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Schools’ bus fleet in need of boost District has two funding measures on November ballot

By Mike DiFerdinando

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Riding and roping

Maddison Story, of Bayfield, rides during the Elizabeth High School Rodeo on Sept. 27 at Casey Jones Park in Elizabeth.

Competitors from across Colorado came to Casey Jones Park in Elizabeth on Sept. 27 for the latest Colorado State High School Rodeo Association event. Boys and girls representing clubs and schools rode and roped during the daylong event. Made up of students in grades 6-12 from Elbert, Douglas, Lincoln, Weld and El Paso counties, the Elizabeth High School rodeo team was founded in 2010 and sought to bring together students from smaller schools or schools where a rodeo team may have been dissolved. Like other school sports, team members must meet academic eligibility standards, and must have the ability to letter in their selected events, like barrel racing, steer wrestling, saddle bronc riding and bull riding.

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ABOVE: Casey Locker, of San Luis, rides during the Elizabeth High School Rodeo on Sept.

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RIGHT: Competitors warm up before they ride at the Elizabeth High School Rodeo.

P L EA SE R ECYC L E T H I S C OPY

Terry Wilson thinks long and hard before deciding which bus to send out to a particular event.

With so many late nights and early mornings of providing transport for Elizabeth School District students, the last thing he wants is for one of the older buses in his aging fleet to break down.

“We have to be strategic,” said Wilson, the district’s transportation director. “Our main goal is always the safety of our kids, and with some of these older vehicles we just can’t take the risk of one of them breaking down in a blizzard or having our kids stranded somewhere late at night.”

Wilson’s department, like many in the Elizabeth School District, struggles to find the money for needed improvements.

Over the last five years, state funding cuts totaling $13 million have hit the district.

According to Wilson, the buses in his fleet range in age from 1987 models to newer 2011 editions. Wilson said the average life expectancy of a school bus, depending on the model and driving conditions, is between seven and 10 years. Many of the buses in the Elizabeth fleet have exceeded that range, with some even doubling it.

In addition to the age of the vehicles, Wilson said that the constant pounding they take navigating Elbert County roads has added to the wear and tear, and that they require more maintenance than buses used in more urban areas.

The district has 35 drivers and two full-time mechanics for 40 buses and 17 small vehicles, covering 28 daily routes and serving 1,800 students.

Wilson hopes that two ballot measures in the upcoming November election will help give him and others in the district the resources they need.

At a special meeting in September, the Elizabeth School Board voted to place two tax measures on the 2014 ballot. The first is a short-term mill-levy increase to ensure that the district can attract and retain quality teachers and provide for the technological needs of their classrooms.

The second is a capital-needs bond request for $2.5 million to go toward what the district calls critical needs, including the acquisition of emergency communication systems, the repair of leaking roofs at Singing Hills Elementary and Elizabeth High School, and the purchase of new buses to supplement the district’s aging fleet.

A mill levy is the assessed property tax rate used by local governments and other jurisdictions to raise revenue in order to cover annual expenses.

The mill levy is calculated by determining how much revenue each taxing jurisdiction will need for the upcoming Buses continues on Page 15

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October 2, 2014

Attack ads flood Colorado airwaves Big-money interests not always clear

By Katie Kuntz

Rocky Mountain PBS I-News Campaign attack ads dominating television airwaves across the state depict Colorado’s senatorial candidates as extreme, harmful and woefully out of step with their fellow Coloradans.

Crossroads GPS — a conservative political action committee headed by former George W. Bush administrator Karl Rove — and the National Republican Senatorial Committee portray U.S. Sen. Mark Udall as a hapless sycophant of President Obama’s. Their ads assert that Udall’s clueless support of the Affordable Care Act — known as Obamacare — has harmed Coloradans one and all.

Liberal groups like the Senate Majority PAC and Udall Next Generation Climate Action depict Udall’s opponent, Colorado Republican Congressman Cory Gardner, as a grim-faced misogynist, whose views on issues important to women are medieval, at best.

The Udall-Gardner contest, not incidentally, is one of the races expected to determine which party controls the U.S. Senate after the Nov. 4 election. So far, the outside groups have spent almost three times as much as the candidates themselves.

“If you run around the country there are maybe 10 states that have really competitive races and Republicans need to win six Senate seats to win the Senate — Colorado is very competitive,” said political analyst Floyd Ciruli. “It’s not quite a Super Bowl, that’d be the presidential race — but we’re in a very major, close playoff.”

And it may

come as no surprise that millions are being spent by outside organizations to paint the two Colorado candidates into very dark corners. But what might be surprising is comparing those funding the negative attacks with what their primary interests truly are.

Tricks of the trade A Rocky Mountain PBS I-News analysis of Federal Communications Commission and Federal Election Commission data, as well as reports collected by the Center for Responsive Politics, demonstrate how the playbook works.

First, use polarizing issues to ignite voters.

Thomas Steyer, a California billionaire who has drawn attention for his philanthropy and activism for environmental causes, has mastered this first play.

Steyer is the lead financial backer for Next Generation Climate Action, which has so far spent more than $1 million in this state’s largest television markets, DenGardner ver and Colorado Springs.

Two of the most widely aired ads from Streyer’s organization — named “Keep Out” and “Not Extreme?” — assail Gardner for his positions against birth control and abortion and same-sex marriage, all of which are highly polarizing issues.

But Next Generation Climate Action does not, as an organization, list any interest in policies related to abortion, marriage equality or birth control. To be fair, the ads do briefly mention climate change, scoffing that Gardner “thinks he knows better than the scientists, NASA and the U.S. military on climate change.”

“It is a straight-out brawling competition,” Ciruli said. “The people who play it may be personally idealistic, but in the way they play the game they are totally realists, and research shows them that climate change is not nearly as effective at moving voters as things like reproductive rights.”

Similarly, other groups whose primary interests are oil and gas development or the energy business attack Udall’s support of the

Affordable Care Act. While their true concern might be approval for the Keystone pipeline, as an example, they’re betting that Obamacare is still such a negatively charged issue that it can help sink the environmentally minded Udall.

Sometimes they might mention energy issues, but not as a primary focus.

The second power play works by cloaking one’s self-interests in charitable or nonprofit political giving, as modern masters Sheldon Adelson and David and Charles Koch have demonstrated.

Adelson and his wife, Miriam, donated $23 million during the 2012 presidential cycle to Crossroads GPS on behalf of the nonprofit Adelson Drug Clinic and Adelson’s corporation, Las Vegas Sands, according to files from the Federal Election Commission.

Sheldon Adelson, listed as the world’s eighth wealthiest man by Forbes, with a net worth of more than $31 billion, has drawn wide attention to his heavy contributions to campaign finance. He has also been litigating a federal lawsuit aimed at his overseas casinos.

Similarly, David and Charles Koch have been intimately linked with Americans for Prosperity, Freedom Partners and Crossroads GPS in the past, but their contributions this cycle are not known.

“Nonprofit political groups do not have to disclose donors,” said Viveka Novak, editorial and communications director for the Center for Responsive Politics. “So we could only identify organizations that filed 990s (nonprofit tax forms) and that wouldn’t include individuals or corporations, so there are still a lot of donors or donations no one would know about.”

Adelson, the Koch brothers and many other politically active billionaires and multimillionaires across the political spectrum are able to maintain privacy and give endless funds following the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2010 Citizens United decision, which held that political spending is a form of protected speech under the First Amendment.

Donors work both sides There’s still another trick in the playbook,

and that’s playing both sides. By contributing to competing candidates, it can be hard to lose, the reasoning goes.

Hedge funds and international investment banks are among the leading campaign contributors in the United States — and they donate in almost equal amounts to both Democratic and Republican committees.

Consider Renaissance Technologies, a New York hedge fund that in 2013 managed an estimated $25 billion.

This year, founder and retired CEO James H. Simons was ranked by Forbes among the world’s wealthiest people at $12.5 billion. Of the millions of dollars Simons and the current CEO of Renaissance, Robert Mercer, have donated to campaign groups so far this year, about $3 million went to liberal organizations, and $3 million went to conservatives.

“This firm, it’s got money everywhere, it’s invested in things that could benefit from both parties,” Ciruli said. “Some of it could just be personal, but often it is driven by a strategy that just makes sense.”

This company’s lobbying records in 2014 show that its primary focus is to avoid higher tax rates for hedge funds — an issue almost totally ignored in the majority of Colorado’s campaign ads. In fact, of more than 30 ads reviewed by I-News and truth-tested by 9News, only one ad even briefly mentioned “tax rates for companies overseas.”

The Blackstone Group is also a top hedge fund contributor to both the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee and the National Republican Senatorial Committee.

These committees have already spent $3.9 million and $1.7 million, respectively, on campaign ads in Denver, bashing either Gardner or Udall.

“TV ads are number one, the overwhelming most important tool in winning one of these campaigns,” Ciruli said.

“If Channel 9 has another minute (for advertising), you can bet it will get bought.”

Colorado Community Media brings you this report in partnership with Rocky Mountain PBS I-News. Learn more at rmpbs.org/news.

Contact Katie Kuntz at katiekuntz@rmpbs. org. I-News reporter Burt Hubbard contributed to this story.

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October 2, 2014

Increased revenue means refunds on way TABOR-mandated money expected to come back around in 2016

By Vic Vela

vvela@coloradocommunitymedia.com The debate over voters’ wisdom in backing the 1992 Taxpayer Bill of Rights resumed last week after it was made apparent that Coloradans can soon expect their first state revenue-related tax refunds in 10 years.

State economists told members of the Legislature’s Joint Budget Committee on Sept. 22 that TABOR-mandated refunds are expected to occur in 2016.

That’s because increased revenues are expected to exceed TABOR limits. TABOR requires the state to refund money to taxpayers when revenues exceed the combined rate of inflation and population growth.

Supporters of TABOR see the constitutional amendment as a way to reign in overzealous spending by lawmakers during rosy economic times. However, opponents believe the measure has crippled the state and

local governments from putting the money to good use.

Lawmakers will have to set aside about $130 million in refunds in next year’s budget, followed by even larger refunds the following year, which could reach nearly $400 million.

That’s not being taken as good news by Sen. Pat Steadman, D-Denver, the vice chairman of the Joint Budget Committee. Steadman estimates that the refunds would equate to about $11 per taxpayer the first year — money that he believes could be better spent elsewhere.

“Frankly I’d rather get our schools to where they ought to be before we start sending refunds to taxpayers,” Steadman said. “And I think a lot of taxpayers would agree.”

Steadman is also frustrated by the possibility of the state having to issue taxpayer refunds on revenue that has been collected through recreational marijuana sales.

Unless lawmakers take action, a TABOR technicality would require the state to refund pot dollars that were meant to provide money for school construction.

This means that lawmakers will either have to get creative with legislation to prevent that from happening

or they will have to ask voters for permission to keep the money — the same voters who supported the notion of retail pot sales tax money funding school construction in the first place.

“We’re in a position where we may have to refund the total amount of pot tax we collected in the first year and that’s not what voters had in mind,” Steadman said.

“And it’s not my fault, it’s not their fault, it’s TABOR’s fault.”

But TABOR-backers believe that budget concerns over tax refunds are being blown out of proportion.

Penn Pfiffner, a former state lawmaker and a longtime TABOR proponent, said the state is expected to see about a 10 percent, or $1 billion general fund increase in next year’s budget. So the state isn’t going to miss the relatively small refund that soon will be owed to taxpayers.

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Romanoff, Coffman spar in leadup to election Immigration, women’s issues among topics in debate

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vvela@coloradocommunitymedia.com A lively 6th Congressional District debate on Sept. 23 resulted in some testy exchanges between two candidates locked in a tight race less than a month before voters begin receiving ballots in the mail.

Republican Congressman Mike Coffman and former state House Speaker Andrew Romanoff, a Democrat, locked horns on issues that included the Affordable Care Act and entitlement and immigration reform during a Denver Post-hosted debate in downtown Denver.

The two also sparred over women’s issues, which have played a big role in the campaign.

Romanoff — who clearly was the more aggressive of the two throughout the night — called out Coffman for his prior support of personhood efforts, which would essentially ban abortion.

Romanoff also blasted Coffman’s votes on issues that he believes have restricted women’s access to birth control “for 25 years,” attacks that appeared in a recent Romanoff television ad buy.

“What puts you in a better position than a woman in this district or the women in Coffman America to decide what to do with their bodies?” Romanoff asked the congressman.

Coffman said he no longer supports personhood, calling the effort “overbroad.” He said that although he is pro-life, he has backed legislation that would allow exceptions for abortion in cases of rape, incest and when the mother’s life is in danger.

Earlier in the debate, Coffman took issue with Romanoff’s attack ad. Coffman said he has long supported efforts to prevent women from paying more than men for health insurance, and said he also has supported measures to curb domestic violence and sexual assaults in the military.

“I think it is about being honest,” the congressman said. “I think your ad out there is not honest.”

When the debate shifted toward the Affordable Care Act —

President Obama’s signature piece of legislation — Coffman said he continues to support a repeal of the law.

However, the congressman said he has been a longtime backer of legislation that would restrict health-insurance companies from denying coverage to persons with pre-existing conditions — a key component of Obamacare.

Romanoff said Coffman and congressional Republicans have nothing to offer on health insurance reform, except for their constant demand for an Obamacare repeal.

“Voting 50 times to repeal the Affordable Care Act and essentially replace it with nothing is not a way to make families in this district more secure in their health care,” he said.

The two also tangled over immigration reform. Romanoff attacked Coffman and fellow Republicans for stalling reform measures in Congress.

Romanoff pounced on Coffman for not supporting an immigration reform bill in the Senate and for once referring to the DREAM Act — which provides lawful permanent residence status to anyone who arrived in the country as a minor — as a “nightmare.”

Coffman defended his positions on immigration reform, arguing that the U.S.-Mexico border should be more secure, while also making sure that families aren’t being split apart.

Coffman acknowledged that he has a different focus on immigration after having conversations with residents in his district, which was recently redrawn to include a more diRomanoff verse electorate.

“I did not run on the issue of immigration the last time I ran for the district, but I’ve had the opportunity to meet with a lot of families and I think that there’s got to be a middle path in getting something done,” he said.

On entitlement issues, Coffman said changes need to be made to save certain government programs. The congressman has supported work training programs for adult welfare recipients who don’t have dependents and believes there is a need for reform in determining who receives disability payments through Social Security.

Coffman also would like to see wealthy seniors pay more for Medicare.

Romanoff said Coffman’s proposed reforms would hurt all seniors, not just the wealthy ones.

“Seniors are struggling in this economy,” he said. “They deserve a congressman who understands their struggles and doesn’t make it worse.”

While Romanoff supports gay marriage, Coffman said he does not, but that the issue will ultimately be decided by Colorado voters.

On climate change, Coffman said the science over how much impact humans are having on the planet “is not quite settled,” a response that caused Romanoff concern.

“It’s plain to me that we are never going to take the action we need to address climate change if we do not recognize the problem,” he said.

Character issues also came up. Romanoff scolded Coffman for often referencing Romanoff’s “privileged” background.

The congressman often pointed out that Romanoff attended private and elite schools like Harvard, while Coffman served in two branches of the military.

“The voters deserve a healthier respect for democracy that what the congressman has shown throughout this campaign,” Romanoff said.

Coffman made no apologies and also criticized the former state House speaker for moving to Aurora for the sole purpose of setting up residency for his CD6 run.

“If you move into the district not because you want to live in Aurora, but because you want in live in Washington, D.C., what is not true about that?”

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October 2, 2014

Fracking task force gets down to business Group holds first meeting in bid to find compromises

By Vic Vela

vvela@coloradocommunitymedia.com A commission charged with finding legislative solutions to issues surrounding hydraulic fracturing met for the first time on Sept. 25, with members acknowledging the arduous task ahead.

“I think it goes without saying we have a tremendous task and challenge, a very difficult task ahead of us, and we should not be naive to think that it won’t be challenging,” said Randy Cleveland, a task force cochairman and president of XTO Energy.

The 19-member task force met inside the Colorado Division of Wildlife headquarters in Denver, less than a month after members were appointed by Gov. John Hickenlooper.

The governor briefly addressed members to wish them well in crafting solutions to issues that have yet to yield a compromise.

“Despite the differences — and I know there’s a lot of difficult negotiations ahead of you all and a lot of different history — I think you guys can do it,” Hickenlooper said.

The goal of the task force will be to come up with recommendations to the Legislature that would deal with issues involving fracking — the process by which water and chemicals are blasted into the ground to free up trapped oil and gas.

Fracking has turned into perhaps the most contentious issue in Colorado, with

some communities having voted to place restrictions or moratoriums on oil and gas drilling.

Those opposed to fracking have concerns about the potential impact that drilling could have on the environment and on public health. Supporters of fracking believe drilling is safe and point to the creation of jobs and its positive economic impact on the state.

The task force was born out of a compromise Hickenlooper reached with Democratic Congressman Jared Polis that resulted in anti-fracking initiatives being pulled from the November ballot.

The measures could have resulted in significant restrictions on fracking operations in the state, which relies heavily on oil and gas dollars.

The diverse task force is made up of representatives from industries that include oil and gas, agriculture and home builders.

Conservation groups also will be represented, as will local governments.

Much of the Sept. 25 meeting was spent going over ground rules and objectives, with each member providing brief comments about the importance of avoiding conflict during the meetings.

“I believe we are embarking on a very serious endeavor and I ask that we give it all we got,” said Gwen Lachelt, commission co-chair and La Plata County commissioner.

The task force is scheduled to meet six more times over the next five months, with public meetings scheduled across the state.

The commission is expected to provide recommendations to the Legislature by March.

Gov. John Hickenlooper addresses an oil and gas task force during a Sept. 25 meeting inside the Colorado Division of Wildlife headquarters in Denver. Photo by Vic Vela

Security Service Federal Credit Union to host Free Shred Day October 4 Security Service Federal Credit Union (SSFCU) will host a free Denver area shred day from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturday, October 4, at its Broadway branch located at 99 South Broadway.

The event is designed to assist area residents with the safe and free disposal of unwanted, personal

documents. “It’s a great way to securely get rid of confidential and personal documents,” said John Worthington, chief communications officer for the credit union.

People can drive up and drop off bags and boxes of paper for shredding only. Limit two 18”x20”x12” full boxes per household. Volunteers from

SSFCU will help with unloading, and all documents will be shredded on site.

That day, SSFCU will also be accepting cash donations for the Denver Center for International Studies at Fairmont.

For more information, visit http://bit.ly/ssfcueventsco or call 1-800-52-SSFCU.

Women in Business Unveils New Name, Mission The Chamber women’s group, formerly Women in Leadership, hosted a red carpet rebranding event last Thursday to unveil their new name, mission, and outlook. The group, re-envisioned as Women in Business, celebrated their new vision in style at The Residence XXV above the Ritz Carleton. Guests were

“What an exciting new direction and new brand for Women in Business! [I’m] so grateful to serve with the fabulous women in this group,” said attendee Sue Kenfield, president/founder of See It Thrive.

Women in Business’s new mission is IGNITE, which stands for Influence, Growing, Negotiate, Involvement, Transform, Empower. They hope to mobilize their membership through strategic alliances and collaboration, to influence community leaders, and transform women in business. In another strategic departure, the group will now meet on the first Friday of month Sue Kenfield and Rena Marson walk the red carpet at the Women at 7:30 am. in Business Kickoff “We hope to greeted on the red carpet with a glass attract all levels of businesswomen of champagne, and treated to hors with our new mission and meeting d’oeuvres and skin product gift bags time,” said Holly Mullins, board chair. courtesy of event sponsor M.Pulse “We are excited to bring Women in Modern Skincare.

Business to the next level, and to add

value with great speakers and programming.”

The event included the confirmation of Women in Business Chair Holly Mullins, owner, Farmers Insurance Group - Holly Mullins Agency, as well as Chair-Elect Rena Marson, guest relations manager, Kuni Honda on Arapahoe. Outgoing Chair Shelly Howard-Whitmore, member of the Chamber’s Board of Directors, was honored with a vase engraved with thanks for her leadership and service.

“I am so excited with the work and development the Women in Business group has done this year, and with Holly Mullins as the new chair the level of programing and sponsorship will only continue to grow,” said Howard-Whitmore.

The group also honored guests Vickie Thomas, president, the Thomas Group, and Tammy Fernandez, executive director of corporate social responsibility, Apollo Education Group. The two women were among the original founders of the Women in Leadership group.

Women in Business Secretary Kristie Nelson said, “I am honored to be a part of such a remarkable group and assist with the transition to Women In Business…I am excited to help

Calendar of Events For a complete calendar of South Metro Denver Chamber events and for more information, visit our web site at www.bestchamber.com or call 303-795-0142.

DATE CHANGE-Tuesday, September 30 Attorney General Candidate Debate-Cynthia Coffman and Don Quick 7:30 am – 9:00 am, South Metro Denver Chamber’s WhippleWood CPAs Conference Center 2154 Commons Ave. Suite 342, Centennial, CO

Tuesday, September 30

Attorney General Candidate Debate- Cynthia Coffman and Don Quick 7:30 am – 9:00 am, South Metro Denver Chamber’s WhippleWood CPAs Conference Center 2154 Commons Ave. Suite 342, Centennial, CO

Tuesday, September 30 K1 Speed Ribbon Cutting 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm, K1 Speed, 8034 Midway Dr., Littleton, CO

Thursday, October 2 Secretary of State Candidate Debate 3:30 pm, South Metro Denver Chamber’s WhippleWood CPAs Conference Center 2154 Commons Ave. Suite 342, Centennial, CO

Thursday, October 2 New Member Orientation 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm, South Metro Denver Chamber’s WhippleWood CPAs Conference Center 2154 Commons Ave. Suite 342, Centennial, CO

Friday, October 3 Strategies for Resolving Environmental Conflicts - Hydraulic Fracturing Debate 7:30 am – 9:00 am, University of Colorado - Denver 1380 Lawrence Street, Terrace Room (2nd floor), Denver, CO Space is limited, please RSVP by emailing SPA.EVENTS@ucdenver.edu

Friday, October 3 Are You a Sales Genius Two Hours AFTER Your Sales Call?

8:00 am – 10:00 am, Sales Leadership Training Center, 355 Union Blvd. Suite 300, Lakewood, CO Chamber members attend free, RSVP required

IGNITE our membership through strategic alliances and collaboration and help bring Women in Business to the next level.”

The annual conference has been moved to spring 2015. Stay tuned for further details.

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October 2, 2014

Secretary of state hopefuls target new path Williams, Neguse both hoping to avoid Gessler’s drama

By Vic Vela

tion of him just isn’t the case.

“I’m the only one (in the race) who has run an office and run elections and I’ve done it well,” he said.

vvela@coloradocommunitymedia.com

Backgrounds differ

In the race to become Colorado’s next secretary of state, two candidates are touting their qualifications while distancing themselves from the man who currently holds the post.

Republican El Paso County Clerk and Recorder Wayne Williams will take on Democrat Joe Neguse, a University of Colorado regent, in a race to become the state’s elections chief.

The two are seeking to fill a seat that will be soon vacated by current Secretary of State Scott Gessler. The Republican opted against seeking a second term and instead launched an unsuccessful bid for governor earlier this year.

Gessler has famously earned the nickname “honey badger,” born from a style of bare-knuckled politics that has rallied Republicans and roiled Democrats.

Gessler has had several public battles with Gov. John Hickenlooper and legislative Democrats over election policy and his handling of the secretary of state’s office.

That style is something that both Williams and Neguse say they want to avoid if elected as Gessler’s successor.

“I think some of the ways he presented things were too polarizing,” said Williams.

Williams said Gessler “has done a lot of good things,” but added: “We have different styles.”

However, Neguse sees a lot of Gessler in Williams. Neguse believes Williams has a record of “focusing on efforts that make it harder for people to vote.”

“For me, it is important to have a secretary of state who is not only going to protect the right the vote, but empower more people to exercise that constitutional right because it is a right that we shouldn’t take for granted,” Neguse said.

Williams said Neguse’s characteriza-

Williams served for eight years as an El Paso County commissioner prior to being elected county clerk and recorder in 2010.

Williams said he is proud of the customer service he has provided for four years and is especially proud of his work during the 2012 Waldo Canyon Fire, when many voters were being evacuated the same day of a primary election.

“We counted every Neguse ballot, made sure they were all secure and made every statutory deadline despite being evacuated for the fire,” Williams said.

Williams has also presided over three recall elections in as many counties. He was asked by officials in Teller and Saguache counties to handle local recall elections there, and he oversaw his own county’s highly publicized recall election, which led to the ouster of then-state Senate President John Morse.

Neguse was elected to represent the state’s 2nd Congressional District on the CU Board of Regents. His public service record also includes having served as a commissioner on the Boulder Housing Authority and being a Capitol staffer for former state House Speaker Andrew Romanoff.

Neguse is a first-generation American whose parents are from Africa.

“The right to vote really is sacred and, as the son of immigrants, I can tell you in a very visceral way what it means to be able to have the right to vote and to exercise that right to vote,” he said.

If elected, Neguse said he would work to create a “one-stop shop” business platform to make it easier for business owners to navigate service options. He

also wants to dispatch office representatives across the state for greater service accessibility.

Divided on reforms Neguse and Williams have different opinions on key voting issues that will shape their policies.

Neguse is a supporter of a 2013 elections overhaul law that created same-day registration in Colorado and requires that all ballots be mailed to registered voters.

Neguse believes the law will enable more people to participate in elections, but Williams has been an outspoken critic of the law. Williams said the law is costly to counties and Williams is unfair to voters who don’t wish to receive ballots in the mail because of security issues.

Williams — whose opposition to the elections reform law puts him among the minority of county clerks in the state — also is concerned that the law will lead to increased cases of voter fraud.

“Colorado had the highest percentage turnout in the country in 2012,” Williams said. “The system was working very well as it was.”

Neguse believes Williams’ opinion on the law misses the mark. He points to safeguards that are in place that allow clerks real-time information when votes are being cast, which is intended to root out fraud.

“Same-day registration has existed in Wyoming for decades,” Neguse said.

“It has existed in Idaho for decades. It’s worked well. Empirical evidence shows more people participate.”

Williams supports voter identification laws and doesn’t think that showing a utility bill is a valid form of ID. He concedes that voter fraud is rare, but he cites two recent El Paso County elections that were decided by a single vote.

“We don’t have bank robberies that often either,” he said. “But (if a bank) put all its money in a pile and put a note on the pile and said, `Hey customers, just sign an affidavit that you’ve taken no more money than you have deposited in this bank,’ that would be an absurd result.”

But Neguse doesn’t think that voters want “a secretary of state who is going to be focused on dismantling those reforms.”

“That should be something we should strive for — making it easier to vote for those people who are eligible to vote,” he said.

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Don’t just go along for the ride Did you ever notice that whenever we seem to be in a rush to get somewhere fast, the people in front of us move so slowly that they are almost moving in reverse?

As I traveled this past week from city to city, on trains, planes, automobiles, boats and trams, there seemed to be a force in the universe that was trying very hard to help me miss my various forms of transportation, and I was cutting it ever so close to make each meeting or appointment.

Yet as I was forced to stand still on an upward-moving escalator due to the mass of human traffic ahead of me, I had a few extra seconds to think about how analogous this was to where I am currently on my personal goals for the year.

Just like many of you, I am a little behind on my goals and objectives for the year. So as I stood still riding the escalator, I wondered if I had become a little too complacent in the pursuit of my dreams and aspirations. Maybe my thinking moved from personal action to a thought process of letting someone else or something else do the work for me, just as an escalator moves me up or down from point A to point B. In the situation I described above, I really had no choice but to stand among my fellow travelers, as there was no chance or benefit in starting a shoving match on an

escalator full of people. Later in the week I found myself in one of those “aha” moments or “gotcha” feelings.

You see, this time I was on an escalator all alone, no luggage, just my backpack.

And I chose to stand still and take the free ride to the top. As my revelation hit home about halfway up, I began the climb, helping myself to the top just a little faster than I would have if I had just stood still.

The outcome was that I missed the rental car bus by a few seconds and had to wait another 20 minutes more for the next bus.

Had I only acted more proactively from the beginning, I would have already been in the rental car and on my way to the hotel. Now, you may ask, what is the big deal about an extra 20 minutes or so? And normally I would agree with you, as I am a big advocate of making the most of each minute. I could read, check and respond

to email, strike up a conversation with someone, etc.

However, my mind was in goal-achievement mode that day, and I was re-inspired to make up lost ground on my goals, dreams, and personal and professional objectives. And in that frame of mind, each 15 minutes lost or delayed was adding up to just too many hours of missed opportunity and loss of production.

As we enter the fourth quarter of the year, three months to go, there is still plenty of time to course-correct and get back on our path or journey. And we can either allow the escalators of life to dictate our progress, up or down, or we can take control toward the achievement of what we desire most.

How about you? Are you standing still and taking the ride, or do you proactively assist the escalator in assisting you? Escalators, elevators, or any mode of transportation for that matter, I would love to hear your story at gotonorton@gmail.com. And when we escalate our goals 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.

Coupons can be clipped or skipped This column is worth 50 percent off on your next oil change. Uh, no it’s not.

Disclaimer: Just because I refuse to use coupons doesn’t mean I am looking down on anyone who does. I just don’t believe in them. I don’t want them anywhere near me, but I don’t have much of a choice.

My Sunday paper looks like it’s nothing but coupons, but somewhere in there are some articles and stories. By weight, it’s Laurel and Hardy.

I picked up a great black olive and artichoke heart pizza (Nicolo’s), and while I was waiting, a man came in with a page out of a newspaper supplement, tore out a little rectangle and handed it to the girl.

He got two for the price of one, or half off on the first one, or a fifth off on the second one. It’s just not worth it to me.

Times are tough, and if you can save money on goods and services, go for it.

I just don’t go for it.

I don’t want to become a gerbil.

I owned gerbils, and about all they did was chew up paper. Of course, they never were specifically chewing out coupons, but that’s kind of what I think of when I see someone in a grocery store with a recipe box full of coupons, with dividers.

The only coupons I use are the ones that

my plumber gives me. His prices, which are all in a three-ring binder, make me light-headed. Why didn’t I learn plumbing?

I can recommend them: They are punctual and reliable and professional. But think about panty hose and a convenience store.

I have never gone to a store because something was on sale. I use my Valued Customer card at one grocery store because I like to watch my total reduced on the screen in front of me.

I am not a big believer in sales. J.C. Penney tried to eliminate sales, and simply lower costs on everything. It didn’t work.

Shoppers salivate when they see the word “sale.”

“In 2011, U.S. consumers used coupons to save $4.6 billion on their purchases of

packaged goods,” says a Wikipedia entry.

Coupons haven’t been around forever.

Here’s a quiz: What is the origin of coupons? Who was the first to mail coupons to potential customers? Was it Tuttle’s Horse Liniment or Coca-Cola?

It was Coca-Cola. Those guys were ahead of everyone else with almost everything when it came to marketing. They still are.

Have you ever spent day a without seeing a Coke ad, or a sign, a vending machine or Coca-Cola merchandise? Impossible.

“It is estimated that between 1894 and 1913 one in nine Americans had received a free Coca-Cola, for a total of 8,500,000 free drinks,” per Wikipedia.

When I write to a manufacturer about a product, and complain (which is one of my hobbies), they send me a coupon for more of the same thing.

That seems contrary.

I told one manufacturer that they made the worst paper towels on earth, and I received coupons for more of them.

By 1965, half of all of the families in the United States were using coupons.

Recently I went to an art-supplies store Marshall continues on Page 9

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Slicin’ on ice Master meat cutters show their chops at ice rink

By Jennifer Smith

jsmith@coloradocommunitymedia.com Where’s the beef? In the very last place you’d look for it.

On Sept. 23, 26 beefy guys were slicing, chopping and carving it up at South Suburban Ice Arena in Centennial, literally on the ice, in hopes that their mad knife skills would win them a trip to the warmer climes of Florida and a chance at $20,000.

The event was the National Meat Cutting Challenge, part of the Meat Hero program that recognizes the Texas Roadhouse restaurant chain’s best meat cutters. Each contestant got 50 pounds of beef — two top butts, one tenderloin and one rib loin.

The winner is determined by who yields the most steaks with the highest-quality cut in the least amount of time.

“They have a lot of pride in what they do,” said Ben Davis, managing partner of the Texas Roadhouse in Monument, as he waited to find out how his two cutters fared.

They had 80 minutes, which is a long time to stand on an ice-cold floor. But it’s nothing compared to their everyday work.

In an average year, according to a news release, they cut about $1 million worth of meat each, spending seven to eight hours a day in a 35-degree, walk-in cooler.

“It takes a special person to sit in a cooler all day, and it’s really pretty physical work,” said Davis. “The experienced guys use all the time they have for this competition. Some of them actually have to try to go slow, because they’re used to cutting in their store where they have to be fast.”

Diego Nunez, of Littleton, is one of those special guys. He grew up in Clear Creek County, so he knows all about freezing.

“I snowboard all the time, so I’m used to the cold,” he said.

Meat cutters can stand for hours at a time in meat closets even colder than this skating rink. Photos by Jennifer Smith Nunez, 22, took on the meat-cutting position three years ago to help support his wife and two small children while he attends Red Rocks Community College in pursuit of a career as a firefighter.

“I love it,” he said. “The staff is great, and I get along with everyone great.”

He said his approach to the competition was just to take his time and measure everything.

“The hardest part is overthinking it,” he said.

There is a lot to think about when cutting meat, things like sinew, nerves, veins, fat and a little bit of geometry.

Texas Roadhouse generally trains its meat cutters for a month before letting them loose on their own.

But Roman Mendoza of the Parker store turned out to be somewhat of a meat-cutting prodigy, said his manager, Jesse Trask. After his month of training, Mendoza had only been on the job a week when he qualified to compete.

“He’s fantastic,” said Trask, as he tended to all the freshly cut steaks he was grilling up for the after-competition barbecue. “He’s one of my best. He’s taking this on as a new endeavor, and he loves it.”

Contestants at this regional competition came from as far away as South Dakota and New Mexico, but Colorado prevailed in the end.

The four who lived to chop another

Jesse Trask, kitchen manager at the Parker Texas Roadhouse, got the fun job of the day — cooking up all the steaks cut for the contest and serving up lunch to the competitors. day are Vicente Heredia of Colorado Springs, Jose Reyes of Thornton, Angel Decora of Fort Collins and Omar Sanchez of Arvada.

They could eventually be one of the 10

nationwide who carve a path to the final 2015 national competition in Orlando to vie for the $20,000 grand prize.

“For some of those guys, that could almost double their income,” said Davis.

Douglas/Elbert Task Force awarded $175,000 grant Money will go toward renovating portion of Castle Rock building

By Mike DiFerdinando

mdiferdinando @coloradocommunitymedia.com The Douglas/Elbert Task force received a $175,000 grant from Douglas County that will allow the service organization to help more people in need.

The county commissioners approved the gift from the Community Development Block Grant Program at the Sept. 23 business meeting.

The funding for the 2014 program year will be for renovations to their current building. Funds will be used to renovate space presently being used for storage.

The additional 4,210 square feet of space will allow the Task Force to serve up to 20 percent more clients.

“By moving our clients’ services down into the space that’s going to be rehabbed, we’ll be able to more easily fulfill our mis-

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to buy a tube of paint. They were having a big Labor Day sale.

Canvases were two for the price of one.

The kicker was that the tube of paint was $10 over market.

The cashier asked for my email address.

I said “No. Does anyone give you their email address?”

sion of being able to help people through troublesome times with dignity,” said Suzanne Greene, executive director of the task force. “It will be a more private entrance, we’ll be able to serve more people and just I think do a better job for the folks that are in need in our county.”

Douglas County has allotted $853,273 in funding for the Community Block Grant Program program this year.

The purpose of the grant is to provide assistance for low and moderate-income residents.

The task force provides 15,000 residents annually with food, clothing and emergency assistance.

The county commissioners praised the program and thanked them for their service to the community.

Commissioner Jill Repella pointed to the grant program as an example of how government can empower private enterprises to play a role in providing care and compassion for the community.

“This is what I think Douglas County does the best, partnering with organizations,” Repella said.

“Yes, for the coupons.”

“Are there coupons for this paint?”

“Are you kidding? That’s how we cover the coupons.”

I left without the paint. I bought the same paint the next day when my usual store reopened. No coupon, $10 less, a happier consumer.

Smokey Robinson said, “Shop around.”

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

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October 2, 2014

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People walk with their dogs at the Dumb Friends League Wag N’ Trail event Sept. 20 at the Glendale Farm Open Space.

Hike helps homeless pups Dogs and people from all over the metro area came out for the Dumb Friends League Wag N’ Trail event Sept. 20 at the Glendale Farm Open Space in Douglas County. Money raised from the 1.6-mile hike will go to support the Castle Rock Buddy Center, a shelter for homeless animals. The trail featured stops along the way for family photos, water and snacks.

PHOTOS BY MIKE DIFERDINANDO

Free toys and treats were given out at the Dumb Friends League Wag N’Trail event at the Glendale Farm Open Space.

George, a 9-year old Akita, poses for a picture at the event.

Men’s chorus opens series Sound of the Rockies, a men’s a cappella chorus, will reprise its special “Pirates of the Colorado” concert to open the free Littleton United Methodist Church concert series at 7:30 p.m.

Oct. 3. Chorus director Darin Drown will be joined by KEZW’s Rick Crandall as this barbershop chorus entertains an enthusiastic audience. LUMC is at 5894 S. Datura St., Littleton. 303-794-6379.

Authors’ league holds programs

The Colorado Authors’ League is holding a series of Second Saturday programs, open to members and nonmembers, at Red Rocks Community College in Lakewood. On Oct. 11, the topic is “Sizzle! Sizzle! The Creative Side of Selling a Book.” The panel will include Jen Halligan, owner of Jen Halligan PR and a graduate of University of Denver Publishing Institute; Scott Johnson, book designer of Sputnik Design Works; Terry Wright, a local independent publisher and author; and Nate Guy, bookseller from Barnes & Noble. They will address title choice, endorsement copy, back cover and jacket flap copy, review

“Wicked.” Jacinda Bouton of Lone Tree is director. Tickets cost $17/$12/$7 plus $3 handling fee at the Lone Tree Arts Center box office, 720-509-1000, lonetreeartscenter.org.

ext. 306. No pre-registration — walk-up admission only.

Call for artists

copies and social media. The Lakewood campus is at 13300 W. Sixth Ave. The cost to CAL members is $20 through Oct. 8/$30 at the door; non-members $30 advance/$40 at the door. Coloradoauthors.org.

Outnumbered, a new gallery at 5654 S. Prince St. in downtown Littleton, opened on Aug. 15 and is featuring works by painters Robert Gray and Jessica Loving and local sculptor George Stephens. Sudee Floyd is owner. Hours: 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesdays through Thursdays; noon to 7 p.m. Fridays, Saturdays. 303-999-6105, OutnumberedGallery.com.

The 13th annual Lone Tree Art Expo (new name) will be Nov. 17 to Jan. 5.

Entries are open on the Cafe website at callforentry.org. Rules allow three entries per artist in painting (oil, acrylic, tempera); drawing; watercolor; mixed media; and sculpture. Entry fee: $35 by credit card on the Cafe website or by mail to Lone Tree Art Center, c/o Art Expo, 10075 Commons St., Lone Tree, CO, 80124. Candice Pulliam is juror. For more information, visit lonetreeartscenter.org/art-show.php.

Sacred and profane

Festifall offers family fun

Art for awareness

Littleton gallery opens

“From the Sacred to the Profane” is the title for the Lone Tree Symphony Orchestra’s first concert of the season at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 3 at Lone Tree Arts Center, 10075 Commons St., Lone Tree. The program includes Mendelssohn’s “Reformation” Symphony; J.S. Bach’s “Toccata and Fugue in D Minor”; Debussy’s “The Sunken Cathedral”; and highlights from

Festifall will take place at Hudson Gardens, 6115 S. Santa Fe Drive, Littleton, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Oct. 11.

Look for: live owls, story times, pumpkin patch, crafts, food trucks and more.

Pumpkins will be for sale while they last.

Admission: $3 a person for ages 2 and older. For more information, call the education department at 303-797-8565,

The theme for the Greater Castle Rock Art Guild’s exhibit at the On the Edge Gallery, 417 Wilcox St., Castle Rock, is “Pink: A Breast Cancer Awareness Exhibit.” Events vary by date. On Oct. 11, sculptor Shohini Ghosh of Highlands Ranch will highlight Project Angel Heart Sampler continues on Page 11

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and other resources for people suffering from breast cancer. 303-814-3300.

Nature is topic A display of art by Jane Abrams, Jean Gumpper and Betsy Margolis opened Sept. 30 and will run through Nov. 13 in the “Nature as Subject” exhibit at Lone Tree Arts Center, 10075 Commons St., Lone Tree. Admission is free. The gallery is open during box office hours, between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. Monday-Friday and two hours before performances at the arts center. 720-509-1000, lonetreeartscenter.org.

Concertos on tap The Littleton Symphony begins its season of piano concertos and American masterworks at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 17 at Littleton United Methodist Church, 5894 S. Datura St., Littleton, with pianist Katie Mahan performing the “Emperor Concerto.” Also on the program: music

by Gershwin, Copland and Williams.

Tickets: littletonsymphony.org or at the door.

Sullivan shows work “Universal Villages,” an exhibit of paintings by Englewood resident Marla Sullivan, is at Nixon’s Coffee House, 871 Englewood Parkway, through Oct. 31.

Sullivan’s work is also in the Evergreen Arts Open and the All Colorado Show at Greenwood Village’s Curtis Arts and Humanities Center.

Maze ready for fun The corn maze is open at the Denver Botanic Gardens at Chatfield, C-470 and Wadsworth Boulevard, until early November. Open Fridays 4-9 p.m.; Saturdays noon to 9 p.m. and Sundays, Noon to 6 p.m. Maze, food, hay ride, pony and train rides, jumping pillow. For information, botanicalgardens.org.

Dinners at dusk Cherokee Castle and Ranch, at 6113 N. Daniels Park Road near Sedalia, features Wednesday dinners, with castle tours, through October in the elegant Great Hall. Price: $50 each. Limited to 40 guests. CherokeeRanch.org.`

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Art show brings outdoors indoors En plein air works on display at gallery

By Sonya Ellingboe sellingboe@colorado communitymedia.com “Plein air painters paint outside, no matter the season, no matter the weather. Working against time, they capture the essence of a subject, its color, shape and texture and most of all, how the subject is illuminated,” writes George Rentz of Elements 5280 Gallery in Greenwood Village.

He has invited four veteran Colorado artists to combine their works in an exhibit called “Seasons: From Plein Air to Studio” — a self-explanatory title — through Oct. 11. They are: Jeanne Perry, of Steamboat Springs; Lorenzo Chavez, who lives in Parker; Don Hamilton, Castle Rock; and Leon Loughbridge, Denver.

Perry started art classes at age 5 at the Nelson Atkins Museum in Kansas City, Mo., majored in art at CU-Boulder, has traveled widely and teaches workshops. She and her husband have a winter home in Tucson, as well as the home/ studio in Steamboat, and she works en plein air year-round, exhibiting across the nation.

Chavez was born in New Mexico and graduated from the Colorado Institute of Art in 1983.

LEFT: “Moradain Taos,” a reduction woodblock print by Leon Loughridge, is in the “Seasons: from Plein Air to Studio” exhibit at Elements 5280 Gallery in Greenwood Village.

ABOVE: “Mountain Sunset,” an oil by Jeanne Perry, is included in the “Seasons: from Plein Air to Studio” exhibit. Courtesy photos He has been a guest artist with Plein Air Painters of America, is represented by five galleries, has worked in national and international collections and exhibits widely. He teaches pastel landscape painting, including for the Greater Castle Rock Art Guild.

Loughridge also grew up in New Mexico and the Western landscape is in his makeup. His grandmother was active in northern New Mexico art circles and he

later studied at Colorado Institute of Art. While in the Army, he was stationed in Germany and studied Old Masters’ panting techniques and was introduced to etchings.

When he returned to Colorado, he began to study intaglio, printing and techniques, and began selling prints in the mountain towns. He bought a letterpress and began making the woodblock prints for which he is especially known. (They are based on

IF YOU GO “Seasons: From Plein Air to the Studio” will be at Elements 5280 through Oct. 11. It is located at 5940 S. Holly St., Greenwood Village. Elements5280.com, 303-804-5280. en plein air watercolor sketches.)

He also produces limited-edition books containing his wood-block prints.

Hamilton is a Colorado native, who writes on his website about his effort to give viewers of his work a sense of “being there.”

He began drawing at an early age and sharing drawings with his grandfather, a stonemason, who was an early influence. He studied privately, at first focusing on wildlife, then was drawn to en plein air painting, “capturing a fleeting moment in nature.”

THINGS TO DO 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 spaceavailable basis.

at 719- 541-4275. You may also call the ECCOG office at 1-800-825-0208 to make reservations for any of the trips. You may also visit http:// outbackexpress.tripod.com. To ensure that a seat is available, 24-hour advance reservations are appreciated.

EVENTS

SCHEDULE FOR October:

THE OUTBACK Express

SIMLA AND Matheson to Colorado Springs,

PUBLIC TRANSIT service provided through the

Oct. 6, Oct. 20; to Limon, Oct. 23

East Central Council of Local Governments is open and available to all residents of Cheyenne, Elbert, Kit Carson and Lincoln counties and provides an economical and efficient means of travel for the four-county region. Call Kay Campbell, Kiowa,

KIOWA, ELIZABETH and Elbert to Parker or Colorado Springs, Oct. 7, Oct. 21 ELIZABETH TO Colorado Springs or Parker, Oct. 14

COMMUNITY PROJECT for Student

TURNER GLAZEBROOK is an Elizabeth Middle School student and is conducting a Community Service project. He is collecting new or used DVD movies and donating them to the patients of Children’s Hospital in Aurora. You may donate any new or used DVD movies in good working condition at the boxes set up at Running Creek Elementary and at Elizabeth Middle School. Donations of DVD movies will be accepted through Wednesday, Oct. 8.

Writers to flock to Castle Rock Conference offers 28 sessions for authors

By Sonya Ellingboe sellingboe @coloradocommunitymedia.com On Oct. 4, writers from across the Front Range and farther afield will convene at the Douglas County Events Center in Castle Rock to take part in their choice of 28 workshops offered through the day. The sessions will look at writing from many perspectives: children’s picture books, memoirs, nonfiction, fiction and how to get them polished, published and marketed.

The first two workshops begin with a practical opportunity: Photographer Buck Anderson will take headshots that writers can use to market their books for $25, paid when you register. Bring a flash drive with you to carry it away and use for social media sites, etc.

Business aspects of a writer’s trade include how to pitch a story to editors and agents, how to find that agent (several are on the program), how to produce a book trailer for YouTube (Castle Rock nature writer Mary Taylor Young will teach this as well as “Making your Non-Fiction

WALK TO School Day

GOOD SAMARITAN Nursing Home residents only bus ride, Oct. 9

Sing Through a Narrative Thread”).

There are workshops on plotting, character development, writing for preschoolers, young adults … “Know Your Genre” looks at how to sort it all out.

Claudia Cangilla McAdam of Highlands Ranch, who has recently sold two picture books to different publishers, will offer a workshop called “Picture This!”

The keynote speaker will be Laura Pritchett, author of a new novel, “Stars Go Blue.” She has published other fulllength works, won the Colorado Book Award and PEN Award for Fiction, and published more than 100 essays and short stories in magazines.

The Castle Rock Writers will provide a scholarship to one high school student and offer a reduced registration fee for other 10th- to 12th-grade students ($35).

Registration includes continental breakfast, buffet lunch and four workshops, the keynote address and a free agent pitch while they last. Walk-in registration on the morning of the conference is $85. (Online registration is closed.)

The Douglas County Events Center is a 500 Fairgrounds Drive in Castle Rock.

Workshops run from 9:15 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Information is found at castlerockwriters.com.

RUNNING CREEK Elementary School will celebrate International Walk to School Day on Wednesday, Oct. 8. Students can meet at 7 a.m. at the Elizabeth Library to walk to school with parents, teachers and community leaders.

COMMUNITY BLOOD Drive WALMART COMMUNITY blood drive is from 11:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 15, inside the bloodmobile at 2100 Legacy Circle, Elizabeth. Contact Bonfils Appointment Center at 303-363-2300 or visit bonfils.org.

SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATIONS

THE CONSERVATIVE Breakfast Association of Elbert County offers a scholarship for the spring 2015 school semester. The applicant and/or applicant’s guardian must be a legal resident of Elbert County. Applicant must attend an accredited college or trade school in Colorado or a state that has reciprocity with Colorado. The applicant must be a U.S. citizen and will need to complete an application providing information that will be used by the Conservative Breakfast Scholarship Committee for evaluation. Application deadline is Wednesday, Oct. 15. More information and an application may be obtained at the following email address conservative_scholarship@ hotmail.com.

AREA CLUBS

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DIVORCE AND Post-Decree Clinic. Elbert and Lincoln County Pro Se Divorce Clinic is offered from 9 a.m. to noon the third Friday of each month at the Elbert County Justice Center, 751 Ute St., in Kiowa.

For information, call 303-520-6088 or email morgan@hayday.org. The clinic is free for parties who have no attorney and who are going through dissolution of marriage, legal separation, or post-decree cases. All walk-ins are welcome, and will be assisted on a first-come, first-served basis.

DOUGLAS-ELBERT COUNTY Music Teachers’

Association meets at 9 a.m. every first Thursday at Parker Bible Church, between Jordan and Chambers on Main Street. All area music teachers are welcome. Call Lucie Washburn, 303-814-3479.

THE ELBERT County Sheriffs Posse is a nonprofit volunteer organization that is part of the Elbert County Sheriffs Office. As volunteers we support the Elbert County Sheriffs Office, all law enforcement in our county, and the community at large.

Membership is open to anyone without a criminal record. It meets the last Monday of the month at the Elbert County Sheriffs Office at 7 p.m. For more information or a membership application, go to http://

www.elbertcountysheriff.com/posse.html, or contact Dave Peontek at 303-646-5456.

THE ELIZABETH Food Bank, 381 S. Banner in Elizabeth (next door to Elizabeth Presbyterian Church) needs to let the public know that we are available to help anyone who needs food. The hours are Friday 12:30-3 p.m. and Saturdays from 9-11:30 a.m. Other times by appointment.

LAWYERS AT the Library, a free legal clinic for parties who have no attorney, will be offered from 6-9 p.m. the second Tuesday of every month at the Elizabeth Library, 651 W. Beverly St. Volunteer attorneys will answer questions, help fill out forms and explain the process and procedure for the areas of family law, civil litigation, criminal defense, property law, probate law, collections, appeals, landlord-tenant law and civil protection orders. Walk-ins are welcome. Everyone will be helped on a first-come, first-served basis.

MYSTERY BOOK Club meets at 9:30 a.m. the first Saturday of each month at the Simla Public Library. The group enjoys talking about a variety of mystery authors and titles. We also periodically host a Colorado author during our meetings.

Everyone may join us, and registration is not required. Visit the Simla Branch of the Elbert County Library District at 504 Washington Avenue, call 719-541-2573, or email farabe@elbertcountylibrary.org.

THE OUTBACK Express is a

public transit service provided through the East Central Council of Local Governments is open and available to all residents of Cheyenne, Elbert, Kit Carson and Lincoln counties and provides an economical and efficient means of travel for the fourcounty region. Call Kay Campbell, Kiowa, at 719- 541-4275. You may also call the ECCOG office at 1-800-825-0208 to make reservations for any of the trips. You may also visit http://outbackexpress.tripod.com.

To ensure that a seat is available, 24-hour advance reservations are appeciated.

OVEREATERS ANONYMOUS meets from 10-11 a.m. and

from 7-8 p.m. Wednesdays in the Sedalia Room at New Hope Presbyterian Church, 2100 Meadows Parkway, Castle Rock.

SATURDAY GENEALOGY

Fun meets at the Elbert Public Library at 1 p.m. on the seocnd Saturday of each month. Beginning to advanced genealogy enthusiasts are invited to attend. The Elbert Public Library is in the Elbert School library at 24489 Main Street in Elbert. Call 303648-3533 for more information.

SENIORS MEET in Elizabeth every Monday at 11 a.m. for food, fun and fellowship at Elizabeth Senior Center, 823 S. Banner St. Bring a dish for potluck on the first Monday of each month. Other Mondays, bring a sack lunch. Bingo, games and socializing. New leadership. Call Agnes at 303-883-7881 or Carol at 303-646-3425 for information

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Mustangs get maximized effort from senior James Maxie continues to find end zone, dominate both sides of ball

By Jim Benton

jbenton @coloradocommunitymedia.com Ponderosa football coach Jaron Cohen has been arguing all season that James Maxie is one of the best running backs in the state. He is yet to hear any objections from the Mustangs’ opposition.

“I’ve told a lot of people that we feel James Maxie is as good of back as there is in the state,” Cohen said. “Our line is getting better every week. He’s one of those combo backs with a nice blend of power and speed that comes around once in a great while.

“He’s a kid that you are just lucky to have in your program. It’s also good when the best player on your team is also the hardest worker. He’s a hard worker.”

In four games, the 6-foot-1 senior has rushed for 564 yards and eight touchdowns.

He is averaging 141 yards a game and nine yards per carry. He has caught six passes for 79 yards and a touchdown.

Pulling double duty as a linebacker on defense, he is also averaging 7.8 tackles a game with one sack, one interception, a pass deflection and two caused fumbles.

“I’m really proud of the way I’m playing this year,” said Maxie. “Last year I didn’t get the ball very much and I knew this year I needed to step up and show my team what I can do for them so that they can have trust in me to get the yards.

“It depends on the day whether I like offense or defense better. If I’m doing really well on offense then I like offense when I’m scoring touchdowns. I like defense when I get to go hit people, get big hits and interceptions. The first game I was tired but I’ve conditioned myself and I’ve played both ways every game.”

At first glance, because of his size, Maxie looks like a back that can get you those tough yards in short yardage situations. He can definitely do that, but he also has the speed to break away and leave defenders trying to chase him down.

In Ponderosa’s 49-42 overtime loss to Pueblo Centennial Sept. 20 at Sports Authority Stadium, Maxie scored twice on runs of 61 and 71 yards.

He finished the game with four touchdowns, including a 41-yard scoring reception on a pass from quarterback Nick Wilson and a 4-yard plunge that sparked a late Ponderosa comeback.

Maxie had 250 yards rushing on 17 carries for an average of 14.7 yards per attempt in the game. He caught three passes and was also in on 12 tackles, intercepted a pass and deflected another pass near the end of

Ponderosa’s James Maxie rushed for 250 yards and scored four touchdowns in the Mustangs’ 49-42 overtime setback to Pueblo Centennial on Sept. 20. Photo by Jim Benton the fourth quarter.

“He’s just a fantastic all-around player,” said Cohen.

Maxie had 288 all-purpose yards in the game against Pueblo Centennial as the teams combined for 918 yards in total offense. Centennial, which held a 31:18-16:42 advantage in time of possession, gained 464 yards compared to 454 for the Mustangs.

The Mustangs trailed 42-28 with 4:43 remaining in the game, but Maxie’s 4-yard TD run with 3:35 to play trimmed the Bulldogs lead to seven points.

With the visitors trying to run out the clock, Cole Hall recovered a Centennial fumble and Ponderosa took over with 2:18 remaining and scored on Wilson’s 7-yard run with 41 seconds to go.

There was a penalty on the play but Ponderosa elected to tie the game at 42-all on Jaiden Machuca’s extra point kick.

“I did think about going for two points but there was a miscommunication where we wanted to take the penalty on the try and we chose to take it on the kickoff,”

explained Cohen. “We thought about it.

We thought we could make a stop in overtime and then we could score and go from there. I really don’t play the second guessing game. We thought about it and decided not to.”

Pueblo Centennial failed to move the football after the tying extra point kick and the Mustangs got the ball back with 14.6 seconds remaining in the fourth quarter.

Wilson connected with Preston Mills on a short pass. Mills pitched the ball back to Hall who raced down the sideline to the Bulldogs 10-yard line when time expired.

Ponderosa coaches protested to no avail that Hall stepped out of bounds earlier, which might have given the Mustangs a few seconds to maybe produce the gamewinning points.

Centennial scored in two plays in the overtime to go ahead 49-42. Ponderosa had the ball at the 1-yard on its OT possession but Wilson was ruled to be inches short of the goal line on third down. The Mustangs were forced to attempt a fourth down pass

after a five-yard penalty moved the ball outside the 5-yard line. The pass fell incomplete and Ponderosa saw its overall record fall to 1-3.

“We’ve been improving since week one,” said Maxie who is planning to attend a military academy next fall. “I don’t think our record shows how good of a team we are. We’ve played top 10 teams. We’ve been right there with them. We could have won against Pueblo Centennial and last week at Vista Ridge. We have a young team but they are stepping up.

“My first choice is the Naval Academy to go there. I’ve also been talking to Air Force to go play football. We’ll see what happens.”

Ponderosa plays at Falcon Sept. 26 before opening 4A Plains League action Oct. 2 against Dakota Ridge, ranked eighth in the CHSAANow.com Class 4A ratings.

“Our quarterback is doing a great job,” said Cohen. “Our offense is scoring a ton of points. Defensively we have to tackle better and control the line of scrimmage a little better. We’ll keep working.”

Cardinals volleyball team flying high Team determined to get better all around

By Scott Stocker Special to Colorado Community Media The Elizabeth volleyball team is on a roll. And it’s a roll that Lori McCoin, who coaches the Cardinals, hopes her players will continue into the second half of the season.

Elizabeth defeated host Weld Central, 3-0, on Sept. 18 to improve to 7-2 overall and 4-0 in the Colorado 7 League. The Cardinals lost their season opener to Douglas County and their fourth match of the season to Coronado.

Success is spreading for Elizabeth as the Cardinals have also defeated Alameda, Skyview and Fort Morgan with 3-0 efforts. It’s an effort that Alyssa Morgan, Kayla Green and Jordan Speicher have delved into.

“The key for us is to go out and play as a family,” said Morgan, a 5-foot-5 junior setter. “That’s what is going to make us a better team. We just want to get better all around.

I’m super excited and being a leader is a key for me. I just want us to have a strong positive attitude. We just want to get through all this together.”

It’s that determined and winning attitude that brings a smile to McCoin’s face.

“We’ve had some very good success the past two weeks and we are certainly looking forward to moving ahead … we just want the girls to stay focused,” McCoin said. “They have all been doing a good job and we are working hard to stay at the level we hit last year. We just want to concentrate on working harder and with a total team effort.”

Elizabeth had a fine team effort last season, but the Cardinals certainly had hoped to have finished higher in the state tournament. They defeated Thomas Jefferson and Montrose in the Pool IV competition to

open their tournament appearance. However, they then were beaten by eventual state champion Lewis-Palmer in the semifinals.

“On one day, one or two of the girls on the team will be tough,” McCoin said. “Another day, other girls. But, they are all working hard and that credits the success that we’ve recently enjoyed. This is such a tight group. They have really been giving a large effort and that’s what counts.”

Green, a 5-8 sophomore, and Speicher, a 5-7 junior, a couple of middle hitters, are high on Elizabeth’s success to date.

“Things are going well right now and we have a lot of desire as a team to do well,” Green said. “The key is to play together and not as individuals. I’ve been encouraged by my teammates and they have been a lot of help to me. I just want to make sure I can help them, too.”

Speicher had similar thoughts.

“We have been able to work together really well and we’ve been able to find trends

to help us do well,” said Speicher, a junior.

“My key is to encourage my teammates and to always stay positive. That’s what we all want right now and it’s going pretty good.”

The trio has been on a roll, but with all things considered, all the players have been on a roll.

“Our four seniors have been leaders, no doubt,” McCoin said. “Kayla is such a fine passer and solid as our libero. Kyndal Greenlee and Shaylen Larson-Piper are solid senior leaders, as well. All the girls have been coming together as a team and they all seem to have their nights in the spotlight. They are playing for each other and that helps make the team special.”

Elizabeth was heading to Englewood on Sept. 23 in an effort to keep the successful string going. The Cardinals were set to host Vista Peak on Sept. 24, then were to travel to Fort Morgan Sept. 30 for a match that could determine the league championship.

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Lockheed-built MAVEN makes it to Mars Orbiter trying to find remnants of water

By Jennifer Smith

jsmith@coloradocommunitymedia.com On Sept. 21, Lockheed Martin Space Systems took the knowledge, skill and creativity of hundreds who live in Littleton and surrounding areas and launched them into an alien orbit 138 million miles away.

“This is an immense achievement for NASA and all the MAVEN partner organizations,” said Jim Crocker, a Lockheed vice president.

MAVEN, of course, stands for the Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN spacecraft, designed, assembled and controlled

by Lockheed’s Waterton Canyon facility. It launched in November from Cape Canaveral, on a mission that sounds simple enough: Figure out what happened to the water on Mars.

There are two other Mars orbiters, but MAVEN is the first dedicated to studying its upper atmosphere. It will orbit in such a way to grab samples from both the upper and lower levels, so that scientists can compare the two. Put very basically, they’ll be looking for signs of evaporated water.

“There are only two places for water to go,” said Guy Beutelschies, MAVEN spacecraft program manager at Lockheed — it can either boil into space or freeze onto the surface.

The two Mars rovers crawling around up there haven’t phoned home for ice skates, so up is the next place to look.

“When you understand a planet’s atmosphere, you begin to understand that planet’s history,” said Nancy Jones, NASA spokesperson.

The Sept. 22 event was to witness MAVEN actually reaching the Mars atmosphere after at the end of its 10-month journey, beginning about 7:30 p.m. It burned its rockets for about 33 seconds to break through before settling into a leisurely orbit, where it will stay for about a year.

It takes 12.5 minutes for data to get from MAVEN to Lockheed, and no visual contact.

The dozens of Lockheed employees in the mission control room waited on pins and needles for those moments between when

Members of the Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution team celebrate at the Lockheed Martin operations center in Littleton the night of Sept. 21 after getting confirmation that the spacecraft entered Mars’ orbit. Photo courtesy of Lockheed Martin the burn stopped and when they got confirmation that the insertion was a success.

“Everything is normal,” said Tim Priser, Lockheed’s chief engineer for MAVEN. “It’s a boring word, but it’s a fantastic word in my mind.”

When the words, “Congratulations, MAVEN is now in Mars orbit,” came over the intercom, there were cheers, hugs and high fives all around.

“I’m about to pop,” said Priser. “It’s a blend of pride and relief.”

Everyone agreed MAVEN had nailed its mission and should be well poised to start providing clues to one of the great mysteries of the universe, which the human teams on Earth can then start putting together to find the answer.

“I’ve come to realize that everybody wearing one of these MAVEN T-shirts tonight thinks that they’re doing absolutely the coolest job they could be doing,” said the spacecraft’s principal investigator, Bruce Jakosky, a professor of atmospheric and space physics at the University of Colorado.

An artist’s concept of NASA’s MAVEN. Launched in November 2013, the mission will explore the Red Planet’s upper atmosphere, ionosphere and interactions with the sun and solar wind. Photo Courtesy of NASA Goddard Flight Center

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GALLERY OF GAMES & weekly horoscope

SALOME’S STARS FOR THE WEEK OF SEPT. 29, 2014

ARIES (Mar 21 to Apr 19) Travel plans could be interrupted by the re-emergence of a workplace problem that was never quite fully resolved. Deal with it at once, and then take off on that well-deserved trip.

TAURUS (Apr 20 to May 20) Aspects favor cultural activities for sensuous Bovines. Attend a concert or an art show. Better yet, create something yourself (a poem, perhaps?), and dedicate it to someone special.

GEMINI (May 21 to Jun 20) Respect any doubts you might now be feeling about a new situation. They could be reflecting your inner awareness that some essential information might be missing. Check it out.

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GALLERY OF GAMES

CANCER (Jun 21 to Jul 22) It’s important to start the new month with as clean a slate as possible. Either complete all those unfinished tasks or pass them on to others who would be more than happy to take them on.

LEO (Jul 23 to Aug 22) This is a good time to cut down on expenses and tame that urge to splurge. Applying some financial discipline now could help the Big Cat ride out a possible monetary crunch later on.

VIRGO (Aug 23 to Sept 22) Money matters are dominant this week. Recheck your accounts and make sure they’re up-to-date. Also, pay more attention to personal issues before they become major problems.

LIBRA (Sept 23 to Oct 22) You might be tempted to employ the same tactics as your adversary, but that could backfire. Better to use the same balanced approach that has worked for you before and could again.

SCORPIO (Oct 23 to Nov 21) A changing workplace environment could stir up confusion as well as apprehension. Best to ignore the rumors and get the facts. You could find that the changes bring positive elements.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov 22 to Dec 21) Communication is easier this week with people ready and eager to hear what you have to say. Also, check for possible technical problems before you start your new project.

CAPRICORN (Dec 22 to Jan 19) Aspects favor change for the usually traditional Goat. Opening your mind to possibilities you had ignored could lead you to make decisions you once considered improbable.

AQUARIUS (Jan 20 to Feb 18) Making personal as well as professional adjustments to changing conditions might be easier with more information explaining the “hows” and “whys” of the situations in question.

PISCES (Feb 19 to Mar 20) With a growing tide of positive reactions to buoy your confidence, this could be the right time to put the finishing touches to your new project and get it well and truly launched.

BORN THIS WEEK: You have a gift for setting an example of quiet, calm reasoning in the midst of chaotic conditions. © 2014 King Features Synd., Inc.

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Buses

The Elizabeth School District’s bus fleet is among the areas that would be improved if voters say yes to a bond request on the November ballot. Photo by Mike DiFerdinando

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year, then dividing that projection by the total value of the property within the area and adding up the rate from each jurisdiction to get the mill levy for the entire area.

According to the school district, the estimated property tax impact of the mill levy override, if approved by voters, is $4.32 per month per $100,000 of a home’s actual market value as determined by the county assessor, or $15.74 per month per $100,000 for businesses.

The second ballot question will ask voters to allow the district to borrow $2.5 million with a seven-year repayment period. This can be accomplished without an increase in the current property tax rate. Interest would not exceed 3 percent, and would likely be considerably lower if rates remain at today’s historically low rates through the next several months, according to Elizabeth Schools.

The district is planning to restructure existing and new debt repayment in a way that would not increase current tax rates. This would be accomplished, in part, by extending debt repayment two years beyond the expiration of current obligations from 2019-21.

If the measures pass, Wilson said he hopes the money his department will receive will go toward the purchase of five new buses to supplement the aging fleet.

According to Wilson, new buses with the needed modifications and technical specifications would cost about $108,000 per vehicle.

Despite the lack of funding, Elizabeth administrators say they have done what they can to provide for their students. While some building and technological improvements have been put off for the time being, the district has limited the impact on children as much as possible.

“Our district has done a good job of making the cuts that don’t impact kids,” Elizabeth High School assistant principal Chris Cline said. “Not one program has been eliminated over the last four years of budget cuts, which is wonderful to see, because in most districts one of the first conversations is, ‘Well, which programs can we cut?’”

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Duties include Occupancy the hereinafter Described one-on-one supervision of the a Person Land, Lot or Premises, and to child, diaper inspecial Whoseneeds Name the Same was Taxed or Specially and totoallmedical Persons changingAssessed, and attending having Interest or Title of Record in or needs.anMust pass background to the said Premises and To Whom It may check. Salary based on experience; Concern, and more especially to: no experience starts at $8.02/hr. onof you EEO.Ellen Applications available Nora Wagner You and each website http://www. are herebyatnotified that on the 8th day of November A.D. 2011 the then County kiowaschool.org/careers.htm.

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Defendants: THE PANCOL LAND AND CATTLE CO., INC., a Colorado corporation, and all unknown persons who claim any interest in the subject matter of this action.

PUBLIC NOTICE Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name Public notice is given on August 22, 2014 that a Petition for a Change of Name of a minor child has been filed with the Elbert County Court.

The Petition requests that the name of Hayden Grace Keys be changed to Hayden Grace Boyette Case No.: 2014 C 126 Cheryl A. Layne, Clerk of Court By: Jafeen Jenkins, Deputy Clerk Legal Notice No: 23034 First Publication: September 18, 2014 Last Publication: October 2, 2014 Publisher: Elbert County News

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Defendants: THE PANCOL LAND AND CATTLE CO., INC., a Colorado corporation, and all unknown persons who claim any interest in the subject matter of this action.

Attorney for Plaintiff: Jeffrey D. Felder, #3833 Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, LLP 410 Seventeenth Street, Suite 2200 Denver, CO 80202-443 Phone: 303.223.1100 Email: jfelder@bhfs.com Case No.: 2014CV030075 Division: 1 SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF COLORADO TO THE ABOVE-NAMED DEFENDANTS: You are hereby summoned and required to appear and defend against the claims of the Complaint filed with the Court in this action, by filing with the clerk of this Court an answer or other response. You are required to file your answer or other response within thirty-five (35) days after service of this Summons upon you. Service of this Summons will be complete on the day of the last publication. A copy of the Complaint may be obtained from the clerk of the Court.

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THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF COLORADO TO THE ABOVE-NAMED DEFENDANTS: You are hereby summoned and required to appear and defend against the claims of the Complaint filed with the Court in this action, by filing with the clerk of this Court an answer or other response. You are required to file your answer or other response within thirty-five (35) days after service of this Summons upon you. Service of this Summons will be complete on the day of the last publication. A copy of the Complaint may be obtained from the clerk of the Court.

If you fail to file your answer or other response to the Complaint in writing within thirty-five (35) days after the date of the last publication, judgment by default may be rendered against you by the Court for the relief demanded in the Complaint, without any further notice.

This is an action to quiet the title of the Plaintiff in and to the real property situated in Elbert County, Colorado, more particularly described on Exhibit A, attached to and made a part of this Summons by this reference.

EXHIBIT A The SE¼ of the NW¼ of Section 18, Township 7 South, Range 61 West of the 6th P.M., County of Elbert, Colorado.

Date: September 18, 2014.

BROWNSTEIN HYATT FARBER SCHRECK, LLP By: s/Jeffrey D. Felder Jeffrey D. Felder, #38333 Legal Notice No.: 23034 First Publication: September 25, 2014 Last Publication: October 23, 2014 Publisher: The Elbert County News

Government Legals Public Notice NOTICE OF PURCHASE OF REAL ESTATE AT TAX LIEN SALE AND OF APPLICATION FOR ISSUANCE OF TREASURER’S DEED TSC# 2011-01486 To Every Person in Actual Possession or Occupancy of the hereinafter Described Land, Lot or Premises, and to the Person in Whose Name the Same was Taxed or Specially Assessed, and to all Persons having an Interest or Title of Record in or to the said Premises and To Whom It may Concern, and more especially to:

If you fail to file your answer or other response to the Complaint in writing within thirty-five (35) days after the date of the last publication, judgment by default may be rendered against you by the Court for the relief demanded in the Complaint, without any further notice.

Nora Ellen Wagner You and each of you are hereby notified that on the 8th day of November A.D. 2011 the then County Treasurer of the County of Elbert, in the State of Colorado, sold at public tax lien sale to Gerald & Meg Ricke Revocable the following described real estate situate in the County of Elbert, State of Colorado, to wit:

This is an action to quiet the title of the Plaintiff in and to the real property situ-

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Local Focus. More News. and said County Treasurer issued a certificate of purchase therefore to Gerald & Meg Revocable. That said tax lien sale was made to satisfy the delinquent taxes assessed against said real estate for the year 2010;

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cially assessed in the name(s) of Nora Ellen Wagner for said year 2010.

That a Treasurer’s Deed will be issued for said real estate to the said Gerald & Meg Revocable at 3:00 o’clock P.M., on the 13th day of January, A.D. 2015, unless the same has been redeemed.

Attorney for Plaintiff: Jeffrey D. Felder, #3833 Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, LLP 410 Seventeenth Street, Suite 2200 Denver, CO 80202-443 Phone: 303.223.1100 Email: jfelder@bhfs.com Case No.: 2014CV030075 Division: 1

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Said property may be redeemed from said sale at any time prior to the actual execution of said Treasurer’s Deed. Witness my hand this 23rd day of September, 2014 A. D.

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NOTICE OF PURCHASE OF REAL ESTATE AT TAX LIEN SALE AND OF APPLICATION FOR ISSUANCE OF TREASURER’S DEED TSC# 2011-01486 To Every Person in Actual Possession or Occupancy of the hereinafter Described Land, Lot or Premises, and to the Person in Whose Name the Same was Taxed or Specially Assessed, and to all Persons having an Interest or Title of Record in or to the said Premises and To Whom It may Concern, and more especially to: Nora Ellen Wagner You and each of you are hereby notified that on the 8th day of November A.D. 2011 the then County Treasurer of the County of Elbert, in the State of Colorado, sold at public tax lien sale to Gerald & Meg Ricke Revocable the following described real estate situate in the County of Elbert, State of Colorado, to wit: Section: 20 Township: 6 Range: 62 S2N2: S2 (480 ACRES 1/2 INTEREST) 240 ACRESSubdivision: SEVERED MINERALS and said County Treasurer issued a certificate of purchase therefore to Gerald & Meg Revocable. That said tax lien sale was made to satisfy the delinquent taxes assessed against said real estate for the year 2010; That said real estate was taxed or specially assessed in the name(s) of Nora Ellen Wagner for said year 2010.

That a Treasurer’s Deed will be issued for said real estate to the said Gerald & Meg Revocable at 3:00 o’clock P.M., on the 13th day of January, A.D. 2015, unless the same has been redeemed.

Said property may be redeemed from said sale at any time prior to the actual execution of said Treasurer’s Deed. Witness my hand this 23rd day of September, 2014 A. D. Richard Pettitt County Treasurer of Elbert County Legal Notice No.: 23040 First Publication: October 2, 2014 Last Publication: October 16, 2014 Publisher: The Elbert County News

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AND NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING FOR POST-AWARD HEARING Elbert County will conduct a public hearing at 215 Comanche St., Kiowa, Colorado 80117 on October 8, 2014 at the Board of County Commissioners Meeting Room at 9:00 a.m. or as soon thereafter is practicable. The purpose of the hearing is to allow citizens to review and comment on the performance of Elbert County in carrying out their Water System Improvements project in conjunction with the Elbert Water and Sanitation District under CDBG Project No. 12-506, which was financed, in part, with federal Community Development Block Grant funds provided by the State of Colorado.

Written comments are also welcome and must be received by 5:00 p.m., October 7, 2014 at Community Development Services, PO Box 7, Kiowa, Colorado 80117, Attention: Kyle Fenner, Director of Community and Development Services. Information and records regarding the above described project are available at 215 Comanche St., Kiowa, Colorado, during regular office hours. Advance notice to Kyle Fenner, Director of Community and Development Services, is requested.

Legal Notice No.: 23037 First Publication: October 2, 2014 Last Publication: October 2, 2014 Publisher: The Elbert County News PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE OF PURCHASE OF REAL ESTATE AT TAX LIEN SALE AND OF APPLICATION FOR ISSUANCE OF TREASURER’S DEED TSC# 2010-01309 To Every Person in Actual Possession or Occupancy of the hereinafter Described Land, Lot or Premises, and to the Person in Whose Name the Same was Taxed or Specially Assessed, and to all Persons having an Interest or Title of Record in or to the said Premises and To Whom It may Concern, and more especially to:

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NOTICE OF PURCHASE OF REAL ESTATE AT TAX LIEN SALE AND OF APPLICATION FOR ISSUANCE To advertise your public notices call 303-566-4100 OF TREASURER’S DEED Public Notice TSC# 2010-01309 NOTICE OF PURCHASE OF REAL ESTATE AT TAX LIEN SALE AND To Every Person in Actual Possession or OF APPLICATION FOR ISSUANCE Occupancy of the hereinafter Described OF TREASURER’S DEED Land, Lot or Premises, and to the Person in Whose Name the Same was Taxed or Specially Assessed, and to all Persons TSC# 2011-01489 having an Interest or Title of Record in or to the said Premises and To Whom It may To Every Person in Actual Possession or Concern, and more especially to: Occupancy of the hereinafter Described Land, Lot or Premises, and to the Person in Whose Name the Same was Taxed or Richardson Family Partnership You and Specially Assessed, and to all Persons each of you are hereby notified that on the having an Interest or Title of Record in or 9th day of November A.D. 2010 the then to the said Premises and To Whom It may County Treasurer of the County of Elbert, Concern, and more especially to: in the State of Colorado, sold at public tax lien sale to Jolie & John F Korinek the folGladys L Kellogg You and each of you are lowing described real estate situate in the hereby notified that on the 8th day of County of Elbert, State of Colorado, to wit: November A.D. 2011 the then County Treasurer of the County of Elbert, in the Section: 32 Township: 10 Range: State of Colorado, sold at public tax lien 60Subdivision: SEVERED MINERALS sale to E-Associates the following deTRACT IN SW4SW4 32 10 60 DESC scribed real estate situate in the County of B372 P113 2.41 NET ACRES ALL Elbert, State of Colorado, to wit: and said County Treasurer issued a certiSection: 20 Township: 7 Range: ficate of purchase therefore to Jolie & 60Subdivision: SEVERED MINERALS John F Korinek. That said tax lien sale E1/2: SW1/4: 20-7-60 480 A. 1/6 INT. IN was made to satisfy the delinquent taxes ONLY A 1/2 INTEREST OWNING (240 assessed against said real estate for the ACRES) TOTAL MRA 40 year 2009;

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That said real estate was taxed or specially assessed in the name(s) of Richardson Family Partnership for said year 2009.

and said County Treasurer issued a certificate of purchase therefore to E-Associates. That said tax lien sale was made to satisfy the delinquent taxes assessed against said real estate for the year 2010;

That a Treasurer’s Deed will be issued for said real estate to the said Jolie & John F Korinek at 3:00 o’clock P.M., on the 13th day of January, A.D.2015, unless the same has been redeemed.

That said real estate was taxed or specially assessed in the name(s) of Gladys L Kellogg for said year 2010.

Said property may be redeemed from said sale at any time prior to the actual execution of said Treasurer’s Deed. Witness my hand this 22th day of September, 2014 A. D..

That a Treasurer’s Deed will be issued for said real estate to the said E-Associates at 3:00 o’clock P.M., on the 13th day of January, A.D. 2015, unless the same has been redeemed.

Richard Pettitt County Treasurer of Elbert County

Said property may be redeemed from said sale at any time prior to the actual execution of said Treasurer’s Deed. Witness my hand this 23 day of September, 2014 A. D.

Legal Notice No.: 23038 First Publication: October 2, 2014 Last Publication: October 16, 2014 Publisher: The Elbert County News Public Notice NOTICE OF PURCHASE OF REAL ESTATE AT TAX LIEN SALE AND OF APPLICATION FOR ISSUANCE OF TREASURER’S DEED

Richard Pettitt County Treasurer of Elbert County Legal Notice No.: 23039 First Publication: October 2, 2014 Last Publication: October 16, 2014 Publisher: The Elbert County News

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Richardson Family Partnership You and each of you are hereby notified that on the 9th day of November A.D. 2010 the then County Treasurer of the County of Elbert, in the State of Colorado, sold at public tax lien sale to Jolie & John F Korinek the following described real estate situate in the County of Elbert, State of Colorado, to wit:

To Every Person in Actual Possession or Occupancy of the hereinafter Described Land, Lot or Premises, and to the Person in Whose Name the Same was Taxed or Specially Assessed, and to all Persons having an Interest or Title of Record in or to the said Premises and To Whom It may Concern, and more especially to:

Gladys L Kellogg You and each of you are hereby notified that on the 8th day of November A.D. 2011 the then County Treasurer of the County of Elbert, in the State of Colorado, sold at public tax lien sale to E-Associates the following described real estate situate in the County of Elbert, State of Colorado, to wit:

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Section: 32 Township: 10 Range: 60Subdivision: SEVERED MINERALS TRACT IN SW4SW4 32 10 60 DESC B372 P113 2.41 NET ACRES ALL

and said County Treasurer issued a certificate of purchase therefore to Jolie & John F Korinek. That said tax lien sale was made to satisfy the delinquent taxes assessed against said real estate for the year 2009;

Section: 20 Township: 7 Range: 60Subdivision: SEVERED MINERALS E1/2: SW1/4: 20-7-60 480 A. 1/6 INT. IN ONLY A 1/2 INTEREST OWNING (240 ACRES) TOTAL MRA 40

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