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Littleton Mayor Phil Cernanec talks about his father’s service in World War II during the annual Veterans Day observances at the memorial in Ketring Park on Nov. 11. The event is sponsored each year by the Veterans of Foreign Wars Pat Hannon Post 4666 and the American Legion George C. Evans Post 103, both of which are based in Littleton. Photo by Jennifer Smith Eagles are out: Regis dominates Heritage in playoff game. See Page 25

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Enterprise zones get approval City hopes developers will eye Columbine Square, Santa Fe

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Urban renewal is officially the reality in Littleton now, as city council approved the plan boundaries for the Columbine Square and Santa Fe areas on Nov. 4 during a nearly sixhour meeting.

“It’s not about liking or hating people, it’s about does the plan conform to state statute,” said Councilmember Randy Stein before the 4-3 vote on the Columbine Square area.

Mayor Pro Tem Bruce Beckman and councilmembers Peggy Cole and Jerry Valdes voted against the plans, though Beckman and Cole both said they were in favor of urban renewal generally, just not on that site. Beckman agreed with many opponents who spoke during the public hearing who said the owner of the property had purposely allowed the shopping center, at Belleview Avenue and Federal Boulevard, to slip into a state of blight.

“We’re looking to reward a property owner that doesn’t deserve to be rewarded,” said Valdes.

The Santa Fe plan picked up Beckman’s support, but Valdes and Cole remained opposed. Council did agree to remove the Evergreen Motel and the recently remodeled McDonald’s from the plans at the request of the buildings’ owners.

About a dozen people spoke out against the plans, which have been quite controversial since the city’s urban-renewal authority, Littleton Invests for Tomorrow, amped up its efforts at the beginning of the year.

“Simply put, it’s called free enterprise,” said Paul Bingham, who’s been active with Enterprise continues on Page 10

The swimming pool at Arapahoe Community College is scheduled to close on June 1, 2015. File photo

ACC pool heads down the drain Facility will be replaced by space for fitness classes

By Jennifer Smith

jsmith@coloradocommunitymedia.com Arapahoe Community College is taking the plunge to close its swimming pool, and some say the ripple effects will be far-reaching.

“It’s just not good for the community if these things go away,” said Cindy Hughes, who trains there with the Colorado Masters Swim Team.

Hughes is often joined by Susan Williams, the only American to ever win an Olympic medal in the triathlon, bringing home the bronze in 2012.

The issue, they say, is that pools like the one at ACC are few and far between. In fact, South Suburban Parks and Recreation District trains its lifeguards there because it’s the deepest pool in the area.

But Diana Doyle, ACC president, says she has to consider her students first. And, she said, they’re just not using the pool.

“My first priority is with our students and what their needs are,” she said. “The repurposing of the space and the redesign will be open to community members. We’re not turning our

back on the community, we just can’t be in the pool business anymore.”

Doyle said the decision was made in the fall, after a springtime vote by students to implement a $9.50 wellness fee that gives them all unlimited access to the fitness center. It also allowed the college to increase the presence of mental-health counselors from 30 to 40 hours a week.

A survey was sent to all 5,400-plus students.

Only 462 responded, and 275 said they supported the fee.

“Compare that to how many people actually use the pool,” said Doyle.

In the current school year, just 62 people enrolled in aquatics classes. Of those, 55 are in Silver Sneakers, a fitness class for seniors that is also offered at local recreation centers.

“We’re working very closely with South Suburban Parks and Recreation and with Foothills Parks and Recreation to help transition the seniors, as well as some of the rental groups,” said Doyle.

Another issue, said Doyle, is that the 38-yearold pool doesn’t bring in enough money to pay for its maintenance. Groups like Hughes’ pay $60 for the first hour, and $40 for each hour Pool continues on Page 10

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November 13, 2014

State tests meet student resistance Seniors statewide balk at taking lengthy new assessment

By Jane Reuter

jreuter@coloradocommunitymedia.com High school seniors throughout Colorado refused to participate Nov. 5 and 6 in a state-mandated test. Many school leaders, parents and students hope the expected low participation rate sends a clear message about what they believe is excessive standardized testing.

“People don’t always listen to educators, but they do listen to parents and students,” Cherry Creek School District spokeswoman Tustin Amole said. “This may be very helpful in letting policy makers know how parents and students feel.”

A state education official said the student response likely will result in significant discussion.

The first week in November was the beginning of three weeks of state-issued social studies and science tests for high school seniors called the Colorado Measures of Academic Success.

Colorado students in fourth, fifth, seventh and eighth grades underwent CMAS testing in spring 2014.

The online test is a partial replacement for both the original Colorado Student Assessment Program, administered until 2011, and the Transitional Colorado Assessment Program, issued in 2012 and 2013. Those exams were designed to test third- through 10th-grade students’ math, science, reading and writing skills.

A separate CMAS test, the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College & Career, will test third- through 11th-grade students in reading writing and math beginning in spring 2015.

Seniors added to testing schedule

CMAS adds social studies to the list of subjects and comes with another twist: It added seniors to the list of those expected to take the six-hour test.

Castle View High School senior Rachel Decker is among hundreds who didn’t take the CMAS assessment at her Castle Rock

school. As an outgoing student, Decker said the test won’t benefit her academically and has no bearing on her future plans.

“My parents were in full agreement with me,” she said. “I know only about 50 students who actually took the test, and some of them just made up answers or drew pictures in the (test) bubbles.”

The decision to add testing at the 12thgrade level was in part because the exams are designed to test knowledge acquired throughout high school, said Joyce Zurkowski, the Colorado Department of Education’s director of assessment, and to allow schools control over when in the four-year high school schedule to offer the instruction.

But she said state officials knew scheduling a standardized test for seniors was a gamble.

“We knew we were approaching a line with the fall of 12th grade,” Zurkowski said, but added the options appeared limited.

“I don’t think (the students’ response) was completely unanticipated. In the long run, I don’t know that it will stay at fall of 12th grade.”

In the future, Zurkowski said state assessments may be made more meaningful, perhaps by linking them to higher education or post-high school work places.

“Long term, will kids have to take both the ACT and PARCC in Colorado?” she said.

“I don’t know.”

Logistical challenges in DougCo

Student investment in taking the tests isn’t the only issue.

Both the number of computers and the length required for CMAS testing presented high schools in Douglas County with challenges. Castle View, Rock Canyon, Chaparral and Douglas County high schools gave underclassmen two half-days Nov. 5 and 6 to accommodate the testing. Schedule changes also were expected Nov. 12 and 13 during testing at Highland Ranch, Mountain Vista and ThunderRidge high schools.

Make-up test dates also were designated.

Despite the accommodation, many Douglas County School District seniors either let school leaders know they were opting out of the Nov. 5 and 6 tests, or didn’t

show up for them.

Several DCSD principals contacted about students opting out of CMAS testing did not return calls to Colorado Community Media, and the district referred questions on CMAS to state education officials.

Several Castle View parents, students and teachers said well over 50 percent of the high school’s students did not attend the sessions. Some seniors at the other DCSD schools that scheduled tests for Nov. 5 and 6 also opted not to participate.

LPS OFFICIALS WEIGH IN The following is a statement from Littleton Public Schools spokeswoman Diane Leiker.

“Early on, we expressed our concerns to the Legislature about testing seniors:

• “Some seniors have little motivation to take these assessments, as the results do not arrive in a timely fashion.

• “The senior assessments take away even more

instructional time from grades 9-12, which goes against our community’s values.

Shared concerns

Testing is set for Nov. 13 and 14 at high schools in Cherry Creek and Boulder Valley, where leaders said student unrest is clear.

“There’s been quite a bit of conversation about students opting out,” Boulder Valley Superintendent Bruce Messinger said. “I’ve met with students. They’ve communicated with me. I’m not upset with the students.

These are very high-performing students — these aren’t students who are motivated to skip school. Most of them will be in college (when results come back).

“If it were of great benefit to them individually or to our school district, we might take a stronger stance. I’m not going to force the students to take a test.”

At Cherry Creek, Amole said the district is requesting only that parents notify the school of the absence if a student chooses not to take the test. Amole said student discussions reflect those of parents and other adults concerned about excessive testing.

“We need to respect our kids,” she said.

“They are adults, or nearly adults, and need to make choices for themselves about what they think is the best thing for them to do.”

Impacts for schools

Colorado Department of Education officials said they need 95 percent of students at each school to participate in the test to ensure they have accurate data, a figure set by federal legislation. The data helps education leaders make state, district and school-level policy decisions, according to the CDE. Without that participation rate, a school’s performance framework rating could drop one level. The state’s perfor-

• “We actively encouraged parents to have their

students participate, and we provided alternate activities for freshman, sophomores, and juniors during the senior testing periods.

• “We recognize that participation rates at high schools

across Colorado demonstrate that there are differing opinions in our communities about these assessments.”

mance framework includes four levels, ranking a school’s academic achievement and postsecondary readiness, among other factors.

Schools are not impacted financially by test participation percentages.

Districts can, however, file a request for reconsideration if a school’s rating changes. They must then provide evidence to the state of a good-faith effort to test all students.

The state already knows that at least some students are taking the tests. As of 10:30 a.m. on Nov. 6 — with two more weeks of testing to go — Zurkowski said seniors had completed 25,000 assessments. If every student took the test, the CDE would receive 110,000 assessments, she said.

Messinger said Boulder Valley will make a good-faith effort to administer the test.

He’s optimistic the student response could prompt change.

“Our hope is over time our state board of education and Legislature will listen to this input, and maybe consider a better balance,” he said. “We aren’t saying there isn’t any need for assessment. This just seems like way too much for us.”

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CU South Denver plans for future Second phase of university’s renovation set for next year

By Chris Michlewicz

cmichlewicz @coloradocommunitymedia.com The introduction of classes this fall at the University of Colorado’s South Denver facility at The Wildlife Experience is merely a starting point for what’s to come.

Just six months ago, poisonous snakes occupied a 7,000-square-foot space that now serves as three separate classrooms.

What were once basement storage rooms for taxidermy animals and wildlife exhibits are now high-tech simulation labs that host incredibly life-like training scenarios for the school’s 36 nursing students.

In total, the University of Colorado has renovated 11,000 square-feet of underutilized space into classrooms, and a second phase of construction next year will further transform the facility into a full-fledged, institution of higher learning. A commons area will be enhanced. Dedicated desk space for faculty will be added. The existing Discovery Den downstairs near the entrance will be put to better use. And, of course, the number of students will increase.

CU officials are in the process of determining the scope of the next phase of improvements, and what fields of study to add. It’s the responsibility of Jonathan Lurie, assistant vice chancellor for program operations, to help “evaluate what new programs might be appropriate” and how they could fit into the existing curriculum taught at CU campuses in Denver, Boulder and Colorado Springs, he said.

The university is also exploring business partnerships, museum operations and continuing K-12 outreach.

“We want to make sure we’re connecting with folks who are interested in classes, events and collaborative partnerships,” Lurie said.

The school is currently operating under a lease agreement with The Wildlife Experience, a wildlife art museum with interactive educational exhibits that opened in 2003.

The museum’s founders, Dave and Gail Liniger, donated the museum building to the university in September. CU will officially take over the Liniger Building at CU South

Lisa Douglas, vice chancellor of CU South Denver in Douglas County, talks about the “distance learning” technology that enables professors to teach from afar. Photo by Chris Michlewicz Denver Jan. 1.

“The Wildlife Experience will still exist, but it becomes the owner of an art collection that we will have here and that will be really its only function,” said Lisa Douglas, vice chancellor of the south Denver facility.

But that doesn’t mean the popular annual functions will go away. For the foreseeable future, the university will maintain the regular schedule of museum events, including “Movie and a Martini” nights and the Art & Ale Brew Festival, and outdoor programs like archery and fishing. The one thing that won’t continue on is the traveling exhibits that occupied the north side of the second floor.

Two 40-person classrooms are now in use in the exhibit space, including one outfitted with next-generation teaching technology. CU is using “distance learning” at the south Denver facility, providing a remote connection between its professors

and students at other campuses, and vice versa, Douglas said. Students can ask questions and easily interact with faculty.

“The professors in Boulder might not be interested in coming to south Denver, but they could have students here in south Denver that the Boulder faculty is teaching and (those students would) still get the same quality of educational experience without that professor coming down,” Douglas said.

CU South Denver has courses in business, engineering, public health, education and nursing. All but nursing are graduatelevel courses intended to provide local industries with continuing education opportunities for employees.

In building its offering of classes, CU is consulting with business leaders and elected officials to determine the best courses.

CU recently connected with Lone Tree Mayor Jim Gunning, who said there is high demand in the engineering and technology fields locally.

“We’re looking at data and demand.

Making it come to reality is a challenge, but there is a lot of information and I think we can grow with that,” Douglas said. “There will be some trial and error and some things won’t work out and other things will boom and we’re just going to figure it out along the way and get as much feedback as possible.”

The university plans to offer core classes that are often difficult to get into at its Auraria campus in Denver. It is also working closely with the nursing program at CU’s Anschutz campus and looking at partnerships with its other campuses.

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November 13, 2014

Englewood closing development corporation Program made small loans; none approved since 2010

By Tom Munds

tmunds @coloradocommunitymedia.com Englewood City Council has given consensus approval for staff members to abolish the city-established small business development corporation.

The council also agreed to have the Alliance for Commerce in Englewood, a city advisory committee, suggest options on how to use the city funds returned when the corporation is dissolved.

“The corporation awarded small loans and it was needed when it was created,” Darren Hollingsworth, economic development manager, told the city council at the Nov. 3 study session.

“However, times have changed and the corporation is no longer needed. No loans have been approved since 2010, plus there are private micro-lending firms that can provide the service.”

The corporation was created in 1992 to provide loans to small businesses in Englewood. It was locally funded with $125,000 from the city, $50,000 from the Englewood Downtown Development and $25,000 from the Greater Englewood Chamber of Commerce.

If the corporation is dissolved, the remaining assets will be returned in proportion to the original funding.

Currently, the corporation has a total of $184,523 in two checking accounts.

Also, there are three loans totaling $56,594 still on the books.

The city can trigger the dissolution of the corporation by requesting the return of the money provided in 1992.

If that happens, the city is scheduled to receive about $138,000 in cash plus about $42,000 in interest in the loans.

Councilmember Joe Jefferson didn’t want to see the corporation dissolved.

“I would like to explore alternatives to abolishing the corporation,” he said.

“I would like possible options and I don’t feel comfortable making a decision on this issue tonight.”

However, other council members agreed with the staff recommendation.

So did City Manager Eric Keck.

“I support the recommendation to dissolve the corporation because I feel the city should get out of the way and let the experts in micro-loans do what they do best,” he said. “I suggest the funds returned to the city be used on projects to enhance the business district.”

There were suggestions to use the money returned to the city to bolster the commercial catalyst program or to use the money for maintenance on the Broadway medians.

Jason Whyte, president of the corporation’s volunteer board of directors, said no loans have been approved in several years. He supported the proposal to dissolve the corporation.

“I would rather see the money be used for a new project to benefit the business community rather than added to money for an existing project,” he said. “I would suggest the members of the Alliance for Business in Englewood be asked to look at the issue and develop some ideas of how the money could be best used to benefit the business community.”

ACE is a volunteer committee made up of members of the business community. The council gave consensus approval to ask the ACE members to discuss the issue and offer suggestions on use of the funds being returned to the city.

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Dan Recht, a Denver criminal defense/civil rights attorney, and Christina Kolk address the media during a Nov. 3 press conference. Courtesy photo

Security guard: More could have been done Christina Kolk was placed on paid leave following Arapahoe High shooting

By Jennifer Smith

jsmith@coloradocommunitymedia.com Christina Kolk says the reason she has been suspended with pay from her job as a security guard at Arapahoe High School is because she wouldn’t refute her colleague’s assertions that the school could have done more to prevent the deaths of Claire Davis and Karl Pierson last Dec. 13.

“Her status is a bit in limbo, and it seems completely unfair that she should be disciplined for exercising her First Amendment rights,” said her attorney, Dan Recht, during a Nov. 3 press conference in his Denver office.

Kolk gave reporters a number of documents, none of which can be independently confirmed, including a letter she says she was going to send anonymously that alleges unsafe conditions at the school. A draft of the letter was attached to an email exchange between Kolk and her mother dated Dec. 12, the day before Pierson mortally wounded Davis, his classmate, moments before killing himself in the school library.

“I find this to be an outrage and I, for one, don’t want to stand back knowing I could help inform others,” she wrote. “…

As a parent and concerned community member, I don’t want to wait for something bad to happen … I want to try and help prevent it.”

Among other things, the letter said a student who had been selling knives on campus was suspended rather than expelled.

“My heart sank, and now I believe it is time to seek help,” reads the letter. “Why was an individual selling knives on school grounds allowed to return to school, and how can this school be safe? I’m guessing this slipped through the cracks, but I don’t know how.”

She also released audio that she says she secretly recorded during a meeting between herself and Littleton Public Schools administrators, though they are unidentified on the recording. The bulk of the conversation centers on Kolk’s reaction, or lack thereof, to a Facebook post made by her colleague Cameron Rust in January. On the tape, Kolk stresses that she shouldn’t be punished for something Rust did, even though she didn’t disagree with much of what he wrote.

“It really hurt the reputation of Arapahoe High School,” says a woman. “… You saying that you agree with a lot of things in it are troublesome to me.”

In responding to Rust’s allegations that the district should have done more to deal with Pierson’s behavior prior to the shooting, Superintendent Scott Murphy urged the community to focus on healing.

“Recently there has been a lot of communication within our community,” he wrote in a letter posted on the LPS website in January. “Some of these discussions are taking place online and are being reported through newspapers and TV stations. This is to be expected. Much of the conversation, however, is based on inaccurate information, rumor, and innuendo. ... I ask that we keep LPS strong by respecting the privacy of all in our community. Doing so will preserve the honor and integrity of our schools. We will not allow others to distract us from the important work of teaching and learning.”

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No new faces in Arapahoe government Staff report Several elected positions in Arapahoe County government were decided Nov. 4, with incumbents all winning by large margins.

Below is a look at these races.

Dave Walcher (R-Aurora) will keep his job after facing off against Tyler Brown (D-Aurora).

Walcher, who has been serving as sheriff since February, won by a comfortable ratio of 56 percent to 44 percent. Walcher was appointed early in the year to replace longtime Sheriff Grayson Robinson, who retired.

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County treasurer Incumbent Sue Sandstrom (R-Aurora) faced former Treasurer Doug Milliken (D-Centennial), in the third contest

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Coffman retains seat in U.S. House Incumbent defeats challenger Romanoff

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jsmith@coloradocommunitymedia.com U.S. Rep. Mike Coffman, R-Aurora, emerged the victor in the battle over Colorado’s 6th Congressional District, with the numbers coming in not as close as many expected.

“My thanks to the voters allowing me to continue to serve in the United States House of Representatives,” he said to a packed room of ecstatic Republicans gathered at the Hyatt Regency Denver Tech Center the night of Nov. 4. “I pledge to serve with the same honor and integrity that I served with as an officer in the United States Army.”

Figures the morning of Nov. 5 showed Coffman earning about 52.9 percent of the vote to Democrat Andrew Romanoff’s 42.3 percent. Romanoff’s slight lead in total contributions as of Oct. 15 didn’t seem to help him. Romanoff had raised a total of $4.8 million, and Coffman had raised $4.2 million.

“This has been a very tough race, and I am a better candidate for it,” Coffman said.

Moments after his acceptance speech, more cheers arose as Fox News declared Coffman’s party had retained control of the U.S. House, with Coffman’s win contributing to that victory.

“Let us now move forward past this election, past the debate and past those horrible 30-second ads,” said Coffman.

His acceptance speech echoed his constant themes on the campaign trail, stressing his military background and longevity in the newly realigned district, much more diverse than the last time he was elected.

“To the African-American and Hispanic communities who welcomed me into their homes, their businesses, their places of worship, I look forward to continuing to working with you on your journey to fulfilling the American dream.”

Coffman has touted his 17 years as an Aurora business owner and a military career that started in 1972. In 2005, he resigned his post as Colorado’s secretary of

Republican incumbent Mike Coffman waves to the crowd after giving a victory speech at a GOP watch party Nov. 4 at the Hyatt hotel ballroom at the Denver Tech Center. Coffman was re-elected to U.S. House District 6 after defeating Democratic opponent Andrew Romanoff. The race, projected to be close, was one of the first ones called of the evening. Photo by Christy Steadman state to serve a tour with the U.S. Marines in Iraq.

“I’m the only member of the Colorado delegation who served in the military during the Persian Gulf War and Iraq,” he said during a May interview.

He says that makes him uniquely qualified in his role as the chair of the Veterans Affairs Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, which he points to as a bastion of bipartisanship.

He’s said that his priorities for Colorado include relaxing regulations impeding the aerospace industry and encouraging more manufacturing.

Like many in his party, he supports the repeal and replacement of Obamacare.

Romanoff, who recently moved to Aurora, is the former speaker of the state House.

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Romanoff congratulated Coffman for his victory and told supporters that Coffman has “served our country with honor and distinction.”

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It’s all good and there’s no problem, y’know?

Geez, these are only suggestions. I hope you didn’t think that any of this stuff was binding.

Stop signs. Speed limits. Turn signals.

Carry-on baggage policies.

“Please turn off your cell phone.” They don’t say, “Or else.”

“Dogs must be on a leash when off of the owner’s property.” Certainly this doesn’t apply to everyone.

“Dog owners must pick up and properly dispose of their dog’s defecation both on and off the owner’s property.” Are you kidding me?

I read somewhere that a dog owner commits a Class 2 petty offense if, “The dog’s owner fails to prevent his or her dog from disturbing the peace of any person by loud, habitual, or persistent barking, howling, yelping, or whining.”

What’s wrong with a little non-stop barking?

“No person shall stop, stand, or park a vehicle within five feet of a public or private driveway.” My neighbors are in the clear. The ones who think they are living in a frat house.

Party, dudes.

“No solicitors” sign on someone’s door? It’s just a proposal, not an ultimatum.

“The number you are calling is on the National Do Not Call Registry. If you are a solicitor, please hang up, and remove this number from your call list.”

Heck no. Who doesn’t want to be called by a politician’s aide?

“No skateboarding.” Ha! “No shirt, no service.” Try telling that to Scout Willis.

Rules, rules, rules, what are they good for?

Absolutely nothing.

Etiquette? I’m no Emily Post. I had a gettogether and someone I didn’t invite showed up and ate most of the little sandwiches.

Emily would have frowned on that, but not me.

I feel the same way when someone cuts in line, or cuts in front of me on the highway.

Everything is beautiful (in its own way).

I was listening to an Up With People album one afternoon, and there was a knock on the door.

Two young men were standing on my porch, holding out pamphlets. I love pamphlets. Both of them were dressed so nicely, in white shirts and ties.

And I could see their bicycles in the driveway.

Now, I know that some people refuse to welcome these fine young people. Not me, brother.

Elbows off the table. Don’t talk with your mouth full. Don’t play with your food.

If God didn’t want me to play with my food, why did he invent mashed potatoes?

Don’t run with scissors.

If you want to say “Wimbleton” instead of “Wimbledon,” you go right ahead.

If you want to say “poinsetta” instead of “poinsettia,” you go right ahead.

Who says what you order at Starbucks is featherbrained and pretentious?

Stand up for your rights, even if they are wrongs.

How are we supposed to appreciate good behavior if there is no bad behavior?

You don’t know how great it is not to have a toothache until you have had one, right?

You don’t know how great it is not to have swollen and bleeding gums, until you have had swollen and bleeding gums.

Maybe your neighbors are the equivalents of swollen and bleeding gums, but try to get along. Live and let live is my motto.

The frat boys took forever to rake their leaves, so a lot of them became my leaves.

When they finally got around to raking their leaves, they didn’t bag them. They piled them up right next to the fence.

I think I saw a family of snakes moving in.

And that’s OK. I am an animal lover.

But I have to say that I kind of wish that leash suggestion was binding.

Smitty and I have been beset upon 14 times by unleashed dogs, and you never know what might happen. Smitty is a fierce individual.

But not me. You will find me at the corner of Easy Going and Vine.

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

Kindly take notice of bid for kindness Are you kind?

No, seriously, are you kind?

You would probably agree that most of us would consider ourselves kind. And we may have even been told by others just how kind we are from time to time, and maybe even all the time. Now certainly there are levels of kindness, right, I mean some of us are just kinder than others. These are the folks that are born with a stronger kindness gene and just can’t help themselves as the kindness pours out of them.

And we have all heard the terms like “Random acts of kindness,” or the slogan, “Kindness, pass it on.” Some might see these or hear these and feel they have been diluted over time or just ignore them as background noise, and idle niceties.

What if our kindness was purpose driven and intentional? Let me share with you an example of what that might look like. First let me share that Dr. Jill Pechacek, a Colorado physician and very close friend of our family, was recently diagnosed with stage 4 pancreatic cancer. You may have seen her story on television, as most of the networks have covered her amazing attitude as she goes into battle. It’s her attitude of kindness that is truly amazing.

LETTER TO THE EDITOR True Catholics not for choice

First let me share a little bit about Dr. Jill.

Our family has known her for more than 15 years and she has helped us through every cold, cough, sniffle, tummy ache, broken bone, headache, flu, virus, disease and illness that our family faced over the years. And regardless of how sick we were, we always received the warmest hug and biggest smile as we were treated. And all her patience would tell you that she never rushed you in and out of the exam room, she made you feel like you were the only patient in her office. Kindness can be seen and felt in her actions and heard in each word she Norton continues on Page 9

In response to the Oct. 23 full-page ad for the organization Catholics for Choice: As a “cradle Catholic,” I am very concerned that readers of this paper might assume this organization represents mainstream Catholicism. It most assuredly does not. You cannot be a member of the Roman Catholic community and support Pro Choice. This statement has been issued by our bishops and pastors locally. How can anyone ignore the “rights” of the innocent human being in utero by focusing solely on a woman’s right to do what she wants with her body? The developing child is not part of a mother’s body.

As Christians, we pray for a conversion of heart in all those who support “choice.”

Diane Shea Highlands Ranch

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Bill would ease college planning This fall, a familiar story for high school seniors and their parents is repeating itself across Colorado. From Sterling to Silverton, members of the class of 2015 are making some of their first major life decisions as college application deadlines approach. Which schools should I apply to? Should I stay home or move away? Is a vocational school right for me? Can I afford my top choice?

That last question has become more complicated than necessary. Financial aid — through scholarships, grants, and loans — makes college accessible and affordable for many families. In Colorado, hundreds of thousands of students rely on federal student aid every year.

Yet, in what has become a backward system, our high school seniors won’t find out how much federal aid they are eligible to receive until well into their second semester.

That makes cost and affordability decisions breathtakingly unclear as most college applications are due months earlier.

Sen. Lamar Alexander, a Republican from Tennessee, and I have proposed a simple solution: Let families learn how much aid they can expect to receive during their junior year of high school. They’ll be armed with one of the most useful pieces of information they will need at a critical point in their college search.

Our plan, the Financial Aid Simplification and Transparency Act, is also known as the FAST Act. Families applying for federal financial aid such as Pell grants and federal student loans are becoming familiar with the FAFSA, or the Free Application for Federal Student Aid. It’s a lengthy 108-question form with dozens of pages of instructions — not exactly the most user-friendly form, but still a gateway to college affordability. Unfortunately, even after filling out the FAFSA, students usually don’t find out what grants and loans they can take out until they’ve chosen where and whether to apply.

Students and their parents shouldn’t have to wait on pins and needles to find out if they’re going to receive enough aid to pay for college. They also shouldn’t have to spend hours filling out a complicated form just to get to that point.

The FAST Act cuts through the red tape to streamline this whole process. In addition to providing families with financial aid

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between the two candidates for this office.

Sandstrom handily won the rubber match, garnering 56 percent of the vote. Milliken won the 2006 race over Sandstrom, who prevailed in 2010.

Clerk and recorder Matt Crane (R-Littleton) will stay in office after defeating Joan Lopez (D-Centennial).

Crane took 57 percent of the vote.

Crane was appointed clerk in March 2013, following the resignation of Nancy Doty, who was elected county commissioner.

County commissioner, District 2 Martha Karnopp (D-Aurora) took aim at the seat of Nancy Sharpe (R-Greenwood Village), but the incumbent easily won re-elec-

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speaks.

Dr. Jill believes in God and she believes in kindness, she is a strong woman of faith. And even as she fights for her life, she has issued a challenge to us all. She would like us all to complete 29 acts of kindness in 11 days, Dr. Jill’s 29:11 Challenge. The 29:11 challenge stems from the scripture found in the Old Testament book of Jeremiah. “I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, a plan to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.” Dr. Jill believes God has a plan for her and believes that, as she says, “God’s got this.” Please check her story out on Caring Bridge at http://www. caringbridge.org/visit/jillpechacek/guestbook.

And here’s the catch, she has also asked that none of the 29 acts of kindness be directed towards her or her family. She is encouraging us to live in intentional kindness, to think about our daily behaviors through the lens of kindness. And perhaps, if we can commit to 29 acts of kindness in 11 days, the biggest benefit from our accepting the chal-

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eligibility a year earlier, it reduces the entire FAFSA form to two questions. Research tells us that simplifying the form will encourage more families to fill it out. It makes aid more predictable and will help encourage more students, as young as middle school, to pursue college. Students will access crucial aid they otherwise would have left on the table, which might be the difference between going to school and not applying at all.

Earlier this year we visited colleges and met with students across the state. We heard from students like Joshua Allard at Metro State who didn’t learn he was eligible for a Pell grant until the end of the semester — a semester he wasn’t sure he was going to be able to afford. Front Range Community College President Andy Dorsey told us one of the most common reasons they lose students is financial hardship — an obstacle that could be overcome with earlier notification of aid eligibility and a shorter form. We heard similar stories out of Pueblo Community College, University of Colorado-Colorado Springs, University of Colorado-Denver, Community College of Denver, Colorado State University, and Colorado Mesa University.

It’s a commonsense solution that will make college an option for more students.

Families won’t lose out on financial aid because they are deterred by the FAFSA’s unnecessary length and complexity, and students will be able to make more informed decisions about their college choices.

In today’s global economy, a college education is a prerequisite for many career paths. Reforming the FAFSA and financial aid process will help make college an option for more Coloradans. That means a stronger workforce, and a healthier, more competitive economy for all of us.

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

tion.

Sharpe racked up 62 percent of the vote.

The former mayor of Greenwood Village, Sharpe was elected to her first term as commissioner in 2010.

County assessor

Incumbent Corbin Sakdol (R-Littleton) won by a large margin over PK Kaiser (D-Aurora).

Sakdol picked up 56.4 percent of the vote.

This will be his third term, and he has worked for the assessor’s office since 1990.

County coroner

Kelly Lear-Kaul (R-Columbine Valley) ran uncontested for coroner. She has been serving in the position since June after being appointed to replace Michael Dobersen, who retired.

Lear-Kaul has worked for the coroner’s office since 2004. Like Dobersen, she is a licensed forensic pathologist, giving her an advanced level of medical training in a position that does not require it.

lenge will not be for the others we pour out kindness upon, it may just be us that benefit the most.

As just one example, my daughter Emily and her boyfriend Kiel have accepted the 29:11 challenge and have made 29 brown bag lunches to deliver to the homeless over 11 days. The look of pride on her face as she explained their plan was only exceeded by my own feeling of gratitude that she took the challenge so seriously.

Maybe committing to a program or organized event such as this is not something that everyone can get their head around and support. And even if you can’t, my hope is that you are already living in kindness in your life and sharing that kindness with others.

How about you, can I encourage you to accept Dr. Jill’s 29:11 challenge, or are you already one of the people that others already consider kind? I would love to hear all about what you plan on doing and how it impacts you personally at gotonorton@gmail.com, and when we walk out in kindness, 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.

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invites business owners to attend its meeting held each Tuesday, 7:30 to 9:30 a.m. at the Lone Tree Recreation Center, 10249 Ridgegate Circle. There is no charge to attend a meeting as a guest.

Please visit www.thebniconnections.com or contact Jack Rafferty, 303-414-2363 or jrafferty@hmbrown.com.

CONTACTS UNLIMITED is a business and professional leads group that meets at Courtesy Ford, 8252 S. Broadway, Littleton in the meeting room on the first, second, and third Thursday of every month. Meeting time is 8-9:15 a.m. Visitors are welcome. Call Jenifer at 303-221-6550.

DESTINATION SUCCESS provides an opportunity for professionals to gather, form connections, expand relationships and exchange information. Business Success meets every fourth Tuesday from 9:30-11:30 a.m. at the Bear Rock Cafe, 7903 South Broadway, Suite B, Littleton. As with other networking groups, membership and referrals are not required. To RSVP and for information, e-mail Info@behindthemooninc.com or call 303-250-4528.

LITTLETON LETIP meets from 7-8:30 a.m. every Tuesday for breakfast at Egg and I, 2360 W. Belleview Ave., to exchange qualified business leads. Call Bob Hier Jr. at 303-660-6426 or e-mail hierb@yahoo.com.

NON-PRACTICING AND Part Time Nurses Association meets from 12:30-2:30 p.m. on the third Wednesday of each month at the Southglenn Library, 6972 S.

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

WOMEN INVESTMENT Group Master Mind Group meets to empower all women to build a real financial freedom through the power of real estate in any market condition.

We network, share ideas, leads, resources and encourage each other. We meet once a month. For meeting information, call Lorena 303-981-6539 or e-mail WomenInvestmentGroup@ comcast.net.

Recreation

DEER CREEK Women’s Golf Association.

The 2010 golf season is just around the corner and we’re looking forward to a terrific new year! If you’re looking for a challenging course and the company of friendly women on Tuesday mornings, please consider joining our league. We’ve got the best deal in town. If interested please contact Chris Jackson at chris.dcwga@q. com or 303-347-9193.

HOMESTEAD 9-HOLE Golf Women’s Golf League is accepting membership applications for the 2012 season. You do not need a GHIN number to join, but can acquire one as you play. We golf Monday mornings, April through October.

To join this fun and active group, contact Barbara McGovern, barbmc30@gmail.com. Homestead Golf Course is at South Kipling and W. Hampden Ave., 11500 W. Hampden. Call 720-963-5181.

LADIES GOLF League at Raccoon Creek Golf Course, Littleton, is accepting new members. Call 303-973-4653.

MEADOWS WOMEN’S Golf League offers relaxing Tuesday mornings of friendly golf for ladies at the Meadows Golf Course, 6937 S. Simms St., near Ken-Caryl Ranch.

The league plays 18 holes weekly from mid-April to mid-October.

This fun group competes for prizes while playing from the red tees. Afterward, lunch can be ordered on the patio overlooking the course. Call Laura at 303-526-9598.

REC AND Rock for ages 10-14 meets from 7-11 p.m. every first and third Saturdays at the Goodson Recreation Center in Littleton. The cost is $6. Call 303-798-2476 ext. 11.

ROCKY MOUNTAIN Basketball Academy club, expert training for youth basketball players grades fifth through 12th meets twice per week and operates all year. Play in leagues and tournaments. Send inquiries to ronkburgin@yahoo. com.

STROLLER STRIDES is a group fitness program that provides moms with a challenging workout and the opportunity to build relationships and gain the emotional support needed to adjust to the tremendous life change called motherhood. Classes are offered at 9:30 a.m. Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at DeKoevend Park, near University and Arapahoe, and at 9:30 a.m. Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays at Clement Park, near Wadsworth and Bowles. For more information, visit the Stroller Strides Web site at www.strollerstrides.com or call Kathy or Karen Zawadzki at 888-684-0641 or e-mail kandk@strollerstrides.net.

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OBITUARIES MOSER

Veryl G. Moser

Feb. 22, 1934 – Oct. 30, 2014

Veryl passed away on October 30, 2014 in Tolar, TX with his wife Gayle and daughter Nyles Quenzer, of Littleton, at his side. Veryl had been an active member in the Littleton Community serving on the boards of the Littleton YMCA and Interfaith Task Force ultimately naming him as Littleton’s Most Valuable Citizen of 1984. Veryl also volunteered with the National Ski Patrol at Arapahoe Basin and with the National Western Stock Show running the cutting horse events for many years. He rode with the Roundup Riders of the Rockies for 16 years, over mountain trails in Colorado and Wyoming. Veryl owned and operated Moser Printing, Inc in Englewood from 1968 until he sold the business in 2001. Veryl’s life will be memorialized at South Suburban Christian Church in Littleton, on Sat. Nov 15th at 10 am.

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KILEY

Richard Alan Kiley

July 24, 1934 – Nov. 4, 2014

Richard Alan Kiley, of Littleton, Colorado, passed in peace surrounded by his family on Tuesday, November 4, 2014, at the age of 80.

Richard was born on July 24, 1934 in Marshall, Minnesota to John and Genevieve Kiley (Lemker), and he grew up in nearby Ivanhoe.

He joined the US Air Force at the age of 17 and served in North Africa and the South Pacific during the Korean War. During his service, he was a participant in Operation Redwing, which involved testing of thermonuclear weapons.

After he left the Air Force, Richard moved to Southern California where he started school and met his wife, Nancy.

He received a degree in Physics from Long Beach State University.

Richard had a long and successful career as an Aerospace Engineer and Program Manager starting at Rockwell International in California and eventually retiring from Martin Marietta in

Colorado.

Richard will be remembered by family and friends as a loving husband, father and grandfather, a lover of animals, especially his dogs, as well as a proud patriot and veteran.

Surviving are his wife of 56 years, Nancy Kiley; son, Peter Kiley; son, John Kiley; daughter, Kathleen BrewerOstroski and husband, Mathew; daughter, Carolyn Stevens and husband, Michael; son, Michael Kiley and wife, Jennifer; five grandchildren, Jennifer Brewer, Tyler Brewer, Tatum Kiley, Noah Kiley, and Piper Kiley; and his dog Coco.

In lieu of flowers, memorial gifts may be made to All Souls Catholic Church, 4950 S Logan St, Englewood, Colorado 80113.

A funeral mass was held Saturday, November 8, 2014 at All Souls Catholic Church in Englewood, Colorado.

Richard was laid to rest at the Littleton Cemetery in Littleton, Colorado.

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10 The Independent

November 13, 2014

Citizens group confident efforts paid off Opponents of urban renewal awaiting verification of signatures

By Jennifer Smith

jsmith@coloradocommunitymedia.com Those working to force every individual urban-renewal project in Littleton to a vote of the people presented a tall stack of signatures to Littleton City Council prior to council’s votes approving the city’s first two enterprise zones.

“There isn’t one of us that wanted to do this,” Frank Atwood told council as he added a handful of petitions to the pile. “The task was long, and it felt like a bridge too

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thereafter. Hughes said that before this year, they only paid $30 an hour. A day pass for community members is $5, or $80 for a year.

The space the pool is in now, which is 5,400 gross square feet, will be redesigned to accommodate the more popular fitness classes like yoga and Pilates, and Doyle hopes it will be ready to open by fall semester.

Hughes says that will be bad for local forprofit fitness studios, as well as local eateries that benefit from the teams that meet for breakfast after early morning swim training.

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the Citizens for Rational Development grassroots activist group. “It doesn’t have to do with all this smoke and mirrors and all this complicated stuff.”

Bingham showed photos of several

far.”

But, added Paul Bingham, members of his grassroots activist group, Citizens for Rational Development, didn’t think the resolution council passed preventing them from using eminent domain in the pursuit of urban renewal had enough teeth.

“Now we want that same protection in our charter so that once you are no longer seated, the citizens are still protected,” said Bingham.

The group turned in what they say are more than 4,000 signatures, hundreds more than the 3,152 required to get their language in front of Littleton voters. The city clerk’s office has until Nov. 20 to certify them.

“As soon as we know if there are enough

verifiable signatures, they will be presented to city council,” said City Clerk Wendy Heffner. “The clerk’s office is working diligently to verify signatures.”

Councilmember Bruce Stahlman said if people wanted to vote on every project, “more power to them.” But he hoped that each voter would take the time to become as familiar with urban renewal as council has over the last several years, if they intend to take back the power they now have vested in their elected officials.

“They have that voice already on council,” he said.

“They didn’t elect us to sit up here and twiddle our thumbs while the Littleton we all love erodes away from time and neglect.”

Councilmember Randy Stein got a lot

of support from some CRD-affiliated folks during his campaign, but he has said he feels they really missed the boat this time.

“There’s been a level of divisiveness created around this particular topic that saddens me,” he said on Aug. 19, noting that it costs the city $40,000 to $60,000 to hold a special election.

“It will kill urban-renewal efforts in Littleton, and this is its intention,” agreed Councilmember Debbie Brinkman.

During the Nov. 4 meeting, Stahlman compared CRD’s efforts to the state statute that made the use of condemnation in urban renewal projects extremely difficult.

“People can be opposed to something and fight it, and if they can’t win that fight, then they take it and gut it,” he said.

“What we really want the general population to know, the non-swimmers, is that it’s the whole community that will suffer,” said Hughes.

The pool is slated to close on June 1, 2015, which gives the 10 groups that rent time at the pool eight months to find a new home. The existing fitness center will remain open during the remodel.

Another organization that will be looking for new space is Karma Multisport, a for-profit triathlon training center. Susan Yasuhara, co-owner, says she’s reached out to Littleton Public Schools, public recreation centers and private clubs, to no avail.

“Losing the ACC pool will severely limit our options to train where our member base resides and will result in losing members,”

she said. “Additionally, it will limit the variety of activities available to the community and will take away opportunities to provide critical basic swim skills to the community. ACC could be a huge resource in reducing drowning statistics.”

Eric Fehr, head coach at Highlands Ranch Aquatics, agrees. He notes that none of the Highlands Ranch high schools were built with pools, and Englewood High School no longer has one. His organization trains at a Highlands Ranch recreation center, but he worries that losing the ACC pool will strain those that remain.

“Every time a pool closes, it limits opportunities for kids and clubs,” he said. “There’s no space to take on additional swimmers, and it becomes harder for parents to get kids in-

terested.”

Interest is high at the moment, he said, in part because of the popularity of Centennial’s four-time Olympic gold medalist Missy Franklin. His program serves 120 Olympic hopefuls. In August, he only had 15 slots available; 75 tried out.

Regardless, says Doyle, her students’ interests lie elsewhere.

“My priority is ACC, and we don’t have the facilities here to serve the students’ needs,” she said. “They take fitness classes for credit, and they should be able to take these classes on campus. … ACC enjoys the connection we have with the community. There are many ways we interact, and we will continue to do so.”

development projects under way around the city, pointing out they got out of the ground without public money. Stahlman noted that CRD had been opposed to most of them.

“That level of audaciousness is impressive,” Stahlman said of Bingham’s tactic.

“Well played, sir.”

As it turns out, much of the debate over the last several months might have been

assuaged if there had been a better explanation of the words “plan” and “project” from the start, as many members of the public and the Arapahoe Board of County Commissioners have decried the lack of detail. What council approved that night were the plans, which simply define the areas in which urban renewal can occur and sets in place the public-financing tools that property owners can take advantage of to implement public improvements, like sidewalks and burying utility lines, if the LIFT board deems the financing necessary for the work to occur.

A project, on the other hand, is what developers or property owners intend to do within the plan area, ranging in scale anywhere from a patio café on up to a huge multi-use project such as might occur on the 111-acre property at Mineral Avenue and Santa Fe Drive. Such projects will come in individually, and any that require a change to land use will require approval by council.

“There is no project pending,” stressed City Manager Michael Penny. “We wish we had somebody knocking on the door, but there is no application.”

The county commissioners had to weigh in because of that 111-acre property, which is currently zoned agricultural.

The state requires all entities that tax such

a property to weigh in. The commissioners have thus far declined to agree to the urban-renewal plans. City Attorney Ken Fellman calls it a simple disagreement in the interpretation of the law.

“We have some work to do with Arapahoe County, I’ll acknowledge that,” he said.

“But we need the projects first in order to figure out how to make them whole.”

Littleton Public Schools and South Suburban Parks and Recreation have signed on, with agreements in place that give them a share of the revenue the projects might generate, which they otherwise would not have had a right to.

Council passed a resolution restricting it from proceeding with a project without full agreement of all the taxing entities, but it applies to the projects, not the plan.

“We are still talking with all our partners, because we’re still at the plan level, not the project level,” stressed Mayor Phil Cernanec.

Resident Marty Brzeczek says it’s all the same.

“How are you going to spin this in order to move forward without their support?” he asked council. “You can’t be trusted to honor your resolution.”

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November 13, 2014

Gardner takes Senate seat from Udall Congressman defeats Democratic incumbent

By Vic Vela

vvela@coloradocommunitymedia.com A U.S. Senate race that was expected to be a nail-biter proved to be anything but that on Nov. 4 as Republican Congressman Cory Gardner upended Democratic incumbent Mark Udall in a race that was decided stunningly early.

A pumped-up crowd of supporters erupted when Gardner took to a podium inside a Hyatt hotel ballroom at the Denver Tech Center, where the enthusiastic Yuma native declared victory.

“Tonight we shook up the Senate,” Gardner said. “As Republicans in Colorado, we’ve gotten used to the saying, `Wait for the next election.’ Well tonight, that next election came.”

Gardner held an advantage of 5 percentage points or more throughout much of Election Night, but that would eventually shrink to a 48 percent to 46 percent victory.

Udall conceded defeat in front of supporters at downtown Denver’s Westin Hotel at about 10 p.m. on Election Day, during a speech where he graciously accepted the night’s reality.

“As long as I’ve had the privilege of serving the people of Colorado, I always feel like I’ve come out ahead,” Udall said.

Udall’s speech came two hours after news outlets began calling the race for Gardner — which occurred only an hour after the 7 p.m. poll closings.

That surprised many observers. Even though recent public polling leading up to the election showed a coalescing of majority support for Gardner, the race was expected to be tight, considering recent elections have shown that a strong Democratic ground game made all the difference.

But that didn’t materialize for Udall, who also had to fight against a national Republican wave that resulted in Democrats losing control of the U.S. Senate.

In spite of the painful results, Udall tried to keep the mood light, referencing the humor of his late father, former Congressman

Colorado’s next U.S. Senator, Republican Cory Gardner, gives his victory speech to GOP supporters Nov. 4 at the Hyatt hotel ballroom at the Denver Tech Center after early results showed a convincing lead over Democratic incumbent Mark Udall. Photo by Christy Steadman and presidential candidate Morris Udall.

“I do respect the will of the voters here in the state of Colorado, but I also thought about my dad,” Udall said. “You may remember, some of you, that he lost an election. He said, `The voters have spoken, the blanket-blanks.’”

But Udall — who became the first incumbent senator to lose in Colorado since 1978 — still acknowledged the sting of the loss.

“I thought about Abe Lincoln, you know his famous story about the boy that stubbed his toe,” Udall said. “He said, ‘It hurts too much to laugh, but he’s too big to cry.’”

But the night was Gardner’s. The senatorelect told the crowd that Coloradans have now “signed up to be the tip of the spear, the vanguard of change that is sweeping the nation.”

Gardner said that Colorado voters “are not red, they are not blue, but they are crystal clear.”

“They are crystal clear in their message to Washington: Get your job done and get the heck out of the way,” Gardner said.

Voters OK tax hike for South Suburban Arapahoe residents put ballot measure over top

By Jennifer Smith

jsmith@coloradocommunitymedia.com Voters in western Centennial and Littleton propelled to victory a tax measure to support the South Suburban Parks and Recreation District, though residents in Douglas and Jefferson counties were less enthusiastic.

South Suburban asked voters to approve a tax hike of 2 mills. It passed by a tally of 32,921 to 29,694, or about 53 percent in favor, as of results released the morning of Nov. 5. The measure lost in both Douglas and Jefferson counties, but won by more than 4,000 votes in Arapahoe, which is the largest portion of the district. The Douglas part of the district is primarily made up of Lone Tree.

“We are very pleased with the results of the election, and we thank the voters of the district for their continuing support of South Suburban,” said John Ostermiller, chairman of the SSPRD board

of directors.

Ballot Issue 4C asked for a propertytax hike for 10 years — about $16 per $100,000 of a home’s value per year — resulting in about $4.5 million annually in additional revenues for the district to be used for general operating expenses.

Priorities include protecting the trails, maintaining parks, installing energy-saving systems and replacing aging and inefficient irrigation systems.

In May, a citizens’ committee strongly recommended the step, and actually suggested the district also pursue a bond issue.

SSPRD’s current share of property tax is about 7 mills, or about $55 a year for every $100,000 of a home’s value. Of that, $26 goes to capital projects and $18 goes to trails, parks and open space. Fee-based programs get $5, administration gets $5 and Hudson Gardens gets $1.

The district’s total annual budget, slated to be approved on Nov. 12, is about $53 million. It serves more than 135,000 residents in Littleton, Sheridan, Columbine Valley, Lone Tree, Bow Mar, Centennial west of Interstate 25, and portions of unincorporated Jefferson, Douglas and Arapahoe counties.

Mark Udall gives an emotional concession speech to supporters from inside downtown Denver’s Westin Hotel on Nov. 4.

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12 The Independent

November 13, 2014

Hickenlooper wins 4 more years Democratic governor fends off challenge from Beauprez

By Vic Vela

vvela@coloradocommunitymedia.com One word summed up the mood at a Nov. 5 Capitol victory rally for Gov. John Hickenlooper.

“Phew,” the governor said while making a motion with his hand as if to wipe away sweat.

After a bruising night for Democrats in Colorado and nationwide, Hickenlooper’s re-election win over Republican Bob Beauprez was one of the few things the blue party had to celebrate following the results from Election Night.

Results in the gubernatorial race were not known until the morning after the election. After trailing for most of Election Night, Hickenlooper eventually was able to pull ahead in the wee hours of the morning.

At the time of the victory rally, Hickenlooper held about a 1 percentage point lead, though that would rise over the next few days and he would garner about 49 percent of the vote to Beauprez’s 46 percent.

“I think I can now demonstrate that one, even with almost no sleep, can still feel great joy,” he said.

It was expected to be a very close race and the contest lived up to its billing.

For months, Beauprez, a former congressman, hammered at Hickenlooper’s record and blasted him for “failing to lead” on key issues including the death penalty and fracking.

Helping Beauprez during his campaign were Hickenlooper’s own words. The governor at times found himself walking back comments he made throughout the campaign, including remarks regarding gun control legislation that he gave to a group of sheriffs over the summer.

And Beauprez was helped by a national

LEFT: Supporters cheer as Gov. John Hickenlooper gives a re-election victory speech inside the Capitol on Nov. 5. The race was not called until after 7:30 the morning after Election Night. Photo by Vic Vela RIGHT: Republican gubernatorial candidate Bob Beauprez addresses the audience Oct. 29 at the Douglas County Fairgrounds in Castle Rock. Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush came to Castle Rock to rally support for Beauprez and other Colorado Republicans that were running for office. Photo by Mike DiFerdinando Republican wave that swept through Colorado and allowed the GOP to take over a U.S. Senate race here and to keep statewide offices that include attorney general, secretary of state and treasurer.

But from the beginning, Hickenlooper focused his campaign on his stewardship over a state economy that has picked up steam under his watch. And he maintained a quirky, affable personality on the stump

while keeping his promise to voters that he would never run a negative campaign ad, despite some of the groups backing him doing so.

“I am so proud that we were able to run a positive campaign,” Hickenlooper said.

“But we could not have done it without the encouragement of the people of Colorado.”

Hickenlooper thanked his family and staff and supporters. He also thanked Dem-

ocratic Sen. Mark Udall for his service, several hours after Udall lost his re-election bid to Republican Congressman Cory Gardner.

The governor said Gardner called him that morning to congratulate him on the victory.

“He said, ‘We’re going to be able to work together very well,’ ” Hickenlooper said.

“We’re going to do everything we can to move this state forward.”

DeGette gets a 10th term Incumbent picks up two-thirds of the vote

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Diana DeGette (D-Denver) will once again represent Colorado’s 1st Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives.

She will begin her 10th term in Congress in January when she takes the oath of office.

DeGette picked up 65.5 percent of the vote Nov. 4. Republican candidate Martin Walsh received 29.5 percent, while Libertarian Frank Atwood got 3.2 percent and unaffiliated candidate Danny Stroud got 1.8 percent.

“I stand here not in sad defeat, but with optimism about the State of Colorado and the state of the Republican Party,” said Walsh from a GOP watch party at the Hyatt Regency Denver Tech Center. “Despite our differences, we

both share a love of Colorado and America.”

DeGette, who was not immediately available for comment, graduated from Denver South High School and earned her bachelor’s degree from Colorado College in 1979. She went on to earn her law degree from New York University Law School in 1982.

She served two terms in the Colorado House of Representatives before being elected to Congress in 1996.

More than 614,000 people live in the 1st Congressional District, which stretches from DeGette the area around Denver International Airport and much of east Denver, including the Stapleton neighborhood. The district then stretches south to include the cities and neighborhoods of Englewood, northeastern Littleton, Columbine Valley, Glendale, Cherry Hills Village, Sheridan and Ken Caryl.

THE DENVER CONCERT BAND under the direction of Jacinda Bouton

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November 13, 2014

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14 The Independent

November 13, 2014

State Senate control changes hands Colorado House remains under Democratic control

By Vic Vela

vvela@coloradocommunitymedia.com A bad Election Day turned into a worse week for Democrats as vote tallies from an Adams County state Senate race resulted in Democrats losing power of that legislative chamber.

In Senate District 24, Republican Beth Martinez-Humenik defeated former Democratic state Rep. Judy Solano by 876 votes in a contest that wasn’t officially decided until Nov. 7, three days after the election.

The loss means that Republicans, who entered Election Day as a one-vote minority in the Senate, now control the chamber, 18-17.

The results mean that Sen. Bill Cadman (RColorado Springs) soon will become the next Senate president, taking the job away from Morgan Carroll (D-Aurora).

“The Republican Senate Caucus is eager to move Colorado forward on so many important issues, and away from the extraordinary divisiveness of recent years,” Cadman said through an emailed statement on Nov. 8.

Martinez-Humenik will take over the seat that was vacated by Lois Tochtrop, a Democrat from Thornton who was term-limited.

Control of the Senate ultimately hinged on the results from the SD 24 race, but other races also proved important in deciding the cham-

ber’s balance of power.

Four contests in Jefferson County resulted in incredibly tight races that were not resolved on Election Night.

Two Democratic incumbents, Jeanne Nicholson of Senate District 16 and Rachel Zenzinger of SD 19 lost their seats to Republican challengers Tim Neville and Laura Woods.

Democratic Sens. Andy Kerr of Lakewood and Cheri Jahn of Wheat Ridge barely held on against challengers Tony Sanchez and Larry Queen.

The two seats Democrats lost were washed out by Democratic pick-ups of seats they had held until last year.

Democratic state Rep. Leroy Garcia defeated incumbent Republican George Rivera in Pueblo while former state Rep. Mike Merrifield unseated Republican Sen. Bernie Herpin in Colorado Springs.

Rivera and Herpin won their seats last year during recall elections in which voters ousted Democratic incumbents for their support of gun-control legislation.

Meanwhile, Democrats held on to the House of Representatives, an outcome that was in doubt throughout the week.

Rep. Daniel Kagan (D-Cherry Hills Village) eked out a victory to retain his seat, which helped to cement the Democratic majority in the House. Kagan’s is one of the most evenly divided districts in the state.

But Democrats never imagined they would be sweating out results in Adams County days after the election. There, Democratic Rep. Joe Salazar of Thornton edged out challenger Car-

ol Becker.

And, in a surprise to many, Democratic Rep. Jenise May lost her seat to JoAnn Windholz. May sits on the powerful Joint Budget Committee and was selected as chairwoman to the House Majority Project to elect new Democratic state representatives.

Democrats suffered several other key losses on Election Night, including the U.S. Senate race and down-ticket races for attorney general, secretary of state and treasurer.

GOP wave `smaller here’

House Speaker Mark Ferrandino (D-Denver) said he expected Democrats to lose a couple of seats in the chamber. But when it was all said and done, he was pleased that the party kept control of the House.

Ferrandino, who is term-limited and won’t be returning next year, said Democratic legislators were able to hold on to their seats in spite of a national wave that swept Republicans into power in many offices across the country.

“The national wave was huge, bigger than anyone expected going into Election Day,” he said. “If that was the case, that would have made the wave higher in Colorado, but the reality is it was smaller here.”

Ferrandino does not believe the results marked a referendum on Democratic-backed policies that the Legislature enacted in 2013 — including gun control, an election-law overhaul and civil unions.

Ferrandino pointed to Kagan, who ran on his support for background checks on all gun

sales and transfers in a tough district.

“If that was something that wasn’t supported, he wouldn’t have won that race,” Ferrandino said.

Kagan said the losses of Democratic seats had more to do with voter resentment of politicians overall, rather than frustration over one party in particular.

“I think it’s the result of the wave of dissatisfaction with government generally that is causing a lot of the people to say, ‘I don’t care who you are. I’m getting you out of here.’ ” Kerr said he doesn’t expect lawmakers to change the way they go about business, just because of the tightening of control of power in the Legislature.

“Everyone looks at one or two bills each session and says, ‘Look how divisive the Legislature is,” Kerr said. “The vast majority of the work we do flies under the radar and is nonpartisan.”

State Rep. Frank McNulty (R-Highlands Ranch) said Republicans won big on Nov. 4 because voters were “generally dissatisfied with the direction the Democrats were taking our state.”

But McNulty, who is also term-limited and won’t be returning to the Capitol next year, thinks that one person in particular won big as a result of a divided Legislature — Democratic Gov. John Hickenlooper.

“By definition anything that makes it to his desk is going to be bipartisan,” McNulty said.

“Hickenlooper is the chief beneficiary of the politics that will play out in the Legislature and he knows that and his staff knows that.”

Kagan pulls out close victory Democratic incumbent keeps his job in House District 3

By Tom Munds

tmunds@coloradocommunitymedia.com In an extremely close race, unofficial results show Daniel Kagan (D-Cherry Hills Village) will once again represent District 3 in the Colorado House of Representatives.

“It appears we prevailed in our district,” Kagan said Nov. 6. “There is still so much going on to determine which party will control the houses of the Colorado Legislature that we’ll just have to wait and see the official results.”

Results posted about 9 p.m. Nov. 5, the day after Election Day, show that Kagan had received 50.7 percent of the votes cast in the race. His Republican opponent, Candice Benge, of Greenwood Village, received 49.3 percent. Only 416 votes separated the two.

Political newcomer Benge held a very slight lead over incumbent Kagan throughout most of Election Night. However, later results, which in-

cluded the count of all the regular mail-in ballots, moved Kagan into the lead.

The posted results are unofficial and will not be certified until Nov. 21. The time is allowed because the deadline for receiving absentee ballots from overseas is Nov. 12. Also, if a resident’s vote wasn’t counted because the signature was challenged, the individual has until Nov. 18 to deal with the issue.

That is also the date by which provisional ballots must be counted.

Matt Crane, Arapahoe clerk and recorder, said the vote difference in the District 3 race does Kagan not qualify for an automatic recount.

For many years, State House District 3 represented south Denver, which regularly elected Democrats to the office. However, the 2010 census resulted in the district being shifted south to Arapahoe County and it includes Englewood, Sheridan, Cherry Hills Village, portions of Littleton, Greenwood Village and unincorporated Arapahoe County, where there is about an even blend of registered Republicans and Democrats.

Late the afternoon of Nov. 5, Kagan said he knew this would be a close race, and that’s what it turned out to be.

“I believe and I feel all people believe every vote should be counted,” he said. “It is how democracy does its work.”

On Nov. 6, he said the election was a real eye-opener.

“Many lessons will come out of this election,” he said. “We need to take time to process the information, identify those lessons and learn from them.”

Kagan has represented the district since he was appointed to the Benge office in 2009 following the resignation of Ann McGihon. He was re-elected in 2010 and 2012.

Term limits mean this is his final stretch in the state House.

“I am set to go to work to make some real progress on legislation that will move our state ahead,” Kagan said. “There are people in our state who are struggling and I hope we can work this session to bring them some relief.”

Conti wins a third term in HD 38 Incumbent state Rep. Kathleen Conti (R-Littleton) secured a third term in House District 38 on Nov. 4.

Conti defeated former legislator Robert Bowen (D-Centennial) 62 percent to 38 percent. She won her seat in 2010 and was reelected in 2012.

“I will continue to ensure that hard-earned tax dollars are spent responsibly in critical areas such as statewide infrastructure and all areas of education,” Conti said before the election.

Voters OK open school negotiations Other state ballot questions fall short

By Mikkel Kelly mkelly@coloradocommunitymedia.com Voters signaled a desire for greater transparency 00 in school board business by passing

Proposition 104 — the only one of the four statewide ballot questions to earn a green light on Election Day. As of the morning of Nov. 5, the count was 70 percent in favor to 30 percent opposed.

At its core, Proposition 104 would “require that local school boards or their representatives negotiate collective bargaining agreements in open meetings,” as highlighted in the state’s “blue book.”

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Proponents support the measure as a way to ensure greater oversight of school board work in negotiations. On the other side, opponents argue that contract issues can be sensitive and difficult and are better handled in the private settings of executive sessions.

Jane Urschel, deputy director of the Colorado Association of School Boards, said, “I am not surprised. I think what happened is most districts do not bargain, so it seems logical to do this board work in public.”

Jeff Wasden, president of the Colorado Business Roundtable, said the passage shows that voters can still pass independent issues.

“We are still a pretty conservative state and people expect transparency,” the Highlands Ranch resident said.

Other state questions Amendment 68 failed by a ratio of 71 percent to 29 percent, based on unofficial Nov. 5 results. The measure would have allowed casino gambling at horse racetracks in Arapahoe, Mesa and Pueblo counties, with the gambling revenue to support K-12 education in the state.

Proponents stated the measure could have provided up to $114.5 million each year for public schools or about $132 per student beginning in the budget year 2016-17, as well as provide jobs in the region.

Opponents countered that the measure competes with the 1990 statewide approved limited-stakes gambling in Central City and Black Hawk in Gilpin County, and Cripple Creek in Teller County. Opponents also said gambling has a negative effect on surrounding communities.

“It shows that people want to hold true to

mining towns and support those communities,” Wasden said.

Amendment 67, dubbed the “personhood” amendment, was not expected to pass by many political experts and lost by a ratio of 64 percent to 35 percent.

The measure would have amended the state constitution so that the terms “person” and “child” in the Colorado criminal code and the state wrongful death statutes would include “unborn human beings.”

Supporters said the amendment would protect pregnant women and unborn children by making it illegal to kill or harm an unborn human being, according to the “blue book.”

The opposing argument stated the amendment is unnecessary and unclear, and would allow government intrusion into personal health care decisions.

Proposition 105 was defeated 66 percent to 34 percent. The measure would have required that foods that are genetically modified or produced contain the words “produced with genetic engineering.”

Proponents claimed the labeling would increase the availability of information about Colorado’s food supply, noting the issue is not whether genetic engineering is good or bad, but rather that consumers should be informed.

Opponents said the proposition could result in higher food prices as the cost of labeling and compliance is passed on to consumers.

Also, according to opponents of mandatory labeling, nationwide voluntary labeling standards already provide consumers with reliable information on GMO products.

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November 13, 2014

Impact of Latino vote debated Republicans say they have made progress with the demographic

By Vic Vela

vvela@coloradocommunitymedia.com During a Nov. 4 re-election victory speech, Republican Congressman Mike Coffman thanked his supporters in two languages.

Coffman talked about how important it was to have taken part in a recent all-Spanish debate with Andrew Romanoff, his challenger in the 6th Congressional District race. The district is one of the most diverse in the country and has a large Latino population.

“Because for me it is very important to be able to share my vision to create more jobs and more opportunities to everyone in Colorado,” Coffman said in Spanish to a cheering crowd of supporters after defeating Romanoff decisively on Election Night.

Coffman has been studying Spanish with a tutor since his district was re-mapped to include more Latinos in 2012.

Coffman’s near double-digit victory over Romanoff in what was supposed to be one of the closest races in the country is leaving Republicans hopeful that they finally have turned the corner in wooing a demographic that has largely rejected GOP policies — Latino voters.

“Times have changed and our party has

changed and Mike Coffman represents the very best of a Republican who can run in a competitive district while making the effort to gain the confidence of his constituents,” said state Republican Party Chairman Ryan Call.

“I hope every Republican candidate will take a lesson from the efforts of Mike Coffman to listen to the people he represents.”

Although Call did not have any Latino voter data available at the time of his comments, he and other Republicans are confident that they were able to make inroads with Hispanic voters this election cycle. They also point to the win by Cory Gardner in the U.S. Senate race as evidence that they did well with all voting demographics.

But is it that Republicans have finally started to win over Latino voters — or is it that the GOP benefited from a lack of enthusiasm on the part of Latinos on Election Day? Patty Kupfer of America’s Voice, a Denverbased immigrant advocacy group, said exit polling numbers do not back Republicans’ claims that they made inroads with Latino voters.

Kupfer pointed to an America’s Voicesponsored exit poll that shows Latino voters backed Democratic Sen. Mark Udall over Gardner 71 percent to 23 percent. Latinos supported Democratic Gov. John Hickenlooper over Republican challenger Bob Beauprez by a 70 percent to 28 percent margin, according to exit poll findings.

“Latinos who voted were not voting Republican,” Kupfer said.

National exit polls conducted by Edison Research back Kupfer’s assessment. Latinos voted for Democrats over Republicans by a 63 percent to 35 percent margin. Latino support for Democrats was higher this year than during the 2010 midterm elections, according to the exit poll’s findings.

If that’s the case, then why did so many Democratic candidates struggle in Colorado and across the country on Nov. 4, considering how reliably Democratic of a voting bloc Hispanics have become over the years.

“Maybe Latino turnout was not as high as we would have hoped,”Kupfer said. “There’s just a real sense that it was hard to get people excited this year.”

Latino enthusiasm was a problem for Democrats leading up to Election Day. Kupfer said Latino voters made up about 8 percent of the votes cast in 2010. When all votes are counted this year, she expects that number to drop a full percentage point.

America’s Voice also took part in a national poll of Latino voters who were registered, but who did not vote. She said the poll found that the vast majority of Latinos who did not vote were upset with President Barack Obama’s decision to hold off on taking executive action on immigration issues until after the midterm elections.

“He made the decision based on keeping the Senate in Democrats’ hands... and look at where that got us,” Kupfer said.

Had the president gone forward with executive action on immigration, the issue

would not have played well in Southern states - where Senate Democratic hopefuls lost anyway. But many political observers believed that the issue would have helped Udall by driving up Latino voter enthusiasm here.

State Democratic Party Chairman Rick Palacio said he was “equally as disappointed in the president” as were Latinos over the president’s immigration punt. But Palacio doesn’t think lack of enthusiasm was the issue.

“I saw Latino voters come out in favor of our Democrats and it showed at the polls,” he said. “Very clearly, Democrats are on the side of immigration reform while Republicans continue to stall on this issue.”

Democratic leaders acknowledge that they were swept by a Republican wave this year that they believe will not be present two years from now. Democrats are hopeful that Latinos will continue to vote Democratic and that their influence will increase in 2016, a presidential-year election in which minority voter turnout will be much higher than it was last week.

But Ali Pardo, the GOP’s Hispanic press secretary, said Democrats are just trying to make themselves feel better after a rough night on Nov. 4. She said Republicans have made gains among Latino voters after having been long-criticized by Hispanics for ignoring their issues and concerns.

“The Democrats can try to spin it anyway they want, but they’ve noticed,” she said. “We weren’t in the (Hispanic) community the way we should have been before, but we are now.”

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

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Education Hour: Sunday 9:15am Joyful Mission Preschool 303-841-3770 7051 East Parker Hills Ct. • Parker, CO 303-841-3739 www.joylutheran-parker.org

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First Presbyterian Church of Littleton Sunday Services 8:00 a.m. & 10:30 a.m.

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November 13, 2014

Tax laws undermine legalization of pot Lack of deductions may prove crippling to stores

By Katie Kuntz

Rocky Mountain PBS I-News The Nov. 4 elections meant sweeping victories for the marijuana industry nationally, but in Colorado, the outcome was more of a mixed bag.

Alaska, Oregon and the District of Columbia legalized recreational marijuana, while only some communities in Colorado chose to expand businesses. Voters in Manitou Springs and Federal Heights passed initiatives allowing retail marijuana shops to operate, while voters in Lakewood, Palmer Lake and Ramah voted against recreational sales.

Nearly 100 new businesses received their licenses from Colorado regulators on Oct. 1.

Yet many of these new, voter-approved pot shops may find it difficult to survive a drug war-era tax code that already threatens many established businesses.

Under the code, the federal government stands to make more money from the sale of marijuana than those legally selling it. And that could be enough to shut down many shops.

“It’s almost like they want us to fail,” said Mitch Woolhiser, while walking through his store called Northern Lights Natural Rx in Edgewater. “Everything I do is aimed at keeping us in business because if I don’t, then (the feds) win. And I’m not going to let them win.”

Woolhiser believes the federal government is actively seeking to undermine his business.

Woolhiser first opened shop in 2010, selling medical marijuana. He started selling recreational pot when it became legal in Colorado at the start of this year. Last year, his business didn’t earn a profit. Had he been selling anything but cannabis, he would not have owed federal income tax, as he ended up with a loss.

Instead, he

ended up paying close to $20,000 to the IRS because of a 1980s tax code called 280E. “I believe that the feds extend the drug war through 280E,” said Jordan Cornelius, a Denver accountant who has worked with Woolhiser and many other marijuana companies in Colorado. “If (the federal government) can’t put them out of business legally when voters are mandating these businesses to move forward, it’s very easy to put them out of business financially.”

Whether the government is actively enforcing the punitive code in an effort to undermine the legal marijuana business remains unclear. The Justice Department, Drug Enforcement Administration and Internal Revenue Service declined comment.

However, an IRS spokesperson provided a 2010 letter written in response to several lawmakers in Colorado, Massachusetts, Arizona and California who had asked the IRS to stop enforcing the tax code in states that legalized the sale of medical marijuana. The IRS letter pointed out that only Congress could make that change.

“The result you seek would require the Congress to amend either the Internal Revenue Code or the Controlled Substance Act,” the IRS letter said.

Though multiple members of Congress received the letter, there has been little effort to amend the code.

Instead, the federal government collects taxes on what it considers an illegal drug because the Supreme Court ruled more than 50 years ago that everyone has to pay taxes — even those who make their money illegally.

Then, in 1982, Congress amended the U.S. tax code to include 280E, which says businesses selling a Schedule I or II drug — like marijuana, heroin, methamphetamine or cocaine — cannot deduct all of their regular business expenses.

The rule means that the “costs of the product,” like the soil and fertilizer used to grow plants, are deductible. But the “costs of selling,” like advertising, rent and utilities — even salaries for employees — are not deductible.

“If it made sense, I would feel better about following it,” said Rob Corry, Denver attorney and marijuana advocate. “I don’t see why production is deductible — they are still produc-

Vicki Murgach, a shift manager at Northern Lights Cannabis Co., rings up a customer’s order at the marijuana shop in Edgewater on Oct. 31. Photo by Joe Mahoney/ Rocky Mountain PBS I-News ing marijuana!”

But that quirk in the tax code has helped many cannabis companies stay in business in Colorado. Medical marijuana stores were required to grow their own product, and therefore had some associated deductions.

As of Oct. 1, cannabis companies are no longer required to grow the products they sell. But without growing, many may soon find that they will have very few, if any, business deductions when filing federal taxes next April.

“A lot of people think that the marijuana industry is just a license to print money,” said Taylor West, deputy director of the National Cannabis Industry Association. “And it’s just not the case.”

West works for an association of more than 750 cannabis-related businesses across the United States, and says that 280E results in her clients paying more than 70 percent of their profits in taxes to the federal government.

Sometimes, the rates are far higher than

that.

“A lot of times, instead of paying a tax rate that should be 30 to 40 percent, they are paying rates between 80 or 90 percent,” said Cornelius, the accountant. “I even have a client right now that is paying more than 100 percent effective tax rate.”

Mac Clouse, a University of Denver finance professor who studies the industry, said the status quo creates an inherent and perhaps fatal conflict.

“The problem is that we have passed laws that allowed these medical marijuana and recreational marijuana companies to do business,” Clouse said. “But we have all these other laws, tax laws, federal laws that make it incredibly difficult if not utterly impossible to survive.”

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“Monument to the conquerors of space” by Mark Mothersbaugh is included in the career retrospective of his work at MCA Denver. Courtesy photos

Close look at body of work Mothersbaugh’s time in DEVO just part of varied artistic background

By Sonya Ellingboe

sellingboe@colorado communitymedia.com “Mark Mothersbaugh: Myopia” opened on Oct. 31 at the Museum of Contemporary Art Denver and is presented throughout the entire museum building through April 12, 2015.

The exhibit, curated by MCA Director and “Chief Animator” Adam Lerner, will next The MCA Denver is located launch on a at 1485 Delgany St., at the innational tour tersection with 15th Street in to MinneapoDenver’s LoDo neighborhood. lis, CincinWinter hours: noon to 7 p.m. nati, Austin, Tuesdays through Thursdays; Cleveland, noon to 9 p.m. Fridays and Santa Monica Saturdays; 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. and New York, Sundays. Admission: $8/$5, running until free 12 and under. See the April 2017. website, mcadenver.org, for In confuture programming related junction with to the show, as it is developed. the exhibit, 303-298-7554.

Princeton Architectural Press has published “Mark Mothersbaugh: Myopia” with a forward by Wes Anderson and essays by Maria Elena Buszek, Adam Lerner, Carey Levine, Shepard Fairy and Steven Wolf, which will be available at the museum’s shop.

Mothersbaugh is well known worldwide as a founding member of the popular band DEVO, but is less known as a prolific visual artist — a career he started before the band was formed by friends at Kent State University. The band’s name came from the word “devolution,” and he explores the interconnections between humans and machines, between visual art and music, via a variety of mediums.

The exhibit includes newly produced musical and sculptural installations, documentation and music from the DEVO days, prints, drawings, paintings, rugs, sculptures, prints, video animations and a lifelong series of postcard-sized works,

Actress Jessica Biel, who moved to Boulder as a child and grew up there, and her superstar husband, Justin Timberlake, are expecting their first child, according to a story in Us Weekly magazine.

According to the story, “Right now they are just enjoying the news for themselves,” one pal tells Us of the “Blunderer” actress, 32, and Timberlake, 33, who dated on and off for five years before getting engaged in January 2012. “They just want a happy baby.”

Biel and Timberlake celebrated their twoyear wedding anniversary in October. “It’s weird because it feels like almost nothing has changed, yet something that you can’t really describe, or something that isn’t tangible, has changed,” Biel told Ellen DeGeneres of married life after returning from her honeymoon in 2012. “It just feels incredible.”

Read more: http://www.usmagazine.com/ celebrity-moms/news/jessica-biel-is-pregnant-expecting-first-child-with-justin-timberlake-2014511#ixzz3IJfIY6Gd.

Santa unfashionably early

Santa upstaged Thanksgiving (my birthday this year) by sledding into the Park Meadows dining hall from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. on Nov. 8.

The free welcome celebration in Lone Tree included milk and cookies, gifts, balloon artists, crafts with Disney, Lego and Pottery Barn Kids and holiday music.

Special guest appearances included L.L. Bear, Build-A-Bear Workshop’s Bearemy, the Gingerbread Man, the Holiday Polar Bear and more. Plus, the jolly man himself arrived via big red fire truck to greet guests before heading down to Santa’s Alpine Village for photos.

Santa’s Super Sleigh, on loan from the North Pole until Dec. 24, will be on display in the Vistas Court.

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“Mechanical Aviary” by Mark Mothersbaugh is included in “Mark Mothersbaugh: Myopia” at the Museum of Contemporary Art Denver.

Thrillist.com, a website that’s not afraid of inciting a food fight, has just released its list of The Best Pizzeria in every state. Them’s fightin’ words.

The timeless debate over the perfect pizza has divided many households, but Thrillist is willing to go there. Here’s what the website purports about pizza: “There are things in America that you can find no matter where you are. The kindness of strangers ... Good pizza. We like to think that somewhere, in each state, there’s a truly sublime pie, and to prove that point, we’ve crunched the numbers (and the crusts) and come up with a definitive list of the best pizzerias in every corner of this great nation ...These are the best pizzerias in every state in America.”

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Holiday fun on tap at Fort

which will be exhibited in its entirety for the first time at MCA Denver.

The artist is quoted by MCA Denver’s publicist: “When I came to Denver while touring with DEVO a few years ago, I was struck by the vitality and positive energy in the city and experiencing the Museum of Contemporary Art was definitely a high point. When the museum invited me to work with their team on an exhibition of this kind, I was happy to have the

opportunity to show Denver, and ultimately the world, what I’m really about.”

This extensive retrospective offers a portrait of an important artist in contemporary culture. It will add to a visitor’s understanding of what the MCA describes as “a largely misunderstood band and Mothersbaugh’s role in the emergence of contemporary culture, including punk rock and even today’s street artists.”

The venerable Fort restaurant in Morrison is offering a lineup of holiday happenings to entertain your out-of-town guests with a slice of Colorado’s history.

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Mesa Verde stars in art show Wildlife Experience display is result of group journey

By Sonya Ellingboe

sellingboe @coloradocommunitymedia.com “Rims to Ruins,” which opened with a reception on Nov. 5 at The Wildlife Experience, is the result of a paint-out for 31 invited Western artists last May at Mesa Verde National Park — a location where every ruin, wall, tree and vista looks like material for an artist to record.

The event was organized by the Castle Rock-based Mesa Verde Foundation, which exists as a philanthropic partner to treasure the park — one of the original 12 UNESCO World Heritage Sites. The foundation raises funds for capital improvements, projects and educational endeavors, according to the website.

And for a second year, “Rims to Ruins” is a means to raise funds and provide the public with an opportunity to enjoy works by artists whose hearts are in the West.

There are oils, watercolors, pastels, pencil drawings and — new this year — sculpture and a “small wall” of small paintings.

While there may be several interpretations of Spruce House, for example, the artistic eyes scanned far and wide and one will see other ruins, canyons, gnarled trees, wildlife and imagined ancient residents. “America’s finest living Western artists capture the light, landscape and grandeur of Mesa Verde National Park,” said the invitation to “Rims to Ruins.”

Paintings and sculptures are for sale through the duration of the exhibit — and/or one can get a small-scale image of what’s exhibited by going to the foundation’s website: MesaVerdeFoundation.org.

Lorenzo Chavez of Parker was one of the artists invited to participate in the Mesa Verde plein air event. His “Moonrise Mesa Verde” was inspired by the May visit to the park, he said. “As I was headed back to my lodging, I witnessed the full moon rising with a cobalt sky; the moon apCentral_LHR.pdf 1 peared toMpulse_10.30.14_CCM be an orange globe.”

Artist Lorenzo Chavez paints at Long House Ruins at Mesa Verde during the plein air painting session in May 2014. Courtesy photos

IF YOU GO The Wildlife Experience is located at 10035 Peoria St., Parker (at Lincoln Avenue) and it is open 9 a. m. to 5 p.m. seven days a week. Adult admission is $10, which includes all exhibits.

Chavez works in both pastel and oil and participates in a number of national and international invitational and group exhibitions, such as the Pastel Society of America Show in New York, Pastel Society of Spain, Pastel Society of France, Coors show in Denver, and many more. He was featured in a one-man show at the C.M. Russell Museum and is a new member of Plein Air Painters of America. He lists seven galleries that represent his work, including Elements 5280 in Greenwood 10/24/14 11:36 AM Village.

“Moonrise Mesa Verde,” oil 30 x 30 by Lorenzo Chavez, was inspired by a moonrise against a cobalt blue sky at Mesa Verde. It is included in the Mesa Verde Foundation’s “Rims to Ruins” exhibit at the Wildlife Experience.

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‘Mute Earth’ spurs individual responses MOA exhibit features work of Colorado College professor

By Sonya Ellingboe

sellingboe @coloradocommunitymedia.com “At the outset of `Mute Earth,’ I was curious about what I have taken to be the indifference of elemental matter — dirt, salt, water, wind, light …,” says the artist’s statement for the Scott Johnson exhibit at Museum Outdoor Arts in Englewood.

“I was considering how these things seemed to be without sentiment and how any meaning we might find in the various forms they take is assigned by us … There are two qualities, however, that strike me above all — rawness and verticality. The first evokes a certain vulnerability, the second a certain relationship with gravity.

I offer these not as interpretations of the work presented here, but as access points.”

Although several children bounced and ran around the room, the mood was generally subdued at the Nov. 1 opening of sculptor/installation artist Johnson’s stimulating new exhibit, “Mute Earth,” at the Museum Outdoor Arts’ indoor gallery in the Englewood Civic Center (through April 11, 2015).

Look for a handout sheet at the desk, with a map of the exhibit and Johnson’s statement about his work.

One enters the MOA gallery at Englewood Civic Center through a pair of “Sentinels,” described as “rammed earth and mild steel.” They are a 21st-century version of the architectural columns that have framed doorways throughout history.

Immediately ahead is “Terminus” — “glass, slip clay and mild steel,” which falls into the “Curiosity Cabinet” kind of installation he describes in his writing — shelves of fragile-looking clay objects, which, as a whole, add bulk to the scene. From there, the eyes and feet are led toward the rear of the large gallery, by photographs and other single, but related installations. At the right rear in a separate space is the fascinating “Forest,” with multiple pencil-sized steel cylinders suspended on shining cop-

LEFT: “The Crossing” includes graphite, a juniper tree, clay and mild steel in Scott Johnson’s “Mute Earth” exhibit at Museum Outdoor Arts indoor gallery in Englewood.

Photo by Sonya Ellingboe ABOVE: Close up of objects in “Terminus,” exhibited near the entrance of Scott Johnson’s exhibit “Mute Earth” at the Museum Outdoor Arts indoor gallery in Englewood. Courtesy photo per wire — imaginatively lit.

Viewers will generate their own responses, depending on the cumulative experience they bring to the exhibit. They will not find the extensive interpretive text that accompanies many exhibits.

The entire gallery is filled with installations and photography by the versatile Colorado College professor, who works in a variety of materials to create installations and large-scale objects that speak about the environment — and human connection or lack of it.

Earth tones, high-contrast photographs and strong shapes lead the eyes through the gallery, and the Sound Gallery at the back offers pleasing water/surf noise, called “Song,” while the adjoining White Gallery includes a light-jet print called “Baer Shoreline” and a video called “Geyser — a preamble,” which is called “an ongoing project.”

“My practice is threefold,” his website says: collection, architectural intervention and experimentation.

Johnson is associate professor of art at Colorado College in Colorado Springs, teaching sculpture, photography, senior seminar and special topics courses and more.

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“Terminus” is a collection of objects, created from glass, ceramic slip and mild steel, in Scott Johnson’s exhibit, “Mute Earth,” at Museum Outdoor Arts indoor gallery in Englewood. Photo by Sonya Ellingboe His written statement concludes: “There are two qualities, however, that strike me above all — rawness and verticality. The first evokes a certain vulnerability, the second a certain relationship with gravity. I offer these not as interpretations of the work presented here, but as access points.”

IF YOU GO “Mute Earth” will be exhibited through April 11, 2015, in the Museum Outdoor Arts’ indoor gallery in the Englewood Civic Center, 1000 Englewood Parkway. Hours: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesdays through Thursdays; 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Fridays; 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturdays. Admission is free. moaonline.org, 303-806-0444.

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Film features power of powder “No Turning Back” is Warren Miller’s 65th film, released this fall. Tickets are on sale for screenings of this celebration of winter sports in Niseko, Japan, the Swiss Alps, Montana, France and more. Name athletes are featured.

In the south area, “No Turning Back” will show at the PACE Center, 2000 Peakview Ave., Parker, at 7 p.m. Nov. 23 and again at 7:30 p.m. from Nov. 24-26 at Lone Tree Arts Center, 10075 Commons St., Lone Tree. Tickets: warrenmiller.com.

Poster show and sale set

Englewood’s developing Depot Letterpress Museum will hold a celebration of progress on the Depot and a poster show and sale from 4 to 8 p.m. on Nov. 15 at Brews on Broadway, 3445 S. Broadway, Englewood.

Posters are specially designed by 20 of the world’s best letterpress printers from New Mexico, Australia, Oregon, Brazil and Colorado. Sale price will be $30 each and all proceeds will support the Depot. Posters will be on display Nov. 15-22 at Brews on Broadway.

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The O’Sullivan Art Gallery at Regis University, 3333 Regis Blvd., Denver, features an exhibit of Santos by local artists through Dec. 5. There will be a gallery talk by Tom Riedel,

Audubon contest

Photographers are invited to enter the Share the View International Nature Photography Contest, sponsored by Audubon Society of Greater Denver. Cash awards. Top 250 featured on the contest website in 2015, showcasing with photographer’s name and website link if requested. Details at denveraudubon.org.

`Holiday Express’ curator of the Regis Santos Collection, at 7 p.m. Nov. 13, and a Santos Market from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Dec. 6. The Regis Santos Collection on the Third Floor of the Dayton Library has been renamed The Rev. Thomas J. Steele S.J. Gallery and is open to the public.

Gallery hours: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Fridays; 2 to 8 p.m. Thursdays.

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Englewood Arts Presents Music by Beethoven, Ravel and Villa-Lobos will be performed by at 2 p.m. Nov. 22 by Catherine Beeson, viola; John Hilton, violin; Jeff Watson, cello; James Hall, flute; Ann-Marie Liss, harp. Up Close and Musical strings.

Tickets: $20 adult/$15 senior/free under 18.

Englewoodarts.org, 303-806-8196.

Now open at the Depot Art Gallery, 2069 W. Powers Ave., Littleton: “The Holiday Express,” with original art and fine crafts for gifts. Hours: 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesdays through Sundays. 303-795-0781.

Annual holiday concert

The Denver Concert Band, directed by Jacinda Bouton, will perform its annual Holiday Concert, “Tis the Season,” at 2 p.m.

Nov. 22 at Lone Tree Arts Center, 10075 Commons St., Lone Tree. A visit from Santa and Mrs. Claus is expected and the program will include “A Most Wonderful Christmas” by Robert Sheldon, “Ding Dong Merrily On,” “Fantasia in G Major” by J.S. Bach, symphonic Highlights from “Frozen,” and more.

Tickets: $13/$8, lonetreeartscenter.org, 720509-1000.

Englewood history

“Personal Stories of Englewood Veterans” will be presented by the Englewood Historical Society at 3 p.m. Nov. 15 at the Englewood Library, 1000 Englewood Parkway. Kay Howard, who led a successful campaign for a permanent veterans monument at the new high school, will share stories of veterans and their families. 720-254-1897, historicenglewood.org.

Nutcracker time Denver Ballet Theatre presents its 2014 production of “The Nutcracker,” directed by David Taylor, at 2 and 7 p.m. on Nov. 25-26 at the PACE Center, 20000 Pikes Peak Ave., Parker. Tickets: pacecenteronline.ticketforce. com.

Denver Brass “Merry Band of Brass in Sherwood Forest” is a concert by the Denver Brass, with the Lamont Brass Ensemble, held at 7:30 p.m.

Nov. 15 at Bethany Lutheran Church, 4500 E. Hampden Ave., Cherry Hills Village. The program will include music from “Carmina Burana,” Wagner, Carl Orff and more. Tickets start at $20, with discounts for seniors, students, children. 303-963-3333.

`Playground’ puts work by women in spotlight Production came about from burst of collaboration

By Sonya Ellingboe

sellingboe @coloradocommunitymedia.com “The Playground” runs through Nov. 22 at Work|Space at the Laundry on Lawrence in Denver’s Five Points neighborhood. It’s a new work by five area women.

The setting is an urban playground, Susan Lyles said — with two swings, a bench, a basketball hoop … Five new short plays by local women will show “a rich tapestry of everyday heroes, thwarted dreamers, overzealous sports fans, undaunted angels, entangled lovers and gregarious entrepreneurs,” according to a release from the company.

Five stories are woven together and take In 2005, Lyles started And Toto too Theatre Company to produce plays by women place over a 24-hour period at this one site.

Each play will be a fully rehearsed producwriters, with the goal of bringing more plays by women to the stage. (Very few women get tion, she said, after about five weeks of rehearsals. their plays produced.)

The same versatile actors will perform in An “American Theatre” article last month

by Suzy Evans states that while 51 percent of each one, Lyles said. They are: Kathi Baerns, the population is female, and 68 percent of DEvra Keyes, Susan Lyles, Camden LylesBroadway audiences are female, there isn’t a Smith, Lauren Cora Marsh, Kevin Richard Mcsingle new play by a woman in the 2013-2014 Guire and Dylan Rush. (Lyles’ 12-year-old son Camden is a student at Denver School of the season.

Lyles and co-director Nicolette Vatjay got Arts and interested in playwriting. He recently together in late August/early September with appeared in “Waiting for Godot.”)

What background makes this kind of magthe playwrights: Vatjay, (“Liar Liar, Pants on Fire”); Leslie C. Lewis (“Superheroes”); Nina ic happen? Extensive.

Lyles has a BA from Wichita State as an Alice Miller (“American Herring”); Rebecca Gorman O’Neill (“They Were Mine Before”); actor, and has done summer stock, film and and Carrie Printz (“Soccer Mamas”). “We stage, including a time in London. O’Neill has B:10.25” started scripts and rewrote until we had a an MFA in dramatic writing from Carnegie working script after two weeks,” Lyles said. T:10.25”Mellon University and is a professor of English

IF YOU GO “The Playground” is performed at 7:30 p.m. Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays at Work|Space at the Laundry on Lawrence, 2701 Lawrence St., Denver. Tickets cost $22, except for Wednesdays — “cheap date night” — when they cost $11. Call 720-583-3975 or go to andtototoo.org. at Metro State University. Lewis is an author of essays, articles and short and full-length plays.

Miller is a published non-fiction author and former professor, whose plays have been presented locally. Printz’s full-length play “Gifted” was recently chosen for production at Edge Theater in Lakewood. Vatjay completed studies at the ART’s Advanced Theater Training at Harvard and performed as an actress regionally for 20 years before starting a writing and directing career.

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Book takes wing for Englewood woman `Soaring into Greatness’ spurs party at Wellshire

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Gail Hamilton has designed a party around her book signing, which will be held from 5-9 p.m. Nov. 18 at the Wellshire Events Center, 3333 S. Colorado Blvd.

“We have to have a party for this very special occasion, since I started working on this book May 1, 2004,” the Englewood resident said. “I didn’t know what I was doing, so I just started writing. The book now is published and I think that is a reason to have a party and celebrate.”

She titled her book, “Soaring into Greatness — A Blind Woman’s Vision to Live Her Dreams and Fly.” She said worked about two hours a day on the book, writing and rewriting the copy. She said there were 10 drafts of the book before the 11th one got published.

“Like I said, we are going to have a party,” the author said. “We will have tables and chairs for visitors and there is a cash bar, so come and join me in celebrating my book.”

The book recounts many of the challenges Hamilton has faced. She was born 10 weeks premature. Six months later doctors discovered she had an eye condition that left her blind by age 10. She details life growing up, when she was physically and emotionally abused.

The book also highlights her achievements, including a bachelor’s degree in music from William Woods University in Fulton, Mo., and a master’s degree in vocal performance from Pittsburg State University in Kansas. She sang the leads in “La Boheme” and “La Traviata” while in graduate school.

Her singing was her talent when she won Ms. Colorado Senior America in 2013 and was fourth in the National Ms. Senior America competition.

She teaches piano and autoharp and is a workshop facilitator and an inspirational speaker.

A few years ago, she worked along with the crews that built her Habitat for Humanity house in Englewood.

When the house was finished, she got special assistance so she could sit on the roof and sing.

“My intent in writing the book was to inspire those who are struggling to find themselves,” she said. “I hope to let them know they are not alone in their struggles and that an individual can do anything if they have the heart, focus and determination. A saying I have adopted states, `Action plus attitude equals success.’”

Hamilton’s book is available through Amazon and also soon will be available electronically through Kindle.

Englewood author Gail Hamilton talks with potential customers about her recently published book during the Nov. 1 Malley Holiday Bazaar. There will be a book signing party Nov. 18 at the Wellshire Events Center. File photos

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World market not only about gifts Global artisans, local causes helped by holiday bazaar

IF YOU GO “Mute Earth” will be exhibited through April 11, 2015, in the Museum Outdoor Arts’ indoor gallery in the Englewood Civic Center, 1000 Englewood Parkway.

Hours: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesdays through Thursdays; 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Fridays; 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturdays. Admission is free. moaonline.org, 303-806-0444.

By Sonya Ellingboe

sellingboe@coloradocommunitymedia.com Littleton artist Shelly de Chantal gives of her time and expertise to help fellow artisans across the world by publicizing the annual World Gift Market, held simultaneously at the First Unitarian Universalist Church and First Plymouth Congregational Church, which are positioned diagonally across from each other at Hampden Avenue and Colorado Boulevard. The market opens from 5 to 8 p.m. Nov. 21 at First Universalist only, then continues on Nov. 22 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Nov. 23 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at both locations.

More than 50 nonprofit groups and Fair Trade businesses participate in this event, which supports artisans in developing countries in Latin America, Asia and Africa and nonprofit groups working in Denver with refugees, the homeless and families in crisis.

Handcrafted jewelry, hand-woven scarves, embroidered bags and jackets, tribal baskets and recycled paper journals, toys, and folk musical instruments may be among the hundreds of colorful items available. Purchases ensure that a mother somewhere far away can put food on her family’s table and perhaps send her kids to school. Women are becoming empowered to participate in family and community decisions as they earn money for the family.

Shelly de Chantal shared a story of a Gloria Leyba, who founded her business, Cielo Maya, after she became acquainted with villagers in the Guatemalan Highlands region of Lake Atitlan about 10 years ago. “She not only found the weaver of the jacket she treasured, but she found the direction her life’s work would take.”

She had learned clothing design and construction from her mother, and in addition to learning about the weaving tradition of Tz’itujil Maya, she developed a relationship with indigenous craftspeople as she helped them resolve problems that

had resulted in poor sales. Cielo Maya, “Maya heaven,” was formed as she helped artisans find good-quality thread and contemporary color and design ideas, de Chantal wrote.

Leyba spends three to six months a year in Guatemala working with six artisan groups, helping them “develop saleable products rooted in their traditional culture and finding markets locally and in the U.S.” “A recent success is the creation of hand-woven bags containing locally grown Guatemalan coffee, sold with a handcarved wooden spoon. The goal was to involve more family members in the production process and partner with local Fair Trade coffee growers.”

Colorful traditional wooden masks, covered with handbeaded cloth, will be available at the market this year. The wood carving is done by men in the family, while women create the beaded fabric.

Cielo Maya’s products are sold at craft stores in Guatemala and at alternative gift shows in the Denver area such as this World Gift Market. Some items are available at the Denver Museum of Nature & Science, and Leyba hopes to increase sales through wholesale orders in the next year, to ensure a steady stream of income for the co-operatives she supports.

De Chantal is also a vendor at the market, she said. Her sister founded an organization called Indigo Threads to support schools and children in southern Laos, with school lunches, uniforms, books, supplies, bikes — supported by sales of handicrafts, in addition to donations.

(She is also a member of Rocky Mountain Weavers Guild, which will hold its annual Fiber Festival on Nov. 13-15 in the Community Room at Englewood Civic Center, second floor.

Look for her beautiful silk scarves.)

This traditional Mayan weaver from Guatemala sells her textiles through the World Gift Market. Courtesy photo

Hickenlooper Joins Chamber Members at Snooze to host this event with the Governor Governor John Hickenlooper at such an important moment in and Secretary of State Candidate his campaign,” said Harden. “We Joe Neguse joined members of the appreciate his commitment to the South Metro Denver Chamber for business community, and his ability breakfast at Snooze in the Streets of to reach out and connect with our Southglenn on Monday, November membership.”

03, during the crucial final push The Governor’s team also included before the election on November key members of his cabinet, who 4. The Governor was greeted by met candidly with the Chamber and twenty Chamber members, spoke discussed their roles on his team. for several minutes regarding his The meeting, held amid the bustling work with the business community. atmosphere of Snooze, was a great He then spoke individually with success. members. Neguse introduced For more information about the the Governor, expressing his Jeff Wasden(left), Natalie Harden(center), Gov. Hickenlooper(right) South Metro Denver Chamber’s admiration of Hickenlooper’s membership and event opportunities, policy work and ability to and economic development, followed by Jeff please visit www.bestchamber.com or find solutions to important issues. The Wasden, president of the Colorado Business call 303-795-0142.

Governor’s arrival was announced by Natalie Roundtable, and chair of the Chamber’s Harden, SMDC director of public policy public policy committee. “We were honored

Economic Forecast Breakfast 2015 - Exploring & shaping our future

Pete Casillas, president and publisher of the Denver Business Journal, will moderate the South Metro Denver Chamber’s 28th Annual Economic Forecast Breakfast panel on Friday, December 5. The panel will be comprised of industry experts sharing their insights on important sectors of the Colorado economy. Harry Horowitz, senior industry manager,

Office of Economic Development and International Trade (OEDIT), is slated to discuss the outlook for advanced manufacturing. Sam Knazier, government affairs manager at Whiting Petroleum Corporation will discuss his company’s outlook for the energy industry in Colorado. John Ricks, associate director of the Colorado Tourism Office, will relate the outlook for the tourism industry. Other invited panelists will provide forecasts for the real estate industry, infrastructure, and technology.

2014 from 7:00 – 9:00 am at Denver Marriott at Park Meadows (10345 Park Meadows Drive, Littleton, CO 80124). Plated breakfast will be served.

The 28th Annual Economic Forecast Breakfast is sponsored by Wells Fargo and WhippleWood CPAs, and hosted by the Chamber’s Economic Development Group. Registration is open to the public. Prior forecasts have sold out at 800 attendees, and advanced reservations are recommended.

For more information about the South Metro Denver Chamber membership and sponsorship opportunities, please visit www.bestchamber. com or call 303-795-0142.

South Metro Chamber of Commerce is dedicated to creating remarkable relationships and a thriving community for our members and beyond.

The breakfast will be held on Friday, December 5,

Tickets can be purchased at the following rates: $35/Member; $75/Non-member; $325/ Corporate Table Sponsorship (10 seats). To register please visit www.regonline.com/bestforecast14

Member Spotlight - WISE One Step Closer to Delivering Water The southern suburbs of Denver took a significant step forward in shifting to a water system that makes use of renewable water supply on Oct. 21 when members of the South Metro Water Supply Authority and Denver Water purchased the East Cherry Creek Valley Water and Sanitation District’s Western Waterline. The pipeline purchase is a significant milestone in WISE (Water Infrastructure and Supply Efficiency), a partnership between 10 of the South Metro members, Denver Water and Aurora Water to share water supply and infrastructure.

Using Aurora’s Prairie Waters system, Aurora Water and Denver Water will provide water through the Western pipeline to participating South Metro members on a permanent basis. WISE will also provide a new emergency supply for Denver Water, and offset costs and stabilize water rates for Aurora.

“The purchase of ECCV’s pipeline makes WISE and the sharing of water supplies possible,” said Eric Hecox, executive director of the South Metro Water

Supply Authority. “This is a significant milestone for the WISE Partnership and moves communities throughout the South Metro area one step closer to a secure and sustainable water future,” he said.

The 20-mile east-west pipeline along E-470 and C-470 has capacity to deliver 38 million gallons of water a day to Douglas and Arapahoe counties.

“Our sale of this pipeline is mutually beneficial for all the parties involved,” said O. Karl Kasch, president of the ECCV board. “Under the purchase and sale agreement, ECCV will still have the capacity we need in the pipeline, while also supporting a regional solution to one of the most important water challenges facing the Denver metro region.

We have always viewed the Western Waterline as an infrastructure asset from which the entire South Metro community can benefit, and that’s what will be accomplished.”

Under the agreement, Denver Water and Aurora Water will sell an average of 7,250 acre-feet of water

a year to South-Metro water suppliers beginning in 2016 with the option to increase to 10,000 acre-feet in future years.

“We’re thrilled to be moving forward with the WISE Partnership,” said Dave Little, director of planning for Denver Water. “This agreement will create more system flexibility and increase the reliability of our water supply system, leading to a more secure water future for communities throughout the region.”

WISE water is expected to begin flowing through the ECCV pipeline in 2016, once the remaining infrastructure, such as system interconnects, are complete.

For details on the WISE project and updates, visit http://www.southmetrowater.org/storageWISE.html.

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.

Tuesday, November 11 Mastering Digital Marketing and Social Media for Business 7:30 – 9:00 am, South Metro Chamber’s WhippleWood CPAs Conference Center 2154 E. Commons Ave., Suite 342, Centennial, CO Tuesday, November 11 Business After Hours hosted by Complete Lifestyles 5:00 – 7:00 pm 7562 S. University Blvd. Suite A, Centennial, CO 80112 Wednesday, November 12 Vectra Bank Ribbon Cutting and Open House 4:00 – 6:00 pm, 6702 South Potomac St., Centennial, CO Wednesday, November 12 Elements Massage Denver West Ribbon Cutting 5:00 – 7:00 pm, 14650 W. Colfax Avenue, Suite G-120, Denver, CO Thursday, November 13 Marketing Summit presented by WhippleWood CPAs 7:30 – 1:30 am, South Metro Chamber’s WhippleWood CPAs Conference Center 2154 E. Commons Ave., Suite 342, Centennial, CO Cost: $49/person includes coffee, rolls, soft drinks & lunch Thursday, November 13 Dury Inn & Suite Ribbon Cutting & Open House 2:00 – 3:30 pm, 9445 E. Dry Creek Rd. Centennial, CO Thursday, November 13 ACC 5th Annual Grapes to Grads Wine Tasting & Silent Auction 7:00 – 9:00 pm, Mike Ward Infiniti 1800 Lucent Court, Littleton, CO Friday, November 14 Littleton Adventist Hospital Groundbreaking – Radiation Oncology Cancer Center 11:30 am – 12:30 pm, Littleton Adventist Hospital 7700 South Broadway, Littleton, CO

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THINGS DO THEATER/FILM

CLASSIC, CONTROVERSIAL Shakespeare Scenes COSTUMED ACTORS from A Taste of Shakespeare will perform classic scenes from

Shakespeare’s plays at 7 p.m. Friday, Nov. 14, at Bemis Public Library, 6014 S. Datura St., Littleton. All of the scenes will reflect values that are difficult for modern audiences to accept. As the actors perform they will talk about each scene from a current perspective. Call 303-795-3961.

SEEDLINGS: FUNNY Bunny Magic Show

Children’s Orchestra Concert

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THE LITTLETON Symphony Orchestra presents its annual free children’s concert, “Haydn Go Seek with the Orchestra,” at 2:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 15, at Littleton United Methodist Church, 5894 S. Datura St. In this wacky murder mystery, a musical collaboration between best-selling children’s author Lemony Snicket and acclaimed composer Nathaniel Stookey, everyone in the orchestra is a suspect and it’s the inspector’s job to unravel this outrageous crime. Seven-year-old pianist Madison Suh will perform the finale. Visit www.littletonsymphony.com or call 303-933-6824.

COMEDY MAGICIAN and entertaining educator Connie Elstun, along with her friend Silly Billy the Funny Bunny, takes children on a magic journey to find a treasure of lost prizes. Show times are 9:30 and 11 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 18, in the Event Hall at Lone Tree Arts Center, 10075 Commons St., Lone Tree. Along the way, and by using magic, they find out there are other funny bunnies and a few funny birdies too. This fun show stars Connie Elstun and her live performing bunnies and birds and features the fantastic children chosen from the audience. It is learning, comedy, animals, magic and fun all rolled up in one. Go to www.LoneTreeArtsCenter.org or call 720-509-1007.

PASSPORT TO Culture: Birds and Dogs and Pigs - Oh My! AFTER CAPTURING the nation’s heart on America’s Got Talent, Mudslinger the pig brings his friends for this unique showcase of animal ability. The Thunderbirds are parrots that do more than just shake their tail feathers; the Top Hogs will make you laugh with their playful antics; and their best friend of the canine persuasion is truly man’s best friend. Program is at 3 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 23, in the Event Hall at the Lone Tree Arts Center, 10075 Commons St. Go to www.LoneTreeArtsCenter.org or call 720-509-1007.

ART

MILE HIGH Holiday Mart

JUNIOR LEAGUE of Denver presents the 2014 Mile High Holiday Mart from Friday, Nov. 14, to Sunday, Nov. 16, at the Denver Marriott Tech Center, 4900 S. Syracuse St., Denver. Public shopping hours are 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Nov. 14, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Nov. 15, and 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Nov. 16. Go to www.jld.org.

HOLIDAY BOUTIQUE THE DENVER P.E.O. chapter hosts its Christmas A’Faire Holiday Boutique. All proceeds go to women’s scholarships. Juried artists will sell handmade quilts, birdhouses, paintings, painted glass, metal sculpture, wood products, knitted scarves, baby items, soaps, wreaths, ornaments and more. Parking is free. The fair is open from 5-8 p.m. Friday, Nov. 14, and from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 15, at Central Christian Church of Denver, 3690 Cherry Creek South Drive.

IDYLLWILDE HOLIDAY Bazaar

Alzheimer’s, Dementia Caregivers Workshop

A FREE workshop for those who care for those with Alzheimer’s and other forms of dementia is from 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 15, at Castle Rock Adventist Hospital. Lunch is provided. Seating is limited; call Hope Freeman at 719-422-9320 to RSVP.

Mockingjay Challenge

TEENS AGES 11-18 who liked “The Hunger Games” series by Suzanne Collins, and are looking forward to the Nov. 21 movie release of “Mockingjay,” won’t want to miss this event loaded with trivia, a costume contest, games and prizes. The event is at 6:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 15, at Douglas County Libraries in Parker, 10851 S. Crossroads Drive. To register, call 303-7917323 or visit DouglasCountyLibraries.org.

SHOP IN a cozy and festive atmosphere with free coffee at the annual Idyllwilde Holiday Bazaar, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 15, at Idyllwilde Grand Hall, 22008 E. Idyllwilde Drive, Parker. We have exciting new gift, craft and food purveyors, as well as your old favorites. Sweet and savory crepes will be available for purchase outside the Grand Hall.

SOUTH SUBURBAN Art Exhibits LOCAL ARTISTS will have their work on display through Nov. 30 at South

Suburban Parks and Recreation centers. Shel Spiegleman’s photographs will be displayed at Goodson, 6315 S. University Blvd., Centennial, 303798-2476. Jacqueline Shuler’s paintings and calligraphy will be exhibited at Lone Tree, 10249 Ridgegate Circle, Lone Tree, 303708-3500. The Paint Box Guild’s paintings will be exhibited at Douglas H. Buck, 2004 W. Powers Ave., Littleton, 303-797-8787. Visit www.sspr.org or contact Darcie LaScala at 303-4837072.

EVENTS

FAMILYSEARCH CENTER Classes

Family Tree Maker Series

COLUMBINE GENEALOGICAL and Historical Society presents

the last in a three-part series on Family Tree Maker and how the software integrates with Ancestry.com to make the search, storage and sharing of research more seamless. Session 3, on Tuesday, Nov. 18, covers the Web Search workspace, Ancestry.com, TreeSync and other maintenance tasks such as backups and exports. Session is at 9:30 a.m. at Lutheran Church of the Holy Spirit, 6400 S. University Blvd., Centennial. Contact CJ Backus, president, info@columbinegenealogy.org or go to http:// www.ColumbineGenealogy.com.

Comedy Night at the Castle

LOCAL COMEDIANS Kevin Fitzgerald and Stephanie McHugh

present an evening of laughter from 7-9 p.m. Friday, Nov. 21, at Cherokee Ranch and Castle, 6113 N. Daniels Park Road, Sedalia. Visit www.cherokeeranch.org or call 303-688-4600.

Reservations include a tour of the castle and the performance.

CLASSES ON a variety of topics, booths, recording booth for audio histories and one-

on-one consultation are offered from 1-5:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 15, at Littleton FamilySearch Center, 1939 E. Easter Ave., Littleton. The center is across the street from the Streets at SouthGlenn.

FESTIVAL OF Trees CIMARRON MIDDLE School plans its Festival of Trees, a family event from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 6, at 12130 Canterberry Parkway, Parker. Discounted tickets will be sold through Saturday, Nov. 15. More than 40 themed trees will be available to win. Boxed breakfast, coffee, hot chocolate and Krispy Kreme Doughnuts will be included with admission. Kathy Sabin from 9 News will announce the tree winners. Go to http://schools.dcsdk12.org/cims.

SYMPHONY GUILD Chapter Meeting THE COLORADO Symphony Guild HR/LT Chapter will meet at 1 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 18, at Tattered Cover in Town Center, 9315 Dorchester St., Highlands Ranch.

The guild is the largest support group of the Colorado Symphony. Everyone is welcome.

Contact 303-308-2462, admin@coloradosymphonyguild.org or www.coloradosymphonyguild.org.

HEALTH/FITNESS

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

For information or to schedule an appointment, contact the Bonfils Appointment Center at 303-363-2300, unless otherwise noted.

Upcoming blood drives are: Saturday, Nov. 15, 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at St. Andrew United Methodist Church, 3350 White Bay Drive, Highlands Ranch; Monday, Nov. 17, 10-11:40 a.m. and 1-3:30 p.m. at Legacy Partners Commercial Inc., 6300 South Syracuse Way, Centennial; Monday, Nov. 17, 8-9:40 a.m. and 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Nov. 17 at Western Union, 12500 E. Belford Ave., Englewood; Thursday, Nov. 20, 9-10:40 a.m. and noon to 2:30 p.m. Nov. 20 at Quadrant Building, Bighorn Room, 5445 DTC Parkway, Centennial; Friday, Nov. 21, 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at PACE Center, 20000 Pikes Peak Ave., Parker; Saturday, Nov. 22, 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at Providence Presbyterian Church Blood Drive, 18632 Pony Express Drive, Parker (contact Steve Mato, 281-799-8348); Sunday, Nov. 23, 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church, 2746 5th St., Castle Rock; Wednesday, Nov. 26, noon to 4 p.m. Nov. 26 at Columbine Library, 7706 W. Bowles Ave., Littleton; Friday, Nov. 28, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Whole Foods, Governor’s Ranch, 5155 S. Wadsworth Blvd., Littleton.

HEALTH INSURANCE Options WHETHER YOU’RE UNINSURED, or you have private insurance, Medicaid, CHP+ or Medicare, health insurance can be confusing. Get answers at the “Are You Confused About Your Options?” event Saturday, Nov. 15, at Doctors Care, 609 W. Littleton Blvd., Littleton. Drop-in assistance, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., and two free interactive workshops, from 9-11 a.m. and 1-3 p.m., are offered.

Seating for the workshop is limited; register at www.smhaco.org/insurance or contact Traci Jones at 303-793-9615 or traci@smhaco.org.

100-MILE CHALLENGE Hiking Group LOOKING TO enjoy the great outdoors with others? Want to work on hiking the 100 miles needed to earn a Castlewood Canyon 100 Mile Challenge Coin? Join Volunteer Naturalist Randy Howell for this informational meeting to determine interest, dates and times to meet and hike the park. Meeting is at noon Saturday, Nov. 15; meet at the visitor center. Call 303-688-5242.

FREE NUTRITION, Cooking Class FREE HEART Health nutrition classes and cooking demonstrations are offered

from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

Wednesday, Nov. 19 (Diet Can Help Prevent Cancer) at the South Denver Heart Center, 1000 Southpark Drive, Littleton.

Join Richard Collins, M.D., “The Cooking Cardiologist,” along with Susan Buckley, RD, CDE, as they share their expertise on Heart Healthy nutrition and cooking solutions. For more information or to register, call 303-744-1065, www.southdenver.com.

EDUCATION

RANGER TALK

CASTLEWOOD CANON State Park Ranger Mark Farris presents a weekly program about the park. Learn about the park and have the opportunity to ask a ranger any questions you may have. Program is from 10-11 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 15; meet at the visitor center. Call 303-688-5242.

OWLS OF Castlewood Canyon JOIN VOLUNTEER Naturalist Cathy Fischer for an exciting program about owls. Learn about the magnificent Great Horned Owl and the habitat it prefers.

Everyone will also have the opportunity to dissect their own owl pellet and see for themselves what owls eat. Program is from 10-10:45 a.m. Sunday, Nov. 16; meet at the Visitor Center. Call 303-688-5242.

CHINA: THE Superpower ACTIVE MINDS will explore China’s prominent role in world politics and the economy, including implications for the United States, in a lecture co-sponsored

by Vi Living, at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 20, at Douglas County Libraries in Highlands Ranch, 9292 Ridgeline Blvd. To register, call 303-791-7323 or visit DouglasCountyLibraries.org.

THE LEWIS & Clark Expedition JOIN ACTIVE Minds for a program focusing upon Lewis & Clark’s expedition that opened the West over 200 years ago. We will discuss the achievements and challenges of the expedition as well as the legacies it left for the young nation.

Building upon the experiences from the expedition, we will also discuss the evolution of our country’s relationship with Native Americans and the lands they inhabited. Program is from 10-11 a.m. Friday, Nov. 21, at the Malley Senior Center, 3380 S. Lincoln St., Englewood. RSVP at 303-762-2660. If parking in the lot, get pass from inside center.S EDITOR’S NOTE: Calendar submissions must be received by noon Wednesday for publication the following week. Send listings to calendar@coloradocommunitymedia.com. No attachments, please. Listings are free and run on a space-available basis.

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CURTAIN TIME Cole Porter treat

“Anything Goes,” Cole Porter’s classic American musical, will play at Town Hall Arts Center, 2450 W. Main St., Littleton, from Nov. 14 through Dec. 28. Directed and choreographed by the award-winning Nick Sugar, with co-choreography by Kelly Kates and musical direction by Donna Debreceni. Performances: 7:30 p.m. Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays; 2 p.m. Sundays and Nov. 29, Dec. 6, Dec. 13, Dec. 20; and 6:30 p.m. Dec. 14. Tickets: $25-$45 at townhallartscenter.org, 303-794-2787, ext. 5 (10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday-Friday and one hour before shows).

Lighthearted musical

“She Loves Me,” with book by Joe Masterhoff, music by Jerry Bock and lyrics by Sheldon Harnick, plays Nov. 25 to

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donations and proceeds go towards the organization’s preservation and educational efforts.

Nov. 30: Farolito Lighting & Pinecone Ceremony, honoring Dr. Alexa Roberts. The Tesoro Cultural Center will celebrate the Southwestern tradition of lighting the farolitos — paper lanterns — in the courtyard of The Fort. Roberts is superintendent of the National Park Service Sand Creek Massacre site and Old Bent’s Fort site, and has worked to unite the tribes connected to the Sand Creek Massacre with education and understanding to inspire healing. This event is free and hosted in the courtyard of The Fort from 4:30-6 p.m. Enjoy live music, complimentary apple cider, coffee and biscochitos provided by The Fort. Visit www.

TesoroCulturalCenter.org to learn more about the Pinecone Ceremony. For additional events related to the Sand Creek Massacre 150th Anniversary, please visit www.sandcreekmassacre150.com.

Dec. 2: Holiday Auction Party. Do some holiday shopping at discount prices while supporting historical, cultural and educational programs. Tesoro’s Annual Holiday Auction Party, hosted at The Fort from 6-9 p.m., joins GivingFirst’s Colorado Gives Day (24 Hours to

Marketplace

Dec. 21 at the Arvada Center, 6901 Wadsworth Blvd., Arvada. Performances: 7:30 p.m. Tuesdays through Saturdays; 1 p.m.

Wednesdays; 2 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays. Tickets start at $53, arvadacenter.org, 720-898-7200.

Holiday comedy premiere “Christmas Belles” by Jesse Jones, Nicholas Hope and Jamie Wooten, collectively known as James Hope Wooten, looks at a comical Christmas with the Futrelle sisters in the Texas town of Fayro. Presented by Spotlight Theatre Company and directed

by Luke Allen Terry, it plays Nov. 22 to Dec. 20 at the John Hand Theater, 7653 E. First Place, Denver. Performances: 7:30 p.m.

Fridays and Saturdays; 2 p.m. Sundays and Saturday, Dec. 20. Tickets: $21/$19, 720880-8727, thisisspotlight.com.

Advertise: 303-566-4100

Overheard

Eavesdropping on two employees at an Englewood business: “Did you know that if you lick the frosting off a cupcake, that makes it a muffin? And muffins are healthy.”

“You’re a weird not-so-little man.”

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

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Lost and Found LOST DOG! on 11/1/2014 at around 4:30pm near Sun Country Dr. and CR 29 our 6 month old, male German Shepherd went missing in Elizabeth, CO. He is not micro-chipped and goes by the name Copper. He is very friendly.

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Heritage quarterback Chase Hansen (14) pulls away from a would-be Regis tackler during the Nov. 7 Class 5A state football playoff game. Hansen ran the ball for a 5-yard gain but Raiders won, 44-0. Photos by Tom Munds

Eagles’ season ends in playoffs Regis routs Heritage, 44-0, one week after Eagles pull off upset win

By Tom Munds

tmunds @coloradocommunitymedia.com Heritage’s hope for a shot at the state title ended Nov. 7 in the second round of the Class 5A football playoffs with a resounding 44-0 loss to Regis Jesuit.

The No. 6-seeded Eagles (7-4) pulled off a come-from-behind upset the week before over No. 3 Doherty (8-2) and were fired up for the meeting with Regis. But so was Regis as the No. 2 Raiders (10-1) controlled the tempo throughout the game.

“Regis is a great, physical football team.

They executed everything perfectly tonight.

I tip my hat to them,” said Eagles coach Tyler Knoblock. “They have great size, which we knew would be a huge challenge for us.

But our kids brought all they had to the table and I couldn’t be more proud of them and their effort tonight.”

Knoblock said the game was just one of those “deals” where Regis has a strong, established program while Heritage is still working to build the program into what the Eagles want it to be.

“Tonight showed we still have a long way to go,” he said.

Heritage faced a challenge all night moving the football and gained very few yards rushing. Forced to go to the air, the

Eagles’ Chase Hansen was constantly under pressure and was sacked or hurried numerous times throughout the game.

The Raiders turned their second possession of the game into a field goal with 7:53 left in the first quarter. Two minutes later, Alec Barnes followed good blocking, broke into the open field and raced 54 yards to the end zone for a touchdown and a 9-0 lead. Barnes scored two more touchdowns in the second quarter, and thanks to a twopoint conversion, the Raiders led 24-0 at the half.

Barnes added his fourth touchdown of the day on a 14-yard run early in the third quarter to raise the score to 30-0. Regis reserves then moved into the lineup on both sides of the ball and the Raiders added two more touchdowns for a 44-0 final.

“I couldn’t be any prouder of our seniors,” Knoblock said after the game.

“Those guys have helped us establish the direction we want this program to grow.

“Our roster has been depleted by injuries. But the kids we put on the field continued to battle and, as I said, I am proud of the fact our guys played their hearts out tonight.”

Looking ahead, Knoblock said he has quite a few experienced players coming back next season.

“We’ll lose some seniors to graduation and we’ll miss them,” he said. “But these kids have great heart and are ready to go to work. This loss won’t keep us down for the count. It ends our season this year but we are a program that is focused on growing

Daejour Haynes (1) returns a kick for Heritage during the Nov. 7 Class 5A football playoff game against Regis. Haynes made a good return but the Eagles weren’t able to score on the drive as Regis went on to win, 44-0. and improving.”

Senior Frank Umu has been a standout on the offensive line as well as the defensive line all season for the Eagles.

“They were very tough up front,” Umu said after the game. “They have a great offensive line so it was hard to penetrate tonight.”

Umu spoke in a soft voice that reflected his emotions as he said that, while the game against Regis was tough, it did nothing to tarnish his good memories of playing football for Heritage. He added that he is looking forward to graduation and to continuing his football career at Colorado State University.

SPORTS ROUNDUP Signing Day

Nov. 12 is the first day that athletes can sign letters of intent for basketball, wrestling, swimming and diving, lacrosse, volleyball, gymnastics, softball, golf, hockey, baseball and tennis. Athletes in football, soccer and water polo can sign in February.

The following is the early list of players from south metro schools who announced their intentions to sign letters of intent.

Arapahoe: Will Danuser (lacrosse), Air Force; Ella Moynihan (swimming), Notre Dame; Isabel Kovacic (volleyball), Bowling Green.

Castle View: Max Tuttle (lacrosse), Sacred Heart; Madison Laufenberg (volleyball), North Carolina; Savannah Heebner (softball), Houston.

Chaparral: Jake Holtzmann (basketball), Denver; Madeline LaPolla (softball), Colorado-Colorado Springs Cherry Creek: Cody Wood (baseball), New Mexico; Jordyn Colter (cross country), California; Dylan Johnson (lacrosse), Den-

ver; Michael Morean (lacrosse), Princeton; Broderick Vitalie (lacrosse), Holy Cross; Caroline Perry (lacrosse), Colorado; Taylor Cooper (volleyball), Penn.; Blake Goldsberry (baseball), Kansas Douglas County: Ryan Connolly (baseball), Nebraska; Taylor Williams (baseball), Xavier; Ashlee Kim (softball), Metro State; Ally Clancy (volleyball), Lindenwood Highlands Ranch: Nick Shumpert (baseball), Kentucky; Hannah Braun (volleyball), Georgia Southern; Kelly Brunstein (volleyball), Southern Methodist; Shayli Siegfreid (volleyball) Northwest Nazarene.

Legend: Greg Pickett (baseball), Mississippi State; Peyton Remy (baseball), New Mexico; Jordan Stephens (baseball), Dallas Baptist; Lauren Moden (swimming), Denver Lutheran: Kaleigh Papolow (basketball), Northern Arizona; Chandler Sturms (basketball), Colorado Christian; James Willis (basketball), Western State.

Mountain Vista: Will Dixon (baseball), Colorado Mesa; Marc Mumper (baseball),

Grand Canyon; Brady Subart (basketball), Western State; Paxton Boyers (lacrosse) Air Force; Kiel Brennan (lacrosse), Mercer; Bryan Hancock (lacrosse), Hobart; Kyle Pless (lacrosse), Air Force; Morgan McKean (volleyball), Fort Hays.

Ponderosa: Austin Bullock (lacrosse), Colorado Mesa; Jack Griffin (lacrosse), Colorado Mesa; Derik Mango (lacrosse), Marist; Ally Power (softball), Caldwell; Andrea Jackson Sagredo (swimming), Lewis University Rock Canyon: Chris Givin (baseball), Xavier; Quinn O’Neill (baseball), Trinidad State Junior College; Colton Jackson (lacrosse), Denver; Kirstie Greenlaw (lacrosse), San Diego State; Lauren Chevalier (volleyball), Emporia State.

ThunderRidge: Aaron Germani (baseball), Metro State; Tyce O’Neill (baseball), College of Southern Nevada; Zach Pirog (basketball), Nebraska-Omaha; Holli Billett (lacrosse), Central Michigan; Millicent Micho (lacrosse), Duquesne; Kaitlyn Leiker (softball), Colorado Mines; Annie Ochitwa

(swimming), Arizona Valor Christian: Pierce Aichinger (golf), Colorado; Ross Macdonald (golf), Colorado; Jake Staiano (golf), Colorado State; Ryan Russell, (lacrosse), Villanova; Kendall Ohman (softball), Utah Valley; Hunter Bannick (swimming), Texas-Permian; Savannah Cressman (volleyball), Central Arkansas; Cassidy Wurth (volleyball), Colorado Mines.

All-League Softball team announced

Continental League First Team: Kayla Gaul, Castle View; Savannah Heebner, Castle View; Madeline LaPolla, Chaparral; Emily Moore, Chaparral; Jordan Acosta, Douglas County; Ashlee Kim, Douglas County; Clara Larson, Douglas County; Sydney Ballinger, Heritage; Jenna Pluemer, Highlands Ranch; Brooke Doumer, Legend; Janelle Gardner, Legend; Jesse Smith, Legend; Rebecca Gonzales, Mountain Vista; Dani Klatt, Mountain Vista; Hayden Smith, Mountain Vista; Ally Power, Roundup continues on Page 26

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Ponderosa; Giana Devito, Regis Jesuit; Hannah Clark, Rock Canyon; Syd Marchando, Rock Canyon; Sloane Stewartson, Rock Canyon; Katie Lieker, ThunderRidge; Chelsea Sasaoka, ThunderRidge.

Co-Players of the Year: Ally Power, Ponderosa; Savannah Heebner, Castle View.

Coach of the Year: Caley Mitchell, Castle View.

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Boys Coach of the Year: Jonathan Dalby, Mountain Vista.

Continental League Girls First Team: Allie Chipman, Fr., Mountain Vista; Savanna Dalton, Jr., Castle View; Maddison Easton, Soph., Mountain Vista; Delaney Fitzsimmons, Sr., Mountain Vista; Lindsey Koch, Sr., Regis Jesuit; Catherine Liggett, Jr., Legend; Annika Reuter, Sr. Heritage.

Girls Coach of the Year: Eric Selle, Mountain Vista.

Metro League Boys Cross Country First Team: Ben Butler, Jr., SkyView Academy; Isaac Holm, Sr., SkyView Academy; Joseph Pippin, Soph., SkyView Academy.

Metro League Girls Cross Country First Team: Cassie Unruh, Soph., Skyview Academy.

Continental All-League Soccer selections

First Team: Jake Almeida, Fr., Chaparral; Ethan Anderson, Fr., ThunderRidge; Donovan Belliveau, Sr., Legend; Chase Breslaw, Sr, Heritage; Tyler Burfeind, Sr., Castle View; Alex Carlson, Jr., Regis Jesuit; Keun Chang, Sr., Legend; Ricardo Cominelli, Sr., Heritage; Nathan Gasser, Jr. Douglas County; Thomas Green, Jr., Ponderosa; Andrew Greiner, Sr., Rock Canyon; Austin Hayes, Sr. Legend; Kyle Henry, Jr., ThunderRidge; Jax Hindmarch, Jr., Regis Jesuit; Jeff Ingel, Jr. Highlands Ranch; Gabe Kryzwdzinski, Sr., Rock Canyon; Brent Lackey, Jr., Mountain Vista; Oliver Larsson, Sr., Rock Canyon; Tyler Londono, Jr., Highlands Ranch; Dalton Lundberg, Sr., Heritage; Jason Messer, Sr., Castle View; Erick Meza, Sr., ThunderRidge; Brian Olcott, Sr., Rock Canyon; Nolan Patsy, Sr., Mountain Vista; Lars Peterson, Sr., Ponderosa; Ty Robins, Sr., Ponderosa; Cody Ross, Sr., Rock Canyon; Louis Sawaged, Sr., Mountain Vista; Cameron Thompson, Sr., Douglas County.

Player of the Year: Brian Olcott, Rock Canyon.

Coaches of the Year: Jordan Ivey, Legend and Matt Sassali, Rock Canyon.

Football playoff recap

Valor Christian and Cherry Creek notched easy second round wins in the Class 5A football playoffs and will meet familiar foes in the quarterfinals.

Sophomore quarterback Dylan McCaffrey completed 19-of-29 passes for 318 yards and a touchdown to help the Eagles whip Mountain Vista, 44-0, on Nov. 7 at Valor Christian.

Valor had four different running backs score touchdowns and the Eagles’ defense held the Golden Eagles to 73 yards total offense.

Next up for the Eagles will be Pomona on Nov. 14 at Jefferson County Stadium in Lakewood. Valor defeated the Panthers, 21-12, on Aug. 29.

Cherry Creek’s DJ Luke ran for three touchdowns and Milo Hall two in the Bruins’ 56-27 triumph over Bear Creek Nov. 7 at the Stutler Bowl.

Quarterback Joe Caplis passed for one TD and ran for another in the rout of the Bears to lead the Bruins (8-3) into a quarterfinal game Nov. 14 at Regis Jesuit.

Regis (10-1) lost its only game of the season Aug. 29 to Cherry Creek when the Bruins jumped to an early lead and held on for a 27-14 victory.

Previously unbeaten Lutheran (10-1) suffered its first loss of the season when the Lions surrendered two touchdowns in 47 seconds late in the Nov. 8 game at Douglas County Schools Stadium, to drop a 28-24 first round Class 3A playoff game to Palisade.

State Volleyball results

Ponderosa advanced to the Class 4A state championship match Nov. 8 at the Denver Coliseum but Lewis-Palmer prevailed, 3-1, to win its second straight state title.

The Mustangs (24-5) lost the first set but dominated in capturing the second set, 25-15. Ponderosa played well in the third, but with the scored tied at 22-all, Lewis-Palmer took over and the Rangers won the set. Lewis-Palmer easily won the fourth set, 25-12, to close out the match.

Junior Allison Smith was a standout for the Mustangs in the title match with 26 kills and 13 digs.

Cherry Creek came close to getting to the Class 5A semifinals but the Bruins lost a one-set playoff, 25-22, to Chatfield.

It was the second loss of the day to the Chargers. Chatfield edged the Bruins, 3-2, in the final pool match on Nov. 8.

Chaparral, Legend and Highlands Ranch were eliminated in pool play.

Chaparral (18-9) held an 11-2 lead in the fifth set but let the advantage slip away in losing to Rampart, 15-13, and losing the match, 3-2. The Wolverines came back to beat Fairview, 2-0, in the final game for Chaparral coach T.R. Ellis who is retiring after 36 years of coaching.

Ellis started coaching in Texas but then spent eight seasons at Olathe, seven at Douglas County and is the only coach in Chaparral’s 18-year history.

Chaparral became a volleyball power under Ellis, winning back-to-back state titles in 2010 and 2011 and the Wolverines won 58 consecutive matches at one point before the skein ended early in the 2012 season with a loss to Highlands Ranch.

Legend (16-11) lost 3-2 to Regis Jesuit and beat Pine Creek, 2-0. Highlands Ranch (16-12) dropped a 3-0 match to eventual state champion Grandview before beating Cherokee Trail, 2-0, in pool play.

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payments provided for in the evidence of debt secured by the deed of trust and other violations thereof.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. The property to be foreclosed is: SEE EXHIBIT A ATTACHED HERETO AND INCORPORATED HEREIN BY REFERENCE Also known by street and number as: 5555 E Briarwood Ave 2-204, Centennial, CO 80122.

THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST.

payments provided for in the evidence of debt secured by the deed of trust and other violations thereof.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. The property to be foreclosed is: LOT 6, BLOCK 14, WALNUT HILLS FILING NO. 2, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE STATE OF COLORADO. Also known by street and number as: 8214 E Davies Avenue, Centennial, CO 80112.

THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST.

Public Notices NOTICE OF SALE

Public Trustees Public Notice COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0911-2014 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On August 13, 2014, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Arapahoe records.

Original Grantor(s): SARAI GUILD AND JASON CARL GUILD Original Beneficiary(ies): MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., ACTING SOLELY AS NOMINEE FOR LENDER, PRIMARY RESIDENTIAL MORTGAGE, INC. Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: LAKEVIEW LOAN SERVICING, LLC Date of Deed of Trust: March 25, 2010 County of Recording: Arapahoe Recording Date of Deed of Trust: March 25, 2010 Recording Information (Reception Number): D0028643 Original Principal Amount: $147,184.00 Outstanding Principal Balance: $137,908.27 Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the evidence of debt secured by the deed of trust and other violations thereof.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. The property to be foreclosed is: LOT 33, BLOCK 1, ILIFF PLACE TOWNHOMES SUBDIVISION FILING NO.1, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO. Also known by street and number as: 2390 S WHEELING CIR, AURORA, CO 80120.

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

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, 12/10/2014, at the East Hearing Room, County Administration Building, 5334 South Prince Street, Littleton, Colorado,, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)' heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys' fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

First Publication: 10/16/2014 Last Publication: 11/13/2014 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent IF THE SALE DATE IS CONTINUED TO A LATER DATE, THE DEADLINE TO FILE A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE

BY THOSE PARTIES ENTITLED TO CURE MAY ALSO BE EXTENDED. DATE: 08/13/2014 Cynthia D Mares, Public Trustee in and for the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado By: Cynthia D Mares, Public Trustee The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: Holly L. Decker #32647 Toni M.N. Dale #30580 Jolene Kaminski #46144 Medved Dale Decker & Deere, LLC 355 Union Blvd., Suite 250, Lakewood, CO 80228 (303) 274-0155 Attorney File # 14-944-27101 The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose. ©Public Trustees' Association of Colorado Revised 9/2012 Legal Notice NO.: 0911-2014 First Publication: 10/16/2014 Last Publication: 11/13/2014 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0928-2014 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On August 22, 2014, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Arapahoe records.

Original Grantor(s) Jose Alfredo Nunez Renteria Original Beneficiary(ies) Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for U.S. Bank National Association, its successors and assigns Current Holder of Evidence of Debt U.S. Bank National Association Date of Deed of Trust October 20, 2005 County of Recording Arapahoe Recording Date of Deed of Trust October 28, 2005 Recording Information (Reception Number) B5163046 Original Principal Amount $194,000.00 Outstanding Principal Balance $193,724.99 Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the evidence of debt secured by the deed of trust and other violations thereof.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. The property to be foreclosed is: SEE EXHIBIT A ATTACHED HERETO AND INCORPORATED HEREIN BY REFERENCE Also known by street and number as: 5555 E Briarwood Ave 2-204, Centennial, CO 80122.

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

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, 12/17/2014, at the East Hearing Room, County Administration Building, 5334 South Prince Street,

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

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, 12/17/2014, at the East Hearing Room, County Administration Building, 5334 South Prince Street, Littleton, Colorado,, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)' heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys' fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

First Publication: 10/23/2014 Last Publication: 11/20/2014 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent IF THE SALE DATE IS CONTINUED TO A LATER DATE, THE DEADLINE TO FILE A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE

BY THOSE PARTIES ENTITLED TO CURE MAY ALSO BE EXTENDED. DATE: 08/22/2014 Cynthia D Mares, Public Trustee in and for the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado By: Cynthia D Mares, Public Trustee The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: Milnor H Senior, III #7226 Randall S. Miller & Associates, P.C. 216 16th Street, Suite 1210, Denver, CO 80202 (720) 259-6710 Attorney File # 13CO00633-1 The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose. ©Public Trustees' Association of Colorado Revised 9/2012

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0928-2014 Exhibit A Condominium Unit No. 204, Building No. 2, The Summer Hill Condominiums, According to the Condominium Map of The Summer Hill Condominiums, Recorded August 5, 1998 At Reception No. A8122309, And As Defined By The Condominium Declaration of The Summer Hill Condominiums, Recorded June 9, 1997 at Reception No. A7067837, in The Office of The County Clerk and Recorder, County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado.

Legal Notice NO.: 0928-2014 First Publication: 10/23/2014 Last Publication: 11/20/2014 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent

Public Notice COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0936-2014 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On August 29, 2014, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Arapahoe records.

Original Grantor(s): Buddy L Harris and Margo I Harris Original Beneficiary(ies): Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for First Franklin a Division of Nat. City Bank of IN Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee, on behalf of the certificate holders of the FFMLT Trust 2006-FF13, Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2006-FF13 Date of Deed of Trust: June 16, 2006 County of Recording: Arapahoe Recording Date of Deed of Trust: June 22, 2006 Recording Information (Reception Number): B6092098 Original Principal Amount: $206,800.00 Outstanding Principal Balance: $223,707.58 Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the evidence of debt secured by the deed of trust and other violations thereof.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. The property to be foreclosed is: LOT 1, BLOCK 3, SOUTH PARK, FILING NO 2, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO Also known by street and number as: 6450 S Windermere St, Littleton, CO 80120.

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

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, 12/17/2014, at the East Hearing Room, County Administration Building, 5334 South Prince Street, Littleton, Colorado,, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)' heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys' fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

First Publication: 10/23/2014 Last Publication: 11/20/2014 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent IF THE SALE DATE IS CONTINUED TO A LATER DATE, THE DEADLINE TO FILE A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE

BY THOSE PARTIES ENTITLED TO CURE MAY ALSO BE EXTENDED. DATE: 08/29/2014 Cynthia D Mares, Public Trustee in and for the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado By: Cynthia D Mares, Public Trustee The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: Caren Jacobs Castle #11790 Deanna L. Westfall #23449 Jennifer Griest #34830 Britney Beall-Eder #34935 Kimberly L. Martinez #40351 Christopher T. Groen #39976 Cynthia Lowery-Graber #34145 The Castle Law Group, LLC 999 18th Street #2201, Denver, CO 80202 (303) 865-1400 Attorney File # 12-11239R The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose. ©Public Trustees' Association of Colorado Revised 9/2012 Legal Notice NO.: 0936-2014 First Publication: 10/23/2014 Last Publication: 11/20/2014 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent

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follows: failure to pay principal and in-

28terest when due together with all other

NOTICE OF SALE

Public Trustees Public Notice COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0952-2014 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On September 5, 2014, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Arapahoe records.

Original Grantor(s): KERRY LEGO Original Beneficiary(ies): U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION ND Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION AS SUCCESSOR BY MERGER OF U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION ND Date of Deed of Trust: March 17, 2005 County of Recording: Arapahoe Recording Date of Deed of Trust: March 24, 2005 Recording Information (Reception Number): B5041940 Original Principal Amount: $160,800.00 Outstanding Principal Balance: $144,102.87 Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the evidence of debt secured by the deed of trust and other violations thereof.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. The property to be foreclosed is: LOT 25, BLOCK 23, NOB HILL SECOND FILING, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO Also known by street and number as: 6916 S CLERMONT DR, CENTENNIAL, CO 80122.

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

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, 01/07/2015, at the East Hearing Room, County Administration Building, 5334 South Prince Street, Littleton, Colorado,, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)' heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys' fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

First Publication: 11/13/2014 Last Publication: 12/11/2014 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent IF THE SALE DATE IS CONTINUED TO A LATER DATE, THE DEADLINE TO FILE A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE

BY THOSE PARTIES ENTITLED TO CURE MAY ALSO BE EXTENDED. DATE: 09/05/2014 Cynthia D Mares, Public Trustee in and for the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado By: Cynthia D Mares, Public Trustee The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: Lynn M. Janeway #15592 Elizabeth S. Marcus #16092 David R. Doughty #40042 Allison L Berry #34531 Eve M. Grina #43658 Courtney E Wright #45482 Janeway Law Firm PC 9800 S. Meridian Blvd., Suite 400, Englewood, CO 80112 (303) 706-9990 Attorney File # 14-001045 The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose. ©Public Trustees' Association of Colorado Revised 9/2012 Legal Notice NO.: 0952-2014 First Publication: 11/13/2014 Last Publication: 12/11/2014 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0971-2014 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On September 16, 2014, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Arapahoe records.

Original Grantor(s) Nancy C. Birkett Original Beneficiary(ies) Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for America's Wholesale Lender Current Holder of Evidence of Debt Bank of New York Mellon, f/k/a The Bank of New York, as trustee, on behalf of the holders of the Alternative Loan Trust 2007-5CB, Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2007-5CB Date of Deed of Trust February 09, 2007 County of Recording Arapahoe Recording Date of Deed of Trust February 20, 2007 Recording Information (Reception Number) B7021349 Original Principal Amount $190,400.00 Outstanding Principal Balance $186,196.01 Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the evidence of debt secured by the deed of trust and other violations thereof.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. The property to be foreclosed is: LOT 6, BLOCK 14, WALNUT HILLS FILING NO. 2, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE STATE OF COLORADO. Also known by street and number as: 8214 E Davies Avenue, Centennial, CO 80112.

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

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, 01/07/2015, at the East

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

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, 01/07/2015, at the East Hearing Room, County Administration Building, 5334 South Prince Street, Littleton, Colorado,, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)' heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys' fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

First Publication: 11/13/2014 Last Publication: 12/11/2014 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent IF THE SALE DATE IS CONTINUED TO A LATER DATE, THE DEADLINE TO FILE A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE

BY THOSE PARTIES ENTITLED TO CURE MAY ALSO BE EXTENDED. DATE: 09/16/2014 Cynthia D Mares, Public Trustee in and for the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado By: Cynthia D Mares, Public Trustee The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: Caren Jacobs Castle #11790 Deanna L. Westfall #23449 Jennifer Griest #34830 Britney Beall-Eder #34935 Kimberly L. Martinez #40351 Christopher T. Groen #39976 Cynthia Lowery-Graber #34145 The Castle Law Group, LLC 999 18th Street #2201, Denver, CO 80202 (303) 865-1400 Attorney File # 10-16812R The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose. ©Public Trustees' Association of Colorado Revised 9/2012

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Legal Notice NO.: 0971-2014 First Publication: 11/13/2014 Last Publication: 12/11/2014 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent

November 13, 2014

PUBLIC NOTICE

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Robert Grayson Montgomery, Deceased Case Number: 2014 PR 30691

All persons having claims against the above-named estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado on or before March 1, To advertise your public2015 notices or the call claims303-566-4100 may be forever barred.

Notice To Creditors PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Gary Keith Schumacher, aka Gary K. Schumacher, aka Gary Schumacher, Deceased Case Number: 2014 PR 30921 All persons having claims against the above-named estate are required to present them to the Co-Personal Representatives or to the District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado on or before March 13, 2015 or the claims may be forever barred.

Ruth Schumacher Co-Personal Representative 10098 Carlyle Avenue St. Louis, MO 63114 Michele McCarty, Co-Personal Representative 7505 No. 111th Avenue Omaha, NE 68142 Legal Notice No: 55548 First Publication: November 13, 2014 Last Publication: November 27, 2014 Publisher: Littleton Independent

Gaylen Bennett Personal Representative 14212 W. Rico Drive Sun City West, AZ 85375

Notice To Creditors

Legal Notice No: 55531 First Publication: October 30, 2014 Last Publication: November 13, 2014 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Stanley R. Medsker, aka Stanley Richard Medsker, aka Stan Medsker, and as Stan Medsker, SRM, Deceased Case Number: 2014 PR 30864 All persons having claims against the above-named estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado on or before March 6, 2015 or the claims may be forever barred.

Aldah M. Medsker Personal Representative 1900 East Girard Place, No. 1204 Englewood, Colorado 80113 303-761-9710 Legal Notice No: 55538 First Publication: November 6, 2014 Last Publication: November 20, 2014 Publisher: Littleton Independent

Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Barbara Duncan Parker, Deceased Case Number 2014PR30622 All persons having claims against the above-named estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado on or before March 1, 2015, or the claims may be forever barred.

Cyndi L. Lyden Personal Representative 1777 South Harrison Street, Suite 1250 Denver, CO 80210 Legal Notice No.: 55521 First Publication: October 30, 2014 Last Publication: November 13 2014 Publisher: Littleton Independent

PUBLIC NOTICE Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name Public notice is given on October 9, 2014 that a Petition for a Change of Name of an adult has been filed with the Arapahoe County Court.

The petition requests that the name of Cheyanne Garcia Franco be changed to Cheyanne Eve Cano-Garcia.

Case No.: 2014 C 301139 Judge C. N. Chauche Legal Notice No: 55540 First Publication: November 6, 2014 Last Publication: November 20, 2014 Publisher: Littleton Independent

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COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0986-2014

NOTICE TO CREDITORS In the Matter of the Estate of: Shirley Folsom, a/k/a Shirley Blanche Gravette Folsom, a/k/a Shirley Blanche Gravett Folsom, a/k/a Shirley B. Folsom, a/k/a Shirley B Folsom, a/k/a Shirley Blanche Gravett , a/k/a Shirley Blanche Folsom, Deceased Case Number 2014PR030818

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of John R. Black, aka John Richard Black, Deceased Case Number: 2014 PR 30870

To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On September 19, 2014, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Arapahoe records.

Original Grantor(s) Oasis Deck & Shade, Inc. Original Beneficiary(ies) Summit Bank & Trust Current Holder of Evidence of Debt Summit Bank & Trust Date of Deed of Trust May 27, 2008 County of Recording Arapahoe Recording Date of Deed of Trust June 05, 2008 Recording Information (Reception Number) B8064277 Original Principal Amount $160,819.31 Outstanding Principal Balance $136,723.69 Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the evidence of debt secured by the deed of trust and other violations thereof.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. The property to be foreclosed is: 0986-2014 EXHIBIT A CONDOMINIUM UNIT D, EAGLE PRAIRIE II OFFICE*WAREHOUSE CENTER (AN OFFICE-WAREHOUSE CONDOMINIUM), IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE DECLARATION RECORDED JUNE 7, 2001 AT RECEPTION NO B1090670 AND AS AMENDED BY SUPPLEMENT TO THE DECLARATION RECORDED BY JULY 11, 2001 AT RECEPTION NO, B1112407, AND CONDOMINIUM MAP RECOED JUNE 7, 2001 AT RECEPTION NO. B1090671, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO.Also known by street and number as: 14883 E Hinsdale Ave D, Centennial, CO 80112.

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

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, 01/07/2015, at the East Hearing Room, County Administration Building, 5334 South Prince Street, Littleton, Colorado,, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)' heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys' fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

First Publication: 11/13/2014 Last Publication: 12/11/2014 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent IF THE SALE DATE IS CONTINUED TO A LATER DATE, THE DEADLINE TO FILE A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE

BY THOSE PARTIES ENTITLED TO CURE MAY ALSO BE EXTENDED. DATE: 09/19/2014 Cynthia D Mares, Public Trustee in and for the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado By: Cynthia D Mares, Public Trustee The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: Christopher J. Heaphey #38559 Holland & Hart LLP Attorneys at Law 600 East Main Street, Suite 104, Aspen, CO 81611 (970) 925-3476 Attorney File # Oasis The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose. ©Public Trustees' Association of Colorado Revised 9/2012 Legal Notice NO.: 0986-2014 First Publication: 11/13/2014 Last Publication: 12/11/2014 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent

All persons having claims against the above-named estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado on or before March 1, 2015, or the claims may be forever barred.

GracePoint Community Church c/o Fred Lian 90 E. Orchard Road Littleton, CO 80212 Legal Notice No.: 55527 First Publication: October 30, 2014 Last Publication: November 13, 2014 Publisher: Littleton Independent

All persons having claims against the above-named estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado on or before March 13, 2015 or the claims may be forever barred.

Kenneth C. Fitzpatrick Personal Representative 3634 Bucknell Circle Highlands Ranch, Colorado 80129 303-346-8223 Legal Notice No: 55546 First Publication: November 13, 2014 Last Publication: November 27, 2014 Publisher: Littleton Independent

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Estate of M. Irene Bishop, a/k/a Margarete Irene Bishop, Deceased Case Number 14PR30309

DISTRICT COURT, ARAPAHOE COUNTY, COLORADO 7325 South Potomac St. Centennial, CO 80112 Case No: 2013CV32128 Div.: 204

All persons having claims against the above-named estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to District Court of Arapahoe, County, Colorado on or before March 13, 2015, or the claims may be forever barred.

Robert J. Bishop Personal Representative 5934 East Nichols Place Centennial, CO 80112 Legal Notice No.: 55555 First Publication: November 13, 2014 Last Publication: November 27, 2014 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Maurice O. Reiber, Deceased Case Number: 2014 PR 30889 All persons having claims against the above-named estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado on or before March 13, 2015 or the claims may be forever barred.

John M. Reiber Personal Representative c/o Patrick A. Schilken, P.C 6060 Greenwood Plaza Blvd #700 Greenwood Village, CO 80111 Legal Notice No: 55571 First Publication: November 13, 2014 Last Publication: November 27, 2014 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Elly Elliott Schaefer, aka Elly E. Schaefer, aka Elly Schaefer, aka Esther Elliott Schaefer, Deceased Case Number: 2014 PR 30888 All persons having claims against the above-named estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado on or before March 2, 2015 or the claims may be forever barred.

Plaintiff(s): PINEY CREEK EAST RECREATION ASSOCIATION, INC. Defendant(s): PRISCILLA VASQUEZ, CYNTHIA MARES, as PUBLIC TRUSTEE of ARAPAHOE COUNTY, COUNTRYWIDE HOME LOANS, INC. SHERIFF’S NOTICE OF SALE TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: This Notice is given with regard to the following: CREDITOR: PINEY CREEK EAST RECREATION ASSOCIATION, INC. OWNER: PRISCILLA VASQUEZ County of Recording: ARAPAHOE Reception No. of Recorded Lien, was the Declaration: reception number 2809245 Declaration of Covenants, Conditions and Restrictions of the Piney Creek East Recreation Association, Inc. recorded March 19, 1987 reception number 2809245 in Book 5082 page 138 Judgment Amount: $3,403.51 This is to advise you that a Sheriff’s Sale has commenced in the office of the undersigned Sheriff to foreclose the lien described above. The following described property situated in Arapahoe County, State of Colorado, is all of the property encumbered by said LIEN: Lot 7, Block 11, Tuscany South Subdivision, County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado Also known as 19648 E. Maplewood Ave Aurora, CO 80016.

The violation of the covenant upon which the foreclosure is based is set forth in the Order entered in the above-captioned action on June 6, 2014.

The Sheriff’s sale will take place at 10:00 a.m., on January 8, 2015, in front of the Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office, at 13101 E. Broncos Parkway, Centennial, Colorado. Questions regarding the sale should be directed to the Civil Section of the Sheriff’s Office, telephone 720-874-3851. **BIDDERS ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE CASH OR CERTIFIED FUNDS SUFFICIENT TO COVER THEIR HIGHEST BID AT TIME OF SALE.**

Kim Schaefer Personal Representative 10115 Park Royale Drive Indianapolis, IN 46229

THE LIEN BEING FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.

Legal Notice No: 55528 First Publication: October 30, 2014 Last Publication: November 13, 2014 Publisher: Littleton Independent

The name, address, telephone number, and bar registration number of each attorney representing the holder of the evidence of debt is:

PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Robert Grayson Montgomery, Deceased Case Number: 2014 PR 30691

Peter E. Muccio, #34026 Tschetter Hamrick Sulzer, P.C. 3600 S. Yosemite St., Ste. 828 Denver, CO 80237 Phone No: 303.699.3484 Facsimile No: 720.449.0160

All persons having claims against the above-named estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado on or before March 1, 2015 or the claims may be forever barred.

Signed September 29, 2014 David C. Walcher, Sheriff Arapahoe County, Colorado

Gaylen Bennett Personal Representative 14212 W. Rico Drive Sun City West, AZ 85375

Legal Notice No.: 55457 First publication: November 13, 2014 Last publication: December 11, 2014 Published in: Littleton Independent, 9137 S. Ridgeline Blvd., #210, Highlands Ranch, CO 80129

Legal Notice No: 55531 First Publication: October 30, 2014 Last Publication: November 13, 2014 Publisher: Littleton Independent

By: Sgt. James Osborn Deputy Sheriff

November 13, 2014 Misc. Private Legals PUBLIC NOTICE COUNTY COURT, ARAPAHOE COUNTY, COLORADO 1790 W. LITTLETON BLVD. LITTLETON, CO 80120 Plaintiff: BELLCO FIRST FEDERAL CREDIT UNION vs.

Defendant(s): ROBERT L. LYNCH David A. Bauer, #7576 David A. Bauer, P.C. 2594 South Lewis Way, Suite A Lakewood, Colorado 80227 Phone: 303-986-1200 Fax: 303-988-8913 Case Number: 03 C 1852 NOTICE TO SHOW CAUSE WHEREAS, Plaintiff has moved this Court pursuant to said rules of civil procedure that the judgment entered in the instant matter on February 28, 2003 in favor of the Plaintiff and against the Defendant(s) which judgment remains unsatisfied, be revived, NOW THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED, the Defendant(s), ROBERT L. LYNCH , shall show cause within fourteen (14) days from the service of this Notice to Show Cause if any he/she/they has/have, why the judgment heretofore entered should not be revived with like force and effect.

WITNESS the hand and seal of the Clerk of the Court in LITTLETON, Colorado, this 19th day of August, 2014. /s/ Clerk of the Court Clerk of the Court Legal Notice No.: 55543 First Publication: November 6, 2014 Last Publication: December 4, 2014 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE District Court, Arapahoe County, State of Colorado Address: 7325 S. Potomac Street, Centennial, CO 80112 Phone Number: 303-649-6355

indebtedness: $6,402.00 Outstanding Principal Balance of the secured indebtedness as of the date hereof: $4,304.00 Amount of Judgment entered 8/18/2014: $7,178.54 Description of property to be foreclosed: Condominium Unit No. 12229, Building 20, Buckingham Oaks (a condominium) in accordance with and subject to the Declaration of Covenants, Conditions and Restrictions of Buckingham Oaks (a condominium) recorded on September 11, 1981 in Book 3488 at Page 672, and Map recorded on September 11, 1981 in Plat Book 52 at Page 63-67 County of Arapahoe, Colorado Records, together with the right to the exclusive use of Parking Space No. 119, County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado; a/k/a 12229 E. Ford Ave., Aurora, Colorado

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THE PROPERTY TO BE SOLD AND DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF BUCKINGHAM OAKS CONDOMINIUMS ASSOCIATION, INC. THE LIEN BEING FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. NOTICE OF SALE THEREFORE, NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that I will, at 10:00 o'clock A.M., on December 11, 2014, at the Office of the Arapahoe County Sheriff, 13101 East Broncos Parkway, Centennial, Colorado, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property described above, and all interest of said Grantor and the heirs and assigns of said Grantor therein, for the purpose of paying the judgment amount entered herein, and will deliver to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law. **BIDDERS ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE CASH OR CERTIFIED FUNDS SUFFICIENT TO COVER THEIR HIGHEST BID AT TIME OF SALE.** All telephone inquiries for information should be directed to the office of the undersigned Sheriff at 720-874-3851.

The name, address and business telephone number of each of the attorneys representing the holder of the evidence of debt are as follows: Kerry Simpson, Atty. Reg. No. 35514, Pickard & Ross, P.C., 12712 W. Ken Caryl Ave., Littleton, Colorado 80127, 303-9896655.

THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED MAY BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE.

Plaintiff: BUCKINGHAM OAKS CONDOMINIUMS ASSOCIATION, INC. and Defendant: SANDRA KAY; CITY OF AURORA, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIVISION; and SUNTRUST MORTGAGE, INC.

This Sheriff's Notice of Sale is signed September 15, 2014.

David C. Walcher, Sheriff Arapahoe County, Colorado

Case No: 13CV32080 * Division: 408

Public Notice: 55228 First Publication: October 16, 2014 Last Publication: November 13, 2014 Published in: Littleton Independent, 9137 S Ridgeline Blvd, #210, Highlands Ranch, CO 80129

SHERIFF'S NOTICE OF SALE Under a Default Judgment and Decree of Foreclosure entered August 18, 2014, in the above entitled action, I am ordered to sell certain real property, as follows: Original Grantor: Sandra Kay Original Beneficiary: Buckingham Oaks Condominium Association Current Holder of the evidence of debt secured by the Notice of Lien: Buckingham Oaks Condominium Association Date of Notice of Lien: December 20, 2013 Date of Recording of Notice of Lien: December 20, 2013 County of Recording: Arapahoe County, Colorado Recording Information: D3150719 Original Principal Balance of the secured indebtedness: $6,402.00 Outstanding Principal Balance of the secured indebtedness as of the date hereof: $4,304.00 Amount of Judgment entered 8/18/2014: $7,178.54 Description of property to be foreclosed: Condominium Unit No. 12229, Building 20, Buckingham Oaks (a condominium) in accordance with and subject to the Declaration of Covenants, Conditions and Restrictions of Buckingham Oaks (a condominium) recorded on September 11, 1981 in Book 3488 at Page 672, and Map recorded on September 11, 1981 in Plat Book 52 at Page 63-67 County of Arapahoe, Colorado Records, together with the right to the exclusive use of Parking Space No. 119, County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado; a/k/a 12229 E. Ford Ave., Aurora, Colorado

By: Sgt. James Osborn Deputy Sheriff

PUBLIC NOTICE DISTRICT COURT, ARAPAHOE COUNTY, STATE OF COLORADO CIVIL ACTION NO. 2013CV030443 DIVISION NO. 204 COMBINED NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE OF REAL PROPERTY AND RIGHT TO CURE AND REDEEM Plaintiff: CARRIAGE PARK HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, a Colorado nonprofit corporation, v.

Defendants: AARON JORDAN; CYNTHIA D. MARES as Arapahoe County Public Trustee Regarding: Garage Unit A, Garage No. 4, Carriage Park Condominiums, According to the Condominium Map Thereof Recorded on March 24, 2004 under Reception No B4051985 in the Records of the office of the Clerk and Recorder of Arapahoe County, Colorado, as Amended by the First Amendment to Condominium Map Recorded July 28, 2001 at Reception No. 01071342, and as defined and described in the Declaration of Covenants, Conditions, and Restrictions of Carriage Park Recorded November 7, 2002 Under Reception No. B2212134 in said records, County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado

v.

Defendants: AARON JORDAN; CYNTHIA D. MARES as Arapahoe County Public Trustee Regarding: Garage Unit A, Garage No. 4, Carriage Park Condominiums, According to the Condominium Map Thereof Recorded on March 24, 2004 under Reception No B4051985 in the Records of the office of the Clerk and Recorder of Arapahoe County, Colorado, as Amended by the First Amendment to Condominium Map Recorded July 28, 2001 at Reception No. 01071342, and as defined and described in the Declaration of Covenants, Conditions, and Restrictions of Carriage Park Recorded November 7, 2002 Under Reception No. B2212134 in said records, County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado

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More commonly known as: 1429 S. Chambers Road, #A, Aurora, CO 80012 TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANTS, Please take notice: You and each of you are hereby notified that a Sheriff's Sale of the referenced property is to be conducted by the Civil Division of the Sheriff's Office of Arapahoe County, Colorado at 10:00 A.M., on the 8th day of January, 2015, at 13101 E. Broncos Pkwy., Centennial, CO 80112; phone number 720-874-3935. At which sale, the above described real property and improvements thereon will be sold to the highest bidder. Plaintiff makes no warranty relating to title, possession, or quiet enjoyment in and to said real property in connection with this sale. **BIDDERS ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE CASH OR CERTIFIED FUNDS SUFFICIENT TO COVER THEIR HIGHEST BID AT TIME OF SALE. ** Further, for the purpose of paying off, curing default or redemption, as provided by statute, intent must be directed to or conducted at the above address of the Civil Division of the Sheriff’s Office of Arapahoe County, Colorado.

PLEASE NOTE THAT THE LIEN BEING FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN ON THE SUBJECT PROPERTY. DATED in Centennial, Colorado this 8th day of October, 2014.

David C. Walcher Sheriff of Arapahoe County, Colorado By: Sgt. James Osborn Deputy Sheriff ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF: ORTEN CAVANAGH & HOLMES, LLC 1445 Market Street, Suite 350 Denver, CO 80202 Public Notice: 55458 First Publication: November 13, 2014 Last Publication: December 11, 2014 Published In: Littleton Independent 9137 S. Ridgeline Blvd., #210, Highlands Ranch, CO 80129

Government Legals PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE AS TO PROPOSED 2015 BUDGET AND HEARING GREENWOOD SOUTH METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a proposed budget has been submitted to the GREENWOOD SOUTH METROPOLITAN DISTRICT for the ensuing year of 2015. A copy of such proposed budget has been filed in the office of CliftonLarsonAllen, LLP, 8390 East Crescent Parkway, Suite 600, Greenwood Village, Colorado, where same is open for public inspection. Such proposed budget will be considered at a hearing at the regular meeting of the Greenwood South Metropolitan District to be held at 8:30 AM. on Tuesday, November 18, 2014. The meeting will be held at Mangia Bevi Restaurant, 6363 South Fiddler’s Green Circle, Greenwood Village, Colorado. Any interested elector within the Greenwood South Metropolitan District may inspect the proposed budget and file or register any objections at any time prior to the final adoption of the 2015 budget.

BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS: GREENWOOD SOUTH METROPOLITAN DISTRICT

District to be held at 8:30 AM. 29ropolitan on Tuesday, November 18, 2014. The meeting will be held at Mangia Bevi Restaurant, 6363 South Fiddler’s Green Circle, Greenwood Village, Colorado. Any interested elector within the Greenwood South Metropolitan District may inspect the proposed budget and file or register any objections at any time prior to the final adoption of the 2015 budget.

Government Legals

BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS: GREENWOOD SOUTH METROPOLITAN DISTRICT By: /s/ ICENOGLE | SEAVER | POGUE A Professional Corporation Legal Notice No.: 55547 First Publication: November 13, 2014 Last Publication: November 13, 2014 Publisher: Littleton Independent

PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE OF BUDGET HEARING LOCHMOOR WATER AND SANITATION DISTRICT JEFFERSON COUNTY, COLORADO NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, pursuant to §29-1-106, C.R.S., as amended, that a proposed Budget has been submitted to the Board of Directors of the Lochmoor Water and Sanitation District, Jefferson County, Colorado (“District”), for calendar year 2015. A copy of said proposed Budget, which includes a summary of fund balances, revenues and expenditures of the District, is available for public inspection between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. at Haynie & Company, PC, 1221 W. Mineral Avenue, Suite 202, Littleton, CO 80120-4544.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the Board of Directors of the Lochmoor Water and Sanitation District will consider the adoption of the proposed Budget at a public hearing to be conducted during a regular meeting of the District’s Board of Directors to be held on Tuesday, December 2, 2014 at 7:00 P.M. at the residence of Ms. Tucker, located at 7270 West Radcliff Avenue, Littleton, CO 80123.

Any interested elector of the Lochmoor Water and Sanitation District may inspect the proposed Budget for 2015 and file or register any objections or comments thereto at any time prior to the final adoption of said Budget.

Dated this 3rd day of November, 2014.

LOCHMOOR WATER AND SANITATION DISTRICT By: /s/ Nancy Tucker, President Legal Notice No.: 55549 First Publication: November 13, 2014 Last Publication: November 13, 2014 Publisher: Littleton Independent

Public Notice NOTICE AS TO PROPOSED BUDGET NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a proposed budget has been submitted to the INVERNESS WATER AND SANITATION DISTRICT for the year of 2015. A copy of such proposed budget has been filed in the office of the District, 2 Inverness Drive East, Suite 200, in Englewood, Colorado, where the same is open for public inspection. Such proposed budget will be considered and final action taken at the regular meeting of the Board of Directors of the Inverness Water and Sanitation District on December 3, 2014 at 3:00 p.m. at 2 Inverness Drive East, Suite 200, in Englewood, Colorado. Any interested elector of the Inverness Water and Sanitation District may file any objections to the proposed budget at any time prior to the final adoption of the budget.

Dated: November 3, 2014 INVERNESS WATER AND SANITATION DISTRICT By: /s/Patrick F. Mulhern Secretary to the District Legal Notice No.: 55551 First Publication: November 13, 2014 Last Publication: November 13, 2014 Publisher: Littleton Independent

Government Legals

By: /s/ ICENOGLE | SEAVER | POGUE A Professional Corporation

2015. A copy of such proposed budget has been filed in the office of CliftonLarsonAllen, LLP, 8390 East Crescent Parkway, Suite 600, Greenwood Village, Colorado, where same is open for public inspection. Such proposed budget will be considered at a hearing at the special meeting of the Village Center Outer Ring Subdistrict to be held at 8:30 AM. on Tuesday, November 18, 2014. The meeting will be held at Mangia Bevi Restaurant, 6363 South Fiddler’s Green Circle, Greenwood Village, Colorado. Any interested elector within the Village Center Outer Ring Subdistrict may inspect the proposed budget and file or register any objections at any time prior to the final adoption of the 2015 budget.

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Government Legals Public Notice NOTICE CONCERNING PROPOSED BUDGET UPPER CHERRY CREEK WATER ASSOCIATION NOTICE is hereby given that a proposed budget was submitted to the Board of Directors of the Upper Cherry Creek Water Association on October 15, 2014 for the ensuring year of 2015; that a copy of such proposed budget has been filed in the business office of the Association at 2 Inverness Drive East, Suite 200, Englewood, Colorado, where the same is open for public inspection; and that such proposed budget will be considered at a public hearing of the Board of Directors of the Association to be held at the offices of the Arapahoe County Water and Wastewater Authority, 13031 East Caley Ave., Centennial, CO 80111 on Tuesday, December 2, 2014 at 3:00 p.m. Any elector within the Association may, at any time prior to the final adoption of the budget, inspect the budget and file or register any objections thereto.

BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE UPPER CHERRY CREEK WATER ASSOCIATION /s/ Kelly Conover, District Manager Legal Notice No.: 55550 First Publication: November 13, 2014 Last Publication: November 13, 2014 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice NOTICE AS TO PROPOSED BUDGET NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a proposed budget has been submitted to the INVERNESS METROPOLITAN IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT for the ensuing year of 2015. A copy of such proposed budget has been filed in the office of the District, 2 Inverness Drive East, Suite 200, in Englewood, Colorado, where the same is open for public inspection.

Such proposed budget will be considered and final action taken at the regular meeting of the Board of Directors of the Inverness Metropolitan Improvement District on December 3, 2014 at 3:00 p.m. at 2 Inverness Drive East, Suite 200, in Englewood, Colorado. Any interested elector of the Inverness Metropolitan Improvement District may file any objections to the proposed budget at any time prior to the final adoption of the budget.

Dated: November 3, 2014 INVERNESS METROPOLITAN IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT By: /s/Patrick F. Mulhern Secretary to the District Legal Notice No.: 55552 First Publication: November 13, 2014 Last Publication: November 13, 2014 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice NOTICE AS TO PROPOSED 2015 BUDGET AND HEARING VILLAGE CENTER OUTER RING SUBDISTRICT NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a proposed budget has been submitted to the VILLAGE CENTER OUTER RING SUBDISTRICT for the ensuing year of 2015. A copy of such proposed budget has been filed in the office of CliftonLarsonAllen, LLP, 8390 East Crescent Parkway, Suite 600, Greenwood Village, Colorado, where same is open for public inspection. Such proposed budget will be considered at a hearing at the special meeting of the Village Center Outer Ring Subdistrict to be held at 8:30 AM. on Tuesday, November 18, 2014. The meeting will be held at Mangia Bevi Restaurant, 6363 South Fiddler’s Green Circle, Greenwood Village, Colorado. Any interested elector within the Village Center Outer Ring Subdistrict may inspect the proposed budget and file or register any objections at any time prior to the final adoption of the 2015 budget.

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BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS: VILLAGE CENTER OUTER RING SUB DISTRICT By: /s/ ICENOGLE | SEAVER | POGUE A Professional Corporation Legal Notice No.: 55554 First Publication: November 13, 2014 Last Publication: November 13, 2014 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice NOTICE AS TO PROPOSED BUDGET AND NOTICE CONCERNING BUDGET AMENDMENT NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the proposed budget for the ensuing year of 2015 has been submitted to the Centennial Downs Metropolitan District ("District"). Such proposed budget will be considered at a meeting of the Board of Directors of the District to be held at Riverwalk Clubhouse, 2751 West Riverwalk Circle, Littleton, Colorado, at 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday, December 10, 2014.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that a resolution to amend the 2014 budget for the District may also be considered at the above-referenced meeting of the Board of Directors of the District.

A copy of the proposed 2015 budget and a copy of the resolution to amend the 2014 budget, if required, are available for public inspection at the offices of L. Paul Goedecke, PC, 950 Wadsworth Blvd, Ste. 204, Lakewood, Colorado. Any interested elector within the District may, at any time prior to final adoption of the 2015 budget and final adoption of a resolution to amend the 2014 budget, file or register any objections thereto.

Dated November 13, 2014.

CENTENNIAL DOWNS METROPOLITAN DISTRICT By: /s/ John F. Kent, President Legal Notice No.: 55559 First Publication: November 13, 2014 Last Publication: November 13, 2014 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice SECTION 14 METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NOTICE CONCERNING 2014 BUDGET AMENDMENT AND PROPOSED 2015 BUDGET NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN to all interested parties that the necessity has arisen to amend the Section 14 Metropolitan District 2014 Budget and that a proposed 2015 Budget has been submitted to the Board of Directors of the Section 14 Metropolitan District; and that copies of the proposed Amended 2014 Budget and 2015 Budget have been filed at the District's office, 141 Union Boulevard, Suite 150, Lakewood, Colorado, where the same is open for public inspection; and that adoption of Resolutions Amending the 2014 Budget and Adopting the 2015 Budget will be considered at a public meeting of the Board of Directors of the District to be held at Jordon Perlmutter & Co., 1601 Blake Street, Suite 600, Denver, Colorado on Monday, November 24, 2014, at 9:00 A.M. Any elector within the District may, at any time prior to the final adoption of the Resolutions to Amend the 2014 Budget and adopt the 2015 Budget, inspect and file or register any objections thereto.

SECTION 14 METROPOLITAN DISTRICT By /s/ Ann E. Finn Secretary

Legal Notice No.: 55572 First Publication: November 13, 2014 Legal Notice No.: 55547 Last Publication: November 13, 2014

BY ORDER OF THE BOARD First Publication: November 13, 2014 Publisher: Littleton Independent OF DIRECTORS: More commonly known as: 1429 S. Last Publication: November 13, 2014 Public Notice VILLAGE CENTER OUTER Chambers Road, #A, Aurora, CO 80012 Publisher: Littleton Independent RING SUB DISTRICT THE PROPERTY TO BE SOLD AND DEIN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CITY OF LITTLETON CHARTER, SECTION 83 (J), THE FOLLOWING IS A LISTING OF DISBURSEMENTS OVER $500.00 FOR THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER 2014 SCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE NATIONAL LEAGUE |OF CITIES | POGUE$1,015.00 REGISTRATION FEES DETROIT IND MARED IN $565.07 SUPPLIES DESCRIPTION TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANTS, By: /s/ ICENOGLE SEAVER P VENDOR R O P E RNAME T Y C U R R E N T L Y E N AMOUNT NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTER, INC. $12,928.00 PROFESSIONAL SERVICES DIGITAL DESCRIPTOR SYSTEMS INC $3,200.00 SOFTWARE AGREEMENT Please take notice: A Professional Corporation CUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF BUCKNATIONAL TACTICAL OFFICERS ASSOC $924.00 TRAVEL/TRAINING DONAHUE PAPER EMPORIUM $1,026.60 SUPPLIES 1872 CED INGHAM OAKS CONDOMINIUMS AS-$1,200.00 SUPPLIES NEAL $620.00 SUPPLIES DOWNTOWN COLORADO INC $610.00 CONF REGISTRATION 3CMA $575.00 CONFERENCE You and each of you are hereby notified LegalCAROL Notice G No.: 55554 SOCIATION, INC. NORTH LIGHT COLOR DRIVE TRAIN INDUSTRIES $1,506.33 PARTS/SERVICE/SUPPLIES 3MCPPRO $2,408.25 that aSUPPLIES Sheriff's Sale of the referenced First Publication: November 13, 2014 $747.97 SUPPLIES property is to AGREEMENT be conducted by the Civil DiNWTC GB REGISTRATION ELECTRONIC RECYCLERS INC $3,025.73 PROFESSIONAL SERVICES A & LIEN S BURGER INVESTMENTS LEASE Last Publication: November 13, 2014 $495.00 TRAINING THE BEING FORECLOSED MAY$5,145.00 visionSUPPLIES of the Sheriff's Office of Arapahoe OCLC $1,622.89 DATABASE SUBSCRIPTION EMPACS LLC $2,456.65 SUPPLIES A E TIRE $634.48 Publisher: Littleton Independent NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. County, Colorado at 10:00 A.M., on the OFFICE DEPOT $10,235.76 SUPPLIES EMPLOYERS COUNCIL SERVICES $10,618.75 PROFESSIONAL SERVICES A1 SCUBA TRAVEL AQUA $627.95 SUPPLIES 8th day of January, 2015, at 13101 E. NOTICE OF SALE OFFICESCAPES $15,474.27 OFFICE FURNITURE ENTERPRISE RENT A CAR $1,058.94 TRAVEL EXPENSES ADAMS EVIDENCE GRADE $612.45 SUPPLIES Broncos Pkwy., Centennial, CO 80112; OVE OVERDRIVE $2,337.82 COMPUTER LICENSES ENVISION WARE $1,369.35 SOFTWARE ADPI $11,689.98 PROFESSIONAL phone number 720-874-3935. At which THEREFORE, PEDAL $1,175.41 PROFESSIONAL SERVICES EON OFFICE PRODUCTS $1,136.58 SUPPLIES SERVICES NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVsale, ASPHALT the abovePROJECT described real property EN that I will, at 10:00 o'clock A.M.,$106,806.04 on PHILOSOPHY COMMUNICATION $2,000.00 PROFESSIONAL SERVICES ESSENTIAL SAFETY PRODUCTS $661.55 PARTS/SERVICE/SUPPLIES AGGREGATE INDUSTRIES and improvements December 2014, at the Office ofINC the$1,010.00 PHYSIO CONTROL INC $12,157.75 SUPPLIES EST, INC. $9,158.80 PROFESSIONAL SERVICES ALAMEDA11, WHOLESALE NURSERY LANDSCAPE thereon will be sold to the highest bidder. Plaintiff makes no Arapahoe County Sheriff, 13101 East$2,343.52 PRE-PAID LEGAL SERVICES INC $684.85 EMPLOYEE BENEFITS EVIDENT INC $838.50 SUPPLIES ALL TRUCK AND TRAILER PARTS/SERVICE/SUPPLIES warranty relatingSUBSCRIPTION to title, possession, or Broncos Parkway, PROFORMANCE APPAREL $4,357.50 SUPPLIES EXEMPLA, INC. $1,113.00 PROFESSIONAL SERVICES ALLDATA CORP Centennial, Colorado, $1,500.00 DATABASE quiet enjoyment in and to said real propsell to the highest and best bidder for PROQUEST $1,950.00 DATABASE SUBSCRIPTION EXIT INC $1,150.00 SUPPLIES ALSCO AMERICAN INDUSTRIAL $636.05 SUPPLIES erty inSUPPLIES connection with this sale. cash, the saidINC real property described$1,747.90 PUBLIC HEALTH ENVIRONMENT $810.00 PROFESSIONAL SERVICES FALCON LABORATORIES $736.31 SUPPLIES AM SIGNAL, above, and COM all interest of said Grantor and$1,780.86 SUPPLIES PUBLIC SURPLUS $542.50 PROFESSIONAL SERVICES FARIS MACHINERY COMP $1,205.42 PARTS/SERVICE/SUPPLIES AMAZON **BIDDERS ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE the heirs and assignsSOLUTIONS of said Grantor PUSH PEDAL PULL CORP $5,864.45 PROFESSIONAL SERVICES FBI LEEDA INC $1,300.00 TRAINING AMERICAN TRAFFIC $93,556.02 PROFESSIONAL SERVICES CASHSUPPLIES OR CERTIFIED FUNDS SUFFItherein, RDP BARRICADE COMPANY, LLC $3,066.00 SUPPLIES FELDMAN, ETHAN D $5,320.00 PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AMMOfor the purpose of paying the judg-$1,220.00 CIENTSUPPLIES TO COVER THEIR HIGHEST BID ment amount entered herein, and will de- $924.24 RECORDED BOOKS $590.60 BOOKS FELSBURG HOLT & ULLEVIG, INC $31,377.75 PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AMSAN CORP AT TIME OF SALE. ** PROJECT liver to the purchaser a Certificate of PurREES, JAMES W $1,236.08 PROFESSIONAL SERVICES FIRST CONTINENTAL LIBRARY EQUIPMT$3,896.51 SUPPLIES ANDRUS CONSTRUCTION INC. $193,839.96 CONSTRUCTION chase, all as provided by law.

REI COM $7,196.00 SUPPLIES FLEXMAGIC CONSULTING $640.50 PROFESSIONAL SERVICES APPLE $2,592.00 SUPPLIES Further, for the purpose of paying off, curROBERT HALF MANAGEMENT RESOURCES$2,835.50 PROFESSIONAL FLINT TRADING INC $3,512.91 SUPPLIES APPLIANCE FACTORY OUTLET $1,469.98 SUPPLIES ing default or redemption, asTAX provided by **BIDDERS REQUIRED HAVE SERVICES FORRESTER RESEARCH, INC. $21,348.93 PROFESSIONAL SERVICES ARAPAHOEARE COUNTY FINANCETO DEPT $15,910.27 AUG 2014 SALES USE statute, intent must be directed to or conCASH OR CERTIFIED FUNDS SUFFIROCKY MTN HOSTAGE NEG ASSOC $700.00 TRAVEL/TRAINING FRONT RANGE FIRE APP $1,723.52 SUPPLIES ARAPAHOE CO GOV’T RADIO SYSTEM $10,900.00 MAINTENANCE ducted at the above address of the Civil CIENT TO COVER THEIR HIGHEST S S COMM CITY SERVICE $5,879.39 PARTS/SERVICE/SUPPLIES G S AUTO PARTS $1,770.53 PARTS/SERVICE/SUPPLIES ARK ECOLOGICAL SERVICES LLC BID $908.11 PROFESSIONAL SERVICES Division of the Sheriff’s Office of AT TIME OF SALE.** SAFARILAND $500.50 SUPPLIES G4S SECURE SOLUTIONS (USA) INC $4,792.00 PROFESSIONAL SERVICES ASPEN CREEK VETERINARY $539.59 PROFESSIONAL SERVICES Arapahoe County, Colorado.

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November 13, 2014

Audience becomes part of Wonderland Library gives crowd a chance to participate in production

By Tom Munds

tmunds @coloradocommunitymedia.com The families may not have known they would become members of the cast when they attended the Oct. 31 performance of “Alice in Wonderland.”

The event was held in Hampden Hall and the only person initially on the stage was Seth Misel from the Littleton Town Hall Arts Center.

“This is a participation play and I will want members of the audience to volunteer to become cast members,” he said. “I have costumes for the volunteers and I will help them with their lines. So, please don’t be shy and join me on stage.”

There were about 50 people in the audience. Misel selected 18 individuals to join him on the stage so they could play roles ranging from the Queen of Hearts to Alice.

Then he told the remaining members of the audience they too would participate in the play as the chorus helping sing the song and providing sound effects.

When he called for volunteers, many children eagerly raised their hands. He selected the child he thought would be right for a particular part. Then he enlisted three adults to fill the remaining spots in the cast.

Misel read the story from a book, calling on each cast member as needed to step to the front of the stage and take part in the play.

Deb Cates volunteered to play the Queen of Hearts.

“My grandchildren from Vermont are visiting and I brought them to the play today,” she said with a smile. “I never imagined we would be called on to be members of the cast up on the stage. It was so touching to be in the play with them that I almost Public Notice could cry.”

SECTION 14 played the lead role of Christi Cordova METROPOLITAN DISTRICT Alice.NOTICE CONCERNING 2014 BUDGET AMENDMENT “I like to act2015 soBUDGET this was a lot of fun for AND PROPOSED me,” the 7-year-old said after the play. “I NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN to all interested parties that the necessity has arisenjoyed being on stage.

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SECTION 14 METROPOLITAN DISTRICT By /s/ Ann E. Finn Secretary Legal Notice No.: 55572 First Publication: November 13, 2014 Last Publication: November 13, 2014 Publisher: Littleton Independent

Renata Puccini, center, volunteered to play the cat and Christi Cordova, right, played Alice in the library-sponsored production of “Alice in Wonderland” in which members of the audience became cast members. Photos by Tom Munds

Play coordinator Seth Maisel, left, reads the story as Deb Cates plays the Queen of Hearts and Christi Cordova plays Alice in the Oct. 31 library-sponsored production of “Alice in Wonderland.” The production was a participation play with members of the audience volunteering to be cast members. see the play but it was really fun to be part of putting it on because I like to act.”

Kayt Huff brought her children to the play.

Notice To Creditors PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of George W. Calkins, aka George William Calkins, and as George Calkins, Deceased Case Number: 2014 PR 30922

Notice To Creditors All persons having claims against the above-named estate are required to present them to the Co-Personal Representatives or to the District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado on or before March 13, 2015 or the claims may be forever barred.

Bradley H. Calkins Co-Personal Representative

“This was great fun for the kids and for those of us in the audience,” she said. “It was like a special amateur night at its best.

I think all those on stage had fun. This is re-

Notice To Creditors 7268 South Tucson Way Centennial, Colorado 80012 303-733-4627 Lisa L. Calkins Co-Personal Representative 4505 South Yosemite Street, Unit 357 Denver, Colorado 80237 303-741-1776

ally a great program. It is a chance for the kids to do more than just sit and listen or watch the story. It is a chance for them to be a part of telling the story.”

Notice To Creditors Legal Notice No: 55573 First Publication: November 13, 2014 Last Publication: November 27, 2014 Publisher: Littleton Independent

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November 13, 2014

Santa’s not-so silent night a tale of fun Local authors pen children’s book

By Clarke Reader

creader @coloradocommunitymedia.com There are countless Christmas traditions that go into making the season that so many love, but the history behind many isn’t exactly clear.

When Lakewood childrens author DK Simoneau’s daughter asked her why Santa Claus’ suit is red, she didn’t have an answer ready. As she thought about it, an idea came to her — what would happen if San-

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WESLEY WRITERS is a small group of vignette memoir writers who meet at 10 a.m. the third Saturday of each month at Littleton United Methodist Church, 5894 S. Datura St. Share stories of the joys and sorrows of our yesteryears. No fees.

Service

AMERICAN LEGION George C. Evans Post 103 Attention military veterans: Do you believe in patriotism and in helping our veterans, our children and our communities? Join the Littleton American Legion George C. Evans Post 103 at 7 p.m. the first Wednesday of every month at the Buck Recreation Center, 2004 W. Powers Ave., Littleton. Visit www.legionpost103.org or call 720-287-2139.

CREATIVE COUNSELING Center is a network of mental health providers with offices in Denver, Aurora, Lakewood and Littleton. To meet therapists or to learn about locations, scheduling and fees, visit www.ccc-denver.com or call 303-267-2310.

ENGLISH CONVERSATION Sessions. Go to the Bemis Public Library Friday mornings from 9-10:30 a.m. to practice English in an informal group and learn about American culture. No registration is required. Call 303-795-3961.

NUTRITION CLASSES. Free bootcamp class meets at 8:30 a.m. three Saturdays per month at L-Town Nutrition, 1360 W. Littleton Blvd., Littleton. Go to the park for a fun, energizing start to the weekend. Visit our Facebook pages for updates: Littleton 24Fit Club or L-Town Nutrition. Also offered is a Body Exchange Challenge.

ta’s suit changed colors?

That’s how the book she wrote with David Radman from Littleton and illustrated

by Brad Cornlius, “Santa’s (Zany, Wacky, Just Not Right!) Night Before Christmas” started.

Their book — which won the Gold Medal Winner Holiday Category in the Moonbeam Children’s Book Awards — was published at the beginning of October and takes children and adults on a wild ride as Santa faces some serious challenges in his annual journey.

“The story is a twist on the classic ‘Night Before Christmas’ told in rhyme,” Simoneau said. “I thought Santa’s suit changing color would make a good story and talked

to David (Radman) and he took the first crack at it.”

The book is Simoneau’s second children’s book and first for Radman, who met Simoneau when they were neighbors and single parents in 2001.

“We would work on it and then send it back and forth to each other,” Radman said. “We believe so many people have traditions that involve reading out loud at Christmas and sharing stories at Christmas dinner and wanted them to have something to use.”

There were some close calls previously with publishers but it wasn’t until recently that the pair decided to try to get the book published again.

“We wanted to give it one more shot and DK had worked with Brad (Cornlius) on her first book and we thought we’d try him on ours,” Radman said. “We made a few changes to language and cadence but mostly kept it the same as the original version.”

Both authors described “Santa’s (Zany, Wacky, Just Not Right!) Night Before Christmas” as a labor of love and said they had a lot of fun working on it.

“My favorite part was working with Brad to do the illustrations,” Simoneau said.

“Everyone who touched the book made it more fun and made it better.”

For more information visit www.santasnightbeforechristmas.com.

This consists of weekly meetings to discuss both nutrition and fitness. We deliver all of the tools that you need to help you reach your goal. There is an optional fitness class offered after the class. The class meets Wednesdays at noon or 6 p.m. You can join the challenge anytime, the fees are prorated. Visit L-Town Nutrition, call Gen McKenna at 303-730-2038 or email ltownnutrition@gmail.com to sign up.

p.m. Mondays at Marie Callender’s, Dry Creek Court and Broadway.

Call Art Gomen at 303-762-9726.

the second Saturday of each month at Maggiano’s at 7401 S. Clinton Street, Englewood at 9 a.m. Arrival is 8:30 a.m. and buffet starts at 9 a.m. Must RSVP the Hotline at 303-794-3332 for reservation.

SINGLE DADS Resource Center Inc., a nonprofit

organization, offers free parenting classes such as “The Ins and Outs of Single Fathering Parenting” focused on single fathers. Classes are from 5:30-7:30 p.m. Wednesdays at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, 6322 S. Lakeview St., Littleton. Call Jamey O’Donnell, founder and executive director of the group, at 720-298-2021 or e-mail info@ sdrci.org.

SUMMIT CANCER Solutions is a nonprofit organiza-

tion that offers exercise programs in the Denver Metro area to adult cancer survivors. Our goal is to improve the health and well being of cancer survivors through exercise. Contact us at 303-409-2206, e-mail us at info@summitcancersolutions.org or visit www.summitcancersolutions.org.

BEMIS EVENING Book Group meets at the library, 6014 S. Datura St., in Littleton, the third Monday each month at 7 p.m. Call 303-795-3961.

BEMIS KNITTING Group invites knitters to the library’s knitting group, which meets Fridays at 2 p.m. in Sophie’s Place. Just bring a pair of needles and a skein of yarn. Beginners learn skills such as casting on, knitting, pearling, and casting off, while experienced knitters get project ideas and provide hints and tips. The group is creating mittens, scarves and hats for elderly library users at Bemis’ sister libraries in Stara Zagora, Bulgaria.

BEMIS NONFICTION Writers’ Group. Unpublished nonfiction writers of personal essays and/or articles meet the second Monday each month at 6:30 p.m. in the café area of Sophie’s Place at the library. Take a pencil and five copies of a recent essay, no longer than 650 words, to share and read aloud. Elaine Kallos, a language arts instructor, facilitates the group.

Social

BENEVOLENT AND Protective Order of Elks Lodge No.1650 meets at 8 p.m. Thursdays at 5749 S. Curtice St., Littleton. Call 303-794-1811.

ANTIQUE CLUB meets the second Saturday each month from 10 a.m. to noon at Antique Gallery, 5501 S. Broadway, Littleton.

Call 303-794-8100.

BOARDS OF Directors of the Southgate Water District and the Southgate Sanitation District, Arapahoe and Douglas counties, meet at 4 p.m. the second Tuesday each month at office of the districts, 3722 E. Orchard Road, Littleton. Agenda information for each meeting is posted at Southgate office not less than 24 hours before meetings.

ARAPAHOE COUNTY Young Democrats meetings are the third Thursday each month. Call Benjamin Godfrey at 303-745-3418 or e-mail bhgodfrey@qwest.net.

BOY SCOUTS of America Pack 633 welcomes all first- through fifth-graders to join any time during the year. Call Nick Erlenburg at 303-471-4172.

AMAZING TITAN Toastmasters meets from 6-8

THE BREAKFAST Club Singles 50 Plus meets on

AMERICAN NEEDLEPOINT Guild, Colorado Columbine Chapter, meets third Mondays each month, except August and December. Call Doris at 303-403-8703.

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CENTER FOR Inner Initiative presents Open Talks on the Initiatic Way and how the key principles from Eastern, Western and 4h Way Traditions can enlighten the search for Essence within.

Meetings are the last Tuesday of each month at 5594 S. Prince St., Littleton. Call or email for time: 303-798-1800 or mail@innerinitiative.org. Go to www.innerinitiative.org CHATFIELD SERTOMA Club meets the first and third Mondays at Bistro Aspen Grove, 7301 S. Santa Fe Drive, Littleton.

Contact Linda Holloway at 303-423-4197 or linda@bessieshope.org.

COFFEE AND Conversation Group connects people in the community who like to discuss books, current events and any topic of interest. The group meets from 10-11 a.m. the second Monday of each month in Sophie’s Place at Bemis Public Library, 6014 S. Datura St., Littleton. Free snacks and beverages are provided.

Call 303-795-3961.

THE COLUMBINE Genealogical and Historical Society has a program meeting on the second Tuesday of each month, except in June, July, August, and December. A social meeting is the second Tuesday of December. A genealogy workshop is the third Tuesday of each month, except in June, July, August, and December. Contact JoAnn LaGuardia at 303-770-3420 or visit www. rootsweb.com/~cocghs/index.htm.

COLUMBINE LADIES We welcome new members to our fun loving group. Join us for games (bridge, canasta, MahJongg and pinochle). Enjoy monthly luncheons at great restaurants and quarterly social events. Dues are $24 annually. Visitors are welcome.

For more information or to make a reservation to attend our next luncheon, call Jackie Hirt at 303-972-3384.

SALOME’S STARS FOR THE WEEK OF NOV 10, 2014

ARIES (Mar 21 to Apr 19) A rejection of your attempt to be friendly leaves you with two choices: Try again, or give up. If you want to make another effort, go slowly.

Let things develop without pressure.

TAURUS (Apr 20 to May 20) It could be a problem dealing with unfamiliar people who do things differently from what you’re used to. But rely on that strong sense of purpose to get you through this difficult period.

GEMINI (May 21 to Jun 20) To avoid neglecting a personal matter because of a demanding new workplace schedule, start prioritizing immediately. Knowing how to apportion your time takes a little while to set up.

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GALLERY OF GAMES

CANCER (Jun 21 to Jul 22) It won’t be easy to avoid some of the pressures that come with change. Best advice: Take things a step at a time, and you’ll be less likely to trip up while things are in a chaotic state.

LEO (Jul 23 to Aug 22) A much-talked-about workplace change could be coming soon. Be sure to get all the details involved in the process, and once you have them, you can decide how you want to deal with it.

VIRGO (Aug 23 to Sept 22)You might still believe that your trust was betrayed, although the facts would appear to prove the opposite. But by the week’s end you should learn something that will help set the record straight.

LIBRA (Sept 23 to Oct 22) Holiday plans could be a challenge because of shifting circumstances. But a more settled period starts by midweek, allowing you to firm up your plan-making once and for all.

SCORPIO (Oct 23 to Nov 21) The facts continue to be on your side. So make use of them in dealing with any challenge to your stated position. Also, open your mind to the offer of help from an unlikely source.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov 22 to Dec 21)There could still be a communication problem holding up the resolution of a troublesome situation. Stay with it, and eventually your message will get through and be understood.

CAPRICORN (Dec 22 to Jan 19) A possible change in your workplace schedule might create a chaotic situation for a while. But once things begin to settle down, you might find that this could work to your advantage.

AQUARIUS (Jan 20 to Feb 18) A recent job-linked decision might need to be reassessed because of the possibility of finding benefits you might have overlooked. Check out all related data to help in the search.

PISCES (Feb 19 to Mar 20) A personal situation you agreed to might not be as acceptable to the other person involved in the matter. Avoid pressuring and bullying. Instead, seek common ground by talking things through.

BORN THIS WEEK: You have a gift for touching people’s minds as well as their hearts. You would make an outstanding educator. © 2014 King Features Synd., Inc.

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