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AP history drawing scrutiny

CHUTING STARS

Two school board members cite late rollout, political bias among issues with course

By Jane Reuter

jreuter@coloradocommunitymedia.com

Members of Team Thunderstorm, skydivers for the Denver Broncos, parachuted into the parking lot of the Lone Tree’s iFLY indoor skydiving facility for its Oct. 17 grand opening.

Photo by Jane Reuter

Two Douglas County School Board members have expressed public concern about the new Advanced Placement U.S. History course that sparked a firestorm in Jefferson County.

Jim Geddes and Judi Reynolds said their interest is not about promoting or quashing a particular viewpoint, but giving students a balanced perspective on the past.

Geddes wants to provide a balanced political view he said the new course is lacking. He wants to not only request the College Board revise the course, but provide students with an alternative Geddes accredited U.S. History class.

“I believe the course is heavily flawed,” Geddes said.

“When I read the tests, I see a leftist liberal indoctrination; I don’t approve of that. We must have a responsible academia, particularly when it comes to these kinds of courses.

“Our purpose is not to tell young people what to think about what happened. It’s to lay out the facts and tell them maybe various people’s views about what happened in a balanced fashion. And that course doesn’t do that; I’m highly concerned about that.”

Geddes said he is “not interested in jetting up the flames that have occurred in JeffCo,” and Reynolds said she has no interest in removing or immediately altering the course.

But both are frank about their concerns.

Geddes brought some of his up during an Oct. 7 board of education work session. Reynolds has blogged about hers. No one else on the all-Republican Douglas County School Board has yet voiced public opinion on the new AP U.S. History course.

Reynolds said her main concern is that the dramatically revised course was released too late for school officials to review, or even for History continues on Page 14

Effort promotes safe driving for teens Parent involvement, progressive skills emphasized

By Christy Steadman

csteadman @coloradocommunitymedia.com While Oct. 19-25 is national Teen Driver Safety Week, experts say every week should be dedicated to making better drivers out of young people.

“We’re working with teen drivers all the time,” said Ben Baron, owner of DriveSafe Driving School, which has several locations across the Denver metro area, including one in Highlands Ranch. “All 52 weeks are Teen Driver Safety Week.”

A Colorado Department of Transportation news release states that motor vehicle crashes are the leading cause of death for U.S. teenagers. In 2012, 859 teen drivers died across the nation in crashes.

For the second year in a row, CDOT is teaming up with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to promote the “5 to Drive” campaign during Teen Driv-

er Safety Week.

Only about 25 percent of parents have serious talks with their children about safe driving, the CDOT news release states. The “5 to Drive” effort is designed to help parents talk to their teens about the issue.

“Teens might be gaining some independence (but) they still need rules and restrictions, and believe it or not, parents,” said Darrell Lingk, director of the Office of Transportation Safety at CDOT. “They’ll listen to you.”

DriveSafe schools also emphasize the importance for parents to be involved with their teen’s driving education.

“It’s about developing a skill,” Baron said. “It’s important for parents not to forget that for a new driver, driving is a new skill.”

The “5 to Drive” campaign addresses the “five most dangerous and deadly behaviors for teen drivers,” the CDOT release states.

There are five important rules addressing these behaviors: • No drinking and driving.

• Wear you seat belt.

Driving continues on Page 7

A student driver practices driving at the Highlands Ranch DriveSafe Driving School. Teen Driver Safety Week is recognized nationally Oct. 19-25. Photo by Christy Steadman

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October 23, 2014

It’s an old story ... in every single item The small, faded railway label on the battered 1900s trunk resting on the worn floor of the antiques store bears the name of its once-upon-a-time owner: “For H.C. Stillman,” it says. “Pueblo.

Value — 100.”

Its brass hinges are tarnished, its leather straps stiff from age, its oakand-canvas sides scuffed from wear.

Its story, too, is old, so forgotten it was a dying whisper — until Bill and Cindy Pierce uncovered the vintage piece in an acquaintance’s storage unit.

“He was a music teacher at Central High in Pueblo in the ‘30s,” Cindy says of the name on the label. In those days, “they didn’t allow girls in orchestra or band, so he created an all-girls marching band — which I thought was totally cool.”

It is. Totally cool.

Just imagine H.C. Stillman’s courage in defying society’s notions, the difference he made for a group of musicplaying young girls, the path he paved for those who came after.

“There’s a story inside the trunk,” Cindy says, the kind that connects you with history. “We’re going to look him up and see what we can find.”

I happened to be browsing recently in Olde Time Antiques, one of several such stores on Pueblo’s historic Union Avenue, when Cindy and Bill — excited about their discovery — brought in the trunk. They rent space in the store to sell old treasures they find.

The trunk’s label indicated its destination back to Pueblo on a train in June 1930, possibly, Cindy thought, from a marching band competition.

As I listened, and looked around — at the dainty porcelain teacups that once graced a familiar table, the lace wedding

dress someone once wore for love, a deco cabinet that once stood in a family living room — the air suddenly seemed crowded by stories waiting to be heard, testaments to fragments of long-agos buried by the passage of time and the hurry of life.

That glimpse into the past is what motivates antiquarians such as Cindy and Bill, and Gary Price, who helps man the counter, and Johnny Baayen, who owns the store.

“I’m just fascinated by old things and disappointed by things that are new and wear out quickly,” Gary says. His gaze sweeps around the store. “Some of this stuff is over 100 years old. … We’ve become such a disposable society. I cherish things that last this long.”

Cindy does, too. She loves old things so much she rarely buys new.

Her Pyrex dishes and cooking utensils date back to the 1930s. She uses oldstyle watering cans in her garden.

“I give them another life,” she says.

Cindy and Bill have been collecting old things for at least 35 years from estate and garage sales and auctions.

Bill likes to search for car parts and beer signs, Cindy for her dishes and utensils.

Sometimes, they find unique treasures, such as the trunk, or the 100-year-old saddle, also sitting in the

store.

“It’s pretty darn worn,” Cindy says.

“But 100 years ago, you could see a guy riding around in that saddle. It makes you think … I just find it all fascinating.”

The glimpse back in time can even hook some of today’s younger generations.

Cindy recounts a conversation she overheard as a boy looked at a typewriter from the 1800s. “He asked his dad, `What is that?’ He had never seen a typewriter.”

Or a rotary phone.

Or cameras from the 1920s and ‘30s.

“They just love them,” Cindy says of young people, with a laugh. “They’ve never seen anything like that. They pick up a camera and try to figure out how the picture was taken … and they’re just kind of in awe.”

Most of the stories inside Olde Time Antiques are unknown, the objects brought in by dealers who simply aren’t familiar with their origins, proprietor Baayen says.

“You can only imagine the history if you were only able to follow it back in time …”

A walk among the thousands of pieces waiting for new life allows you to do just that: A 1930s metal toy squirt gun that probably still works.

A worn, chocolate-brown R.T. Frazier saddle made by the famed Pueblo saddlery from the turn of the 20th century.

Lawyers’ filing cabinets, nearly 100 years old.

A cream-colored 1946 Belmont radio.

The tag says it works.

A vintage 50mm camera case.

A wooden sewing machine table

from the late 1800s.

A display case of knives that includes a pen knife, a Turkish Mauser bayonet and a Sudanese arm dagger.

Even the two Pachinko machines, the 1960s Japanese-made pinball-type machines used where gambling was prohibited, and which in the end prove age is in the perception of the beholder.

“I got those three, four weeks ago,” Baayen says. “I’m amazed at how many people come in and say how they played them.”

Objects from the 1970s are particularly popular at the moment, he notes.

“In my terms, that’s not really old,” Baayen says. But “young people, they love it — they say it’s so cool and it’s old.”

H.C. Stillman’s trunk sold in just a few days for $125.

The Pierces were unable to uncover any more of his story.

But the sale — to an owner who appreciated the history — felt good.

“It’s nice we can pass the story on,” Bill says, “keep the story alive.”

The story in the trunk reminded me history is a living, breathing entity that accompanies us wherever we may be.

And whether they are from yesterdays long ago or just being created today, the stories are ours.

Let’s try not to lose them.

Ann Macari Healey’s column about people, places and issues of everyday life appears every other week. Her column earned first place in the 2013 Colorado Press Association Better Newspaper contest. She can be reached at ahealey@ coloradocommunitymedia.com or 303566-4110.

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October 23, 2014

Pros and cons of ballot issues presented League of Women Voters condense political ads into two-hour forum

By Jennifer Smith

jsmith@coloradocommunitymedia.com The League of Women Voters held a wellattended forum at the South Metro Denver Chamber of Commerce in Centennial on Oct. 15, with panelists representing both sides of each of the four statewide ballot issues.

Voters will decide the fates of Amendment 67, Definition of Person and Child; Amendment 68, Horse Racetrack Gambling; Proposition 105, Genetically Modified Food; Proposition 104, School Board Meeting Requirements.

Drew Hymer was the only man on the panel and the only one with a prop. He laid out his basic argument in favor of what’s known as the “personhood amendment” on a white board placed next to him: “It is wrong to intentionally kill an innocent human being. Abortion intentionally kills an innocent human being. Therefore, abortion is wrong.”

Representing the other side was Buffy Mendez, who said the law could criminalize some forms of birth control and potentially even miscarriages.

“You’re giving legal and constitutional rights to a woman’s fertilized egg,” she said.

“It will change literally hundreds of laws in our criminal code.”

Representing those in favor of allowing gambling at what could become an exten-

Panelists discuss this election’s four ballot issues during a League of Women Voters forum on Oct. 15 at the South Metro Denver Chamber of Commerce. Photo by Jennifer Smith sively remodeled Arapahoe Park racetrack was Monica McCafferty. With some of the profits marked for education, she said the amendment could mean $132 more per student per year.

“It’s good for education, it’s good for Colorado and it’s good for the economy,” she said.

Polly Page, a former Aurora city councilmember, is extremely opposed to gambling so close to her community and doubtful that McCafferty’s numbers add up.

“This is a constitutional amendment to benefit one company, and that company is not even a Colorado company right now,” she said.

Ranelle Lang, a former school superintendent in Greeley, was there to argue against

opening negotiations between teachers unions and their districts to the public. She says it’s overbroad, an unfunded mandate and poorly worded.

“It is something that can already happen, and it takes away local control,” she said.

Francoise Bergan, a prolific blogger for the Independence Institute, said it’s a step toward more transparency in government.

“As far as being an unfunded mandate, it doesn’t cost much to unlock the door,” she said.

Labeling genetically modified foods as such is one both sides agree should happen, but they differ as to how.

Trina Cooper said her pro-Proposition 105 group is working with a coalition of 37

states in an effort to establish what could become a national model.

“But if we can’t get it done on a national level, we have to come back down to the people,” she said.

Ashley Breitnauer, associate director of policy communications for Colorado Farm Bureau, says the piecemeal approach could put this state’s farmers and ranchers at a disadvantage. With food products crossing state lines all the time, Breitnauer says labeling requirements should be made at the federal level.

“It’s making our state a little island unto itself,” she said.

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October 23, 2014 P a i d P o l i ti c a l A dv e r ti s e m e nt

We are Colorado We are Catholic “I am a prochoice Catholic. Outlawing legal, safe abortion is absolutely wrong. I will not support Amendment 67. Women have the right to choose what is best for them.”

“I am a Catholic and I believe that everyone should be able to control what they choose to do with their bodies. We shouldn’t allow institutions to dictate our choices.

Women should choose what’s best for them and their families.”

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October 23, 2014

Udall looking to make late-game push Polls show Gardner holds lead over incumbent

By Vic Vela

vvela@coloradocommunitymedia.com Right now, there are a few things for Mark Udall to worry about.

Recent public polling has indicated a coalescing of majority support for the Democratic senator’s challenger to his reelection bid, Republican Congressman Cory Gardner.

Then there’s the mocking Udall has received for his perceived over-emphasis of women’s issues this campaign, having been dubbed “Mark Uterus” along the way.

And, aside from battling Gardner, Udall could also be fighting against a Republican wave that political analysts predict will cost Democrat-held seats nationwide come Nov. 4.

So why shouldn’t Republicans be confident that Gardner will become the state’s next senator?

Remember Michael Bennet?

The Udall campaign is banking on the same, vaunted Democratic get-out-the-

vote machine that propelled Bennet to victory in a 2010 race against Ken Buck.

In that race, Bennet was trailing in several polls leading up to Election Day, yet he managed to eke out a victory by a margin of less than 2 percent.

And the Udall campaign believes this year’s ground game is even better than the one that was in place four years ago.

“With our groundbreaking get-out-the-vote efforts and our army of volunteers, we will push it at the goal line,” said Udall campaign spokesman Chris Harris. “Our campaign was built for this moment.”

But Republicans scoff Gardner at Democrats’ reliance on the use of playbook from four years ago, one they say has little to do with the candidate himself.

“They say they will win, never because of Mark Udall himself, but it’s always because of tactics,” said Colorado Republican Party spokesman Owen Loftus. “Now they’re saying it’s because of the ground game. There comes a time that you do have to admit - it’s the candidate.”

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Polls released last week show Gardner leading the race. A Quinnipiac University poll released on Oct. 16 shows Gardner with a 6 percentage point lead. A CNN/ Opinion Research Center survey that was conducted at the same time has Gardner up 4 points.

A handful of other recent polls have also shown Gardner up, although by slimmer margins.

If the CNN poll is an accurate barometer of how election night will go, the Udall team’s biggest concern would have to be lack of robust support he is getting from the group the senator has so strongly courted since the beginning of Udall the campaign: Women.

Udall has spent millions of advertising dollars hammering Gardner on issues like abortion and birth control, trying to paint Gardner’s conservative, pro-life beliefs as being outside the mainstream.

But Republicans slam Udall’s “single-issue” campaign tactics as being offensive toward women. And the “Mark Uterus” monicker has become part of the online and talking head political chatter in similar fashion to the “Both Ways Bob” label that was pinned on Bob Beauprez during the Republican’s failed 2006 gubernatorial bid.

The CNN poll indicates Udall has just a 9 point lead over Gardner when it comes to the support of women voters. That’s not a good number for the Democrat, considering that the same poll shows

Gardner’s lead among men is 19 points.

“If that’s the case come Nov. 4, then Udall is toast,” said Eric Sondermann, an independent political analyst.

Sondermann said Bennet needed every bit of the double-digit support he got from women four years ago and that if Udall cannot match Bennet’s performance, it’s going to be a long night for the incumbent.

Sondermann also points out that Udall is seeking re-election during a political climate that does not appear to favor Democrats this cycle. President Barack Obama’s approval ratings are underwater and the consensus seems to be that Republicans will pick up seats in Congress this year.

But Republicans in Congress have even worse approval numbers than the president. And Democrats have done well in Colorado election over the last several years.

Sondermann said the Udall campaign must get Democrats to vote at a time when they may not feel so enthusiastic about doing so.

“That’s their salvation, probably their only salvation is that (the Udall campaign) is able to ramp-up Democratic intensity beyond what it seems now,” Sondermann said.

That’s exactly what the Udall campaign is trying to do, as evidenced by expected visits to the state this week from First Lady Michelle Obama and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.

Harris said the ground game Udall has Udall continues on Page 10

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Driving

Continued from Page 1

• No texting or talking on the cell phone while driving.

• Don’t speed.

• No more than one passenger at a time.

Following these rules while driving is “good advice for all drivers, not just teens,” Baron said, with the exception of not having more than one passenger at a time for experienced, adult drivers.

“Ultimately, it’s distracted driving that causes accidents,” he said.

Distracted driving is not limited to what is listed in the “5 to Drive” campaign, Baron said, and can include everything from changing the radio station to putting on make-up in the car.

As well as physical distractions, there are mental distractions a person can encounter while driving, Baron said. Things a person thinks about — something negative that happened at school or work, or being extremely happy about something — are mental distractions.

“Most adults have been driving for so

long that they can factor that in,” Baron said, but the “ups and downs” that teens experience on a daily basis can create a lot of distractions.

The CDOT news release states that “texting and driving has become a national epidemic, and teens are the worst offenders.” It’s not only unsafe, but in Colorado, all cell phone use — talking, texting, surfing the web — is illegal for those under 18 years old while driving.

Texting behind the wheel is also against the law for adults, who are allowed to talk and drive.

According to distraction.gov, texting involves manual, visual and cognitive distraction simultaneously. A person’s eyes, on average, are taken off the road for about five seconds while texting.

“At 55 mph, that’s like driving the length of an entire football field, blindfolded,” the website states.

DriveSafe schools focus on starting slow — most students begin their driving education in the classroom, Baron said — and building skills progressively.

“You can learn to pass a test, but that (alone) doesn’t make you a safe driver,” Baron said. “It just means you know the rules.”

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In urban areas, a teenager must have six hours driving experience with an instructor before they can earn their driver’s license, Baron said.

At DriveSafe, students receive three two-hour drives, said DriveSafe Behind the Wheel instructor Kevin Knight. The drives are done on different routes and areas.

Students start off by practicing in a parking lot, emphasizing the importance of checking mirrors and using seat belts.

Then, students will get some highway or busy street practice and experience driving downtown on one-way streets and awareness of pedestrians. The third lesson will usually entail some mountain driving, Knight said.

“They learn proper, safe habits that they will use for the rest of their life,” he said.

The Graduated Driver Licensing laws “allow young drivers to safely gain driving experience before obtaining full driving privileges,” states the Governors Highway Safety Association on Colorado laws.

Generally, three stages are followed: the learner stage, which is supervised driving, cumulative with a driving test; the intermediate stage, which limits un-

supervised driving in high-risk situations; and the full-privilege stage, which is when a standard driver’s license is earned.

In order to receive a driver’s license, a teen is required to have 50 hours logged driving experience, Baron said, which is gained in the learner stage.

But he believes 50 hours is the “bare minimum.”

“You can’t really produce a good driver,” he said. “It takes 100 hours or more.”

While still too high, the number of teen deaths from car accidents is improving compared to 15 years ago, Baron said.

“Many factors have contributed to safer drivers,” he said, “despite there being more drivers on the road.”

Safer vehicle manufacturing, better driving education laws and higher standards for driving instruction all play a part in creating safer drivers, he said.

Required comprehensive driver’s education courses teach teens the minimum standards to know how to safely operate a motor vehicle, Baron said. Parents should also take their teen’s driving education very seriously.

“Everybody benefits,” he said. “All of society benefits because there’s safer drivers on the road.”

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Vote yes on South Suburban measure To many area residents, the amenities provided and maintained by the South Suburban Park and Recreation District are a major benefit of living here.

The parks, trails, open spaces, recreation centers, golf courses, playgrounds, and more truly are a treasure.

And treasures aren’t cheap, especially not when they are meant to serve such a wide swath of terrain and more than 130,000 residents in the south metro area.

To give you a sense of it, the district’s 2014 budget is $53.4 million.

By now, registered voters in Colorado have received their ballots. Voters in Littleton, western Centennial, Lone Tree, Sheridan, Bow Mar, Columbine Valley and some unincorporated parts of Douglas, Jefferson and Arapahoe counties will notice the ballot contains a question asking that more tax dollars go to South Suburban.

Ballot Issue 4C seeks voter approval for a 2-mill property tax increase for a period of 10 years. If approved, it would mean about $4.5 million annually in additional money for South Suburban.

The district would use the funds for general operations and, among other things, to: • Protect and enhance the High Line Canal Trail, the South Platte River Trail (Mary

OUR VIEW Carter Greenway) and other local trails.

• Repair, maintain and improve existing parks, recreation facilities and playgrounds.

• Replace outdated mechanical equipment with new energy saving systems, including solar energy.

• Save water by replacing aging and inefficient irrigation systems in parks and using non-treated water where feasible.

The tax hike would mean a resident of the district who owns a $300,000 home would pay an additional $4 per month, or $48 more per year. The owner of a $200,000 home would pay less, an additional $32 a year.

In urging passage of 4C, South Suburban makes a number of points, including the rising cost of maintaining an acre of parkland and open space; the escalating prices of supplies, services and materials; and the aging of its facilities.

District officials also point out that they haven’t asked for a tax increase in the gen-

eral operating mill levy in 20 years. And they’ll tell you that a 1-mill increase approved in 2000 and reauthorized in 2010 is restricted — it can only be used to acquire land, not for general-operating purposes.

Perhaps most importantly, they point out admission-fee increases over the years have not been enough to offset rising maintenance costs and improvements. To that end, the district admits, hiking admission prices too much could backfire and reduce participation.

We realize that all property owners in the district will not absorb even a small tax increase easily. The economy hasn’t recovered for everyone, and the district is home to many seniors living on fixed incomes.

But the price tag of an additional few dollars a month to maintain the high quality of this recreation district is worth it, we believe. The south metro area is an attractive place to live, work and play, and South Suburban Parks and Recreation plays a large role in that. It’s vital that the district is functioning at a high level.

We’ll also say that South Suburban needs to make the most of this tax hike and use the utmost discretion on any future admission-fee increases. We don’t want to see the district price itself out of the market.

Vote yes on 4C.

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Time has come to talk about time Time waits for no one, unless you have a humdinger of a hangover, and then it goes on and on. It stands still.

At other times, time wears winged sandals, like that flower delivery guy. Actually his name is Mercury Man. Mercury Man has some Denver in him.

According to Wikipedia, “On Aug. 18, 1910, 15 American florists led by John Valentine, a Denver lawyer and floral company owner, agreed to serve each other’s out-oftown customers by exchanging orders via telegraph, and they called their organization the Florists’ Telegraph Delivery (FTD).”

I don’t know which one of them came up with the idea of representing the company with the god Mercury, but it was ingenious. It made an impression on me long before I ever started to order flowers for anyone.

Maybe it was because I ran track, and he looked like he might have been a track star too. I set a school record that will never be broken. It’s not that impressive: They just don’t run the race (220) anymore.

We used to compare our times after meets, and if we improved, we improved by splits of seconds.

And then we would go to an American history class, and it seemed like it took an hour for 10 minutes to go by.

I ran out of time on an algebra test, and guessed the answers, and I was right. But I was penalized for not showing my work. I

still don’t know how I did it.

If one train leaves the station at 8 o’clock going 50 mph and another train leaves the station without enough dinner rolls for everyone, what time would a third train have to leave the station with rolls for everyone on the second train?

Time is very important in track, unless you are a pole vaulter.

My favorite pole vaulter — ever — is a Texas high school girl named Charlotte Brown. She finished fourth in the state meet this year, and cleared 11 feet. I trip over the dog.

Charlotte depends upon an electronic signal with a beeper to tell her when it’s time to jump. Charlotte is blind. I dare you to try to get through the YouTube about her without getting choked up.

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR 4C worthy of voter support We strongly support passage of 4C to help the South Suburban Parks and Recreation District continue to improve our community in so many different ways. My family has lived within the district for many years and our lives have been better for it. We have walked the paths and trails, taken many classes and participated in athletic activities and enjoyed the district’s many recreational facilities and public art placements.

Very simply, the district has made my family’s life better, richer and fuller. Let’s continue to support a program that enhances our lives, makes our neighborhoods better to live in and increases our property values.

Charles, Michele, Christopher and Shannon Whitley, Centennial Make a New School Year’s Resolution: As a teacher at Colorado Connections Academy, I recognize the vital role that parents play in their child’s education.

From my experience, students who have academic reinforcement and support in the home simply have a better relationship with learning and school. I also know how difficult it can be to carve out that time at home — between work, family schedules, extracurricular activities, even making dinner.

Busy parents should know that even small, simple steps to become more engaged Letters continue on Page 9

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Safety is school district’s top priority In the Douglas County School District, safety is our number one priority. As both a parent and a member of the board of education, I want our schools to be as safe as possible.

Unfortunately, there are far too many horrific examples of school violence across the nation. These serve as a reminder that on the topic of safety, we must remain vigilant.

The DCSD Board of Education voted unanimously to approve a new, three-year strategic plan that names safety as one of our four priorities — along with choice, world-class education, and system performance. For those of us concerned about safety, this means that DCSD will continuously review, implement, and refine both the physical safety of our facilities and the psychological safety of our students and staff.

To date, DCSD has created a scaffolding approach to the safety of our school buildings, creating multiple layers of protections. For instance, last year, in addition to making building safety improvements, the district launched several innovative programs that significantly increased the presence of law enforcement in our schools.

On the physical safety side, police officers have access to district Wi-Fi and routinely file their reports from our school parking lots. Officers are also invited and often have lunch with our students, who

look forward to seeing their special friends. The innovative DCSD School Marshall Program has provided a law enforcement presence at all of our elementary schools. At the secondary level, armed School Resource Officers maintain an onsite presence that allows for quick response to any situation.

DCSD has also launched a psychological safety initiative that seeks to improve wellness and builds a foundation for prevention, intervention, mental health, security and crisis preparedness.

Finally, I want to recognize the incredible partnerships that make the DCSD plan a model for the nation. I know our partners in law enforcement and mental health play a vital role in keeping our students and schools safe. We can’t thank them enough.

I recognize we can always do more to protect our children. As we anticipate improved funding, I hope to see us provide an even greater law enforcement presence in every DCSD school.

James Geddes is a director with the Douglas County School District Board of Education.

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I like baseball. There are innings, not quarters and halves. An inning might last four or five minutes, or 45 minutes.

The time it takes to play an entire baseball season is imposing. The season starts in April, and they are still playing in November.

Conceivably, you could conceive a baby

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with their child’s studies can make a world of difference. With a new school year just beginning, I encourage parents to make a New (School) Year’s Resolution: become more involved with your child’s education.

Simple things, such as discussing the school day over dinner or reading together, can go a long way in helping children learn new skills and reinforce concepts. Challenging children to a game of Scrabble, completing Sudoku puzzles together, or even visiting local museums are also great ways to help spark interest and connect education to daily life.

But being involved is not just about

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`Two steps back’ gives room for running start You know the saying, “One step forward and two steps back,” right? And sometimes it may even be, “One step forward and three or four steps back.”

Many of us have endeavored to improve our life in some capacity.

You too may have experienced this forward-then-backward type of result. People trying to lose weight may become very energized about their diet and exercise plan, and they just might maintain a consistent routine for the first few days or maybe even the first week. And then as life happens, workloads increase, and personal issues surface, we wind up finding every excuse to drop our consistent behaviors, exercise routines and diet commitments and end up even further back then when we first began. Sound familiar?

It’s like the sales professional who has the responsibility for consistently generating new business by selling to new customers.

Sometimes as sales people we get fired up about the potential to earn more money through acquiring new customers. So we invest the time necessary to build up our business. We make calls, attend networking events, visit prospects, and ask for referrals. And we do this consistently for a brief period of time and experience either the near-term benefits of our behaviors or quickly get frustrated with rejection and therefore revert

on Opening Day, and the kid would be around for the seventh game of the World Series.

We all get two years: One to the left of the dash, and one to the right of the dash. My father’s years were 1919-2008. I will never forget the number to the right of his dash. My father lived a long time.

It takes a couple of hours to write a column. Then I leave it alone, sometimes overnight, and sometimes for a few days. I read it, reread it, revise it, and sometimes I delete it.

Directors play around with time all of the

enriching studies, it is also about being aware of the child’s academic journey and being responsive. If a child appears to be struggling in school, parents should not wait — they should contact the teacher and talk about ways in which the teacher can help.

If a child has done well on a particular assignment or grasps an especially difficult concept, parents should acknowledge these achievements. Praise can go a long way in keeping a child interested and engaged in education.

Although parents are pulled in many directions, becoming, and remaining, engaged with their child’s education is something to make time for — it is one of the best things parents can do to support their child in learning.

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to doing “busy work” instead of productive sales work. And one step forward and two steps back in the world of selling is a recipe for disaster, or at the least, a loss or reduction of income.

My experience with business owners and managers is that many cycle through the same lack of consistent behaviors or modeling of consistent leadership characteristics. For a week or maybe for a month or two the focus is on the showroom being immaculate, positive feedback is shared, coaching in areas that need development takes place, and we inspect what we expect.

The danger in the one step forward and two steps back for business owners and managers is that when we fall two steps back, we take our employees with us.

And once that happens we have to work much harder to get the team back on track.

And the same things happen in our personal relationships too, right? Today we give hugs, love on each other, speak kindly, and show gratitude and appreciation.

Maybe we even do this for a few days or weeks. Then the flowers

time with devices like flashbacks and flash forwards.

Some people are habitually — even addictively — late. I am always early.

My dog is aging differently than I am, and I don’t like it.

If your son is 10, he’s a kid. If your dog is 10, his clock is ticking.

Jennifer said she would be here between 6 and 6:30 two Fridays ago. We had an 8:33 a.m.

stop coming, the notes don’t get written, the hugs are fewer and farther between, car doors stop being opened, and hand-holding and gentle and subtle touches seem to disappear. So the one step forward and three or four steps back leads to a breakdown in our relationships, and repairing the damage and the resentment could take months or even years to fix.

So the answer isn’t perfection. We will never be perfect in every single thing that we do. The answer is consistency and understanding that we are the ones who can control the consistency of our behaviors that will lead us to the results that we truly desire in every aspect of our lives. Forget perfection, strive for excellence and make the commitment to consistency, and then watch as you take yourself and your family or your team five steps forward.

How would a commitment to consistency change or shape your life or business? I would love to hear all about it at gotonorton@ gmail.com, and when we get past the one step forward and two steps back roadblocks of life, we will consistently have and enjoy 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.

flight to Los Angeles the next day. The game between UCLA and Oregon in the Rose Bowl — we were there — started at 12:30 p.m.

I don’t think college football is a waste of time. Besides, as Bertrand Russell said, “The time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time.”

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

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Campaigns reach out for Latino vote Both parties make case for coveted bloc

By Vic Vela

vvela@coloradocommunitymedia.com With ballots now having been mailed to every registered voter in Colorado, political campaigns and advocacy groups are ramping up efforts aimed at mobilizing a coveted voting bloc — Latinos.

Democratic leaders last week urged Latino voters to cast ballots in support of their party’s candidates, while blasting Republicans over policy positions that they believe Hispanics have long rejected.

But Republicans say they are working harder than ever to appeal to an influential bloc of voters that has by and large rejected GOP candidates statewide and at the national level in recent years.

Latino Democratic leaders held a press conference outside the Denver City and County Building, where they blasted Republican candidates for ignoring or being on the wrong side of issues of importance to the Hispanic community.

“They only give us lip service,” said Denver City Councilman Paul Lopez.

“They only give us promises during a campaign, but when push comes to shove, when it’s any other day of the year besides Election Day, it’s, `We don’t have time for you.’”

Democrats are reminding Latino voters that it was their party that got through legislation at the state level this year that

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in place is even better than the one Bennet had four years ago.

Udall has 25 campaign field offices

makes it easier for undocumented students to attend college, as well as legislation that allows undocumented citizens to obtain licenses to drive.

Democrats also claim that while their party has worked toward immigration reform in Congress, Republicans have put up roadblocks.

They took aim at U.S. Reps. Cory Gardner and Mike Coffman, who are locked in tight races against Democrats this election cycle. Gardner is vying to unseat Sen. Mark Udall while Coffman tries to stave off a challenge to his 6th Congressional District seat from Andrew Romanoff.

Those who spoke at the press event said neither Gardner nor Coffman could be trusted on immigration issues. And they said they and their Republican colleagues in the House have failed to get any sort of immigration reform accomplished.

State. Sen. Jesse Ulibarri, D-Commerce City, whose Adams County-based state Senate district is part of Coffman’s 6th District, said Coffman for years “has been running against Latino and immigrant communities.”

Coffman has had to take tough votes on immigration measures, considering the complexity of the district he represents. Coffman has been critical of President Obama’s leadership on immigration, but has also bucked his own party.

Over the summer, both Coffman and Gardner broke ranks and voted against a Republican-sponsored bill that sought to halt a program that shields young undocumented immigrants from deportation.

But Democrats believe Coffman’s “about face” on immigration issues is born out of necessity because he represents a district that grew more diverse after it was remapped.

“Hollow actions ring hollow for people in my neck of the woods and we won’t stand for it,” Ulibarri said, urging Latino voters to back Romanoff.

But the Coffman campaign thinks Ulibarri is the last person who should be touting Romanoff to Latino voters. Ulibarri was once critical of Romanoff for seeing through tough immigration measures while he was state House speaker in 2006.

Coffman campaign spokesman Tyler Sandberg responded to Ulibarri’s comments with the state senator’s own words to the Denver Post in 2010.

“He demonstrated that if it’s politically expedient for him, he’s willing to sacrifice the most vulnerable in the Latino communities,” Ulibarri told the Post. “It will be very difficult for him to rebuild those relationships with community members.”

The Coffman and Romanoff campaigns have been targeting Latinos through Spanish-language television and newspaper advertisements. And Coffman and Romanoff will soon square off in an Oct. 30 all-Spanish debate that will air on Univision.

Sandberg said Coffman has been knocking on doors in Latino neighborhoods and said the reaction he’s been getting is positive. He also believes that Democrats could be in for a surprise

when they sort through the voting statistics of Latino voters after Election Day. “More than the Democrats expect, that’s for sure,” Sandberg said, when asked what kind of support he expects Coffman to receive from Latino voters.

Republicans say they are ramping up Latino outreach efforts nationwide. Ali Pardo, the Hispanic press secretary for the Republican National Committee, said the GOP has put more staff in the field this year, specifically for the purpose of reaching Latino voters.

Pardo said it’s Democrats who have failed Latinos on issues that matter to their community, like the expansion of school choices for their children and economic issues.

Pardo does acknowledge that Republicans haven’t done enough work to reach out to Latinos in recent years, as evidenced by the vast majority who consider themselves Democrats.

“We haven’t been there and that’s the point,” she said. “A large portion of the community identifies with the values of Republican Party, but we have to show up. Both parties have to be fighting for their vote.”

Democrats are countering with their own Latino “get out the vote” effort. Democratic Latino activists were expected to launch a statewide canvass of Hispanic voters over the weekend of Oct. 18-19.

Democrats aren’t concerned that Latinos will vote Republican. Their major worry is whether some vote at all.

“As a community, we can’t afford to sit this election out,” Ulibarri said.

and more than 100 field officers, compared to Bennet’s 13 and 30 in 2010, according to Harris.

Harris also believes that recent changes to state election law will aid Udall’s efforts. Last year, the Democrat-controlled Legislature passed sweeping changes to the election system that included the

creation of same-day voter registration and the mandate that ballots be mailed to every registered voter.

“It is universally accepted that if everyone voted, (Democrats) would win in a landslide,” Harris said. “The tricky part is turnout.”

But Republicans say they are not

worried about this year’s all-mail ballot election. They cite voting statistics from 2012 that showed 85 percent of ballots that were cast that year came in before Election Day any way.

“Those ballots will be landing in our voters’ boxes, just like the Democrats,” Loftus said.

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Churches face prospect of gay weddings Religious groups vary in practice

By Chris Michlewicz

cmichlewicz @coloradocommunitymedia.com Hours after the Supreme Court paved the way for gay marriage in more than a dozen states, including Colorado, the phones started ringing.

Wedding coordinators, flower shops and cake-makers began preparing for the anticipated influx of ceremonies for gay couples.

For many local churches, however, the subject of gay marriage is still something of a conundrum.

Individual Episcopal churches in the state have the option to give “blessings” to same-sex relationships, but “at this point, they’re not authorized to offer the sacrament of marriage,” said the Rev. Rebecca Jones, spokeswoman for Robert O’Neill, bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Colorado.

Each parish is encouraged to undertake a period of “prayerful discernment” to decide whether to offer blessings, she said.

Actual wedding ceremonies in Episcopal churches “will be a source of continued discussion,” Jones said. Church decisions on major social issues take place at conventions every three years, and the next one is scheduled for July 2015.

Cherry Hills Community Church in Highlands Ranch and Word of Life Christian Center in Lone Tree did not return calls for comment. Churches often follow the guidance of state and national committees that govern their respective denomination.

Most of the major churches — Baptist, Mormon, Muslim and Catholic, among them — still do not allow gay marriage, but other denominations have changed their stance, including the United Church of Christ and the Evangelical Lutheran Church, according to the Pew Research Center.

Some religious organizations are reassessing their positions on gay marriage, and earlier this month, comments made by Pope Francis suggested a change in tone for

the Catholic Church. During an interview with a Jesuit journal in Rome, he said gays and lesbians “must be accepted with respect, compassion, and sensitivity.”

The comments come on the heels of Pope Francis’ “Who am I to judge?” response to a reporter’s question about homosexuals.

In June, the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, the largest Lutheran church group in the United States, voted 559 to 451 in favor of allowing non-celibate gays to become ordained ministers. During its national meeting in 2005, delegates voted 503 to 490 against a measure that would have allowed non-celibate gay ordination and the blessing of same-sex unions.

Kerri Butler, owner of A Touch of Bliss, the largest wedding planning agency in Colorado, said she has helped plan numerous weddings for gay couples in non-denominational Christian churches and even was involved last year in the first same-sex ceremony at St. John’s Cathedral, an Episcopal church in Denver. Butler’s company also has helped organize numerous civil union ceremonies.

“The actual ceremony we perform is all about love anyway,” she said. “It’s more about what the vows are going to say, just like any other couple.”

While a few churches are tempering their opposition to gay marriage, some disenfranchised same-sex couples in Colorado choose to marry outdoors, with a friend or family member officiating the ceremony.

Getting married in a church was “never an option” for Eugene Ebner, who was raised in a strict Christian household and church environment that criticized homosexuality. Ebner, who considers himself “spiritual” rather than religious, said his family was shocked when he came out as gay. They continued to love him but still have problems with gay marriage. Ebner’s 84-year-old father initially said he would not attend his son’s wedding, but recently changed his mind.

“It was definitely an adjustment for him because of his generation, but when I told him I was getting married, he was very happy for me,” he said. “Love is love, and the more people see that, it takes them out of their (line of) thinking.”

Senate candidates target Ebola response Gardner, Udall differ on approach to travel ban

By Vic Vela

vvela@coloradocommunitymedia.com The government’s response to the Ebola virus became a new focal point in Colorado’s U.S. Senate race last week.

During an Oct. 15 debate in Denver, Democratic Sen. Mark Udall and his Republican challenger, Congressman Cory Gardner, sparred over the effectiveness of the response to the virus by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Gardner called for an immediate travel ban to and from West Africa, where the current Ebola outbreak resides.

“Not tomorrow, but now,” Gardner said at the KUSA-TV-sponsored debate.

But Udall said that decision should come from doctors and other health professionals who know more about the virus than politicians.

“If they believe we ought to close our borders and restrict flights to and from West Africa, let’s listen to them,” Udall said. “But senators and congressmen shouldn’t make those decisions.”

Later that week, Udall called on the CDC and the Transportation Security Administration to restrict those who are being monitored for Ebola symptoms from boarding airplanes.

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The Pentagon announced on Oct. 19 that it will build a rapid-response medical team that will provide assistance to civilian doctors and nurses who come in contact with the virus.

Gardner was critical of the government’s response to the virus, saying that not having a total travel ban to and from West Africa poses an “unacceptable danger.”

Gardner said, “We lack a strategy to deal with the Ebola virus,” and scolded the CDC for using funds to back other, less-important areas.

“Perhaps the CDC should stop spending money on things like Jazzercise, urban gardening and massage therapy and direct that money to where it’s appropriate to protecting the health of the American people,” he said.

The next day, Gardner asked CDC Director Tom Frieden why a travel ban has not been put in place. Gardner’s questions came during a congressional hearing where top Obama Administration officials provided testimony regarding the government’s response.

The CDC has said a travel ban would make it more difficult to track the virus because people coming to the U.S. may find other ways to get here, under the radar.

Udall said during the debate that he has full confidence in Frieden and supports the agency’s efforts. He also criticized Gardner’s lack of support for the CDC, claiming he had previously sought $770 million in cuts to the agency’s budget.

“We’re not going to beat Ebola by cutting back the CDC and our public health systems,” Udall said. “That’s the difference between the two of us.”

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Group brainstorms school solutions Meeting focuses on better district accountability

By Jane Reuter

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About 40 people gathered at Parker’s PACE Center for a two-hour community forum.

“I feel like Jeffco’s given us some new opportunity,” said former school board candidate Julie Keim, who was among the meeting’s five panelists. “They have come together as a community and brought the attention to what’s happening in their schools. We need to all start working together. We’ve been stopped a little too much in Douglas County and no more. It’s time.”

Former teacher and meeting leader Gary Colley formed the Community Accountability Committee for DCSD in late 2013 to work with the board on education issues.

“We have to get ahead of the game in terms of what’s happening in Douglas County,” he

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teachers to prepare for teaching it. Political bias is a secondary issue, she said.

“It was rolled out in a manner that didn’t give anyone time to review it, from state and local (boards) to teachers,” she said. “It’s part of our job to keep an eye on these things.”

The College Board’s website said AP U.S. History teachers felt the original course required a breathless race through American history. The four-year redesign provides, “an in-depth examination of American founding documents, the Constitution, and important leaders and citizens from American history,” according to the website, and encourages students to write to demonstrate their under-

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said. “There’s nothing wrong with having differing views. What’s wrong is when you expect your view to stand for the whole county.”

Colley, who has spoken about his concerns at almost every board meeting for several years, invited four board members to attend the Oct. 14 meeting; none came and Colley said only board member Judi Reynolds responded to his invitation, saying she had a conflict.

Five Douglas County women who launched groups or took legal action in response to DCSD issues spoke to the audience, and then helped lead breakout sessions. The full group reassembled to present their suggestions for addressing some concerns about the district.

“We have to restore trust in this district,” said Laura Mutton, president of the nonprofit Strong Schools Coalition. “That means the board of education needs to empower the district accountability committee and listen to the concerns being brought up.”

One session focused on teacher and staff concerns.

“We discussed a lot of mistrust,” said Cherie Garcia, who launched the SPEAK for DCSD Facebook page. “There are concerns with teachers and staff (who) didn’t feel comfortable sometimes with HR or within their own

standing.

The course framework expanded from five to more than 80 pages, a change Reynolds said is “significant” and merited local review.

“I think we need to watch it and see how it plays out for the course of this year,” she said.

“I don’t know if there’s anything we can do locally at this point in the school year.”

Geddes suggests a more aggressive plan of action.

“One is that we tell the College Board in a nice but very firm way we need to see it changed,” he said.

If the course remains in its current form, “I’d like to see us invite other universities to offer students Advanced Placement-type courses that are accredited.”

Those could include the University of Colorado, Colorado Christian University, Arapahoe Community College or others. DCSD already has concurrent enrollment partnerships with ACC, CCU, Community College of

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Participants at the Oct. 14 Community Accountability Committee’s community forum included fall 2013 Douglas County school board candidates Barbara Chase, left, and Julie Keim, right. Photo by Jane Reuter building voicing their concerns about their schools and environment.”

Garcia also said teachers are concerned about the time required to document their self-evaluations, which feed into the ratings that determine pay.

“When our teachers and staff are busy doing their e-portfolios, trying to hit that moving target and so concerned about that, they’re

not spending time on our kids,” she said.

Garcia also suggested forming a teacher and staff community advisory group.

“I think it’s time to take back control of our schools to help our teachers,” she said, “to help our teachers stand up and say, ‘This isn’t right.’”

Colley plans to host another forum in the near future.

Aurora, and Red Rocks Community College.

“The optimal solution is to see a course with true integrity offered by the College Board,” he said. “But if they’re not going to do it, then I say we have to do something else because the course they are offering now is unacceptable.”

Reynolds’ daughter is taking the course at a Douglas County high school and so far, she believes the teacher is providing a “balanced approach,” she said.

“I feel pretty confident our teachers, especially our history teachers, are pretty sensitive to the fact that our community wants a balanced approach,” Reynolds said.

Nevertheless, she shared some of Geddes’ content concerns.

“There does seem to be some bias,” she said. “As a conservative, I do have a different view of some of our historical events than some of my liberal friends. I think discussions on those differences of opinion are good. (But)

I want history taught in a manner where kids get the information and the facts and they draw their own conclusions. I’d like for it to be in as nonbiased a manner as possible.”

Geddes also is a regent at the University of Colorado Boulder, and said his concerns about AP U.S. History dovetail with his longerstanding mission to politically balance the traditionally liberal college’s teaching staff. He would take the same approach to the staff at Michigan’s conservative Hillsdale College.

“Would I love to see every kid come out of a college a conservative?” he said. “Hell yes, I’ll admit that because I think that’s what’s best for America. But I would never send my child to Hillsdale College (because) they don’t have a balanced faculty.

“If I were in charge of Hillsdale, I would recruit some flaming liberals to come in and be part of each of those departments. I’d want to make sure I had the other side well represented.”

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And he is against Amendment 68, a ballot measure that would provide schools with tax revenue that would come as a result of allowing casino-style gaming at the

By Vic Vela Arapahoe Park racetrack. vvela@coloradocommunitymedia.com “Why don’t we just pass prostitution and say we’re giving it to the kids?” Dunafon said.

One candidate is the husband of a strip club owner Dunafon is also pro-gun and pro-gay marriage and he who has been endorsed by Snoop Dogg. Another is a supports the release of non-violent drug offenders from faith-driven ballet dancer. jail.

They make up half of the field of lesser-known guBut Dunafon has made waves this election cycle for bernatorial candidates who are trying to shake up the the non-traditional endorsements he has received, intwo-party system while also putting some color back in cluding those of hip-hop stars Wycleaf Jean and the one Colorado politics. and only Snoop Dogg.

Either John Hickenlooper will win re-election on Nov. In fact, the two collaborated with Dunafon on a remix 4 or Bob Beauprez will take the seat from him. of the song, “The Trap,” which Dunafon says is “a metaBut don’t tell that to the four candidates in the race phor for our false set of political choices.” whose names are not Bob or John.

“Stop the intolerance/Gay couples free to wed/Wom“I can win and it’s going to send a shockwave through en control their bodies/Get the government out of bed,” politics on the planet,” said Mike Dunafon. go some of the lyrics, with Dunafon and Snoop sharing Dunafon is the mayor of Glendale who had a brief vocals. playing career with the Denver Broncos. He is married to Libertarian candidate Matthew Hess doesn’t have Debbie Matthews, who owns Shotgun Willie’s strip club. hip-hop artists backing his campaign, but he is tapping Dunafon, who is running as an unaffiliated candidate, into Dunafon’s passion for attracting voters who are fed wants to reduce the size of government and believes that up with the current two-party system. the two major parties have failed to rein in spending.

“I think they don’t feel represented anymore,” Hess He is critical of recent efforts aimed at boosting K-12 said. “It continually comes up that there’s a feeling of education performance. He brands “Orwellian” Comdisregard, almost a benign neglect from the two parties.”

Hess, who grew up in Douglas County, is a systems administrator who said he has volunteered thousands of hours with the Boy Scouts of America.

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Communities Then there’s Harry Hempy. With a name like that, he is the perfect standard-bearer for the Green Party.

271 Colorado municipalities “It fits,” Hempy said of his name. “I think it give me 271 Colorado working hard municipalities for you.

271 Colorado municipalities a 10 percent handicap over the other candidates. You working hard for you. working hard for you. won’t believe how many people ask me if that’s my real name.”

Hempy, who lives in western Boulder County near Jamestown, is a retired IBM computer scientist.

He is also a former Democrat who said he left the party out of frustration that its leaders weren’t taking the

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issue of campaign finance limits seriously.

“I finally became convinced that they were not interested in taking money out of politics, so I said there’s no hope in this party, just like in the Republican Party,” Hempy said.

Hempy would like to see a faster development of renewable energy resources and wants the government to stop handing out “special tax subsidies” for oil and gas companies.

Hempy also wants government to do something about “the injustice of low pay and corporate control.”

He believes that message resonates with voters who may be disillusioned with government and politics.

“Sixty percent of Americans want to have a third major party and they don’t realize they’re in the majority for wanting that,” he said.

The veteran candidate of the group is Paul Fiorino, an unaffiliated candidate who is making his third run for the governor’s office.

“It’s just a matter of name recognition, that’s all it is,” Fiorino said of getting voters’ attention. “People see you on the ballot a couple of times and maybe they’ll take you seriously the third time.”

Fiorino believes the state has only scratched the surface when it comes to the possibilities of Amendment 64, which legalized recreational marijuana sales and use in Colorado. He would like to see the state take on a greater role in promoting cannabis commerce and said there is also great economic potential in the hemp industry.

On education, Fiorino said he is frustrated that schools have cut back on art programs, the humanities and physical fitness.

“We’re supposed to be the healthiest state and we don’t even have a physical fitness standard,” he said.

Fiorino was raised in Douglas County and is ballet dancer who has performed on stage from New York to Denver.

In the early 1990s, Fiorino was affected by GuillainBarre syndrome, a disease where the body’s immune system attacks parts of the nervous system. Fiorino has fought through the disease, which can paralyze muscles, and has even released his own album, where he plays guitar and performs faith-inspired songs.

Fiorino believes there are parallels in working as a performing artist and being a governor.

“You need to bring chaos together to put on a performance,” he said. “That’s what an artistic director can do and that’s what a governor does.”

“But, just being a ballet dancer in America takes some cojones, I think.”

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of re-jsmith@coloradocommunitymedia.com nt to d gas With news about controversial police shootings coming from around the country lately, local authorities took time hingrecently to showcase the Highlands Ranch Law Enforcerol.”ment Training Facility. may “There’s been big news in law enforcement lately,” Douglas County Sheriff Tony Spurlock told a group of rema-porters on Oct. 9 during a tour of the facility. “We wanted y forpeople to see how they are trained here. It’s important that the community knows that when Westminster does someo, anthing, they most likely got their training right here.” n for Former Douglas County Sheriff Steve Zotos is the HRLETF’s executive director and played a big part in creating t is,”it back in 1983. e you “In the 20 years I was sheriff, this is one of the things that takeI’m extremely proud of that happened under my watch,” he said. sur- At the time, deputies practiced shooting at the fairnt 64,grounds, Spurlock remembers, with an apartment building se inas a backdrop. eater “It was crazy,” he said. “We all thought, ‘This doesn’t ere iseven seem safe.’”

When Mission Viejo, which developed Highlands Ranch, . thatoffered a 99-year lease for $1 on 116 acres, the sheriffs in nitiesboth Douglas and Arapahoe counties jumped at the chance to combine forces and build a state-of-the-art training fad wecility on land that once was the Arapahoe Hunt Club.

“We started out with a caboose that someone took from d. alletBurlington Northern,” recalls Spurlock. “That was our hut rk tothat we were in.”

It’s come a long way. Mission Viejo eventually deeded the lain-land to the facility, and now it’s a sprawling 160 acres with munea gun range, live-round shooting house, 300-yard sniper o hasrange, classrooms, a gym, running trails and more. There’s cles,even a field of buried dead pigs, studied by researchers to playslearn about the effects of decomposition.

“This thing is the gem of law enforcement,” said Spuras alock. “If you want to know how our cops are going to act, get ahold of the training manual. They learn ethics, about rfor-relationships with the community, decision-making and n doskills.”

Reporters got a taste of the training, starting with virtual-reality versions of situations police often find themselves ome in — traffic stop, man with a knife, domestic violence. Even knowing it’s fake, it’s stressful.

In the domestic-violence call, for instance, the “officer”

enters a home, gun drawn, upon hearing screaming and yelling. As he approaches the living room, he realizes the husband has a gun in his lap. The bad guy looks at the cop for a split second, then begins to raise his rifle.

“It’s important that the officers know that when they say a split second, it really is a split second,” said Arapahoe County Sheriff Dave Walcher. “Safety is an important thing, but also realism is an important thing.”

Douglas County Deputy Jack Newton, an instructor at the facility, said it’s important to debrief officers after they finish a virtual scene so they can learn from any mistakes.

“We never want them to leave here as a loser,” said Newton.

One of the things Zotos is most proud of is the live-fire house, which is one of just a few in the country, he said. Officers use soft ammunition that breaks up upon contact to minimize ricochets, but it is still lethal.

“The instructors can give orders while watching from above,” said Walcher. “It’s as real as we can make it, with the sights and sounds they might actually encounter.”

A highlight of the tour was the “big bang” demonstration of devices often used for crowd control, like the 175-decibel flash bangs. ACSO Deputy Charles Kelly explained they have the effect of “bleaching” the retinal pigment in people’s eyes and throwing them off balance by disrupting the

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mdiferdinando @coloradocommunitymedia.com The Douglas County commissioners approved a project at their Oct.14 meeting that will transform a former landfill site into a fueling and service station for county maintenance vehicles.

The Parker Road and Bridge Facility, located at 9040 Tammy Lane in Parker, was constructed in 1998-1999 and has received only minor improvements in the past 16 years.

The southern portion of the site was once used as a landfill for the Town of Parker in the 1970s.

The purpose of this project is to update and improve outdated and inadequate facilities. The improved facilities will serve Douglas County Maintenance Districts 1 and 4, providing a place from which all maintenance activity in northern Douglas County will be based.

Staff report A 44-year-old Colorado Springs man suffering from a heart condition died and three people were injured after the man’s car veered into oncoming traffic on RidgeGate Parkway at about 2:40 p.m. Oct. 18.

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The Facilities, Fleet and Emergency Support Services Department contracted with ERO Resources Corp., a consultant in natural resources and the environment, to produce an environmental assessment of the landfill site in June.

ERO was asked to determine the extent of the trash in the subsurface as well as assessing the subsurface conditions and to assess how the landfill may have adversely affected the soil and soil vapor conditions on the property, which could be dangerous with the addition of the fueling station.

ERO found that the original site of the landfill, which is the location designated for the installation of underground fuel tanks, a fuel station island and car/truck wash, has detected methane gas levels above the upper explosive limit of 15 percent in both vapor points.

The elevated methane levels, lack of oxygen and elevated levels of carbon dioxide indicate that decomposition of organic materials in the trash continues to occur.

“We did ask ERO, the environmental company, to take a look at the rest of the site and there is no reason to suspect that landfill material is locat-

The man’s name had not been released by the morning of Oct. 21. He died from arteriosclerotic cardiovascular disease, a narrowing and clogging of the arteries, according to Douglas County Coroner Lora Thomas.

The occupants of the other vehicle, including a 56-year-old woman and two children, ages 3 and 5, were injured in the crash.

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ed to the north or in other areas of the property,” said Victoria Starkey, director of the Facilities, Fleet and Emergency Support Services Department.

Douglas County solicited quotes for the removal of the landfill materials.

A scope of work was developed to include excavation, hauling and disposal of approximately 20,000 cubic yards of domestic trash, then backfilling the excavated hole in accordance with federal, state and local requirements.

Four firms that specialize in environmental remediation were contacted to submit bids.

Based on price, the county awarded the contract to Hudspeth & Associates for $1.27 million.

“I think when we look at our responsibilities as government, this is not only the prudent thing to do to look at cleaning this area up, but the site is also essential for our public works operation,” Commissioner Roger Partridge said. “I certainly support (the project), and in the eyes of public safety I think we should really go aggressive on this site and mitigate all potential and future challenges.”

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“A lot of people are motivated, and this stuff is meant to unmotivate them,” said Kelly.

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swerved into the eastbound lane of traffic. It struck the car in which the woman and two children were traveling. The three were transported to Sky Ridge Medical Center.

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S O U T H “Mountains at Collioure” by Andre Derain, 1905, oil on canvas, is included in the “Matisse and Friends” exhibit at the Denver Art Museum. Courtesy photos

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Service set in memory of showman Randy Weeks could handle the truth. In all the years that I have written column items about Denver Center Attractions productions, he never admonished me when I didn’t like or walked out on a particular play or musical at The Buell Theatre.

But we weren’t done. The professional relationship I so valued was cut short when the DCPA president and Broadway executive director died Oct. 9 during a trip to London to attend the Independent Producers Network conference. He was 59.

The public is invited to honor Weeks, along with his family, during a celebration of life at 4 p.m. Nov. 3 on the stage of the Buell Theatre.

Memorial gifts can be made to The Randy Weeks Memorial Fund for the Bobby G Awards, which supports the advancement of musical theater for Colorado high school students. Please make checks payable to Denver Center for the Performing Arts and mail to: DCPA Development Office, 1101 13th St., Denver, CO 80204.

Matisse, contemporaries shook up world of art

By Sonya Ellingboe

sellingboe @coloradocommunitymedia.com “In the orchestra I was conducting, I decided in order to be heard, to use only trumpets, cymbals and drums, which in this sphere of work, meant tubes of paint: vermilions, chromes, greens and Prussian blue to say what I want to say …,” painter Maurice de Vlaminck once said.

In November 1905, according to the Denver Art Museum’s magazine, French painter Henri Matisse and a group of his friends exhibited their works in the annual Salon d’Automne in Paris, causing an immediate stir. The work was characterized by bright colors, loose brushstrokes and expressive style — a departure from the more conservative styles that had been shown in past years. These artists sought to redefine painting.

In addition to Matisse, the group included Andre Derain, Albert Marquet, Maurice de Vlaminck, Raoul Dufy, Georges Braque and Kees Van Dongen.

Critics were very unkind. Marcel Nicolle wrote of “Formless steaks of blue, red, yellow and green, all mixed up, splashes of raw color without rhyme or reason …” Another critic named them “Les Fauves,” wild beasts.

Fourteen vibrant paintings by this group are exhibited in Denver through Feb. 8 — on loan from the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. They are installed at the Denver Art Museum in a most engaging manner.

Imagine walking into Matisse’s elaborately decorated parlor at his home, which is illustrated by a large photograph showing his collection of rich textiles, vases, carvings and other objects. (The photo was taken in the 1940s when “he was more affluent,” said museum director Christoph Heinrich.)

The installation staff proposed painting some gallery walls in turquoise, red and aubergine — colors found in the paintings. It makes each work of art — hung with ample space around it — just pop.

The staff collaborated with the Denver Center Theater Company to borrow props — velvet chairs and sofas, dark wood side tables and an intriguing collection of artifacts, such as the artist might have owned: vases, small sculptures and other interesting objects. And from the gorgeous Shaver Ramsey Gallery in Cherry Creek, they borrowed a collection of richly patterned Oriental rugs.

Pot shop eyed for TV

Though the lead of a new television pilot ordered for truTV is Denver marijuana dispensary owner Andy Williams, don’t expect him to be singing “Moon River.”

Williams would more likely sing Abba’s “Money, Money, Money” in the reality series that centers on the family dynasty behind the Medicine Man Marijuana Dispensary at 4750 Nome St. truTV has ordered a pilot for “Medicine Man” (working title) with executive producer Tony Krantz (“24,” “Felicity”) with Wilshire Studios producing and Flame Ventures’ Drew Comins as co-executive producer.

“Medicine Man” will focus on the Williams family dynasty and its unusual brand of business savvy. Medicine Man has a 40,000-square-foot industrial cultivation facility used for growing its award-winning product, employs 75 people across its various divisions, and is in construction on its first satellite outpost in nearby Aurora.

Barn blowout marks changes

“Open Window, Collioure” by Henri Matisse (French, 1869-1954) 1905, oil on canvas, 21 3/4 x 18 1/8 in. is in the “Matisse and Friends” exhibit at the Denver Art Museum.

Seating areas are arranged in front of each small group of paintings, inviting the visitor to sit, take a deep breath and really look at each single work of art — a unique experience in a beautifully organized space. Leather-bound journals on the side tables invite one to jot down personal responses to the art. Allow time to read the brief framed quotes from the artists.

Additionally, on the table next to Andre Derain’s paintings is a folder with photos of more work. It explains that in 1906, he was commissioned to paint a series of 50 seascapes modeled after Monet’s works. His view of the Thames is created with a more subdued palette, but still exhibits the loose brushwork of his colleagues.

Derain wrote: “Fauvism was our ordeal by fire … It was the era of photography. This may have influenced us and

IF YOU GO “Matisse and Friends: Selected Masterworks from the National Gallery of Art” is exhibited through Feb. 8 in the Gallagher Family Gallery on the first floor of the Hamilton Building. It is included in general admission and free for members. Denverartmuseum.org, 720-865-5000. played a part in our reaction against anything resembling a snapshot of life …

No matter how far we moved away from things, it was never far enough. Colors became charges of dynamite.”

Roul Dufy, whose “Regatta at Cowes” is saturated with brilliant blues, wrote: “What I wish to show when I paint is the way I see things with my eyes and with my heart.”

Plan a relaxed visit to respond to these dramatic visions of a colorful world. Joy awaits.

The Barn at Raccoon Creek, at 7301 W. Bowles Ave. near Littleton, celebrated its groundbreaking of an extensive project that includes the renovation of the historic red milking barn on the Grant family-owned Raccoon Creek property, and a series of new builds to accommodate Colorado’s booming destination wedding industry.

In addition to officially breaking ground on the project, the event featured a raffle giveaway and site discounts to attendees, tours of the historic property and refreshments from Gigi’s Cupcakes. Littleton-area resident and bride-to-be Kaley Barrett won the raffle giveaway of one waived site fee (up to a value of $5,500) for her future wedding held at The Barn. Barrett and her fiance Stephen Sferra plan to be wed at The Barn next July.

The event featured members of the Grant family, with former resident of the property Newell Grant serving as the family spokesperson. Other notable guests included Jefferson County Commissioners Faye Griffin, Casey Tighe and Donald Rosier, The Barn at Raccoon Creek sales director Abby Nurre, and Jordy Construction’s Sean Wardroup, Dan Martell, Edgar Quintero and Kristin Kyser.

When renovation of The Barn is complete next May, it will be Denver’s only historic barn venue that can accommodate up to 200 guests for weddings and special events.

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Regaining the rhythm of life Parkinson’s patient receives innovative surgery that alleviates symptoms

By Christy Steadman

csteadman @coloradocommunitymedia.com During the first few months of the year, Highlands Ranch resident Rebecca Rothwell couldn’t play the piano, ride a bike or work in her garden.

But after undergoing a new surgery called Deep Brain Stimulation, Rothwell can do all her favorite activities again.

“It’s like I don’t have Parkinson’s,” she said. “I can’t tell you how great it is to be able to move.”

Seven years ago, when she was 56, Rothwell was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease, a neurodegenerative brain disorder that affects at least 500,000 people in the United States.

The National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke considers the disease “both chronic, meaning it persists over a long period of time, and progressive, meaning its symptoms grow worse over time.”

“You know you have it,” Rothwell said.

“It gets progressively worse. It’s degenerative, there’s no doubt about that.”

At present, no cure exists for Parkinson’s. But the Deep Brain Stimulation or DBS surgery can significantly improve a Parkinson’s patient’s quality of life, said Dr. David VanSickle, a neurosurgeon at Little-

ton Adventist Hospital.

He is one of five doctors who perform the DBS surgery in Colorado.

VanSickle performs many different cranial and spinal surgeries, but no other surgery brings such relief to patients as DBS, he said.

“You can make such a massive impact on their quality of life,” he said. “That’s the thing that really allows me to identify with it.”

The first symptom of Parkinson’s disease is a tremor that often begins in one hand.

As time and the disease progress, other symptoms appear — slow movements, an inability to move, rigid limbs, a shuffling gait, a stooped posture and reduced facial expressions. Depression, personality changes and speech impairments can also be symptoms of Parkinson’s.

In Rothwell’s case, the illness hit her left side hard. Her left hand cramped and remained tense. In time, she lost articulation. Her facial and other muscle movements began to disappear. Eventually, she couldn’t move her fingers or bend her knees.

“This past winter was the tipping point,” she said.

By March, she needed a wheelchair.

“I was in critical shape.”

Rothwell heard of VanSickle and the DBS surgery through a physical therapist at Sky Ridge Medical Center in Lone Tree.

After researching the procedure, she and her husband, Brian, scheduled the surgery in April. By the end of June, she was walking seven miles without any help.

“I’m very fortunate to have found out about this,” Rothwell said.

Two devices make the surgery work. An electrode is implanted in the patient’s brain and a neurostimulator, a device similar to a pacemaker, is implanted in the chest near the collarbone. The two devices are connected and “impulses from the neurostimulator interfere with, and block, the electrical signals that trigger motion disorders,” according to Littleton Adventist Hospital’s DBS webpage.

Rothwell calls it turning on the electricity.

The first DBS surgery was done in 1987 and the Food and Drug Administration approved it in 2002.

“Studies show that DBS works,” VanSickle said, “and it works amazingly well . . .

High-class evidence behind it (proves) it is more beneficial than medications alone.”

The operation can alleviate most motor symptoms of Parkinson’s — tremor, rigidity, slowness — but does not help nonmotor symptoms such as sense of smell or balance. It also cannot prevent dementia, which is inevitable for Parkinson’s patients.

Rothwell, however, is focused on today.

She is, she said, “happy as a bug in a rug.”

Since the surgery, Rothwell has regained her rhythm. She is dancing at concerts. She is writing and illustrating a children’s book.

And she is looking forward to skiing again this winter.

“I’ve got it all back — it’s amazing,” Rothwell said. “DBS saved me. Never stop hoping.”

Rebecca Rothwell, of Highlands Ranch, has Parkinson’s disease, but is now able to partake in her favorite activities again after receiving the Deep Brain Stimulation surgery in April, which is offered by Dr. David VanSickle at Littleton Adventist Hospital. There is no known cure for the disease, but DBS can alleviate the symptoms.

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Curious Theatre rolls out world premiere

By Sonya Ellingboe

sellingboe @coloradocommunitymedia.com Robert Caisley, professor of theater and head of dramatic writing at the University of Idaho, recently spent a week in Denver at the Curious Theatre, where his new play, “Lucky Me,” is in rehearsal as part of a rolling world premiere through the National New Play Network. It will open Oct. 25 and run until Dec. 6, giving Caisley’s work the second of three promised productions.

“It’s tough to write a play and even tougher to get a second production,” the playwright said in a phone call while he was in Denver, working with the cast and director, making a few changes with their input.

Curious has focused on new works since it started and has been a member of the National New Play Network for several years now. This group of 28 regional theater members chooses a play each year that members will guarantee at least three productions and some financial support, Caisley said — enough to give it legs so it can be published and found by other theaters. At least 60 were originally nominated.

“It takes two or three times before you work out the kinks,” Caisley said. This play started at New Jersey Repertory in the summer and he needed to adjust it some for the “very intelligent actors” at Curious, he said.

His play “Happy” was selected previously and has now had six productions and is published by Samuel French, which means it’s launched.

“Lucky Me,” a dark comedy, is about Sara Fine, who feels she is marked by a curse as she comes home from a trip to the emergency room to find her light bulbs burned out, the cat missing, a leak in the roof and dead fish.

Her blind, elderly father is inclined to browbeat the friendly TSA employee who brought her home.

The playwright talked about his creative process: “I try to create a situation interesting to me. If I don’t know a lot about it and my curiosity is aroused, I’ll try to go 15 or 20 pages.

Then I’ll feel confident … I try to put myself in the place of the audience members — what can I create that will engage audience members?

“What I don’t know about a play gives me energy to complete it. As it goes, I’m trying to conform to logical progression — the standard dramatic arc. I probably throw out 80 percent …”

He said he usually has a couple plays going at the same time: one full length and a short one. “I don’t believe in the idea of writer’s block — I try to write every day.”

He writes at home and Caisley in coffee shops — where he may pick up on a bit of conversation that leads to a dramatic situation. “I’m a professional eavesdropper.” The white noise of conversation is a satisfying surround sound and it keeps him focused on dialogue.

“Lucky Me” is set in Denver, with a Ukrainian landlord, he said, adding that intro-

ducing a character with a different ethnicity changes the dynamic and “creates the music of the evening to the ear.”

He was born in England and has an ear for accents and the rhythms of how people speak. “I love the sound of different voices.”

Regarding “Lucky Me,” he said: “For anyone who has had a particular streak of bad luck or good fortune — this is for them.”

IF YOU GO “Lucky Me” by Robert Caisley will play Oct. 25 to Dec. 6 at Curious Theatre, 1080 Acoma St., Denver, directed by Chip Walton. Performances are at 8 p.m. Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays; 2 p.m. Sundays. Tickets: $18-$44, curioustheatre. org, 303-623-0524.

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Vega brings her new approach to Parker Musician describes sense of connectivity in album

By Sonya Ellingboe

sellingboe @coloradocommunitymedia.com “Each of the 10 songs on my most recent release looks at the intersection of the physical world and the world of the spirit,” according to Suzanne Vega, who has started her own production company, Amanuensis Productions, for her latest studio recording. “A lot of my older albums , especially the second one, were about being solitary. This album has more a sense of connectivity; there is a

different spirit.”

Vega will appear at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 25 at the PACE Center, 20000 Pikes Peak Ave., Parker, with her band to perform the new material plus ongoing favorites from her song catalog. Her songs reflect her cerebral quality.

The title of her new release, “Tales from the Realm of the Queen of Pentacles,” is drawn from a tarot card. “This one is about the body and the angels and demons that we fight within our bodies,” Vega said.

Vega’s longtime guitarist, Gerry Leonard, was producer on the new release.

The pair often tour together and Vega writes about “road-testing” some of the new work. They had especially good response to a song called “I Never Wear White” which she chose to introduce before it was really finished, and then refine.

She has spent the past few years writing and performing on the road, recording in Chicago, London, Prague, Los Angeles, New York City and Kyserike Station, an old train station in upstate New York.

Leonard, David Bowie’s musical director for more than a decade, has worked with Vega since 2000. The album features her longtime bass player Mike Visceglia and drummer Doug Yowell.

Strings were recorded in the Czech Republic with the Smikov Chamber Orchestra.

In addition to the title, the use of tarot metaphors is threaded throughout the album — “Fool’s Complaint” and “Portrait of the King of Wands,” for example.

Vega became interested after reading “Introduction to Tarot” during a tour a few years ago and found it a way to look at one’s own life as well as at relationships with others.

Her program will include a wide range of musical styles, from hip-hop to folk to Dylan/Stones guitar-driven songs and more.

IF YOU GO

Singer/songwriter Suzanne Vega will appear at the PACE Center on Oct. 25. Courtesy photo

Suzanne Vega will perform at the PACE Center in Parker at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 25. The center is at 20000 Pikes Peak Ave. Tickets cost $40/$45 at the box office, 303-8056800, pacecenteronline.org.

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Benedict Cumberbatch and Jonny Lee Miller appear as Victor Frankenstein and the Creature in a filming of National Theatre LIVE’s performance of “Frankenstein.” Courtesy photo

Get your game face on for Halloween fun Events around area celebrate holiday of thrills and chills

By Sonya Ellingboe

sellingboe @coloradocommunitymedia.com Halloween is coming soon, and the roster of events tied to the holiday goes on and on. Here are some: • Pumpkin Poles: Downtown Littleton businesses have collaborated again on a series of imaginative Pumpkin Poles along Main Street. Plan a slow drive or stroll the length of the street to see the detailed creations that go well beyond simple carving.

• Frankenstein — filmed live onstage: National Theatre Live and BY Experience bring two performances of “Frankenstein” to several area theaters, starring Benedict Cumberbatch as Victor Frankenstein and Jonny Lee Miller as the Creature. It is a filming of a live stage performance. Shown at Highlands Ranch AMC 24, Greenwood Plaza in Greenwood Village and Regal River Point in Sheridan on Oct. 27 and 29.

• “Haunted History of the Stanley Hotel”: This event with Kurtis Kelly will tell about the Estes Park building’s history and how Stephen King came to write “The Shining” in that setting. Presented at Bemis Library, 6014 S. Datura St., Littleton, at 7 p.m. on Oct. 27. Free. 303-795-3961.

(There is a display of King’s books near the library entrance.)

• 1860s Farm — “Walking With the Dead”: This tour of Littleton Museum’s 1860s Farm offers stories and vignettes.

On Oct. 25, start from the 1890s farm every 20 minutes. Timed tickets are required and can be purchased for $2 at the front desk of the museum, 6028 S. Gallup St. Appropriate for ages 10 and older.

Children must be accompanied by an adult. 303-795-3950.

• Golf at Bemis: Frightful Miniature Golf is offered from 7-10 p.m. Oct. 24 at Bemis Library, 6014 S. Datura St., Littleton. Holes designed by library users and staff will have science fiction, fantasy and horror themes and will be set throughout the building. The fee for playing is $3 per person. Snacks and beverages will be available for purchase. Call to reserve a playing time: 303-795-3961.

• “Spooktacular Spiders”: This Halloween program is offered at the Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Ref-

uge, 6550 Gateway Road, Commerce City, at 10 and 11 a.m. Oct. 25 and 30. Learn about webs, how spiders move and what they eat. Make a spooky spider craft and trick or treat. Free, but reservations are required, 303-289-0930. Recommended for ages 3-7. While there, explore this constantly changing facility. Look for eagles. Open to all. fws.gov/refuge/rocky_ mountain_arsenal.

• Hunt for haunting: A paranormal investigation is scheduled from 7:30 p.m. to midnight on Oct. 24 at the historic Grant-Humphreys Mansion, 770 Pennsylvania St., Denver. Join a team from The OtherSide Investigations as they visit the mansion’s hot spots where activity has been detected in the past. Refreshments will be served. Tickets cost $30 each or $50 for a couple, 303-894-2505. All proceeds benefit the education programs of the Grant-Humphreys Mansion.

• “Calavera Ball: Viva la Muerte!”: This event at the Denver Botanic Gardens on Nov. 1 is a continuation of the Dia de los Muertos celebrations and is a themed cocktail event from 6:30 to 10 p.m. It offers live music, special cultural food and beverages, community altars, face painting, a live art demonstration and a pinata silent auction in partnership with Cole Arts and Sciences Academy. Cocktail or traditional Dia De Los Muertos Catrina or Catrin attire is encouraged. Must be 21. Tickets: $60, $75 VIP. botanicgardens. org/events/special-events/calavera-ball, 720-865-3500.

• Trick or Treat Train: The Colorado Railroad Museum, 17155 W. 44th Ave., Golden, offers a ride in vintage coal-heated passenger cars hosted by costumed conductors and engineers. Departs every 30 minutes on Oct. 25-26 between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. Visit the town’s special shops to fill your trick-or-treat bag, visit a haunted rail car or the Olde Railroader’s silly graveyard. Wear a costume on this outing. Tickets: kids $5/adults $15/ families $30.

• “The Night Dial”: A live radio horror play called “The Night Dial” by Richard Karpala and Ryan Mattingly will be performed at 8 p.m. Oct. 28 and 29 at the Bug Theatre, 3654 Navajo St., Denver. It contains two tales of suspense and horror featuring a cast of ensemble actors , sound effects, foley (day-to-day sounds incorporated into the scene) by Jarrold Jaquez and live music by Paul Buscarello.

Tickets cost $5 at the door. Bugtheatre. org.

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RFK play comes to south-metro stage “RFK — A Portrait of Robert Kennedy,” which was a major hit at Aurora’s Vintage Theatre last season, is remounted at Town Hall Arts Center, 2450 W. Main St. in downtown Littleton, through Oct. 26. It features a tour-de-force performance by the talented actor, James O’Hagen Murphy, directed by Terry Dodd. The one-man show was written by Jack Holmes and is an especially appropriate choice for election season.

Performances: 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday; 2 p.m. Sunday. Tickets: $25, TownHallArtsCenter.org or 303-794-2787, ext. 5 (Monday-Friday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and one hour prior to curtain time).

The stock-show story A history of the National Western Stock Show will be Marv Witt’s topic when he speaks to the Englewood Historical Society at 3 p.m. Oct. 24 at the Englewood Public Library, 1000 Englewood Parkway. Society president Doug Cohn said Witt is a storyteller as well as historian. Free and open to the public. 720-254-1897.

Artists light up Spark Gallery Opening at Spark Gallery on Oct. 30 is a show by Robert St. John, formerly of Arapahoe Community College and now with Regis University, who will present an exhibit of hand-colored linocuts called “Autobiography” with images that refer to times in the artist’s past. Also, Susan Parisi’s exhibit, “Tag Me,” has images of neighborhood street art. Both are members of the co-op gallery, located at 900 Santa Fe Drive in the Arts District. Also on display is “Echoes”

by Deborah Howard in the North Gallery.

Opening reception is 6 to 9 p.m. Oct. 31.

Hours: Thursdays noon to 5 p.m.; Fridays noon to 9 p.m.; Saturdays noon to 5 p.m.; Sundays 1-4 p.m. 720-889-2200.

Singer/songwriter pays visit Well-known singer/songwriter Ellis Paul will appear at Swallow Hill Music’s Daniels Hall at 8 p.m. on Nov. 1. His roots include Maine, Boston and the music of the legendary Woody Guthrie. He’ll be promoting his fan-funded 19th release, “Chasing Beauty.”

Swallow Hill is at 71 E. Yale Ave., on the Den-

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original Grant Ranch property that dates back to 1878, when the first Democratic Gov. James B. Grant purchased the property to use as a gun and sporting club for family and friends. The property was later sold to a cattle rancher, and in 1933 was repurchased by the Grant family.

Today, the property houses the 18-hole Raccoon Creek Golf Course, the Grove restaurant and a clubhouse that includes a full pro shop.

Lone Tree gets `Inspyred’

Oct. 18 marked the grand opening of Denver-based Inspyre Boutique’s third location.

The new 2,000-square-foot boutique, at 8441 S. Yosemite St., Suite 1, in Lone Tree, joins Inspyre’s two existing Denver boutiques, in the Lower Highland and Cherry Creek neighborhoods. The Lone Tree boutique is open from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday through Saturday and from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday.

ver-Englewood border. Tickets: $19-$21, 303-777-1003, swallowhillmusic.org.

Tesoro lecture

“Sand Creek Massacre — 150th Anniversary — The Descendants’ Voices” is the topic for the Tesoro Foundation Lecture at The Fort in Morrison at 6 p.m. Nov. 2. A $55 member/$65 non-member ticket includes dinner at The Fort, 19192 Highway 8. Participants include Al Addison Sr. (Northern Arapahoe) and Jeff Campbell and Karen Little (Southern Cheyenne). While this program is evening-only, most in this series have a Sunday afternoon component at Denver Public Library, which are free. See: TesoroCulturalCenter.org or call 303-8391671.

Depot seeks consignors

The Depot Arts Center, 2069 W. Powers Ave., Littleton, is still accepting consignors in pottery, jewelry, fiber and woodwork (no wall art or food) for its annual Holiday Express show, which runs Nov. 12 to Dec. 28.

See the Depot website, DepotArtGallery.org or contact Pat Dall, paddall@yahoo.com, 303-798-5805.

ACC Foundation celebrates

The Arapahoe Community College Foundation celebrates the 50th anniversary of the college with its fifth annual Grapes to Grads Wine Tasting and Silent Auction from 7-9 p.m. Nov. 13. The event will be held at Mike Ward Infiniti, 1800 Lucent Court, Highlands Ranch. Sample 50 different wines and food from local restaurants, and bid at a silent auction that includes a trip to Africa. Individual tickets cost $30 and two or more cost $25 each, foundation@arapahoe.edu or 303-797-5881.

James O’Hagen Murphy performs in “RFK” at Town Hall Arts Center. Courtesy photo

During the grand opening celebration, the first 41 people (a nod to the store’s address) in the door received a $25 gift certificate. Shoppers also enjoyed a photo booth with props and other perks throughout the day.

Inspyre Boutiques feature women’s clothing, jewelry, accessories, shoes and gifts from local, national and international designers, including BB Dakota, Voluspa Candles and Denver-based Hippo Kiss Creations.

Overheard

Eavesdropping on a man watching Bravo TV’s reality show “Manzo’d With Children” and commenting on oldest son Albie’s new girlfriend: “It’s obvious what Albie sees in that girl. And it’s not her brains.”

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

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Lemony visit won’t leave a sour taste Popular author coming to Lone Tree Arts Center

By Sonya Ellingboe

sellingboe@coloradocommunitymedia.com

Nuclear Families, Nuclear Towns: Los Alamos in the Cold War Saturday, November 1, 1 - 4 pm Lee Chambers

CU-Boulder Professor of History CU South Denver, Classroom 204 10035 S. Peoria St., Parker, CO

The Cold War atmosphere of fear of Communism and mission urgency projected beyond the secret weapons laboratories and into family and community life in the “Atomic City.”

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In the first place, Douglas County Libraries had him scheduled for Oct. 1. But due to “a series of unfortunate events” (his agent double-booked him for that date), he had to reschedule for Nov. 17 at Lone Tree Arts Center.

Who? It’s wildly popular author Lemony Snicket (the pen name for San Francisco writer Daniel Handler), whose 13 books about the three orphaned Baudelaire children, “A Series of Unfortunate Events,” have sold millions of copies across the world, with their sad/droll tales of adventure.

Snicket’s clever language, which includes big words he takes time to define, appeals to the sense of humor of all but the most literal little person. And the Baudelaires’ breathtaking adventures keep them reading and seeking more. When I called Littleton’s Bemis Library to borrow a couple briefly, only #13 was on the shelf — plus “The Unauthorized Biography of Lemony Snicket,” which is perhaps best for a reader familiar with the “canon”! The books in the series are continually in circulation, the librarian said.

Snicket has a new series based on his own childhood apprenticeship to the secret organization, the V.F.D., which appears in the “Unfortunate Events” series — and the third volume, “Shouldn’t You Be in School?” is just out. He will talk about the new book to his audience of kids and lucky adults who get to accompany them, play his accordion a bit and tell stories about himself and his world.

A press release says that if Lemony Snicket meets up with an unfortunate incident — such as maiming or decapitation — Handler will appear in his stead.

Tickets for the event cost $20 including a copy of the new book and $5 for admission only. The author will autograph books following the program.

Lemony Snicket’s latest book is “Shouldn’t You Be in School?” Courtesy photo

IF YOU GO Lemony Snicket will appear at the Lone Tree Arts Center, 10075 Commons St., Lone Tree, at 6 p.m. on Nov. 17. Tickets cost $20 for those wanting a copy of “Shouldn’t You Be in School?” or $5 for admission only. Tickets at: douglascountylibraries.org. (Our previous experience with a visit by this delightful author was a sell-out — we’d recommend reserving a seat as soon as possible.)

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Castle Rock/Franktown Castle Rock/Franktown 

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TRUST JESUS & WORSHIP! 10:30am at Castle  View HS

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1200 South Street w/Kids & Castle Rock, CO 80104 Youth Min 303.688.3047  mysummitchurch.com www.fumccr.org

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 Services:

Trinity

Sunday 8am, 9:30am, 11am Sunday School 9:15am

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Lutheran Church & School

Little Blessings Day Care www.littleblessingspdo.com

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Sunday Worship 8:00 & 10:45 a.m.

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

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Highlands Ranch

UNITED METHODIST CHURCH

Open and Affirming

Sunday Worship

8:00 AM Chapel Service 9:00 & 10:30 AM Sanctuary 10:20 AM St. Andrew Wildflower Sunday School 9:00 & 10:30 am

www.st-andrew-umc.com 303-794-2683 Preschool: 303-794-0510

Littleton

Cowboy Church

with Kevin Weatherby

Sundays 10 am

Calf’s Lowell Ranch • 2330 S. I-25 www.savethecowboy.com

Serving the Southeast Denver area

Call or check our website for information on services and social events! www.cbsdenver.org

303-794-6643

Highlands Ranch

Alongside One Another On Life’s Journey

www.gracecolorado.com

You are invited to worship with us:

Sundays at 10:00 am

Grace is on the NE Corner of Santa Fe Dr. & Highlands Ranch Pkwy.

(Across from Murdochs)

303-798-8485

worship Time 10:30AM sundays 9:00am Spiritual Formation Classes for all Ages 90 east orchard road littleton, co

Parker evangelical Presbyterian church Connect – Grow – Serve

Sunday Worship

8:45 am & 10:30 am 9030 MILLER ROAD PARKER, CO 80138 3038412125 www.pepc.org

Sunday Worship - 10:00am Bible Study immediately following Thursday Bible Study - 7:30pm Currently meeting at: Acres Green Elementary School 13524 Acres Green Drive 303-688-9506 www.LoneTreeCoC.com

Parker

Community Church of Religious Science Sunday 10:00 a.m. at the historic Ruth Memorial Chapel on Mainstreet

303.805.9890 www.ParkerCCRS.org

Lone Tree Church of Christ

Weaving Truth and Relevance into Relationships and Life

Parker, CO • 10am Worship www.uccparkerhilltop.org 303-841-2808

GRACE PRESBYTERIAN

Lone Tree

Welcome Home!

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Parker

10926 E. Democrat Rd.

9203 S. University Blvd.

Highlands Ranch, 80126

Serving the community ages 21/2 – 6 years “Love, Learn, Laugh”

303 N Ridge Rd. • Castle Rock • CO

Parker

United Church Of Christ Parker Hilltop

9:15 am · for children and adults

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Littleton

Joy Lutheran Church Sharing God’s Love

SERVICES:

SATURDAY 5:30pm

SUNDAY 8:00 & 10:30am

Expository Teaching Through Books of the Bible Families worshipping together Iron Horse Elementary School 20151 Tallman Dr. Parker 80138 Sunday 10:00 TwentyMileBibleChurch.org

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

303 798 6387 www.gracepointcc.us

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

Christ’s Episcopal Church 615 4th Street Castle Rock, CO 80104 303.688.5185

www.ChristsEpiscopalChurch.org TWITTER: @CECCastleRock

Sunday

8:30 a.m.

11:00 a.m.

1609 W. Littleton Blvd.

(303) 798-1389 • www.fpcl.org

To advertise your place of worship in this section, call 303-566-4091 or email kearhart@ColoradoCommunityMedia.com.

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

Political

DOUGLAS COUNTY Democrats executive committee meets at 7 p.m. every first Tuesday at various sites. Contact Ralph Jollensten at 303-663-1286 or e-mail ralphw@comcast.net. Social discussion meetings are in Highlands Ranch, Castle Rock and Parker-Lone Tree. Visit douglasdemocrats.org and click on calendar for more information.

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

LONE TREE Democrats meet for First Friday Happy Hour the first Friday of

every month at Los Arcos. Call Gordon at 303-790-8264.

AREA CLUBS Recreation

LONE TREE Ladies 9-Hole Golf. Applications are now being accepted for

information. Email:highplainsdemolay@gmail.com or visit www.coloradodemolay. org.

the 2012 Thursday morning 9-hole golf group. Applications are available in the Lone Tree Pro Shop or visit http://LTL9Hole.ghinclub.com

Social

HIGHLANDS RANCH Rotary Club meets from 12:10-1:30 p.m. Thursdays at the Lone Tree Golf Club, 9808 Sunningdale Blvd. Each lunch features a speaker.

The Rotary is a networking, service and social club. Contact Joe Roos at 720-648-5558 or visit highlandsranchrotary.org.

A DREAMPOWER Animal Rescue / PAALS adoption for cats, dogs and more meets from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Park Meadows PetsMart. Call 303-6889503.

BREAKFAST CLUB Singles 50 plus meets at 8:30 a.m. the third Saturday each month at the Ridge Bar & Grill, Castle Pines North Golf Club (exit I-25 at Castle Pines Parkway and go 2 miles west). Breakfast orders taken at 9 a.m. This is an active singles group with opportunities to make new friends while enjoing various activities. Make reservations or find information by calling 303-814-8428. Leave a name and number and you will receive a call back. The website is www.TBC50plus.org.

CASTLE ROCK Bridge Club plays a friendly ACBL-sanctioned duplicate

Professional

ARAPAHOE SALES Professionals USA meets Thursdays at 7:30 a.m.

at Country Buffet, 7475 Park Meadows Drive in Lone Tree. Call Randy Anderson at 303-875-7673 for information.

BNI CONNECTIONS of Lone Tree (www.thebniconnections.com) invites business owners to attend its meeting held each Tuesday, 7:30 to 9:30 a.m. at the Lone Tree Recreation Center, 10249 Ridgegate Circle. There is no charge to attend a meeting as a guest. Please visit www.thebniconnections.com or contact Jack Rafferty, 303-414-2363 or jrafferty@hmbrown.com.

THE LEAGUE of Women Voters of Arapahoe County has two meetings per month. No unit meetings are in June through August, but the two unit meetings per month will begin again in September on second Monday evenings and second Thursday mornings. Call 303-798-2939. The group is open to residents of Douglas County.

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

LONE TREE Networking Professionals is a networking/leads group that meets Tuesdays at 11:30 a.m. at Rio Grande Restaurant in Lone Tree. Exclusive business categories are open. Visitors and new members are welcome. Contact Don Shenk at 303-746-0093.

PROFESSIONAL REFERRAL Network meets at 7:15 a.m. Tuesdays at Great Beginnings, east of I-25 at Lincoln Avenue. Call Ronald Conley at 303-8411860 or e-mail www.professionalreferralnetwork.org.

game at 1 p.m. every Monday and Wednesday. For more information, a schedule of games and lessons, or directions to the Lowell Ranch 4H location at 2330 South I-25 East Frontage Road, go the website at castlerockbridge.com. For assistance in finding a bridge partner, call Georgiana Butler at 303-810-8504. Visit www.castlerockbridge. com.

DTC KIWANIS Club meets at 7 a.m. every Tuesday at Mimi’s Cafe, 9555 Park Meadows Drive, at the corner of Yosemite and Park Meadows. We are a growing club with 51 members. Our mission is assisting communities and “at risk” children in difficult home environments with financial and personal help and mentoring. Call Frank Zieg at 303-796-1213.

FIBROMYALGIA WOMEN’S group welcomes women wanting to make friendships and have positive discussions on a variety of fibro-related subjects. Group meets at 1:30 p.m. bi-weekly at the Parker Library, in the large conference room. Call Kathy at 303-840-2680 or 303-791-8814.

GREAT BOOKS Discussion Group meets on the first Thursday night of each month from 7 to 8:30 p.m. at the Lone Tree Library. Reading selections are short—plays, short stories, essays, or excerpts from longer works—and new members can come in at any time. We also watch Teaching Company lectures on “The Art of Reading.” Call Kerri Martin at 303-688-7628 or David Williams at 303-708-8854.

HIGH PLAINS Chapter, Order of DeMolay, meets at 7 p.m. every second and fourth Monday in the Parker area. With Walt Disney, Mel Blanc and Walter Cronkite counted among its alumni, you won’t find another organization for young men between the ages of 12 and 21 years that offers character building, leadership training, and life skill development more than DeMolay. Contact the chapter for more

National Merit semifinalists Twenty-one Douglas County School District students are National Merit Scholarship semifinalists. From ThunderRidge High School: Sarah H. Choe, Brandon K. Lee, Benjamin P. Murray, Cecilia R. Pollice, Gwendolyn S. Seymour, Kyra E. Smart and Megan A. Wenham. From Highlands Ranch High School: Kirsten V. Delany, Samuel

LIVING AND Aging Well in Lone Tree, a speaker series luncheon, meets at 11:30 a.m. the second Tuesday of each month at the Lone Tree Golf Club and Hotel. Lunch reservations are required prior to the event and cost $10 per person, which includes a beverage, lunch, dessert and tip. For information on the topic and to RSVP, visit www.cityoflonetree.com/agingwell.

LONE TREE Optimists meets from noon to 1:15 p.m. Tuesdays at LePeep Restaurant, 7156 E. County Line Road. Call Miles Hardee at 303-973-6409.

MOMS OFFERING Moms Support is a group for moms and kids. We offer our members playgroups, a monthly calendar of fun events, community service projects, and other various parties throughout the year. For more information on joining please contact us at momsclubhre@yahoo.com.

NATIONAL SOCIETY of the Daughters of the American Revolution, Columbine Chapter, meets at 1 p.m. the second Saturday of each month from September through May at the Denver South Metro Chamber of Commerce in the Streets of Southglenn. Contact Krispin at Krispin_L_Andersen@Q.com or Merry Snyder at mcs.dar88@comcast.net.

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October 23, 2014

Sleep store to debut at Park Meadows Flagship site layers health care with retail aimed at better rest

By Jane Reuter

jreuter@coloradocommunitymedia.com

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More than 50 million adults in the United States suffer from a sleep-related disorder, according to the National Institutes of Health.

A business opening its flagship store at Park Meadows shopping center Nov. 1 wants to help knock that number down.

Somnia will sell medical and non-medical products aimed at improving sleep, and offer testing and services to diagnosis and resolve sleep problems.

Founding partners include Peter Fatianow, Mats Wahlström, and Kerry Hicks of KMG Capital Partners, LLC, all of whom are part of the original founding executive team at HealthGrades.

CEO Fatianow believes education and treatment, both of which Somnia will provide to its customers, can change lives.

The mall setting and free sleep screenings offered at Somnia ideally will encourage people to address a health topic typically discussed in a doctor’s office and often overlooked.

“This isn’t a retail store as much as it is a health care business,” he said. “We decided to put this clinic with the retail front end in it. We don’t charge you $50 for a co-pay to ask a question, so it’s a lot easier to get people to have the conversation.

“All the products we have all have one mission and that’s to help people sleep better.”

Fatianow has worked in health care for

more than two decades, and was startled to learn that 80 percent of the millions of people who suffer from sleep apnea are not diagnosed or treated.

Sleep apnea is defined by pauses in or shallow breathing. Those at highest risk for sleep apnea include men, people over 40 and those who are overweight. Left untreated, it can cause hypertension, stroke or heart failure.

Treatments available in the store include oral appliance and CPAP therapies. Nonmedical options include items to make a bedroom more conducive to sleep. The store will sell IntelliBed mattresses, a line currently only available via the Internet.

Somnia also will carry natural sleep, stress and pain supplements and anti-snoring products.

“It’s a condition that causes higher incidences of heart attack, stroke, diabetes, Alzheimer’s, automobile accidents, (problems with) familial relations and the work place,” Fatianow said. Sleep disorders “cost literally billions of dollars in lost productivity because workers are sleepy and not as productive on the job, have to call in sick, or have workplace accidents.

“People that are treated often say they’ve become a better father or husband, mother and wife. They’re not grumpy or tired, and have energy to do things.”

Park Meadows is the first of 100 stores he and his partners aim to open in the next seven years. Despite those ambitious plans, Fatianow said profit is his secondary motive.

“The money part comes after we’ve focused on our main mission of helping people get a better, healthier night’s sleep,” he said. “If we do that, the rest will follow.”

CURTAIN TIME A look at history

Clifton, with performances at 7:30 p.m. Fridays, Saturdays and Nov. 6; 2:30 p.m.

Sundays and Nov. 8. Tickets: $21 advance, 26 at the door.

Vintagetheatre.com, 303-8567830.

In commemoration of the 75th anniversary of the Kindertransports, the play “Kindertransport” by Diane Samuels will be performed

by Theatre Or at the Mizel Arts and Culture Center, MACC at the JCC, 350 S. Dahlia St., Denver. Richard Pegg is director. On Oct. 22, a special performance will honor area survivors of the trains that transported Jewish children from Europe on their way to England after Kristallnacht, including Peter Ney of Littleton. (The guest of honor was to have been theater icon Henry Lowenstein, who passed away recently.) Performances run from Oct. 30 to Dec. 7. See maccjcc.org for schedule of performances in the Pluss Theatre or call 303-316-6360.

Talk-backs are scheduled after many performances. On Nov. 7, there will be a special Kristallnacht commemoration with Ney, Henry Karplus and Doris Small.

Some enchanted evening

Lamont Opera Theatre and the Lamont Symphony Orchestra presents the longtime favorite musical “South Pacific” by Rodgers and Hammerstein from Oct. 30 to Nov. 2 at the Newman Center, 2344 E. Iliff Ave., at the University of Denver.

Performances: 7:30 p.m.

Friday, Saturday; 2:30 p.m.

Sunday. Tickets: $11-$30, newmantix.com/lamont.

Complimentary parking (enter off Wesley) one hour before performance.

Preschool perfection

“Bright Ideas” by Eric Coble is presented by Evergreen Players through Nov. 9 at Center Stage, 27608 Fireweed Drive, Evergreen. Award-winning director Wendy Moore shaped this comedy about parents of little ones and the lengths to which they will go for success. Performances: 7:30 p.m. Fridays, Saturdays; 2 p.m. Sundays. Tickets: $20/$16, 303-674-4934, ever-

An unusual friendship

“Harold and Maude” by Colin Higgins, based on the popular 1971 film, plays through Nov. 8 at Vintage Theatre, 1468 Dayton St., Aurora. It’s directed by Pam

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Elementary!

“Sherlock Holmes and the Master of Crime” by C.P. Stancich, presented by Theater Company of Lafayette, will play Oct. 31 to Nov. 22 at the historic Mary Miller Theater, 300 E. Simpson St., Lafayette. Performances: 7:30 p.m. Fridays, Saturdays; 2 p.m. Sundays. Tclstage.org, 1-800-838-3006.

Something for kids “Lyle the Crocodile,” based on Bernard Waber’s books “Lyle, Lyle Crocodile” and “The House on East 88th Street,” will run through Dec. 28 at the Arvada Center, 6901 Wadsworth Blvd., Arvada.

Billie McBride is director.

Performances are at 10 a.m. and noon most Tuesdays through Fridays and 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. some Saturdays.

Ticket prices are $8 weekdays and $10 Saturdays and holidays, with reserved seating. Audio-described for the visually impaired on Nov. 4 at 10 a.m. and noon; shadowinterpreted with ASL for the hearing-impaired on Nov. 6 at 10 a.m. and noon. Tickets: arvadacenter.org or 720-8987200.

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THINGS DO THEATER/FILM OLD TOWN WINE WALK, COMEDY NIGHT

FREE DYSLEXIA WORKSHOP DYSLEXIA EXPERT Susan Barton will give a free presentation

to explain why children with dyslexia struggle and what can be done to help. The presentation is at 6:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 24, at Parker Evangelical Presbyterian Church, 9030 Miller Road, Parker.

The presentation is free and open to the public, but you must register to attend. Go to www.parkerco.eventbrite.com. Contact Cathy Klassen at Cathy@CLyKTutoring.com or call 720-469-4286.

ENJOY WINE tasting and discover the many shops and restaurants in Old Town Parker at the Wine Walk from 5-8 p.m. Friday, Oct. 24, followed by Comedy Night from 8-10 p.m. at Deep Space, 11020 S. Pikes Peak Drive, Parker, hosted by Pam Turpenny and A Bunch of Goofs. The wine walk is sponsored by the Parker Chamber of Commerce. Go to www.parkerchamber.com/Wine-Walks.cfm for information and tickets. Comedy Night tickets can be reserved at www.deepspace.me/reboot or by calling 720-675-7932.

MUSIC/CONCERTS RUSTED ROOT CONCERT IN HONOR of its 25th anniversary, Rusted Root will perform Saturday, Oct. 25 at the Gothic Theatre, 3263 S. Broadway, Englewood. Call 303-789-9206. Show time will be about 9:45 p.m.

SUPERHEROES AND COMICONS CASTLE ROCK Orchestra presents its Superheroes and Comicons Concert featuring music from John Williams and tunes from favorites such as Superman, Spiderman, Batman and the video game Halo. Costumes are welcome. The performance is at 3 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 26, at the First United Methodist Church of Castle Rock, 1200 South St. Suggested admission is $5 per person or $20 a family. Visit www.CastleRockOrchestra.org.

SPOOKY HALLOWEEN MUSIC

DOUGLAS COUNTY Cowboys 4-H Club plans its annual

Haunted Hayride fundraiser from 6-8:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 24, and 6-9 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 25, at Stockton’s Plum Creek Stables, 7479 W. Titan Road. Food, drinks, games and prizes available.

The rides are 30 minutes, during which professional storytellers narrate a tale while rumbling down a spooky trail inhabited by Indians and six-gun carrying cowboys. Go to http://hrcaonline. org/hrcainfo/calendarhrca/tabid/275/ctl/viewdetail/mid/1302/ itemid/5805/d/20141024/Haunted-Hayrides-.aspx

PARK OPENING, HALLOWEEN SPOOKTACULAR PHILIP S. Miller Park opens Saturday, Oct. 25, with free family fun at the largest park in town history. All events at the park, including all the fun inside the new Miller Activity Complex, will be free for the entire day. The activities Oct. 25 will begin with the liveBIG 5K/10K Trail Run and Family Adventure Run. Go to to CRgov.com/livebig for registration and more details. Free lunch will be served at 11 a.m. for the first 1,000 people, followed by a ribbon-cutting ceremony. Finish off the afternoon with a selfguided scavenger hunt or 1.1-mile guided hike to further explore all the amazing native features the park has to offer. For all the little ghosts and goblins, the town’s annual Spooktacular is from 1-3 p.m. inside the activity complex. Parking at the park is limited; overflow parking will be at the Douglas County Fairgrounds with shuttle service. Go to CRgov.com/PSMgrandopening or CRgov.com/PSMPark for more information about the park or the grand opening celebration.

SCHOOL OF Rock, Littleton, presents Zombie Prom from 4-7 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 25, at 5950 S. Platte Canyon Road, Unit 20, Littleton. The event features snacks, games and performance by the house band. Go to http://littleton.schoolofrock.com/ CASTLE OF TERROR JOIN CASTLE Rock Fire and Rescue for a terrifying night at the annual Castle of Terror, open from 7-10 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 25, at the Fire Training Tower, 333 Malibu Court, Castle Rock.

The scream-worthy haunted house benefits the Police and Fire Explorer programs. Those under 13 are not admitted without an adult. Call 303-663-3103 or email lkania@crgov.com. To volunteer: https://volunteerconnectdc.civicore.com/index.cfm?section =volOpportunities&action=viewOppOnly&fwID=21086

CASTLE COUNTRY Assisted Living will host a Red Hat Society luncheon at 11 a.m.

Tuesday, Oct. 28, at Valley House, 255 S. Valley Drive, Castle Rock. Enjoy a complimentary lunch with Red Hat Society members, family and friends during a live musical performance by Maxine Delgado. The Red Hat Society is an international organization committed to connecting and supporting women of all ages. This luncheon is free and open to the public, but space is limited. Call 303-482-5552 to learn more or to RSVP. DC OAKES High School will have its annual food drive from Tuesday, Oct. 28, to Thursday, Oct. 30. The food drive benefits the Women’s Crisis and Family Outreach Center. Call 303-912-6844 or email klgorham@dcsdk12.org.

HALLOWEEN PARTY AND TRICK-OR-TREATING BRING THE kids to any of Castle Country Assisted Living’s three homes for fun Halloween celebrations Friday, Oct. 31. Kids will have the chance to knock on residents’ doors for some safe, in-house trick-or-treating from 10-11:30 a.m. at Cantril House, 221 Cantril St., Castle Rock; from 10-11:30 a.m. at Valley House, 255 S. Valley Drive, Castle Rock; and from 10:30 a.m. to noon at Victorian House, 19600 Victorian Drive, Parker. Kids are welcome to knock at the front doors of Castle Country’s three homes for tricking-or-treating after dark, but will be unable to go to residents’ doors. This event is free and open to the public. Call 303-482-5552 to learn more or to RSVP.

HEALTH/FITNESS

ART

CERT CLASS

SOUTH SUBURBAN ART EXHIBITS and Recreation centers. Shel Spiegleman’s photographs will be displayed at Goodson, 6315 S. University Blvd., Centennial, 303-798-2476. Jacqueline Shuler’s paintings and calligraphy will be exhibited at Lone Tree, 10249 Ridgegate Circle, Lone Tree, 303-7083500. The Paint Box Guild’s paintings will be exhibited at Douglas H. Buck, 2004 W. Powers Ave., Littleton, 303-797-8787. Visit www.sspr.org or contact Darcie LaScala at 303-483-7072.

VOLUNTEERS CAN learn how to help in any emergency situation, man-made or natural, at the next CERT class, hosted by Douglas County Emergency Management and the Colorado North Central All-Hazards Region. CERT also teaches volunteers what their roles are in an emergency situation and how to be prepared at all times. The classes are free and are from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 25, Nov. 1, and Nov. 15, at the Douglas County Sheriff ’s Office, 4000 Justice Way in Castle Rock. Participants must register and attend all sessions. Refreshments will be served. Call 303-660-7589 or email cabbott@dcsheriff.net.

VISUAL SONG PROGRAM

FREE NUTRITION, COOKING CLASS

THE ROCKY Mountain Network Sacred Dance Guild presents Visual Song: Let it Move You from 9:30 a.m. to noon Saturday, Nov. 1 at Central Christian Church, 3690 E. Cherry Creek South Drive. Presenters will be Sound Circle Eurythmy: Search Sound Circle Eurythmy to view and understand this amazing group who will be presenting. Contact Christina Bryan at 303-359-1878 or Christina.bryan@colorado.edu.

FREE HEART Health nutrition classes and cooking demonstrations are offered from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 29 (Jumpstart Your Metabolism); Wednesday, Nov. 5 (What’s In Your Food?); Wednesday, Nov. 12 (Eating to Ease Arthritis); Wednesday, Nov. 19 (Diet Can Help Prevent Cancer) at the South Denver Heart Center, 1000 Southpark Drive, Littleton.

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

LOCAL ARTISTS will have their work on display Nov. 1-30 at South Suburban Parks

EVENTS SPECIAL NEEDS HALLOWEEN DANCE THE THERAPEUTIC recreation program is hosting a night of fun, food, prizes, and dancing for people ages 16 and up. Join us for some ghoulish games, fearsome fun, & frightening food. Don’t forget your costume. The special-needs Halloween dance is from 7-9 p.m. Friday, Oct. 24, at the Recreation Center at Southridge, Wildcat Auditorium. Call 303-471-7043 or email summer.aden@hrcaonline.org. Go to www. hrcaonline.org/tr.

CELTIC HALLOWEEN CELEBRATION CASTLE COUNTRY Assisted Living will host a traditional Celtic Halloween celebration at each of its three houses Friday, Oct. 24. Bagpiper Scott Beach will provide entertainment 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. Beach has played the Great Highland Bagpipes for more than 25 years and is passionate about sharing Scots-Irish music and culture with audiences throughout the Rocky Mountain state. This event is free and open to the public, but space is limited.

Call 303-482-5552 to learn more or to RSVP. HALLOWEEN DANCE, COSTUME PARTY

ZOMBIE PROM

RED HAT SOCIETY LUNCHEON

FOOD DRIVE

CASTLE COUNTRY Assisted Living welcomes Cliff Spratt for a performance of “Spooky Halloween Music” at each of its three houses Wednesday, Oct. 29. Spratt will perform 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. Call 303-4825552 to learn more or to RSVP. HAUNTED HAYRIDE

than 5 p.m. Oct. 25. If we fail to answer, leave your name, phone number and number of persons attending. If you are a no show you will be charged $20 per reservation.

Dinner meeting is for club members; to join, call or go to www.denverbroncosqbclub. com. Speaker will be Rick Upchurch, recent Ring of Fame inductee, who played for the Broncos for nine seasons. Go to the website or go to DenverBroncosQuarterbackClub on Facebook.

SKY CLIFF plans a Halloween dance and costume party for those ages 16 and older with special needs. The dance is from 6-8 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 25, at Franktown Firehouse, in the community room. DJ JJ McKay will provide the entertainment. You do not have to be a participant of Sky Cliff to attend; invite a friend. Call 303-814-2863 or visit www.skycliffctr@skycliff.org for information. A $5 cover will help pay the cost of the DJ.

SOUTH METRO COMMUNITY BLOOD DRIVES A NUMBER of community blood drives are planned in the South Metro area. For information or to schedule an appointment, contact the Bonfils Appointment Center at 303-363-2300, unless otherwise noted. Upcoming blood drives are: Wednesday, Oct. 29, 10-11:40 a.m. and 1-3 p.m. at United Healthcare, 6465 Greenwood Plaza Blvd., Centennial (contact Sarah Miller, 720-987-7594); Wednesday, Oct. 29, noon to 4 p.m. at Columbine Library, 7706 W. Bowles Ave., Littleton; Wednesday, Oct. 29, 9-11:40 a.m. and 1-3:30 p.m. at WholeFoods Southglenn, 6853 S. York St., Suite 119, Centennial; Sunday, Nov. 2, 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Nov. 2, at St. Luke’s United Methodist Church, 8817 S. Broadway, Littleton (contact Maryanne Eagelston at 720-891-2248); Sunday, Nov. 2, 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at St. Mary of Littleton Catholic Church, 6853 S. Prince St., Littleton (contact Robert Kernan at 303-798-4804).

EDUCATION NEW BOOKS FOR FALL LEARN WHAT books are new for fall at Douglas County Libraries’ Book Lovers program at 10 a.m. Friday, Oct. 24, at the James H. LaRue Library, 9292 Ridgeline Blvd., Highlands Ranch (9292 Ridgeline Blvd.). Call 303-791-7323 or visit DouglasCountyLibraries.org.

JOHN F KENNEDY

QUARTERBACK CLUB DINNER MEETING

JOIN ACTIVE Minds for a look at John F. Kennedy’s life and legacy. Kennedy’s brief presidency coincided with some of the most dramatic foreign policy events of his time including the construction of the Berlin Wall, the Cuban Missile Crisis, and the escalation of the Vietnam War. In this program, we will cover these milestones, and also seek to go beyond them toward a deeper understanding of the man behind the public image. Program is from 10-11 a.m. Friday, Oct. 24, at Malley Senior Center, 3380 S. Lincoln St., Englewood. RSVP at 303-762-2660. If parking in the lot, get pass from inside center.

THE DENVER Broncos Quarterback Club will meet Tuesday, Oct. 28, at Red and Jerry’s, at Santa Fe and Oxford in Englewood. Doors will open at 5:30 p.m., and buffet opens at 6:30 p.m. Cost includes all food, tax and tip. Call 303-948-2363 to RSVP no later

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

HIGHLANDS RANCH FARMERS’ MARKET THE HIGHLANDS Ranch Community Association’s farmers’ and street markets will be open from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sundays through Oct. 26 in Town Center, 9288 Dorchester St. in Highlands Ranch.

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Project ReCycle holds comedy fundraiser Oct. 29 event set for south-metro venue

By Jane Reuter

jreuter@coloradocommunitymedia.com Thanks to Douglas County-based Project ReCycle, more than 4,500 children are riding bicycles they otherwise could not afford. Nonprofit director AJ Stapleton hopes the program brings some joy into the lives of those struggling with economic disadvantages.

Stapletonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 6-year-old mission revolves around the goodness of others, including companies and individuals who donate bicycles, volunteers who help refurbish and distribute them and those who donate space in which to restore the bicycles.

But even Project ReCycle doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t get a completely free ride. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It costs us $52.52 to get a kid on a bike,â&#x20AC;?

Stapleton said.

Expenses include difficult-to-recycle parts like cabling, helmets and locks, plus some money to pay part-time shop managers.

To help meet those expenses, Project ReCycle will host its third annual Night of Laughter fundraiser. The Oct. 29 event at Comedy Works South in Greenwood Village starts with a 6 p.m. silent auction and hors dâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;oeuvres, followed by the 7:30 p.m. comedy show. Steve â&#x20AC;&#x153;Mudflapâ&#x20AC;? McGrew will entertain.

Project Recycle has reserved the club. General admission tickets are $35 and VIP tickets, which include reserved seating and four drink

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ORIGINAL PORTS of Call Singles Club for ages 55 and older is a great way to meet new friends and get out among others in your situation! We call our selves aâ&#x20AC;?Circle of Friends. We have a variety of interests, cards, theater, tours, dinners, lunches, golf , bowling and dances etc. It meets every second Monday at Sr. Ric on Miss. from 4-6 p.m. in Aurora. Call JoAnn at 303-751-5195 or just come. It meets every fourth Tuesday at Chads South of Sixth Avenue in Lakewood form 4-6 p.m. Call Mary Riney at 303-985-8937. The third Wednesday at the Three Margaritas at 5130 S Wadsworth Blvd from 5-7 p.m. Call Jean Fox 303-730-2804.

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Project Recycle typically distributes bicycles at schools. It receives nominations for worthy schools, then meets with each schoolâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s principal to ensure it meets the programâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s qualifications requirements. Project Recycle has distributed bicycles in Rio Grande, Adams, Arapahoe and Jefferson County among others.

Children who receive bicycles donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have to pay for them monetarily, but the program requires they earn them in other ways. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We encourage them to improve their grades and attendance; they have to improve to earn a bike,â&#x20AC;? Stapleton said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It gives them pride of ownership, teaches them responsibility, and about reward-based performance.â&#x20AC;?

Project ReCycle establishes an individual baseline for each child, and Stapleton meets with them to provide encouragement.

As big as the program already is, lack of funding prevents Project ReCycle from meeting the demand for bicycles. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Right now, weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been trying to slow things down and try to get in front of the bull,â&#x20AC;?

Stapleton said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Our goal is to expand to different states.â&#x20AC;?

To that end, Stapleton is focused on streamlining the process, creating easily duplicated systems and building inventory. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I have two guys that are shop managers; I need to get enough funding so I can pay those guys full-time,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Then we can start handling the requests that are coming in.â&#x20AC;?

For more information on Project Recycle and its Night of Laughter fundraiser, visit www.projectrecycle.org.

teen groups meet monthly to help plan events, weigh in on library materials and serve the library community. Members earn community service hours toward graduation requirements. For information about a group at a library in your area, call 303-791-7323 or visit with a youth librarian.

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Eagles capture first state softball title Valor uses timely hitting and fielding to knock off Frederick

By Jim Benton

jbenton @coloradocommunitymedia.com Alexandria Kilponen pitched Valor Christian to the Class 4A softball championship but the freshman had plenty of help from her friends as the Eagles captured their first state championship in softball.

Valor scored three runs in the top of the seventh to defeat previously unbeaten Frederick, 7-4, in the state title game Oct. 18 at Aurora Sports Park.

Eagles’ coach Dave Atencio tabbed the 12 players on his team the “Dirty Dozen” and Valor finished the season with a 24-1 record.

Kilponen, nicknamed “Ali Kat,” fanned 13 batters in Valor’s 3-1 win over 11-time state champion Erie in the semifinals and displayed plenty of composure in the title game. She allowed 11 hits but struck out seven Frederick batters and worked out of several jams thanks to some brilliant defensive plays by her teammates.

“She’s as tough as an alley cat and that’s why I call her that,” explained Atencio. “She’s an unbelievable talent. She so poised for a 14-yearold kid. She is just a flat-out stud. The kid can flat out throw and I’m glad to have her for three more years.”

Still, Kilponen needed help.

Frederick had the bases loaded in the fourth inning with one out, but sophomore second baseman Abigail Zuschlag snagged a sinking line drive and flipped the ball to first baseman Skylar Vaughn for an inning-ending double play.

Trailing 4-0 in the bottom of the fifth, Frederick got on the scoreboard with Paris Woods’ two-run homer and the next batter belted a ball towards the gap in right centerfield but senior centerfielder Kendall Ohman made a nice catch to prevent further damage. Zuschlag grabbed another hard liner to end the inning.

Frederick tied the game at 4-all in the sixth and had runners on first and second with two outs when Mae Mitchell’s grounder deflected off Kilponen’s glove. Alex Dufour tried to score from second but Zuschlag picked up the ball, fired a strike to catcher Erica Mann to tag out Dufour and end the inning with the game still tied.

“The ball deflected off the pitcher and I was just there to back her up,” said Zuschlag. “Everyone was yelling at me to go home so I threw home. As soon as I let go, I saw the runner and was like `I got her.’”

Kilponen was quick to laud the Valor defense.

“My defense the whole year has pulled

ABOVE: Hugs and smiles were shared all around as members of the Class 4A championship girls softball team from Valor Christian celebrate their 7-4 win Oct. 18 at Aurora Sports Park. BELOW: Makenna Roth (19) slides across home plate in the seventh inning to put the Eagles ahead for good in the contest. Teammates Erica Mann (6) and Abigail Zuschlag (9) are in the background celebrating Valor capturing the lead. Photos by Paul DiSalvo through,” she said.

Six of the seven runs scored by Valor were unearned, including the three in the top of the seventh.

With two out, Zuschlag and Shelby Mann singled. Zuschlag scored when Makenna Roth reached on an error.

Alexandra Kinder, who cracked a gamewinning two-run homer in the earlier win over Erie, followed with a two-run triple to provide the winning margin. Kinder has played with a torn calf most of the season.

“With the three-run lead, it was like we got this,” said Kilponen who keeps one sock a little short of her softball pants for good luck. “I knew my defense was there, we had three runs to play with.”

Zuschlag was 3-for-3 in the title game and Ohman added two hits.

It was the second championship that Atencio has won. He coached Dakota Ridge to the 2001 title.

“It never gets old,” he said. “We only had 12 kids on the entire team this season. We call ourselves the dirty dozen and they never, never stopped playing. We were 24-1 and we are just blessed they gave us this season.

“I made a decision to go to Valor two years ago. There was a reason I went to Valor after 17 years at Dakota Ridge. It was to build a cham-

pionship quality program and we did it in two years. We get eight of the dirty dozen back next season. That’s great.”

In other Class 4A state tournament action, Ponderosa was a semifinalist in 2013 but the

Mustangs couldn’t get past Frederick in the quarterfinals.

Ponderosa (15-8) opened with a 2-1 win over Silver Creek as Ali Power fanned 17 batters but the Mustangs lost 4-1 to Frederick.

Vista, Valor both fall on Friday night Golden Eagles suffer first loss of season, Eagles lose first in-state game in 29 outings

By Jim Benton

jbenton@coloradocommunitymedia.com Mountain Vista hadn’t played a big game in a while.

And, it’s been a few seasons since Valor Christian encountered tough league encounters like the Eagles are dealing with this season in the Centennial League.

On Oct. 17 both Mountain Vista and Valor Christian lost.

Regis Jesuit, No. 6 in the CHSAANow. com Class 5A poll, dominated the offensive and defensive lines in a 35-7 win over No. 7 Mountain Vista in a Continental North first-place showdown at Lou Kellogg Stadium.

The Raiders improved to 7-1 overall and 5-0 in the league with a final regular season game coming up Oct. 25 at Fruita Monument. Vista suffered its first loss of the season, falling to 7-1 and 4-1 with a regular season finale set for Oct. 24 against Highlands Ranch.

Top-ranked and defending state champion Valor Christian saw its 28-

Alec Barnes, of Highlands Ranch, goes up and over a defender to score a Regis touchdown during the Raiders’35-7 win Oct. 17 over Mountain Vista. Barnes carried the ball 21 times for 126 yards and scored two touchdowns in the victory. Photo by Tom Munds game winning streak against Colorado teams snapped when No. 9 Cherry Creek blanked the Eagles in the second half en route to a 33-17 victory at the Stutler Bowl.

Valor (6-2) and Creek (5-3) are both 3-1 in the Centennial League. Valor Christian can possibly create a three-way, firstplace tie if it beats unbeaten Grandview (8-0, 4-0) Oct. 24 at Legacy Stadium.

Creek plays Eaglecrest Oct. 24.

Mountain Vista coach Ric Cash believes the loss to Regis was a learning experience for his team.

“We absolutely will learn from this,” he said. “A big game for us is an environment we hadn’t necessarily been in outside of the rivalry games and different things like that. Can we compete with this level of competition? I feel we can. We hadn’t experienced that and it kind of showed, especially in the first half.

“We challenged our kids at the end of the game. I told them this is what it means to be in the top 10. This is the level of competition, this is the level of intensity, this is the focus you have to have.

This is the determination and intensity in which you have to play. We didn’t prepare ourselves for that. That starts with us as a coaching staff and it goes all the way down. I know we will definitely be better prepared for that.”

Mountain Vista gained a total of 17 yards on its first four possessions as the Raiders raced to a 21-0 lead. The Golden Eagles didn’t score until there was just 5:02 was remaining in the game when Jamison Withan ran it in from four yards out.

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Team Alexander aims to develop youth skills New hoops program for ‘those who don’t make the cut’ may expand to other sports Staff report Brian Alexander is looking for middle school-aged basketball players.

He’s not seeking sharpshooting boys with good vertical leaps or girls who can dribble around opponents and make a layup.

Alexander started Team Alexander Athletics last May and the focus of TAA is on kids who are not on competitive teams.

TAA is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization and the trade name to Coaches Association of Brotherhood.

“I started it so I could help develop kids in basketball,” said Alexander. “Many kids come to tryouts, they get cut and they are told they are not good enough. Where do they go? Some quit. Team Alexander is something I started where you are not going to get cut. I want to start at sixth grade and develop from there.

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Alexander, whose brother Jason Jones plays defensive end for the Detroit Lions, played one season of basketball at Butler Community College before moving on to the University of Detroit Mercy. He went on to play pro basketball in Finland and currently helps the Rock Canyon basketball program.

He hopes to expand Team Alexander into chess, soccer and other sports.

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Rock Canyon leads soccer tourney field Jaguars enter postseason on 12-game winning streak

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jbenton@coloradocommunitymedia.com It might be good to pull out the dartboard or flip coins if anybody wants to determine the favorites in the Class 5A state soccer tournament.

Continental League champion Rock Canyon (13-1-1) is on a 12-game winning streak and top-seeded in the tournament.

The Jaguars open with an Oct. 23 game against No. 32 Grand Junction.

“We played the top five teams in our league in our last five games,” said Rock Canyon coach Matt Sassali. “Every game felt like a playoff game. I’m really proud of the boys. We didn’t always have our best game but they found a way to win and that’s not an easy thing to do.

“When you get into the state tournament you are going to see a good deal of teams that all have a chance. From one through 12 in this state, there is really not much difference. Maybe you have some differences in players and things like that but for the most part every one of these teams can compete for a state title.”

Other area teams among the top 10 seeds in Class 5A include No. 5 Mountain Vista, No. 6 Arapahoe and No. 10 Legend.

Ponderosa is seeded No. 6 in Class 4A, while Littleton checks in at No. 8.

“Last year we had more of a rough season,” explained Legend coach Jordan Ivey.

“We were really young so we returned a lot of people. The boys really came together as a family. That has shown through how we are playing games. We took Rock Canyon down to the last few minutes (2-1 loss Oct. 15).

“Rock Canyon by most people’s judgment is the No. 1 team in the state. In certain parts of that game we were dominating. I really believe the state playoffs are pretty wide open. A few years ago, Heritage from the No. 24 seed went all the way to the state championship. A solid defense is really what you have to build on. If you can hold the other team out of the net and then be able to sneak one in to win.”

Heritage coach Adam Buseck remem-

The 2014 Continental League champion Rock Canyon boys soccer team was awarded the No. 1 seed in the Class 5A state playoffs. The Jaguars will host No. 32 Grand Junction in an Oct. 23 first round game. Photo by Jim Benton bers 2011 when the Eagles advanced to the state championship game where Heritage lost 2-0 to Denver East.

“We were seeded 24th out of 32 teams and we played in the finals against Denver East,” said Buseck. “It was a good year and we had a lot of guys with a lot of heart. We got a few upsets along the way. For boys soccer the first round games usually follow the seeds. After that first round it can really open up.”

Heritage, seeded 14th, will host No. 19 Poudre in the opening round but Buseck feels that there is a trio of teams that have separated themselves.

“As the season went on, you saw a little separation,” said Buseck. “You saw Rock Canyon and Smoky Hill separate, and Boulder as well. Those three teams really did pull away. I feel this year you did have a little more separation at the very top end. But four through 32 or four through the mid20s you have a lot of competition that could go either way.”

Buseck believes any of the five teams

STATE SOCCER PAIRINGS First round matches in the Colorado State High School boys soccer playoffs featuring south metro teams.

CLASS 5A: Games are scheduled for Oct. 23 No. 32 Grand Junction (5-9-1) at No. 1 Rock Canyon (13-1-1) No. 25 ThunderRidge (7-8-0) at No. 8 Fairview (10-5-0) No. 19 Poudre (7-6-2) at No. 14 Heritage (8-4-3) No. 27 Westminster (7-7-1) at No. 6 Arapahoe (10-5-0)

from the Continental League could wind up advancing a long way.

“Coming out of the Continental League, it’s one of the most competitive soccer leagues in the state,” he said. “You feel like you can compete with any other team in the state.”

Sassali insists his Rock Canyon team can play better than they have been despite their nearly two-month winning streak.

“I don’t think these last few games, we’ve

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No. 28 Brighton (8-7-0) at No. 5 Mountain Vista (10-3-2) No. 20 Fossil Ridge (7-5-3) at No. 13 Cherry Creek (8-3-4) No. 23 Columbine (10-3-2) at No. 10 Legend (10-4-1) CLASS 4A: Games are scheduled for Oct. 22 No. 27 Wheat Ridge (8-6-1) at No. 6 Ponderosa (10-5-0) No. 25 Mesa Ridge (9-6-0) at No. 8 Littleton (12-3-0)

played our best,” he said. “We’ve had a little bit of disruptions. We haven’t had our full complement of players since the (Mountain) Vista game. We’ll probably get back to a full complement of players. We’ve had injuries, we had a red card suspension from the game against Heritage and there were a couple off the field things that we sat kids down for a game to refocus them. This week hopefully we will get back to the game we know we can play.”

SALOME’S STARS FOR THE WEEK OF OCT 20 2014

ARIES (Mar 21 to Apr 19) You could be caught in a torrent of advice from well-meaning friends and colleagues this week. But remember, Lamb, you are at your best when you are your own inimitable self.

TAURUS (Apr 20 to May 20) Expect strong efforts to get you to accept things as they are and not question them. But ignore all that and continue your inquiries until you’re sure you have all the answers you need.

GEMINI (May 21 to Jun 20) Heavier than usual family and workplace duties compete for your time this week. Try to strike a balance so that you’re not overwhelmed by either. Pressures ease by week’s end.

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CANCER (Jun 21 to Jul 22) It’s a good time for the Moon Child to show off your uniquely inspired approach to the culinary skills -- especially if they’re directed toward impressing someone special.

LEO (Jul 23 to Aug 22) You might be happy about the re-emergence of a long-deferred deal. But don’t pounce on it quite yet. Time can change things. Be sure the values you looked for before are still there.

VIRGO (Aug 23 to Sept 22) Try to rein in your supercritical attitude, even if things aren’t being done quite as you would prefer. Remember: What you say now could create an awkward situation later on.

LIBRA (Sept 23 to Oct 22) Although you can expect on-the-job cooperation from most of your colleagues this week, some people might insist on knowing more about your plans before they can accept them.

SCORPIO (Oct 23 to Nov 21) Creating another way to do things is commendable. But you could find some resistance this week from folks who would rather stick with the tried-and-true than try something new.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov 22 to Dec 21) You usually can keep your aim focused on your goal. But you might need to make adjustments to cope with unsteadiness factors that could arise over the course of the week.

CAPRICORN (Dec 22 to Jan 19) News arrives about a projected move. Be prepared to deal with a series of possible shifts, including starting and finishing times, and how much the budget will actually cover.

AQUARIUS (Jan 20 to Feb 18) A new relationship needs time to develop. Let things flow naturally. It could be a different story with a workplace situation, which might require faster and more focused attention.

PISCES (Feb 19 to Mar 20) Accept a compliment without trying to troll for any hidden reason beyond what was said. After all, don’t you deserve to be praised every now and then? Of course you do.

BORN THIS WEEK: You like to weigh all possibilities before making a decision. You would be a fine judge, or even be a star in a jury room. © 2014 King Features Synd., Inc.

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“We didn’t come out of the gates real strong,” said Cash. “That didn’t help. We didn’t manage the intensity of the game.

We allowed the level of the competition to throw us off our game, which put us in some holes and we didn’t manage those situations very well.

“Early in the game they absolutely controlled the line of scrimmage when we were on offense and they wore down our defensive line because our defensive line spent too much time on the field.

We didn’t help them out offensively. Just overall it became a game of possessions.

They had the ball more than us, which put the stress on our defense. Those are the kind of things we have to learn from and grow from. Nobody gave up. The kids played with a lot of heart and character.”

Vista quarterback Brock Rubley threw 32 passes and completed 20 for 153 yards

but no touchdowns. Ike Brendan caught 10 of the passes for 77 yards. Running back Nick Schmalz ran for 68 of the Golden Eagles 83 total rushing yards.

Senior Christian Brady sparked the Vista defense with 12 total tackles.

Regis quarterback Matt Hougtaling threw three touchdown passes and Alec Barnes, a Highlands Ranch resident, rushed for 136 yards and two scores. Junior Drew Schlagel led the Raiders defense with 15 total tackles.

At the Stutler Bowl, Creek’s defense took over in the second half as the Bruins rallied from a 17-7 halftime deficit against Valor.

Milo Hall rushed for 194 yards and a touchdown for the Bruins, while DJ Luke ran for 56 yards and scored twice. Zach Grado’s pick six wrapped up the scoring for Cherry Creek late in the game.

Valor rushed for only 39 yards but quarterback Dylan McCaffrey completed 17-of-33 passes for 283 yards and two TDs. Ben Waters and Eric Lee Jr. had the touchdown receptions.

Mountain Vista defenders Jacob Hart (44) and Preston Troxel (91) just miss out on sacking Regis quarterback Matt Houghtaling Oct. 17. The Raiders handed the Golden Eagles their first loss of the season, 35-7. Photos by Tom Munds

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PUBLIC NOTICE Lone Tree NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2014-0272 To Whom It May Concern: On 7/29/2014 the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in Douglas County.

Original Grantor: TODD T BATES Original Beneficiary: MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., AS NOMINEE FOR GREENPOINT MORTGAGE FUNDING, INC. Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: U.S. BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE FOR THE HOLDERS OF THE DEUTSCHE ALT-A SECURITIES MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST, SERIES 2007-2 MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 2/27/2007 Recording Date of DOT: 3/6/2007 Reception No. of DOT: 2007019288 DOT Recorded in Douglas County.

Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $1,190,250.00 Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $1,190,202.20 Pursuant to C.R.S. §38-38-101 (4) (i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: Failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust and other violations of the terms thereof.

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

Legal Description of Real Property: LOT 9, HERITAGE HILLS FILING NO. 1E, ACCORDING TO AFFIDAVIT OF CORRECTION RECORDED AUGUST 19, 1998 IN BOOK 1588 AT PAGE 743, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO. Which has the address of: 9340 E. Star Hill Trl, Lone Tree, CO 80124

To Whom It May Concern: On 7/29/2014 the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in Douglas County.

Original Grantor: TODD T BATES Original Beneficiary: MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., AS NOMINEE FOR GREENPOINT MORTGAGE FUNDING, INC. Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: U.S. BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE FOR THE HOLDERS OF THE DEUTSCHE ALT-A SECURITIES MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST, SERIES 2007-2 MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 2/27/2007 Recording Date of DOT: 3/6/2007 Reception No. of DOT: 2007019288 DOT Recorded in Douglas County.

Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $1,190,250.00 Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $1,190,202.20 Pursuant to C.R.S. §38-38-101 (4) (i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: Failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust and other violations of the terms thereof.

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

Legal Description of Real Property: LOT 9, HERITAGE HILLS FILING NO. 1E, ACCORDING TO AFFIDAVIT OF CORRECTION RECORDED AUGUST 19, 1998 IN BOOK 1588 AT PAGE 743, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO. Which has the address of: 9340 E. Star Hill Trl, Lone Tree, CO 80124

PUBLIC NOTICE

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

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that on the first possible sale date (unless the sale is continued*) at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, November 19, 2014, at the Public Trustee’s office, 402 Wilcox Street, Castle Rock, Colorado, I will sell at public auction to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will deliver to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

First Publication: 9/25/2014 Last Publication: 10/23/2014 Publisher: Douglas County News Press Dated: 7/30/2014 ROBERT J. HUSSON DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: DAVID A. SHORE Colorado Registration #: 19973 5347 S VALENTIA WAY SUITE 100, GREENWOOD VILLAGE, COLORADO 80111 Phone #: (303) 573-1080 Fax #: Attorney File #: 14-00194SH *YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE DATES on the Public Trustee website: http://www.douglas.co.us/publictrustee/

Mountain Vista quarterback Brock Rubley (12) completed 20-of-32 passes Oct. 17 in the loss to Regis.

NOTICE OF CONTRACTORS SETTLEMENT COUNTY OF DOUGLAS STATE OF COLORADO

PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the preliminary budgets for the County of Douglas and all its agencies, the Douglas County Law Enforcement Authority, Douglas County Woodmoor Mountain General Improvement District and the Douglas County Lincoln Station Local Improvement District No. 07-01 have been submitted to the Board of County Commissioners of Douglas County for the ensuing year 2015. The Board of County Commissioners will hold a public hearing to consider public comment on the preliminary budgets on October 28, 2014 beginning at 2:30 p.m. or as soon thereafter as possible, in the Commissioner’s Hearing Room, Phillip S. Miller Building, 100 Third Street, Castle Rock, Colorado. Copies of the preliminary budget are available for inspection from the Douglas County Finance Departments at 100 Third Street, Castle Rock, Colorado, or on-line at www.douglas.co.us.

PUBLIC NOTICE Lone Tree NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2014-0272 To Whom It May Concern: On 7/29/2014 the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in Douglas County.

Original Grantor: TODD T BATES Original Beneficiary: MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., AS NOMINEE FOR GREENPOINT MORTGAGE FUNDING, INC. Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: U.S. BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE FOR THE HOLDERS OF THE DEUTSCHE ALT-A SECURITIES MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST, SERIES 2007-2 MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 2/27/2007 Recording Date of DOT: 3/6/2007 Reception No. of DOT: 2007019288 DOT Recorded in Douglas County.

Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $1,190,250.00 Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $1,190,202.20 Pursuant to C.R.S. §38-38-101 (4) (i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: Failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust and other violations of the terms thereof.

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

Legal Description of Real Property: LOT 9, HERITAGE HILLS FILING NO. 1E, ACCORDING TO AFFIDAVIT OF CORRECTION RECORDED AUGUST 19, 1998 IN BOOK 1588 AT PAGE 743, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO. Which has the address of: 9340 E. Star Hill Trl, Lone Tree, CO 80124

Public Trustees

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

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that on the first possible sale date (unless the sale is continued*) at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, November 19, 2014, at the Public Trustee’s office, 402 Wilcox Street, Castle Rock, Colorado, I will sell at public auction to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will deliver to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

First Publication: 9/25/2014 Last Publication: 10/23/2014 Publisher: Douglas County News Press Dated: 7/30/2014 ROBERT J. HUSSON DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: DAVID A. SHORE Colorado Registration #: 19973 5347 S VALENTIA WAY SUITE 100, GREENWOOD VILLAGE, COLORADO 80111 Phone #: (303) 573-1080 Fax #: Attorney File #: 14-00194SH *YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE DATES on the Public Trustee website: http://www.douglas.co.us/publictrustee/ Legal Notice No.: 2014-0272 First Publication: 9/25/2014 Last Publication: 10/23/2014

Public Trustees

Legal Notice No.: 2014-0272 First Publication: 9/25/2014 Last Publication: 10/23/2014 Publisher: Douglas County News Press

Government Legals PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the preliminary budgets for the County of Douglas and all its agencies, the Douglas County Law Enforcement Authority, Douglas County Woodmoor Mountain General Improvement District and the Douglas County Lincoln Station Local Improvement District No. 07-01 have been submitted to the Board of County Commissioners of Douglas County for the ensuing year 2015. The Board of County Commissioners will hold a public hearing to consider public comment on the preliminary budgets on October 28, 2014 beginning at 2:30 p.m. or as soon thereafter as possible, in the Commissioner’s Hearing Room, Phillip S. Miller Building, 100 Third Street, Castle Rock, Colorado. Copies of the preliminary budget are available for inspection from the Douglas County Finance Departments at 100 Third Street, Castle Rock, Colorado, or on-line at www.douglas.co.us.

Adoption of the budgets is tentatively scheduled for December 9, 2014. Any interested elector of Douglas County may file an objection to the proposed budget at any time prior to it’s final adoption by the Board of County Commissioners.

Legal Notice No.: 926256 First Publication: October 23, 2014 Last Publication: October 23, 2014 Publisher: Douglas County News Press

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PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, pursuant to Section 38-26-107, C.R.S., as amended, REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL (RFP) that on the 24th day of NOVEMBER 2014, #038-14 final settlement will be made by the FLEET SERVICES ADDITION County of Douglas, State of Colorado, & REMODEL PROJECT for and on account of a contract between Douglas County and ALPINE The Facilities, Fleet & Emergency SupBIKE PARKS, LLC for REQUEST FOR port Services Department of Douglas PROPOSAL (RFP) #026-13, BAYOU County Government, hereinafter referred GULCH REGIONAL PARK MOUNTAIN to as the County, respectfully requests BIKE SKILLS AREA (PO#33537), in proposals from responsible and qualiDouglas County; and that any person, cofied firms for the provision of the conpartnership, association or corporation struction of the Fleet Services Addithat has an unpaid claim against said tion & Remodel Project, as specified.

ALPINE BIKE PARKS, LLC for or on account for the furnishing of labor, materials, ON THURSDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2014 @ team hire, sustenance, provisions, 2:00 PM, THERE WILL BE A MANDATprovender or other supplies used or conORY SITE VISIT RELATED TO THIS sumed by such contractor or any subconPROJECT. THE SITE VISIT WILL ALtractors in or about the performance of LOW ALL POTENTIAL VENDORS THE said work, or that supplied rental maOPPORTUNITY TO DISCUSS THE chinery, tools, or equipment to the extent PROJECT DETAILS AND VIEW THE used in the prosecution of said work, may WORK SITE LOCATION. THE MANDATat any time up to and including said time ORY SITE VISIT WILL BEGIN AT PUBof such final settlement on said 24th day LIC WORKS OPERATIONS, SECOND of NOVEMBER 2014, to file a verified FLOOR TRAINING ROOM, 3030 NORTH statement of the amount due and unpaid INDUSTRIAL WAY, CASTLE ROCK, on account of such claim with the Douglas COLORADO 80109. PLEASE CALL 303County Government, Board of County 663-7707 FOR DIRECTIONS, IF Commissioners, c/o Parks, Trails and NEEDED. ONLY THOSE VENDORS ATTo advertise your publicTENDING noticesTHE callSITE 303-566-4100 Building Grounds, 100 Third Street, Castle VISIT WILL BE ALRock, Colorado 80104.

LOWED TO SUBMIT A RESPONSE ON THIS PROJECT! Failure on the part of the claimant to file such statement prior to such final settleThe RFP documents may be reviewed ment will relieve said County of Douglas and/or printed from the Rocky Mountain Efrom all and any liability for such Purchasing System website at www.rockyclaimant’s claim. The Board of Douglas mountainbidsystem.com. RFP docuCounty Commissioners of the County of ments are not available for purchase from Douglas, Colorado, By: Carolyn S. Riggs, Douglas County Government and can CPPB, Purchasing Supervisor, Douglas only be accessed from the above-menCounty Government. tioned website. While the RFP documents are available electronically, Legal Notice No.: 926259 Douglas County cannot accept electronic First Publication: October 23, 2014 proposal responses.

Last Publication: October 30, 2014 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press Four (4) copies of the RFP response shall be submitted in a sealed envelope plainly marked “RFP No. 038-14, Fleet Services PUBLIC NOTICE Addition & Remodel Project” and mailed or hand-carried to the address shown REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL (RFP) above prior to the due date and time. #038-14 Electronic and/or faxed responses will not FLEET SERVICES ADDITION be accepted. RFP responses will be re& REMODEL PROJECT ceived until 2:00 p.m., on Thursday, November 13, 2014 by Facilities AdminisThe Facilities, Fleet & Emergency Suptration, 3026 North Industrial Way, Castle port Services Department of Douglas Rock, Colorado 80109. Bids will not be County Government, hereinafter referred considered which are received after the to as the County, respectfully requests time stated, and any bids so received will proposals from responsible and qualibe returned unopened. fied firms for the provision of the construction of the Fleet Services AddiDouglas County Government reserves the tion & Remodel Project, as specified. right to reject any and all proposals, to waive formalities, informalities, or irreguON THURSDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2014 @ larities contained in a said proposal and 2:00 PM, THERE WILL BE A MANDATfurthermore, to award a contract for items ORY SITE VISIT RELATED TO THIS herein, either in whole or in part, if it is PROJECT. THE SITE VISIT WILL ALdeemed to be in the best interest of the LOW ALL POTENTIAL VENDORS THE County to do so. Additionally, we reserve OPPORTUNITY TO DISCUSS THE the right to negotiate optional items/serPROJECT DETAILS AND VIEW THE vices with the successful vendor.

WORK SITE LOCATION. THE MANDATORY SITE VISIT WILL BEGIN AT PUBPlease direct any questions concerning LIC WORKS OPERATIONS, SECOND this RFP to Carolyn Riggs, Purchasing FLOOR TRAINING ROOM, 3030 NORTH Supervisor, 303-660-7434, INDUSTRIAL WAY, CASTLE ROCK, criggs@douglas.co.us, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 COLORADO 80109. PLEASE CALL 303p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding 663-7707 FOR DIRECTIONS, IF holidays.

NEEDED. ONLY THOSE VENDORS ATTENDING THE SITE VISIT WILL BE ALLegal Notice No.: 926270 LOWED TO SUBMIT A RESPONSE ON First Publication: October 23, 2014 THIS PROJECT! Last Publication: October 23, 2014 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press The RFP documents may be reviewed and/or printed from the Rocky Mountain EPurchasing System website at www.rockymountainbidsystem.com. RFP documents are not available for purchase from Douglas County Government and can only be accessed from the above-mentioned website. While the RFP docu-

Adoption of the budgets is tentatively scheduled for December 9, 2014. Any interested elector of Douglas County may file an objection to the proposed budget at any time prior to it’s final adoption by the Board of County Commissioners.

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Legal Notice No.: 926256 First Publication: October 23, 2014 Last Publication: October 23, 2014 Publisher: Douglas County News Press PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE OF CONTRACTORS SETTLEMENT COUNTY OF DOUGLAS STATE OF COLORADO NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, pursuant to Section 38-26-107, C.R.S., as amended, that on the 24th day of NOVEMBER 2014, final settlement will be made by the County of Douglas, State of Colorado, for and on account of a contract between Douglas County and ALPINE BIKE PARKS, LLC for REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL (RFP) #026-13, BAYOU GULCH REGIONAL PARK MOUNTAIN BIKE SKILLS AREA (PO#33537), in Douglas County; and that any person, copartnership, association or corporation that has an unpaid claim against said ALPINE BIKE PARKS, LLC for or on account for the furnishing of labor, materials, team hire, sustenance, provisions, provender or other supplies used or consumed by such contractor or any subcontractors in or about the performance of said work, or that supplied rental machinery, tools, or equipment to the extent used in the prosecution of said work, may at any time up to and including said time of such final settlement on said 24th day of NOVEMBER 2014, to file a verified statement of the amount due and unpaid on account of such claim with the Douglas County Government, Board of County Commissioners, c/o Parks, Trails and Building Grounds, 100 Third Street, Castle Rock, Colorado 80104.

Failure on the part of the claimant to file such statement prior to such final settlement will relieve said County of Douglas from all and any liability for such claimant’s claim. The Board of Douglas County Commissioners of the County of Douglas, Colorado, By: Carolyn S. Riggs, CPPB, Purchasing Supervisor, Douglas County Government.

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