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Lone Tree

December 5, 2013

A Colorado Community Media Publication

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Douglas County, Colorado • Volume 12, Issue 47

Lone Tree predicts continued stability Retail sales taxes keep city in good shape

By Jane Reuter

jreuter@ourcoloradonews.com Lone Tree has hit on a winning financial formula: A small population and large retail base.

“A huge amount of our revenue comes from people outside the city — even outside the state — so the burden doesn’t all fall on the citizens of the city,” city finance director Kristin Baumgartner said.

The city’s reputation as a shoppers’ haven is a big part of the reason Lone Tree residents don’t pay a municipal property tax.

While it’s not dramatic, Lone Tree is on an upward economic trajectory. In 2012, the city collected about $21.2 million in sales tax revenue. It conservatively projects taking in $22 million in 2013.

City leaders don’t see that balance tipping anytime soon.

“We are in an enviable position right now, and I don’t see that changing in the next five years,” Mayor Pro Tem Jackie Millet said. “Cabela’s alone is a significant additional destination retailer, and we can’t forget all the other restaurants and shops that will be opening in the RidgeGate area.

“All the Schwab employees coming into the city are also going to be driving additional retail tax dollars to the city.”

About 2,200 employees will work at the new Charles Schwab campus upon its 2014 completion, which eventually could house up to 5,000.

While Lone Tree’s residential base is forecast to grow from its current 11,000 to about 40,000 residents, most of the new housing will be built on the as-yet undeveloped east side of RidgeGate, where initial construction is three to five years distant.

The city’s full build-out, dependent on a myriad of economic factors, could be 15 to 30 years in the future.

The mix of uses on RidgeGate’s east side was part of pre-annexation discussions with the developers of the six-square-mile area that straddles both sides of Interstate 25 south of Lincoln Avenue.

“We wanted to be able to achieve that same kind of balance of retail and residential people have come to expect,” she said. “That and stewardship of our existing businesses is going to be key to our continued success.”

Baumgartner oversaw the creation of the proposed 2014 city budget, which was to be considered for adoption during the council’s Dec. 3 meeting.

“The good news is, we don’t have anything drastic that’s changing in our 2014 budget,” she said. “The city is continuing to maintain all its services at the same level they have in the past. We’re not seeing any huge jumps in our revenue sources. It’s just kind of continuing to be a steady flow of income.”

Budget continues on Page 12

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SOUNDS LIKE THE HOLIDAYS

A trio of singers leads the audience in carols during the Nov. 30 holiday tree lighting at the Lone Tree Arts Center. Photo by Jane Reuter

Kaiser center open for business Six-story medical facility offers more than 20 specialties

By Jane Reuter

jreuter@ourcoloradonews.com Christmas came early for Kaiser Permanente this year when it opened the doors to its new 275,000-square-foot, sixstory, multi-specialty center. The Lone Tree building, under construction for more than two years, welcomed its first patients Dec. 2.

The facility brings about 20 specialty services, 45 doctors and 300 additional employees to serve its approximately 128,000 south metro area members.

“We’re bringing specialty care to where they live,” said Kaiser’s Dr. David Gladu, operations chief for surgical specialties and a longtime Lone Tree resident. “Up until now, most of our medical and surgical care was in downtown Denver. This will be much easier for patients.”

Kaiser began its search for land in the south metro area almost four years ago.

“This property wasn’t even for sale,” project manager Mike Schultz said, adding that the site’s 20-acre size, its scenic views to the west, and easy access to Interstate 25 made it an ideal location. Kaiser approached the landowner, who agreed to sell it.

“The drivers for this building were orthopedics, as well as the ability to do outpatient or day surgery,” Kaiser spokeswoman Amy Whited said.

The building also includes oncology and infusion, allergy, gastroenterology, obstetrics and gynecology, pain management, medical imaging, palliative care and many other services, including a

Kaiser Permanente will host a community open house at its new Lone Tree facility from 1 to 4 p.m. Dec. 14. The facility is on Park Meadows Drive across from the Lincoln Avenue light rail station. Photo by Jane Reuter pharmacy and optical cenile atmosphere once compen OuSe ter. mon to hospitals and med“With this building, ical facilities is evident on Kaiser Permanente will host mom could come in for an every floor — from colora public open house at its new eye appointment, schedful accent walls and large, Lone Tree facility from 1 to 4 p.m. ule an X-ray for a child and original murals to a whimDec. 14. sical, bicycle-themed get lab work done,” Whited Community members are insculpture that winds along said. “You don’t have to vited to check out the building, the side of an open stairdrive across town anymeet some of the staff and phycase. more.” sicians, enjoy refreshments and Even on the garden The area for the Lone participate in family activities level and in rooms that Tree Kaiser’s drug infuincluding a mini farmers market house MRI, CT and other sion center carefully was and obstacle course. scanners, architects found reserved for a first-floor, ways to add natural light. west-facing site.

Mills said that helps pa“Those patients can be here from two to six hours,” Greg Mills, tients relax during what typically are tenKaiser’s south area administrator. “We sion-producing procedures.

The building includes a garden level gave them good real estate.”

An outdoor seating located a few steps and five additional floors. The fifth is unfrom the infusion center is designed to finished space, reserved for future growth.

The site also has room for two provide a comfortable waiting area for friends and family members.

Kaiser continues on Page 12 The effort to move away from the ster-

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View of piano is black and white The 74-year-old Knabe grand piano sits silent in the room behind them. But the three women sipping tea at the small dining room table feel the music settle into them with the quiet joy only an old, beloved companion can bring.

Music.

“It’s like food,” Dee Netzel, 86, says. “I couldn’t imagine life without it.”

“It’s a passion,” says Donita Banks, 77, “a compulsion.”

The piano belongs to the third woman, the tiniest, just now able to sit at the bench after two months battling a back injury.

Rita Jo Tensly, 84, says simply: “I want to die at the piano.”

••• They call themselves “sisters” — Dee from a small Wisconsin town, Rita from New York City and Donita from Pueblo. All classical pianists, a love for music binds them tightly. But what brought them together originally was the Denver alumnae chapter of Sigma Alpha Iota, an international music fraternity for women they joined while in college.

Donita, the chapter’s archivist who chronicles the organization’s history in carefully constructed scrapbooks, spreads open an album on the table and points to a picture of smiling women, the SAI Singers.

“There’s Dee and there’s me. We had a bicentennial program.” 1976.

She turns to another page and another picture. 1995.

Rita: “There I am in the front row.”

Donita: “We were looking a little younger then.”

All three burst into laughter.

Another album contains photos of revered member Lela Putney, whose 104th birthday they celebrated in 2008. She left Denver several years ago to live near family and died at 108. Donita added the obituary and stories of her life to the scrapbook.

Donita, who joined in 1960 and is one of the longest-running members, is adamant the SAI alumnae chapter was a key ingredient to Lila’s longevity.

“What has kept us going,” she says, “has been music, friendship and service.”

The chapter has 44 members from their

mid-20s to Dee, the oldest active member.

About 25 attend monthly meetings from September to June in homes and churches throughout the metro area, wherever a good piano can be found.

“I think one of the neat things about our group now is we are online,” Dee says, “and as careers bring people to our area, they look us up online and they find us.”

The website also brings younger women to the graying chapter.

Dee: “I love being with young people.”

“It keeps me young,” Rita says.

Dee: “We really aren’t categorized by age. … Music is just music.”

“They like us for what we are,” Rita says.

“Musicians.”

••• Donita, an only child, began playing at 7 when her parents brought home an old, Baldwin Acrosonic upright piano, signed by pianist Amparo Iturbi, sister of the famed pianist José Iturbi of Spain.

“Really?” Rita asks.

“Mmmhmmm,” Donita says, smiling, remembering. “I loved piano from the beginning.”

In junior high school, she began accompanying the singers at church. In high school, she played for a singer who performed for service organizations and then was hired to accompany dancers at the Pueblo Conservatory of Music. She attended the University of Colorado on scholarship where a professor introduced her to contemporary music.

Her son, her first child, was just seven weeks old when she accepted a job as 10.25 in.director at a Lakewood church, youth choir the start to a career as a freelance musician who combined one-woman shows with

choir directing.

“It came to be a way of life,” Donita says. And when she battled breast cancer two years ago, she couldn’t wait to play again. “I had to get back to my music. Yes, I had to get back to my regular life.”

Rita was 10 when her parents surprised her with the same piano in her sitting room for her birthday. “I took to it like a duck takes to water,” she says.

She attended Juilliard and graduated from the University of Miami in Florida, then moved to Denver in 1953 and taught elementary school music for 28 years.

She loves the classical composers. “I just love the way they put the music together. I think about the music, what they were thinking about, why they composed this music.”

Her favorites are Debussy and Mozart.

She looks at her hands. “My hands are very small.” She fans out her fingers. “So Mozart fits my hands.”

Her eyesight is failing. And that is her biggest fear.

“I dread the time if I never have any more sight to see the music because I don’t want to stop playing,” she says. “I feel better when I play this beautiful music.”

Dee grew up in a poor, rural Wisconsin home. But her mother had inherited a piano. And to keep a mischievous Dee out of trouble, she started her with piano lessons.

“I loved the teacher; I loved the music,” Dee says. “Nobody had to make me practice and I never stopped.” She would attend the University of Wisconsin, Madison, on scholarship.

Later a staff accompanist at Metropolitan State University for 27 years, Dee began as an elementary and high school music teacher for nine one-room schools in rural Wisconsin that she had to get to in two days.

“I’d roar up in my car and teach, then roar up to the next one,” she says. “I would spin around on the roads, I would knock over the mailboxes — I was in such a hurry.”

Dee laughs. “I was young.”

Rita smiles, taking a sip of tea. “We were

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Dee still practices every day, one of the reasons, she believes, that she doesn’t have any pain in her arthritic hands. Twelve years ago, macular degeneration clouded the sight in her left eye. In August, doctors found the beginning of the disease in her right eye.

“I’m surviving,” Dee says and tells Donita and Rita about the musical program she played recently with a friend. “I played practically note-perfect. I’m going to keep going until I can’t see anything.”

••• The stories around the table this day compose a concerto of family remembered and talent ignited, of challenges faced and overcome, of the importance of sharing a singular passion with the world. They also, perhaps mostly, recount a friendship born, nurtured and sealed by the implicit understanding of a love and need for music and the deep happiness it brings.

The piano waits across the room. A brass light that cost $100 arches over the music books of Debussy and Chopin resting against the piano rack. Rita’s $400 piano glasses lie on top.

Rita: “It was worth it to me, to see the music … so I can play.”

And play they will.

Of that, there is no doubt.

As long as they can, Donita says.

Till, Dee concludes, the end.

A benefit concert to raise money for “Mending Faces,” which sends doctors to the Philippines to operate on children with cleft palates, will be held Jan. 26 at 3 p.m. at St. Paul Lutheran Church, 1600 Grant St., Denver. The concert is presented by the Denver Alumnae Chapter and Sigma Upsilon Chapter, Sigma Alpha Iota International Music Fraternity. Tickets are $25, $10 for students. Contact Rita Jo Tensly at 303-7486889 or rjtensly@comcast.net.

Ann Macari Healey’s column about people, places and issues of everyday life appears every other week. She can be reached at ahealey@ourcoloradonews.com or 303-5664110.

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Hearing reveals actions before school election Unsuccessful candidate alleges improper activity

By Jane Reuter

jreuter@ourcoloradonews.com A seven-hour state-level hearing Dec. 2 revealed details about the collaboration between the Douglas County School District and consultants hired to write papers on the alleged success of its reform efforts.

Plaintiffs in the hearing, who alleged violations of the Colorado Fair Campaign Practices Act, also introduced a contract between DCSD and the conservative American Enterprise Institute (AEI) that explained the type of paper the district wanted to see.

Previously, school officials said all payments to AEI came from the Douglas County Educational Foundation, but testimony revealed that the district paid for at least half of the $30,000 contract.

The hearing, held at the Office of Administrative Courts in downtown Denver, was based on allegations that DCSD violated the state’s campaign law during the fall 2013 school board election campaign. Unsuccessful school board candidate Julie Keim filed the complaint.

By 5 p.m. Dec. 2, the defendants had only just begun to present their side of the case, prompting the judge to schedule a continuance tentatively set for Dec. 10.

Keim’s complaint alleges that DCSD’s pre-election actions were designed to benefit the “reform” candidates in the race.

Those four candidates, including incumbents Doug Benevento

From left, former Douglas County school board candidate Julie Keim testifies before Administrative Law Judge Hollyce Farrell and Keim’s attorney Craig Joyce at a Dec. 2 hearing in Denver. Photo by Jane Reuter and Meghann Silverthorn, and newcomers Judi Reynolds and Jim Geddes, won the Nov. 5 election.

Attorney Jason Dunn, hired by DCSD to represent the district in the case and accompanied at the hearing by DCSD legal counsel Rob Ross, said evidence doesn’t support Keim’s complaint.

“There is no evidence it was done with the intent to support candidates,” Dunn said. “At the end of the day, this is about political theater.”

AEI’s Rick Hess and Max Eden wrote a paper, “The Most Interesting School District in America,” that the district emailed to parents Sept. 18 as a “just-released white paper” and did not identify as a

district-paid product.

The Feb. 6, 2013, contract between DCSD and AEI outlines a $30,000 payment and scope of services, asking the organization to “research, create, publish and publicize” a 25-30 page white paper with three to five sidebars. DCSD’s requirements for the paper included a description of the district, the problems its reforms are meant to address, how the reforms are “new and different,” district challenges in the face of its reforms and lessons learned. The district’s lead spokeswoman and its foundation director, Cinamon Watson, signed as DCSD’s representative.

Hess and Watson also exchanged emails about the paper in

which the writer asked for further guidance.

“Ideally, we would love for you all to help us help you,” Hess wrote in a March 22 email to Watson.

“Rather, we would prefer it if you would tell us what you want us to focus on, what is most worthy of attention, what you’d like to see written about, and what your general angle on it and the paper is.”

In her testimony, Keim also claimed statistics were “cherry picked” to reflect positively on the district, and that DCSD heavily edited Hess’ draft document, making 71 changes “that were, in my opinion, political in nature.”

A separate contract with former U.S. Secretary of Education

Bill Bennett, who wrote a paper and made a public speech weeks before the election, has not been released. District leaders revealed only under questioning following Bennett’s Sept. 25 public speech that he, too, is a paid consultant.

They have said the $50,000 used to pay him came from a donation made to the Douglas County Educational Foundation, the district’s nonprofit fundraising arm.

“It feels like the district went out of its way to deceive the public that two experts wrote papers about how great the reforms are working,” Susan Meek, a supporter of the losing candidates, testified.

Though the two contracted documents were the focus of the Dec. 2 hearing, testimony also centered around alleged district restrictions on parent distribution of campaign material, online postings by two charter schools about election forums to which only the reform candidates were invited, and a sitting school board member’s Facebook posting — which Keim said suggested the district was seeking information to use against her.

Two principals testified on behalf of DCSD as the defense began presenting its case late on Dec. 2. Principal Laura Wilson of Redstone Elementary, who had asked a parent volunteer to stop leaving fliers on cars parked in the school lot, said she was acting based on another parent’s complaint — not a district directive. Parker Core Knowledge Charter School Director Teri Aplin said she was unaware one of the candidate events posted with information sent to parents included only the reform candidates.

Dunn moved Dec. 2 to dismiss the case, but Judge Hollyce Farrell rejected the motion.

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Former teacher gets 20 years in sex case Victim was 13 when educator began ‘grooming’ process

By Ryan Boldrey

rboldrey@ourcoloradonews.com Former Rocky Heights Middle School teacher Richard Johnson was sentenced to 20 years in prison followed by 20 years in the state’s Sex Offender Intensive Supervised Probation program for sexually exploiting an eighth-grade student in 2011.

The 32-year-old Centennial man was arrested in November 2012 and charged with 30 felony counts, including 10 each of sexual assault on a child by a person in a position of trust and patterned sexual assault on a child by a person in a position of trust, as well as five each of sexual exploitation of a child and enticement of a child.

After initially pleading not guilty, Johnson reached a deal with prosecutors and changed his plea this September, agreeing to two Class 3 felony counts of sexually exploiting a child and avoiding a trial in the process.

“This is the ultimate example of betrayal,” said 18th Judicial District Court Judge Richard Caschette at the Nov. 27 sentencing in Castle Rock. “The community expects and deserves more of its teachers and people in a position of trust than was shown here and finds crimes of this nature against children the most repugnant

of crimes.”

The victim, who said she was 13 when Johnson “began grooming” her, addressed the court at the sentencing, as did both of her parents.

The former Highlands Ranch teacher, who sat Johnson stone-faced and stared straight ahead throughout the process, refused to speak, but did offer an admission of guilt and a desire to get psychiatric help in a letter that was read by his attorney.

“He robbed me of all stability in my life,” said the now-16-year-old Rock Canyon student, stating that Johnson turned her against all her friends and her family so that he would be the only one she could turn to for emotional support.

Once everyone else was gone from her life, she said the relationship quickly turned from an emotional one to one of “constant sex and constant obsessiveness,” and that the former teacher “had to always know where I was, who I was with and what I was doing. All the emotion was gone. The driving force was sex.”

“I want him to know I am taking back all that he took from me,” she said. “I want him to know I am disgusted by his actions.

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Most of the beers tapped are in limited quantity, created by the Lone Tree Brewing staff.

“These last two years have exceeded all of our expectations at Lone Tree Brewing Co.,” company president John Winter said.

“We want to honor everyone that has supported Lone Tree Brewing Co. by putting on a fantastic anniversary event.”

The brewery and tasting room opened in December 2011. It has won the 2012 Colorado State Fair gold medal for its Outta Range Pale Ale and a bronze metal for its Mountain Mama Helles.

The brewery and tasting room is located at 8200 Park Meadows Drive in Lone Tree.

Living Well group hosts lunch The Living and Aging Well in Lone Tree group hosts its December Speaker Series Luncheon at 11:30 a.m. Dec. 10.

It will include a holiday-themed performance by Clarion Connections, a small ensemble from the Lone Tree Symphony Orchestra.

Cost for the lunch and entertainment is $10.

The group meets at the Lone Tree Golf Club and Hotel at 9808 Sunningdale Blvd. in Lone Tree.

To RSVP, call 303-225-4930 or email LivingandAgingWellinLT@gmail.com by Dec. 6.

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A new website hosted by Douglas County caters to current and prospective rural residents, serving as a one-stop shop that answers many common questions of those who do not live in urban areas. Photo by Ryan Boldrey

County caters to rural residents New webpage addresses concerns

By Ryan Boldrey

rboldrey@ourcoloradonews.com A new page on the Douglas County website has designs on becoming a one-stop shop for rural residents and those considering moving into the area.

“The goal was really to provide a warehouse of information for people moving to the rural areas,” said Douglas County planning supervisor Jeanette Bare. “It is a much different lifestyle for people coming from urban environments.”

The project began with the initiation of a 30-person rural framework committee appointed by the Board of County Commissioners in 2009, made up mostly of rural residents as well as some developer consultants. According to Bare, the committee examined

a broad range of topics of importance to those who live in the country.

“These are actual stakeholders in the rural community,” she said. “I don’t want to imply that the website is their resulting document, but it was the beginning of the discussion in terms of what does it mean to live in rural Douglas County, what are the challenges and issues they face, and what are the values of rural living.”

According to Bare, the county often gets calls and receives visitors seeking information on a wide range of topics including land management, water rights, septic systems, animal regulations, wildfire mitigation and more.

The site hits on all those items with user-friendly links that guide people to documents, agencies and service providers.

“The website is a guide to help residents make good decisions and be good stewards of the land,” said Commissioner Roger Partridge. “I live in rural Douglas County and I certainly appreciate it. It presents a better idea

of what rural living truly is.”

Partridge said the best thing about the site is that its contents were initiated by people who live in the rural sections of the county and that it was not just developed by the planning department.

“Douglas County presents residents with the unique ability to live in the country, but still work in the city,” he said. “But because we have such close country living, we want the residents to be as well informed as possible and give them a guide. A lot of people didn’t grow up rural but have chosen to move to rural areas later in life.

“It’s all we can do to give them that information they need ahead of time and make country living as nice as possible for them. The site is very comprehensive. We’ve touched on numerous topics that will come up, many times from residents.”

To visit the site, please go to www. douglas.co.us/planning/rural.

Three Douglas County seniors ace ACT Students notch perfect scores on admissions test

By Jane Reuter

jreuter@ourcoloradonews.com Three Douglas County seniors scored a perfect 36 on their ACTs. The national college admissions test typically is taken in April, during a student’s junior year.

Fewer than one-tenth of 1 percent of those who take the national college admissions exam gets a perfect score; the average is just over 21.

The exam, which includes 215 multiple-choice questions, tests students’ knowledge in reading, math, science and English.

“I was definitely surprised,” said Mountain Vista High School senior Julie Newman. “I had hoped I would do well on the ACT, but I was definitely not expecting a perfect score.”

Newman can’t say for sure what led to her 36, but speculated, “I took a lot of challenging classes, which probably helped.”

Newman is applying to several colleges.

“I’m looking at mostly pretty selective schools but have no certainty I’m getting into any of them,” she said, adding her major is undecided. “I’ve had some thoughts about doing math or chemistry, but I’m also really interested in history and international relations, and a lot of other things.”

Douglas County High School senior Shawn Ong is aiming for the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and knew a high ACT score would significantly improve his chances of gaining admission.

“They have to weed out even the top students,” he said. “It’s a one-in-12 acceptance rate. So it’s tough, even if you have perfect ACT scores.”

Ong, who wants to work in the

field of applied mathematics, said he found some ACT study books at the library and worked through “a lot of practice books” before taking the test.

“I was trying to go for perfect,” he said.

Rock Canyon High School senior Ben King said news of his perfect score was a happy surprise.

“It’s not like I’m a 4.6 GPA, all APclass sort of guy,” he said. “I’ve always been pretty good at school, so it wasn’t totally out of the blue. But 36 is kind of unexpected for anyone.”

Like Newman, King is looking at a variety of colleges, including Stanford, University of Colorado-Boulder and the Colorado School of Mines.

He plans to major in civil engineering.

King advised future ACT test takers to do some practice tests.

“Other than that, get a good night’s sleep,” he said, “and eat a big breakfast.”

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Thanksgiving is real deal for crash survivor Man meets with team that saved his life

By Jennifer Smith

jsmith@ourcoloradonews.com It might sound cliché, but Roger Dean really does have a lot to be thankful for this holiday season.

“It was a whole lot of events that individually don’t matter, but came together,” said the Parker resident.

On Nov. 29 of last year, Dean was heading to pick up his granddaughter from school in his small Chevy S-10 pickup when a drunk driver changed his life forever.

He was stopped at a light along with several other cars when a lifted Ford F250 — a very large pickup — literally ran over his truck. Fortunately, an off-duty lieutenant with South Metro Fire Rescue was a few cars ahead of Dean and quickly called in the team of first responders that saved his life.

Dean was able to thank that team Nov. 20 at Littleton Adventist Hospital, where he stayed for 60 days, when his rescue became a case study for trauma nurses. It was the first time he had been so bluntly presented with his own injuries.

“Frankly, I was pretty nervous about coming,” he said. “But I kind of worked myself up to it. I’ve kind of been analytical about it. … It’s a little troublesome, but I’m OK with it.”

He listened as the paramedics described how they found him slumped across the bench seat with his head smashed into the passenger window, face crumpled, one eye hanging out of the socket, blood coming out of both ears.

Two things were clear: Dean hadn’t been wearing a seatbelt, and getting him out of the vehicle was going to be a challenge.

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at the time, Dean weighed somewhere between 450 and 475 pounds. And perhaps unfortunately for him, he was conscious.

“But he had a very calm demeanor, which is great,” said Dusty Stevens, Franktown firefighter.

Dean was able to help keep his own airway clear, freeing his rescuers up to get him loaded up and on his way to LAH’s emergency room.

“Roger had more anesthetics than I’ve ever seen,” said Kim Muramoto, director of trauma programs.

Dean watched as Dr. Mark Elliott showed a graphic video of the procedure he used to try to save his damaged eye.

“Sorry, Roger, that it didn’t help,” said Elliott.

“That’s OK, you guys did everything you could,” said Dean.

Muramoto described the challenges of sending him through the CAT scan, which is rated for 475 pounds. If he were to come into contact with the sides, the results wouldn’t be usable, and it could be dangerous to him, she said. She personally walked through with him to ensure that didn’t happen.

Trauma surgeon Dr. Donald Conner said he placed two operating tables together to work on Dean. He described Dean’s crushed chest, fractured sternum and head injuries.

“It’s amazing how God has built the face,” he said. “It’s kind of like a built-in crumple zone. A lot of his scalp was detached from his skull.”

He only had to endure one follow-up facial surgery, as it was determined braces would fix the rest of the damage.

“I really was blessed,” he said. “Things just went well for me, and I’m appreciative.”

Dean says he’s gotten a new outlook on life since the accident, and thinks his sense of humor has gotten better.

“He’s a different man,” confirms wife JoDee. “New and improved.”

Things To do

Jam session. A social jam session for seniors is offered from 7-9 p.m. the first Thursday of each month at the Lone Tree Recreation Center, 10249 Ridgegate Circle. Bring an acoustic instrument; intermediate ability and jamming etiquette. Join Rudy Kaluza. Pay at the door: $1.25, and $1 for residents. Call 303-708-3516 or visit www.sspr.org.

Dec. 11 arts in the Afternoon. Russian violin and piano pair DuoClassica makes their debut at the Lone Tree Arts Center with a program that spans Russian music from the classics to the contemporary. Program is at 1:30 p.m. Dec. 11 at the center, 10075 Commons St. Call 720-509-1000 or go to www.

LoneTreeArtsCenter.org.

Dec. 12 Volunteer rounD-up. The National Western Stock Show and Rodeo needs 150-200 volunteers in guest relations, children’s programs, horse and livestock shows, and the trade show. The 108th stock show is Jan. 11-26. To learn more about the volunteer opportunities and to set up an interview for a volunteer spot, attend the National Western volunteer round-up from 4-7 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 12, at the National Western Complex, 4655 Humboldt St., Denver. For information and to fill out a volunteer application, go to http://www.nationalwestern.com/volunteer/ or contact Kellie at 303-299-5562.

Dec. 12-22 Home for the Holidays. Lone Tree Arts Center presents its holiday spectacular, featuring songs from every decade.

Expect everything from break dancing to powerful singing, from drum lines to The Jerseys. Call 720-509-1000 or go to www.LoneTreeArtsCenter.org.

Dec. 14 open House. Kaiser Permanente will host a public open

house from 1-4 p.m. Dec. 14 at its new Lone Tree multi-specialty center, 10240 Park Meadows Drive, Lone Tree. This open house will be an opportunity for members of the community to come check out the new center, meet some of the Lone Tree staff and physicians and have some fun. Visit kp.org/ lonetree. To RSVP for the open house, email KPCOMedOfficeEvents@kp.org.

Dec. 15 aarp nigHt Join AARP at a Denver Nuggets game on

Dec. 15, and bring in a children’s book suitable for ages kindergarten to third grade to donate to Serve Colorado. Stop by the AARP booth and learn about issues impacting those

Santa’S here

Three-year-old Conner Danjou gets his picture taken with Old St. Nick during the Mayor’s Annual Holiday Lighting celebration Nov. 29 at O’Brien Park in Parker. Santa and Mrs. Claus paid a visit and took gift requests. Hot chocolate was the preferred drink, despite mild temperatures. Photo by Chris Michlewicz

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gift carD drive. Resort 2 Kindness (R2K) hosts its BIG GIVE 2013 gift card drive to benefit the Colorado flood victims. The drive runs from Nov. 15 to Dec. 15. R2K will collect unused, unexpired gift cards valid at any restaurant, grocery store, home store or retail store in Colorado. All cards will be given to the Emergency Family Assistance Association. Gift cards can be mailed to Resort 2 Kindness, 9781 S. Meridian Blvd., Suite 200, Englewood, CO 80112. Monetary donations can also be made online at resort2kindness.org.

Dec. 17 sensory sHowing The 7:30 p.m. Dec. 17 performance of

“Home for the Holidays” at the Lone Tree Arts Center will be a sensory-friendly showing. The arts center and its co-producer Starkey Theatrix will make modifications to the holiday spectacular to make the show more accessible to individuals on the autism spectrum with sensory and communication needs, learning disabilities, or a variety of sensitivities.

Underwriting by Starkey Theatrix, Charles Schwab and Developmental Pathways has ensured that all tickets will be available for $25 in this special “sound down, lights up” performance. Purchase tickets by calling 720-509-1000.

Dec. 23 BlooD DriVe. Sky Ridge Medical Center community blood drive is from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Dec. 23 in the auditorium at 10101 Ridgegate Parkway, Lone Tree. For information or to schedule an appointment, contact the Bonfils’ Appointment Center at 303-363-2300 or visit www.bonfils.org. All donors who give blood between Dec. 8 and Jan. 18 will receive a Bonfils T-shirt, while supplies last.

Jan. 18 auDitions Kiwanis Club of Castle Rock will have audi-

tions for the 10th annual Stars of Tomorrow talent contest from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Jan. 25 at the Lone Tree Arts Center, 10075 Commons St., Lone Tree. Applications and a $10 entrant fee are due by Jan. 18. Applications and details can be found at www.kiwanisatcastlerock.org. The final competition is at 6:30 p.m. March 14 at the Lone Tree Arts Center. Tickets can be purchased by visiting www.lonetreeartscenter.org, by calling 720-509-1000 or at the door.

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• Please remove snow from all sidewalks on your property line.

Snow left on walks can turn to ice and make hazardous walking conditions for you and your neighbors.

• Snowplow operators may not see children due to low visibility or other causes. Please prevent children from playing on snow that is piled on the road or in cul-de-sacs.

Visit www.douglas.co.us/publicworks/snow-and-ice-removal/ as a reference quide to questions about snow and ice removal in Douglas County.

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The Dumb Friends League will host a series of one-day camps during the first week of January at the Dumb Friends League Buddy Center in Castle Rock. The camps help children learn lessons of compassion, respect and responsibility. Tuition is $50 for each camper. Enroll at www.ddfl.org/camp or call (303) 751-5772, Ext. 7231.

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Join forces to fight epidemic of distrust Survey results about trust always turn our heads.

As the saying goes we build credibility by the teaspoon and lose it by the bucket when we make a mistake in our line of work.

A recent Gallup survey indicated people have confidence in newspapers with 9 percent at a “great deal” and 14 percent at “quite a lot.” It represented a slip from two years earlier when the numbers were 12 percent and 16 percent respectively.

This year our lot was nestled below TV news but above big business in the bottom half of the summarized list. HMOs took the bottom spot, and the military took the top spot with 43 percent at “great deal” and 33 percent “quite a lot.” By the way, nice work by small business taking second place.

And another recent survey, the annual governance survey Gallup poll, pointed out that confidence in government’s

our view ability to handle international problems tallied a low with 49 percent expressing a great deal or a fair amount of confidence, reportedly 2 percentage points down from the previous mark of 51 percent in 2007.

But just this past week, we found sad numbers from another recent survey – The Associated Press-GfK Poll, conducted

by GfK Public Affairs & Corporate Communications – that points to an erosion of trust person to person. In broad strokes, the survey mirrors reported trends that the percentage of people who believe most people can be trusted is in decline.

The survey results asked respondents to share how much they trust “people who they may not know very well” in various

letters to the editor Pity party for election losers

It surely seems to me that your newspaper is holding a pity party for the losers of the recent local school board elections. In your Nov. 14 issue we got to read about the grief and the depression being suffered by the supporters of the defeated challengers.

Then in the Nov. 21 issue you have written about the disgruntled, sad, disappointed, exhausted Douglas County teachers who seem heartbroken with the election results. Your reporter seems to sympathize with the disaffected teachers by wringing her hands with them as they bare their hearts. The story incredibly claims that your newspaper couldn’t locate for an interview any teachers who are happy with the election results.

As if that’s not enough, an adjacent story tells your readers how the election made the students at ThunderRidge high school most dissatisfied and concerned.

Good citizens all know that minors aren’t yet wise enough to direct their own intellectual and moral formation. As such they also don’t get to vote until the age of majority. You do your readers no service by printing the views of children in our schools regarding the election outcome. We all should know that such opinions of high school students are not well grounded in the hard facts of life, and thus not newsworthy. Save it for the yearbook!

The majority of voters in Douglas County don’t see things through the same lens as your education reporter.

A lot of out-of-state money and muscle coming from supporters of the public teachers unions didn’t prevail at the ballot box. Post-election, I think there’s a lot of delight and satisfaction in our community in some education circles, but I haven’t read about it in your paper.

Matt Werner Castle Rock

Too much subjective writing

Apparently Jane Reuter needs to get a new job, because she does not seem to understand the duties of her current one. As a journalist, her duty is to outline the facts in an objective manner, not subjectively grind away on a personal point of view.

As a former journalist and Minnesota Public Radio broadcaster, I have read Ms. Reuter’s numerous stories (not articles) about the Douglas County School District with great dismay. Her latest attempt to color the issue in the Nov. 22-23 editions of the Douglas County newspapers finally prompted me to write. In just one paragraph of her half-page story, she uses more emotionally charged words than one would normally see in the editorial section.

For example, whose metrics determined that those elected “narrowly won?” What objective measures are used to quantify the current board’s movement as “dramatic” reform? If they indeed “narrowly won,” how can they be “triumphing over” anyone? How on Earth did Ms. Reuter determine that the winners “triumphed” over “another slate largely supported by community groups”? If they won the election, doesn’t that clearly indicate that the winners were indeed supported by the community?

Reasonable people can disagree about many things. However, journalists should not be allowed to voice their opinions shrouded under the cover of a news article. In any freshman journalism class, Ms. Reuter’s biased writings would be correctly categorized as opinion pieces.

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involve an ongoing relationship, such as with people who have access to medical records, people who prepare food, and people meet while traveling or away from home.

Seems like the more people are connected by the conveniences of modern life, the more disconnected they are in other ways, such as building trust. We notice that trust is stronger in smaller circles where people have repeated interactions with the people who make up their lives.

While we do our best to increase trust and confidence from our offices, we see an effort that needs to take place neighbor by neighbor, group by group.

It’s not too early for a New Year’s resolution. Be a joiner, join a local organization, learn how it works and get to know the people involved. And if you are already involved, look for another opportunity.

Survey says – stronger connections bring more trust.

A breakfast toast to good companions Have you had a circumstantial breakfast lately? That’s what I call a breakfast that impresses you, and not just because of the food. You remember it because of whom you are with, or where you are, or the timing.

On your honeymoon, eggs have never tasted better. Or worse.

You just came back from a funeral, and you can’t even taste your food.

Your best friend is sitting across the table from you. He just flew in from northern California.

I just fixed breakfast, and I won’t remember what I ate an hour from now, especially if I do the dishes. There were no circumstances. Now, if I get food poisoning, that will change everything.

I thought about my best circumstantial breakfast and my worst, and I came up with both of them right away. The best was almost too easy. It was on a Sunday at the Brown Palace.

I have never seen so much food. It was either all right or all wrong. That’s the way I feel when I watch “Man v. Food.” Adam Richman attempts to eat more food in 30 minutes than most of us eat in a week.

And more than some homeless people eat in a month.

Richman is from Brooklyn, and he went to the same high school that Woody Allen went to, and my talented friend Susan went to: Midwood. He has a master’s degree from the Yale School of Drama, so he’s not just an everyday glutton.

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Thanksgiving leftovers are calorie-free treat Don’t you just love Thanksgiving leftovers? It could be the full meal just reheated and enjoyed as if it were Thanksgiving all over again. It could also be turkey soup, turkey salad, or turkey sandwiches, I love them all equally. And wouldn’t you agree that mashed potatoes and gravy just seem to taste even better on the second day?

As much as I enjoy those tasty reminders of the holiday, my favorite leftovers are the feelings of gratitude and appreciation for those very special people in my life and the blessings I have received.

It sure does feel good when we can love on our friends and family members on Thanksgiving and shower them with the love and appreciation they deserve

situations. The highest level of trust came for “people who have access to your medical records when you visit a doctor or hospital people,” with 50 percent choosing “a great deal/quite a bit.” Even in this top category, 29 percent said “just somewhat,” and 17 percent said “not much or not at all” in the same category.

The highest level of distrust was in the category of “people driving the cars around you when you’re driving, walking or biking,” with 39 percent at “not much” or “not at all,” which makes sense given the random interactions on the streets.

The three lowest levels of trust came in situations that are generally more random, such as interactions with people who swipe credit cards, people driving cars around you, and people met while traveling.

The three highest levels of trust generally involved where the relationship may be less random and in some cases

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He retired from competitive eating in 2012, and has lost 60 pounds.

I don’t like the word “brunch.” I don’t like the word “portmanteau” either, but that’s what the word “brunch” is, just like “smog.” Brunch is a combination of “breakfast” and “lunch.” Smog is a portmanteau of “smoke” and “fog.”

I am going to call what we had that morning at the Brown Palace breakfast, even though it was brunch. I am not interested in All You Can Eat, but the circumstances were favorable for the choice.

My best friend was in town from northern California, and sitting next to him was my sister, who was in town from suburban Detroit. I would have been happy with a sponge on my plate. Instead I had prime rib and asparagus tips, and about ten other things. I may have had turkey and dressing. There could have been salmon on my plate at one time.

Choosing the worst was a snap. UCLA Smith continues on Page 11

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Pharmaceutical bill shows bipartisanship Located on every gallon of milk at any grocery store in the state of Colorado is a bar code that contains the history of that particular gallon — what dairy farm it originated from, where it was pasteurized, and when it expires, among other things.

If there is a contaminated batch or an outbreak of disease, officials can trace where this milk came from and quickly respond.

If you were to wander over a few more aisles at that same grocery store, to the pharmacy, you may be surprised to learn that no similar system of protection is in place. In fact, pharmacists cannot determine with any certainty where a prescription drug has been and whether it has been secured or safely stored on its way to the pharmacy.

Making matters worse, there is no uniform oversight of this supply chain, where prescription drugs pass through many different hands (manufacturers, distributors, dispensers, and re-packagers). All that exists is a patchwork of state regulations that vary enormously from state to state.

Compare that to airport security. If every major U.S. airport had different security processes, with some easier to circumvent than others, imagine which one a terrorist would prefer.

This is a serious issue that needs to be addressed. In 2009, nearly 130,000 vials of insulin where stolen, left unrefrigerated, and later found across the country in a national pharmacy chain after patients began reporting poor control of their insulin levels. Less than 2 percent of the insulin was ever recovered. And just a year ago, contaminated compounded drugs from a

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‘Conservative’? Hardly

Now that the “conservative” school board members have been re-elected, and the amendment to improve funding of our schools has been defeated, I have several concerns: • According to the dictionary, a conservative is one who wants to conserve and preserve. A school board conservative would be one who wants to conserve those things that are held in high regard by our society — such things as respect for teachers; fewer students per classroom; the right of teachers to collective bargaining; teacher salaries and benefits that attract and retain the very best.

• Since the board wants to end dialogue with teachers, cut the district’s budget, and not provide funds for necessary supplies, our school district is likely to see experienced teachers leave, to be replaced by the less experienced.

• Will we continue to see receptacles with signs asking us to donate school supplies? Should one of the wealthiest counties in the country have to beg for paper and pencils?

• Since our board and voters primarily want to reduce expenditures, “unnecessary “ and “non-academic” classes such as music, physical education, extracurricular activities and art will probably be reduced or eliminated, thereby depriving students of knowledge that could enhance their health, interests, creativity, and possibly deprive them of discovering a career path that will keep them motivated to stay in school.

• With larger classrooms, fewer supplies, demoralized teachers, fewer “non-academic” classes and extracurricular activities, we will likely see a higher number of drop-outs.

• Finally, with collective bargaining minimized or eliminated, what alternative will teachers have but to go on strike?

And it will be the teachers, not the school board or the voters, who will be blamed.

Congressman Mike Coffman, I have so many questions. Not just for you, but all so-called representatives. As you are the duly sworn representative of this district, would you mind answering a few questions?

Why should we, as a representative of the people, vote for you or any other politician? Why should we vote for representation at all? I only ask this question as it seems that most congressional representatives fail to represent the people that elect them into office. It is not just limited to partisan politics, but the entire system of the U.S. government lately.

Why do we currently have a star chamber and what is its purpose that is the FISA court? Why the secrecy and lack of accountability? Does the sitting government fear its people? What can you do about the rising concerns of an increasingly paramilitary citizen police force?

What is the purpose of using a SWAT team to serve warrants for non-violent offenders? Is it control of the populace? It should be known that there are more U.S. citizens killed by police than from foreign or domestic terrorism.

I never agreed with the implementation of the Patriot Act. The name itself sounds so patriotic, but it is nothing of the sort and is very antithetical to the entire U.S. ideology.

Why do corporate interests seem more important than citizen interests to all politicians? Does the common citizen that does donate to a campaign have any voice anymore?

Sorry for all the questions. I just don’t feel represented by anyone anymore except Google, Microsoft, Apple, Comcast and all of the rest of the megalopolies.

Hoping for change that I will most likely never see,

center in New England caused a meningitis outbreak, which killed 64 people.

All that’s about to change.

A few weeks ago, the most comprehensive drug safety bill in a quarter-century became law. The Drug Quality and Security Act would track prescription drugs from the time they are manufactured to the moment they are delivered to the drugstore. Like UPS or FedEx, but for prescription drugs instead of packages. And it won’t add a penny to our deficit.

These supply chain security provisions are the culmination of more than two years of bipartisan work we did with Senator Richard Burr, a Republican from North Carolina, in conjunction with a wide range of business and consumer groups. In a dysfunctional Congress that has deservedly earned its reputation for unprecedented levels of partisan gridlock, this bill passed both the House of Representatives and the Senate unanimously. It is a shining example of what can be achieved when we put our political differences aside and

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doesn’t get any better than that.

Another benefit of gratitude leftovers is this, they are all calorie-free. We can partake in these tasty leftovers for days, weeks, months and years and never gain an ounce or an inch. With all of the energy we would use and excitement we would generate by actively pursuing things to be grateful for and people to appreciate, we may just lose a few ounces and inches.

As good as the turkey, mashed potatoes and cranberry sauce tastes, after too many days in the refrigerator they will all eventually need to be consumed or thrown away.

That doesn’t happen with gratitude leftovers. They can last for as long as we are willing to recognize just how meaningful and important they are to our own happi-

work to tackle tough problems.

Our common-sense proposal will help reduce the burden of a cumbersome, patchwork regulatory system, driving costs down, while also protecting families from counterfeit or tainted drugs. Now we’ll know who has handled the medicine we take and give to our kids and where and when they handled it.

If Colorado fruit growers can track a peach from the tree to the store, consumers should reasonably expect the same level of scrutiny for their prescription drugs. Pharmacists in Colorado fill more than 60 million prescriptions every single year, and for many of us, the medications we take can mean the difference between life and death. Families purchasing these drugs deserve to know they are safe. Now, with the bipartisan and pragmatic Drug Quality and Security Act, they can have that peace of mind.

Democrat Michael Bennet has represented Colorado in the U.S. Senate since 2009.

ness and relationships.

Most of us are fed and fed well at Thanksgiving, we are nourished with tables and plates full of delicious food prepared by those closest to us that we have chosen to share Thanksgiving with. Sooner or later, though, the initial meal and surplus goodies will be gone.

But when we feed our attitude and spirit with the meals of gratitude and appreciation, we can live off of that nourishment for a very long time.

I truly hope that you had a warm, wonderful, and happy Thanksgiving, and I hope that you will enjoy the calorie-free leftovers for a very, very long time. I would love to hear all about your leftovers at gotonorton@gmail.com and thank you all for making this 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.

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goofed up my student deferment, and I was notified by mail that a pre-induction physical was required. UCLA assured me that the deferment would be processed — after the physical.

If you know Los Angeles you know MacArthur Park. You may know MacArthur Park if you don’t known Los Angeles, because of the Jimmy Webb song. It’s an awful song.

The physical was performed a block away. Things were done to me that I would rather not discuss, and after it was over, they handed me a coupon for a free breakfast.

Why didn’t I just get in my Volkswagen and go back to West Los Angeles? Because

there was nothing in the refrigerator, and how bad can any breakfast be? I don’t know how to cook, but I can make a decent breakfast.

I don’t remember the name of the place. It could have been Puddled Eggs, or Suspicious Hash, or Mush of Pork? They all describe the gobbets on my plate.

I said that I would have been happy with a sponge on my plate at the Brown Palace, because I was with my best friend and my sister, who would make up for almost anything on the menu. That’s not really true.

If Mike and Cindy had been with me at Puddled Eggs it wouldn’t have helped. The orange juice was poached.

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

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Sloppiness cited in mental health delay Uproar leads state to start process over

By Kristin Jones

I-News at Rocky Mountain PBS Susan Beckman wants you to know that “a lot of sloppy work” — and not a conspiracy — were behind the state’s botched job of finding someone to run a network of walkin mental health crisis centers.

Beckman, a Littleton resident and former Arapahoe County commissioner, heads the administrative branch of the Colorado Department of Human Services, the office responsible for the failed solicitation process. The department has been accused of colluding with local actors — that is, local providers of mental health services — to elbow out a newcomer, but Beckman says a slew of mistakes were just human error.

The department on Nov. 22 issued a new request for proposals to run the crisis centers, three weeks after deciding to rescind an award it had made on Oct. 16 to Crisis Access of Colorado, which set up shop in the state for the purpose of applying for the contract.

Crisis Access is affiliated with a private Georgia-based crisis intervention company called Behavioral Health Link and Recovery Innovations, an organization with operations in Arizona, California and Washington.

Awards made to two Denver-based companies — Metro Crisis Services, to run a hotline, and Cactus Communications, for marketing — were also scuttled.

The contracts will determine who runs the keystone mental health initiative of the

Hickenlooper administration. The crisis stabilization centers are meant to take pressure off of hospital emergency rooms, jails and prisons — which have become the main providers of services for people with Beckman mental illness — after decades of funding shortfalls.

But so far, the piece of legislation meant to promote unity and cooperation among mental health service providers in Colorado has proven divisive, at best.

Crisis Access has accused the state of making a political decision when it scrapped the contract. In a protest letter filed with the Department of Human Services on Nov. 11, the company called the decision unlawful, and alleged that the state skirted proper procedures and bowed to pressure from a consortium of local community mental health facilities that had lost out on the bid.

“If there were concerns about the process, then the state should have required the regular protest procedures,” says David Covington, who left a job at Magellan Health Services to become CEO of Crisis Access. “That wasn’t done.”

The state rejected Crisis Access’ protest last week.

Beckman says the decision to scrap the award had nothing to do with pressure from the losing bidders. Instead, she blames plain old sloppiness for a bidding process that was “an embarrassment to the department.”

Before the bid was even awarded, says Beckman, she became aware of “blatant” errors including missing scores, incorrect

‘If there were concerns about the process, then the state should have required the regular protest procedures.’

David Covington, CEO of Crisis Access calculations and improper weighting.

“We were wondering how we had gotten this far without checking our work,” says Beckman, adding that in retrospect, the award should never have been publicly announced. “It was just such bad timing. It was awkward. It was not good.”

Her division instead referred the matter to the Colorado Department of Personnel and Administration.

That office found that the bid process was not only stocked with errors, says Beckman, but didn’t meet the requirements of the legislation creating the new behavioral health crisis system, including principles of cultural competence, strong community relationships and building on existing foundations.

Harriet Hall was among those who were unhappy with the way the bid went the first time.

She heads the Jefferson Center for Mental Health, and is part of a group of local partners who got together to apply to run the crisis centers.

“Our sense of the competing bid was that those strong community relationships were non-existent,” Hall says. “And yet if you looked at the scoring they were scored as high or higher as folks that have the com-

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But Covington says there was no requirement that the bidders have a history of operating in the state. Reviewers were impressed with Crisis Access’ focus on peer support and trauma-informed care, records show.

If there’s any consensus, it’s that the state’s mistakes will be expensive to fix. A new bidding process means another costly effort by the mental health service providers applying for the job — not to mention those reviewing the proposals.

Beckman says the disruption is worth it in order to re-do the bid process with a fresh crew and a clean slate.

“When we’re done, everyone’s going to say, this is a really good process,” says Beckman.

The state hopes to finalize the new contracts by Feb. 24 — four months later than planned.

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Learning Express Toys opens doors Hands-on store features fun ways to learn

By Ryan Boldrey

rboldrey@ourcoloradonews.com The nation’s largest educational toy seller, Learning Express Toys, opened its doors to imagination and playtime in Highlands Ranch this past weekend — just in time for the holiday shopping season.

The 130th location in the country — and second in Colorado, joining Fort Collins — the franchise is run by Parker residents Les and Heather Crosby.

“My dream has always been to do something with kids that would impact them somehow,” said Heather, a mother of three and former elementary school teacher. “With my teaching experience, combined with Les’ business experience (as a financial analyst) this just seemed like the perfect fit.”

In addition to selling toys, the couple plans to host regular community events at the store, conduct fundraisers for area nonprofits and schools, and already has plans for a local Girl Scout troop to come in and earn their “Women in Business” badges.

The community element is a big part of the Learning Express model. The company’s first store opened in Massachusetts in 1987 as a nonprofit that helped to raise money for a struggling school in the community.

Like the other Learning Express locations across the country, the Highlands Ranch store offers free year-round giftwrapping and complimentary personalization of select toys, such as Plasma Cars — one of the hottest items on the shelves.

And the franchise prides itself on having a

unique selection that includes traditional toys that have been around for years as well as all the newest brands on the market.

Rainbow Loom classes are taught daily at the store, and all employees are familiar with how to make the popular bracelets as well as what makes each toy unique.

“Probably five or six hours of the 12hour training we put new employees through involves playing with all of the toys,” said Linda Peebles, Learning Express vice president of training, who flew in for the opening. “We take product knowledge very seriously here and we encourage all employees to get involved, demonstrate toys, open them up and play with them with the guests. The goal is to be handson.”

Hands-on doesn’t stop at demonstrations either, as kids accompanying parents on shopping trips can sit right down and play with one of the numerous items out on the floor, from drawing at an activity table to engineering Thomas the Train toys, enjoying Calico Critters, a game of Spot It! or playing kitchen on a Melissa and Doug stove.

And there isn’t a toy in the store that doesn’t keep the kids thinking.

“There’s something educational about almost every item in the store,” said Peebles, adding that toys are geared for every age from infant to tween. “Whether it is teaching motor skills, hand-eye coordination, cognitive skills or imaginative play, it’s all fun.”

For more information, call 720-3443448, visit www.learningexpress.com or search “Learning Express Toys of Highlands Ranch” on Facebook. Store hours are 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday-Saturday and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sundays at 9579 S. University Blvd.

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City sales tax revenue has steadily climbed since the national financial crisis of 2008 — when it took a small negative tick. In every year since, it’s increased about 5 to nearly 6 percent.

Much of that comes from its retail heart: The upscale, 1.6 million-square-foot Park Meadows shopping center.

“Obviously, the mall being in the city generates a ton of sales tax; that’s a huge driver,” Baumgartner said.

Cabela’s impact on the city’s bottom line still is an unknown; the 110,000-squarefoot store opened Aug. 15 at the city’s southern border. Store officials say its performance to date exceeds expectations, but they aren’t ready to make any firm predictions about Cabela’s sales tax revenues.

“I think we’re being conservative on what we’re projecting out for Cabela’s since we don’t have a history to show us how they’re going to actually do,” Baumgartner said. “That’s why

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additional buildings and two parking structures; Kaiser has no timeline for any additional construction.

Additional specialties, such as cardiology, endocrinology, neurology and dermatology, will be added during that second phase of development.

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I think our 2013 (overall sales tax projection) is somewhat conservative.”

The bustling retail market contributes to a low commercial vacancy rate.

While Lone Tree-specific figures are not available, the retail vacancy rate in the south/ southeast metro area stands at 5.1 percent. Nationally, that rate stands at about 8.6 percent.

Baumgartner attributes that in large part to the discriminating nature of both the mall’s management and the city’s design and building requirements.

Though Baumgartner credited the mall’s management for its success, Park Meadows’ general manager Pamela Schenck-Kelly turned it back to the city.

“I would attribute a lot of the retail success to the location and demographics — not only of Lone Tree but of the surrounding area,” she said, “and to the Lone Tree City Council.

Not just every retailer has been able to go to Lone Tree. They have standards and integrity.

I’ve found them to be very flexible as long as you meet their standards.”

High-end dining wish comes true Park Meadows to add upscale steakhouse in 2014

By Jane Reuter

jreuter@ourcoloradonews.com Lone Tree’s 2012 survey showed that its residents are largely a happy lot, save for a few things: Among them a wish for more high-end restaurants. In 2014, their patience will be rewarded.

Perry’s Steakhouse & Grille will open in the Park Meadows shopping center in 2014. The Perry’s chain includes 10 existing restaurants, nine of them in Texas. It is self-described as “casually elegant.”

Seasons 52, a fresh grill and

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committee meets at 7 p.m. every first Tuesday at various sites. Contact Ralph Jollensten at 303663-1286 or e-mail ralphw@comcast.net. Social discussion meetings are in Highlands Ranch, Castle Rock and Parker-Lone Tree. Visit douglasdemocrats. org and click on calendar for more information.

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Another more moderately priced restaurant, Lyfe Kitchen, will open in a portion of the space inside the mall that once housed the California Café. The Chicagobased company also features lowcalorie entrees. It, too, has garnered high ratings from reviewers.

Park Meadows general manager Pamela Schenck-Kelly said contractors build between 32,000 and 100,000 square feet of new retail annually in at the shopping center.

“A lot of what we did in 2013, we really did a lot with women’s readyto-wear,” she said, noting the expansion of White House/Black Market, and addition of Francesa’s and Athleta. “It’s natural that we’re now focusing on that category of food.”

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ows Drive, Kaiser has closed its Yosemite Street offices, which provided orthopedic specialty care and other limited services in leased space.

Its landlocked Franklin Street facility in downtown Denver also has contributed to Kaiser’s multi-pronged recent expansion. In 2012, Kaiser opened the Fort Collins Medical Center and Loveland Medical Offices. In January 2014, it will open a new medical office building in Greeley.

Statewide, Kaiser serves about 545,000 members.

wine bar, also will join Lone Tree’s roster of dining options. It is part of the Darden Restaurants chain, which includes Capital Grille, Olive Garden and Yard House.

The Texas-based Perry’s will be in a new exterior structure planned near The Vistas on the center’s west side. Perry’s food earned 26 out of 30 points from Zagat, which lists its average meal cost at $55. It consistently earns 4- to 4.5-star ratings on the 5-star system used for Yelp and TripAdvisor reviews.

Seasons 52 plans to build on the site of the former Champp’s restaurant, located outside the mall on its east side. It receives equally high praise from reviewers and the food scored 27 out of 30 points from Zagat. The average meal cost is about $40, according to Zagat.

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meets Thursdays at 7:30 a.m. at Country Buffet, 7475 Park Meadows Drive in Lone Tree. Call Randy Anderson at 303-875-7673 for information.

BNI CONNECTIONS OF LONE TREE (www. thebniconnections.com) invites business owners to attend its meeting held each Tuesday, 7:30 to 9:30 a.m. at the Lone Tree Recreation Center, 10249 Ridgegate Circle. There is no charge to attend a meeting as a guest. Please visit www.thebniconnections.com or contact Chris Kaiser at ckaiser@ c2cc.net or 303-933-1113 for more information.

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.

LONE TREE NETWORKING PROFESSIONALS

is a networking/leads group that meets Tuesdays at 11:30 a.m. at Rio Grande Restaurant in Lone Tree.

Exclusive business categories are open. Visitors and

new members are welcome. Contact Don Shenk at 303-746-0093.

PROFESSIONAL REFERRAL NETWORK meets at 7:15 a.m. Tuesdays at Great Beginnings, east of I-25 at Lincoln Avenue. Call Ronald Conley at 303-841-1860 or e-mail www.professionalreferralnetwork.org.

RECREATION LONE TREE LADIES 9-HOLE GOLF. Applications are now being accepted for the 2012 Thursday morning 9-hole golf group. Applications are available in the Lone Tree Pro Shop or visit http:// LTL9Hole.ghinclub.com SOCIAL A DREAMPOWER ANIMAL RESCUE / PAALS adoption for cats, dogs and more meets from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Park Meadows PetsMart. Call 303-688-9503.

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Column collection ready for reading Smitty Smith’s long nose and big brown eyes grace the cover of Craig Marshall Smith’s recently published “This is not a daschund,” a collection of some of the writer/artist/Highlands Ranch curmudgeon’s columns from Colorado Community Media papers. Books are in stock at Tattered Cover bookstores on the shelves of Colorado writers, we are told. Smith said the title was inspired by painter Rene Magritte’s painting of a pipe, “The Treachery of Images (This is not a pipe).”

SSPR craft fair

South Suburban’s 27th Annual Holiday Arts and Crafts Fair will be held from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Dec. 7 at Goodson Recreation Center, 6315 S. University Blvd., Centennial. Glass art, photos, paintings, candles, soaps, foods, decorations, scarves, hats, purses, jewelry and more … Admission is free and South Suburban’s Sparks Gymnastics team will offer free gift-wrapping. The concession stand will be open for lunch.

ABOVE: “View From Studio,” acrylic on canvas by Rita Derjue won First Place in Littleton’s 2013 Own an Original Exhibit at the Littleton Museum. Margaretta Gilboy was the juror. RIGHT: “Summer,” porcelain by Ileana Barbu, won Second Place in the exhibit. Courtesy photos by Dustin Ellingboe

Show a winter

Photo exhibit

“Eight Eyes are Better Than Two” is the title for an exhibit of works by Andy Marquez and three of his students: Nancy Peterson, Fran Baron and Larry Stearns. It will be held in the atrium of the Littletown Building, 2329 W. Main St., Littleton, at 4-8 p.m. Dec. 11, 12, 13; and 10 to 3 p.m. Dec. 14. 303-797-6040.

Young voices

Admission is free at Littleton Museum

reflect her worldview, including a blend of cultures, to the right of the exhibit entrance.

Her picks for the show are

By Sonya Ellingboe varied and intriguing, linked sellingboe@ by expert technique in assorted ourcoloradonews.com media. She was surprised at how different piecDespite a dises looked on the IF YOU GO tinct chill in the wall, compared to air, a large crowd their appearance The Littleton Own an Origiturned out for on the slides from nal Exhibition runs until Jan. the opening rewhich she made 12, 2014 at the Littleton Muception of the her selections. seum, 6028 S. Gallup St., LitLittleton Fine She particularly tleton. Hours: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Arts Board’s anpaused at Stefan Tuesdays through Fridays; 10 nual Own an Begej’s “To Infinity a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturdays; 1 to Original Comand Beyond,” with 5 p.m. Sundays. Admission is petition winits exploded Buzz free. 303-795-3050. ners on Nov. 21.

Lightyear figure, to The bright, light exclaim about the show is a good difference. antidote to winter blahs. There “Winery Afternoon,” an seem to be more unusual tech- acrylic painting by Eldon Ward niques than I recall in the many of Fort Collins, was awarded previous (more than 40) OAO Best of Show. The painting, shows. which gives us a view through Juror Margaretta Gilboy se- a window to the outside lawn lected 66 pieces of art from a and a relaxed couple on the much larger group of submis- grass, reflects Ward’s career in sions by 125 artists, all from architectural drafting, design, Colorado. They run from a large landscape design, project man“Phoenix Rising” mixed media agement and more. work to a small, bright blue We will have the opportunity stoneware tea set, with a great to view a large selection of his variety of artistic visions. Al- work next summer, since the low time to look closely when Best of Show winner is given visiting, so you notice details the chance to hold a one-persuch as the typewriter keys in son show the following year.

Michelle Lamb’s delightful as“The spaciousness makes semblage, “Reliquary of St. Ob- me feel happy,” Gilboy said of solescence.”

Littleton artist rita derjue’s large Gilboy has a lengthy list of acrylic on canvas, “View From exhibitions in her biography, the Studio,” which won First as well as inclusion in museum Place. The bright, light palette and private collections. She derjue chose frames the mounteaches at the Denver Art Stu- tain view she can see from her dents League. Visitors can view home studio window — a view three paintings by Gilboy that she fiercely protects.

The Young Voices of Colorado — 180 singers in several children’s choirs — will present a Holiday Concert at 4 p.m. on Dec 8 at the Newman Center, 2344 E. Iliff Ave., Denver. Music by: Bach, Purcell, Caldwell, Ivy, Kesselman and traditional Christmas music. Tickets: at Ticketmaster.

Chavez show

“Colorado Back Roads: 25 Years of Colorado Painting” by Lorenzo Chavez of Parker is exhibited at Elements 5280 Gallery, 5940 S. Holly St., Greenwood Village, through Dec. 14. 303-804-5280.

Wind Crest Wonderland

The “Wind Crest Winter Wonderland Song and Dance Variety Show” will be held from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. Dec. 9 at 3235 Mill Vista Rd., Highlands Ranch. Residents will showcase their talent. They will be joined by guests from the Colorado Dance Center and Bear Creek High School. Information/ RSVP: MelTansill@Erickson.com.

Caribbean Christmas concert

The One World Singers, including members from Centennial, Englewood and Littleton, will present “A Caribbean Christmas Mass” at 2 and 7 p.m. Dec. 14, with the Pan Jumbie Steel Pan Band. The concerts will be at the landmark St. Thomas Episcopal Church, 2201 Dexter St., Denver. Tickets: $15, free 12 and under, A $6 optional drink and dinner is available after the 7 p.m. show. Tickets: oneworldsingers.org.

Free laughs for all “Winery Afternoon,” acrylic on panel by Eldon Ward was awarded Best of Show in the 2013 Own an Original Exhibit at the Littleton Museum.

Gilboy, who has also worked in ceramics, gave Second Place to Ileana Barbu’s gleaming “Summer,” a wall-hung sculptural piece created in white porcelain. “It’s just so technically

amazing,” said Gilboy.

Third Place went to Anna Kaye’s small, subtle graphite on paper drawing, “Sterling Braid,” another work that invites a close look.

Visionbox presents an open rehearsal of “A Night of Laughs: American and British Comedy,” the culmination of a five week acing class plus performances by Visionbox members and actors on Dec. 8. Doors open for a drink and food by Nova Catering at 6 p.m. at Skylite Station, 910 Santa Fe Dr., Denver. Show at 6:30 p.m. Information: 720-810-1641, visionbox.org.

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Lovely lights make holidays bright Area offers plethora of places to enjoy

By Sonya Ellingboe

sellingboe@ourcoloradonews.com Pull on the jackets and mittens and head outside for an evening surrounded by fanciful holiday lights. Enjoy music, seasonal entertainment and perhaps some warm cocoa as one enters a magical world. Some suggestions: • “Trail of Lights” at the Denver Botanic Gardens at Chatfield offers illuminated paths through the countryside, plus a decorated historic farm, where one can explore the Green Barn and silo, the children’s area and homestead. Here, you will also see illuminated antique tractors, a warming hut, fire pit and on some nights, hayrides.

Denver Botanic Gardens at Chatfield is located on Deer Creek Canyon Road, west off Wadsworth, just south of the C-470 intersection.

Admission: $10-$12, $8-$10 member, $7-$9 child, $5-7 member child (depending on the date). Free 2 and under. Open nightly 5:30 to 9:30 p.m. through Jan. 1.

• “Blossoms of Light” at Denver Botanic Gardens York Street offers lighted trees, paths and structures, with seasonal entertainment on some evenings, themed gardens and a synchronized light and musical showcase in the UMB Amphitheater.

At both DBG gardens, warm drinks, treats and Holospex 3-D glasses are available for purchase. Admission: $10-$12/$8-10 member; $7-9 child/$5-7 member child (depending on the date). Open nightly 5:30 to 9:30 p.m. through Jan. 1.

• “Zoolights” at the Denver Zoo in City Park offers a stroll through 38 acres of lights, with 150 animated animal sculptures and a special Zoolights Lantern Fes-

The historic Hildebrand Farm at Denver Botanic Gardens at Chatfield will be illuminated during “Trail of Lights” through Jan. 1. Courtesy photo by Scott Dressel-Martin tival in the new Toyota Elephant Passage.

Seasonal entertainment: (text Dzoo to 56512 for schedule).

Open 5:30 to 9 p.m. nightly through Jan. 5. Admission: $12 adults, $10 over 65, $8 children; free 2 and under; members receive a $2 discount on tickets. (Daytime admission does not include Zoolights.)

The zoo closes at 5 p.m. and reopens at 5:30.

• Denver’s City and County Building at 14th and Bannock streets is illuminated through the season, as is Union Station and points in between, which may call for a driving tour.

• Drivers in the south area will want to

drive down Littleton’s Main Street, where thousands of lights twinkle nightly.

A stop for a snack, tea, a drink, might be in order here. A special shopping night is planned on Dec. 7.

• Hudson Christmas at Hudson Gardens, 6115 S. Santa Fe Drive, Littleton, is open 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. Dec. 6 and 7 and nightly Dec. 13 to 31. A collection of 250,000 lights will line paths for a walkthrough garden stroll.

Santa will meet with children and hot cocoa will be available at several locations.

Tickets: $9/$6 through Tickethorse or at the garden shop or box office.

• A Holiday Evening at the Farm is presented from 5:30 to 8 p.m. Dec. 8 only at the Littleton Museum, 6028 S. Gallup St., Littleton. The outdoor event is lighted by Farilitos and an occasional bonfire.

The two farm homes are decorated and there will be music, snacks and warm cider. There is musical entertainment.

Tickets are available at the museum and Littleton’s Bemis Library in advance: $10 general public; $7, Friends of the Library/Museum members; $3 children.

If any are left, they will be for sale at the gate on Dec. 8, but they often sell out in advance, since attendance is limited to 1,500. 303-795-3950.

Christmas Sing-Along is holiday on Hampden Annual concert slated for Englewood Civic Center

By Sonya Ellingboe

sellingboe@ourcoloradonews.com It all began about 10 years ago when Christy Wessler started a holiday singalong with her Swallow Hill Music Association students.

“It has morphed,” she said. “I told myself: Next year we can do this … And it has become a concert.” The Christymas Carolers were formed from her voice students and as the audience grew, a larger space was needed.

Hampden Hall at the Englewood Civic Center offered a well-designed concert hall that was still close to the Swallow Hill neighborhood, so “Christy Wessler’s 11th Annual Christmas Sing-Along” will be pre-

sented there at 7 p.m.

She and the ChrisIF YOU GO Dec. 13. tymas Carolers, acShe hopes to expand companied by pianist Hampden Hall is at 1000 Englewood Parkto a broader base of Pamela Weng, will lead way, on the second floor of Englewood’s Civic followers through the the audience in tradiCenter. Christy Wessler’s Annual Christmas move. tional carols.

Sing-Along Concert will be at 7 p.m. Dec. 13.

Wessler, who lives in Well settled into a Tickets cost $15/$7.50 from producer Judy DuCentennial, is music dicareer as a performer, ran, 720-270-5767 or at bighaired.com. rector at Denver’s Unity Wessler, a mother of on the Avenue Church four grown children at 17th and Dahlia. She and a grandmother, realso teaches voice and performance classes calls a somewhat rough start. regularly at Swallow Hill, where she served “I was smart in high school and started as a board member for nine years. college majoring in social work and miShe is a singer, songwriter, director, noring in math — I hated everything and guitarist and recording artist. In the mid- dropped out for a year and a half. My moth1980s, she studied classical voice, but her er suggested I consider a drama major and favorite genres are folk and country music. I loved it!”

Two trios with which she performs, She fortunately found her groove and Strum Therapy and Zelda Blue, will be fea- has been performing ever since. Her most tured on the concert program. Wessler will recent CD is “Angels Without Wings,” about be both emcee and soloist. the specialness of children with disabilities.

Christy Wessler’s annual Sing-Along Christmas Concert will be Dec. 13 in Hampden Hall at Englewood Civic Center this year. Courtesy photo

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Skillful staging, sad story

By Sonya Ellingboe

Payo as Hisao Imada reflect another sort of prejudice in warning their daughter, Hatsue, against dating a white boy In many instances, we because “you couldn’t trust IF YOU GO complain about the transition them.” of a well-loved book to film The set is a simple sugges“Snow Falling on Cedars,” and stage, but Kevin McKeon’s tion of a waterfront with miniadapted from David Gutadaptation of the best-sellmal set pieces from which the erson’s award-winning ing “Snow Falling on Cedars” audience is transported to the novel by Kevin McKeon,

by David Guterson works quite Manzanar Relocation Camp plays through Dec. 15 at well — due in large part to a in Central California — and Vintage Theater’s studio skillful director, Sam Wood. elsewhere. (It was one of 10 in theater, 1468 Dayton St., The complicated story the U.S., including Amache in Aurora. Performances: 7:30 starts in 1954 with Kabuo Misoutheastern Colorado, where p.m. Fridays, Saturdays; yamoto (Dale Li) on trial for 110 Japanese-Americans were 2:30 p.m. Sundays. Tickets: the murder of Carl Hein, who incarcerated during World War $25/$20 advance, 303-856had been a childhood friend.

II.) 7830, vintagetheatre.com.

The script then tells the There is a battle scene where backstory through many Ishmael is wounded and a seflashbacks: to a teenage love ries of flashbacks interspersed affair between Ishmael Chambers (Ben with courtroom arguments and witnessCowhick) and Hatsue Mitamoto (Arlene Ra- questioning by Nels Gudmundsson (veteran pal); to the Japanese-American farmers who actor Roger Simon, who actually is a lawyer), raised strawberries and wanted to buy more defending Miyamoto, and prosecutor Alvin land; to the announcement of the Pearl Har- Hooks (David Cervera). bor bombing; the growing prejudice against Lighting technician Jen Orf had ongo— and eventual arrest and internment of — ing responsibility in staging this play. The Japanese-American citizens who were resi- lighting in the small, long and narrow studio dents of the island in Puget Sound where the theater highlighted numerous flashbacks story takes place. clearly, moving the complex story along to Maria Cheng as Fujiko Imada and Rob its conclusion.

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Day’s birds are numbered Audubon uses volunteers for Christmas tally

they highlight an environmental threat or evidence of climate change, which will help conservationists in efforts to protect birds when and where possible.

By Sonya Ellingboe On Dec. 14, the Audubon Society sellingboe@ourcoloradonews.com of Greater Denver invites birders of all abilities to its Family members of all IF YOU GO Nature Center at Chatfield ages are invited to parfrom 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. for a ticipate in an event that The Audubon Center is Christmas Bird Count and started in 1900 in New at 11280 Waterton Road, Holiday Party.

York’s Central Park and Littleton. Drive south on Binoculars are available now extends through the Wadsworth to the south for loan and hot chocolate U.S., Latin America and end of Chatfield State will bring added energy elsewhere in the world.

Park and turn left into the as families and individuBird watching is said to be marked parking lot. als join the experts to see the No. 1 sport in America, which feathered friends are according to the Outdoor visiting Chatfield that day.

Industry Foundation, said a story in Colorado Business maga- Make bird ornaments and decorate cookies. zine.

The event is free and there should In 1900, Dr. Frank Chapman, ornithologist at the American Museum be information about Audubon’s onof Natural History at the north end of going educational opportunities for all Central Park, suggested that instead of ages. (This center is especially adaptgoing out and shooting as many small ed to share its enthusiasm with very birds as possible, people should go out young children and offers “Fledgling” and count them on a given day and programs.)

Those who are interested, but not compile a record of what they spotted.

He sparked a movement that draws free that day, can check for other bird amateur “citizen scientists” and pro- count opportunities in Denver (Dec. fessionals out early in the morning on 14), Denver Urban (Jan. 1 at numerous a given day between mid-December locations), and Douglas County Dec. and early January to count birds seen 28 at Roxborough State Park Christmas within a set boundary and turn in the Bird Counts.

Please register at 303-973-9530, count to the Audubon Society.

Results are tallied and sometimes info@denveraudubon.org.

Dale Li, Arlene Rapal and Ben Cowhick are in the cast of “Snow Falling on Cedars” at the Vintage Theatre. Courtesy photo Director Sam Wood and a polished cast had their timing precise as we transitioned back and forth through the years.

A strong cast and well-written script remind us of an unfortunate piece of history

we may have forgotten. I hope some audience members will be moved to find the book at their library and enjoy Guterson’s fine writing after seeing “Snow Falling on Cedars.”

CURTAIN TIME Pronounce it Fronkensteen!

“Young Frankenstein,” with book by Mel Brooks, music and lyrics by Mel Brooks and Thomas Meehan, plays Dec. 13 to Feb. 2 at Vintage Theatre, 1468 Dayton St., Aurora. Town Hall’s education director Seth Maisel will play Frederick Frankenstein —pronounced “Fronkensteen” — the mad scientist’s New York son, who insists he is actually a sane scientist. Deb Flomberg is director. Performances: 7:30 Fridays and Saturdays and 2:30 p.m. Sundays, plus 6:30 p.m. Dec. 31.Tickets coat $31 ($26 advance), 303-856-7830,vintagetheatre.com.

King Arthur’s knights

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Musical variety

“Home for the Holidays,” produced by Starkey for Lone Tree Arts Center, plays Dec. 12 to 22 at LTAC, 10075 Commons St., Lone Tree. This family-oriented production has a cast of about 50, with live music, elaborate costumes, new and traditional material. Arrive early to visit the handsome Lone Tree Art Exhibit and Sale in the lobby, adjacent hall and room. Tickets: 720-5091000, LoneTreeArtsCenter.org.

Brrrr!

“Monty Python’s Spamalot” brings those legendary errant knights, with their clopping hoof sounds, to Boulder’s Dinner Theatre, 5501 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, through March 1. Performances: Wednesdays through Sundays. (Check websites for time and ticket prices.) 303-499-6000 ext.4.

“Guys on Ice — a musical about ice fishing” plays Dec. 13 to 22 at the Aurora Fox Studio Theatre, 8800 E. Colfax. Ave., Aurora.

Meet fishing buddies Marvin and Lloyd, directed by Charles Packard. Performances: 7:30 p.m. Fridays, Saturdays; 2 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 22. Tickets: $26/$22/$13, 303-7391970, Aurora Fox.org.

Phamaly holiday production

Scrooge et al

“It’s a Wonderful Life,” the favorite Christmas fable about George Bailey of Bedford Falls, will be presented by Phamaly Theatre Company at the Aurora Fox Arts Center, 9900 E. Colfax Ave., Aurora, from Dec. 7 to 22. Directed by Bryce Alexander and Steve Wilson, it stars Jeremy Palmer as George Bailey and Lindsay Palmer as Mary (Hatch) Bailey. Performances: 7:30 Fridays and Saturdays and Dec. 16 and 19; 2 p.m.

Sundays. Tickets: $29/$25, 303-739-1970,

“A Christmas Carol, the Musical” plays through Dec. 22 at the Arvada Center, 6901 Wadsworth Blvd., Arvada. Gavin Meyer directs this classic holiday tale, with elaborate costumes, clever staging and a live band.

Performances: 7:30 p.m. Tuesdays through Saturdays; 1 p.m. Wednesdays; 2 p.m.

Saturdays, Sundays. Tickets start at $53, with 50 percent off for children if purchased through the box office. 720-898-7200, arvadacenter.org.

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State health-care rollout smoother than federal Local agencies offer help with website

By Jennifer Smith

jsmith@ourcoloradonews.com Despite the turbulent rollout of the national Obamacare website, Colorado’s version is going a bit smoother.

“The Colorado website has had a few stumbling blocks, but it’s doing pretty well now,” said Sarah Thoemke, outreach coordinator for Doctors Care clinic in Littleton and a designated “health-care guide” for Connect for Health.

Indeed, it fired right up for her demonstration at Arapahoe Community College Nov. 19.

Explaining that it’s not necessary to create an account to browse the site, she plugged in her name and some made-up numbers to give an overview of the process.

“It’s really pretty darned intuitive,” she said.

Obamacare, officially known as the Affordable Care Act, means anyone without employer-sponsored health insurance or a private plan must obtain coverage or face a fine of $95 next year, with that amount going up each year thereafter.

The ACA mandates free preventive care, lets kids stay on their parents’ policies until age 26, bans insurance companies from denying coverage to people with pre-existing conditions and requires plans to include mental-health care and maternity services, among other things.

That last one has been a sticking point for some, Thoemke acknowledges, and has caused some people to lose plans they liked because they didn’t cover all the bases.

Adding the coverage increased expenses, argue some insurance carriers, so they canceled the plans altogether.

“Some people are having an issue with having to pay for some of those things when

they don’t need them,” said Thoemke. “It could get tweaked.”

The U.S. Census reports about 98,000 people in Arapahoe County are uninsured.

According to data compiled by the South Metro Health Alliance, nearly 50,000 of them will remain uninsured even after the Affordable Care Act is fully implemented.

Undocumented residents are included in that figure, as are people who won’t be able to afford it even with tax subsidies and those who simply choose to pay the fine instead.

But for those who do want insurance, www.connectforhealthco.com is a starting place, allowing them to find out first if they qualify for expanded Medicaid services. If so, they must accept it or pay full price for a private plan, explained Thoemke.

If not, consumers might still qualify for tax subsidies or cost-sharing incentives to purchase one of about 150 private plans from recognizable carriers like Kaiser and Anthem, among others, which they can compare side by side and filter by carriers, levels of coverage, etc.

Thoemke plugged in an annual salary of $27,000, which brought up plans starting at around $150 a month. But there are a lot of variables that can affect the final numbers, she said.

“The only way to really understand this is to go online and apply,” she said. “It is a lot to go through.”

One tricky thing is that the quote is based on the consumer’s own prediction of what their 2014 income will be. If you qualify for tax subsidies and guess too low, you’ll owe money back. But the site syncs with IRS data, so glaring discrepancies should be caught, said Thoemke.

The deadline to sign up for coverage to begin on Jan. 1 is Dec. 15, and the final deadline is March 31 for coverage to start in May. Help is available to navigate the site from health-care guides like Thoemke. She can be reached at 720-458-6185 or coverassist@doctorscare.org.

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In the foreground Valor Christian freshmen Brennan Gullick, left, and Parker Nolan work out a scene in the school’s existing makeshift rehearsal space. Valor is breaking ground on an 83,000 square-foot arts building this coming spring. Photo by Ryan Boldrey

Valor Christian to add arts building School to break ground this spring on auditorium

By Ryan Boldrey

rboldrey@ourcoloradonews.com Valor Christian hosts its weekly chapel exercises in the gym. When it comes to performing arts, students build their sets in storage spaces, garages, or parking lots. They then travel to Lone Tree, Parker or Denver to put on a production. As for rehearsal space, director of the arts Arie Ringnalda calls the school’s existing conditions in the basement of the academic building “comically crowded.”

That’s all about to change, however, as the school has plans to break ground on an 83,000-square-foot arts building in the spring of 2014 with the hopes of having much of it open for the 2015-16 school year.

The new building will increase the number of total teaching spaces at the school from 55 to 75, with 22 of those tailored for specialized instruction in either arts or communication.

There will be a full-size practice room for the school’s two symphonies,

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a black box theater that will double as a lecture hall, a TV production suite, professional-level recording studio, two dance studios, 3-D and 2-D art studios, and a photography room.

The main attraction of the building, though, will be a 720-seat auditorium perfect for hosting the school’s productions, community theater and high school debate contests.

“If you were asking me to put this on a scale of one to 10 as for level of excitement, it’s about a 14,” said dance instructor John DeYoung, whose current basement studio doubles as a Spanish classroom. “We’re getting out of a modified storage unit.”

From there, DeYoung will take his students into a professional-style studio with dance bars, integrated lighting systems and mountain views.

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the overall transformation of the entire arts wing, which Ringnalda sees as necessary to fulfill Valor’s vision of running an elite arts program that positively spreads the message of Christ.

“We’re basically offering a collegelevel program at the high school level,” Ringnalda said. “One of our key objectives is to give these kids a leg up when they go off to college. That is already happening now, but with the right facilities in place we will be able to do that at that much higher of a level.

“There are 600-plus kids at Valor involved in arts between classes and after-school programs. The program is thriving now, but the space was never built to support it at the level we have been envisioning. It’s almost like we are buttoned up against a glass ceiling, we can see where we want to go (but) aren’t quite there yet.”

When finished, the proposed building will have a look on the outside that will fit right in with the rest of the campus.

“What they are planning is typical Valor, gorgeous,” said Highlands Ranch Community Association Developmental Review Committee chairman Woody Bryant. “It’s going to be beautiful.”

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Valor senior Christian McCaffrey (5) dives across the goal line for one of his four touchdowns as the Eagles rolled to a 56-16 win over Fairview in the Nov. 30 Class 5A state championship game at Sports Authority Field at Mile High. McCaffrey was selected as the team’s most valuable player. Photo by Tom Munds

Eagles romp past Fairview in state title game

By Jim Benton

jbenton@ourcoloradonews.com Valor Christian’s players held up one hand as they gathered near the goalposts under the Sports Authority Field scoreboard.

It was the Eagles’ adaptation of a high five.

Valor won its fifth consecutive Colorado state football championship Nov. 30 with a 56-16 romp over previously unbeaten Fairview in the Class 5A championship game.

The Eagles have captured one Class 3A title, two Class 4A crowns and now the past two Class 5A state championships. In the five title contests, Valor outscored the opposition, 210-48.

Next season Valor will have its sights set on matching Limon’s all-time Colorado record of six consecutive state titles. The Badgers won six in a row between 1963-68.

Valor will graduate 19 seniors, but 60 players listed on the roster for the state championship

game were underclassmen and a majority of them saw action during the season.

“I’m not sure about the future outside of we feel blessed to have some kids in our program who are great leaders, mature, humble and we expect them to fill the gap of leadership left by our seniors,” said Eagles coach Rod Sherman.

“We’ll see where we end up next year from an offensive and defensive standpoint. We have developed a legacy and tradition in this program. It’s not about winning, it’s about being prepared, playing as hard as we can and playing with class.”

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Defense sets decisive tone in title tilt Overlooked ‘D’ shines for repeat champions

By Jim Benton

jbenton@ourcoloradonews.com Clarke Cooper and Brian Dawkins Jr. are two of Valor Christian’s overlooked players.

The duo play defense in a program that is renowned for its offensive standouts.

However, Valor’s defense didn’t waste time setting the tone against Fairview’s prolific passing attack in the Eagles’ 56-16 romp in the Class 5A state championship game Nov. 30 at Sports Authority Field.

Cooper, a 250-pound senior defensive end who also plays as a tight end and long snapper, sacked Knights quarterback Anders Hill twice on Fairview’s first three plays from scrimmage.

“I didn’t expect to come out and get pressure on the first three plays of the game,” said Cooper. “It was big for us. It’s always important to get a good start. The secondary coverage and the D line pass rush went hand in hand.

“My defensive line mate Nick Rigali gets a lot attention to his side, so sometimes I get one-onones. It really helps to play with great players and have such a great secondary behind you.”

Dawkins, a junior defensive back, knocked down two passes and then intercepted one on the Knights’ second possession to set up Valor’s second touchdown as the Eagles grabbed a 14-0 lead.

“We wanted to set the tone early in the game to show the other team that we came to play,” said Dawkins. “We just came to dominate.”

Fairview entered the game averaging 315.5 yards per game passing, but managed just 208 yards against Valor and finished with 199 yards of total offense. The Knights had minus 9 yards rushing as Valor had seven sacks.

Valor’s Brian Dawkins Jr. (9) tackles Fairview’s Sam Martin (83) as David Corral (8) moves in to help if necessary during the Nov. 30 state championship game. Photo by Tom Munds Cooper was credited with 3.5 sacks of Hill. Junior defensive end Brandon Biggs had 1.5 sacks while Turner Henington, another junior defensive end, and senior linebacker Justin Falls each had one quarterback sack.

Dawkins led the team with six total tackles, while Falls, Biggs and junior defensive back Quintin Holley each had five tackles.

“We kept rotating defensive linemen to keep them fresh,” said Valor coach Rod Sherman.

“Sometimes in our program the offense is flashy and it overshadows the defense.

“We play great defense. I know when I talked about the track meet that this game was going to be, it didn’t sit well with our defensive guys.

It’s true in any sport, offense overshadows defense. I think when people look at our program they sometimes say it is the Valor Christian McCaffrey show but we have a lot of guys who can play.”

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Arapahoe senior made net gains Krantz excels all over volleyball court

By Jim Benton

jbenton@ourcoloradonews.com Whitney Krantz feels comfortable any place on a volleyball court.

Krantz can play in the front row or the back row. Her versatility is one of the reasons the 6-foot Arapahoe High School senior was selected as the Colorado Community Media South Metro Volleyball Player of the Year.

“I’m what they call a six-rotation outside hitter, which means I play in the front row and also in the back row,” explained Krantz. “Outside hitters don’t play in the back row, they just go and hit.

“I really enjoy the back row. It’s something I used to struggle with a lot but I think back row and defense takes a little bit more confidence than the front row because you really have to push yourself to go for a ball, you can’t hesitate because the second you hesitate you are not going to get the dig. I played all the way around, got a lot of court time, so that was fun.”

Krantz, who along with Grace Marlow were key players in leading Arapahoe to a runner-up finish in the Class 5A state tournament, finished the season with 295 kills (3.2 per set), 229 digs (2.5 per set), 47 blocks and 27 service aces.

“Generally the people that play in the back row are a little bit shorter and they are quick on their feet and always low and moving,” said Krantz. “When I first started playing volleyball I didn’t really understand

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Valor, an independent, could end up playing in the Centennial League in 2014.

There are six alignment proposals to be considered Dec. 5 and five of them have the Eagles joining the Centennial League.

“Definitely, this team can keep winning,” insisted junior defensive back Brian Dawkins Jr. “All I have to say is, bring it on.”

Valor brought it on early and often against Fairview as the Eagles (13-1) dominated from the opening kickoff with a strong defense that contained the Knights’ prolific passing attack and an offense that struck quickly but also mounted scoring drives of 80 (twice) and 71 yards.

The Eagles never punted in the title game that drew a crowd of 11,482 fans.

Valor kept pressure on Fairview quarterback Anders Hill and scored three times on its first four plays to jump ahead 21-0 in the first 6:10 of the game. The Eagles used a 35-point spree to swell their lead to 56-8 in the fourth quarter.

The last 21:34 of the contest was played with a running clock, and Sherman shuffled reserves into the game midway through the third quarter.

“I never in my wildest dreams thought the score would have got this way,” said

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Krantz was Arapahoe’s 2013 Most Valuable Player and coach Cara Seyers boasts about how Krantz was able to adapt wherever she was playing.

“She played all around,” said Seyers.

“She was as important to our defense as she was to our offense.”

However, Krantz confessed she adores the offensive aspect of the game and executing a successful spike.

“As an outside hitter, kills are one of my favorite parts of volleyball,” said Krantz, who has signed a letter of intent to play next season at Lehigh. “I worked a lot with my coaches on just mixing up my shots.

There’s always room for improvement to become a better player.

“Overall it was a really fun season. I worked on improving my game, which my teammates helped a lot because it is a big team sport. They helped me not only work on my physical game but my mental game.

It was probably the best season I’ve had in my high school career. Part of that was because of experience and learning the game a little better.”

Sherman. “We played great defense. We were able to bring some different pressures. We were able to go up 14-0 and it made it harder for their offense and defense. It was huge for us to get the lead because they hadn’t had to play from behind too much.”

Valor’s offense, operating behind a stellar line, did its part too.

Christian McCaffrey, Valor’s senior running back who signed a letter of intent to play at Stanford, rushed for 129 yards on 12 carries and scored twice.

He also caught five passes for 92 yards and two TDs. In the second half, he touched the ball only once.

McCaffrey finished the season with 46 touchdowns, which gave him 141 in his career. He wrapped up his prep career by scoring at least one TD in 43 straight games.

“I so happy, I can’t express how I feel,” said McCaffrey who was part of the senior class that won four state titles. “All our guys played well. Going out with a broom is something kind of special.”

Quarterback A.J. Cecil was 15-of-16 for 245 yards and four touchdowns. He rushed for 65 yards and his only flaws on an otherwise perfect game were an interception and fumble.

“I thought A.J. played arguably his best game of the year,” said Sherman.

Valor senior Paul Grizzle, in his first sea-

Arapahoe senior Whitney Krantz (14), shown here during state playoff action, is Colorado Community Media’s South Metro Volleyball Player of the Year. File photo

Valor’s Booker Schelhaas (82) stiffarms a Fairview defender during the Nov. 30 Class 5A state championship game at Sports Authority Field at Mile High. Photo by Tom Munds son as a kicker, booted eight extra-point kicks, giving him single-season state records for points (85) and consecutive conversions.

Eric Lee Jr., Marcus Wilson, Stone Watson and Nathan Whatmore also had TDs for the Eagles, who have won 22 straight state playoff games.

Valor’s defense forced three turnovers and thwarted a Fairview offense that came into the game averaging 45 points. The Knights had defeated three Douglas County teams (Mountain Vista, Douglas County and ThunderRidge) en route to the title game.

Fairview, which had passed for an average of 315.5 yards per game, had 208 yards passing but finished with 199 yards of total offense on 63 plays. The Knights had mi-

nus 9 yards rushing as Valor, the No. 2 seed, had seven sacks.

The top-seeded Knights held a 36:3826:22 edge in time of possession and ran 14 more offensive plays than the Eagles, who finished with 523 yards of total offense.

“We respect Valor,” said Fairview coach Tom McCartney. “They were tremendous in every aspect of the game. The reason the score got out of hand was Valor’s play, because we came into the game ready and prepared. We may not have taken care of the ball like we usually do, but give them credit because they played an outstanding game on both sides of the ball.”

Valor’s only loss of the season came by a field goal at the hands of Bingham, a Utah high school that won that state’s largeschool championship.

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Sky is the limit for young program Public charter aims for more athletic visibility

By Jim Benton

jbenton@ourcoloradonews.com SkyView Academy is in Highlands Ranch. Skyview High School is in Thornton.

Randy Scherer, the athletic director for the third-year SkyView Academy public charter school, has to constantly remind officials and competing schools of that fact.

“There have been times when one of our officials goes to the wrong school,” said Scherer. “Or a school shows up here because they have a game scheduled at Skyview High School. They look it up and we pop up. There have been some weird things where things have been confused.

“That’s the one thing we’ve really had to emphasis when we talk to other schools: `We’re the SkyView that is in Highlands Ranch, and not the one in Thornton.’”

SkyView Academy fields teams in volleyball, baseball, boys and girls soccer, cross county, basketball and track and field.

Scherer has been one of the individuals in charge of creating an athletic program.

“As a new high school, one thing you need to do is establish a good reputation,” he said. “If you schedule games, you have to show up and play. As the school was building out we had to wait out facilities.

The gym wasn’t done the first year. Actually it wasn’t done until partway through the second year of the high school. So we had to play a lot of away games and travel.

“That was tough at times because as a school is getting established, a lot of schools don’t have space on their sched-

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SVA has been diligent about putting the right foot forward.

“We want to established good relationships with other schools and other athletic programs,” said Scherer. “We want people around us to like us and want to play us.

As we grow, we hope our programs are competitive, but at the same time it’s more important for us that they know we have good kids and we are going to do things the right way.”

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Regional champion Ben Butler ran fourth in the state meet with a time of 16:52.6 to spark the Hawks, coached by Scherer, to a seventh-place finish. SVA was second in the regional meet.

The SVA girls were third in the regionals and 11th at state, paced by Mary Satkowski’s 22nd-place finish in 22:45.5 at the state championships.

“There has kind of been kind of a swell in school pride with some of that,” added

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Enrollment has increased at SkyView Academy and the CHSAA will move the Hawks from 2A to 3A next season. The Classification and League Organizing Committee on Nov. 12 approved SVA to compete in the 3A Metro League beginning in the 2014-15 school year.

The Metro League includes Lutheran, Colorado Academy, Faith Christian, Jefferson Academy, Kent Denver, Machebeuf, Manual, Peak to Peak and St. Mary’s Academy.

“There are going to be some sports where there is going to be a learning curve, and it will take us a little while to get to the level of some of the Metro League teams, but we also think great competition is going to make us better,” said Scherer. “We think we have a couple teams that can mix it up with those guys pretty quickly.

“We’re really excited. I’ve been to a few league meetings. There are private schools in the Metro League, there are charter schools and traditional public schools, and they all seemed to get along. I know that is kind of a hot topic these days with the private, charter and public schools, but they all seem to get along and perform at a high level.”

Scherer didn’t rule out the possibility of adding sports to the SVA lineup.

“We are looking at our options for athletics for the next few years,” he said. “One thing we want to do is we are in CHSAA, we joined the Metro League, so we kind of want to get ourselves established with the sports we have but once we get that done we want to continue to offer options for our kids.”

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Boys BasketBall preview

Free throws can be arc of triumph

By Jim Benton

jbenton@ourcoloradonews.com The outcome of many basketball games is decided from 15 feet away from the basket.

“Free-throw shooting is one of the most important things in winning a basketball game,” said Valor Christian senior Garrett Baggett, who made 82 percent of his attempts from the charity stripe last season.

“If you miss 10 free throws and lose by two points, if you had made five of 10 you win the game.”

Coaches substitute late in games not only to get good defensive or offensive players on the floor, but also to get better free-throw shooters in the lineup.

“It always comes down to free throws,” said Highlands Ranch coach Bob Caton.

“Sometimes not just making a free throw but getting a lot of free throws too.”

Valor Christian coach Ronnie DeGray tries to make sure his players have their feet correctly aligned and their shooting methods are correct. After that, it us up to the player.

Free-throw shooting provides a chunk of almost every basketball practice.

“We like players to get comfortable,” explained Caton.

“Every kid when he shoots a free throw should have a pattern, whatever they like to do. Then you want to have the good form, the proper form. One thing you don’t do, if a kid is making a good percent of his free throws, you leave him alone. If he is not making a good percent of his free throws, then you work with him. Then you want repetition, where everything becomes a habit.”

Baggett made 63 of 76 free-throw attempts and is one of the best returning south metro area boys players in free throw percentage.

“I have a routine I do before every freethrow shot,” said Baggett. “I’ll walk to the

Boys BasketBall players to watch Some of the top boys basketball players in the south metro area for the 2013-14 season: Garrett BaGGett, 5-11, senior, Valor Christian Jonathan BarneS, 6-8, senior, Ponderosa Will BoWer, 6-3, junior, Cherry Creek Zach Braxton, 6-8, senior, Highlands Ranch ethan Brunhofer, 6-2, senior, Arapahoe taylour cavanauGh, 6-5, senior, Douglas County eliJah cherrinGton, 6-3, senior, Legend JoSh clauSen, 6-3, junior, Lutheran calvin cooke, 6-3, senior, Douglas County matt DoWSey, 6-5, senior, Castle View michael eGeBerG, 5-10, senior, Heritage chaSe foSter, 6-5, senior, Valor Christian tyler Garcia, 5-9, junior, Rock Canyon

Garrett Baggett, an 82 percent free throw shooter, takes a foul shot during a recent practice. Photo by Jim Benton

Jake holtZmann, 6-5, sophomore, Chaparral

top of the key, look at the rim a little bit, catch the ball and get a feel for it, take three dribbles to get in a rhythm, eyes on the rim and shoot it.”

The waving and other methods students use to distract free-throw shooters doesn’t bother Baggett.

“All the waving doesn’t usually bother me because I have my head down when I dribble so at the last second is when I pull up, look at the rim and shoot it,” he said.

“So I really don’t see all that when I shoot the ball.”

Baggett got into a free-throw shooting routine early.

“I used to be homeschooled in middle

mitch lomBarD, 6-1, junior, Rock Canyon

school,” he recalled. “I’d finish my school work by noon and I’d just go out and shoot.

I’d shoot about 100 free throws a day. I think that’s where it developed. I could always improve on my free-throw shooting.

I’d like to shoot 90 percent this year.”

Other accurate free-throw shooters returning this season include Highlands Ranch’s Evan Motlong, who also hit 83 percent of his attempts (44 of 53). Lutheran’s James Willis (83 of 110) and Cherry Creek’s Griffin Parr (54 of 72) each connected on 75 percent, while Rock Canyon’s Mitch Lombard (56 of 77), Jake Holtzmann (72 of 99) of Chaparral and Cherry Creek’s Will Bower (37 of 51) were 73 percent shooters.

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ARIES (Mar 21 to Apr 19) Decisions involving your finances might seem to be foolproof. But they could have underlying risks you should know about. Don’t act on anything until all the facts are in.

TAURUS (Apr 20 to May 20) You’re attracted to a situation that appeals to your Bovine intellect. And that’s good. But don’t neglect your passionate side when romance comes calling later in the week.

GEMINI (May 21 to Jun 20) A recent development enhances that special relationship. Spending more time together also helps make the bonding process stronger. Expect news about a possible career change.

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CANCER (Jun 21 to Jul 22) A suspicious situation should be dealt with before it leads to serious problems. Get all the facts needed to resolve it. Then refocus your energies on those tasks that need your attention.

LEO (Jul 23 to Aug 22) Try to be more open-minded in working toward a resolution of that standoff between yourself and a colleague or family member. A little flexibility now could work to your advantage later.

VIRGO (Aug 23 to Sept 22) You might feel a bit threatened by a proposed workplace change. The best way to deal with it is to ask questions. You’ll find that those involved will be happy to provide you with the facts.

LIBRA (Sept 23 to Oct 22) Feeling alone in a crowd during the early part of the week is an unsettling emotion. But your spirits soon perk up, putting you into the right mood to start making holiday plans.

SCORPIO (Oct 23 to Nov 21) A pesky problem should be dealt with immediately so you can put your time and effort into something more important.

Someone from your past could have significant news for you.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov 22 to Dec 21) High-energy aspects dominate, both on the job and at home. Use this time to put some long-range plans into operation.

Things level off later in the week.

CAPRICORN (Dec 22 to Jan 19) Even the usually gregarious Goat might feel overwhelmed by a flurry of activities. Be patient. Things soon return to your normal social routine.

AQUARIUS (Jan 20 to Feb 18) Career choices that seem too confusing to deal with at this point probably are. More information would help uncomplicate them.

On the personal side, a friend might need your advice.

PISCES (Feb 19 to Mar 20) Your Piscean imagination is stimulated by possibilities you see in a new opportunity. But keep those ideas to yourself until you feel ready to translate them into a workable format.

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Disabled teen finds spot on DU roster Pioneers hockey team welcomes local boy

By Ryan Boldrey

rboldrey@ourcoloradonews.com Adam Encrapera wheeled his chair into the University of Denver locker room following the Pioneers’ 3-1 victory over Air Force Nov. 23 at Magness Arena.

Immediately, cheers erupted from the DU hockey team and a chant of “Adam, Adam, Adam,” quickly gained steam. The Pioneers were now 1-0 with their newest teammate — a 14-year-old Highlands Ranch youth who is one of just 500 people worldwide known to have Alstrom syndrome, a rare genetic disorder that affects every organ in the body with exception of the brain.

Adam was diagnosed with AS at age 3. Legally blind and hard of hearing, the Cresthill Middle School eighth-grader has had fierce battles with liver disease and diabetes, has experienced countless seizures, had heart and kidney problems, had two back surgeries and spends his nights in bed hooked up to a breathing machine.

In the past three years alone, he has also had just shy of 20 trips to the emergency Cresthill Middle School eighth-grader Adam Encrapera (99) celebrates the University of Denver hockey team’s 3-1 win over Air Force Nov. 23 in the Pioneer locker room. room.

On Nov. 19, in a special ceremony, he Encrapera, who is living with Alstrom syndrome, signed a letter of intent with the team Nov. 19 and is the squad’s newest honorary member. Photo by Ryan Boldrey signed a letter of intent to become an honorary member of the Pioneers for the du- and his family in the stands. getting to know all the guys’ names and had a team of his own, until now. ration of the 2013-14 season, in which he “We are truly initiating him into the doesn’t have a favorite player yet, but so far “Every day is a challenge,” said his will not just attend games, but get to be Pioneer family,” Bennett continued. “It’s the experience has been special. mother, Susan Encrapera. “When you can part of pre- and post-game activities with meant to be a friendship. He is one of our “I’m going to try to get to many games balance it with something that can give the team. brothers now and we want to bring him as I can,” said Adam, who can’t hear with- him hope, it encourages him and makes “Adam is a local kid, likes hockey, is a big as much joy as we can when he is around out his hearing aids and listens to the game him feel like part of something. It helps sports fan and it just seemed like a good the rink and be there for him when things on his headphones while at the rink. him get through rough times.”

Now, thanks to Team IMPACT — the fit for us, something all the guys are really maybe aren’t going so well for him off the A former adaptive hockey player, Adam national nonprofit organization that made excited about getting involved with,” said ice.” used to use a hockey stick as a cane when The property described herein is all of the lien of the DU sophomore defensemanproperty Wadeencumbered Ben- by theAdam has his own stall in the Pioneer he was little. And while he has spent a lot of the match — and the Pioneers hockey deed of trust. nett, who is recovering from an injury and time around his older brother Luke’s hock- team, Adam has 25 new brothers to help Legal Description of Reallocker Property: room, nameplate and all, and was UNIT D, CONDOMINIUM BUILDING 22, watched the Air Force gameMERIDIAN-VILLA with AdamCONDOMINIUMS, also givenACa No. 99 jersey. He said he is still ey and baseball teams, he has never truly him through those rough times.

CORDING TO THE CONDOMINIUM MAP THEREOF, RECORDED ON MARCH 19, 2004 AT RECEPTION NO. 2004027778, IN THE RECORDS OF THE OFFICE OF THE CLERK AND RECORDER OF DOUGLAS COUNTY, COLORADO AND AS DEFINED AND DESCRIBED IN THE DECLARATION OF COVENANTS CONDITIONS AND RESTRICTIONS OF MERIDIAN-VILLA CONDOMINIUMS, RECORDED ON JANUARY 16, 2004 AT RECEPTION NO. 2004007079, IN SAID RECORDS, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO. Which has the address of: 12834 Mayfair Way Unit D, Englewood, CO 80112 The Deed of Trust was modified by a document recorded in Douglas County on 8/26/2011, Reception number 2011051865. Reason modified and any other modifications: Legal Description.

Public Trustees PUBLIC NOTICE Englewood NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2013-0637 To Whom It May Concern: On 10/9/2013 the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in Douglas County.

Original Grantor: BRIAN M SMITH Original Beneficiary: KB HOME MORTGAGE COMPANY Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: COLORADO HOUSING AND FINANCE AUTHORITY Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 3/25/2004 Recording Date of DOT: 5/3/2004 Reception No. of DOT: 2004044329 DOT Recorded in Douglas County.

Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $182,756.00 Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $175,461.06 Pursuant to C.R.S. §38-38-101 (4) (i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: the failure to timely make payments as required under the Deed of Trust.

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

Legal Description of Real Property: UNIT D, CONDOMINIUM BUILDING 22, MERIDIAN-VILLA CONDOMINIUMS, ACCORDING TO THE CONDOMINIUM MAP THEREOF, RECORDED ON MARCH 19, 2004 AT RECEPTION NO. 2004027778, IN THE RECORDS OF THE OFFICE OF THE CLERK AND RECORDER OF DOUGLAS COUNTY, COLORADO AND AS DEFINED AND DESCRIBED IN THE DECLARATION OF COVENANTS CONDITIONS AND RESTRICTIONS OF MERIDIAN-VILLA CONDOMINIUMS, RECORDED ON JANUARY 16, 2004 AT RECEPTION NO. 2004007079, IN SAID RECORDS, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO. Which has the address of: 12834 Mayfair Way Unit D, Englewood, CO 80112 The Deed of Trust was modified by a document recorded in Douglas County on 8/26/2011, Reception number 2011051865. Reason modified and any other modifications: Legal Description.

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

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that on the first possible sale date (unless the sale is continued*) at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, January 29, 2014, at the Public Trustee’s office, 402 Wilcox Street, Castle

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

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that on the first possible sale date (unless the sale is continued*) at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, January 29, 2014, at the Public Trustee’s office, 402 Wilcox Street, Castle Rock, Colorado, I will sell at public auction to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will deliver to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

First Publication: 12/5/2013 Last Publication: 1/2/2014 Publisher: Douglas County News Press Dated: 10/9/2013 GEORGE J KENNEDY DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: EVE M GRINA Colorado Registration #: 43658 9800 S. MERIDIAN BLVD. SUITE 400, ENGLEWOOD, COLORADO 80112 Phone #: (303) 706-9990 Fax #: Attorney File #: 31053 *YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE DATES on the Public Trustee website: http://www.douglas.co.us/publictrustee/

Public Trustees

Legal Notice No. 2013-0637 First Publication: 12/5/2013 Last Publication: 1/2/2014 Publisher: Douglas County News Press

Government Legals Public Notice NOTICE OF PURCHASE OF REAL ESTATE AT TAX LIEN SALE AND OF APPLICATION FOR ISSUANCE OF TREASURER’S DEED To Every Person in Actual Possession or Occupancy of the hereinafter Described Land, Lot or Premises, and to the Person in Whose Name the Same was Taxed or Specially Assessed, and to all Persons having an Interest or Title of Record in or to the said Premises and To Whom It May Concern, and more especially to: OCCUPANT - Dennis R Larratt - H C Gerber & Lurline A Gerber aka H C Gerber & Lurline A Gerber in Joint Tenancy - J O Hill - Lonnie Gerber - Security Title Abstract & Title Company as Agent for The Title Guaranty Company, Denver -Stephen Bruce Gale You and each of you are hereby notified that on the 13th day of November 2008

PUBLIC NOTICE

Public Notice

Public Notice NOTICE OF PURCHASE OF REAL ESTATE AT TAX LIEN SALE AND OF APPLICATION FOR ISSUANCE OF TREASURER’S DEED To Every Person in Actual Possession or Occupancy of the hereinafter Described Land, Lot or Premises, and to the Person in Whose Name the Same was Taxed or Specially Assessed, and to all Persons having an Interest or Title of Record in or to the said Premises and To Whom It May Concern, and more especially to: OCCUPANT - Dennis R Larratt - H C Gerber & Lurline A Gerber aka H C Gerber & Lurline A Gerber in Joint Tenancy - J O Hill - Lonnie Gerber - Security Title Abstract & Title Company as Agent for The Title Guaranty Company, Denver -Stephen Bruce Gale

Government Legals

You and each of you are hereby notified that on the 13th day of November 2008 the then County Treasurer of the County of Douglas, in the State of Colorado, sold at public tax lien sale to Dennis R Larratt the following described real estate situate in the County of Douglas, State of Colorado, to wit: LOT 1 BLK 4 WEST CREEK LAKES SUBD .5 AM/L and said County Treasurer issued a certificate of purchase therefore to Dennis R Larratt. That said tax lien sale was made to satisfy the delinquent taxes assessed against said real estate for the year 2007; That said real estate was taxed or specially assessed in the name(s) of H C Gerber & Lurline A Gerber for said year 2007.That a Treasurer’s Deed will be issued for said real estate to the said Dennis R Larratt at 1:00 o’clock P.M., on the 20th day of March 2014, unless the same has been redeemed. Said property may be redeemed from said sale at any time prior to the actual execution of said Treasurer’s Deed. Witness my hand this 21st day of November 2013. /s/ Diane A. Holbert County Treasurer of Douglas County Legal Notice No.: 924554 First Publication: December 5, 2013 Last Publication: December 19, 2013 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press Public Notice NOTICE OF PURCHASE OF REAL ESTATE AT TAX LIEN SALE AND OF APPLICATION FOR ISSUANCE OF TREASURER’S DEED To Every Person in Actual Possession or Occupancy of the hereinafter Described Land, Lot or Premises, and to the Person in Whose Name the Same was Taxed or Specially Assessed, and to all Persons having an Interest or Title of Record in or to the said Premises and To Whom It May Concern, and more especially to: OCCUPANT - A Cory Siegel, President c/o The Mountain Improvement Association, Inc - Anderson, Dude & Lebel PC, Attorneys at Law - Board of Directors of the Association c/o Woodmoor Mountain Homeowners Assoc - Brian Haskins, President c/o The Mountain Ranch Company - Craig C Ramsey - Guy L Welch, Agent for the Association - Nelson & Donna Parkinson aka Nelson Parkinson and Donna Parkinson - Nelson F Parkinson - Steven N Arnold, Secretary c/o The Mountain Ranch Company -The Mountain Improvement Association, Inc aka Mountain Improvement Association, Inc - The

NOTICE OF CONTRACTORS SETTLEMENT COUNTY OF DOUGLAS STATE OF COLORADO

NOTICE OF PURCHASE OF REAL ESTATE AT TAX LIEN SALE AND OF APPLICATION FOR ISSUANCE OF TREASURER’S DEED To Every Person in Actual Possession or Occupancy of the hereinafter Described Land, Lot or Premises, and to the Person in Whose Name the Same was Taxed or Specially Assessed, and to all Persons having an Interest or Title of Record in or to the said Premises and To Whom It May Concern, and more especially to: OCCUPANT - A Cory Siegel, President c/o The Mountain Improvement Association, Inc - Anderson, Dude & Lebel PC, Attorneys at Law - Board of Directors of the Association c/o Woodmoor Mountain Homeowners Assoc - Brian Haskins, President c/o The Mountain Ranch Company - Craig C Ramsey - Guy L Welch, Agent for the Association - Nelson & Donna Parkinson aka Nelson Parkinson and Donna Parkinson - Nelson F Parkinson - Steven N Arnold, Secretary c/o The Mountain Ranch Company -The Mountain Improvement Association, Inc aka Mountain Improvement Association, Inc - The Mountain Ranch Company aka Mountain Ranch Company - Thomas N Mace, as President of the Association c/o Woodmoor Mountain Homeowners Association Woodmoor Mountain Homeowners Association aka "Association" - Woodmoor Mountain Homeowners Association a Colorado non-profit corporation

Government Legals

You and each of you are hereby notified that on the 21st day of October 2010 the then County Treasurer of the County of Douglas, in the State of Colorado, sold at public tax lien sale to Craig C Ramsey the following described real estate situate in the County of Douglas, State of Colorado, to wit: LOT 8 WOODMOOR MOUNTAIN 2 3.021 AM/L and said County Treasurer issued a certificate of purchase therefore to Craig C Ramsey. That said tax lien sale was made to satisfy the delinquent taxes assessed against said real estate for the year 2009; That said real estate was taxed or specially assessed in the name(s) of Nelson & Donna Parkinson for said year 2009.That a Treasurer’s Deed will be issued for said real estate to the said Craig C Ramsey at1:00 o’clock P.M., on the 20th day of March 2014, unless the same has been redeemed. Said property may be redeemed from said sale at any time prior to the actual execution of said Treasurer’s Deed. Witness my hand this 21st day of November 2013. /s/ Diane A. Holbert County Treasurer of Douglas County Legal Notice No.: 924555 First Publication: December 5, 2013 Last Publication: December 19, 2013 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE OF CONTRACTORS SETTLEMENT COUNTY OF DOUGLAS STATE OF COLORADO NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, pursuant to Section 38-26-107, C.R.S., as amended, that on December 28, 2013 final settlement will be made by the County of Douglas, State of Colorado, for and on account of a contract between Douglas County and Brannan Sand and Gravel Company, LLC for the 2013 Asphalt Overlay Project, Douglas County Project Number CI 2013-003 in Douglas County; and that any person, co-partnership, association or corporation that has an unpaid claim against said Brannan

PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE OF CONTRACTORS SETTLEMENT COUNTY OF DOUGLAS STATE OF COLORADO NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, pursuant to Section 38-26-107, C.R.S., as amended, that on December 28, 2013 final settlement will be made by the County of Douglas, State of Colorado, for and on account of a contract between Douglas County and Brannan Sand and Gravel Company, LLC for the 2013 Asphalt Overlay Project, Douglas County Project Number CI 2013-003 in Douglas County; and that any person, co-partnership, association or corporation that has an unpaid claim against said Brannan Sand and Gravel Company, LLC for or on account of the furnishing of labor, materials, team hire, sustenance, provisions, provender or other supplies used or consumed by such contractor or any of his subcontractors in or about the performance of said work, or that supplied rental machinery, tools, or equipment to the extent used in the prosecution of said work, may at any time up to and including said time of such final settlement on said December 28, 2013, file a verified statement of the amount due and unpaid on account of such claim with the Board of County Commissioners, c/o Public Works Engineering Director, with a copy to the Project Engineer Terry Gruber, Department of Public Works Engineering, Philip S. Miller Building, 100 Third Street, Suite 220, Castle Rock, CO 80104.

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

The Board of Douglas County Commissioners of the County of Douglas, Colorado, By: Frederick H. Koch, P.E., Public Works Engineering Director.

Legal Notice No.: 924559 First Publication: November 28, 2013 Last Publication: December 5, 2013 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE OF CONTRACTORS SETTLEMENT COUNTY OF DOUGLAS STATE OF COLORADO NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, pursuant to Section 38-26-107, C.R.S., as amended, that on December 28, 2013 final settlement will be made by the County of Douglas, State of Colorado, for and on account of a contract between Douglas County and Double R Excavating, Inc. for the Wildcat Reserve / Broadway Intersection Project, Douglas County Project Number CI 2013-009 in Douglas County; and that any person, co-partnership, association or corporation that has an unpaid claim against said Double R Excavating, Inc. for or on account of the furnishing of labor, materials, team hire, sustenance, provisions, provender or other supplies used or consumed by such contractor or any of his subcontractors in or about the performance of said work, or that supplied rental machinery, tools, or equipment to the extent used in the prosecution of said work, may at any time up to and including said time of such final settlement on said December 28, 2013, file a verified statement of the amount due and

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, pursuant to Section 38-26-107, C.R.S., as amended, that on December 28, 2013 final settlement will be made by the County of Douglas, State of Colorado, for and on account of a contract between Douglas County and Double R Excavating, Inc. for the Wildcat Reserve / Broadway Intersection Project, Douglas County Project Number CI 2013-009 in Douglas County; and that any person, co-partnership, association or corporation that has an unpaid claim against said Double R Excavating, Inc. for or on account of the furnishing of labor, materials, team hire, sustenance, provisions, provender or other supplies used or consumed by such contractor or any of his subcontractors in or about the performance of said work, or that supplied rental machinery, tools, or equipment to the extent used in the prosecution of said work, may at any time up to and including said time of such final settlement on said December 28, 2013, file a verified statement of the amount due and unpaid on account of such claim with the Board of County Commissioners, c/o Public Works Engineering Director, with a copy to the Project Engineer Neil Sarno, Department of Public Works Engineering, Philip S. Miller Building, 100 Third Street, Suite 220, Castle Rock, CO 80104.

Government Legals

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

The Board of Douglas County Commissioners of the County of Douglas, Colorado, By: Frederick H. Koch, P.E., Public Works Engineering Director.

Legal Notice No.: 924560 First Publication: November 28, 2013 Last Publication: December 5, 2013 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press

Public Notice NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the proposed budgets for the County of Douglas and all its agencies, the Douglas County Law Enforcement Authority, the Douglas County Woodmoor Mountain General Improvement District, the Douglas County Local Improvement District No. 07-01-Lincoln Station, and the Douglas County Public Trustee have been submitted to the Board of County Commissioners of Douglas County for the ensuing year 2014. The Board of County Commissioners will hold a public hearing to consider the adoption of the proposed budgets on December 10, 2013 beginning at 2:30 p.m. or as soon thereafter as possible, in the Commissioner’s Hearing Room, Phillip S. Miller Building, 100 Third Street, Castle Rock, Colorado. Any interested elector of Douglas County may file an objection to the proposed adopted budget prior to its final adoption by the Board of County Commissioners. A copy of said resolution may be obtained for inspection at the offices of the County Commissioners at the above address in Castle Rock, Colorado, or viewed on-line at www.douglas.co.us.

Legal Notice No.: 924583 First Publication: December 5, 2013 Last Publication: December 5, 2013 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press

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