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THE BOTTOM LINE

‘Most of us know what the mirror is saying, we just don’t want to listen or we make excuses to justify why we can’t or won’t do something or stand up for someone or something.’

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NEWS IN A HURRY

MY NAME IS

STEELE ANDERSON

Hiker, healthcare worker and aspiring pastor Putting yourself out there I moved to Lone Tree from Highlands Ranch about two years ago. The best thing about Lone Tree is that I can walk from my house to hike in the Bluffs. I was born in Colorado, but I’ve bounced from coast to coast. I’ve lived in Houston, San Diego and Frederick, Maryland, I’ve lived in the central part of the U.S. too.

One thing I’ve learned moving around is you have to be vulnerable, you have to be ready to jump out there and meet new people immediately. If you’re going to make new friends and new connections and get adjusted, that’s one thing you’ve got to do.

Body and spirit I work as an operating room assistant at St. Joseph’s Hospital, lately I’ve been working the night shift. The hardest thing about the night shift is sometimes it’s almost hard to stay awake. But that can be the best part of it too. Those days when I’m not feeling my best but there’s not a lot going on, I can kind of relax.

I plan on getting my bachelor’s degree in youth ministry and going into the seminary. When I was a kid, the youth group in my church was a big part of my life. I strayed and did some things I shouldn’t have done, and it was probably the one thing that kept me productive and out of jail.

Make the change If could change one thing about the

Steele Anderson stretches out after a hike in the bluffs west of Lone Tree on Sept. 14. TOM SKELLEY world, it would be to make us all think about others more, and less concerned about ourselves. I think a lot of people think they’re not selfish, but inherently that’s what humans are, and I can say the same thing about myself.

It’s sad to say that it takes a tragedy like Harvey and Irma to get people to express generosity when it should be everyday small things. I think that would go a lot farther.

Burning questions If I could meet anyone from the past, I’d want to meet Jesus Christ. One glaring question I’d have would be “what’s our purpose in life?” I know we’re supposed to be here to love others, but there’s got to be something else.

If I could meet anyone alive today, I guess it would have to be John Elway. I would ask him why he didn’t choose baseball after being drafted by the New York Yankees in 1984.

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Contact Tom Skelley at tskelley@coloradocommunitymedia.com.

Survey ranks Lone Tree fourth for families STAFF REPORT

Lone Tree was rated as the fourth best Colorado city to raise a family in a study conducted by SmartAsset, a company that provides software and data to find answers to complex financial questions.

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who call Lone Tree home, high school graduate rates, average home costs, crime rate, percent change in home values, median household income, percentage of families living in poverty and average cost of child care were among the criteria examined.

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The nine-member Historic Preservation Board works with county staff on numerous programs and activities to preserve the county’s heritage.

Board members also recommend properties for the Landmark program, advise property owners on methods for preserving sites and artifacts, facilitate collections and work to educate residents on historic matters through public outreach.

The ideal applicant must be able to meet the first Wednesday of each month from 6 to 7:30 p.m., be willing to serve a three-year term and have knowledge of local history or historic preservation.

Those interested in serving can apply online via the Douglas County website or print out the application and mail it to: Douglas County Commissioners’ Office, 100 Third St., Castle Rock, 80104. The deadline to apply is Oct. 13. For additional information, please contact the County Commissioners’ Office at 303-660-7401.

Chemical roundup returns The latest Douglas County Household Chemical Roundup is scheduled for 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Sept. 30 at the Town of Castle Rock Water Facility, located at 175 Kellogg Court, west of I-25 and south of Santa Fe Drive.

Many common products such as motor oil, antifreeze, vehicle batteries, household rechargeable batteries, solvents, house and garden chemicals, compact fluorescent lights, fire extinguishers, items containing mercury, propane tanks, oil-based paint, and passenger vehicle and pickup truck tires can be disposed of at the roundup.

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Residents are encouraged to register in advance online at tchd.org/250/HomeChemicalWaste.

The roundup cannot accept waste from businesses, and are not able to accept radioactive waste, smoke detectors, electronic waste of any kind, scrap metal, oil drums, asbestos, or explosives.

Individuals or community group volunteers are needed to help with registration, vehicle off-load, and waste processing. Volunteers are allowed to dispose of their waste for free.

For more information or to volunteer visit tchd.org/250/ Home-Chemical-Waste or call the 24-hour Household Chemical Roundup Hotline at 303-8466249.

In 2016, the Douglas County Household Chemical Roundup Program properly disposed of 372,222 pounds of hazardous materials and an estimated 3,030 households were served.

Animal care preparedness The Douglas/Elbert County Animal Response Team is encouraging pet owners to make develop plans for animal care during emergency evacuations, including the transport of large animals to a designated shelter should that become necessary.

The Response Team boards large, small and domestic animals during times of evacuation caused by wildland fires and other natural or manmade disasters.

Primary shelters for evacuated animals are located in both Douglas and Elbert counties and can provide shelter, food and veterinary care for animals ranging from chickens to dogs, llamas, horses, cattle and more, though the team does not provide shelter space for commercial livestock.

For more information or to view the county’s Disaster Preparedness Guide, email DECART@douglas.co.us or call 303-814-4356.

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September 21, 2017S

Fair provides resources on substance use Goal is to start a conversation between young people, parents

IF YOU GO What: 3rd Annual Tall Tales Hoedown, a talent show and silent auction, with food and drink.

BY ALEX DEWIND ADEWIND@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

A teenage bedroom staged in the lunchroom of Douglas County High School revealed everyday items that young people may be using to conceal drug or alcohol use. Inside a hairbrush was a compartment for marijuana. A pill bottle was in a pillowcase. Batteries that store pills were in an Xbox controller.

The mock bedroom — which had more than 80 indicators of drug or alcohol use — was part of the first Substance Abuse Resource Fair, hosted by Douglas County High School and Douglas County Youth Substance Abuse Prevention Coalition, along with several mental health and addiction organizations in the region.

The goal of the fair was to connect parents with resources. Several booths lined the lunchroom, distributing information about recovery centers, parent support groups and treatment programs. Douglas County Sheriff ’s Office answered questions about the latest technol-

When: 6:30 to 9:30 p.m., Sept.

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Where: Lone Tree Arts Center, 10075 Commons St., Lone Tree Tickets: $85 for adults, $35 for ages 21 and under.

Allison Strawn, a nurse at Douglas County High School, spearheaded a Sept. 14 Substance Use Resource Fair, which included a mock bedroom with more than 80 indicators of drug and alcohol use. “We want our kids to have that conversation beforehand,” she said of substance use among teens.

ALEX DEWIND ogy they are encountering on school grounds — including vape pens, small devices used to inhale nicotine or marijuana oils.

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“We really felt it was important people know that they are not alone in this,” Strawn said. “It’s more of a prevention thing.”

The timing is fitting. September is Suicide Prevention Awareness Month and research shows that substance use and mental health oftentimes go hand-in-hand. In 2014, 7.9 million adults in the U.S. had both a substance use disorder and mental illness, according to the National Institute of Mental Health.

Zac Hess, director of health, wellness and prevention of Douglas County School District, said he sees a stigma around substance use in Douglas County. The fair was an opportunity to give families tools to recognize the signs of and talk about substance use.

“We need to stay in front of it,” Hess said. “We just need to start talking.”

Last fall, Douglas County Youth Substance Abuse Prevention Coalition studied behaviors of 43 high school students in Castle Rock,

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Highlands Ranch, Parker and Lone Tree. Results revealed that alcohol is the number one problem, followed by marijuana. Prescription drug use isn’t as prevalent, said Steve Martinez, substance abuse prevention coordinator of Tri-County Health, a partner of the coalition.

A 2013 Healthy Kids Colorado Survey of ninth- to 12th-graders in Douglas County showed that 27 percent of kids had alcohol in the past 30 days, compared to 31 percent statewide. The study also revealed that 77 percent of students felt they could ask a parent or guardian for help with a personal problem.

“Kids want to talk,” Hess said.

“Parents don’t always know what to say.”

Douglas County High School principal Tony Kappas said the fair was a step in the right direction. Since joining the high school in 2004, he hasn’t lost a student to substance abuse, but wants to be proactive about the topic. He hopes the Substance Abuse Resource Fair happens four times a year at different schools in the district.

“We have so many resources,” Kappa said. “It takes a village.”

Fast-casual chain opens in Lone Tree STAFF REPORT

A new fast-casual restaurant with a culinary-driven menu and open kitchens opened in September in Lone Tree, marking the Jackson, Mississippi, based franchise’s second Colorado location.

Newk’s Eatery, 10012 Commons St., Lone Tree, seats 147 guests, with outdoor patio seating for 36. For those in a hurry, Newk’s also features a Grab-N-Go cooler section. The first

Denver-area restaurant opened in August at 7450 W. 52nd Ave., Arvada.

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September 21, 2017

Couple working to build community for disabled Centennial residents seek support to establish Tall Tales Ranch in Lone Tree

BY DAVID GILBERT DGILBERT@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Susan and Pat Mooney face the same dilemma as many parents of developmentally disabled children: What will become of their son when they’re gone?

The Centennial couple, whose 23-year-old son Ross suffered brain damage as a result of a genetic disorder in his early teens, explored their options: group homes or institutions, many with years-long waiting lists.

Dissatisfied with the offerings, the Mooneys elected to create their own: Tall Tales Ranch, an “intentional community” in Lone Tree where developmentally disabled people will live alongside “neurotypical” people, or folks without disabilities.

“We wanted something forward thinking, where when we’re gone, somebody will look at him and ask him how his day was,” Susan Mooney said. “Most developmentally disabled folks, by the time they’re a little older, don’t have a family of their own. It’s one thing to put a roof over somebody’s head, but they need community too.”

Though ground likely won’t be broken on Tall Tales Ranch for another three years, the Mooneys are hard at work drumming up support and sponsors for the project. They’re holding the third annual Tall Tales Hoedown on Sept. 22 at the Lone Tree Arts Center, where “special needs ambassadors” — young people who may one day be residents of Tall Tales Ranch — will hold a talent show and gala.

The dream is seeming more tangible than ever this year, after Coventry Development donated a land lease in perpetuity to the project, on part of the historic Schweiger Ranch across I-25 from Cabela’s on RidgeGate Parkway.

Susan Mooney said Tall Tales Ranch will likely consist of duplex cottages housing a total of 50 people — 25 developmentally disabled, and 25 “neurotypicals.” On-site staff will help administer medications.

She also envisions livestock, community garden plots and a barn that will double as a community center and coffee shop, designed to provide residents with income and the ranch with revenue.

The neurotypical residents are likely to be interns or students from a variety of mental health care and medical training programs, Susan Mooney said.

The developmentally disabled residents, whom the Mooneys call “ranchers,” will likely be folks without significant medical needs, but who would still struggle to live on their own.

Neurotypicals will not have mandated duties beyond being dedicated

Susan Mooney, left, and husband Pat are working to build an innovative intentional community where developmentally disabled folks will live alongside “neurotypical” people.

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IF YOU GO What: 3rd Annual Tall Tales Hoedown, a talent show and silent auction, with food and drink.

When: 6:30 to 9:30 p.m., Sept. 22 Where: Lone Tree Arts Center, 10075 Commons St., Lone Tree Tickets: $85 for adults, $35 for ages 21 and under.

Coventry Development effectively donated land as part of the historic Schweiger Ranch to build Tall Tales Ranch, an intentional community where developmentally disabled people will live alongside “neurotypical” people.

COURTESY PHOTO members of the community, Susan Mooney said.

“They won’t be doing therapeutic tasks, just being a neighbor and having meals with the ranchers, or taking care of the property or the animals,” she said.

The ranch’s funding model is still being developed, Pat Mooney said. Currently, Tall Tales Ranch is actively seeking donations and sponsorships, and he said they hope to being seeking grants.

Once the ranch is completed, funding might come from private payments as well as Medicaid and Social Security funds.

Taking on a project like Tall Tales Ranch sometimes seems daunting, said Pat Mooney, who for the last 20 years has run a business selling and

installing artificial turf for golf putting greens. He said eager partners have been emerging to help the couple navigate the water.

“We’re fortunate to have some bright minds in industries that can help us maneuver the system,” he said. “That’s the key to a nonprofit’s success is relationships with people who can help you.”

There’s not a magic number for funding the project, Susan Mooney said. They expect the project may cost anywhere from $2 million to $6 million to get off the ground. Three years of fundraising have netted gains toward that goal, though currently much of the funds are going to general operations, growing the project, seeking partnerships and other costs.

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Parents of other disabled children are eager to see the project take shape.

“This means security,” said Ann Beetham, of Littleton, whose disabled 26-year-old son Alex will likely need housing someday.”Right now, there are people who have been on a housing list since the late 1980s.

There’s a desperate need. There are aging parents who have no idea what’s going to happen to their children with disabilities.”

Pat Mooney said the dire need for the project keeps his fire burning.

“This is going to be our life’s work,” he said. “We’re committed to getting it done. It’s been an amazing journey, and we’re getting more people involved, and that snowball is growing.”

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September 21, 2017S

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For just the cost of local bus fare, you can ride anywhere you want to go within the Lone Tree and South Jeffco Call-n-Rides service areas.

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A new partnership between the Lone Tree Link and Uber is taking off, and the city is already expanding service schedules for the Link on Demand service. The program, which began Aug. 16, will expand availability to weekends and evenings as of Sept.

23 to reach a broader ridership.

Lone Tree Economic Development Director Jeff Holwell said one reason for the expansion is frequent use of the stop located in the entertainment district, which was transferred from the Link’s regular route to the ondemand service.

“Our goal was to top 20 stops per day and we’ve certainly done that,” Holwell said.

Another reason for the expansion is to reach a different ridership outside of commuting employees in the city.

“This gives us the ability to freelance a bus that can go beyond the entertainment district and provide more flexibility,” he said.

Current hours of operation, from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., focus on commuting workers. New hours, beginning Sept.

23, will extend to 10 p.m. on Fridays, 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. on Saturdays and 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Sundays.

Holwell hopes extended hours will expand the reach of the on-demand program beyond the typical commuters taking the shuttle to and from work, and give citizens who want safe transportation for an evening on the town or a trip to Park Meadows another option.

“Now that we know how it all works we want to be able to serve a whole different clientele,” he said, For more information on the service or to schedule on-demand rides, go to the Lone Tree Link website at lonetreelink.com.

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Colin Temple, 14, chips a shot toward the pin at the Lone Tree Golf Club as the sun sets on Sept. 15. According to his father, Brian, Temple has been golfing since he was in diapers, and he currently plays for the golf team at Heritage High School. Colin says hitting the links with his father once a week helps him relax. “When I get out and play with him it really brings down the stress,” he said.

TOM SKELLEY

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September 21, 2017

Lincoln lives on in Littleton man Retired aerospace engineer portrays life of nation’s 16th president

CALLING ALL ABES John Voehl is a member of the Association of Lincoln Presenters, a nationwide group of enthusiasts who perform as Honest Abe or his wife Mary Todd Lincoln.

The group holds annual conventions, publishes a newsletter and gives awards to the best performers.

BY DAVID GILBERT DGILBERT@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

John Voehl lives something of a double life. A retired Lockheed aerospace engineer from Littleton, he’s a devoted husband and grandfather.

But to thousands of people across the country, he’s Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president.

Voehl is one of dozens of “Lincoln presenters,” dedicated, bearded historical enthusiasts who recreate the life and times of the Great Emancipator.

“People tell me they felt like they were really with Lincoln,” said Voehl from Kauai, Hawaii, where he was gearing up to present his 1,199th presentation as part of a lengthy tour that will see him don the stovepipe hat in California, Wyoming and around Colorado in coming months.

Voehl, 65, presents to schools, historical societies, retirement homes and other groups. He’s spoken in 42 states.

“The kids are just mesmerized,” said Katie Howell, a fifth-grade teacher at Academy Charter School in Castle Rock.

Voehl has been presenting at Academy for a decade, as the annual culmination of the fifth-graders’ study of the Civil War. “Every year, his presentation is different,” Howell said. “He’s got so much information. Even I’m fascinated by it.”

Voehl’s presentations are made all the more enjoyable by his personality, said Yvonne Ludwig, master of the Pleasant Park Grange in Conifer, where Voehl has performed several times.

“Aside from being Abe Lincoln, he’s just a lovely and friendly individual,” Ludwig said.

Voehl’s first jaunt as Lincoln was at a Boy Scout camp in 1996, after a friend asked him to do a silly skit based on Lincoln’s character in the 1989 movie “Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure.”

Though Lincoln never actually said “Party on, dudes,” Voehl said the experience impacted him — especially once he realized how strongly he resembles Lincoln.

“I also discovered the rock star awe Lincoln has with a lot of people,” Voehl said. “People are inspired by the things he did, and the magic of his true life story. Born in a log cabin with a dirt floor, he became not only a president, but the one at the moment of our greatest national crisis: the Civil War. He not only got us through it, but made the country different than it was before — for the better.”

From an original half-hour presentation, Voehl has developed dozens of Lincoln presentations, covering topics like the president’s biography,

The group’s website, lincolnpresenters.net, has a directory of more than a hundred Abe presenters and more than 35 Marys, with a disproportionate number in Illinois — the Rail Splitter’s home state.

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Voehl’s next public performance in Littleton is at Bemis Library on Feb. 26.

Retired aerospace engineer John Voehl is a dedicated Abraham Lincoln presenter.

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policies, lifestyle and achievements.

Donning an impeccable costume, Voehl’s presentations often start with the president seated and preparing to sign the Emancipation Proclamation, which ended slavery in the South.

“I talk about what day of the week it is, how I’m preparing to go to a Cabinet meeting to present the document, and what’s going on in Lincoln’s life,” he said. “I have authentic-looking reproductions of historical documents. People get so into it they think it’s real.”

Voehl’s wife Pamela increasingly accompanies John in presentations as Mary Todd Lincoln, the president’s wife. She also does solo presentations. She was unavailable to speak for this story.

Lincoln is often viewed as a titanic or iconic figure, Voehl said, so it’s been humbling to get to know Lincoln the man.

“My expectation was that like most historical figures, is that if you dig down you find the dirt,” he said.

“You’ll find out he kicked his dog or was unfaithful or often inebriated.

You can say `yeah but.’

“But the closer you get to Lincoln, the better he is.”

Still, Lincoln was not without troubles. He was depressed, sometimes to the point of being suicidal, Voehl said.

“He called it his `melancholy,’ ” Voehl said. “There were times his friends would sequester him and took sharp objects away from him.”

How Lincoln would respond to current affairs or politics is tough to answer, Voehl said.

“I’m often asked what Lincoln would think of Black Lives Matter or Barack Obama or Confederate statues,” Voehl said. “I’ve found it’s hard to say what he would have thought without injecting myself and my own beliefs.”

What would Lincoln think of President Trump?

“I think Lincoln would hope that the personality of the man does not rule the office, as much as the severity and importance of the office should rule the man,” Voehl said.

“Trump’s not the first person in that category, though. Teddy Roosevelt and Andrew Jackson were also men of huge personalities.”

The life of Abraham Lincoln has many lessons to impart on us today, Voehl said.

‘I’ve found it’s hard to say what he would have thought without injecting myself and my own beliefs.’

John Voehl, Abraham Lincoln presenter

“He teaches us perseverance,” Voehl said. “To never give up on anything. He operated at a high level while feeling miserable.”

Lincoln also teaches us to stay the course and maintain civility when our cause is just, Voehl said.

“As Commander in Chief, he believed that the idea that all men are created equal had to survive,” Voehl said. “When faced with opponents who are abusive and demeaning, Lincoln never castigated his opponents.

He expended his strength to use his words to get people to look at things from his perspective.”

Voehl is nine years older than Lincoln was when he was killed.

But Lincoln will live on, Voehl said, living not only through the people who portray him, but through his words, as in the closing lines of the Gettysburg Address, “that government of the people by the people for the people, shall not perish from the earth.”

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Hank McClellan stands in front of his hauling truck and trailer Sept. 12 after finishing an early-morning job. JDog Junk Removal, a company started in 2011 in Pennsylvania by a military veteran, has spread to 35 states since starting to franchise in 2012. PHOTOS BY ELLIS ARNOLD

Junk removal company is treasure for veterans JDog Junk Removal gives vets chance to own business, work with hands

BY ELLIS ARNOLD EARNOLD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

On a late summer morning in a gated, golf-course community, a man with brown boots and a trailer is getting his hands dirty. He loads a garage-full of trash, old furniture and electronics into a hulking green trailer — leaving space for his next job at 10 a.m. — and then he sweeps the floor clean. He bids the customer a pleasant goodbye, and then he’s on to the next one.

Hank McClellan, a 50-year-old Army veteran, owns and operates a JDog Junk Removal and Hauling franchise in Centennial. The JDog business, started by a veteran in Pennsylvania in 2011, gives veterans the chance to run their own junk-removal operation.

Since 2012, more than 250 franchises have been started in 35 states.

“I had done summer jobs in school, construction work, plumbing, farm work,” said McClellan, a Georgia native and Centennial resident since 2001. “I did a lot, and I didn’t have direction.”

McClellan said he planned to serve a four-year term in the Army “like most guys,” but he ended up serving for 33 years in the Army and Army Reserve.

He met his wife while stationed at Fort Carson — they’ve been together for 32 years — and after multiple deployments to Iraq, he retired and took the military’s mandatory transition classes to get back into civilian life.

“I was sitting in the class one day, thinking about what I’d do once I retired,” McClellan said. In a “magazine, JDog had a full-page ad... what I really liked about this (company) is that the owner only sells (franchises) to vets

and veteran family members.”

So McClellan went to training in June, got insurance and licenses in July and started hauling at the end of that month. McClellan hopes to run five trucks that will cover the Aurora, Littleton and Parker areas, along with Centennial, in the future. On Sept. 12, he cleaned out the garage at a home in the southeast corner of Aurora.

After so much time in the military, McClellan wanted to do something physical that let him work with his hands. And all those years of physical training paid off — on the job, he’s quick and precise, arranging mounds of what customers want to dispose of or donate in a neat, compact manner in the trailer.

“It’s like Tetris,” McClellan smiled.

His jobs have ranged from small loads to cleaning out entire homes.

He’s efficient, but what’s also important to McClellan is respecting the customer.

“They say one man’s junk is another man’s treasure,” McClellan said.

“That is true. Even when (loading), the junk is still yours until I drive away.”

If he tosses a lamp in the truck and breaks it and a customer later decides they wanted to keep it, that would be a problem, McClellan said.

“I still treat it with respect,” McClellan said.

JDog’s company website says it offers residential and commercial junk removals, industrial clean-outs, estate and foreclosure clean-outs, and cardboard, metal and paper recycling.

It’ll also haul materials and furniture, small or large, to locations of customers’ choice. The company takes purchases from places like furniture stores or hardware suppliers to customers’ homes, and also can haul loads to be donated.

Franchises can also repurpose materials.

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The funny thing about littering is that there’s nothing funny about littering QUIET DESPERATION

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Craig Marshall Smith

ennifer and I just flew back from Detroit, and, boy, are our arms tired.

Michigan is my homeland, specifically Ann Arbor, and I thought that she should have at least one encounter with a University of Michigan home game in her lifetime.

If you haven’t been to one yourself, please consider this: on game day, the corner of East Main Street and South Stadium Boulevard is the sixth-largest city in the state of Michigan.

Alumni, old fans and new fans come from all over the world to attend a Wolverines football game.

Please consider this: The capacity of Sports Authority Field at Mile High is 76,125. The average attendance for a Michigan home game

is more than 112,000.

Jennifer and I woke in a hotel near the Detroit airport, and watched Irma barrel through Florida on CNN. It began a day that neither one of us will ever forget.

From the hotel to Ann Arbor in a rental car on an autumn Saturday: 30 minutes.

We walked to the stadium (from a parking space I pre-arranged from my home computer) past the high school where Iggy Pop and I would have been classmates if the Smiths hadn’t skipped town.

The stadium was opened in 1927, and there have been a number of expansions. The latest one was the addition of skyboxes on top of the skyboxes on top of the skyboxes.

The music is too loud and the playlist is abhorrent — just like it is at CU games — but by halftime we both had lost our hearing, which was a partial blessing, because the halftime musical theme was a tribute to John Williams and the upcoming “Star Wars XXXVII” fatuity.

We stayed in the stadium after the game, and watched 112,000 people leave, and leave about 112,000 pounds of litter.

I said, “Bingo.”

Jennifer said, “What?”

“My next column: Why do people litter?”

“That sounds engrossing,” the facetious German said.

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Don’t look away from what the mirror is trying to tell you

T LETTER TO THE EDITOR Let’s keep up the momentum Ironically, the Aug. 31 edition of this newspaper contained a trio of letters critical of the Elevate DC school board candidates along with an article about DougCo schools titled, “Test scores show growth, room for improvement.” It seems our students are doing better than ever, but you’d never know that listening to the antiElevate folks.

Contrary to the image they want to convey, the anti-Elevate candidates are not a merry quad of “grassroots” residents driven to run in order to correct problems created by the board’s reformers. They are supported by a group called Douglas County Parents, a registered political committee. I believe if elected they would likely bring back the teacher’s union and return DCSD to the days of paying hundreds of thousands of dollars per year in union salaries, automatic pay raises for all teachers (regardless of performance) and discrimination against charter schools, vouchers and school choice.

In fact, along with higher test scores, changes

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made by the “reform boards,” have significantly reduced administrative spending, while increasing the percentage of educational funds that go to the classroom. Reductions in school funding have come from cuts to the education budget made by our liberal-dominated state government. In addition, graduation rates in our district as well as average ACT scores have gone up, online fiscal transparency has been instituted and school choice has greatly increased.

While change is never easy, recent reforms have earned DCSD a reputation for innovation and creativity in education not the stagnant, “same-ol,’ same-ol,’” policies dictated by the teacher’s union. A vote for the Elevate team — Ryan Abresch, Grant Nelson, Deb Scheffel and Randy Mills — is a vote for continued leadership in education that has not only resulted in better test scores, but that puts students first, offers families a host of education options and is fiscally responsible.

Terry P. Beh Castle Rock

ypically the first person we greet each morning is ourselves.

Whether we are washing up, brushing WINNING our teeth, WORDS shaving, putting on some makeup or combing or brushing our hair, our first interaction is looking straight into our own eyes.

We may Michael Norton be thinking about the day ahead of us, maybe remembering all or at least part of a dream we had last night, we may be scrutinizing or judging our appearance, and we may even be reflecting on something we have done or said. Perhaps something we didn’t say or didn’t do either.

You probably know just as many people as I do who spend more time in front of a mirror than most others do.

They are constantly looking at themselves throughout the day. In the morning they want to make sure they look just right, and in some cases

absolutely perfect. And in the evenings, while brushing their teeth or getting ready for bed, they do the once-over one more time to see how they look. And throughout the day, every opportunity at something where they can see their own reflection they take advantage of it. The car window, the rearview mirror, a storefront covered in glass, and even a mirror app on their phone.

While many people do check themselves out throughout the day, from that first greeting through to the end of the day, some will also look to the mirror for answers. “Am I strong enough to handle today?” “Did I do the right thing earlier?” “Is it time for a change?” “Am I who I want to be and where I want to be?”

And although we may think that the mirror doesn’t talk back, I would offer that it does talk back and does so 100 percent of the time. You see, it’s not the mirror’s ability to talk back to us that’s the problem.

Most times, it is our unwillingness to hear the mirror or hold ourselves accountable to what the mirror is saying.

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Rule is reminder that consumers need to pay attention to titles

he new Department of Labor (DOL) rule, also called the Fiduciary Rule, has created a bit of confusion for investors. It also threw many brokerage FINANCIAL rms into a tumult STRATEGIES fiover revamping procedures under the new regulation.

The intent of the rule is very good, but getting everyone who overlaps with the financial services industry on the same page Patricia Kummer is a major undertaking. Hence the implementation of the rule has been delayed again.

The DOL Fiduciary Rule simply states something the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has always required: That advisors must put their clients’ interests before their own. Yet consumers may not know the difference between a fiduciary who is paid as an advisor or a broker who is paid for products.

There may be significant differences between working with an independently registered firm (with the SEC) versus a bank or insurance company where their business does not fall under investment regulation.

One quick way for the consumer to seek advisors who are fiduciaries is to ask for their ADV. This is the Advisory document required by the SEC each year for independent

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advisors. When a firm has submitted an ADV it tells you several things.

First, that they must be a fiduciary since the SEC requires this of all financial planners and advisors who are independently registered with them. Independent registration may provide more objective advice as opposed to falling under a brokerage umbrella.

Secondly, the ADV will clearly state how an advisor manages money, charges fees, discloses conflicts of interest and provides research and advice. Whatever the advisor puts in their ADV is now auditable by the regulators, so advisors take this very seriously.

One major difference between the two fiduciary rules is that the DOL only covers retirement plans, such as 401(k) plans and IRAs. Independent Registered Investment Advisors adopt the fiduciary standard on all investments and advice. Here are five simple questions that are all answered in the ADV that you can use to evaluate your advisor.

1. What education, certification and experience do you have? Most certifications such as the Certified Financial Planner ® designation have minimum education and experience requirements as well as a Code of Ethics.

2. How are investment recommendations selected? Make sure there is an independent analysis prior to investing such as a financial plan or Investment Policy. It is important that all financial needs are viewed holistically including taxes, estates,

Kids deserve healthy start, and we can help provide it

hen you work in public health, programs that substantially improve the health and well-being for thousands are the gold standard. This is especially true when the beneficiaries are kids, who all deserve a healthy start, and pregnant women, who are helping to launch the next generation.

But today in Colorado, we’re in danger of losing a program that achieves this standard, and our elected officials simply should not let that happen.

At issue is funding for the Children’s Health Insurance Program, or CHP+, as it is known in Colorado.

This funding is set to expire unless Congress acts by Sept. 30. In Colorado, this would mean the loss of about $250 million annually, which has been a source of healthy starts for kids for nearly 20 years since the program was passed with bipartisan support. More than 90,000 kids and pregnant women who were covered by CHP+ over the last year in our state stand to lose care if the funding goes away. In the Denver metro area alone, more than 45,000 kids and pregnant women used this program during 2016 to get access to quality, affordable health care.

CHP+ was designed by Colorado

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to meet our state’s specific needs, and it helps thousands of working families who make too much money to qualify for Medicaid, but too little to afford private insurance.

The working families who are covered by the program simply don’t have the option John Douglas to switch to private insurance and will likely be forced to have their kids go without coverage if the program goes away. For example, the maximum annual enrollment fee for a family on CHP+ is $75 or about $6.25 per month. By contrast, the cheapest catastrophic health plan in Denver for a child is $103 monthly — a 1,500 percent increase. And such a catastrophic health plan would still expose families to very high out-of-pocket costs, including large deductibles, which are estimated to be thousands of dollars greater than those under CHP+ coverage.

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retirement and risk and income needs. Make sure the investment choices are not synonymous with the name on the letterhead. Independent research should provide you more custom portfolio design.

3. What are your conflicts of interest? This should include any sponsorship or company affiliations that impact how an advisor is compensated beyond your fees.

4. What are your fees? This should include how they are calculated and reported.

5. What does the long-term relationship look like? You should expect to have ongoing reviews available to you and to be encouraged to update your financial plan and ask questions at any time. This includes progress reports and adjustments as needed including tax law changes, market fluctuations and economic updates in addition to your own individual needs as they change.

In summary, you don’t have to worry about the DOL rule and when and if it is ever implemented if your advisor is a Certified Financial Planner® and Registered Investment Advisor. Both the Board of Certified Financial Planners and the SEC hold fiduciary standards and professional code of conduct as minimum requirements for their advisors. And you should too.

Patricia Kummer has been an independent Certified Financial Planner for 31 years and is president of Kummer Financial Strategies Inc., a Registered Investment Advisor in Highlands Ranch. Kummer Financial Strategies Inc. is a seven-year 5280 Top Advisor. Please visit www. kummerfinancial.com for more information. Any material discussed is meant for informational purposes only and not a substitute for individual advice.

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You don’t need to be a public health official to understand the value of a program like this one. Kids covered by CHP+ are more likely to have a regular primary care doctor and thus less likely to be hospitalized for a problem that could have been treated at a primary care visit. Common sense and research tell us that healthy kids are better learners in the classroom, have fewer absences from school, and are better prepared as they enter adulthood. Kids with health coverage are less likely to drop out of high school, more likely to graduate from college, and have higher incomes as adults.

With so much attention over the past six months to a possible repeal and replacement of the Affordable Care Act, the importance of continuing the Children’s Health Insurance Program has been lost in the shuffle. We simply can’t allow programs like this one — with a proven track record and thousands relying on it — to simply go away.

Our elected officials in Congress need to work together and act rapidly to preserve it. Even at this deeply contentious time in our national politics, we can all agree that kids deserve the healthiest start possible to maximize their potential. A proven bipartisan program like CHP+ deserves the support of Colorado’s entire congressional delegation.

There was trash under the seats everywhere you looked.

Remember Keep America Beautiful’s 1971 “crying Indian” campaign?

Their recent study about littering gives two main reasons: contextual variables and personal variables.

Contextual variables include “availability of trash cans, the accumulative impact of other litter in the area, and even weather.”

Personal variables include “age, awareness, attitudes, and feelings

John Douglas is executive director of the Tri-County Health Department serving Adams, Arapahoe and Douglas counties.

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We all know what we should do, or what we have to do. We all know what we should not have done or what we did. Most of us know what the mirror is saying, we just don’t want to listen or we make excuses to justify why we can’t or won’t do something or stand up for someone or something. Mirrors are a reflection of what is in front of them. And unless they are a trick mirror or carnival mirror, they also do not tell lies.

So it doesn’t matter if it is that first greeting in the morning, the glances throughout the day, or that last look in the evening, we know what the mirror

of personal responsibility.”

The study showed that “15 percent of littering behavior had to do with contextual demands and 85 percent had to do with personal variables.”

There were plenty of trash cans everywhere, and Michigan head coach Jim Harbaugh is featured in a big screen plea for fans to dispose of litter responsibly.

Neither mattered.

Older people are less likely to litter than younger people, the study showed. I hope they didn’t spend too much time or money figuring that one out. Have you ever seen a carload of kids toss fast food leftovers out the window?

Littering isn’t just an incidental lapse in accountability and civility.

Over nine billion tons of litter ends up in the ocean every year.

Over 11 billion dollars is spent every year to clean up litter.

I am not campaigning myself. Littering is an inevitability, and I am fully resigned to it.

The explanation is this: People will be people.

(If you go to Ann Arbor, go to Zingerman’s Delicatessen. We did, after the game.)

is saying don’t we? The mirror is the procrastinator’s worst nightmare.

When the mirror is telling us to do something we need to do it. It’s not the eyes of others who are looking at us, those are our own eyes that are looking right back into our soul, our heart, and our goals and dreams.

What are we supposed to do when the mirror talks back? We are to listen and we are to take act.

How about you? Are the mirrors in your life speaking to you? The bigger question is this, are you listening and taking action? I would love to hear what your mirror is telling you at gotonorton@gmail.com, and when we hear what our mirrors are saying, and we do what we know we need to do, it really will be a better than good week.

Michael Norton is a resident of Castle Rock, the former president of the Zig Ziglar Corporation, a strategic consultant and a business and personal coach.

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

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Local girl becomes international superhero Parker middle schooler travels to Spain to promote bodyflying

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According to her mother, Sydney Kennet tried every sport before settling on one most people have never heard of: indoor skydiving, or “bodyflying.”

The sport is more popular internationally than in the United States, and organizers hope to get a spot for the sport in the 2020 or 2024 Olympic Games. And they asked the Sagewood Middle School student to help. Kennet trains locally at iFly Denver, located in Lone Tree, and competes around the country throughout the year.

“It was super cool. I felt honored to be invited,” said Kennet, 11.

The “Superheroes Camp,” hosted in August in Madrid, Spain, brought 10 of the world’s best young bodyfliers from

Canada, Poland, Australia and Hungary together for 10 days of training, exhibitions and camaraderie. The children lived and trained together as well as having the entire experience filmed for a documentary.

“Spain was such an amazing experience that I will never forget. I was able to fly and train and live with some of the world’s best,” Kennet said. “It was a dream come true.”

Kennet placed first in two recent competitions in August in Phoenix, and in April at a competition in Virginia Beach, and was the youngest of the selected “superheroes.” She’s currently training for a December competition in Tampa, Florida, but she’s also looking ahead to 2018.

“I hope I get to go back next year,” she said.

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An example is “re-staining a furniture piece to make it more desirable,” McClellan said. A “couple of weeks ago, I picked up matching dressers; one tall, the other long. They both had broken drawers and rails and were destined for the wood recycler, but by mixing and matching drawers and rails I was able to make one complete dresser adequate for donation, and only one went to the woodchipper.”

McClellan’s 30-year-old son Andrew, an Air Force Reserve member, helps him out on some weekend jobs — he’s “kinda my muscle,” said McClellan,

who plans to make him his general manager.

“I do see this as my main future career,” Andrew McClellan said.

“It’s a business you can be proud of.

Not only are you providing a service which people need, but it’s a business (done) in the most environmentally friendly way possible ... items (that) still have value are either repurposed or donated, which helps others in need and avoids unnecessary waste.”

The veteran aspect was a draw for him as well.

“It’s a sad reality that many veterans struggle transitioning from the military to civilian life,” Andrew McClellan said. “While many companies speak of helping our veteran community, JDog puts those words into action.”

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Backcountry Wilderness Area director Mark Giebel credits “rapid” response time from several agencies in the Denver metro area for the minimal impact of last week’s brush fire.

“The fire was quickly contained in a small area,” Giebel said. “None of the trail areas or program areas were impacted.”

The 46-acre fire started late in the afternoon Sept. 15 near the Highlands Ranch Law Enforcement Training Facility, 6001 Ron King Trail. Firefighters, including those from the West Douglas County and South Metro departments, quickly responded to what has been named the Range 5 Fire, a reference to a shooting range at the training facility. A spokesman for the Douglas County Sheriff ’s Office confirmed the fire started near the shooting range.

No injuries or damage to structures were reported. The cause of the fire remained under investigation as of Sept. 18, according to authorities.

The fire prompted a pre-evacuation notice for 3,300 homes in southern

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A brush fire burns about 6:40 p.m. Sept. 15, seen from Ron King Trail at the Highlands Ranch Law Enforcement Training Facility. The West Douglas County Fire Department was on scene along with Douglas County Sheriff officials. The sheriff’s office is referring to it as the Range 5 fire, a reference to a shooting range on the facility.

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15. A pre-evacuation notice is sent before an evacuation to notify residents that they are in a possible danger zone and to allow for time to prepare, according to Jason Blanchard, public information officer for the sheriff ’s office. The notice was canceled at 8:30 p.m. as crews, aided by a helicopter making water drops, began to get a handle on the blaze. Rain moved in later in the night, further helping their cause.

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Firefighters spent the morning searching for hot spots and burning logs and digging a dirt line to prevent the fire from spreading, South Metro Fire Rescue said on Twitter. The fire was 100 percent contained that afternoon.

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big cheese Alamo Drafthouse Chef Ian Patrick serves up the “Grown Up Grilled Cheese,” a favorite on the menu at the theater’s cafe. Seth Rexroad, designer of their menu, says the grilled cheese sandwich is like the different genres of rock ’n’ rollthat evolve through the years from the same basic structure.

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hef John Wu and his wife Hong came to the United States to pursue their dreams.

John’s was to be a chemist.

Hong’s was to run a restaurant.

After finishing his master’s degree in chemistry at the University of Texas El Paso, Wu opted to go with his wife’s plan, and in 2016, they opened Sizzle in Centennial. He had one condition: He would use the expertise he would have used to make chemical compounds to achieve balance between the flavors of Sizzle’s version of the grilled cheese sandwich.

“It’s a simple, homemade option,” Hong says. “It’s light, it’s something you can eat if you’re vegetarian, and it’s simple. Kids and adults like it.”

Food trends come and go in cycles, and a wave of grilled cheese-themed restaurants have come, and in some cases gone, in the Denver metro

WHAT’S IN THEM? The Alamo Drafthouse: “Grown Up Grilled Cheese” • Sourdough bread • Mozzarella and goat cheeses • Spinach and tomato The Urban Egg: “Elevated” Grilled Cheese • Sourdough bread area over the last few years.

But customers come back to the grilled cheese for a variety of reasons, some seeking a low-cost option, others looking for a melted, meatless choice to chew.

Wu and other area chefs have established a safe space for the foodie favorite on their menus by adding their own twists to the time-tested toastie.

Blends, balance and a bowl Cheese isn’t a staple of Asian cuisine, but Wu says his version of the classic American sandwich is a fusion of Asian skill and American style. He doesn’t give away the recipe for his “SG Grilled Cheese,” other than revealing it has a soy base and that he uses a blend of American, Swiss and cheddar. For carnivores, Wu adds a sweet bratwurst or some honey baked ham.

At the Urban Egg’s locations in Highlands Ranch and Greenwood Village, balanc-

• Havarti and Swiss cheeses • Fresh basil, sliced tomato • A drizzle of Colorado honey Sizzle Grill: “SG Grilled Cheese” • White bread • Swiss, American and cheddar cheeses ing textures is as important as finding complementary flavors.

“It’s a balance of crunchy on the outside and a gooey inside,” says General Manager Brennan Price, alluding to the sourdough bread the Egg’s chefs base their sandwich on.

Price’s father and owner of the restaurants, Randy, says his restaurant’s take on the sandwich has been a customer favorite since the Highlands Ranch store opened 2 1/2 years ago. The Brennan’s version, they call it the “elevated grilled cheese,” features a blend of Havarti and Swiss cheeses, paired with fresh basil and tomato.

But one last ingredient sets their sandwich apart — Colorado honey.

“It adds a level of sweetness that really complements the basil. Those two ingredients together make all the difference,” Brennan says.

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Chef John Wu , owner of Sizzle Grill in Centannial, admires his cheesy concoction. The restaurant’s walls feature photos of repeat customers, many of whom return for one of the three grilled cheese variations.

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ith interest in dinosaurs at a peak in the metro area these days, the Denver Museum of Nature & Science, 2001 Colorado Blvd., Denver, will bring in an exhibit called “Ultimate Dinosaurs,” opening on Oct. 6 with general admission. (Audio guides available in English and Spanish.) Strange creatures evolved in isolation in Africa, South America and Madagascar. The supercontinent Pangaea gradually broke apart and formed today’s continents, carrying various dinosaur species as pieces of continents drifted. From the tiny Eoraptor to the massive Gigantosaurus, visitors can indulge the “inner 8-year-old,” as the DMNS puts it. The exhibit, with 17 fully articulated skeletons and dozens of fossils and casts, was created by the Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, and toured by the Science Museum of Minnesota. For more information: dmns.org/ultimatedinos.

Dracula returns The Colorado Ballet begins its season on Oct. 6-15 with performances of “Dracula,” choreographed by Michael Pink, with music by Philip Feeney. Seductive vampires, frightening mental patients and the king of the undead will dance at the Ellie Caulkins Opera House at the Denver Performing Arts Complex. Coloradoballet.org. Principal dancer Chandra Kuykendall, who grew up and started dancing in Parker, begins her 20th season and will be the primary Lucy.

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For the short set Ezra Jack Keats’ charming book, “The Snowy Day,” is transformed into a play for Pre-K to third-graders at Denver Center for Performing Arts, 14th and Champa Street in downtown Denver, through Nov. 19. See Denvercenter.org. Tickets: $1o-$15.

Kaminski sculptures “Processing Spirit: Sculpture

by Kim Kaminski” is open at the Littleton Museum, 6028 S. Gallup St. Littleton, through Oct. 22. She was Best of Show winner at the 2016 Own an Original exhibit, thereby winning an invitation for a solo show. She sculpts in bronze and steel. Open during museum hours: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Lone Tree Symphony The first concert of the new season by the Lone Tree Symphony will be at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 6 at the Lone Tree Arts Center, 10075 Commons St., Lone Tree. It will include Mendelssohn’s Symphony No. 3, “Scottish Symphony,” as well a 007 James Bond Medley and other music by UK composers.

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since childhood.

“It’s comfort food, for sure,” he says.

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The Seattle sound of sandwiches Alamo Drafthouse chef and menu designer Seth Rexroad describes his cheesy concoction as “comfort food you can eat in the dark,” a significant stipulation for his movie-going clientele.

“For me, there’s nothing I’d rather have than a grilled cheese in one hand and a beer in the other while I’m watching a movie,” he says. “You

Any entree needs a good side dish, and the grilled cheese can usually be found surrounded by French fries or Brennan’s favorite dipping dish: a bowl of soup. Indeed, though each restaurant puts their own spin on the sandwich, one thing working in their favor is the fact that most of their customers have been eating the fare

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can’t go wrong.”

The “Grown Up Grilled Cheese” combines goat and mozzarella cheeses, with spinach and tomato rounding out the edges. Ian Patrick, the chef at the theater chain’s Littleton location, says his grill typically has one or more of the toasties on its surface at any given time.

“It’s definitely a standard,” Patrick says. “It’s all about the tang from the goat cheese.”

Rexroad says he constantly monitors food trends around the U.S. and noticed a surge in grilled cheese

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Woodcarvers The 43rd Annual Woodcarving Show will be in Highlands Ranch this year on Oct. 14-15 at the Hilton Garden Inn, 1050 Plaza Drive, Highlands Ranch. Hours: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Oct. 14; 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Oct. 15. Admission: $5, free for children 12 and under. Carving competition both days at 2 p.m. Featured carver 10:30-11:30 a.m. both days. Coloradocarvers.org.

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Arts by Aaron Local artist Patricia Aaron, a Greenwood Village resident who exhibits widely, has a new show, “Salt Water + Light,” inspired by travel to the Bahamas, Prince Edward Island and Iceland, at the Space Gallery, 400 Santa Fe Drive, Denver. It runs through Nov. 4. Hours: 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesdays through Fridays; 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturdays. 720-904-1088.

sandwiches around the early 2000s that later fizzled out. He put it on the Drafthouse menu in 2013 and tried different variations throughout the years, including wrapping the sandwiches in bacon and filling them with macaroni and cheese.

Gimmicks and interesting ingredients aside, he says he’s confident the sandwich will always be in heavy rotation.

“I think of it like grunge music,” Rexroad says. “It’s all rock ‘n’ roll, it just keeps coming back in different forms.”

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D The “Killer Miscast Kids” from the 2016 performance of “Miscast” appeared again E in 2017 at Town Hall Arts Center and are part of a group that is performing in “13 the Musical” also to benefit Denver Actors Fund.

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When lights went up on “Miscast” at Littleton’s Town Hall Arts Center on Sept. 25, the audience was treated to an evening of unparalleled silliness by a number of Denver’s top performers, who contribute their time and talents to an annual production that raises money for the Denver Actors Fund.

“What role/song have you ever considered that is totally inappropriate for you?” it asks. “One that you would never be cast for — ever?” The response, including costume and accompaniment, made up the “Miscast” program, with running commentary by co-hosts/funny guys Steven J Burge and Eric Mather.

This community-wide benefit is for the Denver Actors Fund, which has provided financial and practical services to members of the local theater community who find themselves in medical need. In four years, the nonprofit organization has awarded more than $120,000 in direct financial aid to fellow artists.

The idea of “Miscast” started some years ago with a now-discontinued theater company that needed to raise money and was later picked up at the suggestion of John Moore as a manageable way to develop support for the large local theater community.

Director Robert Michael Sanders said he had far more proposals for program acts than he could include.

He was assisted by several judges in scheduling performers.

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h Among returning acts from 2016 o was a performance by the “Killer Kids a of Miscast”: Included: Kaden Hinkle, t Hannah Katz, Darrow Klein, Evan Gibley (Highlands Ranch), Rylee Vogelh d and Hannah Meg Weinraub.

They and other young performers asked director Robert Michael Sand- t ers to help them stage “13: the Musi- k cal” by Jason Robert Brown (music U and lyrics), Dan Elish and Robert f Horn (book), to raise additional m money for the Denver Actors Fund.

2 “What do most kids do when they want to raise money for charity? Set o up a lemonade stand or organize a car wash. What do theater kids do when p they want to support their favorite charity? They put on a show!” Sanders s T said.

“13 the Musical” will play at 2 and w w 7 p.m. on Oct. 6 in the Denver JCC Elaine Wolf Theatre.

Others in the musical are: Joshua i Cellar (Littleton) Conrad Eck, Macy t p Friday, Lorenzo Giovanetti (Lakeb wood), Michelle Lee, Gabe Legg (Highlands Ranch), Carter Novinger a p (Littleton).

T They have chosen a Broadway coming-of-age musical, Sanders said, commenting that these talented young e adults perform at the Denver Center f for Performing Arts, the Arvada CenW ter, BDT Stage, Littleton Town Hall Arts Center, Midtown Arts Center, P Lone Tree Arts Center, Candlelight Dinner Theatre, Parker PACE Center, m The Aurora Fox, Vintage Theatre and m more.

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A lot of kids who come are interested in becoming artists — they bring comics they made, stories they’ve written, and drawings they made. One time a kid brought a giant portfolio of artwork, and it was great to see the progress he made.

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When he was in the second grade, he remembers being labeled all kinds of things including a troublemaker, and the kid with ADHD. When he became too disruptive, his teachers would send him out into the hallway. And that’s when he would draw.

“I didn’t want to be known as the trouble kid,” he said. “I wanted to be known as an artist and storyteller.”

Now, as the author of the Captain Underpants and Dog Man series, the former of which has more than 80 million copies in print worldwide, in 25 languages, he’s proven the power of creativity.

And he wants to spread the word.

“Creativity really is like a superpower,” Pilkey said. “Everyone likes superheroes, but no one can fly.

Through imagination and creativity, we can be superheroes. This is how we can save the world.”

To promote children’s literacy, and in partnership with Second Star to the Right Children’s Books, an independent children’s and young adult bookstore in Denver, Pilkey will host a special talk and book signing at 3 p.m. on Sept. 24 the historic Elitch Theatre.

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THEATER

Miscast 2017: 7 p.m. Monday, Sept.

25 at Town Hall Arts Center, 2450 W. Main St., Littleton. Local actors sing songs and perform roles they would never be cast in. Benefit for Denver Actors Fund. Doors open at 6 p.m. Cash bar available. Call 303794-2787 or go to www.townhallartscenter.org.

Intro to Theater Workshop: Character Development: 6:30-8:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 27 at Koelbel Library, 5955 S. Holly St., Centennial.

Attendees will develop and interpret a character based on clues in a script, and work together to create a scene with complex characters.

This recurring workshop for teens and adults focuses on a different aspect of theater each month. No experience is necessary and all skill levels are welcome. Save your spot at arapahoelibraries.org.

‘South Pacific’: 2-5 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays from Sept. 30 to Oct. 15 at the PACE Center, 20000 Pikes Peak Ave., Parker. Classic musical tells the story of two relationships that blossom despite the racial prejudice of their communities.

“South Pacific” was written shortly after World War II ended; its message of unity and its confrontation of racial stereotypes through the all-too-familiar lens of the War was poignant and incredibly affective to the audiences of the time. Go to http://parkerarts.org.

In the Heights: shows through Sunday, Oct. 8 at Town Hall Arts Center, 2450 W. Main St., Littleton.

First musical production of the 2017-18 season. Reserved tickets on sale at the box office or online at www.townhallartscenter.org/ in-the-heights. `August: Osage County’: 7:30 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays; and 2:30 p.m. Sundays through Oct. 15 at Vintage Theatre, 1468 Dayton St., Aurora. Additional show at 7:30 p.m.

Monday, Sept. 18.

After the Weston family patriarch disappears family tensions heat up and boil over in the ruthless August heat. Go to www.vintagetheatre. com or call 303-856-7830.

ART

Learn Embroidery: 2 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 23 at the Castle Pines Library, 360 Village Square Lane. Learn the skills to create embroidery at home.

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

Design a Temporary Tattoo: 4-5:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 27 at Smoky Hill Library, 5430 S. Biscay Circle, Centennial. Teens ages 13-17 are invited to discover the art of tattoo

S. Wilcox St., Castle Rock. Learn to make homemade bath products to help scrub away stress. For adults.

Registration is required at 303-7917323 or DCL.org.

this week’s TOP FIVE Opening Night Gala: 4:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 23 at the Lone Tree Arts Center, 10075 Commons St., Lone Tree. Cocktails, dinner, live auction, dessert, dancing and entertainment by The Company Men. Purchase tickets at the box office, by calling 720509-1000 or online at www.lonetreeartscenter. org. Contact Tonya Fallows at 303-489-5533 for information.

Centennial Chalk Art Festival: 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Saturday, Sept. 23 and Sunday, Sept. 24 at Centennial Center Park, 13050 E. Peakview Ave., Centennial. Artists bring masterpieces to live right at your feet. Enjoy live music and fine art vendors.

Go to http://www.centennialco.gov/Things-ToDo/community-events.aspx.

Grandfather of Estes Park: 7 p.m. Tuesday, Sept.

26 at Bemis Public Library, 6014 S. Datura St., Littleton. Meet F.O. Stanley, famous hotelier and inventor of the steam-powered automobile, as portrayed by actor Kurtis Kelly. Learn how Stanley’s visionary spirit would help pave the way to create Rocky Mountain National Park and reintroduce the nearly extinct elk. Contact 303-7953961.

Fine Arts, Music Festival: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Saturday, Sept. 23 and Sunday, Sept. 24 at O’Brien Park, 10795 Victorian Drive, Parker.

National juried art; Colorado musicians; food and more. Admission is free. Pets welcome. Go to http://www.coloradoeventsandfestivals.com.

designs such as shark teeth, surfers, canoes, hibiscus flower, honu (sea turtle), and more. Practice drawing on fabric, then use temporary inks to paint a design on your arm. Save your spot at arapahoelibraries.org.

Perry Street, between Third and Fourth streets, and will end at the Castle Rock Museum. Final tour for the season. Contact the museum at 303-814-3164 or museum@ castlerockhistoricalsociety.org.

MUSIC

Costumes in your Closet: 1 p.m.

Sunday, Sept. 24 at the Roxborough Library, 8357 N. Rampart Range Road, Ste. 200. Learn thrifty tricks for using the items you already own to create cool costumes. All ages.

Registration is required at 303-7917323 or DCL.org.

HOOTenanny Owl & Music Festival: continues through Saturday, Sept. 23 at the Audubon Nature Center at Chatfield, 11280 Waterton Road, Littleton. Discover the secret life of owls through owl workshops, night hikes, live owl encounters, crafts, educational activities, and informational displays presented by local non-profit and government organizations.

Registration is requested; go to www. denveraudubon. org or call 303-9739530. Proceeds from this festival support our educational programs and activities at the Audubon Center at Chatfield.

EVENTS

Practical Dowsing Field Trip: 11 a.m.

Saturday, Sept. 23 at Butterfield Park, 3952 Butterfield Crossing Drive, Castle Rock. Learn about and experience the beneficial effect as you Walk the Labyrinth with the Mile High Dowsers. Public parking, restrooms and a covered picnic pavilion are available. Bring a camping/folding chair and a snack to share. Go to www.milehighdowsers.org.

History Walking Tour: 10:30 a.m.

Saturday, Sept. 23 in historic downtown Castle Rock. The 45-minute tour begins at The Courtyard on

Spices: 6:30 p.m. Monday, Sept. 25 at the Roxborough Library, 8357 N. Rampart Range Road, Ste. 200.

Join Active Minds to trace the rise of spices from colonialism and the spice trade to the varieties stocked in modern supermarkets. For adults.

Registration is required at 303-7917323 or DCL.org.

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Stratus Chamber Orchestra: 7:30 p.m. Friday, Sept.

29 at First Plymouth Congregational Church, 3501 S. Colorado Blvd., Englewood; and 7:30 p.m.

Saturday, Sept. 30 at Augustana Lutheran Church, 5000 E. Alameda Ave., Denver. Features pianist Tanya Gabrielian. Call 303-388-4962, go to www.

AugustanaArts.org or purchase tickets at the door.

Smoky Hill Library, 5430 S. Biscay Circle, Centennial. Award-winning SCUBA diver Chris Manos will share stories from his quests and give you a first-hand look at his gear and discoveries. This event is co-sponsored with the Centennial Senior Commission. Save your spot at arapahoelibraries.org.

Post Office Meeting: 5 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 27 in Castle Rock Bank Room West at the Philip S. Miller Library, 100 S. Wilcox St., Castle Rock.

Public meeting to discuss possible relocation of the Castle Rock main post office retail services.

Lifetree Café: 5-6 p.m. Monday, Sept. 25 (Forgiving the Unforgivable); Monday, Oct. 2 (Making Life’s Toughest Decisions); Monday, Oct. 9 (Toxic Faith); Monday, Oct. 16 (The 60-Minute Guide to Greater Confidence); Monday, Oct. 23 (The Black and White Truth About Racism); Monday, Oct. 30 (Mysteries of Mental Illness) at DAZBOG, 202 Wilcox St., Castle Rock. Call 303-814-0142.

Go to LifetreeCafe.com.

Well Drilling Seminar: 7-9 p.m.

Wednesday, Sept. 27 at the Parker Library, 20105 Mainstreet, Parker.

Presented by the Rural Water Authority of Douglas County. Doug Stephenson, chief well inspector, Colorado Division of Water Resources, is the guest speaker.

Attendees will receive the “Citizen’s Guide to Denver Basin Groundwater,” produced by the Colorado Foundation for Water Education. RSVP by Friday, Sept. 22 at info@rwadc. org. In RSVP, include first and last names of each attendee and the address where your well is located. Cost ($10 per household) payable at the door.

Book Lovers: 1 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 26 at the James H. LaRue Library, 9292 Ridgeline Blvd., Highlands Ranch.

Discover new books and authors to add to your reading list with library staff and a special guest. For adults.

Registration is required at 303-7917323 or DCL.org.

Apples Galore: 4-5 p.m.

Thursday, Sept. 28 at the Englewood Public Library, 1000 Englewood Parkway, in the Storytime Room. Celebrate apple picking season with fun apple crafts, apple tasting and warm apple cider. Call 303-762-2560.

Underwater Treasure Hunting: 6:30-8 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 26 at

Relax-Ability: 2 p.m. Friday, Sept.

29 at the Philip S. Miller Library, 100

Household Chemical Roundup: 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 30 at the Town of Castle Rock Utilities, 175 Kellogg Court, Castle Rock. Douglas County residents can dispose of household chemicals, oil and batteries, among other items. Proof of residency required; $25 per vehicle.

Go to www.tchd.org/hcroundup for a list of acceptable items. Call 303846-6249.

Shredding, Electronics Recycling: 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 30 in the parking lot at Kaiser Permanente Building, 9285 Hepburn St., Highlands Ranch. Accepted items are computers, keyboards, fax machines, cell phones, radios, printers and more. Televisions and CRTs will be assessed a fee. Limit of three small bags or boxes of confidential papers for shredding. Event is free, but donations are appreciated; proceeds will benefit the Highlands Ranch Community Scholarship Fund and the Cultural Affairs Association. Call 303-791-2500 or go to www.HRCAonline.org/recycle.

Vampire 5K Run for Blood: 6:30-9 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 30 at Flat Acres Farm, 11321 Dransfeldt Road, Parker. Run as a citizen, or hide on the course as a vampire, seeking to transform victims with red powder as they run through woods, abandoned buildings and a haybale maze. Post run party includes music, dancing, food, haunted house and more. Go to http://www.vampire5k. com/.

Ghost Towns of the Eastern Plains: 2-3 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 30 at the Englewood Public Library, 1000 Englewood Parkway, in the Anderson Room. Carl Sandberg returns to give us a tour of ghost towns on Colorado’s eastern plains. For adults and teens. Registration required. Call the Englewood Public Library at 303-762-2560 or email epl@englewoodco.gov.

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

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September 21, 2017S

A bloody good time for Bonfils Vampire 5K raises goose bumps, funds for donation centers

BY TOM SKELLEY TSKELLEY@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Hundreds of people running for their lives from packs of bloodthirsty vampires may sound like a nightmare, but for Lauren Jones, organizer of the 2017 Vampire 5K at Flat Acre Farms in Parker on Sept. 30, it’s a dream come true.

Jones and her husband Scott host a number of fun runs to benefit local nonprofits around the Front Range, but it’s been five years since the last vampire-themed event in Littleton.

This year’s five-kilometer, noncompetitive fundraiser will raise awareness and funds for an appropriate beneficiary: Bonfils Blood Center.

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last one, and we all thought it was a good partnership with the vampire theme,” Jones said. “Now is the time to bring it back to life.”

Flat Acre Farms in Parker will host the event just after the opening of its Fall Festival, featuring family activities that tie in with the fun run’s spooky theme. Costumes are encouraged, and participants can register to run through the course solo or in “clans” of four or more people.

Participants will receive a “Running Sucks” T-shirt, a free red beer after the event and discounted admission to Flat Acre’s Reaper’s Hollow.

The run will conclude with music, dancing and costumed fun to “kick of the Halloween season in style,” as Jones put it.

Those seeking to ambush the runners as costumed vampires can also register alone or in clans, to lurk in the woods, abandoned buildings and creekbeds on the course and toss red powder on runners to mark them as

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Runners and vampires get scary for the 2012 Vampire 5K in Littleton. COURTESY PHOTO undead victims.

Registration will be capped at 500 participants, and totals so far indicate they will reach that goal.

“There’s safety in numbers,” Jones said. “Whether it be a troop that runs together or a pack that hunts together.”

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Volunteers are still needed for the event and can register on the Vampire 5K website. Volunteers receive the same perks (T-shirts, a free beer, etc.) as runners.

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Fees: Citizen runners can register for $45 until Sept.

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SPORTS RIVALS COLLIDE

BY THE NUMBERS

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Combined yards of offense for ThunderRidge (599) and Mountain Vista (434) in a Sept.

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Strikeouts per inning and 12.1 per game for Valor Christian senior pitcher Alexandria Kilponen.

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Penalties committed by Rock Canyon’s opponent, Denver East, in the Sept. 15 football game won by Canyon, 22-21.

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More plays than Legend run by Castle View in the teams’ Sept. 15 football game — but Legend won 42-6.

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Stolen bases for the Douglas County softball team in a 21-0 triumph over Highlands Ranch on Sept. 13.

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Mountain Vista defender Michael Brennan upends ThunderRidge wide receiver Jake Porter (21) during the Sept. 15 rivalry game at Shea Stadium. After two lightning delays, ThunderRidge ended up on top by the score of 51-34. The teams combined for 1,033 yards of total offense.

ThunderRidge junior Spencer Lambert rushed for 337 yards and six touchdowns.

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Standout Performers Chris Cornn, Ponderosa In the second overtime of a Sept.

12 match, the sophomore forward scored the game-winning goal in a 3-2 victory over Mountain Vista.

Ali Kilponen, Valor Christian The senior hurled a four-inning no-hitter, struck out 15, hit two homers and had five RBIs in a 15-0 romp over Lakewood on Sept. 16.

Alec DeRose, Rock Canyon

Katie Hilsman, Douglas County

DeRose, a senior, rushed for 165 yards in a 22-21 football win over Denver East on Sept. 15.

The sophomore had a homer and double in three at-bats and drove in three runs in a 10-7 softball win over ThunderRidge on Sept. 15.

Spencer Lambert, ThunderRidge The junior running back rushed for 337 yards on 37 carries and scored six touchdowns in the 51-34 football win over Mountain Vista on Sept. 15.

Caden Meis, Legend He rushed for 105 yards and two touchdowns and the junior also led the team with 13 tackles in a 42-6 win over Castle View on Sept. 15.

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ohl Schultz didn’t wrestle with boredom this summer.

The 16-year-old Ponderosa junior traveled around Europe from Austria to Serbia to Finland to Sweden OVERTIME to France and finally to Greece.

He returned home as the first American Cadet World Greco-Roman wrestling champion in 20 years.

Schultz did have some time to see some European attractions, Jim Benton but wrestling was the main reason he spent the summer in Europe training and competing in junior and Cadet tournaments.

“It was a little tough being away from home for so long,” said Schultz, who is a two-time 220-pound Colorado state champion. “I really had to focus on what my goals were.”

He obtained one of his goals Sept.

5 in Athens when he got a takedown with 12 seconds remaining to earn a 3-1 win over Hungary’s Balint Vatzi in the 100-kilogram world title Greco match.

“It was awesome,” said Schultz. “It sounds great, world champion.”

Greco-Roman wrestling differs from freestyle because you can only do takedowns by attacking the upper body of the opponent and can’t grab a foe below the waist.

In freestyle wrestling, participants can use their legs as both offensive and defensive weapons and single and double-leg takedowns are common.

The Cadet age-group classification is 16- and 17-year-old wrestlers, but Schultz also competed in a couple junior tournaments for wrestlers born after Sept. 1, 1997 plus those enrolled in grades 9-12.

“I like Greco more, but honestly it’s all just wrestling,” Schultz said.

USA Greco-Roman assistant coach Momir Petkovic knew Schultz would be a Greco-Roman standout when he first saw him.

“His body type has no weak spot,” explained Petkovic. “Greco is more physical. To throw somebody you need explosive power. When I saw him for the first time, he was 13 or 14 and I said this kid has no weak spots. He could be a great Greco representative for this country.”

There was an assembly at Ponderosa on Sept. 13 to honor Schultz, who plans to continue wrestling for the Mustangs this winter. A group of Pondo pom girls wore special Schultz T-shirts that said “World Champion” and got fros in reference to Schulz’s Afro hairstyle.

“It was great,” said Schultz. “I really didn’t have too much to say. It was crazy.

There were so many people.”

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Highlands Ranch • One thing that can usually be banked on at the school is a good volleyball team. Over the past 10 seasons, the Falcons have averaged 19.3 wins and the team is off to an 8-1 start this year.

• The football team has notched three straight wins to start the season. However, the schedule toughens as the Falcons host Regis Jesuit, a team that won the past five games against the Falcons, on Sept. 22 at Shea Stadium.

• Brad Bedell scored twice as the Falcons’ boys soccer team snapped a four-game losing streak with a 3-2 win over Arvada West on Sept. 16.

Mountain Vista • Senior pitcher Makayla Hoselton leads the Continental League with a 1.66 earned run average through 12 games.

She has pitched 33.2 innings with a 6-0 record and one save.

• The boys tennis team has compiled a 6-0

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On campus: record this season and No. 3 singles player senior Brian Benson has won all six of his matches.

• It’s been a slow start for the boys soccer team, which has started 1-6-0 and have been shut out four times.

Rock Canyon • There are two new cross country record holders who have set school bests this season.

Senior Chris Theodore’s 15:23 set the new boys standard while sophomore Hope James ran a record 18:30.

• Junior quarterback Adam Mullen has been effective so far this season, with a 118.3 quarterback rating in three games. He has completed 32 of 62 passes for 601 yards with eight touchdowns and one interception.

• Senior infielder Shelby Lamkin is pacing the softball team with a .630 batting average and a .667 on-base percentage.

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• ThunderRidge, which lost games in 2014 and 2015, has resumed its dominance in the football rivalry with Mountain Vista as the Grizzlies swelled their advantage to 10-2 in the series.

• Shea Holmes, a senior, scored a goal and had an assist for the United States’ Under 19 Women’s National soccer team that defeated the U20 Iran squad, 5-0, to win the CFA International Women’s Youth Football Tournament on Sept.

14 in Dunyon, China.

SkyView Academy • The old adage of “wait until next year” could apply to the girls volleyball team as nine of the 15 girls on team are underclass players. Still, the Hawks have won three of eight

• It doesn’t get much easier for the winless soccer team (06-0) with games scheduled against Jefferson Academy, Manual and Denver Christian. SkyView is a combined 2-5 against those team with both wins coming against Manual.

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By any name, there’s no substitute for their support Backups play key roles on high school teams but must maintain the right mind-set

BY JIM BENTON JBENTON@COLORDOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

They are the players who rarely hear their names over the public address system despite their hard work in practices.

They are the players who have some of the most difficult jobs on the team.

They see limited varsity playing time but have to be upbeat, supportive, attentive and ready if their name is called.

They are called role players, nonstarters, backups, reserves, substitutes and by some, bench-warmers.

“I try to tell my girls all the time that regardless of what your role is, coming off the bench is a harder role and probably a more important role,” Arvada West girls volleyball coach Debbie Pospisil said. “You have to be able to perform at this level for maybe one or two points, versus having the opportunity to play for 25 points.

“It’s harder mentally to be a role player than maybe to be a person that is expected to be out there and be your go-to kid. It’s hard because we do expect them to cheer and do those things but they also have to know and understand what is going on in the game.”

And that goes for reserves in almost all sports.

“Everybody, especially in a football program, has their role,” Douglas

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Mount Elbert All-Stars fourth The Mount Elbert All-Stars, a group of golfers aged 13

Arapahoe High School softball players cheer on their teammates in the field as a Thomas Jefferson player prepares for an at-bat on Sept. 15. Arapahoe won 6-5. JIM BENTON County football coach Gene Hill said.

“I had a talk with our sophomores and juniors the other day. They get frustrated because they don’t get a lot of playing time.

“A lot of times young guys have to start being scout-team guys preparing those varsity guys for Friday night games and then having to go play their game on Saturday.”

Sophomore lineman Sean Wulforst is on the Rock Canyon football scout team but figures hard work will pay dividends.

“I’m still part of the team,” he said.

“I know I’ll make it to varsity if I just work as hard as I can. I watch the varsity play, I see what they are doing and do the same thing they do.

“It is pretty frustrating especially

and under, finished fourth in the PGA Junior Southwest Regional tournament, which concluded Sept. 10 at the Greg Mastriona Golf Course at Hyland Hills in Westminster.

Traejan Andrews, 13, Ty Andrews, 10, Kaden Devenport,

when I’m on the scout team and they are just taking reps on me, but sometimes I do get to suit up and go to the varsity game. If I want to be where they are and not be on the practice squad, then I have to be better than them. I can’t just go through the motions because I’m on the bottom of the totem pole.”

Legacy senior reserve linebacker/tight end Austin Perri contributes on the Lightning bench.

“Even if you’re not playing, if you are on the sidelines, you want to make sure everybody Perri is paying attention and focused,” Perri said.

“During the games, you want to make

11, and Rachel Penzenstadler, 13, were from the Timm Golf Academy in Centennial. The Links Golf Course in Littleton had three golfers on the team in Andy Schwartz, 12, Dylan Bundy, 12, and Qwenton Caldwell, 13.

sure everyone is hyping up the people that are on the field.”

Randy Freeman is a first-year soccer coach at Douglas County and said he didn’t want to start off his tenure by cutting some of the team’s seniors.

“We talked before the season that their playing times would be very limited, “ he said.

Huskies senior Zachary Dizdar accepted the coach’s position.

“I consider myself more in a leadership role especially since I’m not seeing a lot of playing time,” he said. “My role is better suited on the bench at this point because we’re developing some younger players. It’s frustrating, but I understand there Dizdar is a greater purpose. I wouldn’t be doing this if all these guys weren’t some of my closest friends.”

There are times when reserves become regulars, like at Horizon when four starters on the softball team were out because of injuries.

“A full roster is so important for practice, especially when doing drills and situation work,” coach Gary Mares said. “Having players at new positions is very challenging to maintain continuity. Plus, depth provides motivation and competition.”

Senior Angie Hults is a reserve first basemen who wants to be in the lineup but knows her role on the Arapahoe softball team.

“I think of myself as a positive role model,” she said. “I’ve had my fair share of frustrations and I’ve mentally cracked a couple times, but it is more about being proud of myself after it’s over. I can still be positive and play a huge role on the team even if I am sitting on the bench.”

Max Zadvorny, 12, was from South Suburban Golf Course in Centennial and Ayzic Belanger, 13, plays at Family Sports Center in Centennial.

Cade Rummell, 13, is from Fossil Trace Golf Course in Golden.

Jim Benton is a sports writer for Colorado Community Media. He has been covering sports in the Denver area since 1968. He can be reached at jbenton@coloradocommunitymedia.com or at 303-5664083.

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On celebrating the release of ‘Dog Man: A Tale of Two Kitties’ and the 20th anniversary of Captain Underpants I really want kids to feel free to be creative. For George and Harold, who make the Captain Underpants and Dog Man comics, the older they get, the more they improve. And that’s reflected in the comics.

Their themes are improving — they’re reading classic literature in school, like Charles Dickens and John Steinbeck, and taking these themes to inspire brand-new stories.

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TO: MIGUEL ZAMORA You are hereby notified that a petition has been filed which alleges that the above-named children are dependent or neglected as per the facts set forth in the Dependency and Neglect Petition, a copy of which is can be obtained through R. LeeAnn Reigrut’s office.

A Pre-Trial Conference has set for October 23, 2017 at 8:30 a.m., in Division 7, Douglas County District Court, 4000 Justice Way, Castle Rock, Colorado, 80109.

Your presence before this court is required to defend against the claims in this petition. IF YOU FAIL TO APPEAR, THE COURT WILL PROCEED IN YOUR ABSENCE, WITHOUT FURTHER NOTICE, TO CONDUCT AN ADJUDICATORY HEARING AND MAY ENTER A JUDGMENT BY DEFAULT THEREBY ADJUDICATING YOUR CHILDREN AS DEPENDENT OR NEGLECTED CHILDREN. You have the right to request a trial by jury at the adjudicatory stage of this petition. You also have the right to legal representation at every stage of the proceedings by counsel of your own choosing, or if you are without sufficient financial means, appointment of counsel by the Court. Termination of your parent-child legal relationship to free your children for adoption is a possible remedy in this proceeding. If that remedy is pursued, you are entitled to a hearing before a Judge. You also have the right, if you are indigent, to have the Court appoint, at no expense to you, one expert witness of your own choosing at any hearing on the termination of your parent-child relationship. If you are a minor, you have the right to the appointment of a Guardian ad litem to represent your best interests.

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This Summons is initiated pursuant to Rule 2.2 of the Colorado Rules of Juvenile Procedure, Rule 4 of the Colorado Rules of Civil Procedure, and Section 19-3-503, C.R.S. 2016.

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TO: MIGUEL ZAMORA You are hereby notified that a petition has been filed which alleges that the above-named children are dependent or neglected as per the facts set forth in the Dependency and Neglect Petition, a copy of which is can be obtained through R. LeeAnn Reigrut’s office.

Public Notices Misc. Private Legals Public Notice DOUGLAS COUNTY DISTRICT COURT, STATE OF COLORADO 4000 Justice Way Castle Rock, CO Douglas County, CO 80109 THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF COLORADO In the Interest of: XAIDEN LUCKETT, D.O.B.: 7/23/2015; MIGUEL ZAMORA, D.O.B.: 9/11/2007; LEILANI ZAMORA, D.O.B.: 10/08/2005; ARIANA ZAMORA, D.O.B.: 7/28/2003; and JULIAN ZAMORA, D.O.B.: 5/30/2001, Children, And concerning: ALISON ZITLATL, D.O.B.: 5/27/1986, Mother; MIGUEL ZAMORA, (Father of Zamora children); and ERIC LUCKETT, D.O.B.: 1/01/1989, Father of Xaiden Luckett, Respondents.

And JULIE ROSENTHAL, (Maternal Grandmother), Special Respondent.

Attorney for Department: John Thirkell, #13865 R. LeeAnn Reigrut, #28833 4400 Castleton Ct. Castle Rock, CO 80109 (303) 663-7726 FAX 877.285.8988 jthirkel@douglas.co.us lreigrut@douglas.co.us CASE NUMBER: 17JV209 DIVISION 7

Attorney for Department: John Thirkell, #13865 R. LeeAnn Reigrut, #28833 4400 Castleton Ct. Castle Rock, CO 80109 (303) 663-7726 FAX 877.285.8988 jthirkel@douglas.co.us lreigrut@douglas.co.us CASE NUMBER: 17JV209 DIVISION 7

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DEPENDENCY SUMMONS This Summons is initiated pursuant to Rule 2.2 of the Colorado Rules of Juvenile Procedure, Rule 4 of the Colorado Rules of Civil Procedure, and Section 19-3-503, C.R.S. 2016.

TO: MIGUEL ZAMORA You are hereby notified that a petition has been filed which alleges that the above-named children are dependent or neglected as per the facts set forth in the Dependency and Neglect Petition, a copy of which is can be obtained through R. LeeAnn Reigrut’s office.

A Pre-Trial Conference has set for October 23, 2017 at 8:30 a.m., in Division 7, Douglas County District Court, 4000 Justice Way, Castle Rock, Colorado, 80109.

Your presence before this court is required to defend against the claims in this petition. IF YOU FAIL TO APPEAR, THE COURT WILL PROCEED IN YOUR ABSENCE, WITHOUT FURTHER NOTICE, TO CONDUCT AN ADJUDICATORY HEARING AND MAY ENTER A JUDGMENT BY DEFAULT THEREBY ADJUDICATING YOUR CHILDREN AS DEPENDENT OR NEGLECTED CHILDREN. You have the right to request a trial by jury at the adjudicatory stage of this petition. You also have the right to legal representation at every stage of the proceedings by counsel of your own

A Pre-Trial Conference has set for October 23, 2017 at 8:30 a.m., in Division 7, Douglas County District Court, 4000 Justice Way, Castle Rock, Colorado, 80109.

Your presence before this court is required to defend against the claims in this petition. IF YOU FAIL TO APPEAR, THE COURT WILL PROCEED IN YOUR ABSENCE, WITHOUT FURTHER NOTICE, TO CONDUCT AN ADJUDICATORY HEARING AND MAY ENTER A JUDGMENT BY DEFAULT THEREBY ADJUDICATING YOUR CHILDREN AS DEPENDENT OR NEGLECTED CHILDREN.

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You have the right to request a trial by jury at the adjudicatory stage of this petition. You also have the right to legal representation at every stage of the proceedings by counsel of your own choosing, or if you are without sufficient financial means, appointment of counsel by the Court. Termination of your parent-child legal relationship to free your children for adoption is a possible remedy in this proceeding. If that remedy is pursued, you are entitled to a hearing before a Judge. You also have the right, if you are indigent, to have the Court appoint, at no expense to you, one expert witness of your own choosing at any hearing on the termination of your parent-child relationship. If you are a minor, you have the right to the appointment of a Guardian ad litem to represent your best interests.

You have the right to have this matter heard by a district court judge rather than by the magistrate. You may waive that right, and in doing so, you will be bound by the findings and recommendations of the magistrate, subject to review as provided by sec. 19-1-108(5.5), C.R.S. 2016, and subsequently, to the right of appeal as provided by Colorado Appellate Rule 3.4.

This summons is being initiated by the Douglas County Department of Human Services through its counsel.

Dated: September 21, 2017 John Thirkell, #13865 R. LeeAnn Reigrut, #28833 Assistant Douglas County Attorney

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NOTICE OF CONTRACTORS SETTLEMENT COUNTY OF DOUGLAS STATE OF COLORADO

You have the right to have this matter heard by a district court judge rather than by the magistrate. You may waive that right, and in doing so, NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, pursuant to you will be bound by the findings and recomSection 38-26-107, C.R.S., as amended, that on mendations of the magistrate, subject to review October 14, 2017, final settlement will be made To advertise yourbypublic notices call 303-566-4100 as provided by sec. 19-1-108(5.5), C.R.S. 2016, the County of Douglas, State of Colorado, for and subsequently, to the right of appeal as and on account of a contract between Douglas County and R.E. Monks Construction Comprovided by Colorado Appellate Rule 3.4. pany, LLC for the Moore Road Emergency Vehicle Operation Center (EVOC), Douglas This summons is being initiated by the Douglas County Project Number CI 2015-016, in County Department of Human Services through Douglas County; and that any person, co-partits counsel. nership, association or corporation that has an unpaid claim against said R.E. Monks ConDated: September 21, 2017 struction Company, LLC for or on account of the furnishing of labor, materials, team hire, John Thirkell, #13865 sustenance, provisions, provender or other supR. LeeAnn Reigrut, #28833 plies used or consumed by such contractor or Assistant Douglas County Attorney any of his subcontractors in or about the perLegal Notice No: 931615 formance of said work, or that supplied rental First Publication : September 21, 2017 machinery, tools, or equipment to the extent Last Publication: September 21, 2017 used in the prosecution of said work, may at any Publisher: Douglas County News Press time up to and including said time of such final settlement on said October 14, 2017, 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 Dennis Lobberding, Department of Public Works Engineering, Philip S. Miller Building, 100 Third PUBLIC NOTICE Street, Suite 220, Castle Rock, CO 80104.

NOTICE OF Failure on the part of claimant to file such stateCONTRACTORS SETTLEMENT ment prior to such final settlement will relieve COUNTY OF DOUGLAS said County of Douglas from all and any liability STATE OF COLORADO for such claimant's claim.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, pursuant to The Board of Douglas County Commissioners of Section 38-26-107, C.R.S., as amended, that on the County of Douglas, Colorado, By: Frederick October 14, 2017, final settlement will be made H. Koch, P.E., Public Works Engineering Directby the County of Douglas, State of Colorado, for or. and on account of a contract between Douglas County and R.E. Monks Construction ComLegal Notice No.: 931569 pany, LLC for the Moore Road Emergency First Publication: September 14, 2017 Vehicle Operation Center (EVOC), Douglas Last Publication: September 21, 2017 County Project Number CI 2015-016, in Publisher: Douglas County News-Press Douglas County; and that any person, co-partnership, association or corporation that has an unpaid claim against said R.E. Monks Construction 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

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