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Veterans get back on track Event marks first graduation from intensive court program

By Tom Munds

tmunds@colorado communitymedia.com

Taynin Abbott, left, and Paityn Hardison play for the Momentum Volleyball Club in Centennial. Both are committed to specializing in volleyball. Photo by Jim Benton

Joining the club Specializing in one sport is becoming the path of choice for high school athletes, evident this girls basketball season

SPECIFIC CONCERNS

By Jim Benton

jbenton@colorado communitymedia.com Kelsey Ubben is among an increasingly rare breed of athlete.

The Douglas County High School senior plays volleyball for the Huskies and for her club team, the Colorado Volleyball Association. She also is playing basketball this winter for her school.

“My club coach is really flexible with me and my basketball schedule, which is awesome,” the 6-foot Ubben said. “The variety is awesome because you are using your body in different ways than you would in one sport, you get to know more people and it’s just more fun.”

But athletes like Ubben could be on the path to extinction. The era of single-sport specialization at the high school level has arrived. Intense year-round training in one sport, to the exclusion of others, has become the norm.

“The goal to become the next Olympian or more commonly, to obtain a college scholarship, motivates many parents to encourage their children to specialize in one sport at a young age,” states the American Medical Society for Sports Medicine.

In a position statement published in 2014, the organization said intense focus on one

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PERCENTAGE OF female high

school volleyball and basketball players who will play at the NCAA Division I level.

Specializing in one sport can help develop young athletes’ skills to a high degree, but it can also have serious drawbacks.Two of the most common concerns cited by experts are overuse injuries and burnout.

• A study presented in 2013 at the American Academy of Pediatrics National Conference and Exhibition showed athletes ages 8-18 who were “intensely specialized in a single sport were more likely to have an injury and a serious overuse injury.” The study — “Risks of Specialized Training and Growth for Injury in Young Athletes: A Prospective Cohort Study” — involved more than 1,200 young athletes in the Chicago area.

• After years of intense focus on a sport, some athletes give up the game after feeling “burned out.” A position statement issued by the American Medical Society for Sports Medicine in 2014 says specialization at a young age may be a factor in burnout. The study listed some common symptoms, including fatigue, depression, insomnia, anxiety, weight loss and lack of concentration.

sport at an early age may increase the risk for overuse injuries and burnout.

Specialization is a trend that is particularly evident in girls sports, with basketball and volleyball players, among the most notable examples, often sticking to one pursuit or the other. This, despite the similar skills and physical attributes, like height, that are prized on both courts.

The Colorado High School Activities Association has taken notice, saying that girls basketball is none the better for it.

“There is still a concern not only in Colorado, but nationally, that many girls are specializing in volleyball rather than playing both sports,” CHSAA assistant commissioner Bert Borgmann wrote in an email to

Colorado Community Media.

“I know the NCAA has expressed concern that the best athletes are no longer playing basketball, but focusing full time on volleyball. One of the reasons they have given is that volleyball clubs are demanding full-time participation from the athletes in their clubs, telling them they cannot play other sports. This is concerning to CHSAA, if true, because we believe that students should play multiple sports and have found that many athletes at the higher levels (Olympics, professional, NCAA) were multi-sport athletes. Additionally, from the non-athletic side, they are more rounded students with broader life experiences, and that can translate into a stronger adult.”

Going to the club

Club teams are never far from the conversation when it comes to specialization.

These teams offer training and activities most of the year. That helps an athlete develop the skills to have the opportunity to participate at the collegiate or sometimes professional level.

But are clubs hurting high school sports in general, and more specifically, girls basketball?

People are lining up on both sides of the debate.

“You can make the exact same argument on the flip side and say, ‘How many of the girls on the basketball team play volleyball?” said Rob Graham, head volleyball coach of Ponderosa’s Class 4A state runners-up and owner of the Elevation Volleyball Club. “Or, ‘How many girls on the

Drop and do 20 push-ups.

The five graduates from the Veterans Treatment Court agreed their program should end like it began.

So veterans, police officers, prosecutors, public defenders, probation officers and others involved in the program dropped to the floor and counted the push-ups as they took part in the activity that culminated the Jan. 16 graduation ceremonies.

Five military veterans whose lives had been on slippery slopes celebrated gaining solid footing and the opportunity for a bright future that completion of the program provided.

“I am so grateful for this program because, today, I feel like my life is back where it should have been when I got out of the service,” graduate Kevin Slack said after the ceremonies. “I messed things up when I messed with drugs and alcohol.

This program has reversed all the negatives, and my life is back where it should be.”

He said jail time was painful, but it was the birth of a desire to get his life back on track.

“I thank all the veterans and the court personnel who encouraged me to stick with the program and to complete treatment,” he said. “I feel I am ready to get to the next level where I am 100 percent accountable for myself.”

The Veterans Treatment Court is one of several 18th Judicial District problemsolving courts. The goal is to ensure community safety while participants receive treatment and the help they need to return as active, contributing members of the community. Participants may reside anywhere in the district, which encompasses Arapahoe, Douglas, Elbert and Lincoln counties.

There are currently 21 veterans enrolled in the program. The number is expected to grow to 30 — the maximum the program

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BY THE NUMBERS

7 7,236 9,234

NUMBER OF girls in the south

metro area listed on both the varsity volleyball and varsity basketball rosters in 2014-15.

NUMBER OF girls who played

high school basketball in Colorado during the 2013-14 season.

SOURCES: Scholarshipstats.com; MaxPreps; The National Federation of State High School Athletic Associations

NUMBER OF girls who played

high school volleyball in Colorado during the 2013-14 season.

Dan Mitchell holds up the certificate he was presented Jan. 16 as he and four other men became the first graduates from the 18th Judicial District Veterans Treatment Court. The program is designed to help veterans who got in trouble with the law get a fresh start in life. Photo by Tom Munds

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A guiding light during dark times Victim/witness advocate Diane Peirce on the job for 30 years

By Chris Michlewicz

cmichlewicz @coloradocommunitymedia.com Roger Dean was grateful for Diane Peirce’s presence after he nearly lost his life in 2012.

Peirce, a victim and witness advocate for the 18th Judicial District Attorney’s Office for nearly 30 years, was there every step of the way after Dean suffered horrific injuries in a car crash.

He had been waiting in line to pick up his grandson from school in the Pinery when he was struck from behind by a woman who had a blood-alcohol level of 0.184 and was driving 48 mph in a 25-mph zone.

Dean’s face and legs were crushed in the accident, and he lost his left eye.

It was his wife, Jody, who first had contact with Peirce, a woman who would become a security blanket. Dean was in the intensive care unit and wouldn’t leave for 40 days.

His jaw was wired shut for six weeks. Dean’s

Healey column on hiatus

Ann Macari Healey’s column is on hiatus. It will return in the spring. She encourages readers to send column ideas to ahealey@coloradocommunitymedia. com.

later interactions with Peirce were nothing short of a blessing during a difficult time.

Aside from jury duty, Dean and his wife had no previous exposure to the justice system.

“She was understanding, she was patient, she made sure we understood the process and what was going on,” says Dean, who added that Peirce seemed to anticipate his questions at every turn, to the point where he didn’t need to ask.

Victims of serious crimes face a tough road to emotional recovery, but having comfort in the form of a kind, guiding hand can ease the criminal justice process for victims and witnesses.

“It’s mostly being the person that they can see and know and have an expectation that I’m going to be there,” said Peirce, a Castle Rock resident.

As a victim and witness advocate, her job is to act as a go-between for those prosecuting the crime and those traumatized by it.

Peirce explains in detail what to expect during the lengthy court process: when hearings will take place, how to provide good testimony, why certain steps are necessary to hold those accountable for their crimes, and in some cases, how to obtain a restraining order, among a multitude of other duties that have become second nature.

“It would be easier to say what she doesn’t do,” said Jay Williford, a deputy district attorney who has worked with Peirce for five years.

‘Drawn to the courtroom’

Peirce was a stay-at-home mom who was “drawn to the courtroom” and dreamed of becoming a court reporter. It wasn’t until later that she realized her true calling as a victim and witness advocate.

Official training wasn’t required when she became a victims’ assistant in 1989, but Peirce has learned the job through day-today experience and years of training seminars since. However, her caring nature is instinctive, “probably to a fault,” and not learned in a classroom, Peirce said.

As victims and witnesses have become increasingly involved in the prosecution of defendants, having a liaison to lift the burden of explaining the process from busy prosecutors has become more invaluable.

Other than one absence due to having

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Diane Peirce, victim/witness advocate for the 18th Judicial District Attorney’s Office, has helped thousands of people in her 30 years on the job. Photo by Chris Michlewicz knee surgery, Peirce didn’t miss a single hearing during the two years that Dean regularly went to the Douglas County Justice Center.

“Her caring and her concern show through,” Dean said. “It’s not just a job.”

The woman who caused the accident is serving a four-year prison sentence.

Victims not far away

Peirce, who splits victim advocate duties for Douglas County District Court with two others, estimates that she spends approximately 25 percent of her work hours in the courtroom. The rest of the time is spent on paperwork and often communicating with multiple people per case, making sure they respond to subpoenas, comply with sequestration orders, show up to important proceedings or provide input crucial to the case.

Williford points out that it takes special abilities to handle the emotional and procedural needs of those involved, particularly in cases with child victims and witnesses.

Peirce works with the parents as much as the kids, familiarizing them with the courtroom and witness stand before testifying.

“She’s dealing with dynamics that are far

more complex than just that one witness or one victim,” he said.

Although to a lesser extent these days, Peirce admits that she gets emotionally involved in some cases, but says she is able to “let it go after I leave the office.” At the same time, the people she helps are “not always completely far away from you,” and with homicides, “those I don’t think ever leave you,” Peirce said.

There is one word — “character” — that always seems to come up in conversations about Peirce. And literally thousands of people have been fortunate enough to get a glimpse of someone who has an undying passion for people.

“She is the ultimate public servant,” Williford said. “She understands how important it is to provide a quality service for these people, and to stand up and be their voice and advocate.”

Peirce acknowledges that she keeps putting off her retirement. The gratitude shown by those who have benefitted from her wisdom and compassion is the reward that motivates her to keep going.

“I kind of had hopes of retiring within the next few months or year, but I don’t see it happening that quickly,” she said.

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State rep looks to ban powdered alcohol Proposed bill would block sales until rules take shape

By Amy Woodward

awoodward@colorado communitymedia.com The introduction of powdered alcohol is raising concern across the nation, and Colorado is joining other states in attempts to ban the substance through legislation until lawmakers and state officials get a handle on it.

Powdered alcohol, dubbed Palcohol after the company that manufactures the product, has set some politicians in a frenzy. Concerns have only increased since the federal Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau rescinded its approval for the substance in April 2014.

Since that time, lawmakers have assembled to block the sale of Palcohol in liquor stores.

Already, eight states such as Alaska and Delware have banned the product, with Illinois and Wisconsin legislators proposing

bills to do this same this session.

Since it is a powder, Palcohol falls outside the liquid alcohol regulations in Colorado, said Rep. JoAnn Windholz, R-Commerce City, who is sponsoring a bill to temporarily ban its sale in the state until Colorado enacts regulations for it.

Report On Monday, members of the House State Veterans and Military Committee voted 9-2 for the temporary ban.

“It’s important we try to get out in front of this and be proactive,” Windholz said.

In Windholz’s bill, she is also seeking an FDA approval before powdered alcohol is sold.

“We don’t know about powdered alcohol,” said Jeanne McEvoy, of the Colorado Licensed Beverage Association. “More information needs to be known about it. It is ripe for abuse.”

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amount of alcohol by volume, McEvoy added. Once properly regulated, though, McEvoy said she would like to see powdered alcohol make it to market.

The creator of Palcohol, Mark Phillips, stated in a YouTube video that public fears over the misuse of the product are false and urges the public to make up its own mind “versus getting caught up in the hysteria.”

“Powdered alcohol is a revolutionary new product that has so many positive uses,” Phillips told Colorado Community Media.

“Banning it will do more harm than good. We know Prohibition doesn’t work.”

Phillips argues that aside from Palcohol’s

convenient uses, in which water is used to mix the powder in a 4-inch by 6-inch packet, hotels in Hawaii have expressed interest in Palcohol to cut down on costs when shipping.

Some airlines have expressed interest in the product as well, said Phillips, who is also in favor of states taxing and regulating the product.

“Banning powdered alcohol will create a black market for it and the state will lose all control of how it will be distributed,” he said.

The bill has been assigned to the House State, Veterans and Military Affairs Committee.

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Ali Noorani, executive director of the National Immigration Forum, addresses the South Metro Denver Chamber of Commerce on Jan. 26.

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Business leaders want immigration reform Local chambers of commerce say fix the broken system

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jsmith@colorado communitymedia.com The South Metro Denver Chamber of Commerce kicked off an entire day devoted to immigration issues with a discussion led by Ali Noorani, executive director of the National Immigration Forum.

“We want to have a creative cultural conversation that leads to constructive policy,” he told chamber members who gathered to hear NIF’s perspective on Jan. 26. “We’re not starting with policy.”

Noorani said Congress is in a perfect position to enact reform now, with a Republican majority and a Democratic president, because both sides can claim victory if compromises can be reached.

“If Republicans pass re-

form, they are competing for Latino votes in 2016 in a big, big way,” he said.

While federal law governs immigration regulations, Noorani stressed that local efforts often spark national change. For example, the chamber can lobby state and even municipal elected officials to pass resolutions in support of reform and to implement nonpolarizing programs like job training and English as a second language.

And chamber leaders agree it’s an important issue to them. The event, which was followed by a press conference and roundtable event in Aurora that afternoon, was sponsored by the South Metro Chamber in conjunction with Douglas County Business Alliance, Denver South Economic Development Partnership and Colorado Business Roundtable.

“Immigration reform affects all sectors of the business community, from workers to entrepreneurs looking to invest in Colo-

rado,” said Natalie Harden, the chamber’s director of public policy and economic development. “The uncertainty created by the lack of a comprehensive strategy is damaging to Colorado’s overall economic growth.”

Noorani noted that Colorado is uniquely situated to test run efforts at local reform, with a congressional slate that’s at least willing to talk about immigration.

“And demographically, it’s a purple state,” he said.

“The Colorado delegation is in a prime position for the Republicans to say we’ve got to lead on this, but they need to feel like somebody’s got their backs.”

Moderation is key to the debate, said Noorani, but with the extremes often getting more of the media spotlight, there’s a vacuum in the middle. He said the NFI won’t endorse candidates, but rather will try to get its message — opportunity, skill building and making it easier for immigrants to achieve legal status — out to all of them.

“That’s one of the most important things, is for those here illegally to get legal, and to bring people into the system for the tax rolls,” he said.

The NFI’s position is that more worker visas should be issued, and that a points system based on a person’s trade doesn’t work.

“From our perspective, our communities need skilled engineers as much as it needs skilled farmworkers,” he said.

NFI is also opposed to building a wall on the country’s southern border.

Noorani points out that most of the criminal elements, like drugs and illegal immigrants, sneak in at existing ports of entry, so the focus should be on beefing up security at those locations.

“Whatever happens, the most important thing that needs to take place is a functioning immigration system,” he said. “The best way to secure the border is to ease the pressure on the border.”

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Kelly Lear-Kaul is sworn in to her first, four-year term as Arapahoe County Coroner Jan. 12.

Matt Crane was sworn in to his first four-year term as Arapahoe County Clerk and Recorder Jan. 12.

Commissioner Nancy Sharpe, who represents District 2, is sworn in to office by 18th Judicial District Chief Judge Carlos A. Samour for a second, four-year term on Jan. 12. Courtesy photos

Elected officials sworn in for Arapahoe County Sharpe chosen as chair of Board of County Commissioners

By Staff report Six Arapahoe County elected officials, including a new sheriff, began new terms Jan. 12.

With 18th Judicial District Chief Judge Carlos A. Samour presiding over the swearing in ceremony, Walcher, county commissioners

Nancy Sharpe and Nancy Jackson, Assessor Corbin Sakdol, Clerk and Recorder Matt Crane, and Coroner Kelly Lear-Kaul took the oath of office. Treasurer Sue Sandstrom was sworn in Jan. 2.

Walcher, who is starting his first full four-year term, has been at the helm of the sheriff’s office since his appointment last February following the retirement of Grayson Robinson. Walcher has served with the Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office since 2009.

Sharpe was selected as the chair of the Board of County Commissioners after the swearing-in ceremony. Jackson was selected chair pro tem.

Sharpe couldn’t think of a better group to work with for implementing the work of the county.

“I’m really excited to be able to represent Arapahoe County and work with my fellow commissioners. They’re a great group, which includes all of our countywide elected officials,” Sharpe said.

Corbin Sakdol is sworn in Jan. 12 to his third, four-year term serving the citizens as Assessor of Arapahoe County.

“They’re all so knowledgeable and just so dedicated to delivering high-quality services to our county. And they’re very knowledgeable. We work very collaboratively, and I just can’t say enough about the entire team across the county.”

Sakdol, who has worked in the

county’s Assessor’s Office since 1990, is serving his third and final four-year term. Crane has worked for the Clerk and Recorder’s Office since 2007, but he is entering his first full four-year term. Lear-Kaul is also entering her first four-year term. She worked for the coroner’s office since 2004.

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Measure tackles TABOR-rebate plan Institute breaks down details of refund proposal

By Amy Woodward

awoodward@colorado communitymedia.com State Senate President Bill Cadman, RColorado Springs, filed a bill that would mend some of the tax-refunding mechanisms outlined in the Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights by refunding state tax money that is in excess of TABOR limits to the middle class.

The important piece of legislation warrants further explanation, as adjustments to TABOR can often be complex.

The Colorado Fiscal Institute, which provides analysis on fiscal and economic issues, assisted Colorado Community Media in analyzing Cadman’s bill, Senate Bill 1.

According to the institute, the bill would repeal the current six-tier sales tax refund and implement a three-tier state sales tax refund system in which greater percentages

in rebates would be given to individuals with an adjusted gross income (AGI) between $36,000 and $117,000.

The Department of Revenue is charged with determining a “single percentage” for TABOR refunds that will cause the total amount of refunds to equal the amount of excess state revenue, factoring in the number of taxpayers within a tiered refund structure.

The bill would require annual calculations of the adjusted gross income amounts based on the consumer price index.

Under the bill’s proposed three tiers, the new mechanism imposed by SB1 has these impacts: Tier 1) AGI of $36,000 or less, the rebate will equal to $36,000 times the single percentage.

Tier 2) AGI between $36,000 to $117,000 means the rebate amount would be the AGI times the single percentage.

Tier 3) AGI in excess of $117,000, the rebate amount would be $117,000 times the single percentage.

Under SB1, the earned income tax credit

or EITC refund mechanism, which is more complex than the proposed change to the six-tier sales tax refund, would remain unchanged.

SB1 also includes provisions that prohibits individuals convicted of certain misdemeanors and felonies from receiving the TABOR sales tax rebate, and requires the Department of Revenue to direct TABOR rebates to pay for court ordered restitution or court ordered child support for taxpayers with outstanding balances.

“CFI still believes the best investment in the middle class is to restore funding for schools and colleges and to fix our crumbling roads,” said Carol Hedges, executive director of the Colorado Fiscal Institute.

“But if voters said they wanted to keep the revenue above the cap, the new structure under Senate Bill 1 actually makes the rebate mechanism better.”

State Sen. Andy Kerr, D-Lakewood, serves on both the Senate education and finance committees.

He said he remains “vehemently neutral” on SB1 but warned of “politically ex-

pedient” legislation that only fixes current issues instead of looking ahead to more pressing funding gaps where K-12 and higher education are starved of financial assistance due to state underfunding.

“Colorado is just in such a bad spot with our education funding, we have this negative factor in place that’s preventing three quarters of a million in funding,” Kerr said.

Last week, Republicans on the Senate Education Committee, voted against a bill sponsored by Kerr that would cap tuition increases at 6 percent for in-state undergraduates. Reasons for the party’s rejection stemmed from a concern in limiting funding options for colleges.

“I appreciate the direction of SB1,” Kerr said, but added that funding education also helps to sustain the middle class.

“How are we going to keep the doors of our schools open?” he said. “We have to look long term.”

Cadman did not respond by press time for this report.

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The Jan. 21 crash was reported about 9 a.m. No passengers were on board and no one on the ground was injured.

Kansas Highway Patrol Trooper Tod Hileman said the plane, which took off at Denver International Airport, was carrying UPS cargo when it went down near Goodland, Kan. “Key Lime Air confirms that one of our twin-engine cargo airplanes experienced an unexpected anomaly in flight,” the company said in a news release. “The flight was operated with a single pilot and no passengers.

“Key Lime Air will be conducting a thorough investigation to determine the cause of the anomaly. The safety of our pilots and customers is of the utmost importance; Key Lime Air is participating in the investigation with the FAA and NTSB.” The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating both the Dec. 30 and Jan. 21 incidents. It could take up to 10 months for the final reports.

Key Lime Air, founded in 1997, offers both cargo and passenger air services.

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A commercial aircraft crashed in a Centennial neighborhood near East Arapahoe and South Jordan roads Dec. 30, narrowly missing a home. The plane was registered to Key Lime, which just had another plane crash, this time in Kansas.

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For some, it’s often time to get down There is a bright golden haze on the meadow.

This column is for anyone who is alone, lonely, or on the outside looking in.

For anyone who is experiencing life in sad ways or depressing ways.

Deaths, illnesses, losses.

For a few minutes, this is just for you.

You can’t really be accountable without accountability. Credible if you haven’t had ups and downs yourself.

I have had some downs.

I can remember sitting on the couch in 2008 and reading the newspaper about the worldly mayhem, and not particularly caring as much as I normally would.

Because my father was dying — couldn’t eat, drink, talk.

I missed all of the things that were headlines in news, sports and entertainment.

I am not here with balloons or phrases from the Bible.

When I am down, I am down. If someone were to say, “Lift your head up, sunshine,” I would want to get a sock full of manure.

But I know that a lot of people look for inspiration — and hope — anywhere they can get it.

It has been alleged that I am a grouch.

To some extent I am. Mostly because of the ways we treat each other. Hurt each other. Kill each other.

Neglect animals.

I have an animal. He doesn’t know it,

but he has some considerable visibility.

Not like Rin Tin Tin. He was just a little guy who wasn’t wanted and then he was, and now he has a blanket in every room.

I look into his eyes every day, and just about all of the answers I need are right there.

That works for me, but it might not work for someone else.

Another thing that works for me is music. The opposite of hip-hop works for me.

Beethoven is infallible. I have outlived him by 10 years. He went deaf. I can listen to him over and over.

In off moments, I have thought about this: Why is there Beethoven and men who would go into a Nigerian community and slaughter children, and gloat?

I do not have an answer, and no cleric does either.

The bright golden haze might be a glass of water when you are thirsty.

Nothing more than that.

There is an inverted fountain on a college campus out west. Twenty-four hours a day, water flows over river rocks

into an off-center well.

The chancellor said that he didn’t want another fountain that “squirted water into the air.”

I used to sit next to the fountain and do nothing. I didn’t say anything. I just sat there.

The fountain was installed in 1968 just for me. I am sure of it.

Fifty years later, a friend of mine said, “Sometimes the best thing to do — is nothing.”

I think the friend was the fountain, following me to here.

Jennifer knows about the fountain. We have seen it together. And I asked her to bring me back to it. In a baggie.

Nope. This isn’t “Wuthering Heights.”

Life kicks at us and kicks us down.

Invariably and it’s inevitable. There may be a bright golden haze on the meadow for an hour or two.

But there are moments.

Hexe and I went for walks together, and one day I asked her to marry me.

There were wild strawberries.

Later on I watched “Wild Strawberries” in film class.

It looked familiar. I recommend it.

But here it is. Hexe was a dachshund, and I was 5.

Jennifer is supposed to take me back to the fountain, and nearby play “In My Life.”

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

Clarity, determination key to reaching goals It was a very clear focus and spirit of determination that propelled the climbers to the summit of El Capitan. The free climb was the first in history on that steep wall in Yosemite National Park.

Teamwork and commitment with a very clear focus on winning the Super Bowl is what has brought the New England Patriots and the Seattle Seahawks to the NFL’s most coveted game, which will be played on Feb. 1.

Remarkable work ethic, skill, and perseverance coupled with a laser focus on winning every event she competes in helped Lindsey Vonn establish herself in the record books as the all-time winner in Women’s World Cup racing events.

And it was clarity and focus that were the key factors in helping Margaret achieve her two goals, losing 50 pounds and giving up smoking. In her letter to me she said that she had been overweight for most of her life and she had been a smoker for more than 20 years.

Now Margaret may not have summited El Capitan during a free climb or made her way to the Super Bowl, and I confirmed that she never competed in a Women’s World Cup event, but she kept her eye on her own prize with intense clarity and focus. Her prize was reclaiming her health, and with courage and determination she pursued it vigorously until she reached her ideal weight and has officially become a non-smoker.

And, by the way, Margaret says she was following some of the goal setting ideas I have shared in this column over the

years.

You see, goal setting is not just for professional athletes or teams. Goal setting is not just for businesses and sales people, goal setting is for everyone. The enemies of goal achievement are mediocrity and complacency allowing us to settle into the world of the average and also-rans. And when we have no goal or target to focus on, how can we ever keep our eye on the prize?

If the enemies of goal achievement are mediocrity and complacency, it can be said that the friends of achieving our goals are excellence and focus. The pursuit of excellence in all that we do, and a very clear focus on why we want to do it.

What is it that we want the most? Is it to be the number one business, is it to be the top salesperson in our company? Could we have a deep desire to lose weight, build muscle, and become a Norton continues on Page 9

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We all can play a role in fixing the debt “Blessed are the young, for they shall inherit the national debt.”

— Herbert Hoover While Congress and the president will find no shortage of issues that will require their attention, one that needs to be front and center is our nation’s crippling debt. While here in Colorado we have experienced low unemployment rates and a strong economic recovery, that doesn’t dampen the fact that this is a serious, crippling issue we must address.

While the federal budget deficit has decreased in the past few years, this decline follows an unprecedented increase in the deficit in prior years and remains high by historical standards. Today, public debt is more than 72 percent of our economy and is set to continue to rise, even with the economy poised to recover from the recent downturn. The Congressional Budget Office projects public debt will reach 78 percent of the economy by 2024. That is twice the historical average of 39 percent of the economy over the past 40 years.

In just 10 years from today, three-

fourths of all federal spending will go to mandatory programs and interest on the debt. Higher federal debt translates into higher interest rates down the road and less capital available for small and midsize businesses to borrow and invest.

Families will then feel the effects of the rising debt as reduced investment can mean fewer jobs and lower wages while higher interest rates will make home, automobile, credit card, and even college loans more expensive.

Rutherford B. Hayes stated, “Let every man, every corporation, and especially let every village, town, and city, every county and state, get out of debt and keep out of debt. It is the debtor that is ruined by hard times.”

Under current laws and operating practices, public debt will exceed the size of the economy by the late 2030s. If Congress continues to act irresponsibly or continues the practice of avoidance or kick the can down the road, debt will reach even higher. As recently as 2007, debt was only 35 percent of the economy. The post-World War II average is about 40 percent. The growth in projected debt is due chiefly to the aging population and growing health care costs, resulting in increased Social Security and federal health spending.

By 2045, 100 percent of federal revenue will go toward our major entitlement programs and interest on the debt.

There will be opportunities this year to reach agreements on deals that improve our fiscal situation. Those need to be approached with strong bipartisan support and a clear understanding of the importance of getting our fiscal house in order. We can and should accept nothing less than Congress making reducing our national debt a top priority. Additionally, President Obama needs to make this part of his final years as POTUS — to reduce the debt and burden on this and

future generations.

The Campaign to Fix the Debt is a nonpartisan movement to put America on a better fiscal and economic path.

More information about the movement can be found at http://www.fixthedebt. org/. “... (A)voiding likewise the accumulation of debt, not only by shunning occasions of expense, but by vigorous exertions in time of peace to discharge the debts which unavoidable wars have occasioned, not ungenerously throwing upon posterity the burden which we ourselves ought to bear.”

— George Washington We need to be active in raising the issue, holding our elected officials accountable for failure to take action, and ensure candidates not only understand the importance of this debilitating issue but are willing to do something novel: Go to work on solving our national debt.

Jeff Wasden, a Highlands Ranch resident, is president of the Colorado Business Roundtable and a member of the Colorado State Steering Committee, Campaign to Fix the Debt.

AREA CLUBS EDITOR’S NOTE: To add or update a club listing, e-mail calendar@coloradocommunitymedia.com.

POLITICAL NOON HOUR, a weekly event that allows the residents of Cen-

tennial to connect and communicate with Mayor Cathy Noon, is from noon to 1 p.m. every Wednesday at the Civic Center building located at 13133 E. Arapahoe Road.

ARAPAHOE COUNTY Republican Breakfast Club meets the first

Wednesday of each month at ViewHouse Eatery, Bar & Rooftop, 7101 S. Clinton St., Centennial. Breakfast buffet opens at 6:45 a.m. and program lasts from 7:15-8:30 a.m. For information, contact Myron Spanier, 303-877-2940; Mort Marks, 303-770-6147; Nathan Chambers, 303-804-0121; or Cliff Dodge, 303-909-7104.

PROFESSIONAL AMERICAN ASSOCIATION of University Women, LittletonSouth Metro Branch invites baccalaureates to participate in activities that further the goals of equity for women and girls, lifelong education and positive societal change. Meetings are usually the second Monday of each month, September through May, at Southglenn Library, Vine and University, Centennial. Social time is followed by business meeting and informative speakers on variety of subjects. Call Linda Joseph at 303-794-8630.

ARAPAHOE SALES Professionals meets Thursdays for a

business breakfast, business speaker and business networking.

Meetings are at 7:30 a.m. at The Egg & I, 2630 W. Belleview (Santa Fe and Belleview). Meeting fee includes breakfast. Contact Jody Aiton, 303-808-8223.

BNI CONNECTIONS (www.thebniconnections.com) invites

business owners to attend its meeting held each Tuesday, 7:30 to 9:30 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, 303414-2363 or jrafferty@hmbrown.com.

CENTENNIAL TRUSTED Leads is a professional referral

organization that meets for breakfast at The Egg & I, 6890 S. University, Centennial, the first and third Thursdays at 7:45 a.m.

Call 303-972-4164 or visit www.trustedleads.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.

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

NON-PRACTICING AND Part Time Nurses Association meets

from 12:30-2:30 p.m. on the third Wednesday of each month at

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more physically fit person? Maybe there is an addiction or habit that we need to quit and release ourselves from the grip that they hold over our lives. Whatever our goal is, whatever dream we are pursuing, we need to understand what it is and why we want it. The prize has to be clearly understood so that we can maintain our focused passion and our eyes upon that prize.

Once we have that focus, the “how” part of our planning comes into play.

But first we have to have the commitment in our hearts and the mindset of

the Southglenn Library, 6972 S. Vine St., Centennial. All nurses are invited to attend for medical presentations. Contact: Barbara Karford, 303-794-0354.

SOCIAL DAUGHTERS OF the American Revolution, Columbine Chapter meets at 1 p.m. the second Saturday of each month from September through May at the South Metro Denver Chamber of Commerce at the Streets at SouthGlenn, Centennial. If you are interested in attending or have questions regarding eligibility, contact Krispin at Krispin_L_Andersen@Q.com or Merry Snyder at mcs.dar88@comcast.net.

DAUGHTERS OF the American Revolution, Mount Rosa Chapter typically meets at 1 p.m. every first Monday of the month at Koelbel Library, 5955 S. Holly St. in Centennial. Call Gina Moore at 303-779-8762 for information or visit http://mountrosa. coloradodar.org/.

DAUGHTERS OF the British Empire is a national organization with a philanthropic purpose. For almost a century, DBE has been a common bond for women of British heritage living in the United States. DBE is open to women who are citizens or residents of the United States who are of British Commonwealth birth or ancestry or who are married to men of British Commonwealth birth or ancestry. Nationally and locally, members contribute significantly to the good of their community and to the support of a retirement home established by DBE. There are six chapters in Colorado, including chapters in Littleton, Englewood, Centennial, Evergreen and Boulder County. Call Chris at 303-683-6154 or Olive at 303-347-1311, or visit www.dbecolorado.org and use the contact form available.

DTC ROTARY Club meets from 11:45 a.m. to 1:15 p.m. the first, third and fourth Tuesdays at the Glenmoor Country Club, 110 Cherry Hills Village. Guests are welcome. Contact Dana Arell at 720-339-7367 or visit www.dtcrotary.org.

INTRODUCTION TO Square Dance class offered from 7-9 p.m.

Mondays at Grandview Grange, 2280 Noble Place, Centennial.

Visit www.SquareDanceEtc.com.

NEWCOMERS CLUB of Centennial, for people new to the area, meets regularly for parties, classes, movies, lunches, coffees and more. E-mail newcomersdenver@msn.com.

MOPS (MOTHERS of Preschoolers) meets from 9:15-11:30 a.m. on the first and third Fridays of each month at Our Father Lutheran Church, 6335 S. Holly St., Centennial. Child care is provided on-site for children ages birth to 4 years. The first meeting is free. Come enjoy breakfast, support and encouragement, and meet some new friends. Call or email Amy at 303-570-6027 or amyswieringa@comcast.net.

ORIGINAL PORTS of Call Singles Club for ages 55 and older is a great way to meet new friends and get out among others in your situation! We call our selves a” Circle of Friends. We have a variety

dedication in our heads before the strategies and tactics can be executed upon.

Where our heads and our hearts go, our bodies will surely follow.

Goal setting doesn’t discriminate, it is not a special event for the privileged few. Goal setting knows no age barriers and is open to everyone who has a dream. What’s your dream?

Do you have a prize in mind? Is your eye clearly upon that prize? I would love to hear all about it at gotonorton@gmail. com, and when we stay passionately focused on that prize, it really will be a better than good week.

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

of interests, cards, theater, tours, dinners, lunches, golf , bowling and dances etc. It meets every second Monday at Sr. Ric on Miss. from 4-6 p.m. in Aurora. Call JoAnn at 303-751-5195 or just come.

It meets every fourth Tuesday at Chads South of Sixth Avenue in Lakewood form 4-6 p.m. Call Mary Riney at 303-985-8937. The third Wednesday at the Three Margaritas at 5130 S Wadsworth Blvd from 5-7 p.m. Call Jean Fox 303-730-2804.

PANORAMA CHINA Painters This is a hand-painted china club.

If you have ever painted china or want to learn more about it, come visit the club. For more information, call Leota at 303-7919283. The club meets from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. every third Thursday at Castlewood Library, 6739 S. Unita St., Centennial.

RANCH RACONTEURS Toastmasters. Learn to improve your personal and public speaking skills, listen effectively, develop leadership abilities and build your confidence in a fun, supportive environment. Group meets at 6:55 p.m. every Thursday at the Eastridge Recreation Center, 9568 S. University Blvd., Highlands Ranch. Visitors welcome. Contact Debbie Fuller at vpm-873616@ toastmastersclub.org.

THE ROTARY Club of Centennial, meets for breakfast from 7-8:30 a.m. Tuesdays at Embassy Suites Hotel, 10250 E Costilla Ave, Centennial. Professional men and women come together to provide local and global humanitarian service, encourage high ethical standards, build goodwill and peace in the world. First meeting is complimentary. For more info: www.bestrotary.com or call John Gile at (303)523-9998, or email john_gile@comcast. net.

SOUND OF the Rockies, Colorado’s Premier Men’s A Cappella Chorus, meets every Thursday from 7-10 p.m. at Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church, 7691 S. University Blvd., Centennial.

Men of all ages and walks of life gather to blend their voices in unaccompanied four part harmony. Song styles span the gamut and include patriotic, gospel, contemporary, doo-wop and show tunes. For more information, call Dan George at 303-663-7111, send an e-mail to sing@soundoftherockies.com, and visit www. soundoftherockies.com.

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OBITUARIES FIFE

William Arthur “Bill” Fife Decorated World War II Veteran, William Arthur “Bill” Fife, 95, passed away peacefully in his sleep on Jan. 1, 2015.

Originally from Corning, Iowa, Bill flew 34 successful B-17 missions in the European theater and then joined his wife, Mitzi (Mercer) Fife in Littleton, where they made their home for 66 years.

They are survived by their three children and spouses, and three grandchildren who also live in Colorado. A Celebration of Life and reception will be held at Littleton United Methodist Church, 5894 S. Detura St., Jan. 31, 2015, 2:00 PM. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Littleton United Methodist Church or The Captain Jason Dahl Scholarship Fund of which Bill was a charter member.

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10 Centennial Citizen

January 30, 2015

Longtime South Suburban boss to retire Lorenz has been with the parks district nearly 50 years

By Staff report It’s the end of an era for South Suburban Parks and Recreation District.

David A. Lorenz is retiring after 48 years, 30 of them as executive director, effective March 31.

“South Suburban is what it is today because of Dave’s leadership,” South Suburban Board Chairman John Ostermiller said in a news release. “The residents of the district owe him a great debt of gratitude. He will truly be missed.”

Under his direction, the district was

awarded the National Recreation and Park Association’s National Gold Medal Award three times for excellence in park and recreation management, and was recognized 11 times as a finalist for the Gold Medal Award.

Lorenz also helped steer the district through seven successful mill-levy and bond elections, most recently last November.

Lorenz Lorenz guided the district through development of the Goodson Recreation Center, Sheridan Recreation Center and Community Park, Holly Swim and Tennis Center, Cook Creek Swimming Pool, the Littleton Golf and Tennis Center, the Douglas H. Buck

Community Recreation Center and the Lone Tree Recreation Center and the Lone Tree Tennis Centers.

He also led the efforts that created the Colorado Journey miniature golf course, batting cages, the BMX track, disc golf and dog parks, skate parks, in-line hockey rinks and spray ground water features.

South Suburban serves more than 135,000 residents in Littleton, Sheridan, Columbine Valley, Bow Mar, Lone Tree and Centennial west of 1-25, and portions of Jefferson, Douglas and Arapahoe counties.

Lorenz was instrumental in the formation of the South Platte Working Group, which comprises 19 different entities, including eight cities and Arapahoe County. It works to protect the South Platte River corridor from development and helps to en-

hance recreation opportunities and wildlife habitat.

Lorenz also was involved in the initial effort, along with his colleagues from around the state, to form the state lottery program with some of the proceeds supporting parks and recreation. He was appointed by Gov. Roy Romer to the original task force that created the Great Outdoors Colorado program.

He also initiated the development of the old Arapahoe County Landfill into an athletic complex, using artificial turf fields and obtaining three Great Outdoor Colorado grants. The David A. Lorenz Regional Park, named by the SSPR Board of Directors in 2003, has won awards for land stewardship and design.

Board urges plane locator technology Cost is barrier to idea that would prevent lost craft

By Joan Lowy

Associated Press After incidents in which airliners vanished, U.S. accident investigators recommended Jan. 22 that all passenger planes making long flights over water carry improved technology that will allow them to be found more readily in the event of a crash.

Responding in part to the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines flight 370 carrying 239 passengers and crew last March, the National Transportation Safety Board said that could be accomplished with transmitters that broadcast a plane’s location minute by

minute via satellite, or that send a location message just before a crash.

Another recommendation was for floating emergency transmitters that can identify where to search for wreckage on the bottom of the ocean.

The board also asked the government to require that planes be equipped with cockpit video recorders and that their recordings, as well as flight data and video recorders, be designed so flight crews can’t tamper with them.

But cost may be a big barrier to the recommendations. Missing planes are rare, and none of the recent ocean crashes in which planes were hard to find involved U.S. airliners.

The Federal Aviation Administration often has a hard time justifying new regulations unless it can show that the value of saved lives outweighs the cost to the indus-

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The NTSB said the technology is available to accomplish its recommendations.

Many airliners already have flight-tracking devices.

The Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777, which is still missing, was equipped with a digital data-link system that can be configured to automatically report aircraft position periodically to a ground station via satellite.

But the airline wasn’t paying for that service when the plane disappeared.

Air France Flight 447, which crashed into the Atlantic Ocean on June 1, 2009, killing 228 passengers and crew, also had such a system, and it was in use.

However, it was configured to report the plane’s position once every 10 minutes.

Given the plane’s speed and altitude, this resulted in a search area of 40 nautical miles from its last reported position.

Regulator: Colorado has 2,000 oil, gas wells per inspector

By Dan Elliott

Associated Press Colorado has nearly 2,000 active oil and gas wells for every inspector and would need to add one inspector a year to keep up with recent trends, the state’s top energy industry regulator said last week.

Oil and Gas Conservation Commission Director Matt Lepore provided the statis-

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“Such a large area made the search much more challenging,’’ the board said in a letter to the FAA. If the plane had reported its position every minute, the search area could have been reduced to a 6-nautical-mile radius, the board said.

Even though some wreckage was discovered within days, it took two years before Flight 447’s black boxes were recovered. In 2011, Air France modified its data-link communications systems on long-haul planes to report their position every minute.

Other options include systems that periodically transmit their identification, current position, altitude and speed to air traffic controllers and other aircraft using satellite links. The FAA has required that all U.S. airliners be equipped with such systems by 2020 as it transitions from a radar-based air traffic control system to one based on satellite technology.

tics in response to questions from Gov. John Hickenlooper’s task force on how the oil and gas industry is regulated. The panel was meeting in Greeley.

Lepore said later that about 1,800 new wells have been drilled in Colorado every year over the past five to seven years, but falling oil prices could slow that rate and change the number of additional inspectors needed.

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January 30, 2015

Kevin Slack talks about his experience getting his life squared away with the help of the 18th Judicial District Veterans Treatment Court. Ceremonies were held Jan. 16 as Slack and four other veterans became the first graduates from the program.

Frank Alston (center), a Douglas County Sheriff ’s deputy, leads and counts out the push-ups as part of the closing ceremonies marking the first five graduates from the Veterans Treatment Court. The officer, veterans, prosecutors, probation officers and the judge all did the push-ups.

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can accommodate — in the next couple months.

Veterans Treatment Court is a voluntary program, and each volunteer agrees to actively engage in treatment and counseling, make regular court appearances and undergo intense supervision.

Each of the veterans was in jail at one point prior to joining the program, and each was sentenced to probation. Most participants graduate in 18-24 months.

Magistrate Bonnie McLean, who is on the bench for the program, said the court began in March 2013 when veterans’ services advocates, lawyers and others sought ways to help returning veterans who got in trouble with the law.

A veteran who has run afoul of the law

Rodney Miller gets a hug from his sister as he and four other men became the first graduates from the 18th Judicial District’s Veterans Treatment Court. The program is designed to help veterans in the criminal justice system get their lives back on track. Photos by Tom Munds

needs to apply to become part of the program. A panel of those involved with the treatment court reviews the application.

The majority who are accepted agree to join the program.

“The goal was to make sure to protect the community,” said McLean, a Parker resident. “However, at the same time, the program wants to help veterans deal with and hopefully solve the problems that led them into the criminal justice system.”

The atmosphere in the Veterans Treatment Court is very different than in a traditional courtroom. During the Jan. 16 court session, McLean talked one-on-one with veterans in the program. They discussed accomplishments and shared humorous moments. When the judge congratulated the veteran, the standing-room-only crowd in the courtroom gave the veteran a standing ovation.

Following the regular court session, it was time for the graduation ceremonies.

George Brauchler, district attorney for

the 18th Judicial District, told those attending the graduation that a lot of people worked to help the five veterans succeed and reach this point.

He urged them to take advantage of the opportunity to succeed as they reach for lofty goals.

Magistrate McLean brought each graduate to the podium individually. Each graduate, accompanied by family, talked about what the event meant to him.

Graduate Dan Mitchell, who served two tours in Iraq, said the treatment court provided him a second chance after he had violated the law.

“It’s a new start and I am moving forward,” he said. “I am scheduled to complete the requirements for my master’s degree in business so I can graduate in June from the University of Colorado. I plan to put my life back on track as I hope to find a job in the energy industry.”

Fellow graduate Rodney Miller said the court program helped him discover why he

didn’t fit in with society after he left the service.

“Everyone helped me find my balance,” he told the audience. “I once felt like a lost cause. But so many people encouraged and helped me, so now there is hope for success where there was only failure.”

Miller was always an aspiring artist, and the program helped him step out and tackle the major task of painting a 40-foot-long mural on the wall at Civic Center Apartments.

“Eight veteran artists plus 40 members of the community helped create the pattern for the mural,” he said. “When I stepped on the pattern, I felt the energy from the veterans who helped create the mural.”

Miller, a Denver resident, is headed to the East Coast, where he will travel, helping aspiring artists and accepting public speaking engagements about veterans’ issues and his experiences in the program.

Heart Health: Tuning Up Your Ticker Please join us to hear from Mark Keller, MD about what puts you at risk for heart disease as well as Raphael Sung, MD who will provide insight on heart palpitations and what they mean.

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Jean Chrest, of Castle Rock, and Jeanie Barry, of Denver, pose for a picture on the stairway at the Highlands Ranch Mansion during the Dames of Downton event put on by the Douglas County Libraries Jan. 25.

Chrest made both gowns the ladies are wearing, patterned from authentic mid920’s ladies’ attire.

Photos by Christy Steadman

Telling the tales of

American heiresses ‘Downton Abbey’ event held at Highlands Ranch Mansion

By Christy Steadman

csteadman @coloradocommunitymedia.com Carol Wallace has never strayed far from the 19th century, she said.

And Wallace, of New York, brought her knowledge of the ladies of the time to the Highlands Ranch Mansion on Jan. 25 for the Dames of Downton event, put on by the Douglas County Libraries.

“The ‘Downton Abbey’ factor is like magic,” Wallace said. “What’s not to love about an event that you get all dressed up for? You sort of get to play make-believe.”

The three-hour event attracted about 200 fans, many in period clothing, of the awardwinning PBS television series “Downton Abbey” to hear Wallace present the stories of American heiresses featured in her book, “To Marry an English Lord: Tales of Wealth and Marriage, Sex and Snobbery.”

Wallace’s nonfiction book recounts the tales of these ladies who decided to trade their fortune for title and estate. They traveled overseas to marry British dukes, earls, barons and knights.

“The subject matter is fascinating,” said the libraries’ program and events supervisor, Kerri Morgan.

And it ties in with the show, she added, because it demonstrates the “nature of the matriarch of the ‘Downton Abbey’ families.”

These American girls went to England

Author Carol Wallace, left, signs a copy of her book, “To Marry an English Lord: Tales of Wealth and Marriage, Sex and Snobbery,” for Littleton resident, Maryalyce Allery.

Jewish Film Festival back for 19th year The Mizel Arts and Culture Center will host the 19th Annual Denver Jewish Film Festival at the Elaine Wolf Theatre at the Robert E. Loup Jewish Community Center, 350 S. Dahlia St. in Denver, from Feb. 4-15.

“This year’s festival features a variety of films that any movie lover will enjoy,” said Steve Wilson, executive artistic director for the MACC. “Many of the films have won prestigious awards and critics’ praise, and 11 out of 28 are directed by women.”

The 2015 Denver Jewish Film Festival, sponsored by Wagner Wealth Management, will kick off on Feb. 4 with a party celebrating this year’s festival honoree Kathy Neustadt and a screening of the Jewish family comedy “It Happened in Saint-Tropez.”

The two-week festival will feature 28 films, many of which have been nominated for and won Ophir Awards, the Israeli equivalent of the Academy Awards. This will be the first time some of the featured films will be screened in Denver. Producer Nancy Spielberg will speak at the screening of her much-buzzed-about film “Above and Beyond” on Feb. 5. Sister of famous director Steven Spielberg, Nancy is a documentarian who produced this film about the creation of the Israeli Air Force.

For more information or to purchase tickets, call 303-316-6360 or visit www. maccjcc.org/film.

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Author Carol Wallace tells the stories of a few American heiresses featured in her book, “To Marry an English Lord: Tales of Wealth and Marriage, Sex and Snobbery” at the Dames of Downton event, which drew a crowd of about 200 people. with a huge dowry, Wallace said, which, after marriage, would often be invested in the estate of an English aristocrat.

Many came from new money, and they weren’t desired by the American aristocratic men, Wallace said. Perhaps their manners were not polished, she said, and they were not socially accepted.

“American girls were chatty (and) very pretty,” Wallace said. “These girls, who were nobody in New York, were now dancing at court balls (in England).”

“Downton Abbey,” exemplifies this with Cora Crawley, also known as the Countess of Grantham, Wallace said. Cora arrived in England as a young lady in the late 1880s.

“She was pretty, from Ohio, and had lots of money,” she said. She met Robert Grantham, they marry, and he inherits her dowry, Wallace said.

The trend began about 1874 with the buccaneers, the first wave of American girls to go, Wallace said.

Then, in 1880, came the self-made girls who were extremely rich and well-dressed.

One of their outfits could cost up to $20,000, Wallace said.

In about the 1890s came the American aristocratic girls, she said. “These girls grew up thinking they’re the cream of the crop.”

The trend ended around the beginning of WWI, Wallace said.

“The first World War changed everything,” she said. “So many men died in the war. This

changed the whole social scene.”

However, by 1914, Wallace said, at least 17 percent of English aristocrats had some lineage tie to the United States.

Wallace’s book is co-authored by Gail MacColl, who spent six months in England doing research for the book.

It was originally published in 1989, and “it had a nice life” by the time it went out of print, as all books do, Wallace said.

At some point near the second season of “Downton Abbey,” Julian Fellowes, the creator of the show, gave an interview for an English newspaper, Wallace said.

He mentioned the book served as an inspiration, so it went back into print, Wallace said.

A press release on the book’s re-publication quotes Fellowes as saying the book is “‘a marvelous and entertaining study of the American girls who came over to England, mostly between 1890 and 1914, to marry into the British aristocracy.’”

Having been originally built in 1891, with expansions and an eventual renovation to become an English manor by 1926, the Highlands Ranch Mansion is a “perfect location” to hold the event because it is from the time period, Morgan said.

Wallace has given the lecture all over the country, she said.

But it’s “always much more fun to do it in a grand, historic place,” Wallace said.

Although the Super Bowl won’t be super for Denver Broncos fans, you can make the most of the New England-Seattle gridiron battle with special events at local sports bars.

The Tavern Hospitality Group is throwing Ultimate Super Bowl Parties at two locations: The Soiled Dove Underground and Tavern Downtown from 3:30 p.m. until a half-hour after the game ends on Super Bowl Sunday, Feb. 1.

Football lovers can enjoy all-you-caneat buffets including pizza, wings, chili, sliders and more at either The Soiled Dove Underground or Tavern Downtown. Also included are unlimited Bud and Bud Light drafts and well drinks. Free square pools will be available with winnings after every quarter and raffle prizes will be given throughout the game. The cost for each party is $35 per person in advance and $40 at the door.

At The Soiled Dove Underground, the game will be projected on three six-foot movie screens. There are more than 60 HDTVs at Tavern Downtown.

To book tickets in advance for $35, visit www.ticketfly.com/event/766867 for The Soiled Dove Underground party or www. ticketfly.com/event/766881 for the Tavern Downtown party.

Both ViewHouse locations, downtown and in Centennial, are game-day headquarters with food, drinks and lots of prizes.

Kick off your pregame festivities at 10 a.m. at ViewHouse Centennial (7101 S. Clinton St., Centennial) with unlimited tailgate buffets, drink specials, 46 flat screens and a 200-inch high definition television — the largest of its kind in any bar or restaurant in Denver.

Tickets are $28.95 for four hours of food and fun.

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January 30, 2015

Historic homes explored in book Centennial author takes readers on tour of state

By Sonya Ellingboe

sellingboe @coloradocommunitymedia.com “In the years following the Pike’s Peak Gold Rush in 1859, a steady stream of gold-seekers and entrepreneurs traveled to the region, most heading straight to Denver City and then to the mountain mining camps …” wrote Linda Womack.

Some made it big-time in mining or commerce and built huge homes to show off their prosperity.

Colorado historian Womack, of Centennial, has just published “Historic Colorado Mansions and Castles,” her account of 10 splendid homes built by some of Colorado’s early millionaires, which would make a good addition to the family library about exploring Colorado — next to the ones about trails, birds, rocks, reptiles and maps.

The homes she has chosen to profile are all open to visitors and she provides address and contact information for visits that will certainly enhance family and individual travel through Colorado, as we soak up stories of legendary folks and their ideas about high living.

She has interviewed present managers and owners and researched the stories of the original owners and builders — some amazing characters.

The homes are all on the Historic Register and lovingly maintained so we can learn of their many stories.

Leadville’s Healy House is first on Womack’s list, with an account of how the black sludge found everywhere actually contained silver. Assayer August R. Meyer offered shipping and banking services and urged a smelter to set up in business. He married Emma Jane Hixon and soon began to build a house for her at the north end of Harrison Avenue, where the couple lived for three years, until he moved back to Missouri and former employers with Emma. The house went to Patrick A. and Ellen Healy Kelly, who operated a boardinghouse with her brother and next owner Daniel Healy.

The author also visited and wrote about the Byers-Evans House in Denver; Canon

Prolific Centennial author Linda Womack has recently published “Historic Colorado Mansions and Castles.”

Courtesy photo City’s Robison House; and the Molly Brown House, now a museum.

Nest in line is Castle Marne, the elegant Victorian B&B at Colfax and Race, where she learned a great amount of detail about several previous owners from the Peikers, who own and operate it now. Included is a beautiful round peacock window, created by Frank Watkins. His grandson, Phil Watkins of Watkins Stained Glass in Englewood, consulted and described the intricate window’s construction of Belgian glass. It, like many others, is covered in rhyolite stone, from a quarry in Castle Rock.

Castle Isabel in Douglas County comes next. It’s now called the Highlands Ranch Mansion and Womack does a nice job of describing the families, scandals and continual additions to the mansion, now beautifully restored and in almost daily use.

Her final chapters address the Gable House in Durango; Rosemont in Pueblo; Miramount Castle in Manitou Springs; and the Cheesman-Evans-Boettcher Mansion in Denver, aka the Governor’s Mansion.

At the end of each chapter, the author provides address, phone and a website address, so readers interested in history can visit and expand their understanding of the state’s checkered past.

The book is a large paperback, loaded with historic photographs, costing $21.99.

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Centennial Citizen 15

January 30, 2015

Arts scene grows at feverish PACE Parker taps into thirst for education programs, national acts

By Chris Michlewicz

cmichlewicz @coloradocommunitymedia.com More than three years after opening its doors, the Parker Arts, Culture and Events Center is riding a growing wave of popularity and finding its niche in the regional arts community.

A quick look at the figures tells the story: In 2009, when the Mainstreet Center was the only viable performing arts venue in Parker, revenue from ticket sales was a paltry $13,847. Because of the addition of — the PACE Center Performances held and the formation of several theater — production groups, Tickets sold that number is expected to be — Classes around $820,000 in held 2015, according to the town’s budget.

— Weddings Ticket sales held went from 31,093 in 2013 to 42,292 last million — year, a 36 percent Amount of Town of increase despite Parker subsidy the addition of only four shows. That means the num— Amount of ber of seats sold Scientific and per show “went up Cultural Facilities significantly,” said District funding Elaine Mariner, cultural director for the Town of Parker.

A portion of the growth is due to the sched-

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uling of national touring acts like Clint Black and Rosanne Cash, but Mariner attributes much of the year-over-year increase between 2013 and 2014 to the hiring of education manager Kirstin Fletcher last January.

Education programming is “growing by leaps and bounds,” particularly since the creation of the student matinee program, Mariner said. It involves schoolteachers and incorporates lesson plans into productions like “Harry the Dirty Dog.” It brought approximately 2,600 students to the main stage theater in 2014.

Detailed research and outreach via teacher surveys has further defined programming at PACE. It was Fletcher who was charged with taking a strategic look at classes and potential shows.

“Parker has for a long time offered quality and popular arts education programming, but we weren’t being strategic about what the trends were,” Mariner said. “We were sort of offering the same things year in and year out.”

The matinees have brought a youthful energy to Mariner the PACE Center.

“By far my favorite part of my job is being inside the theater when there are 500 kids in there and they’re just ecstatic to be in the building and

entranced by what they see,” Fletcher said.

The types of PACE Center shows and events are determined by a committee, and recent additions like free patio parties and classes that introduce children to theater performance skills like stage fighting, have grown in popularity.

PACE leaders also plan to further develop the Discovery series, a $5-per-class program that invites families to learn about a range of subjects. In 2014, on separate nights, the arts facility hosted a bat expert, an instructor who taught the finer points of beekeeping, and the Butterfly Pavilion, which brought live insects.

This year, the Denver Museum of Nature & Science is bringing a portable planetarium to the PACE Center and also exploring the world of model rocketry with local families.

Because of the explosion of interest in robotics, and because Scientific and Cultural Facilities District funds require it, the PACE Center is introducing more science, technology and engineering classes. It is also hosting a competitive robot rally in May called the Parker Rover Rally.

The attention to trends and interests across different demographics has resulted in a 20 percent increase in class enrollment, and the number of classes offered at the PACE Center jumped by 50 percent.

Word is getting out about Parker’s “crown jewel for arts” because of good programming, effective marketing and a “community that

has discovered how truly great the PACE Center is,” said Diane Roth, chairwoman of the Parker Cultural and Scientific Commission, which acts as a citizen advisory board to the town’s cultural staff.

The PACE Center is also on the radar for couples looking to tie the knot. The venue hosted 26 weddings last year, and that number is expected to rise. A new pergola, water feature and flowers now complement captivating mountain views.

Between revenue from ticket sales, education registrations, rentals, concessions, grants, individual contributions and corporate sponsorships, total revenue was up 25 percent last year.

Despite the rise in income, however, overall revenue covered roughly 62 percent of expenditures in 2014. But it’s far better than the industry average of 50 percent, Mariner says.

The Town of Parker provided a $1 million subsidy for the PACE Center in 2014 and the Scientific and Cultural Facilities District kicked in $200,000.

“No performing arts center is self-sufficient,” Mariner says.

But the town’s investment has proved its worth, and the thriving arts scene is driving more people to the downtown area and providing a wider selection of entertainment and learning opportunities every day of the week.

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January 30, 2015

Man with post-polio syndrome skis again 81-year-old hits the slopes after 22 years of partial paralysis

By Christy Steadman csteadman @colorado communitymedia.com

In 1992, Severance Kelley hung up his skis and resigned himself to the fact he would never ski again.

The symptoms of postpolio syndrome — a paralysis that had spread to both legs —forced him to give up the only sport he enjoyed.

Until last April, that is, when the 81-year-old retired psychiatrist and war veteran who lives at Wind Crest in Highlands Ranch, was up on the mountain again, riding down on a seated ski apparatus.

“We went up, and I had a great time,” Kelley said, referring to his instructor at the National Sports Center for the Disabled in Winter Park. “I decided I’d have to do more of that.”

Post-polio syndrome is a condition that affects polio survivors years after recovery from an initial, acute attack of the polio virus. Kelley had polio as an infant. In 1990, he began to have difficulty lifting his right leg, he said, and eventually he also lost use of his left leg. He self-diagnosed with postpolio syndrome somewhere around 1995, he said, which was validated by a neurologist in 1999.

The National Institutes of Health state “some individuals experience only minor symptoms, while others develop visible muscle weakness and atrophy.”

Kelley is nearly paralyzed from the waist down, and

uses an electric scooter to get around.

However, he has maintained upper-body strength through frequent exercise.

“My legs are very limited now,” Kelley said, but added that when he was skiing, he wasn’t really using his legs.

“The snow and gravity does all the work.”

Kelley’s inspiration to start skiing again came after watching the Paralympic Games on television last winter.

“I was intrigued by what these people can do,” he said. He paid special attention to downhill skiing, and seeing the competitors’ accomplishments, he decided to contact the center in Winter Park.

“They said something along the lines of, `Come on up! You’ll have a ball!’ ” Kelley said.

People who participate in lessons with the center benefit in a variety of ways, said Becky Zimmermann, the center’s president and CEO. “The absolute No. 1 is that it builds self-confidence and self-esteem,” she said, which is followed by increasing their ability and motivation. “We work with them, and their abilities, toward what they want to accomplish.”

Everybody who comes up has a stated goal, and everybody’s goal is different, Zimmermann said. For example, she said, a person who suffered a stroke may have a goal of using the left side of the body, or a child with a behavioral disability may have a goal of making a friend.

Kelley seemed to be less focused on a physical goal, but more on an emotional

Dr. Severance Kelley, an 81-year-old retired psychiatrist and war veteran with post-polio syndrome, went skiing again last April for the first time in 22 years.

Pictured is Kelley on a Mountain Man bi-ski at the National Sports Center for the Disabled in Winter Park. Courtesy photos one, his instructor, Jeremiah Baltzer, said.

“Kind of to get back into the nostalgia of skiing,” Baltzer said, and added Kelley talked about his days of youth spent skiing. “I think we surpassed his goal.”

The two skied about seven or eight runs, with Kelley using a Mountain Man bi-ski. It has an upright seat situated on two skis with an air shock underneath.

“It provides a smooth, comfortable ride,” Baltzer said.

The equipment also includes two hand-held outriggers similar to ski poles, which allows the skier to control speed and direction.

“You use the outrigger skis and lean your body left and right to steer,” Kelley said. “Toward the end, I was doing better because I was using my body for control.”

The instructors, on regular skis, tether themselves at the wrists to the bi-ski,

which allows a secondary source for speed and control.

“I was a beginner on this apparatus,” Kelley said. “But by the end of the session, I was controlling it about 50 percent of the way.”

Kelley was born in West Virginia, and attended medical school at George Washington University in D.C. He was drafted into the Air Force when he was 31 and stationed in Utah.

That’s when he took up skiing.

Kelley married his wife, Inez, an Air Force nurse, in 1965. In 1970, the couple moved to Colorado so Kelley, then retired from the Air Force, could pursue psychiatry work.

They had two children, one of whom grew up to love skiing as Kelley did.

And although skiing on the bi-ski is quite different than skiing with good legs, Kelley said he’s glad to be

Dr. Severance Kelley, an 81-year-old retired psychiatrist and war veteran with post-polio syndrome who lives at Wind Crest in Highlands Ranch, went skiing again last April for the first time in 22 years.

riding the ski lift and going down in the snow.

“I’ve seen what they do at the Paralympics, so I

know it’s possible,” he said.

“Maybe I’m not as good as the 20- or 30-year-olds, but it’s still fun to do.”

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THINGS DO THEATER/SHOWS

WIZARD OF Oz

committee meeting, elections for local and state party leadership, and town hall discussions. Call 303-539-9048 or go to www.DouglasDemocrats.org.

A MUSICAL extravaganza retelling the story of Dorothy, the Scarecrow, the Tinman,

SHROVE TUESDAY Pancake Supper

the Cowardly Lion and Toto hits the stage through Sunday, Feb. 8, at the PACE Center, 20000 Pikes Peak Ave., Parker. For tickets, go to www.ParkerArts.org.

BOY SCOUTS Troop 16 presents the Shrove Tuesday all-you-can-eat pancake supper

from 5-7 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 17, at Parker United Methodist Church, 11805 Pine Drive, Parker.

The Scouts will serve pancakes (gluten-free available), sausage and hash browns. Cost is $5. Tickets can be purchased from any Scout, at the church on Sunday, Feb. 8, and Sunday, Feb. 15, or at the door.

Proceeds benefit the activities of Troop 16.

ART

SOUTH SUBURBAN Art Exhibits LOCAL ARTISTS will have their work on display through Friday, Jan. 30,

Family Magic Show

GENE R. Gordon’s magical night of honest family entertainment is from 7-8 p.m. Friday, Jan. 30, at the Recreation Center at Southridge, Debus Wildcat Mountain Auditorium, 4800 McArthur Ranch Road, Highlands Ranch. The show is full of mystery, illusion and family friendly comedy. Go to www.HRCAonline.org or call 303-791-2500.

at South Suburban Parks and Recreation centers.

Steven Snyder’s “Full Circle,” which features about 20 pieces of acrylic paintings on canvas and on wood that has been cut and reassembled, is on display at Goodson, 6315 S. University Blvd., Centennial, 303-798-2476.

The Paintbox Guild’s paintings will showcase different artists’ work and different themes at Douglas H. Buck, 2004 W. Powers Ave., Littleton, 303-797-8787. Susan Winn’s photographs will be on display at Lone Tree, 10249 Ridgegate Circle, Lone Tree, 303-708-3500. South Suburban’s pubic art committee welcomes submissions; go to www.sspr.org or contact Darcie LaScala at 303-483-7072 for guidelines and an application.

ART STOP on the Go BUDDING ARTISTS will cultivate their inner Picassos at Art Stop on the Go at 4 p.m.

Monday, Feb. 2, at Douglas County Libraries in Castle Pines, 7437 Village Square Drive, Unit 110. An artist from the Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art will present a book for kids ages 6-12 to enjoy, then lead them in a literature-based art project. To register, visit DouglasCountyLibraries.org or call 303-791-7323.

MUSIC/CONCERTS

STUDENTS, TEACHERS Honor Popular Composer DOUGLAS-ELBERT MUSIC Teachers Association students and teachers will perform

Yesterday & Today: Interactive Beatles Experience

BACK BY popular demand, Yesterday & Today: Interactive Beatles Experience returns at 8 p.m. Friday, Jan. 30 on the Main Stage at the Lone Tree Arts Center, 10075 Commons St. Each audience member has the chance to request a song and share a memory associated with it. The singers organize those suggestions into an original performance for that audience. For tickets and more information, call 720-509-1000 or go to www.

LoneTreeArtsCenter.org.

Volunteer Open House

AUDUBON SOCIETY of Greater Denver will have a volunteer open house from 9-11 a.m. Friday, Jan. 30, at the Audubon Nature Center, near Waterton Canyon on the southwest end of Chatfield State Park. Volunteers are needed in a number of areas including facilities and maintenance, fundraising, special events, educational classes, local field trips and travel, gardening, office projects, and much more. RSVP at communityoutreach@ denveraudubon.org or by calling 303-973-9530.

music by John Williams at a free concert from 1-3 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 7, at the Parker Library, 10851 Crossroads Drive, Parker. Concert is in honor of Williams’ 83rd birthday.

Williams has written some of the most popular film scores in history, including Jaws, Indiana Jones, Jurassic Park, Star Wars, Schindler’s List, Saving Private Ryan, Harry Potter, Lincoln and many more. DEMTA is a professional organization of independent and school music teachers who work in Parker, Castle Rock, Elizabeth, Centennial, Highlands Ranch, Littleton, and Aurora. DEMTA offers free community performances throughout the year. See www.demta.org.

EVENTS

AMERICAN LEGION Spring Projects, Activities

THE FEBRUARY general membership meeting of the George C. Evans American Legion Post 103 of Littleton is at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 4, at the Buck Recreation Center, 2004 W. Powers Ave., Littleton. Upcoming spring projects and activities will be discussed at the meeting.

AUDUBON SOCIETY Birdseed Sale THE AUDUBON Society of Greater Denver is having its annual birdseed sale, which

Spirituality and Wellness Speaker Series

RENOWNED GUEST speaker Pennie Hunt presents “Love Your Life - No Matter What” from 6:30-8 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 3, at St. Luke’s United Methodist Church, 8817 S. Broadway, Highlands Ranch. Come hear her story and her strategies for redeeming the negative turns in life. Free. All are welcome.

Tribute to Washington, Lincoln

PARKER AREA Historical Society presents a Tribute to

Washington and Lincoln at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 10, at Ruth Memorial Chapel, 19650 E. Mainstreet, Parker. Program starts at 7 p.m. and is led by Ben Martin, patriot, teacher and orator. Martin is knowledgeable and passionate about the forming of the United States and all the patriots who made it possible. Everyone is welcome.

raises money for its school and family programs, including in-school programs, field trips and family events. Seeds offered include a variety of high quality mixes, black oil sunflower, medium sunflower, safflower, nyjer, white proso millet, peanuts in the shell and high energy suet. Special orders also allowed.

Deadline for orders is Wednesday, Feb. 4; pickup is from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, Feb. 14, at Audubon Center at Chatfield, 11280 Waterton Road, Littleton. Orders may be placed by calling 303-973-9530, or online at www.denveraudubon.org/getinvolved/birdseed-sale.

DOUGLAS DEMOCRATS to Meet DOUGLAS COUNTY Democrats will meet at 9 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 7, at the Philip S. Miller Library, 100 S. Wilcox St., Castle Rock. Meeting will include its central

VOLUNTEER TAX Preparers DENVER ASSET Building Coalition needs volunteers for its 2015 income-tax preparation season. The coalition provides free tax preparation for eligible households and individuals. Training dates are offered in January. Go to http://www.denverabc.org to find out more about trainings. Several roles are available, including greeters, screeners, tax assistors, site coordinators and more.

HEALTH

SOUTH METRO Community Blood Drives

A NUMBER of community blood drives are planned in the South Metro area. For information or to schedule an appointment, contact the Bonfils Appointment Center at 303-363-2300, unless otherwise noted. Go to www.bonfils.org.

Upcoming blood drives are: Sunday, Feb. 1, 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church, 2746 Fifth St., Castle Rock (contact Larry Bauer, 720-220-2394); Friday, Feb. 6, 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., PACE Center, 20000 Pikes Peak Ave., Parker; Saturday, Feb. 7, 9-10:40 a.m. and noon to 3 p.m., The Healthy Living Expo, Douglas County Fairgrounds, 500 Fairgrounds Drive, Castle Rock; FREE NUTRITION, Cooking Class FREE HEART Health nutrition classes and cooking demonstrations are offered from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 4 (Facts on Caffeine Consumption); Wednesday, Feb. 11 (Pros of Probiotics);Wednesday, Feb. 18 (Top 20 Functional Foods); Wednesday, Feb. 25 (Foods that Fight Depression) at the South Denver Heart Center, 1000 Southpark Drive, Littleton. Join Richard Collins, M.D., “The Cooking Cardiologist,” along with Susan Buckley, RD, CDE, as they share their expertise on Heart Healthy nutrition and cooking solutions. For more information or to register, call 303-744-1065, www.southdenver.com.

EDUCATION

GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY Meeting

THE HIGHLANDS Ranch Genealogical Society will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 3, at the Highlands Ranch Library for a presentation by author Maria Sutton of “The Night Sky: A Journey from Dachau to Denver and Back.” Details at http://hrgenealogy. wordpress.com.

ARMA DEI Open House ARMA DEI Academy will have an informational open house from 9-10:30 a.m.

Wednesday, Feb. 4, at the school, 345 E. Wildcat Reserve Parkway, Highlands Ranch. Enrollment for the 2015-16 school year is open now. Arma Dei Academy emphasizes the development of the whole student through curriculum, character and citizenship. Call 303-346-4523 or go to www.armadeiacademy.com.

ROLE OF Germany in the World JOIN ACTIVE Minds from 12:30-1:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 10, in exploring the role of Germany in the world as well as how the process of German reunification has evolved, especially given Merkel’s roots in the government of the former Communist East Germany.

Program is at Tattered Cover, 9315 Dorchester St., Highlands Ranch. Call 303470-7050.

GED PREPARATION Class ADULTS AGES 17 and older are invited to free GED preparation classes at 6 p.m. Mondays and Wednesdays at Douglas County Libraries in Parker, 10851 S. Crossroads Drive. Classes include instruction, assessment, and practice for those preparing to take the GED exam. To register, visit DouglasCountyLibraries.org or call 303-791-7323.

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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Sweet sounds slated for Englewood show Colorado Symphony members will showcase their versatility playing music of Mozart and Saint-Saens in a chamber concert at 2 p.m. Feb. 14 at Hampden Hall, in Englewood Civic Center, 1000 Englewood Parkway. Harpist Ann-Marie Liss and Brook Ferguson, CSO principal flute will perform with members of the string and wind sections in Mozart’s “Dissonance” Quartet, No. 19 in C Major K.465 and in Saint-Saens’ “Fantasie for Violin and Harp.” Tickets $20/$15 (free under 18), available one hour prior to concert.

Young people take stage

“The Secret Garden: The Musical,” adapted from the beloved children’s book

by Frances Hodgson Burnett, will be presented by CYT, Christian Youth Theatre, at Lone Tree Arts Center, 10075 Commons St., Lone Tree, on Feb. 5-8. The cast includes young actors ages 8 to 18, who participate in after school drama programs. Performances: 10 a.m. and 7 p.m. Feb. 5; 7 p.m.

Feb. 6 and 7; 2 p.m. Feb. 7, 8. Tickets cost $16/$13, $10 for school performance at 10 a.m. cytdenver.org/shows.

Show at Elements 5280

Leon Loughridge, Peggy Judy and Tony Hochstetler, all included in the 2015 Coors Western Art Exhibit, will show their art at Elements 5280 Gallery, 5940 S. Holly St., Greenwood Village. Included: Loughridge’s “Calendar Series” watercolors and woodblocks; Judy’s newest acrylics of animals; and new bronzes and photographs by Hochstetler. 303-804-5280, elements5280. com.

Breath of spring

O’Toole’s Garden Shop in Littleton, on Federal Boulevard south of Belleview, will hold an Early Spring Garden Show on Jan. 31 and Feb. 7, with model gardens, classes, demonstrations and more, according to a note from the Littleton Garden Club — which meets regularly at 6:30 p.m. the first Wednesday of the month at the Littleton Public Schools administration center, 5776 S. Crocker St. in Littleton, and welcomes guests and new members. Perfect timing as

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and wings.

Prizes awarded every quarter include an outdoor grill, portable fire pit, dartboard cabinet and culminate in a Grand Prize 58” LCD HD TV. More info: www.viewhouse. com.

Cart-Driver completes space

Cart-Driver, in Denver’s RiNo neighborhood, completed its indoor/outdoor private dining space. Overlooking the interior courtyard of 25th and Larimer’s reclaimed shipping container complex, Cart-Driver can host seated or reception-style events of up to 25 people. In the summer, the room’s all-weather canvas windows can be removed, transforming it to a transitional indoor/outdoor venue.

“Since opening, we’ve been busy — and fortunate — enough to be able to fill more seats than have always been available,” said partner Andrew Birkholz. “With the transition of the restaurant’s rear outdoor space to an indoor/outdoor private dining area, we’re able to provide more seats to patrons year-round, as well as the flexibility and privacy of a private dining room.”

Cart-Driver recently expanded hours and menus to offer lunch, as well as “Before & After” happy hour and late night menus, and has also implemented a directship oyster program with Washingtonbased Hama Hama oysters. The naturally grown and hand-harvested oysters, available directly from the sea to Cart-Driver guests’ plates in one day, join the restaurant’s premium wood-fired pizzas, sea-

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Rachmaninoff to ragtime

The Littleton Symphony will feature pianist Hsing-ay Hsu in a concert at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 13 at Littleton United Methodist Church, 5894 S. Datura St., Littleton. She will perform Rachmaninoff’s “Piano Concerto No. 2.” Also on the program: music

by Barber, Gershwin, Bernstein and Berlin. Tickets: $15/$12, free 21 and under, littletonsymphony.org or at Gorsett’s Violin Shop, 8100 S. Quebec, B 206, Centennial.

303-933-6824, info@littletonsymphony.org.

Tots time

Inside the Orchestra will partner with Central City Opera and Kim Robards Dance Company for a series of six Tiny Tots Inside the Orchestra concerts, including shows in the south metro area at 9:30 and 10:45 a.m. on Feb. 9 at The Wildlife Experience, 10035 S. Peoria St., Parker. Tickets cost $9.95 per person. For information about other locations and to purchase tickets, visit insidetheorchestra.org/tiny-tots-events.

Noel to speak in Littleton

Tom Noel, “Dr. Colorado,” will present stories and photos about the South Platte River — history and rebirth and future plans — at 7 p.m. Feb. 10 at Bemis Library, 6014 S. Datura St., Littleton. 303-795-3961.

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Centennial Citizen 19

Eagles win two in a row Heritage swim-dive team captures invitational, dual meet

By Tom Munds

tmunds@colorado communitymedia.com Heritage swimmers and divers are on a roll as they won the team title at the invitational at Smoky Hill on Jan. 17 and then won the Jan. 22 dual meet with Highlands Ranch.

“We are a well-balanced team this season,” Eagles Coach Tom Byorick said. “We have good leadership, and a strong group of freshmen has strengthened our team. We have swimmers and divers who have met state-qualifying standards and quite a few girls who are on the brink of qualifying.”

Heritage finished ahead of 11 other teams at the Jan. 17 invitational at Smoky Hill with 460 points. The Eagles continued their winning ways Jan. 20 by outpointing Highlands Ranch 258-86 in the league dual meet.

Girls swimming and diving teams are entering the home stretch of their season.

Heritage returns to the water Jan. 30 in Aurora for the C and B league swimming and diving meets. Then, the Eagles are at home Feb. 6 as they host the Continental League A Meet, the last competition before state.

The Class 5A state meet will be held Feb. 13 and 14 at the Edora Pool Ice Center (EPIC) in Fort Collins. The swimming preliminaries are scheduled Feb. 13 to trim the field in each event. The diving preliminaries are in the morning on Feb. 14 with the swimming and diving finals beginning at 12:30 p.m.

It is the time of the year when swimmers and divers seek to turn in their best performances in order to qualify for the state meet.

T.J. Mitchell swims the 500 freestyle for Heritage during the Jan. 22 dual meet with Highlands Ranch. Mitchell finished second in the event and the Eagles won the match by a score of 136 to 46. Photo by Tom Munds An athlete qualifies for state by meeting the state established standards for each swimming and diving event. Since the length of a lap in one pool is 25 yards and the lap is 25 meters in another pool, the state has standards in both yards and meters.

Heritage had several athletes post qualifying times at the impressive Jan. 17 performance in the invitational meet at Smoky Hill. The Eagles won the team title at the 12team event with 460 points. Freshman Kylie Anderson helped her team as she won the 100 freestyle and the 100 backstroke events.

Sophomore Katerine Harston also took top

honors in two events as she won the 100 butterfly and the 200 freestyle.

Harston talked about swimming during the Jan. 22 dual meet with Highlands Ranch.

“My mother got me started swimming when I was about four,” the sophomore said. “I fell in love with the sport and it is now my only sport. Swimming takes up so much time, I really can’t be involved in another sport.”

Harston’s goals for the season are to qualify for state in individual events and to get her Junior National times down.

She likes to swim freestyle and butterfly.

“I have turned in my best times in the butterfly, but I enjoy swimming the 500 freestyle,” she said. “I am in the water for a long time in the 500. I try to focus on my times and the counter they hold in the water so I can keep up with the laps I am swimming.

When the counter holder shakes up and down, I know I have to swim faster.”

She also sings songs to herself in her head, and it isn’t a particular song, just whatever comes into her head.

“This year is a lot of fun,” she said. “We are doing pretty well and I like it because the girls are really close.”

SPORTS ROUNDUP Boys Basketball

Regis Jesuit 61, Legend 52: The Titans trailed the top-ranked Raiders by only three points heading into the final quarter but were outscored 15-9 in absorbing a Continental League loss on Jan. 23.

Rock Canyon 62, Heritage 36: Mitch Lombard had 11 points while Tyler Garcia and Colin Rardin each contributed 10 in the Jan. 20 Continental League win for the eighth-ranked Jaguars. Senior Luke Ewan pulled down 11 rebounds in the Jan. 20 contest.

Overland 54, Cherry Creek 41: The Trailblazers’ defense prevented the Bruins offense from getting untracked In a Jan. 21 Centennial League game. Will Bower led Creek with nine points.

Cherry Creek 57, Arapahoe 38: Creek used a 25-point fourth quarter to secure a Jan. 23 Centennial League win. The Bruins improved to 3-3 in the league and 11-4 overall while the Warriors suffered their fifth Centennial loss in six games and saw their overall record fall to 6-9.

Cherry Creek 70, Pueblo South 53: The Bruins raced to a 25-point halftime lead in cruising to a Jan. 24 non-league win.

Smoky Hill 66, Arapahoe 52: The Warriors couldn’t overcome a slow start in a Jan. 21 Centennial League setback. Sophomore Kyle Lukasiewicz was the top scorer for Arapahoe with nine points.

Valor Christian 70, Conifer 36: The Eagles took an early lead and then pulled away in the second half in notching a Jan. 21 Jefferson County 4A win. Junior Khameron Davis tallied 17 points while Tristan Trujillo finished with 14 and Jalen Sanders 12 for Valor.

Valor Christian 69, Arvada 50: Khameron Davis connected on eight on his 11 field goal attempts and scored 18 points to lead the Eagles to a Jan 23 Jefferson County League win. Jalen Sanders also was in double figures with 13 for Valor (5-1, 9-4).

Standley Lake 60, Littleton 46: The Lions saw the game slip away in the second half in a Jan. 21 4A Jefferson County League loss. Zach Valdez and Tommy Kail led the Lions with 17 and 16 points,

respectively.

Green Mountain 41, Littleton 36: Tommy Kail had 14 points and Zach Valdez 11 in the Jan. 23 Jefferson County League loss. Kail also paced the Lions (0-6, 2-12) with six rebounds.

Girls Basketball

Heritage 47, Rock Canyon 42: The Jaguars took an eight-point lead into the fourth period but were outscored 21-8 in the final eight minutes and absorbed a Jan. 20 Continental League loss. Sophomore Hailey Cechini had 19 points and junior Bailey scored 12 points for the Eagles. Kendall Smith scored 18 points for the Jaguars who shot just 25 percent in the game.

Regis Jesuit 65, Legend 52: Joey Sale and Kylie Hager each scored 13 points in the Jan. 23 Continental League loss.

Castle View 58, Heritage 32: The Sabercats (2-1, 5-10) pulled away in the second half to post a Continental League win on Jan. 23. Alyssa Biever scored 10 points to lead Heritage which shot 27 percent in the game.

Regis Jesuit 57, Heritage 53: Katherine Petersen scored 19 points and Haily Cechini 18 but it wasn’t enough as the Eagles (1-3, 9-8) fell in a Jan. 24 Continental League game.

Cherry Creek 74, Overland 30: The Bruins led by 23 points after the first quarter and 29 at halftime it the Jan. 21 Centennial League rout.

Arapahoe 59, Smoky Hill 27: Neither team scored in the second quarter but the Warriors’ 34-point first quarter was more than enough to seal the Jan. 21 Centennial League triumph. Senior Jennah Knafelc scored 20 points and had four steals to lead Arapahoe.

Cherry Creek 52, Arapahoe 47: The Bruins broke open a close game with good free throw shooting in the closing minutes to secure a Centennial League win on Jan. 23. Molly Rohrer had 17 points, 15 rebounds and five assists for the Bruins.

League-leading Creek, 6-0, 9-6, outrebounded the Warriors 52-20 and Lauren McMillen getting 17 rebounds. Game-scor-

ing leader Jennah Knafelc had 19 points for the Warriors (4-2, 10-4).

Valor Christian 59, Conifer 47: The Eagles, the No. 1 team in the CSHAANow. com Class 4A poll, used a 17-7 third quarter flurry and then held off Conifer for a Jefferson County 4A triumph. Caroline Bryan scored 17 points, Madison McCoy 13 and Kendall Bradbury 10 for Valor.

Littleton 60, Standley Lake 64: The Lions raced to a 18-point halftime edge and held on to secure a Jefferson County 4A League win on Jan. 21. Sindel Lawrence was dominate in the middle for the Lions, scored a career-high 19 points and corralled seven rebounds. Littleton’s Laura Puchino took came scoring honors with 23 points.

Valor Christian 75, Arvada 8: The Eagles shot 58 percent, led 53-2 at halftime and steamrolled to a Jefferson County League victory on Jan. 23. Makenna Roth scored 18 points, Kendall Bradbury had 17 and Mary Newland 11 for Valor, the topranked team in the Class 4A CHSAANow. com poll. The Eagles’ recorded swelled to 6-0, 13-1.

Littleton 54, Green Mountain 51: The Lions rallied in the fourth quarter with excellent defense, outscored the Rams 23-15, and earned a Jefferson County win on Jan. 23. Laura Puchino had 18 points, Sindel Lawrence 11 and Kiera Lindgren 10 for the Littleton (4-2, 10-4).

Wrestling

Top of the Rockies: Three wrestlers from south metro schools won individual championships at the Jan. 24 Top of the Rockies tournament at Centaurus High school.

Hunter Matney, Ponderosa, defeated Isaiah De La Cerda of Alamosa, 1-0, to win the 106-pound title. Cherry Creek’s Matt Finesilver was the 132 pound winner with an 8-2 decision over Pomona’s Jason Romero. Dane Drimmer of Chaparral earned a 4-2 decision over DeValon Whitcomb of Omaha North to capture the heavyweight title.

Hockey

Cherry Creek 7, Heritage 0: Seven different players scored as the Bruins blanked the Eagles in a Jan. 23 non-league game. Senior goalie Brady Mielnicki made eight saves in the shutout at Family Sports Center.

Cherry Creek 5, Resurrection Christian 3: Tim Keohane scored twice and had two assists while Nick Chavez, Sean Dekramer and Jack Venuto each collected a goal in a Jan. 24 Foothills League win at Family Sports Center. The unbeaten Bruins (7-0-0, 10-0-0) faced two-time defending state champion Ralston Valley in a battle for first place on Jan. 27.

Coronado 9, Valor Christian 5: For the third time in four games, the Eagles allowed nine goals and suffered a Jan. 19 Peak League setback as Coronado earned its first win of the season.

Cheyenne Mountain 8, Valor Christian 6: The Eagles (2-5-0, 2-8-0) dropped a Peak League decision Jan. 24. Valor has allowed 38 goals in its past five games.

Valor looks for new AD

Valor Christian has appointed Rod Sherman as its Director of Institutional Advancement. Sherman will vacate his position as athletic director but will still coach the Eagles football team.

Valor immediately began a search for a new athletic director “I am honored to have served the Valor community as athletic director since the school’s inception in 2007,” said Sherman in a prepared press release. “I have learned much during my tenure and am thankful for many relationships and experience it has afforded.

“Looking forward, I am humbled and excited to transition to the role of Director of Institutional Advancement and am equally excited to watch the athletic department grow under the leadership of a new athletic director.”

Sherman was the football team’s offensive coordinator from 2007-12 before taking over as head coach for the past two seasons.

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Rotary will help share Mary Bradford’s legacy Gift will help those with polio, like donor’s son

By Jennifer Smith

jsmith @coloradocommunitymedia.com Mary Bradford served countless causes with grace and generosity in her life, but one of them was more personal than others.

His name is Scott, and he’s her son. In 1957, at the age of 6, he literally became a poster child for polio.

“The fact that she was so involved in this is because she didn’t have a choice,” Mickey Kempf, Scott’s older brother, told a roomful of his fellow Littleton Rotarians on Jan. 20.

Mickey Kempf was there on behalf of his mother’s estate, which bequeathed $10,000 to the club’s anti-polio efforts — enough to provide 16,667 doses of the vaccination to children around the world who wouldn’t otherwise get them.

“In 1985, Rotary said to the rest of the world that we will eradicate polio from the face of the earth,” said Peter Ewing, governor of Rotary District 5450, of which Littleton is a part. “We made that promise to the children of the world.”

And they’re almost there. As of last year, just 10 countries reported any cases at all: Afghanistan, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Iraq, Israel, Nigeria, Pakistan, Somalia and Syria.

Ewing said polio is likely to be a thing of the past in the African countries this year.

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Pakistan, in particular, remains rife with the paralyzing disease.

Littleton Rotary alone raised $8,000 for the cause last year, enough for about 13,333 doses of the vaccine.

But Scott Kempf, born in 1951, contracted the disease a bit too soon for one of those doses to save him. Dr. Jonas Salk invented it the next year, but it wasn’t licensed until 1955. His brother Mickey says Scott is experiencing post-polio syndrome now, which often happens in survivors. Polio kills nerves, and they don’t all recover. So as the muscles begin to atrophy with age, symptoms like fatigue, pain and breathing problems set in.

“But he’s never slowed down,” said Mickey Kempf. “He kept working all his life. And he was always the one getting in trouble, because he was raising more hell than anyone else. I had to learn from him.”

One can be sure Mary Bradford was more than well equipped to deal with boisterous boys. During her funeral last July, Greg Kempf, another son, painted a picture of just how much she touched and shaped Littleton in the years since she arrived in 1959, with her gentle yet persistent hands in everything from Town Hall Arts Center to Littleton Adventist Hospital, Littleton Symphony Orchestra to Buck Recreation Center, and far too many more to count.

“She was motivated and invigorated by people in a big way, and yes, Mom was a social butterfly,” Mickey Kempf said during the service. “She has taught us all what community means, what giving and caring should be, what family should strive to be.

She always made every person in the room feel important, and she could always make you feel good about yourself.”

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22 Centennial Citizen

January 30, 2015

Club Continued from Page 1

soccer team play volleyball?’

“It’s club everything. It’s club soccer, club softball, club basketball. It’s not volleyball at all. It’s specialization.”

Numbers compiled by the National Federation of High School Associations do not show a decline in participation in girls basketball in Colorado. From 2008-14, the number of girls playing the sport in high school has been fairly steady, averaging a little more than 7,000 per year.

But in the south metro area, team rosters show little crossover among volleyball and girls basketball, which could mean schools are seeing some of their best athletes stick to one sport. Among 17 south metro area schools in Colorado Community Media’s coverage area, there were only seven girls listed on both the fall varsity volleyball roster and this winter’s varsity basketball rosters.

Only four schools fielded four girls basketball teams (freshman, sophomore, junior varsity and varsity) and two struggled to put two teams on the floor.

So local coaches, statewide figures or not, do believe fewer girls are giving hoops a shot.

“Participation (in basketball) is for sure down, it’s down like crazy,” said Mountain Vista athletic director Pat McCabe. “I don’t think this is just related to basketball, but the establishment of clubs who make kids specialize and go out and put tremendous resources into playing at a super-young level or a super-young age. … Our mission isn’t the same as the clubs. We want kids to participate. We want to use all the resources that sports bring in order to help develop the kids.”

Chaparral girls basketball coach Tony Speights reported that the Wolverines have three teams with 30 players. He doesn’t mince words when it comes to the club

controversy.

“The chief reason that participation is down is club sports, specifically volleyball,” he said.

“These clubs monopolize all of these kids’ time, which doesn’t allow for other sports. I do readily admit that if you are an elite player then maybe (it is beneficial), but how many kids are elite?

“Now, that being said, if you look at a lot of female athletes playing at the pro level, they played multiple sports in high school. I referenced volleyball, because I have lived in a couple of different states, and Colorado is the worst in terms of volleyball players not being able to play basketball.”

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Some say specialization and club participation are required to rise in a sport’s ranks.

Ray Tannenbaum is a coach and director for the Momentum Volleyball Club in Centennial. Year-round participation in a sport is necessary to become “elite” in today’s competitive environment, largely because of the demands of each sport, he believes.

“I don’t think many of the players can truly handle more than one sport,” he said. “I hear the parents of the kids that play soccer, basketball, volleyball, by the time they hit the eighth grade or freshman year in high school, most of these families are saying pick one.”

It costs an average of around $3,000 a year to play club volleyball, depending on the level and team involvement. So choosing the right club is important.

“There are some clubs around here that won’t let girls go to prom because they have a tournament the next day,” Tannenbaum said.

“All of a sudden, these sports are taking away from them actually going out and being a kid. The one thing we do here at Momentum is we realize there has to be a balance. You have to have family life, an educational component, many

want a spiritual component and the athletic component of it, and also just letting these kids be kids.”

Paityn Hardison and Taynin Abbott are two players for the Momentum club. Both are strictly volleyball players and say they like it that way.

“I found my sport,” said Hardison, a freshman who played on the Douglas County volleyball team. “I played basketball for half a season. It’s not my sport. I don’t like all the contact. Volleyball is more of a team sport and not an individual sport.”

Abbott is a freshman player at Faith Christian Academy in Arvada.

“When I was growing up, I played five different sports,” she said. “I started volleyball when I was in second grade and it was kind of my sport that I fell in love with. Basketball, softball, flag football, tennis and soccer were just not for me.”

Variety is the spice?

Ubben, the multi-sport Douglas County High student, wants to play volleyball in college. She admits that not specializing in volleyball could hamper her options.

“It has hurt me already,” she said. “You get noticed so much more in club volleyball.”

But there is research to suggest that specialization is not a better path to competing at an elite level.

According to a Journal of Sports Sciences survey published in 2013, young athletes who competed in three sports at ages 11, 13 and 15 were significantly more likely to compete at an elite national level in their preferred sport than those who specialized in only one.

Dr. John P. DiFiori, team physician for UCLA football and basketball and president of the American Medical Society for Sports Medicine from 2013-14, says specialization is rarely the way to go.

“With the exception of select sports such as gymnastics in which the elite competitors are very young, the best data we have would suggest that the odds

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Douglas County High School senior Kelsey Ubben plays club volleyball and was a member of the Huskies volleyball team. She is currently playing basketball for Douglas County and admits not specializing in volleyball could hinder her options to play volleyball in college. Photo by Jim Benton of achieving elite levels with this method are exceedingly poor,” he said in a 2013 AMSSM news release. “In fact, some studies indicate that early specialization is less likely to result in success than participating in several sports as a youth, and then specializing at older ages.”

While specialization can be demanding on a teenager, so can being a multi-sport athlete.

Ponderosa sophomore Hunter Barker played JV volleyball, basketball, tennis and may go out for track this spring. She also plays volleyball for the Elevation Volleyball Club. She says there a lot of late nights staying up doing homework.

But, she says, “Playing just one sport would just get old. It’s tiring and it’s good to take breaks.”

For some athletes, though, focusing on one sport and embracing the club game is the preferred route to getting on the radar of colleges.

Caitie Breaux is a junior volleyball player at Regis University in Denver. The Franktown athlete was a three-sport competitor in middle school before concentrating on volleyball at Ponderosa.

She played for the Front Range Volleyball Club.

“I definitely think club is a great (way) for high school athletes to be recognized by colleges,” she said. “I know people that have never played club volleyball or club sports in general who have still ended up on college teams, but I definitely think playing club sports gives you more exposure to college athletics.”

Graham, the Ponderosa volleyball coach and club owner, is in favor of athletes playing different sports. His two young sons are playing three sports.

However, he knows slowing down the trend to specialize is a tall task.

“If you were to ask most coaches of any sport, we were probably multi-sport athletes growing up,” he said. “So we do know the importance of playing multiple sports. We would all say specialization is hurting.

“Who is to blame? I don’t know if you can put your finger on that.

I think it’s society, I think it’s parents and I think it’s players. We’re pushing kids to play sports at an earlier age. Parents are expecting them to get scholarships.”

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Centennial Citizen 23

January 30, 2015

Plan designed to ease access for Lone Tree bicyclists Lone Tree may implement first of proposal’s recommendations in 2015

By Jane Reuter

jreuter@coloradocommunitymedia.com The vast majority of people are “Interested but Concerned,” about using bicycles as a mode of transportation. Trails and infrastructure changes outlined in Lone Tree’s Walk and Wheel proposal ideally would encourage that group to ride more, and make on-street riding safer for the smaller percentage of more daring cyclists.

“We’ve been trying to cater this plan to the whole spectrum of people who want to ride,” said Charlie Alexander, an associate with Fehr and Peers Transportation Consultants.

Transportation consultants made their final presentation on the trail survey to the Lone Tree City Council during its Jan. 20 work session. City council accepted the plan, but hasn’t yet budgeted money for some of the pricier ideas included in it.

Alexander referenced a study that shows

people generally fall into one of four bicycling categories. About 60 percent classified as “Interested but Concerned” about riding; they are curious about riding but afraid to do so on busier arterials and major thoroughfares. Just 1 percent are rated “Strong and Fearless,” those who will ride regardless of road conditions. Seven percent are considered “Enthused and Confident,” and are comfortable riding with traffic but prefer to use bike lanes and trails. The remaining one-third is classified as “No Way, No How” — and represents those who are not interested in riding.

The way people classify themselves is unlikely to change, Alexander said.

“We are intending for people to walk and bike more for transportation, (but) we’re not trying to make more people `Strong and Fearless,’ ” he said. “We’re trying to design our infrastructure that attracts people to ride as they are.”

The proposal recommends a total of $8.5 million in enhancements, though city council members agreed they will not spend that much.

Lone Tree resident and cyclist Todd McCusker, who served on a citizen’s advisory board for the plan and has long pushed for

more cycling routes in the city, said the categorizations don’t accurately describe him.

“I’ve been characterized as `strong and confident,’ but probably go more with `scared but out of other viable options,’ ”he told the council.

The first elements of the multifaceted city cycling plan — adding bike lanes to Yosemite Street and narrowing a portion of RidgeGate Parkway — could be accomplished in 2015. The city would change the section of RidgeGate between the two roundabouts from four lanes to two through lanes and a dedicated right-turn lane, then add a bicycle lane.

Improvements range from simple and inexpensive, like restriping existing streets, to those that will require more planning, money and work.

Plans also show a 10-foot-wide trail along Lincoln Avenue, designed for dog walkers, families with strollers and “Interested but Concerned” riders who ride at slower speeds than on-street cyclists.

The study also recommends adding flashing strobe lights to ensure safer crossings at several trail intersections, including the C470 trail at Acres Green Drive, the Willow Creek Trail at Park Meadows Drive,

Public Notices PUBLIC NOTICE

Public Trustees Public Notice COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 1161-2014 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On November 14, 2014, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Arapahoe records.

Original Grantor(s): Edward J Walsh Original Beneficiary(ies): Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems Inc. as nominee for Taylor Bean & Whitaker Mortgage Corp Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: Nationstar Mortgage LLC Date of Deed of Trust: April 03, 2007 County of Recording: Arapahoe Recording Date of Deed of Trust: April 11, 2007 Recording Information (Reception Number): B7045683 Original Principal Amount: $315,000.00 Outstanding Principal Balance: $274,225.97 Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the evidence of debt secured by the deed of trust and other violations thereof.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. The property to be foreclosed is: LOT 17, BLOCK 3, HUNTER'S HILL FILING NO. 1, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE. STATE OF COLORADO. Also known by street and number as: 7205 South Xanthia Street, Englewood, CO 80112.

THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST. NOTICE OF SALE The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, described herein, has filed Notice of Election and Demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust.

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, 03/04/2015, at the East Hearing Room, County Administration Building, 5334 South Prince Street, Littleton, Colorado,, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the 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 issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

First Publication: 1/8/2015 Last Publication: 2/5/2015 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent 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. DATE: 11/14/2014 Cynthia D Mares, Public Trustee in and for the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado By: Cynthia D Mares, Public Trustee The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: G Keith Lewis #43908 Borenstein & Associates, LLC 13111 East Briarwood Ave., Suite 340, Centennial, CO 80112 (303) 768-0200 Attorney File # 14-00409 The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose. ©Public Trustees' Association of Colorado Revised 9/2012 Legal Notice NO.: 1161-2014 First Publication: 1/8/2015 Last Publication: 2/5/2015 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 1127-2014 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On November 5, 2014, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Arapahoe records.

Original Grantor(s): Peter D. Ludwig

COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 1127-2014

Public Trustees

To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On November 5, 2014, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Arapahoe records.

Original Grantor(s): Peter D. Ludwig and Teresa A. Ludwig Original Beneficiary(ies): Wells Fargo Mortgage, Inc. Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. Date of Deed of Trust: December 04, 2001 County of Recording: Arapahoe Recording Date of Deed of Trust: December 12, 2001 Recording Information (Reception Number): B1215412 Original Principal Amount: $200,000.00 Outstanding Principal Balance: $158,029.80 Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the evidence of debt secured by the deed of trust and other violations thereof.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. The property to be foreclosed is: LOT 9, EXCEPT THE NORTHWESTERLY 2 FEET OF SAID LOT 9, BLOCK 33, NOB HILL-THIRD FILING, SAID NORTHWESTERLY 2 FEET OF SAID LOT 9, BEING A PARCEL OF LAND LYING NORTHWESTERLY OF A LINE 2 FEET DISTANT FROM AND PARALLEL WITH THE NORTHWESTERLY SIDE LOT LINE OF SAID LOT 9, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO. Also known by street and number as: 7437 S Albion St, Littleton, CO 80122.

THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST. NOTICE OF SALE The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, described herein, has filed Notice of Election and Demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust.

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, 02/25/2015, at the East Hearing Room, County Administration Building, 5334 South Prince Street, Littleton, Colorado,, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the 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 issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

First Publication: 1/1/2015 Last Publication: 1/29/2015 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent 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. DATE: 11/05/2014 Cynthia D Mares, Public Trustee in and for the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado By: Cynthia D Mares, Public Trustee The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: Holly Shilliday #24423 Jennifer Cruseturner #44452 Iman Tehrani #44076 Joan Olson #28078 Erin Robson #46557 McCarthy & Holthus LLP 7700 E Arapahoe Road, Suite 150, Centennial, CO 80112 (877) 369-6122 Attorney File # CO-14-632489-JS The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose. ©Public Trustees' Association of Colorado Revised 9/2012 Legal Notice NO.: 1127-2014 First Publication: 1/1/2015 Last Publication: 1/29/2015 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent Public Notice COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 1179-2014 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On November 18, 2014, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in

Public Notice

Public Trustees

COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 1179-2014 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On November 18, 2014, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Arapahoe records.

Original Grantor(s): JOHN CLEMENT Original Beneficiary(ies): COLORADO PROFESSIONALS MORTGAGE, LLC Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: WELLS FARGO BANK, NA Date of Deed of Trust: July 20, 2009 County of Recording: Arapahoe Recording Date of Deed of Trust: July 27, 2009 Recording Information (Reception Number): B9080675 Original Principal Amount: $178,750.00 Outstanding Principal Balance: $166,573.48 Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the evidence of debt secured by the deed of trust and other violations thereof.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. The property to be foreclosed is: LOT 7, BLOCK 3, SECOND AMENDED PLAT OF CENTENNIAL ACRES, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO. PARCEL ID NUMBER: 2077-17-2-03-003 Also known by street and number as: 5180 S LINDEN DRIVE, LITTLETON, CO 80123.

THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST. NOTICE OF SALE The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, described herein, has filed Notice of Election and Demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust.

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, 03/11/2015, at the East Hearing Room, County Administration Building, 5334 South Prince Street, Littleton, Colorado,, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the 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 issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

First Publication: 1/15/2015 Last Publication: 2/12/2015 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent 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. DATE: 11/18/2014 Cynthia D Mares, Public Trustee in and for the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado By: Cynthia D Mares, Public Trustee The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: Lynn M. Janeway #15592 Elizabeth S. Marcus #16092 Nicholas H. Santarelli #46592 David R. Doughty #40042 Alison L Berry #34531 Kelly Murdock #46915 Eve M. Grina #43658 Courtney E Wright #45482 Janeway Law Firm PC 9800 S. Meridian Blvd., Suite 400, Englewood, CO 80112 (303) 706-9990 Attorney File # 14-003762 The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose. ©Public Trustees' Association of Colorado Revised 9/2012 Legal Notice NO.: 1179-2014 First Publication: 1/15/2015 Last Publication: 2/12/2015 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent Public Notice COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 1225-2014 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On December 2, 2014, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Arapahoe records.

on Heritage Hills Circle near Lone Tree Elementary and on RidgeGate Parkway at Commons Street and Park Meadows Boulevard.

Alexander said survey respondents repeatedly requested easier access to the Colorado 470 bike trial and Bluffs Regional Park. Many proposed enhancements to the Sweetwater Park area and Willow Creek Trail.

Though Lone Tree doesn’t have funds budgeted to enact all aspects of the plan now, it can now use it to guide future development, including streets in the as-yet undeveloped portion of RidgeGate east of Interstate 25.

Regarding recommendations east of I-25, Mayor Pro Tem Jackie Millet said, “I would hope those would be strongly considered by the developer. I’d like to make sure that’s incorporated in anything new we do.”

Development manager Darryl Jones, who attended the meeting, said RidgeGate was consulted during the process and is generally supportive of the plan.

The plan was financed by a $100,000 grant from Kaiser Permanente.

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Public Notice

COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 1225-2014

Public Trustees

To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On December 2, 2014, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Arapahoe records.

Original Grantor(s): TKO LLC Original Beneficiary(ies): WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION Date of Deed of Trust: September 25, 2009 County of Recording: Arapahoe Recording Date of Deed of Trust: September 28, 2009 Recording Information (Reception Number): B9106661 Original Principal Amount: $805,000.00 Outstanding Principal Balance: $644,000.20 Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the evidence of debt secured by the deed of trust and other violations thereof.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. The property to be foreclosed is: LOT 7, BLOCK 12, BOW-MAR SOUTH, SECOND FILING, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO. Also known by street and number as: 4917 Tule Lake Drive, Littleton, CO 80123.

THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST. NOTICE OF SALE The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, described herein, has filed Notice of Election and Demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust.

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, 03/25/2015, at the East Hearing Room, County Administration Building, 5334 South Prince Street, Littleton, Colorado,, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the 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 issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

First Publication: 1/29/2015 Last Publication: 2/26/2015 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent 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. DATE: 12/02/2014 Cynthia D Mares, Public Trustee in and for the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado By: Cynthia D Mares, Public Trustee The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: Douglas W Brown #10429 Brown, Berardini & Dunning PC 2000 S. Colorado Blvd., Tower Two, Suite 700, Denver, CO 80222 (303) 329-3363 Attorney File # 3112-080 D The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose. ©Public Trustees' Association of Colorado Revised 9/2012 Legal Notice NO.: 1225-2014 First Publication: 1/29/2015 Last Publication: 2/26/2015 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent Public Notice COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 1236-2014 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On December 5, 2014, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Arapahoe records.

Original Grantor(s) Nicholas A Romano Original Beneficiary(ies) JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. Current Holder of Evidence of Debt JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. Date of Deed of Trust May 29, 2009

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COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 1236-2014

COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 1139-2014

To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is On November 7, 2014, the undersigned To advertise your public notices call 303-566-4100 given with regard to the following dePublic Trustee caused the Notice of Elecscribed Deed of Trust: tion and Demand relating to the Deed of On December 5, 2014, the undersigned Trust described below to be recorded in Public Trustee caused the Notice of Electhe County of Arapahoe records. tion and Demand relating to the Deed of Original Grantor(s): BRUCE A STUCKEY Trust described below to be recorded in Original Beneficiary(ies): COLORADO the County of Arapahoe records.

MORTGAGE ALLIANCE, LLC Original Grantor(s) Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: U.S. Nicholas A Romano BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS Original Beneficiary(ies) TRUSTEE, SUCCESSOR IN INTEREST JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. TO WACHOVIA BANK, NATIONAL ASCurrent Holder of Evidence of Debt SOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE FOR WELLS JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. FARGO ASSET SECURITIES CORPORDate of Deed of Trust ATION, MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH May 29, 2009 CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2004-Z County of Recording Date of Deed of Trust: September 24, Arapahoe 2004 Recording Date of Deed of Trust County of Recording: Arapahoe July 07, 2009 Recording Date of Deed of Trust: Recording Information (Reception September 30, 2004 Number) Recording Information (Reception B9072911 Number): B4172337 Original Principal Amount Original Principal Amount: $98,320.00 $225,223.00 Outstanding Principal Balance: Outstanding Principal Balance $79,035.59 $207,965.34 Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as the deed of trust have been violated as follows: failure to pay principal and infollows: failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other terest when due together with all other payments provided for in the evidence of payments provided for in the evidence of debt secured by the deed of trust and othdebt secured by the deed of trust and other violations thereof. er violations thereof.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. A FIRST LIEN. The property to be foreclosed is: The property to be foreclosed is: SEE EXHIBIT A ATTACHED HERETO Lot 12, Block 25, Broadmoor - Fifth FilAND INCORPORATED HEREIN BY REFing, County of Arapahoe, State of ColERENCE orado.

Also known by street and number as: Also known by street and number as: 5250 SOUTH HURON WAY #3-310, 6056 S Valleyview St, Littleton, CO LITTLETON, CO 80120.

80120.

THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURIS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN RENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST. OF THE DEED OF TRUST. NOTICE OF SALE NOTICE OF SALE The current holder of the Evidence of Debt The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, described secured by the Deed of Trust, described herein, has filed Notice of Election and herein, has filed Notice of Election and Demand for sale as provided by law and Demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust. in said Deed of Trust.

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. that I will at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, 02/25/2015, at the East on Wednesday, 03/25/2015, at the East Hearing Room, County Administration Hearing Room, County Administration Building, 5334 South Prince Street, Building, 5334 South Prince Street, Littleton, Colorado,, sell to the highest and Littleton, Colorado,, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real propbest bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), erty and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)' heirs and assigns therein, for Grantor(s)' heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt seprovided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys' cured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys' fees, the expenses of sale and other items fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purallowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as chaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law. provided by law.

First Publication: 1/1/2015 First Publication: 1/29/2015 Last Publication: 1/29/2015 Last Publication: 2/26/2015 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent Name of Publication: Littleton Independent IF THE SALE DATE IS CONTINUED TO IF THE SALE DATE IS CONTINUED TO A LATER DATE, THE DEADLINE TO A LATER DATE, THE DEADLINE TO FILE A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE FILE A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE

BY THOSE PARTIES ENTITLED TO

BY THOSE PARTIES ENTITLED TO CURE MAY ALSO BE EXTENDED. CURE MAY ALSO BE EXTENDED. DATE: 11/07/2014 DATE: 12/05/2014 Cynthia D Mares, Public Trustee in and for Cynthia D Mares, Public Trustee in and for the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorthe County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado ado By: Cynthia D Mares, Public Trustee By: Cynthia D Mares, Public Trustee The name, address, business telephone The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: the indebtedness is: Lynn M. Janeway #15592 Susan Hendrick #33196 Elizabeth S. Marcus #16092 Marcello G. Rojas #46396 Nicholas H. Santarelli #46592 Klatt, Odekirk, Augustine, Sayer, Treinen David R. Doughty #40042 & Rastede, P.C. 9745 E. Hampden Ave., Alison L Berry #34531 Suite 400, Denver, CO 80231 (303) 353Kelly Murdock #46915 2965 Eve M. Grina #43658 Attorney File # CO141020 Courtney E Wright #45482 The Attorney above is acting as a debt Janeway Law Firm PC 9800 S. Meridian collector and is attempting to collect a Blvd., Suite 400, Englewood, CO 80112 debt. Any information provided may be (303) 706-9990 used for that purpose.

Attorney File # 14-004518 ©Public Trustees' Association The Attorney above is acting as a debt of Colorado Revised 9/2012 collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be Legal Notice NO.: 1236-2014 used for that purpose.

First Publication: 1/29/2015 ©Public Trustees' Association Last Publication: 2/26/2015 of Colorado Revised 9/2012 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent 1139-2014 Exhibit A Condominium Unit 310, in Building 3, Public Notice Hickory Place Condominiums, according to the Condominium Declaration for HickCOMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION ory Place Condominiums recorded March CRS §38-38-103 14, 1984, in Book 4110 at Page 592, in FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 1139-2014 the records of the County of Arapahoe, Colorado, said Condominium is further To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is defined and described by the Condominigiven with regard to the following deum Map of Hickory Place Condominiums scribed Deed of Trust: recorded May 11, 1984, in Plat Book 74 at On November 7, 2014, the undersigned Page 50 of said records, County of ArPublic Trustee caused the Notice of Elecapahoe, State of Colorado tion and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in Public Notice NO.: 1139-2014 the County of Arapahoe records.

First Publication: 1/1/2015 Original Grantor(s): BRUCE A STUCKEY Last Publication: 1/29/2015 Original Beneficiary(ies): COLORADO Name of Publication: Littleton Independent MORTGAGE ALLIANCE, LLC Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE, SUCCESSOR IN INTEREST TO WACHOVIA BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE FOR WELLS FARGO ASSET SECURITIES CORPORATION, MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2004-Z

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