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MY NAME IS

STEVE TEMPLEMAN

Father, attorney loves spending time with his kids

About me I am an 18-year resident of Lone Tree and live in the Heritage Hills area. It’s the perfect place for me along with my dog and three children, who attend the local schools. I graduated from the University of Denver’s law school and am a labor and employment attorney for a company out of the Bay Area.

What I do for fun I enjoy walking my dog in the evening while taking in the stunning Colorado sunsets. I’m also an avid reader and enjoy spending time outside relaxing and reading, whether by the pool in the summertime or the fire pit in the cooler months. I enjoy spending summer days with my children by the neighborhood pool or stand-up paddleboarding at a local reservoir. When winter comes, we all look forward to heading up skiing.

The best part about fall My favorite part of fall is the autumnal weather — the combination of the warm days and crisp evenings and mornings unique to Colorado.

What brought me to Colorado I moved to Colorado in 1990 after graduating from the University of

Minnesota in Minneapolis, where I’d grown up. I knew no one in the state and was excited at the prospect of the ability to be able to create my future while exploring a new part of the country. And, of course, the prospect of warmer skiing days than I’d grown up with in Minnesota was a draw.

The best part about living in Lone Tree What I like best about living in Lone Tree is the easy access to C-470 and I-25, making the metro area so accessible. Additionally, I love the variety of dining and entertainment options and the influx of new locally owned restaurants to try. The outdoor parks and trails make it so easy to hop on my bike for a quick ride after work and experience the year-round beautiful weather.

People I look up to I look up to all the people who’ve made this city what it is, including the city council members, the great city staff, and all my neighbor residents who take pride in keeping this city the top place to live that it is.

What I aspire to be I aspire to continue to become a better parent to my children and to expand my interests and explore the many cultural, recreational, and social opportunities in this great city.

If you have a suggestion for who should be featured in the next “My Name is…,” contact Nick Puckett at npuckett@coloradocommunitymedia.com.

Steve Templeman is a labor and employment attorney who lives in Heritage Hills, loves his children and loves living in Lone Tree.

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Emotional testimony in STEM suspect’s hearing Lawyers conclude arguments about whether Alec McKinney should be tried as adult

BY ELLIOTT WENZLER EWENZLER@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Sobs filled a Douglas County courtroom the day before Thanksgiving as the mother of a teen killed in the STEM School Highlands Ranch shooting spoke about her son.

Throughout Maria Castillo’s testimony Nov. 27, she worked to keep her tears at bay. Her agony became apparent, though, when she recounted the day she lost her only child.

“His eyes were closed and he was cold,” she said while weeping. “He didn’t look the (same).”

Alec McKinney, the younger of two teens charged with carrying out the attack, also broke down in tears, his face contorting as he listened to the mother.

McKinney, 16, is charged with 43 counts, including first-degree murder, for the May 7 incident that left eight injured and Kendrick Castillo dead. The other suspect, Devon Erickson, 18, faces similar charges.

Maria Castillo was called by the

prosecution in a hearing to decide if McKinney should be tried in juvenile or adult court. If moved back to juvenile court, McKinney’s defense attorney promised he would plead guilty to all charges.

In the seventh day of the hearing, Judge Jeffrey Holmes listened as the prosecution called two final witnesses and both sides gave closing statements. A major argument between them was what minimum and maximum sentences exist in each court.

Holmes said he planned to release a written decision on which court McKinney will be tried in on Dec. 4.

A mother’s testimony Maria Castillo started by talking about what her son was like before the shooting.

“Kendrick was the best son I could have asked for,” she said.

She had already ordered the 18-year-old’s graduation cards. They were planning a vacation. Soon, he’d be heading to college to pursue his goal of becoming an electrical engineer.

The morning of May 7, she hugged him, said “I love you” and sent him off to school, she said. About 1 p.m., she texted him to see if he’d be home after school.

Within a few hours, police were in front of Maria and Kendrick’s father, John, asking what their son wore to

school that day.

“They said `sorry,…he didn’t make it. He’s dead,’” she recalled.

Now, she and John take time every day to visit their son at Seven Stones cemetery.

“Even when we leave this court, it’s dark and it’s cold, we go there and tell him goodnight,” she said. “I tell him I miss him and that I love him so much.”

Defense attorneys, victim’s families, McKinney, his friends and family and journalists in attendance all reached for tissues.

“My life is over,” she said. “He was my life.”

Maria Castillo added that she wished she could trade places with her son.

Possible sentences Following a short break, the defense and prosecution gave final arguments for and against McKinney’s return to juvenile court.

The teen defendant continued crying as his attorney, Ara Ohanian, spoke.

“I think Alec can redeem himself,” Ohanian said.

Ohanian reminded the court of previous days of testimony when they heard about the violence McKinney grew up around, his selfharming, depression and substance abuse.

McKinney also struggled with

identity issues as a transgender boy, Ohanian said. He was born as Maya but adopted the name Alec after he began transitioning genders.

Ohanian argued that McKinney should go to a juvenile facility so that he can get needed mental health treatment, and the judge could see him again in about four years to decide next steps.

District Attorney George Brauchler responded by reiterating evidence that the attack was premeditated and targeted.

“It was not born of whim, but of hatred,” he said.

Brauchler and Ohanian disagreed about what mandatory sentences exist in the adult and juvenile courts.

Ohanian said it was possible for the judge to give the teen life in prison through the juvenile court system if he wished.

Brauchler argued that the juvenile system could allow McKinney to get out early on good behavior or even get passes to leave the jail for the weekend. He also included concerns that the juvenile jail experiences many escapes.

He told the judge that sending McKinney back to juvenile court, where he could get a minimum sentence of a few years, would be a “dramatic injustice.”

“Sixteen-year-old or 100-year-old,” Brauchler said. “The acts (he) did lead us here today.”

Suspect grew up amid abuse, mother says

BY JESSICA GIBBS JGIBBS@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

When Morgan McKinney took the stand in a days-long hearing for Alec McKinney, she didn’t leave for more than four hours. Morgan, Alec’s mother, detailed years of abuse she said she suffered at the hands of her children’s father in the Nov. 20 testimony.

Her children were typically present for the violent altercations, she said, and she did not break off her relationship with him for years despite his alleged abuse and that her three children witnessed his violent behavior.

She also testified that Alec McKinney — now 16 and a suspect in the STEM School Highlands Ranch attack — told her a few weeks ago he was sexually assaulted at age 7 while on a trip to Mexico with the family. As she spoke of the incident, she paused to bury her face in her hands and wept.

She was not aware of physical abuse toward Alec until that time, she said, except for one instance in 2006 when she suspected his father,

Jose Quintana, spanked him with a belt. His mother said she couldn’t say for sure if Alec’s father struck him because she did not check him for injuries, explaining she didn’t want to believe his father would abuse him too.

Morgan McKinney testified Quintana held numerous jobs when Alec was young but eventually worked as a coyote helping people enter the country illegally. He also did “drug work” she knew was illegal, she told attorneys.

Quintana would sometimes bring the immigrants he was transporting into their home around the children, she said. Both she and Quintana used drugs, including cocaine, while their children were in the home, she said.

The children’s father was deported in 2010, although they continued to visit him in Mexico until 2013, Morgan McKinney testified.

Morgan McKinney said the beatings she received throughout much of Alec’s life involved “full-fist punching” to her head, back, and SEE SUSPECT, P5

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Victims speak out during hearing

BY JESSICA GIBBS JGIBBS@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Yuritzia Ojeda-Ayala casually opened a text on May 7 as she walked with a student in the elementary school where she served as an assistant principal, not knowing her life was about to change.

In the message, her eighth-grade daughter at STEM School Highlands Ranch said a shooting was underway at the school. She was safe, but Ojeda-Ayala had no idea if her son Gerardo Montoya-Ojeda, then a junior, was injured or alive.

She texted him. She called. No answer. Fear crept in as she called her husband to update him and then went back to calling her son. Finally, he picked up.

“He said, `Mom, I was shot in the head.’ His voice was different,” she said while clutching a tissue. “I couldn’t understand at first.”

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everywhere she could think of.

“To the point where I didn’t want to go anywhere until my bruises healed,” she said.

tor saying her Gerardo son was at Sky answered Ridge Medical from inside an Center in Lone ambulance and Tree, stable, and couldn’t talk lucky to be alive. more, she said.

Ojeda-Ayala’s He passed the account came phone to another while she student, also testified in an injured and beemotional hearing transported ing on Nov. 22 with him. They for the younger couldn’t tell her suspect in the which hospital School they were going Yuritzia Ojeda-Ayala, STEM Highlands to, so Ojedamother of Gerardo Montoya- Ranch shootAyala made her best guess and Ojeda, when talking to her son ing. Kendrick Castillo, 18, died went to Littleafter the STEM shooting in the incident ton Adventist while rushing Hospital. one of the susHe wasn’t pects with two there. As she left, still searching in the busy metro other students. Eight more students were injured. area, she received a call from a doc-

Multiple mothers of victims testified in the hearing, where attorneys debated whether the suspect’s case should be sent back to juvenile court from adult court. Their stories often brought the courtroom to tears as they detailed the fear and confusion that unfurled that day as they learned their children were shot at school.

The shooting changed her family, Ojeda-Ayala said. Her children were scared to leave the house and go to school after the tragedy.

As an educator, she also struggled with feeling safe in a school setting, she said. She’s no longer working as the assistant principal at her school, although she’s still in administration.

Roughly a week before her testimony, Gerardo left for Colombia. He’s there serving a two-year mission with their church, she said, hoping to help people.

frequently consoled her when she was abused and was protective of his mother. She did not report the abuse, she said, even when it placed her in the hospital.

As Alec grew older, Morgan McKinney said she frequently left him home alone to care for his siblings, often until midnight or later. He

grew overwhelmed, sometimes calling her incessantly to see when she’d be home, she said. Alec began self-harming around this time.

Morgan McKinney told defense attorneys she didn’t pay enough attention to Alec’s mental and emotional struggles and that she was often in her own world.

“He said, ‘Mom, I was shot in the head.’ His voice was different. I couldn’t understand at first.”

In one instance, she said her children’s father threw her to the ground where she struck her head on a concrete ledge. All three of her children witnessed the incident, she said, including Alec, who ran to her crying, “Mommy, are you OK? Mommy are you OK?” Morgan McKinney said Alec

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Parents vow to fight medical marijuana policy For more than a year, families have protested Douglas County School District rules

BY JESSICA GIBBS JGIBBS@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Brad Wann counts the months he and his family have been protesting the Douglas County School District’s medical marijuana policy.

Fourteen. Fifteen. Now 16. With little progress.

In October, school board President David Ray pledged to review the policy during the directors’ Nov. 12 meeting — what could have been a milestone in the dispute between the district and families who use medical cannabis.

The plan was short-lived. The board removed the item from its agenda before the meeting took place, at the advice of legal counsel, Ray said. In a statement, the district stated it learned of a new compaint filed against it with a state regulatory agency regarding the medical marijuana policy. Ray said the board would pick up the policy review again once that investigation is completed, but he could not say how long that would take.

A spokeswoman for the district declined to say with which agency the complaint was filed and who filed it. The Wann family also declined to discuss the complaint or confirm if they filed it.

Removing the Nov. 12 agenda item served as another blow to Brad, his wife, Amber, and their 18-year-old son Ben. It would also mean more meetings, more protesting, more pleading with the district to change the policy.

For more than a year, the Highlands Ranch family has agonized over the district’s approach to medical marijuana. They attend nearly every board meeting, urging the board to amend its policy.

School personnel are not permitted to administer cannabis products to students. Only primary caregivers and parents can, if they’re willing to come to school and do so. The cannabis must come and go with them and can’t be stored on site. The district displays an explanation for its policy on its website. It has declined to update its policy in accordance with state law because marijuana remains illegal at the federal level, the statement says.

Ben says the policy makes him feel less safe at school. The Mountain Vista High School senior has epilepsy and relies on the nasal spray CannatolRx to stop a seizure. The medication contains some THC — the main psychoactive compound in marijuana — and is not FDA approved, its website says.

Colorado law allows school personnel to volunteer and administer medical marijuana to students, but districts have the option of opting in or out of the policy. Douglas County

Ben Wann speaks with his mother, Amber, over breakfast on Nov. 18.

Ben Wann keeps his THC nasal spray CannatolRx in a locked bag at home. He’s not allowed to take it to school but hopes that policy will change.

Ben Wann has been seizure-free since 2014, when he began taking medical cannabis to treat his epilepsy. has opted out, as have 176 of the state’s 178 school districts. State Rep. Dylan Roberts, a Democrat representing Eagle and Routt counties, sponsored the 2018 bill allowing staff to administer marijuana products.

Roberts said some districts fear they would lose federal funding if they enacted the policy, because marijuana remains a prohibited Schedule I drug under federal law. He’s highly skeptical districts would be penalized in that way, and the law allows a district to rescind its policy if there’s any indication the federal government would pull funding.

Under school policy, only Brad or Amber could administer the medical

cannabis to their son in an emergency, but the family lives several minutes from school. Serious seizures cause brain damage within five minutes, they said, and Ben is allergic to the seizure medication commonly carried in ambulances, according to his parents.

The afternoons before school board meetings, Amber said, anxiety bubbles up inside her, building into a stomach ache as the evening draws near.

“I would cry before every school board meeting, I don’t want to do this.

It’s not easy. We’re putting our son on the line,” Amber said.

Not alone The Wanns aren’t the only family in the fight. Mark and Sarah Porter join them at most board meetings to advocate for their daughter, Marley Porter.

Marley, a 14-year-old student at Castle Rock Middle School, was diagnosed with Crohn’s disease, which

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the Mayo Clinic describes as an inflammatory bowel disease, at age 7.

She takes four capsules a day containing a 1:1 ratio of THC and CBD — a cannabis derivative with no more than 0.3% of THC, according to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration — that the family makes at home.

The family lived in Maryland at the time of Marley’s diagnosis and tried experimental treatments with Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Mark said. In 2016, they moved to Colorado to try medical cannabis.

They make Marley’s cannabis capsules at home because products available on the market are too expensive and not covered by insurance, Mark said.

Both parents work and say they can’t take time off to give Marley her medicine during the day.

“I just want to be able to take my medicine to school, take it at school with or without the nurse’s help,” Marley said.

Mark said Marley has missed 34 days of school this year and was hospitalized for two weeks after flareups. He attributed her poor health to skipping doses of her medical cannabis while she attended school earlier in the year.

“Just update (the policy) according to the law that was passed,” Mark said. “We’re not asking them to do anything else.”

Of the state’s 178 school districts, only the Clear Creek School District permits district staff to administer medical marijuana, while the Eagle County School District allows the SEE POLICY, P7

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administration of CBD only.

The why The Wann family’s journey toward medical cannabis began during a tumultuous period in Ben’s medical history.

Ben was diagnosed with epilepsy at age 3. For roughly 10 years, he relied on pharmaceutical medications.

They seemed to work at controlling seizures, although he still experienced them occasionally, Amber and Brad said.

Then in 2011, Ben began experiencing constant seizures of the brain.

Doctors prescribed Ben high doses of Valium, which can be used to treat seizure but led to autistic-like behavior in Ben, Amber said.

Throughout the years, pharmaceutical cocktails changed Ben’s personality in other ways, too, Brad and Amber said.

At 9 years old, Ben began chasing his sisters throughout the house. He tried damaging the family vehicle and attempted to get out as the family drove. The girls, a twin sister and two older siblings, felt “wrecked” over the changes in their brother, Amber said, and the entire family struggled.

“He had the worst behavioral outbursts. He wouldn’t go to school,” she said in a 2018 interview with Colorado Community Media. “He raged. He just started hitting, and he had never been that way.”

They also worried pharmaceuticals would lead to liver damage, or that he might have suicidal thoughts but not express them to the family.

With support from his neurologist, the family chose to wean Ben off of his medications when he was 13.

Once off the drugs, Ben didn’t have a seizure for months, but in December 2015 they returned.

“They came back stronger and harder and more frequently,” Amber said. “The decision was made to go ahead and try Charlotte’s Web.” She’d heard of the hemp oil called Charlotte’s Web through other parents of children with epilepsy.

Shortly after a snowstorm, she drove to Colorado Springs on Dec. 16, 2015.

That night Ben received his first dose of hemp oil.

Once they made the switch, the family’s life was forever changed, they said.

At 14, Ben began singing along to the radio, the first time Amber could recall him doing that. Prior to using cannabis, he struggled with significant memory loss and couldn’t remember lyrics, Amber said.

Ben’s communication improved and he grew confident enough to hold conversations with adults. Then his academic performance strengthened, and Amber said she started getting calls from his teachers asking what led to the difference. The family began to realize his pharmaceutical medication delayed Ben cognitively in addition to his behavioral problems, she said.

Ben says he can remember feeling angry when on pharmaceuticals, but

Ben Wann uses the hemp oil Charlotte’s Web before and after school to control his epilepsy seizures.

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Brad Wann’s secret ingredient in omelettes? Jam. The husband and father of four gave each omelette a douse of sweet jam as he serves up breakfast for the family on Nov. 18.

and distrust. They feel lied to, discriminated against and cast aside.

Public comment offered by the Wanns and Porters at board meethe didn’t know where the feelings ings frequently escalates into came from. He can still recall the lectern-pounding and shouting at chalky taste of his medicine and the metallic flavor he’d notice in his food directors.

In September, Brad refused to leave and beverages before a seizure was the lectern when his allotted time for about to hit. public comment expired, speaking Emory Wilder, who teaches mediover the buzzer. District policy alcal cannabis courses for Metro State lows each speaker three minutes.

University and Red Rocks CommuniOnce he left ty College, said the lectern, research into Director Anne medical canMarie Lemieux nabis is limited asked to make a but positive for clarification and treating epilepsy. began addressMarijuana’s ing the board. status as a As she spoke, Schedule I drug Brad returned to — banned in all the lectern and circumstances stood there. A under federal security guard law — is the took a few steps biggest hurdle toward him preventing longwhen another term clinical uniformed ofstudies, Wilder ficer motioned said, although the first guard to there has been wait. basic scien“Excuse me, tific research you’re not alinto medical Amber Wann, lowed to be up cannabis and on advocating for a medical here,” Lemieux some clincial research. Wilder marjiuana policy update said.

“Why not,” said smaller pimembers of the lot studies have Porter family consistently shouted from the back of the room. shown that medical cannaibis can “I’m not going to let you guys lie stop a seizure once it’s started and again,” Brad said. Lemieux asked for prevent seizures from happening. the microphones to be turned off.

“There’s a lot more studies that Moments later, Brad returned to need to be done,” he said. “The drug his seat. war has set back scientific research While speaking with Colorado into cannabis 70 years.”

Community Media in November, Ben has been seizure free since Ray acknowledged the relationship switching to medical cannabis four between the families and the district years ago. Still, the family fears the possibility of breakthrough seizures, is strained.

“It’s like any parent that is upset,” which he remains at risk of experihe said. “If the board is not able to encing. That’s why the family keeps provide something that the parents Ben’s nasal spray on hand. want, there’s going to be tension. I “We pray he never needs it,” Brad would say certainly that would desaid. “It just needs to be on school scribe the relationship right now.” grounds.”

The Wanns have tried other ways of keeping Ben’s medical marijuana Controversial tactics with him.

After months of failed lobbying, On the first day of school this year, the Wann family’s relationship with the Wanns sent Ben’s nasal spray the district is embroiled in emotion

‘The reason we haven’t stopped asking is because the need doesn’t go away just because they say no.

That’s why we keep showing up and fighting for this.’

with him. They left it in the front office with a school employee along with his medical marijuana patient documentation.

By mid-morning, the couple says they received a call from Assistant Superintendent Ted Knight. The Wanns says Knight told them the product needed to be removed, and if they brought it to school again, the district would seek a no-trespassing order. A district spokeswoman said Knight and the district could not comment on the incident while the state regulatory agency’s investigation is underway.

Brad posted a recording of the purported conversation with Knight on Facebook, where he frequently critiques the district and its officials.

Amber said some community members scrutinize their tactics, but the family sees no other option.

“We’re like, what do you expect us to feel like?” she said.

Sitting at a Highlands Ranch coffee shop in October, Amber’s frustration with the district spilled over to into a moment of self-reflection.

Tears streaming from her face, she considered the possibility their actions as parents could spark students to tease or bully Ben. “Our son, his name is out there,” she said, wiping tears from her eyes.

“I don’t want this to hurt him permanently, our fight for this.”

Ray said he understands parents’ concerns and that he plans to review the policy once the complaint against the district is resolved. Still, he said, the district has much to consider before it can amend the policy, if the board moves in that direction.

“It would be very rare of a district our size to make that decision,” Ray said. “There’s a lot of ripple effects that we have to analyze.”

Still, the Wanns are not so tired in their battle that they plan to give up anytime soon. Brad and Amber vow to keep advocating for the policy update until it is changed, including after Ben graduates. There are other families in the district who rely on medical marijuana, Amber said.

“The reason we haven’t stopped asking is because the need doesn’t go away just because they say no,” Amber said. “That’s why we keep showing up and fighting for this.”

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Douglas County awards millions for school safety Majority of funding awarded to public schools for physical safety

BY JESSICA GIBBS JGIBBS@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Roughly six months after a school shooting rocked the Douglas County community, county officials and educators gathered to announce new safety measures they plan to fund in local schools.

County Commissioners Roger Partridge, Lora Thomas and Abe Laydon in May offered $13.3 million in response to a May 7 shooting at STEM School Highlands Ranch. The shooting left Kendrick Castillo, 18, dead and eight more students injured.

Some of the funding will be ongoing, but most, $10 million, comes in one-time dollars. The county allowed public, charter and private schools to apply for the one-time grant dollars to boost the physical security of buildings and mental health programming.

A Nov. 21 announcement revealed nearly all of the $10 million will go toward the physical security of schools and that public schools will receive a majority the funds. What’s not known is the dollar amount awarded to each applicant, and how or when they will receive the grants.

Commissioners said the STEM tragedy compelled them to take action in protecting community members and believe it isn’t the role of law enforcement and educators alone to keep students safe. Thomas said they hoped to put “partisan politics aside, to unite in the best possible way, to meet this ever-growing challenge to protect our most precious thing, our children.”

As for the one-time dollars, commissioners are awarding $9 million to schools for expenses like communication resources, training, access control and enhanced building security. The county granted money to every school that requested physical safety funding, according to a presentation from commissioners.

Slightly less than a million, $990,000, will fund mental health and social-emotional learning. All requests in this category were approved, commissioners said.

Mental health and social-emotional learning resources include: school climate and culture assessments; social emotional learning curriculum; suicide prevention and intervention; mental health support and intervention; and mental health first aid and training.

More than three-quarters of the funding was awarded to the Douglas County School District, according to the presentation. The district applied on behalf of all its schools. Fif-

‘We are proud to pioneer this important service to our county.’

Lora Thomas, Douglas County commissioner teen of the county’s charter schools are receiving 17% of the funds, while private schools were granted 4%.

The Douglas County School District comprises 91 schools, including 20 charter schools. Fifteen charter schools applied independently of the district with specific requests, although they are also represented in the district’s application. Eight private schools sought county funding.

The district represents 48 elementary schools, nine middle schools, nine high schools and five alternative schools.

Of ongoing funds, $331,000 was dedicated to the establishment of a youth-focused community response team, which pairs a mental health clinician and law enforcement officer with a case manager to handle calls concerning youths with a mental health need.

The team launched on Nov. 18 and is piloting in Douglas County High School and Highlands Ranch schools. Since its launch, the team has responded to seven calls. The county believes the Youth CRT is the first of its kind in the nation, Thomas said.

“We are proud to pioneer this important service to our county,” Thomas said.

The county already operates community response teams, known in some communities as co-responder teams, but this is the first team dedicated to serving county youths.

Another $3 million helped to more than double the number of school resource officers provided by the Douglas County Sheriff ’s Office in local schools, from 11 in the 2018-19 school year to 26 in 2019-20. That does not include SROs provided by municipal police departments.

The commissioners’ announcement came as the STEM shooting was top of mind for victims and community members touched by the tragedy. A weeklong hearing for one of the two suspects was wrapping up its fourth day as the commissioners updated the community.

Partridge opened the evening with a moment of silence for Kendrick Castillo and grew emotional explaining Kendrick’s parents, John and Maria Castillo, could not attend because of the hearings.

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DA’s office: Man justified in fatal apartment shooting No criminal charges for Douglas County man who shot woman in Oct. 18 altercation

BY NICK PUCKETT NPUCKETT@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

The man who shot a woman in a Lincoln Station apartment complex acted in self-defense, the district attorney’s office says, and will not be charged with second-degree murder.

Justin Chaney, 45, fatally shot Kelly Kiess, 24, in an Oct. 18 altercation at the WestView at Lincoln Station apartment complex at 10181 Park Meadows Drive, near Lone Tree.

A letter from the 18th Judicial District Attorney’s Office was released Nov. 22. The letter, signed Chaney

by Chief Deputy District Attorney Gary Dawson, stated criminal charges would not be pursued given a summary of facts and analysis of the case.

“Here, although Mr. Chaney could

have taken steps to deescalate the situation…the law does not require him to do so,” the letter states.

According to the letter and an arrest affidavit, here’s what happened: At 4 p.m. Oct. 18, Chaney confronted a 22-year-old man who tried to enter the building behind him without a key fob to enter and threatened to call the police. The man tried to explain he lived with Kiess and wanted to retrieve his cell phone. The 22-year-old entered the building and he and Chaney both walked up the stairs.

Kiess came out of her apartment with her dog and the argument continued. The 22-year-old man slapped Chaney. Chaney then pulled out a handgun tucked in his pants and pointed the gun at the other man.

Kiess went back into the apartment and came out with a handgun, pointed it at Chaney and yelled at Chaney to drop his gun.

“Mr. Chaney turned and pointed his gun at Ms. Kiess and said, ‘you know what?’ and pulled the trigger one time,” the Nov. 22 letter states, F citing Bernadeau’s report to deputies. Chaney shot Kiess in the chest, the letter states. w h b SEE SHOOTING, P11

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South Suburban earns national accreditation STAFF REPORT

The South Suburban Park and Recreation District has achieved accreditation by the Commission for Accreditation of Park and Recreation Agencies during a conference of the National Recreation and Park Association, according to a news release.

“Earning this prestigious honor from NRPA validates our commitment to the South Suburban community,” South Suburban Executive Director Rob Hanna said in the news release. “Our staff worked tirelessly fine-tuning our operations to exceed residents’ expectations during the year-long accreditation process. I’m proud of their commitment and the end result.”

CAPRA is the only national accreditation of park and recreation agencies and is a measure of an agency’s overall quality of operation, management, and service to the community.

The accreditation means South Sub-

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“When Ms. Kiess pointed her weapon at Mr. Chaney, she placed him in fear of ‘imminent danger of being killed,’” the letter states. “The

urban uses best management practices established by experts in the parks and recreation industry. As a result, the recreation district is continuously reviewing operations, policies, and procedures to innovate and offer the best services for its residents and customers, the release said. CAPRA accreditation demonstrates South Suburban’s commitment to providing quality programs, services and customer service.

Of the more than 12,000 park and recreation organizations throughout the United States, 169 are accredited through CAPRA’s standards of excellence. South Suburban becomes the ninth agency in Colorado to earn the distinction.

NRPA is the leading nonprofit organization dedicated to the advancement of public parks, recreation and conservation. Its mission is to advance parks, recreation and environmental conservation efforts that enhance the quality of life for all people. question that remains is whether that fear is reasonable as required to invoke the self-defense statute…”

“Given the tenseness of the situation, and the speed of the event, I believe the jury would find Mr. Chaney’s fear was reasonable.”

The 22-year-old man was arrested on an assault charge, but that charge also was dropped.

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on’t look down.

I would rather not look down from high places. How about you? I don’t QUIET have it bad, and it’s not vertigo.

DESPERATION The misconception about Alfred Hitchcock’s film “Vertigo” is that vertigo is a fear of high places.

It’s not. Jimmy Stewart’s character correctly identifies it as “acrophobia.”

“Vertigo” just Craig Marshall looked better on the marquee.

Smith The art building at UCLA has eight floors, and my studio was on the eighth. I could walk to the

end of the hall and exit a door where there was an overlook to the ground.

It crossed my mind I might be able to fly from there to the first floor, instead of taking the elevator.

There’s an art museum in New York I will no longer attend, even if I were to have an exhibition (highly unlikely).

The Guggenheim Museum designed

by Frank Lloyd Wright sits opposite Central Park.

Wright decided viewers should look at art by standing on a spiral incline.

The spiral incline goes up and up, and there’s not much to prevent someone from trying to fly from the top level to the first level except a short and easyto-climb-over wall.

Has anyone been to the Grand Canyon Skywalk?

How about the Royal Gorge Bridge?

I drove the “Million Dollar Highway” out of Ouray. Once. Nevermore. I looked over and didn’t see a guard rail.

I imagined the valley below littered with Buicks.

Comedian Steven Wright said he isn’t afraid of heights. He’s afraid of widths.

I am not superstitious and I have very few allergies. I know I am allergic to Broadway musicals, which is a shame because I just heard that a film version of “Cats” is on its way.

Watching adults in kitty-cat suits would be a delight. Meow.

Unfortunately, Broadway musicals make me break out in mixed modifiers.

“Aunt Bee handed out peanut butter and jelly sandwiches to all the kids in

plastic bags.”

See? I am also allergic to flip-flops at the airport.

The most common allergies are milk, shellfish, soybeans, nuts, eggs, and Liza Minelli.

Here are some things to look for — and listen for — the next time you watch “Vertigo.”

Jimmy Stewart’s car is a 1956 DeSoto Firedome. I found one online for $4,500.

Kim Novak doesn’t speak until about a third of the way into the film.

The word “vertigo” is only spoken once. Listen for it near the beginning.

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One thing tops gratitude — the gratitude leftovers

W LETTER TO THE EDITOR A matter of intolerance?

County Commissioners appoint members to serve on the Douglas County Library Board. The county commissioner race is partisan. So naturally, since commissioners are currently all Republican, they appoint folks from their own party to serve on the library board, like Meghann Silverthorn – former president of the Douglas County School Board. The library board (before Silverthorn was appointed) decided to name the rebuilt Highlands Ranch Library after Jamie LaRue, 23 years director of the DC Libraries, with all sorts of awards and accomplishments to his name.

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Now, the same board (with Meghann), wants to change the name of the Highlands Ranch Library, stripping Jamie of this wonderful acknowledgment to his life’s work. Why? Because Jamie LaRue is a Democrat? Or has Jamie actually done something to warrant removing his name from the library?

I would call on the elected county commissioners to prevent any unwarranted demonstration of intolerance, bigotry or prejudice by the DC Library Board as well as any other appointed or elected county positions.

Dianne E. Bailey Parker

ho in your circle of family and friends really prefers the Thanksgiving leftovers over the actual Thanksgiving Day dinner or meal? Well you can count me as one of those who loves leftovers in that group. Whether it’s a late-night Thanksgiving snack WINNING or sandwich, or just WORDS heating up a plate of turkey with stuffing, cranberry sauce, mashed potatoes and gravy the next day, I really love the way the flavors come together after sitting for a few hours or a day or two.

I mean we no Michael Norton sooner finish the first round of desserts on Thanksgiving when the leftover clock starts to tick for me, and all five senses come alive.

And that’s when I question myself, “Does having second helpings count as the start of the leftovers?”

Leftover gratitude works the same way. The more we allow the initial feelings of gratitude and appreciation to settle in and get soaked up, and the more we share with others just how thankful we are for the people, places,

and opportunities in our life, the more we will find that we are grateful for.

There is something special that happens when we do that too, and the sweeter, stronger, better, deeper, and more enjoyable our gratitude becomes. I mean just like those delicious and succulent Thanksgiving leftovers and morsels, we can almost taste the gratitude leftovers too, can’t we?

That’s right, we can taste the gratitude leftovers too. We can see the gratitude on the faces of those gathered around us. We can feel the gratitude in every tug on our hearts.

We can hear the gratitude in each shared word of love and appreciation.

And we can touch the gratitude with every warm embrace and hug.

As we drift in and out of napping between courses, watching football, and debating whether or not a second helping counts as a leftover, we pay more attention to the gratitude and appreciation we just shared with one another. We can replay the sincere, loving, and meaningful words that we all used to show our love and gratitude, our love and thankfulness.

And as we do, we begin to wonder, just like with the meal leftovers, “Do I get to take any of this gratitude

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2020 Census is easy, important and safe

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ur nation’s founding fathers determined that every ten years, we will count every person living in the United States. Since 1790, the U.S. government has conducted a census to do just that and in 2020 there will be another count of America. The 2020 Census will count every living person in the United States and five U.S. territories. Each home will receive an invitation to respond to the short questionnaire—either online, by phone, or by mail.

Yes, you read that correctly! The 2020 Census will be the first ever to have an online component. The bureau encourages everyone to fill out their census questionnaire using the online option next year because it reduces the need for expensive door-to-door canvassing. More ways to respond to the 2020 Census makes it Easier than ever to complete!

Census statistics are used to determine how $675 billion in federal funds and grants are distributed annually for critical public services like hospitals, schools, roads, bridges and emergency response as well as to regulate the number of seats each state holds in the U.S. House of Representatives. This makes completing your census questionnaire incredibly important!

For increased protection with the 2020 Census online component, the U.S. Census Bureau has invested heavily in cybersecurity. The security of Census Bureau systems is a top priority, and our IT infrastructure is designed to defend against and contain cyberthreats. We continually refine our approach to identifying, preventing, detecting, and responding to these threats so that we can ensure all information provided by individuals remains confidential and is always protected by federal law.

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home with me?”

It would be so easy if all we had to do was take some of those glass food storage containers, the ones we use for packing up our meal leftovers, and instead pack them full of gratitude, love, and appreciation.

Then we take them home, let them sit for a day or two, and open them up again and enjoy the amazing and wonderful feelings we experienced on Thanksgiving Day. Only now, they taste even better, they feel even more wonderful, and the words we hear again sound even so much more beautiful the second time around.

I really do believe everything tastes better with a little time to settle and rest. A little time for full flavor absorption. There is not one part of the meal I don’t enjoy again

thing, you can still fill out your paper census form to mail in, or you can call a toll-free number (instructions available in English and 12 additional languages) to self-respond. We do not identify individuals in statistics we publish. Our policies and safeguards help ensure the LIVING AND confidentiality of AGING WELL your information. In fact, Title 13 of the Jennifer U.S. Code states that Hillmann your information must be kept confidential, and your answers cannot be used against you by any government agency or court. Anyone who violates this law faces severe penalties. This means you and your responses to the 2020 Census are safe!

The U.S. Census also recently kicked off a nationwide recruitment campaign to hire approximately 500,000 temporary workers to help conduct the 2020 Census. We still need census takers to work in their local communities and go door-todoor to collect responses from those who don’t respond online, by phone, or by mail. Positions offer competitive pay, flexible hours, paid training, weekly paychecks — and you get the opportunity to help your community and be a part of history all while getting paid! Interested? For more information on our jobs, you can visit our website: www.2020census.gov/jobs.

Another way Colorado’s communities can help is by forming a Complete Count Committee (CCC). These integral partners help us to increase awareness about the importance of the census. Some actions taken by partners and CCCs include hosting promotional events, displaying census information in businesses, including census messages on customer billing statements, and networking with community members to ensure everyone is involved and informed.

at some point, and yes, even the desserts. And what I have grown to appreciate most of all is how much more I am grateful for in the days that follow Thanksgiving. The Thanksgiving holiday sets the stage for our expression of gratitude and appreciation, but the leftovers cement those feelings in our hearts.

How about you? Are you in the leftovers camp, loving the way everything tastes after a little more time and flavor absorption? Will you also enjoy some leftover gratitude and appreciation after Thanksgiving? I would love to hear all about your Thanksgiving at mnorton@ tramazing.com, and when we enjoy all of the leftovers, the meal and the gratitude, it really will be a better than good Thanksgiving holiday.

Michael Norton is the grateful CEO of Tramazing.com, a personal and professional coach, and a consultant, trainer, encourager and motivator to businesses of all sizes.

For additional information on the importance of a CCC, you can visit: https://census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census/2020-census/ complete_count.html.

Ultimately, the success of the census depends on everyone’s participation. The census officially begins on April 1, 2020, with the online component to begin in mid-March 2020, and our efforts to ensure everyone is counted once, only once, and in the right place will last through the end of July 2020. The census is easy, it’s important and it’s safe — help shape your future, do your civic duty and make sure your voice is heard and represented by getting counted in 2020!

Jennifer Hillmann, MS, is a media specialist based in Denver with the Dallas Regional Census Center for the U.S. Census Bureau. Your local Douglas County Partnership Special-

ist for the U.S. Census Bureau is Martha Rubi-Byers. To contact Martha, you can email her at martha.rubi. byers@2020census.gov or call 720-8912418. For additional 2020 Census Information, please visit www.2020census. gov. This column is hosted by the Seniors’ Council of Douglas County.

Please join us for our next meeting on Thursday, Jan. 9, 2020 at New Hope Presbyterian Church, 3737 New Hope Way, Castle Rock. Our presentation and community conversation will begin at 10:15 a.m. The meeting topic will be the 2020 Census. Our guest speakers are Martha Rubi-Byers, our local Douglas County partnership specialist for the U.S. Census Bureau, and Nancy Gedeon, AICP, demographic program analyst for Douglas County.

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o matter the skill level, interests or time constraints of Denver metro area residents, there is a way they can make a difference this winter.

Whether it’s donating time, toys, money or labor, many nonprofits in the area have unique and critical volunteer opportunities this time of year.

At Rosie’s Ranch in Parker, horses — used in warmer months to provide equine therapy to people with special needs — need to be walked and cared for.

“We have our horses year-round,” said owner Mary Stathes. “They still need to eat and get exercised.”

Caring for the horses could mean anything from hand-walking them to cleaning out their stalls.

“Typically, what people say is they come here expecting to give, not to get,” Stathes said. “They leave absolutely in awe of how much they received as a human being.”

Other animal lovers with a passion for agriculture can volunteer at CALF — Colorado Agricultural Leadership Foundation — in Castle Rock,

The Colorado Agricultural Leadership Foundation, or CALF, is located in Castle Rock and has a variety of ranch-related volunteer opportunities.

COURTESY PHOTO helping care for the ranch animals.

“This time of year, we have donkeys, goats, chickens and pigs,” CEO Brooke Fox said.

CALF’s goal is to connect people to agriculture through education, Fox said. The group hosts field trips, grows crops and teaches people about where their food comes from.

“Even though the work is hard, it’s reconnecting people to the land and just kind of helping have a better understanding of the basics of life,”

Fox said.

In the winter, the ranch needs help feeding the animals, cleaning out their pens and keeping the barn organized, she said.

Both organizations welcome people of all ages and skill levels but prefer parental supervision for younger children.

Helping the homeless Other opportunities fitting all sorts of interests are available at

HOW TO GET IN TOUCH TO VOLUNTEER Rosie’s Ranch: Email rosiesranch2010@ gmail.com or visit rosiesranch.com CALF: Email rochelle@thecalf.org or visit thecalf.org Arapahoe County Dig Out Your Neighbor program: Visit arapahoegov.com/jobs.aspx The Action Center: Visit theactioncenter. org/get-involved Volunteers of America Snow Buddies: Visit voacolorado.org/volunteeropportunities Arvada Snow Buddies: Email snowbuddies@arvada.org Littleton Snow Squad: Call 303-795-3980 The Action Center in Jefferson County, a more than 50-year-old organization serving homeless people.

The organization, which serves about 20,000 families every year, uses about 70 volunteers per day to keep their work going, said Barbara Penning, the director of volunteer programs and products.

During the holiday season, many of the consistent volunteers are traveling and unable to help, Penning said.

“Having a backup of people when our regular volunteers are taking some time off is huge,” she said.

These helpers assist in sorting food, clothing, bedding and shoes, accepting donations and leading teams for specific events.

“We have a wide variety of experiences,” Penning said.

From Dec. 9 through 14, the organization is hosting a free Holiday Gift Shop for the families they serve.

They will need volunteers to help stock the shelves and guide parents as they choose items for their children from about 30,000 donated gifts.

Helping seniors with snow For those who like to be active, there are also opportunities in many counties and municipalities to help shovel snow for elderly neighbors.

Arapahoe County’s Dig Out Your Neighbor program looks for volunteers who live close to seniors who can’t shovel their own snow, volunteer coordinator Nira Duvan said.

“It can literally be about the safety and security for the seniors,” she said. “There’s more of a risk for a slip and fall injury, which can be extremely dangerous for seniors.”

In some areas, people who don’t shovel snow in front of their property can be fined, so these volunteers can help seniors avoid such costs.

There are also similar programs through the city governments in Arvada and Littleton. Volunteers of America also has a Snow Buddies program serving Denver, Jefferson, Douglas, Adams and Arapahoe counties.

For many of these organizations throughout the Denver metro area, volunteers make their work possible.

“Volunteers are the backbone of our organization,” said Stathes of Rosie’s Ranch. “Anyone that wants to come and help is more than welcome.”

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Painter, photographer join forces in exhibit at library

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wo local artists who are active with the Littleton Fine Arts Guild, which operates the Depot Art Gallery, have collaborated in an exhibit on the lower level at Bemis Library, in which two sets of eyes and hands interpret their surroundings as they find them. Julia Grundmeier is a plein air painter, while Carl Paulson uses his camera to capture images to share. Bemis is SONYA’S located at 6014 S. SAMPLER Datura St., Littleton.

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Mark the calendar An Advent concert, “Star of Wonder,” Sonya Ellingboe will be presented at 2:30 p.m. on Dec. 8 by the Littleton United Methodist choirs and the Colorado Chamber Orchestra.

Free. LUMC is at 5894 S. Datura St., Littleton. 303-794-6379.

Ongoing play The musical “Meet Me in St. Louis” is playing at Town Hall Arts Center, 2450 W. Main St., downtown Littleton, through Dec. 29. Performances Thursdays-Sundays. Tickets: townhallartscenter.org, 303-794-2747.

Organists and Historic Denver will hold its 8th Annual Pipe Organ Tour from 12:30 to 4 p.m. on Dec. 7, starting at University Park Methodist Church, 2180 S. University Blvd., Denver, then moving to Hamilton Hall at the University of Denver and the Evans Memorial Chapel. The 65-bell campus carillon will also play. Music, history, architecture ... $25, historicdenver.org.

Tickets available at the door.

“High Alert,” Carl Paulson’s image of a mama bear and cubs, shows them as they sense a male bear nearby — a clear and present danger to the cubs. Paulson and Julia Grundmeier exhibit their photographs and paintings at Bemis Library.

COURTESY PHOTO Sing out!

Voices West Chorale will perform “Carols by Candlelight” at several locations and will give a special short 11 a.m. Dec. 14 concert for kids at Littleton United Methodist Church, 5894 S. Datura St. The chorale will also sing at St. Timothy’s Church, 1401 E. Dry Creek Road, Centennial, at 7:30 p.m. on Dec. 13 and 14, and on Dec. 15 at King of Glory Church, 11001 W. 58th Ave., Arvada. Included will be Benjamin Britten’s “Ceremony of Carols.”

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Kitchen tools, books among holiday gifts for young chefs Wide range of ideas available for young people who enjoy culinary life

BY KATIE WORKMAN ASSOCIATED PRESS

Do you have a kid in your life who loves a good baking session? Who really wants to use your chef ’s knife?

Who is addicted to the TV show “MasterChef Junior,” and who uses words like “umami” in regular conversation?

There are many terrific gifts to encourage the fledgling cooks in our lives.

Cooking kits An all-inclusive cooking kit (besides the ingredients) is often a great catalyst for getting kids into the kitchen.

Handstand Kitchen makes a slew of them, including a Rainbows and Unicorns Ultimate Baking set, with cookie cutters, unicorn-shaped cupcake tray, spatula, frosting bag with three tips, and a recipe leaflet and sticker sheet. Other offerings here

include the Out of This World spacethemed baking kit; a 17-piece Intro to Baking kit; and several matching adult and child apron sets.

Curious Chef ’s kits include a 17-piece prep set with bowls, measuring cups and spoons, and a timer.

Made for Me has kits for particular foods, such as a Beginner’s Pasta and Pizza Making Set for Kids, as well as a macaron set, sushi set and pancake party set.

Subscriptions Here’s a gift that leaves something to look forward to after the holidays are over. Options include: Raddish (think Rad Dish). Each month, a new kit arrives at your door filled with recipes, tools and activities that incorporate science, math, geography, language arts, nutrition and more. Comida Argentina and Family Date Night are two sample themes. The kits are designed by teachers and chefs for kids ages 4 to 14, and each includes three illustrated recipe guides, a cooking tool (such as a garlic mincer or kitchen timer), and other materials.

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Michael O’Shea, plays through Jan. 5 at Vintage Theatre, 1468 Dayton St., Aurora. (Regional premiere.) vintagetheatre.com.

South Suburban Annual Sale Bargain prices will be available for passes and punch cards at South Suburban Parks and Recreation facilities: Buck, Goodson and Lone Tree Recreation Centers. For yourself or a great gift idea. sspr.org.

Pipe organ tour The Denver Rocky Mountain Chapter of the American Guild of

Lone Tree Arts Center “Home for the Holidays” plays at Lone Tree Arts Center Dec. 18-22, with a family-appropriate old fashioned variety show. 10075 Commons St., Lone Tree. Tickets: $36. 720-509-1000, lonetreeartscenter.org.

Looking forward International Guitar Night will be on a 20th anniversary tour, with a stop at Lone Tree Arts Center on Feb. 4. 10075 Commons St., Lone Tree. 720-509-1000, lonetreeartscenter.org.

One-man play “This Wonderful Life,” a one-man performance, written by Steve Murray and performed by Christopher Willard, will be at the Pluss Theatre, Mizel Art and Cultural Center, 350 S. Dahlia, Denver on Dec. 14, 303-316-3630, and on Dec 18 in the Schoolhouse Theater, 19650 E. Main St., Parker. 303-8056800, parkerarts.org.

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Young Chef ’s Club. From the folks at America’s Test Kitchen, these monthly kits are also thematic. Kids ages 5 and up receive a box filled with family-friendly recipes, handson activities, and extras ranging from board games to tortilla warmers to special sprinkles.

Culinary Adventure Society. For kids who already know their way around a kitchen and are craving new ingredients and flavors to play with. Up to four times a year, Zingerman’s specialty food store in Ann Arbor, Michigan, will send a big box of eight to 10 interesting and on-trend food surprises. A box might contain maffe, a peanut simmer sauce from West Africa; Lisbon lemon marmalade; or a tamarind date sauce inspired by Somali cuisine, for example. A collection of writing on the foods’ history and culture is included.

Equipment A new smart kitchen tool is exciting, even empowering. Examples: Immersion blender. For a slightly older kid, it can be used to blend things like soups and sauces right in the pot. That saves you from having to transfer hot liquids into a regular blender or food processor, so it can be a safer way to puree things. Breville makes an All in

One Immersion Blender that also transforms into a food processor, so kids can take on different levels of chopping as they get more skilled.

Ice cream maker. Just plain fun.

Cuisinart makes one in a variety of colors, with a 1 1/2-quart capacity and the ability to get to a frozen treat in less than half an hour. Get creative on flavors. Maybe enhance this gift with some sprinkles/jimmies.

Indoor garden: Kits include the Smart Garden , which allows you to grow herbs, tomatoes and salad greens. AeroGarden makes indoor gardens as well, as does Back to the Roots, including a mushroomgrowing kit.

Cutting boards. Giving kids their own cutting board makes them feel as though they’ve arrived. You can support Unicef.com by ordering one of many hand-carved boards, such as the teakwood Daily Grain from Guatemala, or the Beautiful Meal board from Thailand. Or memorialize a family recipe for a child on a cutting board: Carver’s Ridge lets you send in a recipe, choose a font and board size, and have your recipe engraved into a fully functional work board.

Ingredient ‘flights’ It’s fun to play around with a single ingredient in many forms.

Salt: Jacobsen Salt Co. offers an eight-vial set with exotic-sounding offerings like Alaea Hawaiian Sea Salt, French Sel Gris Salt and Bolivian Rose Salt. Or try flavored salts,

all featuring salt crystals from Oregon, and seasoned with ingredients like lemon zest, black garlic and ghost chilis.

Olive oil and vinegar: The worlds of olive oil and vinegar are both vast. For starters, you can make new and different salad dressings all week long. O-Med, a small company from Grenada, makes lots of varieties, including smoked olive oil, yuzu olive oil and olive oil from Arbequina olives. Encourage the kids to mix and match those with cabernet vinegar, rose vinegar and cava vinegar. Your family’s vinaigrettes with never be the same.

Honey: Bee Raw Honey has a beautiful nine-vial assortment of honeys ranging from floral and sweet to buttery to “barnyard.” The honey comes from different flower sources across the country, and sales help support artisanal beekeepers.

Kid-friendly knives One of the coolest things you can get a budding chef is a knife that’s safe for little fingers and that they can call their own. My son had one during the under-10 years that made him feel like a pro.

Curious Chef makes nylon, serrated knives with ergonomic handles for small hands and a very blunt tip. Kuhn Rikon’s Kinderkitchen Essential Set contains two knives, one serrated, one not, and a pair of scissors for cutting herbs and vegetables. Everything is child-friendly, designed in cute animal shapes, and

made of stainless steel. Made for Me makes a beginner’s knife designed like a traditional chef ’s knife, with hollow edge depressions and a sheath for storage.

Books Lots of kid-friendly cookbooks and food books out there, for all ages. A few to check out this holiday season: From America’s Test Kitchen, “The Complete Cookbook for Young Chefs” and “The Complete Baking Book for Young Chefs.” All recipes are kid-tested. The little chef hat symbols let you know how much experience is needed for each recipe.

“Notes from a Young Black Chef ” (Knopf, 2019): Award-winning, 29year old executive chef Kwame Onwuachi was raised in New York City, Nigeria and Louisiana. He started cooking at a young age under his mother’s direction, and tells an intense story of moving up through kitchens both gritty and elite. This memoir centers on the experience of being a minority in the culinary world, and finding a place in the sphere of fine dining.

“The Best American Food Writing 2019” (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2019): For more advanced readers, a collection of work from 25 writers, edited by cook, teacher and author Samin Nosrat (“Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat”). Topics range from the queer history of tapas, a day in the life of a restaurant inspector, and a deep dive into beans.

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To share this milestone and give back this holiday season, Bellco will donate $50,000 to Food Bank of the Rockies so they can further ensure Colorado families have the food they need. Thank you to our members for helping us build a stronger community that puts people over profits.

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Twinkling holiday tradition continues at Streets at SouthGlenn

BY ELLIS ARNOLD EARNOLD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

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anta made his annual early stop at west Centennial’s outdoor mall, helping to ring in the season amid a host of holiday activities.

At the 11th annual Holiday Tree Lighting and Santa’s Arrival at The Streets at SouthGlenn, Santa boarded a holiday-themed Clydesdale carriage to make an entrance into Commons Park, SouthGlenn’s central gathering area.

He lit up a slew of lights on the holiday tree and around SouthGlenn’s The Cube ice rink, and crowds visited him after an ice show, where U.S. national-level skaters performed a skating exhibition for the official opening of the ice rink.

The Nov. 22 event also included Clydesdale carriage rides, carolers, a holiday photo booth, ice sculptures and holiday snacks.

The Streets at SouthGlenn is located at East Arapahoe Road and South University Boulevard in Centennial.

Santa arrived to SouthGlenn on a Clydesdale-drawn carriage and will be welcoming guests to SouthGlenn throughout the season.

PHOTOS COURTESY OF GOIMAGES.COM

The 11th annual Holiday Tree Lighting and Santa’s Arrival included an ice show featuring figure skater Jordan Moeller, a U.S. national and international competitor.

Santa comes down the road in a carriage along with some helpers.

A crowd waits in anticipation for Santa to light the holiday tree Nov. 22 at The Streets at SouthGlenn in Centennial.

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‘Destination’ is theme for Own an Original show Exhibit has 61 pieces on display until after Christmas

An acrylic on canvas

by Courtney Cotton called “Landing” in the 2019 Own an Original show, in which the theme is “Destination.”

BY SONYA ELLINGBOE SELLINGBOE@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Littleton’s Fine Arts Board has decided to add a theme to its open entry exhibits and for the 50-plus-year-old Own an Original. It is “Destination,” which opened on Nov. 22 and runs through Dec. 29 at the Littleton Museum. The board invited Gwen Chanzit, curator emerita of modern art and the Herbert Bayer Collection and Archive at the Denver Art Museum, to be juror for this exhibit.

The board has a statement about the theme: “American culture has idealized the saying, `It’s the journey, not the destination.’ A destination is the end point to which someone or something is going or is sent to. With so much focus on the journey, has the end point lost its meaning? What if the reason or objective of the journey held more value than the voyage itself ?”

A viewer of this exhibit

PHOTO BY MOIRA CASEY /LITTLETON MUSEUM

might speculate on Chanzit’s process. While many works in the show fit the “Destination” theme, one has to wonder ... it must have been hard.

Entries included 335 pieces by 133 artists, and 65 pieces by 61 artists were accepted for the show. Chanzit chose work by what best fit the theme and found it “incredibly difficult to decide.” She said “many fine works were not included because they did not fit the theme effectively.”

Chanzit did not see names or prices as she worked through images, supplied with artist’s entry forms. Did the theme make her job more difficult? She said: “Kudos if you’re in this show” and reminded those at the opening that “it reflects the taste of an individual.”

The Best of Show award went to “Landing” by Courtney Cotton, a large acrylic on canvas painting that did indeed suggest that quiet time

IF YOU GO The Littleton Museum is located at 6028 S. Gallup St., Littleton. Hours: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Tuesday-Friday; 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Saturday; 1 to 5 p.m. Sunday.

303-795-3950. Admission is free.

Parking is free. when one’s plane is sort of floating into land in a city — a magical feeling to this traveler. What’s next? Although one might envision a sort of city plan, the shapes, painted in golds, blues, browns ... are abstract. One can let the mind play and imagine objects perhaps, or simply enjoy the interaction of color and shape.

The technique shows skill and control of the medium and brush. It hangs to the right of the entrance.

Across from the Best of Show is the First Place winner, “Dreaming of Africa,” a painting in acrylic and resin

by Pat Finley, which speaks of sunshine and open space.

Second Place was awarded to “Beyond Ordinary Limits”

by Linda O’Neill. Third Place winner is “Wishbone,” an oil painting by Olga and Aleksy Ivanov.

Honorable mentions were

awarded to William Rohs for an acrylic and charcoal work on a panel, “Wonder of the Other Side”; to Katherine Walter for her acrylic on linen canvas, “Floating the Arkansas”; and to Barbara Veatch for the horizontal “Migration of Equus Ferus Caballus,” executed with pastels, charcoal, acrylic ink and collage.

Years ago, when the Littleton Fine Arts Board was first appointed, it was first asked to make some decisions about items that citizens wanted to donate to the new Bemis Library. The group soon found another mission, since exhibition space was planned in the new building — and the Own an Original exhibit was born.

Also in the thinking was a way to let area artists show off what they were creating and perhaps provide inspiration to viewers to consider gifts of original art. Half a century has passed by and exhibits have grown larger, moved across the street to the Littleton Museum and drawn artists from farther afield.

(Bemis exhibit space still has an ongoing series of smaller shows as well. Be sure to look when you are picking up books.)

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NONPROFIT GIVING GUIDE CELEBR ATIN G

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DOUGLAS COUNTY NONPROFIT GIVING GUIDE

www.DouglasCountyGives.net

Dear Douglas County Residents, Douglas County has strong, vibrant and diverse communities that make it a wonderful place to live. As one of the fastest growing and wealthiest communities in the country, Douglas County also faces challenges with rapid population growth and new residents unfamiliar with local needs or the nonprofits who serve those needs. We are also generous citizens; however, over 75% of our donated dollars in 2018 left our county. The Douglas County Community Foundation is working to change this dynamic and serves as a catalyst for local giving and developing philanthropists of all ages and levels of income by educating and inspiring generosity.

Douglas County Gives, a program of the Douglas County Community Foundation, brings together nearly 50 nonprofits who recognize the strength of an empowered nonprofit community. Each member is a qualified Colorado Gives nonprofit, dedicated to promoting, growing and finding synergies among their organizations through increased awareness and the belief that a “rising tide lifts all boats.” On Colorado Gives Day, December 10th, we encourage Douglas County residents to #GiveWhereYouLive.

We are grateful to Colorado Community Media for its continued support of our community in the production and distribution of this Giving Guide, which features information about local nonprofits and the work they are doing in Douglas County. With the season of giving upon us, we hope you’ll consider donating to one of the organizations in the Guide and directly help residents of Douglas County.

While people can donate to nonprofits throughout the year, Douglas County Gives brings special attention to the act of contributing on December 10. We hope the day energizes people to come together and inspire others to support Douglas County charities! You can even preschedule your donation today and #GiveWhereYouLive on December 10th!

Learn more at www.DouglasCountyGives.net.

With warm regards, Douglas County Community Foundation

Colorado Community Media Gives Back Giving back is important to me and many of our readers. As the owner of Colorado Community Media, we support many causes that improves the quality of life for our readers and communities. One example is the section you are reading that supports Douglas County Gives Day. We have donated much of the printing, and all of the design and editing to make this section possible.

There are nearly 50 worthy Douglas County based non-profits in this Giving Guide that request your financial assistance on December 10th and throughout the year. Choosing between them will not be easy, but we hope this section will simplify the process. We ask you to open your wallets on December 10th and help make Douglas County an even better place to live by supporting one of more of these fine non-profits.

Thank you for being a reader of one of our community newspapers and for supporting community journalism.

Jerry Healey Owner/Publisher Colorado Community Media

Colorado Community Media is 18 weekly community newspapers, two montly newspapers and websites throughout the metro area and is the largest family owned community media group in the Rocky Mountain region. In Douglas County we publish the Highlands Ranch Herald, Lone Tree Voice, Parker Chronicle, Castle Pines News-Press, Castle Rock News-Press and the Douglas County News-Press. For additional information visit our website at www.ccmengage.com.

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Inside: Learn more about these 46 Douglas County nonprofits.

Visit www.DouglasCountyGives.net for more information.

TABLE OF CONTENTS 3. Aging Resourses of Douglas County 3. All Health Network 4. All-Stars 4. Alternatives Pregnancy Center 4. Arapahoe Community College 4. Arma Dei Academy 5. Be About Bliss 5. CALF 5. Castle Country Assisted Living 5. Castle Rock Chamber Foundation 6. Castle Rock Historical Society & Museum 6. Castle Rock Hospital Foundation 6. Castle Rock Parks & Trails Foundation 6. Castle Rock Senior Activity Center 7. Catholic Charities of Central Colorado 7. Chelsea Hutchinson Foundation 7. Colorado Horsepower 7. Colorado Pregnancy & Newborn Loss Services 8. Colorado Young Leaders 8. Crisis Center 8. Douglas County Community Foundation 8. Douglas County Libraries Foundation 9. Douglas County Search & Rescue CONTACT 104 4th Street Castle Rock, CO 80104 303-814-4300 agingresourcesdougco.org

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Karie Erickson YEAR ESTABLISHED 2018

CONTACT 155 Inverness Drive West Englewood, CO 80112 303-730-8858 allhealthnetwork.org

VICE PRESIDENT OF RECOVERY SERVICES Jennifer Bock YEAR ESTABLISHED 1955

9. Douglas Land Conservancy 9. Foundation for Douglas County Schools 9. Help & Hope Center 10. Hide In Plain Sight 10. Highlands Ranch Cultural Affairs Association 10. Highlands Ranch Parks & Rec Foundation 10. Hope Held By A Horse 11. Hope’s Promise 11. Invisible Disabilities Association 11. Jessie’s Heart 11. Lamb Spring 12. Parker Senior Center 12. Parker Task Force 12. Promise Ranch 12. Real Colorado Soccer 13. Rocky Mountain Cocker Rescue 13. Rosie’s Ranch Cocker Rescue 13. Schweiger Ranch Foundation 13. Secore Cares 14. Stride Community Health Center 14. Tall Tales Ranch 14. Wellspring 14. Youth Roots

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MISSION STATEMENT Aging Resources is a one-stop center for aging issues connecting older people to vital information and services that promote aging with independence and dignity. We believe that every senior should be heard and respected and that the whole community should support older adults in their golden years.

GIVING OPPORTUNITIES Our volunteer program, called Neighbor Network, provides safety net services that help older people age in place. We provide transportation to medical appointments, to local errands such as grocery shopping or church or to visit loved ones. Volunteers serve as companions making visits in the home, chatting over the phone, going out to lunch, playing games, or doing crafts. Our volunteers also provide handyman chores, light housekeeping, or meal preparation. In addition to volunteer services, our staff operates ADA compliant vehicles that transport our wheelchair riders to the places they need to go.

MISSION STATEMENT We enhance quality of life for individuals and families in our communities through compassionate, integrated behavioral health services.

GIVING OPPORTUNITIES Your support helps us provide: • Tablets for local law enforcement to connect with crisis counselors • Play therapy equipment • Materials for our day treatment program • Training for our therapists to learn new skills • Food for visitors and families at crisis center

ABOUT US Behavioral health conditions – mental health and addiction – are common AND treatable. Some form of mental illness affects one out of four people each year. We are a comprehensive healthcare network specializing in behavioral health services for all ages and levels of need. We provide suicide prevention services, mental health crisis care, prevention and educational programs to reduce the stigma surrounding mental health. More people in Colorado die as a result of suicide than car accidents. 1 in 10 children has a serious mental or emotional disorder that, if untreated, can lead to school failure, physical illness, substance abuse and even suicide.

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4 CONTACT 8949 Miners Dr. Highlands Ranch, CO 80126 720-443-0980 allstarsclub.org

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Scott Russomanno YEAR ESTABLISHED 2014

CONTACT 1440 Blake Street Suite 200 Denver, CO 80202 303-298-8815 YouhaveALTERNATIVES.org

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Linda Saccomano YEAR ESTABLISHED 1982

CONTACT 5900 S Santa Fe Drive, Campus Box 43 Littleton, CO 80160 303-797-5881 arapahoe.edu/foundation EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Courtney Loehfelm YEAR ESTABLISHED 1971

CONTACT 341 East Wildcat Reserve Pkwy.

Highlands Ranch, CO 80126 303-346-4523 https://armadeiacademy.com/

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Greg Vigil YEAR ESTABLISHED 2012

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MISSION STATEMENT Providing first class events where friends with special needs thrive, and their families are giving an opportunity to rest.

GIVING OPPORTUNITIES Our events are free of charge our all-stars, so we lean on the partnership of those in our community to donate $20/month to sponsor one of our friends with special needs to attend an event each month. Visit our website for details.

ABOUT US Very few opportunities exist for adults with developmental disabilities to stay active with programs they enjoy. Parents and caregivers are reaching greater levels of anxiety and stress then ever before to care for their beloved children. At the All-Stars Club, we provide a safe, and fun experience, where all-stars are matched with a 1on1 buddy for an unforgettable night, all while providing hours of rest to their families knowing their children are in great hands.

MISSION STATEMENT Alternatives Pregnancy Center cares for Denver-area women and men in pregnancy-related crises and offers them a meaningful alternative to abortion. Following the example of Christian love, we seek to meet emotional, physical and spiritual needs. And we enable and encourage women and men to choose life every day.

GIVING OPPORTUNITIES Alternatives Pregnancy Center cares for Denver-area women and men in pregnancy-related crisis and offers them a meaningful alternative to abortion.

Following the example of Christian love, we seek to meet their emotional, physical and spiritual needs.

And we enable and encourage them to choose life every day.

ABOUT US We offer free and confidential counseling for women and men, limited ultrasounds, STD testing and treatment for women, and material support at five locations in the Denver-metro area including Castle Rock. Follow us on Facebook or Instagram @ youhavealternatives.

MISSION STATEMENT To create public awareness and funding resources that provide financial assistance and broad-based community support for Arapahoe Community College’s students, staff and program.

GIVING OPPORTUNITIES Thanks to the Colorado Opportunity Scholarship Initiative (COSI) the ACC Foundation has access to over $129,000 to MATCH your scholarship donation $1 for $1 for students in Douglas County! The goals of COSI and ACC are to increase postsecondary credential completion and the preparedness of Colorado students to earn a livable wage, graduate with less debt and positively contribute to the growth of our state’s economy.

ABOUT US Founded in 1965, Arapahoe Community College (ACC) was the first community college to open in the Denver area. What began as Arapahoe Junior College with 550 students has grown into a vibrant community college with campuses in Littleton, Parker and Castle Rock serving over 21,000 students annually. It is estimated that 95% of ACC students will remain in Colorado – filling important jobs in health care, law enforcement, computer specialties and a host of other critically needed occupations that affect our lives every day.

MISSION STATEMENT Arma Dei Academy’s mission is to glorify God by providing an excellent classical Christian education founded upon a biblical worldview which equips students to live purposefully and intelligently in service to God and others.

GIVING OPPORTUNITIES Your support will help us provide financial aid to families who desire a classical Christian education for their children; enhance and grow our preschool and collaborative homeschool programs; advance our strategic initiatives of enhanced security and a Rhetoric School (9-12 grade).

ABOUT US Arma Dei Academy serves students in Preschool, Kindergarten through 8th grade, and homeschool families with a collaborative learning program.

Arma Dei Academy raises the standards by training students to reason, discern and aspire. We aim to graduate students, who think clearly and listen carefully with discernment and understanding; who

reason persuasively and articulate precisely; who are capable of evaluating their entire range of experience in the light of the Scriptures. We strive to build a legacy of intelligent and thoughtful leaders who will pursue a purposeful life marked by truth. We invite you to visit and explore the distinctives of a classical Christian education at Arma Dei Academy.

• Biblical Worldview • Academic Excellence • Classical Curriculum • Joyful Learners • Character Formation • Small Class Sizes

• Cursive Handwriting • Kindergarten Enrichment • Latin, Art, Music & STEM • Family Chapel • Parent Partnership • Countercultural

EDUCATING TO GLORIFY GOD

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www.DouglasCountyGives.net CONTACT 1364 Hardrock Place Castle Rock, CO 80104 720-380-5432 beaboutbliss.com

FOUNDER Rachel Bliss YEAR ESTABLISHED 2014

CONTACT P.O. Box 581 Castle Rock, CO 80104 303-688-1026 thecalf.org

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MISSION STATEMENT Be About Bliss is a movement for love. It’s about reaching out beyond yourself and finding something you can do to help the people around you.

ABOUT US Be About Bliss is a project based NonProfit that provides Winter Break Food Kits to Colorado Children who may not otherwise eat over Winter Break. The unique thing about BAB is that due to project based infrastructure, 100% of donations go into the Winter Break Food kits. Our hope is that the Colorado children will be able to be kids during the holiday break and not be bogged down with stress over their next meal.

MISSION STATEMENT Connecting people of all ages and abilities to agriculture through authentic educational programs, community projects and leadership opportunities.

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Brooke S. Fox YEAR ESTABLISHED 2002

CONTACT 255 S Valley Drive Castle Rock, CO 80104 303-814-0668 castlecountryassistedliving.org

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Dennis Scott YEAR ESTABLISHED 1991

CONTACT 420 Jerry Street Castle Rock, CO 80104 303-688-4597 castlerock.org/chamber-foundation

PRESIDENT/CEO Pam Ridler YEAR ESTABLISHED 2017

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ABOUT US Do you know… the average person is five generations removed from farm/ranch life. Your support helps CALF teach important life skills through real-life agricultural experiences. With your support: • 3,000+ students learn where their food comes from during our Connecting Kids to Agriculture Field Trips.

• 4-H/FFA members learn important life skills by raising livestock at CALF’s Lowell Ranch.

• Members of the community will dig their hands into the rich soil of CALF’s Community Garden spots and harvest the benefits of their work.

• Hundreds of families gain first-hand knowledge about ranch life and livestock while attending tours and special events.

• 400 volunteers achieve their service mission by lending their talents to CALF’s education programs, barnyard clean-ups, ranch and garden workdays, and special events.

Every day, we cherish each of our supporters! You allow us to INSPIRE others through AGRICULTURE!

MISSION STATEMENT The mission of CCAL is to provide compassionate and supportive communities for seniors. Specific organizational values with which to carry out the mission include providing creativity, compassion, commitment, responsibility, promoting well-being, and community. Our vision is to create new possibilities for a quality life for aging adults.

GIVING OPPORTUNITIES Contributions are needed to help support the cost of caring for lower income residents and providing for needs that they may not be able to pay for.

ABOUT US CCAL was founded by three local nurses in 1989 who saw a need for senior assisted living in Douglas County. We have three locations in the County, Valley House and Cantril House in Castle Rock and Victorian House in Parker. We offer a portion of our rooms to Residents receiving Medicaid assistance to support senior citizens of all income levels. We are a local company focused only on Douglas County.

MISSION STATEMENT To support and advance the educational, sociological, economic and cultural interest of the Castle Rock Community: • Developing leadership with a dynamic and innovative vision of the future; • Lining the business community in partnerships with educational, governmental, and non-profit organizations; and • Serving as a vehicle for research, planning and community education to anticipate and communicate the challenges of the future educators, students and families. · Chamber Educational Fund—To foster a strong local economy by encouraging entrepreneurial and business activity by offering business training and consultations for successful business development GIVING OPPORTUNITIES and growth. · Leadership DC—was created to ensure that our · Starlighting Fund—Supports the annual Starlighting community would continue to identify, educate and event in Castle Rock in featuring the lighting of the motivate emerging leaders to improve Douglas Star.

County through personal and collective commitment. · Victoria /Carriage House—maintaining our historic ABOUT US Victoria/Carriage House (est. 1889) The Castle Rock Chamber Foundation was · Talent Pipeline DC—works to connect business, established in 2017 and is dedicated to advancing education and government for the workforce needs quality of life through education, leadership and of our businesses and the opportunities to support community enhancement.

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6 CONTACT 420 Elbert St. Castle Rock, CO 80104 303-814-3164 castlerockhistoricalsociety.org

MISSION STATEMENT The Castle Rock Historical Society and Museum is a 501(c)3 whose mission is to operate the Castle Rock Museum, celebrate, educate, and bring together people interested in the preservation of the heritage of the Castle Rock Colorado area. to maintain and restore precious artifacts that tell the story of life in the Castle Rock community.

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Angie DeLeo YEAR ESTABLISHED 1991 GIVING OPPORTUNITIES When you support the Castle Rock Historical Society and Museum you help to preserve the 143 year old depot that serves as the museum. Matching funds are needed to obtain grant dollars. Funds are used CONTACT 2350 Meadows Blvd Castle Rock, CO 80134 720-455-2534 castlerockhospitalfoundation.org

CONTACT P.O. Box 724 Castle Rock, CO 80104 720-515-5513 GetOutdoorsCastleRock.org

GIVING OPPORTUNITIES • Cardiac Care: Expand and enhance the cardiology services to our community by giving to help provide new technology, a cardiac Cath/ interventional radiology lab, and a clinic expansion.

• Stop the Bleed: Trains individuals to help in a bleeding emergency before professional help arrives.

GIVING OPPORTUNITIES With your continued support, we will complete our two active projects: Phase 2 of the Legacy Trail and Funding the FitGround Exercise Structure.

We are seeing Sponsors and Donors for each

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goals and meet the needs of our community in a rapidly changing healthcare environment.

ABOUT US We believe giving is part of healing, and the value of philanthropy is not just in dollars raised, but also in the emotional investment people make when we help connect them to our mission. We facilitate giving in a way that helps donors accomplish their philanthropic

of these projects. For more information, go to: getoutdoorsCastleRock.org or join our social media platforms for updates.

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EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Debbi Haynie

• Youth Resiliency: Provides leadership programs for youth with the ultimate goal of eliminating teen suicide.

• Breast Care Center: Expands services for early detection, intervention, and provides 3D mammograms for women.

• Angel Paws Therapy Dogs: Therapy dogs are a welcome distraction from illness and pain by bringing joy to everyone they meet.

MISSION STATEMENT The Castle Rock Parks and Trails Foundation is a resident-led non-profit that strives to maximize the recreational experiences of our community by promoting and enhancing our parks and trails, creating local partnerships, and developing projects that encourage park and trail engagement.

ADMINISTRATIVE DIRECTOR Laura Buck

CONTACT 2323 Woodlands Blvd. (in the Rec Center Bldg.)

Castle Rock, CO 80104 303-688-9498 castlerockseniorcenter.org

ABOUT US The Castle Rock Historical Society and Museum aims to preserve and bring alive the varied history of Castle Rock and the surrounding area. The society operates the museum with new and continuing exhibits that tell the surprising history of Castle Rock and offers monthly programs of local historic interest. Tours and trips are also ways in which the organization seeks to make history fun as well as social and educational. The society has been a member of Colorado Gives for several years and is glad to participate with other local groups to vitalize our local community.

MISSION STATEMENT Inspiring joyful giving to transform lives.

CHIEF DEVELOPMENT OFFICER Valerie Ross YEAR ESTABLISHED 2013

www.DouglasCountyGives.net

ABOUT US 2019 was a busy year! With the help of the Parks and Recreation Department, we were able to complete Phase 1 of the Legacy Trail at Gateway Mesa, through the assistance of three work days by over 200 volunteers with Volunteers for Outdoor Colorado, and installed the FitGround Exercise Course at the Philip S. Miller Park, bringing more outdoor fitness options to this fantastic park. We were involved with the Tunes for Trails Summer Concert Series and helped a local scout raise funds for his project to Remap the Ridgeline Open Space!

MISSION STATEMENT Vision – Be the place where all seniors are welcomed and find their place to enjoy camaraderie along with diverse activities Mission – To make life more fulfilling and create community for seniors as they come here to engage in a wide variety of programming and services designed for “Loving Life in the Second Half” ABOUT US Seniors are living longer and redefining what aging gracefully means. There is increasing demand for services for the Senior Center’s growing 1000+ members. 150 activities are planned monthly for the diverse population from active seniors desiring adventures like “bucket list trips” to elderly folks who are in need of social activities and hot meals.

Among the Center’s services is a vital transportation program, providing 700 rides a month to doctor appointments, grocery stores and on errands. An average of 500 additional rides a month take place in a fleet of buses for activity trips. Donations are sought on behalf of these folks who led our nation, fought for our freedoms, lived productive lives, and

raised generations of hard workers. They have earned our respect and now it is time for us to help them “love life in the second half.”

The Senior Center transportation program provides about 700 rides a month to those who have made the heart wrenching decision to give up their car, a lifeline of independence to 350+ seniors, with more registering all the time.

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www.DouglasCountyGives.net CONTACT 410 South Wilcox, Suite 102 Castle Rock, CO 80104 720-215-4521 CCharitiesCC.org

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MISSION STATEMENT In response to Jesus Christ’s call to affirm the value and dignity of each human life, to build solidarity within the community, and to advocate for justice for the poor and vulnerable, Catholic Charities of Central Colorado humbly engages in the ministry of charity for those in both economic and spiritual poverty so that all – staff, volunteers, and clients – may fully achieve their God-given potential.

REGIONAL OFFICE DIRECTOR Paul Narduzzo CATHOLIC CHARITIES CEO Andy Barton YEAR ESTABLISHED 2013, (Castle Rock Office) 1968, (Agency)

CONTACT 9896 Rosemont Avenue, Building 3, #204 Lone Tree, CO 80124 303.250.7739 ChelseaHutchisonFoundation.org EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Julie Hutchison YEAR ESTABLISHED 2009

CONTACT 5027 Garton Rd. PO Box 534 Castle Rock, CO 80104 303-594-1509 coloradohorsepower.org PRESIDENT Lynette Roff YEAR ESTABLISHED 1984

CONTACT 7355 S. Peoria Street, Hangar 10, Suite 202 Englewood, CO 80112 720-946 2828 coloradopregnancyloss.org EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Dorotha Cicchinelli YEAR ESTABLISHED 1980

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GIVING OPPORTUNITIES Monetary donations accepted to support struggling families and individuals in the community through wrap-around services and case management.

ABOUT US Catholic Charities in Castle Rock has outgrown three offices, and today we are serving more than 100 families each month. Now co-located with other service providers which improve access for the families we serve, we continue working on innovative and collaborative solutions that go beyond the traditional “hand-outs” approach to address the root causes of poverty. Established programs such as English as a Second Language, emergency services and furniture outreach are paired with extensive case management, counseling and specialty programs such as a winter coats, holiday turkeys and a Christmas Giving Tree to help families have a sense of normalcy while pursuing stability.

MISSION STATEMENT Mission Statement: The Chelsea Hutchison Foundation grants comfort and hope to those affected by epilepsy through providing monitoring resources, vital information, and a safe haven for conversation and community.

ABOUT US The Chelsea Hutchison Foundation grants comfort and hope to those affected by epilepsy through providing financial assistance for monitoring devices, vital information and a safe haven for conversation and community. We educate the public about Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy (SUDEP) and provide grants for seizure-response service dogs and life-saving movement monitors to help protect against SUDEP. Chelsea’s Wish sends patients and their families to Epilepsy Awareness Expo and Day at Disneyland each November. We are dedicated to providing opportunities that allow individuals/families greater independence, increased confidence and community understanding.

MISSION STATEMENT HorsePower improves the lives of individuals with disabilities of all ages; enabling students to better navigate and integrate into the communities where they live.

Improved self-confidence, social interaction, emotional balance and physical conditioning (balance, core strength, gross motor skills) are achieved through the student’s interaction with the horse and HorsePower’s therapeutic equestrian programs.

GIVING OPPORTUNITIES Visit our website making opportunities to give yearround.

ABOUT US HorsePower has seen the benefits of horses in children and adults by using horse therapy with great success!

MISSION STATEMENT To improve the lives of all who have been affected by loss through miscarriage, stillbirth, and early infant death through education and grief support, and to ease anxiety for parents in subsequent pregnancy while providing professional training to health care providers and sympathetic understanding to the community.

GIVING OPPORTUNITIES Colorado Pregnancy and Newborn Loss relies on donors like you in order to support grieving parents, making certain they do NOT feel alone. Your generous donations provide participant scholarships as well as materials which help them along their path towards healing. Through your generosity we restore the hearts of grieving parents!

ABOUT US Colorado Pregnancy and Newborn Loss provides comprehensive grief education and support to parents who have suffered a pregnancy loss, miscarriage, stillbirth or early infant death. We understand the pain of associated with loss and know the importance of a healthy path to healing.

Our program allows grieving parents to work with a licensed professional in a group setting, providing an atmosphere of peer understanding and professional resources. We also offer a Pregnancy After Loss Program and provide training to healthcare professionals.

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8 CONTACT 7550 Saxeborough Drive Castle Rock, CO 80108 720-924-6590 coloradoyoungleaders.org

MISSION STATEMENT To develop young people’s leadership skills through our dynamic leadership process; to inspire a sense of adventure through meaningful service-learning opportunities in the local community; and to create community for young people to live out their discovered skills and passions.

FOUNDER/BOARD PRESIDENT Nicole Mahobian YEAR ESTABLISHED 2013

CONTACT PO Box 631302 Littleton, CO 80163 303-688-1094 (Admin) 303-688-8484 (24-hour Crisis Line) thecrisiscenter.org

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Jennifer Walker YEAR ESTABLISHED 1985

CONTACT P.O. Box 84 Castle Rock, CO 80104 720-733-2656 DCCF.org

GIVING OPPORTUNITIES Help us empower youth leadership! Your investment will: • Build our scholarship program allowing students, regardless of economic background, to access life-changing service and leadership

CONTACT 100 South Wilcox Street Castle Rock, CO 80104 303-791-7323 DCL.org/Foundation

DONOR RELATIONS Elaine McCain YEAR ESTABLISHED 1992

experiences.

• Expand service and leadership opportunities, providing students a wide variety of fun and meaningful projects to build their skills, expand their perspectives, and make them confident changemakers!

• Support our capacity to serve additional students while focusing on our core values of leadership, service, community, adventure, and legacy.

needs of their community to make a difference for others while fueling their personal growth. We show youth that authentic leadership requires creativity, commitment, compassion, and an outward focus on others. Through CYL, youth don’t have to wait to start changing the world!

ABOUT US Colorado Young Leaders develops young people’s leadership skills through meaningful service-learning opportunities. With CYL teens become leaders through action, they combine their talents with the

MISSION STATEMENT The Crisis Center exists to end domestic violence through advocacy, education and prevention; while helping communities live free of violence.

Crisis Center is often their first point of contact. Without our programs and services, these victims would remain unsafe and without the resources to help them break the cycle of abuse and obtain self-sufficiency.

ABOUT US We have seen how violence that begins in the home, and in relationships, spreads into the community.

If not addressed, we know that domestic violence is detrimental to families and the community as a whole. Adults and children impacted by domestic violence have experienced physical and emotional trauma, sometimes for the majority of their lives. The

The Crisis Center has over 30 years’ experience providing services to victims of domestic violence. We operate a 24-hour crisis line and provide emergency shelter to those in imminent danger, as well as individual and group therapy, legal advocacy, community-based advocacy and referrals to community resources.

MISSION STATEMENT The Douglas County Community Foundation (DCCF) is committed to providing leadership and responsible stewardship of resources to enhance the quality of life in Douglas County, Colorado.

ABOUT US DCCF is a catalyst to:

CEO Rochelle Miller YEAR ESTABLISHED 2000

www.DouglasCountyGives.net

GIVING OPPORTUNITIES You can direct your support to: www.coloradogives.org/ DouglasCountyCommunityFoundation PARTNERS IN PHILANTHROPY Fund - to support the work of the foundation. Thank you for giving where you live!

funds, we serve as a resource to help every resident and business find their path to contributing and improving the overall quality of life in Douglas County.

• CHAMPION awareness of the needs of Douglas County citizens • INSPIRE generous and thoughtful philanthropic action today and for future generations • SUPPORT 46 nonprofit organizations serving Douglas County by providing support, assistance and leadership DCCF seeks to ensure that philanthropic dollars remain in the county to help preserve and strengthen its community and beauty. Through our network of nonprofits, initiatives, programs, and donor advised

MISSION STATEMENT The Douglas County Libraries Foundation delivers funding and resources to help sustain the Douglas County Libraries to positively impact our community members so they can grow and thrive.

ABOUT US Douglas County Libraries (DCL) inspires a love of reading, discovery and connection in our community through beautiful and functional spaces, curated collections, personalized services, and a variety of premium events for all.

The nonprofit Douglas County Libraries Foundation (DCLF) supports DCL’s goals to build bright futures and create community connections through programs and features that enhance the library’s vision.

Examples include Camp DCL, which encourages kids to continue learning while on school breaks, and Cuddle Up & Read, which introduces new moms and their babies to the benefits of reading, which begin at birth.

The DCLF helps fund programs that encourage learning for youth, adults and families in Douglas County and across Colorado, and helps ensure the long-term success of our community’s outstanding libraries. Libraries are critical to education, and neighborhood, workforce, and economic development.

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CONTACT P.O. Box 1102 Castle Rock, CO 80104 303-688-2751 dcsarco.org

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MISSION STATEMENT Douglas County Search and Rescue Team, Inc. (DCSAR) is a non-profit, all volunteer team dedicated to providing search, rescue, emergency response, and outdoor safety education to the citizens of Douglas County, CO. The team also responds to requests for assistance from other search and rescue (SAR) teams in Colorado and around the U.S.

PRESIDENT Bruce Fosdick YEAR ESTABLISHED 1998 GIVING OPPORTUNITIES Please donate, or support us by shopping online!

Go to smile.amazon.com and select DCSAR (Colorado) as your charity of choice. Thank you!

CONTACT P.O. Box 462 Castle Rock, Colorado 80104 303-688-8025 douglaslandconservancy.org

ABOUT US Celebrating 20 years of serving Douglas County!

For more than 20 years, DCSAR and its 70-strong team of volunteers has helped the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office find and extract missing kids, at-risk adults, lost hikers, and severely injured climbers.

Dispatched through the county’s 911 system, we are always ready to help – and there is never a charge for our services. Please support us this year with our multi-year campaign to raise funds to replace our well-loved but aging (20 years!) and barely roadworthy command post. Costing nearly $100,000 when properly outfitted, command posts are *not* provided by the county – nor are the funds to procure them.

to support surrounding counties, including Jefferson and Elbert.

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Patti Hostetler YEAR ESTABLISHED 1987

Of those 22,500 acres, 11,102 acres are open to the public and provide great trails and recreational experiences for all to enjoy.

Douglas Land Conservancy (DLC) is a non-profit organization made up of concerned citizens. Based in Castle Rock, Colorado since 1987, DLC primarily serves Douglas County. However, recognizing the importance of a regional approach in land conservation DLC has recently broadened its focus

CONTACT 1638 Park St. Castle Rock, CO 80109 303-688-1114 HelpandHopeCenter.org

GIVING OPPORTUNITIES Thanks to Westerra Credit Union - for the third consecutive year - gifts made to the Foundation on Colorado Gives day will be matched dollar for dollar, up to $10,000! Opportunity grants are all about creating engaging and interactive learning

It is DLC’s job to ensure that these properties are protected forever by visiting each property annually. The hardest part of our job begins once a conservation easement is put in place on the land.

experiences that motivate and inspire students. Your investment in our Opportunity Grants program will support a project at school that has been fully vetted through a competitive process to ensure rigorous student impact. Join us this December 10 and double your impact.

ABOUT US Each day, Douglas County School District classrooms become home to more than 68,000 students who spend sixty million hours each year thinking, learning and growing. The Foundations for Douglas County Schools brings our community together to support learning that goes beyond the traditional walls of the classroom, immersing students in experiential learning and exposing them to new ideas and experiences.

MISSION STATEMENT The Help & Hope Center is a 501(c)(3) human service organization whose mission is to meet the immediate needs of residents of Douglas and Elbert counties who are in financial distress and at risk of becoming homeless, to help them work through troublesome times with dignity.

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Dan Marlow YEAR ESTABLISHED 1984

11,398 acres are private lands that protect agricultural operations, open space, scenic viewscapes, critical wildlife habitat, and wetlands from ever being developed.

MISSION STATEMENT The Foundation for Douglas County Schools works to enrich student experience and promote innovation. The Foundation is an independent charitable organization that develops private resources to support our students and schools.

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Ashley Sommers YEAR ESTABLISHED 1991

DCSAR team night rescue

MISSION STATEMENT Douglas Land Conservancy (DLC) is a 501 (C) 3, non-partisan, non-profit land trust dedicated to the protection and conservation of the natural character, habitat, and open space of Douglas County and other areas within the central Front Range region of Colorado.

Since 1987 DLC has protected 22,500 acres from being developed, in perpetuity. These lands include agricultural lands, public recreation open space, scenic viewscapes, critical wildlife habitat, and wetlands.

CONTACT 620 Wilcox Street Castle Rock, CO 80104 303-387-0505 foundationdcs.org

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GIVING OPPORTUNITIES • Weekend Meals program for low income students • Toiletries and Food for the food bank • Gently used clothing and household items

ABOUT US Help & Hope Center is a 501(c)3 non-profit human service organization dedicated to providing assistance to people in Douglas and Elbert counties who are in serious economic need, at risk of homelessness, or in a similar crisis.

We address immediate needs by consistently providing food and other necessities for homeless, low income and the working poor in our community. We meet these challenges with over 300 volunteers, five full-time and ten part-time staff.

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DOUGLAS COUNTY NONPROFIT GIVING GUIDE MISSION STATEMENT Breaking the cycle of student homelessness and poverty through education.

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Joseph A. Roos YEAR ESTABLISHED 2015 ABOUT US Over $500,000 and 250 scholarships were awarded to homeless and students in poverty since 2015.

Our Pre-K to 12 Grade Robin Hood Program benefits

CONTACT 9568 University Blvd.

Highlands Ranch, CO 80126 303-471-8958 HRCAonline.org/CAA

DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY RELATIONS, MARKETING & EVENTS Jamie Noebel YEAR ESTABLISHED 2001

CONTACT 3280 Redstone Park Circle Highlands Ranch, CO 80129 303-791-2710 hrprf.org

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Carrie Ward YEAR ESTABLISHED 2000

CONTACT 3575 No. Hwy 67 Sedalia, CO. 80135 720-635-3223 hopeheldbyahorse.org

at risk students who are in a fee based school district. This program funds extra-curricular activities including field trips, athletics, etc. so these students have the same out of classroom educational experiences as their classmates. Our From Homeless To Hired program goal is to help these at risk students get their education, move on to be competitive in the job market, earn a sustainable wage and break their cycle of adversity. Starting in Douglas County, we now support students statewide from Grand Junction to Aurora and from Fort Collins to Colorado Springs. Donations are accepted online or via texting the word HIDE to 50155. We bring generous people and students in poverty together.

MISSION STATEMENT The Highlands Ranch Cultural Affairs Association’s mission is to provide educational opportunities through artistic, musical, theatrical, and dance events, and to advance and preserve the natural and cultural history of Highlands Ranch residents and the surrounding communities.

ABOUT US The Highlands Ranch Cultural Affairs Association (CAA) was created to offer value and enhance the quality of life for the residents of Highlands Ranch and the surrounding communities.

GIVING OPPORTUNITIES Donate online at www.HRCAonline.org/CAA. Your support helps us to continue to provide free or low-cost cultural events to the community like the Summer Concert Series, Highlands Ranch Days, Oktoberfest, the Classic Car Show, and the Art Encounters public art program.

The CAA acts as a central organization from which educational, artistic, musical, theatrical, and dance events are produced, including developing events as well as collaborating with other organizations to offer programs and performances that appeal to people of all ages and allow them to explore their creativity.

With more than 40 events provided in 2019, the CAA takes great pride in offering diverse, quality cultural programming to the Douglas County community.

MISSION STATEMENT The Highlands Ranch Park & Recreation Foundation works hand in hand with the Highlands Ranch Metro District to preserve, enhance and advocate for community parks, recreation, open space and urban forest projects. The foundation accomplishes this by creating a community of donors and raising private funds for various parks and recreation projects that otherwise would not be funded.

ABOUT US The Highlands Ranch Park & Recreation Foundation makes a lasting and noticeable contribution to the community. Thanks to donors, the foundation has raised more than $600,000 for projects including: youth sports and recreation program scholarships, park improvements, senior activities, the Highlands Ranch Veterans Monument and historic preservation at the Highlands Ranch Mansion.

These parks, facilities and programs are enjoyed and used by thousands of visitors every year. They are open to everyone and provide opportunities to pursue an active, healthy lifestyle and appreciate the natural beauty of the community. The foundation is governed by a board of appointed trustees who care about the quality of life of Highlands Ranch residents and serve as volunteers, which allows donations to be directly invested toward projects.

MISSION STATEMENT Hope Held by a Horse provides a safe, positive environment, in the company of horses, to support women with breast cancer to learn, grow, and heal.

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Diane Chaffee YEAR ESTABLISHED 2013

www.DouglasCountyGives.net

GIVING OPPORTUNITIES We welcome donations online at www.hopeheldbyahorse.org. Thanks to your generosity we will be able to continue to provide 11 programs for free to 6 breast cancer survivors each time . We will also be participating in Colorado Gives and we have a benefit ride each year in April.

Contact us for more information.

ABOUT US Hope Held by a Horse gives women the opportunity to reclaim a part of themselves that has been lost or diminished through the challenges of breast cancer. Our goal is to provide a place in which they can address fears and express emotional pain.

The spiritual connection with horses helps them feel supported, centered, empowered and able to continue on and thrive. We provide one-on- one interaction with a therapy horse and a trained counselor to facilitate the emotional healing.

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www.DouglasCountyGives.net CONTACT 1585 Perry Street Suite E Castle Rock, CO 80104 303-660-0277 hopespromise.com

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MISSION STATEMENT Transforming lives through the Christian ministry of adoption and orphan care. parent, we strive to help them create stability in their lives by connecting them with community resources and providing financial assistance to equip them to be successful in their parenting plan.

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Beth Woods, MA YEAR ESTABLISHED 1990

CONTACT 9615 E. County Line Rd., Suite B573 Centennial, CO 80112 720-223-5553 invisibledisabilities.org/ CEO Wayne Connell YEAR ESTABLISHED 1996

CONTACT 300 E. Miller Ct. #2282 Castle Rock, CO 80104 jessiesheart.org

ABOUT US Hope’s Promise has been building families through adoption since 1990. We specialize in both domestic and international adoptions. Our domestic adoption program offers free options counseling to women and men in Colorado who are facing an unintended pregnancy. Only a small percentage of the women we counsel choose adoption. For those who decide to

CONTACT 8155 Piney River Ave., (Administrative only) Littleton, CO 80125 720-431-3750 lambspring.org

GIVING OPPORTUNITIES • National ID Initiative: Leading legislation for volunteer disclosure on government IDs that accommodates people with invisible disabilities.

Proof of Concept:Alaska passes first legislation in USA that allows their DMV to use our brand as the all-encompassing identifier for voluntary disability disclosure: http://doa.alaska.gov/dmv/ akol/designator.htm • IDA Cares Empathy Assessment Tool - IDA is developing a simple but large-scale assessment program that can be utilized by people individually, families, corporate diversity groups and human resources, and others dealing with the care processes it takes to manage the needs of people with Invisible Disabilities.

ABOUT US Invisible Disabilities® Association encourages, educates and connects people touched by illness, pain and disability, passionately raising awareness and creating programming that impacts the lives of those living with invisible disabilities.

MISSION STATEMENT Jessie’s Heart’s mission is to provide support for children with heart defects that reduces emotional, physical and financial stress for the family make annual gifts, monthly tithings or one-time donations. Others support us through their many purchases on Amazon.

Amazon Smile An easy way to donate throughout the year is simply by changing your Amazon bookmark to smile. amazon.com and selecting Jessie’s Heart as the nonprofit you support. Amazon will then donate .5% of your purchase price to our foundation, which allows us to expand our giving to families in need.

GIVING OPPORTUNITIES Financial Support Thanks to our individual and corporate donors we’re able to reduce the financial burdens that directly impact the lives of cardiac children. Many donors participate in our fundraising events while others

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We support the multidisciplinary collaboration of Social Workers, Child Life Specialists, Pediatric Psychologists, and Chaplains in the support of CHD families.

ABOUT US Jessie’s Heart provides financial support to those needing assistance with transportation, lodging, food, daycare, and other unexpected expenses. We believe that by reducing the family’s financial burdens, parents can focus on the care and wellbeing of their

MISSION STATEMENT To develop, fund, build, operate and promote an on-site museum and interpretive center at the Lamb Spring Archaeological Preserve.

ABOUT US Lamb Spring is a unique and valuable resource for public education and research because the site contains what may be some of the best-preserved evidence of the earliest humans to live in the North American Continent, as well as the remains of many extinct Ice Age animals.

BOARD CHAIR Steve Sherman YEAR ESTABLISHED 2006

Hope’s Promise also has Orphan Care programs in Kenya, Nepal, Vietnam, and Zimbabwe. With the help of child sponsors, we place orphaned and at-risk children with indigenous families who commit to raising these children to adulthood. We also offer educational scholarships for children living with extended relatives who can’t afford the cost of education.

MISSION STATEMENT IDA’s mission is to encourage, educate and connect people and organizations touched by illness, pain and disability around the globe. Envision with us, a world where people living with illness, pain and disability will be Invisible No More®.

FOUNDER JC Heinen YEAR ESTABLISHED 2007

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GIVING OPPORTUNITIES When you donate to Lamb Spring, you’re helping us work toward our goal to develop, fund, build and promote an on-site museum and interpretive center at the Lamb Spring Archaeological Preserve. Our tours and programs link guests to the only Cody-age (about 8,500 years old) bison kill site in Colorado that can be visited by the public.

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EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Jan Dengal YEAR ESTABLISHED 1985

CONTACT 19105 Long’s Way Parker, CO 80134 303-841-3460 parkertaskforce.org

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MISSION STATEMENT The Parker Senior Center’s mission is to provide a community center to serve the senior population living in and around Douglas County. Services includes nutrition, transportation, activities, recreation, wellness, education, socialization, and others as needed.

GIVING OPPORTUNITIES As a non-profit, the Parker Senior Center depends on grants, donation, and fundraising to support our facility and the services we provide to the evergrowing senior population.

providing weekend food for homeless schoolchildren.

Please GIVE WHERE YOU LIVE and support our outreach to area families in crisis. Learn more at parkertaskforce.org or visit our Food Bank for a tour and witness your contribution at work.

YEAR ESTABLISHED 1987 GIVING OPPORTUNITIES Your donation to the Parker Task Force directly funds vital client services like perishable food purchases, preventing utility shut-offs and evictions and

GIVING OPPORTUNITIES On Colorado Gives Day, we hope that YOU will choose to support Promise Ranch and help us share the healing power of horses with our community. We

YEAR ESTABLISHED 1987

ABOUT US Named Parker Chronicle’s “Best of the Best 2018 Local Nonprofit,” the Parker Task Force has served Parker, Franktown and Elizabeth for more than 30 years. Our unique, 100% volunteer organization provides one-on-one guidance toward selfsufficiency. At each client visit trained volunteers discuss job and educational opportunities, budgeting, affordable housing and health care solutions.

Our food bank is stocked with non-perishables

have many giving opportunities available, including sponsoring a therapy horse, and supporting our financial assistance fund. We truly need YOUR support to continue to empower individuals with disabilities, and help them to meet their full potential!

Please contact our Executive Director, Sharon Tiraschi, at Sharon@prtr.org for more information on giving to Promise Ranch.

YEAR ESTABLISHED 2008

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collected at volunteer-run community food drives and perishable food purchased through generous donations.

MISSION STATEMENT At Promise Ranch, our mission is to help our participants to minimize disability and maximize ABILITY through partaking in safe, high quality, and effective equine assisted activities and therapies (EAAT).

PROGRAM DIRECTOR Suzanne Opp

CONTACT 8200 S. Akron St Suite 122 Centennial, CO 80112 303 694-6882 realcolorado.net

ABOUT US The Parker Senior Center has been in operation at its current location since 1985. We provide a facility for seniors to meet and fellowship with each other. We have a dining site where we provide hot, nutritious, made-from-scratch meals. This is an area that is often neglected by seniors living alone.

Many activities are provided at the facility such as games, needle works, ceramics, crafts, wellness and exercise as well as group outings to events, shows and site-seeing. In 2018, we served 9,948 meals.

We are currently serving 800+ seniors and growing fast!

MISSION STATEMENT The Parker Task Force is dedicated to providing individuals and families in our community with food, limited financial assistance and other support services to help them become self-sufficient. These services will be delivered with compassion, dignity and respect by our 100% volunteer staff.

CHAIRMAN/VOLUNTEER Steve Budnack

CONTACT 6230 E. Hwy 86 Franktown, CO 80116 303-817-6531 prtr.org

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our Horsemanship Class for Veterans. We also offer volunteer opportunities for children and adults.

Contact us to learn more or to get involved!

ABOUT US Promise Ranch is a 501 (c)(3) non-profit organization that provides equine assisted activities and therapies for children, youth, and adults with disabilities or other therapeutic/rehabilitative needs.

Participants can benefit from our Therapeutic/ Adaptive Horsemanship and Horseback Riding program, Hippotherapy Treatment sessions, and

MISSION STATEMENT Real Colorado Soccer is a community-based organization committed to helping each player learn, grow, and celebrate his or her love of the game. We are dedicated to developing character, integrity, and personal growth for the youth player, student athlete and future leader.

We serve our community by continuing a tradition of fun and excellence in developing players, coaches and teams.

ABOUT US Real Colorado sets the standard for the youth soccer experience, offering the most comprehensive program available from the youngest player to the elite athlete at the highest levels of competition in the country. We offer our players more ways to learn and grow their love of the game than any other club in our state. Our programs are sometimes imitated, but the opportunities provided to grow each player are truly unmatched. Our club includes more than 400 soccer teams across Highlands Ranch, Parker and Castle Rock, Colorado, in both recreational and competitive teams. Year after year, we’ve won championships at the local, state and national level.

Real players have gone on to play in college, MLS

and internationally, as well as represent the U.S. in the Olympics and World Cup. Our alumni return to Real to play, train and give back as coaches and trainers.

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MISSION STATEMENT To rescue and rehabilitate unwanted, neglected or abused Cocker Spaniels, evaluate their behavior to better understand their needs, promote the importance of spaying/neutering companion animals, and educate the public to prevent animal cruelty and support closing puppy mills.

ABOUT US RMCR works with shelters, veterinarians and volunteers to improve the lives of Cocker Spaniels.

We are staffed entirely by volunteers as a fosterbased rescue. We have rescued more than 1500 dogs from more than 17 states. We often have 15+ dogs at any given time in our hospice program as we do not refuse dogs solely based on age or health.

Approximately 97% of all financial donations are budgeted for dog-related expenses, e.g., medical care, food, and grooming at a cost of $800 spent on every dog rescued.

RockyMountainCockerRescue.org

FOUNDER/PRESIDENT Kathryn Glass, Founder Audra J. Bowen, President YEAR ESTABLISHED 2009

CONTACT 10556 E Parker Rd Parker, CO 80138 720-851-0927 rosiesranch.com

MISSION STATEMENT Provide a welcoming therapeutic environment where children, with and without special needs, can connect with an equine partner and each other, under the guidance of trained and qualified staff, to build self-confidence, literacy, and language skills through educational and equine assisted activities. (E.A.T.)

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Mary Mosher-Stathes YEAR ESTABLISHED 2010

CONTACT 10270 Commonwealth Street, Suite B Lone Tree, CO 80124 (303) 790-0557 schweigerranch.org

GIVING OPPORTUNITIES Matching Employer donation(s), individual donations, corporate donations, DC Gives, volunteering.

Donations can be earmarked for children(‘s) camps, horse maintenance, ranch up-keep, etc., or left to the discretion of the executive director.

the animals living on the ranch, expand our ranching programs, help keep our event programming free and provide funding to operate the ranch.

YEAR ESTABLISHED 2006 GIVING OPPORTUNITIES When giving to Schweiger Ranch, donors help preserve and maintain the historic buildings for future generations to enjoy, provide food and care for

CEO/EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Dennis Gorton YEAR ESTABLISHED 2006

ABOUT US Our facility is located about 2 miles east of downtown Parker. Our goal is to boost every child’s self-confidence by joining children, with and without special needs, in the following programs: Summer Day Camp, private and group riding lessons, Parent and Tot program and expansive volunteer opportunities for over 300 teens annually in Douglas county at no cost. Program scholarships are available.

MISSION STATEMENT Schweiger Ranch’s mission is to provide diverse recreational and educational opportunities to foster an understanding and enjoyment of the area’s cultural and natural heritage through displays, demonstrations, interpretive programs and special events for the benefit of the greater community.

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Elizabeth Matthews

CONTACT 17151 Pine Lane Parker, Colorado 80134 720-842-5621 secorcares.com

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ABOUT US Schweiger Ranch Foundation was established to preserve and operate the historic landmark Schweiger Ranch as a cultural and educational resource for the Douglas County community and region. An open-air and living history museum, Schweiger Ranch reveals the spirit of the early western American ranch family, inspires an appreciation of our cultural and natural heritage through free, family friendly events, and preserves this legacy for the future.

MISSION STATEMENT Caring for people faced with Suburban Poverty, restoring hope and dignity, and guiding them toward a self-sufficient life!

GIVING OPPORTUNITIES Donations – both monetary and food; Volunteering; Participation in Events; Sponsorships; Partnerships; Spreading the word – tell people who we are and what we do. Visit www.secorcares.com for more information.

ABOUT US Suburban poverty exists in Douglas County, but it’s invisible. Those experiencing it are embarrassed and feel ashamed, so they don’t ask for help. They live in beautiful homes, with manicured lawns, but inside they are struggling. Too many people in the suburbs are living paycheck-to-paycheck, and are one event away–loss of job, divorce, mounting medical bills-from spiraling into suburban poverty.

SECORCares brings hope, dignity and a helping hand when “life happens.” We offer a FREE food market, financial assistance, legal aid, counseling– whatever it takes to get our guests back on their feet again. We are committed to breaking the chains of suburban poverty and restoring those in need to self-sufficiency!

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VP OF DEVELOPMENT Laura Larson YEAR ESTABLISHED 1989

CONTACT 6311 South Grant Drive Centennial, CO 80121 303-806-9141 talltalesranch.org

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MISSION STATEMENT STRIDE’s mission is to partner with the community to provide excellent, culturally sensitive health services to meet the needs of each individual.

GIVING OPPORTUNITIES Join STRIDE in improving the health of our community! When you donate to STRIDE this year, you will have the opportunity to designate your gift to special programs at STRIDE including: -Behavioral Health Services -Cancer Screening Services -Care Coordination/Management -Homeless Services -Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT) Program -Pediatric Services

GIVING OPPORTUNITIES • Sponsor an event such as a community happy hour, porch party or our annual fundraiser • Underwrite a program • Make an individual donation, include us in your

YEAR ESTABLISHED 2008

CONTACT 1127 Sherman St, Suite #100 Denver, CO 80203 303-954-9612 YouthRoots.org EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Lauren Czajka YEAR ESTABLISHED 2010

ABOUT US STRIDE Community Health Center is a non-profit Federally Qualified Health Center that has served the Denver metropolitan area since 1989. STRIDE provides community and refugee medical, dental, mental health, substance abuse, pharmacy, and community-based services, including case management, outreach to the homeless, adolescent services, health education, and maternal child health

employer’s corporate matching • program, or include us in your estate planning/ stock donation plans • Choose TTR in the King Soopers Reward program and/or download the RoundUp App

YEAR ESTABLISHED 2014

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Bob Bush

to more than 50,000 underserved, uninsured and working individuals and families in need of health care services.

MISSION STATEMENT Tall Tales Ranch is dedicated to providing a life sharing community where both people with and without disabilities can live in a supportive, cooperative environment that honors their individuality, celebrates their uniqueness and helps them to reach their full potential.

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Susan Mooney

CONTACT 826 Park Street, Suite 200 Castle Rock, CO 80109 303-660-1935 weAREwellspring.org

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for people of all abilities to gather - a place rooted in possibility.

ABOUT US Tall Tales Ranch is building a community in Lone Tree to support families and their adult children living with intellectual/developmental disabilities.

We will offer apartments to people with and without disabilities, and serve as a vibrant hub for the greater community. Our community event barn and coffee shop will create job opportunities, vocational training and a place for people to come together to thrive.

Together, we are building a forward-thinking place

MISSION STATEMENT Our mission is to provide enrichment and educational opportunities to adults with special needs, so they are empowered to live abundant lives in a God-centered environment.

GIVING OPPORTUNITIES Sponsor a STAR and provide ongoing continuing education for an adult with special needs. Your support allows our STARS to shine in an environment that fosters personal growth, a sense of purpose and a place to belong. Your gift will ensure that arts and performance, physical fitness, life and leadership, enrichment and enterprise programming continues for these individuals.

ABOUT US Wellspring is a nonprofit organization that encourages adults with special needs to invest in themselves and their community. We do this through our God-centered environment, a nurturing community and our innovative program. We call the individuals in our program STARS, Specially Talented Adults Raising Standards.

MISSION STATEMENT Unleashing the power of youth to change the world.

GIVING OPPORTUNITIES Volunteer 30 minutes in a high-impact meeting to mentor high school students, learn about the issues, and consider financially supporting their causes.

Contact info@youthroots.org to sign up! Or support young leaders working to impact their communities by donating online at www.youthroots.org/donate.

ABOUT US YouthRoots is a leadership program that empowers high-school students to tackle community issues.

The Douglas County YouthBoard is made up of 16 students working together to respond to emerging needs and build the skills to become change makers now and tomorrow. In the words of one of our students, “YouthRoots is a board of teens dedicated

to making change in their community, striving to become better leaders in order to direct their passion towards issues among youth in the community and make the change they envision.”

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Review list of participating local nonprofit organizations and Give Where You Live! www.DouglasCountyGives.net

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Douglas County Gives extends deep appreciation to our 2019 sponsors for their support.

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HOW TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE Editor’s note: How to Make a Difference listings are published free, on a spaceavailable basis. Listings are submitted by the community; to submit a listing, or to change or delete an existing listing, contact hharden@coloradocommunitymedia.com.

Deadline is noon Wednesday a week before publication.

Whiz Kids Tutoring: Help at-risk elementary and middle school kids improve their lives through academic tutoring, positive mentoring relationships and spiritual nurture.

Need: Tutors to work one-on-one with elementary students at tutoring sites in Littleton and throughout the metro area.

October to April. Once a week, afternoon or evening sites, Monday through Thursday. One hour of tutoring followed by a 30-minute club where kids get to learn about Jesus.

Requirements: You just need to be able to read, love a child and pass the background check.

Info: https://www.whizkidstutoring.com/ Contact: Ashley Weldon ashley@whizkidstutoring.com YANAM2M (You Are Not Alone - Mom 2 Mom): Provides a safe, free place to connect with other moms of Highlands Ranch and be paired with another mom as a support person.

Need: Mom volunteers to be support people for other moms.

Requirement: Must be a mom who can be real and lend support to another mom.

Contact: Nikki Brooker at nikki@yanam2m. org or go to www.yanam2m.org.

Zuma’s Rescue Ranch: Provides care for rescue animals, including horses and farm animals, and rehabilitates them into forever homes.

Need: Volunteers from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. every day. Feeding and cleaning. Zuma’s also provides animal assisted therapy for at risk youth and their families; many of our once homeless animals have become amazing therapy partners helping kids and families.

Contact: www.zumasrescueranch.com

A Precious Child provides children in need with opportunities and resources to empower them to achieve their full potential. A Precious Child assists children and families facing difficult life challenges such as abuse and neglect, crisis situations and poverty. We work with more than 440 Agency Partners throughout eight Denver Metro counties including Adams, Arapahoe, Boulder, Broomfield, Denver, Douglas, Jefferson and Weld to identify children and families in the most need of our services.

Need: Volunteers are needed in all departments throughout A Precious Child and we offer an array of volunteer opportunities to choose from for individuals (flexible and consistent scheduling available), corporate groups and community organizations.

We accept groups of up to 60 attendees.

Currently, we are in highest need of group volunteers and individual volunteers for our Store, Receptionist and Donation Center volunteer positions. More positions also available.

Requirement: Minimum age to volunteers is 5 years of age, 5-12 must attend with a parent/guardian, 13 and older can volunteer on their own.

Contact: For more information on positions please contact our volunteer associate Joshua Walsh, at Joshua@apreciouschild.org AARP Foundation Tax-Aide: Offers free tax filing help to anyone, especially those 50 and older, who cannot afford a tax preparation service.

Need: Volunteers to help older, lower-income taxpayers prepare their tax returns.

Requirement: All levels of experience are welcome; training and support provided.

Contact: 1-888-OUR-AARP (687-2277) or www.aarpfoundation.org/taxaide Alzheimer’s Association, Colorado Chapter: Provides care and support to 67,000-plus families dealing with all kinds of dementing illnesses.

Need: Walk to End Alzheimer’s committee members.

Contact: Deb Wells, 303-813-1669 or dwells@alz.org.

Douglas County seeks applicants for boards, commissions STAFF REPORT

Douglas County residents looking for a way to be active in their community can apply to serve on one of the county’s advisory boards, committees or commissions.

“From the cultural council to the planning commission, volunteer members provide subject matter expertise and experience that is vital to the county’s decision-making process,” County Commissioner and Board Chair Roger Partridge said in a news release. “The county and its citizens greatly benefit from this service.”

Serving on a board, committee or commission is a hands-on way to engage in the county’s governance and serve the community, the release said.

Douglas County accepts applications on an ongoing basis for current and future vacancies on all advisory bodies. Go to https://www.douglas.

co.us/government/commissioners/ citizen-advisory-boards-committeesand-commissions/application-for-appointment-for-citizen-advisory-boards.

All applications, and those previously completed in 2019, will remain in consideration for one year from the application date.

Position responsibilities, commissioner district representation, terms of office, board, committee or commission size, appointment process and meeting schedules vary for each board, committee and commission.

Learn more about each, find a match with your interests and knowledge, and complete an application to be considered at https://www.douglas. co.us/government/commissioners/ citizen-advisory-boards-committeesand-commissions/cultural-council.

For information, contact the Douglas County Commissioners office at 303-660-7401.

Angel Heart Project: Delivers meals to men, women and children with life-threatening illnesses.

Need: Volunteers to deliver meals to clients in the south Denver area.

Requirements: Attend an orientation and submit to a background check. Training provided to all new drivers. Deliveries start at 1 p.m. and last until 3 p.m.

Contact: 303-830-0202 or volunteer@ projectangelheart.org.

Animal Rescue of the Rockies: Provides foster care for death-row shelter dogs and cats throughout Colorado.

Need: Foster families for animals on lists to be euthanized Contact: www.animalrescueoftherockies. org.

Ainsley’s Angels in Denver: Pairing runners and riders with special needs or physical limitations in races from 5k’s to marathons.

Need: Volunteers to run and help push the specialized race chairs in local races.

Volunteers to take pictures and videos of Angel teams at the start, middle and finish of races.

Requirements: Able to run/jog a 5k and/or work an iPhone.

Contact: Law Dickerson, 225-278-4265 or Denver@ainsleysangels.org, https://ainsleysangels.org/signup Arapahoe Philharmonic: Littleton-based orchestra Need: board members to join a team in the oversight and policy-making of a local cultural institution.

Requirements: Must have an appreciation for classical music, a commitment to music

education, and some understanding of the Denver area cultural scene, as well as professional experience in one or more of the following areas: leadership, strategic planning, arts education, management, law, information technology, fundraising, finance, project management, marketing, human resources or nonprofit administration. Must attend monthly board meetings, assist with projects, attend concerts and events.

Info: https://www.arapahoe-phil.org/aboutus/join-ap-board/.

Contact: Erin Acheson, 303-781-1892 or erin@arapahoe-phil.org Arthritis Foundation, Colorado/Wyoming Chapter: Helps conquer everyday battles through life-changing information and resources, access to care, advancements in sciences and community connections.

Need: Walk to Cure Arthritis committee members and general office volunteer support.

Requirements: Individuals who love to help plan and execute Walk to Cure Arthritis. We combat arthritis every day, so support from volunteers so that we can serve people is crucial.

Contact: Amy Boulas, aboulas@arthritis.org, 720-409-3143.

ASSE International Student Exchange Program: Organizes student exchange programs.

Need: Local host families to provide homes for boys and girls age 15-18 from a variety of countries.

Contact: 800-733-2773, go to www.ASSEhosts.com or email asseusawest@asse.com SEE VOLUNTEERS, P42

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CLUBS Editor’s note: Clubs listings are published free, on a space-available basis. Listings are submitted by the community; to submit a new listing, or to make changes to or remove an existing listing, contact hharden@coloradocommunitymedia.com.

Social/Service Words for the Journey Christian Writers Guild meets from 9:30-11 a.m. Tuesdays at Southeast Christian Church, 9650 Jordan Road in Parker. The group has a guest speaker from 7-9 p.m. on the last Tuesday of the month at Barnes & Noble Booksellers, 8374 S. Willow St. in Lone Tree. Visit www.wordsforthejourney.org then go to the Rocky Mountain Region link for more information.

Support Find AA If you want to drink, that’s your business. If you want to stop, that’s ours. More than 1,000 AA meetings are offered in the Denver area every week. If you think you may have a problem with alcohol, come see us. To find a meeting near you, call 303-3224440, or go to www.daccaa.org.

Affordable Colleges Online has created a guidebook to help women find and secure financial aid. The guide includes a collection of scholarships for women, including due dates and award amounts; insight into the financial aid application process; and other funding opportunities, such as industryspecific scholarships and funding for special groups. The guide is available online at http://www.affordablecollegesonline.org/ womens-guide-paying-for-college/.

Colorado Symphony Guild, Highlands

Ranch/Lone Tree chapter, meets at 1 p.m. the third Tuesday of each month at St. Luke’s United Methodist Church, Room 212, 8817 S. Broadway, Highlands Ranch. The group is the largest support group of the Colorado Symphony. Contact 303-3082462, admin@coloradosymphonyguild.org or www.coloradosymphonyguild.org.

Douglas County Association for Gifted & Talented is a nonprofit group of parents, educators and community leaders that supports the educational and emotional needs of gifted and advanced learners in Douglas County. Affiliate of the Colorado Association for GT and the National Association for GT. Find our mission, newsletters, events and general information at www.dcagt.org.

EMPOWER Colorado, South Metro Support Group for parents of children with mental illness. Learn how to handle mental health challenges within the family and how to collaborate with the school system. Find out how to access resources for mental health care services. E-mail listserv and educational classes are also available.

Meetings are from 6-8 p.m. the first and third Thursday of each month at Arapahoe/Douglas Mental Health Network, 155 Inverness Drive West, 2nd floor, one block East of Dry Creek (next to DirecTV and the Light Rail) Englewood, CO 80112. Dinner will be served (usually pizza or Subway). Contact Carol Villa at kyvilla@aol.com or 1-866-213-4631.

KIDS, Kids In Divorce Survival, group meets to address the challenges and difficulties faced by divorcing families. A five week session, KIDS learn coping skills to help

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them through these trying times. Intake and registration required. There is a fee for participation. For details call 720-987-5129 or e-mail heatherguthrielcsw@gmail.com.

11:35 a.m. to 12:35 p.m. every Thursday at the South Metro Fire Rescue Authority Station 34, 8871 Maximus Drive, Lone Tree. Call Susan at 303-284-0307.

Learning English? Douglas County Libraries offers Saturday morning practice sessions at which those learning English can engage in casual conversation with others. DCL also offers ESL Book Clubs, where English learners can read and discuss specific books.

Both meetings are facilitated by trained volunteers. For dates, times and locations, call 303-791-7323.

Narconon reminds families that abuse of addictive pharmaceutical drugs is on the rise. Learn to recognize the signs of drug abuse and get your loved ones help if they are at risk. Call Narconon for a free brochure on the signs addiction for all types of drugs.

Narconon also offers free assessments and referrals. Call 800-431-1754 or go to DrugAbuseSolution.com. Narconon also can help with addiction counseling. Call for free assessments or referrals, 800-431-1754.

Lone Tree Arts Center Guild is a group of volunteers whose mission is to support and promote the Lone Tree Arts Center. The Guild sponsors many exciting events and fundraisers, meets once a month and is accepting new members. For information go www.lonetreeartscenterguild.org or call 303-662-9952.

Men of Valor Inc., Faithful Fathers, is a recently organized non-profit and is based in Lone Tree at 9492 E. Aspen Hill Place. This organization helps all fathers regardless of marital status envision and develop their relationships with their children. Our goal is wisdom, discernment, understanding, insight, and character development of children and their fathers. Father and children monthly activities include picnics, weekend tent camping, hikes, sporting events, fishing, swimming, musical events, and cultural exhibits. A fathers’ group meets weekly to discuss individual challenges and successes at the Lone Tree Golf Club and Hotel in Lone Tree from 6:30-8 p.m. All fathers, especially divorced fathers, are welcome to attend.

Meridian Midday Toastmaster meets from

Overeaters Anonymous meets from 10-11 a.m. and from 7-8 p.m. Wednesdays in the Sedalia Room at New Hope Presbyterian Church, 2100 Meadows Parkway, Castle Rock.

Peripheral Neuropathy Support Group The Denver Branch meets from 3:30-5 p.m. the first and third Thursdays of every month at Christ Church United Methodist, 690 Colorado Blvd., Denver; parking and entrance in the back. For information about the Denver Branch meetings, call Dorothy Miller at 303-814-2112 or email dorthy_miller@ hotmail.com.

Sky Cliff Center Caregiver Support Group: 10-11:30 a.m. the third Tuesday of each month at 4600 E. Highway 86, Castle Rock.

Caregiving for adults can be challenging at times, and you’re not alone. For information, or to let the center know if you’re coming, call 303-814-2863 or email skycliffctr@ skycliff.org. Go to www.skycliff.org.

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Eligible residents can apply for help with winter costs Assistance on heating costs, furnace repairs offered through April STAFF REPORT

Douglas County residents who need help with winter heating costs may apply for energy assistance through the State of Colorado’s Low-Income Energy Assistance Program.

The program is seasonal, and help is available through April 30. While the program will not pay for all winter heating expenses, it will pay a minimum of $250 for those who are eligible. Learn more about applying at www.douglas.co.us/community/ housing-and-energy-assistance.

All LEAP applications are processed by Discover Goodwill of Central and Southern Colorado, one of the county’s community-based partners. Questions or completed LEAP applications should be sent via email to LEAPHELP@discovermy-

goodwill.org.

A separate application will be processed by Discover Goodwill for help with furnace repairs or home weatherization from Energy Outreach Colorado. For information, go to www.energyoutreach.org.

Utility customers of Black Hills, Xcel, Atmos, or Colorado Natural Gas applying for LEAP or EOC will also have to complete a consent form. The signed consent form allows Discover Goodwill to talk to your utility company. Consent forms (if applicable) may be emailed to LeapHelp@discovermygoodwill.org.

LEAP and EOC applications may be completed at https://coloradopeak. secure.force.com, or paper forms can be obtained from the Department of Human Services, 4400 Castleton Court in Castle Rock; Help and Hope Center, 1638 Park St. in Castle Rock; and Parker Task Force, 19105 Longs Way in Parker.

A postage-paid envelope will be provided with the paper application or you may email the application and other required documentation to LeapHelp@discovermygoodwill.org.

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ROHAH BROUGHT THE

GRIT It can happen to anyone, at any time. Injury. When it happened to Rohah, a stress fracture in her foot nearly ended her tennis season before it began.

Her recovery team at Children’s Colorado custom-built her a plan that helped her come back strong — but it took more than that to finish her season ranked #3 in the region. That took grit.

Thanks for inspiring me, Rohah.

OFFICIAL CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL OF THE DENVER BRONCOS

Phillip Lindsay

Children’s Hospital Colorado complies with applicable Federal civil rights laws and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, disability, or sex. • ATENCIÓN: si habla español, tiene a su disposición servicios gratuitos de asistencia lingüística.

Llame al 1-720-777-1234. • CHÚ Ý: Nếu bạn nói Tiếng Việt, có các dịch vụ hỗ trợ ngôn ngữ miễn phí dành cho bạn. Gọi số 1-720-777-1234.

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Sky Cliff Center Stroke Support Group: 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. the second and last Wednesday of each month at Christlife Community Church, 5451 E. Highway 86, Franktown (lunch provided). 10-11:30 a.m. the third Wednesday of each month at Sky Ridge Medical Center, 10101 Ridge Gate Parkway, Lone Tree. Call Sky Cliff Center at 303-814-2863.

Political Douglas County Democrats executive committee meets at 7 p.m. the second Monday of every month at various sites.

Contact Mike Jones at 720-509-9048 or email info@DouglasDemocrats.org. Socialdiscussion meetings take place in Highlands Ranch, Castle Rock, Parker, Lone Tree and Roxborough. Visit douglasdemocratskiwa. org and click on calendar for information.

Douglas County Republican Women meets at 11 a.m. the third Wednesday each month at the Lone Tree Golf and Hotel for dialogue about current issues presented by informative speakers. Call Barbara Piper at 303-768-8370 or go to www.dcgop.org or www.dcrw.org.

Highlands Ranch, Roxborough, and Lone Tree Democrats meet at 7 p.m. the third 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.

Libertarian Party of Douglas County: 6 p.m. the first Thursday of each month. Top-

ics include items of general libertarian interest and organization for local activism to make a difference in our political landscape.

All welcomed. For location details and other information, go to LPDG.org.

Lone Tree Democrats meet for First Friday Happy Hour the first Friday of every month at Los Arcos. Call Gordon at 303-7908264.

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.

Parker Republicans meet at 7 a.m. the first Friday of each month at Rory’s Diner, 11020 S. Pikes Peak Drive, Parker. Meetings have featured speakers and elected officials’ updates. Registration/social hour begins at 6:30 a.m. Attendance is free, coffee is $5 and a full breakfast can be purchased for $15 (all cash only). Contact Mark Hall at 720-984-4128 or e-mail via website at parkerbreakfastclub.com.

Professional AAUW, American Association of University Women, Littleton-South Metro Branch, invites graduates who hold an associate or higher degree from an accredited institution to participate in activities that advance equity for women and girls through advocacy, education, philanthropy and research. For details on upcoming events and membership information contact 2president1719@ gmail.com.

BNI Connections of Lone Tree (www.thebniconnections.com) invites business owners to attend its meeting held each Tuesday,

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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.

BNI Higher Ground business networking group meets from 7:30-9 a.m. Wednesdays at the Riize Coffee Co., 8200 Southpark Circle, Littleton. Open to business owners and entrepreneurs expanding their business, opening a new business, or wanting higher quality business referrals. There is no charge to visit our meeting as a guest. Bring plenty of business cards to share. Contact Marie Pierce, 303-788-0113 or marie@proflooring.com.

League of Women Voters of Arapahoe and Douglas Counties encourages community members to participate in one of our three monthly meetings. Help us create a democracy where every person has the desire, the right, the knowledge and the confidence to participate. Feel free to call or email Jo Ann Feder at 904-608-3932 or joluvs10s@ gmail.com for details.

Lone Tree Networking Professionals is a networking/leads group that meets Tuesdays at 11:30 a.m. at Rio Grande Restaurant in Lone Tree. Exclusive business categories are open. Visitors and new members are welcome. Contact Don Shenk at 303-7460093.

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

Recreation Camping Singles is a group of Colorado single adults who enjoy camping, fishing, hiking, swimming, biking, sightseeing, photography, the camaraderie of others, and starry nights around the camp fire. We usually camp in designated forest service or state park campgrounds within 2 to 5 hours of Denver. We welcome all single adults.

Our membership ranges from the 40s to 60-plus. We usually meet at 7 p.m. the first Tuesday of the month. For specific meeting information, contact campingsingles@ gmail.com Front Range Woodturners Club meets from 6-9 p.m. the first Tuesday of each month in the basement of the Rockler Woodworking store at 2553 S Colorado Blvd. Anyone interested in woodturning is welcome.

Contact Jim Proud at cavaleon1956@gmail. com for more information.

Learn to Fly Fish: 9-11 a.m. Saturdays at Orvis Park Meadows, 8433 Park Meadows Center Drive, Unit 149, Lone Tree. The free Fly Fishing 101 course teaches the basics including fly casting, outfit rigging, and knot tying. After completing FF101, sign up for the free FF201 class at a local stocked pond and practice hooking, playing and landing fish. For information or to sign up, call 303-768-9600 or go to www.orvis. com/s/park-meadows-colorado-orvisretail-store/620.

Lone Tree Ladies 9-Hole Golf. Applications are now being accepted for the upcoming Thursday morning 9-hole golf group. The group is open to women golfers ages 18 and older. Applications and more informaiton are available in the Lone Tree Pro Shop.

Contact Nancy Cushing, league president, at 720-560-9333 or email LTL9hole@gmail. com.

Salty Dog Sailing Club If you love to sail or want to try, if you don’t have a boat, if you have a boat but don’t sail enough because you cannot find a crew, the Salty Dog Sailing Club is for you. The club meets the second Thursday of the month. Dinner begins at 5:30 p.m. with the business meeting commencing at 7 p.m. Go to www. saltydog.org for meeting locations and directions.

SilverSneakers Fitness, Silver&Fit at ACC The Arapahoe Community College fitness center offers the SilverSneakers Fitness and Silver&Fit programs for seniors in the south metro Denver area. For more information about health and fitness options at ACC, call 303-797-5850.

Social/Service AAUW (American Association of University Women), founded in 1881, is the oldest women’s organization in the United States.

It has a mission of promoting equity for women and girls through advocacy, education and research. Scholarships are provided to Douglas County women who are in college, and cash awards are presented to senior girls from Douglas County high schools who have an interest in the areas of science, technology, engineering or math (STEM). Meetings are in Castle Rock the third Wednesday of the month, at various times and locations. Go to douglascountyco.aauw.net. Contact Beryl Jacobson at 303-688-8088 or berylmjacobson@gmail. com.

A Dreampower Animal Rescue / PAALS adoption for cats, dogs and more meets from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Park Meadows PetsMart. Call 303-688-9503.

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Thespian brings Bedford Falls to life on south metro stage Christopher Willard will perform in one-man show ‘This Wonderful Life’

BY SONYA ELLINGBOE SELLINGBOE@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Chris Willard is the director for “Wizard of Oz.”

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Local actor/director/playwright Christopher Willard has, like many of us, loved Frank Capra’s 1946 fantasy film, “It’s a Wonderful Life,” as it screens each holiday season.

The warm, charming tale of George Bailey, his guardian angel Clarence Odbody and Bailey’s love for Bedford Falls, his hometown, as well as for Mary Hatch, is part of our cultural fabric.

“I’ve been carrying that script around in my pocket,” said Willard, who previously developed a very funny one-man show, “Fully Committed.”

He arrived in Colorado in 1996 and has been prominent in the theater community since.

He has directed at Littleton’s Town Hall Arts Center, spent a number of years at Arvada Center, developing its children’s theater program, and recently left a spot as director of Breckenridge Backstage Theatre.

In the spring, he will direct a production of Neil Simon’s delight, “The Odd Couple,” at Parker’s PACE

IF YOU GO The Schoolhouse theater is at 19650 E. Mainstreet, Parker. Tickets for “This Wonderful Life” are available at parkerarts. org or 303-805-6800. $20/$10.

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And for one night only, he will present his one-man reimagining of the Capra classic, which he has titled “This Wonderful Life,” for familes (he suggests 6 and over) at the historic Schoolhouse in Parker at 7 p.m. on Dec. 18. His production company is called Alliance Stage.

“In my humble estimation, the world needs the story of George Bailey and Bedford Falls now more than ever … I’ll be running sound and light from the stage,” he says of the production, which will also appear at several metro-area churches and at Mizel Arts Center. “This production is about a guy who loves ‘This Wonderful Life’ so much, he wants to do it all!”

We chatted a bit about his development of what he calls: “a trunk show — it fits in the back of my SUV and is ready in half an hour.”

I was reminded of the traveling players who are often depicted in Shakespeare’s plays, carrying their art from town to town … We will look forward to this production and future opportunities to appreciate Willard’s talents.

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VOLUNTEERS FROM PAGE 37

Audubon Society of Greater Denver: Provides engaging and educational birding and wildlife programs at the Audubon Nature Center at Chatfield State Park and throughout the Denver metro area.

Need: Volunteers lead birding field trips and assist with nature programs, office projects, fundraising and community events.

Location: Chatfield State Park and offsite locations around Denver.

Age Requirement: 18 years or older for year-round volunteers; 13-17 for summer camp programs.

Contact: Kate Hogan at communityoutreach@denveraudubon.org or 303-9739530.

AYUSA: International Youth Exchange Program: Promotes quality exchange programs for high school students from around the world.

Need: Host families for international high school students ages 15-18 studying in the Denver area.

Requirements: Provide a safe home, meals and transportation for 5-10 months. All family types are considered. Must fill out online application and pass background check.

Contact: Adrienne Bivens, 720-467-6430 or abivens@ayusa.org. Go to www.ayusa.org.

Big Brothers Big Sisters Mentor2.0 Matches students at three Denver metropolitan area schools, Sheridan High School, Englewood High School, and Girls Athletic Leadership School, with college-educated mentors and provides them with the support and guidance they need to graduate

high school and succeed in college and the workforce. Mentor/mentee matches get to know each other through an innovative combination of weekly online messages (via a secure web-based platform) and monthly group meetings at the high school that Mentor2.0 organizes and hosts. Go to https://biglittlecolorado.org/be-abig/#mentor2.0. Learn more at https:// biglittlecolorado.org/m20 Castle Rock Senior Activity Center: Provides services to local seniors.

Need: Volunteer drivers to take seniors to appointments, the grocery store, pharmacies and more.

Contact: Juli Asbridge, 720-733-2292 Children’s Hospital Colorado South Campus, 1811 Plaza Drive, Highlands Ranch Join a dedicated group of volunteers working to support the operations of this nationally ranked children’s hospital. We are recruiting South Metro Volunteer Chapter members who serve at events in the community to raise awareness and funds.

Apply online at https://www.childrenscolorado.org/community/donate-volunteer (indicate Chapter applicant) or contact us at 720-478-0102.

Colorado Agricultural Leadership Foundation: connecting People to Agriculture through authentic educational programs and community projects.

Need: Teachers or teachers at heart to lead or assist during outdoor field trips at CALF’s Lowell Ranch. Weekdays. Opportunities available April through October.

Requirements: Must be available during the week between 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Background check. We provide the training.

Contact: Kim Roth, 303-688-1026 or kim@ thecalf.org www.thecalf.org

The hOlidays are in the air here in LOne Tree Come celebrate the most wonderful time of the year as we light the City Holiday Tree for the season and join many of our community partners in bringing the holiday spirit to the City of Lone Tree.

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Lone Tree Arts Center Plaza 6pm-7:30pm

Story Time and Crafts Douglas County Library, Lone Tree 6pm-7:30pm

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3rd Annual Austrian Christmas and Christkindl Market Schweiger Ranch 1pm-5pm

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Cookie Decorating, Carols, and Ornament Making MorningStar Senior Living RidgeGate 6pm-7:30pm

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Colorado Agricultural Leadership Foundation: connecting People to Agriculture through authentic educational programs and community projects.

Need: Regular care and feeding of CALF’s livestock. This is the perfect opportunity to learn if your children are truly passionate about owning and caring for an animal.

Once per week. Morning or evening shifts available.

Requirements: None. We will train you.

Contact: Brooke Fox, 303-688-1026 or brooke@thecalf.org, www.thecalf.org Colorado Humane Society: Handles animal abuse and neglect cases.

Need: Volunteers to care for pregnant cats, dogs and their litters, as well as homes for cats and dogs that require socializing or that are recovering from surgery or injuries.

Contact: Teresa Broaddus, 303-961-3925 Colorado Refugee English as a Second Language Program: Teaches English to recently arrived refugees, who have fled war or persecution in their home country.

In Colorado, refugees are from Afghanistan, Burma, Bhutan, Somalia, Iraq, Eritrea and D.R. Congo, among others.

Need: Volunteers to teach English. Tutoring takes place in the student’s home.

Refugees live throughout Denver, but the largest concentrations are in Thornton, near 88th Avenue and Washington Street, and in east Denver/Aurora, near Colfax Avenue and Yosemite Street.

Other Details: Tutors do not need to speak the student’s language. Most participants are homebound women and small children, adults who are disabled, and senior citizens. Many are not literate in their first language, and remain isolated from American culture.

Requirements: Volunteers must attend training at Emily Griffith Technical College in downtown Denver. Sessions take place every 6-8 weeks. Go to www.refugee-esl. org for information and volunteer application.

Contact: Sharon McCreary, 720-423-4843 or sharon.mccreary@emilygriffith.edu.

Court Appointed Special Advocates: Works with abused and neglected children in Arapahoe, Douglas, Elbert and Lincoln counties.

Need: Advocates for children, to get to know, speak up for and ensure their best interests in court Contact: 303-695-1882 or www.adv4children.org.

Denver Regional Mobility Access & Council is a resource for transportation. The ride share program is for those who face

SMITH FROM PAGE 12

The film was poorly received when it was released in 1958. Many now think it is Hitchcock’s masterpiece.

Hitchcock thought Jimmy Stewart’s age, 49, was the reason for the film’s poor box office performance.

Stewart was 25 years older than Novak.

Looking out of an airplane doesn’t bother. Until it takes off.

But seriously.

Actually, I don’t mind the view

intellectual developmental disabilities.

Depending on capabilities, we can help them find a ride or can set one up with our drivers.

Need: Volunteer drivers in and around Arapahoe County (oprganization is looking to expand when the right opportunity comes up for funding, so the reach may broaden).

Requirements: must be 18 years or older; background check required, as is an inperson interview at the office at 190 E 9th Ave, Denver, CO 80203.

Contact: Amberrae at 720-665-5656 (rider phone) or rides@drmac-co.org. Go to https://www.drmac-co.org/volunteer Douglas County Libraries: elevates our community by inspiring a love of reading, discovery and connection.

Need: Volunteer opportunities consist of event assistance, weekly shelving or bookstore shifts, tutoring, Storytime helpers, and more.

Requirements: Attend an orientation. We will provide training. Specific requirements are listed in each opportunity’s details.

Contact: Visit VolunteerConnectDC.org and search for Douglas County Libraries opportunities.

Dumb Friends League Harmony Equine Center: Cares for homeless horses and other equines.

Need: Volunteers to work with horses and other opportunities.

Requirements: Must be 16 years old, pass a background check, and be able to commit to at least three hours a week for three months.

Contact: 303-751-5772.

Other Information: Two-hour orientation provides an overview of the services provided, learn about the volunteer opportunities, take a tour of the center, and talk with staff and volunteers. Contact www. ddfl.org.

Feeding Denver’s Hungry: serves 8001,000 people and families in need in lower downtown Denver.

Need: help distribute food the second and fourth Thursday of each month. Donation also accepted.

Contact: www.feedingdenvershungry.org or https://www.facebook.com/FeedingDenversHungry/ Front Range BEST: Hosts free robotics competitions for middle and high school students.

Need: Volunteer judges for competions.

Contact: Tami Kirkland, 720-323-6827 or Tami.Kirkland@FrontRangeBEST.org

from an airplane, but I never sit in a window seat. I always reserve an aisle seat. It’s not a superstition: I just need the option of stretching one leg out into the aisle.

Yes, I have tripped a few flight attendants in my day. But it gives me a chance to find out if they believe in forgiveness or retribution.

Either way, I can get a column out of it.

What do you call a bird that is afraid of heights?

A chicken.

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

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Your Donation Sustains Your Hometown Newspaper December 3rd is Giving News Day The Lone Tree Voice is participating this year. Please consider making a donation towards the purchase of new camera equipment for our reporters.

We’re one of 18 Colorado newsrooms joining forces to spotlight the impact that homegrown, independent Colorado journalism is making in communities across our state. Collectively, our work is essential to a better-informed community and a healthy democracy. But it would not be possible without the support of readers like you. It’s a movement to celebrate ethical, honest, and fact-based journalism like ours—and to raise the funds to make it all possible.

Jerry Healey Publisher

While December 3rd is Giving News Day, from now until December 31, the Colorado Media Project will match your donation or double your one-time gift, up to $1,000. It’s a unique opportunity to make your support count in a big way.

We hope to raise a total of up to $15,000 with $10,000 from our readers, plus the maximum Colorado Media Project match of $5,000 to put towards the following: • • • • • • •

DSLR Cameras and with an all purpose lenses for our nine journalists External flashes for each camera External microphone for each camera for video Two telephoto lenses that can be shared Two portraits lenses that can be shared Training on new cameras Seminars in photo journalism

With gratitude,

Jerry Healey, Publisher, Colorado Community Media 303-566-4076 jhealey@coloradocommunitymedia.com

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Community-minded art group to hold holiday sale South Suburban Artist Collective showcasing work, ornaments at mall

Stephanie Thomas, a member of the SoSu Art Collective, hangs decorations Nov. 27 for the group’s holiday art sale in early December.

BY ELLIS ARNOLD EARNOLD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

There’s a bustling art scene in Denver, but the suburbs have less to talk about, according to Stephanie Thomas, a Centennial resident who is part of a small movement to change that.

“Community — that’s what we’re all about. Creating an art community in the desert,” Thomas laughed, characterizing the south Denver suburbs as less fertile ground in the art world.

“There’s not much going on in the suburbs’ art scene, and we want to change that.”

The South Suburban Artist Collective — SoSu for short — includes a small group of Centennial-area artists working out of a studio at The Streets at SouthGlenn. After forming roughly five years ago, the collective held a yearly Holiday Pop-Up Art Market, including at Aspen Grove in Littleton last year.

Now, the group is set to hold its first holiday art sale in a space of its own.

It moved in August into 2154 E. Commons Ave., where it will offer paintings, mixed media, ceramics, jewelry and some textile pieces — along with greeting cards and Christmas orna-

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ments — at the sale in early December.

Some of the collective’s artists met each other though their experience as art teachers — Janet Moore, a Centennial resident, retired as an Aurora Public Schools art teacher.

“For us personally, having a space like this is just a dream come true,” Moore said, adding that it allows the artists to share ideas away from the isolation of home studios.

The collective also holds art workshops and is willing to host them for local groups.

Apart from the holiday sale, shoppers can purchase art at SoSu’s studio any day when one of the artists is working there. There aren’t set hours, but Moore is reachable at 303-956-5193.

The holiday sale takes place 5-8 p.m.

Dec. 6, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Dec. 7 and noon to 4 p.m. Dec. 8 at 2154 E. Commons Ave., unit 306, in The Streets at SouthGlenn outdoor mall in Centennial.

The mall sits at East Arapahoe Road and South University Boulevard.

Janet Moore, a member of the South Suburban Artist Collective, discusses one of her pieces Nov. 27 at the group’s studio at The Streets at SouthGlenn in Centennial.

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THINGS to DO

Castle Pines/ Castle Rock

Storytellers and S’mores: 5-7 p.m.

Saturday, Dec. 7 at Festival Park, 300 Second St., Castle Rock. Kidfriendly fare, hot chocolate and more. Bring a lawn chair, or blanket, and make sure to dress for the weather. Storytellers include Buddy the Elf, characters from the Disney movie Frozen, members from the fire and police departments, and Santa will wrap up the event with `Twas the Night Before Christmas. Learn more at https://www.crgov.com/2622/ Season-of-the-Star.

Free Holiday Concert: 2 p.m.

Sunday, Dec. 8 at Faith Lutheran Church, 303 N. Ridge Road, Castle Rock. Performed by the Castle Rock Band, and including a Christmas medley sing-along.

Go to www.castlerockband.com or https://www.facebook.com/ CastleRockTownBand.

Stuck in a Rut? Get Unstuck …

One Step at a Time: 6-7 p.m.

Sunday, Dec. 8 at Castle Rock Adventist Hospital, Ridgeline Conference Room, 2350 Meadows Blvd., Castle Rock. Interview with a man who began a coast-to-coast walk across the country in April 2014. All welcome. Coffee and snacks provided.

London: Biography of a City: 1-2 p.m.

Friday, Dec. 13 at Castle Rock Senior Center, 2323 Woodlands Blvd., Castle Rock. Active Minds program. Call 303-688-9498 to RSVP.

Centennial

Tables Extraordinaire: 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Friday, Dec. 6 at Saint Catherine Greek Orthodox Church, 5555 S. Yosemite St., Greenwood Village. Display of holiday table settings, hosted by Saint Catherine Philoptochos Society.

For reservations and individual purchases, go to TablesExtraordinaire.org.

Baroque Holiday Music: 5-6 p.m.

Friday, Dec. 6 at Southglenn Library, 6972 S. Vine St., Centennial.

Active Minds event. Sample of Baroque era music of the holidays.

Call 303-542-7279 to RSVP. Holiday Arts and Craft Fair: 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 7 at Goodson Recreation Center, 6315 S. University Blvd., Centennial.

Admission and parking are free.

Go to www.sspr.org.

Pottery Guild Holiday Sale: Dec.

Call Mark Zwilling at 303-7942683 or go to gostandrew.com.

this week’s TOP FIVE Climb Aboard the Holiday Express: 3:30-7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Dec. 6-7 and Dec. 13-14 at Englewood Farm and Train at Belleview Park, 5001 S. Inca Drive, Englewood. The Englewood Farm and Train will be transformed into the North Pole with lights and decorations. Visit Santa, enjoy a hot drink, and roast some s’mores. Tickets can be purchased online, at the Englewood Recreation Center or the Malley Recreation Center.

Space is limited. Contact 303-762-2680, or Lindsay Peterson at lpeterson@englewoodco.gov or 303-762-2697. Go to https://www.englewoodco. gov/parks-recreation-library/holiday-express Little Elves Workshop: 10-11:30 a.m. and 1-2:30 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 7 at Carson Nature Center, 3000 W. Carson Drive, Littleton. Children make gifts such as frames and ornaments using materials found in South Platte Park. Go to www.sspr.org to register.

Holiday Celebration: 8 a.m. to noon Saturday, Dec. 7 at 17 Mile House, 8181 S. Parker Road, Centennial. Travelers often bring their holiday traditions with them on the road, and those on the Smoky Hill Trail were no exception. Guests at the 17 Mile House may have celebrated St. Lucia’s Day, Christ-

mas, Hanukkah, Las Posadas, Kwanzaa, Chinese Lunar New Year, Bodhi Day, Pancha Ganapati, Hogmanay, Soyal and more. Learn about different holiday traditions while touring the farmhouse and enjoying music and delicious holiday food.

Guided house tours, children’s crafts and family photos in front of the tree.

Austrian Christmas and Christkindl Market: 1-5 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 7 at Schweiger Ranch, 10822 S. Havana St., Lone Tree. Visit Santa Claus and his real reindeer, have your face painted, enjoy story time and crafts making, or take a horse drawn carriage ride. Go to www.schweigerranch.org/ austrianchristmas.

Reindeer Games: 3-6 p.m. Friday, Dec. 13 at The Millhouse, 1381 W. Plum Creek Parkway, Castle Rock. Kidfriendly activities in a winter-themed wonderland including live reindeer, Santa. s’mores, hot chocolate, sleigh rides, outdoor games and an obstacle course. Winter Express train station will be at the Amphitheater entrance and will take passengers on a one-mile ride along paved trails in Philip S. Miller Park.

Learn more at https://www.crgov.com/2756/ Reindeer-Games.

the donation of a nonperishable food items. Go to ssprd.org for schedules.

9-12 at Goodson Recreation Center, 6315 S. University Blvd., Centennial. Handcrafted pottery

by South Suburban Pottery Guild members. Hours are 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Admission and parking are free.

Colorado Caroling Company’s White Christmas Show: 7-8:30 p.m. Dec. 11 at Good Shepherd Episcopal Church, 8545 E. Dry Creek Road, Centennial. Music with a Mission Concert to raise money for HAAT Force South Metro. Go to https://www.gshep. org/music-with-a-mission-concert-series Skate with Santa: Dec. 13-15 at South Suburban Ice Arena, 6580 S. Vine St., and Family Sports Ice Arena, 6901 S. Peoria St., Centennial. Free with public skate admission and skate rental. Go to ssprd.org for schedules.

Holiday Ice Show: Dec. 13-15 at South Suburban Ice Arena, 6580 S. Vine St., and Family Sports Ice Arena, 6901 S. Peoria St., Centennial. Admission is free with

Improv for a Claus: 8-9:30 p.m. Dec. 14 at Aspen Academy, 5859 S. University Blvd., Greenwood Village. Parker Players improvisers will perform sketch comedy in the style of a Second City Revue. Doors open at 7:30 p.m. Proceeds from ticket sales will be donated to Feed My Starving Children. Go to https://www.eventbrite.com/e/ improv-for-a-claus-at-aspenacademy-tickets-76696000803

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Santa Visit: 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, Dec. 14 at Broadway and Plaza Drive, Highlands Ranch. Park in the Highlands Ranch Metro District parking lot, 62 Plaza Drive.

No parking allowed along Plaza Drive. Call 303-791-0430.

Breakfast with Santa: 9-10:30 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 14 at Eastridge Recreation Center, 9568 University Blvd., Highlands Ranch. Tickets required. For information, or to purchase tickets, call 303-791-2500 or go to www.HRCAonline.org.

Robert Wright Watercolors: exhibit on display from Dec. 15 to Jan. 8 at St. Andrew United Methodist Church, 9203 S. University Ave., Highlands Ranch. Watercolors completed over 25 years of scenes from his travels around Colorado, the United States and 28 foreign countries.

Littleton

A Hudson Christmas: 5-9 p.m. on select days through Dec. 31. Santa visit hours are 5-8:30 p.m. through Dec. 23. Tickets are available at altitudetickets.com or at the Hudson Gardens welcome center from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. each day.

Hudson Gardens is at 6115 S. Santa Fe Drive, Littleton. Learn more at https://www.hudsongardens.org

A Littleton Christmas Holiday Concert: 7:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 6 at Littleton United Methodist Church, 5894 S. Datura St., Littleton.

Presented by Littleton Symphony Orchestra and Young Voices of Colorado. Call 303-933-6824 or go to www.littletonsymphony.org.

vian genealogy sites and the pros and cons of each.

Learn more at http://fjelldalen. com.

Other Genealogy Sites: 10 a.m.

Saturday, Dec. 7 at Christ Lutheran Church, 8997 S. Broadway, Highlands Ranch. Emphasis on Scandinavian sites (Genie, MyHeritage, WikiTree, DisNorge, GenWiki, Foko, Slekt og Data, NHDC, Norgeskart, Norwegian Ridge, Slekt & Historie (oldest church registers in Norwegian parishes)).

Presented by Slektforskningklubb: Sons of Norway Fjelldalen Lodge Genealogy Club. Go to http://fjelldalen.com. Contact Tony Hjelmstad at tony@norsky. net or call 303-324-5381.

Cookie Exchange and Yule Fest: 1-3 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 7 at Christ Lutheran Church, 8997 S. Broadway, Highlands Ranch. Program of the Sons of Norway Fjelldalen Lodge. Bring cookies and take home a selection.

Slektforskningklubb: Genealogy Sites: 10 a.m. to noon Saturday, Dec. 7 at Christ Lutheran Church, 8997 S. Broadway, Highlands Ranch. Program of the Sons of Norway Fjelldalen Lodge Genealogy Club. European and Scandina-

Christmas Concert: 7:30 p.m. Dec. 13 and 2 p.m. Dec. 14 at St. Andrew United Methodist Church, 9203 S. University Blvd., Highlands Ranch.

Presented by the adult choir, orchestra and children’s choir, with narration by CPR’s Karla Walker.

Gold Orman Jewelry Exhibit: on display through Dec. 12, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., at St. Andrew United Methodist Church, 9203 S. University Blvd., Highlands Ranch.

Gold is a member of the Littleton Fine Arts Guild and the Colorado Artist Guild.

Colorado Christmas Adventure: 5-9 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Dec. 6-7 at Mission Hills Church, 620 Southpark Drive, Littleton.

Christmas stories and characters, a gingerbread house display and competition, live musical performances, kids crafts, cookie decorating, and much more. Families are encouraged to bring a toy to be donated to Colorado families in need this holiday season. Go to coloradochristmasadventure.com.

Breakfast with Santa: 8:30 a.m. and 9:30 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 7 at Buck Recreation Center, 2004 W. Powers Ave., Littleton. Go to www.sspr.org to register. Sponsored by Littleton Rotary.

Christmas Marketplace: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 7 at South Fellowship Church, 6560 S. Broadway, Littleton. Variety of local vendors specializing in jewelry, home decor, accessories, and more. Go to https://southfellowship.org/event/christmasmarketplace/ SEE CALENDAR, P46

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Importance of the Pencil Sketch in Conjunction to Watercolor Painting: 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Saturday, Dec. 7 at First Presbyterian Church, 1609 W. Littleton Blvd., Littleton. Two-stage workshop led by Robert Gray. Contact Mary Kay Jacobus at mkstudio@comcast.net for details. To register and for more information, go to http://www.heritage-guild.com.

Diabetes, Pre-diabetes and Insulin Resistance: 11 a.m. to noon Monday, Dec. 9 at South Denver Cardiology Associates, 1000 Southpark Drive, Littleton. Find out why diabetes develops, how it affects your body and learn about some small changes can make improvements in your glucose levels and overall health. Go to https://www.southdenver. com/event-registration/?ee=9065 Anticoagulation Basics: 1:30-2:30 p.m.

Tuesday, Dec. 10 at South Denver Cardiology Associates, 1000 Southpark Drive, Littleton.

Overview of warfarin therapy with an emphasis on safety. Go to https://www.southdenver. com/event-registration/?ee=9066 Railroads: 12:30-1:30 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 10 at Tattered Cover, Aspen Grove Shopping Center, 7301 S. Santa Fe Drive, Littleton. The 150-year anniversary of the Golden Spike that completed the construction of the First Transcontinental Railroad. Active Minds reviews history of railroads in the United States. Call 303-470-7050.

Alexander Hamilton: 3-4 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 11 at RiverPointe, 5225 S. Prince St.,

Littleton. Active Minds program visit the live and times of Alexander Hamilton, his friends, his enemies and the principles he fought for.

Call 303-797-0600 to RSVP. Holiday Used Book Sale: through Dec. 24 at Bemis Library, 6014 S. Datura St., Littleton.

Proceeds benefit the Bemis Library and Littleton Museum. Contact Bernice Reed at 303 955-6845 or Barbara Brann at 303-909-1412.

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Merry Days Holiday Tree Lighting: 6-7:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 6 at Lone Tree Arts Center, 10075 Commons St., Lone Tree. Live holiday tunes from The Beverly Belles, a hot cocoa bar and s’mores roasting. Story time and crafts at the Lone Tree Library; cookies, carols and ornaments at MorningStar Senior Living.

Learn more at https://cityoflonetree.com/ event/merrydays.

A Storybook Holiday: The Nutcracker: 5-9 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 7 at the Lone Tree Library, 10055 Library Way. Visit with Santa, see live performances of Nutcracker vignettes, enjoy music and entertainment and make gifts.

Enjoy a light dinner bites, hot cocoa and more.

All ages. Learn more at DCL.org/storybookholiday.

Buddy’s Builders Benefit: 11 a.m. to 10 p.m.

Saturday, Dec. 7 at Lone Tree Brewing Company, 8200 Park Meadows Drive, Suite 8222, Lone Tree. Brewing company’s eighth birthday celebration to benefit nonprofit that builds dog houses to protect outdoor dogs. Silent auction from 2-6 p.m. Jon Ham performs from 5-8 p.m.

Learn more at lonetreebrewingco.com.

Living and Aging Well Speaker Series

Luncheon: 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Monday, Dec. 9 at Lone Tree Golf Club and Hotel, 9808 Sunningdale Blvd., Lone Tree. Reservations required by Dec. 4. Go to www.LivingAndAgingWellLuncheon.eventbrite.com.

The Doo Wop Project Christmas: 7:30 p.m.

Tuesday, Dec. 10 and Wednesday, Dec. 11 at Lone Tree Arts Center, 10075 Commons St., Lone Tree. Call 720-509-1000 or go to www. lonetreeartscenter.org. Doo wop versions of contemporary pop hits.

A Kantorei Christmas: 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 12 at Lone Tree Arts Center, 10075 Commons St., Lone Tree. Call 720-509-1000 or go to www.lonetreeartscenter.org. Annual Kantorei holiday concert.

Polar Party: 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, Dec. 14 at the Lone Tree Recreation Center, 10249 RidgeGate Circle. Family-friendly obstacle course, crafts and photos with Santa. Soccer activities and a dance performance. Go to ssprd.org to register.

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Two set tough pace in cross country careers

Cole Sprout, Riley Stewart named South Metro Runners of Year

BY JIM BENTON JBENTON@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

g In high school races this fall, Cole Sprout and Riley Stewart set themselves apart from any challengers and were named the 2019 Colorado Community Media Boys and Girls Cross Country Runners of the Year.

Sprout, a senior at Valor Christian, wrapped up his high school career on Oct. 26 by winning his third state title at the CHSAA state cross country championships. He broke his own -state record with a 15:12 clocking in a runaway victory.

It was his second straight 5A individual and third overall since he captured the 4A state crown in 2017 with a record time.

Stewart, a Cherry Creek sophomore who was fifth last season, also led from wire-to-wire in capturing the 5A girls state championship with a time of 18:12, which was 12 seconds faster than the second-place finisher. She helped Creek finish second in the team standings behind Arapahoe.

For the past three seasons, no runner in the state has been able to match up against the dominant Sprout.

“It’s going to be weird not running here anymore,” said Sprout. “I was pleased with my season. I ran some really quick times and ran competitively and won state, which was three awesome accomplishments that I was shooting for.

“Yeah, the state record was definitely on my mind, and you never know how a race is going to unfold. Yeah, I started to think about my legacy. It’s going to be cool to see how it stacks up the next few years until somebody knocks it down.”

Stewart also had almost no regrets about the high school season.

“I was really happy with my season,” she said. “I had the opportunity to run in a national race and that was fun and I had a lot of prs (personal records) this season so overall I think it was a great season.

“I wanted to win state as an individual and win as a team and it was a little unfortunate that we didn’t (second place).

We have to come out hungry as a team and try to win next year.”

Valor Christian senior Cole Sprout won his third state title on Oct. 26 and broke the state record he set last year with a time of 15:12.7.

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Cherry Creek sophomore Riley Stewart won the 5A individual race on Oct. 26 at the CHSAA state cross country championships.

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Prowess as hitter among athlete’s standout qualities Rock Canyon junior catcher Katie DackHowell led the Continental League in five offensive categories.

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Katie Dack-Howell honored as South Metro Softball Player of Year

BY JIM BENTON JBENTON@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Katie Dack-Howell, a junior catcher for the Rock Canyon softball team, said blocking low pitches that were in the dirt was one of her strengths this season, but that was overlooked because of her power as a hitter.

Dack-Howell, who attends Lutheran High School but played for Rock Canyon since the Lions did not have a softball team in the fall, is the 2019 Colorado Community Media South Metro Softball Player of the Year.

She led the Continental League in five offensive categories. She finished the season with a .574 batting average, 11 home runs, a 1.344 slugging percentage, 40 runs batted in and a .671 on base percentage in 22 games played.

“I am very honored to be player of

the year but I couldn’t have done it without my teammates,” said DackHowell who has verbally committed to play softball at Texas A&M. “I feel like the whole season was pretty good for me. I had a good season. I was very happy for what I accomplished.

Blocking was one of my strengths this year but I hit the ball really well this season. I was seeing the ball really well.”

Rock Canyon coach Mike Desimone said Dack-Howell had an exceptional season.

“Katie is a once-in-a-generation athlete,” he said. “The work ethic, the intensity and the coaching ability — and I have been blessed to coach her. The achievement of what she put together this year was the culmination of the effort she has put in for many years.

“There is no one more deserving because no one works harder than she does. People lose sight of all of her skills because her batting skills are so outstanding. They lose sight of the fact that she rarely if ever gives up a passed ball. She makes the players around her better.”

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E-470 ExpressToll customers continue to save STAFF REPORT

An ExpressToll rate freeze implemented Jan. 1, 2018, will keep 2017 toll rates in place for ExpressToll drivers on E-470 through 2020 after a unanimous vote by the E-470 board of directors.

According to a news release, the November 2017 decision of the E-470 board of directors to freeze ExpressToll rates marked the first time since the 47-mile user-financed roadway opened that tolls were frozen. The decision also included a reduction of the ExpressToll rate at Toll Plaza C (between I-70 and Pena Boulevard) by 25 cents. The reduced rate will stay in effect again in 2020, the release said.

“Due to E-470’s conservative fiscal policy and organizational management, as well as increased use of the E-470 toll road, the board is again able to keep tolls unchanged for the coming year,” Roger Partridge, chair of the Douglas County commissioners chair and E-470 board member, said in the release.

In addition to freezing ExpressToll rates in 2020, the E-470 Board of

Directors also voted to freeze License Plate Toll rates in 2020 at 2019 levels.

Additionally, the board voted to move forward with the implementation of a two-year pilot program, to begin Jan. 1, 2020, for an ExpressToll rate restructure for three-plus-axle motorists on E-470. The rate restructure includes a 5% rate reduction for all multi-axle rates and an additional time of day rate reduction for 3-plus-axle ExpressToll customers.

The 2020 toll rate freeze and threeplus-axle rate adjustment reflect the commitment of E-470 to remain fiscally responsible while supporting and improving the customer experience.

“The E-470 board of directors and leadership continue to be proactive in monitoring local market conditions that allow the authority to implement policies that represent value and savings to E-470 customers,” E-470 Executive Director Tim Stewart said in the release.

For information on the benefits of ExpressToll or how to open an account, visit ExpressToll.com or call 303-5373470.

Talent contest open to school-aged kids in county STAFF REPORT

Talented school-aged children and teens in Douglas County are invited to audition for the 15th annual Stars of Tomorrow competition, presented by Kiwanis Club of Castle Rock.

Applications and details are available at www.castlerockkiwanis.org.

Only 100 applicants will be accepted, and the application deadline is Friday, Jan. 24.

Auditions will take place from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 1 at the Lone Tree Arts Center, 10075 Commons St., Lone Tree. The final competition will be at 6:30 p.m. Friday, April 3 at the Lone Tree Arts Center. Scholarships will be awarded for winners in the Best of Show, Senior, Middle, Elementary, and Rising Star divisions.

For information about Kiwanis Club and the competition, go to www. castlerockkiwanis.org.

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PUBLIC INVITATION TO BID

Separate sealed bids for Douglas County Fiber Mapping and Expansion Project; Douglas County Project Number TF2018-033 will be received by the Owner, Douglas County Government, Department of Public Works Engineering, Philip S. Miller Building, 100 Third Street, Suite 220, Castle Rock, CO 80104, until Thursday, January 2, 2020 at 2:00 p.m. This project consists of the installation of fiber optic cable, conduit, splicing, and associated equipment, and provide detailed as-built location information for various corridors in northern Douglas County.

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Public Notices call Sheree 303.566.4088 City and County Public Notice NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the proposed budgets for the County of Douglas and all its agencies, the Douglas County Law Enforcement Authority, the Douglas County Woodmoor Mountain General Improvement District, the Douglas County Local Improvement District No. 07-01-Lincoln Station, and the Douglas County Public Trustee have been submitted to the Board of County Commissioners of Douglas County for the ensuing year 2020. The Board of County Commissioners will hold a public hearing to consider the adoption of the proposed budgets on December 13, 2019 beginning at 2:30 p.m. or as soon thereafter as possible, in the Commissioner’s Hearing Room, Phillip S. Miller Building, 100 Third Street, Castle Rock, Colorado. Any interested elector of Douglas County may file an objection to the proposed adopted budget prior to its final adoption by the Board of County Commissioners. A copy of said resolution may be obtained for inspection at the offices of the County Commissioners at the above address in Castle Rock, Colorado, or viewed on-line at www.douglas.co.us.

Legal Notice No.: 936302 First Publication: December 5, 2019 Last Publication: December 5, 2019 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press

Bids and Settlements Public Notice PUBLIC INVITATION TO BID

Separate sealed bids for Douglas County Fiber Mapping and Expansion Project; Douglas County Project Number TF2018-033 will be received by the Owner, Douglas County Government, Department of Public Works Engineering, Philip S. Miller Building, 100 Third Street, Suite 220, Castle Rock, CO 80104, until Thursday, January 2, 2020 at 2:00 p.m. This project consists of the installation of fiber optic cable, conduit, splicing, and associated equipment, and provide detailed as-built location information for various corridors in northern Douglas County.

The Contract Documents will be available after 10:00 a.m. on Monday, December 2, 2019, through Rocky Mountain E-Purchasing System Website (www.rockymountainbidsystem.com) or they may be obtained at the above address.

Electronic versions of the Plans obtained by any other means than as described above may not be complete or accurate, and it is the Bidder’s responsibility to obtain a complete set of the Project Plans and Specifications. Douglas County will not be held responsible for misinformation received from private plan rooms.

A PRE-BID CONFERENCE will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday, December 11, 2019, at the Department of Public Works Engineering, Philip S. Miller Building, 100 Third Street, Suite 220, Castle Rock, CO 80104. All questions are due to Duane Cleere, Project Manager by 12:00p.m. on Tuesday, December 17, 2019. The Bid Opening will be conducted at 2:00 p.m. on Thursday, January 2, 2020, at the same address.

The Project includes the following major items and approximate quantities: • Potholing 650 HR • Electrical Conduit 40,985 LF • Type 1F2 Pull Box 77 EA • Fiber Optic Cable 64,445 LF • Fusion Splice 1,400 EA

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Prior to submitting a Bid Proposal, Bidders shall have received prequalification status (active status) with the Colorado Department of Transportation to bid on individual projects of the size and kind of work as set forth herein.

Any questions on the bidding process shall be directed to Duane Cleere, Project Manager at 303.660.7490.

Plan holder information, can be found on the Rocky Mountain E-Purchasing System Website.

Legal Notice No.: 936272 First Publication: November 28, 2019 Second Publication: December 5, 2019 Publisher: The Douglas County News Press Account Number: 00012184

Bids and Settlements

The Contract Documents will be available after 10:00 a.m. on Monday, December 2, 2019, through Rocky Mountain E-Purchasing System Website (www.rockymountainbidsystem.com) or they may be obtained at the above address.

Electronic versions of the Plans obtained by any other means than as described above may not be complete or accurate, and it is the Bidder’s responsibility to obtain a complete set of the Project Plans and Specifications. Douglas County will not be held responsible for misinformation received from private plan rooms.

A PRE-BID CONFERENCE will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday, December 11, 2019, at the Department of Public Works Engineering, Philip S. Miller Building, 100 Third Street, Suite 220, Castle Rock, CO 80104. All questions are due to Duane Cleere, Project Manager by 12:00p.m. on Tuesday, December 17, 2019. The Bid Opening will be conducted at 2:00 p.m. on Thursday, January 2, 2020, at the same address.

The Project includes the following major items and approximate quantities: • Potholing 650 HR • Electrical Conduit 40,985 LF • Type 1F2 Pull Box 77 EA • Fiber Optic Cable 64,445 LF • Fusion Splice 1,400 EA Prior to submitting a Bid Proposal, Bidders shall have received prequalification status (active status) with the Colorado Department of Transportation to bid on individual projects of the size and kind of work as set forth herein.

Any questions on the bidding process shall be directed to Duane Cleere, Project Manager at 303.660.7490.

Plan holder information, can be found on the Rocky Mountain E-Purchasing System Website.

Legal Notice No.: 936272 First Publication: November 28, 2019 Second Publication: December 5, 2019 Publisher: The Douglas County News Press Account Number: 00012184 Public Notice PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE OF CONTRACTORS SETTLEMENT COUNTY OF DOUGLAS STATE OF COLORADO NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, pursuant to Section 38-26-107, C.R.S., as amended, that on December 28, 2019, final settlement will be made by the County of Douglas, State of Colorado, for and on account of a contract between Douglas County and Chato’s Concrete, LLC for the 2019 Sidewalk Repair and Curb Ramp Retrofit Project; Douglas County Project Number CI2019-001 in Douglas County; and that any person, co-partnership, association or corporation that has an unpaid claim against said Chato’s Concrete, LLC for or on account of the furnishing of labor, materials, team hire, sustenance, provisions, provender or other supplies used or consumed by such contractor or any of his subcontractors in or about the performance of said work, or that supplied rental machinery, tools, or equipment to the extent used in the prosecution of said work, may at any time up to and including said time of such final settlement on said December 28, 2019, file a verified statement of the amount due and unpaid on account of such claim with the Board of County Commissioners, c/o Director of Public Works Engineering, with a copy to the Project Engineer, Daniel Roberts, P.E., Department of Public Works Engineering, Philip S. Miller Building, 100 Third Street, Suite 220, Castle Rock, CO 80104.

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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, pursuant to Section 38-26-107, C.R.S., as amended, that on December 28, 2019, final settlement will be made by the County of Douglas, State of Colorado, for and on account of a contract between Douglas County and Chato’s Concrete, LLC for the 2019 Sidewalk Repair and Curb Ramp Retrofit Project; Douglas County Project Number CI2019-001 in Douglas County; and that any person, co-partnership, association or corporation that has an unpaid claim against said Chato’s Concrete, LLC for or on account of the furnishing of labor, materials, team hire, sustenance, provisions, provender or other supplies used or consumed by such contractor or any of his subcontractors in or about the performance of said work, or that supplied rental machinery, tools, or equipment to the extent used in the prosecution of said work, may at any time up to and including said time of such final settlement on said December 28, 2019, file a verified statement of the amount due and unpaid on account of such claim with the Board of County Commissioners, c/o Director of Public Works Engineering, with a copy to the Project Engineer, Daniel Roberts, P.E., Department of Public Works Engineering, Philip S. Miller Building, 100 Third Street, Suite 220, Castle Rock, CO 80104.

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

The Board of Douglas County Commissioners of the County of Douglas, Colorado, By: Janet Herman, P.E., Director of Public Works Engineering.

Legal Notice No.: 936273 First Publication: November 28, 2019 Second Publication: December 5, 2019 Publisher: The Douglas County News Press Account Number: 00012184 Public Notice REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS (RFQ) #044-19 ON-CALL FENCING SERVICES for PARKS, TRAILS & BUILDING GROUNDS Through this Request for Qualifications (RFQ), the Parks, Trails & Building Grounds Division of Douglas County Government, hereinafter referred to as the County, respectfully requests Statements of Qualifications (SOQ) from responsible and qualified Fencing Contractors to assist the County, on an as-needed basis, with various County projects. Individual projects/services will be discussed, negotiated, and issued as required throughout the 2020 calendar year.

REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS (RFQ) #044-19 ON-CALL FENCING SERVICES for PARKS, TRAILS & BUILDING GROUNDS

Through this Request for Qualifications (RFQ), the Parks, Trails & Building Grounds Division of Douglas County Government, hereinafter referred to as the County, respectfully requests Statements of Qualifications (SOQ) from responsible and qualified Fencing Contractors to assist the County, on an as-needed basis, with various County projects. Individual projects/services will be discussed, negotiated, and issued as required throughout the 2020 calendar year.

Bids and Settlements

The goal of the County, through this RFQ, is to assemble a list of several qualified individuals/firms that can be utilized, as needed.

The agreement(s) with the individuals/firms, as a result of this RFQ, shall be considered Blanket Purchase Agreements. The Blanket Purchase Agreement authorizes, but does not obligate, the County to utilize any minimum or maximum, dollar amount or quantity of services from any specific individual or firm.

The RFQ documents may be reviewed and/or printed from the Rocky Mountain E-Purchasing System website at www.rockymountainbidsystem.com. The RFQ documents are not available for purchase from Douglas County Government and can only be accessed from the abovementioned website.

RFQ responses shall be submitted in a sealed envelope plainly marked “RFQ #044-19, On-Call Fencing Services for PT&BG” prior to the due date and time. Electronic and/or faxed responses will not be accepted. RFQ responses will be received until 3:00 p.m., on Friday, December 20, 2019 by the Douglas County Finance Department, Purchasing Division, 100 Third Street, Suite 130, Castle Rock, Colorado 80104. Responses will not be considered which are received after the time stated, and any responses so received will be returned unopened.

Douglas County Government reserves the right to reject any and all responses, to waive formalities, informalities, or irregularities contained in a said response 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 firms.

Please direct any questions concerning this RFQ 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.: 936304 First Publication: December 5, 2019 Last Publication: December 5, 2019 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press

Bids and Settlements Public Notice REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL (RFP) #048-19 CARCASS REMOVAL SERVICES

The Douglas County Sheriff’s Office, hereinafter referred to as the County, respectfully requests proposals from responsible and qualified vendors for the professional services of carcass removal from roadways within unincorporated Douglas County.

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

RFP responses will be received until 2:00 p.m. on Friday, December 20, 2019 by Douglas County Government, Finance Department, Purchasing Division, 100 Third Street, Suite 130, Castle Rock, Colorado 80104. All responses must be submitted in a sealed envelope plainly marked “Request for Proposal (RFP) #048-19, Carcass Removal Services”. Proposal responses will not be considered which are received after the time stated and any proposals so received will be returned unopened.

Douglas County Government reserves the right to reject any and all proposals, to waive formalities, informalities, or irregularities contained in a said proposal 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 vendor.

Please direct any questions concerning this RFP to Carolyn Riggs, Purchasing Supervisor, 303660-7434, criggs@douglas.co.us, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding holidays.

Legal Notice No.: 936305 First Publication: December 5, 2019 Last Publication: December 5, 2019 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press

Balancing Government Actions....

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

The Board of Douglas County Commissioners of the County of Douglas, Colorado, By: Janet Herman, P.E., Director of Public Works Engineering.

Legal Notice No.: 936273 First Publication: November 28, 2019 Second Publication: December 5, 2019 Publisher: The Douglas County News Press Account Number: 00012184

The goal of the County, through this RFQ, is to assemble a list of several qualified individuals/firms that can be utilized, as needed.

The agreement(s) with the individuals/firms, as a result of this RFQ, shall be considered Blanket Purchase Agreements. The Blanket Purchase Agreement authorizes, but does not obligate, the County to utilize any minimum or maximum, dollar amount or quantity of services from any specific individual or firm.

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The RFQ documents may be reviewed and/or printed from the Rocky Mountain E-Purchasing System website at www.rockymountainbidsystem.com. The RFQ documents are not available for purchase from Douglas County Government and can only be accessed from the abovementioned website.

RFQ responses shall be submitted in a sealed envelope plainly marked “RFQ #044-19, On-Call Fencing Services for PT&BG” prior to the due date and time. Electronic and/or faxed responses will not be accepted. RFQ responses will be received until 3:00 p.m., on Friday, December 20, 2019 by the Douglas County Finance Department, Purchasing Division, 100 Third Street, Suite 130, Castle Rock, Colorado 80104. Responses will not be considered which are received after the time stated, and any responses so received will be returned unopened.

Douglas County Government reserves the right to reject any and all responses, to waive formalities, informalities, or irregularities contained in a said response 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 firms.

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Please direct any questions concerning this RFQ 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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