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For mall, security always priority Police chief says training for attacks is frequent, ongoing

By Jane Reuter

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Jeanette Pollack, of Parker, meets Waya, a 9-year-old female wolf brought to CU South Denver March 7 as part of an event celebrating the start of the Iditarod.

Hundreds of people stopped by an Iditarod event at CU South Denver at Lincoln Avenue and Peoria Street on March 7 to learn about canine lineage and the connection that modern dogs have to wolves. More than 300 people of all ages got a chance to meet Ghost and Waya, two people-friendly wolves brought by a Woodland Park-based sanctuary called Colorado Wolf Adventures.

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With mom by her side, Aubrey Daugherty, 3, of Parker, meets two wolves brought to CU South Denver for an Iditarod event.

Project honors teacher’s memory ACE students win funding to help those who are hurting

By Jane Reuter

jreuter@coloradocommunitymedia.com

ACE student Kirby Fick stares out a window at Highlands Ranch High School at the area that students will convert into a life garden, a project they started with former ACE teacher Joe Chandler. Chandler died on Oct. 12. Photo by Jane Reuter

When Highlands Ranch High School teacher Joe Chandler collapsed and died while on a cruise last year, it devastated his wife, students and the school’s staff — including his good friend, English teacher Bas Wolf.

“It was this universal response of ‘No, not Joe,’ this incredible charismatic person that everybody loved,” Wolf said. “He had a gift for kids a lot of other people would have given up on. He was this father figure that none of them knew they needed.”

So when Wolf was asked to take over Chandler’s Alternative Cooperative Education program for at-risk kids, he accepted it as both a way to honor his friend and aid the students to whom Chandler was devoted.

“These kids were incredibly hurt and needed somebody consistent in their lives,” said Wolf. “It was on my heart to support them and be there to help them through this.”

No one was prouder than Wolf when the ACE students successfully pitched a business

plan Feb. 27 to the Carson J. Spencer Foundation, a Denver-based suicide prevention organization. The foundation’s “Fire Within” program challenges youth to develop strategies for suicide prevention, and awards funding for the top proposals.

The Highlands Ranch High School ACE students placed second in the state, winning $350 to help start their program of building planter boxes and a school garden. The idea for the project was created with Chandler’s guidance.

“He was very much on our minds (during the presentation),” ACE student Lexii Villanueva said. “He was a teacher, a counselor and a friend — someone you could always go to.

We pushed to keep this going for him and for ourselves.”

On March 4, ACE students pitched the idea again to fellow classmates and high school administrators. Most wore black T-shirts created in Chandler’s honor; the front includes a tree and the words “ACE Family Strong,” and the back has a Joe Chandler quote: “Hope is not a plan.”

ACE kids started the project by surveying fellow students, and found many had Teacher continues on Page 9

A February terrorist threat against shopping centers didn’t prompt Lone Tree police to take new action to protect Park Meadows mall. It has been training for such a possibility for years.

“Some of the press have called and asked, ‘Have we done anything differently?,’ ” said Pamela Schenck-Kelly, Park Meadows’ senior general manager. “The answer is ‘no,’ because we have never ratcheted down the threat.”

Somali terror group al Shabaab, responsible for the 2013 attack on Kenya’s Westgate Mall in which 67 people were killed, recently urged attacks on shopping centers. It singled out Minnesota’s Mall of America, which draws about 40 million annual visitors to its more than 500 shops.

Park Meadows, with about 2 million annual visitors, is the largest mall in Colorado and several contiguous states. A small city within Lone Tree, it includes about 1.6 million square feet of shopping and 192 stores and restaurants, and is ranked as a superregional mall. More than 40,000 people visit the center on an average day, and about 5,000 people work there.

Large-scale, multi-agency trainings are held semi-annually during Park Meadow’s off hours. They include officers from Arapahoe and Douglas counties, and SWAT team members. Smaller trainings and tabletop exercises are conducted between those larger events.

Communications systems are routinely tested and updated with new intelligence and technology, and the opening of new stores.

Law enforcement and emergency personnel regularly meet with merchants to review and update plans.

“Without going into great detail, that mall has an incredible technological advantage that keeps it a safe environment,” Lone Tree Police Chief Jeff Streeter said. “We can’t put bubbles over buildings and keep all the bad guys out. But we continually monitor and train. We will stay on top of this.”

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Magurete Brooks of Highlands Ranch and Roy Dahl of Aurora, at the Park Meadows mall March 4, walk inside Lone Tree shopping center before the stores open every Wednesday. Photo by Jane Reuter

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Soldier laid to rest six decades later Floyd Jackson died in 1951, DNA aids identification of remains

By Tom Munds

tmunds @coloradocommunitymedia.com Army Sgt. Floyd Jackson died more than 60 years ago. But loved ones - his mother, brothers and sisters, family friends — never had the chance for final closure or to honor a fallen hero with a full military funeral.

Jackson paid the ultimate sacrifice for his country when he died in a Korean prisoner of war camp half the world away. Those same loved ones were plagued first with nagging, then lingering, then permanent unanswered questions.

Until recently, that is.

Because the right people were in the right place at the right time, Jackson was laid to rest next to his mother on March 7 in Olinger Chapel Hill Cemetery in Centennial — six decades after he died in the POW camp.

“Uncle Floyd died before I was born, but my family talked about how he died in prisoner of war camp,” said Joanne Mueller, Jackson’s niece and closest relative. “My daughter was looking at a family album and asked about Uncle Floyd. Not long after that, we went to a meeting for families of service personnel missing in action. The Army asked for a DNA samples from the family. That was in 2004.”

It took until January for the government, using modern technology and family DNA samples, to identify the Littleton man’s remains and offer to return them to his family.

“I never thought this would happen in my lifetime,” Mueller said. “I knew it was my uncle’s wish to be buried next to his mother. So, I told my children, that, if Uncle Floyd’s remains were identified and he was returned home after I died, to bury him next to his mother.”

Though they are full of beautiful details and precision movement, military funerals are never easy, said 1st Lt. Joseph Zarella, commander of an honor guard from Fort Carson.

“This is my fourth military funeral, and each one is nerve-racking. I go over the words

A picture of 19-year-old Littleton resident Floyd Jackson after he joined the Army in 1950. Courtesy photo Joanne Mueller, niece of Army Sgt. Floyd Jackson, received the folded flag that covered his coffin from Army 1st Lt. Joseph Zarella during the March 7 funeral ceremonies at Olinger Chapel Hill Cemetary. Jackson was captured in 1950 and died in a Korean prisoner of war camp in February 1951. The Army recently used family DNA to identify his remains. Photo by Tom Munds in my head, but it is hard to speak those words when you look into the eyes of the loved one receiving the flag.”

Jackson was born in Warrensburg, Mo., in 1930. His mother brought her six children to Littleton about 1949 after her husband died.

Jackson was a teenager and worked in the kitchen at Bradley Café in the Coors Building in Littleton until he joined the Army.

Jackson joined the Army in 1950. He was sent to the Far East and became a member of the 3rd Battalion, 31st Infantry Regiment, and 7th Infantry Division.

His unit was deployed near the Chosin Reservoir in December 1950 and their position was overwhelmed by hundreds of Chinese soldiers. Jackson was among those captured and taken to a Korean prisoner of war camp.

A soldier returning from the camp in 1953 said Jackson died on Feb. 13, 1951. His remains were not included in the more than 1,400 remains the Koreans returned in 1954.

Remains of additional American military personnel were recovered when the North Koreans allowed teams to excavate a number of

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The Defense POW/MIA Personnel Office notified the family in January that Jackson’s remains had been For more photos and a video positively identified. of the ceremony for Army Sgt. “Two soldiers Floyd Jackson, go to came to my home LoneTreeVoice.net to tell me Uncle Floyd’s body had been identified and to bring information about him and the medals the Army awarded him,” Joanne Mueller said.

The Army awarded Jackson posthumously the Purple Heart, Combat Infantry Badge, Korean Service Medal, Prisoner of War Medal and National Defense Medal.

The sergeant’s body was brought to Denver March 5 by plane, escorted to the hearse by the Army pallbearers for a procession that was accompanied by police and the members

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of the veterans of Patriotic Guard motorcycle group.

Alan Sprig, a Vietnam veteran, wanted to honor a veteran who has been lost for so many years.

“I lost men in my unit in Vietnam, and coming here today is my way of honoring all those who died in the service of his company,” the Parker resident said. “I woke up this morning looking forward to coming here today.”

About 100 people — many of them volunteers, others military personnel in uniform — lined the road from the chapel to the gravesite.

The sergeant’s flag-draped coffin was brought to the grave on a wagon escorted by the Fort Carson’s honor guard, and the procession passed by those lining the road, many holding flags.

The honor guard placed the flag-draped coffin on the gravesite and then, with military precision, folded the flag into the traditional shape.

The flag was passed to Zarella, who then handed the folded flag to Joanna Mueller.

Zarella was honored to be part of the honor guard for Jackson’s funeral.

“This is a special ceremony because of the history of the veteran we are honoring,” he said. “This is most beautiful military funeral I have ever been part of.”

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Local students take home tech awards Event provides challenges across variety of arenas

By Jane Reuter

jreuter@coloradocommunitymedia.com Sarah Coleman’s heart pounded as she watched her hand-crafted vehicle repeatedly slam into a piece of wood. Inside, surrounded

by Styrofoam, was a still-uncracked raw egg.

The STEM Academy student was participating in the Crash Test event, which tests a student-designed car’s ability to safely transport an egg through increasingly severe impacts.

Coleman’s egg never cracked, which secured her a first place in the 2015 Colorado Technology Student Association State Leadership Exposition, held Feb. 19-21 at the Denver Marriott Tech Center Hotel. She also earned a first in the Communications Challenge.

“I got up to get my first medal, sat back down, and they announced my name again two minutes later,” she said. “I was really surprised. I felt really, really happy.”

The Acres Green seventh-grader is among about 40 students from the Highlands Ranch STEM school who qualified during the state event to participate in this summer’s National TSA Conference in Dallas. About 150 STEM students competed.

Mountain Vista High School took 57 students to the exposition, with 21 qualifying for nationals.

Mountain Vista sophomore Alec Yagey was elected sergeant-at-arms for the state TSA organization, one of just seven students statewide who serves on the team and the high school’s first state TSA officer.

the way we run our chapter is very different in that we don’t focus on the win. We focus on the kid and the learning, the process. We focus on building community. The wins just kind of come out of that.”

Mountain Vista TSA adviser Kent Allison said the club is an ideal fit for many of the high school’s students.

“Our principal, Mike Weaver, has always encouraged us to have the best comprehensive high school in the state,” he said. “That’s everything from having good sports, band and drama programs and then the academics that go along with it. It’s about finding opportunities for every kid in high school. What’s exciting about TSA is it gives them a different avenue to show off their talents.

“I’m just super proud of them.”

Shallenberger believes the awards suggest STEM Academy student Sarah Coleman watches as her vehicle is put through its paces during TSA’s Crash Test. The event good days ahead for his students. was part of a state competiton held at the Marriott Denver Tech Center. Courtesy photo “This is a great example of how we prepare kids for the real world,” he said. “I want About 1,300 students statewide competed jects that naturally dovetail with TSA. It’s also to focus on preparing kids for jobs that don’t among few schools that have both a middle exist yet. So when you look a t these forwardduring the state event. thinking competitions, and the fact that we do Douglas County award winners also in- and high school TSA chapter.

“STEMRR156022_CAMP_CD_Ad_print.pdf obviously is a focus for our school,” in them, I think that probably speaks to cluded students and teams from Castle View, 1 3/3/15well 11:19 AM Legend and Rock Canyon high schools, and Shallenberger said. “But honestly, I really think the fact we are preparing kids for the future.”

Cimarron and Cresthill middle schools.

The broad range of events in which they competed included animatronics, architectural renovation, castle ballistics, biotechnology and engineering design, software development, video game design and underwater remote vehicles.

STEM’s middle school chapter also was named Chapter of the Year, and STEM teacher Mike Shallenberger was awarded TSA Advisor of the Year.

STEM traditionally has done well at the state event, in part because of its focus on sub-

New event centers offer gathering space

By Christy Steadman

csteadman @coloradocommunitymedia.com Two new event centers coming to the south metro area will offer people a new gathering place for special occasions.

The Falls Event Center coming to Centennial will be a 14,300-square-foot building near the southeast corner of East Costilla Avenue and South Fulton Street. The same company will open a Littleton location, a 12,000-squarefoot venue in the SouthPark area near Santa Fe Drive and C-470.

Both event centers will offer guests an elegant space to host a gathering, said John Neubauer, corporate general manager for The Falls Event Center.

The Falls Event Center is different in that it allows the event’s host to be in charge of everything.

“They are truly venues,” Neubauer said.

“People just rent the space.”

Renters have the freedom to decorate the space however they want for their event, he said, and bring in their own caterers and licensed bartenders. All audio and visual equipment is included.

The purpose is to make the venue userfriendly without having to charge for all the extra things people usually get charged for when renting a venue for a special event, Neubauer said.

The buildings at both locations will include large and small conference rooms, for corporate or business meetings, Neubauer said, and a main event hall for wedding receptions, quinceañeras, family reunions or any other type of large gathering.

The buildings are expected to be able to

accommodate 300-350 people, and the host may rent it for part of the day or the entire day, he said.

The Littleton location “is a really good destination site,” Neubauer said, adding that the views are beautiful, with the Denver skyline in the background and the Rocky Mountains to the west.

The Centennial location offers private, landscaped areas with bridges and streams, which allows people the opportunity to “get some great pictures,” Neubauer said.

Centennial’s event center will be centrally located in the city, said Centennial’s principal planner, Derek Holcomb, and in close proximity to other complementary uses, such as hotels and restaurants.

“It will provide a great opportunity for residents and non-residents alike to experience the many other great businesses and attractions the city has to offer,” he said.

The Falls Event Center is in the process of obtaining the building permit for the Littleton location, with the hopes of beginning construction around May 1 and finishing by the end of 2015, Neubauer said. The Centennial location is a few months behind Littleton, he said, and will be obtaining the building contract by July, and construction will start shortly after.

The Falls Event Center LLC was formed in Utah in 2011, Neubauer said. The first event center opened in St. George, Utah, in 2013, and this year, other locations are to include Utah, California and Arizona. A location in Colorado Springs will be Colorado’s third site.

“Denver is a really good place to be,” Neubauer said. “We expect the centers to be well received.”

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A passion for preserving the past Library archive center contains trove of historic documents, photos

By Chris Michlewicz

cmichlewicz @coloradocommunitymedia.com Having a conversation with the gatekeeper to Douglas County’s history is like taking a journey into the past.

Shaun Boyd, archivist for the Douglas County History Research Center, shows off “the vault” with great pride. It’s actually a windowless room in the center of the Philip S. Miller Library in Castle Rock packed full of filing cabinets and random boxes, and despite the appearance of disarray, everything is carefully organized. Well, almost everything.

Keeping track of tattered historical documents and faded pictures is a never-ending job.

The rolling shelves and fireproof cabinets, fiercely guarded by a waterless fire suppression system, hold the keys to the county’s birth and everything that has happened since. Old photos and negatives, biographical files on pioneer families, newspaper articles dating back 150 years, oral histories as told by the area’s first residents, maps that show long-gone sites — it’s all there, except for a few thousand archives kept at off-site storage units.

Boyd unleashes compelling stories and interesting facts at an astonishing rate. At various points, she talks about: the volcanic eruption that flattened an ancient rainforest that lies 25 feet or so beneath the county’s outermost layers; the genealogy database that shows one current resident’s relation to 4,000 people from local families; a mysterious 2,000-year gap in which there is no evidence of people in what is now Colorado; and the prehistoric PaleoIndian archaeological Lamb Spring site off Titan Road, where some of the earliest signs of life exist.

“It’s tens of skeletons, all in a pile, and apparently the prehistoric people drove them over the cliff and threw spears at them,” Boyd said. “So (archaeologists) found spear points

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in the mammoth remains, and basically found (evidence of) people interacting with mammoths.”

She also talks about the painstaking process of cleaning, labeling, digitizing and preserving the thousands of documents that come their way each year. Sometimes, the treasures come from the family members of a longtime resident who has just passed, and they are bequeathing the collection to Douglas County Libraries. One man took photos to document a time period in which Parker’s oldest buildings were being torn down. He also had receipts from the materials used to construct the buildings.

Using a precise archiving system that provides access to census data, birth and death records and old news articles, Boyd can help pinpoint the locations of homesteads, identify the professions of early pioneers, and find details about the challenges they faced. Boyd is helped by two full-time employees and a

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“The longer somebody’s in this job, the better they get at it,” said Boyd, who has worked for the history research center for 16 years.

The team’s dedication stems from a love of history. On a recent Tuesday afternoon, catalog librarian Kathy Thomas and senior cataloging and metadata librarian Nancy Kall carefully used a special cleaner on a map of Douglas County from 1941.

The process is tedious, but crucial, and it’s even more important to keep good track of the items. Douglas County Libraries has already transferred thousands of documents to microfilm and is in the beginning stages of digitizing 400,000 photos, an endeavor that makes things easier to find and provides an extra copy of something that could perish with time.

For more information, call 303-688-7730, visit the center in person, or go to DouglasCountyHistory.org.

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The research center’s mission The Douglas County History Research Center collects and preserves the history of Douglas County, the High Plains, the Divide area of the Front Range and the State of Colorado in order to provide historical research resources to the public. It offers reference services, public programs and online resources to a diverse audience of adults and youth.

The public is invited to call or stop by the research center and donate personal papers, photographs, memorabilia and “boxes of stuff” relating to the history of Douglas County. The center is open 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. on Mondays, and 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Friday.

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Event touts sports for girls Young women honored for their participation

By Jane Reuter

jreuter @coloradocommunitymedia.com

High school athletes have higher grade-point averages, better attendance, lower dropout rates and fewer discipline problems than non-athletes, statistics show.

Girls’ participation in high school sports nationally set a record in 2013-14, yet boys still outnumber them on the athletic field, and attendance at boys’ sporting events typically is higher than at girls’.

In the Douglas County School District, 6,500 female students participate in sports. It’s a good number, but given the proven benefits of participation, district leaders would like to see it rise.

“We consider it to be an extension of our educational programming,” said Ann Orcutt, administrative assistant at DCSD’s activities, athletics and student leadership department.

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Archivist Shaun Boyd shows off one of the records rooms at the Philip S. Miller Library in Castle Rock. Photo by Chris Michlewicz

Mountain Ridge Middle School student Amanda Marlow spikes the ball during the Feb. 22 Colorado Crossroads volleyball tournament at the Colorado Convention Center. Marlow was among 117 DCSD athletes recently recognized. Courtesy photo vertisements for any other sport,” said Amanda Marlow, a volleyball player at Mountain Ridge Middle School who was among the 117 recognized. “I thought that was weird.”

“I like the competition in sports, how you have to work harder to get better,” said Emilee Sloan, another Mountain Ridge Middle School volleyball player and recent honoree. “But I think girls don’t get enough credit for doing sports.”

Marlow’s mother, Kim, who went to college on a volleyball scholarship, clearly sees how it benefits her daughter.

“I think it keeps her organized and helps her prioritize,” she said. “She has

practice most days of the week and most Saturdays and Sundays. So she’s been a very, very busy kid. Yet she gets almost straight A’s in school.

“I think women’s athletics has come a long way. But I don’t know why we think men’s athletics are so exciting, why everybody wants to go see it and not necessarily women’s.”

The recent recognition and lunch reinforced many of the young participants’ belief in the value of sports.

“I felt pretty happy about myself that I worked hard and was a good teammate,” Sloan said. “It was cool to see all the other girls getting honored, too.”

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Chase case to stay in Douglas County Judge denies change-of-venue request from Ryan Stone Staff report The trial of a man suspected of leading police on a high-speed chase down I-25 will stay in Douglas County.

Douglas County District Court Judge Richard Caschette denied a request for a change of venue in the case against Ryan

Stone during a hearing in Castle Rock March 6. Stone, 28, allegedly stole multiple vehicles throughout the metro area — including one with a 4-year-old child inside — before crashing at Lincoln Avenue and Peoria Street, just east of I-25, in March 2014. The entire chase was broadcast live on television by an 850 KOA news helicopter.

During the hearing, Caschette granted a motion from 18th Judicial District prosecutors to exclude from consideration an in-

Denver man dies in single-vehicle Lone Tree crash Family describes father of four as gentle and kind

By Jane Reuter

jreuter@coloradocommunitymedia.com A 41-year-old Denver man died early March 7 in a one-car accident at the I-25 and E-470 interchange. James Walker Polumbus was driving south on I-25 at about 5:30 a.m. when his truck crashed through the guard rail and rolled over at the eastbound E-470 overpass in Lone Tree.

The cause of the accident has not been determined and remains under investigation, according to Lone Polumbus Tree Police.

Polumbus co-owned Mosaik Kreations, a landscaping and maintenance company, with his wife Danisha.

The couple has two children, Kamara and Kayden. Polumbus also has two older

daughters, Willow and Hailey.

His parents, Tad and Nancy Polumbus of Castle Rock, describe their son as a gentle giant. At 6 feet 6 inches tall, and with a wide, engaging smile, his presence could not be ignored.

“He was one of those people with a deep, deep-seated kindness and gentleness,” said Tad Polumbus, who owns Greenwood Village-based Caption Colorado. “He loved to love and he loved to be loved. He spent most of his spare time with his kids.”

His brother is NFL football player and Parker resident Tyler Polumbus, formerly a Denver Bronco, who most recently played for the Washington Redskins.

Walker Polumbus is also survived by two sisters, Lindsay of Larkspur and Heather of Castle Pines.

Polumbus was a Denver native, who attended Cherry Hills Village Elementary, West Middle School and Cherry Creek High School.

Services will be held at 11 a.m. March 13 at Cherry Hills Community Church in Highlands Ranch.

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Second-graders become published authors L Fox Creek Elementary hosts first book signing

By Christy Steadman

csteadman @coloradocommunitymedia.com The second-graders of Fox Creek Elementary spent all day practicing how to sign their autograph in a book about beavers.

In their individual classrooms, they passed around the book they collaboratively wrote, and practiced how to quickly find the page to which they contributed.

Crystal Winter, Mellissa Baskall and Tina Petrick, Fox Creek’s second-grade teachers, were preparing their students March 5 for their first book-signing event that evening at the Tattered Cover in Highlands Ranch.

“We practiced being professional,” Petrick said, “because this is a professional book signing. We’re authors and illustrators.”

Each class produced a published nonfiction book about beavers, in which every

student has a page or two that they created — the writing and the illustrations.

Fox Creek is an expeditionary learning school, which, in part, includes reallife application, Baskall said. Case studies make up the expeditions, she said, and the second-graders did two case studies: one on beavers, in which they worked in small groups; and one on their choice of any Colorado animal, in which they worked individually.

The beaver case study included field work, Baskall said. The classes went to South Platte Park and gathered data, which they submitted to the park, she said, plus they got to build a model of a beaver lodge.

The books about beavers were part of their literary studies, Baskall said. It took them several drafts to produce the highquality work they did, she said, which is important in expeditionary learning.

Expeditionary learning also means displaying their work to a wider audience, Winter said.

“The purpose of having a wider audience,” she said, “is to give the students more motivation to write.”

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csteadman @coloradocommunitymedia.com Since last fall, about 80 piano students have been brushing up on their Bach, Beethoven and Tchaikovsky.

A two-day competition and recital gave them the opportunity to show off their skills during the South Suburban Music Teachers Association’s annual Masterworks Festival.

The six-hour competition took place on March 7 at the Arma Dei Academy in Highlands Ranch. Each student played in front of two anonymous judges, said Ardith Sloan, chair of the festival. The judges come from all over Colorado for anonymity, and the students enter with only their first names, she said, so the judging is fair and unbiased.

“Each student plays two memorized selections of contrasting moods,” Sloan said,

“from two different periods of music history.”

Students were able to choose something from either the Baroque or Classical eras as one choice; and the Romantic, Impressionistic or Contemporary eras for the second choice, Sloan said.

Of the 80 student entrants, 47 scored high enough to perform during of two honors recitals, which took place on March 8 at Skyview Presbyterian Church in Centennial.

The South Suburban Music Teachers Association is a local chapter of the Colorado State Music Teachers Association and Music Teachers National Association.

To be qualified as a teacher for the national association, teachers must receive additional training to meet the national regulations, Sloan said.

“It’s almost like earning an extra degree,” she added.

The south suburban music teachers teach in Highlands Ranch, Centennial, Littleton, Englewood and Parker. For more information, visit www.ssmtamusicteachers.org.

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Being go-to person offers big benefits You know that moment where we need help with a situation or project and someone around us says, “Don’t worry, I’ve got a guy?”

Sometimes they don’t just say it, they whisper it like it’s a best-kept secret or like it’s the kind of situation or project that calls for the kind of guy that shows up in the shadows, comes from the underworld, and has a crooked smile where the short end of a cigar dangles from the corner of his lips.

You know the feeling right, that, “I’ve got a guy from Detroit,” or ‘I’ve got a guy from New York,” who can really help you with anything — that kind of feeling.

Since I am originally from New Jersey, I joke around a lot with my friends about this subject. Anytime that they bring up a situation or express a need, I say, “Don’t worry, I’ve got a guy.”

Now the truth is that in most situations I do have a guy, or a gal, or a company who can help them out. You see, I have developed a fairly robust network of friends, colleagues, contractors, customers and associates who are always willing to help out if and when I need them. And one of my favorite things to do is to help connect the dots where I can so that I can help as many people as possible whenever I can.

Some people call it networking and that is fine, because I guess that is what it really is at the end of the day. I prefer to feel like I am building solid win-win relationships with people who also understand that they can contact me at any time as well should

my skills, resources or services be of value to them in their time of need.

Now the network of friends, people and companies I have developed and nurtured to become what they are did not happen overnight. This has been a lifetime of giving back to them, demonstrating my love and loyalty and willingness to help.

Being available to talk or act as needed. As a matter of fact, throughout my career I have made it a point to continually reach out and stay in touch with as many people as possible. A very proactive approach to staying connected.

Some of you may say, well that’s just not my thing, or that is not important to me.

And that’s OK, I just wanted to give you some of the benefits I see when it comes to having a guy or gal or someone you can go to in time of need. Or better yet, the benefit of being that guy or gal when someone calls you in their time of need.

Recently I have helped connect the dots for people looking for work. I get resumes all the time and I always promise to keep

my eyes and ears open for opportunities to share those resumes. And recently that has worked out well for a few of my connections. When a friend of mine from New Jersey had a son visiting Colorado and needed assistance with some short-term housing, I was able to help. And when I was traveling and away from my home when a blizzard hit, I had a guy I called who handled all of the snow removal at my home so I didn’t return in the middle of the night to a driveway full of snow. (Thank you, Tim.) You see, having a “go-to” person or being that “go-to” person really does have its benefits. And when we take the time to build those relationships over the course of a lifetime, we will have such a vast network of people who are always willing to help us and we will have such a sense of accomplishment as we are able to look back on each time or event where we were placed in a position to help others as well.

Are you that “I’ve got a guy” or “I’ve got a gal” kind of person? Can your skills, resources, or services be of benefit to someone else today? I would love to hear all about it at gotonorton@gmail.com, and when we become part of someone else’s network while building a network of our own, 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.

When it comes to list, ice cream topping it I have a question. Name one thing that is loved, treasured and appreciated all over the world.

Family, friends, sex, God and soup might be too easy.

Jennifer and I came up with fruits and vegetables, and dogs and cats.

She said chocolate.

I said music, but that seems too inclusive. Opera and hip-hop are not loved all over the world. Or even downstairs.

Art? But that’s a very big umbrella too.

Shoes? Sure. And that’s all the way from Imelda Marcos, who owned over a thousand pairs of shoes, to Charlie Chaplin’s tramp, who owned only one pair — but they made him famous.

Of course, going without shoes is common too. I grew up in a home where shoes were removed as soon as you walked in. Or else.

Guests could leave theirs on.

I think the Internet and personal computers would make the Top Ten. Maybe the Internet and personal computers would make the Top Five. I can live without my computer. For a couple of hours.

Books? They would be in my Top Ten. Cell phones? Probably. Unfortunately.

Not me.

Live performances? I think so.

My pen pal Anne Akiko Meyers plays her violin all over the planet.

There are many other kinds of live performances. Cirque du Soleil goes absolutely everywhere, and everyone goes home happy.

Who doesn’t like pencils?

Coffee, soft drinks and hamburgers have huge admiring audiences. Is there anything more ubiquitous than Coca-Cola?

I don’t think so.

I came up with the best answer. Invite one man, one woman and one child from every country in the world and sit them down in a stadium and hand them a bowl and a spoon.

And two scoops of ice cream.

There you are: It’s ice cream. We all love it.

I know. I know. Some of us are lactoseintolerant.

Maybe my answer isn’t the best, because approximately 65 percent of adults have a reduced ability to digest lactose

Feds need to help counties in West For decades, communities across Colorado and the West have engaged in a contract with the federal government.

This is because many counties have large swaths of federal land within their borders in the form of BLM land, national forests, and national parks and monuments.

These lands aren’t taxable, and local communities often cover the expenses of maintaining access to these lands and providing safety and other first-responder services. To help offset those losses, the federal government has reimbursed states and counties through a program called Payment in Lieu of Taxes. It’s often referred to as PILT. Colorado is 36 percent federal land, and some counties in the state contain

more than 90 percent federal land, making PILT critical to their budgets and planning. Twelve counties depend on more than $1 million a year in PILT funding, and Garfield and Mesa counties rely on Bennet continues on Page 9

after infancy.

And it’s 90 percent in people of East Asian descent.

Okay. Let’s forget about ice cream. But it would be in my Top Ten. And I can be more specific. Ben & Jerry’s Vanilla Caramel Fudge.

The balancing act of those three components is sublime. There is nothing else like it.

I can do just fine with vanilla, all by itself. Vanilla has become a derogatory adjective, but not with me.

And then there is Vanilla Ice, which isn’t a frozen dessert at all. The former rapper was arrested in February on charges of burglary and grand theft.

The caramel aligns neatly with the vanilla, and along comes fudge to make everything perfection.

It’s not a freak like some of their other flavors. In fact, you could make it yourself.

But I wouldn’t get the percentages just right, and they do.

Dogs — not cats — would be in my Top Ten. Maybe I should have just said “pets,” because many of us have birds and fish and ferrets and hamsters, although I don’t know why, when you can own a dachshund.

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LETTER TO THE EDITOR Students need incentive on state tests

I was an educator for over 30 years. I taught high school for 27 years and I believe I had an excellent rapport with most students. When it came to CSAP, TCAP (now PARCC) exams, many told me they simply didn’t care about them. Why should they? The tests don’t count. Just another test.

This is the elephant in the room: Students have little if no incentive to take the exams. Thus, there is an outspoken and growing group of parents and their schoolaged children opting out of taking the test. Since the pupils don’t see the benefit or value of the tests to them, threatening teachers’ salaries or school funding won’t compel them to change their minds. What is important for most parents and students are grades and money for college.

Help solve this issue by getting students invested in taking the test. How about making the state-exam results a percentage of GPA? Maybe state colleges, universities and technical schools could Letter continues on Page 9

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no one to turn to during stressful times in their lives.

“We figured that giving them something to work on or nurture would give them more meaning,” she said.

The planter, or life boxes, will include a plant and seeds. They hope to put one in every classroom. Starting this spring, students will sell them for about $20.

The garden, now called the Chandler Memorial Life Garden, will serve as both a therapeutic space and an outdoor classroom.

It will be located near the high school’s main entrance in an area now covered in rocks.

“If you just needed a break from everyone, you could go out there, take a deep breath, be around nature and enjoy it,” Villanueva said.

Students look forward to seeing their former teacher’s vision take root.

“This project is something that can help us with the death of Mr. Chandler,” Yasmine Hamzeh said. “It’s amazing.”

“We just want to make Chandler proud of us,” said Stephani Norden.

The Lone Tree Chamber of Commerce will host an Economic Outlook Breakfast from 7:30 to 9 a.m.

March 31 at the Marriott Denver South at Park Meadows.

Henry Sobonet, director of the governor’s office of planning and budgeting, will be the keynote speaker. FirstBank Littleton president Andrew Hancock also will speak. Mayor Jim Gunning will act as master of ceremonies.

Admission to the breakfast is $20 for chamber members, and $25 for non-chamber members.

For more information and to register, visit www. lonetreechamber.com.

A table of 10 may be sponsored for $1,000. If you’re interested in sponsorship, email mary.martin@lonetreechamber.com or call 303-792-3282.

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more than $3 million in funding. In 2014, Colorado counties were owed $34.5 million in total. Communities use this money to fund critical services, such as law enforcement, fire protection, emergency response programs, road and bridge maintenance, and search and rescue operations.

In recent years, ensuring the federal government lives up to its end of the bargain has been difficult. With the end of mandatory funding due to congressional inaction, funding now has to be reauthorized every year.

With all of the dysfunction in Washington, we’ve had some close calls. Many times counties have been forced to wait until deep into the fiscal year. Two years ago, we were able to secure a one-year PILT extension in the 2014 Farm Bill after it was omitted from a government funding bill. For 2015, we funded it by cobbling together resources from two different bills. But there is no guarantee for 2016.

We’ve seen similar problems with a program called Secure Rural Schools, which has a similar purpose and has actually expired completely. Counties rely on the that program to provide critical services like maintenance projects and forest restoration, and it’s

ACE student Kenny Robertson and teacher Bas Wolf listen as a student asks a question about the life boxes and life garden project for which ACE students recently won funding.

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an important resource for rural schools. In 2014, Colorado’s rural communities received more than $10 million in SRS money. With its expiration, many rural school districts are facing tremendous budget shortfalls that will impair their ability to educate our students.

With these programs in jeopardy, we joined forces with Democratic Sen. Ron Wyden of Oregon and Republican Sen. Mike Crapo of Idaho to introduce a bill to restore mandatory funding for the PILT program and extend the SRS program for three years.

It will provide roughly $360 million annually for more than 700 counties across the nation.

These resources are an essential lifeline for communities facing continuously shrinking budgets, and it is funding the federal government owes to them.

We have worked with Colorado counties for years on these issues and have heard from county commissioners and school districts across the state about their significance.

The counties encompassing the San Juan Mountains rely on PILT funding to plow the region’s scenic mountain passes and roads, like Yankee Boy Basin Road in Ouray County, that attract thousands of visitors annually. In Gunnison County, the funding is crucial for conducting search and rescue operations in the national forests, as well as for maintaining road access to the forests. In Silverton, SRS funding makes up a significant portion of the

Wolf, who watched the students make their Denver presentation, said they’ve already done so.

“They just flat killed it in a real-world situation,” he said. “These kids have done more in their young lives and been through so much in their lives, and they’ve handled it with such incredible maturity and resiliency. I’m honored to just get to know them and be a part of it all.”

Villanueva said Wolf is the right person to lead them forward.

“He has a lot of the same qualities (as Chandler),” she said.

“He tells us stories about the conversations they would have. The stories he shares are very motivating. We know that it’s not just some random person who took over. It was a good friend of Mr. Chandler’s.”

school budget. If Chaffee County lost PILT funding, commissioners would be forced to make devastating cuts that could result in a loss of emergency medical services.

The federal government has made a promise to these rural communities. There is no reason for Congress to leave them in limbo year after year. Our bill ensures that

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Club Dog Show, and her victory brought smiles to the faces of everyone who owns a beagle.

Snoopy is a beagle, but he doesn’t look very much like one. And Charlie Brown,

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local governments have the certainty they need to plan and budget so they can provide these crucial services. It’s time for the federal government to honor its contract with Colorado counties.

Democrat Michael Bennet has represented Colorado in the U.S. Senate since 2009. with a globe for a head, doesn’t look very much like a little boy.

Here’s my Top Ten. It might change tomorrow. In no particular order: Music, pictorial art, non-fiction and fiction, dachshunds, pencils, ice cream, the Internet and my iMac, coffee, Q-tips and, certainly, potatoes.

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

opted out what would motivate them to take the test? Understanding the issue from their perspective — and asking them for possible solutions — may go a long way to solving the opt-out conundrum.

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Gladys (Randi) Smith (née Hatvik-Nilsen), of Centennial and formally of Highlands Ranch, CO, passed away on March 7, 2015 at the age of 83 after a long battle with congestive heart failure.

Gladys was born to Norwegian-immigrant parents, Gullik and Ragna Hatvik-Nilsen on October 12, 1931 in Brooklyn, New York. Her family lived for a time in Tacoma, WA, returning to Brooklyn where she attended Prospect Heights High School and graduated in 1949. In 1957, after having worked as a medical assistant for a physician in New York City, Gladys married Richard

McLeod Smith and they resided in Elmhurst, New York. Five years later their only child, Karen, was born in 1962.

After becoming a widow in 1972, Gladys returned to work and was eventually employed as an accounts receivable bookkeeper at Robinson, Silverman; a prominent real estate law firm in New York, working alongside former New York City Mayor Edward

Koch. Gladys and Karen made two trips to Europe; visiting her parents’ native Norway as well as Denmark, Iceland, England, Scotland and Wales.

Gladys is survived by her daughter, Karen Smith Pavone; her son-in-law, Richard Pavone; her grandson Andrew Pavone; her granddaughter Blaire Pavone, all of Highlands Ranch; and her brothers Thomas Moe and Ole Moe of Plant City, Florida. She is preceded in death by her husband and her parents.

Gladys’ ashes will be scattered at a Colorado Rocky Mountain location to be determined.

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Math teacher counts on compassion Apple Award winner aims to break through educational ceilings

By Jane Reuter

jreuter@coloradocommunitymedia.com Legend High School math teacher Cari Corley loves teaching students who don’t understand math.

“Students who struggle challenge me more,” said Corley. “And they need someone who will like them right where they are.”

Corley was named Secondary Educator of the Year during the 2015 Apple Awards, an annual Douglas County School District event that honors district teachers and staff.

Not understanding math “creates a ceiling” for students, limiting their choice of future careers and earning potential.

Corley won’t be satisfied, she said, “until every individual has equal access to maximizing their potential.”

While DCSD emphasizes the four C’s of a 21st-century education — communication, creativity, collaboration and critical thinking — Corley focuses on three C’s: compassion, community and competence. One leads to the next, she said.

Some of the high school students she teaches are stuck at a third-grade math level, and have hit a mental roadblock about the subject. Corley believes compassion is the first step to getting them past that roadblock, and in the process, open their futures to a myriad of possibilities.

“Nothing makes us feel more dumb than math,” she said.

As well as she recognizes the frustration students feel, she also can read the suddenly confident expression on a student’s face when math becomes clear.

“They just started rewriting their identity; their identity becomes, ‘I can do this,’” Corley said. “That’s exactly why I do this.”

While Corley isn’t new to teaching, she was inspired to a more compassionate approach by her 20-year-old son, who has developmental disabilities. Peter originally hoped to become a veterinarian. With his

Legend High School math teacher Cari Corley works with students Lily Wait, Kellie Travis and Zane Valdez in her classroom. Courtesy photo parents’ help, he instead launched a nonprofit at their Parker alpaca ranch called Alpaca Partners. The business, which Peter owns, serves the special-needs community.

In developing the business, the Corleys talked about the themes they wanted to guide them, and were struck by the three C’s.

“Those three words guide what we do in the classroom,” Corley said.

She also was spurred to a new way of teaching by her experience at Aurora’s Hinkley High School, where she taught before coming to Legend. Most of her students there were “outliers,” she said, kids who

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“I had to be a different teacher,” Corley said. “And that’s where I fell in love with these kids, and learned to use math as a connection. The kids who live on the fringe of community, they’re the center of my world.”

Because not all children learn the same way, Corley has designed her classroom setup accordingly. Straight rows of individual desks gave way to a group setting, which has evolved into clusters of desks. That allows for both students who do best in group

settings and those who need space and time to process.

“We have a lot of students who don’t learn in a typical fashion,” Corley said.

Corley exercises compassion in her personal life as well. In addition to Peter and an 11-year-old son, she and her husband Dan have two adopted daughters. Because the girls had suffered significant trauma before the adoption, raising them has not been easy.

“We’ve been given a lot,” she said. “These were two little girls who had run out of options and had nowhere to belong. How do you say no?”

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M AG I C CR EAT U R E S Dragons, unicorns, mermaids among legends at museum

By Sonya Ellingboe

sellingboe @coloradocommunitymedia.com Just in time for spring break comes an exhibit about wondrous creatures of the imagination — from many cultures around the world, from land, sea and sky ….

“Mythic Creatures: Dragons, Unicorns, Mermaids,” which originated at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City, will be at the Denver Museum of Nature & Science from March 20 to Sept. 7.

Legends date back thousands of years.

In East Asia, dragons have sweeping powers, including breathing clouds, moving the seasons and controlling the waters of rivers, lakes and seas. European legends of dragons show them as powerful, wicked, dangerous ….

The exhibit has a 17-foot-long model of a dragon, with wingspan of 20 feet, as well as a statue of St. George, the Christian Crusader who slew a dragon, according to storytellers.

A visitor will also find toys, shadow puppets, pictures and an activity to create your own digital dragon.

And one sees fossils and pictures of actual creatures that might have inspired the ancient imagination. The exhibit addresses how science has evolved.

Guests will also see a 10-foot tall Kraken, a huge sea creature described in Scandinavian tales, with multiple tentacles that could attack a ship — perhaps inspired by the giant squid.

Closer to home, one will see a Colorado

A huge dragon figure greets visitors to the “Mythic Creatures” exhibit at Denver Museum of Natural History. jackalope, a Colorado howler and a fur-bearing trout.

Young visitors will find many things they can touch and a green screen where one can take a picture of oneself with a dragon or unicorn, and there’s an opportunity to make one’s own mythic creature.

“Mythic Creatures” was organized in collaboration with the Field Museum, Chicago;

Canadian Museum of Civilization, GatineauOttawa; Australian National Maritime Museum, Sydney; and Fernbank Museum of Natural History, Atlanta.

This exhibit also includes a very rare egg from the Aepyornis, an extinct “elephant bird” from Madagascar that laid the largest eggs in the world. It is part of the DMNS collection.

Thrifty show has passion for fashion Emmy Award-winning fashion icon Tim Gunn and Denver-based designer Mondo Guerra hosted fashion show fundraiser Goodwill En Vogue at Denver Union Station on March 5. The event featured a fashion show put on by local high school students in Goodwill Denver’s career development programs and ultimately raised more than $118,000 for the nonprofit.

Gunn co-hosted the fundraiser with 7NEWS meteorologist Lisa Hidalgo. Guerra, winner of “Project Runway All-Stars,” oversaw a team of judges who scored the student design competition, which was the first fashion show held at the recently restored historic Union Station.

The student winner, Jackie Rodriguez, is a junior at CEC Middle College of Denver and is receiving help to prepare for her future through Goodwill’s programs at her school. Her winning design incorporated drapes found at a Goodwill store that were transformed into an elegant pantsuit, inspired by the style and society of the 1920s, which earned her a coveted fashion design internship with Guerra.

More than 450 guests viewed a multitude of upcycled designs by students from Goodwill’s high school programs, each inspired by a different decade in history.

In addition, area celebrities modeled in a show of upscale, chic trends from Goodwill’s Déjà Blue Boutique in Cherry Creek North.

All proceeds from the event benefited Goodwill’s career development programs for at-risk students, struggling adults, and individuals with disabilities. For more information about Goodwill’s local lifechanging programs and how you can help, visit www.goodwilldenver.org.

Union Station makes top 11

Thrillist.com’s travel team rode the rails — at least virtually — for its list: The 11 Most Beautiful Train Stations Across America.

And no surprise to Denver dwellers, the rehabbed Union Station downtown was included in the lauded list. Thrillist looked for stations that are so “beautiful, so historic, so straight-up cool that you’re more than happy to get stuck, if only to wander around for a bit and pretend you’re Eliot Ness trying to take down Al Capone.”

Here’s what the website said about our spiffed-up train station: “Union Station, like Uma Thurman, may have undergone a few nips and tucks recently, but that hasn’t compromised its Beaux Arts facade, which was built in 1914. Today, the station’s most striking features include its exposed Train Hall (made of 11 steel arches), a 112room boutique hotel, a slew of restaurants, shops, and bars and over 600 works of art on display throughout. And if that’s not enough, there’s even a 22-gate underground bus concourse lit by skylights.

Okay, that was probably enough.”

To see the rest of the best, go to www. thrillist.com/travel/nation/grand-centralunion-station-and-more-of-america-smost-beautiful-train-stations.

Perry’s one-day 79-cent chop

In honor of the year it first opened as a butcher shop in 1979, and to thank Denver for such a warm Colorado welcome, Perry’s Steakhouse & Grille is offering a 79-cent Pork Chop Friday lunch to the first 100 people in line when the restaurant opens

Tentacles and head of a Sea monster, a Kraken, in Mythic Creatures” at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science.

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Jazz orchestra joins forces with singer Arranger, ensemble singer, solo vocalist, teacher and lyricist Kim Nazarian is a founder of the New York Voices, which won two Grammys. She will appear with the Colorado Jazz Repertory Orchestra at 7:30 p.m. March 23 at the Lone Tree Arts Center, 10075 Commons St., Lone Tree. Tickets: $23/$28/$33, 720-509-1000, lonetreeartscenter.org.

Historical presentation “Superstars in Colorado History” is the title of Ed Weising’s presentation for the Highlands Ranch Historical Society at 7 p.m. on March 16 at Southridge Recreation Center, 4800 McArthur Road, Highlands Ranch. He will talk about movie stars, including Hattie McDaniel of “Gone With the Wind.” Weising is a historian and tour guide in Colorado. Free for members, $2 donation suggested for non-members. Please register for seats: highlandsranchhistoricalsociety. org. (The society has openings for board members — see website.)

Concert set for church The Highlands Ranch Concert Band will present a free concert, “Rags to Riches” at 2 p.m. March 22 at St. Andrew’s United Methodist Church, 9203 S. University Blvd., Highlands Ranch. The program takes listeners on a journey from dance-hall ragtime (“Black and White Rag”) to the presentation

of Russian nobles in Rimsky-Korsakov’s “Procession of the Nobles,” plus wind music from around the globe. For information on joining this community band, see hrconcertband.org or call band president Kelley Messall, 303-683-4102.

MOA program for students The Museum Outdoor Arts in Englewood is taking applications for its Design and Build Summer Art Internships. College undergraduates and senior level high school students are eligible for this summer-long program, where they will work in a professional studio environment with artist-in-residence Cory Gilstrap. Participants are paid a $1,500 stipend and exhibit work at the end of the period. To apply, see moaonline.org/design-and-build.

Pieces,” through April 9 at the Westminster City Hall Main Lobby, 4800 W. 92nd Ave., Westminster. Open Mondays through Thursdays from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. The organization has members throughout the metro area, including Marlea Taylor of Englewood, and is dedicated to the promotion of mosaic as fine art and education of members and the public. New members welcome.

See: coloradomosaics.org.

beginning March 16 to collect donated instruments to be repaired and distributed to young students who want to learn to play one. In the south area, they may be dropped off at My Music Skool, 6955 S. York St. in the Streets at Southglenn, and Colorado Institute of Musical Instrument Technology (CIOMIT), 651 Topeka Way, Castle Rock. For a complete list, see bringingmusictolife.org/ donation-locations.

Library trustee sought

Theatre of Dreams

The Arapahoe Library District Board of Trustees, which is appointed by the Arapahoe County commissioners and the Deer Trail School Board, is accepting applications for two trustee positions. The district serves all of Arapahoe County except the cities of Littleton, Englewood and Aurora and meets through the year at various locations among its eight facilities, managing a $23 million budget. Application deadline is 4 p.m. March 27: arapahoelibraries.org/ board-vacancy.

Las Vegas star Ariann Black, female musician of the year, will perform at 7:30 p.m.

March 20, 21 at Theatre of Dreams, 735 Park Ave., Castle Rock. Tickets: $22.50-$25, 303660-6799, AmazingShows.com.

Donate your instrument The organization Bringing Music to Life is partnering with Colorado Public Radio

Classes and more The Denver Academy of Dramatic Arts at Vision Box Studio presents “Mourning Becomes Electra,” Act 1, at Skylight Studio, 910 Santa Fe Drive, Denver, at 6:30 p.m. March 15. Doors open at 6 — food and drink available. The academy also announces upcoming classes and encourages young thespians to attend — for details, go to visionbox. org.

Mosaics on display The Colorado Mosaic Artists present an exhibit of artwork by members, “Bits and

CURTAIN TIME Blessing at Bakery “Two Rooms” by Lee Blessing will play March 13 to April 11 at the Bakery, 2132 Market St., Denver. (Use Market Street entrance.) It will be presented by Ripple Effect Theatre Company, with Brandon Palmer directing. Performances: 7:30 p.m.

Fridays and Saturdays; 6 p.m. Sundays March 15, 22, 29; and 7:30 p.m. Tuesday March 31. (No performance on Easter, April 5.) Tickets: $20, 720-441-2933, rippleeffecttheatre.com.

Waller winner “Ain’t Misbehavin’” is a revue based on Fats Waller’s performances that plays through April 26 at Vintage Theatre, 1468 Dayton St., Aurora. Performances: 7:30 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and Tuesday, March 31; 2:30 p.m. Sundays and Saturday, April 25. Tickets: 303-856-7830, vintageth-

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Reservations for Perry’s Flashback Friday will be accepted beginning at 11:30 a.m., but since the celebration begins at 11 a.m., there is no guarantee the 79-cent pork chops will still be available.

Perry’s gargantuan pork chop is dried, cured and roasted, then caramelized and topped with Perry’s signature herb-garlic butter sauce and served with whipped potatoes and homemade applesauce.

Every Friday at lunch, Perry’s serves 4,000 lunch chops company-wide across its 12 locations in Texas, Chicago and Denver.

Perry’s Steakhouse & Grille is located near the Vistas at Park Meadows Retail Resort, next to Arhaus Furniture, across from Yard House, at 8433 Park Meadows Center Drive, Lone Tree.

For reservations, call 303-792-2571 or go to www.opentable.com.

Hearty party opens hospital

More than 300 guests attended the grand opening of Centura Health’s $177 million St. Anthony North Health Campus in Westminster on Feb. 26.

The 350,000-square-foot facility, which opened to patients on March 3, was designed and built with an emphasis on wellness, prevention and advanced medical care for residents of north metro Denver.

The new health campus is sponsored

by Catholic Health Initiatives and is part of Centura Health, the region’s leading hospital and health-care network delivering advanced care to more than half a million people each year.

The new St. Anthony North Health Campus, at 144th Avenue and Interstate 25, will provide 92 inpatient rooms, includ-

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Dinner-theater doo-wop “Forever Plaid” plays through May 10 at BDT Stage, 5501 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder. Performances: Wednesdays through Sundays. See bouldersdinnertheatre.com for times and ticket prices or call 303-4496000.

Up in Evergreen “Reality Check” offers four different takes on our wonderfully warped world, including one by Colorado playwright Scott Gibson, at Center Stage, 27608 Fireweed Drive, Evergreen. Talk-backs with Gibson are scheduled on March 22 and 29.

Performances: 7:30 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, 2 p.m. Sundays. (No shows on Easter weekend April 3-5.) Tickets: $20/$16, evergreenplayers.org.

ing a 20-room intensive care unit; inpatient and outpatient surgery; a 12-room Birthing Center; diagnostics and imaging; and an emergency room that operates 24 hours a day. The facility will employ about 1,350 people.

“St. Anthony North Health Campus is the future of health care,” said CEO Carole Peet. “The campus meets the immediate and future needs of our neighbors in north-metro Denver, with a focus on health and wellness. We are bringing care previously unavailable in north Denver to our customers with unparalleled service and convenience.”

Sedaris tix on sale

Though a longtime respected, bestselling author, David Sedaris is fast gaining a reputation as a stand-up comic. His appearances have gained a cult-like following for his quirky readings that are at once poignant, smart — and hilarious.

Sedaris is bringing his humor to Denver for one night only at 7:30 p.m. May 11.

Tickets now on sale at www.paramountdenver.com.

The evening includes a presentation by Sedaris, audience Q&A and a book signing, where all may meet and greet the author.

Tattered Cover will be on site selling Sedaris’ works.

Always a sell-out, a limited number of tickets remain. Purchase online or in person at the Pepsi Center Box Office 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday; 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturdays.

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 Blacktie-Colorado.com. You can subscribe and read her columns (Monday, Wednesday and Friday) at www.blacktiecolorado.com/pennyparker. She can be reached at penny@blacktie-llc.com or at 303-619-5209.

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Denver author brings world of 1960s to life

By Sonya Ellingboe

sellingboe@coloradocommunitymedia.com Writer Cynthia Swanson has juggled several worlds during the seven years when she was completing her first novel, “The Bookseller,” which was published March 3. The Denver author has written and published short stories, married and become mother to three children, and worked as a designer in the mid-century modern style.

All the pieces fit into the atmosphere she creates as she draws a reader into a complex tale of one woman — Kitty/ Katharyn — living two lives in 1960s Denver.

Kitty is a single late-30s bookseller in a store called Sisters, which she owns with her longtime friend Frieda. She can pretty much do as she pleases — go out after work, read all night, only being sure her cat Aslan (named after the lion in “The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe”) had his food and occasional dish of milk. She lives in a Denver duplex near the store and walks or bikes everywhere, enjoying an urban lifestyle.

But when she goes to sleep, sometimes she becomes Katharyn (her given name) and lives in very nice midcentury modern suburban home in south Denver, with an adoring husband Lars, an architect and blond triplets — one of whom is autistic.

Swanson spent many hours at Denver Public Library reading and researching details of daily life in 1960s Denver. Colors and furniture in the suburban home are on target, as are details of lifestyle, foods, cosmetics, clothing and accessories.

When she’s in bookstore mode, the day’s best-sellers are on the shelf, and recommended to customers — in adult and children’s titles. (“Ship of Fools” by Katherine Anne Porter, “The King’s Persons” by local author Joanne Greenberg, “Fail-Safe” by Burdick and Wheeler, “One Fish Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish” by the beloved Dr. Seuss.) As Denver’s streetcar lines are dismantled, book customers turned to suburban shopping center stores and Sisters languishes.

The pair considers moving to new, shiny University Hills — which has since gone through another phase, as tastes changed again.

Swanson says she writes every day and has another book underway, a darker story set in the northern New York town where she grew up. When her children, now school-aged 10-year-old twins and a 7-year-old daughter, were younger, she would go to Stella’s Coffee House from 6 to 8 a.m. to work while her very supportive husband took care of the little people before he went to work.

“The Bookseller” by Denver author Cynthia Swanson is just published. Courtesy photo Swanson said she had a cousin who was co-owner of a small bookstore in Wisconsin that gave her a start on a story idea. (She consulted with Joyce Meskis of Tattered Cover, where she appeared on March 3, and with this reporter, a former bookseller, for ideas on how earlier small stores were operated.)

She had a relative who had autistic traits, so she was somewhat familiar with the subject, then did research on it. Sadly, a 1960s psychology self-help book advised that autism was caused by poor mothering, which led to feelings of guilt for Katharyn as she tried to care for Michael, while the other two — a boy and a girl — thrived.

“The Bookseller” keeps a reader engaged until the final chapter, wondering if there will be any sort of resolution for our heroine. History lovers will enjoy this newly published novelist’s skillful attention to detail.

Meet Cynthia Swanson at 7 p.m. March 20 at The Book Bar, 4280 Tennyson St., Denver; 6 p.m. April 9 at the Bookworm in the Eagle County town of Edwards; and 6 p.m. May 9 at Lighthouse Writers Workshop, 1515 Race St., Denver.

She will travel to several other stores in the U.S. in the course of spring and summer family travel. (As a first-time author, her publisher, Harper, doesn’t invest in the coastto-coast tours they give for established best-selling authors, although they help with publicity. But scoring a top publisher for a first book is a major accomplishment. We congratulate her and will watch for that next title.)

New swim center kicks off in Highlands Ranch Waterworks Aquatics invites public to grand opening, ribbon cutting Staff report A new swimming center opening in Highlands Ranch will offer people a destination for swimming lessons in a 14,000-square-foot indoor facility.

Waterworks Aquatics, 8980 Barrons Blvd., will host its grand opening on March 14. Special promotions will be offered.

The facility is also inviting the public to attend a free a ribbon-cutting event from 11 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. March 20.

The event will include music and complimentary snacks, plus the indoor pools will be open for recreational swimming.

Waterworks Aquatics offers private, semi-private, parent-and-me and adult swim lessons. The facility will also offer youth swim teams, summer swim camps, lap swimming, swim competitions, water aerobics, stroke clinics, aquatic therapy and a venue for birthday parties.

Classes will take place in two pools: a teaching pool heated to 92 degrees and a lap pool heated to 89 degrees for children and adults ages 3 months and older. Other amenities include a swimsuit drier that dries in less than seven seconds, hair driers, a children’s before-and-after class play area, free WIFI and much more.

The facility offers small class sizes and individualized attention, said Jon Alpert, founder of Waterworks Aquatics, in a media release, “which allows us to see rapid progression with all of our swimmers.”

“The teaching methodology at Waterworks Aquatics is what differentiates us from other swim schools,” he said.

“We utilize an original instructional philosophy.”

For more information, visit www.waterworksswim.com/ HighlandsRanch or call 720-344-7700.

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Story of Navy SEAL inspires sixth-grader Summit View Elementary student coordinates run to spotlight fallen veterans

By Jane Reuter

jreuter@coloradocommunitymedia.com A book changed Summit View Elementary sixth-grader Blake Shepardson’s young life, and galvanized his entire school around an upcoming fundraiser.

Blake chose to read “Fearless,” the true story of Navy SEAL Adam Brown, as an assignment for Neal Clark’s language-arts class. His dad recommended the book, never anticipating its impact.

Blake’s now the lead coordinator for a March 18 run and fundraiser at the school, found a sponsor, invited veteran Navy SEALS to participate, has contacted the book’s author and has also become a more dedicated student. Like Brown, Blake’s also decided he wants to someday work in the military.

Having read about the challenges Brown faced gave the Highlands Ranch 11-yearold a new sense of determination.

Summit View Elementary teacher Neal Clark stands with sixth-grader Blake Shepardson, who’s organizing a fundraiser inspired by a book he read for Mr. Blake’s Language Arts class. Photo by Jane Reuter if he would donate beverages for the run.

Parker agreed.

Proceeds from Summit View’s event will benefit the Adam Brown Legacy Fund, which contributes to a variety of other charities.

While staff and other students are help-

ing, Blake “is in charge of everything,” said Clark, who was so struck by Blake’s passion when he read his book report that he researched Brown as well and urged his student on. “He wrote a letter to the charity, informed the district about it, set it up with our principal, invited the Navy SEALs, and will help run the event as well.”

“The entire staff has taken this on,” said Principal Sheri Coll. “Talk about sustainable learning at its best — this is the true definition of 21st-century learning.”

Twenty-first century learning emphasizes the development of critical thinking skills, communication, collaboration and creativity.

Blake isn’t consciously thinking about those skills. He’s just following a newly found passion, and doing things he would never have considered before reading the book.

“I’m really excited about it,” he said.

“The biggest thing I’ve learned is just because you’re not the same as everyone else, that doesn’t mean you can’t do something.”

For more information on the Summit View, visit sites.google.com/a/dcsdk12.org/ summit-view/.

Local students to play with state honor band Six perform in concert at University of Colorado

By Christy Steadman csteadman@colorado communitymedia.com There’s no cutting corners when it comes to music.

“To make honor band, it requires a lot of individual work,” said Alyssa Zawack, SkyView Academy’s band teacher. “It says a lot about their dedication and diligence.”

Three eighth-graders who attend Sky-

View Academy, a preschool through 12th grade public charter school in Highlands Ranch, were chosen to perform Feb. 28 as part of the University of Colorado 2015 Middle School Honor Band at Macky Auditorium in Boulder.

Sixty-four student musicians made up this year’s honor band, and the three students from SkyView were Ashley Larson and Jade Rasmussen on the clarinet, and Karl Gjerapic on the euphonium.

“It was a spectacular experience being able to play with the best from Colorado,” said Rasmussen, 13.

The SkyView students were joined by three other Douglas County middle-school-

ers: Madison Cooper on the alto saxophone and Rachel Erickson on the trumpet, both students at Ranch View Middle School in Highlands Ranch; and Evan Fiechtner on percussion from the Highlands Ranch STEM School and Academy.

The 64 students were chosen from more than 200 statewide applicants, according to a news release issued by SkyView.

“All were serious musicians,” said Larson, 13. “Everyone knew what they were doing. Everyone was very focused.”

It was a “very lengthy” audition process, said Gjerapic, 13. Each student had 2½ months to send off their audition recording, he said.

“But if you made the cut,” Gjerapic added, “you got to play.”

The student musicians selected to play as the honor band received their music in early February to begin practicing on their own, then rehearsed together as a symphony on the Friday and Saturday prior to the concert for about four hours, the students said.

For them to have the opportunity to play with the honor band, Zawack said, gave them the experience of what it would be like to play with a real symphony.

“The experience empowered them, at a middle-school age, to be responsible for their music completely,” she said.

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“I didn’t really relate to him because I’ve never seen a person like Adam that would never quit,” he said. “He was an underdog.

The way he overcame his obstacles really amazed me. He would push through the pain and persevere. “(I learned) if I can’t do it one way, you’re going to have to do it another.”

Author Eric Blehm’s “Fearless: The Undaunted Courage and Ultimate Sacrifice of Navy SEAL Team SIX Operator Adam Brown,” tells the life story of Brown, who died a hero in Afghanistan on March 17, 2010.

The Adam Brown 5K Shamrock Run started in Brown’s hometown of Pearcy, Arkansas in 2011.

Summit View will host a small-scale version of Adam Brown’s Shamrock Run at 2 p.m. March 18.

Students will have three separate 10-minute opportunities to run and do military-style exercises during the event.

Blake is hoping the veteran Navy SEALs he’s invited will come and add some Hell Weekvariety elements to it.

When Aspire Beverages co-founder Jesse Parker visited the school to talk about creating a successful business, Blake asked him

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THINGS DO THEATER/SHOWS

Deep Space Comedy

Deep Space Theatre presents Comedy Night shows that feature improve, stand-up comedians, videos and more. The shows run from 6:30-8:30 p.m. Friday, March 13; Friday, April 10; and Friday, May 1, at 11020 S. Pikes Peak Drive, Parker. For these shows, reserve a table for your party, and then you bring your own dinner (or order from a local restaurant). Water and soda will be available for purchase.

Call 720-675-7932.

‘Next to Normal’ Town Hall Arts Center presents “Next to Normal,” a contemporary musical that explores how one suburban household copes with love and crisis. “Next to Normal” shows how far two parents will go to keep themselves sane and their family’s world intact. Show runs through Sunday, March 15; show times are 7:30 p.m. Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays, and 2 p.m. Sundays, with special shows at 2 p.m. Feb. 28, and 6:30 p.m.

March 8. For tickets, go to www.townhallartscenter.org/next-to-normal, stop by the box office or call 303-794-2787 ext. 5.

Children’s ‘Coppelia,’ Toymaker’s Tea Party

‘Les Mis’ Performances The Wesley Players presents “Les Mis,” at 7 p.m. Friday, March 13; 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. Saturday, March 14; and 2 p.m. Sunday, March 15, at St. Luke’s United Methodist Church, 8817 S. Broadway, Highlands Ranch. Doors open a halfhour before showtime. A benefit dinner is at 5:30 p.m. Saturday, March 14. Tickets available at www.stlukeshr.com. Proceeds from the show benefit St. Luke’s Center for Spiritual Engagement, a group that assists in the development, coordination and implementation of events and experiences that promote emotional, mental and spiritual health and wholeness. Proceeds from the dinner benefit St. Luke’s Guatemala missions.

Book Signing

Ballet Ariel presents a children’s version of “Coppelia” at 7 p.m. Saturday, March 21, at the PACE Center, 20000 Pikes Peak Ave., Parker, with 35 students from the Colorado School of Dance dancing in the children’s roles. “Coppelia” is the story of eccentric toymaker Dr. Coppelius and his doll Coppelia. Tickets are available at http://pacecenteronline.ticketforce.com, by calling 303-805-6800 or at the PACE Center box office.

MUSIC/CONCERTS

Women’s Chorale Concert

Augustana Arts presents Colorado Women’s Chorale and the Douglas County High School Belles performing Vivaldi’s Gloria in D RV589 at 7:30 p.m. Friday, March 13, at Augustana Lutheran Church, 5000 E. Alameda Ave., Denver; ad at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, March 28, at St. Luke’s United Methodist Church, 8817 S. Broadway, Highlands Ranch Go to www.augustanaarts.org for tickets and information.

The Motones

Local author Shawn McGuire will sign books from The Wish Makers series from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, March 14, at Parker Panera Bread. The first three books, “Sticks and Stone,” “Break My Bones” and “Never Hurt Me,” are published and will be available for purchase at the signing. The final two books in the series, “Had a Great Fall” and “Back Together Again,” will release later this year. Go to www.Shawn-McGuire.com.

What do you get when you put four insanely talented singers, a full band, and a songbook of Motown hits together? The Motones perform at 8 p.m. Saturday, March 14, at Lone Tree Arts Center, 10075 Commons St., Lone Tree. Hit songs from The Jackson 5, The Temptations, The Four Tops, and Marvin Gaye blend with current hits in the Motown style, Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons, and maybe even a few female hits sung by this incomparable quartet. Call 720-509-1007 or go to www.lonetreeartscenter.org.

DCSD: Past, Present and Future

Castle Country Assisted Living will welcome musicians Cliff Spratt and Alan Hinsman for a performance at each of its three houses Monday, March 16. In celebration of St. Patrick’s Day, Spratt and Hinsman will perform Irish songs and dances.

They’ll entertain at 11 a.m. at Cantril House, 221 Cantril St., Castle Rock; at 1 p.m. at Valley House, 255 S. Valley Drive, Castle Rock; and at 3 p.m. at Victorian House, 19600 Victorian Drive, Parker. This event is free and open to the public but space is limited. For information or to RSVP, call 303-482-5552.

Before 2009, Douglas County was the go-to district in Colorado for families wanting quality education for their children, and for teachers dedicated to providing it. Since then, the situation has changed. Some claim there is trouble in paradise; meanwhile the district paints a picture of “better than ever.” What is the truth? Douglas County parents will meet at 2 p.m. Saturday, March 15, at the Philip S. Miller Library, 100 S. Wilcox St., Castle Rock, for a presentation and informal discussion of Douglas County schools and impacts. Bring questions, concerns and ideas.

Go to www.douglascountyparents.com.

Cliff Spratt, Alan Hinsman to Perform

Lenten Recital Series Enjoy the music of Easter at 12:10 p.m. each Wednesday during the Lenten season, followed by fellowship with a light lunch in the Gathering Space at St. Andrew United Methodist Church. Invite family and friends for an uplifting mid-week music break.

Schedule of music: Wednesday, March 18, Jean McKibben, handbell soloist; Wednesday, March 25, the Rev. Dale Fredrickson and Tim Coons, musician.

Contact Mark Zwilling, director of music and arts, at mzwilling@st-andrew-umc.com or 303-794-2683.

Musica Sacra Chamber Orchestra

Organizing and Digitizing Physical, Digital Photos Deena Coutant, professional genealogist and owner of DigiDeena Consulting, will talk about how to organize and digitize physical and digital photos at the early bird Columbine Historical and Genealogical & Historical Society meeting from 9:30-11:30 a.m.

Tuesday, March 17, at Lutheran Church of the Holy Spirit, 6400 S. University Blvd., Centennial. Contact Joyce B. Lohse, CGHS president, at Joyce4Books@gmail.com. Many of us are overwhelmed by the amount of family documentation we have collected as we have researched our genealogy. Learn to improve your organization skills by applying the best practices for organizing digital and physical items. Deena will also present ideas for digitizing, storing and backing up important information. Visit www.ColumbineGenealogy.com or go to the group’s Facebook page at www.facebook.com/ColumbineGenealogy.

Mixology Tea Cherokee Ranch and Castle presents Mixology Tea from 1-3 p.m.

Tuesday, March 17, in the Great Hall at the castle. Reservations include a tour. St. Patrick’s Day is normally known for drinking green beer, but the Castle has decided to put a different twist on it. Learn how to infuse your favorite teas with a variety of Irish-inspired liquors and cordials, like chai tea infused with Bailey’s Irish Cream. Savor tea party sweets and pastries while experiencing this updated and innovative twist on tea. It’s a brand new event that we are pleased to debut on St. Patrick’s Day, and it is sure to bring out the Irish (and mixologist) in everyone. For reservations visit cherokeeranch.org or call 303-688-4600.

THE COLORADO Watercolor Society’s 24th annual state exhibition runs through March 30 at the Lone Tree Arts Center, 10075 Commons St. Many of the exhibiting artists are expected to attend the opening reception; refreshments will be served. Go to www.LoneTreeArtsCenter.org.

EVENTS

Celebration of Champions

The Sensory Processing Disorder Foundation plans its annual Celebration of Champions event Friday, March 13, at the Hyatt Regency Denver Tech Center. Event will benefit the foundation in its mission to provide hope and help for children with sensory processing disorders. Tickets and sponsorships available at www.regonline.com/ celebrationofchampions. Go to www.spdfoundation.net.

Historic 17 Mile Farm Open House Take a tour of the house and big red barn at the historic 1860s 17 Mile House Farm Park at an open house from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, March 14. The park is at 8181 S. Parker Road, just north of Cottonwood. Tour is free. Call Arapahoe County Open Spaces at 720-874-6540 for information.

World Tennis Day In celebration of World Tennis Day, two USTA Tennis Play events are planned, from 1-3 p.m. Saturday, March 14, and from 1-4 p.m. Monday, March 23, at Rock Canyon High School, 5810 McArthur Ranch Road, Littleton.

Families and kids are invited to try tennis. Contact Mark Strangeland at 404-538-2201 or mstrangeland@ playtga.com.

Register at www. youthtennis.com.

St. Patrick’s Day Party Castle Country Assisted Living will host a St. Patrick’s Day celebration at each of its three houses at noon Tuesday, March 17. Guests can enjoy traditional Irish food, music and green beer. Cost of admission is $5. This event is open to the public but space is limited. For information or to RSVP, call 303-482-5552. Cantril House is at 221 Cantril St., Castle Rock; Valley House is at 255 S. Valley Drive, Castle Rock; and Victorian House is at 19600 Victorian Drive, Parker.

Historic Buildings and Research Linda Wommack, local historian, author and historical consultant, presents “Historic Buildings and the Research: Colorado Mansions, Castles and Hotels” at the Columbine Genealogical and Historical Society meeting from 1-3 p.m. Tuesday, March 17, at Lutheran Church of the Holy Spirit, 6400 S. University Blvd., Centennial. Contact Joyce B. Lohse, CGHS president, at Joyce4Books@gmail.com. Wommack’s presentation will draw on her recently published book, “Historic Colorado Mansions & Castles,” which details the history of ten historic homes ranging in location from Denver to Durango.

The history and significance of these structures will be featured together with stories of their builders and owners. Visit www.ColumbineGenealogy.com or go to the group’s Facebook page at www.facebook.com/ColumbineGenealogy.

Calming the Mind

Augustana Arts presents Musica Sacra Chamber Orchestra, with internationally renowned teacher and cellist Rodney Farrar at 7:30 p.m. Friday, March 20, at the Lakewood Cultural Center, 470 S. Allison Parkway. Tickets are available online at www. lakewood.org/hca/, by phone at 303-987-7845 or in person at the Lakewood Cultural Center Box Office. The concert is presented again at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, March 21, at Augustana Lutheran Church, 5000 E. Alameda Ave., Denver. Tickets are available online at www.augustanaarts.org or by calling 303-388-4962. Farrar lives in Littleton.

Mindfullness is a 21st century skill that should be mastered. The DU Osher Lifelong Learning Institute presents a workshop on calming the maverick mind, at 10 a.m.

Tuesday, March 17, at the Philip S. Miller Library, 100 S. Wilcox St., Castle Rock. A second library session is at 10 a.m. Thursday, March 19, at the Lone Tree Library, 8827 Lone Tree Parkway. Register by calling 303-791-7323 or visiting DouglasCountyLibraries.org.

St. John Passion

Whiskey Tasting Series

Lutheran Chorale presents “St. John Passion,” by Bob Chilcott, at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, March 21, at Bethany Lutheran Church, 4500 Hampden Ave., Cherry Hills Village; and at 3 p.m. Sunday, March 29, at St. Paul Lutheran Church, 1600 Grant St., Denver. Chilcott’s mighty setting of words from the Gospel of St John is a dramatic yet uplifting retelling of the Passion story. A free will offering (and nonperishable food donations) will be collected at both concerts to benefit local food banks. Visit www. thelutheranchorale.org or email thelutheranchorale@Comcast.net.

Cherokee Ranch and Castle presents its whiskey tasting series from 6:30-9:30 p.m. Thursday, March 19, in the Great Hall. Whiskey expert Scott Beach will take you on a virtual tour of the Emerald Isle through a variety of Irish spirits while you learn about Ireland’s many distilleries and abundant history. Whether new to whiskey or an expert, you will enjoy indulging in the rich complexities of one of the world’s oldest spirits. Light hors d’oeuvres will be served, and a veteran bagpiper will also be on hand to add to the festivities. For reservations visit cherokeeranch. org or call 303-688-4600.

From Rags to Riches The Highlands Ranch Concert Band presents a free concert at 2 p.m. Sunday, March 22 at St. Andrew United Methodist Church, 9203 S. University Blvd., Highlands Ranch. Visit www.hrconcertband.org, or contact Kelley at 303-683-4102.

ART

Heritage Fine Arts Guild Exhibit

Member artists of the Heritage Fine Arts Guild of Arapahoe County will be featured in an exhibit through Monday, May 4, at Littleton Adventist Hospital. The art exhibit is sponsored by the Healing Arts Program of the Rocky Mountain Adventist Healthcare Foundation in support of the hospital. About two dozen original pieces of artwork on nature-inspired themes will be on view for the enjoyment of patients and the general public. The display will be in the gallery, in the corridor between the main hospital entrance and the outpatient entrance. A reception with the artists is from 5-7 p.m. Wednesday, March 18. Following the close of this art show, the exhibit will travel to the Parker Adventist Hospital from May 5 to July 6. Selected pieces will remain at the facility’s Cancer Center for an additional month.

Spring has Sprung The weather is always perfect inside at the annual Highlands Ranch Spring Bazaar, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, March 21, at the Recreation Center at Eastridge, 9568 University Blvd. More than 125 commercial and handcrafters display and sell their products, including scrapbooking materials, soy soaps, candles, jewelry, quilts, children’s items, doll items, food, wood crafts and more. Admission is free.

Contact the HRCA now through early March if you’re interested in being an exhibitor; call 303-791-2500 or go to www.HRCAonline.org.

Watercolor Society Exhibition

New DAR Chapter The National Society Daughters of the American Revolution is looking to form a new chapter in Castle Rock. Prospective member workshops are Saturday, March 21, and Saturday, May 9, and will provide information on the mission and purpose of DAR, and will also provide methods and suggestions for tracing ancestors back to a Revolutionary War Patriot. All women who can document descent from a Revolutionary War Patriot are encouraged to consider the benefits of joining DAR. Volunteers can help with research to apply for membership. Go to www.DAR.org or contact state organizing secretary Paula Lasky at 303-690-5168 for information or to RSVP for one of the workshops.

Free Tax Help Taxpayers who cannot afford professional tax assistance can visit the Bemis Library, 6014 S. Datura St., Littleton, for free tax help from IRS-trained volunteers. Tax assistance will be offered from 5:30-8 p.m. Thursdays, and noon to 4 p.m. Saturdays through April 11. No registration required.

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Marketplace

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Spring and warm weather will wake up our cold blooded friends at Castlewood Canyon. Reptiles are some of these visitors.

Sometimes we are concerned about the reptiles’ return because we do not know and understand their importance to our Colorado ecosystem. Join volunteer naturalist Dot Anderson to learn more about the importance of reptiles and learn to recognize the difference between venomous snakes and constrictors. This family program is from 10-11 a.m. Saturday, March 14; meet at the visitor center.

Black Bears Join us for a program about black bears and their interactions with the public. This program will be presented by zoology students from Rock Canyon High School. These students have been working on solutions to minimize encounters and to involve the community. Program is at 10 a.m. Sunday, March 15; meet at the visitor center at Castlewood Canyon State Park.

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March 12, 2015

Snow can pose mounds of trouble

South metro teams forced to work around the weather in order to get ready for season

With snow from a recent storm still on the ground, Highlands Ranch High School baseball players warm up before the March 9 practice. It was the first workout outside for the Falcons, two days ahead of their season opener at Rangeview. The Falcons spent part of two practices shoveling snow off the field.

The team took fly balls in the outfield and a while later the infielders set up a makeshift infield in a portion of the outfield and threw the ball around. Photo

by Jim Benton

By Jim Benton jbenton @coloradocommunitymedia.com March is typically the snowiest month in the Denver area. It’s also the start of the high school baseball season.

Late-February snowstorms that lingered into March had south metro-area baseball teams scrambling to find indoor facilities in which to practice.

Baseball is the spring sport that Mother Nature can hamper the most because it takes time to dry grass and dirt infields.

Most teams jostle for practice time in school gyms or rent sessions in several indoor training facilities like Slammers, Hit Streak, Bardo’s, Extra Innings, the Sandlot and the Sports Authority Bubble.

“Our biggest obstacle in Colorado is weather, especially early,” said Cherry Creek coach Marc Johnson.

Creek has been forced to schedule several workouts at Slammers in Centennial.

Legend has been going to Sports Authority twice a week in early March while waiting for its baseball field to become playable.

“Everybody is in the same boat,” said Legend coach Scott Fellers. “We can’t get time on the field like teams in Arizona who can be out every day of the week.”

Heritage coach Scott Horman has his players doing a variety of things, including shoveling.

“We do a number of things,” he explained. “We use an awesome facility called Extra Innings in Littleton. We work on defense in our gym, we lift and do a lot of classroom work. We will be shoveling to get ready for next week.”

Castle View coach Shawn Wyss admits it has been a challenge early this season to get his team prepared.

“Castle View practices in our gyms at the high school, and we also go to The Sandlot,” he said. “We have two cages that we set up in our small gym and do defensive and pitching work in the big gym.

“We spent hours moving snow to give us a chance to get outside. Mother Nature is in charge right now and hopefully she will be kind.”

Expenses can pile up for programs and players to use indoor facilities — just one of the problems bad weather causes.

Early season postponements and more storms in April could force teams into a stack of makeup games, which could affect the better south metro teams.

“I don’t remember a season that didn’t finish, that didn’t get done,” Cherry Creek’s Johnson said. “But sometimes that first week or two or three can be real tough weather wise.”

Teams at a glance Highlands Ranch

Coach: Joe Gleason Last season: 7-12 Players to watch: Nick Shumpert, Quinton Bonnell, Connor Helbling, Aaron Dammel.

Outlook: In his first season as head coach, Gleason has a lot of returning talent and the senior heavy roster that could develop into a solid varsity baseball team. Shumpert is one of Colorado’s best players and was named to the MaxPreps Preseason All-American team.

Gleason says: “We have a hungry group of athletes that take pride in their program at Highlands Ranch. We have been working hard on the field and in the weight room all off season and expect it to show on the field.”

Mountain Vista

Coach: Ron Quintana Last season: 20-5 Players to watch: Will Dixon, Marc Mumper, Brandon Formby, Brady Subart.

Outlook: Dixon was 8-0 on the mound last season and Mumper will move from second base to shortstop. Subart returns as the starting catcher. Young talent will play a big role with the returning experience for what should be a solid Golden Eagles team.

Quintana says: “Who you are tomorrow begins with what you do today

Rock Canyon

Coach: Tyler H. Munro Last season: 14-6 Players to watch: Chris Givin, Josh White, Quinn O’Neill, Bryce Dietz, Daryl Myers, Ben Boldt, Ben Sneider, Trevor Howard Outlook: Jaguars play excellent defense and the hitting is expected to improve this season. Pitching will be the key to success.

Munro says: “Great is not for everyone. Right now, we have a good baseball program. We’ll see if we’re committed and ready to make that next step into greatness in 2015.”

SkyView Academy Coach: Justin Goettsch Last season: 6-8 Players to watch: Joseph Pippen, Gabe Nelson.

Outlook: The Hawks are young and will be challenged by some storied programs in their first season in the Class 3A Metro League.

Goettsch says: “We are excited to see how we match up against the talented teams in the Metro League.”

ThunderRidge Coach: Joe White Last season: 17-8 Players to watch: Josh Brown, Aaron Germani, Jarred Bonato, Aaron Gjersee, Seth Barnes, Jake Eissler.

Outlook: Brown and Germani are three-year starters. Barnes and O’Neill have started the past two seasons so the Grizzlies are experienced and could challenge for Continental League and state honors.

White says: “We have some very good pitching and some very solid returning players. I really like the leadership of our seniors.

They are a great group of young men on and off the field.”

Valor Christian Coach: Keith Wahl Last season: 16-7 Players to watch: Luke McNary, Sean Rooney, Brady Opp, Ryan Valdez.

Outlook: Valor rejoins the 4A Jefferson County League after winning the league title in 2011. Eagles have only four starters back from last season.

However, over the past five seasons Valor has won more games (79) than any of the teams in this year’s 4A field while playing 36 games against 5A competition.

Wahl says: “Our success will be determined by how effectively we forge a brotherhood with his group of young men.”

SPORTS ROUNDUP Girls Basketball

Valor Christian 53, Holy Family 36 Kendall Bradbury poured in a game-high 29 points as the Eagles knocked off the Tigers in Great Eight action of the 4A State Tournament on March 6. The Eagles held a six-point lead entering the fourth and held the Tigers to only five points in the final quarter to pull out the win. Madison McCoy scored 10 points for the Eagles while the Tigers were led by Maggie Spitzer’s 11 points and Katie Chavez with 10 points.

Cherry Creek 47, Highlands Ranch 43 The Bruins’ Lauren Pranger scored 16 points and pulled down eight rebounds to help knock off the Falcons in the Great Eight on March 6. The Bruins defense held the Falcons to their lowest point total since a Dec. 20 victory over Fairfax out of Arizona Brittanee Bivins scored 13 points and Molly Rohrer 11 as Cherry Creek advances to their first Final Four since 2004.

Highlands Ranch 64, Castle View 53 - Freshman Tommi Olson turned the

big-stage of the 5A Girls Sweet Sixteen into her own celebration as she knocked down eight 3-pointers en route to a career-high 28 points in the Falcons win over the Sabercats on March 3. It was only the fifth game this season Olson recorded double-figures in scoring and doubled her previous high of 14 points against Arapahoe on Dec. 9. Leilah Vigil and Logan Opheim each recorded 13 points in the Falcons win. The loss marks the third-straight season the Sabercats have been beaten in the Sweet Sixteen and ends the season with a 13-13 record after winning eight of their final 10 games.

ThunderRidge 57, Ralston Valley 36 - The defense continues to shine for the Grizzlies as they knocked off the Mustangs in the Great Eight on March 6. The Grizzlies forced the Mustangs into 18 turnovers on the night and 29 percent (11 of 38) shooting on the night.

The Mustangs were only able to put 20 points on the board through the first three quarters.

Morgan Nishida scored 14 points in the Mustang loss. Ralston Valley finished their season

with a 19-7 record breaking a streak of threestraight 20-win seasons for the program.

ThunderRidge 46, Mountain Vista 26 The Jaguars’ defense held the Golden Eagles to only 12 points in the first three quarters as they advanced to the Great Eight of the 5A State Tournament with a win on March 3. The Golden Eagles recorded 27 team turnovers and shot 26 percent (8 of 31) from the floor in the loss. Vista’s Molly McCabe scored eight points and recorded five rebounds, both team-highs, in the loss.

Boys Basketball

Longmont 47, Valor Christian 46 - The Trojans ended the game with a 5-0 scoring run to knock off the Eagles in the 4A Great Eight on March 7. The Eagles had used a 7-0 run themselves to covert a 39-42 deficit into a 46-42 lead late in the fourth quarter but the undefeated Trojans closed the game stronger and advanced. The loss ends the Eagle season with a record of 20-6, the fourth consecutive 20-win season for the program.

Jim Elliot 59, Norwood 57 - The Warriors took care of Norwood on March 7 in the 1A Region 1 Site 1 bracket and advanced into the 1A State Tournament at the Budweiser Events Center with a 3-seed. The win marks the first time in school history the Warriors have advanced out of the Regional Brackets.

ThunderRidge 52, Chaparral 47 - Zach Pirog scored a game-high 21 points and pulled down eight rebounds in a dominating performance down low that led his Grizzlies to a win over the Wolverines on March 7. While Pirog was busy in the post, Elias Tiedgen had his hands full holding Chaparral’s leading scorer Jake Holtzmann to only 13 points in the contest. Chris Moody led the Wolverines with 14 points and seven rebounds on the night. After finishing with 13 wins each of the last two seasons, Chaparral finished their season with an 18-8 record.

ThunderRidge 59, Rampart 21 - The Grizzlies opened their Sweet Sixteen matchup Roundup continues on Page 20

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March 12, 2015

Falcon girls’ title quest ends Despite loss, Highlands Ranch coach says ‘We should be an even better team next year’

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pointment and sadness many Highlands s arch Ranch players felt after they lost the state Class 5A girls basketball game to Cherry rst Creek. e “It was a difficult loss tonight because ad the girls have played so hard all season,” at Falcons Coach Caryn Jarocki said after the game. “This is our young team and we have s tices come a long way. There were a lot of tears field. tonight, and that is how I know they care so much about tonight.” in The Falcons finished the regular season e 9-1 in league to advance to the state 5A girls up playoffs. They drew a bye in the first round, a and then beat George Washington 76-39 and and Castle View 64-53 to advance to the Photo quarterfinals for the second time in three seasons. Highlands Ranch finished its season 21-5.

The Falcons-Bruins March 6 playoff game was a pitch battle almost from the opening tipoff. Cherry Creek’s on-target shooting gave the Bruins an 11-8 first quarter lead and the margin remained unchanged as both teams scored 12 secondperiod points.

In the third period, the score was tied at 25-25 and again at 27-27 but the Bruins hit a three-pointer with four seconds left to give them a 36-29 and they went to win the game, 47-45.

Despit having a young team, coach Jarocki felt from the start of practice her team could do well.

“I felt with the great senior leadership from Logan Opheim we could go as far as she was able to take us,” she said. “She did a marvelous job getting these kids ready for every game and for the atmosphere of this playoff game.”

The locker room was emotional after the game, and she took time to hug and thank each of the players for their efforts this season, she said.

“Hugging them is natural because these girls are like family to me,” Jarocki said.

The coach said she expects the players to be back next season plus the younger players in the program means there will be a lot

Highlands Ranch junior Blaire Braxton puts up a shot over the block try by Cherry Creek’s Molly Rohrer during the March 6 State Girls Class 5A Great 8 playoffs. Braxton scored nine points and pulled down 10 rebounds, but the Bruins scored key points late and won, 47-43. Photo by Tom Munds of competition for the spots on the varsity roster.

“We should be an even better team next year,” she said. “We’ll have the time for a

summer of work, plus I believe tonight will stick in the brains of our returning players.

It will make them tougher and make them want to make sure it doesn’t happen again.”

Valor girls earn 4A semifinal berth Eagles use second-half push to get past Holy Family

By Scott Stocker Special to Colorado Community Media

Valor Christian knew Holy Family could t thebe a stumbling block in its path for a state title.

So it wasn’t a surprise that the first half of its quarterfinal game was close before the Valor Christian’s girls basketball team advanced to the Class 4A state semifinals with a 53-37 win over host Holy Family.

Kendall Bradbury, a 5-foot-10, senior who scored 29 points to lead Valor, was

aware of Holy Family’s potential. She was more than pleased with the way in which her team came through.

“We just wanted to concentrate on being on the ball,” Bradbury said. “Holy Family is tough, and we were not going to overlook them. We had to take care of guarding them well, and that’s what we were able to do. I think we were able to put a lot of trust in our offense. We just went out and did our best and it certainly worked out there for me.”

With the March 6 win, Valor, coached by Jessika Caldwell, improved to 24-3, while Holy Family finished the season 21-5.

The semis will be played March 12 at the Coors Events Center in Boulder with the championship game, March 14. Valor will play Pueblo West (22-4) in its semifinal

while Longmont (20-6) will play Sand Creek (22-3).

Played before a loud, full house in the Holy Family gym, the game was close for the first half. Holy Family trailed Valor, 2721, at the intermission. Until the last 1-minute, 41 seconds of the second quarter, hardly more than three points separated the two teams. But Valor used the closing minutes of the half to score four points and stretch its lead to six.

During the first minute and a half to begin the third quarter, Valor outscored Holy Family 7-3 to lead 34-24. Tigers would not be able to overcome the margin the rest of the way. With 2:31 left in the game, the Eagles had established a 49-34 advantage.

Madison McCoy, a 5-8, junior, was the

only other Valor player to score in doublefigures with 10.

“I think we were able to play a great game against them,” McCoy said. “We were able to settle our nerves and get to our game plan. It was just loud out there with this crowd tonight. They were all into the game, both sides.

Caldwell was certainly pleased with the way her team answered the call.

“Our girls were able to attack the basket,” Caldwell said. “We were able to get the ball to the high post and then get inside.

Our defense was our key and we were able to keep them from scoring. We just knew we had to defend well against them and they played us hard.”

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jbenton @coloradocommunitymedia.com Annie Ochitwa and Ella Moynihan are good friends and are the 2015 Colorado Community Media South Metro Girls Swimmers of the Year.

Ochitwa, a senior from ThunderRidge, won the 50- and 100-yard freestyle events for the second consecutive season at the Class 5A State Swimming Championships.

Moynihan, a senior at Arapahoe, was also a double state champion as she captured the 200- and 500-yard freestyle events. She won the 200 free in 2014.

“Ella and I have been friends since we were 12 or 13, and there’s no one I would rather share this honor with,” said Ochitwa.

“I’m so proud of her and everything she accomplished this year. “That’s the coolest thing about Colorado swimming, everyone is friends and knows and loves each other. It’s a real cool thing to see the people racing in the final heat laughing, talking and hugging after

the race.”

Ochitwa, the 2014 CCM South Metro Swimmer of the Year who will swim for Arizona next season, said defending her state titles was special.

“Proving to myself SOUTH METRO that it wasn’t a one-time situation was an amazATHLETES ing feeling,” she said.

OF THE YEAR “Especially this year, the competition was even more intense than last year so coming out on top was even better.”

Moynihan will be swimming at Notre Dame next season and agrees with her friend.

“It was pretty tricky because some of the best swimmers in the state were up north, so we didn’t see them until state,” Moynihan explained. “We’re not racing our biggest competition all season.”

Moynihan switched one of events her senior year. In addition to the 200 free, she competed in 500 free instead of the 100 free.

“I knew it would be a pretty big challenge to get both of them,” she said. “I don’t think it could have gone any better at the state meet.

Annie and I are really good friends.”

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with the Rams with a 17-2 first quarter and set themselves to return to the Denver Coliseum for the first time since the 2011-12 season. The Grizzlies defense held the Rams to nine second-half points and held their leading-scorer, Donovan Oldham, to only two points, 14 below his season average.

Noah Szilagyi hit four 3-pointers in the contest and led the Grizzlies with 14 points.

Clay Verk, Troy Brady, and Zach Pirog each scored 10 points in the win.

Overland 64, Mountain Vista 36 - The Golden Eagles offense struggled from the start against arguably the state’s most talented basketball team in Great Eight action on March 7. Brady Subart led the offense with 16 points against the Blazer defenders. Reggie Gibson scored 14 points to lead Overland with Austin Conway chipping in 12 and Ryan Swan scoring 10. Conway is a Wyoming-bound guard while Swan is heading to play for Air Force. The Golden Eagles season comes to a close with a record of 206, the fourth 20-win season in five years.

Mountain Vista 60, Montebello 57 - In Sweet Sixteen action on March 4, Isaac Phillips stepped to the free-throw line with 7.6 seconds remaining in the fourth quarter and knocked down both attempts to secure his Golden Eagles trip to the Denver Coliseum and the Great Eight for the fourth straight season. Phillips finished the night with four points, nine rebounds, seven assists, and four steals. Ray Beresford led the Gold Eagle offense with a game-high 27 points with Brady Subart chipping in 11.

Girls Soccer

Valor Christian 4, Palmer Ridge 3 (OT) The Eagles found the net two minutes into extra time to pull out a win in their season opener on March 7. Freshman Alexandra Daws picked up the win in net for the Eagles recording four saves. Dakota Spencer, Brianna Johnson, and Paige Kula each found the net for Valor as Jastin Redman notched a goal and an assist in the contest.

Grandview 1, Mountain Vista 0 (OT) - An extra-time game-winner spoiled the Golden Eagles opener on March 7. Vista put

10 shots on the Wolves goal but was unable to find the net with any of them. Emma Townsend recorded four saves in the net for Mountain Vista

Boys Lacrosse

Mountain Visa 20, Castle View 8 - The Golden Eagles saw 20 of their 33 shots on goal find the net in a season opening win at the expense of the Sabercats on March 7. In the loss, Jack Tuttle led the Sabercat offense with four goals and an assist.

Valor Christian 15, Lewis-Palmer 11 Ryan Russell scored four goals and notched two assists and Brett Haskins added three more goals as the Eagles won in their season opener on March 7. Cole Baker scored twice and Parker Currier, Dalton Ziegler, Michael Fricke, Charlie McVaney, Grayson Goodyear, and Dan Provost each found the net once.

ThunderRidge 8, Heritage 7 - The Grizzlies picked up a road win in their season opener on March 7. The win for the Grizzlies is revenge for last season’s 10-5 loss at the hands of the Eagles.

Highlands Ranch 13, Fairview 11 - The Falcons picked up a win in the season opener on March 5. A 7-6 halftime lead was extended to three goals, 11-8, after the third period with the Falcons doing just enough to hold off the Knights in the final period to pick up the win.

Girls Lacrosse

ThunderRidge 11, Chatfield 8 - The Grizzlies notched a big win on the road in the season opener over the Chargers on March 5. Last season, the Chargers beat the Grizzlies on their own field 16-9 en route to a 17-1 season, the only loss coming in the state semifinal. This opening win should set the tone for coach Kelsi Goings in her first season in charge of the program.

Valor Christian 13, Dakota Ridge 12 Sophia Niemo notched 5 goals and an assist and Mckenna Johnson and Dominique Shells each added 3 goals as Valor knocked off Dakota Ridge in the season opener on March 5.

Johnson added a team-high two assists to her three goals. Morgan McDonald recorded a goal and an assist and Maddie Meuret picked up five saves between the pipes.

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Security Continued from Page 1

The mall invests significant resources into prevention, evaluation, training and preparing for catastrophic events of all kinds.

“We didn’t have to deal with these kinds

of things when the mall first opened 18 years ago,” Kelly said. “Today, we spend probably 20 percent of our resources on that type of prevention.

“Obviously, active shooter is one of the things we do. But we have looked at every kind of scenario there could be, whether it’s weather-related, plane crashes or terrorism.”

The mall employs its own security staff.

Additionally, the Lone Tree Police Depart-

ment has a substation at the mall. The officers based there are specifically assigned to the center.

Park Meadows has increased its security staff hours.

“But really more than anything, (that’s) to provide better observation and customer service,” Kelly said. “Police departments are here to serve and protect.”

Streeter gave a broad overview of the city’s

emergency training and plans for Park Meadows during the city council’s March 3 meeting. Councilmembers were reassured by what they heard.

“The bad guys don’t look for the bestdefended target,” Mayor Jim Gunning said.

“They look for the least-defended target. The fact that we’re prepared here, I think, is a deterrent.”

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NOTICE OF PURCHASE OF REAL ESTATE AT TAX LIEN SALE AND OF APPLICATION FOR ISSUANCE OF TREASURER’S DEED

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

3/17/2015

Occupant - Bradley L Averill - C Rey Tenney, Duly Registered Professional Land Surveyor c/o Nolte and Associates Constance Heims Block - Darrell G Schmidt, President c/o Falcon Homes at Wildcat Ridge, a Delaware Limited Liability Company - Douglas County -Douglas County Building Division - Ed Tepe, Planning Director on Behalf of the Planning Commision - Falcon Development Group, Meridian One - Falcon Homes at Wildcat Ridge, a Delaware Limited Liability Company - Falcon Homes Inc, a Delaware Corporation - Gordon Lundquist, Vice President of Heggem-Lundquist Paint Company Inc General Partner of Lakeridge Development Company a Colorado limited partnership -Heggem-Lundquist Paint Company Inc, a Colorado Corporation,General Partner of Lakeridge Development Company - Intravest 320 Homeowner Association c/o Richard D Judd PC - Intravest 320 Homeowner Association - Intravest 320 Ltd -Intravest 320 Ltd c/o Richard D Judd PC – Intravest 320 LTD, a Colorado limited partnership c/o Richard D Judd PC - Intravest Public Notice 320 LTD, a Colorado limited partnership James R Sullivan, Chair, Board of County REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS Commissioners - James W De Groot, Duly (RFQ) Registered Professional Land Surveyor NO. 013-15 c/o Nolte and Associates -John Johnson, SERVICENOW PARTNERS Planning Director on Behalf of the Commission Board of County Commissioners The Department of Information TechnoLakeridge Development Company, a Collogy of Douglas County Government, orado limited partnership - Merrion Family hereinafter referred to as the “County”, reLimited Partnership - N Michael Cooke, advertise your public noticesrequests call 303-566-4100 spectfully qualifications from reChair, Board To of County Commissioners sponsible and qualified firms to provide Nolte and Associates - Northern Douglas design, configuration and implementation County Water and Sanitation District services for business solutions construcPublic Service Company of Colorado ted on the ServiceNow platform. The goal Richard D Judd, an Attorney at Law of this RFQ is to establish Master Service Robert R Bowell, as Senior Vice PresidAgreements with one or more RFQ reent of Falcon Homes Inc, a Delaware Corspondents who can provide business poration c/o Falcon Homes Inc - Steven F solutions in any or all of the areas listed.

Dallman, General Partner c/o Intravest These agreements will allow the County to 320 Ltd, a Colorado Limited Partnership quickly engage these firms to fulfill County U.S. West Communications needs regarding ServiceNow consulting and development efforts, or augment You and each of you are hereby notified County staff in the delivery and implethat on the 20th day of October 2011 the mentation of ServiceNow module functionthen County Treasurer of the County of ality. Separate contracts will be estabDouglas, in the State of Colorado, sold at lished with the selected Vendor(s) to public tax lien sale to Bradley L Averill the agree upon scope of work, timeframe of following described real estate situate in service, and payment. the County of Douglas, State of Colorado, to wit: The RFQ documents may be reviewed and/or printed from the Rocky Mountain ETRACT A INTRAVEST 320 FILING #1G. Purchasing System website at www.rocky6.495 AM/L mountainbidsystem.com. The RFQ documents are not available for purchase from and said County Treasurer issued a certiDouglas County Government and can ficate of purchase therefore to Bradley L only be accessed from the above-menAverill. That said tax lien sale was made tioned website. to satisfy the delinquent taxes assessed against said real estate for the year 2010; RFQ responses will be received until 4:00 That said real estate was taxed or spep.m. on Wednesday, April 8, 2015 by cially assessed in the name(s) of IntravDouglas County Government, Finance est 320 Ltd for said year 2010.That a Department, Purchasing Division, 100 Treasurer’s Deed will be issued for said Third Street, Suite 130, Castle Rock, Colreal estate to the said Bradley L Averill orado 80104. Three (3) copies of your at1:00 o’clock P.M., on the 18th day of RFQ response shall be submitted in a June 2015, unless the same has been resealed envelope, plainly marked “RFQ No. deemed. Said property may be redeemed 013-15, ServiceNow Partners” and mailed from said sale at any time prior to the acor hand-carried to the address shown tual execution of said Treasurer’s Deed. above prior to the due date and time.

Witness my hand this 23rd day of FebruElectronic/faxed responses will not be acary 2015. cepted. RFQ responses will not be considered which are received after the time /s/ Diane A. Holbert stated, and any responses so received will County Treasurer of Douglas County be returned unopened.

Legal Notice No.: 926938 Douglas County Government reserves the First Publication: March 5, 2015 right to reject any and all responses, to Last Publication: March 19, 2015 waive formalities, informalities, or irreguPublisher: Douglas County News-Press larities contained in a said response and furthermore, to award a contract for items Public Notice herein, either in whole or in part, if it is deemed to be in the best interest of the REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS County to do so. Additionally, we reserve (RFQ) the right to negotiate optional items and/or NO. 013-15 services with the successful firm.

SERVICENOW PARTNERS Please direct any questions concerning The Department of Information Technothis RFQ to Carolyn Riggs, Purchasing logy of Douglas County Government, Supervisor at 303-660-7434 or hereinafter referred to as the “County”, recriggs@douglas.co.us, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 spectfully requests qualifications from rep.m., Monday through Friday, excluding sponsible and qualified firms to provide holidays. design, configuration and implementation services for business solutions construcLegal Notice No.: 926989 ted on the ServiceNow platform. The goal First Publication: March 12, 2015 of this RFQ is to establish Master Service Last Publication: March 12, 2015 Agreements with one or more RFQ rePublisher: Douglas County News-Press spondents who can provide business solutions in any or all of the areas listed.

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

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

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

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

Occupant - Bradley L Averill - Larry Rhodes aka Lawrence Harley Rhodes Rev Dr Larry Rhodes Trust aka The Rev. Dr. Larry Rhodes - The Rev. Dr. Larry Rhodes Trust

Occupant - Constance Heims Block Farouq Tokhi & Hassina Tokhi - Michelle D Marshel - Uemco Real Estate Fund LLC

Occupant - AMC Mortgage Services Inc - Charles W Kurtzer Trust - Deutsch Bank Natl Trust Co as Trustee of Ameriquest Mortgage Secruites Inc – INA Group LLC - Martha Manseau, atty in fact c/o AMC Mortgage Services Inc

Occupant - Bradley L Averill - C Rey Tenney, Duly Registered Professional Land Surveyor c/o Nolte and Associates Constance Heims Block - Darrell G Schmidt, President c/o Falcon Homes at Wildcat Ridge, a Delaware Limited Liability Company - Douglas County -Douglas County Building Division - Ed Tepe, Planning Director on Behalf of the Planning Commision - Falcon Development Group, Meridian One - Falcon Homes at Wildcat Ridge, a Delaware Limited Liability Company - Falcon Homes Inc, a Delaware Corporation - Gordon Lundquist, Vice President of Heggem-Lundquist Paint Company Inc General Partner of Lakeridge Development Company a Colorado limited partnership -Heggem-Lundquist Paint Company Inc, a Colorado Corporation,General Partner of Lakeridge Development Company - Intravest 320 Homeowner Association c/o Richard D Judd PC - Intravest 320 Homeowner Association - Intravest 320 Ltd -Intravest 320 Ltd c/o Richard D Judd PC – Intravest 320 LTD, a Colorado limited partnership c/o Richard D Judd PC - Intravest 320 LTD, a Colorado limited partnership James R Sullivan, Chair, Board of County Commissioners - James W De Groot, Duly Registered Professional Land Surveyor c/o Nolte and Associates -John Johnson, Planning Director on Behalf of the Commission Board of County Commissioners Lakeridge Development Company, a Colorado limited partnership - Merrion Family Limited Partnership - N Michael Cooke, Chair, Board of County Commissioners Nolte and Associates - Northern Douglas County Water and Sanitation District Public Service Company of Colorado Richard D Judd, an Attorney at Law Robert R Bowell, as Senior Vice President of Falcon Homes Inc, a Delaware Corporation c/o Falcon Homes Inc - Steven F Dallman, General Partner c/o Intravest 320 Ltd, a Colorado Limited Partnership U.S. West Communications

You and each of you are hereby notified that on the 20th day of October 2011 the then County Treasurer of the County of Douglas, in the State of Colorado, sold at public tax lien sale to Bradley L Averill the following described real estate situate in the County of Douglas, State of Colorado, to wit: N 1 / 2 N 1 / 2 S W 1 / 4 N E 1 / 4 , N1/2N1/2SE1/4NE1/4 16-8-67 20.00 AM/L and said County Treasurer issued a certificate of purchase therefore to Bradley L Averill. That said tax lien sale was made to satisfy the delinquent taxes assessed against said real estate for the year 2010; That said real estate was taxed or specially assessed in the name(s) of Rev Dr Larry Rhodes Trust for said year 2010.That a Treasurer’s Deed will be issued for said real estate to the said Bradley L Averill at1:00 o’clock P.M., on the 18th day of June 2015, unless the same has been redeemed. Said property may be redeemed from said sale at any time prior to the actual execution of said Treasurer’s Deed. Witness my hand this 23rd day of February 2015. /s/ Diane A. Holbert County Treasurer of Douglas County Legal Notice No.: 926939 First Publication: March 5, 2015 Last Publication: March 19, 2015 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press

You and each of you are hereby notified that on the 20th day of October 2011 the then County Treasurer of the County of Douglas, in the State of Colorado, sold at public tax lien sale to Uemco Real Estate Fund LLC the following described real estate situate in the County of Douglas, State of Colorado, to wit: GARAGE UNIT G-14-C PRAIRIE WALK ON CHERRY CREEK CONDOS MAP 9 and said County Treasurer issued a certificate of purchase therefore to Uemco Real Estate Fund LLC. That said tax lien sale was made to satisfy the delinquent taxes assessed against said real estate for the year 2010; That said real estate was taxed or specially assessed in the name(s) of Farouq Tokhi & Hassina Tokhi for said year 2010.That a Treasurer’s Deed will be issued for said real estate to the said Uemco Real Estate Fund LLC at1:00 o’clock P.M., on the 18th day of June 2015, unless the same has been redeemed. Said property may be redeemed from said sale at any time prior to the actual execution of said Treasurer’s Deed.

Witness my hand this 23rd day of February 2015. /s/ Diane A. Holbert County Treasurer of Douglas County Legal Notice No.: 926940 First Publication: March 5, 2015 Last Publication: March 19, 2015 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press

You and each of you are hereby notified that on the 20th day of October 2011 the then County Treasurer of the County of Douglas, in the State of Colorado, sold at public tax lien sale to INA Group LLC the following described real estate situate in the County of Douglas, State of Colorado, to wit: LOT 2 PROVINCE CENTER FILING #1E. 0.153 AM/L and said County Treasurer issued a certificate of purchase therefore to INA Group LLC. That said tax lien sale was made to satisfy the delinquent taxes assessed against said real estate for the year 2010; That said real estate was taxed or specially assessed in the name(s) of Charles W Kurtzer Trust for said year 2010.That a Treasurer’s Deed will be issued for said real estate to the said INA Group LLC at1:00 o’clock P.M., on the 18th day of June 2015, unless the same has been redeemed. Said property may be redeemed from said sale at any time prior to the actual execution of said Treasurer’s Deed.

Witness my hand this 23rd day of February 2015. /s/ Diane A. Holbert County Treasurer of Douglas County Legal Notice No.: 926941 First Publication: March 5, 2015 Last Publication: March 19, 2015 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press

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