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Hundreds of thousands pour into school board contest

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Amount given directly to campaigns is small part of money devoted to election

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Candidates’ campaigns in this year’s races for Douglas County School Board have already raised more than double the amount of money received by hopefuls two years ago.

But the $168,850 donated directly to those campaigns this year is only a fraction of the money being spent to sway voters in an election that could change the direction of the school district, which has been led by reform-minded board members since 2009.

Committees and groups supportive of — but not affiliated with — candidates have injected more than half a million dollars into the race.

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Rocky Heights students roll out magical meal Farm to Table Dinner is feast for nearly 150

Wyatt Richardson, 12, L, slices goat cheese as fellow student Marissa Lopez, 12, arranges plates for appetizers at the first annual Rocky Heights Middle School Farm to Table dinner.

BY TABATHA DEANS STEWART TSTEWART@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Nearly 150 parents and community members attended Rocky Heights Middle School’s first annual Farm to Table dinner event Oct. 19, to savor flavors created by students of Julie Olsen’s culinary arts class.

Students at the school were directed by guest chef Chuck Stober, of the Escoffier Culinary School in Boulder, and prepared the entire meal themselves in the industrial kitchen at the school. All ingredients were locally sourced, with much of them coming from the school’s own garden and chicken coop. ”This is a wonderful opportunity to showcase what these kids can do under the direction of Mrs. Olsen,” said Heather Cox, assistant principal at RHMS. ”They are learning skills to work in an industrial kitchen.”

Students were clad in white chef tops and hats, and spent the evening preparing the meal, which included a lot of chopping and slicing. With the help of Stober, students manned the kitchen where guests were served an extensive menu buffet style. The menu included items such as steak frites chive aioli, steamed kilt farm broccoli with a pumpkin cream sauce and garden fresh fried rice made with eggs from the chickens at RHMS. Student chef Wyatt Richardson, 12, spent time slicing goat cheese for appetizers. ”I think this is a good learning experience,” Richardson said. ”Being a chef would be a good first job, but it’s not my first career choice.”

Students Alex LaMott, 14, and Lilliya Larson, 14, provided violin music for ambience, and artwork created from recycled or up-cycled items by RHMS students was on display.

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Below left, RHMS student Porter (PJ) Odenbach delivers serving dishes to the kitchen during the RHMS dinner.

Austin Coudeyras, L, watches on as Brenden Bernsdorf recites the evening specials to attendees at the RHMS dinner.

Skate Day highlights area skating programs, groups

BY STAFF REPORT

Explore programs designed for all levels of skaters and meet with representatives from various skating organizations Nov. 11 at South Suburban Parks and Recreation’s Great Skate Day. The recreation district’s two ice arenas have a number of activities planned that highlight the various

skating sports, including figure skating, hockey, synchronized skating and more. Each location offers a group skating lesson free with public skate admission: at 12:30 p.m. at South Suburban Ice Arena, 6580 S. Vine St., Centennial, and at 1:30 p.m. at Family Sports Ice Arena, 6901 S. Peoria St., Centennial.

A Turkey Shoot is planned at each arena. Participants receive a raffle

ticket for a chance to shoot a puck at a wooden turkey target; the first two to hit the target will win a free, frozen turkey. The shoot is at 1:15 at South Suburban Ice Arena and 2:15 at Family Sports Ice Arena.

Representatives will be on hand from several skating organizations, including South Suburban’s learn to skate program, Littleton Hawks (South Suburban Ice Arena only),

Arapahoe Warriors (Family Sports arena only), adult hockey, Denver Synchronicity, Ice Theatre of the Rockies, Denver Figure Skating, Colorado Skating Club and Showtime on Ice. For information about Great Skate Day and learn to skate programs or classes, contact Gerry Lane, Gerryl@ ssprd.org or go to www.ssprd.org/ News-And-Events/Post/17137.

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Colorado Supreme Court visits Mountain Vista Justices hear two cases as part of educational program at school

BY ALEX DEWIND ADEWIND@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Students and staff assembled in the auditorium of Mountain Vista High School for what senior Grace Wilson described as a “once in a lifetime” experience. On stage, behind a long table, sat the Colorado Supreme Court.

Over three hours, the seven justices heard two cases.

“It seemed very thorough,” said Wilson, 17, “and it assured me that they are doing their job very well.”

The visit was part of Courts in the Community, an educational program created by the Colorado Supreme Court and Court of Appeals on Law Day — May 1 — in 1986. The program’s goal is to show Colorado high school students how the Colorado judicial system works and how disputes are resolved in a democratic society, according to the Colorado Judicial Department.

Both courts try to visit one urban and one rural school each year in the fall and spring, where they hear two oral arguments. The cases are not mock; the courts issue official opinions weeks or months later.

At Mountain Vista on Oct. 17, the Colorado Supreme Court first heard a case involving a tree planted on a mutual property line that one neighbor wants removed and the other wants to protect.

In the second case, lawyers argued whether or not somebody who drives

The Colorado Supreme Court visits Mountain Vista High School on Oct. 16 as part of Courts in the Community, an educational program created by the Colorado Supreme Court and Court of Appeals on Law Day, May 1, in 1986.

ALEX DEWIND drunk but does not place a particular person at substantial risk of death or serious bodily injury can be guilty of attempted manslaughter and attempted assault, a document from Colorado Judicial Department says.

In both cases, lawyers referred to a precedent, or a former case that helps the court make a decision on a current similar case.

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Students from government, leadership, history, speech and debate classes at Mountain Vista and other schools in the district filled the seats of the auditorium.

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375 students — took months to plan, said Mountain Vista principal Mike Weaver.

“A lot goes into the process,” Weaver said. “I think it’s a great, authentic, relevant event for our kids to see.”

Following each case, students asked lawyers questions about their decision-making process and backgrounds. At the end of the program, students lined up at the edge of the stage to question the Colorado Supreme Court.

“Is it a long road? Sure,” Justice Monica Marquez replied to a student.

“It does take time, experience and there are a lot of bumps along the way.”

For Mountain Vista senior Maya Doane, the program encouraged her career aspirations. She plans on majoring in history and Spanish and going to law school.

“It was very interesting,” Doane said, “and I am very thankful for the opportunity.”

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Elevate slate holds edge in campaign donations

BY ALEX DEWIND ADEWIND@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Campaign finance reports made public by the Colorado Secretary of State’s Office on Oct. 17 show that the eight candidates for Douglas County School Board have collectively raised $168,850 in contributions made directly to their campaigns — about $88,000 more than the six candidates did in the 2015 school board election.

The four candidates on the Elevate Douglas County slate have raised a total of $98,980, compared to the antireform candidates, who together have collected $66,693.

Here is a look at the individual campaigns’ fundraising and some of their larger contributors through the first filing period, which covered Oct. 28, 2016 through Oct. 12 of this year.

What they’re saying about the union’s contribution

Elevate Douglas County Ryan Abresch: He has raised $21,060 from 110 donations, his expense report shows. Some of his larger donations include $1,000 from SEE ELEVATE, P8

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Donations include hundreds of thousands of dollars by a national teachers’ union to a Douglas County-based committee that opposes the board’s reforms and at least tens of thousands to a Republican committee that seeks to ensure conservative candidates are elected throughout the state.

Here’s a look at where the money is coming from and how it is being spent in what is officially a nonpartisan election that on Nov. 7 will decide four seats on the school board.

Douglas Schools for Douglas Kids In early October, the American Federation of Teachers donated $300,000 to this committee, according to documents filed with the Colorado Secretary of State’s Office. Douglas Schools for Douglas Kids, based in Parker, registered as an independent expenditure committee — meaning it supports but does not affiliate with any candidates — on Sept.

22. On its website, douglaskids. com, the committee touts the four anti-reform candidates, Krista Holtzmann, Chris Schor, Anthony Graziano and Kevin Leung. The committee’s objective is to back candidates “who are supportive of strong Douglas County public schools and oppose candidates who are not, through activities not coordinated with any candidate,” a registration form filed with the state says.

The American Federation of Teachers, a union based in Washington, D.C., represents 1.7

million members, according to its website.

Douglas Schools for Douglas Kids had raised $400,000 as of Oct. 16, with all of the money coming from two sources. The other contribution, $100,000, came in September from Citizens for Integrity, a group with a Denver post-office box and no other information publicly available.

The committee has spent roughly $238,372 on consultant and professional services for TV, digital and mail promotions, according to documents filed with the state.

The registered agent for the committee is Ronda Scholting, who made an unsuccessful bid for a seat on the Douglas County School Board in 2013.

Colorado Republican Committee A separate independent expenditure committee is supporting the Elevate slate, which is made up of Ryan Abresch, Debora Scheffel, Grant Nelson and Randy Mills. On its registration form with the state, the Colorado Republican Committee, based in Greenwood Village, says its purpose is to spend money “to support Republican candidates and influence or attempt to influence the election of Republican candidates to state and local public office.”

The committee had raised $435,854 between July 1 and Sept.

30, according to documents filed with the state. Recent donations include $100,000 from the Anschutz Corp., an oil and gas company based in Denver, and $100,000 from Peter Coors, vice chairman of Molson Coors Brewing Co. Board of Directors.

Because the group supports various GOP candidates, it is not

known which donations — or how much of the overall money raised — were specifically given to influence voters in the Douglas County School Board race. But documents show the committee has spent $49,827 on mailers and fliers promoting Elevate candidates. The registered agent for the committee is Mike McCauley.

Douglas County Parents Registered with the state as a political committee, Douglas County Parents backs the four anti-reform candidates. The objective of the Highlands Ranchbased committee is to elect new directors who “support public education and oppose corporate education reform,” its registration form says.

Since Dec. 9, 2016, the committee has raised $42,751 from small, local donations, according to documents filed with the state. No recent donations have exceeded $600. The committee has spent $28,241 on advertising and supplies. The registered agent for the committee is Connie Davison.

Americans for Prosperity This conservative group funded by the billionaire Koch brothers is different from the others in that it is registered as a 501(c)4, a nonprofit organization that operates for the “promotion of social welfare,” according to the IRS. Americans for Prosperity is not registered with the state, nor required to be, hence a report of its fundraising and spending was not available. But a spokeswoman for the group recently said it was amid a six-figure campaign to promote school choice in Douglas County, which has long been a mantra for reform-minded school board members.

County Republican Party endorses Elevate slate STAFF REPORT

The Douglas County Republican Party announced its endorsement of the Elevate slate for Douglas County School Board on Oct. 19. A written statement said the move was a needed response to help “level the playing field,” following the national teachers’ union’s $300,000 donation to the anti-reform candidates. The Elevate slate is made up of Ryan Abresch, Debora Scheffel, Grant Nelson and Randy Mills.

“Initially, the (Elevate) candidates requested that the party not become involved because they did not want the race to be about politics,” the statement reads.

The statement continues: “We hope all Republicans in Douglas County will join us in support of these four who are fighting for greater educational opportunities in our schools, to expand vocational education, to respect the choices parents and families make, to be good stewards of taxpayer dollars, and to recruit and retain the best teachers for our schools.

“Make no mistake, voting for Leung, Schor, Holtzmann and Graziano will usher a new wave of radical liberal agenda into our schools.”

School board elections in Colorado are officially nonpartisan contests.

On Oct. 20, the campaigns of the four anti-reform candidates — Anthony Graziano, Krista Holtzmann, Kevin Leung, and Chris Schor — released a joint statement via email in response to both the Douglas County Republicans’ endorsement of the Elevate slate and a Republican committee’s financial donations to a group supporting Elevate.

“We now have evidence that our opponents are supported by the same people who supported the past reform board members,” the statement reads.

“We also have solid evidence that reform policies have not improved the education of our students and have instead resulted in declining academic achievement, increased teacher turnover and a loss of trust with the Board of Education.”

The county Democratic Party could not be reached for comment on whether it would be endorsing any candidates.

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Teaching students how to cope socially, emotionally Such skills are needed to succeed in rapidly changing world, area educators say

BY SHANNA FORTIER SFORTIER@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Eighth-grader Morgan Fritzler is working to improve her self-awareness.

“Sometimes, I have anxiety and perfectionist issues and I expect myself to get everything on the first try,” Fritzler, 12, said. “It makes me feel frustrated.”

But through a program at her school that focuses on social and emotional learning, she is learning how to calm herself down when she gets upset, how to be persistent and not give up, and a variety of other coping mechanisms that teach resilience and, ultimately, success in everyday decision-making.

“It was helpful,” she said of the Brain Wise program taught at Arvada’s Manning Middle School in Jefferson County. Now, when she’s struggling, she takes a break rather than continue in frustration, specifically when it comes to math homework.

Brain Wise is one of a multitude of programs beginning to proliferate throughout Denver metro school districts that teach social and emotional learning — or SEL — skills.

Sometimes known as behavioral or noncognitive skills, educators and mental health experts, along with a growing number of research studies, say they are essential to successfully navigating not only education, but also career and life.

The keys to success The national Collaborative for Academic, Social and Emotional Learning describes SEL as the process through which children and adults acquire and effectively apply the knowledge, attitudes and skills necessary to understand and manage emotions, set and achieve positive goals, feel and show empathy for others, establish and maintain positive relationships, and make responsible decisions.

“We want all students to be equipped with the tools and skills to navigate and thrive in our rapidly changing world,” said Priscilla Straughn, chief academic officer for Adams 12 Five Star District.

“Through social emotional learning, students develop an awareness of and the ability to manage their emotions, in order to set and achieve important personal and academic goals.”

Some of these, Straughn said, include the use of social awareness and interpersonal skills to establish and maintain positive relationships, and the ability to form, articulate and demonstrate a positive and productive decision-making process that supports students in achieving school and life success.

According to a 2011 meta-analysis

Molly McTaggart teaches her fifth-grade class at Cherrelyn Elementary in Englewood. Teachers in Englewood Schools are trained in Mental Health First Aid as a way to develop students’ social and emotional learning skills.

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WHY IS SEL IMPORTANT? A recently released research report from ACT, a mission-driven nonprofit organization that assesses and creates solutions for K-12 education, college and career readiness, confirmed the importance of social and emotional learning skills. The 2017 Importance of Behavioral Skills and Navigation Factors for Education and Work reported that both education and workforce professionals believe these skills are critical for lifelong success.

success by more than 80 percent of K-12 teachers, postsecondary instructors and workforce supervisors.

• Behavioral skills are interpersonal, selfregulatory and task-related behaviors such as acting honestly, getting along with others, keeping an open mind, maintaining composure, socializing with others and sustaining efforts.

Key findings included: • Behavioral skills are rated important in preparing students for college and workplace

• Navigation factors are viewed as important by nine in 10 K-12 teachers and by about two-thirds of postsecondary instructors and workforce supervisors. (Navigation factors are defined as personal characteristics, processes and knowledge that influence people as they journey along their education and career paths, including selfknowledge, environmental factors, integration and managing career and education actions.)

published by the Collaborative for Academic, Social and Emotional Learning, those who participated in evidence-based SEL programs showed an 11 percentile-point gain in academic achievement compared to students who did not participate in SEL programs. They also showed improved classroom behavior, an increased ability to manage stress and depression, and better attitudes about themselves, others and school.

Social emotional learning focuses on five core competencies: self management, self awareness, social awareness, responsible decisionmaking and relationship skills.

“Those are the things that we’re trying to teach kids so they’re successful at school, home and beyond,” said Erin Sullivan, social emotional learning coordinator for Jefferson County Schools. “I always think of them as the skills you need to have to access education better.”

They are also the skills that employers want.

“A lot of cognitive things become automated, so you need the people skills,” said Rich Roberts, chief scientist at ACT, a nationwide missiondriven nonprofit organization that assesses K-12 education, which researched SEL. “SELs are becoming more valued in the workplace and therefore it’s something we should care about in the school system.”

Recently, ACT announced the launch of the ACT Tessera, a nextgeneration assessment system designed to measure SEL skills. The new system will provide assessments for middle and high school students (grades 6-12), as well as actionable lesson plans for teachers looking to integrate SEL into their classrooms.

“In education, we’ve been concentrating for a long time on cognitive assessment, but with the changing nature of the workforce, things like

The study examined survey responses from school teachers, college instructors and workforce supervisors across the nation regarding the importance of social and emotional learning skills.

working well with others, being a good team player and being able to cope with stress — these are good things to learn,” Roberts said. “We live in a world of modern stresses so, to me, it’s not rocket science, it just makes sense.”

What districts are doing Denver metro area school districts are taking different approaches.

In Adams 12, each school determines which programs to offer based on what would be most effective in that specific school.

Some of those programs include Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports, Second Step, Journey to a Hate Free Millennium, Signs of Suicide, Random Acts of Kindness, Peace4Kids, Superflex and Zones of Regulation, to name a few. Although they may differ in content, they all share a goal of creating better people.

“We’ve found this approach positively impacts a students’ readiness to learn, classroom behavior and overall academic performance,” Straughn said.

In Douglas County, teachers try to reach students in all classrooms, not with a specific curriculum, but by creating a welcoming culture at each school.

“The key to it all is having connectedness to adults,” said Stephanie Crawford-Goetz, mental health coordinator for the Douglas County School District.

The district holds professional developments for teachers on how to create safe and healthy classrooms.

Crawford-Goetz said this can look like counselors going into classrooms and partnering with parents or teachers modeling for students how to have good relationship skills and make good decisions.

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Noxious Weed Advisory Commission vacancies The Douglas County Noxious Weed Advisory Commission has openings for three volunteers, one regular position and two positions for Douglas County residents who live + 40 acres. The deadline to apply is November 17, 2017. For additional information visit www.douglas.co.us and search for Noxious Weed Advisory Commission.

Online Tax Lien Sale Nov. 2 The annual Douglas County Tax Lien Sale will be an Internet auction via www.zeusauction.com on Nov. 2. Visit www.zeusauction.com for all bidding rules, guidelines and registration information. The statutory interest for the 2017 Tax Lien Sale is 11%.

For more information on the Tax Lien Sale, visit www. douglas.co.us and search for Tax Lien Sale or call the Treasurer’s Office at 303.660.7455.

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tions totaling $21,836. Her larger donors include $1,000 from C&L Water Solutions’ Larson and JD Edwards co-founder McVaney.

Mary Wright, who is employed at G.A. Wright Inc., a retail consultant office in Denver. Edward McVaney of Greenwood Village, who co-founded the JD Edwards software company and has been a large donor to reform candidates in the past, donated $5,000.

Randy Mills: Across 126 donations, he has raised $21,270. His larger donors include $1,000 from Chrystalla Larson, president of C&L Water Solutions, a water distribution and sewer collection systems company based west of Highlands Ranch. Jon Saeman, owner of Medallion Enterprises, a financial services company in Denver, contributed $6,250.

Grant Nelson: He has raised $34,374 from 151 donations. His larger donations include $3,000 from Christopher Wright, CEO of Liberty Oilfield Services in Denver, and $5,000 from Edward McVaney, a retiree from Greenwood Village.

Debora Scheffel: She has 120 dona-

Anti-reform candidates Chris Schor: She has raised $16,223 from 277 donations. Douglas County Parents, a political committee registered with the state, donated $7,115 to her campaign. Some of her other larger donations include $1,000 from Parker resident Jake Meuli and $1,000 from Parker resident Clare Leonard.

Anthony Graziano: With 228 donations, he has raised $14,990. Douglas County parents contributed $6,082.

His larger donations include $1,000 from Herschel Ramsey, of Parker, and $1,055 from Clare Leonard, of Parker.

Krista Holtzmann: She has raised $21,894 from 240 donations. Douglas County Parents contributed $7,197.

Parker resident Meuli donated $1,000.

Roger Nishimura, a Denver resident, gave $1,000.

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With that money, Jeffco will hire six more SEL specialists who will be assigned to elementary schools in the Jefferson and Wheat Ridge articulation areas. The grant also includes hiring three full-time nurses in the

Lakewood area. (These are the three communities in the Jeffco district that sell recreational marijuana.)

The goal, Sullivan said, is to focus on prevention, building relationships with kids and practicing SEL skills early and often.

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Douglas County also works more closely with identified at-risk students who are showing difficulty using SEL skills. Crawford-Goetz said those students will often work on specific skills in groups. Some receive individualized counseling.

Englewood Schools is also working to train its staff to understand signs of emotional distress through Mental Health First Aid, a national program that teaches skills to respond to signs of mental illness and substance use.

Englewood is also taking advantage of a variety of grants to increase its mental health, social and emotional supports.

One of those grants came from the Expelled and At-Risk Student Services program through the Colorado Department of Education. The district will use the four-year grant to implement restorative practices, an approach using various communicative techniques focused on affective statements or brief comments about how others were impacted by actions, and proactive community-building activities to reduce the number of student suspensions.

The district also received a grant LTAC_CCM_10.13.17.pdf 1 10/13/2017 through Kaiser Permanente to be 1:02:48 partPM

of the Los Angeles Education Partnership, a nonprofit that provides coaches that focus on dealing with trauma.

In addition, Englewood Schools partners with Arapahoe Douglas Mental Health Network for schoolbased therapists to work with students on site.

“We’ve really been working to increase our focus in the last couple years,” said Callan Clark, executive director of student services for the Englewood school district.

Jeffco schools also partners with local mental health provider Jefferson County Mental Health to provide social emotional learning specialists to schools in the district.

For the 2016-17 school year, Jeffco hired 30 SEL specialists who serve at every middle school in the district teaching curriculum. Those specialists were funded from the district’s general fund, something Sullivan, who coordinates SEL in Jeffco, said was well worth the $750,000 expense.

A 2015 study by researchers at Columbia University found that the measurable benefits of SEL exceed the costs, often by considerable amounts. The aggregate result of the analysis showed an average benefitcost ratio of about 11-1 among the six evidence-based SEL interventions studied. This means that, on average, for every $1 invested in SEL programming, there is a return of $11.

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Heaven knows that heaven snows — that’s how life in Colorado goes

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newcomer to our QUIET landed at Stapleton, I looked around state said, “Why said, “Am I in heaven?”

DESPERATION and don’t you write It was some 30 degrees cooler about the first here than it was the day I left Phoenix. The rental car I climbed into snow of the year?” wasn’t a four-wheeled inferno, like I said, “You mean the the cab I had taken to Sky Harbor one we had in early JanuAirport. ary?”

Maybe this isn’t heaven, but after “No, the one we just spells in Arizona, Michigan, Ohio had — in October.” and Pennsylvania, it sure seemed “That was the first like it then, and it still does. snow of the season. Not Think about it. Other than a few the first snow of the Craig Marshall blizzards in all of that time, Coloyear.”

Smith rado has been on the outside of the I think the excitement natural disasters that have beset of moving here from much of the rest of the country. (I California must have gotten to her, am excluding, by time frame, the Big and to her clarity. It happened to me, Thompson Flood, as well as the Hayexactly 40 years ago. man Fire, which was human-caused.)

I was fresh off the boat from AriIf you have been here a while, you zona, where it was 110 degrees in the know that we have snow in October. If shade on a cloudy day. you have lived here even longer, you I was miserable in Arizona. Hot know we have had a lot of snow in heat and I are not compadres. I think October. it addled me some, because when I

Famously: On Oct. 15, 1984, over a foot of snow fell on Mile High Stadium during the Monday Night Football game between the Broncos and the Packers.

I may need correction, but I think Frank Gifford, Don Meredith and Howard Cosell called the game.

It was Cosell who, years earlier, had “put this game in perspective” when he announced during the December 8, 1980, Monday night game between the Dolphins and Patriots that John Lennon had been shot in New York City.

My then-girlfriend showed up, and I was crying.

She said, “Did your father die?”

No, but my father has died since then (2008), and so has my mother (2008), and I retired (2003) from the teaching position I flew to Denver to take.

By now, I have spent 57 percent of my life in Colorado, and that percentage will only increase. I am not going anywhere.

It’s not perfect. Drivers are terrible.

But drivers are terrible everywhere.

And because of a master’s degree in art, I cannot abide the horse at the airport, or comprehend the new, giant, tubular larva and all of its tethers on Lincoln Boulevard.

Small potatoes against the local color, the local landscape, and the complete absence of a turkey drop.

There’s an annual turkey drop in Arkansas. Live turkeys are dropped from small planes at the Yellville Turkey Trot. While wild turkeys can fly, some don’t survive the fall.

It’s difficult to be objective about a state that permits something like that.

No, I’ll take ours, even though we don’t have an ocean — yet.

Colorado is 380 miles by 280 miles, and it’s heavenly. Welcome, newcomers.

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LETTER TO THE EDITOR Say yes to 4B, 4C Our family moved to Colorado in 1992 and we purchased a fine home in unincorporated Arapahoe County. After living in the south metro area for a while we became aware of and began using South Suburban Facilities. I was disappointed to learn we were not indistrict but of course we gladly paid the non-district fees to use the quality facilities.

Over the last few years, we were looking at becoming empty nesters and a tipping point for our decision to move to Lone Tree was that it was part of SSPRD. The point here is that we see the value of living in district and we know being part of SSPRD increases the value of our home in addition to contributing meaningfully to our health and well being.

Top-notch organization that it is, South Suburban recently published a new master plan, which lists the opportunities for improving the district going forward.

The plan was carefully assembled by surveying constituents across the district and is responsive to the people of the district. However, the plan notes that over the next 10 years due to the sunset of certain mill levies South Suburban incomes will decline by 49

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percent. This kind of cut will clearly result in a degradation of services and maintenance of our infrastructure, trails, parks, playgrounds, pools, rec centers and golf courses that we will not able to tolerate. It is for this reason that I urge my neighbors to join with me in supporting 4B and 4C

which do not increase our taxes but will retain SSPRD as a value-added benefit of living in our community.

For more information go to facebook. com/4Bamd4C and www.YESon4B and4C.com David Lawful Lone Tree

Support South Suburban I hope that voters in the South Suburban Parks and Recreation District will join me and many others in supporting ballot issues 4B and 4C. When our family moved into the district 36 years ago we had no idea what to expect from this “Award Winning Park and Recreation District” that was touted so heavily by our Realtor.

Over those years we have come to appreciate and utilize most of those amenities so highly prized by the residents and businesses. South Suburban has helped nurture our kids, impress our guests and provide an important element of the wonderful life we live here in the area.

The district’s services and facilities have helped us move from parents with kids in multiple programs to seniors that have the opportunity to walk the trails, play golf, and take classes to help make our later years enjoyable. The multiple gold medals awarded to the district have been recognition of superior services, planning, projects and management.

A yes vote on 4B and 4C will allow South Suburban to continue to maintain our outstanding amenities and services, recondition existing facilities

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Worth repeating: ‘If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again’

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t is said Thomas Edison WINNING Series. And as I was watching one tried and failed 10,000 of the games between the YanWORDS times before successkees and Astros the other night, fully inventing the light the announcers were discussing Yankee outfielder Aaron Judge. bulb. And when it comes Judge hit 52 home runs this to trying and failing and fiyear. He won the Home Run nally succeeding, Abraham Derby during the All-Star game Lincoln’s attempts at runin July. But as of the night I was ning for political office and watching the game, his playoff finally becoming the presiperformance was incredibly poor dent of the United States with only two hits out of 37 atis a story often told when teaching lessons learned Michael Norton bats. Just as the announcers were discussing his inability to hit while going through the curve balls and sliders in the playoffs, journey from defeat to victory.

Judge launches a home run. And on But today’s column is not about the very next night, he hits another failure, it is about success. It is about home run. Second chances and more the success we can find in our second chances without giving up. He didn’t chances, third chances, fourth chancgive up on himself and his coach es and more chances. didn’t give up on him either.

Just think about it for a moment.

By the way, I am not a Yankees fan, Here we are with post-season baseball just a baseball fan. And hey, who upon us. We are in the middle of the doesn’t love a home run, right? A Division Championships and World

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and construct new additions. Success in this election will help the district address the recreational needs of our community and maintain our wonderful quality of life.

Vote yes on 4B and 4C! Jim Ryan Centennial A crucial vote against reforms I moved to Douglas County 10 years ago when my sons were babies, specifically for the vibrant, beloved, topranked schools. I am a former teacher, charter and neighborhood school mom who never paid much attention to school board elections until my children entered school. I have now spent six years closely following the “reform” school board members, and have despaired watching them waste millions of taxpayer dollars, destroy parent and teacher trust, ignore community input and implement policies that have contributed to the decline in student academic performance.

I implore you, for all children and our property values, to choose the candidates that have years of education experience, thoroughly understand the issues, and have been clear about how they will restore fiscal responsibility, superior academic standing and transparency to our district. Please take a moment to place a very important vote for Graziano, Holtzmann, Leung, and Schor for DCSD Board.

Kelly Allan Highlands Ranch Don’t let outsiders control schools Who owns our children? Parents and families or Washington, D.C.based teachers’ unions? This is one of the riveting questions in the DougCo School Board election. Last week, campaign finance reports revealed that the American Federation of Teachers union dumped at least $300,000 into this election to try to thwart the success of the Elevate Douglas County

School Board slate: Randy Mills, Ryan Abresch, Debora Scheffel and Grant Nelson. Wow! Why? As moms and dads, we should be very concerned that Randy, Ryan, Debora and Grant’s union-supported competitors seldom talk about the role of families and parents in our children’s education. As a community, we should be very concerned that a Washington, D.C.-based union wants to gain control of the DougCo School Board.

I’m voting for the slate that believes parents play a vital role in our kid’s education. I’m voting for Randy, Ryan, Debora and Grant.

Amy Byczkowski Parker It’s complicated; choose Elevate A recent trend in the DCSD school board election should be called to the attention of voters. Campaign fliers and car window paintings claim one slate of candidates as the “good guys.”

Unfortunately, this black and white thinking is exactly the thinking that has driven a wedge in our community on questions of education.

Education is, in reality, more more complex than “good v bad.” Children learn differently, families consider educational options differently and many opinions abound. The Elevate slate of Mills, Abresch, Nelson and Scheffel has branded themselves as they have in an effort to move beyond childish labels. Questions of education are too important for such thinking.

Support the Elevate slate to move forward.

Roger Bianco Castle Pines They’re kids, not commodities Douglas County was a destination school district, accredited with distinction. Now, we have 11 schools on improvement plans, falling test scores and record teacher turnover.

Something precious, a source of community pride, is disappearing.

Reformers are building a system that ruthlessly drains the energy and economic resources from our public

home run in baseball or a home run in life, both are awesome to watch.

You see, it’s not just about baseball, light bulbs, and running for a political office, it is about our ability to be resilient and take those second chances, maybe even multiple chances in life.

Even if we have felt the despair of loss and disappointment, even when we feel like we have already tried and failed, it’s in those very moments that we need to find our resilience and get after it again. Whatever “it” is.

This is also about giving others second chances or third chances or fourth chances or more chances. Sure, there are situations where one too many chances is enough to give anyone, especially if they have hurt us or others.

That is not what I am talking about here. I am talking about recognizing that people who we love and who love us, people who we work with or who work for us, people who have the heart

to want to succeed, people who want their relationship to succeed, these are the people we want to give those multiple chances to so they can eventually get it right and find their own success. Maybe it even means you find success and happiness together.

So how about you? Have you run out of chances yourself or can you give it one or more tries? Have you given others enough chances and worked with them to get it right, or have they run out of chances too? I love hearing your stories each week and would love to have you share them with me again at gotonorton@gmail.com, and when we can find success in our second chances and more chances, 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.

schools, dividing our community’s parents, educators and students. The degradation of our public schools will drive families to costlier private options, a scheme to enrich a few at great cost to so many of us. It’s a crime against logic and our children.

Our classrooms are not markets of financial gain. Our children are not commodities.

Our hope lies in a critical public seeing through propaganda. Neighborhood schools are a cornerstone of American life, where communities unite, where students discover their talents, where citizens are made.

Vote for the shared future of a proud community. Vote Graziano, Holtzmann, Leung and Schor.

Lena Brown Unincorporated Douglas County

ly opposed to a scholarship program that would empower families to use a portion of per-pupil funding for nonpublic schools.

Limiting choices is no choice at all.

Bill Denny Parker

What about vouchers?

Each school board candidate should be asked if he or she supports continuing efforts to promote unconstitutional voucher programs for our district, which would drain funds from the traditional methods of providing a good education for all, regardless of parental income levels.

Dr. Herman Anderson Castle Rock The only real choice Henry Ford’s famous quote, “Any customer can have a car painted any colour that he wants, so long as it is black” seems to be mindset of the Community Dream Team slate for DougCo school board. They say they are for school choice, however they want to dictate which choices are available to parents, kids and families.

Seems a bit disingenuous to me.

That is why I am voting for the ELEVATE DougCo School Board slate of Randy Mills, Ryan Abresch, Debora Scheffel and Grant Nelson. They realize each child is unique and learns differently. Randy, Ryan, Debora and Grant understand that parents and families know their children best and make the best decisions for their kid’s education.

ELEVATE’S opponents are adamant-

Elevate will end chaos Our amazing school district has long been recognized for empowering parents through school choice.

Recently, the Washington, D.C.-based AFT teacher’s union, who does not share this vision of parent empowerment and choice in education, injected hundreds of thousands of dollars into our county, soliciting votes for union friendly candidates.

I am tired of the lies and chaos resulting from such outside influence by groups that do not have our district’s best interest at heart. I will be voting for the Elevate slate — Nelson, Abresch, Mills and Scheffel — because I know that they absolutely support parent empowerment and school choice. They will eliminate the chaos and restore a focus on the students in this district by offering support to our wonderful educators and expanding educational options important in today’s world, including vocational training. Vote Elevate!

Laura Jensen Parker There are real differences While reading the article on the interviews for our Douglas County School Board, I noticed two distinct differences between the candidates.

All four of those candidates supported

by Elevate Douglas County, supported vouchers, cleverly termed “scholarships,” for private schools. Let’s be clear. All the candidates support school choice and charter schools.

Anthony Graziano, Chris Schor, Kevin Leung and Krista Holtzmann simply do not want our public tax money going to private schools. Not supporting the voucher system does not mean you are against school choice.

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Employees at Arvada’s Odyssey Beerwerks work on canning beer on an autumn morning. The brewery won its first Great American Beer Festival medal at this year’s event, held Oct. 5-7.

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Local breweries have solid showing at beer fest Those lucky enough to attend got to sample the winners of this year’s medals

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Every year, the Great American Beer Festival brings hundreds of breweries from all over the country to the Mile High City to duke it out over who creates the best ales, IPAs, lagers, German beers and more.

And while the real winners are those who were lucky enough to score a ticket, being awarded a medal in one of the festival’s 96 categories is quite the feather in the cap of any brewery. The 2017 event ran from Oct. 5-7 at the Colorado Convention Center.

“When our name was announced, my wife screamed, and I looked over at our brewers like, ‘Did that just happen?’” said Chris Hill, who runs Arvada’s Odyssey Beerwerks with Josh Van Riper and Deana, his wife.

The brewery received a silver medal for its Woods Monk beer in the Wood- and Barrel-Aged Strong Beer category.

“It’s so humbling to win a medal, especially when you consider there are like 800 breweries and 3,900

entries.”

Metro area breweries fared well in this year’s competition. Lone Tree Brewing Co. scored a gold medal, while breweries from Arvada, Castle Rock, Golden, Lakewood, Littleton and Parker also earned medals.

“This years festival was nothing less than magical,” said Josh West, head brewer at Lone Tree. “To be the only brewery in Colorado to win two medals this years is a huge accomplishment not to mention becoming the first craft brewery to ever win a gold in the American Lager category.”

However, it’s not all about the competition for attendees — the festival is also an opportunity to meet customers and fans, as well as fellow brewers.

“Much of GABF is about what goes on around the convention. We were busy as ever giving tours at our brewery and hosting ‘meet the brewer’ tasting events downtown,” said Todd Usry, president and brewmaster at Breckenridge Brewery, headquartered in Littleton.

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Littleton’s Breckenridge Brewery received its fifth Great American Beer Festival medal for its Mountain Series: Maibock. Courtesy Photo

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don’t remember when I fell in love with dinosaurs, but by the time “Jurassic Park” came out in 1993, I was 8 years old and already completely head over heels.

I wanted to be a paleontologist, go to places like Montana, and dig up the fossils of my COMING favorite animals.

Even now, nearly 25 ATTRACTIONS years later, I still get a thrill from reading about the latest discoveries, or really any movie with a dinosaur in it.

I don’t think you really grow out of being awed by these ancient animals.

Clarke Reader That that makes the Front Range a perfect place to live. Between the constant discoveries at Dinosaur Ridge, and incredible finds like the Thornton triceratops, it’s a great time to be a dinosaur fan.

And there are options all over town to indulge fossil fanatics like me.

At the Denver Museum of Nature & Science, 2001 Colorado Blvd., visitors can check out the new Ultimate Dinosaurs exhibit, which is on display through Jan. 15.

“In contrast to our permanent exhibit, Prehistoric Journey, this exhibit focuses on the world’s Southern Hemisphere,” explained Dr. Joe Sertich, Curator of Dinosaurs at the museum.

“Because of continental drift, these animals evolved in ways that might look bizarre to us because of the species we’re familiar with.”

The exhibit focuses on dinosaurs from Africa, Madagascar and South America, and includes 17 fully articulated skeletons and dozens of fossils and casts, video projections and lifesize murals, stations with projection microscopes, touchable specimens, puzzles, and games and Fossil Prep Lab activities to try out fossil preparation techniques on fossil casts and let children try firsthand the kind of activities that scientists like Sertich do in the field.

Sertich actually worked in Madagascar, making some of the finds that are on display as part of the exhibit, which makes Ultimate Dinosaurs particularly personal.

“It’s exciting, because there are still discoveries out there being made,” he said. “And there’s a reminder that through birds, we’re still living with dinosaurs.”

There are also five days left to see the Denver Zoo’s Dinos event, which features scale madoels of 21 species spread throughout the zoo.

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Artist Homare Ikeda to offer workshop at Littleton Museum

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Artist Homare Ikeda’s paintings consist of layers ofpaint daubed, scratched and scraped until they come to life.

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he active Heritage SONYA’S Fine Arts Guild of SAMPLER Arapahoe County, which just opened its “This is Colorado” exhibit at Colorado Gallery of the Arts at Arapahoe Community College, 5900 S. Santa Fe Drive, Littleton, will next offer a two-day workshop with well-known area artist Homare Ikeda on Sonya Ellingboe Nov. 9-10 (9 a.m. to 3 p.m. each day) at the Littleton Museum, 6028 S. Gallup St., Littleton.

The title is “The Mystical Aspects of Painting” and Ikeda will share his process. He said “At a certain point in this process, the painting starts to take control. The painting is transformed to the state of the unknown … Working with painting is mystical …” Pre-registration for artists 18 and older is required

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“This year we hosted concerts at our brewery Saturday and Sunday. The Sunday show was a hurricane relief concert to provide support for victims in Texas, Florida, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

Saturday’s show featured hometown favorite Big Head Todd and the Monsters.”

The brews that are entered in the competition are often group choices, as both Hill and Josh Robbins, president and brewmaster at New Terrain, said their staffs discussed what should be entered in the competition.

“Most entries are judged on how it fits the style guidelines for specific types of beers,” Robbins explained. His brewery’s Suntrip took silver in the Belgian-Style Witbier category. “We often don’t follow guidelines, but we entered Suntrip because we thought it would fit.”

Beers are judged by a panel of industry professionals from all over the world, and evaluated without knowing the brand name. Eventually, all the entries are whittled down to three that best exhibit their category.

“Beating all the macro breweries in the American Lager category is nothing less

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Outside of being an extra that gets eaten in one of the Jurassic Park movies, the closest you can get to interacting with the prehistoric animals is Erth’s Dinosaur Zoo Live. The show, hosted at 2 and 7:30 p.m. on Nov. 11 at the University of Denver’s Newman Center, 2344 E. Iliff Ave., brings ultra-realistic dinosaur puppets to the stage, where audiences can interact with them.

“We have different puppets we use to reflect the dinosaurs that are native to the places we’re performing,” explained Miles Portek, the host of the show. “It’s a rare chance

($100 members; $130 non-members): see heritage-guild.com/current-workshops. A supply list is also available online. In other Heritage Fine Arts Guild news, winners in the “This is Colorado” exhibit, which ends Nov. 2, were announced Oct. 12: Best of Show — “Palisade Morning Light” by Shelley Hull; First Place — “High Country Light” by Gene Youngman; Second Place — “Mule Deer” by Chuck Danford; Third Place — “Remembering St. Lucia” by Lee Wasilick; Juror’s Pick: Linda Millarke, Bob Gray, Barbara Williams, Teri Z. Hendrix.

CU-Boulder musicians Two world-class musicians from the CU-Boulder School of Music will perform in a free concert at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 3 at Littleton United Methodist Church, 5894 S. Datura St., Littleton. Violinist Harumi Rhodes and pianist David Korevaar will perform “Romantic Mas-

than a monumental accomplishment,” West said. “It proves that us craft beer guys can do it just as good if not better than them and that we are relevant, consistent and here to stay.”

The bronze Breckenridge received for its Mountain Series: Maibock this year was the brewery’s fifth medal, and both Odyssey and New Terrain received their first-ever medals.

“Suntrip is one of our most popular beers that’s not an IPA,” Robbins said.

“The win helps us to expand on our reputation for having great beer and atmosphere.”

It’s not unusual to get a run on winning beers after the results are announced, which means those interested in sampling all the winners should hurry.

“Maibocks are traditionally brewed in the late spring and early summer, but we brewed a special small batch just for GABF,” Usry said. “We have it on tap now at our Farm House restaurant, and it’ll be bottled again for our Rocky Mountain Sampler Pack in the spring.”

The festival is as much fun for the brewers as it is for visitors, and everyone comes away inspired for the next year.

“Just like everyone else, we come back to our booths really excited,” Hill said.

“The goal is to tell someone, ‘You have to try this beer I just had.’”

to get up close, and face to face with dinosaurs.”

The show takes the same approach as Pixar animated films, Portek said, and offers something for all ages. He said the key is not to be condescending to children in the audience.

“It really ignites the imagination for everyone, Portek said. “And who wouldn’t love meeting a dinosaur?’

Go to www.newmancenterpresents. com/erths-dinosaur-zoo-live for tickets and more information.

A regional premiere, the end of Halloween, and Wine Fest Stepping away from the Cretaceous era into the modern age, Denver’s Equinox Theatre Company is hosting the regional premiere of “Disaster!” at The Bug Theatre, 3654 Navajo St.

terworks” by Beethoven, Janacek and Schumann. Free. 303-794-6379.

Two-night stands The Depot Art Gallery at 2069 W. Powers Ave., Littleton, will offer a series of two-day, two-night exhibits by groups of Littleton Fine Arts Guild members on Nov. 7-12. The gallery will be open until 8 p.m. each day.

On Nov. 7-8: Brian Serff (watercolor, photography); Ivy Delon (oils); Bobbi Shupe (mixed media); Jill Quillan (silk scarves and silk painting). On Nov. 9-10: Joni Leib (ceramics); Sheila Marie (oils); Teri Hendrix (acrylics); Nancy Whitenight Wilkens (painting).

On Nov. 11-12: Peggy Dietz (photography); Carol Broere (ceramics); Sally VanDer Kamp (glass); Kate Wyman (watercolor); Mary Jo Wickstrom (acrylics). 303-795-0781.

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Lone Tree Brewing wins 2 medals

BY STAFF REPORT

Lone Tree Brewing Company’s Mexican Lager was awarded a gold medal in the American Style Lager or Light Lager category at the 2017 Great American Beer Festival. The brewing company also picked up a silver medal for its Hop Zombie IPA in the Imperial Red Ale category.

“Our gold medal is a monumental achievement,” said Lone Tree head brewer Josh West. “It speaks to our quality, consistency and flavor.”

Mexican Lager is distributed year-round in canned six-packs across Colorado and in select locations in Kansas and Nebraska. The cult-followed Hop Zombie IPA comes out just once each year, during which time it has been available only on-draft and in limited bombers out of the brewery’s tasting room in Lone Tree.

“The Mexican Lager was our way to prove to the beer consumer that sometimes less is more,” said Bridgette Geiger, Lone Tree Brewing sales director. “The Hop Zombie was our way of saying if you take quality ingredients and craft them just right — and have a little fun in the process— good things happen.”

Lone Tree became the first independently owned craft brewery to win in the American Style Lager category in 2015, when its Mexican Lager, formerly known as Summer Siesta, won a silver medal.

“These medals express to the beer world that we are relevant, passionate and committed to producing the highest quality craft beer possible,” West said.

Lone Tree Brewing Company was the first brewery in Lone Tree. It opened near Park Meadows in 2011. Go to lonetreebrewingco.com.

The show starts on Nov. 10 and runs through Dec. 2 on Friday and Saturday nights.

The musical features some classic 1970s songs, including “Knock on Wood,” “Hooked on a Feeling,” “Sky High,” “I Am Woman” and “Hot Stuff.” The show takes place in 1979 on a floating casino and discotheque, and its cast includes a nightclub singer and her twins, a disaster expert, reporter, an older couple, a nun with a gambling addiction and more.

Tickets are available at www.EquinoxTheatreDenver.com.

This is the last weekend before Halloween, and there’s still time to get in something creepy in thanks to the Parker Symphony Orchestra. On Oct. 27, the Parker Symphony Orchestra is hosting an evening of music made for

the night in its “Sounds of the Deep,” featuring compositions by Strauss, Dvorak, Debussy, and selection of tunes from Andrew Lloyd Webber’s “Phantom of the Opera.”

For tickets and more information, head out to www.parkerarts.org.

Denver’s premiere wine and food festival is Nov. 1 through 3 at the Denver Marriott Westminster. The 13th annual festival is one of Fodor’s Travel’s 10 can’t-miss fall wine festivals, and features chefs pairing food with wines from all over the world.

For tickets and information, go to www.denverwinefest.com.

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

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Election help available in Douglas County

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CALM AFTER THE STORM

Douglas County residents who need assistance with the voting process or have questions about the coordinated election can seek help at one of four Voter Service and Polling Centers in Douglas County.

Centers will be open Oct. 30 at 8 a.m., and will remain open each weekday until 5 p.m. through Nov. 7, Election Day. Centers will also be open Saturday, Nov. 4 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Voters can receive help registering to vote, drop off ballots, replace or obtain a ballot or ask questions re-

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Here are the VSPC’s in Douglas County: • 125 Stephanie Place, Castle Rock • Highlands Ranch Sheriff Substation, 9250 Zotos Drive, Highlands Ranch • 9350 Heritage Hills Circle in Lone Tree • Parker Town Hall, 20120 East Mainstreet, Parker For more information on how to vote, go to www.douglas.co.us/elections/

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Author coming to Koelbel Young adult author Kendare Blake will take readers to the fictional island of Fennbirn, setting for her “Three Dark Crowns” series, including the new “One Dark Throne” at 7 p.m. on Nov. 2 at Koelbel Library, 5955 S. Holly St., Centennial.

Three sisters vie for the same crown. Tattered Cover will sell Blake’s books. 303-LIBRARY. Register at any library or call.

Castle Rock Orchestra “The Film Music of Hans Zimmer” (“Dark Knight Rises,” “Gladiator,”

“Last Samurai” and more) is the title for the Castle Rock Orchestra’s 3 p.m.

Oct. 29 concert at First United Methodist Church, 1200 South St., Castle Rock. Tickets cost $5.

The orchestra is open to musicians with college-level musical proficiency and interested musicians can contact Matt at info@castlerockorchestra. org. (Openings for: trumpet, oboe, all strings.) Rehearsals are on Sunday afternoons.

Denver Film Festival See DenverFilm.org for details and schedules for the Denver Film Festival, which runs Nov. 1-12 at several locations. Included: Red Carpet screenings, 250 + films, panels, in-person filmmakers, special events. Office: Sie Filmcenter, 2510 E. Colfax, Denver.

Opera program Opera on Tuesday will be on Nov. 7 at Lakewood Country Club, 6800 W. 10th Ave., Lakewood, for members and guests of Denver Lyric Opera Guild, which has members throughout the metro area. Guests and new members welcome. Program features the University of Northern Colorado’s singers. Tickets: $40, by Nov. 1.

Denverlyricoperaguild.org or check to: Becky Gantner, 2082 Montane Drive East, Golden, CO 80401.

JAAMM Fest The annual Jewish Arts, Authors, Movies, Music festival runs through Nov. 12 at Mizel Arts and Culture Center, 350 S. Dahlia St., Denver. Open to all. Example: documentary, “Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work” at 7 p.m.

Nov. 5. Tickets: $13/$11. Box office: 303-316-6360. See maccjcc.org/jaamm for complete listings.

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THINGS to DO

THEATER

Cirque Italia: 7:30 p.m. Thursday to Saturday, Oct. 26-28; and 1:30 p.m. and 4:30 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 28-29 at Southwest Plaza, J.C. Penney, 8501 W. Bowles Ave., Littleton. Go to cirqueitalia. com/tickets.

Vaudeville Style Show: 7:30 p.m.

Saturday, Oct. 28 at Theatre of Dreams, 735 Park St.. Castle Rock. S.O.S. (Sideshows, Oddities and Spirits) show. Reservations required. Go to http://Tickets.

AmazingShows.com or call 303660-6799.

Billy Gardell Performs: 7:30-8:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 4 at the PACE Center, 20000 Pikes Peak Ave., Parker. The Emmy-nominated Mike and Molly actor’s stand-up show is filled to the brim with stories from his wild adolescence and the woes of modern family life. Go to http://parkerarts.org/

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Fiber Arts Sale: 4-8 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 26; 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday, Oct. 27; and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 28 at the Englewood Civic Center, 6065 S. Jasmine St., Centennial. Go to http://www. rmweaversguild.org/fiber-artssale-2.

El Jebel Shriners Craft Show: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Oct. 27-28, and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Sunday, Oct. 29 at the Douglas County Fairgrounds, 500 Fairgrounds Road, Castle Rock. Call Bill Schwartz at 303-455-3470.

Listen to your Art: 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 28 and 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 29 at Highlands Ranch High School, 9375 Cresthill Lane, Highlands Ranch.

This is Colorado Art Show: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday to Friday and 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday, through Nov. 2 at Arapahoe Community College Gallery of the Arts, 5000 S. Santa Fe Drive, Littleton. Go to www.heritage-guild.com or contact show director Mary Kay Jacobus at 303-594-4667.

Inuit Crafts and Games: 4-5 p.m.

Friday, Nov. 3 at Southglenn Library, 6972 S. Vine St., Centennial.

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Protestant Reformation Anniversary Concert: 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 28 at Bethany Lutheran

this week’s TOP FIVE Cross Dedication and Reformation Celebration: 5:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 28, and 8 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. Sunday, Oct. 29 at Joy Lutheran Church, 7051 E. Parker Hills Court, Parker.

JamBOOree: 10 a.m. to noon Saturday, Oct. 28 at the Englewood Public Library, 1000 Englewood Parkway, Englewood. Gruesome games, creepy crafts and more; don’t forget to wear your costume. Call the children’s department at 303-762-2560.

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Church, 4500 E. Hampden Ave., Cherry Hills Village. Performed

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Samhain/Halloween Concert: 7 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 31 at Bemis Public Library, 6014 S. Datura St., Littleton. Music, stories, and folklore to celebrate the Celtic bonfire festival of Samhain.

Live: Singer and Songwriter Showcase: 6:30-8:30 p.m.

Wednesday, Nov. 1 at Koelbel Library, 5955 S. Holly St., Centennial.

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Cinemagraphs: 1-2:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 4 at Southglenn Library, 6972 S. Vine St., Centennial. Go to at arapahoelibraries.org.

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Spooktacular Halloween Dance: 7-9 p.m. Friday, Oct. 27 at the Recreation Center at Southridge, Wildcat Auditorium. Costumes optional; ISP required. Contact 303-471-7043 or summer.aden@ hrcaonline.org. Go to www.hrcaonline.org/tr.

Parker Wine Walk: 5-8 p.m. Friday, Oct. 27 in downtown Parker. Must be at least 21 to participate. For tickets and information, go to www.parkerchamber.com/events

Live Band, Costume Contest: 8:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. Friday, Nov. 3 at Ds’ Tavern, 819 W. Littleton Blvd., Littleton. Bad Bunnies performs. Sign up for the costume contest from 8-10 p.m. Prizes for first, second and third awarded. Call 720620-8082 or go to https://www.facebook.com/ events/196066717602726/ Castle Rock Craft Show Extraordinaire: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 4 at Douglas County Events Center, 500 Fairgrounds Road, Castle Rock.

Organized by the Castle Rock Senior Center. Nonperishable food donations are taken for a local food bank. Call 303-688-9498 or go to www.castlerockseniorcenter.org.

or stop by the Parker Area Chamber of Commerce office, 19590 E. Mainstreet.

Book Start Workshop: 10 a.m.

Friday, Oct. 27 at the Philip S. Miller Library, 100 S. Wilcox St., Castle Rock. Read to children through the library’s Book Start Program. For adults. Registration is required at 303-791-7323 or DCL.org.

Evening with Author Ausma Zehanat Khan: 6:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 27 at the Lone Tree Library, 10055 Library Way. Award-winning Colorado author will introduce and talk about “The Bloodprint,” the first novel in her new fantasy series, followed by a book sale and signing.

For adults. Registration is required at 303-791-7323 or DCL.org.

High Line Canal History, Audubon Nature Walk: 9-11 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 28 at Seven Stones Botanical Gardens Cemetery, 9635 N. Rampart Range Road, Littleton. Go to http://www.discoversevenstones. com/events/ to RSVP. Fallapalooza at the Ranch: 5-8 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 28 at the Southridge Recreation Center, 4800 McArthur Ranch Road, Highlands Ranch. Cherry Hills Community Church and the HRCA event.

Costumes welcome. Contact Tami Lopez at 303-548-5942.

Evening with Author, Viper Pilot: 6:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 28 at the Philip S. Miller Library, 100 S. Wilcox St., Castle Rock. Lt. Col. (Ret.) Dan Hampton will talk about his new book “The Flight,” which chronicles Charles Lindbergh’s 1927 trans-Atlantic flight. Register at 303-7917323 or DCL.org.

Cemetery Tour: 5 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 28 at the Bear Canyon Cemetery, 397 N. Perry Park Road, Sedalia. Contact the Castle Rock Museum 303-814-3164, museum@ castlerockhistoricalsociety.org, www.castlerockhistoricalsociety. org. Tour is free and reservations are not required.

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Blake: 7-9 pm on Thursday, Nov. 2 at Koelbel Library, 5955 S. Holly St., Centennial. Journey to the island of Fennbirn, the setting for the ultimate sibling rivalry and Blake’s New York Times best-selling series Three Dark Crowns. Go to arapahoelibraries.org.

After-Hours Arcade: 7 p.m. Friday, Nov. 3 at the Parker Library, 20105 E. Mainstreet. Game night for adults. Register at 303-791-7323 or DCL.org.

Wordpress Meetup: 1-2 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 4 at Castlewood Library, 6739 S. Uinta St., Centennial. Go to arapahoelibraries.org.

HEALTH

Winter Warm Soup Suppers: 2-3 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 28 at the Englewood Public Library, 1000 Englewood Parkway. Join local caterer Monica Kadillak for an informative session on soup-making.

Recipes and samples are part of this class. Call 303-762-2560.

Healthy Aging: Continuum of Care: 6-7 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 29 at Parker Adventist Hospital, 9395 Crown Crest Blvd., Parker. Learn more about home care, palliative care and hospice care. Go to https://reg.abcsignup.com/reg/ event_page.aspx?ek=00280016-179c7935cd3c405b8fc17d466cf89a99.

Meet Local Author Melanie Crowder: 4-5 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 29 at Smoky Hill Library, 5430 S. Biscay Circle, Centennial. Crowder will talk about her books, especially her new book “Three Pennies.”

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Total Ankle Replacement: 6 p.m.

Thursday, Nov. 2, at Swedish Medical Center, 501 E. Hampden Ave., Englewood. Surgeon Frances Faro will discuss what leads to ankle pain and arthritis, treatment options and technology. Go to www.

OrthoPhysicians.com.

Haunted Douglas County: 5:30 p.m.

Sunday, Oct. 29 at the Castle Pines Library, 360 Village Square Lane.

Register at 303-791-7323 or DCL.org.

Protecting Yourself from Internet Scams and Identity Theft: 1-2 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 4 at Southglenn Library, 6972 S. Vine St., Centennial. Learn safe practices for avoiding identity theft. Go to arapahoelibraries.org.

Colorado Ghost Stories: 6:30-7:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 30 at Columbine Library, 8055 W. Bowles Ave., Unit 2T, Littleton. Hear spooky ghost stories associated with Estes Park Stanley Hotel, the Historic Molly Brown House and more. Go to http://www.eventkeeper.com/mars/xpages/J/JCPL/ EK.cfm?zeeOrg=JCPL Lifetree Café: 5-6 p.m. Monday, Oct. 30 (Mysteries of Mental Illness) at DAZBOG, 202 Wilcox St., Castle Rock. Call 303-814-0142. Go to LifetreeCafe.com.

Free Community Dinner: 6-7 p.m.

Tuesday, Oct. 31 at First Presbyterian Church, 1609 W. Littleton Blvd., Littleton. Menu is chili, cornbread, green salad, fruit salad and desserts prepared by the church youth group. Since it’s Halloween, there might also be a treat. Call 303798-1389 or go to littletonpresbyterian.org/dinner.

George C. Evans Pot 103 American Legion Meeting: 7 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 1 at the Buck Recreation Center, Littleton. Veterans Day programs and related activities on the agenda.

An Evening with Author Kendare

Spirit Fair: 4-9 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 4 at Thrive Yoga and Wellness, Parker.

Free entry. Aura photography, Reiki, psychic readers, acupuncture, holistic and nutritional health, reflexology, relationship coaching and more. Go to http://www.sensitivementor.com/spirit-fair/

EDUCATION

HRHS Showcase: 6-8 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 26 at Highlands Ranch High School, 9375 Cresthill Lane, Highlands Ranch. Learn about AP programs, engineering and career/ tech ed programs, meet with teachers and the principal, learn about activities and athletics, and more.

Open Enrollment: Monday, Nov. 1 at Rock Ridge Elementary School.

First round of enrollment. Call 303387-5157 for information.

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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SPORTS NET GAINS

Cross country could be path to lead country

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Mountain Vista’s Amanda Keller, right, gets the ball over the net and past Highlands Ranch defenders Cassie Davis and Kristin Karashinski (6). The Golden Eagles made it a quick night by sweeping the Falcons 25-18, 25-10, 25-18 on Oct. 19 at Highlands Ranch. Both teams are currently ranked in the top 10 in the state.

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BY THE NUMBERS

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— Points in the second half for the ThunderRidge football team, which pulled out a 46-6 win over Mountain Range on Oct. 20

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— Point margin — Consecutive 3-0 of victory in shutouts for the Chaparral’s fiveCastle View volgame football winning leyball team. streak.

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3 — Points scored by the Valor Christian football team in three Mount Lincoln games.

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—Time of possession advantage in minutes for the Highlands Ranch football in a 48-7 loss to Valor Christian on Oct. 20.

Standout Performers Josh Harnden, Legend The senior midfielder scored the winning goal in the soccer team’s 1-0 win over Ponderosa on Oct. 17.

Cole Sprout, Valor Christian The sophomore standout won the 4A Region 1 cross country championship on Oct. 19 with a time of 16:00.

Holly Schmidt, Castle View The seniors had 12 kills, five digs and an ace in the volleyball team’s 3-0 win over Ponderosa on Oct. 19.

Nicholas Clancy, Douglas County The senior was in on 10 tackles and had a sack in the football team’s 35-21 win over Westminster on Oct. 20.

Hannah Stanley, ThunderRidge The senior went 2-for-4, scored twice and drove in a run in a 10-4 firstround state tournament softball loss to Legacy on Oct. 20.

Nick Moss, Lutheran The junior passed for 271 yards and rushed for both touchdowns in the football team’s 52-14 setback to Skyview.

Colorado Community Media selects six athletes from area high schools each week as “Standout Performers.” Preference is given to athletes making their debut on the list. To nominate an athlete, contact Jim Benton by noon on Sunday at jbenton@coloradocommunitymedia.com

iya Chamberlin, a junior captain on the Wheat Ridge girls cross country team, has a suggestion for politicians to help relieve the current turmoil in Washington, D.C. “I think what would calm all the politicians is if OVERTIME they would just go for a 30-minute run every day,” explained Chamberlin. “They would just relax, use up all their energy and then they would be able to think clearly.”

It seems cross country running provides Jim Benton a means to socialize and communicate. Going on long runs during practice can be lonely if a runner is all alone, so running with teammates is a way to talk and create friendships.

“As far a running with your teammates in practice, it is such a bonding experience,” added Chamberlin. “I’ve had some of the best conversations on runs with people. It seems to just open people up. It’s so special.

“Cross country is one of the most social sports, unlike soccer or football, which are politically involved and you are sort of bad-mouthing the other team. You can’t have anything but respect for somebody to run a 5K and beat you. You know how hard that is. It’s black and white. There are no coaches deciding who is the better player. The finish line is what talks.”

Rock Canyon senior Chris Theodore and sophomore Easton Allred were the first runners to cross the finish line during the Continental League championships held Oct. 11, with Allred edging Theodore towards the end.

At the 5A Region 5 state qualifying championships on Oct. 19, Theodore and Allred were again first and second, but this time Theodore won by .25 of a second over his teammate.

“We really push each other,” said Theodore. “I’m happy if my teammate can beat me if it helps our team.

There’s a really nice environment going on. Cross country is really social, especially on a team basis.

“When you run in practice you are running with people working just as hard and working for the same goal.

When you’re out there by yourself it is kind of no fun. You can’t express yourself. Going on those long runs you can talk about whatever you want.”

Teammates become like members of the family, and often top competitors are best friends.

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On campus: News and notes from local high school sports programs Highlands Ranch • The football team has compiled a 6-2 overall but now has to regroup after a 48-7 loss to Valor Christian on Oct. 20. The Falcons face Legend on Oct. 27 and have a 1-3 series record against the Titans, but did win last season’s game, 24-8.

• Cassie Davis, Jill Borgerding and Libby Borgerding have helped the volleyball team gain a fourth-place ranking in the CHSAANow.com Class 5A rankings. The Falcons are on top of the Continental League standings heading into action Oct. 24, but a lot remains to be determined with five teams within a game of first place.

Mountain Vista • The girls and boys cross country teams head to the Oct. 28 state meet in Colorado Springs as teams to watch. The boys won the Continental League championship and followed with a Region 1 title with five scoring runners finishing among the top 17. The girls also won the league and Region 5 team titles and had four runners in the top five in the regional meet.

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Chamberlin claims most of the fun athletes have is after a race, and many runners hope to be feeling joyous following the state cross country championships, which will be held Oct. 28 at the Penrose Events Center in Colorado Springs.

The Penrose course at 6,119 feet has been redesigned and the big Willis Hill no longer is part of the course. It is one of the toughest in the state for high school competitors. The course still has bridge crossings, rolling hills and a creek crossing before the finish line.

“You just go on adrenaline and the competition really fuels you and all the other good girls that are running around you,” said Mountain Vista Junior Caroline Eck. “There was a really big hill the year before my freshman year but there is still a decent sized hill, but not really as big as the one before. There is a water crossing at the very end. At that point, though, you are so very close to the finish that you have all the possible motivation that you could.

“There is definitely a different vibe going into the state meet,” she added.

• The volleyball team jumbled the Continental League title chase with a 3-0 win over Highlands Ranch on Oct. 19. Led by Amanda Keller, Sam Novak and Nicole Lazzell, the Golden Eagles were second-ranked behind Continental League rival top-ranked Castle View in the Oct. 23 CHSAANow.com poll.

• The football team hopes to avenge a 38-25 loss to Cherokee Trail last season when the teams play Oct. 27.

ThunderRidge • Junior Spencer Lambert, the Mount Cameron league rushing leader with 1,136 yards and nine touchdowns, will be looking for running room when the Grizzlies football team takes on Mullen in an Oct. 27 contest. ThunderRidge has lost to the Mustangs the past two seasons.

• The softball team wound up with a 17-6 record after dropping a 10-4 first round game to Legacy in the Class 5A softball tournament on Oct. 20.

Senior Hannah Stanley had two hits, scored twice and drove in a run in the season-ending loss.

Rock Canyon • The cross country teams will be well represented at the Oct. 28 state cross country championships in Colorado Springs. The boys team, with a onetwo finish by Chris Theodore and Easton Allred, was second at the regionals. The girls team, led by a sixth-place run by Hope James, also was second to qualify to compete for the team title at the state meet.

• Rock Canyon has three players among the Mount Evans football league statistical leaders. Senior

cornerback Zach Wilson leads with five interceptions and senior linebacker Zachary Hanna is tops with 85 tackles. Senior defensive end Vincent Curi has eight sacks, which ranks him second.

SkyView Academy Both the boys and girls cross country teams will be bound for Colorado Springs on Oct. 28 for the state cross country championships. Led by a second-place finish by junior Tyler Scholl, the boys team qualified by winning the Region 5 meet on Oct. 19. Senior Payton Grove was fourth and the girls team qualified for the state meet with a fourth-place regional finish.

Valor Christian • The softball team’s bid for a third straight 4A state championship was derailed in the second round on Oct. 20 at Aurora Sports Park when Silver Creek stunned the Eagles by posting a 5-1 victory. Valor made three errors, gave up three unearned runs, two home runs and the five runs were the most allowed this season.

Valor finished with a 22-1 record.

• The football team seems to be having no trouble alternating Blake Stenstrom and Luke McCaffrey at quarterback. The two combined to go 11-for-14 for 187 yards and three touchdowns in a 48-7 win over Highlands Ranch on Oct. 20.

Top-ranked and unbeaten Valor is 3-0 in the Mount Lincoln league and has outscored opponents 133-21 heading into a Oct. 27 league game against Poudre. Last season, the Eagles posted a 49-14 victory over the Impalas.

• The volleyball team was ranked second in the CHSAANow.com Class 4A poll that was released Oct. 23.

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‘There is definitely a different vibe going into the state meet. You know all the people around you are just going to make you better.’

Caroline Eck, Mountain Vista High School junior

“You know all the people around you are just going to make you better. You can visualize crossing the finish line and that really helps.

“You have to mentally prepare for every race. One thing we do on our team is try to have fun with each other and focus on why we are doing it and not necessarily all the pressure and outside factors that there are and mentally just getting into the zone.

You just want to really enjoy things with your teammates.”

Soccer meet and greet A soccer meet and great with United States women’s soccer stars Morgan Brian and Tobin Heath

is scheduled for Oct. 30 between 4:30-7:30 p.m. at the South Suburban Sports Dome at 6959 S. Peoria St. in Centennial.

Brian, a 2015 World Cup champion and midfielder on the U.S. national team, and Heath, another U.S. national midfielder and two-time Olympic gold medalist, will run drills with local youths, host a question and answer session, sign autographs and pose for pictures.

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

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In addition, those supported by EDC called teacher unions “outside influences.” Quite the contrary, the Douglas County Federation of Teachers was a model of cooperation with the school board.

Only when they objected to extreme policies, did the board dissolve their contract. Teacher associations are not the enemy. It is the teacher associations who negotiated for livable wages, benefits and job security for our teachers.

Jim Cronin Parker Put focus on kids, teachers I am a Castle Rock dad with two kids at CVHS. Douglas County voters, even without kids, should fully participate in the upcoming school board elections.

There’s too much at stake not to care – what could be more important to our community or our future than our public education program.

For any homeowner, our district’s performance has a pronounced impact on property values as well and this shouldn’t be lost on any of our residents.

Every homeowner should ask themselves if home values will be as competitive as they should be based on current trends.Before all the “reforms” to the district, we consistently ranked first or second compared with JeffCo, Cherry Creek and Littleton in all subjects grades 3-8 and now we’re ranked third or fourth almost across the board.

Bring the focus back to students and our educators. Vote for schools.

Vote for Graziano, Holtzmann, Leung and Schor.

Roger J. Davis Castle Rock A prescription for success Does this Douglas County School Board Election matter, now, or in the long run? Has not the education pendulum nearly swung off its rocker?

What is the Rx for a traditionally conservative Douglas County?

“The Naked Communist” by Cleon Skousen, ex-FBI agent, published in 1958, documented 45 then-current communist goals.By 2017, most had been accomplished perniciously. Here is just the preview: Communist Goal #17: “Get control of the schools. Use them as transmission belts for socialism and current communist propaganda. Soften the curriculum. Get control of teachers’ associations. Put the party line in textbooks.”

Best preventative Rx: ElectElevate Douglas County school board candidates, including: Randy Mills, Ryan Abresch, Debora Scheffel and Grant Nelson.

Enough of the school unions’ lockstep control. Enough of the out-ofstate money and influence in this election. Return our school board control to local, straight-thinking people who represent the independent voices so needed today.

Steven Newell Lone Tree Tax hike? No thanks We want it, we think we need it, so give it to us! This is the carte blanche tax increase mantra of the Community Dream Team slate for the DougCo School Board election. Every member of this slate is on record that they’ll present each hard working taxpayer in Douglas County with a big request for a big tax increase. Ugh! As a hardworking taxpayer in Douglas County, I’m voting for the ELEVATE DougCo School Board slate of RANDY Mills, RYAN Abresch, DEBORA Scheffel & GRANT Nelson.

I’m assured that they will take a thorough & deliberative approach to our district’s finances, provide transparency of income & expenditures and work to gain our community’s trust regarding DougCo’s $626 million budget. I know they’ll improve efficiencies, tighten belts and look under the sofa cushions before they ask me if I want to increase my taxes.

Vote Randy, Ryan, Debora and Grant.

Mary Parker Highlands Ranch We need fresh ideas I keep seeing letters supporting one slate of candidates claiming that we need “fresh faces” on the school board. Don’t forget that no incumbents are running. All eight candidates are fresh faces. But we need more than fresh faces. We need fresh ideas, fresh perspectives and a fresh focus on kids. The past eight years haven’t been good for our schools or our community, and the last thing we need is “fresh faces” who support the same failing policies.

We need the fresh ideas and fresh focus that Anthony Graziano, Krista Holtzmann, Kevin Leung and Chris Schor will bring.

Amy Fain Highlands Ranch Save our schools If the Elevate slate is elected, it will be the nail in the coffin for Douglas County School District. There will be no funding to repair our aging schools and no way to retain teachers. Many informed parents and community members believe that continuing to allow new schools to open in areas that already have more seats than kids will cause existing schools to close. Choices will diminish. We can’t let that happen. Vote Graziano, Holtzmann, Leung and Schor to save our schools.

Amy McDowell Highlands Ranch

It’s an easy choice I just wanted to thankdouglaskids. comfor doing the bidding for teachers unions. They are making it very easy on who not to vote for. I for one believe in educational choice, which the unions are staunchly against, even if it means less quality education for our children. They want their monopoly and they will do anything to get it and hold it. The car painting gives me a nice friendly reminder of who not to vote for. I am tired of the teachers unions hijacking school boards by flat out lying to push their agendas. Jefferson county is a prime example.

Justin C. Smith Highlands Ranch Best choice for community Recent outrage at money being donated to an Independent Expenditure Committee (IEC) is hypocritical.

Facts being left out of this fabricated narrative: 1. Money from outside interests did not go directly to any candidate.

2. An IEC supports the reform slate.

The same big money donors are still donating to reformers.Plus the ever present Americans for Prosperity.

3. Outside money is now an issue for reform supporters, but outside money has supported reform since 2009.

Despite this fake outrage, realities remain the same locally. Declining performance from reform policies implemented, lack of funding to pay our teachers and aging infrastructure impacting safety in our schools. One slate has a plan to address these issues. They’re not concerned about the DeVos agenda, but our children. Please vote for Anthony Graziano, Krista Holtzmann, Kevin Leung and Chris Schor. Our commUNITY will be better for it!

Stephanie Van Zante Parker Don’t let name fool you Don’t be fooled! In this school board election, the reform slate is not using the word reform. Why? Reform is

destructive and the slate hopes you don’t know “elevate” means “reform.”

FACT: Graziano, Holtzmann, Leung and Schor support charters and neighborhood schools equally with a promise to fund charters with 100 percent pass-through revenue and an equal share of MLO dollars.

FACT: The reform/Elevate candidates support vouchers. Vouchers would pull dollars from every school in the District. Not just neighborhood schools; charters would be gutted too.

Graziano, Holtzmann, Leung and Schor promise to put kids first: they will prioritize funding in the classroom, return to research-based educational practices, restore trust between the board and our community, and support the funding of longoverdue capital projects that have put our children’s education at risk.

Don’t be fooled. Vote Graziano, Holtzmann, Leung and Schor!

Jeanne Work Swaim Highlands Ranch

Choose kids over a crusade I taught in the Douglas County Schools for 25 years before retiring last year. During that time, I watched as a school district once acclaimed as the best in state suffered through a period of turmoil and decline.

Students, parents, teachers and administrators alike chafed under a reform program that was imposed by an agenda-driven school board.

Teachers lost the freedom to control their own lessons; principals lost the freedom to lead and evaluate their staff as they saw fit.

Parents were ignored. And students suffered as some of the best teachers and administrators in the state left in droves.

It’s time to place kids and community over ideologically driven crusades.

It’s time to choose a school board that is once again dedicated to providing a high-quality public education to all the students of this county.

It’s time to vote for Anthony Graziano, Krista Holtzmann, Kevin Leung and Chris Schor.

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DAVIS & STANTON DAVIS, JAMES B (JIM) DAWN B HOLMES INC DC EXTENSION FUND DC EXTENSION FUND DEDERICK, JIM DEEP ROCK WATER DENOVO VENTURES LLC DENVER INDUSTRIAL SALES & SERVICE CO DENVER REGIONAL COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS DESANTIS, KATHERINE AUDREY DESIGN CONCEPTS CLA INC DEVELOPMENTAL PATHWAYS INC DIEXSYS LLC

312.00 444.01 4,300.00 350.32 5,000.00 147.20 310.27 882.50 1,170.00 7,344.00 536.93 605.00 93,890.85 8,855.00

DISBERGER, BILL 517.88 DISTRICT ATTORNEY 607,185.16 DLH ARCHITECTURE LLC 16,307.25 DODGE DATA & ANALYTICS 321.00 DODGE, JAMES C OR LINA S 177.56 DOMENICO, PHILIP SAMUEL 135.73 DOUGLAS COUNTY DEPUTY SHERIFF’S ASSOCIATION 320.00 DOUGLAS COUNTY FAIR FOUNDATION 495.32 DOUGLAS COUNTY HOUSING PARTNERSHIP 19,792.00 DOUGLAS COUNTY INMATE WELFARE ACCOUNT 2,160.00 DOUGLAS COUNTY TEMPORARY SERVICES 1,766.26 DOUGLAS/ELBERT TASK FORCE 7,470.52 DRAKE, NICOLE LYNNE 215.36 DRC CONSTRUCTION SERVICES INC 3,775.00 DUCKS UNLIMITED INC 400.00 DUDLEY, MELISSA LEANNE 25.15 DUMB FRIENDS LEAGUE 9,062.00 E-470 PUBLIC HIGHWAY AUTHORITY 220,238.50 ECKHARDT, MARK E 29.21 EL PASO GLASS DENVER INC 1,265.22 EL PUEBLO BOYS & GIRLS RANCH 253.00 ELIZABETH GARAGE DOORS LLC 265.50 EMPLOYERS COUNCIL SERVICES INC 500.00 ENNIS PAINT INC 23,700.00 ENVIROTECH SERVICES INC 37,884.41 ENVISION IT PARTNERS 12.00 EPC USA INC ERO RESOURCES CORPORATION EROSION CONTROL SOURCE LLC ESSENTIAL SAFETY PRODUCTS ESTES, FAYE HIILAWE EVANS, SANDRA A EVIDENT CRIME SCENE PRODUCTS EWAYS, ALFRED EXPERT DISPOSAL & RECYCLING FALLEN OFFICER FUND OF DC FOUNDATION FAMILY TREE FARNSWORTH GROUP FASTENAL COMPANY FEDEX FELSBURG, HOLT AND ULLEVIG FINKENBINDER, JEREMY D FIORETTO, MICHAEL C & ROBERTA G FIRE ALARM SERVICES INC FISCHER, GABRIELLE O’KEEFE FLEET, VANCE FLINT TRADING INC FOOTHILLS PAVING & MAINTENANCE INC FORENSIC ITC SERVICES FRANKTOWN ANIMAL CLINIC FREDERICKS, FRANK FREEMAN, ABIGAIL VINITHA FRONT RANGE LEGAL PROCESS SERVICE FRONT RANGE TIRE RECYCLE INC GADZIALA, CAMILLE LOUISE GALLS LLC GARCIA AUTOMOTIVE GROUP GARCIA, LORI MICHELLE GARLAND, KEVIN S GB LINCOLN STATION LLC GEM ENTERPRISES

37,620.00 7,698.54 98.00 408.05 430.20 8,182.50 462.70 2,400.00 3,823.80 146.17 6,181.04 2,466.61 5,500.65 70.66 11,453.74 561.20 79.77 7,530.00 148.00 42.09 3,536.22 1,271,602.20 565.00 50.39 414.75 228.85 90.30 178.00 308.86 948.30 17.20 13.91 57.15 12,162.10 1,500.00

Due to State-PH Marriage Licenses Due to State-CO TBI Trust Due to State-HS Marriage Licenses State Water Quality Permit Due to State - MV License Fees Due to State -Drivers License Due to State - eRecording Books & Subscription Other Repair & Maintenance Supplies Due to State - Family Friendly Court Due to State-Voter Confidentiality Security Deposit Refund 2017 Fair/Ticket Sales Donation Blood Test Other Purchased Services Fire Watch Services Conference, Seminar, Training Fees Other Professional Services Cell Phone Service*AVL Other Professional Services Software/Hardware Support/ Maintenance Other Professional Services Contract Work/Temporary Agency Operating Supplies/Equipment Other Professional Services Operating Supplies/Equipment Other Repair & Maintenance Supplies Translation Services Other Professional Services Other Repair & Maintenance Supplies Security Deposit Refund Fee Refunds - Clerk & Recorder Cars, Vans, Pickups Software/Hardware Support/ Maintenance Clothing & Uniforms Travel Expense Medical, Dental & Vet Services Metro Area Meeting Expense Gardening Services Travel Expense Operating Supplies/Equipment Other Professional Services Asphalt & Asphalt Filler Planimetric 2016 Services Travel Expense Design Services Mill Levy Distribution Aug 2017 Roads, Street, DrainageEngineering County Fair Service Legal Services Design Services Newspaper Notices/Advertising Fee Refunds - Clerk & Recorder Travel Expense Security Services 2017 Fair/Ticket Sales Donation 2015 Douglas County Housing Support Other Professional Services Contract Work/Temporary Agency Senior Services Grant Travel Expense Inspection Services Security Deposit Refund Travel Expense Other Purchased Services Due to E-470 Authority Travel Expense Other Repair & Maintenance Service Crisis Intervention Services Other Repair & Maintenance Service Recruitment Costs Paint & Road Striping Salt & Other Ice Removal Software/Hardware Support/ Maintenance Software/Hardware Support/ Maintenance Other Professional Services Monitoring Airport Road Operating Supplies/Equipment Travel Expense Other Professional Services Operating Supplies/Equipment Other Professional Services Waste Disposal Services 2017 Fair/Ticket Sales Donation Other Professional Services Roads, Street, DrainageEngineering Sign Parts & Supplies Postage & Delivery Service Roads, Street, DrainageEngineering Travel Expense Fee Refunds - Clerk & Recorder Other Repair & Maintenance Service Travel Expense Travel Expense Paint & Road Striping Surface Treatment Project Conference, Seminar, Training Fees K-9 Food Travel Expense Travel Expense Process Service Fee Scrap Tire Recycle Travel Expense Clothing & Uniforms Fee Refunds - Clerk & Recorder Travel Expense Travel Expense Escrow Payable Advertising/Fair Marketing & Sponsorship

GENERAL AIR SERVICE & SUPPLY GEOSHACK GIBBONS II, JOHN THOMAS GILA LLC DBA MUNICIPAL SERVICES BUREAU GIRARD, DAVID E GMCO CORPORATION GOBLE, STUART & HAILEY N GOLDER ASSOCIATES INC

47.54 300.00 66.23 25.22 500.00 61,664.68 8,538.00 5,616.97

Equipment Rental Operating Supplies/Equipment Travel Expense Banking Service Fees Veteran Stipend Dust Suppressant Drainage Repair Reimbursement Roads, Street, DrainageEngineering GORMAN, THOMAS J 14,146.83 Other Professional Services GORMAN, THOMAS J 627.23 Travel Expense GOUDY, MALISA ANNABELLE 272.21 Travel Expense GOVCONNECTION INC 13,625.22 Computer Supplies GRAINGER 730.92 Operating Supplies/Equipment GROUND ENGINEERING CONSULTANTS INC 48,859.50 Roads, Street, DrainageEngineering GUTTENBERG, DAVID 16.50 Refund Overpayment H2O CAR WASH 282.00 Fleet Car Wash Services HAM, ELIZABETH LEE ANN 242.67 Travel Expense HANEKOM, NICOLAAS WILLEM 254.90 Fee Refunds - Clerk & Recorder HARPE, SHAWN A 70.81 Fee Refunds - Clerk & Recorder HARRIS, ROXANN 221.83 Metro Area Meeting Expense HARTIG, JAMIE CHRISTINE 107.00 Metro Area Meeting Expense HARTLEY, JOSEPH RYAN 240.00 Instructor Travel HARTWELL, BARBARA 17.23 Travel Expense HAYES, TERESA 17.98 Travel Expense HELENA CHEMICAL COMPANY 4,444.00 Operating Supplies/Equipment HICO DISTRIBUTING OF COLORADO INC 18.00 Office Supplies HIGHLANDS RANCH COMMUNITY 100.00 Refund/Facilities Use Fees HML TRAINING INC 7,076.75 Other Professional Services HOAGLUND, DREW EVAN 177.19 Travel Expense HODITS, SARAH 264.17 Travel Expense HOLBROOK, ANNA 7,850.00 Drainage Repair Reimbursement HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS LAYTON 1,418.12 Student Travel HOLLOD, DAVID C 82.17 Fee Refunds - Clerk & Recorder HOME CARE ASSISTANCE OF DOUGLAS COUNTY 765.00 Senior Services Grant HOPKINS, DICK WILLIAM PHELYX 1,886.00 Catered Meal Service HORIZON VEGETATION MANAGEMENT 4,680.00 Operating Supplies/Equipment HOUGH, ROBERT ANDY 685.75 Travel Expense HSS - HOSPITAL SHARED SERVICES 23,234.33 Security Services HSS - HOSPITAL SHARED SERVICES 32,555.00 Software/Hardware Support/ Maintenance HUGHES, SHANE P 100.00 Clothing & Uniforms HUMANE SOCIETY OF PIKES PEAK 31,808.34 Animal Control Services ICON ENGINEERING INC 5,324.00 Design Services ID INVESTIGATIVE SERVICES LLC 3,764.75 Other Professional Services INSIGHT PUBLIC SECTOR INC 46,183.19 Software/Hardware Support/ Maintenance INSON, PAUL JOSEPH 1,917.60 Fee Refunds - Clerk & Recorder INTEGRATED CLEANING SERVICES 27,326.45 Service Contracts INTELLECTUAL TECHNOLOGY INC 1,950.28 ITI MV Kiosk Fees Payable INTERMOUNTAIN TRAFFIC LLC 1,221.98 Traffic-School Flasher Parts IREA 108,195.90 Utilities/Electric J P MORGAN CHASE BANK 635,925.89 Purchasing Cards 08/05/17-09/04/17 JACKSON, ROGER CARL 50.00 Fuel Reimbursement JAMES R PEPPER LLC 3,779.00 Roof Inspections JAMES, KRISTIE LYNN 295.39 Travel Expense JE DUNN CONSTRUCTION 65,788.00 Construction Services JEFFERSON COUNTY 200.00 Conference, Seminar, Training Fees JEFFERSON COUNTY HUMAN SERVICES 761.89 Other Professional Services JESSEE, BRAD 86.50 Professional Membership & Licenses JESSEE, BRAD 20.76 Travel Expense JOHNSON, ERIN ELIZABETH 100.63 Travel Expense JOHNSON, JOI MARIE 213.91 Travel Expense JOHNSON, TIMOTHY M 115.20 Travel Expense JONES, JEFF DAN 500.00 Cattle for 4-H Show at Fair JONES, WAYNE S 80.57 Fee Refunds - Clerk & Recorder JORDAN PHD, KENYON P 2,250.00 Recruitment Costs KAELIN, BRUNO & MARY BETH 5,000.00 Escrow Payable KAHAN, LIONEL 44.80 Travel Expense KASSEM, DAREK 63.77 Fee Refunds - Clerk & Recorder KEMPE FOUNDATION, THE 1,125.00 Conference, Seminar, Training Fees KENNEDY - COLORADO LLC 11,159.31 Building/Land Lease/Rent KIEWIT INFRASTRUCTURE COMPANY 99,199.35 Asphalt & Asphalt Filler KIMBALL, CHAD 20.00 Fee Refunds - Clerk & Recorder KISSINGER & FELLMAN PC 244.00 Legal Services KLAFKA, CHUCK 448.00 Travel Expense KLEIN, MARJORIE A 250.00 Event Sponsorships KNAUB, DAVE 59.36 Clothing & Uniforms KORF CONTINENTAL STERLING 52,831.00 Cars, Vans, Pickups KOSTER, STEVE 142.00 Travel Expense KSE IMPRINTS 610.00 Wellness Program/T-Shirts KUBOTA TRACTOR CORPORATION 94,378.63 New Tractor Purchase KULA, DEBORAH E 147.20 Travel Expense LABORERS’ LOCAL 720 2,000.00 Security Deposit Refund LAMB, JOHN 191.81 Clothing & Uniforms LAMPHERE, BROOKE 255.05 Fee Refunds - Clerk & Recorder LAND TITLE GUARANTEE 241,557.65 Titan Road Property Project LANDMARK ENVIRONMENTAL INC 2,750.00 Environmental Site Assessment/ Elections LAW OFFICE OF JEFFREY J TIMLIN 36,205.30 Legal Services LETT, JUSTIN JEFFREY 199.00 Professional Membership & Licenses LEVEL 3 COMMUNICATIONS 8,009.26 Telephone/Communications LEWIS, DAVID A 145.00 Professional Membership & Licenses LEWIS, ROBERT D 96.00 Travel Expense LI BUTTI, STEVEN D 4,500.00 Right-of-Way Settlement LIFELOC TECHNOLOGIES INC 3,660.00 Operating Supplies/Equipment LIGHTING ACCESSORY & WARNING SYSTEMS 1,970.00 Vehicle Up fitting LIGHTNING MOBILE 975.00 Service Contracts LINCOLN STATION METRO DISTRICT 453.58 Sales Tax Revenue Jul 2017 LOCLYZ MEDIA SERVICES 1,750.00 Other Professional Services LONER, FRANK H 500.00 Veteran Stipend LOOK, LOIS 200.00 Security Deposit Refund LYLE SIGNS INC 4,550.00 Sign Parts & Supplies LYNN PEAVEY COMPANY 92.20 Operating Supplies/Equipment LYTLE WATER SOLUTIONS LLC 4,351.04 Water Consulting Services M & M PROPERTY MANAGEMENT 100.00 Security Deposit Refund MADRIGAL, CESAR 147.20 Travel Expense MADSEN, SCOTT T 67.40 Travel Expense MAG BUILDERS INC 2,500.00 Escrow Payable MAILFINANCE INC 1,037.94 Equipment Rental MALONEY, PATRICK JOSEPH 84.10 Travel Expense MARTIN MARIETTA MATERIALS INC 2,296,058.90 Asphalt Overlay Project MARTIN MARTIN CONSULTING ENGINEERS 1,000.00 General Engineering Services MATABI, JOTHAM 455.93 Travel Expense MATTHEW BENDER & COMPANY INC 506.94 Books & Subscription Continued to Next Page 931820 and 931821

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7October 26, 2017 City and County PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE OF CONTRACTORS SETTLEMENT COUNTY OF DOUGLAS STATE OF COLORADO

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, pursuant to Section 38-26-107, C.R.S., as amended, that on November 25, 2017, final settlement will be made by the County of Douglas, State of Colorado, for and on account of a contract between Douglas County and Foothills Paving and Maintenance, Inc. for the 2017 Surface Treatment Project; Douglas County Number CI 2017-002 in Douglas County; and that any person, co-partnership, association or corporation that has an unpaid claim against said Foothills Paving and Maintenance, Inc. for or on account of the furnishing of labor, materials, team hire, sustenance, provisions, provender or other supplies used or consumed by such contractor or any of his subcontractors in or about the performance of said work, or that supplied rental machinery, tools, or equipment to the extent used in the prosecution of said work, may at any time up to and including said time of such final settlement on said November 25, 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 Dan Roberts, P.E., Department of Public Works Engineering, Philip S. Miller Building, 100 Third Street, Suite 220, Castle Rock, CO 80104.

County Commissioners, c/o Public Works Engineering Director, with a copy to the Project Engineer Dan Roberts, P.E., Department of Public Works Engineering, Philip S. Miller Building, 100 Third Street, Suite 220, Castle Rock, CO 80104.

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

City and County

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

Legal Notice No.: 931842 First Publication: October 26, 2017 Last Publication: November 2, 2017 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE OF CONTRACTORS SETTLEMENT COUNTY OF DOUGLAS STATE OF COLORADO

furnishing of labor, materials, team hire, sustenance, provisions, provender or other supplies used or consumed by such contractor or any of his subcontractors in or about the performance of said work, or that supplied rental machinery, tools, or equipment to the extent used in the prosecution of said work, may at any time up to and including said time of such final settlement on said November 25, 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 Dan Roberts, P.E., Department of Public Works Engineering, Philip S. Miller Building, 100 Third Street, Suite 220, Castle Rock, CO 80104.

City and County

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

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

Mountain General Improvement District, the Douglas County Local Improvement District No. 07-01-Lincoln Station, and the Douglas County Public Trustee have been submitted to the Board of Douglas County Commissioners for the ensuing year 2018. The Board of Douglas County Commissioners will hold a public hearing to consider the adoption of the proposed budgets on December 12, 2017 beginning at 2:30 p.m. or as soon thereafter as possible, in the Douglas County Commissioners’ Hearing Room, Philip S. Miller Building, 100 Third Street, Castle Rock, Colorado. Any interested elector of Douglas County may file an objection to the proposed adopted budget prior to its final adoption by the Board of Douglas County Commissioners. A copy of said preliminary budget may be obtained on-line at www.douglas.co.us or at the offices of the County Commissioners at the above address in Castle Rock, Colorado.

City and County

Legal Notice No.: 931847 First Publication: October 26, 2017 Last Publication: October 26, 2017 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press

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materials needed to replace the existing ionization smoke detectors with photoelectric smoke detectors in the Robert A. Christensen Justice Center. There are nine-hundred and thirty (930) smoke detectors to be replaced.

City and County

The IFB documents may be reviewed and/or printed from the Rocky Mountain E-Purchasing System website at www.rockymountainbidsystem.com. IFB documents are not available for purchase from Douglas County Government and can only be accessed from the above-mentioned website. While the IFB documents are available electronically, Douglas County cannot accept electronic bid responses.

Three (3) copies of your IFB response shall be submitted in a sealed envelope plainly marked “IFB No. 039-17, Robert A. Christensen Justice Center Smoke Detector Replacement/Update Project”. Electronic and/or faxed bid responses will not be accepted. Bids will be received until 11:00 a.m., on Friday, November 3, 2017 by the Douglas County Finance Department, Purchasing Division, 100 Third Street, Suite 130, Castle Rock, Colorado 80104. Bids will not be considered which are received after the time stated, and any bids so received will be returned unopened.

Public Notice Legal Notice No.: 931843 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, pursuant to SecFirst Publication: October 26, 2017 INVITATION FOR BID (IFB) tion 38-26-107, C.R.S., as amended, that on Last Publication: November 2, 2017 #039-17 November 25, 2017, final settlement will be Douglas County Government reserves the right Publisher: Douglas County News-Press ROBERT A. CHRISTENSEN JUSTICE made by the County of Douglas, State of Colorto reject any and all bids, to waive formalities, inCENTER ado, for and on account of a contract between formalities, or irregularities contained in a said Douglas County and Castle Rock ConstrucPublic Notice SMOKE DETECTOR REPLACEMENT bid and furthermore, to award a contract for tion Company of Colorado, LLC for the 2017 /UPDATE PROJECT items herein, either in whole or in part, if it is Concrete Pavement Repair Project; Douglas NOTICE OF BUDGET SUBMISSION deemed to be in the best interest of the County County Number CI 2017-004 in Douglas The Facilities, Fleet, and Emergency Support to do so. Additionally, we reserve the right to neCounty; and that any person, co-partnership, asNOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the preliminServices Department of Douglas County Govgotiate optional items/services with the successsociation or corporation that has an unpaid claim ary budgets for the County of Douglas and all its ernment, hereinafter referred to as the County, ful bidder. against said Castle Rock Construction Comrespectfully requests bids from responsible, agencies, the Douglas County Law Enforcequalified companies to provide the labor and pany of Colorado, LLC for or on account of the ment Authority, the Douglas County Woodmoor Please direct any questions concerning this IFB materials needed to replace the existing ionizafurnishing of labor, materials, team hire, sustenMountain General Improvement District, the to Carolyn Riggs, Purchasing Supervisor, 303tion smoke detectors with photoelectric smoke ance, provisions, provender or other supplies Douglas County Local Improvement District No. 660-7434, criggs@douglas.co.us, 8:00 a.m. to detectors in the Robert A. Christensen Justice used or consumed by such contractor or any of 07-01-Lincoln Station, and the Douglas County 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding Center. There are nine-hundred and thirty (930) his subcontractors in or about the performance Public Trustee have been submitted to the holidays.

Board of Douglas County Commissioners for the smoke detectors to be replaced. of said work, or that supplied rental machinery, ensuing year 2018. The Board of Douglas tools, or equipment to the extent used in the proLegal Notice No.: 931868 Failure on the part of claimant to file such stateCounty Commissioners will hold a public hearThe IFB documents may be reviewed and/or secution of said work, may at any time up to and First Publication: October 26, 2017 ment prior to such final settlement will relieve ing to consider the adoption of the proposed printed from the Rocky Mountain E-Purchasing including said time of such final settlement on Last Publication: October 26, 2017 said County of Douglas from all and any liability budgets on December 12, 2017 beginning at System website at www.rockymountainbidsyssaid November 25, 2017, file a verified statePublisher: Douglas County News-Press for such claimant's claim.

2:30 p.m. or as soon thereafter as possible, in tem.com. IFB documents are not available for ment of the amount due and unpaid on account the Douglas County Commissioners’ Hearing purchase from Douglas County Government and of such claim with the Board of County CommisThe Board of Douglas County Commissioners of Room, Philip S. Miller Building, 100 Third Street, can only be accessed from the above-mensioners, c/o Public Works Engineering Director, the County of Douglas, Colorado, By: FrederCastle Rock, Colorado.

Any interested elector of tioned website. While the IFB documents are with a copy to the Project Engineer Dan ick H. Koch, P.E., Public Works Engineering THOMPSON, GREG &County COLE cannot 173.13 Fee Refunds - Clerk & Recorder REDS FIXITEnSHOP LLC 450.00 Operating Supplies/Equipment Continued From Last Page .. Page 2 of 2 Roberts, P.E., Department of Public Douglas County may file an objection to the proavailable electronically, Douglas Works Director.

THOMPSON, JOHN WOODROE 30.17 Travel Expense REDSTONE ANIMAL HOSPITAL PLLC budget prior6,645.00 Escrow Payable posed adopted to its final adoption accept electronic bid responses. gineering, Philip S. Miller Building, 100 Third THOMPSON, STACY 287.50 Other Purchased Services REISER, GEORGE M 157.02 Fee Refunds Clerk & Recorder MAZZA DESIGNS INC 6,671.50 Insurance Claims-Property by the Board of Douglas County CommissionStreet, Suite 220, Castle Rock, CO 80104.

Legal NoticeZEKE No.:A931842 THOMSON REUTERS WEST shall be 1,963.22 Software/Hardware Subscription REVISION INC 5,380.00 Douglas County Innovation League MCMANIS, 402.92 Fee Refunds - Clerk & Recorder ers.

A copy of said preliminary budget may be Three (3) copies of your IFB response First Publication: October 26, 2017 300.00 Security Deposit Refund Training MENDOZA ROSARIO, ZYUL EDITH 154.33 Travelon Expense obtained on-line at www.douglas.co.us or at the submitted in a THORN, sealed GABRIEL envelope plainly marked Failure the part of claimant to file such stateLast Publication: November 2, 2017 THORNTON, 96.00 Travel Expense REVISION INC 4,762.50 Other Professional MERIDIAN METROPOLITAN DISTRICT 2,500.00 Community offices of the County Commissioners at the Services “IFB No. 039-17, Robert A.LUKE Christensen Justice ment prior toPrograms/Sponsorship such final settlement will relieve Publisher: Douglas County News-Press GROUP INTERNATIONAL LTD 1,055.25 Storm water Services RHYMER, JOCELYN above address in Castle Rock, 115.20 Colorado.

Travel Expense MERIDIAN METROPOLITAN DISTRICT 159,835.00 Services Center SmokeTIERRA Detector Replacement/Update saidDesign County of Douglas from all and any liability 284.41 Travel Expense TILLSON, JENNIFER M RICHLAND TOWERS-DENVER LLC 2,315.00 Building/Land Lease/Rent METRO TAXI 1,905.00 Transportation Grant Services Project”. Electronic and/or faxed bid responses for such claimant's claim.

TO THE Bids RESCUE 14,650.00 Transportation Grant Services RIDER, KATHERINE Legal Notice No.: 931847 113.78 Metro Area Meeting Expense MILLER WENHOLD CAPITOL 10,000.00 Other Professional Services will not be accepted. will be received until TORNBLOM, CAROL 137.70 Travel Expense RIGHT ON LEARNING 8,000.00 Other Professional Services MILLS, DEBORAH M 1,020.31 Metro Area Meeting Expense First Publication: October 26, 2017 11:00 a.m., on Friday, November 3, 2017 by the The Board of Douglas County Commissioners of OF CASTLE ROCK Purchas606,074.63 Due to Castle Rock-MV License RMOMS MONKS, KANDI 100.00 Show Last Publication: October 26, 742.00 2017 Drug Testing Douglas CountyTOWN Finance Department, theJudges/Referees/Fair County of Douglas, Colorado, By: Frederick TOWN OFStreet, CASTLESuite ROCK130, Castle 600.68 Sales Tax Reimbursement ROBERT HALF TECHNOLOGY 9,600.00 Contract Work/Temporary Agency 100 Management H. Koch, P.E., Public Works Engineering Publisher: Douglas County News-Press ing Division, Third TOWN OF CASTLE ROCKnot be con17,548.22 Water & Sewer ROBERTS, DANIEL ROY 380.17 Travel Expense MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS INC 123,058.50 Radio Equipment/Repairs Director.

Rock, Colorado 80104.

Bids will TOWN OF LARKSPUR 21.00 Due to Larkspur-MV License ROBSON, VALERIE 276.01 Metro Area Meeting Expense MOUNTAIN VIEW ELECTRIC INC 265.70 Utilities/Electric sidered which are received after the time stated, TOWN OF LARKSPUR 5,576.27 Intergovernmental-Larkspur ROCK, THE 2,930.58 Other Professional Services MTM RECOGNITION 1,303.11 Recognition Programs Legal Notice No.: 931843 and any bids so received will be returned unTOWN OF PARKER 333,920.31 Due to Parker - MV License 34.42 Operating Supplies/Equipment MULLER ENGINEERING COMPANY INC 270.00 Services October 26, 2017 ROCKY MOUNTAIN AIR SOLUTIONS FirstDesign Publication: opened.

LastOther Publication: TOWN OF PARKER 242,498.36 Intergovernmental-Parker 1,946.63 Postage & Delivery Service MUNGAI, JAMES 4,165.00 ProfessionalNovember Services 2, 2017ROCKY MOUNTAIN MAIL SERVICES Douglas Government reserves the right Publisher: Douglas County News-Press STAFFING SERVICES 4,939.31 Contract Work/Temporary Agency ROCKY MOUNTAIN PAVEMENT 2,966.60 Road Repair, Maintenance & CountyTPM MWHR PROPERTIES LLC 14,880.00 Escrow Payable to reject any and all bids, to waive formalities, TRAFFIC SIGNAL CONTROLS INC in1,633.60 Traffic Signal Parts Overlay MYERS & SONS CONSTRUCTION LP 116,549.25 Roadway Intersection Improvement contained in RV a said TRANSWEST TRUCK TRAILER 198.16 Catered Meal Service ROCKY TOP RESOURCES INC 6,862.50 Grinding Services formalities, or irregularities Project and furthermore, to awardGROUP a contract TRINITY SERVICES INC for 34,791.63 Inmate Meals RODGERS, AMY JO 75.00 Judges/Referees/Fairbid Show MYERS & SONS CONSTRUCTION LP 1,020.00 Other Repair & Maintenance items herein, either in whole or in part, if it is TRIP SAVERS COURIERS 322.95 Postage & Delivery Service Management Supplies deemed to be in the best interest of the County TRITECH FORENSICS 231.64 Operating Supplies/Equipment ROGGEN FARMERS ELEVATOR 782.00 Utilities/Gas MYERS ENTERPRISES INC 1,675.00 Inmate Detaining Equipment to do so. Additionally, we reserve the right to neTRUE NORTH SURVEYING & MAPPING 1,500.00 Roads, Street, DrainageRUNNING CREEK COUNSELING 17.00 Testing Services NATIONAL ELECTRICAL CONSTRUCTION INC 2,394.00 Other Professional Services gotiate optional items/services with the successEngineering RYAN, KEVIN 53.71 Travel Expense NCAFC GROUP LLC 5,080.75 Other Professional Services TUCKER, TODD B 128.00 Travel Expense RYDERS PUBLIC SAFETY LLC 1,179.60 Clothing & Uniforms ful bidder.

NET TRANSCRIPTS 1,651.91 Other Professional Services TYLER TECHNOLOGIES INC 1,459.31 Computer Software Training S & M WATER CONSULTANTS 140.00 Other Repair & Maintenance NEVE’S UNIFORMS INC 30,812.19 Clothing & Uniforms Please direct any questions concerning this IFB UHLHORN, BRYAN 52.01 Fee Refunds - Clerk & Recorder Supplies NEWMAN TRAFFIC SIGNS INC 3,067.50 Sign Parts & Supplies Supervisor, 303UMBPurchasing BANK 1,736.70 Banking Service Fees SAFETY AND CONSTRUCTION SUPPLY INC 52.41 Clothing & Uniforms to Carolyn Riggs, NICOLETTI-FLATER ASSOCIATES 110.00 Other Professional Services 660-7434, criggs@douglas.co.us, 8:00 a.m. to UNIFIRST CORPORATION 1,228.68 Clothing & Uniforms SALAZAR, PATRICIA 48.25 Office Supplies NILEMO, KYLE ERIC 2,560.00 Travel Expense p.m., Monday Friday, excluding UNITEDthrough SITE SERVICES 6,590.00 Equipment Rental SCHEUBER & DARDEN ARCHITECTS 4,200.00 General Engineering 5:00 Services NILEX INC 415.00 Other Repair & Maintenance holidays.

UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO AT DENVER 398.36 Research Study SCHULTZ, KAREN YVONNE 405.00 Travel Expense Supplies UPS - UNITED PARCEL SERVICES 18.71 Postage & Delivery Service SCHUTTE, CHRIS 93.74 Travel Expense NMS LABS 3,134.00 Forensic Testing 931868 URBAN DRAINAGE & FLOOD CONTROL 49,323.00 Highline Canal Project SCHWAB, GREG 21,147.00 Fence Installation/IronLegal HorseNotice No.: NORCHEM DRUG TESTING 200.65 Medical, Dental & Vet Services First Publication: USOctober BANK 26, 2017 3,502.45 Banking Service Fees SCOTT, EVAN LAWRENCE 347.44 Travel Expense NULL, JASON H 59.54 Clothing & Uniforms Last Publication: 26, 2017 FINANCE USOctober BANK EQUIPMENT 295.00 Service Contracts SECURITY TRANSPORT SERVICES 4,081.35 Transportation of Prisoners OAKLAND RANCH 129.20 Operating Supplies/Equipment Publisher: Douglas County News-Press US COACHWAYS INC 2,375.42 Bus Services/Youth Initiative 6,670.45 Waste Disposal Services OBERHELMAN, VICTORIA JAYNE 50.00 Conference, Seminar, Training Fees SEDALIA LANDFILL US IMAGING 57,522.20 Other Professional Services SEDALIA WATER & SANITATION 3,042.00 Water & Sewer OCCASIONS CATERING 1,807.52 Catered Meal Service US POSTAL SERVICE 15,000.00 Postage & Delivery Service SEMPERA 66,200.00 Contract Work/Temporary Agency O’CONNOR SMITH, KATHRYN REBECCA 176.13 Travel Expense USACS OF COLORADO INC 51.39 Medical, Dental & Vet Services SENTER, GOLDFARB & RICE LLC 595.39 Legal Services OFFICE DEPOT 80.28 Office Supplies VACURA, CRAIG 42.60 Travel Expense SFA INC 1,378.00 Catered Meal Service OLSON, RYAN MAHLEN 51.54 Travel Expense VAN NOORDT, TIMOTHY MARSHALL 2,560.00 Travel Expense SHADY TREE SERVICE LLC 395.00 Property Maintenance Services OMERTA STORM WATER MANAGEMENT 7,694.00 Erosion Control Services VAN SCHAACK IV, HENRY C 145.00 Professional Membership & SHEA PROPERTIES LLC 966,382.33 Communication System/Radio ORACLE AMERICA INC 19,782.28 Software/Hardware Support/ Licenses Tower Maintenance VANCE BROTHERS INC 2,350.00 Equipment & Motor Vehicle Parts SHERMAN & HOWARD LLC 300.00 Legal Services ORMSBEE, SONIA 44.67 Travel Expense VERIZON WIRELESS SERVICES 2,320.75 Cell Phone Service SHILOH HOME INC 660.00 Building/Land Lease/Rent OSTERHOUDT, MONA ELIZABETH 451.46 Travel Expense VIGIL, KATRINA RAE 882.46 Travel Expense SHIMIRAK, MELISSA ANN 44.30 Travel Expense OSTLER, CLAUDIA 230.59 Travel Expense VISITING ANGELS OF DENVER 558.25 Senior Services Grant SHOULTZ, STEVE 96.00 Travel Expense PACA BUDDIES 200.00 Security Deposit Refund WAGGONER, DANIECE 78.86 Travel Expense SHRED-IT 221.03 Other Purchased Services PACIFIC OFFICE AUTOMATION INC 5,386.80 Equipment Rental 7,497.50 Equipment Rental SILVA CONSTRUCTION INC 285,448.35 Sidewalk Repair & Handicap Retrofit WAGNER EQUIPMENT COMPANY PAC-VAN INC 194.00 Equipment Rental WAGNER EQUIPMENT COMPANY 55,918.22 Repairs-Equipment/Motor Vehicle SIRLES, ELIZABETH 2,500.00 Escrow Payable PALMER, NICOLE ELIZABETH 142.61 Travel Expense WALKER, DENNIS & VIRGINIA 355.84 Fee Refunds - Clerk & Recorder SKYE TEAM LLC 1,800.00 Leadership Academy PARDEKOOPER, PATRICIA & JAMES 51.75 Fee Refunds - Clerk & Recorder WALLACH, JUDI 972.13 Other Professional Services SLATE COMMUNICATIONS 6,096.00 Other Professional Services PARKER SENIOR CENTER INC 2,901.50 Transportation Grant Services WALZ, ELIZABETH ANN 517.99 Travel Expense SLOAN, CURT 448.00 Travel Expense PARKER TASK FORCE 1,756.57 Utility Assistance WARRIOR KIT 8,397.00 Clothing & Uniforms SMITH, CHUCK 147.20 Travel Expense PARKER WATER AND SANITATION 4,643.25 Water & Sewer WASTE MANAGEMENT DENVER ARAPAHOE SITE 18,102.17 Waste Disposal Services SMITH, KAREN A 300.00 Election Judges/Referee Fees PARKS, COLORADO STATE 750.50 Due to State - State Park Pass WATER & EARTH TECHNOLOGIES INC 2,296.20 Other Professional Services SMITH, RICHARD 361.65 Fee Refunds - Clerk & Recorder PASE CONTRACTING INC 4,805.00 Erosion Control Services WEAVER, JASON 115.20 Travel Expense SOURCE OFFICE PRODUCTS 3,158.36 Office Supplies PATTERSON, SUSAN-PETTY CASH 140.49 Metro Area Meeting Expense WELLS FARGO BANK 15.00 Fee Refunds - Clerk & Recorder SOUTH METRO FIRE RESCUE AUTHORITY 584.00 Building/Land Lease/Rent PENN, DAVID 591.80 Fee Refunds - Clerk & Recorder WEMBER INC 5,250.83 Design Services SPECIALTY CONSTRUCTION PRODUCTS 1,132.16 Other Repair & Maintenance PHOENIX SUPPLY LLC 76.46 Prisoner Maintenance Supplies WES TEST 50,145.00 Road Repair, Maintenance & Supplies PHYSIO-CONTROL INC 135.00 Operating Supplies/Equipment Overlay SPOK INK 5,235.08 Software/Hardware Support/ PINERY HOMEOWNERS 320.95 Security Services WEST, MARY E 80.37 Fee Refunds - Clerk & Recorder Maintenance PINERY WATER & WASTEWATER 6,183.83 Water & Sewer WESTERN PAPER DISTRIBUTORS INC 5,326.78 Operating Supplies/Equipment SPRADLIN PRINTING INC 3,901.12 Advertising/Fair Marketing PIONEER LANDSCAPING MATERIALS 110.85 Aggregate Products WESTSIDE TOWING INC 3,333.50 Vehicle Tow Services & Sponsorship PIPES, CONNIE 92.45 Travel Expense WETHERBEE, ERIN LEIGH 204.58 Travel Expense SPURLOCK, ANTHONY G. 188.80 Travel Expense PLACE I GO LLC, THE 440.00 Client Testing Services WILDCAT SHOPPING CENTER LLC 9,744.54 Building/Land Lease/Rent STAIRS, SAMANTHA 199.80 Travel Expense PLANET TECHNOLOGIES INC 87.50 System Support WILLIAMS, CHRIS JAY 96.00 Travel Expense STANLEY CONSULTANTS INC 117,058.75 Roads, Street, DrainagePLATTNER ENTERPRISES 1,620.00 Waste Disposal Services WILLIAMS, KELLY ANN 605.25 Travel Expense Engineering PMAM CORPORATION 1,725.61 Alarm Administration Expenses WILSON, TERESA KAY (TERRY) 87.21 Travel Expense STARKEY, VICTORIA 90.92 Travel Expense POLIVKA INTERNATIONAL CO INC 13,439.00 Escrow Payable WL CONTRACTORS INC 1,292.00 Traffic Signal On-Call Service STATEWIDE INTERNET PORTAL AUTHORITY 13,013.76 Contract Work/Temporary Agency POULSON CONSTRUCTION INC 2,500.00 Escrow Payable WOODRICK, MARYJO 196.05 Metro Area Meeting Expense STATEWIDE INTERNET PORTAL AUTHORITY 18,000.00 Software/Hardware Support/ PR DIAMOND PRODUCTS INC 415.00 Other Repair & Maintenance XCEL ENERGY 15.00 Research Fees Maintenance Supplies XCEL ENERGY 6,853.29 Traffic Signal Utilities STAUBER, MELINDA 60.98 Travel Expense PRECISION DYNAMICS CORPORATION 411.42 Operating Supplies/Equipment XCEL ENERGY 41.87 Utilities/Gas STEGINK, MOLLY CHRISTINE 46.99 Travel Expense PRICE, MALLORIE AMBER 304.29 Travel Expense STEWART, MARK 100.00 2017 Youth Award PRO DISPOSAL & RECYCLING 5,328.98 Waste Disposal Services STONEGATE VILLAGE METRO 10,432.36 Water & Sewer PRO FORCE LAW ENFORCEMENT 3,083.52 Firearm Supplies TOTAL AMOUNT OF DISBURSEMENTS $15,538,503.07 STROUSE, KELLY A 85.12 Travel Expense PROFESSIONAL RODEO COWBOYS ASN 1,350.00 Judges/Referees/Fair Show FOR THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER 2017 STUART, RAVEN 206.61 Travel Expense Management SUDS FACTORY CAR WASH & DETAIL CENTER 115.00 Fleet Car Wash Services PROULX, BRADLEY MICHAEL 2,432.00 Travel Expense THE ABOVE AND FOREGOING IS A CONDENSED STATEMENT OF THE BILLS APPROVED FOR SWARCO REFLEX INC 21,160.00 Paint & Road Striping PUBLIC TRUST ADVISORS LLC 5,833.33 Accounting & Financial Services PAYMENT DURING THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER 2017 BY THE DOUGLAS COUNTY BOARD OF SWARTZ, RICHARD S 141.98 Travel Expense PUEBLO DODGE CHRYSLER JEEP RAM 335,564.00 Cars, Vans, Pickups COMMISSIONERS UNDER WHOSE DIRECTION THIS NOTICE IS PUBLISHED. SWEEP STAKES UNLIMITED 340.00 Other Purchased Services QUALITY LANDSCAPE AND SOIL PRODUCTS 279.50 Aggregate Products T D MERTLICH INC 6,240.00 Other Professional Services QUINTERO, CAITLIN ANNE 262.69 Travel Expense N. ANDREW COPLAND, CPA, DIRECTOR OF FINANCE TAYLOR, VIVIAN A 9,807.58 Other Professional Services R.E. MONKS CONSTRUCTION 157,456.79 Moore Road EVOC Project TEAM2 LLC 8,000.00 Other Professional Services RAMPART HELICOPTER SERVICE LLC 8,102.50 Other Professional Services TELERUS INC 750.00 Telephone/Communications READY MIXED CONCRETE CO 6,825.00 Other Repair & Maintenance Legal Notice No.: 931820 and 931821 Last Publication: October 26, 2017 TELLIGEN 2,041.66 Wellness Portal Support Supplies First Publication: October 26, 2017 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press THOMAS, LORA L 650.12 Travel Expense RED WING SHOE STORE 191.24 Clothing & Uniforms

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Attention, 8th graders:

LPS high schools welcome the Class of 2022!

You are invited to attend:

Littleton High School Lion Pride Preview and International Baccalaureate Program Info.

LHS Theater Wed., Nov. 1, 2017 6:30 p.m.

Heritage High School Freshman Showcase

Arapahoe High School Freshman Showcase

HHS Theater Tues., Nov. 7, 2017 6 p.m.

Sitting Eagle Gym Mon., Dec. 4, 2017 6 p.m.

All interested high school students are welcome to attend these events!

AWARD-WINNING HIGH SCHOOLS:  Nationally recognized for academic excellence  90% of graduates plan to attend college or post secondary education  College Preparatory, Advanced Placement, Concurrent Enrollment, Career and Technical Education, Comprehensive Electives  Class of 2017 earned more than $40 million in college scholarships  Consistently high number of National Merit Scholars, Boettcher Scholars, Presidential Scholars, and appointments to U.S. military academies  Highly competitive in athletics, STEM and performing arts

All three high schools are currently accepting applications for out-of-district students

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