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Rock Canyon players celebrate the school’s first baseball championship in May at All City Field in Denver. South metro-area high schools won 11 state championships in various sports in 2015. For more on this and the area’s other top stories of the year, turn to Page 5. File photo

The Douglas County School District has proposed a new K-8 school that will be modeled after Plum Creek Academy — which caters to high school students with significant emotional and behavioral needs — to service the same population of children at the elementary and middleschool levels.

The proposed school is expected to have a maximum enrollment of about 120 students, depending on the size and space of the facility.

District officials said they would like to find a location near the I-25 corridor, but a potential site has not yet been found.

Plum Creek Academy, in Highlands Ranch, serves about 50 high school students from throughout the district with School continues on Page 8

10-year-old finds miracle in canine friend

Spirituality: Millennials strike their own path to approaching faith.

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Stink Bug Project pairs sick children with companion dogs

By Alex DeWind adewind@coloradocommunitymedia.com Patrick Kaplan, 10, walked out of his house on a wintry, mid-December day to find a Labrador retriever in his yard. The dog, named Bindy, would help Patrick cope with his longtime illness called cyclic vomiting syndrome, or CVS. “I was so happy,” Patrick said. “I finally got my miracle.”

Patrick, who lives in Centennial, was diagnosed with CVS when he was 8 years old. The chronic condition involves episodes of nausea and vomiting, which often occur while he is sleeping. The condition is rare and affects about 2 percent of school-age children, according to Mayo Clinic.

When Patrick’s parents, Denise and Scott, discovered there was no fix for their son’s condition, they contacted the Stink

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Patrick, 10, and Bindy, a 2-year-old Labrador retriever, share a unique relationship of work and play. “Just knowing she is here calms me,” Patrick said. Photo by Alex DeWind Bug Project through Rocky Mountain Children’s Health Foundation, at 5349 Marshall St. in Arvada, in hopes of getting their son a companion dog.

The family couldn’t have asked for a better solution, Denise said.

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FACES AMONG US

Leigh Chandler is the marketing director of the Lone Tree Arts Center.

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A glimpse of the people in our community

LEIGH CHANDLER Marketing director of the Lone Tree Arts Center About me I was born outside of New York City, went to school at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, and then landed in Vermont for 20 years by way of Washington, D.C., and Boston. While in Vermont, I was the marketing director at the Flynn Center for the Performing Arts, which is a multidisciplinary performance venue like Lone Tree Arts Center. I moved to Colorado about a month ago because my partner was transferred here a year-anda-half ago. I have visited a lot over the past year-and-a-half, and finally decided to take the plunge and move, since I’ve loved all my time here. When looking for a job, I wanted something similar to what I was doing at the Flynn, and was drawn to Lone Tree Arts Center because of its similarity, but also because we produce our own theatrical productions — that’s not something the Flynn ever did.

Hooked on performing I’ve always loved the performing arts

and remember going to see “The Magic Show” on Broadway as a kid — I was hooked! I’d worked in marketing upon graduation from college, and when the marketing director position at the Flynn opened up, I felt like I was finally able to align my career with my interests, and I won’t ever leave the arts world.

In my free time I’ve been knitting since age 7, and in fact, in Vermont, I had llamas and alpacas for about 10 years, so I was able to use their fiber. I also love to bake — I make a killer salted caramel apple pie and an amazing double chocolate cake.

My other passion ...outside of the arts, my passion is running. I’ve been a runner throughout my life, starting with cross-country in middle and high school. I didn’t run in college except for fun, but I got serious about racing again eight years ago, and since then, I’ve run nine marathons, numerous half-marathons, and many, many 10K and 5Ks. I try to run about six days a week. It’s great for clearing my head. And eating that chocolate cake.

If you really knew me, you’d know...

I am a jokester. I love making people laugh and I’ve got a goofy sense of humor that comes out when people get to know me well.

If you have suggestions for My Name Is..., contact Mike DiFerdinando at mdiferdinando@coloradocommunitymedia.com.

Rotary clubs of Castle Rock named Jamie LaRue, second from left, as Person of the Year. Joining in the presentation were Al Wonstolen, left, selection committee chairman; Kelly Marsh, president of the Castle Rock High Noon Club; and Gordon Allot, president of the Rotary Club of Castle Rock. Courtesy photo

LaRue named Rotary Person of the Year Honoree served as executive director of Douglas County Libraries from 1990 to 2014

By Shanna Fortier sfortier@coloradocommunitymedia.com Jamie LaRue has been honored as the Rotary Person of the Year for Castle Rock.

The Rotary Club of Castle Rock and the Castle Rock High Noon Rotary Club made the presentation at the Dec. 15 Castle Rock Town Council meeting.

LaRue was director of the Douglas County Libraries from 1990 to 2014 and will begin a new job with the American Library Association in January.

“This is the job I’ve been training for my whole life,” LaRue said.

In LaRue’s time at the Douglas County

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Gordon Allot, president of the Rotary Club of Castle Rock, said LaRue was critical to the success of the library system.

“Local library parking lots are full,” Allot said as evidence of LaRue’s success.

“The libraries are one of the centerpieces of their towns. His legacy is that he has built a place where people come to get knowledge.”

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Motorsport regulations fuel differing views Motocross community concerned about rules; other residents want to preserve quiet

By Shanna Fortier sfortier@coloradocommunitymedia.com Temporary regulations on motorsport uses on rural residential land in Douglas County have spurred a collision of competing values between county residents who want the freedom to use their land the way they want to for motorsport activities and those who want to protect the quiet, rural living environment they enjoy.

“The noise can become unbearable,” Bob Spenser, a non-motorsport user, said at a recent public workshop on the issue.

“Those of us that place a premium on quiet in a rural neighborhood do have some concerns.”

But professional motocross racer Todd Bannister, a former Douglas County resident, talked of the importance of having a home track to practice on when he was growing up — along with the sport’s family aspect.

“It has always been the greatest thing of my life,” he said.

Debate on the issue has ensued since the Douglas County Board of County Commissioners on Oct. 27 placed temporary regulations on motorsport uses, while directing staff to establish permanent zoning regulations.

County staff faces the challenge of preserving the visions of both sides through possible regulatory changes that clarify what motorsports activities are allowed without additional limitations and also identify a level of motorsports activities that are either prohibited or subject to additional land-use regulations.

According to Jeanette Bare, planning manager for the Douglas County Department of Community Development, clear regulations didn’t exist before the October decision.

“There were some citizens that approached the board requesting clarification on when motorsports activities were

Douglas County is in the early stages of establishing regulations for motorsport uses on rural properties. Courtesy photo allowed on rural properties,” Bare said.

“There have been complaints and discussion on it in the past and the board felt it was time to clarify what the limits on the uses were.”

Those residents worry about noise, visual and environmental impact of such activities.

Under the temporary regulations, motorsports activities are allowed for personal use by a property owner in rural zone districts on land with a residence in place.

Also allowed are off-road vehicles used for agricultural or land management purposes.

But commercial or club activities are prohibited.

The intent of regulations is not to restrict people from riding on their lots, Bare said, but more to provide a way to deal with the proposal of formal tracks or facilities. Those who already have tracks on their land are grandfathered in and there is no restriction against riding on private property that does not have a track.

“What residents are questioning now is certain motorsports facilities that are of a nature or scale that they aren’t accessory anymore — they are beginning to look more commercial or club in nature,” Bare said.

At a Dec. 9 public workshop — the first of several planned on the issue — residents

WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW Motorsports are allowed as an accessory — or additional — use without further regulation on land where a residence is established on a minimum of 4.5 acres.

Motorsports facilities for private use are allowed on land where a residence is established on a minimum of 9 acres, with approval.

Possible facility limitations include minimum setbacks to provide an adequate separation for noise mitigation; maximum use area to limit site disturbance; maximum track lengths to limit site disturbance and potential noise impacts; and site plans to depict the proposed facility, grading and any visual buffering or screening.

Noise limits have been established by the state of Colorado, and Douglas County cannot apply more stringent standards. The established noise limits are 96 decibels for vehicles produced after 1998 and 55 decibels 25 feet beyond a property boundary in the daytime.

Possible operational limitations include: hours of operation, including times of day; total number of hours per day and days per year; the maximum number of riders allowed at one time and per day; and vehicle type or limit on engine size.

NEWS IN A HURRY Christine Ebersole at Lone Tree Arts Center Come watch two-time Tony Awardwinning actress Christine Ebersole at Lone Tree Arts Center on Jan. 21 at 7:30 p.m.

She has captivated audiences on the Broadway stage, television series and specials, films, concert appearances and recordings. A native of Winnetka, Illinois, Ebersole won the 2007 Tony Award for Outstanding Actress in the “role of a lifetime” as Edie Beale in the acclaimed Tony-nominated Broadway musical “Grey Gardens.”

Tickets cost between $33-$57 and can be purchased at lonetreeartscenter.org Apply for 2016 Philip S. Miller Grants Douglas County is accepting grant applications for 2016 Philip S. Miller funds.

The funds, received by the county annually from the Philip S. Miller Trust, are distributed to a variety of programs that focus on enhancing the quality of life for Douglas County residents,

through emergency food assistance, medical care, youth development or crisis counseling, and have an emphasis on self-sufficiency.

To qualify, applicants must be a 501(c)3 or 501(c)4 tax-exempt organization, serve residents of Douglas County and provide a service that supports health and human services for at-risk and underserved populations.

“Each of the fund recipients has a pivotal role in providing a safety net for our more vulnerable families and individuals, including seniors,” said Douglas County Commissioner David Weaver. “As Philip S. Miller and his wife, Jessie, dedicated so much of their lives to helping others in Douglas County, we honor and thank them by continuing their legacy of philanthropy.”

In 2015, more than $131,000 in grant funding was awarded to 16 nonprofit programs.

Grant applications are due Jan. 31.

For more information, call Dru Campbell at 303-660-7401. To apply, visit www.Douglas.co.us.

spoke specifically about concerns with a track being built on a property in Larkspur.

That track has not been put to use yet.

According to Bare, the property owner began construction without meeting proper requirements and the county stopped the construction.

The building of that track was a catalyst for bringing the issue of motorsports regulations forward again, Bare said.

Douglas County has an estimated 10 to 20 motorsport tracks. Several of those property owners attended the workshop to voice support for the sport and concerns about the regulations.

“My kids have no place to practice unless I build a track on my property — and so I did,” said Bridgett Paris, adding that motocross tracks are not as accessible as basketball courts.

Motorsports enthusiasts also worry they might be unable to enjoy the sports on their land with friends and family if the number of riders at one time is limited by regulations.

Over the next six months, county staff will work with the Board of Commissioners and the planning commission to establish permanent regulations. There will also be a public comment period and at least one more public workshop. Then, staff will review regulations before bringing them back to commissioners for approval.

“We know that there are some compet-

WORDS TO KNOW Motorsports: The operation of motor vehicles, motorcycles, off-highway vehicles, and/or snowmobiles for practice, education, recreation or competition.

Motorsports facility: A facility consisting of a continuous track specifically designed for motorsports vehicle use as its exclusive or primary function, which includes one or more artificially-created obstacles such as jumps, loops, barriers, hurdles, moguls and bridges, and which requires more than 50 cubic yards of grading, erosion and sediment control.

Motorsports, accessory: Operation of motorsports vehicles for personal use where any onsite improvements do not constitute a motorsports facility.

Motorsports facility, private: A facility which is intended for personal use.

Motorsports facility, public: A facility which is generally open to members of the public or a motorsports club.

ing values at play here,” Bare said. “Those who want to enjoy the quiet environment and those who want to engage in recreation activities on their land. The challenge for us is to preserve both opportunities — to balance both interests and come up with something that will work for everyone.”

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December 31, 2015

Refugee’s path takes wrenching turn GoFundMe account created as siblings face life without mother

Shirlaine Castellino, director of Littleton’s Spring International Language Center, delivers a muchneeded donation to Yasin Mohamud, a Somali refugee who lives in Littleton.

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By Jennifer Smith jsmith@coloradocommunitymedia. com Yasin Mohamud does not have words to explain the difficult situation he finds himself in, but his story does not need many to understand its depths.

The young man, who is blind and has limited English fluency, is suddenly motherless and responsible for two younger siblings, including a sister badly injured in the accident that killed their mother. Amid that upheaval, local residents have created a GoFundMe account to assist the three Somali refugees with funeral costs, medical expenses and basic living needs.

“I am feeling sad,” Mohamud said. “My mom was kind and loving. She was a good mother.

But now it’s just the two children and me, and I’m blind. But I want to work. I will continue to keep on with school and the center. I’m not going to quit.”

Mohamud was born 21 years ago in the East African country of Somalia, perhaps best known among Americans for the violence depicted in the 2001 movie “Black Hawk Down” and for the pirates who kidnapped the real-life “Captain Phillips,” on whom the 2013 film with that name was based.

In 2008, at a time when Somalia topped the list of failed states internationally, Mohamud’s father was a soldier with the government-led military.

He was helping to battle rebel groups in an effort to regain

control of the country.

Mohamud remembers well the day that Al-Shabaab militants showed up at his family’s doorstep, looking for his father.

Then just a teenager, Mohamud told the militants he didn’t know his father’s whereabouts.

So, he said, they gouged his eyes out.

The rebels eventually found his father and killed him, leaving his mother, Habibo, with Mohamud and his two younger siblings. They fled to Ethiopia.

“My country is broken, and the government,” Mohamud said.

Getting started in America After being granted refugee status, the four family members made their way to Colorado three years ago. Mohamud’s mother and 17-year-old sister, Nunai, found work at the Cargill meatpacking plant in Fort Morgan, where a Somali community is thriving.

According to a county document titled “Morgan County: A Land of Immigrants,” the Immigration and Customs Enforcement raid of a Greeley meatpacking plant in 2006 led to a shortage of workers in the industry. Hispanics became reluctant to fill the slots they traditionally had.

But the number of Somali refugees entering Colorado has been on a steady increase, rising from 87 in 2000 to 400 in 2014. And many are eager for jobs that require little English, so the meatpacking plant became a natural fit.

However, housing in Fort Morgan can be difficult to come by, so Habibo, Nunai and younger brother Farnan, now 12, settled into an apartment in Denver.

In the meantime, Mohamud enrolled at the Colorado Center for the Blind in Littleton, along with the Spring International Language Center based at Arap-

ahoe Community College. He’s been working diligently since to learn English and Braille, as well as to travel with a cane and to master other independentliving skills.

“He’s just a typical 21-yearold,” said Kimberley McCutcheon, director of career and student services at the center for the blind. “He is funny and bright and questions everything, and he has a mind of his own. He’s very motivated, and he has ideas in mind for what he wants to do.”

But just as life seemed to be looking up, Habibo and Nunai — driving home from their job on Thanksgiving Day — encountered a slick patch.

“My mom was thrown out of the car, out through the window onto the street,” Mohamud said. “My mom died. My sister’s back is broken in three places.”

That means he is now the legal guardian of his two younger siblings, and that the future for all of them is uncertain.

Daunting tasks await With only a basic grasp of English and Braille, Mohamud knows the challenge he faces to find a job to support the three of them. He’s been living in housing provided by the center for the blind, but now he’ll move to the Denver apartment. The landlord gave his OK to that plan, and Mohamud is working on obtaining food assistance and Social Security benefits.

“Unfortunately, as a visually impaired, full-time student who is currently unemployed, he will be hard pressed to make ends meet with two additional mouths to feed,” reads a Go-

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FundMe page set up by staff at the Spring center to help with funeral costs, medical expenses and basic needs.

The page had raised $1,500 from 24 people as of Dec. 10, and Shirlaine Castellino, director of the Spring center, delivered another $560 in cash offered up by the center’s staff.

“This will no doubt be a sad holiday season for the Mohamud family,” reads the GoFundMe page. “But perhaps, with enough small contributions from those who have the spirit of giving still in their hearts, his burden will be eased some.”

Despite the tragedies experienced in his homeland, Mohamud yearns to return to Somalia when his brother turns 18. The country has settled down some since 2013, when the United States recognized its government for the first time in more than two decades. But Mohamud has a more personal reason.

“My wife, Estile, is in Somalia,” he said, grinning. “We got married on the phone. I haven’t met her yet.”

Such a marriage is a common tradition in the Muslim faith, noted Connie Shoemaker, co-founder and director emerita of the Spring center.

But until then, the Mohamud family has plenty of support here.

“We hope he feels that he has a community behind him no matter what, and that he won’t be forgotten after a couple of months,” McCutcheon said.

“The center will continue to be his family forever, and continue to look after him and help him craft a future for himself and his family.”

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December 31, 2015

TOP FIVE SOUTH METRO STORIES OF THE YEAR

2015 was a bridge to the past, future T

idy as it is to wrap 2015 up with a bow, the issues and emotions of the year’s top stories weren’t born on Jan. 1, nor were they set to expire Dec. 31.

Consider how an Arapahoe High School student’s murder in 2013 brought about change in 2015 that will impact policy for years to come.

Consider the factors that led to Douglas County School Board members being ousted. And the factors that led to housing prices swelling. Those issues aren’t going away soon.

Consider the joy of victory in the athletic arena, rooted in years of preparation and Construction continues on the Promenade at Castle Rock. Photo by Mike DiFerdinando setting a foundation for future success.

Consider all the growth and develop- New faces on Douglas County School Board 16.1 percent this year to approximately Opponents of the Douglas County $328,000, and online real estate database ment — which has been building for years School District’s reform policies of the Zillow predicts it will rise another 5 per— around us. past several years made inroads in the No- cent in 2016.

Where are we headed?

Home prices rose fast in Douglas CounWhile taking a look back can’t necessari- vember election. ty, with the median sales price in most By wide margins, three challengers unly answer that, we hope sharing the top five communities averaging about $400,000 seated reform-minded incumbents.

Dastories of the year — as chosen by Colorado in November. Lone Tree saw the biggest Community Media staff and presented in vid Ray, Anne-Marie Lemieux and Wendy year-over-year rise at 14 percent. The meVogel each picked up about 60 percent of no particular order — is a worthwhile exerdian sales price for November: $785,000. the vote behind the support of teachers cise. If nothing else, it helps illustrate how and parents dissatisfied with policies put we got here, on the verge of a new year. forth by the board, including pay-for-per- Title towns Here we come, 2016. formance for teachers.

Schools in the south metro area continNew board members have advocated ued their reign on Colorado High School Working toward improved school safety for more community involvement and Activities Association state team champiThroughout 2015, the Davis family discussion in board decisions and would onships. continued efforts to ensure the death of like to see a districtwide survey of teachers Local schools won 11 championships their daughter, Claire, would result in a and parents. and finished second nine times in the 22 legacy.

The board still has a 4-3 major- sports that compete for state titles. That Those efforts resulted in two new piec- ity of those supporting the reform efforts. doesn’t include the numerous athletes who es of state legislation. One recognizes the Meghann Silverthorn was elected presi- won individual titles in sports like wresresponsibility of schools to protect their dent of the board by fellow members and tling, track, cross country and tennis. students and staff from reasonably fore- Judith Reynolds was elected vice presiCherry Creek and Valor, two of Coloseeable acts of violence and provides a dent. rado’s dominant sports programs, each narrow definition of the circumstances in Both votes were 4-3. racked up four state championships. which a lawsuit could be brought.

Creek bagged state titles in boys and The second creates a permanent com- Rent, home prices on the rise girls tennis, and won in boys lacrosse and mittee on school safety and youth mental Rents took off like a rocket in 2015, ris- hockey. health.

Valor won top honors in Class 5A footing by 4.7 percent in Colorado, according In January, that committee will review to apartmentlist.com, which tracks prices ball, 4A boys golf, 4A girls basketball and 4A reports created through the arbitration in the state and nation. That outpaced the softball. between Littleton Public Schools and the national average of 4 percent.

But they were not alone.

Davis family.

Rock Canyon won the 2015 5A state A two-bedroom unit in Colorado averClaire Davis died in the Dec. 13, 2013, aged $1,350 in November, the most recent baseball title, Mountain Vista won the 5A shooting at Arapahoe High School in Cen- month in which statistics were available. boys cross country crown and Lutheran tennial. Classmate Karl Pierson fatally Finding that price in the Denver metro was the 3A boys track champion. wounded her before killing himself. area, however, would have been quite a LPS’ own committee issued an eight- deal.

A developing story page report in 2015. It found that more Rent in Denver proper averaged $1,670 People took sides when it came to praiemphasis should be on prevention rather for a two-bedroom — a figure that would rie dogs. than intervention and listed 10 recom- have pleased renters in Highlands Ranch, The critters lived on a swath of land that mendations to improve the district’s safe- where the average monthly payment was was part of a major retail project, the Promty procedures, mental-health programs $1,800. Other south metro communities, enade at Castle Rock, and they had to go to and communication systems. including Centennial and Littleton, also allow for development. After some wranIt ends with the suggestion that the saw rents surge above the $1,500 mark. gling over their fate — extermination was board reauthorize the committee to conPrices climbed, experts say, due to low in the cards — in the spring, many of them tinue its work. vacancy rates in Denver and its suburbs were relocated to a more rural portion of Two years after Claire Davis’ death, and higher demand for housing because Douglas County.

Mountain Vista High School in Highlands of population increases, a trend owing in Development pushed on in Castle Rock, Ranch may have averted a similar inci- large part to the metro area being among as it did throughout the south metro area. dent. the top places in the nation for Millennials To some, moving prairie dogs out of On Dec. 12, two girls were arrested af- to relocate. their colony was a symbol of what was beter allegedly making a threat against the As a result, several apartment projects ing lost — open space, ties to nature, Coloschool. are being planned or under construction rado as it once was.

The threat was reported to the Doug- in cities such as Englewood, Parker and To others, it symbolized the area south las County Sheriff’s Office through Text- Littleton. of Denver was reaching its full potential as A-Tip, a system that allows high school Those looking to buy may also have a place of thriving businesses, affluent resistudents to convey concerns about safety, encountered sticker shock. The median dents and coveted land.

The Promenade was just one of many home value in the metro area went up drugs and other issues anonymously.

The stories of our year are everywhere Among the larger trend and breaking news stories, though, are ordinary ones that shine a light on the human spirit, the joys and sorrows of everyday life, the people in our neighborhoods who reach out and make a difference.

Some of those stories over the past year included: Communities that rallied behind their own such as Susan Cash, a teacher, and Dalton Levine, a teen dancer, valiantly fighting battles against cancer.

A young Somali refugee, blinded in the strife of his native land, struggling to provide for his younger siblings after their mother’s sudden death.

A Girl Scout who developed a program to help seniors navigate the challenges of technology.

A 7-year-old boy who used his allowance to buy stuffed animals for children at Ronald McDonald house.

The complex, yet invisible, issue of homelessness in the suburbs.

Families who shared their struggles — and accomplishments — with chronic illnesses, such as epilepsy.

The legacies of longtime community members such as Nancy Gripman in Parker and former Castle Rock Police Chief Tony Lane.

The touching memorial for a young man who died from complications of complex cerebral palsy and drew hundreds in Rockies purple to honor him.

A World War II veteran’s financial plight and the community that responded so he could stay in his home.

These stories surround us every day.

They document day-to-day living and provide the heartbeat and fabric that weave us together. We only need to listen.

— Ann Macari Healey

developments that won approval, broke ground or continued to make progress in 2015.

Littleton Village, The Jones District in Centennial and the Central Park development in Highlands Ranch each are mixeduse projects comprising dozens of acres.

In Parker, residential developments given the green light were signs of a town that is projected to add tens of thousands of residents in the next 20 years.

Meanwhile, the biggest development of all, Sterling Ranch, broke ground in northwest Douglas County after 12 years of planning, approval and protest. At build-out roughly 20 years from now, it will have all the trappings of a small city.

— Jim Benton, Mike DiFerdinando, Chris Michlewicz, Chris Rotar and Jennifer Smith contributed to this report.

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December 31, 2015

Transplant patient shares ‘miracle’ story Donor’s liver gives Parker man second chance at life

By Chris Michlewicz cmichlewicz@coloradocommunitymedia.com Wes Cook recalls vividly a motorcycle ride he took three years ago. It was to be his last.

Cook, a Parker resident for 12 years, was also planning to get rid of his skis, because he was almost certain he would never use them again. Meanwhile, he was compiling notes in a book for his wife filled with details about finances and how to winterize the house.

Cook was putting his final affairs in order.

“The weirdest thing in the world is to feel perfectly healthy and look in the mirror and know that you’ve been sent home to die,” said Cook, who was 58 at the time.

On the advice of the doctor who diagnosed him in December 2013 with cholangiocarcinoma, a rare form of cancer, he’d found an oncologist and a surgeon.

They explained to him they couldn’t help.

Because of its location, the tumor couldn’t be surgically removed and was in a region where it could not be radiated.

Cook could hold out hope for a liver transplant, but given his dire prognosis and the more than 500 people already on the list, it was unlikely he would be selected. Doctors told him to prepare for the end.

He later learned from families of three people who fought the same type of illness that they’d only lasted 30 to 60 days.

“I don’t know that you’ll meet anyone with what I had that’s still alive,” Cook says, noting that only one in 250,000 people are diagnosed with cholangiocarcinoma.

In that moment of total darkness, he “gave it all to God.” Second chances Weeks after Cook received the news, a doctor from University Hospital called out of the blue. The Mayo Clinic had changed its protocols, and certain patients with Cook’s condition were eligible for a transplant if they met a strict set of qualifications. Essentially, he would have

Parker residents Wes and Debbie Cook savor every moment they have together after Wes’s cancer scare in 2012.

Wes Cook, of Parker, enjoys activities he thought he’d never do again, like ride his motorcycle. He often wears a leather motorcycle jacket that once belonged to his liver donor.

Photos by Chris Michlewicz to undergo chemotherapy and radiation treatment that could very well kill him in the process.

Cook had no choice.

For two months, he endured treatments that reduced him to a 140-pound shell of his former self.

“You talk about a warrior …” Debbie Cook says of her husband’s resilience.

He underwent testing every two weeks and responded well. Cook was suddenly on the transplant list and received a call in May that his new liver was en route to the hospital. He was in pre-op when he learned the liver had been “compromised,” he said.

Cook was told to get dressed and go home, recalls his wife, Debbie.

“That truly was one of the lowest days of our lives,” she says. “We thought that might really be our only chance.”

But days later, another call came. The couple was cautiously optimistic.

‘An amazing set of miracles’ Doctors were considering taking a man

Fed’s ultra-low rates have boosted Denver Healthy fundamentals fuel Colorado’s economic growth

Fed engineered strengthened a regional economy that was already blessed with healthy fundamentals.

By Josh Boak and Nicholas Riccardi Associated Press

Stars align for Denver-area recovery In a country where the sources of prosperity are spread unevenly, Denver provides one piece of a lesson about the possibilities and limitations of the Fed’s efforts to revive the U.S. economy after the 2008 financial crisis.

With its high education levels and infrastructure investments — and even the cachet of newly legalized recreational marijuana — Denver stood to capitalize on historically low borrowing rates.

“This would’ve happened almost anywhere in the country if these other ingredients were there,” said Richard Wobbekind, an economist at the University of Colorado. “These positive elements enabled people to benefit from tremendously low interest rates.”

Other sections of the country prospered far less or not at all. The Fed’s efforts to inject cash into the economy weren’t enough, for example, to spare Florida from a wave of foreclosures, to reinvent the battered industrial Midwest or even to raise most people’s pay very much.

What’s more, many Americans couldn’t qualify for the low mortgage rates made possible by the Fed. And workers with no more than a high school degree have been increasingly pushed to the sidelines of the job market.

But the numbers tell a different story

Since the Federal Reserve slashed rates to record lows seven years ago, few parts of the country have thrived as much as Denver. You can see it when customers at the restaurant Stoic & Genuine order the “Tower of Power,” a $200 tray of oysters, lobster and caviar.

Stoic & Genuine opened in a redeveloped 19th century train station a year ago, the third restaurant established by chef Jen Jasinski. It’s earning far more than Jasinski and her partners expected, a sign of the bounce enjoyed by Denverarea workers, entrepreneurs and homeowners.

The Fed’s near-zero rates played to Colorado’s advantages: An educated population, growing tech firms, energy reserves and a real estate market that never really succumbed to the ravages of the housing crisis. Ultra-low rates made it easier to borrow, invest and prosper.

“Things are being built, people are moving here — you can see cranes all around,” Jasinski said, sitting in the back of her bustling flagship restaurant, Rioja.

And though the Fed on Wednesday began raising rates for the first time in nine years, it’s hard to find anyone who fears that Colorado’s economy will suffer.

For one thing, the Fed’s rate increases will likely be slight and gradual. For another, the ultra-low borrowing rates the

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who was badly injured in a car accident off life support.

It’s incredible, Cook says, that in such a tragic, somber time the victim’s family was thinking of others. It was the father of the victim, Cody Crosby, who brought up the topic of organ donation. And before long, surgeons were retrieving the 33-year-old’s liver, kidneys and other vital organs.

Three days after a successful surgery, Cook was on his way home. Everything Cook needed to survive aligned perfectly.

For the first time, Cook “really realized what an amazing set of miracles” he’d received. With help from his care team, an army of supporters from church, and God, Cook was on the mend.

But a nagging urge remained. He needed to meet Crosby’s family to thank them for the wonderful gift.

“It turned out we both wrote letters to each other,” he says.

On Dec. 5, Cook proudly participated in the 9News Parade of Lights in downtown

Denver on behalf of the Donor Alliance, as well as for himself and Crosby. The family found great comfort in knowing their son’s organ helped someone else live. Crosby’s kidneys also went to two other recipients.

A year after his surgery, it was not lost on Cook that while he celebrated a milestone, the Crosby family was grieving their loss.

“Their tragedy was what led to me having life,” he says.

Another ride Once fully recovered, Cook found himself sharing a stage with Crosby’s sister at the Denver School of Nursing. She relayed the story of her brother’s passing and Cook took over from there. Cook says he lives his life with as much purpose as possible, so as not to show any ingratitude or ambivalence toward his second chance.

With that in mind, as soon as he could muster the strength to pull his feet off the ground, he snuck out to his motorcycle for a loop around the neighborhood.

“What a great feeling that was,” he says.

“My wife saw me and was both mad at me and happy for me at the same time.”

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severe emotional and behavioral needs.

But for younger students, the district purchases services from outside of the district. At this time, nearly 30 of those students are sent to out-of-district options.

“We feel this is something that is an absolutely imperative and needed for kids,” said Jason Germain, the district’s chief student advocacy officer. “We feel like even kids with the most intensive needs deserve to have some kind of choice and option other than us purchasing services in the metro area and us putting them on a bus.”

According to the district, two pathways exist for creating the new school.

One is renovating an existing school site in the district. The other would be identifying a space that would accommodate

its needs and purchasing that building.

The district doesn’t have enough money to build from scratch and has yet to identify a potential location to purchase, Germain said. Waiting for funding to pass in the form of a bond may be one option to pay for the school, he said.

However, that option, and any land acquisition by the district would need to be approved by the school board, which previously has shown no interest in proposing a capital needs bond. It recently allowed about 10 percent of the bonds used by the district to expire, saying it preferred to pay for capital needs from the general fund as they arise. These bonds represented roughly $8 million of the $72 million in bonds used by the district.

Board Vice President Judith Reynolds said she supports the call for the new school and believes it would fill a need for students and parents.

“For me, this is about being able to provide for our students in a manner that best suits their needs in an environment

Project

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The Stink Bug Project started in 2010 with a girl named Allison Winn and her dog Coco. At 6 years old, Allison, of Colorado, was diagnosed with a benign brain tumor that required surgery and chemotherapy.

After many visits to the doctor’s office, Allison started calling her cancer “stink bug.”

To help her cope with her stink bug, she got a puppy from the Prison-Trained K-9 Companion Program, in which prisoners train dogs that are rescued from humane societies.

Allison, who survived and now studies at Denver School of the Arts, saw the difference a dog could make in a sick child’s life and she wanted to help others like her. “… I began selling homemade dog biscuits and lemonade and raised

It involves intense episodes of nausea or vomiting that can last for hours or days.

It affects all ages.

It’s difficult to diagnose because vomiting is a part of other illnesses.

Its cause is unknown.

It can result in dehydration, injury to the food tube and tooth decay.

Source: www.mayoclinic.org enough money to pay for the adoption of a trained companion dog for a child with a brain tumor,” she wrote on Stink Bug Project’s website.

The Rocky Mountain Children’s Health Foundation carried on Allison’s deed and partnered with Prison-Trained

that their parents have decided that allows them the best opportunity to succeed,” Reynolds said.

The goal would be the same as at Plum Creek, to be able to return students to their home school with the life skills and knowledge that allow them to be successful, she said.

Students at Plum Creek typically return to their home schools in three semesters, the district said.

Board member David Ray said he has some concerns about the proposed project, including whether or not the Plum Creek model will work for younger students, confusion about the project among district parents, and the philosophy behind separating students into segregated populations.

“Philosophically, I struggle with the concept that like learners should always be grouped together,” said Ray, a former DCSD principal. “If we are not careful, we can inadvertently communicate the archaic message that `if you are different

you don’t belong in your natural environment of peers.’ I worry about the precedence that this kind of school model sets if it becomes driven by cost-savings instead of need.”

But Superintendent Elizabeth Fagen said by intervening early with young students in need of help, the district can help give them the skills they need to return to their classrooms sooner and equipped for success.

“This is about trying to meet the unique needs of a population of students, some of which are very discrepant from their peers, sometimes only temporarily,” Fagen said in a news release. “We are trying to meet the needs of young children, providing them with early intervention and wrap-around services that their families want. It is this next level of service that will meet their needs, so they can successfully return, maybe even full-time to the classroom.”

K-9 program at Colorado Correctional Industries to form the Stink Bug Project.

The process works like this: A prisoner spends 12 weeks training a dog. The pair spends every day together and shares a cell at night. The prisoner is required to keep a log of the dog’s progress and is supervised to guarantee a thorough job.

“They really work very hard and they become committed to it,” said Lee Shaughnessy, program director for the Stink Bug Project.

The Stink Bug Project then adopts the dog, covers medical costs and gives it to a child with a pediatric diagnosis from a children’s hospital.

And it’s been successful.

The Stink Bug Project has provided roughly 55 dogs for ill children across Colorado, according to Shaughnessy.

“The unconditional love you get from a dog is really comforting and reassuring to a kid who is sick,” she said.

When Patrick’s mother, Denise, saw the Stink Bug Project in a mailer, she immediately reached out.

Patrick was paired with Bindy, originally bred to be a guide dog for the blind.

But when she failed her initial training test, she was donated to the Stink Bug Project.

And she was the perfect match for Patrick, who can vomit unexpectedly in his sleep. Bindy is a companion and an alert dog. She will act up and bark or whine if Patrick is showing signs of his illness, providing a sense of security for the entire family, Denise said.

“We finally have peace of mind,” she added. “We don’t constantly have to question or wonder because Bindy tells us before Patrick gets sick. It’s like she has an internal sensor.”

The Stink Bug Project has helped Patrick cope with his very own stink bug and live like a normal kid. He’s now able to do activities that his illness once prohibited, like going to school, sporting events and birthday parties.

With Bindy beside him, through it all.

“Just knowing she is here,” Patrick said, “calms me.”

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in Colorado and its capital of Denver, where the conditions existed for exploiting the benefits of record-low rates.

Colorado’s unemployment rate is now 3.8 percent, versus 5 percent nationwide. Over the past 12 months, average hourly earnings have risen 2.9 percent to $27.11 — with both the increase and the hourly pay eclipsing the national averages.

Home prices and household incomes are higher than before the Great Recession, even as the country as whole, 6 1/2 years into the recovery, has yet to match home prices or earnings enjoyed before the recession.

Young college graduates are migrating en masse to Denver. Nearly 52 percent of Denver’s 25- to 34-year-olds have graduated from college, up from 43.4 percent in 2009. Nationwide, less than a third of Americans in that age group have finished college.

Around the country and the world, the prospect of a Fed rate hike had stirred varying degrees of anxiety. Some analysts still fear that a steady rise in the Fed’s benchmark rate could cause the dollar’s value to increase further. This would likely depress exports and the profits of multinational companies.

Others worry that high-yield junk bonds could collapse, along with the debt of emerging economies.

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want to just build a place for books, he wanted a place for people to gather.”

After LaRue was honored at the council meeting, he expressed gratitude. He said he was honored to be recognized by the Rotary clubs because one of the founding precepts of Rotary is to make their communities stronger. In addition to being the founding president of the Castle Rock High Noon Rotary Club, he was also at one time a

Diversification fuels growth But Coloradans who were asked about modestly higher U.S. rates sounded blase. Many suggested that the first Fed hike was unlikely to change investments around Denver.

“It’s not going to affect any project on the books or any proposed ones,” said Norman Franke, regional president of Colorado-based Alpine Bank.

Alpine opened its first two Denver branches two years ago after decades of serving more rural communities in western Colorado, drawn to the area by its robust growth. The bank has been involved in $80 million in business loans since then.

“It’s amazing,” Franke said of the Denver area economy, noting that United Airlines recently announced that it will open a pilot training center in the region.

“It’s diversified. It’s great to see.”

Car and truck sales, too, surged more in Colorado than in the rest of the country. That meant that Rocky Mountain drivers benefited more from ultra-lowrate auto loans, a discount that’s likely to diminish only slightly as a result of the Fed rate hike.

Between 2010 and 2014, auto registrations for new vehicles soared 82 percent in Colorado. Nationally, by contrast, the increase was 57.6 percent, said Tim Jackson, president of Colorado Automobile Dealers Association.

Denver’s economy previously has been oil-and-gas centered and been vulnerable to downturns in energy markets like the one that has sent oil prices plunging below $40 a barrel.

member of the Rotary Club of Castle Rock.

LaRue is the author of “The New Inquisition: Understanding and Managing Intellectual Freedom Challenges,” and also wrote a weekly column in several Colorado newspapers — including the News-Press.

He was the Colorado Librarian of the Year in 1998, the Castle Rock Chamber of Commerce’s 2003 Business Person of the Year, and in 2007 won the Julie J. Boucher Award for Intellectual Freedom.

In his new post, LaRue will monitor access, censorship and confidentiality as it applies to library use and intellectual freedom.

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Focus on not dropping the ball What happens when we make a simple error or mistake? We might own up to it and say something like, “I dropped the ball on that one.”

And as we wind down the regular season of the National Football League, we have certainly seen plenty of our favorite teams and players drop plenty of passes. And I am not talking about just the difficult passes, you know, the “should have” caught if only they tried harder and stretched a little further; no, I am also referring to those passes that hit them right in their hands. And in many cases as they dropped the ball, they also watched an opportunity for victory slip right through their fingers.

Now there are players who make difficult catches look seemingly easy, effortless and graceful. They snatch one-handed grabs from the middle of the air while walking a tightrope along the sideline or while performing an acrobatic maneuver typically reserved for a circus act or Cirque du Soleil

show. They grasp the opportunity for victory with each attempt thrown in their direction.

As we enter into the New Year and as we seek new opportunities of our own, we can learn from all of those opportunities that may Michael Norton have slipped through our own fingers over WINNING the past year, those opportunities where we WORDS just maybe “dropped the ball on that one.”

Looking back on the history of our events, actions, decisions and choice of words is one of the best ways that we can plot our course for success in the coming year. We can reflect back and think about how we can avoid the traps and

pitfalls that caused us to drop the ball so that we can focus on and identify all of those things we did right, all of those times where we made the catch and grasped the opportunity to succeed.

Now in the NFL, players who consistently drop passes quickly find out that NFL stands for something other than the National Football League. They find out that NFL could also mean “not for long” as their consistently poor performance places their career in jeopardy.

How consistent are we? How many passes do we drop? What do our statistics look like as we analyze how many times we have had an opportunity and we simply dropped the ball? And again, not just the stretch goals and hard-to-reach opportunities for success, I am talking about the simple balls of life that come our way and we let them slip right through our fingers.

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Answer one easy question ... oh, and happy new year I want to wish you a happy new year, and to quiz you too.

I am sure that you know that 2016 will be an election year, and that it is likely that we will be bombarded with rhetoric, promises and solicitations.

It is hard to believe that the sitting president was elected almost eight years ago.

It means that your son or daughter could have started and finished high school, and started and finished college.

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I thought the holdup was confined to the recreation center, but that evening I found out that there were voting problems all over metro Denver.

In 2012, I voted by mail. Much better.

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LETTER TO THE EDITOR Are local students losing a chance?

Recently, the Douglas County School Board was asked to approve expansion of the STEM High and Academy to include grades K-5. While I applaud the need to have a charter school that has that focus, I question if local tax dollars should fund out-of-district students.

The STEM Academy currently enrolls the highest number of out-of-district students compared to other charter schools.

During the 2014-15 school year, close to 25 percent of the school population was out-of-district students, of which over $130,000 of local tax override funds went to these out-of-district students for enrolling at STEM. How many of these out-of-district students took away a spot from in-district students, similar to what happens at other charter schools, and received local dollars above state revenue? The district has needs at our neighborhood schools for maintenance/capital projects that the current voter-approved override dollars could help without asking taxpayers for more money. As STEM expands to include more grade levels, will out-of-district students have a priority over in-district, taking away more local dollars to fund them?

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South Suburban names Priddy’s replacement Jennings is former Thornton official Staff report Managing 3,800 acres of developed and natural open space park land at South Suburban Parks and Recreation’s more than 100 locations is no walk in the park, but the district thinks Andy Jennings is up to the task.

Jennings just became the second director of parks and open space in South Suburban’s 56-year history. He takes the

reins from Jim Priddy, who retired earlier this year after 42 years with the district.

Jennings, a 35-year veteran of the industry, has an extensive background in parks, forestry, open space and golf maintenance. For Jennings the past 26 years, he was the parks and golf manager for the city of Thornton.

“I believe Andy will add great insight, value and leadership to our dedicated and talented parks and open space de-

partment,” said Rob Hanna, South Suburban’s executive director. “He brings a wealth of experience in project development, including capital projects, master plans and ongoing capital maintenance programs, as well as park mapping and forestry inventory.”

He also has experience partnering with outside agencies and was involved with Thornton’s Neighborhood Services division. He helped develop that city’s Community Garden program and assisted with the development of its coyote management plan.

Jennings was named Thornton’s City-

wide Employee of the Year for 2005. He earned four Community Services Department Team of the Year awards and 16 Distinguished Service awards. He also held multiple offices with the Colorado Parks and Recreation Association, the National Recreation and Park Association and the Southwest Park and Recreation Training Institute.

Before joining the city of Thornton, Jennings served as park superintendent for McKinney, Texas. He is a 1981 graduate of Texas Tech University in Lubbock, where he earned his bachelor’s degree in park administration.

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

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

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

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Some of the balls we can focus on catching could be opportunities to say things like, “I love you,” “Thank you,” “I am sorry,” “I am proud of you” or “I appreciate you.” I mean really, how many times have we walked away from time spent with a close friend or loved one and thought, “Wow, I really could have said something more or done something differently, I really dropped the ball on that one.”

How many business opportunities, sales, lessons learned, listening moments and deeper relationships have we missed because we dropped a pass that could have/should have been easily caught? I

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The year was 1960.

That should give it away.

But if not: The theme music was performed by two piano players.

One of the actors attempts suicide.

Another one strains pasta with a tennis racket.

If it were remade, there would have to be nudity and dirty words.

It received 10 Academy Awards nominations and won five, including Best Picture.

I can watch it over and over.

There is no violence, although the lead does get punched in the face.

There are no special effects. However, I consider good writing to be a special effect.

Need some more clues?

Billy Wilder produced and directed it, and no, it’s not another one of his films, “Sunset Boulevard.”

That’s a great film too, and it features a very wet New Year’s Eve. Gloria Swanson is perfection in “Sunset Boulevard.”

Happy Hour the first Friday of every month at Los Arcos. Call Gordon at 303-790-8264.

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

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

BNI Connections of Lone Tree (www.thebniconnections.com) invites business owners to attend its meeting held each Tuesday, 7:15-9 a.m. at the Lone Tree Recreation Center, 10249 Ridgegate Circle. There is no charge to attend a meeting as a guest. Please visit www.thebniconnections.com or contact Jack Rafferty, 303-414-2363 or jrafferty@hmbrown.com.

The League of Women Voters of Arapahoe County has two meetings per month. No unit meetings are in June through August, but the two unit meetings per month will begin again

in September on second Monday evenings and second Thursday mornings. Call 303-798-2939.

The group is open to residents of Douglas County.

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

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

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

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

Recreation Lone Tree Ladies 9-Hole Golf. Applications are now being accepted for the 2015 Thursday morning 9-hole golf group. The group is open to women golfers ages 18 and older. Applications

and more information are available in the Lone Tree Pro Shop or visit www.LTL9Hole.ghinclub. com. 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 303-7975850.

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

encourage you to think back over the past year or so, and try and think of those moments where you can learn from both the dropped passes as well as the catches you made and recognize what to avoid and what to repeat or even do better in the coming year.

So how about you? Are you dropping too many easy passes and opportunities to grow and achieve success at all levels of your life, or do you have steady, consistent and reliable hands and catching everything that comes your way? Either way I would love to hear all about it at gotnorton@gmail.com, and when we catch more balls than we drop, it really will be a better than good week.

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

Maybe you have heard the line, “I am ready for my close-up.”

It comes from “Sunset Boulevard.”

You have to know the answer by now, but if not, the piano players were Ferrante and Teicher.

It’s hard for me to believe that the theme song was played on Top 40 radio.

That would never happen now.

The song was “Theme from The Apartment.”

There you have it.

“The Apartment” starred Jack Lemmon and Shirley MacLaine.

MacLaine is having an affair with Fred MacMurray. The two of them use Lemmon’s apartment for their fun and games while Lemmon is somewhere else.

But knowing that MacMurray is never going to leave his wife, MacLaine takes a bunch of pills after MacMurray has left her behind in the apartment one night.

Lemmon returns, finds MacLaine unconscious, saves her life and falls in love with her.

Find out the rest for yourself.

As I said, readers, happy new year.

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

‘I do not think that organized religion is necessary, or even a good idea for that matter.’

Liam Michael, University of Denver student

Millennials increasingly look to sources other than churches, books for spiritual guidance

By Mike DiFerdinando mdiferdinando@coloradocommunitymedia.com

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iam Michael, 19, grew up attending a Unitarian Universalist church with his family in Portage, Michigan. It was nothing like the dogmatic religions of Catholicism, Judaism or Islam that have more black-and-white interpretations of the world. There was room for finding one’s own path.

Yet, he remained unsettled.

“I still felt uneasy at the idea that there were these rules that had to be followed to the ‘t’ and a little insulted at the idea that in order to be some sort of moral person, I had to label myself as a member of some sort of club, essentially,” said Michael, now a student at the University of Denver.

Although a belief in a deity was never imposed on him in the Unitarian Universalist church, which welcomes congregants from diverse religions and holds the belief that God is love, most of the members believed in God, he said. And, as an atheist since the age of 5, he felt he didn’t really fit.

“I do not think that organized religion is necessary, or even a good idea for that matter,” Michael said. “Once a religion has the sort of power over its followers where it can impose a specific interpretation of its holy book, text, dogma, it becomes very easy to divide humanity along religious lines and to create conflict that can oftentimes result in oppression or violence.”

Michael is part of a growing number of young people who, for varying reasons, choose to not take part in organized religion.

Today, 35 percent of adult Millennials — Americans born between 1981 and 1996 — are religiously unaffiliated, according to a 2014 study by the Pew Research Center. And nearly one in five American adults, or 18 percent, who were raised in a religious faith now identify with no religion, according to Pew. When the same study was conducted in 2007, only 25 percent of Millennials identified as religiously unaffiliated.

“Almost everyone in religious studies or religious education is highly aware of the ‘nones’ — the people who answer none to the religious affiliation question on surveys,” said Dr. Sandra Lee Dixon, a religious studies professor at the University of Denver.

Faith in the information age Reasons behind the “nones” include the rise of the Internet and access to information; intolerance and violence committed in the name of religion; and young people not wanting to separate themselves by or be identified by a particu-

lar faith.

But research shows one of the most significant influences is the birth of the Internet, one of the most dramatic and influential cultural and social forces of this lifetime: Human beings can access virtually the entire record of human knowledge and experience at any time.

Eighty-seven percent of American adults use the Internet, according to a 2014 Pew study. For people ages 18-29, the number jumps to 97 percent.

“Insofar as religion is concerned, these advances seem to have been detrimental,” said John Robert Kinsey, a lecturer in religious studies at the University of Colorado. “Disheartening stories such as Kim Davis’ religious justifications for her Carmichael anti-homosexual bigotry, or Hobby Lobby’s discrimination against women’s reproductive rights and homosexuals, or acts of Christian, Islamic or Jewish terrorism are all too easy to find. This being the case, it should come as no surprise that the younger population would actively distance itself from these traditional narratives.”

Michael agrees.

“I think that the reason many young people today are beginning to move away from religion and, in some cases, move towards a more atheistic world view is, quite frankly, the bad reputation of most religions,” he said.

Lucas Carmichael, a lecturer in the Department of Religious Studies at the University of Colorado, contends the move away from organized religion is not a new phenomenon in America.

“Organized religion has always had a rocky relationship with Americans’ widespread distrust of institutional authority and celebration of the individual. Periodic swings towards and away from organized religion have been the norm,” Carmichael said. “The Cold War swing towards religion in the face of ‘godless communism’ — which resulted in ‘under God’ being added to the Pledge of Allegiance and ‘In God We Trust’ being added to our money — strengthened the position of organized religion as central to American religious identities. This position of strength has certainly been eroded by the increased religious diversity, as well as various Faith continues on Page 13

‘Almost everyone in religious studies or religious education is highly aware of the ‘nones’ — the people who answer none to the religious affiliation question on surveys.’

Dr. Sandra Lee Dixon, Religious studies professor at the University of Denver

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— Percent of Millennials who are religiously unaffiliated

11

— Percent of Millennials who identify as mainline Protestant

21

— Percent of Millennials who identify as evangelical Protestant

16

— Percent of Millennials who identify as Catholic

64

— Percent of college graduates who identify with Christianity

23

— Percent of all American adults who are religiously unaffiliated

51

— Million Catholics in the U.S., a loss of 3 million since 2007 Source: Pew Research Center

Illustration courtesy of Metro Creative Graphics

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Night photography requires patience, planning The first 2016 meeting of the Englewood Camera Club will host award-winning photographer Mike Berenson speaking on “Night Photography Planning and Scouting.” It takes more than a beautiful night sky to get a good image, and Berenson will talk about the planning and tools needed: Modeling the night sky, light pollution map and moon cycles. (He offers night photography workshops for those who want to take it a step farther.) The club will meet at 7 p.m. on Jan. 12 at the Lutheran Church of the Holy Spirit, 6400 S. University Blvd., Centennial, and guests/prospective members are welcome. Doors open at 6:15 p.m. (The group holds its own in-house contest at the end of each meeting.)

Cowboys gather Families will want to plan ahead for the Colorado Cowboy Gathering Jan. 21-24 at the Colorado Mountaineering Center and Miners Alley Playhouse in Golden. There will be three evening performances of music and poetry, two full days of themed matinees and chuckwagon cooking. (More on this next week.)

Visit coloradocowboygathering.com for details.

Book Start seeks volunteers Book Start, a Douglas County Libraries program that brings storytime fun to children in Douglas County childcare centers, seeks volunteers who will read beautiful books and lead simple songs and finger plays. A workshop is planned for 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Jan. 20 at Philip S. Miller Library, 100 S. Wilcox St., in Castle Rock.

Contact Geri Domarek, 303-688-7658, gdomarek@dclibraries.org, to register.

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Faith Continued from Page 12

scandals and attempts to exert institution authority that seem out of step with larger cultural values in America.”

Kids have a say Families also place much less importance on religious education, according to Karen Silverman, executive director of jHUB, an organization that connects Jewish teens in Colorado.

In some instances, children make the decision whether to participate in organized religion because their parents are disinterested or place greater importance on competing activities, she said.

“In the past, it would have been unheard of for the children to have such influence over a family’s religious observance,” Silverman said. jHUB tries to connect teens to Jewish programs that fulfill that need for connection and guidance without pushing religious observance.

Many teens, Silverman said, have a concept of spirituality and do seek guidance on life’s big questions.

“Last year, I was able to observe focus groups with Jewish teens in Denver. What we heard from some of them was that they weren’t interested in organized religion,” she said. “But when the researchers delved deeper into the question, many of the teens still saw themselves as spiritual.

They are reluctant to identify in a way that excludes others. If I’m one religion, that

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Night photography will be the topic for the Englewood Photography Club at its Jan. 12 meeting.

Presenter Mike Berenson has won awards at the Littleton Eye of the Camera and Lone Tree Photography Show in recent years, and will talk about how he captured this image and others.

Courtesy photo

tanic Gardens at 2 p.m. on Jan. 3, 10, 17, 24 and 31 will teach about the climate, beauty, ecology and horticulture of the Rocky Mountain region, with a tour of ionic gardens and plants of the West.

A window for gardeners waiting for spring. Practical knowledge about water-smart gardening, science and contemporary issues surrounding Colorado plants.

Cost: $14/$9 student, $7 member, denverbotanicgardens.org. (While there, enjoy the tropical plants, orchids and exhibit of botanical illustrations featuring Plant Select plants.)

Commissioners Choice Lone Tree Arts Center, 10075 Commons St., Lone Tree, will host the 2016 Commissioners Choice awardwinners in an exhibit from Jan. 8 through March 4.

They are Diane Cornish and Cindy Welch. Their work can be seen 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. weekdays and two hours prior to scheduled performances. (More about these artists next week.)

The British are coming!

The Theatre of Dreams, at 735 Park Ave. in Castle Rock, announces two British acts: • 7:30 p.m. Jan. 15, 16: British comedian-musician Martin Lewis, who tours the world with his magic.

Cost: $22.50-$25, 303-660-6799, tickets.amazingshows. com.

• 7:30 p.m. Feb. 6: Keith Fields, comedian-magician in “A BRIT of Magic.” See above for ticket information.

means the other religions are wrong, so I can’t do that.”

That is why even some with deep roots in religion are becoming more skeptical.

Katie Lynn-Vecqueray, a recent University of Denver graduate, is 23 years old and grew up in a family of Lutheran pastors. Organized religion has always been a central part of her life.

Lynn“Churches were my Vecqueray second home, and I was surrounded by the care, faith, and love of amazing congregations,” Lynn-Vecqueray said. “As I got older, however, and following some personal experiences and heartache of my own, I began to question the foundation of my own faith and the benefits of believing in stories and testaments I couldn’t hope to ever prove or understand.”

Relevance of religion — or the lack of it — also is key in young people’s choices.

Keith Baker is director of the group Young Life for Western Douglas County.

He works with teens and young people in Highlands Ranch, Lone Tree, Castle Rock and surrounding communities.

In his experience, Baker said, many young people view religion as something nice for others, but irrelevant to daily life.

“Many young people are now two to three generations removed from the last people in their family who held religion at high regard,” Baker said. “I also believe that our society, media and entertainment outlets paints those within religious institutions as narrow-minded and ignorant.

With so much access to a constant stream of this message, it’s easy to understand their lack of desire for involvement in religion.”

Spiritual, not religious But although an increasing number of young people may choose not to participate in organized religion, many still view themselves as spiritual.

According to Rev. Jann Halloran, of Prairie Unitarian Universalist Church in Parker, “these are people looking for a spiritual home that doesn’t tell them they have to believe a certain way.”

Lynn-Vecqueray said the term spirituality often replaces faith or religion, encompassing ambiguity and the opportunity to continually refine one’s beliefs.

“Fluidity precludes orthodoxy, and I have witnessed my own peers struggling to retain a strong faith when faced with the contemporary realities of science and innovation,” she said. “Youth of today increasingly pick and choose elements of various religions, combining them within an individualized faith perspective.”

Amy Scott Grant is an author and spiritual coach who lives and works in Denver.

She agrees the trend is now more toward self-awareness and spiritual exploration.

Young people don’t want to be told what God is or isn’t, Grant said. They want to explore the concept of Universal Intelligence on their own and draw their own conclusions.

“They want to discover reasons to restore faith in themselves and others — they seek to be creative and expansive,” Grant said. “Yet traditional religions hold views about God that feel archaic and un-

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touchable to young people.”

Dr. Ben Nourse, a visiting assistant professor in the Department of Religious Studies at the University of Denver, focuses his work on eastern religions, particularly Buddhism.

In the debate of organized religion versus personal spirituality, Nourse said his experience with Buddhism in Denver would suggest generational factors are at play.

“I have visited a lot of Buddhist temples and groups in Denver and almost always the people attending regular meetings, worship, teachings, study groups or meditation sessions tend to skew towards people in middle age or Nourse older,” Nourse said. “Millennials do not seem to be regular members or attendees. However, the classes I teach on Buddhism at the University of Denver are very popular.”

And although he is not religious, Liam Michael does put his faith in something.

“I obviously don’t speak for all of the atheists or all of the ‘nones,’ but I can tell you that I do not place my trust in a deity because, to put it blankly, I do not believe one exists,” Michael said. “Since I do not practice any religion, I find myself trusting in the fact that we as people all share one thing, and that is the human ability to empathize with one another. And while that may seem like an almost foolish thing to trust in, I truly believe that the human ability to relate to one another holds far more power over our moral decisions than any ancient desert script.”

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Early political cartoonist subject of exhibit Gillray lampooned Royal Family, European life

“The Plum Pudding in Danger,” a hand-colored etching by James Gillray, is one of the world’s most famous cartoons; it shows William Pitt carving off Oceana and Napoleon taking Europe. It is part of the “Under the Guillotine” exhibit at the Center for Visual Art. Photos courtesy of the Center for Visual Art

By Sonya Ellingboe sellingboe@coloradocommunitymedia.com “James Gillray was a product of his time,” said print collector Arthur Gilbert in an opening statement about a man called the “father of modern caricature.”

Gilbert introduced 71 colored etchings, political cartoons by Gillray, who was born in 1756 in Chelsea and worked into the early 19th century.

The illustrations touch on issues still of vital concern today: politics and life, food, health, love and marriage, scandal, violence, revolution, war, and a world out of balance. They are exhibited at Metropolitan State University’s Center for Visual Art in the Santa Fe Arts District through March 19, with art by three contemporary counterparts: Molly Crabtree, Chris Dacre and Deb Sokolow.

All but one of the exhibited prints belong to Gilbert. He said he owns 144 of them and keeps collecting through contacts all over the world.

Gilbert is a historian who has taught at DU’s Josef Korbel School of International Studies since 1961. In his opening exhibit remarks, he dedicated the show to those who lost their lives in the shootings at the Charlie Hebdo satirical magazine in Paris in January 2015. He also saw parallels between Gillray’s output of work and that of the Spanish artist Goya — but Goya was not as free to publish and display his work. Gillray, despite outrageous criticism of the Royal Family, British, French and other European politicians, “died in bed.”

No one knows how many of these prints were originally published, Gilbert said. The need to hand color each one — a cottage industry — was a limiting factor.

When new, they were displayed in the large bay window of the print shop, where illiterate people could enjoy them — and recognize those pictured.

Gilbert’s deep knowledge of the related history is apparent in his captions for the caricatures. (When you visit, allow time to read them). Example: Dated March 5, 1806: “More Pigs than Teats — or The New

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Litter of Hungry Grunters, Sucking John Bull’s Old Sow to Death,” shows a large number of piglets, each with the head of a prominent politician, and a poor, old, broken-down sow.

Another, said to be the most famous political cartoon of all time: “The PlumPudding in Danger — or — State Epicures Taking un Petit Souper.” It depicts William Pitt and Napoleon each slicing off a piece of the world (Europe by Napoleon and Oceana by Pitt). Gilbert said, “It holds a place in British art not unlike Grant

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His collection on health includes one about vaccination for cowpox that reminds one of the controversy about vaccines today, and there are references to vastly overweight and slovenly Royals and others that ring a bell as we read about increases in obesity today.

Gilbert will teach a related class at Metro called “Under the Guillotine,” and a panel discussion with Gilbert and three Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonists is planned at 6 p.m. on March 2 at the gallery: Jim Borgman, Mike Keefe and Signe Wilkinson.

Mike Keefe, of Denver, was also present at the opening of the Gillray exhibit and spoke about a collection of Bill Mauldin’s cartoons about soldiers, a gift from his father, that started him on his career. Keefe long worked at the Denver Post and now draws a line of syndicated cartoons.

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Western Art Show to feature works of Boulder painter Prints by Don Coen, others will be available

“The Hush of Evening Snow” by Don Coen is painted with oil stick and is the featured art for the 2016 National Western Stock Show’s Coors Western Art Show. Poster prints of the work will be available. Courtesy photo

By Sonya Ellingboe sellingboe@coloradocommunitymedia.com Boulder painter Don Coen’s appealing “The Hush of Evening Snow,” with an almost-polka-dotted cow and calf, is the featured work in this year’s Coors Western Art Show, and will be added to the National Western’s permanent collection. Posters of the painting will be available for sale at the exhibit and online.

Coen was born in rural Colorado and showed an early inclination toward art, which his parents encouraged, letting a 4-year-old Coen draw by the light of a kerosene lamp. He eventually attended the University of Denver and earned a master’s degree from the University of Northern Colorado, which was followed by a 12-year period of nonobjective, abstract painting.

He returned to representational work, but his patterns still reflect that time when he “thought only of colors and forms.” He works primarily in oil stick, the tool for this featured painting, plus airbrush, and twig and ink.

Related events and other happenings: • The schedule for the exhibit begins with a Jan. 5 red carpet reception (tickets: $225) from 5:50 to 10 p.m. This is when the main sales of the show occur as attendees bid for art they want to buy. For information or to purchase tickets, call 303-291-2567 or email coorsart@nationalwestern.com. Proceeds from the art show contribute in part to scholarships produced by the National Western Stock Show.

• Young Guns, for collectors under 40 who gather on the eve of the red carpet reception for an art show of their own where they meet many of the artists, learn about techniques and have an opportunity to purchase art. Call the above number for information.

• A lunch and lecture titled “Discerning Works of Art on Paper” will be 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Jan. 5 at the History Colorado Center. Moderator is Seth Hopkins, director of

the Booth Western Art Museum in Carterville, Georgia.

Panelists are printmaker Leon Loughridge of Denver; Tam O’Neill, specialist in prints; and Doug Erion, collector and printmaker. They will discuss favorite works on paper, collectability, how to discern between media, and what to look for in contemporary techniques. Lunch included. Tickets: $45, coorsart@nationalwestern.com.

• On Jan. 6 collectors and art lovers may attend the annual Petrie Institute Symposium from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Denver Art Museum’s Louis Sharp Auditorium. It will coincide with the new exhibition “A Place in the Sun: Paintings of Walter Ufer and E. Martin Hennings.” Leading scholars will discuss the life and work of these artists and their place in the art of the West, led by moderator Patty Limerick, faculty director and chair of the board at the Center For the New West, University of Colorado. Registration is required: $25 student, $55 DAM member, $65 nonmember. Contact Julianne Maron, 720-913-0047, or

The alpine rock garden at Sandy Snyder’s Littleton home, which she will discuss with the Littleton Garden Club on Jan. 6. Courtesy photo

email western@denverartmuseum.org. South Denverarea artists with work in the prestigious show include Joellyn Duesberry of Greenwood Village, well-known for her Western landscapes, and Duke Beardsley of Englewood, who grew up on a ranch in Douglas County and puts a contemporary spin on his distinctive paintings of cowboys and horses. Amy Laugesen of Englewood creates ceramic sculptures of horses, also included in the Coors Western. (Her work can be found near the fountain in front of the Englewood Civic Center in the Museum Outdoor Arts collection.)

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By Sonya Ellingboe sellingboe@coloradocommunitymedia.com “Littleton is the best place in the world to garden,” according to Sandy Snyder. “You have sun, mix soil, add water…”

Snyder, a rock garden expert and longtime Littleton Garden Club member, spent 19 years working with Panayoti Kelaidis on the large rock garden at Denver Botanic Gardens and for the past 30 years has developed a series of areas at her Littleton home into a showplace, which won the 2010 Foster Millstream Award from the North American Rock Garden Society for her contribution to rock gardening.

On Jan. 6, Snyder will speak to the Littleton Garden Club on “Building a Rock Alpine Garden.” Guests and prospective members are welcome to the meetings, which are held in the lunchroom at the Littleton Public Schools Education Services Center.

“Denver is considered the mecca of rock gardening by serious enthusiasts all over the world,” said LGC publicist Anne Phelps. “The climate,

IF YOU GO Sandy Snyder will speak to the Littleton Garden Club on Wednesday, Jan. 6, with social time with light refreshments at 6 p.m., meeting at 6:30 p.m. (the meetings are the first Wednesday of the month through the school year, then summer is devoted to garden visits). The group meets at the Education Services Building, 5776 S. Crocker St., Littleton. The lunchroom is accessible from Ida Street between Windermere and Crocker Streets, and parking is on the south side. Information: www. littletongardenclub.org or contact Club President Liz Wuest at famwuest4@gmail.com. altitude, sunlight and ability to create microclimates are conducive to growing a wide spectrum of rock alpine plants. Alpine plants have many forms and textures, and often have small exquisite blooms.”

Snyder said the microclimates add another dimension for the gardener to consider — and rock gardens eliminate the flat expanse. She will show pictures and talk about textures, form and colors.

She will also tell about the many

resources now available — “so many books, so many people…” If you join the Denver Botanic Gardens, you can borrow books from the library there — and return them to your local library. And you can look at plants there and note the names.

She suggests joining the local chapter of the North American Rock Garden Society, ($15) which during the winter meets on Saturday afternoons once a month at DBG. In summer, they conduct trips to see the various mountain gardens — which you can also do on your own.

Get to know the plants that way — and hunt them down for a home garden.

And get familiar with the Latin names, she urges — “that’s what everyone uses.”

Once you have a design, have rocks hauled in and placed, and add the proper mix of soil. The trick is to diversify the plants so no one type is damaged extensively — as sometimes happens to roses, for example.

“I don’t have many critters,” she said. “I kind of go with the flow. And if one plant gets too big, pull it out and start another bed next spring.”

It’s not like decorating a room, she continued. “A garden should evolve, versus a vegetable garden where you rip everything out every year.”

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Did Santa leave a drone under the tree?

New federal law requires FAA registration for some models

WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT REGISTRATION

By Deborah Grigsby Smith, Centennial Airport Special to Colorado Community Media According to consumer research organizations, as well as the Federal Aviation Administration, drones were expected to be among the hottest gifts this holiday season.

Experts anticipate more 1 million new unmanned aircraft systems — or UAS, for short — have already been unwrapped and launched this year, mostly by hobbyists and recreational users.

But while technology has made flying UAS easier, FAA requirements to register them have made getting off the ground, for some models, a bit more difficult.

A new federal law, effective Dec. 21, states “all aircraft weighing more than 0.55 pounds (250 grams) and less than 55 pounds (approx. 25 kilograms), including payloads such as on-board cameras, must be registered.”

So basically, any drone weighing more than a half a pound would be required to be registered with the FAA. Under the new rule, the FAA says “owners who previously operated an unmanned aircraft exclusively as a model aircraft prior to Dec. 21, 2015, must register no later than Feb. 19, 2016. Owners of any other UAS purchased for use as a model aircraft after Dec. 21, 2015, must register before the first flight outdoors.

• UAS/Drones owned before Dec. 21, 2015, must be registered by Feb. 16, 2016 • UAS/Drones purchased after Dec. 21, 2015, must be registered before their first flight outdoors • Registration fee is $5, but for those who register before Jan. 21, 2016, the fee will be refunded • Registration is good for three years • Individuals must be 13 years or older to register

A new federal law now requires some drones, like this DJI Phantom, to be registered with the FAA. Registration is $5, but will be free until Jan. 21 and valid for three years. Drone owners who fail to register risk penalties of up to $27,500 and three years of jail time.

Photo courtesy of Centennial Airport Owners may use either the paper-based process or the new streamlined, webbased system.”

Additionally, owners registering a UAS must be at least 13 years old to register.

Those under 13 must have someone older than 13 register for them.

The FAA says registration helps ensure safety — for the UAS pilot, others on the ground, and manned aircraft.

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Additionally, it makes the UAS traceable in the event of an incident, as well as helping return lost drones to their rightful owners.

To register online, each owner must provide his or her name, home address and email address. Upon completion of registration, the web application will generate a Certificate of Aircraft Registration/ Proof of Ownership that will include a unique identification number for the UAS owner, which must be marked on the aircraft, much like the N-number on the tail of an aircraft.

Drone pilots who fail to register could face up to $27,500 in civil penalties, with criminal penalties for failure to register including fines of up to $250,000 and/or up to three years of imprisonment.

Commercial drone operators, those who derive revenue from their drones, or the imagery obtained by their drones, are already required to register.

WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT FLYING OUTDOORS • Do not fly outdoors without properly registering your aircraft, if required • Fly below 400 feet AGL and remain clear of surrounding obstacles • Keep the aircraft within visual line of sight at all times • Remain well clear of and do not interfere with manned aircraft operations • Don’t fly within 5 miles of an airport unless you contact the airport and control tower before flying • Do not fly your aircraft for commercial purposes without FAA Section 333 waiver • Don’t fly near people or stadiums • Don’t fly an aircraft that weighs more than 55 pounds • Don’t be careless or reckless with your unmanned aircraft — you could be fined for endangering people or other aircraft For more information: www. knowbeforeyoufly.org/ To register your uas/drone: www.registermyuas.faa.gov/

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HEALTH Free Nutrition Classes South Denver Cardiology presents free educational classes at its office, 1000 SouthPark Drive, Littleton. For information, or to register, call 303-744-1065 or www.southdenver.com. Class schedule: Tuesday, Jan. 5 (Cholesterol and Your Heart). Join Susan Buckley, RD, CDE, and Renee Julien, RN, as they explore how to manage cholesterol with medication, lifestyle and natural alternatives. Monday, Jan. 18, Anticoagulation Basics: Through Thick & Thin, 1:30-2:30 p.m. Learn to live with Warfarin/Coumadin; Monday, Jan. 18, Diabetes, Pre-diabetes and Insulin Resistance, 11 a.m. to noon. Learn the ins and outs of diabetes and how to control blood sugar.

A Hudson Christmas The Hudson Gardens & Event Center presents A Hudson Christmas on select nights from through Saturday, Jan. 2. Guests will enjoy a festive holiday light display, free wagon rides and more. The outdoor walking path winds through Hudson Gardens, featuring more than 250,000 twinkling lights and is wheelchair and stroller accessible. Tickets are available at www.altitudetickets.com, in person from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at The Hudson Gardens’ Welcome Center, or at the door on event nights. The Hudson Gardens & Event Center is at 6115 S. Santa Fe Drive in Littleton.

Parking is free. Schedule and more information at www.hudsongardens.org.

European Records Research When researching your family tree, do you find yourself at a dead stop when you try to cross the Atlantic Ocean to the old country? Well help is on the way. Certified genealogist Carol Darrow will return to the Highlands Ranch Genealogical society to calm our fears with her presentation “Researching European Records Without a Passport” at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 5, at the James H. LaRue Library, 9292 Ridgeline Blvd., Highlands Ranch. Show up at 6:30 p.m. for snacks and conversation with fellow genealogists. Every month people find someone with the solution to their toughest “brick wall.”

Monthly Adult Lecture Series The Parker Cultural and Scientific Commission sponsors talks on topics that impact Colorado and Douglas County residents. The intent of these talks is to increase the understanding of how science and technology address issues facing the community. RSVP required; call the PACE Center box office at 303-8056800. All lectures begin at 6:30 p.m. and are free and open to the public. Thursday, Jan. 7, Climate Science, presented by the Colorado School of Mines. Guest speaker is Christian Shorey, assistant department head for the geology and geological engineering department at the Colorado School of Mines.

Children’s Musical Production Spotlight Performing Arts Center presents “Beauty and the Beast,” a full-length children’s musical production that is the end product of a 15-week class for children ages 3-12 years. Performances are at 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Jan. 8-9, and 2 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 9, at Spotlight Performing Arts Center, 6328 E. County Line Road, Unit 102, Highlands Ranch.

Call Spotlight Performing Arts Center to order tickets; 720-443-2623. Go to www. spotlightperformers.com.

Christmas Tree Recycling, Mulch Centennial residents can dispose of Christmas trees through Sunday, Jan. 17. Trees must be free of ornaments and decorations. Sites are open from sunrise to sunset. Artificial trees are not accepted.

Disposal sites are: Lookout Park, 5455 S. Riviera Way; Pine Creek Hollow Park, 6140 S. Tower Road; and Willow Spring Service Center, 7100 S. Holly St. Free mulch will be available at all sites.

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EVENTS First Hike in Castlewood Enjoy a great day at the Jewel of the Prairie, also known as Castlewood Canyon State Park. Led by Castlewood volunteers, the first hike of the year is from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 1; meet at the Canyon Point parking lot. Start the year in a healthy and fun way, and learn something about the park while you’re at it. The hike is 2 miles, off-trail. A fresh snow preceding a hike will allow hikers to see the tracks of those four-footed creatures that call the park home.

Bring warm clothes and boots, gaiters or snow pants; hiking poles could be helpful. Snowshoes would be good for really deep snow.

After the hike, enjoy soup and some warm beverages.

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

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

Children 12 and younger may register for free with a registered adult. Go to www.commitmentday.com/colorado/parker-aurora. Information about group training available at www.lifetimerun.com/group-run-training/ co-commitment-day-5k-2016-parker. Contact Heather Crosby at hcrosby@lifetimefitness.com for additional information.

Adventures in Dance Learn popular dances through a number of classes offered by Adventures in Dance, 1500 W. Littleton Blvd. Upcoming classes include swing aerobics, 7:30-8:30 p.m. Mondays, Jan. 4-26; a potluck ballroom, Latin, swing and salsa dance party, 8-9:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 8; Samba boot camp, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 26; social ballroom dance sampler, 6-8 p.m. Fridays, Jan. 22 and Jan. 29; Chinese New Year ballroom dance party, 8-9:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 29; line dance aerobics, 7:30-8:30 p.m. Tuesdays, Feb. 2-23; a potluck ballroom, Latin, swing and salsa dance party, 8-9:30 p.m.

Friday, Feb. 12; a social salsa dance sampler, 6-8 p.m. Fridays, Feb. 19 and Feb. 26; an Italian masquerade ballroom dance party, 8-9:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 26. Contact 720-276-0562, info@adventuresindance.com or www.adventuresindance.com.

Nonfiction Book Club Forming Club members read stories about real people who made a difference in this world, or who inspire us because they overcame great setbacks in life. Some people wield great power or enlighten us about cultures or events in history.

Nonfiction adds to your knowledge and increases critical thinking skills.

History can be so much stranger than fiction. Our meetings will be individuals reading different books on the same subject, discussing what we learned, liked or didn’t like.

Contact evelyn.poulo@gmail.com for a list of books and submit your own favorites. Kickoff is at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 12, at the Parker Library, in the conference room. First topic will be Arab women authors speaking out about their culture. Book should be completed by meeting date; get reading.

A number of community blood drives are planned in the South Metro area. For information or to schedule an appointment, contact the Bonfils Appointment Center at 303-363-2300, unless otherwise noted. Go to www.bonfils.org. Upcoming blood drives are: Wednesday, Jan. 6, 10-11:40 a.m. and 1-3:30 p.m., Lone Tree Civic Center, 8527 Lone Tree Parkway, Lone Tree (Chris Cooper, 720-509-1165); Thursday, Jan. 7, 10-11:40 a.m. and 1-3:30 p.m., Plaza Tower One, 6400 S. Fiddler’s Green Circle, Greenwood Village; Thursday, Jan. 7, 9-10:40 a.m. and noon to 3 p.m., Terrace Tower, 5619 DTC Parkway, Suite 150, Greenwood Village; Sunday, Jan. 10, 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., Ave Maria Catholic Church, 9056 E. Parker Road, Parker; Sunday, Jan. 10, 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., Faith Lutheran Church, 303 N. Ridge Road, Castle Rock (Karen Johnson, 720-272-1464).

Free Nutrition, Cooking Class Free Heart Health nutrition classes and cooking demonstrations are offered from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 6 (After the Holidays: Back on Track); Wednesday, Jan. 13 (The Roll of Stress in Brain and Heart Health); Wednesday, Jan. 20 (Using Spices for Health and Flavor); Wednesday, Jan. 27 (Food Addiction) at the South Denver Heart Center, 1000 Southpark Drive, Littleton. Join Richard Collins, M.D., “The Cooking Cardiologist,” along with Susan Buckley, RD, CDE, as they share their expertise on Heart Healthy nutrition and cooking solutions. For more information or to register, call 303-7441065, www.southdenver.com.

SilverSneakers Fitness, Silver&Fit 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.

EDUCATION

Practice English Skills Practice your English class gives adult mixed level English language learners an opportunity to practice speaking English. Adults from all levels and language backgrounds are welcome at 10:30 a.m.

Saturdays at Douglas County Libraries in Parker, 10851 S. Crossroads Drive, and in Highlands Ranch, James H. LaRue branch, 9292 Ridgeline Blvd. No registration is required.

Continuing Education Program Metropolitan State College of Denver offers a continuing education program for adults. Most classes are from 6-8 p.m. Wednesdays, for two to four weeks, and cost varies. Most take place at the Student Success Building on the Auraria Campus, with other classes taking place at the South Campus (I-25 and Orchard) and the Center For Visual Arts on Santa Fe Drive. For list of classes, go to www.msudenver.edu/learnon or call 303-556-3657. Application not required.

More information on Facebook www.Facebook.com/msudenverlearnoninitiative.

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

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Lynsey McMullen was picking up her kindergartner from North Star Academy when she got the call telling her she would be a contestant on “Jeopardy!”

The moment was the culmination of more than five years of perseverance and the fulfillment of a nearly lifelong dream.

First, she called her husband, Andy, who left work early and was waiting at home with a bouquet of flowers.

“I was really over the moon for her,” said Andy McMullen, who plays trivia with his wife and acknowledges her as “the stronger player.” “This is something she wanted to do for so long.”

Seven months had passed since she played a mock game and was interviewed by producers who stopped in Denver. She originally took the online test in January.

“I was starting to give up hope,” McMullen said.

Then came the call in September.

“Culver City” popped up on the caller ID and she quickly pacified her 5-yearold, Harper, with Skittles and SpongeBob Squarepants to create a quiet zone. After receiving the news, her husband promptly told every coworker he could find about his better half’s achievement.

Filming the show McMullen’s episode was filmed in October and aired Dec. 16, and although she placed third, she kept herself in contention for much of the game. She faltered on three questions, including a “Daily Double.” But the experience was everything she hoped it would be — aside from realizing that beloved host Alex Trebek doesn’t actually hang out with contestants before filming.

McMullen, a bartender at McCormick & Schmick’s Seafood & Steaks in the Denver Tech Center, studied hard to prepare for her national TV debut, brushing up on subjects such as opera and literature, for which she researched the “top 100 American novels and top 100 British novels and who wrote them.”

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ture. Instead, she drew categories like “Famous Mels,” “Parrot Culture” and “Fabrics & Textiles,” the latter of which McMullen thought she might dominate based on her knowledge from watching 10 years of the modeling reality show “Project Runway.”

“To be totally honest,” she said, “I talked to the other two competitors and we weren’t loving the categories.”

McMullen held her own.

At one point, she had accumulated $12,200, which was almost $9,000 more than the next closest player. However, she said “Bay of Biscayne” instead of “Bay of Biscay” and dropped $1,800. She also second-guessed herself on a $2,000 question about singer Ozzy Osbourne’s hometown — she remembers it as the winning answer for a radio contest from her youth — and got it wrong, with the woman who would eventually win swooping in with the correct answer.

‘Go big or go home’ In “Final Jeopardy!,” the category was “19th Century Literature,” and McMullen decided to bet it all.

“The reason why is because my husband and I were talking beforehand,” she said. “We said, ‘I’m not here to get second place,’ so it was go big or go home.”

McMullen already had significant trivia experience. Each year, she participates in the “Geek Bowl,” which pits the best-ofthe-best players from the Denver-based interactive pub trivia game “Geeks Who Drink.”

And she began her odyssey for “Jeopardy!” in 2001 when she took an online test for the college tournament, and her mom drove her to Los Angeles to take a written exam. She missed the cut by two questions, but gained the experience of visiting the studio before her recent experience.

For more than five years, she has routinely taken the online test with the hope of being selected.

Andy McMullen, who attended the live taping of “Jeopardy!,” described it as “surreal” to hear his wife’s name read aloud by longtime announcer Johnny Gilbert and to watch her compete with poise and grace.

Of all the people who were told about McMullen’s opportunity, it had special significance to one person in particular, her mom.

“She was crying and was just so happy,” McMullen said, “because she was the one who drove me to the spelling bees and went over 700 words with me in fourth grade.”

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Castle View joins Mountain Vista on ice Sabercats are the new team in prep ice hockey competition

By Tom Munds tmunds@coloradocommunitymedia.com For years, Mountain Vista was the only school in Douglas County with an ice hockey team, and it drew players from all Douglas County schools. Now, Mountain Vista continues to feature players from schools in the Highlands Ranch area while Castle View has players from its namesake school as well as Douglas County, Ponderosa, Chaparral and Legend high schools.

“The school was notified in March that Castle View has been granted permission to enter a team in high school ice hockey competition,” Sabercats coach Al Quintana said.

“I was hired in May to put together a team, and it has been a long haul. The first order of business was to find hockey players since we’re a new team in Douglas County.”

“I sent out emails to players in the schools we would draw from, setting a tryout schedule,” the coach said. “I know there are a lot of playing options for high school hockey players, so I figured some would rather go with established teams than join a first-year high school team. Still, I had a fair turnout and we now have 22 players on our roster.”

Quintana said when the team roster was set, he only had one player who had played for Mountain Vista last season. The coach said senior John Conger is a Castle View student and elected to close his prep ice hockey career playing for the new team at his home school.

The team, like most in the league, is parent funded, meaning just about all costs are covered by donations from the parents of the players. The budget has to include funds to cover expenses including ice time rental, fees for officials, team equipment and transportation.

Once the budget was established, Quintana said the next step was to place orders for team equipment that included every-

Kaden Stewart lines up a shot on the net for Mountain Vista during the Dec. 18 game against Castle View. Myles Justus (7) was able to deflect the shot for the Sabercats, but Stewart scored four goals to help his team win 14-0. Photos by Tom Munds Mountain Vista goalie Brandon Sego uses his pads to block a shot by Castle View’s Kyle Huskey. The veteran Golden Eagles team controlled play against the first-year Sabercats and won the game. thing from practice jerseys to enough pucks for the season.

“The school did choose to support us by purchasing the team home and away jerseys,” he said. “That was a big help since jerseys area about $100 each and, since we expected to have a junior varsity team, we ordered 80 sets of jerseys.”

Finding ice time presented a big challenge because there was no time available in the Denver metro area, the coach said.

“I tried the area rinks without success, and then I called Colorado Sports Center in

Monument,” Quintana said. “They graciously gave us all the practice and game ice time we needed. But the location also presented an issue because there were parents and some players who didn’t want to go over Monument Hill.”

He said the cost of ice time is $275 an hour, which is less than the average of about $350-per-hour ice rental time elsewhere in the metro area.

Most of athletes playing ice hockey play Hockey continues on Page 22

Early season tournaments prepare teams Experience valuable when postseason rolls around

By Jim Benton jbenton@colorado communitymedia.com Boys high school basketball teams are off for the holiday break, and state tournament playoff games are nine weeks away.

However, south metro teams have been priming themselves for league and possible postseason action by playing in local and out-of-state tournaments.

There are advantages to playing in tournaments such as the Tarkanian Classic in Las Vegas, the SAISD tourney in San Antonio and local tournaments such as the ones at Smoky Hill, ThunderRidge, Rock Canyon, Green Mountain, Ponderosa, Prairie View, Mullen and Ralston Valley to name just a few.

Cherry Creek, Legend and Highlands Ranch competed in the Cherry Creek Holiday Classic between Dec. 21-23.

“We’ve seen good teams, we’ve seen teams that play different styles,” said Legend coach Kevin Boley. “Like against Pine Creek, they shot a ton of threes. We got pressed against Thomas Jefferson and saw an athletic team.

“When we were in the

Legend senior Riley Matticks (5) drives for a layup during the Titans’ game Dec. 23 against Abraham Lincoln in the Cherry Creek Holiday Classic tournament. Lincoln’s Noe Davilla tries to defend.

Photo by Jim Benton Smoky Hill tournament, there were different styles of play. It prepares you for when get into the season, whatever you see you are prepared for it.”

One of the differences between tournament play — with back-to-back games — and regular season league contests is the time between games.

“One of our strengths is game planning, watching film and making adjustments,” said Boley. “You miss out on that in tournaments, but sometimes it is easier for the kids to just turn

around, play and not have to overthink the game. What you are looking for is good competition heading into the break.”

Highlands Ranch coach Mike Gibbs claims playing and watching other teams in tournaments is valuable.

“You get to play teams you probably wouldn’t normally see, and most of the tournaments are pretty competitive,” he said. “You get playing back-to-back without much preparation, and you’re playing teams with different styles

and philosophies.

“It gives a chance for kids to go out and, more than playing, it’s a chance to watch other teams that you wouldn’t normally get to see. It’s a great deal for us.”

Cherry Creek coach Mike Brookhart explained that when the Colorado High School Activities Association expanded, it provided the opportunity for teams to participate in tournaments.

“When the state added more games for us to play from 19 to 23, me and a couple other coaches wanted to put together tournaments,” he said. “With 19 games it was difficult to get tournaments in because of your league games. Cherry Creek put this tournament together 12 years ago, and it’s been really good. We switch teams around and the dates are according to our CHSAA rules. It’s been competitive. We’ve had teams from Mississippi, Oklahoma, Arizona, New Mexico and Colorado.

“It gives teams a chance to play three days in a row, gives coaches a chance to see different kids and play at different times. It kind of takes you out of your regular schedule. We play in the afternoon instead of 7 at night. You don’t have that time to prepare so you worry about what you do rather than what they do. Sometimes when the league starts, you worry too much about what the other team does and not pay attention to what you do.”

Wishes for the new year

With 2016 soon to arrive, it seems time to offer just a few of many wishes for Colorado high school athletics heading into the New Year.

My first Jim Benton wish is for the Colorado OVERTIME High School Activities Association Legislative Committee to reconsider the proposed Class 5A waterfall football league alignments before approving the change during its January meeting. The new leagues would take away some neighborhood rivalry games, while forcing many teams to log excessive miles for road contests.

Another hope would be for Valor Christian to change its football jerseys so people in the stands and press box can read the numbers without having to use binoculars.

And it sure would be nice if golf, swimming and wrestling coaches could file scores and results from tournaments and meets so those results could be included in weekly roundups.

My Colorado Community Media cohort Tom Munds would like to see the state gymnastics meet set up so it is easier to follow and the public address system improved so everyone knows who is competing and who is on deck for each event.

Hockey teams, Munds says, also need to have numbers on their shoulders or helmets so it would be easier to identify players for photos.

It is also tough to ID swimmers unless names are scribbled in ink on the competitors’ legs.

Valor grad is Player of the Year Valor Christian graduate Christian McCaffrey, a sophomore at Stanford, reversed the finishing order with Alabama running back Derrick Henry between the Heisman Trophy presentation and the naming of the AP Player of the Year.

McCaffrey was the runner-up to Henry in the Heisman Trophy voting, but he was named the Associated Press college football player of the year on Dec. 22 to become the first non-Heisman Trophy winner to be honored by AP in six years.

After setting an NCAA record 3,496 all-purpose yards, McCaffrey received 29 of the 60 votes from an AP media panel. Henry garnered 16 votes to finish second and Clemson quarterback Deshaun Watson, the third Heisman finalist, collected 11 votes.

Far-West All-Stars Arapahoe keeper James Conley and Heritage defender Dylan Keeney, both seniors, were named to the 18-player National Soccer Coaches Association of America Fall Boys High School All-Far-West team.

Conley and Keeney were among four Colorado players picked on the all-star team.

National cross-country champions Brooke Wilson and Aidyn Woodall of Castle Rock won national Benton continues on Page 22

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championships on Dec. 12 at the USA Track & Field Junior Olympic National Cross-County Championships in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Parker Panthers teams captured three national titles, winning the boys and girls 9-10 age group titles and the 11-12 girls crown.

Woodall won her third straight national crown with a time of 10:52.1 over the 3,000-meter course in the 11-12 division this year. She won by 14.5 seconds.

Wilson was the 9-10 girls champion with a time of 11:45.8 over the 3,000-meter course in a race that was run in the rain with 30-degree temperatures.

Youngs stands up Lutheran senior Chris Youngs appears ready to make an impact on the Class 3A state track meet this spring.

He finished sixth in the open 60-meter dash at the Air Force Open Indoor Meet on Dec. 11, and the five runners ahead of him were all collegiate runners.

Spirit state champions Mountain Vista’s pom team won its third straight title, this year in the 5A jazz competition at the State Spirit Cham-

Hockey Continued from Page 19

the sport all year, so they bring their own equipment to the high school team.

“Players bring their own pads, pants and skates,” Quintana said. “The only equipment the team provides is the jerseys.”

The coach said Castle View is a young team with only five seniors on the roster.

“This is a growing season for us as many

December 31, 2015 pionships held Dec. 11 at the Denver Coliseum.

Castle View captured the 4A/5A co-ed title, Ponderosa was crowned the 4A poms champion, and Cherry Creek won the 5A poms state championship.

State rankings Highlands Ranch is once again the top-ranked Class 5A girls basketball team in the CHSAANow.com rankings that were released Dec. 21 prior to the holiday break.

ThunderRidge was third, Ralston Valley fourth, Lakewood fifth and Cherry Creek seventh in the 5A girls poll. Valor Christian was third and Golden sixth in the 4A rankings. Lutheran was sixth in the 3A poll.

The Grizzlies boys basketball team was second in the 5A poll with Rock Canyon ninth. Valor Christian was second and Golden sixth in the 4A boys poll, while Lutheran came in fourth and Faith Christian seventh in the 3A rankings.

In the CHSAANow.com hockey poll, Ralston Valley was third, defending state champion Cherry Creek fourth and Mountain Vista eighth.

Jim Benton is a sports writer for Colorado Community Media. He has been covering sports in the Denver area since 1968. He can be reached at jbenton@ coloradocommunitymedia.com or at 303566-4083.

of our players are freshmen and sophomores,” he said. “Those players had their eyes opened to high school hockey when we played our first game against Lewis Palmer. We have talented players, and we are working on blending those players into a competitive team.”

The Sabercats opened the season Dec. 5 and came away with a .500 record after the first four games. The fifth game was Dec. 18 against Mountain Vista, and it wasn’t a good night for Castle View as the Golden Eagles won 14-0.

Hard work pays off for Klein Ponderosa junior lauded as soccer player of year

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Parker Klein worked hard to be the best.

And he is the best this season in the south suburbs of Denver, as he was named the Colorado Community Media South Metro Boys Soccer Player of the Year.

“I performed really well,” said Klein, a Ponderosa High School junior. “It was one of the best seasons I’ve had in a long time, and it was the most fun.

“I trained almost every day this season, whether it was team practice or in the gym with my friends or even just getting out and shooting on the weekend when we didn’t have games. It was just that constant feeling that I would sure like to be the best. If you really want to be the best you have to live, breathe and experience soccer to the fullest.”

Klein, a midfielder, led the Class 5A Continental League in goals with 20 and points with 49 while playing for the Class 4A Mustangs.

“Parker was a junior captain,” said Ponderosa coach Jim Engels. “He is wellliked by his teammates and a great team player. He is very humble and very coachThe Golden Eagles also showed that they were a team of players with substantial experience and ice time together. Their passes were sharp, and their defense was tough. They pushed the tempo and peppered the goal with shots.

Seventeen Mountain Vista players recorded either goals or assists. Kaden Stewart was the scoring leader with four goals and an assist while teammates Jordan Cox and Tanner Gillis each had two goals and one assist.

Mountain Vista coach Kevin Insana said

long time, and it was the most fun.’

Parker Klein

able. In the 17 years that I have been at Ponderosa, he is the best all-around player that I have ever coached.”

Klein, who has played for the Real Colorado national team, was the co-player of the year in the Continental League.

“My preparation and overall mindset helped me this season,” offered Klein.

“The way I prepared my body helped a lot. My diet and coming in with the mindset to have fun and using that confidence I was building over each game helped. The confidence and just having fun helped me.

“It’s weird but it’s also fun to just kind of overcome the challenges on and off the field. If you do that, the success is that much more special.” his team is a veteran group with 14 seniors on the roster and many athletes who have been playing ice hockey together all their lives.

“It is a pretty good season for us so far,” the coach said. “We are getting into shape and beginning to pull together as a team.

Tonight was a challenge in a way. We had a big lead and we had to play your game and stick to what you do best. But we also did some things because we didn’t want to run up the score and embarrass the other team.”

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Public Notices Public Notice Commissioners Proceedings, November 2015 Vendor Name Total 24 HOUR SIGN LANGUAGE SERVICES INC 190.00 360 RESOURCES LLC 12,500.00 3M 1,537.50 AAPEXLEGAL SERVICES LLC 27.00 ABRAMOVITZ, DAVID 307.97 ABSOLUTE GRAPHICS INC 1,469.41 ACE IRRIGATION AND MANUFACTURING CO 25,656.50 ACOMA LOCK AND SECURITY 537.20 ACORN PETROLEUM INC 85,591.45 ADAME, LESA 348.98 ADAMS, VERONICA 29.33 ADVANCED PROPERTY MAINTENANCE INC 4,957.00 AGFINITY INCORPORATED 355.08 AGGREGATE INDUSTRIES 103,255.87 AIRVAC SERVICES INC 1,221.78 AKEROYD, JOANNE VINSON 375.00 ALCOHOL MONITORING SYSTEMS INC 31,299.35 ALL ANIMAL RECOVERY 3,160.00 ALL PHASE RESTORATION 251.25 ALL TRAFFIC DATA SERVICES INC 4,000.00 ALLEGRETTO, KELLY A 111.53 ALRECO ALUMINUM SURPLUS SUPPLY 410.00 AM SIGNAL INC 4,778.76 AMAILCO INC 840.67 AMEC ENVIRONMENTAL & INFRASTRUCTURE INC 8,594.12 AMERICAN PLANNING ASSOCIATION 1,714.00 AMICUCCI, JUNE G 175.86 ANDERSON, JAN SUE 797.50 ANDERSON, JULIE ANN 216.68 ANDERSON, RAYMOND M 810.00 ANDREWS, CATHY - 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24 Lone Tree Voice Public Trustees PUBLIC NOTICE Lone Tree NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2015-0261 To Whom It May Concern: On 10/9/2015 11:46:00 AM the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in Douglas County.

Original Grantor: ANDREW RHODES AND BRADLEY RHODES Original Beneficiary: MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS INC,. AS NOMINEE FOR BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE LLC Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 6/4/2010 Recording Date of DOT: 6/18/2010 Reception No. of DOT: 2010036941 DOT Recorded in Douglas County.

Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $415,390.00 Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $379,056.10 Pursuant to C.R.S. §38-38-101 (4) (i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: the failure to make timely payments as required under the Deed of Trust.

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

Legal Description of Real Property: LOT 59, CARRIAGE CLUB FILING NO. 3, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO. Which has the address of: 7809 Oban Court, Lone Tree, CO 80124-9771 NOTICE OF SALE The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust described herein, has filed written election and demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust.

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that on the first possible sale date (unless the sale is continued*) at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, February 10, 2016, at the Public Trustee’s office, 402 Wilcox Street, Castle Rock, Colorado, I will sell at public auction to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said PUBLIC NOTICE Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL (RFP) of sale and other items allowed by law, #058-15 andCYBER will deliver to the purchaser a CertificSECURITY OPERATIONS ate of Purchase, all as provided by law. If CONSOLE the sale date is continued to a later date, the deadline to file a notice of intent to The Department of Information Technocure by parties entitled to cure may logy of those Douglas County Government, also be extended. hereinafter referred to as the County, respectfully requests proposals from reIf you believe yourCyber lenderSecurity or sersponsible and that qualified vicer hasSolution failed Providers. to provideThe a County single Operation point of contact (38-38-103.1 CRS) or wants add tools to help its Cyber Security they are still pursuing foreclosure Operation Center (CSOC) analyze,even adthough you have submitted a comdress and support a decision making propleted loss mitigation application or cess regarding cyber security. you have been offered and have accepted lossdocuments mitigation option (38-38The aRFP may be reviewed 103.2 file aMountain complaint and/or CRS), printed you from may the Rocky Ewith the Colorado Attorney General Purchasing System website at www.rocky(720-508-6006) or the Consumer mountainbidsystem.com.

RFP Finandocucial Protection Bureaufor(855-411-2372) ments are not available purchase from or both. However, the filing ofand a comDouglas County Government can plaint in and of itself will stop the only be accessed from thenot above-menforeclosure process. tioned website.

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

Public Trustees

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that on the first possible sale date (unless the sale is continued*) at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, February 10, 2016, at the Public Trustee’s office, 402 Wilcox Street, Castle Rock, Colorado, I will sell at public auction to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will deliver to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law. If the sale date is continued to a later date, the deadline to file a notice of intent to cure by those parties entitled to cure may also be extended.

If you believe that your lender or servicer has failed to provide a single point of contact (38-38-103.1 CRS) or they are still pursuing foreclosure even though you have submitted a completed loss mitigation application or you have been offered and have accepted a loss mitigation option (38-38103.2 CRS), you may file a complaint with the Colorado Attorney General (720-508-6006) or the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (855-411-2372) or both. However, the filing of a complaint in and of itself will not stop the foreclosure process.

First Publication: 12/17/2015 Last Publication: 1/14/2016 Publisher: Douglas County News Press Dated: 10/9/2015 CHRISTINE DUFFY DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee The name, address and telephone numbers of the PUBLIC attorney(s) representing the NOTICE legal holder of the indebtedness is: REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL (RFP) KELLY MURDOCK #058-15 Colorado Registration 46915 CYBER SECURITY#:OPERATIONS 9800 S. MERIDIAN BLVD. SUITE 400, CONSOLE ENGLEWOOD, COLORADO 80112 Phone #: (303) 706-9990 The Department of Information TechnoFax 706-9994 logy#:of(303) Douglas County Government, Attorney Filereferred #: 15-009113 hereinafter to as the County, re*YOU MAY TRACKproposals FORECLOSURE spectfully requests from reSALE DATES the Public Trustee websponsible andon qualified Cyber Security site: http://www.douglas.co.us/publictrustOperation Solution Providers. The County ee/ wants add tools to help its Cyber Security Operation Center (CSOC) analyze, adLegal No.: 2015-0261 dress Notice and support a decision making proFirst Publication: 12/17/2015 cess regarding cyber security.

Last Publication: 1/14/2016 Publisher: County Press The RFP Douglas documents mayNews be reviewed

and/or printed from the Rocky Mountain EPurchasing 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.

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Five (5) copies of your RFP response shall be submitted in a sealed envelope plainly marked “RFP No. 058-15, Cyber Security Operations Console” prior to the due date and time. Electronic and/or faxed responses will not be accepted. RFP responses will be received until 4:00 p.m., on Friday, January 22, 2016 by the Douglas County Purchasing Division, 100 Third Street, Suite 130, Castle Rock, Colorado 80104. Proposals 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 First Publication: Five (5) copies 12/17/2015 of your RFP response this RFP to Carolyn Riggs, Purchasing Last 1/14/2016 shallPublication: be submitted in a sealed envelope Supervisor, 303-660-7434, Publisher: Douglas County Press plainly marked “RFP No. News 058-15, Cyber criggs@douglas.co.us, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 Security Operations Console” prior to the p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding Dated: 10/9/2015 due date and time. Electronic and/or faxed holidays.

CHRISTINE DUFFY responses will not be accepted. RFP reDOUGLAS COUNTY Publicuntil Trustee sponses will be received 4:00 p.m., Legal Notice No.: 928388 on Friday, January 22, 2016 by the First Publication: December 31, 2015 The name, address and telephone Douglas County Purchasing Division,num100 Last Publication: December 31, 2015 bers of the attorney(s) representing the andPublisher: Third Street, Suite 130, Castle Rock, ColContinued From Last Page 928380 928381 Douglas County News-Press legal holder of the indebtedness is: orado 80104. Proposals will not be considered which are received after the time SOLAR CITY 89.00 Building Permits-Refund KELLY MURDOCK stated, and any proposals so received will SOO, NANCY JORGENSEN 290.00 Election Judges Colorado Registration #: 46915 be returned unopened.

SOURCE OFFICE PRODUCTS 2,196.53 Office Supplies 9800 S. METRO MERIDIAN SUITE 400, SOUTH FIREBLVD. RESCUE AUTHORITY 584.00 Building/Land Lease/Rent ENGLEWOOD, COLORADO 80112 Douglas County Government reserves the SOUTHLAND MEDICAL CORPORATION 2,282.00 Operating Supplies/Equipment Phone (303) 706-9990 right to#:reject any and all proposals, to SPECTRUM COMPOSITES INCORPORATED 9,742.92 Other Equipment Fax #: formalities, (303)BARR 706-9994 waive informalities, or GREELEY irregu- 28,814.00 Cars, Vans, Pickups SPRADLEY FORD LINCOLN OF Attorney FileANTHONY #: 15-009113 larities contained in aG.said proposal and SPURLOCK, 115.20 Travel Expense *YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE furthermore, to award a contract for items 30,660.00 Other Professional Services SSB CONSULTING GROUP LLC SALE DATES on the Public Trustee webherein, either in whole STALGREN, JOYCE ELLENor in part, if it is 287.50 Election Judges site: http://www.douglas.co.us/publictrustdeemed to be in the best interest of the STAMP, ROBERT 1,200.00 Election Judges ee/ County to ACCESS do so. Additionally, we reserve STANLEY TECH LLC 2,960.00 Other Repair & Maintenance Services the right toVICTORIA negotiate optional items/serSTARKEY, 94.53 Travel Expense Legal Notice No.: 2015-0261 vices with the successful vendor.

STATEWIDE INTERNET PORTAL AUTHORITY 6,481.34 Contract Work/Temporary Agency First Publication: 12/17/2015 STEGINK, MOLLY 1/14/2016 CHRISTINE 275.20 Travel Expense Last Publication: Please direct any questions concerning STONE MOUNTAIN LTD 725.00 Other Repair & Maintenance Services Publisher: Douglas County News Press this RFP to Carolyn Riggs, Purchasing STONEGATE VILLAGE METRO DISTRICT 4,685.51 Water & Sewer Supervisor, 303-660-7434, SUDS FACTORY CAR WASH & DETAIL CENTER 215.00 Fleet Outside Repairs criggs@douglas.co.us, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 SUMMIT PATHOLOGY 30.00 Forensic Testing p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding SUNRUN INC 242.42 Building Permits-Refund holidays.

SUPPLYWORKS 2,935.42 Janitorial Supplies SUSONotice 4 ROXBOROUGH LP 848.02 Building/Land Lease/Rent Legal No.: 928388 SVENDSEN, SHARON 90.05 Travel Expense First Publication: December 31, 2015 SWEENEY, PATRICK 188.60 Travel Expense Last Publication: December 31, 2015 SWEEPSTAKES UNLIMITED 240.00 Other Purchased Services Publisher: Douglas County News-Press SWINERTON BUILDERS INC 125,101.17 Construction SWITSER, FRANCES P 395.00 Election Judges TAYLOR, VIVIAN A 9,323.08 Other Professional Services TEETERS, JENNIFER LYNN 36.00 Travel Expense THD AT HOME SERVICES INC 41.88 Building Permits-Refund THOMPSON, CAITLIN MARIE 356.16 Travel Expense THOMPSON, JOHN WOODROE 87.78 Travel Expense THOMPSON, MICHELLE D 46.74 Travel Expense THOMSON REUTERS WEST 1,184.48 Books & Subscription THOMSON REUTERS WEST 500.08 Other Professional Services THURSTON, CYNTHIA L 81.77 Fee Refunds - Clerk & Recorder TO THE RESCUE 35.00 Other Professional Services TODD COMPANIES INC 618.75 Service Contracts

Which has the address of: 7464 La Quinta Lane, Lone Tree, CO 80124 NOTICE OF SALE

Public Trustees PUBLIC NOTICE Lone Tree NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2015-0275 To Whom It May Concern: On 10/20/2015 8:30:00 AM the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in Douglas County.

Original Grantor: VALLIE J HOUSTON Original Beneficiary: MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., ACTING SOLELY AS NOMINEE FOR MEGASTAR FINANCIAL CORP., PUBLIC NOTICEof Debt: U.S. Current Holder of Evidence BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL TRUSTEE FOR STRUCTURED(RFP) ASSET #058-15 SECURITIES CORPORATION MORTCYBER SECURITY OPERATIONS GAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICCONSOLE ATES, SERIES 2006-S1 Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 11/29/2005 The Department Information Recording Date ofof DOT: 12/2/2005Technology of Douglas County Government, Reception No. of DOT: 2005116364 hereinafter referred to as County, reDOT Recorded in Douglas the County. spectfully requests proposals from reOriginal Principal Amount of Evidence of sponsible and qualified Cyber Security Debt: $32,850.00 Operation Solution Providers.

The Outstanding Principal Amount asCounty of the wantshereof: add tools to help its Cyber Security date $30,773.54 Operation Center (CSOC) analyze, address and support decision making Pursuant to C.R.S. a§38-38-101 (4) (i), proyou cesshereby regarding cyberthat security. are notified the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as The RFPFailure documents be reviewed follows: to paymay principal and inand/or fromtogether the Rocky Mountain Eterest printed when due with all other Purchasing System website at www.rockypayments provided for in the Evidence of mountainbidsystem.com.

RFP docuDebt secured by the Deed of Trust and ments are not available for purchase from other violations of the terms thereof.

Douglas County Government and can only accessed from theMAY above-menTHE be LIEN FORECLOSED NOT BE tioned website.

A FIRST LIEN. Five (5) copies of your herein RFP response The property described is all of shall be submitted in a sealed envelope the property encumbered by the lien of plainly marked “RFP No. 058-15, Cyber the deed of trust.

Security Operations Console” prior to the due date and time. Electronic and/or faxed Legal Description of Real Property: responses will not be accepted.

RFP reLOT 21, LONE TREE FILING 13A, sponses will be received until 4:00 p.m., COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF on Friday, January 22, 2016 by the COLORADO. Douglas County Purchasing Division, 100 Third Street, 130, Castle Which has Suite the address of:Rock, 7464ColLa orado will CO not be conQuinta80104.

Lane, Proposals Lone Tree, 80124 sidered which are received after the time stated, and NOTICE any proposals so received will OF SALE be returned unopened.

The current holder of the Evidence of Debt Douglas County Government reserves the secured by the Deed of Trust described right to has reject any and all proposals, to herein, filed written election and dewaive formalities, informalities, or irregumand for sale as provided by law and in larities contained in a said proposal and said Deed of Trust. furthermore, to award a contract for items herein, either inNotice whole Is or Hereby in part, Given if it is THEREFORE, deemed to first be in the best interest of the that on the possible sale date (unless County to do so.

Additionally, we reserve the sale is continued*) at 10:00 a.m. Wedthe rightFebruary to negotiate optional nesday, 17, 2016, at items/serthe Public vices withoffice, the successful Trustee’s 402 Wilcoxvendor.

Street, Castle Rock, Colorado, I will sell at public aucPlease direct any questions tion to the highest and bestconcerning bidder for this RFP Carolyn Riggs, Purchasing cash, the to said real property and all inS u p e r v i s o r , 3 0 3Grantor(s)’ - 6 6 0 - 7 4heirs 34, terest of said Grantor(s), criggs@douglas.co.us, 8:00 to 5:00 and assigns therein, for thea.m. purpose of p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding paying the indebtedness provided in said holidays.

Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses Legal Notice No.: 928388 of sale and other items allowed by law, First Publication: 31, 2015 and will deliver toDecember the purchaser a CertificLast Publication: 31, 2015 ate of Purchase, December all as provided by law. If Publisher: Douglas County News-Press the sale date is continued to a later date, the deadline to file a notice of intent to cure by those parties entitled to cure may also be extended.

Government Legals

Public Trustees

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

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that on the first possible sale date (unless the sale is continued*) at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, February 17, 2016, at the Public Trustee’s office, 402 Wilcox Street, Castle Rock, Colorado, I will sell at public auction to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will deliver to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law. If the sale date is continued to a later date, the deadline to file a notice of intent to cure by those parties entitled to cure may also be extended.

If you believe that your lender or servicer has failed to provide a single point of contact (38-38-103.1 CRS) or they are still pursuing foreclosure even though you have submitted a completed loss mitigation application or you have been offered and have accepted a loss mitigation option (38-38103.2 CRS), you may file a complaint with the Colorado Attorney General (720-508-6006) or the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (855-411-2372) or both. However, the filing of a complaint in and of itself will not stop the foreclosure process.

First Publication: 12/31/2015 Last Publication: 1/28/2016 Publisher: Douglas County News Press Dated: 10/20/2015 CHRISTINE DUFFY DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: LISA CANCANON Colorado Registration #: 42043 1199 BANNOCK STREET , DENVER, COLORADO 80204 Phone #: Fax #: Attorney File #: 4500.101277.F01 *YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE DATES on the Public Trustee website: http://www.douglas.co.us/publictrustee/

December 31, 2015

Public Trustees

Legal Notice No.: 2015-0275 First Publication: 12/31/2015 Last Publication: 1/28/2016 Publisher: Douglas County News Press

Government Legals Public Notice Public Meeting Notice Centennial Airport Noise Exposure Map Update (per 14 CFR Part 150) Centennial Airport is updating the Part 150 Noise Exposure Map (NEM). Part 150 is a voluntary Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) program that sets guidelines for airport noise compatibility planning. The NEM is the Part 150 document that provides the current and fiveyear forecast of aircraft noise exposure levels.

As part of the process, all interested parties are invited to an informational public open house to learn more about the NEM Update study.

When: Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2016, 5:30-7:30 PM Where: Ramada Englewood Hotel and Suites 7770 S Peoria St, Englewood, CO 80112 More Information: www.centennialairport.com In accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA), Centennial Airport will not discriminate against qualified individuals with disabilities. If you require an auxiliary aid/service to participate in this open house please make the request by calling 719-488-5908, no later than 48 hours prior to the meeting.

Legal Notice No.: 928348 First Publication: December 31, 2015 Last Publication: January 7, 2016 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press Also in: The Parker Chronicle The Lone Tree Voice The Highlands Ranch Herald The Castle Rock News Press The Castle Pines News Press Public Notice

Public Notice Government Legals PUBLIC INVITATION TO BID

Separate sealed bids for 2016 CONCRETE PAVEMENT REPAIR PROJECT, DOUGLAS COUNTY PROJECT NUMBER CI 2016-004 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 Tuesday, January 12, 2016 at 2:00 p.m.

This project consists of concrete pavement repair, other miscellaneous work, and traffic control.

The Contract Documents may be examined at the above address after 10:00 a.m. on Monday, December 28, 2015, and copies of the Contract Documents may be obtained upon payment of $35.00 for each set. The $35.00 is non-refundable. (Additional charge if mailing is required.)

A PRE-BID CONFERENCE will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday, January 6, 2016, at the Department of Public Works Engineering, Philip S. Miller Building, 100 Third Street, Suite 220, Castle Rock, CO 80104. The Bid Opening will be conducted at 2:00 p.m. on Tuesday, January 12, 2016, at the same address.

The Project includes the following major items and approximate quantities:

• Removal of Concrete Pavement 18,940 SY • Aggregate Base Course (Class 6) 4,000 Ton • Concrete Pavement (9 Inch) (Class P) (Without Sealant) - 11,790 SY • Concrete Pavement (9 Inch) (Class E) (12 Hour Mix) (With Sealant) - 6,390 SY 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 may be directed to Terry Gruber, Project Engineer at 303.660.7490.

For Planholder Information, Please Call 303.660.7490 (Front Desk) Legal Notice No.: 938340 First Publication: December 24, 2015 Last Publication: December 31, 2015 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press

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Legal Notice No.: 2015-0275 First Publication: 12/31/2015 Last Publication: 1/28/2016 Publisher: Douglas County News Press

Separate sealed bids for 2016 CONCRETE PAVEMENT REPAIR PROJECT, DOUGLAS COUNTY PROJECT NUMBER CI 2016-004 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 Tuesday, January 12, 2016 at 2:00 p.m.

This project consists of concrete pavement repair, other miscellaneous work, and traffic control.

The Contract Documents may be examined at the above address after 10:00 a.m. on Monday, December 28, 2015, and copies of the Contract Documents may be obtained upon payment of $35.00 for each set. The $35.00 is non-refundable. (Additional charge if mailing is required.)

A PRE-BID CONFERENCE will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday, January 6, 2016, at the Department of Public Works Engineering, Philip S. Miller Building, 100 Third Street, Suite 220, Castle Rock, CO 80104. The Bid Opening will be conducted at 2:00 p.m. on Tuesday, January 12, 2016, at the same address.

If you believe that your lender or servicer has failed to provide a single point of contact (38-38-103.1 CRS) or they are still pursuing foreclosure even though you have submitted a completed loss mitigation application or you have been offered and have accepted a loss mitigation option (38-38103.2 CRS), you may file a complaint with the Colorado Attorney General (720-508-6006) or the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (855-411-2372) or both. However, the filing of a complaint in and of itself will not stop the foreclosure process.

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The Project includes the following major items and approximate quantities:

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First Publication: 12/31/2015 Last Publication: 1/28/2016 Publisher: Douglas County News Press

Dated: TOWN OF10/20/2015 CASTLE ROCK 10.00 CHRISTINE DUFFY TOWN OF CASTLE ROCK 563,383.54 DOUGLAS COUNTY TOWN OF CASTLE ROCKPublic Trustee 214,222.81 TOWN OF LARKSPUR 1,029.49 The name, address and telephone num- 2,700.81 TOWN OF LARKSPUR bers OF of the attorney(s) representing the351,529.07 TOWN PARKER legal OF holder of the indebtedness is: TOWN PARKER 201,565.17 TOWN OF PARKER 2,900,000.00 LISA CANCANON TOWT, HOWARD CARNES 395.00 Colorado Registration TPM STAFFING SERVICES#: 42043 5,605.05 1199 BANNOCK STREET , TPM STAFFING SERVICES 3,768.53 DENVER, COLORADO 80204 TRANE US INC 4,483.78 Phone #: TRANSWEST TRUCK TRAILER RV 747,232.00 Fax #: TRAVCO 3,894.00 AttorneyINC File #: 4500.101277.F01 TRI-COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT 662.53 *YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE TRI-LAKES DISPOSAL 138.00 SALE DATES on the Public Trustee webTRIP COURIERS 165.50 site:SAVERS http://www.douglas.co.us/publictrustTROXLER RADIATION MONITORING 54.00 ee/ TUMEY, PHYLLIS A 530.00 ULTRAMAX AMMUNITION 13,050.00 Legal Notice No.: 2015-0275 UMB 2,630.51 FirstBANK Publication: 12/31/2015 UNCC 1,718.86 Last Publication: 1/28/2016 UNIFIRST CORPORATION 684.58 Publisher: Douglas County News Press UNITED RENTALS NORTHWEST INC 2,285.00 UNITED SITE SERVICES 1,580.00 UNITED STATES WELDING INC 33.60 UNITED STATES WELDING INC 21.71 UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO 900.00 URBAN DRAINAGE & FLOOD CONTROL 20,000.00 URBAN DRAINAGE & FLOOD CONTROL 140,000.00 URS CORPORATION US BANK US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY US POSTAL SERVICE VALUE CONSULTANTS INC VANHORN, MEREDITH PENNELL VANWHY, DONNA JEAN VERIZON WIRELESS SERVICES VIGIL, KATRINA RAE

DENVER, COLORADO 80204 Phone #: Fax #: Attorney File #: 4500.101277.F01 *YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE DATES on the Public Trustee website: http://www.douglas.co.us/publictrustee/

33,237.50 3,117.56 21,795.00 15,000.00 1,900.00 94.40 395.00 481.98 868.57

County Fair Service Due to Castle Rock-MV License Fees Intergovernmental-Castle Rock Due to Larkspur-MV License Fees Intergovernmental-Larkspur Due to Parker - MV License Fees Intergovernmental-Parker Open Space Tax Shareback-Parker Election Judges Contract Work/Temporary Agency Service Contracts Other Repair & Maintenance Supplies Cars, Vans, Pickups Contract Work/Temporary Agency Oversight Inspection Services Waste Disposal Services Postage & Delivery Services Operating Supplies/Equipment Election Judges Firearm Supplies Banking Service Fees Other Professional Services Clothing & Uniforms Consumable Tools Waste Disposal Services Operating Supplies Other Repair & Maintenance Services Conference, Seminar, Training Fees Contribution-Fonder Draw Project Contribution-Happy Canyon Creek Improvements Roads, Streets, Drainage-Engineering Banking Service Fees Other Professional Services Postage & Delivery Services Right-of-Way-Permanent Travel Expense Election Judges Cell Phone Service Travel Expense

• Removal of Concrete Pavement 18,940 SY • Aggregate Base Course (Class 6) 4,000 Ton • Concrete Pavement (9 Inch) (Class P) (Without Sealant) - 11,790 SY • Concrete Pavement (9 Inch) (Class E) (12 Hour Mix) (With Sealant) - 6,390 SY Prior to submitting a Bid Proposal, Bidders LICHE shall KENNELS have received VOHNE INC prequalification 932.94 status (active VOSS SIGNS LLC status) with the Colorado3,810.57 Department of Transportation WAGNER EQUIPMENT COMPANY to bid on in359,058.00 dividual projects of the size and kind of18,821.20 WAGNER EQUIPMENT COMPANY work as set forth herein.

WAINWRIGHT, BRUCE 106.97 WARD, SHARON L 240.00 Any questions on the bidding process may 699.00 WARRIOR KIT be directed to Terry Gruber, Project En- 275.00 WARRIORS YOUTH SPORTS gineerJASON at 303.660.7490.

WEAVER, 352.00 WEITZ COMPANY LLC 2,500.00 For Planholder Information, Please Call28,607.12 WEMBER INC 303.660.7490 (Front Desk) WERN AIR INC 1,592.50 WESIERSKI, BRIDGET E 510.00 Legal Notice No.: WESIERSKI, WALTER P938340 490.00 First Publication: December 24, WESTERN PAPER DISTRIBUTORS INC2015 879.00 Last Publication: December WILDCAT CONSTRUCTION CO INC31, 2015 21,629.31 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press WILES, DONALD C 797.50 WILLIAMS, KELLY ANN 380.08 WILSON & COMPANY INC 13,391.05 WINGFOOT COMMERCIAL TIRE SYSTEMS LLC 14,225.00 WIZ-QUIZ DRUG SCREENING SERVICE 260.00 WL CONTRACTORS INC 2,213.50 WYATT, AMANDA LEEANN 131.10 XCEL ENERGY 3,108.18 YATES, ANDREW LEE 350.00 YOUNG WILLIAMS PC 8,883.97 ZIA CONSULTING INC 78,100.00 TOTAL AMOUNT OF DISBURSEMENTS FOR THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER 2015

Other Professional Services Operating Supplies Cars, Vans, Pickups Vehicle & Equipment Rent/Lease Fee Refunds - Clerk & Recorder Election Judges Clothing & Uniforms Participation & Concession Fee-Refund Travel Expense Escrow Payable Design/Soft Costs Service Contracts Election Judges Election Judges Janitorial Supplies Roads, Streets, Drainage-Construction Election Judges Travel Expense Other Professional Services Repairs-Equipment/Motor Vehicle Other Purchased Services Major Maintenance Repair Projects Travel Expense Utilities Tuition Reimbursement Other Professional Services Software/Hardware Supplies/Maintenance

$16,806,780.96

THE ABOVE AND FOREGOING IS A CONDENSED STATEMENT OF THE BILLS APPROVED FOR PAYMENT DURING THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER 2015 BY THE DOUGLAS COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS UNDER WHOSE DIRECTION THIS NOTICE IS PUBLISHED. N. ANDREW COPLAND, CPA, DIRECTOR OF FINANCE Legal Notice No.: 928380 and 928381 First Publication: December 31, 2015

Last Publication: December 31, 2015 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press

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