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November 12, 2015 VOLUME 14 | ISSUE 42

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School board must blend old, new Incoming members will replace three incumbents

By Mike DiFerdinando mdiferdinando@coloradocommunitymedia.com Despite philosophical differences in their approach to education, board members on different sides of the election campaign are pledging to work together in the best interests of students.

Newcomers David Ray, Anne-Marie Lemieux and Wendy Vogel, who defeated incumbents Kevin Larsen, Craig Richardson and Richard Robbins, bring different ideas — particularly on the school district’s reform policies — to the previously like-minded board.

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On Nov. 4, the day after the election, Doug Benevento, board of education vice president, released an emailed statement.

“While last night’s election results did not represent the choices I would have preferred, the voters have spoken

clearly and I want to congratulate the winning candidates,” Benevento Find more coverage of the said. “The new board has obvious Douglas County differences but we all care for our School Board kids and our schools. In the coming election on Page 3. days and months, I hope we can unite and move forward around that common sentiment.”

Benevento said he hopes to work with new board members on issues — such as school finance and safety — that are important to all in the district.

Ray, who served as a teacher and principal in the district for 25 years, said the newly elected members of the board look forward to working with current members as well. He

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WHAT’S INSIDE

Ancient history: Construction of new reservoir leads to discovery of artifacts. See Page 2

Rock Canyon’s Keely Davis digs in for the Jaguars in their match against Poudre in the 5A regional on Nov. 7. Rock Canyon went on to qualify for the state tournament. For more on area volleyball action, turn to Page 26. Photo by Paul DiSalvo

Businesses are urged to invest in education ‘STEMpathy’ is way forward, according to noted writer

By Jennifer Smith jsmith@coloradocommunitymedia.com With Colorado ranking 14th in the country for how many STEM jobs it will need to fill, business leaders are worrying about where they will find enough recruits.

“In Colorado, if we don’t increase the number of STEM graduates, businesses will be forced to continue importing talent at tremendous cost,” write Robert Golden, president of the South Metro Denver Chamber of Commerce, and Mark Alpert, chair of the chamber’s board.

To that end, the chamber worked all year at putting together its first-ever Colorado STEM Summit, an all-day event for hundreds of stakeholders to examine how

to engage more students in the science, technology, engineering and math fields.

“Our call to action is to affect education policy in Colorado in order for every child to be STEM literate,” they write. “It is critical that we work toward sustaining a vibrant talent pipeline, locally educated, and fill these attractive jobs in STEM fields.”

As attendees enjoyed lunch at the Marriott Denver Tech Center on Oct. 30, they listened to a man who writes about the topic regularly. New York Times reporter Thomas Friedman, author of “The World is Flat” and “That Used to Be Us,” urged them to think about STEM just a little differently.

“I don’t think we need more STEM jobs, I think we need more ‘STEMpathy’ jobs,” or those that combine knowledge and empathy, he said.

STEM continues on Page 9

Gift of giving: Families learn about the joy of volunteering together.

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A RAIL BIG DEAL

Lone Tree Mayor Jim Gunning addresses the crowd during the Nov. 3 kickoff celebration for the construction of the RTD Southeast Extension project. Officials from RTD, Lone Tree, Parker, Douglas County and the Federal Transit Administration gathered at the Lincoln Avenue light rail station to offer congratulatory remarks. The $207 million designand-build project will be managed by Balfour Beatty Infrastructure Inc. The line will be extended south along I-25 from its current terminus at Lincoln Avenue to RidgeGate Parkway in Lone Tree. The extended line is expected to open in 2019. Courtesy photo

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Artifact could be most significant of 2015 Dog effigy found during reservoir construction

By Chris Michlewicz cmichlewicz@coloradocommunitymedia.com It could be a pendant or an amulet or a child’s toy. No one really knows for sure.

What is known is that it was handcrafted by a hunter-gatherer living around 5,000 years ago in what is now Douglas County, and many agree that the clay figurine depicts a dog.

The Oeškeso zoomorphic effigy found during the construction of Rueter-Hess Reservoir is among the historic items being considered for the title of Colorado Most Significant Artifact of 2015. The effigy was deeply buried and relatively wellpreserved when Centennial Archaeology uncovered it in 2005 among a village of pit-dwellings at the reservoir site in Newlin Gulch, just southwest of Parker.

“An effigy in itself is very unique. There are no plains effigies — definitely not from Douglas County or the greater plains region of Colorado,” said Mary Ann Gabriel, a volunteer who nominated the caninelike object on behalf of the Douglas County History Repository.

The annual search for the state’s most significant artifact was launched three years ago by Colorado Collections Connection at the Center for Colorado and the West at Auraria Library, in part to draw interest and funding to help preserve them for future generations.

A panel of history professors, archivists and other experts narrows the entries to the top 15 or 20, and the public then votes on the winner. Artifacts are nominated by museums, libraries, archive-keepers, and cultural heritage institutions, and cannot come from a private collection. The panel ensures that the artifacts originated in Colorado, said Dana Echohawk, program director for Colorado Collections Connec-

This Oeskeso effigy of a dog was found during the construction of Rueter-Hess Reservoir. It was nominated by the Douglas County History Repository to be named Colorado’s most significant artifact in 2015. Courtesy photo tion.

Although there is debate over what the effigy depicts — some say it could be a deer, rabbit or antelope — the prevailing thought is that it shows man’s best friend.

Catherine Traffis, a member of the Parker Area Historical Society, said she feels a special connection to the effigy because it reflects how long dogs have been stalwart companions of people living in the area.

She posted a message about the effigy to the historical society’s Facebook page so “people from Parker could get behind voting for one of their own artifacts,” particularly because such finds are rarely made in Parker.

Effigies had great importance to those who made them.

“The idea is that when you create these objects and possess them, the possessor can perhaps take on some of the qualities of the animal represented,” Traffis said, adding the creators are ancestors of familiar local Native American tribes like the Cheyenne, Ute and Arapaho.

Artifacts like this often go overlooked, Gabriel says, because residential and commercial developers are not required to report the existence of archaeologi-

cal objects. But because the reservoir was federally approved, the Parker Water and Sanitation District was bound by stricter conditions for archaeological mitigation.

Aside from larger discoveries, like the mammoth skeleton found when Stonegate was being built in the late 1990s, many artifacts are “pulverized” by large construction machinery, said Gabriel, who called them a “fast-disappearing resource.”

“We’re losing a lot of our history and prehistory as a result,” she said.

The Oeškeso zoomorphic effigy is kept in a climate-controlled environment at the Douglas County History Repository in Castle Rock and wrapped in a cushioning acidfree material. The fact that it was “so clearly crafted by a person” makes it especially interesting to local historians, Gabriel said.

“Every time I’m out working on a survey and find something, I always wonder, ‘Who created this? Who last touched it?

How did it end up here? How did they lose it?’” she said.

Gabriel has been informing the public about the discovery and urging them to vote at www.collectioncare.auraria.edu.

With funding for historic preservation drying up, there is a dire need to steer atten-

OTHER NOMINEES FOR MOST SIGNIFICANT ARTIFACT OF 2015 Mug shots of Colorado inmates, 1871-1970s nominated by Colorado State Archives Document collection from Wigwam Tea Room, an Estes Park establishment run by a woman named Anna Wolfrom from the early 1900s until 1950 - nominated by the Estes Park Museum U.S. Flag carried by the 1st Regiment of Colorado Volunteers during the Civil War - nominated by History Colorado 1st edition of The Colorado Chieftain Vol. 1, No. 1, 1868 - nominated by Pueblo City-County Library District Custom-built high security telephone used at the North American Defense Command’s Cheyenne Mountain complex - nominated by Telecommunications History Group

tion toward significant pieces of history.

“People don’t care about what they don’t know about,” Gabriel said.

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Painted cars told story of support in school race

Challengers’ names were publicized in grassroots way

By Mike DiFerdinando mdiferdinando@coloradocommunitymedia.com

For the past few months, cars across Douglas County have been driving around with the names of David Ray, Anne-Marie Lemieux and Wendy Vogel painted on their rear windows.

On Nov. 3, the three candidates won election to the Douglas County School Board, defeating a slate of incumbent candidates that included the current board president, Kevin Larsen.

The painted cars may have played a major role in making that a reality.

“People who I never thought were that interested or involved were driving around with their cars painted for Ray, Lemieux and Vogel,” said district parent Jason Virdin. “I think it really speaks to the grassroots nature of the campaign and that parents really care about their children’s education.”

Robin Handy, a Spanish teacher at Castle View High School, said car painting was the best marketing the candidates could have hoped for and helped spread their message.

“I actually think painting the cars worked really well,” Handy said. “Whenever I would bring the candidates up to someone, they would say, ‘I’ve seen the names on the cars.’ It was really effective.”

The grassroots effort extended to fundraising, with the challengers raising more money than their opponents in contributions reported so far, thanks to dozens of contributions each.

Campaign finance reports as of press time showed that David Ray raised more than $24,000 in campaign contributions. Anne-Marie Lemieux raised more than $21,000 and Wendy Vogel raised more than $18,000. At least 60 people contributed to each of their campaigns.

None of the incumbents — Larsen, Craig Richardson and Richard Robbins — raised more than $5,100 in donations reported so far. Richardson’s contributions from 23 donors were the most.

What the individuals’ fundraising reports do not account for is third-party money. t An ad broadcast on the Fox News Channel and other cable networks, paid for by the organization Douglas

County Education Alliance, attacked Ray, Vogel and Lemieux.

The purpose of the Greenwood Village-based group — an independent expenditure committee — was to “support or oppose candidates running in school board elections,” according to the Colorado secretary of state’s database.

It was not known how much was spent on the commercial or how much money the group had raised, as no donations or expenditures were listed for the alliance as of the Sept. 30 reporting date. The TV commercial began airing the first week in October. The next reporting period ends Dec. 31, nearly two months after the election.

It is also not known how third-party money may have benefited the slate of challengers.

“We conquered the big machine out there, that typically buys elections,” Ray said. “We conquered that and now we have a community that is coming together for the right cause.”

Lemieux said it wasn’t hard to rally support for their cause.

The slate of challengers promoted more teacher and parent input, including a community survey.

“When we are all doing what’s best for kids, it’s very easy to have people that support that cause,” Lemieux said. “That’s the whole point of public education.”

Larsen was gracious in defeat, admitting that the challengers’ positions fell more in line with what the community wanted this time around.

“Anytime you have an election, it is competition of positions and ideas you have, and theirs prevailed,” Larsen said.

Many in the community now hope that the election of the three new board members will mean more public input on the school board.

“The biggest thing I look forward to is for this community, the parents, the students, the teachers to have a voice, which they haven’t had,” said parent Linda Pelo.

“It’s a great opportunity to have people work hand-inhand together instead of going one direction and teachers being afraid to speak up and share ideas. It’s really awesome that we know the three people that are going in will give us a voice again.”

Virdin said that he hopes public comment time at board meetings will be lengthened and that a parent survey will be conducted in the near future.

“The community would like to see less animosity,” Virdin said. “I’m hopeful that the board will work with the three new members, but I’m not confident.”

‘Anytime you have an election, it is competition of positions and ideas you have, and theirs prevailed.’

Kevin Larsen, Douglas County School Board president

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Bailey Mann, in the blue T-shirt, and Emily Mann, in the green T-shirt, compete in a pack burro race in Leadville. For the Manns, burro racing is a family affair. “It’s about enjoying yourself out there and understanding what these animals are all about,” Brad Mann said. Photos courtesy of Amber Wann

Brad Wann, who handles media relations for the Western Pack Burro Association, runs beside Zeb in a 2011 Buena Vista pack burro race. “We wouldn’t ask our burros to do anything we wouldn’t do,” he said.

Pack burro racing is metaphor for life Highlands Ranch family promotes Colorado’s summer heritage sport

By Alex DeWind adewind@coloradocommunitymedia.com Amber Wann was an up-and-coming pack burro racer until an accident in 2013 left her with back surgery and three months of bed rest. During that time, her son, Benjamin, started showing signs of his epilepsy.

He was having seizures once a month.

“I was battling a lot of things at the same time,” Amber said. “I wondered if there would ever be a happy day.”

For Amber, pack burro racing isn’t just a sport — it’s an interpretation of life. When you race with a donkey, you hit challenges and you want to give up, she said. But you have to make it to the finish line.

Amber and her husband, Brad, have

four children and live near Cheese Ranch in Highlands Ranch. They’ve been involved in the sport for about seven years.

Pack burro racing is similar to a crosscountry footrace, except burros (Spanish for donkeys) lead the way. Every runner has a leash attached to an animal and the two run as a team. The sport’s season is from late May through September with races in mountain towns, such as Fairplay and Leadville.

Mining towns are where the sport began.

In the 1940s, Fairplay and Leadville still used burros to carry supplies and lead miners through rocky terrain.

And in 1948, Fairplay started an annual, weekend-long festival called Burro Days dedicated to burros and pack burro racing.

It’s the biggest event in Park County and generates significant tax revenue, said Julie Bullock, special events and business development coordinator for Fairplay.

“All of the hotels are booked,” she said.

“All of the businesses in town see benefits

from Burro Days.”

As the sport continued to grow, Brad worked with state Rep. Millie Hamner (D-Dillon) on a resolution to recognize the sport statewide. In May 2012, the Colorado General Assembly approved the resolution and declared pack burro racing the summer heritage sport in Colorado.

Today, the sport has nearly 60 racers, including the Wann family.

Amber prefers running with a donkey to running alone. It’s a distraction factor and takes the focus off the aches and pains.

“You really bond with the animal and the connection is so fulfilling,” she said. “You don’t have to be a winner. You just have to finish.”

She is slowly making her way back into the sport.

In 2013, she was working as a flight attendant with a local airline when turbulence threw her to the floor. She had to have back disc surgery and could barely lift a milk cartoon for the following three

months. Her lack of ability and control put her in a depressive state, she said.

On top of it all, Benjamin, her youngest son, began having seizures. She believes it was from the stress in their home.

But Amber has found that pack burro racing helped, by strengthening the body and easing the mind.

“I quickly realized,” she said, “that being out in the fresh air and running with the animal while being at the mercy of the animal is a good balance of control.”

It also teaches patience because the runner and the donkey have to be on the same page: You can’t make a burro do anything, Brad said.

The Wann family plans to continue to promote the state sport in everything they do.

“Pack burro racing’s like life,” Amber said. “Sometimes you’re going to fall down.

But you have to get back up and make it to the finish line.”

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Groups renew state’s brew brouhaha Sales in grocery stores debated

By Jennifer Smith jsmith@coloradocommunitymedia.com While supermarket chains and even some breweries across Colorado are hopped up about the idea of allowing all grocery stores to sell full-strength alcoholic beverages, some neighborhood liquor stores have a case of sour grapes about the whole thing.

Forty-two states allow full-strength liquor sales at all grocery stores. But because liquor store owners may only operate one location under Colorado law, each grocery chain has to choose just one store. Safeway, for instance, chose the Littleton location at Mineral Avenue and Broadway, where a security guard stands watch over a large liquor department at the rear of the building.

Other locations, as well as convenience stores, are restricted to selling 3.2 percent alcohol products, like beer and wine coolers. So for now, liquor stores have the upper hand when it comes to selling the hard stuff.

There are around 1,600 of them in Colorado, employing somewhere around 15,000 people.

The topic comes up now and again in Colorado, with the last time being in 2007, when the ban on Sunday sales was lifted.

This time, the effort has enlisted the help of two people with south metro-area name recognition — John Brackney, former Arapahoe County commissioner and former president of the South Metro Denver Chamber of Commerce, and former Arapahoe County Sheriff Grayson Robinson.

The two helped kick off the “Your Choice Colorado” campaign on Oct. 21 in front of the liquor display at the Glendale King Soopers.

“Your Choice Colorado aims to reform Colorado’s Prohibition-era alcohol laws via legislation or a ballot initiative in 2016 to provide consumers with the option to purchase real beer and wine in their neighborhood supermarkets,” reads a news release.

What opponents say Not everyone loves the idea — small, independent liquor stores, for example.

Dozens have signed on to “Keep Colorado Local,” along with a number of breweries, distilleries and wineries.

“Out-of-state corporations are interested in changing the way we do business in Colorado by allowing all chain grocers and convenience stores to sell alcohol,” reads the website. “Their goal is to boost profits.

What they won’t tell you is that the effort will send money out of our communities, force hundreds of small businesses to close, curtail Colorado’s thriving craft industries, undermine safety and give underage kids more access to alcohol.”

Littleton’s 38 State Brewery, the city’s first, is at the top of the list of the movement’s supporters. Open for two years, it just expanded from a single-barrel capacity to seven, and the owners and staff worry that it might get its legs knocked out from under it while it’s just learning to walk.

“If convenience is the No. 1 consideration, well, is it convenient to put all our liquor stores out of business?” said Steve Schuett, manager. “In our case specifically,

Bill Barnes, left, and Josh Engelhardt keep things moving at the busy Woodlawn Liquor store. The store’s owner, Mark Mack, worries it won’t be so busy if a proposal to allow liquor sales in all grocery stores passes. Photo by Jennifer Smith

THE TWO SIDES OF THE ISSUE Your Choice Colorado says: Expanding sales to grocery stores will provide consumers with more choices over when and how they shop and cut beer and wine prices by about 18 percent.

Colorado ranks third in total craft breweries per capita. The other four states among the top five sell alcohol in grocery stores. In our grocery stores, expanded options will increase local craft beer sales by about $125 million.

More choices equal more sales, which will grow the state’s economy. Over several years, increased hiring and sales will produce $2.2 billion in economic activity and 20,000 local jobs.

it will hurt our distribution. We’re in our infancy. Now we just go to the stores, drink our beer with them, shake hands and get our beer on their shelves within a week. I don’t have a distribution company fighting for me. If we can’t charm them in that way … selling a product via email is not really what sharing a beer is all about. … It’s just not the Colorado spirit. It’s not the craft brew way.”

Schuett notes that Anheuser Busch recently bought MillerCoors, pending final approval by regulators, and will have 30 percent of the global market.

“We’re fighting monopolies like you can’t believe,” he said. “If the monopoly gets ahold of the big chain stores, how big is that fight going to be?”

Mark Mack, owner of the busy neighborhood Woodlawn Liquors in Littleton, also worries for his future.

“We have several hundred liquor stores in the Denver-metro area right now,” he said. “Probably in the first year, there will only be about 100 left. We can’t compete.

Think of all the jobs that will be lost, and not just at the liquor stores, but at the beer companies, the wine companies. The small, wholesale distributors will vanish. Selection will vanish. Customer service will be gone.”

Jesse Vance owns Advance Liquors in the shopping center just south of the Safeway

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Keep Colorado Local says: Colorado has 1,650 small independent liquor stores and almost half of those small businesses would be forced to close within the first three years.

Altogether, 10,000 Coloradans would lose their job in the first five years.

Colorado would lose $240 million in revenue in the first five years.

Colorado’s liquor-store industry, which contributes $1.9 billion to our state’s economy, would be in jeopardy.

Fifty-two percent of revenue from local retailers returns to Colorado, compared to just 14 percent for national chain retailers.

that carries full-strength alcohol. It is anchored by a King Soopers, so he predicts a struggle should the law change. If it does, he’d like it to include a provision for the chain to buy out his license.

“The way it is now for the independent stores, we’re not allowed to collaborate with each other to increase our buying power,” he said.

A big part of his business is selling beer from breweries like 38 State.

“But wait until they try to get it into a corporation,” he said. “I try to support the small guys as much as possible, because I’m a small guy. … I’ve got my life savings into this place.”

What supporters say St. Patrick’s Brewing Co. in Littleton is one of the exceptions among breweries.

“We’re for it,” said co-owner Dave Barron. “We think it gives us more opportunities to distribute our beer, and it gives us bigger outlets. … (Other breweries) think the grocery stores are going to bring in more imported beer. But we’re the Napa Valley of beer, so I don’t think that’s going to happen. … We do more sales on site now, but we’re cultivating and working on our wholesale in order for us to grow our business the way we want.”

The grocery chains themselves say that

want to keep a focus on local products.

“We see ourselves as Colorado’s neighborhood markets and take great pride in highlighting locally sourced products and entrepreneurs,” said Kelli McGannon, public affairs director for King Soopers, during the Glendale event. “We want to support Colorado’s booming beer scene and blossoming wineries, and provide these great products to our customers, who are clamoring to buy them.”

McGannon was joined by Russ Novotny, Safeway’s regional liquor sales manager, and Michael Cooke, former Douglas County Commissioner and executive director of the Colorado Department of Revenue and the Colorado Department of Regulatory Affairs, along with Brackney and Robinson.

Brackney notes that even though Colorado is home to the third-largest number of breweries per capita in the country, it’s one of only eight states where people can’t buy their beers in the grocery store.

“We’ve seen the rise of consumer-driven conveniences like ride-sharing and online retail, healthcare and banking, yet we still have to travel to two different stores just to complete a dinner,” said Brackney.

“These outdated laws prevent our thriving craft breweries from entering grocery store shelves and prevent consumers from having the choice, convenience and competition that would benefit their family budget and tightly packed schedules.”

As to the allegation that kids would have more access to alcohol at grocery stores, Robinson noted it’s already being done.

“Grocery stores are great partners in the community and will be a safe place to sell beer and wine,” he said. “When I was sheriff, there were numerous grocery stores that chose to place their one location with a liquor license in areas under my jurisdiction, and they never gave me any problems.”

Luke Ouellette is the manager at Davidson Liquors, itself the size of a grocery store.

He says he’ll reserve judgment on any legislation until he sees exactly what it says. The store has been in Highlands Ranch since 1998 and survived the 2007 changes, when one grocery store in each chain began selling hard liquor.

“We maybe saw a slight decrease in business, but not dramatic,” said Oullette.

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Promenade names first tenants at development $177 million project is among biggest U.S. retail developments

By Shanna Fortier sfortier@coloradocommunitymedia.com Tokyo Joe’s is among the tenants set to open their doors before the end of the year at The Promenade at Castle Rock.

“Castle Rock was the number one most requested place to be over the past five years,” said Mark Davis, president and CEO of Tokyo Joe’s. “It’s almost unbelievable how great the popularity has been and the request in Castle Rock.”

The Castle Rock location will be the 35th Tokyo Joe’s restaurant, 30 of which are in Colorado.

“We work real hard to have a fun, healthy environment,” Davis said. “It works really well here in Castle Rock. It’s been in the works for almost two years

and we’re really excited to have it be open.”

Tokyo Joe’s, located at 820 New Memphis Court, Suite D-12, will officially open for business Nov. 17. But the day before, Nov. 16, the eatery will be also be serving food with all proceeds going to benefit Clear Sky Elementary School in Castle Rock.

“We like being part of the community,” Davis said. “The dimeback program was a way that instead of friends and family, we’re giving back to the schools. We try to be consistent with our charitable giving and it is typically associated with education and kids.”

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with another significant project. The town’s North Meadows Extension project is opening in summer 2016 to provide another connection to U.S. Highway 85 and I-25 for residents and businesses on the west side of town. The new roadway project is a partnership with the town, Douglas County and the Colorado Department of Transportation.

“Castle Rock is a great place to live,” said Mayor Paul Donahue. “We know our residents want more services closer to home, and we’re thankful Alberta is making this investment in our community.”

The project comes at a time when the town of Castle Rock is growing rapidly.

The town is on track to exceed issuing permits for more than 800 single-family homes this year.

“With the population of Castle Rock continuing to grow, there couldn’t be a better time to open Promenade at Castle Rock,” Provost said.

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School board winners must be sworn in

HOW THEY FINISHED A look at the outcomes of the Douglas County School Board race:

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District A Wendy Vogel: 48,545 votes (58.7 percent) Craig Richardson: 34,050 (41.2 percent)

talso said that they are not opposed to progress or change in 5the district.

“I think what you’re going to hear us talk about is what ,reform really is,” Ray said.

“Unfortunately, reform has got a bad, negative connotation. ”We are all about change. We believe that we can continually improve and enhance things for our kids. We’re not anti-change or anti-progress. It’s not so much a message about antireform as it is about listening to the people.”

Larsen, the school board president who lost his seat, said he is proud of the work he and khis colleagues have accomaplished and believes their polices are still best for the district — including the controversial

District C Anne-Marie Lemieux: 48,072 (58.2 percent) Kevin Larsen: 34,430 (41.7 percent)

pay-for-performance evaluations for teachers and staff.

“I’m proud that we have actually challenged education and set the model,” Larsen said. “You can compensate and evaluate and differentiate based on performance. Everything else in the economy does this.

I’m sorry, no matter what your function is, you have to find ways to encourage and attract and reward the top talent.”

The final meeting for the current board is Nov. 17. New members will be sworn in no later than Nov. 30.

Several community groups

District F David Ray: 48, 628 (59.1 percent) Richard Robbins: 33, 634 (40.9 percent)

have criticized the district’s policies for years and are celebrating the election outcome.

“For several years, Strong Schools Coalition has advocated for greater transparency and accountability in Douglas County School District,” said Laura Mutton, the group’s president. “I am hopeful that the results of this election are a step toward achieving this goal. We still have a long way to go, but by working collaboratively with our parents, teachers, students and community members, I believe we can move this district forward in a positive direction.”

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By Mike DiFerdinando mdiferdinando@colorado communitymedia.com Before David Ray, Anne-Marie Lemieux and Wendy Vogel can be sworn in to their newly won seats on the Douglas County School Board, the county must first certify election results.

A session to do so is scheduled for Nov. 19.

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November 12, 2015

Colorado facing cuts amid budget shortfall TABOR among factors causing difficult choices

By Ivan Moreno Associated Press Colorado is facing a $373 million budget shortfall next year, despite a healthy state economy that has an unemployment rate of 4 percent. Years of uncoordinated fiscal policies, spending restrictions that require refunds to taxpayers, and mandated funding for schools are among the moving parts colliding to create the budget deficit, the governor’s budget staff says.

Lawmakers and Democratic Gov. John Hickenlooper still have many months to deliberate the budget before approving it next spring. And two more estimates of tax collections before then could move numbers around. However, the budget plan Hickenlooper released Nov. 2 serves as a roadmap for discussions.

The state’s total budget, which includes federal funds, is about $27 billion, and the general fund, which is

comprised of state tax revenue, is $10.4 billion. Here’s a look at how the shortfall materialized and what the plans are to deal with it. Next year’s budget takes effect July 1.

What led to the shortfall?

Before lawmakers even begin deliberations, the budget for next year includes $830 million in new spending the state must honor, said Henry Sobanet, the governor’s budget director. There’s $301 million in new funds budgeted to schools to keep up with inflation and enrollment growth; $289 million in taxpayer refunds, which are constitutionally required under the state’s Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights, or TABOR, when revenue exceeds the rate of population growth and inflation; $80 million for new Medicaid enrollees; and $160 million to pay back money the state is using from its budget reserves to deal with a shortfall in the current budget year, which resulted in part because of a slight slowdown in the economy this spring as the oil and gas industry decreased production.

While there’s $830 million already

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spoken for in next year’s budget, the state is expected to bring in only $457 million in new revenue, hence the $373 million shortfall.

What’s at stake?

Hickenlooper said last week that the state must make tough choices to balance the budget. The governor’s plan suggests several moves to close the $373 million deficit.

Higher education, which has a state budget of $857.4 million, could see its funding reduced by $20 million, possibly resulting in higher tuition for students.

Funding for state building projects could be reduced from nearly $272 million to $58.5 million.

To help with school funding, which takes up a big portion of the general fund at $3.5 billion, Hickenlooper is suggesting using nearly $240 million from a state’s rainy day fund for education, bringing the account’s balance down to about $103 million.

Here’s where it gets trickier One major point of contention in

Hickenlooper’s plan will be a legal maneuver he’s proposing to reduce the amount the state collects from a fee charged to hospitals for occupied beds.

The collected fees are used to get a federal match to help with Medicaid costs.

Hickenlooper is suggesting capping collections at $656 million, instead of an anticipated $756 million. The $100 million that is not collected would reduce the state’s refund liability to taxpayers because the money would not count as revenue that exceeds Colorado’s TABOR limit. But that reduction in fee collections also means hospitals would lose $100 million in federal matching dollars to serve Medicaid patients.

Republicans view the charges to hospitals as taxes disguised as fees to get around TABOR’s requirement that taxes be approved by voters. And they’ve said they will not support any plans that reduce refunds to taxpayers, so Republicans who control the Senate could kill that portion of Hickenlooper’s budget-balancing plan. If that happens, lawmakers will have to find $100 million to cut from elsewhere, the governor’s office says.

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Social-discussion meetings take place in Highlands Ranch, Castle Rock, Parker, Lone Tree and Roxborough. Visit douglasdemocrats.org and click on calendar for more information.

Douglas County Republican Women meets at 11 a.m. the third Wednesday each month at the Lone Tree Golf and Hotel. Call Marsha Haeflein at 303-841-4318 or visit www. dcgop.org or www.dcrw.org.

Highlands Ranch, Roxborough, and Lone Tree Democrats meet at 7 p.m. the Thursday of every month for topical speakers and lively discussion at the James H. LaRue Library, 9292 S. Ridgeline Blvd., Highlands Ranch.

Visit www.douglasdemocrats. org for more information.

Lone Tree Democrats meet for First Friday Happy Hour the first Friday of every month at Los Arcos. Call Gordon at 303-790-8264.

Parker Democrats meets at 7 p.m. the third Tuesday of each month for discussion of timely topics, led by knowledgeable speakers, at the South Metro Fire Station 45, 16801 Northgate Drive, Parker.

Visit www.douglasdemocrats. org for information.

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

BNI Connections of Lone Tree (www.thebniconnections. com) invites business owners to attend its meeting held each Tuesday, 7:15-9 a.m. at the Lone Tree Recreation Center, 10249 Ridgegate Circle.

There is no charge to attend a meeting as a guest. Please visit www.thebniconnections. com or contact Jack Rafferty, 303-414-2363 or jrafferty@ hmbrown.com.

The League of Women Voters of Arapahoe County has two meetings per month.

No unit meetings are in June through August, but the two unit meetings per month will begin again in September on second Monday evenings and second Thursday mornings.

Call 303-798-2939. The group is open to residents of Douglas County.

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

Lone Tree Networking Professionals is a networking/leads group that meets Tuesdays at 11:30 a.m. at Rio Grande Restaurant in Lone Tree. Exclusive business categories are open. Visitors and new members are welcome.

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Professional Referral Network meets at 7:15 a.m.

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November 12, 2015

South Metro Health Allliance lays off staff Funding struggles looming for organizations across state

By Jennifer Smith jsmith@coloradocommunitymedia.com Just six years after its inception and four years after hiring staff, the South Metro Health Alliance has had to go staffless.

“It is with great sadness then that I need to let you know that SMHA’s general operating funding has come to an end,” wrote Val Purser, the SMHA’s executive director, in announcing the move on Nov. 5. “Traci (Jones, communications specialist) and I have been working diligently with our board to

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try to find other sustainability, but alas, it just has not come together quickly enough for us. Last week, the SMHA board of directors had to make the difficult decision to end our employment.”

SMHA is an outgrowth of the Littleton Immigrant Integration Initiative, which recognized the need for a way to connect the dots among the wide array of health-care resources in Arapahoe and Douglas counties, especially for the uninsured and underinsured. Purser and Jones were hired in 2011 with a $175,000 boost from the Colorado Health Foundation.

“Hopefully we have made a positive impact for our community in some tangible way to access this complicated and seemingly broken health-care system,” said Purser. “There is so much work yet

to be done, and I know that our SMHA partners and members will continue to work together to ensure that there is no wrong door for someone seeking access to health care.”

Purser explains that in 2009, there were only nine health alliances in Colorado; today there are 28, all facing the same challenges as historic funding sources shift focus to programs and away from operating expenses. La Plata County Health Care Alliance recently laid off its staff, as well.

“We are now all competing for the same funding streams from the local foundations, which has also become challenging,” said Purser.

The board will continue to work with the Colorado Coalition for the Medically Underserved to figure out a way

The five lessons Thomas Friedman hopes his daughters learned:

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Friedman gave the example of a doctor who needs the best technology available in order to diagnose and treat a condition, but who also needs social skills to help the patient process the information and make decisions. Those types of jobs, he said, have been the fastest growing since the early 1980s.

“The faster the world gets, the more everything old and slow matters, the things you can’t download,” he said, things like teaching and parenting.

And things really are moving fast. Consider that in 2005, when he published “The World is Flat” — which postulates that because of the Internet, geographical distance is more and more irrelevant — there was no Facebook.

“I believe we are about to see the great-

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4. Passion quotient plus curiosity quotient is greater than intelligence quotient.

5. Always think like a waitress — a little extra fruit in the fruit cup might get you a bigger tip.

Even the great chess player Garry Kasparov is now considered by some to be the “last great human chess player” since he was the first to lose to a computer, twice, in 1996 and 1997.

“We are now at the cusp of the ‘last human’ in so many more jobs,” Friedman said.

One trick for survival, he said, will be

forward, said Purser. In the meantime, resource fairs and other events, like a panel discussion on race and health held just a week prior to the announcement, will wind down.

Jones has found other employment, and Purser says she is exploring new opportunities.

“I am sincerely hopeful that the leadership of the founding board and current board members, as well as great leaders at CCMU, will come up with workable solutions before more of these great neutral conveners and backbone support organizations have to suspend their good program work,” said Purser.

“We are so very grateful to have had this beautiful opportunity to serve our community.”

for people to be extremely self-motivated and ready and able to reinvent themselves.

“Nobody cares what you know, because the Google machine knows everything,” he said. “People will only pay you for what you can do with what you know.”

He adds that people will also need to find, or create, a job that blends knowledge with social skills.

“This is an amazing time to be a maker. This is an amazing time to be a startupper,” he said.

Coincidentally, the summit occurred on the same day the Colorado Secretary of State’s Office announced that the number of businesses registered in the state broke 600,000 for the first time ever, nearly 42,000 more than were registered this time last year.

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November 12, 2015

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Trying a new angle can be eye-opener The other night I was out to dinner with a couple of clients in an Italian restaurant down in Castle Rock, a place called Rose’s Bella Cucina. If you have not had the chance to dine there, I highly recommend it. The food is fantastic and the owners, Steve and Donna, are awesome.

While we were walking out, we noticed an enlarged photograph of New York City, an aerial photo taken of the city from the south and looking north. Although some of the city looked the same, the view and the perspective made the city look very different from what it looks like today. This particular photograph was probably from the 1950s and obviously taken long before the Twin Towers were ever built, before the South Street Seaport was built up, and before the modern glass-framed architecture had replaced many of the older concrete-dominated structures. Having grown up in New Jersey just across the river, this photo gave me a completely different perspective.

How often are we all used to seeing or hearing the same thing? I mean, we get conditioned to certain sights, sounds, smells and just the norm of life, don’t we? We get so used to something, so set in our ways, so accustomed to things being just the way they are, we sometimes forget to try looking at things from a different angle or viewpoint.

Now here’s the deal: People make new decisions based on new information.

So how do we do that? How do we break the cycle of the status quo? How do we get out

of that same-old-sameold routine? Well, if we are going to see things differently, make new decisions based on new information, we must first acquire that new information, right? So the way to do that is to develop a sense of curiosity. Maybe you already are someone who Michael Norton asks a lot of questions WINNING and has a heightened sense of curiosity, and WORDS that’s terrific. However, if you are someone who would like to start seeing the world a little differently, get your head around the political landscape or the economy, deepen your relationships, or view your job in a new and different way, try enhancing or developing a stronger sense of curiosity.

Start including statements and questions like: “Tell me more about that.” “Can you share with me why you feel that way?” “What was the experience like?” “How did that happen?”

You get the idea, right? It’s the “who, what, why, where, when and how” questions instead of simple questions that only require a yes or no answer.

If you want a different perspective or view, try researching articles and blogs in the areas that interest you the most. I know, you can’t believe everything you see or read on the

Internet, but there are some very credible sources available to you to expand your views and ideas on particular subjects.

Read the newspaper, and not just the sections you always read; check out opinions and columns that may challenge your current thinking. Remember, people make new decisions based on new information. And we have access to more information today than at any other time in history.

If you were to look at New York City today, from the same angle that was used in the photo I saw hanging in Rose’s Bella Cucina, and compare them side by side, you would absolutely see the city in a whole new and different way.

What do you need to see in a whole new or different way in your own life? What would happen if you changed the angle or perspective, or became more curious and sought new information about something that was important to you personally or professionally?

I would bet you just might make some new decisions based on altered views, different perspectives and new information.

How about you, is there a view or perspective you would like to change? I would love to hear all about it at gotonorton@gmail.com, and sometimes when we can get some new information and make new decisions, it really will be a better than good week.

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

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Behind closed doors, the weather’s perfect I can’t think of anything good to say about Black Friday.

So. For a recluse there is no better time of the year than right now.

I am all winterized, and I am ready to go further into the interior, if that is possible.

What that means is that I lay low and paint more, write more, read more, think more, and take another inventory.

Some people go into a winter funk.

Not me.

Sure, people ski.

And get stuck on I-70.

Not me.

Colorado winters are perfect. Now and then we have a blizzard. But most of the time it’s clear, crisp, and sunny.

I thought I wanted to retire in California.

Now I am glad I didn’t.

California doesn’t let you winterize. Parts of it are exactly the same all year.

You are outdoors all the time.

William Blake said, “If the doors of perception were cleansed everything would appear to man as it is, Infinite.

For man has closed himself up, till he sees all things thro’ narrow chinks of his Craig Marshall Smith cavern.”

QUIET That quote led DESPERATION to a rock and roll band’s identity. I’ll let you think about it.

It starts to get dark at 5, and I begin to howl.

Not really. But that’s about the time my thoughts turn into something that is meaning-

ful to me.

What validates my life?

The answer is always the same. Being creative.

That and being a good father to a dachshund.

I have wondered what kind of real father I would be.

The answer is always the same. I would be too good.

I know for a fact that I would be preoccupied with Junior, and never get anything done.

Maybe not. Maybe I would learn how to measure my time.

I just don’t have to measure it at all right now, and I haven’t since I retired.

If I wanted to go to DIA and hop on the next flight to anywhere, I could do it.

But I won’t.

All I want is right here, not on an island or a Smith continues on Page 11

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Family commitments deserve our support Colorado’s recovery from the worst recession since the Great Depression is as strong as any state’s in the nation, but for many middle-class families, decades of flat paychecks are leaving them with impossible decisions. Should they leave the workforce to stay home with an aging parent or pay tens of thousands of dollars to place them in around-the-clock care? Do they purchase a home or pay down a mountain of student debt? Will they spend hundreds of dollars a week on childcare or reject a new job opportunity?

This past August in Aurora we met with a number of parents to talk about the cost of child care. One mom described the difficult decision between paying for day care or paying her mortgage, and another parent was unable to work more hours because of the extra cost of care.

Coloradans feel the burden of these almost insurmountable costs more than families almost anywhere else in the country. Overall, Colorado is the sixth most expensive state for child care, and infant care ranks second when you factor in the percentage of the average salary it con-

sumes.

To provide some relief and help parents stay in the workforce, we’re co-sponsoring a bill to raise the Child and Dependent Care Tax Credit. We want to make it easier to afford quality care by raising the U.S. Sen. credit from $3,000 to Michael Bennet $8,000 for one child and from $6,000 to GUEST $16,000 for two or COLUMN more kids.

Another pressure point Colorado families talk to us about consistently is the cost of higher education. Many parents and students are taking on thousands of dollars of debt. In the past 35 years, college tuition at public universities has risen significantly, with the average in-state public tuition in Colorado rising to nearly $9,500 annually.

We’ve introduced a number of measures

to help families save for school, decrease the cost of college and help graduates pay down their loans. They include streamlining the student loan process, restoring yearround Pell grants, promoting college savings programs, expanding college tax credits and allowing students to refinance loans.

Following our urging, students will soon be able to fill out the FAFSA earlier so they can find how much aid they will qualify for sooner, allowing parents to plan and save.

Unfortunately, some parents aren’t only paying for their kids’ college or their own student debt, but are also faced with caring for an aging or ailing parent of their own.

More than 584,000 Coloradans are caring for aging or disabled loved ones, providing $7.4 billion in unpaid care each year. In 2012, the average cost in Colorado of placing someone in full-time care was more than $200 a day.

In July, we met with caregivers in Fort Collins who shared their stories. One woman was caring for both an aging parent and a disabled brother, another was taking care of a husband with Alzheimer’s after previously caring for a husband who died

of cancer, and one woman was caring for her mother with Alzheimer’s and was being tested herself for early onset of the disease.

Last year, we teamed up with Republican Sen. Kelly Ayotte to establish the Assisting Caregivers Today Caucus to give caregivers a stronger voice in Washington and provide new opportunities for education and advocacy. We’ve also been working to pass the RAISE Act, which would require the Department of Health and Human Services to develop a national strategy to support the country’s 40 million family caregivers.

Whether it’s battling student debt, caring for a loved one or sending your kid to day care, these challenges are replicated across the country. One thing we didn’t hear in our meetings was anyone saying they wanted to work less or get something for free. Everyone we talked to was willing to make a commitment to move their families forward, and Congress needs to find ways to support that commitment instead of sending families backward.

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

Actions aim for future water security Is our water future secure?

It’s a question on the minds of many in Castle Rock and the entire south metro Denver region — and for good reason. After all, water is what makes our outstanding quality of life possible. If we want future generations to enjoy our communities as we do, we must ensure they have access to a secure and sustainable water supply that meets their future needs.

From conversations throughout the region, we know Castle Rock residents and those in the entire south metro area understand the critical role water plays in delivering the quality of life we desire for our children, in addition to supporting property values, job creation and economic growth.

We know residents are aware the region historically has relied too heavily on declining groundwater supplies and must diversify its supply for long-term sustainability. We know they view water as a top priority for the region and support an all-of-the-above approach that includes conservation and reuse, storage and new renewable supplies.

We also know Castle Rock residents as well as residents across the south metro area value partnership among leaders throughout the region to get the job done in the most economically responsible manner.

Working together to secure water rights, build infrastructure and efficiently use storage space helps spread the costs and the benefits to customers throughout the region.

The answer to the question on people’s minds is not clear-cut. While our region is on the path to delivering a secure water future for generations to come, this effort is ongoing and will require continued support from our communities to see it through to the end.

The good news is that we have a plan, and we are executing that plan.

Thanks to innovative conservation ap-

Smith Continued from Page 10

cruise or a slope or a low house with a broad front porch in Étables-sur-Mer. I have given this some thought. In fact, I give it some thought every year at this time.

I watch Anthony Bourdain. He’s a moving target. His life is enriched by travel.

I go along with him, in my mind.

And that’s good enough.

While I was zipping back and forth to Detroit, my best friend was flying to Milan, Florence, and London, before heading back to Denton, Texas, where he is a university dean.

He spent more time in airports than I spent in Michigan.

I left Colorado twice in 2015. That’s one more than my average.

Greg leaves the country about three times a year.

proaches, the region has seen a 30 percent decrease in per capita water use since 2000.

GUEST That means the typical COLUMN south metro household or business, including those in Caste Rock, is using 30 percent less water than just 15 years ago. Declines in the region’s underground aquifers — historically the main water source for the region — have slowed considerably in that same time period, a testament to efforts across the region to diversify water supplies and maximize efficiency through reuse.

At the same time, major new water infrastructure projects are coming online throughout the region that bring new renewable supplies, storage capacity and reuse capabilities. These include the WISE (Water Infrastructure and Supply Efficiency) Partnership with Denver Water, Aurora and several other regional organizations including Castle Rock Water, the Chatfield Reallocation Project, Rueter-Hess Reservoir, the Northern Project and Castle Rock’s Plum Creek Purification Facility, to name a few.

The 13 members that make up the South Metro Water Supply Authority provide water to 80 percent of Douglas County and 10 percent of Arapahoe County. Together, they are partnering among each other as well as with local government leadership and water entities across the region and state to execute their plan to secure a sustainable water future for the region.

Since becoming a member of the South Metro Water Supply Authority, Castle Rock Water has helped lead implementation of the WISE project, new water storage reservoir projects and other regional renewable water supply efforts. WISE water will be available to Castle Rock residents by 2017 and even earlier for some of the other South Metro residents. A project like WISE

Paul Donahue and Eric Hecox

He thrives on it. One day it will help to make him a college president. I’m sure of it.

I hire the same crew to clean up my yard every November. That means that the yard is shut down.

I don’t get very wistful about it, because it also means that I can concentrate on these four walls.

There’s no cabin fever. What’s the opposite?

One morning I’ll look out — if it hasn’t happened already — and the yard will be white. And that will be perfect. Except for one thing.

My roommate refuses weather, even if I provide him with a clear pathway.

Jim Morrison took the name of his band, The Doors, from Aldous Huxley’s book “The Doors of Perception,” which was a reference to Blake’s quote.

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

represents as much as 10 percent of the renewable water needed for both current and future residents in Castle Rock.

The members of the South Metro Supply Authority, including Castle Rock, each have long-term water plans. Through partnerships, these projects are made possible by sharing in the needed investments and other resources when completing the timeconsuming task of acquiring additional renewable water and building the required infrastructure.

This collaboration is supported by the state and is in line with the Colorado Water Plan. This regional support has been critical

in providing feasible strategies to ensure water for future generations.

Is our water future secure? No, not yet.

But we’re well on our way to getting there.

Paul Donahue is the mayor of Castle Rock and has served on the town council for eight years.

Eric Hecox is the director of the South Metro Water Supply Authority, a regional water authority made up of 13 water provider members that collectively serve more than 300,000 residents as well as businesses in the south metro Denver area. South Metro Water’s membership spans much of Douglas County and parts of Arapahoe County, including Castle Rock, Highlands Ranch, Parker and Castle Pines.

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The Henwood children hand out plates of food during a trip to Haiti. Courtesy photos

November 12, 2015

FA I T H HEALTH CULTURE FA M I L Y FOOD

The Riley kids help build a shed at Drifter’s Hearts of Hope, a nonprofit horse rescue.

Sue and Joe Hanson, of Littleton, make the rounds in their patrol cruise at Trick-or-Treat Street at Aspen Grove shopping center Oct. 31.

Impacts broaden with family volunteers Donating time with spouse, kids promotes giving spirit

By Chris Michlewicz cmichlewicz@coloradocommunitymedia.com For Whitney and Justin Henwood and their six children, volunteering became a family affair when they relocated from Parker to Haiti to help a community recover from a devastating earthquake.

A Castle Rock family discovered that working for an organization that helps neglected horses and special needs youth not only fosters a good work ethic, it also teaches gratitude and thoughtfulness.

And a retired couple in Littleton decided to give back by helping their local police department with the little things like crowd control and reporting graffiti.

They are part of a growing trend of volunteerism that brings a family’s collective might to extend a friendly hand — whether it’s helping out in a kitchen to feed the homeless on Thanksgiving, organizing a neighborhood cleanup campaign or seeking an international destination where relief is needed.

GenerationOn, a national volunteer organization that provides family project ideas and guides, is encouraging parents to sign up for family volunteer day Nov. 21.

Moms and dad who work alongside their children can share observations and later talk about their experience.

“Volunteering together enhances values such as kindness, compassion and tolerance, plus family members learn new skills and feel appreciated for their contributions and talents,” the group’s website says.

Desire to help leads to Haiti Whitney and Justin Henwood, of Parker, traveled to Haiti in 2011 before returning the following year with their six children.

The second excursion wasn’t a short-lived mission: the family put down temporary roots, becoming a part of a community outside of Port-au-Prince for seven months and helping out in any way they could.

“We thought it would be a good experience for not only the people of Haiti, but also for our children to see what the world is like,” said Whitney Henwood, a registered nurse who worked alongside her children at clinics in the poor village.

Justin Henwood took a leave of absence

TIPS FOR FAMILY VOLUNTEERING • Choose an activity together. Discussing possible volunteer opportunities can be a great way to help kids think about what matters to them and can help you learn about each other as a family in new ways.

• Consider letting kids bring their friends.

This may make the service experience more fun and could also inspire more families to get involved in volunteering.

• Look for opportunities that can accommodate skills, interests and maturity of all family members, especially the younger children.

• Plan your own event. Talk with your local park district or nonprofit and arrange your own project.

• Start your own family tradition. It may be ringing bells to raise money during the winter or assisting with a Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service project every January, but you can start a tradition of service that will create life-long memories.

from his job as a geotechnical engineer to shore up walls in homes, many of which are constructed in a way that can jeopardize the safety of those inside.

Structures were damaged during a massive earthquake that struck the impoverished nation in 2010 and have not been repaired.

The kids, then ranging in age from 2 to 10, assisted when they could, but most of the time they were befriending the Haitian children. Whitney Henwood snapped a photo of her then-2-year-old son sitting among orphaned children during a feeding program funded year-round by money raised through the Henwood’s nonprofit, Believe in Haiti.

The Henwoods wanted to use their skill set to make a difference, as well as provide a good example for their kids. Whitney Henwood remembers during the 2012 trip that her 8-year-old daughter was eager to help in the clinic, which provides basic screenings, education and assistance to new mothers, some of whom walked miles to receive care.

“While I was doing exams on women, she was holding the newborn babies,” she said. “That was really neat to see.”

Teaching kids a life lesson At a more local level, Castle Rock

• Invite the whole family. Use your volunteer activities as an opportunity to spend time with family members you don’t see every day. Strengthen your entire family by including grandparents, aunts, uncles and cousins.

•Volunteer as part of a family vacation.

Serving together can be a great way to have lots of fun, explore a new place together and make a difference at the same time.

•Teach life lessons. By volunteering as a family, you have a chance to expand the perspectives of your children and expose them first-hand to new issues. Talking them through their activities can help them reflect on their experience and grow in their understanding.

• Encourage life-long volunteering. When families volunteer, children are more likely to develop the habit of giving to their communities, and are more likely to volunteer on their own in the future.

Source: NationalService.gov

residents Tiffany and Rob Riley and their four children — Abby, 15, Lance, 13, Sydnie, 9, and Tessa, 4 — are pitching in at Drifter’s Hearts of Hope, a horse rescue near the Douglas-Elbert county line. After adopting one of the horses for Abby, the family decided Drifter’s Hearts would be the perfect venue to volunteer.

“We saw the amazing work they’re doing out there and we decided that it would be a good cause,” Tiffany Riley said.

A Facebook post informed the family the nonprofit organization needed a shed to store tools and other goods to care for the horses. The family had considered helping with Special Olympics, but schedules did not align. However, because Drifter’s Hearts works with special needs clients, two of the Riley kids will likely continue volunteering.

“The kids are definitely developing a good work habit and learning that it’s important to help others and be mindful of others’ needs,” Tiffany Riley said. “They’re learning to be grateful for what they have as well.”

The littlest ones love feeling they are a part of something important, even if they are simply cleaning up sawdust or handing their parents a two-by-four for the shed.

Community safety is pair’s focus Joe and Sue Henson, of Littleton, also feel proud to be a cog in the larger, well-oiled machine of the Littleton Police Department. They are members of the Community Safety Volunteer Program, and with funding from a justice assistance grant, they drive a marked vehicle to keep an extra eye on the community.

They help with crowd control at large events like Western Welcome Week and Trick or Treat Street, assist at accident scenes, report new graffiti for cleanup, and created the Friends of Littleton K9s citizen support group for the police department’s K9 unit.

“We both retired early, so I figured what the heck,” said Joe Henson, a member of the department’s alumni association.

A citizen police academy, which allows the public a behind-the-scenes glimpse at law enforcement, convinced the Hensons that donating their extra time was the right thing to do. They had always wanted to help out, but never had the time because of Joe Henson’s extensive work travel.

Now, the civilian volunteers work as partners outside of their 46-year marriage.

Their duties are specified, much as they are at home, Joe Henson pointed out.

When they’re on patrol, he is the contact person and she is the cover, and they cruise through areas known for vehicle break-ins and check on homes when owners are on vacation. Since Sue Henson also serves on a handful of boards and helps vet new officer candidates, she is in the know.

“I’ve done patrols with other guys, but obviously I feel much more comfortable going out with Sue,” Joe Henson said. “She knows more officers than I do, and she gives me a lot of good insight with what’s going on out there with the guys on the street.”

Family volunteerism rewarding Just as the Hensons’ work frees up on-duty officers to concentrate on other, more pressing tasks, the same goes for other nonprofit organizations that reap the rewards of family volunteers. They not only help a good cause, but also create a sense of solidarity and purpose.

The effects are obvious and life-changing, Whitney Henwood said.

“Our kids’ lives have for sure been changed by our experiences” in Haiti, she said. “They’ve become more compassionate and have less desire for material things.”

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Morrison’s masterpiece carries you away The music industry does a pretty healthy business with reissues, particularly around the holidays.

The releases are almost always fascinating. Yet it’s almost always frustrating for fans.

Reworking albums that have been out for decades with alternative takes, live versions and unheard songs is a kind of dirty trick on the industry’s part — since it means listeners have to rebuy something they already own.

But it’s the kind of treat serious audiophiles like myself just can’t resist.

This season has some great reissues — The Velvet Underground, Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen and Fleetwood Mac all have mammoth, comprehensive releases out or on the way.

But the one I’m most excited about is probably the simplest — the remastered and expanded version of Van Morrison’s seminal “Astral Weeks.”

I should state up front “Astral Weeks” is my absolute favorite album of all time, so even just a remastered version would be a complete treat. But the reissue features two alternate takes and two extended versions of tracks that show how a genius develops a masterwork.

For people who know Morrison from his biggest single, “Brown Eyed Girl,” “Astral Weeks” might be a bit disorienting at first. It was when it was released, as well.

Morrison wrote and recorded the al-

bum in 1968, fresh off the success of “Brown Eyed Girl,” but instead of staying in that upbeat, R&B-driven rock lane, the Irish artist dove into Celtic folk and free jazz.

What first struck me about the album is that very Clarke Reader unexpected quality.

LINER The freedom and sense of exploration NOTES in the album never ceases to inspire me to try something new — to go for a new sound, a new way to express myself. There are so many ways to create beauty, and sometimes that requires going in a new direction.

The album’s mystical beauty is a result of how Morrison and producer Lewis Merenstein use a jazz quintet, led by bassist Richard Davis, to flesh out Morrison’s acoustic guitar work. According to the musicians, Morrison would simply play what he had written, then tell them to play what they felt.

No charts, nothing written or explained — just the emotion of the music.

As a creative person, it’s hard not to aspire to a similar feat — making something that is capable of just carry-

ing people away. There’s a fearlessness required to do something like that, but the rewards are so worth it.

And that’s how you can open an album with a song like “Astral Weeks,” which is a serious contender for my favorite album opener ever. The lyrics let the listener know immediately what kind of ride they’re in for: “If I ventured in the slipstream/Between the viaducts of your dream.”

From there, it is 40 minutes of the most shimmeringly gorgeous music you’ll ever hear, from the classical lilts of “Cypress Avenue” to the transcendental character study of “Madame George.”

And in a canon that features love songs like “Into the Mystic” and “Someone Like You,” Morrison delivers one of his best romantic odes in “Sweet Thing.”

There is something so open and personal about all this music, and every time I hear it, it’s like a challenge to go that deep into myself and find what I really want to say.

“Astral Weeks” is never not inspiring, and whenever I need any artistic motivation, this is my go-to music. It’s perfect music for exploration — of the world, of beauty, of self. Can’t ask for more from any art.

Clarke Reader’s column on how music connects to our lives appears every other week. A community editor with Colorado

CLARKE’S ALBUM OF THE WEEK Selection: Beach Slang’s “The Things We Do To Find People Who Feel Like Us,”released on Polyvinyl Records.

Review: You won’t find more love songs in one place on any album this year, and they’re all dedicated to the healing power of rock music. The album flies by at just 27 minutes, and that’s perfect for the make-or-break emotions, the pounding guitars, the sing-along choruses.

Favorite song: “Noisy Heaven” Most romantic lyric: “The punks are wired And these records feel tough It’s loud and wild But I swear it feels soft”

Community Media, and would happily accept gifts of the aforementioned sets this holiday season. Check out his music blog at calmacil20.blogspot.com. And tell him what your favorite Van Morrison album is at creader@coloradocommunitymedia.com.

Southwest Plaza getting in gear for holiday rush Southwest Plaza, the 1.3 millionsquare-foot shopping center in Littleton, is adding the finishing touches to a multimillion-dollar redevelopment that began in April 2014. Many retailers will open throughout the holiday season, adding more variety to holiday shopping.

Designed to reflect the modern Colorado lifestyle, Southwest Plaza’s renovations and enhancements include the addition of skylights, open air cafes, seating areas, a roaring fireplace and Wi-Fi throughout the property. In keeping with the mall’s commitment to provide a Colorado experience and to complement the national retailer and restaurant collection, the center is adding regional and local shops, including the second location of downtown’s popular I Heart Denver store and Inspyre Boutique.

The mall’s four department stores, Dillard’s, JCPenney, Macy’s and Sears, have remained in place during the remodel.

“The holiday season is the perfect time to visit Southwest Plaza and experience the new renovations, along with the introduction of our Holiday Market and Adventure to Santa,” said Greg Sims, senior general manager for Southwest Plaza.

“The completely renovated Southwest Plaza mall is truly a Colorado lifestyle center, featuring many of the best retailers from throughout the country, and our own backyard.”

Stanley Marketplace hosts exhibit Stanley Marketplace, the public market

slated to open next year on the border of Stapleton and Aurora, will play host to a monthlong Black Cube Nomadic Museum pop-up exhibition with artist fellow Derrick Velasquez through Dec. 12.

Black Cube is a Penny Parker nonprofit, experimental art museum MILE HIGH that nurtures the LIFE self-sufficiency of artists, and inspires people to discover and appreciate contemporary art beyond traditional museum and gallery walls.

Black Cube has no permanent exhibition space or collection, and instead partners with artist fellows to commission pop-up art experiences; by constantly changing locations, Black Cube’s projects aspire to reach new audiences not regularly exposed to contemporary art.

“We couldn’t be more excited to partner with Stanley on this exhibition, especially at this rare moment during its build-out,” said Cortney Stell, executive director and chief curator of Black Cube.

Velasquez was born and raised in Lodi, California, and resides in Denver. He received his Master of Fine Arts degree in sculpture from Ohio State University, and holds dual undergraduate degrees in art

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Tocabe updates its menu Tocabe fans now have even more to savor with new menu items. Tocabe is introducing three new dishes: The Posu Bowl, Grilled Bannock and the Bad Hunter Salad.

“This is the first time we’ve added new selections to our menu since we opened Tocabe,” says Tocabe co-owner Matt Chandra. “We thought it was important to add some additional diverse options that appeal to all tastes and dietary needs.”

The Posu Bowl is Tocabe’s newest vegan offering and will be offered at both the north Denver and Greenwood Village locations.

Available only at Tocabe’s Greenwood Village location, 8181 E. Arapahoe Road, the Grilled Bannock features traditional bread grilled fresh to order, served alongside all of Tocabe’s toppings. Patrons can choose their meat (ground beef, grilled chicken, ground bison or shredded bison) and toppings made to order.

Both locations, in Denver at 3536 W. 44th Ave and Greenwood Village, are open from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through Saturday and from noon to 8 p.m. Sunday.

For more information, visit www. tocabe.com.

Reunion Gastro opens Reunion Gastro Pub + Wine Bar is now open on the corner of 15th and Arapahoe in downtown Denver. The Colorado-inspired gastro pub specializes in charcuterie, offers lunch specials during the week, and all menu items are $15 or under.

“We want our guests to enjoy delicious, chef-driven food without pretense or attitude,” said Martin Hammer, general manager at Reunion. ”The menu we have created, the food we serve, and the vibe in the restaurant certainly lends itself to accomplish this.”

Reunion Gastro Pub + Wine Bar is located at 1480 Arapahoe St. For more information, visit www.reuniongastropub. com or call 303-844-5280.

The Seen OneRepublic lead singer Ryan Tedder at Carve for lunch on Oct. 31.

Also spotted in town on Oct. 30 was former Broncos great running back Terrell Davis at Capital Grille and Ocean Prime.

Penny Parker’s “Mile High Life” column gives insights into the best events, restaurants, businesses, parties and people throughout the metro area. Parker also writes for Blacktie-Colorado.com. You can subscribe and read her columns (Monday, Wednesday and Friday) at www.blacktiecolorado.com/pennyparker. She can be reached at parkerp1953@gmail.com or at 303-619-5209.

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HONOR, SERVICE, SACRIFICE

Returning troops have places to turn Readjusting to civilian life difficult for some veterans

By Chris Michlewicz cmichlewicz@coloradocommunitymedia.com

Chad Ritter knows the difficulty of returning home.

The U.S. Marine Corps veteran served during the push into Iraq in 2003. After sustaining wounds — including a traumatic brain injury — in three separate attacks, Ritter was sent home with little idea of what was to come. The 34-year-old Franktown resident now has a host of physical ailments and post-traumatic stress disorder, which limit job opportunities and participation in social settings.

Going from a combat zone, where life-and-death decisions are made daily, back to civilian life was an exasperating transition, one fraught with questions that seemingly had no answer.

“When you try to reconnect with society, you’ve got to think every day that people don’t do those same things,” Ritter said. “They don’t experience it.”

According to a study by the Center for Chronic Disease Outcomes Research, between 25 percent and 56 percent of combat veterans using U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs services reported “some” to “extreme” difficulty in social functioning, productivity and community involvement.

The 2010 study focused on the prevalence and types of reintegration problems among Iraq and Afghanistan combat veterans while identifying levels of interest in interventions to promote readjustment to community life. The research also explored associations between probable PTSD and reintegration problems.

Ritter continues to seek ways to make sense of it all through VA counseling and has made strides in recent months with Warrior Voices, a nonprofit that teaches returning troops voiceover skills. The goal is to provide them with talents and job opportunities suited for those with PTSD and other lasting conditions.

Programs come in wide range There are a number of organizations willing to help; it’s a matter of finding the right fit, as returning veterans have varying degrees of issues and methods of coping. The Douglas County Office of Veterans Affairs helps those seeking mental and physical care to connect with the right people.

David Maxwell, veterans service officer, says there are adjustments needed in multiple facets of everyday life. The surroundings and daily activities separating civilian and military life are stark: work responsibilities, living situations, different “lingo,” proximity to home, and even kinship.

“You lose that camaraderie. They’re your buddies and family, everybody around you,” Maxwell said. “The military emphasizes teamwork, and when you leave that all of a sudden, it’s just you. Coworkers are not the same.”

Ritter knows the feeling and has created a motorcycle club for veterans that gives him that missed sense of “brotherhood” from his deployment.

It’s Maxwell’s job to find those groups that help returning veterans rediscover that military connection.

Veterans continues on Page 18

Michael Corona, a petty officer in the U.S. Navy who served three tours in Vietnam, visits the Vietnam War Memorial in Washington, D.C., in 2013. It was his first visit. He approached the wall quietly and placed both palms on the cold stone.

Tears in his eyes, he whispered silent prayers, then slowly stepped back, straightened his back, raised his hand to his brow and gave a salute. He slowly walked the length of the wall, running his fingertips over the etched names, only withdrawing his touch at the end. Turn to the third page of this section for more on his service. Courtesy photo

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Local veterans talk about their motivation, accomplishments and challenges

Jack Pansini

Bob Rotruck

U.S. Army

U.S. Navy

When Jack Pansini was 9, his father moved the family from Molfetta, Italy, to the United States.

“He didn’t like Mussolini,” Pansini recalls.

As a young corporal in the U.S. Army, Pansini found himself back in Europe in 1946, facing the aftermath of Mussolini’s maliciousness.

Pansini ended up helping to occupy a small fishing town in Germany called Bremerhaven. He was with the medical corps there and at an Army base in Brooklyn for a year upon his return.

He had with him the European Victory Medal, a Good Conduct Medal and his German bride, Ursula.

He later went to pharmacy school at the University of Colorado in Boulder on the GI Bill. He and his wife returned to the East Coast to be closer to family, but that only lasted a few months.

“Once you’ve been in Colorado, you don’t want to live back east,” Ursula Panisini said.

They landed in Littleton in 1958 after Jack Pansini took a job as a pharmacist at a local King Soopers. He also became involved in the Pat Hannon Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 4666 and George C. Evans American Legion Post 103. He’s a member of the All Veterans Honor Guard,

Castle Rock resident and Vietnam veteran Bob Rotruck served in the U.S. Navy for 20 years. When he retired July 31, 1979, he held the rank of chief warrant officer. Rotruck worked in aviation electronics and was deployed to Vietnam abroad the USS Kitty Hawk in 1968-69.

After retiring from the military to help his wife, Barbara, raise their two sons, Rotruck worked as a contractor for the Department of Defense. Now retired, he moved to Castle Rock 10 years ago. He spends most of his time volunteering with the Douglas/Elbert Task Force, New Hope Presbyterian Church and Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve. He was also on the initial board of directors for the Douglas County Veteran Monument. The Rotrucks have two sons, Joe, who lives in Parker and is a software engineer, and John, who is a captain in the U.S. Navy.

What about your service makes you most proud?

Working with some of the finest young men and women in the world. I’m very privileged to work with, work for and have worked for some wonderful, wonderful people while serving my country. It’s a kinship that you develop and a spiritual relationship you develop that can’t be broken. I had a great career. I loved it. Had we not had children, I would have stayed for 30 years.

What motivated you to join the military?

My brother. He’s the one that made the suggestion. I really hadn’t considered it. I graduated from Gaithersburg High School in Maryland in 1959 and was all prepared to go to the University of West Virginia pharmacy school. My brother said, “Are you sure you want to be a pharmacist?” I wasn’t sure. He suggested I join the military and they can help pay.

I tested with the Air Force and scored extremely high. But there was something about the Navy that enchanted me more.

I enlisted in the Navy July 29, 1959. I had no intention of staying 20 years.

What were some of the biggest challenges you encountered?

I guess the toughest tour was while I was attached to the USS John F. Kennedy. I spent nine months in the Norfolk Naval Shipyard for an overhaul. Even though I was at home, I aged 10 years in that time because of the shipyard workers. All weekend the ship would be in great shape. We cleaned on Fridays, but by noon Monday, the ship would be a mess because of them. One of the most exciting things I did was I walked under the ship while it was in dry dock. It weighed 82,000 tons. That was an impressive sight.

— Shanna Fortier

performing the 21-gun salute during services at Ft. Logan National Cemetery upon a family’s request.

He also makes regular rounds to Buck Recreation Center and Littleton’s World War II Memorial at Ketring Park, checking on the American flags that hang there.

Once a week or so, he checks them for fading, fraying or any other type of damage. Those that can be repaired he takes home to his wife. Those that can’t are given a proper burning ceremony.

He’s also in charge of heeding the president’s call to fly the flag at half-staff on the rare but dark occasions that call for it.

“Somebody has to do it, and we’re close enough that we don’t have to drive too far,” he said. “We do it to honor the GIs, the veterans, the nation.”

— Jennifer Smith

Mike Alsop

U.S. Army Mike Alsop’s life changed forever on May 17, 2007, when an IED blew up the vehicle he was riding in during his deployment in Iraq. Almost every bone in his body was injured and he was diagnosed with a moderate, traumatic brain injury.

In 2008, the 32-year-old Highlands Ranch resident medically retired and was declared 100 percent disabled because of his brain injury.

Alsop grew up in Missouri and served in Afghanistan from 2004-05 in the U.S. Army’s squad automatic weapons regiment. He was deployed to Iraq in 2006.

He uses hypobaric oxygen therapy for his brain injuries, which he said has helped tremendously.

“It gave me my identity back,” he said. “It took me out of my constant state of confusion.”

He’s attended school at the University of Colorado-Denver. He recently got married and has four pets.

What motivated you to join the military?

9/11 was the biggest thing. I was in school in Missouri at the time. I saw it all happen in the cafeteria on the TV. I also knew I would be eligible for the GI Bill and could have school paid for. Unfortunately, I didn’t realize the course that I was going to take and be severely injured.

Lucile Wise Women Airforce Service Pilots What about your service makes you most proud?

The thing that makes me the most proud is having the opportunity to serve with such a diverse and amazing group of Americans. They’re all my brothers. We’re very tight now.

What were some of the biggest challenges you encountered?

There are a lot of challenges. I didn’t realize what real war was until I found myself in the middle of it. It was a challenge to adapt to being in combat. I think one of the hardest moments was being in the hospital, getting a call from my team leader and knowing that I was safe and my guys were still out there fighting. I wasn’t there to be a part of it and that was really hard for me.

And the residual PTSD that I still have from friends that I’ve lost and everything that war does to a person. It’s also a challenge coming home and being labeled a hero. I’m not a hero, but I did serve with a lot of them.

— Alex DeWind

Lucile Wise, 95, grew up in Wichita, Kansas. She had her first flying lesson on Dec. 6, 1941, a day before the bombing of Pearl Harbor. She originally wanted to fly for fun, but in 1943, she decided to join Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP).

She trained in Texas and became a pilot in World War II, where she replaced pilots in what is now known as the Air Force who had deployed overseas, flying aircraft to different locations stateside.

She also flew for the regional weather office, where she piloted weather officers on inspection trips.

Wise, an Arvada resident, was always “crazy about flying.”

What motivated you to join the military?

I wanted to be a part of the war effort.

They were looking for women to fly, so I volunteered. I was happy to be a part of it all. I loved to fly — I loved the views up in the air.

What about your service makes you most proud?

About 1,100 women and I replaced male pilots so they could go overseas to fight in combat. And I flew a B-17 for a short time — a heavy combat plane.

What were some of the biggest challenges you encountered?

It was a challenge to prove that women could do the job, that we could fly the military aircrafts just as well as men could.

— Alex DeWind

SOME MAJOR U.S. COMBAT OPERATIONS: 1917 — PRESENT WORLD WAR I

WORLD WAR II

KOREAN WAR

BAY OF PIGS

VIETNAM WAR

Years of U.S. involvement: 1917-18 U.S. combat casualties: 53,402 Despite campaigning against joining the war, President Woodrow Wilson asked Congress to declare war on Imperial Germany after Germany resumed unrestricted submarine warfare in 1917.

Years of U.S. involvement: 1941-45 U.S. combat casualties: 291,557 On Dec. 7, 1941, Japan struck U.S. and British military installations in the Pacific, most notably at Pearl Harbor. One day later, President Franklin D. Roosevelt urged Congress to declare war against Japan.

Years of U.S. involvement: 1950-53 U.S. combat casualties: 33,739 On June 25, 1950, North Korea, backed by the Soviet Union, invaded South Korea and captured the capital of Seoul. U.S. intervention followed as part of the first military conflict sanctioned by the United Nations.

Years of U.S. involvement: 1961 U.S. combat casualties: 4 A U.S.-trained force attempted an invasion of Cuba to overthrow Cuban President Fidel Castro.

The invasion force was quickly surrounded and surrendered days after landing on the island.

Years of U.S. involvement: 1964-1973 U.S. combat casualties: 47,434 U.S. military presence in Vietnam was part of a broad containment policy to prevent the spread of communism.

Ground troops swelled in the mid1960s as communist North Vietnam continued efforts to unify the country.

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Colorado Com munity Media readers submit the stories of their service DELPHIN BENJAMIN MARTINEZ Arvada

GEORGE A. SMITH Westminster

WARREN A. SPAULDING Golden

Sergeant E-5, U.S. Army, 1970-73

Colonel, U.S. Army, field artillery,

Oct. 9, 1922-Oct. 9, 2015

In his words: “I was stationed on Okinawa for 18 months, serving on the general staff. My section worked with the Reversion Control Commission, writing the military portion of the actual treaty returning the island of Okinawa to Japan during the summer of 1972. This was not your usual Army job!

1948-1979

Petty Officer, U.S. Navy, Served inWorld War II Medals and commendations include: WWII History Medal, American Campaign, Presidential Unit Citation Why he served: Our father was so very proud to be an American who served his country bravely. He was a proud and honorable man who believed strongly in God, good morals and a good education. (He) is now one of God’s soldiers for eternity.

OWEN L. OLIVER Golden Staff sergeant, U.S. Army, 5th Special Forces Group, Airborne, 1968-1971

Interesting facts: He was present during the bombing of Pearl Harbor. He belonged to the Arvada American Legion and could often be seen wearing his WWII Navy ball cap.

Medals and commendations include: Combat Medic Badge, Bronze Star, Army Commendation Medal for Heroism and Parachute Badge

NORMAN L. SOTHAN Littleton

ROBERT A. SEITZ Arvada

Commander, U.S. Navy, 1948-1974

E7 Chief Petty Officer, U.S. Navy, 19561976

Medals and commendations: Navy Commendation Medal, Navy Unit Commendation, Korean Service Medal, Navy Expeditionary Medal (Cuba), National Defense Service Medal, United Nations Service Medal, China Service Medal, Korean Presidential Unit Citation, Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal, Meritorious Service Medal, Vietnam Presidential Unit Citation In his words: “I had a lifelong desire, prompted by a 1930s movie, to have a career in naval aviation and convert my cardboard imaginary cockpit to the successful culmination of taking command of a fighter squadron. If there were a use for old fighter pilots, I’d still be doing it.”

Interesting fact: Sothan made national front page news when brake failure caused his plane to roll over the side of the aircraft carrier Essex and land inverted in the water. Sothan escaped by ejecting himself from the sinking aircraft.

Medals and commendations include: Purple Heart, Meritorious service, Combat Service, Navy-Marine Unit Commendation, Presidential Unit Citation, Good Conduct, Global War on Terror Service, Cold War victory, National Defense, Armed Forces Expeditionary Service, Vietnam Service, TET campaign, Overseas Services, Sea Service, Foreign Expeditionary Service, Republic of Vietnam Defense, Republic of Vietnam Campaign, Honorable Service, Armed Forces Retired medals and commendations.

Interesting facts: In Vietnam, he was assigned to the B55 Mike Force and Command and Control South. He ran teams of Montagnard tribesmen on missions for Special Forces Mike Force and MACVSOG units. He practices law in Jefferson County. Look for photos of his time in the war at coloradocommunitymedia.com.

In his words: “Serving next to our country’s finest was an honor and a privilege.

I value the lessons and experiences that the U.S. Navy gave me.”

E4, U.S. Army, 1967-1970

RICHARD (DICK) H. KAMERLING Parker

Why he served: Unsure about attending college and following the assassination of John F. Kennedy, Tom enlisted in the Army to serve his country. After training, he was assigned to a medical brigade that supported the 101st Airborne Division and Americal Division in Vietnam.

Lt. Colonel, U.S. Army, 1960-1980

MICHAEL J. CORONA Arvada 3 Class Gunner’s Mate, Petty Officer, U.S. Navy, 1964-1968 rd

Medals and commendations include: Vietnam Service, Armed Forces National Defense, Navy Unit Accommodation, Expeditionary Combat Ribbon, Good Conduct, Southwest Asian Service, Navy Expedition, China Service, Gallantry, Vietnam Presidential Situation In his words: “My most memorable moment was coming home on the ship and seeing my family waiting for me on the pier, while our ship was pulling into shore.”

Interesting facts: Served three tours on the USS Midway Aircraft Carrier CV-41, USS Lofberg Destroyer 759 and 593rd Squad Room Gun Boat, PBR

In his words: “My memories of my time in Vietnam center around the Montagnards that I helped train, lead and fight with. They are a special people, and I treasure the brass bracelet that they placed on my wrist when I was taken into the tribe.”

Medals and commendations: Distinguished Flying Cross, Meritorious Service Medal, three Bronze Stars, 22 Air Medals, Joint Service Commendation Medal, two Army Commendation Medals, Purple Heart, Vietnam Medal of Honor, Vietnam Cross of Gallantry His service: Germany, two tours in Vietnam, Ethiopia and Taiwan, Special Ops at Ft. Bragg before and after all overseas assignments.

In his words: “I feel that it is every American’s responsibility, duty and honor to serve our great nation. I chose the military to show my appreciation for the opportunities afforded me, but there are many ways to give. The important thing is to give of self and not be just a ‘taker.’”

Interesting facts: He was a member of Special Forces/Delta, an aviator, a Pentagon staff/briefer and part of the Airborne Infantry, Special Forces and Civil Affairs commands.

RONALD TOM Castle Rock Medals and commendations: Bronze Star, Certificate of Appreciation from President Richard Nixon and Gen. W.C. Westmoreland

In his words: “When you are at a young age — and most of us were — your first experience of combat casualties (K.I.A. or W.I.A.) is horrific, and those memories will stay with you for years and sometimes for decades . . .

To this day, occasionally, I will have flashbacks, or a simple odor will bring back horrible memories. The Vietnam Memorial and the Vietnam Wall that travels around the country is priceless. Serving our country was and will always be my honor! Sometimes, I do feel that some Americans take our country for granted and there are those that fail to show respect for the ‘Red, White and Blue’ and our Constitution. In hindsight, I am glad I served our country and through all of this I’ve learned a lot and have become a better person and have great respect for our country!”

Medals and commendations include: Legion of Merit with one Oak Leaf Cluster, Bronze Star, Air medal with five Oak Leaf Clusters, Meritorious Service Medal, Army Commendation Medal, National Defense Service Medal with one Oak Leaf Cluster, Korean Service Medal, Korean Presidential Unit Citation, United Nations Service Medal, Vietnam Campaign Medal, Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Vietnam Civil Action Honor Medal 1st Class with one Oak Leaf Cluster, Meritorious Unit Citation, General Staff Identification Badge and Navy Commendation Medal

Why he served: “I began my service as a West Point Cadet. I wanted to graduate from West Point and lead men in serving our country.”

Interesting fact: “Dad spent a great deal of his career as an educator and he and mom have wonderful stories about traveling the world together with the Army.”

— Submitted by his daughter, Sara Spaulding

ROBERT O.C. SEITZ Arvada E3 Seaman, U.S. Navy, 1989-1993 (Gulf War veteran) Medals and commendations include: Good Conduct, National Defense, Navy “E,” Honorable Service, Naval Reserve, Armed Forces Retired medals and commendations.

In his words: “To protect our nation from all enemies foreign and domestic was a privilege and an honor. I highly recommend America’s youth to serve at least one tour.”

KENNETH (KEN) C. SMITH Golden Major, U.S. Air Force, 1951-1971 Medals and commendations: Air Force Commendation Medal, seven Air Medals, Service Medals from National Defense, Korean, United Nations and Vietnam.

His service: Smith served in Korea, flew in the Cold War, served in Vietnam and was stationed at several Air Force bases around the country.

Interesting facts: Smith first flew through the speed of sound at 22 years old, and twice more at 32. He spent 11 years flying bombers during the Cold War and was directly involved in the Cuban Missile Crisis. He has flown an F-86F Sabrejet; a B-47 Stratojet six-engine bomber; the B-58 Hustler, which was the world’s first supersonic bomber; and the F-4E Phantom II. He was “Top Gun” of his squadron during his first month of combat in Vietnam.

SOME MAJOR U.S. COMBAT OPERATIONS: 1917 — PRESENT LEBANESE CIVIL WAR

GRENADA INVASION

PANAMA INVASION

PERSIAN GULF WAR

SOMALI CIVIL WAR

Years of U.S. involvement: 1982-84 U.S. combat casualties: 256 U.S. troops joined a multinational peacekeeping force trying to end the Lebanese Civil War. Suicide bombers attacked U.S. and French barracks in 1983. U.S. troops withdrew the next year.

Years of U.S. involvement: 1983 U.S. combat casualties: 18 U.S. forces led an invasion of the Caribbean island after the murder of Prime Minister Maurice Bishop.

An interim government was installed and democratic elections were conducted in 1984.

Years of U.S. involvement: 1989-1990 U.S. combat casualties: 23 U.S. forces invaded Panama with the expressed goals of safeguarding U.S. citizens, combating drug trafficking and protecting access to the Panama Canal. General Manuel Noriega was removed from power and captured.

Years of U.S. Involvement: 1990-91 U.S. combat casualties: 148 After diplomatic efforts to force Iraqi troops out of Kuwait failed, President George H.W. Bush won approval from Congress and the United Nations for a multinational military operation, which quickly overwhelmed Iraqi forces.

Years of U.S. involvement: 1992-93 U.S. combat casualties: 29 A multinational force led by the United States intervened in the Somali Civil War to protect the delivery of food and other humanitarian aid. Rival factions were not disarmed and the civil war continued after U.S. troops left.

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Job-seeking help offered Aside from nonprofits like Warrior Voices, job placement organizations often have specialists that point veterans in the right direction. Arapahoe/Douglas Works!, a workforce center run by the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment, provides free services to job seekers and businesses. It hosts employment events geared toward veterans and offers one-on-one assistance that delves into the skill sets of service members in hopes of finding the perfect job for them.

Taking into account uncontrolled responses that are not conducive to certain environments is similarly important, Ritter says.

“It all might be different: Mine is people and crowds. For others, it might be super-loud noises,” he

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ONLINE RESOURCES FOR VETERANS Jobs: Hire a Colorado Vet — www. hireacoloradovet.org

Health care: Veterans Crisis Line — www. veteranscrisisline.net

Housing: Homes for Our Troops, Inc. - Colorado — www.hfotusa.org/co

We Hire Heroes — www.wehireheroes. com/Denver

U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs in Denver — www.denver.va.gov

Colorado Coalition for the Homeless — www.coloradocoalition.org

Arapahoe/Douglas Works! Workforce Center — www.adworks.org said.

There are groups like We Hire Heroes, a national job board for military veterans, and state-run websites like www.hireacoloradovet.gov. It’s also worth researching a prospective employer’s history of hiring veterans.

The 18th Judicial District Attorney’s office, for example, earned the Pro Patria award this year for its efforts. Prior to the 2013 election of District Attorney George Brauchler, himself an Army Reserve lieutenant colonel, the DA’s office had few vets in the ranks. It now

has six active National Guard and Army Reserve members and eleven veterans, including officers from the Marine Reserve, Navy Reserve, and Colorado Army National Guard, the latter of which recently completed a year-long deployment to Afghanistan.

Housing for vets highlighted Homes for Our Troops, a national nonprofit foundation with a heavy presence in Colorado, has built numerous adaptive homes for disabled military veterans, particularly a cluster of houses in a

neighborhood near Elizabeth.

Just this month, Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 4266 in Parker announced its support of Colorado Coalition for the Homeless to find housing for homeless veterans.

According to the Department of Housing and Urban Development’s 2014 Homeless Assessment Report to Congress, there are an estimated 753 homeless veterans in Colorado.

The members of Post 4266 officially launched their support Oct. 29 with a $5,000 cash donation.

The donation and visit were part of a three-point plan devised by Post

JOHN KEITH WELLS, Wheat Ridge

CURTIS DOUGLAS DALE, Parker

Major, U.S. Marine Corps, 1942-1945

Colonel, U.S. Air Force, 1959-1986

Medals and commendations: Navy Cross and Purple Heart

Medals and commendations include: Legion of Merit with one Oak Leaf Cluster, Distinguished Flying Cross, Meritorious Service Medal with two Oak Leaf Clusters, Air Medal with nine Oak Leaf Clusters, USAF Commendation Medal with five Oak Leaf Clusters, Presidential Unit Citation, National Defense Service Medal, U.S. Vietnam Service Medal with four Campaign Stars, Humanitarian Service Medal, Vietnam Cross of Gallantry Medal, Vietnamese Cross of Gallantry Unit Citation, Vietnam Campaign Medal, USAF Commander Badge

His service: Commanded the most decorated infantry platoon to come out of a single engagement in the history of the U.S. as platoon leader of the 3rd Platoon, Easy Company, 28th Marines, 5th Division.

Interesting facts: Wells, 93, was the 1st lieutenant in charge of the flag raising on Iwo Jima. He also wrote a book about Iwo Jima called “Give me 50 Marines Not Afraid to Die.”

ROY POOLE Arvada Lt. Colonel, U.S. Air Force, 1976-1994 Medals and commendations: Meritorious Service Medal with three Oak Leaf Clusters, Air Force Commendation Medal with two Oak Leaf Clusters, Air Force Achievement Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster His service: A former English and language arts teacher in east Los Angeles and Arvada, he joined the Air Force in 1975 as one of 100 people nationwide on a track to become pilots. He eventually headed the Safety Education Division for the Air Force. In all, he spent more than 13 years investigating aircraft accidents and 15 years teaching others to fly safely.

In his words: “During my career, I saw that service was not just combat operations. Service was given by the medical professionals who kept service members and their families healthy. It was given by the technicians, who maintained modern aircraft at the highest level. It was given by the chaplains, who ministered to

KAREN SCHEEL MORRIS Highlands Ranch

military communities and comforted the families of those who made the ultimate sacrifice. On the day I retired, my highest honor was to be counted among those who gave our best in service to America.”

A story: My worst day was responding to a crash on Halloween afternoon. The deceased pilot was a friend of mine, whose children, like mine, were waiting for Daddy to come home. He would not be coming home; and I would not be home for a long time that night, investigating his death. Only one’s faith can get you through a cold night like that one.

The best days were connected with the same tragedy. After weeks of interviewing witnesses, reading the results of scanning microscopes, and duplicating the flight profile at safe altitudes, I had discovered the reason for the crash. My accident board’s recommendations for aircraft modifications were immediately put into effect, and within the year, another aircrew had encountered the same situation. But this time, they were able to recover and survive.

Terrorism Expeditionary Medal, Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, NATO Medal

Lt. Colonel, U.S. Army, 1986-2006 Medals and commendations include: Meritorious Service Medal, Army Commendation Medal, Army Achievement Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Kosovo Campaign Medal, Global War on

In her words: “As an Army nurse, I chose to specialize in operating room nursing to support the combat mission and be part of the medical team closest to the soldiers in the front.”

4266 that includes fundraising, “boots on the ground” mentoring and a life-skills training program for veterans in CCH facilities.

VA home loans are available to any veteran, reducing the down payment needed to buy a home.

Transition assistance available The pride that some veterans carry can prevent them from getting the right assistance.

Each branch of the military has a transitions-assistance program, and it’s a matter of taking advantage of that as well as the many options available for successful re-acclimation into society, said Maxwell, who also connects vets with addiction treatment experts and mental health therapists.

“Anyone who is leaving can go through the transition-assistance program for a number of months, take classes on how to do resumes and that sort of stuff, to get them adjusted back to civilian life,” he said.

His service: Three combat tours in Vietnam that included 29 reconnaissance missions and 124 electronic warfare missions.

He served as acrew commander in both the Atlas D & E and, later, the Minuteman III ICBMs, commanded two Space and Missile Warning and Space Track bases, commanded AAFES Philippines and Thailand, and commanded Task Force Alpha in Panama, the latter making him the first navigator in Military Airlift Command to command a flying organization. His final tour involved working with the Space Shuttle and the Titan IV Space Launch System.

Why he served: He loved the U.S. Air Force from his early youth and wanted to serve the nation he loves. He was rewarded by flying missions ranging from low-level warfare in Vietnam to the edge of space above 70,000 feet in spacesuits.

Interesting facts: The only continent he has not visited is Africa. He holds the record for northern Polar missions with 178 up over the ice cap and is second for North Pole crossings with 78 times over the top.

KATHLEEN ANN LECLERC Lakewood Aviation Storekeeper Chief Petty Officer (E7), Career Counselor U.S. Navy, 1975-1979 active duty, 1980-1997 Reserves Medals and commendations: Two Navy Achievement Medals, Navy Good Conduct

Event that inspired his most patriotic feelings:One afternoon at DaNang AB, RVN, as he was trying to hitch a ride to prepare for a mission, he heard a Jolly Green Giant rescue helicopter coming from behind. Two A-1E “Sandy” Skyraiders were flying in V-formation behind it.

The Jolly crew was waving red, white and blue smoke flares out the doors and cockpit windows. They’d been on a rescue mission “up north” for a downed pilot. The red, white and blue meant, “We got him!”

As they approached midfield, just above Dale’s head, the “Sandies” peeled off, one left and one right, and the Jolly continued on down the runway. “Patriotears” streamed down his face “at this totally unexpected, overwhelming sight.”

Medal-Active Duty, four Naval Reserve Meritorious Service Medals, National Defense Ribbon, Naval Marine Corps Overseas Duty Ribbon, Armed Forces Reserve Medal In her words: “I enlisted because I wanted the G.I. Bill to pay for my college education, and stayed 22 years because I love the Navy and I’m proud that I served my country.”

SOME MAJOR U.S. COMBAT OPERATIONS: 1917 — PRESENT HAITI INTERVENTION

YUGOSLAV WARS

AFGHANISTAN WAR

IRAQ WAR

WAR ON ISIL

Years of U.S. involvement: 1994-95 U.S. combat casualties: 1 After a military coup deposed the civilian leadership of Haiti, U.S. forces led a U.N. mission. The operation succeeded in the reinstatement of Jean-Bertrand Aristide as president of Haiti.

Years of U.S. involvement: 1995-2005 U.S. combat casualties: 5 After the end of the Cold War, the breakup of Yugoslavia accelerated, resulting in smaller wars as ethnic groups sought independence from the federal state. NATO forces began engaging Serbian targets in 1995.

Years of U.S. involvement: 2001-present U.S. combat casualties: 1,742 A multinational force toppled the Taliban, who controlled part of Afghanistan and harbored al-Qaeda. As U.N. forces worked to build an Afghan army, the Taliban began a prolonged insurgency, which is present today.

Years of U.S. involvement: 2003-11 U.S. combat casualties: 3,527 A coalition of forces led by the U.S. removed Saddam Hussein from power in 2003. As coalition forces occupied Iraq, sectarian tensions and insurgent attacks provoked a civil war.

Years of U.S. involvement: 2014-present U.S. combat casualties: 1 Insurgencies in Iraq and Syria combined into the self-described Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).

President Barack Obama authorized military operations to “degrade and ultimately destroy” ISIL in 2014.

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Serving the southeast Denver area

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Greenwood Village

Highlands Ranch

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

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Trinity

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

Sunday School Bible Study 9:30am Trinity Lutheran School & ELC (Ages 3-5, Grades K-8)

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Church of Christ

UNITED METHODIST CHURCH

Congregation Beth Shalom Serving the Southeast Denver area

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

303-794-6643

Open and Affirming

Sunday Worship

8:00 AM Chapel Service 9:00 & 10:30 AM Sanctuary 10:20 AM St. Andrew Wildflower Sunday School 9:00 & 10:30 am

www.st-andrew-umc.com 303-794-2683 Preschool: 303-794-0510 9203 S. University Blvd.

Highlands Ranch, 80126

Parker

Lone Tree

First United Methodist Church

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

Lone Tree

Welcome Home!

Weaving Truth and Relevance into Relationships and Life

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

Sunday Worship - 10:00am Bible Study immediately following

Sunday Services - 10 a.m.

Ruth Memorial Chapel 19650 E. Mainstreet Parker, CO 80138 www.CSLParker.org

Currently meeting at: Lone Tree Elementary School 9375 Heritage Hills Circle Lone Tree CO 80124 303-688-9506 www.LoneTreeCoC.com

Parker

303 798 6387 www.gracepointcc.us

To advertise your place of worship in this section, call 303-566-4091 or email kearhart@ColoradoCommunityMedia.com

Parker evangelical Presbyterian church Connect – Grow – Serve

Sunday Worship

8:45 am & 10:30 am 9030 MILLER ROAD PARKER, CO 80138 3038412125 www.pepc.org

Joy Lutheran Church Sharing God’s Love

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SATURD ATURDAY ATURD A 5:30pm

SUNDAY A AY 8 & 10:30am

Education Hour-9:15am

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

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Elements 5280 puts ‘Signature’ on display

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By Sonya Ellingboe sellingboe@coloradocommunitymedia.com Lone Tree Arts Center is the venue for the Denver Concert Band’s holiday concert — the group’s most popular concert of the year. It will be called “Holiday Dreams” and will be held at 2 p.m. Nov. 21 at the LTAC, 10075 Commons St., Lone Tree.

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Church gets in on the act The Wesley Players of St. Luke’s United Methodist Church in Highlands Ranch is a drama ministry with a 15-year history of musical productions.

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November 12, 2015 “River Shadows,” a 6” x 6” oil by Blair Hamill, is featured in Town Hall’s Stanton Gallery exhibit.

“Last Light,” a 4” x 8” oil by Tim Diebler, is included in the “Landscapes in Miniature” exhibit at Town Hall.

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Show of miniatures is no small thing Landscapes on display at gallery in Littleton

By Sonya Ellingboe sellingboe@coloradocommunitymedia.com Three experienced painters interpret the West in miniature for the November/ December art exhibit in Town Hall’s Stanton Gallery. “Landscapes in Miniature” runs Nov. 12 through Jan. 13, 2016, with an artists’ reception, open to the public, scheduled from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. on Nov. 21. The exhibit features paintings ranging in size from 2 inches square to 10 inches square.

The artists are Tim Diebler, Mark Daniel Nelson and Blair Hamill.

Diebler’s studio is located in Walsenburg. He has won five national awards from the prestigious Oil Painters of America and his work is included in numerous books, including his own “Capturing the Seasons in Oil.” He conducts painting workshops throughout the West and his work is in public and private collections, including the Brown Palace Hotel, Children’s Hopital, the Sangre de Cristo Art Center, the Koshare Indian museum and former President Bill Clinton. He is represented by Abend Gallery in Denver; Fare Bella Gallery, Manitou Springs; and Wildhorse Gallery, Steamboat Springs.

The founder of Blackridge Artists’ School, which is now located in Englewood’s historic Mayflower Congregational Church, Mark Daniel Nelson is

the author of “Learn to Paint in Acrylic with 50 Small Paintings,” and instructs painting workshops across the country.

His work is represented by the Maxwell Alexander Gallery in Los Angeles and Jack Meier Gallery in Houston. His paintings are in public and private collections including the Grand Hyatt and University of Denver.

Littleton-based Blair Hamill focuses on painting the Colorado landscape. A former commercial artist and art director at the Denver Post, he has painted the Rocky Mountain West for many years, built hiking trails, backpacked, enjoyed fly fishing and backcountry skiing. His work is available at the Fort Collins Art Museum (he is a Colorado State University alumnus) and the Studio Gallery in

Texas, townfolk). Robert Kramer directs.

Performances: 7:30 p.m. Fridays, Saturdays and Thursdays after Dec. 3; 2 p.m. Sundays.

Tickets: $23, minersalley.com, 303-935-3044.

9900 E. Colfax Ave., Aurora, from Nov. 27 to Dec. 27. Directed by Bev Newcomb. Performances: 7:30 p.m. Thursday (PACE only), Fridays, Saturdays; 2 p.m. Sundays. Tickets: (PACE) parkerarts.ticketforce.com, 303-8056800; (Aurora) aurorafox.org, 303-739-1970.

IF YOU GO “Landscapes in Miniature” runs Nov. 12 to Jan. 13, 2016 in the Stanton Gallery at Town Hall Arts Center, 2450 W. Main St. in downtown Littleton, is open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mondays through Fridays and during performances. Artwork is for sale, with a percentage benefiting Town Hall.

303-794-2787.

Estes Park.

The Stanton Gallery is open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mondays through Fridays and during performances (“Shrek” opens Nov. 13 and runs through Christmas).

CURTAIN TIME Station OKKK on the air “Tuna Christmas” by Joe Sears, Jason Williams and Ed Howard plays Nov. 13 to Dec. 20 at Miners Alley Playhouse, 1224 Washington Ave., Golden. Starring Littleton Town Hall’s Education Director Seth Maisel and Christian Mast as Thurston Weelis and Arles Struvie reporting on holiday activities on Station OKKK (and playing various Tuna,

The March sisters “Little Women: The Musical,” will play Nov. 19 to 22 at the PACE Center in Parker, then move to the Aurora Fox Arts Center,

On stage at Bug “Dog Sees God: Confessions of a Teen-

SkyView Academy Informational Night

November 19 at 6:30 p.m.

Join us to hear more about our PK-12 programs.

Meet our Principals, tour the campus and learn more about our academic programming with an emphasis on our 5 Pillars: Core Knowledge (PK-8), Classical Education (9-12), world language, character development and service learning as well as our athletic program and after school clubs.

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age Blackhead” by Bert V. Royal plays Nov. 13 through Dec. 5 at The Bug Theatre, 3654 Navajo St., Denver Highlands, presented by Equinox Theatre Company. Deb Flomberg directs. Performances: 7:30 p.m. Fridays, Saturdays. The Peanuts gang come out of their shells. For mature audiences. Tickets: $15 advance, $20 at the door. 720-984-0781, equinoxtheatredenver.com.

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November 12, 2015

Highlands Ranch elevates its game New training facilities offer variety for local athletes

By Alex DeWind adewind@coloradocommunitymedia.com There’s a facility for competitive strength training. There’s one with boot camps for young athletes. There’s an institute for sports vision conditioning. And a gym with hour-long classes for those with busy lifestyles.

In the past year, at least 10 athletic gyms have opened in Highlands Ranch, a reflection not only of how active the community is but also of a fit state.

“Colorado, in general, breeds athletic, health-conscious people,” said Kate Criswell, a fitness and nutrition trainer in the area.

The state has consistently been ranked among the top 10 healthiest states. This year, it was ranked eighth by America’s Health Rankings. And Highlands Ranch’s demographics support the growth in sports facilities.

It’s easier for athletes to get training in places on the outskirts of Denver such as Highlands Ranch, said Jay Albright, surgical director of the Sports Medicine Center at Children’s Hospital Colorado.

“It’s also a young, vibrant community” he added. “A lot of families are moving to the area.”

The community has six high schools with competitive sports programs. The Rocky Mountains are a short drive away.

And the suburban lifestyle is ideal for young, active families.

It makes sense for entrepreneurs to get into the fitness industry, said Jim Royce, cogeneral manager of Backcountry CrossFit in Highlands Ranch.

CrossFit, a competitive strength training sport, opened its doors in July 2012 and now has nearly 700 members.

“Wanting to get fit isn’t just a trend,” Royce said, alluding to the state’s overall emphasis on healthy living.

That lifestyle is generating different opportunities for entrepreneurs to take advantage of.

“We’ve definitely had an increase in members in the fitness category,” said Andrea LaRew, president of the Highlands Ranch Chamber of Commerce. “Colorado — and our area — tend to be active and healthy.”

Following are three new businesses that opened in the last six months: Sports team training For sports teams in training, D1 Sports has a state-of-the art basketball court and 40-yard indoor field. Athletes can attend boot camps and strength classes.

The facility, at 1060 Plaza Drive, is coowned by professional athletes such as former NBA all-star Chauncey Billups. He makes an appearance about once a week, said Adam McLaughlin, speed and strength coach.

The three different training levels — Rockies, developmental and prep — provide something for athletes of all ages.

“Our thought process is how much better we’d be if we had something like this as children,” McLaughlin said.

Members power through a boot camp at D1 Sports in Highlands Ranch, which has become a popular spot. Photos by Alex DeWind

the visual system.

Ward will end his programs with positive visualization to prepare the athlete for success in future games.

The Manic Training grand opening class on Oct. 27 ends with an all-organic, superfood smoothie for the team and guests.

McLaughlin sees a lot of competition in youth sports. He and his team want to provide the best coaching for young athletes.

“People are taking to athletics a lot more,” McLaughlin said. “We are building all-around athleticism here.”

Sports vision training Jeff Ward, a member of the American Board of Optometry and primary doctor at Highlands Ranch Optical, considers his new Rocky Mountain Sports Vision Institute a “legal performance enhancer” for young athletes.

“We are going to train completely different aspects of the visual system,” Ward said.

Ward will use state-of-the-art instruments and devices to track an athlete’s depth perception, reaction time, eye-handfoot coordination and peripheral awareness.

He will then evaluate the athlete’s visual skills and create a 12-week training program.

The institute, located at 9370 S. Colorado Blvd. and scheduled to open Nov. 22, is better suited for some athletes over others.

For example, a golfer’s eyes can be trained for peripheral focus so he or she can read the green better, said Ward.

Sports that involve head injuries, such as football or soccer, also have an impact on

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Circuit workout For those who aren’t as involved in competitive sports, Manic Training at 2000 E. County Line Road has hour-long classes three times a week.

Graham Muir, founder of Manic Training, chose Highlands Ranch as his fourth location because of the people who enjoy doing outdoor sports such as skiing, hiking and biking.

“We use a hybrid method,” Muir said.

“We do everything from strength training to intervals to core work.”

The classes attract ex-athletes such as Erin Simmons Nemec, a pro snowboarder and X-Games medalist.

“Because the workout is so diverse, it targets different muscles every time,” said Nemec, who traveled from Steamboat for Manic’s Oct. 27 grand opening of the Highlands Ranch location.

The workouts are for busy, active people who want to build strength for activities outside the gym. The goal isn’t to keep people inside, said Peter Beuth, co-owner and primary trainer at the Highlands Ranch facility.

“We want to give people the ability to fuse an outdoor lifestyle with health and wellness,” Beuth said. “We’ll give you the workout your body needs and send you back out into life.”

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THIS WEEK’S

November 12, 2015

THINGS TO DO TOP 5

Children’s Concert The Littleton Symphony Orchestra presents its free children’s concert, “The Sneetches: Oh, The Music You’ll Hear,” at 2:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 14, at Littleton United Methodist Church, 5894 S. Datura St., Littleton. A mad romp through the Dr. Seuss’s classic The Sneetches, narrated by audience favorite Big Jim Conder. The Sneetches tells a story of class and prejudice within a community of yellow, bird-like animals, with a moral message that speaks to all of us about tolerance.

And you won’t want to miss other playful pieces, including the finale from William Tell, Sousa’s Liberty Bell March and a solo on a very unusual instrument, the marimba. Be sure to wear your most outrageous hat in honor of the occasion. Doors open at 2 p.m.

No tickets necessary. Call 303-933-6824 or visit www.littletonsymphony.org.

Yuletide Bazaar The Mountain Pine Woman’s Club plans its 10th Yuletide Bazaar from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Saturday, Nov. 14, at the Parker Fieldhouse, at Plaza Drive and Dransfeldt Drive, Parker.

The bazaar features more than 100 vendors and the Mountain Pine craft booth, which includes an array of handmade items such as scarves, home décor and doll clothes. The bake shop will offer a number of delectable goodies. The café offers coffee, water, snack or sweet treat. The bazaar is a major fundraiser for the Parker Woman’s Club and the money goes toward scholarships and to organizations such as the Parker Task Force, Arising Hope, Operation Smile, Santa’s Workshop, Freedom Service Dogs, Skycliff and other projects as needed. A special gift bag will be given to the first 100 customers.

Vienna Boys Choir The world famous Vienna Boys Choir will perform at 2 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 15, at the PACE Center, 20000 Pikes Peak Ave., Parker. For more than 500 years the Vienna Boys Choir has delighted and thrilled listeners of all ages. Their program includes favorite Strauss waltzes, classical masterpieces by Mozart and Haydn, as well as folk songs from around the world. For tickets and information, go to www.ParkerArt.org or call 303-805-6800.

Birth of Liberty, U.S. Military Highlands Ranch Historical Society presents its annual veteran’s program “The Birth of Liberty and the U.S. Military,” from 7-8:30 p.m. Monday, Nov. 16, at Southridge Recreation Center, 4800 McArthur Ranch Road, Highlands Ranch. Speaker is Ben Martin, a frequent speaker at area club meetings, who also teaches a course he developed on our American Founding Heritage.

Go to www.theHRHS.org.

Genealogical Research with Estate Records A hands-on workshop “Genealogical Research with Estate Records: Where There’s Not a Will, There’s Probably Still a Way,” led by Kirk Woosley Patton, JD, is presented by the Columbine Genealogical and Historical Society. The early-bird class is from 9:30-11:30 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 17, at Lutheran Church of the Holy Spirit, 6400 S. University Blvd., Centennial. Workshop will cover the types of records generated when a person dies without leaving a will. An actual probate case will be examined to illustrate the legal process and suggest additional lines of research. Kirk Patton is an attorney and professional genealogist whose primary genealogical focus involves research with original estate and land records. Go to www.

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THEATER/SHOWS

‘Shrek The Musical’ Town Hall Arts Center, 2450 W. Main St., Littleton, presents “Shrek” from Friday, Nov. 13, to Sunday, Dec. 27. Based on the Oscar-winning DreamWorks Animation film, “Shrek The Musical” is a Tony Award-winning fairy tale. Shrek brings all the beloved characters you know from the film to life on stage, and proves there’s more to the story than meets the ears. Irreverently fun for the whole family, Shrek proves that beauty is truly in the eye of the ogre. Tickets available at the box office, 303-794-2787, ext.

5, or online at www.TownHallArtsCenter.org.

‘Legally Blonde’ Spotlight Performing Arts Center, 6328 E. County Line Road, Unit 102, Highlands Ranch, presents “Legally Blonde” at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 14. A fun show for the entire family. Show is the product of a 15-week class for children ages 10-18 years. Call Spotlight at 720-443-2623 or visit www.spotlightperformers.com for information and to purchase tickets.

Auditions for ‘Wicked: A Musical Review’ Auditions for “Wicked: A Musical Review” are at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 18, at Spotlight Performing Arts Center, 6328 E. County Line Road, Unit 102, Highlands Ranch. The 15-week class teaches acting, singing, and dancing technique while producing a full-length musical production. Children ages 5-18 years old are encouraged to audition. Rehearsals are from 6-7:30 p.m. Wednesdays, with performances in March. Call Spotlight at 720-4432623 or visit www.spotlightperformers.com for information and tuition rates.

MUSIC/CONCERTS

Broadway on Broadway Come one, come all to a musical of Broadway favorites from “Kiss Me, Kate,” “Anything Goes,” “Chitty Chitty Bang Bang;,” “West Side Story,” “Fiddler on the Roof,” “Will Rogers Follies,” “Mary Poppins,” “Bye, Bye Birdie,” “Newsies,” “Grease,” “The Lion King,” “You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown,” “Matilda,” “Pajama Game,” “Annie, Get Your Gun,” “Wizard of Oz,” “A Chorus Line,” “Little Shop of Horrors,” “Gypsy,” “Spamalot,” “Into the Woods” and “A Little Night Music.” It’s a Broadway buffet. Shows are Friday, Nov. 13, through Sunday, Nov. 15, at St. Luke’s United Methodist Church, 8817 S. Broadway, Highlands Ranch. Tickets available at www.stlukeshr.com, or at the door for a little more. A benefit dinner at 5:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 14, benefits Pura Vida and Urban Peak. Priority seating for Saturday’s show included in dinner cost. Go to www.stlukeshr.com.

Social Latin Sampler Discover a new world of Latin dance with the rumba, cha-cha, samba, and merengue. Latin Sampler offers four hours of instruction, from 6-8 p.m.

Friday, Nov. 13, and Friday, Nov. 20, at 1500 W. Littleton Blvd., Ste. 207, Littleton. Register at www.AdventuresInDance.com or call 720-276-0562.

Father-Son Piano Duo Simon & Son, a father-son piano duo, will perform at 2 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 15, at St. Andrew United Methodist Church, 9206 S. University Blvd., Highlands Ranch. Peter Simon and his son Saling present keyboard acrobatics, popular and classic music, humor and tales of their travels on the world concert stage for an afternoon of non-stop entertainment appealing to all ages. Concert is free and open to the public. Contact Mark Zwilling at mzwilling@st-andrew-umc.com or 303 794-2683.

Turkey Trot Ballroom Dance Party Enjoy a night of fall DJ ballroom, Latin salsa and tango dance from 8-9:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 20. Dress to impress with your cocktail wear. Refreshments and beverages served. Admission available in advance or at the door. Adventures in Dance is at 1500 W. Littleton Blvd., Unit 207, Littleton.

Register at www.AdventuresInDance.com or call 720-276-0562.

ARTS/CRAFTS

This is Colorado Art Show Heritage Fine Arts Guild of Arapahoe County and the Colorado Gallery of the Arts are sponsoring “This is Colorado,” a statewide art show juried by professional artists and Arapahoe Community College professor Marsha Wooley. The show runs through Friday, Nov. 13, at the gallery on the campus of Arapahoe Community College. Go to www.heritage-guild.com/ shows.html.

EVENTS

Colorado Historic Newspapers Parker Genealogical Society presents “Colorado Historic Newspapers Collection: Reading Yesterday’s News Online Today” by Regan Harper of the Colorado State Library and History Colorado. The presentation us at 1:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 14, at the Stroh Fire Station, 19310 Stroh Road in Parker. Event is free and all are welcome.

Fundraising Poker Tournament The Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 4266 will host a poker tournament Saturday, Nov. 14, to raise money to fight homelessness among veterans in Colorado. Sponsors are needed. Homelessness among veterans in Colorado is estimated to be around 600 men and women, according to the Colorado Coalition for the Homeless. Post 4266 plans to work with CCH to get the state to Functional Zero, which is achieved when a city or state can temporarily provide housing to any homeless veteran within 24 hours. For information about the event, or to become a sponsor, contact Peter Solano, Post 4266 Adjutant, at adjutant@vfwpost4266.org or at 303-718-4256.

Holiday Adopt-A-Family, Senior South Metro Housing Options seeks community sponsors to “adopt” families (or senior/or disabled residents) this holiday season. Sponsors choose the size of a family (or a senior/disabled resident) to assist and are then provided with wish lists and program information. There is no minimum contribution required to participate. Sponsors deliver donations to SMHO Resident Services at 5844 S. Datura St. (Bradley House) and the staff will coordinate distribution to residents. The deadline for delivery of resident

donations is noon, Monday, Dec. 14. For information or to be a sponsor, contact Kathie Covell, resident services manager, at 303-794-3276 or kcovell@smho.co; or Jebe Pens, senior services coordinator, at 303-241-4211 or jpens@smho.co.

Post Office Records for Research The Columbine Genealogical and Historical Society presents “Carriers of News and Knowledge: Post Office Records,” with Julie Miller, CG, professional researcher, lecturer and author, from 1-3 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 17, at Lutheran Church of the Holy Spirit, 6400 S. University Blvd., Centennial.

Post office records are underutilized but can be rich genealogical sources. This presentation will discuss the various types of records, their content and how to access them. Go to www.ColumbineGenealogy.com.

Observe the Night Sky Arapahoe Community College’s astronomy program will host a star party from 7:30-9:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 20, at the Littleton campus. Star parties are in an open house format, and attendees may arrive at their convenience. ACC will provide telescopes for the parties, which are free and open to the public. No RSVP necessary; dress for the weather. Free hot cocoa and cookies will be served. Contact astronomy professor Jennifer Jones, at jennifer.jones@arapahoe.edu or 303-797-5839.

Holiday Lighting Celebration Bundle up and bring your friends and family to the holiday lighting celebration from 4-6 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 21, at Centennial Center Park, 13050 E. Peakview Ave., Centennial. Enjoy local school choral groups, photos with Santa, free holiday treats and the lighting of the 20-foot tree. Go to www. centennialco.gov/Things-To-Do/

HEALTH

Free Child Heart Screening Free heart screenings for students, athletes and young adults ages 12 and older are offered through the Anthony Bates Foundation. Sharon Bates, whose 20-year-old college football-playing son died from a sudden cardiac arrest, helps parents avoid the heartbreak she and other parents have experienced by providing this service to communities. Screenings are Saturday, Nov. 14, at Mountain Vista High School, 10585 Mountain Vista Ridge, Highlands Ranch; and Sunday, Nov. 15, at Chaparral High School, 15655 Brookstone Drive, Parker. The screening checks children for heart conditions leading to sudden cardiac arrest. Go to www.anthonybates.org/ preregistration-az.html to register, or www.anthonybates.org/donations/ index.html to make a donation. For information, contact Sharon Bates at 602-482-5606 or go to www.AnthonyBates.org.

South Metro Community Blood Drives A number of community blood drives are planned in the South Metro area.

For information or to schedule an appointment, contact the Bonfils Appointment Center at 303-363-2300, unless otherwise noted. Go to www. bonfils.org. Upcoming blood drives are: Saturday, Nov. 14, 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., St. Andrew United Methodist Church, 3350 White Bay Drive, Highlands Ranch (contact Charles Green at 720-231-7908); Saturday, Nov. 14, 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m., Philip S. Miller Library, 100 S. Wilcox St., Castle Rock; Sunday, Nov. 15, 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., Providence Presbyterian Church, 18632 Pony Express Drive, Parker (contact Steve Mato at 281-7998348); Friday, Nov. 20, 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., PACE Center, 20000 Pikes Peak Ave., Parker.

Anticoagulation Basics: Through Thick and Thin Learn to live with Warfarin/Coumadin. Program is from 1:30-2:30 p.m.

Monday, Nov. 16, at South Denver Heart Center, 1000 Southpark Drive, Littleton. For information, or to register, call 303-744-1065 or go to www. southdenver.com.

Diabetes, Prediabetes and Insulin Resistance Do you have diabetes? Prediabetes? Insulin Resistance? Hypoglycemia?

Join Susan Buckley, RD, CDE, to learn the ins and outs of diabetes and how to control blood sugar. Program is from 11 a.m. to noon Monday, Nov. 16, at South Denver Heart Center, 1000 Southpark Drive, Littleton. For information, or to register, call 303-744-1065 or go to www.southdenver.com.

Heart Failure: What You Need to Know Learn about heart failure, causes, evaluation, treatments and lifestyle changes from a registered nurse. Program is from 1:30-2:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 17, at South Denver Heart Center, 1000 Southpark Drive, Littleton. For information, or to register, call 303-744-1065 or go to www.southdenver. com.

Free Nutrition, Cooking Class Free Heart Health nutrition classes and cooking demonstrations are offered from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 18 (Eating to Prevent Cancer) at the South Denver Heart Center, 1000 Southpark Drive, Littleton. Join Richard Collins, M.D., “The Cooking Cardiologist,” along with Susan Buckley, RD, CDE, as they share their expertise on Heart Healthy nutrition and cooking solutions. For more information or to register, call 303-744-1065, www.southdenver.com.

Commitment Day 5K Fun Run/Walk Life Time Fitness in Parker kicks off the New Year with a part run/walk, part festival that includes an expo with numerous vendors on race morning.

Run starts at 10 a.m. Friday, Jan. 1, at Life Time Fitness, 9250 Crown Crest Blvd., Parker. Event is open to runners and walkers of all levels and abilities.

Members and non-members welcome. Discounted registration available through Sunday, Dec. 13. Children 12 and younger may register for free with a registered adult. Go to www.commitmentday.com/colorado/parkeraurora. Group training for the event started Tuesday, Nov. 10; go to www. lifetimerun.com/group-run-training/co-commitment-day-5k-2016-parker.

Contact Heather Crosby at hcrosby@lifetimefitness.com for additional information.

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November 12, 2015

LOCAL

Homecomings aren’t always easy

Cherry Creek quarterback Joe Caplis scores the first touchdown in the Bruins’ 38-7 first-round playoff victory over Rock Canyon on Nov. 6 at the Stutler Bowl. Caplis had 66 yards passing. Photo by Jack Eberhard

Rock Canyon falls to Cherry Creek Jaguars finish season with a 5-5 record

By Jim Benton jbenton@coloradocommunitymedia.com Rock Canyon won its first four games this season before depth issues and injuries slowed the Jaguars.

Cherry Creek, defending state champion and top-seeded in Region D, combined an overpowering defensive effort with a good running attack to defeat eighth-seeded Rock Canyon 38-7 in a first-round state playoff game Nov. 6 at the Stutler Bowl.

The loss ended the season for Rock Canyon with a 5-5 record. The Jaguars lost five of their last six games, and the victory was a forfeit win over Highlands Ranch.

“We got off to a great start,” said Jaguars coach Brian Lamb. “Our depth was unfortunately not there so when we started getting dinged up. We weren’t

able to compete at the same level. We kind of got hurt going against the physical teams in our league. I’m proud of what the senior class accomplished.

Overall we’ve improved every year in wins and losses, but I also feel we’re developing the program here.”

Key moments On the third play of the game, the Bruins’ pass rushers swarmed Rock Canyon quarterback Josh Goldin, forcing a fumble that Creek recovered at the Jaguars’ 2-yard line to set up the first of five touchdowns.

Rock Canyon didn’t pick up its initial first down of the game until late in the third quarter. The Bruins held the Jaguars to 163 yards in total offense and 120 yards of that total came when Creek was playing reserve defensive personnel.

Key players/statistics Marquise Davis rushed for 121 yards and a touchdown on eight carries for the Bruins. Ashton Riley ran for 113

yards on eight attempts.

Rock Canyon, which played without injured running back Jacob Snocker, threw 34 passes in the game. Goldin connected on 10-of-32 passes for 110 yards and a touchdown. However, he was sacked three times and was under pressure on most of his passing attempts.

Eric Hommel caught seven passes 89 yards and one touchdown. Avery Langley was in on 21 tackles to pace the Jaguars’ defense.

They said it Rock Canyon’s game plan was to throw the football.

“That was a really good defense and I knew we would have trouble in the run game,” said Lamb. “Our best option was try to get the ball out as quick as we could. With their blitz scheme and our young kids up front, we started three sophomores, they had trouble picking it up and that made it tough on our quarterback and our receivers couldn’t get open quick enough.”

Seven area teams advance in volleyball Two-day state tournament has local flavor Staff report Seven south metro area volleyball teams won in region playoff pool play to advance to the state tournament, which will be held Nov. 13 and 14 at the Denver Coliseum.

Chaparral, Rock Canyon, Legend, Arapahoe and Cherry Creek will start three-team pool play in Class 5A on Nov. 13. Final round of pool play begins Nov.

14 with four pool winners advancing to the semifinals later in the day. Final matches in all classifications are set for 7 p.m. Nov. 14.

Ponderosa, last season’s Class 4A state runner-up, also qualified for a return trip to the state tournament.

Lutheran will be in the Class 3A tournament after sweeping Lamar and Bennett to advance.

Chaparral, which won back-to-back state titles in 2010 and 2011, swept Grand Junction and Loveland to win the Region 4 title on Nov. 7. Rock Canyon swept the Region 5 championships with

wins over Poudre and Pine Creek while Legend defeated Legacy 3-0 and edged Brighton 3-2 to capture the Region 6 title.

Arapahoe took top honors in Region 10 with a 4-1 win over ThunderRidge and a 3-1 victory over Ralston Valley.

Cherry Creek defeated Lakewood 15-10 in the decisive fifth set to win the Region 12 championship. The Bruins took their first pool play match with a 3-1 win over Rampart.

Ponderosa swept Palmer Ridge and The Classical Academy to capture the Class 4A Region 3 title.

Continental League names top softball players, coaches Staff report Douglas County High School senior Clara Larson has been named the 2015 Continental League Player of the Year, and Chaparral’s Alan DiGiosio was selected as Coach of the Year in softball honors.

Larson led the league with a .594 batting average, 44 runs batted in, a 1.144 slugging percentage and a .646

on-base percentage. The 44 RBIs were tops among Class 5A batters.

DiGiosio led the Wolverines to a league co-championship and into the Class 5A state semifinals. Chaparral finished the season with 9-1 league record and 20-4 overall mark.

The 2015 Continental League first team consists of: Castle View — Lexi Kagan, Kiah Parker; Chaparral — Shannon Bass,

Sara Breckbill, Emily Moore, Jordan Smith; Douglas County — Jordan Acosta, Clara Larson, Hanna Storey; Heritage — Carly Carlsen; Legend — Brooke Doumer, Zoe Mihalicz, Alyssa Nunn, Jesse Smith; Ponderosa — Kendall Boyum, Peyton Matejka, Hannah Smith; Rock Canyon — Katie Didonna, Syd Marchando, Sloane Stewartson; ThunderRidge — Amanda Hedges, Emily Morris, Kellsi Peterson.

Rock Canyon quarterbacks coach Tom Tesone went back to his old stomping grounds Nov. 6 when the Jaguars faced Cherry Creek in a Class 5A opening-round playoff game.

Tesone, son of legendary Cherry Creek coach Fred Tesone, was an all-state quarterback for the Bruins in the early 1970s before heading to Jim Benton the University of Colorado as a defensive back.

OVERTIME He has coached at Creek, Ranum, Mullen, Bishop Machebeuf and at Rock Canyon for the past five seasons.

He said it has been strange watching from the opposite sideline.

“I had the same kind of feelings before when I was coaching at Mullen,” he said. “Creek had Darnell McDonald, and I remember being on the Mullen sideline in the game against Creek and I had mixed feelings. I was rooting for my kids and the kids I coached, and now with Rock Canyon, it is the same kind of thing.”

Tesone warned the Jaguars what it would be like to play against Creek.

“You are battling the tradition … and just the mystique of playing Cherry Creek,” he said. “It was exciting.”

Cherry Creek beat the Jaguars 38-7.

Six-time world champion Cindi Toepel, a 64-year-old Littleton resident, added another world championship to her list of accomplishments.

Toepel was first in the 60-64 age division at the Xterra National Championship Nov. 1 in Kapalua, Maui, Hawaii, to win her sixth overall title. The competition includes mountain biking, open water swimming and trail running.

The off-road triathlete had an overall winning time of 4:23.31.

Recruiting event set for Dec. 2 Valor Christian will host a recruiting event for unsigned football players from 6 to 8:30 p.m. Dec. 2 in the gym of the Highlands Ranch school.

So far 40 Division II, Division III and NAIA schools will be in attendance to talk with potential athletes.

For information contact Bill Bufton at bill.bufton@valorchristian.com Ready for winter?

Official practice for boys and girls basketball, wrestling, ice hockey and girls swimming can start Nov. 12.

Interscholastic scrimmages for the 95th season of Colorado High School Activities Association winter sports can begin Nov. 18 and first contests can be played starting on Dec. 1.

First state championship teams crowned in 1921 were Colorado Springs in football, Greeley in basketball and Fort Collins in track and field.

Alumni report Kailey Norman, a Valor Christian graduate who is the starting goalie for the Montana women’s soccer team, was named Big Sky Defensive Player of the Week once this season and finished the campaign with 83 saves and seven shutouts.

Chris Linnin, a freshman from Castle View High School, was the quarterback for McPherson College in McPherson, Kansas, but it was his punting that gained notoriety.

He was honored as Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference Special Teams Player of the Week on Oct. 26. In the final three games of the season, he averaged 51.75, 40.60 and 47.50 yards per punt. For the season Linnin averaged 39.72 yards on 54 punts.

Gymnastics Gymnastics is a rigorous and physically demanding sport.

That was evident when the final four teams lined up Nov. 7 at the state gymnastics meet in Thornton.

Each team had competitors on crutches or in a wheelchair.

There were athletic trainers available to tape ankles and wrists, but girls had to bring their own tape that was issued by the schools.

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 5A, few first-round football games close Top-seeded teams roll past opponents Staff report The average victory margin in the first round of the Class 5A football playoffs games was 23.3 points despite two games decided by five points and one by eight points.

Second-round games will likely be closer but Chaparral, Heritage and Mountain Vista face tough challenges.

The Wolverines plays highly touted Valor Christian, one of the four top-seeded teams, in a 7 p.m. game at Sports Authority Stadium in Parker on Nov. 13. Heritage takes on another top seed, Columbine, at 7:30 p.m on Nov. 13 at Jefferson County Stadium. Mountain Vista travels to Legacy Stadium on Nov. 13 to face top-seeded Grandview in a 7 p.m. contest.

Cherry Creek, the fourth top seed, renews a classic rivalry with Mullen in a 7 p.m. contest Nov. 13 at the Stutler Bowl.

Arapahoe meets Ralston Valley at 7 p.m. on Nov. 13 at Littleton Public Schools Stadium. ThunderRidge will play Fruita Monument at 7 p.m. Nov. 14 at Shea Stadium. The Grizzlies beat Fruita Monument, 21-12, earlier this season.

In first-round games, Chaparral held Fairview to nine yards rushing in a 37-8 victory on Nov. 6.

Dae’von Davis carried the ball 33 times for 242 yards and scored twice for the Wolverines. Quarterback Taden Blaise passed for 112 yards and two scores while sophomore Jacob Stanton led the defense with 11 total tackles. Chap recorded five quarterback sacks with Chase Hartleben credited with three.

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By Katie Pickrell Special to Colorado Community Media Despite Joe Wren’s unwavering love for football, the 10-year-old will never be able to play: Born without abdominal muscles and kidneys that don’t work well, he can’t participate in any competitive sports.

But the Mountain Vista football team made his dream come true for a night when it invited him to suit up for a recent football game.

“He has a way of getting into people’s hearts,” said his mother, Sherie Wren. “Down on that sideline, he really feels like he’s part of the gang. Of course, he’s little because of his kidney failure from birth — these guys just make him feel like he’s 6 feet tall.”

Joe, who lives in south Jefferson County, was born with Eagle-Barrett syndrome, also known as prune belly syndrome, a rare disorder characterized by the partial or complete absence of stomach muscles that can lead to chronic kidney failure.

When he was four, he received a kidney transplant. But his body has been rejecting the new kidney for the past few years. He is undergoing treatment to help his body fight the rejection.

“Right now, he’s looking good, but like with a lot of kids with kidney failure, he can look totally fine and everything can change on a dime,” his mother

Joe Wren, 10, who is fighting a disease that causes kidney failure, poses with Vista’s athletic trainer, Joe Ekhoff, before a recent Mountain Vista football game. The team made Wren an honorary Golden Eagle, realizing his dream of one day becoming a football player. Photo by Katie Pickrell said. “He likes to keep up appearances and keep up with his peers, but it takes an extra toll on him. We’re here tonight, but you never know when we’re going to end up in the hospital.”

In mid-October, the seniors on Vista’s varsity team visited Children’s Hospital to set up arts and crafts as part of their

community service for the year.

There, they met Joe, who persuaded the players to throw a football with him.

“Joe, and a lot of the kids at Children’s Hospital, can’t do what we do every day,” linebacker Coby Petau said. “They can’t strap on a helmet. They can’t play on a field. It kind of

changes my perspective knowing I get to do something that not everyone can do every day.”

Before the seniors left that night, Joe was playing quarterback, yelling at players who missed a catch and sending them to the bench on the makeshift field in the hospital lobby.

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decided to make him an honorary player and captain for the Golden Eagles during the Oct. 30 game against Highlands Ranch High School.

“It can be very humbling and very moving for the players to understand how fortunate they are,” varsity head coach Ric Cash said. “This team is about more than just playing football — it’s about the experience and the life lessons.”

At the game, Joe led the Eagles out of the tunnel and onto the field. Whenever the team fell behind, Joe talked them up in the huddle.

“Next time that you play up there, when it’s your turn, knock those guys down, try to,” he told the defensive line, “try to be bulldogs.”

“OK,” lineman Andy Cano said. “We’ll be some bulldogs out there.”

“Yes, sir,” Petau said.

The road to wellness for Joe requires repeated trips to the hospital for the anti-rejection therapy he needs to help his body accept the transplant. So far, his kidney is responding positively, Sherie Wren said. His final treatment was scheduled for this week.

“He has taught us to never give up,” she said. “Before he was born, the doctors said he had a slim chance of living and, if he did, he would have a low quality of life. When people meet him, they’re like ‘You’re kidding, right?’ Now, we have a mini-superstar on our hands.”

Katie Pickrell is a senior at Mountain Vista High School and editor of Mountain Vista Media.

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Mountain Vista downs Arapahoe in playoffs

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Mountain Vista, seeded No. 28 in the cClass 5A soccer playoffs, advanced to the state semifinals.

Vista (11-6-1) notched a 2-1 quarterfinal win over fourth-seeded Arapahoe on Nov. 7 at Littleton Public Schools Stadium.

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Key moments k Lackey and Johnny Derosiers scored dfirst-half goals and the Golden Eagles held eoff a desperate Arapahoe rally.

Mountain Vista’s Noan Goa attempts a bicycle kick during the Golden Eagles’ 2-1 quarterfinal state playoff victory over Arapahoe. Photos by Jim Benton

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Echtermeyer agreed.

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PURSUANT TO THE LIQUOR LAW OF THE STATE OF COLORADO, JD’s Liquors, LLC d/b/a JD’s Liquors, whose address is 8808 S. Colorado Blvd #A, Highlands Ranch, Colorado, has requested the Licensing Officials of Douglas County to grant a Retail Liquor Store License at the location of 8808 S. Colorado Blvd, #A, Highlands Ranch, Colorado, to dispense Malt, Vinous and Spirituous Liquors in sealed containers not for consumption at place where sold. The Public Hearing on this application is to be held by the Douglas County Local Liquor Licensing Authority at 100 Third Street, Castle Rock, Colorado on December 11, 2015, at approximately 1:30 p.m.

Date of Application: November 2, 2015 Officers: Saeed Sawaged Legal Notice No.: 978081 First Publication: November 12, 2015 Last Publication: November 12, 2015 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE OF CONTRACTORS SETTLEMENT COUNTY OF DOUGLAS STATE OF COLORADO NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, pursuant to Section 38-26-107, C.R.S., as amended, that on the 14th day of DECEMBER 2015, final settlement will be made by the County of Douglas, State of Colorado, for and on account of a contract between Douglas County and GOLDEN TRIANGLE CONSTRUCTION (GTC) for the FLEET SERVICES ADDITION & REMODEL PROJECT REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL (RFP) #038-14 (PO#35006), in Douglas County; and that any person, co-partnership, association or corporation that has an unpaid claim against said GOLDEN TRIANGLE CONSTRUCTION (GTC) for or on account for the furnishing of labor, materials, team hire, sustenance, provisions, provender or other supplies used or consumed by such contractor or any 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 14th day of DECEMBER 2015, to file a verified statement of the amount due and unpaid on account of such claim with the Douglas County Government, Board of County Commissioners, c/o Facilities Management, 100 Third Street, Castle Rock, Colorado 80104.

Failure on the part of the 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: Carolyn S. Riggs, PUBLICSupervisor, NOTICE CPPB, Purchasing Douglas County Government.

135219 PUBLICATION SUMMONS Legal Notice No.: 928091 Small Claims Case Number 15SC25747 First Publication: November 12, 2015 Last Publication: November 19, 2015 MCCLEAN Publisher:MICKEY DouglasG. County News-Press 10181 PARK MEADOWS DR., APT. 4-233 LONE TREE, CO 80124

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You are being sued by AMERICAN FAMILY MUTUAL INSURANCE CO. and EARL BICKHAM in the Small Claims Court of MILWAUKEE County, 901 N. 9th St., Room 400, Milwaukee, WI 53233. A hearing will be held at 8:30am on December 4, 2015. If you do not appear, a judgment may be given to the person suing you. (A copy of this claim has been mailed to you at the address above).

Dated this 5th day of November, 2015

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Failure on the part of the 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: Carolyn S. Riggs, CPPB, Purchasing Supervisor, Douglas County Government.

INVITATION FOR BID (IFB) #053-15 SALE of COLORADO BROWNFIELD TRANSFERRABLE EXPENSES

Legal Notice No.: 928091 First Publication: November 12, 2015 Last Publication: November 19, 2015 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE OF CONTRACTORS SETTLEMENT COUNTY OF DOUGLAS STATE OF COLORADO NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, pursuant to Section 38-26-107, C.R.S., as amended, that on the 14th day of DECEMBER 2015, final settlement will be made by the County of Douglas, State of Colorado, for and on account of a contract between Douglas County and GOLDEN TRIANGLE CONSTRUCTION (GTC) for the FUEL ISLAND PORTION of the FLEET SERVICES ADDITION & REMODEL PROJECT (PO#35266), in Douglas County; and that any person, co-partnership, association or corporation that has an unpaid claim against said GOLDEN TRIANGLE CONSTRUCTION (GTC) for or on account for the furnishing of labor, materials, team hire, sustenance, provisions, provender or other supplies used or consumed by such contractor or any 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 14th day of DECEMBER 2015, to file a verified statement of the amount due and unpaid on account of such claim with the Douglas County Government, Board of County Commissioners, c/o Facilities Management, 100 Third Street, Castle Rock, Colorado 80104.

PUBLIC NOTICE Failure on the part of the claimant to file such statement prior to such final settle135219 ment will relieve said County of Douglas PUBLICATION SUMMONS from all and any liability15SC25747 for such Small Claims Case Number claimant’s claim. The Board of Douglas County Commissioners of the County of MICKEY G. MCCLEAN Douglas, Colorado, By: CarolynDR., S. Riggs, 10181 PARK MEADOWS CPPB, Purchasing Supervisor, Douglas APT. 4-233 County Government.

LONE TREE, CO 80124 Legal Notice No.: 928108 You are being sued by AMERICAN First Publication: November 12, 2015 FAMILY MUTUAL INSURANCE CO. and Last Publication: November 19, 2015 EARL BICKHAM in the Small Claims Publisher: Douglas County News-Press Court of MILWAUKEE County, 901 N. 9th St., Room 400, Milwaukee, WI 53233. A hearing will be held at 8:30am on December 4, 2015. If you do not appear, a judgment may be given to the person suing you. (A copy of this claim has been mailed to you at the address above).

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Dated this 5th day of November, 2015 Attorneys for Plaintiff Heuer Law Offices, S.C. Jonathan D. McCollister, State Bar No. 1037740 9312 W. National Ave. West Allis, WI 53227 Phone: (414) 224-3500 Legal Notice No: 928127 First Publication: November 12, 2015 Last Publication: November 12, 2015 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press

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The Department of Facilities, Fleet and Emergency Support Services, in conjunction with the County Attorney and the County Manager of Douglas County, Colorado, hereinafter referred to as the County, respectfully requests bids from responsible qualified individuals/ firms/ brokers for the provision of the sale of a transferable expense for State taxes in the amount of $525,000.

The IFB documents may be reviewed and/or printed from the Rocky Mountain EPurchasing System website at www.rockymountainbidsystem.com.

While the IFB documents are available electronically, Douglas County cannot accept electronic bid responses.

Bid responses will be received until 1:00 p.m. on Monday, November 23, 2015 by Douglas County Government, Finance Department, Purchasing Division, 100 Third Street, Suite 130, Castle Rock, Colorado 80104. Three (3) copies of your bid response shall be submitted in a sealed envelope, plainly marked “Invitation for Bid (IFB) #053-15, Sale of Colorado Brownfield Transferrable Expenses”. Electronic and/or faxed bid responses will not be accepted. Bids will not be considered which are received after the time stated and any bids so received will be returned unopened.

Douglas County Government reserves the right to reject any and all bids, to waive formalities, informalities, or irregularities contained in a said bid and furthermore, to award a contract for items herein, either in whole or in part, if it is deemed to be in the best interest of the County to do so. Additionally, we reserve the right to negotiate optional items and/or services with the successful bidder.

Please direct any questions concerning this IFB to Carolyn Riggs, Purchasing Supervisor at 303-660-7434 or criggs@douglas.co.us, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding holidays.

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PUBLIC NOTICE Government Legals INVITATION FOR BID (IFB) #054-15 LOGO SPORTSWEAR

The Purchasing Division of Douglas County Government, hereinafter referred to as the County, respectfully requests bids from responsible qualified firms for the provision of the purchase of Logo Sportswear, as specified, for Douglas County employees. Logo Sportswear will be ordered as supplemental uniform items and for special events.

The IFB documents may be reviewed and/or printed from the Rocky Mountain EPurchasing System website at www.rockymountainbidsystem.com. While the IFB documents are available electronically, Douglas County cannot accept electronic bid responses.

Bid responses will be received until 11:00 a.m. on Thursday, December 3, 2015 by Douglas County Government, Finance Department, Purchasing Division, 100 Third Street, Suite 130, Castle Rock, Colorado 80104. Two (2) copies of your bid response shall be submitted in a sealed envelope, plainly marked “Invitation for Bid (IFB) #054-15, Logo Sportswear”. Electronic and/or faxed bid responses will not be accepted. Bids will not be considered which are received after the time stated and any bids so received will be returned unopened.

Douglas County Government reserves the right to reject any and all bids, to waive formalities, informalities, or irregularities contained in a said bid and furthermore, to award a contract for items herein, either in whole or in part, if it is deemed to be in the best interest of the County to do so. Additionally, we reserve the right to negotiate optional items and/or services with the successful bidder.

Please direct any questions concerning this IFB to Carolyn Riggs, Purchasing Supervisor at 303-660-7434 or criggs@douglas.co.us, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding holidays.

Legal Notice No.: 928109 First Publication: November 12, 2015 Last Publication: November 12, 2015 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press

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INVITATION FOR BID (IFB) #055-15 WEST FIELDS AT HIGHLAND HERITAGE REGIONAL PARK

The Parks, Trails & Building Grounds DiviNOTICE AS TO PROPOSED To advertise your publicsion notices call 303-566-4100 of Douglas County Government, 2016 BUDGET AND HEARING hereinafter referred to as the County, reAND NOTICE AS TO AMENDED spectfully requests bids from responsible 2015 BUDGET AND HEARING and qualified firms for the provision of the PARK MEADOWS METROPOLITAN initial phase of construction for the West DISTRICT Fields at Highland Heritage Regional Park.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a proposed budget has been submitted to the The IFB documents may be reviewed PARK MEADOWS METROPOLITAN DISand/or printed from the Rocky Mountain ETRICT for the ensuing year of 2016. A Purchasing System website at www.rockycopy of such proposed budget has been mountainbidsystem.com. IFB documents filed in the office of CliftonLarsonAllen are not available for purchase from LLP, 8390 E. Crescent Parkway, Suite Douglas County Government and can 500, Greenwood Village, Colorado 80111, only be accessed from the above-menwhere same is open for public inspection. tioned website. While the IFB documents Such proposed budget will be conare available electronically, Douglas sidered at a hearing at the regular County cannot accept electronic bid remeeting of the Park Meadows Metrosponses. politan District to be held at 5:00 p.m. on Monday, November 23, 2015 at 8527 ON MONDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 2015 @ Lone Tree Parkway, Lone Tree, Color10:00 A.M., THERE WILL BE A MANado.

DATORY PRE-BID MEETING RELATED TO THIS PROJECT. THE MANDATORY NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that an PRE-BID MEETING WILL ALLOW ALL amended budget has been submitted to POTENTIAL BIDDERS THE OPPORthe PARK MEADOWS METROPOLITAN TUNITY TO DISCUSS THE PROJECT DISTRICT for the year of 2015. A copy of DETAILS AND VIEW THE WORKSITE such amended budget has been filed in LOCATION. THE MANDATORY PREthe office of CliftonLarsonAllen LLP, 8390 BID MEETING WILL BEGIN AT THE E. Crescent Parkway, Suite 500, GreenHIGHLAND HERITAGE REGIONAL wood Village, Colorado 80111, where PARK, PARK OFFICE, 9651 SOUTH same is open for public inspection. Such QUEBEC STREET, LITTLETON, COLamended budget will be considered at a ORADO 80130. PLEASE CALL 720-733hearing at the regular meeting of the Park 6990 FOR DIRECTIONS, IF NEEDED. Meadows Metropolitan District to be held ONLY THOSE PROSPECTIVE BIDat 5:00 p.m. on Monday, November 23, DERS ATTENDING THE MANDATORY 2015 at 8527 Lone Tree Parkway, Lone PRE-BID MEETING WILL BE ALTree, Colorado.

LOWED TO SUBMIT A BID ON THIS PROJECT. Any interested elector within the Park Meadows Metropolitan District may inFive (5) copies of your IFB response shall spect the proposed 2016 budget and 2015 be submitted in a sealed envelope plainly amended budget, and file or register any marked “IFB No. 055-15, West Fields at objections at any time prior to the final adHighland Heritage Regional Park”. Elecoption of the 2016 budget and 2015 tronic and/or faxed bid responses will not amended budget. be accepted. Bids will be received until 10:00 a.m., on Monday, December 14,

BY ORDER OF THE BOARD 2015 by the Douglas County Purchasing OF DIRECTORS: Division, 100 Third Street, Suite 130, PARK MEADOWS METROPOLITAN Castle Rock, Colorado 80104. Bids will DISTRICT not be considered which are received after the time stated, and any bids so received By: Bob Blodgett will be returned unopened.

District Manager

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Legal Notice No.: 928113 First Publication: November 19, 2015 Last Publication: November 19, 2015 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press and the Lone Tree Voice Public Notice INVITATION FOR BID (IFB) #055-15 WEST FIELDS AT HIGHLAND HERITAGE REGIONAL PARK

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Douglas County Government reserves the right to reject any and all bids, to waive formalities, informalities, or irregularities contained in a said bid and furthermore, to award a contract for items herein, either in whole or in part, if it is deemed to be in the best interest of the County to do so. Additionally, we reserve the right to negotiate optional items/services with the successful bidder.

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Legal Notice No.: 928097 First Publication: November 12, 2015 Last Publication: November 12, 2015 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press PUBLIC NOTICE

INVITATION FOR BID (IFB) #054-15 LOGO SPORTSWEAR

The Purchasing Division of Douglas County Government, hereinafter referred to as the County, respectfully requests bids from responsible qualified firms for the provision of the purchase of Logo Sportswear, as specified, for Douglas County employees. Logo Sportswear will be ordered as supplemental uniform items and for special events.

The IFB documents may be reviewed and/or printed from the Rocky Mountain EPurchasing System website at www.rockymountainbidsystem.com. While the IFB documents are available electronically, Douglas County cannot accept electronic bid responses.

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NOTICE AS TO PROPOSED 2016 BUDGET AND HEARING AND NOTICE AS TO AMENDED 2015 BUDGET AND HEARING PARK MEADOWS METROPOLITAN DISTRICT

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a proposed budget has been submitted to the PARK MEADOWS METROPOLITAN DISTRICT for the ensuing year of 2016. A copy of such proposed budget has been filed in the office of CliftonLarsonAllen LLP, 8390 E. Crescent Parkway, Suite 500, Greenwood Village, Colorado 80111, where same is open for public inspection.

Such proposed budget will be considered at a hearing at the regular meeting of the Park Meadows Metropolitan District to be held at 5:00 p.m. on Monday, November 23, 2015 at 8527 Lone Tree Parkway, Lone Tree, Colorado.

The Parks, Trails & Building Grounds Division of Douglas County Government, hereinafter referred to as the County, respectfully requests bids from responsible and qualified firms for the provision of the initial phase of construction for the West Fields at Highland Heritage Regional Park.

The IFB documents may be reviewed and/or printed from the Rocky Mountain EPurchasing 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.

Please direct any questions concerning this IFB to Carolyn Riggs, Purchasing Supervisor, 303-660-7434, criggs@douglas.co.us, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding holidays.

Legal Notice No.: 928118 First Publication: November 12, 2015 Last Publication: November 12, 2015 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press

ON MONDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 2015 @ 10:00 A.M., THERE WILL BE A MAN-

DATORY PRE-BID MEETING RELATED Every day, the government newspapers like this one to publish TO THIS NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN makes that andecisions thatPROJECT. can affectTHE yourMANDATORY public notices since the birth of the PRE-BID MEETING WILL ALLOW ALL amended budget has been submitted to life. Whether they are decisions POTENTIAL BIDDERSon THE nation.

OPPOR-Local newspapers remain the PARK MEADOWS METROPOLITAN newTObusinesses or PROJECT the most trusted source of public TUNITY DISCUSS THE DISTRICT for the year of 2015. Azoning, copy of taxes, DETAILS VIEW THE WORKSITE such amended budget has beenmyriad filed in other issues,AND governments notice information. This newspaper LOCATION. THE MANDATORY PRE- the information you need the office of CliftonLarsonAllen LLP, 8390 play a big role in your life. publishes BID MEETING WILL BEGIN AT THE E. Crescent Parkway, Suite 500, GreenGovernments have relied on REGIONAL to stay involved in your community.

HIGHLAND HERITAGE wood Village, Colorado 80111, where

Facts do not cease to exist b because y g they are ignored.

Bid responses will be received until 11:00 a.m. on Thursday, December 3, 2015 by Douglas County Government, Finance - AldousDivision, Huxley Department, Purchasing 100 Third Street, Suite 130, Castle Rock, Colorado 80104. Two (2) copies of your bid response shall be submitted in a sealed envelope, plainly marked “Invitation for Bid (IFB) #054-15, Logo Sportswear”. Electronic and/or faxed bid responses will not be accepted. Bids will not be considered

PARK, PARK OFFICE, 9651 SOUTH same is open for public inspection. Such QUEBEC STREET, LITTLETON, COLamended budget will be considered at a meant to be noticed.

ORADO 80130.

PLEASE CALL 720-733hearing at the regular meeting ofNotices the Park are FORnotices DIRECTIONS, IF NEEDED. Meadows Metropolitan District to be held Read your6990 public and get involved!

ONLY THOSE PROSPECTIVE BIDat 5:00 p.m. on Monday, November 23, DERS ATTENDING THE MANDATORY 2015 at 8527 Lone Tree Parkway, Lone PRE-BID MEETING WILL BE ALTree, Colorado.

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