax credits for business personal property.

House Bill 1279 — sponsored by Democratic Reps. Dave Young of Greeley and Dianne Primavera of Broomfield — creates a credit for business personal property taxes for companies with $25,000 or less in equipment value. Young said that about 55,000 Coloradans will qualify for the tax credit.

Other versions of the bill had suffered defeats in previous legislative sessions.

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Downtown icon rolls into the unknown Details’ bedazzled bicycle goes missing in broad daylight

By Jennifer Smith

jsmith@coloradocommunitymedia.com Bicycle bandit beware — all of Littleton is on the lookout.

“We just about cried,” said a bereft Nikki Carpenter on March 9. “It’s a part of our family, and a big part of who Details is, for sure.”

Carpenter’s family has owned Details Boutique for more than 14 years. The oldtimey glider came with the deal when they bought the business from the owners of Sisters, which was originally located on the southeast corner of Prince and Main streets. Carpenter’s parents, Bart and Peggy Cooper, changed the name to Details and moved to the north side of the intersection, into what was originally a movie theater.

Today, the marquis is emblazoned with the store’s signature pink, and below it, the bicycle has announced the store’s opening every day. It gets glitzed up for different seasons and holidays, and many a photographer has captured its pink-and-white charm.

“I can’t tell you how many girls have gotten their senior pictures taken on that bike,” said Carpenter.

But then some brazen thief swiped it on the afternoon of March 7, in broad daylight on a busy shopping day. They posted the theft on Facebook, and it’s being widely shared in an effort to reunite the family with its beloved bicycle.

“So sad there are such thieves out there,” commented Diana Schroeder Dowling.

“Hope you find it soon!”

View House 2.0 will open in Centennial this summer at the former location of the iconic Trail Dust Steak House. Photo

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ViewHouse 2.0 plans summer opening Demolition work begins on Trail Dust Steak House

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Details Boutique is offering a $500 reward for the safe return of its stolen bicycle. Courtesy photo Carpenter said the family really appreciates the support from the community.

“All the merchants have been so supportive in trying to find it,” she said.

The family filed a police report and is offering a $500 reward for the bicycle’s safe return.

“Unless you’re the one who stole it,” said Carpenter. “Then we just won’t press charges.”

The legendary Trail Dust Steak House is biting the dust — literally.

The eatery known for its tasty sirloins — and for cutting off men’s ties if they were foolish enough to wear them into the restaurant — is being demolished this week.

About to rise in its place: ViewHouse 2.0, a Centennial version of the popular ViewHouse restaurant located in LoDo. Construction work on ViewHouse 2.0 is slated to begin next month and the new restaurant plans an early summer opening.

Corri Spiegel, Centennial’s economic development manager, said city officials are “really excited” about the new restaurant coming to Centennial. “This is really going to be a great addition to the city,” Spiegel added.

Located at 7101 S. Clinton St. just east of I-25 between Arapahoe and Dry Creek roads, ViewHouse 2.0 will be a larger version of the original Denver ViewHouse, which opened in the spring of 2013 at 2015

Market St. near Coors Field.

The Centennial restaurant will be built on the lot occupied for more than three decades by the Trail Dust, which closed in December 2009. A sign posted at the Trail Dust’s entrance warned, “Danger: Neckties enter at own risk.”

View House owner François Safieddine has designed ViewHouse 2.0 to take full advantage of the lot’s spectacular mountain views.

The new 16,000-square-foot bistro will offer rooftop dining, outdoor activities similar to those from the flagship location and two large banquet rooms for private parties and events.

The two-story restaurant will have floorto-ceiling glass windows, skylights, fire pits, water features and a large number of TVs tuned to sporting events.

The owner says the bar and food offerings will be adjusted to accommodate the new location’s demographic, including an expanded menu with more focus on entrees that provide a dining atmosphere conducive to casual entertainment.

According to its website, the restaurant’s concept “is firmly rooted in superior quality, locally sourced organic foods created by Chef Jose Guerrero.”

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‘First Impressions’ go over well Future artists from Littleton High pursue age-old paths

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The quaint red Depot Art Gallery in Littleton was bursting at the seams on Feb. 28.

Students, parents, teachers, grandoto parents, artists, school board members and other community members showed up to celebrate the opening reception of “First Impressions,” an exhibit featuring work by new Littleton Fine Arts Guild Members as well as studio art students from Littleton builtHigh. hree Littleton junior Natalie Sandstrom’s ed ininstallation, “Hello, My Name is…” is Traildisplayed on a low table in the center ktiesof the front room (aka baggage room) in the Depot Art Gallery and would dineseem to illustrate a genuine interest in l ad-the world she lives in. ntain She handed a standard blue and white “Hello My Name is” sticker — willthe kind we’ve all filled in at meetings sim-over the years — to a large number of andfellow students. She asked that they artieswrite “one word that describes you” and stick it on themselves somewhere floor-so she could snap a photo. The repits,sulting photos, showing the sticker TVson faces, hands, torsos… were then mounted on uniform cards and strung offer-accordion-wise into a large circle, e thefrom which one could draw all sorts of g an n enIF you go conThe student and new member exhibit runs through ant’s March 23 at the Depot Art Gallery, 2069 W. Powers qual- Ave., Littleton. Hours: 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesdays ed by through Sundays. 303-795-0181.

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A crowd of parents, grandparents, school board members and students filled the Depot Art Gallery on Feb. 28 for the opening of the LHS Studio Art Student’s exhibit. Courtesy photo by Peggy Dietz inferences.

What a thoughtful introduction to a widely varied art exhibit by advanced studio art students from the school, studying under Jennifer Jeanelle.

The mix of juniors and seniors — some enrolled in the International Baccalaureate program, which requires an exhibit from its art students — filled the historic space with fresh, young ideas, although techniques were often variations on long-used ways of communicating artistic vision.

Drawings, paintings, prints, photographs, stencils, sculptures and combinations thereof were installed — at times in unexpected ways, and executed with considerable technical skill.

Just to the left of the entry door is

Maddie Hicks’ “Femme,” a series of small matte photographic portraits, surrounded with lace doilies and studded with buttons.

Next comes Thinh Dinh Su’s collection of meticulously rendered paintings, drawings and prints. Elise Langstaff’s “Façade” is a portrait showing three facets of the face, rendered in pastel.

Erika Remy’s several installations focused on identity: for example, “Label Maker,” a row of ceramic hands mounted on the wall held a plain black tee shirt with label —“Boss Creetin, Prom Queen, Crazy, Average.”

We hope that a new group of art lovers discovers the Depot and that the community connection will encourage return visits to this local treasure.

So we might better understand Paula Burger tells story of growing up a Polish Jew during Nazi reign

By Sonya Ellingboe

sellingboe@coloradocommunitymedia.com “In July of 1944, the order from Russia arrived. The Nazis had been driven back, the Bielski Otriad (partisan detachment) was instructed to disband, and all the survivors — Jews who hid in the Naliboki forest for years — were supposed to return to Novogrudek, Poland. The partisans were to destroy all remnants of the camp to prevent retreating German soldiers hiding in the woods from setting up a base…”

Well-known Denver painter Paula Burger begins her story at a turning point in her young life, when after two years, more than 1,250 Jews who had hidden in the forest — including Paula, age 9, her little brother, Isaac and her father — marched out in a long line and headed to points around the world.

Her new book: “Paula’s Window: Papa, the Bielski Partisans and a Life Unexpected” has occupied much of the past three years. “I always had it in my head, I just kept putting it off,” she said on March 5.

She has been speaking at schools and to local groups for some years and when she was ready to write, she enlisted Andrea Jacobs, who “has a heart that hears,”

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to assist her. They sat at Burger’s kitchen table every Sunday to record Burger’s memories — a difficult task for both and especially draining for Burger, Jacobs comments in an Afterword.

Throughout, one is conscious of the artist’s eye and awareness as she describes a happy day when she was about 7, walking with her father in the snow.

She remembers her mother and the parents’ grocery store.

Then, the Nazis invaded, there was a massacre and Jews who survived were confined to a ghetto. Burger clutched her doll as they were herded away from their ranch. There were almost no children in the ghetto, she recalls. They had been killed.

Her father had a network of friends and probably had met the two older Bielski brothers, Tuvia and Zus, before the war, she writes. He almost immediately began to plan an escape and she recalls promising her mother that she would care for Isaac if anything happened to her parents — a heavy responsibility for a 7-yearold.

Her father was gone for long periods and one day, the Nazis took her mother away. Paula never saw her again. Her father sent for her and her brother. A friendly farmer smuggled them out of the ghetto in an empty barrel. He took them to the forest that would be their home for two years, including two hard winters.

She tells of the leader, Tuvia Bielski, who held this

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“Paula’s Window” by painter Paula Burger is the recently-published story of her holocaust experiences, her escape and subsequent life in America. group together and was credited with saving many lives. (A movie called “Defiance,” about this remarkable story, was recently released on DVD.) Burger’s book continues to tell of her life after the rescue, the eventual move to America and her later development as an accomplished painter. (She has exhibited work throughout the metro area, including in Littleton, Greenwood Village and Highlands Ranch.)

As the book developed and her speaking commitments grew, she says she has ceased painting for

going on three years now.

“I just can’t get my head around it,” she says.

She speaks several times a week, including regular visits to Ponderosa High School in Parker over the past four years. She hopes to add book clubs now.

“I’m committed to do it,” she said. “I have crazy dreams. It’s what I do. A lot of people (who have had this experience) can’t do it.”

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littleton news in a hurry LPS boasts 13 National Merit finalists

Thirteen Littleton Public Schools seniors have recently been named finalists in the National Merit Scholarship Program: Pierceson Brown, Daniel Sabey, Clairissa Hansen, Nicholas Sabo, Megan Moore, Zachary Wannders, Sara Wilky, Joe Redman and John McKoy, all of Arapahoe High School; Ashlen Lemon, Robert Spofford, Marc Thomson of Heritage; and William Paton of Littleton.

An additional 21 LPS seniors were named National Merit Commended Scholars, and two were named National Hispanic Recognition this past fall.

To be named a finalist, students must not only have an outstanding academic record, they also must be endorsed and recommended by their principal.

Twain Elementary receives donation

A generous donation has been given to the Twain Elementary library in memory of Julie Carlson, who was a classroom teacher at Twain. She also served as a literacy specialist, instructional coach and coordinator of instruction for Littleton Public Schools.

She instilled her love of reading in her students at Twain and wherever her work took her throughout LPS. The donation will provide additional library books for the library.

According to instructional coach Jane Coulter, Carlson’s legacy continues as Twain’s students share her love of books and her zest for life.

Bennet seeks interns

U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet (D-Colo.) is accepting internship applications from undergraduate students, recent graduates, and graduate students for his Washington, D.C., and Colorado offices. Internships are available on either a full-time or part-time basis. This is an unpaid position.

Interested students and recent graduates can apply online at www.bennet.senate.gov. The deadline to apply for an internship in Washington for either summer session is March 15. For internships in one of Bennet’s Colorado offices, applicants will be considered on a rolling basis and can apply any time.

Art committee needs members

South Suburban Park and Recreation District’s Public Art Committee is accepting applications. The committee recommends selection, placement and installation of art in public parks, along trails and in recreation facilities and oversees the selection of art for temporary gallery exhibitions in the recreation centers. Committee members serve two-year terms and must reside within district boundaries. Artists, art educators, arts administrators and art collectors are encouraged to apply. The committee meets from 8 to 10 a.m. on the second Tuesday of each month.

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Grove said Littletonites do indeed still buy a lot of greeting cards, while the rest of the world seems to rely more and more on email. They also noted the mall isn’t just people friendly, it’s dog friendly, too.

“We strive to offer good service, and I love that we can have dogs come in and see us,” said Teena Schulz. “We have puppy treats for them.”

Nelson said Littleton has the lowest violent-crime rate of the top 10 friendly cities, which played a big part in it making the list. It also fared well for the number of flower, gift and card shops, and has an impressive 14,500 Facebook “likes.” By way of comparison, No. 10 on the list, Coral Gables, Fla., has a population of about 47,400 and just 11,900 “likes.”

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Tulo steps to plate for kids There’s no question that cancer treatment takes a toll on the mind and body of its patients (and as a breast cancer survivor, I can relate).

From diagnosis through treatment, the resistance and fortitude of cancer patients is tested. For patients at Children’s Hospital Colorado’s Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders, an upcoming trip was designed specifically to escape these pressures and allow them to focus on just being a kid.

Colorado Rockies All-Star shortstop and friend of Children’s Colorado, Troy Tulowitzki, is underwriting an all-expense paid trip to the Colorado Rockies spring training camp for more than 20 patients and their medical caregivers.

While in Scottsdale, Ariz., the children will enjoy an exhibition game, meet-andgreet sessions with players and coaches and even some one-on-one downtime with the players.

“Last year, I presented Troy with the proposal to fund this trip and he immediately agreed,” said Jim Kellogg, vice president of community and retail operations for the Colorado Rockies. “That’s just the kind of guy he is, he genuinely wants to help and give back wherever he can.”

Denver actor shares in Oscar glow

By Virginia Grantier

It might not vgrantier@ colorado have been a communitymedia.com pretty picture to some people, seeing a 9-yearold girl, from a struggling family, scrubbing walls for 25 cents an hour so she could pay for a pair of shoes.

“But it made me what I am today,” said artist and art teacher Katherine McNeill, 72, of Larkspur, owner of McNeill Fine Art Gallery, 363 Village Square Lane, Castle Pines.

Now, there are a multitude of pictures, some valued in the multi-thousands of dollars.

On a recent night, a nearby restaurant, Duke’s, had a waiting line, so wait-listers wandered into McNeill’s gallery to drink in the art — and there were also drinks. McNeill offers a glass of wine, as well as a tour.

The gallery has some of her paintings, many of them aspentree scenes in oil. There are painted words on the painted tree trunks, meant to be like the wood carvings that Western Slope sheepherders long ago left on trees — now called “shepherd’s art,” she said. Other McNeill paintings are far and wide — in Europe, Latin America, Hawaii, elsewhere.

She has several artists’ work in her gallery — all Colorado artists — and stories about them: like the sculptor who can’t talk anymore, the result of a serious illness, but still creates his art; and the jewelry maker who mines his own topaz and other gems and cuts them himself.

But there’s also her story.

McNeill’s parents and seven children left Canada in 1951.

Her jack-of-all-trades dad was hoping for better financial opportunities. She said things remained hard. She dreamed of becoming a singer or ice skater, never thought about art, although she liked to work with her hands.

She fell in love right after high school — is still married to Robert McNeill after almost 54 years, and started raising kids, and working various jobs — was a cake decorator at one point, a hair dresser, seamstress and dental technician.

But eventually, she took an art class so she could paint the unique old oak trees in Santa Rosa, and she’d spend evenings sitting on the living room floor by the fireplace painting while her doting husband sat near her.

Robert managed a drug store, long hours, and eventually they decided to make a change so he could have more time with the kids. They bought a feed store in Woodland Park and moved to Colorado. So, for a few years she was loading hay

and grain into vehicles and then sometimes in the store she’d paint.

She said her first commission happened when a customer saw her painting and asked McNeill to paint Pikes Peak for him. Then another admirer, George Peak, a successful investor, saw her work.

He told her he wanted to pay for her to be able to study and have time to paint. She found out he had a habit of using his money to help. He had paid for college tuition for a couple of waitresses after finding out their stories, she remembers.

“He gave me an opportunity,” she said.

She started studying with instructors.

But later, the McNeills lost their store. She also lost her desire to paint for a while. They moved to Denver. She would get a teacher’s aide position and later a receptionist job at an environmental consulting firm and again just painted on the side.

What helped launch her art career happened after she learned there was a call out for artwork for the state’s capitol building. In her off-hours, while her husband did all the housework, she painted a 76-inch-wide painting of Mt. Wilson.

It didn’t win a spot, but in 1993 the firm she worked for needed artwork for a new office. She told them they may not know that she painted, but she had a painting they might like.

They liked: Bought it for $2,500.

But tough times weren’t over. Robert had started a new job in Nevada, then lost it. She, meanwhile, had given notice at her job to join him and her firm already had hired someone else.

Now they both, getting on in years, were unemployed.

She said on her way to her last day of work she remembers crying, that she just wanted to paint, and remembers asking God to write something in the clouds telling her what to do.

When she got to work, the company president called her into his office, told her to sit down, and then slammed his fist on his desk.

He asked her what in the world had she been doing all this years — why hadn’t she been painting, that she could make a living doing it.

He then commissioned her to do eight paintings for the office.

Colorado native Scott Takeda wasn’t able to attend the Academy Awards Sunday night, but he has come a long way from being a lambkin at Fort Collins High School.

The Hollywood actor-director had a vested interest in the March 2 Oscar results. He had a part in the popular “Dallas Buyers Club,” the much-acclaimed film that earned a Best Actor Oscar for Matthew McConaughey and a Best Supporting Actor award for Jared Leto during the 86th Academy Awards ceremony.

Takeda remains a true Coloradan, living in his beloved Bonnie Brae neighborhood in south Denver.

“My family’s here,” he said. “I married my very lovely bride. When I’m not in front of the camera, I’m behind the camera. I’m used to flying to do corporate films. I’ve (flown) 17,000 miles in six weeks.”

Takeda said that he has six agents around the country who scout potential film roles for him. As for landing his part in “Dallas Buyers Club,” he said, “My Louisiana agent contacted me about that role. Probably a couple of weeks passed. I got the callback when landing in Denver.

I walked off my flight and happened to see a flight leaving for New Orleans and walked on that flight.”

As far as working with McConaughey, who lost 40-some pounds for his role, Takeda said that surprisingly the hunky actor “had a lot of energy.”

“I found him to be a complete gentleman, right up there with Will Ferrell. (He was) really easy to work with. I was seeing the effects of his weight loss, but it was impossible for him not to be incredibly nice. He stayed in character, but during periods in the makeup trailer, he would drop character.”

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The Goblin Market awaits thee Christina Rosetti’s Victorian imagination takes center stage

By Sonya Ellingboe

sellingboe@coloradocommunitymedia.com “Morning and evening Maids heard the goblins cry: `Come buy our orchard fruits Come buy, come buy: Apples and quinces, Lemons and oranges…’”

The beginning of Christina Rosetti’s long poem, a cautionary tale, leads sisters Lizzie and Laura into a contest of who can recite/ repeat a long list of fruit, adding one each time.

“Goblin Market” is a curious, intriguing theater piece by Polly

if you go “Goblin Market” plays through March 15 at Spark Theater, 985 Santa Fe Dr., Denver. Performances: 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday. Tickets: $20, 720-346-7396, www.sparktheater.org.

Pen and Peggy Harmon, based on the Rosetti poem, written in 1862 by the famous British poet.

It is a good choice for the small, storefront Spark Theater at 985 Santa Fe Dr. in the Arts District. It requires two actor/singers and is done using very simple props in the 40-seat space.

The script arrived with a score and Spark had to commission a trio of musicians — Rob Lowe on piano, Sadie Van Vranken on violin and James Bauman on cello — to perform throughout the production.

The performance is mainly sung, using words from the poem.

The language is quaint, Victorian and lends itself to more than one interpretation —such as the sexual repressions and ideas about temptation, sin and redemption felt by young Victorian gentlewomen.

I strongly recommend that audience members take 15 minutes to read through the text before you go — it’s readily available online. It adds a great deal to one’s enjoyment of the performance.

Meredith Young plays caring Lizzie and Krista Kuhn is impulsive sister Laura, who is led astray.

Their trained voices blend well and enunciation is clear but the elaborate turn of phrase in the poetry — standard for the mid-19th century — gives the theater lover an experience akin to getting one’s

Meredith Young plays Lizzie and Krista Ann Kuhn portrays Laura, the sisters in Spark Theatre’s production of “The Goblin Market,” based on Christina Rosetti’s poem. Courtesy photo ears in tune at the start of a Shakespearean performance.

Director Amanda Flageolle has blocked the movement as well as possible, given the space limita-

tions and lighting is managed nicely.

It’s an unusual night at the theater — recommended for the adventurous.

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Beatles Tribute asks audience for memories Embracing, encouraging and empowering Woman-centered arts festival enters second year on Aurora stages Each audience member has an opportunity to request a song and share a related memory as “Yesterday and Today, the All-Request Beatles Tribute” plays at Lone Tree Arts Center, 10075 Commons St., Lone Tree at 8 p.m. on March 28.

The group takes requests and organizes them into a program for a specific audience. Are you reminded of a break-up? A first kiss? A special friend? A particular concert? Tickets start at $36, 720509-1000, www.LoneTreeArtsCenter.org.

By Sonya Ellingboe

sellingboe@coloradocommunitymedia.com

Yesterday and Today, the All-Request Beatles Tribute band will perform at Lone Tree Arts Center, 10075 Commons St., Lone Tree, at 8 p.m. March 28. Audience members can request a song and share a related memory. Courtesy photo

Highlands Ranch Concert Band

Littleton photographer Peggy Dietz has an exhibit called “Ireland… Thru My Lens,” which runs through March 30 at the Roxborough Library, 8375 S. Rampart Range Rd., Suite 200 in Roxborough.

Hours: 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Mondays through Thursdays; 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Fridays, Saturdays; 12 to 5 p.m. Sundays.

“A World of Delight: Endemic Music From Around the Globe” is the inviting name of Highlands Ranch Concert Band’s next concert at 2 p.m. March 23 at St. Andrew United Methodist Church, 9203 S. University Blvd., Highlands Ranch. The program includes; “Songs from the Catskills”

by Johan Meij; “Oro Quemado” by W. Rhoads; “The Black Man” by John Philip Sousa; “An Outdoor Adventure” by Aaron Copland; “Tritsch Tratsch Polka” by Johann Strauss. Free admission. www.hrconcertband.org.

`Magic Moments’

Intro to genealogy

Ireland in photographs

The annual musical production, “Magic Moments,” will play at 7:30 p.m. March 20-22 and 2 p.m. March 22-23 at the Anschutz Family Theatre at Kent Denver, 4000 E. Quincy Ave., Englewood.

“Marry You” is the 2014 title of the musical which includes actors who are physically and intellectually challenged. Proceeds go to supporting organizations. Tickets: $29/$223, 303-575-1005 ext. 2 (leave message) or Sales@magicmomentsinc.org.

The Columbine Genealogical and Historical Society invites members and prospective members to “Introduction to Genealogy” from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. on March 18 at Lutheran Church of the Holy Spirit, 6400 S. University Blvd., Centennial. The presenter will be professional genealogist Deena Coutant. (Good for all levels.) At 1 p.m. Kirk Patton of the Castle Rock Colorado Genealogical Society will present “Thinking Outside the Pine Box,” a survey

of death-related sources. Free admission.

`Celtic Storm’ coming

“Celtic Storm” with Rocky Mountain Brassworks features the Centennial State Pipes and Drums Bagpipe corps as well as a troupe of Highland Dancers at 7:30 p.m. March 22 at the PACE Center, 20000 Pikes Peak Ave. in Parker. Call 303-805-6800 or visit www.pacecenteronline.org. Tickets start at $20.

Ludlow Massacre portrayed

Su Teatro, at 721 Santa Fe Dr., Denver will present “El Grito de las Minas,” an original play by Anthony Garcia, with music directed

by Daniel Valdez. The play marks the 100-year commemoration of the Ludlow Massacre in Southern Colorado’s coal mining country.

Performances will be at 7:30 p.m. nightly, March 13-30. There will be one performance on the field outside of Ludlow on May 18. A special fundraiser/reception is scheduled at 6:30 p.m. March 15.

For tickets call 303-296-0219 or visit www.suteatro.org/buy-tickets-online.

“Embrace-Encourage-Empower” is the subtitle for The Athena Project, a woman-centered Arts Festival, in its second year.

Occurring around Aurora, the festival involves women from across the metro area.

It includes a World Premiere play, “Government Issued Long Johns” by Erin Wagoner,” the 2013 new play winner; four workshop presentations of new Plays-in-Progress; a Utopia/Dystopia Fashion Show; dance performances, music and a display of works by visual artists.

In addition, there is a “Girls Write PIP Series,” run in conjunction with Girls Inc., which teaches young women how to write a play. Performances will be at 10 a.m. March 30 at the Aurora Fox Mainstage. Tickets: $10/$5.

Events are all in Aurora within a few blocks of each other at the Aurora Fox Studio Theatre, 9900 E. Colfax; the Aurora Cultural Arts District Studio, 1400 Dallas Street and the Kim Robards Dance Studio, 9990 E. Colfax.

• Opening night receptions: 5 to 8 p.m. March 14 at the ACAD Studio and March 15 at Kim Robards Dance Studio. Musical guest SuCH performs at 6 p.m.

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• “Government Issued Long Johns” takes a satiric look at

what constitutes a good citizen as Jane raises questions about her society where sex is forbidden. Performances: 8 p.m. Fridays, Saturdays; 2 p.m. Sundays at the Aurora Fox Studio Theatre.

Tickets $22/$20, 303-739-1970, www.athenaprojectfestival.org.

• Female choreographers will present original dance pieces from 11:30 to 12:30 a.m. March 22 and 29 at the ACAD Studio.

Tickets: $12/$10.

• Four Plays in Progress will each have two workshop productions, where audience feedback is invited. All plays at the Aurora Fox Studio. Tickets: $12: “Crazy Patterns” by Melissa Lucero McCarl, directed by Amanda Flageole, will play at 7 p.m. March 20 and 1 p.m. March 22.

“Harm’s Way” by Marilyn Harris Kriegel, directed by Alicia Wheelock, plays at 4 p.m. March 22 and 7 p.m. March 23.

“Relative Communications”

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“Paradise” by Laura Marie Censabella, directed by Danielle Lombardo, plays at 4 p.m. March 29 and 7 p.m. March 30.

• Musical performances will run one hour before theater events at the ACAD Studio.

• Visual Arts are exhibited at the ACAD Studio during studio hours.

• The Utopia/Dystopia Fashion Show Fundraiser will be at 8 p.m. March 26 at the Aurora Fox Studio Theatre. Tickets: $25 and includes a gift bag for attendees.

• Dance performances at the Kim Robards Dance Studio will be from 4:30-5:30 p.m. March 23 and 30. Tickets $12/$10.

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Iconic 20th century art on display Modern Masters come to Denver Art Museum

By Sonya Ellingboe

sellingboe@coloradocommunitymedia.com Chagall, Dali, Gaugin, Kahlo, Lichtenstein, Matisse, Miro, Picasso, Pollack, Stella, Still, Warhol, and more are there — each representing the major developments in modern art from the late 19th century to the present.

The Denver Art Museum is proud to display works by more than 40 artists in an exhibit called “Modern Masters: 20 Century Icons from the Albright-Knox Art Gallery,” exhibited through June 8. The Albright-Knox Art Gallery in Buffalo is home to one of the finest collections of 20th century art in the nation and has loaned many of its works to the Denver Art Museum for the exhibit.

Dean Sobel, director of the Clyfford Still Museum (located next door to the DAM at 12th and Bannock), has curated this important exhibit.

Sobel’s connection: Still had a major exhibit at the AlbrightKnox in 1959 — the largest in his career. He subsequently donated 31 works to that institution — and the Still Museum offers a related show, “1959,” with works that were included in that show. A combined timed and dated ticket is offered for both museums.

As one enters the second level galleries in the Hamilton Building, a series of large illuminated photos of these intense artists at work sets the scene.

Works in subsequent galleries are generally arranged chronologically, starting with the School of Paris, where one finds Gaugin’s famous, brooding “Spirit of the Dead Watching, 1892” and Chagall’s happy “La vie Paysanne (Peasant Life).”

Interpretive stations are spaced through the exhibit, including one on the power of color, with quotations from Kandinsky. Silhouetted against the end wall of the first gallery is one of Giacometti’s

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IF YOU GO The Denver Art Museum is located on 12th Ave., between Broadway and Bannock. The Clyfford Still Museum is directly west at 1250 Bannock St. A combined timed ticket is available for both exhibits. (A visitor may keep the ticket to use on a later day at the Still.) Tickets: $20/$18/$16 non-members/$10 members: DenverArtMuseum.org or 720-913-0130. Both institutions offer related programs, ranging from Nooner tours to in-depth lectures. gaunt sculptural figures, leading one through to the next gallery which features Cubism (Leger), Surrealism (Dali, Miro) and American Modernists (Kahlo, O’Keefe), leading to a collection of Abstract Expressionists in the following space, with major artists represented.

“Convergence,” a huge 93.5 x 155 inch canvas by Jackson Pollack dominates. Sobel, in a preliminary press tour, pointed out how one could follow the artist’s path as he poured and dripped paint on the work.

“It shows the presence of an artist at work —timelessness, a microcosm of a larger universe” he commented.

A nice addition was a display of Pollack’s cans, tools and a turkey baster he used to direct paint, as well as a pair of paint-spattered boot belonging to his wife, Lee Krasner.

Sobel commented, midway through his tour: “How well these walls and these rooms support these paintings.”

Included in the Abstract Expressionist collection: a large black and yellow by Clyfford Still: “1957-D no. 1, 1957” from the Albright-Knox. “Probably his most famous,” Sobel said.

Also included: works by Francis, Rothko, Kline, Diebenkorn, Frankenthaler, Martin … The list goes on.

Next, the visitor finds Pop Art, with Lichtenstein, who famously said, “Reproduction was really the subject of my work.” There’s also an early Andy Warhol: “100 (soup) Cans, 1962.” This one was done when the artist was working in a loft, doing all the work himself on his multiple images. After

“The Transparent Simulacrum of the Feigned Image” by Salvador Dali 1938 (Spanish 1904-1989) is a 28-inch by 36-inch oil on canvas I. It will appear in the Modern Masters exhibit at the Denver Art Museum through June 8. Courtesy photos 1963, others in his studio did repetitions.

Sobel said the Albright-Knox curators selected the works exhibited in this show and he arranged the display at Denver Art Museum and the related one at the Still Museum, which includes material from the extensive archives, such as a tape of the artist, speaking at the opening of his 1959 Buffalo exhibit, wherein he addressed his conflicts with the art world.

“La Musique” 1939 by Henri Matisse (French 1869-1954) is a 45-inch by 45-inch oil on canvas included in the Modern Masters exhibit at the Denver Art Museum through June 8.

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Warriors fall shy of Final Four Sabercats top Arapahoe in Class 5A playoffs

By Tom Munds

tmunds@coloradocommunitymedia. com The disappointment on the faces of the Arapahoe players and coaches was clear after the Warriors were eliminated in the Class 5A state boys basketball tournament, 68-58, by undefeated and top-seeded Fossil Ridge.

“Fossil Ridge is a good team and they deserved to win tonight,” Warrior Coach Dan Snyder said after the March 7 game at the Denver Coliseum. “We played well in the first half but the way we played in the third quarter was awful. In that quarter, we didn’t get stops when they were on offense and we committed far too many fouls. They are a good team and you can’t give them easy points and expect to win.”

Snyder said he and the players talked before the opening tipoff about the fact a high-scoring game would be to Fossil Ridge’s advantage.

“They have been a high-scoring team all season while we tend to play a style that results in low-scoring games,” Snyder said.

A prime example of the Sabercats’ potent offense came in the third quarter when the team exploded for 23 points. Snyder that quarter proved to be the difference despite a determined effort by the Warriors in the final period.

“I am proud of the fact we didn’t quit and kept trying to get back into the game,” he said. “But the fouls we committed piled up and hurt us, plus they killed us on the boards.”

Ethan Brunhofer was the leading scorer for the Warriors with 22 points and teammate Corbin Atwell had 18. Brunhofer also led the team in rebounds with nine.

The Warriors, whose season ended at 20-6 with the Great 8 loss, made it to the

Arapahoe’s Ethan Brunhofer drives past a slew of Fossil Ridge defenders to get to the basket March 7 during the Class 5A state quarterfinals. Brunhofer paced the Warrior attack with 22 points but Fossil Ridge remained unbeaten with a 68-58 win. Photo by Tom Munds Denver Coliseum for the sixth consecutive year. Entering the 48-team tournament as a No. 3 seed, Arapahoe came off a firstround bye to best Rock Canyon 58-49. The Warriors followed that up with a dramatic, come-from-behind 63-59 win March 5 over Smoky Hill in the Sweet 16.

Trailing 30-21 to the Buffaloes at halftime, Arapahoe pulled even at 38-all with time expiring in the third quarter. Brunhofer scored nine of his 24 points in the fourth quarter as the Warriors went ahead to stay. Atwell also piped in 24 for Arapahoe in the win and Brendan Till added 13 points.

Arapahoe kept things close with Fossil Ridge early in the Great 8, trailing by seven

after one and cutting the Sabercat lead to 29-25 at the half. That’s when Fossil Ridge exploded, outscoring Arapahoe 23-12 in the third to take a 53-37 advantage into the final quarter which proved to be too large a lead to overcome.

“We felt good coming into the game,” said Arapahoe senior captain Chris Davis.

“We felt we did well in the first two quarters and were in a good position at halftime.

But, in the third quarter, we didn’t rebound well, we missed some shots and we lost control of the game at that point.”

While Arapahoe will lose 10 seniors off its roster from this season, Snyder said it is an issue the coaching staff is used to facing.

“We are used to most of the players graduating each season,” he said. “This year, we had no returning starters, last year we had one returning starter and the year before we had no returning starters, so rebuilding the team each year is nothing new to us.

“We are able to do it because we have a great program that enables us to rebuild good teams each year. We have good players coming from youth basketball programs and we have solid junior varsity and lower level teams. We have good players eager to work to try to earn spots on next year’s varsity.

“We have to rebuild but we are ready to do it again.”

Cherry Creek girls’ run ends in quarters

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Bruins get past Sweet 16 for first time in more than 10 years

VALOR CHRISTIAN HIGH SCHOOL

By Jim Benton

Girls basketball

jbenton@coloradocommunitymedia. com Cherry Creek advanced farther in the girls state basketball tournament than it had in over a decade, attaining a rare Sweet 16 win over Rock Canyon, 59-43, on March 4, before dropping a 47-38 decision to Poudre March 6 at the Denver Coliseum.

“It was a fantastic season,” said Creek coach Chris Curneen. “This was the first time we’ve been to the final eight somebody told me since 2002 or 2003.”

The Bruins, who finished the season with a 22-4 record, got off to a fast start and hurdled into the Elite Eight with a convincing victory over Rock Canyon at home.

Fueled by the inside play of 5-foot-11 senior Mikaela Eppard, Creek went on a 10-0 run midway through the first period and forced the Jaguars to play from behind the remainder of the game.

Eppard scored 17 of her game-high 24 points in the first half with a display of highlight-reel inside moves and shots with both her left and right hands. The Bruins flirted with leads of 10 points or more for the remainder of the game.

“I was getting a little lucky there,” admitted Eppard. “We were playing some really great defense and it turned into our offensive game. I was getting the shots that I wanted and getting to the bucket, which is what we wanted.”

Curneen believes whenever the Bruins hold an opponent to 40 or 50 points they have a good chance to win. However, when Creek faced another team with that same philosophy in Poudre, it was the Impalas that came out on top.

Poudre shut down the Bruins strong inside game and got loose in the lane for sev-

State Tournament Valor Christian girls get to move on to the Final Four in the State Tournament after beating Sand Creek 67-60 in the Great 8. Valor Christian was down by one point at halftime, but their 20 points in the third and 23 points in the fourth secured the win. They will play Broomfield in the Final Four.

Girls soccer

Cherry Creek guard Katie O’Brien (3) tries to outmaneuver Rock Canyon defenders on her way to the basket March 4 in the Bruins’ Sweet 16 victory over the Jaguars. Cherry Creek advanced to the quarterfinals with a 59-43 victory. Photo by Tom Munds eral easy buckets to pull away for the victory and move into the semifinals.

“When we looked at film, they were a lot like us,” said Curneen.

“They defend really well and on the offensive end they score enough to beat you.

They’re a pretty good group. They’re good defensively, they’re physical and they get the ball inside.”

Creek led only once in the game at 1312 with 6:58 to play in the second quarter after a 3-point basket by freshman Laura Pranger. Poudre grabbed a 25-20 lead at intermission and the closest the Bruins could come down the stretch was pulling within three points twice in the second half.

“It’s the hard part when you get to this level because we’re not used to being be-

hind in the fourth quarter,” explained Curneen. “We had to do things that are uncharacteristic of what we do. You had to give them credit because they were ready for it.

There’s no shot clock and we played with the lead most of the year so we weren’t used to that.”

Eppard paced the Bruins with 12 points in the loss and senior guard Katie O’Brien hit three 3-pointers in the second half and wound up with 10 points. Molly Rohrer finished with eight points, but didn’t score in the final two quarters.

“We still tried to go to our two best players, Mikaela and Molly,” said Curneen. “It was too late to change things. Poudre did a great job of shutting them down defensively.”

Valor Christian 5, D’Evelyn 1 After garnering a fourth place ranking in the CHSAA 4A preseason poll, the Lady Eagles came flying out of the gates with a 5-1 win over D’Evelyn in their opening game of the 2014 campaign. Freshman standout Cam Dyke led Valor with two goals and an assist in her high school debut.

Teammate Tess Boade also made waves with a goal of her own. Along with the outstanding attack from the rookies, veteran players Jastin Redman, Cydney Billups, and Allie Miller showed their leadership and experience. Redman finished the night slating one goal and two assists, while Billups and Miller added a goal and an assist, respectively.

UPCOMING GAMES Girls basketball THURSDAY 5:30 p.m. - Valor Christian vs. Broomfield @ CU-Boulder SATURDAY 1 p.m. - Valor Christian vs. Mesa Ridge/Pueblo South (championships if necessary)

Girls soccer THURSDAY 7 p.m. - Valor Christian vs. Heritage SATURDAY Noon - Valor Christian @ Centaurus

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cluBs in youR community Editor’s notE: To add or update a club listing, e-mail calendar@coloradocommunitymedia.com.

interested please contact Chris Jackson at chris.dcwga@q.com or 303-347-9193.

ProfEssional

HomEstEad 9-HolE Golf Women’s Golf League is accepting

amErican association of University Women, Littleton-

Englewood Branch invites baccalaureates to participate in activities that further goals of equity for women and girls, lifelong education and positive societal change. Meetings usually are Mondays each month, September through May, at Koelbel Library, Orchard Road and Holly Street, Centennial. Social time is followed by business meeting and informative program on subjects ranging from public policy issues to poetry. Call Pam Hansen, 303-753-0838.

amErican BusinEss Women’s Association meets on the second Wednesday each month at 6:30 p.m. welcoming women, working or not, to Success Chapter programs for success and positive living. Call Lori Smith at 303-688-3100 ext. 360 or e-mail loris@intermountain-rea.com for upcoming speakers and events at Marriott Denver South, 10345 Park Meadows Drive, Littleton. 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.

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

nutrition classEs. Free bootcamp class meets at 8:30 a.m. three Saturdays per month at L-Town Nutrition, 1360 W. Littleton Blvd., Littleton. Go to the park for a fun, energizing start to the weekend. Visit our Facebook pages for updates: Littleton 24Fit Club or L-Town Nutrition. Also offered is a Body Exchange Challenge. This consists of weekly meetings to discuss both nutrition and fitness. We deliver all of the tools that you need to help you reach your goal. There is an optional fitness class offered after the class. The class meets Wednesdays at noon or 6 p.m. You can join the challenge anytime, the fees are prorated. Visit L-Town Nutrition, call Gen McKenna at 303-7302038 or email ltownnutrition@gmail.com to sign up.

mEadoWs WomEn’s Golf League offers relaxing Tuesday

singlE dads Resource Center Inc., a nonprofit organization,

membership applications for the 2012 season. You do not need a GHIN number to join, but can acquire one as you play.

We golf Monday mornings, April through October. To join this fun and active group, contact Barbara McGovern, barbmc30@ gmail.com. Homestead Golf Course is at South Kipling and W. Hampden Ave., 11500 W. Hampden. Call 720-963-5181.

mornings of friendly golf for ladies at the Meadows Golf Course, 6937 S. Simms St., near Ken-Caryl Ranch. The league plays 18 holes weekly from mid-April to mid-October. This fun group competes for prizes while playing from the red tees. Afterward, lunch can be ordered on the patio overlooking the course. Call Laura at 303-526-9598.

offers free parenting classes such as “The Ins and Outs of Single Fathering Parenting” focused on single fathers. Classes are from 5:30-7:30 p.m. Wednesdays at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, 6322 S. Lakeview St., Littleton. Call Jamey O’Donnell, founder and executive director of the group, at 720-298-2021 or e-mail info@sdrci.org.

rEc and Rock for ages 10-14 meets from 7-11 p.m. every first and third Saturdays at the Goodson Recreation Center in Littleton. The cost is $6. Call 303-798-2476 ext. 11.

summit cancEr Solutions is a nonprofit organization that offers exercise programs in the Denver Metro area to adult cancer survivors. Our goal is to improve the health and well being of cancer survivors through exercise. Contact us at 303409-2206, e-mail us at info@summitcancersolutions.org or visit www.summitcancersolutions.org.

dEstination succEss provides an opportunity for profes-

rocky mountain Basketball Academy club, expert training for youth basketball players grades fifth through 12th meets twice per week and operates all year. Play in leagues and tournaments. Send inquiries to ronkburgin@yahoo.com.

littlEton lEtiP meets from 7:16-8:31 a.m. every Tuesday for breakfast at Luciles, 2852 W. Bowles Ave., to exchange qualified business leads. Call Bob Hier at 303-660-6426 or e-mail hierb@yahoo.com.

strollEr stridEs is a group fitness program that provides moms with a challenging workout and the opportunity to build relationships and gain the emotional support needed to adjust to the tremendous life change called motherhood.

Classes are offered at 9:30 a.m. Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at DeKoevend Park, near University and Arapahoe, and at 9:30 a.m. Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays at Clement Park, near Wadsworth and Bowles. For more information, visit the Stroller Strides Web site at www.strollerstrides.com or call Kathy or Karen Zawadzki at 888-684-0641 or e-mail kandk@ strollerstrides.net.

non-Practicing and Part Time Nurses Association meets

sErvicE

sionals to gather, form connections, expand relationships and exchange information. Business Success meets every fourth Tuesday from 9:30-11:30 a.m. at the Bear Rock Cafe, 7903 South Broadway, Suite B, Littleton. As with other networking groups, membership and referrals are not required. To RSVP and for information, e-mail Info@behindthemooninc.com or call 303-250-4528.

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.

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.

rEcrEation dEEr crEEk Women’s Golf Association. The 2010 golf season is just around the corner and we’re looking forward to a terrific new year! If you’re looking for a challenging course and the company of friendly women on Tuesday mornings, please consider joining our league. We’ve got the best deal in town. If

amErican lEgion George C. Evans Post 103 Attention military veterans: Do you believe in patriotism and in helping our veterans, our children and our communities? Join the Littleton American Legion George C. Evans Post 103 at 7 p.m. the first Wednesday of every month at the Buck Recreation Center, 2004 W. Powers Ave., Littleton. Visit www.legionpost103.org or call 720-287-2139. crEativE counsEling Center is a network of mental health providers with offices in Denver, Aurora, Lakewood and Littleton. To meet therapists or to learn about locations, scheduling and fees, visit www.ccc-denver.com or call 303-267-2310.

EnglisH convErsation Sessions. Go to the Bemis Public Library Friday mornings from 9-10:30 a.m. to practice English in an informal group and learn about American culture. No registration is required. Call 303-795-3961.

social amErican nEEdlEPoint Guild, Colorado Columbine Chapter, meets third Mondays each month, except August and December. Call Doris at 303-403-8703. antiquE cluB meets the second Saturday each month from

10 a.m. to noon at Antique Gallery, 5501 S. Broadway, Littleton.

Call 303-794-8100.

araPaHoE county Young Democrats meetings are the third Thursday each month. Call Benjamin Godfrey at 303-7453418 or e-mail bhgodfrey@qwest.net. amazing titan Toastmasters meets from 6-8 p.m. Mondays at Marie Callender’s, Dry Creek Court and Broadway. Call Art Gomen at 303-762-9726.

BEmis EvEning Book Group meets at the library, 6014 S. Datura St., in Littleton, the third Monday each month at 7 p.m.

Call 303-795-3961.

BEmis knitting Group invites knitters to the library’s knit-

ting group, which meets Fridays at 2 p.m. in Sophie’s Place. Just bring a pair of needles and a skein of yarn. Beginners learn skills such as casting on, knitting, pearling, and casting off, while experienced knitters get project ideas and provide hints and tips. The group is creating mittens, scarves and hats for elderly

library users at Bemis’ sister libraries in Stara Zagora, Bulgaria.

BEmis nonfiction Writers’ Group. Unpublished nonfiction writers of personal essays and/or articles meet the second Monday each month at 6:30 p.m. in the café area of Sophie’s Place at the library. Take a pencil and five copies of a recent essay, no longer than 650 words, to share and read aloud. Elaine Kallos, a language arts instructor, facilitates the group.

BEnEvolEnt and Protective Order of Elks Lodge No.1650 meets at 8 p.m. Thursdays at 5749 S. Curtice St., Littleton. Call 303-794-1811.

Boards of Directors of the Southgate Water District and the Southgate Sanitation District, Arapahoe and Douglas counties, meet at 4 p.m. the second Tuesday each month at office of the districts, 3722 E. Orchard Road, Littleton. Agenda information for each meeting is posted at Southgate office not less than 24 hours before meetings.

Boy scouts of America Pack 633 welcomes all first- through fifth-graders to join any time during the year. Call Nick Erlenburg at 303-471-4172. tHE BrEakfast Club Singles 50 Plus meets on the second Saturday of each month at Maggiano’s at 7401 S. Clinton Street, Englewood at 9 a.m. Arrival is 8:30 a.m. and buffet starts at 9 a.m. Must RSVP the Hotline at 303-794-3332 for reservation. cHatfiEld sErtoma Club meets the first and third Mondays at Bistro Aspen Grove, 7301 S. Santa Fe Drive, Littleton. Contact Linda Holloway at 303-423-4197 or linda@ bessieshope.org. coffEE and Conversation Group connects people in the community who like to discuss books, current events and any topic of interest. The group meets from 10-11 a.m. the second Monday of each month in Sophie’s Place at Bemis Public Library, 6014 S. Datura St., Littleton. Free snacks and beverages are provided. Call 303-795-3961. tHE columBinE Genealogical and Historical Society has a program meeting on the second Tuesday of each month, except in June, July, August, and December. A social meeting is the second Tuesday of December. A genealogy workshop is the third Tuesday of each month, except in June, July, August, and December. Contact JoAnn LaGuardia at 303-770-3420 or visit www.rootsweb.com/~cocghs/index.htm. columBinE ladiEs Have fun, make new friends and enjoy monthly luncheons, quarterly special event evening socials, games (bridge, canasta, pinochle, mah jongg, etc.), sporting events and fun tours. Dues are $24 annually. Members receive monthly newsletters and a calendar of upcoming events. Visitors are welcome. For information or to make a reservation for our next luncheon, contact Iris McMullen at 303-794-3739.

Marketplace

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open space buffers the river from the development.

“The story of the linkage between the brewery and Designs by Sundown is great,” said the mayor.

Breckenridge’s brewer and co-owner Todd Usry worked for Hommel years ago.

When he found out Hommel had purchased the land just north and west of Designs by Sundown, he jumped.

Expansion of Hommel’s company will allow him to employ up to 150 people in peak season, he said.

Some neighbors to the west in Columbine Valley are lobbying for a bridge over the South Platte River between the site

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plan. “Similarly, creating an area plan for the other uses in this vicinity — such as the mobile home park, industrial uses and medical office complex — would offer a blueprint for more compatible development.”

One suggestion is to plan more events along the river, perhaps partnering with RTD to offer river-themed events at Mineral Station on weekends, when the lot is less heavily used.

The study encourages the city to work with whoever ends up developing the 111 acres at Mineral Avenue and Santa Fe Drive known as the Ensor property to offer incentives for river-friendly, mixed-use project, and to do the same if and when the Wol-

and the 105-acre Tuck property, which is in the early stages of redevelopment that will likely end with about 100 high-end, singlefamily homes rising there.

“This would be an appropriate and elegant solution to the ongoing access concerns,” wrote Amy Lantermann in a letter to the developer. “… Personally speaking, I would enjoy a brewery within walking distance. While funding a bridge is an expensive venture, I think it would be much less expensive than expanding Platte Canyon Road. One or the other will be needed for the growth you anticipate in your development.”

Silver Sage nursery moved to a bigger location south of C-470 on Santa Fe, allowing it to expand its offerings and provide easier access for customers.

“You can now leave Silver Sage heading north or south on Santa Fe, and enjoy a paved parking lot,” reads its website.

hurst mobile-home community redevelops.

“Creating an area plan that encompasses this and the Ensor property would help to encourage compatible development and ensure that easements are preserved for habitat and trail-corridor connections,” reads the plan.

The study also suggested “repurposing” some or all of three golf courses abutting the river —Littleton Golf Course, Broken Tee and Columbine Country Club — perhaps taking them down to nine holes and converting the rest to multipurpose parks that could serve a wider audience.

Convened in 2006 by Arapahoe County, the South Platte Working Group comprises 21 local jurisdictions and agencies that have contributed more than $25 million for projects that protect the river corridor. The entire report can be viewed at www.arapahoegov.org.

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solely as nominee for Franklin American Mortgage Company Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: Wells Fargo Bank, NA Date of Deed of Trust: July 07, 2003 County of Recording: Arapahoe Recording Date of Deed of Trust: July 18, 2003 Recording Information (Reception Number): B3155345 Original Principal Amount: $97,285.00 Outstanding Principal Balance: $81,732.22 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. The property to be foreclosed is: SEE EXHIBIT A ATTACHED HERETO AND INCORPORATED HEREIN BY REFERENCE Also known by street and number as: 209 East Highline Circle #201, Littleton, CO 80122.

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

Public Trustees Public Notice COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0028-2014

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, 05/07/2014, at the East Hearing Room, County Administration Building, 5334 South Prince Street, Littleton, Colorado,, 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: 3/13/2014 Last Publication: 4/10/2014 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent ● IF THE SALE DATE IS CONTINUED TO A LATER DATE, THE DEADLINE TO FILE A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE

BY THOSE PARTIES ENTITLED TO CURE MAY ALSO BE EXTENDED; DATE: 01/07/2014 Cynthia D Mares, Public Trustee in and for the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado By: Cynthia D Mares, 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 Eve M. Grina #43658 David R. Doughty #40042 Jennifer K. Cruseturner #44452 Sheila J. Finn #36637 Elizabeth S. Marcus #16092 Janeway Law Firm PC 9800 S. Meridian Blvd., Suite 400, Englewood, CO 80112 (303) 706-9990 Attorney File # 31669 (13-000184) 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 9/2012 Legal Notice NO.: 0028-2014 First Publication: 3/13/2014 Last Publication: 4/10/2014 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent Public Notice COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0034-2014 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On January 8, 2014, 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): MIRIAM MARIE DAWSON Original Beneficiary(ies): FINANCIAL FREEDOM SENIOI FUNDING CORPORATION Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: ONEWEST BANK, FSB Date of Deed of Trust: October 11, 1999 County of Recording: Arapahoe Recording Date of Deed of Trust: October 19, 1999 Recording Information (Reception Number): A9169280 Original Principal Amount: $259,500.00 Outstanding Principal Balance: $111,140.19 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. The property to be foreclosed is: LOT 6, EXCEPT THE EAST 12 FEET THEREOF, BLOCK 2, RIDGEVIEW HILLS, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO. Also known by street and number as: 7239 SOUTH CHERRY DRIVE, LITTLETON, CO 80122.

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

Public Trustees

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, 05/07/2014, at the East Hearing Room, County Administration Building, 5334 South Prince Street, Littleton, Colorado,, 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: 3/13/2014 Last Publication: 4/10/2014 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent ● IF THE SALE DATE IS CONTINUED TO A LATER DATE, THE DEADLINE TO FILE A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE

BY THOSE PARTIES ENTITLED TO CURE MAY ALSO BE EXTENDED; DATE: 01/08/2014 Cynthia D Mares, Public Trustee in and for the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado By: Cynthia D Mares, 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 Eve M. Grina #43658 David R. Doughty #40042 Jennifer K. Cruseturner #44452 Sheila J. Finn #36637 Elizabeth S. Marcus #16092 Janeway Law Firm PC 9800 S. Meridian Blvd., Suite 400, Englewood, CO 80112 (303) 706-9990 Attorney File # 31649 (13-000193) 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 9/2012 Legal Notice NO.: 0034-2014 First Publication: 3/13/2014 Last Publication: 4/10/2014 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent Public Notice NOTICE OF UNCLAIMED OVERBID FUNDS CRS 38-38-111(2.5b)(3a,b,d)(5) PUBLIC TRUSTEE SALE NO. 0808-2013 To: Record Owner of the property as of the recording of the Notice of Election and Demand or other person entitled. You are advised that there are overbid funds due you. This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust and Notice of Election and Demand: Name of Record Owner as evidenced on the Notice of Election and Demand or other person entitled: Olivia L Baker Address of Record Owner as evidenced on the recorded instrument evidencing the owner's interest: 8003 E Hinsdale Place, Centennial, CO 80112 Recording Date of Deed of Trust: November 30, 2006 Recording Information: B6168412 Recording Date of Notice of Election and Demand: May 15, 2013 Recording Information of Notice of Election and Demand: D3060235 Legal Description of Property: LOT 16, BLOCK 56, WALNUT HILLS FILING NO. 7, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO Street Address of Property: 8003 E Hinsdale Place, Centennial, CO 80112 NOTICE OF UNCLAIMED OVERBID FUNDS I sold at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on 12/4/13, at the East Hearing Room, County Administration Building, 5334 South Prince Street, Littleton, Colorado,, to the highest and best bidder for cash, the real property described above. An overbid was realized from the sale and, unless the funds are claimed by the owner or other persons entitled thereto within five years from the date of sale, the funds due to you will be transferred to the general fund of the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado, or to the State Treasurer as part of the "Unclaimed Property Act", pursuant to Colorado law.

First Publication: 2/27/14 Last Publication: 3/27/14 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent Date: 2/4/14 Cynthia D Mares, Public Trustee in and for the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado By: Cynthia D Mares, Public Trustee ©Public Trustees' Association of Colorado Revised 9/2012 Legal Notice NO.: 0808-2013 First Publication: 2/27/14 Last Publication: 3/27/14 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent Public Notice COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 1655-2013 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On December 17, 2013, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Arapahoe records.

Original Grantor(s): Steven P Sanner Original Beneficiary(ies): Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. acting solely as nominee for Franklin American Mortgage Company Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: Wells Fargo Bank, NA Date of Deed of Trust: July 07, 2003 County of Recording: Arapahoe Recording Date of Deed of Trust: July 18, 2003 Recording Information (Reception Number): B3155345 Original Principal Amount: $97,285.00 Outstanding Principal Balance: $81,732.22 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. The property to be foreclosed is: SEE EXHIBIT A ATTACHED HERETO AND INCORPORATED HEREIN BY REFERENCE Also known by street and number as: 209

Public Trustees

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

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, 04/16/2014, at the East Hearing Room, County Administration Building, 5334 South Prince Street, Littleton, Colorado,, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)' heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys' fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

First Publication: 2/20/2014 Last Publication: 3/20/2014 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent ● IF THE SALE DATE IS CONTINUED TO A LATER DATE, THE DEADLINE TO FILE A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE

BY THOSE PARTIES ENTITLED TO CURE MAY ALSO BE EXTENDED; DATE: 12/17/2013 Cynthia D Mares, Public Trustee in and for the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado By: Cynthia D Mares, Public Trustee The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: Robert J. Aronowitz, Esq. #5673 Lisa Cancanon #42043 Emily Jensik #31294 Joan Olson, Esq. #28078 Jennifer H. Trachte #40391 Monica Kadrmas #34904 Catherine A. Hildreth #40975 Aronowitz & Mecklenburg, LLP 1199 Bannock St., Denver, CO 80204 (303) 8131177 Attorney File # 9105.06205 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 9/2012 1655-2013 EXHIBIT A CONDOMINIUM UNIT NO. 209-201, HIGHLINE MEADOWS CONDOMINIUMS, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE DECLARATION RECORDED OCTOBER 25, 1978 IN BOOK 2873 AT PAGE 367 AND CONDOMINIUM MAP RECORDED OCTOBER 25, 1978 AS RECEPTION NO. 1786266, BOOK 36 AT PAGES 31 AND 32 OF THE COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE RECORDS, TOGETHER WITH THE EXCLUSIVE RIGHT TO USE THE FOLLOWING COMMON ELEMENTS: PARKING SPACE 555C, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO. Legal Notice NO.: 1655-2013 First Publication: 2/20/2014 Last Publication: 3/20/2014 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent Public Notice COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 1659-2013 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On December 18, 2013, 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): Erika Brainard Original Beneficiary(ies): Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., acting solely as nominee for WR STARKEY MORTGAGE, L.L.P. Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: Nationstar Mortgage LLC Date of Deed of Trust: August 06, 2009 County of Recording: Arapahoe Recording Date of Deed of Trust: August 10, 2009 Recording Information (Reception Number): B9086649 Original Principal Amount: $245,471.00 Outstanding Principal Balance: $239,708.42 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. The property to be foreclosed is: LOT 29, BLOCK 2, ARAPAHOE HIGHLANDS, FILING NO. ONE, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO. Also known by street and number as: 1710 East Jamison Place, 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, 04/16/2014, at the East Hearing Room, County Administration Building, 5334 South Prince Street, Littleton, Colorado,, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)' heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys' fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

First Publication: 2/20/2014 Last Publication: 3/20/2014 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent ● IF THE SALE DATE IS CONTINUED TO A LATER DATE, THE DEADLINE TO FILE A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE

BY THOSE PARTIES ENTITLED TO CURE MAY ALSO BE EXTENDED; DATE: 12/18/2013 Cynthia D Mares, Public Trustee in and for the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado By: Cynthia D Mares, Public Trustee The name, address, business telephone

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Hearing Room, County Administration 5334 South Prince Street, Littleton, Colorado,, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)' heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys' fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

First Publication: 2/20/2014 Last Publication: 3/20/2014 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent ● IF THE SALE DATE IS CONTINUED TO A LATER DATE, THE DEADLINE TO FILE A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE

BY THOSE PARTIES ENTITLED TO CURE MAY ALSO BE EXTENDED; DATE: 12/18/2013 Cynthia D Mares, Public Trustee in and for the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado By: Cynthia D Mares, Public Trustee The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: Robert J. Aronowitz, Esq. #5673 Lisa Cancanon #42043 Emily Jensik #31294 Joan Olson, Esq. #28078 Jennifer H. Trachte #40391 Monica Kadrmas #34904 Catherine A. Hildreth #40975 Aronowitz & Mecklenburg, LLP 1199 Bannock St., Denver, CO 80204 (303) 8131177 Attorney File # 9696.03325 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 9/2012

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To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On January 7, 2014, the undersigned Trustee caused the Notice of Elecnd the Public tion and Demand relating to the Deed of nties, Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Arapahoe records. f the Original Grantor(s): WILLIAM E. STOREY Beneficiary(ies): FINANCIAL ation Original FREEDOM SENIOR FUNDING CORPORATION, A SUBSIDIARY OF INan 24 DYMAC BANK, F.S.B. Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: ONEWEST BANK, FSB of Deed of Trust: August 16, 2006 rough Date County of Recording: Arapahoe len- Recording Date of Deed of Trust: August 25, 2006 Recording Information (Reception Number): B6122680 Principal Amount: $462,555.00 ond Original Outstanding Principal Balance: Street, $ 2 3 1 , 5 9 6 . 1 1 to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you at 9 Pursuant are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as ion. 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.

LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE da@ THE A FIRST LIEN. The property to be foreclosed is: LOT 15, BLOCK 4, ARAPAHO HILLS, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF e COLORADO any Also known by street and number as: 5490 S. CAMARGO RD, LITTLETON, CO cond 80123.

THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN Library,IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN re OF THE DEED OF TRUST. If applicable, a description of any changes to the deed of trust described in the noof election and demand pursuant to as a tice affidavit as allowed by statutes: C.R.S.§38-35-109(5) PURSUANT TO AFexcept FIDAVIT OF SCRIVENERS ERROR REhe CORDED ON DECEMBER 31, 2013 AT REC. #D3153071 TO CORRECT THE e LEGAL DESCRIPTION.

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Number): A9169280 Original Principal Amount: $259,500.00 Outstanding Principal Balance: $111,140.19 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. The property to be foreclosed is: LOT 6, EXCEPT THE EAST 12 FEET THEREOF, BLOCK 2, RIDGEVIEW HILLS, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO. Also known by street and number as: 7239 SOUTH CHERRY DRIVE, LITTLETON, CO 80122.

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

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Legal Notice NO.: 1659-2013 First Publication: 2/20/2014 Last Publication: 3/20/2014 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent Public Notice COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 1680-2013 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On December 27, 2013, 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): Gerald M. Conklin and Ellen A. Conklin Original Beneficiary(ies): Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for WR Starkey Mortgage, L.L.P. Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: Wells Fargo Bank, NA Date of Deed of Trust: March 14, 2003 County of Recording: Arapahoe Recording Date of Deed of Trust: March 21, 2003 Recording Information (Reception Number): B3059064 Original Principal Amount: $216,326.00 Outstanding Principal Balance: $204,442.00 Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the evidence of debt secured by the deed of trust and other violations thereof.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. The property to be foreclosed is: SEE EXHIBIT A ATTACHED HERETO AND INCORPORATED HEREIN BY REFERENCE Also known by street and number as: 2945-I West Riverwalk Circle, 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, 04/23/2014, at the East Hearing Room, County Administration Building, 5334 South Prince Street, Littleton, Colorado,, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)' heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys' fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

First Publication: 2/27/2014 Last Publication: 3/27/2014 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent ● IF THE SALE DATE IS CONTINUED TO A LATER DATE, THE DEADLINE TO FILE A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE

BY THOSE PARTIES ENTITLED TO CURE MAY ALSO BE EXTENDED; DATE: 12/27/2013 Cynthia D Mares, Public Trustee in and for the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado By: Cynthia D Mares, Public Trustee The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: Caren Jacobs Castle #11790 Deanna L. Westfall #23449 Jennifer Griest #34830 Britney Beall-Eder #34935 Kimberly L. Martinez #40351 Reagan Larkin #42309 Christopher T. Groen #39976 Cynthia Lowery #34145 The Castle Law Group, LLC 999 18th Street #2201, Denver, CO 80202 (303) 865-1400 Attorney File # 13-07206 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 9/2012 1680-2013 EXHIBIT A Condominium Unit I, Building 2945, The Belmont at Riverwalk Condominiums, according to the Condominium Map thereof recorded February 25, 2003 at Reception No. B3041031 and as defined and described in the Condominium Declaration for Belmont Condominiums recorded November 27, 2002 at Reception No. B2226309, and any and all Amendments and Supplements thereto, in the office of the Clerk and Recorder, Arapahoe County, Colorado, County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado Legal Notice No.: 1680-2013 First Publication: 2/27/2014 Last Publication: 3/27/2014 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent Public Notice COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 1688-2013 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On December 27, 2013, 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): Billie J. Brown Original Beneficiary(ies): Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for People’s Choice Home Loan, Inc.,

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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 Public Notice Demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust.

COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given CRS §38-38-103 that I will at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 1688-2013 on Wednesday, 04/23/2014, at the East Hearing Room, County Administration To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is To advertise your public notices5334 call 303-566-4100 Building, South Prince Street, given with regard to the following deLittleton, Colorado,, sell to the highest and scribed Deed of Trust: best bidder for cash, the said real propOn December 27, 2013, the undersigned erty and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Public Trustee caused the Notice of ElecGrantor(s)' heirs and assigns therein, for tion and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the purpose of paying the indebtedness the County of Arapahoe records. provided in said Evidence of Debt seOriginal Grantor(s): Billie J. Brown cured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys' Original Beneficiary(ies): Mortgage Elecfees, the expenses of sale and other items tronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nomallowed by law, and will issue to the purinee for People’s Choice Home Loan, Inc., chaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as a Wyoming Corporation provided by law.

First Publication: 2/27/2014 Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: HSLast Publication: 3/27/2014 BC Bank USA, National Association, as Name of Publication: Littleton Independent Trustee for the benefit of People’s Finan● IF THE SALE DATE IS CONTINUED cial Realty Mortgage Securities Trust, TO A LATER DATE, THE DEADLINE TO Series 2006-1, Mortgage Pass-Through FILE A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE Certificates, Series 2006-1

BY THOSE PARTIES ENTITLED TO Date of Deed of Trust: June 14, 2006 CURE MAY ALSO BE EXTENDED; County of Recording: Arapahoe DATE: 12/23/2013 Recording Date of Deed of Trust: June 26, Cynthia D Mares, Public Trustee in and for 2006 the County of Arapahoe, State of ColorRecording Information (Reception ado Number): B6093458 By: Cynthia D Mares, Public Trustee Original Principal Amount: $177,000.00 The name, address, business telephone Outstanding Principal Balance: number and bar registration number of the $171,270.02 attorney(s) representing the legal holder of Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you the indebtedness is: are hereby notified that the covenants of Robert J. Aronowitz, Esq. #5673 the deed of trust have been violated as Lisa Cancanon #42043 follows: failure to pay principal and inEmily Jensik #31294 terest when due together with all other Joan Olson, Esq. #28078 payments provided for in the evidence of Jennifer H. Trachte #40391 debt secured by the deed of trust and othMonica Kadrmas #34904 er violations thereof.

Catherine A. Hildreth #40975 THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE Aronowitz & Mecklenburg, LLP 1199 BanA FIRST LIEN. The property to be foreclosed is: nock St., Denver, CO 80204 (303) 813LOT 88, BLOCK 1, WOLHURST LAND1177 ING, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE Attorney File # 1269.22422 OF COLORADO. The Attorney above is acting as a debt Also known by street and number as: collector and is attempting to collect a 7162 S. Bryant Street, Littleton, CO debt. Any information provided may be 80120. used for that purpose. ©Public Trustees' Association THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN of Colorado Revised 9/2012 IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN Legal Notice NO.: 1676-2013 OF THE DEED OF TRUST. First Publication: 2/27/2014 Last Publication: 3/27/2014 NOTICE OF SALE Name of Publication: Littleton Independent The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, described herein, has filed Notice of Election and Public Notice Demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust.

COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given CRS §38-38-103 that I will at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 1636-2013 on Wednesday, 04/23/2014, at the East Hearing Room, County Administration To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is Building, 5334 South Prince Street, given with regard to the following deLittleton, Colorado,, sell to the highest and scribed Deed of Trust: best bidder for cash, the said real propOn December 10, 2013, the undersigned erty and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Public Trustee caused the Notice of ElecGrantor(s)' heirs and assigns therein, for tion and Demand relating to the Deed of the purpose of paying the indebtedness Trust described below to be recorded in provided in said Evidence of Debt sethe County of Arapahoe records. cured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys' Original Grantor(s): John Buckingham fees, the expenses of sale and other items Original Beneficiary(ies): Mortgage Elecallowed by law, and will issue to the purtronic Registration Systems, Inc., acting chaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as solely as nominee for Cherry Creek Mortprovided by law. gage Co., Inc. First Publication: 2/27/2014 Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: RanLast Publication: 3/27/2014 dom Properties Acquisition Corp III Name of Publication: Littleton Independent Date of Deed of Trust: ● IF THE SALE DATE IS CONTINUED December 22, 2005 TO A LATER DATE, THE DEADLINE TO County of Recording: Arapahoe FILE A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE Recording Date of Deed of Trust: DecemBY THOSE PARTIES ENTITLED TO ber 30, 2005 CURE MAY ALSO BE EXTENDED; Recording Information (Reception DATE: 12/27/2013 Number): B5195459 Cynthia D Mares, Public Trustee in and for Original Principal Amount: $147,570.00 the County of Arapahoe, State of ColorOutstanding Principal Balance: ado $141,438.70 By: Cynthia D Mares, Public Trustee Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you The name, address, business telephone are hereby notified that the covenants of number and bar registration number of the the deed of trust have been violated as attorney(s) representing the legal holder of follows: failure to pay principal and inthe indebtedness is: terest when due together with all other David A. Shore #19973 payments provided for in the evidence of Edward P. O’Brien #11572 debt secured by the deed of trust and othScott D. Toebben #19011 er violations thereof.

Stephen A Hall #38186 THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE Martin H. Shore #1800 A FIRST LIEN. Hellerstein and Shore PC 5347 S. ValenThe property to be foreclosed is: tia Way, Suite 100, Greenwood Village, SEE EXHIBIT A ATTACHED HERETO CO 80111 (303) 573-1080 AND INCORPORATED HEREIN BY REFAttorney File # 13-00600SH ERENCE The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a Also known by street and number as: debt. Any information provided may be 7440 S Blackhawk St #13303, Englewood, used for that purpose.

CO 80112. ©Public Trustees' Association THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN of Colorado Revised 9/2012 IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN Legal Notice NO.: 1688-2013 OF THE DEED OF TRUST. First Publication: 2/27/2014 Last Publication: 3/27/2014 NOTICE OF SALE Name of Publication: Littleton Independent The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, described herein, has filed Notice of Election and Public Notice Demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust.

COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given CRS §38-38-103 that I will at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 1676-2013 on Wednesday, 04/09/2014, at the East Hearing Room, County Administration To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is Building, 5334 South Prince Street, given with regard to the following deLittleton, Colorado,, sell to the highest and scribed Deed of Trust: best bidder for cash, the said real propOn December 23, 2013, the undersigned erty and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Public Trustee caused the Notice of ElecGrantor(s)' heirs and assigns therein, for tion and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the purpose of paying the indebtedness the County of Arapahoe records. provided in said Evidence of Debt seOriginal Grantor(s): Michael L Graw cured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys' Original Beneficiary(ies): Mortgage Elecfees, the expenses of sale and other items tronic Registration Systems, Inc., acting allowed by law, and will issue to the pursolely as nominee for AMERICA'S chaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as WHOLESALE LENDER provided by law.

First Publication: 2/13/2014 Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: BANK Last Publication: 3/13/2014 OF AMERICA, N.A. Name of Publication: Littleton Independent Date of Deed of Trust: December 20, ● IF THE SALE DATE IS CONTINUED 2002 TO A LATER DATE, THE DEADLINE TO County of Recording: Arapahoe FILE A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE Recording Date of Deed of Trust:

BY THOSE PARTIES ENTITLED TO December 27, 2002 CURE MAY ALSO BE EXTENDED; Recording Information (Reception DATE: 12/10/2013 Number): B2249249 Cynthia D Mares, Public Trustee in and for Original Principal Amount: $83,900.00 the County of Arapahoe, State of ColorOutstanding Principal Balance: ado $45,137.69 By: Cynthia D Mares, Public Trustee Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you The name, address, business telephone are hereby notified that the covenants of number and bar registration number of the the deed of trust have been violated as attorney(s) representing the legal holder of follows: failure to pay principal and inthe indebtedness is: terest when due together with all other Robert J. Aronowitz, Esq. #5673 payments provided for in the evidence of Lisa Cancanon #42043 debt secured by the deed of trust and othEmily Jensik #31294 er violations thereof.

Joan Olson, Esq. #28078 THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE Jennifer H. Trachte #40391 A FIRST LIEN. Monica Kadrmas #34904 The property to be foreclosed is: Catherine A. Hildreth #40975 LOT 3, TOGETHER WITH PARKING Aronowitz & Mecklenburg, LLP 1199 BanSPACES 3-A AND 3-B, BROADWAY RAMPARTS, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, nock St., Denver, CO 80204 (303) 813STATE OF COLORADO. 1177 Also known by street and number as: The Attorney above is acting as a debt 6836 South Broadway Street, Littleton, collector and is attempting to collect a CO 80122. debt. Any information provided may be THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN used for that purpose.

IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURAttorney File # 2345.00051 ©Public Trustees' Association of ColorRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN ado Revised 9/2012 OF THE DEED OF TRUST.

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

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, 04/23/2014, at the East Hearing Room, County Administration Building, 5334 South Prince Street, Littleton, Colorado,, 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

1636-2013 Exhibit A PARCEL A: CONDOMINIUM UNIT R-13-303, WINDMILL CREEK AMENDMENT NO. 3, ACCORDING TO THE CONDOMIN1UM MAP RECORDED ON SEPTEMBER 23, 2002, AT RECEPTION NO. B2177288, AND AS DEFINED AND DESCRIBED IN THE CONDOMINIUM DECLARATION FOR WINDMILL CREEK RECORDED JANUARY 3, 2002, AT RECEPTION NO. B2001524, IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNT CLERK AND RECORDER, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO, AND ANY AND ALL AMENDMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTS THERETO, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO PARCEL B:

2002, AT RECEPTION NO. B2177288, AND AS DEFINED AND DESCRIBED IN THE CONDOMINIUM DECLARATION FOR WINDMILL CREEK RECORDED JANUARY 3, 2002, AT RECEPTION NO. B2001524, IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNT CLERK AND RECORDER, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO, AND ANY AND ALL AMENDMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTS THERETO, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO PARCEL B: CONDOMINIUM UNIT G-11-D, WINDMILL CREEK AMENDMENT NO. 3, ACCORDING TO THE CONDOMIN1UM MAP RECORDED ON SEPTEMBER 23, 2002, AT RECEPTION NO. B2177288, AND AS DEFINED AND DESCRIBED IN THE CONDOMINIUM DECLARATION FOR WINDMILL CREEK RECORDED JANUARY 3, 2002, AT RECEPTION NO. B2001524, IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNT CLERK AND RECORDER , COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO, AND ANY AND ALL AMENDMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTS THERETO, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO

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Legal Notice NO.: 1636-2013 First Publication: 2/13/2014 Last Publication: 3/13/2014 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent

Name Changes PUBLIC NOTICE Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name Public notice is given on March 3, 2014 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 Deraven Ray Rawlins be changed to Deraven Graig Samsel.

Case No.: 2014 C 100106 Tammera Herivel, Clerk of the Court By: J. Kaufmann, Deputy Clerk Legal Notice No: 15944 First Publication: March 13, 2014 Last Publication: March 27, 2014 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice County Court Arapahoe County, Colorado 1790 W. Littleton Blvd.

Littleton, Colorado 80120 In the Matter of the Petition of: Parent/ Petitioner: Craig Daniel Hamilton For Minor Child: Simon Jacob Lee To Change the Child’s Name to: Simon Jacob Hamilton Case Number: 2014 C 10086 NOTICE TO NON-CUSTODIAL PARENT

BY PUBLICATION Notice to: Pamela A. Lee, non custodial parent.

Notice is given that a hearing is scheduled as follows: Date: April 7, 2014 Time: 9:00 a.m.

Location: 1790 W. Littleton Blvd.

Division A1 Littleton, Colorado 80120 For the purpose of requesting a change of name for Simon Jacob Lee. 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 20, 2014 Craig D. Hamilton 5540 S. Sherman Street, No. 3 Littleton, Colorado 80212 Legal Notice No.: 15929 First Publication: February 27, 2014 Last Publication: March 27, 2014 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name Public notice is given on February 28, 2014 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 Christina Marie Roberts be changed to Christian McRae Roberts.

Case No.: 14 C 100101 Tammera Herivel, Clerk of the Court By: John Jesse, Deputy Clerk Legal Notice No: 15951 First Publication: March 13, 2014 Last Publication: March 27, 2014 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name Public notice is given on February 14, 2014 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 Marnie Joyce Wilkinson be changed to Marnie Joyce Fox. Case No.: 2014 C 100072 Tammera Herivel, Clerk of the Court By: Deputy Clerk Legal Notice No: 15917 First Publication: February 27, 2014 Last Publication: March 13, 2014 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name Public notice is given on February 20, 2014 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 Katie Michelle Straughan be changed to Katie Michelle McCabe.

Case No.: 2014 C 100085 Tammera Herivel, Clerk of the Court By: Deputy Clerk Legal Notice No: 15923 First Publication: February 27, 2014 Last Publication: March 13, 2014 Publisher: Littleton Independent

The petition requests that the name of Summer Phoenix Baltazar be changed to Phoenix Remmus Baltazar.

Case No.: 2014 C 100070

Name Changes

Tammera Herivel, Clerk of the Court By: Kim Boswell, Deputy Clerk Legal Notice No: 15924 First Publication: February 27, 2014 Last Publication: March 13, 2014 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name Public notice is given on February 20, 2014 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 Simon Jacob Lee be changed to Simon Jacob Hamilton.

Case No.: 2014 C 100086 By: Judge Chauche Legal Notice No: 15928 First Publication: February 27, 2014 Last Publication: March 13, 2014 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name Public notice is given on February 21, 2014 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 Rachael Brittany Woodruff be changed to Rachael Ho Vianzon, Case No.: 2014 C 100061 Tammera Herivel, Clerk of the Court By: Beth Hunter, Deputy Clerk Legal Notice No: 15930 First Publication: February 27, 2014 Last Publication: March 13, 2014 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name Public notice is given on February 26, 2014 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 Brooke Michelle Mongold be changed to Brooke Michelle Davis.

Case No.: 2014 C 100099 Tammera Herivel, Clerk of the Court By: Deputy Clerk Legal Notice No: 15946 First Publication: March 13, 2014 Last Publication: March 27, 2014 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name Public notice is given on February 25, 2014 that a Petition for a Change of Name of a minor child has been filed with the Arapahoe County Court.

The petition requests that the name of Nathan Tadesse Assefa be changed to Nathan Tenagne Tadele.

Case No.: 2014 C 100092 Judge, C.N. Chaude By: Kim Boswell Deputy Clerk Legal Notice No: 15947 First Publication: March 13, 2014 Last Publication: March 27, 2014 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name

Public notice is given on February 13, 2014 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 Summer Phoenix Baltazar be changed to Phoenix Remmus Baltazar.

Case No.: 2014 C 100070 Tammera Herivel, Clerk of the Court By: Kim Boswell, Deputy Clerk

All persons having claims against the above-named estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of the County of Arapahoe, Colorado on or before June 27, 2014 or the claims may be forever barred.

Notice To Creditors

David A. Simmental, Esq. Attorney to the Personal Representative 5655 South Yosemite Street, Suite 350 Greenwood Village, CO 80111 Legal Notice No.: 15922 First Publication: February 27, 2014 Last Publication: March 13, 2014 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of James M. Fleming, also known as James Michael Fleming, James Fleming, and Mike Fleming, Deceased Case Number 14PR30119 All persons having claims against the above-named estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado or on or before July 6, 2014, or the claims may be forever barred.

Joan K. Fleming Personal Representative 3700 E. Alexander Ave. Greenwood Village, Colorado 80121 Legal Notice No.: 15933 First Publication: March 6, 2014 Last Publication: March 20, 2014 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Case No. 2014 PR 30162 ESTATE OF ANNE R. NADLER, also known as ANNE NADLER, Deceased.

All persons having claims against the above-named estate are required to present them to the undersigned or to the District Court of the County of Arapahoe, Colorado on or before July 10, 2014, or said claims shall be forever barred.

Richard L. Nadler Personal Representative 22110 E. Costilla Drive Aurora, CO 80016 Legal Notice No.: 15954 First Publication: March 13, 2014 Last Publication: March 27, 2014 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Peggy L. Chapin, aka Peggy Lowndes Chapin, aka Peggy Chapin, aka Peg Chapin, Deceased Case Number: 2014 PR 30106 All persons having claims against the above-named estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado on or before June 27, 2014 or the claims may be forever barred.

Lisa R. Goertz aka Lisa Goertz Personal Representative c/o Walter M. Kelly II Miller & Steiert, P.C. 1901 W. Littleton Blvd.

Littleton, Colorado 80120 Legal Notice No: 15919 First Publication: February 27, 2014 Last Publication: March 13, 2014 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Craig Howard Johnson, aka Craig H. Johnson, Deceased Case Number: 2014 PR 30085

Public notice is given on February 28, 2014 that a Petition for a Change of Name of an adult has been filed with the Arapahoe County Court.

All persons having claims against the above-named estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado on or before July 3, 2014 or the claims may be forever barred.

The petition requests that the name of Leigh Ann Spence be changed to Leigh Ann Bilthuis Case No.: 2014 C 100103

Lisa Daniel-Johnson Personal Representative 15 Cherry Hills Farm Drive Cherry Hills Village, Colorado 80113

Tammera Herivel, Clerk of the Court By: Deputy Clerk

Legal Notice No: 15920 First Publication: February 27, 2014 Last Publication: March 13, 2014 Publisher: Littleton Independent

Legal Notice No: 15948 First Publication: March 13, 2014 Last Publication: March 27, 2014 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name Public notice is given on March 6, 2014 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 Paige Michelle Bixler be changed to Paige Michelle Kack Case No.: 2014 C 100115 Tammera Herivel, Clerk of the Court By: Laura Larson, Deputy Clerk Legal Notice No: 15956 First Publication: March 13, 2014 Last Publication: March 27, 2014 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name Public notice is given on March 6, 2014 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 Helen Cunningham Silva be changed to Helen Cunningham Gorman.

Case No.: 2014 C 100117 Tammera Herivel, Clerk of the Court By: Laura Larson, Deputy Clerk Legal Notice No: 15957 First Publication: March 13, 2014 Last Publication: March 27, 2014 Publisher: Littleton Independent

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Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Don Michael Sederberg, also known as Don M. Sederberg, also known as Mike Sederberg, Deceased Case Number 2014PR30120 All persons having claims against the above-named estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of the County of Arapahoe, Colorado on or before June 27, 2014 or the claims may be forever barred.

PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Maxine M. Dixon, aka Maxine Dixon, Deceased Case Number: 2014 PR 30117 All persons having claims against the above-named estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado on or before July 7, 2014 or the claims may be forever barred.

Roy E. Dixon Personal Representative 1916 Labrador Blvd., Apt. 2 Garden City, Kansas 67846 Bette Heller, Esq. Attorney to the Personal Representative 19671 E. Euclid Drive Centennial, Colorado 80016 Legal Notice No: 15934 First Publication: March 6, 2014 Last Publication: March 20, 2014 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Susan M. Younce Dury, Deceased Case Number: 2014PR30160 All persons having claims against the above-named estate are required to present them to the Co-Personal Representative or to District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado on or before July 7, 2014, or the claims may be forever barred.

Kendra O’Hayre and James William Younce, Co-Personal Representatives c/o Davis Schilken, PC 7887 E. Belleview Ave. Suite 820 Denver, CO 80111 Legal Notice No: 15935 First Publication: March 6, 2014 Last Publication: March 20, 2014 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of John Dennis Bunsold, aka Dennis Bunsold, Deceased Case Number: 2014 PR 30159 All persons having claims against the above-named estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado on or before July 21, 2014 or the claims may be forever barred.

Barbara M. Wunsch Personal Representative 2450 Airport Road, Apt. No. L 1117

CIVIL ACTION NO. 2010CV2304 All persons having claims against the above-named estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado on or before July 21, 2014 or the claims may be forever barred.

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Barbara M. Wunsch Personal Representative 2450 Airport Road, Apt. No. L 1117 Longmont, Colorado 80503 Legal Notice No: 15939 First Publication: March 6, 2014 Last Publication: March 20, 2014 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of MARTHA STOWATER a/k/a MARTHA F. STOWATER a/k/a MARTHA FRANCES STOWATER, Deceased Case Number: 14PR30114

NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE OF REAL PROPERTY Plaintiff, SUMMIT PARK TOWNHOMES ASSOCIATION, INC., a Colorado nonprofit corporation, v.

Defendants, CHERI R. MCKINNEY; THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A. SUCCESSOR TO JP MORGAN CHASE BANK N.A. AS TRUSTEE FOR RASC 2003-KS11; WAKEFIELD AND ASSOCIATES, INC.; ANA MARIA PETERS-RUDDICK, as Arapahoe County Public Trustee, DOUG MILLIKEN, as Arapahoe County Treasurer

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Regarding: Lot 226, Block 1, Summit Park Filing No. 2, County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado Also known as: 4247 South Granby Court, #E, Aurora, CO 80014

Joan A. Gorshing Personal Representative c/o Davis Schilken, PC 7887 E. Belleview Ave. Suite 820 Denver, CO 80111

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 Division of the Sheriff's Office of Arapahoe County, Colorado at 10:00 A.M., on the 10th day of April, 2014, at 13101 E. Broncos Pkwy., Centennial, CO 80112; phone number 720-874-3851. 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.

Legal Notice No: 15950 First Publication: March 13, 2014 Last Publication: March 27, 2014 Publisher: Littleton Independent

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

All persons having claims against the above-named estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado on or before July 14, 2014, or the claims may be forever barred.

Misc. Private Legals Public Notice DISTRICT COURT, ARAPAHOE COUNTY, COLORADO 7325 S. Potomac St., Centennial, CO 80112 303-649-6355 Plaintiff: U.S. BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION N.D. v.

Defendants: NANCY E. NOAH, and individual; ARAPAHOE COUNTY PUBLIC TRUSTEE. Case No.: 2012CV1824 SHERIFF’S COMBINED NOTICE OF SALE AND RIGHTS TO CURE AND REDEEM Under a Judgment and Decree of Foreclosure entered September 7, 2013, in the above entitled action, I am ordered to sell certain real property, as follows: Original Grantor: Nancy E. Noah Original Beneficiary: U.S. Bank National Association ND Current Holder of the evidence of debt secured by the Deed of Trust: U.S. Bank National Association as Successor by Merger to U.S. Bank National Association ND Date of Deed of Trust: March 10, 2008 Date of Recording of Deed of Trust: April 11, 2008 County of Recording: Arapahoe Recording Information: B8041948 Original Principal Balance of the secured indebtedness: $163,000.00 Outstanding Principal Balance of the secured indebtedness as of the date hereof: $160,164.28 Amount of Judgment entered September 7, 2013: $186,623.48 – Unpaid Balance of Note $3,842.62 – Attorneys’ Fees and Costs Description of property to be foreclosure: A PARCEL OF LAND LOCATED IN THE COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO, AND KNOWN AS: BEING LOT NUMBER 8, BLOCK 18 IN AURORA HILLS FILING NUMBER NINE OF ARAPAHOE COUNTY RECORDS. Permanent Parcel No. 1973-13 and is also known by street and number as 12700 Kentucky Place East, Aurora, CO 80012.

THE PROPERTY TO BE SOLD AND DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST. THE LIEN BEING FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. The covenants of said Deed of Trust have been violated as follows: failure to make payments on said indebtedness when the same were due and owing, and the legal holder of the indebtedness has accelerated the same and declared the same immediately fully due and payable.

NOTICE OF SALE THEREFORE, NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that I will, at 10:00 A.M., on April 17, 2014, in the Office of the Arapahoe County Sheriff, Civil Division, Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office ATTN: Civil Department 13101 Bronocs Parkway Centennial, CO 80012, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property described above, and all interest of said Grantor and the heirs and assigns of said Grantor therein, for the purpose of paying the judgment amount entered herein, and will deliver to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.' **BIDDERS ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE CASH OR CERTIFIED FUNDS SUFFICIENT TO COVER THEIR HIGHEST BID AT TIME OF SALE.** The name, address, telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder or tile indebtedness is: Torben M. Welch, Esq. #34282, Messner Reeves LLP, 1430 Wynkoop Street, Suite 300, Denver, CO 80202, Telephone: (303) 623-1800.

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 Division of the Sheriff’s Office of Arapahoe County, Colorado.

PLEASE NOTE THAT THE LIEN BEING FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN ON THE SUBJECT PROPERTY. DATED at Centennial, Colorado this 17th day of January, 2014.

J. Grayson Robinson, Sheriff Arapahoe County, Colorado By: Sgt. James Osborn Deputy Sheriff ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF: ORTEN CAVANAGH & HOLMES, LLC 1445 Market Street, Suite 350 Legal Notice No.: 15840 First Publication: February 13, 2014 Last Publication: March 13, 2014 Published In: Littleton Independent, 9137 S. Ridgeline Blvd., #210, Highlands Ranch, CO 80129.

Public Notice DISTRICT COURT, ARAPAHOE COUNTY, STATE OF COLORADO CIVIL ACTION NO. 2012CV1139 COMBINED NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE OF REAL PROPERTY AND RIGHT TO CURE AND REDEEM Plaintiff, LOUISIANA PURCHASE II HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, a Colorado nonprofit corporation, v.

Defendants, CAROL DURST; JP MORGAN CHASE BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION; ANA MARIA PETERS- RUDDICK, as Arapahoe County Public Trustee; SUE SANDSTROM, as Manager of the Department of Finance; STATE OF COLORADO- DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE Regarding: UNIT 106 BLDG 16 AS PER CONDO DECLARATION RECORDED ON RECEPTION No. A8155656 Louisiana Purchase II Condominiums, County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado.

Also known as: 19216 E. Idaho Pl., #106, Aurora, CO 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 Division of the Sheriff's Office of Arapahoe County, Colorado at 10:00 A.M., on the 17th day of April, 2014, at the Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office, 13101 E. Broncos Parkway, Centennial, CO 80112; phone number 720-874-3845. At which sale, the above described real property and improvements thereon will be sold to the highest bidder. Plaintiff makes no warranty relating to title, possession, or quiet enjoyment in and to said real property in connection with this sale. **BIDDERS ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE CASH OR CERTIFIED FUNDS SUFFICIENT TO COVER THEIR HIGHEST BID AT 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 Division of the Sheriff’s Department of Arapahoe County, Colorado.

PLEASE NOTE THAT THE LIEN BEING FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN ON THE SUBJECT PROPERTY. DATED at Centennial, Colorado this 24th day of January, 2014.

J. Grayson Robinson Sheriff of Arapahoe County, Colorado By: Sgt. James Osborn Deputy Sheriff ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF: ORTEN CAVANAGH & HOLMES, LLC 1445 Market Street, Suite 350 Denver, CO 80202 Legal Notice No.: 15846 First Publication: February 20, 2014 Last Publication: March 20, 2014 Published In: Littleton Independent, 9137 S. Ridgeline Blvd. #210, Highlands Ranch, CO 80129 Public Notice

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.

DISTRICT COURT, ARAPAHOE COUNTY, STATE OF COLORADO CIVIL ACTION NO. 2011CV2042, Division/Courtroom 408

This Sheriff’s Notice of Sale is signed January 13, 2014.

NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE OF REAL PROPERTY

J. Grayson Robinson, Sheriff Arapahoe County, Colorado By: Sgt. James Osborn Deputy Sheriff

SOUTH SLOPE CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION Plaintiff, v.

WENDY S. LEFF; LEROY L. LEFF; WALLICK AND VOLK, INC.; CHASE MANHATTAN MORTGAGE CORP.; and ANA MARIA PETERS-RUDDICK AS THE PUBLIC TRUSTEE OF ARAPAHOE COUNTY, COLORADO. Defendant(s).

Legal Notice No.: 15806 First Publication: February 20, 2014 Last Publication: March 20, 2014 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent Public Notice DISTRICT COURT, ARAPAHOE COUNTY, STATE OF COLORADO CIVIL ACTION NO. 2010CV2304 NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE OF REAL PROPERTY Plaintiff, SUMMIT PARK TOWNHOMES ASSOCIATION, INC., a Colorado nonprofit corporation, v.

Defendants, CHERI R. MCKINNEY; THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A. SUCCESSOR TO JP MORGAN CHASE BANK N.A. AS TRUSTEE FOR RASC 2003-KS11;

Regarding: Condominium Unit 22, Building 4-A, South Slope Condominiums Amended, according to the Condominium Map recorded March 18, 1981 in Plat Book 49 at Page 44, and the Second Amended Condominium Map recorded November 16, 1983 in Plat Book 70 at Page 23, and the Third Amended Condominium Map recorded April 4, 1085 in Book 82 at Page 58, and the Fourth Amended Condominium Map recorded September 13, 1985 at Reception No. 2578132 and the Condominium Declaration recorded March 3, 1981 in Book 3373 at Page 550, and Amended Declaration recorded October 7, 1983 in Book 3988 at

ing 4-A, South Slope Condominiums Amended, according to the Condominium Map recorded March 18, 1981 in Plat Book 49 at Page 44, and the Second Amended Condominium Map recorded November 16, 1983 in Plat Book 70 at Page 23, and the Third Amended Condominium Map recorded April 4, 1085 in Book 82 at Page 58, and the Fourth Amended Condominium Map recorded September 13, 1985 at Reception No. 2578132 and the Condominium Declaration recorded March 3, 1981 in Book 3373 at Page 550, and Amended Declaration recorded October 7, 1983 in Book 3988 at Page 154 and Ratification Agreements recorded November 10, 1983 in Book 4015 at Page 691, and January 11, 1984 in Book 4063 at Page 238, County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado.

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Also known as: 343 West Lehow Avenue, #22, Englewood, CO 80110.

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 Division of the Sheriff's Office of Arapahoe County, Colorado at 10:00 A.M., on the 1st day of May, 2014, at 13101 E. Broncos Parkway, Centennial, Colorado 80112; phone number (720) 874-3851.

At which sale, the above described real property and improvements thereon will be sold to the highest bidder. Plaintiff makes no warranty relating to title, possession, or quiet enjoyment in and to said real property in connection with this sale. **BIDDERS ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE CASH OR CERTIFIED FUNDS SUFFICIENT TO COVER THEIR HIGHEST BID AT THE TIME OF SALE.** PLEASE NOTE THAT THE LIEN BEING FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN ON THE SUBJECT PROPERTY. Judgment is in the amount of $6,696.79.

DATED: February 4, 2014.

David C. Walcher, Sheriff Arapahoe County, Colorado By: Sgt. James Osborn Deputy Sheriff Legal Notice No.: 15875 First Publication: March 6, 2014 Last Publication: April 3, 2014 Published In: Littleton Independent 9137 S. Ridgeline Blvd., #210, Highlands Ranch, CO 80129 Public Notice DISTRICT COURT, ARAPAHOE COUNTY, STATE OF COLORADO CIVIL ACTION NO. 2013CV30045, Division/Courtroom 408 NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE OF REAL PROPERTY CHERRY GROVE EAST II CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION Plaintiff, v.

GEDA MIDEKSSA, THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON FKA THE BANK OF NEW YORK, AS TRUSTEE FOR THE CERTIFICATEHOLDERS OF CWALT, INC., ALTERNATIVE LOAN TRUST 200528CB, MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2005-28CB; COUNTRYWIDE BANK, A DIVISION OF TREASURY BANK, N.A.; MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC.; CREDIT SYSTEMS, INC.; WAKEFIELD AND ASSOCIATES INC.; LIBERTY ACQUISITIONS, LLC; PORTFOLIO RECOVERY ASSOCIATES LLC; DICKINSON FINANCIAL LLC; ALTON PARK HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION; and CYNTHIA D. MARES AS THE PUBLIC TRUSTEE OF ARAPAHOE COUNTY, COLORADO. Defendant(s).

Regarding: Unit 104, Building 9, Cherry Grove east II Condominiums, according to the Condominium Map thereof, recorded on September 25, 2002 at Reception No. B2179156 in the records of the Office of the Clerk and Recorder of Arapahoe County, and as defined and described in the Condominium Declaration for Cherry Grove East II Condominiums recorded on June 26, 2001 at Reception No. B1103206, in said records, County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado; Also known as: 14231 East 1st Drive, #104, Aurora, CO 80011.

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 Division of the Sheriff's Office of Arapahoe County, Colorado at 10:00 A.M., on the 8th day of May, 2014, at 13101 East Broncos Parkway, Centennial, CO 80112, phone number 720-874-3851. At which sale, the above described real property and improvements thereon will be sold to the highest bidder. Plaintiff makes no warranty relating to title, possession, or quiet enjoyment in and to said real property in connection with this sale. **BIDDERS ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE CASH OR CERTIFIED FUNDS SUFFICIENT TO COVER THEIR HIGHEST BID AT THE TIME OF SALE.** PLEASE NOTE THAT THE LIEN BEING FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN ON THE SUBJECT PROPERTY. Judgment is in the amount of $17,066.96.

DATED: February 6, 2014.

DAVID C. WALCHER, Sheriff Arapahoe County, Colorado By: Sgt. James Osborn Deputy Sheriff Public Notice No.: 15888 First Publication: March 13, 2014 Last Publication: April 10, 2014 Published In: Littleton Independent, 9137 S. Ridgeline Blvd., #210, Highlands Ranch, CO 80129 Public Notice COUNTY COURT, ARAPAHOE COUNTY, COLORADO 1790 W. LITTLETON BLVD. LITTLETON, CO 80120 Plaintiff: CAPITAL ONE BANK (USA), N.A. vs.

Defendant(s):ED HUDDLE a/k/a Edward Huddle a/k/a Charles Huddle INDIVIDUALLY and d/b/a DINE IN DELIVERY David A. Bauer, #7576 David A. Bauer, P.C. 2594 South Lewis Way, Suite A Lakewood, Colorado 80227 Phone: 303-986-1200 Fax: 303-988-8913 Case Number: 08C306815 NOTICE TO SHOW CAUSE WHEREAS, Plaintiff has moved this Court pursuant to said rules of civil procedure that the judgment entered in the instant matter on May 2, 2008 in favor of the Plaintiff and against the Defendant(s) which judgment remains unsatisfied, be revived, NOW THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED, the Defendant(s), ED HUDDLE a/k/a Edward Huddle a/k/a Charles Huddle INDIVIDUALLY and d/b/a DINE IN DELIVERY, shall show cause within fourteen (14) days from the service of this Notice to Show Cause if any he/she/they has/have, why the judgment heretofore entered should not be revived with like force and effect.

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WHEREAS, Plaintiff has moved this Court pursuant to said rules of civil procedure that the judgment entered in the instant matter on May 2, 2008 in favor of the Plaintiff and against the Defendant(s) which judgment remains unsatisfied, be revived, NOW THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED, the Defendant(s), ED HUDDLE a/k/a Edward Huddle a/k/a Charles Huddle INDIVIDUALLY and d/b/a DINE IN DELIVERY, shall show cause within fourteen (14) days from the service of this Notice to Show Cause if any he/she/they has/have, why the judgment heretofore entered should not be revived with like force and effect.

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WITNESS the hand and seal of the Clerk of the Court in LITTLETON, Colorado, this 22nd day of November, 2013. /s/ Clerk of the Court Clerk of the Court Legal Notice No.: 15953 First Publication: March 13, 2014 Last Publication: April 10, 2014 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE COUNTY COURT, ARAPAHOE COUNTY, COLORADO 1790 W. LITTLETON BLVD. LITTLETON, CO 80120 Plaintiff: BELLCO CREDIT UNION vs.

Defendant: SHANNON M. COTE David A. Bauer, #7576 David A. Bauer, P.C. 2594 South Lewis Way, Suite A Lakewood, Colorado 80227 Phone: 303-986-1200 Fax: 303-988-8913 Case Number: 02 C 8617 NOTICE TO SHOW CAUSE WHEREAS, Plaintiff has moved this Court pursuant to said rules of civil procedure that the original judgment entered in the instant matter on July 3, 2002 and thereafter revived with like force and effect on May 20, 2008 in favor of the Plaintiff and against the Defendant(s), which judgment remains unsatisfied, be again revived, NOW THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED, the Defendant(s), SHANNON M. COTE , shall show cause within fourteen (14) days from the service of this Notice to Show Cause if any she has, why the judgment heretofore entered should not be again revived with like force and effect.

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WITNESS the hand and seal of the Clerk of the Court in LITTLETON, Colorado, dated this 21st day of November, 2013. /s/ Clerk NOTICE of the Court PUBLIC Clerk of the Court Legal Notice No: 15949 This a notice toMarch all former patients of First is Publication: 13, 2014 Festival Dental Care.

Last Publication: April 10, 2014 Publisher: Littleton Independent Inactive patient records from the year 2006 are to be shredded within the next 60 days of this notice. If you would like to

WHEREAS, Plaintiff has moved this Court pursuant to said rules of civil procedure that the original judgment entered in the instant matter on July 3, 2002 and thereafter revived with like force and effect on May 20, 2008 in favor of the Plaintiff and against the Defendant(s), which judgment remains unsatisfied, be again revived, NOW THEREFORE,

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IS ORDERED, the Defendant(s),

SHANNON M. COTE , shall show cause within fourteen (14) days from the service of this Notice to Show Cause if any she has, why the judgment heretofore entered should not be again revived with like force and effect.

WITNESS the hand and seal of the Clerk of the Court in LITTLETON, Colorado, dated this 21st day of November, 2013. /s/ Clerk of the Court Clerk of the Court Legal Notice No: 15949 First Publication: March 13, 2014 Last Publication: April 10, 2014 Publisher: Littleton Independent

Government Legals PUBLIC NOTICE PURSUANT TO THE LIQUOR LAWS OF COLORADO PURSUANT TO THE LIQUOR LAWS OF THE STATE OF COLORADO, RETRO WASTELAND, LLC; D/B/A THE TOAD TAVERN; 5302 S FEDERAL CIRCLE; LITTLETON, CO HAS REQUESTED THE LICENSING OFFICIALS OF THE CITY OF LITTLETON TO GRANT A TRANSFER OF OWNERSHIP OF A TAVERN LIQUOR LICENSE TO DISPENSE MALT, VINOUS AND SPIRITUOUS LIQUORS FOR CONSUMPTION ON THE PREMISES ONLY. PUBLIC HEARING DATE AND TIME: 03/12/14 @ 7:00 P.M.

BY ORDER OF: LIQUOR AUTHORITY APPLICANTS: LEAH DILLON AND GARRET STEWARD 15859 E UTAH PLACE AURORA CO REMONSTRANCES TO: 2255 W. BERRY AVE. Legal Notice No.: 15945 First Publication: March 13, 2014 Last Publication: March 13, 2014 Publisher: Littleton Independent

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Legal Notice No.: 15896 First Publication: February 20, 2014 Last Publication: March 13, 2014 Publisher: Littleton Independent

BORN THIS WEEK: You are a generous, giving person who is always ready, willing and more than able to help others in need.

PUBLIC HEARING DATE AND TIME: 03/12/14 @ 7:00 P.M.

BY ORDER OF: LIQUOR AUTHORITY APPLICANTS: LEAH DILLON AND GARRET STEWARD 15859 E UTAH PLACE AURORA CO

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REMONSTRANCES TO: 2255 W. BERRY AVE. Legal Notice No.: 15945 First Publication: March 13, 2014 Last Publication: March 13, 2014 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE Town of Columbine Valley Notice of Public Hearing Notice is hereby given that the Town of Columbine Valley Planning and Zoning Commission shall hold a public hearing concerning approval of a Preliminary Development Plan for a residential development and Preliminary Subdivision Plat located on property generally located at 6000 So. Platte Canyon Road, approximately 600 – 1,000 feet south of the intersection of Platte Canyon Road and Bowles Avenue on the east side of Platte Canyon Road pursuant to the Town of Columbine Valley Zoning Regulations.

The public hearing shall be held before the Planning and Zoning Commission on April 8, 2014 at the hour of 7:00PM, or as soon as possible thereafter as the agenda of the Planning and Zoning Commission permits, at 2 Middlefield Road, Columbine Valley, Colorado. Further information is available by calling 303-7951434 /s/ J.D. McCrumb, Town Clerk Legal Notice No.: 15955 First Publication: March 13, 2014 Last Publication: March 13, 2014 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY Proposed Flood Hazard Determinations for the Cities of Centennial & Greenwood Village, Arapahoe County, CO, and Case No. 14-08-0302P The Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) solicits technical information or comments on proposed flood hazard determinations for the Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM), and where applicable, the Flood Insurance Study (FIS) report for your community. These flood hazard determinations may include the addition or modification of Base Flood Elevations, base flood depths, Special Flood Hazard Area boundaries or zone designations, or the regulatory floodway. The FIRM and, if applicable, the FIS report have been revised to reflect these flood hazard determinations through issuance of a Letter of Map Revision (LOMR), in accordance with Title 44, Part 65 of the Code of Federal Regulations. These determinations are

© 2014 King Features Synd., Inc. Public Notice DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY

Government Legals Proposed Flood Hazard Determinations for the Cities of Centennial & Greenwood Village, Arapahoe County, CO, and Case No. 14-08-0302P The Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) solicits technical information or comments on proposed flood hazard determinations for the Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM), and where applicable, the Flood Insurance Study (FIS) report for your community. These flood hazard determinations may include the addition or modification of Base Flood Elevations, base flood depths, Special Flood Hazard Area boundaries or zone designations, or the regulatory floodway. The FIRM and, if applicable, the FIS report have been revised to reflect these flood hazard determinations through issuance of a Letter of Map Revision (LOMR), in accordance with Title 44, Part 65 of the Code of Federal Regulations. These determinations are the basis for the floodplain management measures that your community is required to adopt or show evidence of having in effect to qualify or remain qualified for participation in the National Flood Insurance Program. For more information on the proposed flood hazard determinations and information on the statutory 90day period provided for appeals, please visit FEMA’s website at www.fema.gov/plan/prevent/fhm/bfe, or call the FEMA Map Information eXchange toll free at 1-877-FEMA MAP (1-877-3362627).

Legal Notice No.: 15952 First Publication: March 13, 2014 Last Publication: March 20, 2014 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice NOTICE OF CANCELLATION and CERTIFIED STATEMENT OF RESULTS §1-13.5-513(6), 32-1-104,1-11-103(3) C.R.S.

Public Notice

Government Legals NOTICE OF CANCELLATION and

CERTIFIED STATEMENT OF RESULTS §1-13.5-513(6), 32-1-104,1-11-103(3) C.R.S. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the Southwest Metropolitan Water and Sanitation District, Arapahoe, Douglas and Jefferson Counties, Colorado, that at the close of business on the sixty-third day before the election, there were not more candidates for director than offices to be filled, including candidates filing affidavits of intent to be write-in candidates; therefore, the election to be held on May 6, 2014 is hereby canceled pursuant to section 1-13.5-513(6) C.R.S. The following candidates are hereby declared elected: Kenneth Bradford: 4 year term, until May, 2018 Anthony Dursey: 4 year term, until May, 2018 George Hamblin: 4 year term, until May, 2018 Patrick Fitzgerald (Designated Election Official) Contact Person for the District: Patrick Fitzgerald Telephone Number of the District: 303-979-2333 Address of the District: 8739 W. Coal Mine Ave., Littleton, CO 80123 District Facsimile Number: 303-933-1769 District Email: info@swmetrowater.org Legal Notice No.: 15958 First Publication: March 13, 2014 Last Publication: March 13, 2014 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice NOTICE OF CANCELLATION and CERTIFIED STATEMENT OF RESULTS §1-13.5-513(6), 32-1-104, 1-11-103(3) C.R.S.

Government Legals Public Notice NOTICE OF CANCELLATION and CERTIFIED STATEMENT OF RESULTS §1-13.5-513(6), 32-1-104, 1-11-103(3) C.R.S. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the Platte Canyon Water and Sanitation District, Arapahoe and Jefferson Counties, Colorado, that at the close of business on the sixtythird day before the election, there were not more candidates for director than offices to be filled, including candidates filing affidavits of intent to be write-in candidates; therefore, the election to be held on May 6, 2014 is hereby canceled pursuant to section 1-13.5-513(6) C.R.S. The following candidates are hereby declared elected: Kenneth Bradford: 4 year term, until May, 2018 Anthony Dursey: 4 year term, until May, 2018 Louis Fohn: 4 year term, until May, 2018 Richard Rock: 2 year term, until May, 2016 Patrick Fitzgerald (Designated Election Official) Contact Person for the District: Patrick Fitzgerald Telephone Number of the District: 303-979-2333 Address of the District: 8739 W. Coal Mine Ave., Littleton, CO 80123 District Facsimile Number: 303-933-1769 District Email: info@swmetrowater.org Legal Notice No.: 15959 First Publication: March 13, 2014 Last Publication: March 13, 2014 Publisher: Littleton Independent

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the Southwest Metropolitan Water and SanitaNOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the Platte tion District, Arapahoe, Douglas and JefCanyon Water and Sanitation District, Arferson Counties, Colorado, that at the apahoe and Jefferson Counties, Colorado, close of business on the sixty-third day before the election, there were not more that at the close of business on the sixtycandidates for director than offices to be third day before the election, there were not more candidates for director than offilled, including candidates filing affidavits fices to window be filled,into including candidates From filof intent to be write-in candidates; Public notices aretherea community’s the government. zoning regulations to local budgets, ing affidavits of intent to be write-in canfore, the election to be held on May 6, governments have used newspapers to inform citizens of held its actions as an essential part of your right didates; therefore, the election to be 2014 is hereby canceled pursuant to local 2014 is canceled pursusection 1-13.5-513(6) C.R.S. to know.

You know whereon to May look,6,when tohereby look and what to look for to be involved as a citizen. Local ant to section 1-13.5-513(6) C.R.S. newspapers provide you with the information you need to get involved.

The following candidates are hereby The following candidates are hereby declared elected: declared elected: Kenneth Bradford: 4 year term, Kenneth Bradford: 4 year term, until May, 2018 until May, 2018 Anthony Dursey: 4 year term, Anthony Dursey: 4 year term, until May, 2018 until May, 2018 George Hamblin: 4 year term,

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things to do MARCH 12 BLood dRIvE Arapahoe County Administration Community

Blood Drive, 8-9:40 a.m. and 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. March 12 inside Grays Peak at 5334 S. Prince St., Littleton. For information or to schedule an appointment contact the Bonfils’ Appointment Center at 303-363-2300 or www.bonfils.org.

MARCH 12 sudAn JoIn Active Minds from 3-4 p.m. March 12 for a

discussion of Sudan. After decades of civil war, Sudan split into two countries, only to have conflict arise within in the new country of South Sudan. We will examine the origins and current status of the conflicts, including the role of colonialism, tribal ethnicity and religion. We will also look at the history of genocide in Darfur and how the international response to war in Sudan impacts the prospects for long-term peace in the region. Free program takes place at RiverPointe, 5225 S. Prince St., Littleton. RSVP at 303-797-0600.

MARCH 12, March 19, March 26 nuTRITIon CLAss. Free Heart Health nutrition classes and

cooking demonstrations are offered from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

March 12 (The Protein Prescription); March 19 (After Winter Detox); and March 26 (Coconut Oil) at the South Denver Heart Center, 1000 Southpark Drive, Littleton. Join Richard Collins, M.D., “The Cooking Cardiologist,” along with Susan Buckley, RD, CDE, as they share their expertise on Heart Healthy nutrition and cooking solutions. For more information or to register, call 303-744-1065, www.southdenver.com.

THRougH MARCH 14, March 16 PHoTo MonTAgE “Hunger Through My Lens” is a photo

montage, sponsored by Hunger Free Colorado, to shed light on who is hungry in our community. The photos are on display through March 14 at Columbine United Church, 6375 S. Platte Canyon Road, Littleton. Join us March 16 to meet the photographers and hear their personal stories.

MARCH 15 LAndsCAPE CouRsE Learn how to save money and enhance your landscape from 1-3:30 p.m. for five Saturdays at Wilmore Garden Center, Littleton. After five workshops (March 15, 22, 29, April 5, 19) and some homework, you’ll have a comprehensive landscape plan that works for our climate and soil conditions. We’ll explore the use of native plants, rainwater and other topics. Cost is $100. Call 303-795-5339 or go to www. wilmorenurseries.com/sustainable-landscaping-course/ MARCH 17 HEALTH PAnEL The South Metro Health Alliance presents “Demystifying The Health Care Maze” panel from 10 a.m. to noon March 17 at the Tri-County Health Department, 6162 S.

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5280’s top 10 new restaurants

LiveWell, CRA join forces on `Take It Home’

LiveWell Colorado, a nonprofit organization committed to preventing and reducing obesity in Colorado, has joined forces with the Colorado Restaurant Association

MARCH 18 nATIvE LAndsCAPE design Landscaping with native plants is an excellent way to conserve water, decrease maintenance, and create a healthy, adapted, and diverse habitat around your Colorado home. Join Jim Tolstrup, executive director of the High Plains Environmental Center and State Outreach Chair for the Colorado Native Plant Society, as he shares his extensive experience designing with native plants in Colorado. You’ll explore site design and garden planning step by step as you learn how to identify zones in your landscape based on hydrology, soil type, and existing plants. Lastly, you’ll come away with a better understanding of the environmental benefits of utilizing native plants. Program is from 6-8 p.m. March 18. Registration: $21/member, $24/nonmember. Space is limited and advance registration is required. Call the Education Department at 303797-8565 ext. 306 or visit shop.hudsongardens.org to register.

Hudson Gardens & Event Center is at 6115 S. Santa Fe Drive, Littleton.

MARCH 19 EnRICHMEnT WoRksHoP The South Metro Health Alliance is hosting an enrichment workshop on using Facebook from 9-10 a.m. March 19 at Doctors Care in Littleton. The focus will be on nonprofit organization pages, but anyone is welcome to join us. Seating is limited and reservations are requested. Bring your laptop or tablet if you can. Contact Traci Jones at 303-7939615, traci@smhaco.org or www.smhaco.org/workshops.

MARCH 22 HIvE sTARTuP Learn how to install nucleus hives and package bees from 6-8 p.m. March 12, and from 9:30-11:30 a.m.

April 19 or April 26 at Hudson Gardens. Don’t miss this extensive session covering the best techniques for installing package bees and nucleus frames into new and existing hives. Hudson Gardens’ lead beekeeper Bob Shiflet leads this session, which will also include an in-depth discussion of queening a hive, including marking, placing, and encouraging acceptance. Basic beekeeping equipment and hive inspection techniques will also be discussed. Experience level: Beginner. Registration is $33/member; $37/nonmember. Call the education department at 303-797-8565 ext. 306 or visit shop.hudsongardens.org to register. Hudson Garden & Event Center is at 6115 S. Santa Fe Drive, Littleton.

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Drive, 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. March 23 inside Bonfils’ mobile bus at 4001 S. Wadsworth Blvd., Littleton. For information or to schedule an appointment please contact the Bonfils’ Appointment Center at 303-363-2300 or www.bonfils.org.

to kick off the “Take It Home” pilot program, aimed at helping people maintain a healthy lifestyle while eating at their favorite restaurants.

Beginning Friday, four participating restaurants will offer “Take It Home” to-go containers to encourage patrons to think about boxing up a portion of their meal and consuming a balanced portion size.

Four Denver-area restaurants, representing several different cuisine options and price points, are participating in the program, including all three Sam’s No. 3 locations, Elway’s Cherry Creek, Racines and Osteria Marco. Program materials available within the restaurants will encourage guests to consider packaging part of their meal in order to help them mindfully select a portion size that supports their healthy lifestyle.

“Our goal in supporting this campaign is to remind people who you can eat out and be healthy at the same time — people don’t have to choose between the two. This program serves as a reminder not to overeat while you are busy socializing,” said Sonia Riggs, chief operating officer of the Colorado Restaurant Association. “Denver has an exciting, vibrant restaurant scene, and we want to help people enjoy it in a mindful, healthy way.”

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Eavesdropping on a man: “My goal is to be the person that my dog thinks I am!”

Penny Parker’s “Mile High Life” column gives insights into the best events, restaurants, businesses, parties and people throughout the metro area. Parker also writes for Blacktie-Colorado.com. You can subscribe and read her columns (Monday, Wednesday and Friday) at www.blacktiecolorado.com/pennyparker. She can be reached at penny@blacktie-llc.com or at 303-619-5209.

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The current issue of 5280 magazine is out and instead of its traditional eight picks for top new restaurants, this year they upped the ante to 10.

Probably because there are so many worthy newbies in town, many I haven’t even had a chance to visit!

So here’s the list of 5280’s fave new raves, which the magazine calls “The 10 Hippest, Most Delicious Restaurants in Denver Right Now.” 1. Acorn at The Source at 3350 Brighton Blvd. (www.denveracorn.com).

2. Lower 48 Kitchen at 2020 Lawrence (www.lower48kitchen.com).

3. The Curtis Club at 2100 Curtis St. (www.thecurtisclub.com).

4. Los Chigones at 2461 Larimer St. (303-295-0686).

5. Café Max at 2412 E, Colfax. (www. cafemax.net).

6. The Plimoth at 2335 28th Ave. (www. theplimoth.com).

7. Session Kitchen at 1518 Pearl St. (www.sessionkitchen.com).

8. Old Major, 3316 Tejon St. (www.oldmajordenver.com).

9. Olive + Finch at 1552 E. 17th Ave. (www.oliveandfincheatery.com).

10. Beast & Bottle, 719 E. 17th Ave. (www.beastandbottle.com).

Check them out and let me know what you think.

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24 The Independent

March 13, 2014

Fitness ballet studio debuts in Lone Tree Independently-owned center focuses on strength and community

By Jane Reuter

jreuter@coloradocommunitymedia.com Amy Lineberry came to The Ballet Physique feeling both mentally and physically low. She quickly lost 15 pounds and gained tone, but the biggest change was invisible.

“After I saw what it did for me - not only my body but my happiness, my marriage, my kids, my energy - eventually for me, the fitness piece became a byproduct,” said Lineberry, part owner of the fitness studio that recently opened its second site in Lone Tree. “The energy, the way you feel when you’re in that space - it really makes you feel like a better person. It’s infectious.”

Lineberry partners with Kristin Zurek, who opened the first Ballet Physique in Littleton three years ago. Using a ballet barre as its focal point, the 60-minute ballet fitness classes build long muscles and enhance posture. The five different formats

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Ballet Physique founder Kristen Zurek leads a class at the new Lone Tree studio on March 8. Photo by Jane Reuter include moves ranging from yoga- and Pilates-style stretches to aerobics and cardio sequences.

“Strong is the new skinny,” Lineberry said. “It’s not so much about pounds; it’s

about looking good and feeling good,” Zurek is a professional dancer who moved to Colorado from the East Coast. A certified fitness instructor with the American Council on Exercise, she developed her

own style of barre class based on her love for the athleticism of ballet. In opening her own studio, she also was determined to provide clients with not only a solid workout, but a sense of community.

Zurek’s downtown Littleton studio’s success inspired her to open the second site on Park Meadows Drive in Lone Tree. The studio across the street from Sam’s Club joins a collection of fitness studios along Park Meadows that includes yoga, Pilates and boxing among other options.

Lineberry was among her first clients.

“We care about the individual here,” she said. “We know about their families. It’s important to us that they are not only getting their physical needs met. We’re lifting them up, too. This is a place to be, not just a place to come.”

The Ballet Physique offers new students an introductory deal of 10 consecutive days of unlimited classes for $20. Regular classes are available on a drop-in basis, in multiclass packages or on monthly rates.

The Lone Tree studio is at 7600 East Park Meadows Drive. For more information, visit www.theballetphysique.com.

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Franktown

Lone Tree

Highlands Ranch

Parker

Trinity Lutheran Church & School

Sunday Worship 8:00 & 10:45 a.m.

Trinity Lutheran School & ELC (Ages 3-5, Grades K-8)

 303-841-4660 www.tlcas.org  Castle Rock  First United

“A man who was merely a man and said the sort of things Jesus said would not be a great moral teacher…You must make your choice.

Either this man was, and is, the Son of God, or else a madman or something worse.” (C.S. Lewis)

Beginning March 9th: “Jesus–The Son of God”

Sunday mornings at Immanuel Lutheran 9:30 a.m. Sundays Lone Tree Civic Center, 8527 Lone Tree Parkway, Lone Tree, CO

www.ImmanuelLutheran–LoneTree.org

Littleton

Non-Denominational 9:00 am Sunday WorShip

Pastor Paul Flannery “It’s not about us... It’s about serving others... T hen God gets the Glory!”

2121 Dad Clark Drive 720.259.2390 www.HFCdenver.org

Where people are excited about God’s Word.

Sunday Worship: 10:45AM & 6PM Bible Study: 9:30AM Children, Young People & Adults 4391 E Mainstreet, Parker, Colorado 80134 Church Office – (303) 841-3836

www.parkerbiblechurch.org

Highlands Ranch

1200 South Street Castle Rock, CO 80104 303.688.3047 www.fumccr.org

 Services:  Saturday 5:30pm

Sunday 8am, 9:30am, 11am Sunday School 9:15am

Little Blessings Day Care www.littleblessingspdo.com

Open hearts. Open minds. Open doors.

Open and Welcoming Sunday

8:30 a.m.

11:00 a.m.

1609 W. Littleton Blvd.

(303) 798-1389 • www.fpcl.org

Lone Tree

An Evangelical Presbyterian Church Sunday Worship 10:30 4825 North Crowfoot Valley Rd. Castle Rock • canyonscc.org 303-663-5751 “Loving God - Making A Difference”

A place for you

Littleton

Lone Tree

Church of Christ Sunday Worship - 10:00am Bible Study immediately following Thursday Bible Study - 7:30pm Currently meeting at: Acres Green Elementary School 13524 Acres Green Drive 303-688-9506 www.LoneTreeCoC.com

Serving the southeast Denver area

Sunday Worship

Sunday Worship

8:45 am & 10:30 am

Alongside One Another On Life’s Journey

www.gracecolorado.com

You are invited to worship with us:

Sundays at 10:00 am

www.st-andrew-umc.com

Grace is on the NE Corner of Santa Fe Dr. & Highlands Ranch Pkwy.

(Across from Murdochs)

303-794-2683 Preschool: 303-794-0510

Connect – Grow – Serve

GRACE PRESBYTERIAN

8:00 am Chapel Service 9:00 & 10:30 am

Sunday School 9:00 & 10:30 am

Parker evangelical Presbyterian church

9030 Miller road Parker, Co 80138 303-841-2125 www.pepc.org

First Presbyterian Church of Littleton Methodist Church 

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Parker

303-798-8485

9203 S. University Blvd.

Highlands Ranch, 80126

SErviCES:

Saturday 5:30pm

United Church Of Christ Parker Hilltop

Sunday 8:00 & 10:30am

Education Hour: Sunday 9:15am

10926 E. Democrat Rd. Parker, CO • 10am Worship www.uccparkerhilltop.org 303-841-2808

Joyful Mission Preschool 303-841-3770 7051 East Parker Hills Ct. • Parker, CO 303-841-3739 www.joylutheran-parker.org Parker

Community Church of Religious Science Sunday 10:00 a.m. at the historic Ruth Memorial Chapel on Mainstreet

303.805.9890 www.ParkerCCRS.org

Highlands Church of God The Bahá’í Faith

“The earth is but one country, and mankind its citizens.”

Meeting Sun at 11am at Northridge Rec Center 8801 S. Broadway Highlands Ranch, CO 80126

Weekly children’s classes, devotions and study DouglasCountyAssembly@gmail.com 303.947.7540

Phone: 303-910-6017 email: bobandtreva@yahoo.com

Welcome Home!

Greenwood Village

Abiding Word Lutheran Church

Weaving Truth and Relevance into Relationships and Life

8391 S. Burnley Ct., Highlands Ranch

worship Time 10:30AM sundays 9:00am Spiritual Formation Classes for all Ages 90 east orchard road littleton, co

303 798 6387 www.gracepointcc.us

(Next to RTD lot @470 & University)

Congregation Beth Shalom Serving the Southeast Denver area

Call or check our website for information on services and social events! www.cbsdenver.org

303-794-6643

Worship Services Sundays at 9:00am

303-791-3315

pastor@awlc.org www.awlc.org

To advertise your place of worship in this section, call 303-566-4091 or email

kearhart@ColoradoCommunityMedia.com.