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Chronicle Parker 11-22-2013

Parker

Douglas County, Colorado • Volume 12, Issue 4

November 22, 2013

A Colorado Community Media Publication

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Water rates to rise Jan. 1

Increase due to decision to get off groundwater

By Chris Michlewicz

cmichlewicz@ourcoloradonews.com

Cabela’s employee Brandon McElroy, right, answers a question for Sierra Middle School student Marya Ross during the Douglas County School District’s Career Connect 8th Grade Expo. McElroy spoke to Marya about what goes in to running a business and surpassing sales goals.

Students glimpse potential futures More than 5,000 Douglas County School District eighthgraders were bused into the Douglas County Fairgrounds Nov. 13 for the annual “Career Connect 8th Grade Expo” as representatives from just about every business imaginable were on hand waiting to talk to the youngsters about a day in the life of their respective field. From school district electricians to librarians, firefighters and Denver Nuggets employees, students had the opportunity to interview workers about what it takes to get the job and what their job is really like.

Franktown Fire Protection District firefighter Kim Spuhler talks with two of the more than 5,000 Douglas County middle school students who attended the Nov. 13 Career Connect 8th Grade Expo at the Douglas County Fairgrounds.

PHOTOS BY RYAN BOLDREY

Charter school gets national spotlight North Star Academy is recognized for its character education

By Jane Reuter

jreuter@ourcoloradonews. com Parker’s North Star Academy gained national recognition for its character education program, which emphasizes personal development as well as community service.

The National School of Character Award is given by the Character Education Partnership, which strives to benefit society through academic, social, emotional and ethical changes. Schools selected for the national award have proven their program has a positive impact on academics, student behavior, and school climate, and are expected to serve as models for other schools.

North Star is the only charter school in the country to receive the 2013 award, and the only school in Colorado.

“It’s because our students are making good decisions; that’s why we got the award,” said assistant principal Kendra Hossfeld, who also is one of the

North Star Academy students celebrated both Veterans Day and the school’s National School of Character Award during a Nov. 11 presentation at the school. Courtesy photo school’s founders.

An emphasis on character development was paramount in the 8-year-old school’s founding members’ minds.

“North Star is unique in that it was founded by a group of parents with this common vision not only for academic excellence but character education,” Hossfeld said. “We wanted to start a character program that was more of a philosophy, something woven into the entire school.”

Students, parents and school staff all take a pledge

upon starting school at North Star that emphasizes respect, responsibility, citizenship, integrity and excellence.

Students also participate in service learning projects both outside and inside the classroom, volunteering with the Ronald McDonald House, Irving Street Women’s Residence and Project Angelheart among others.

Fourth grader Ava Eberly explains how the classes and projects impact her in a testimonial she wrote for the school.

The character education

classes “give us examples of people (and pets) that have gone above and beyond what was expected of them. They have motivated and positively impacted lives of many in their time and even today. This also motivates the students when we take on community service projects. We know that we can make a positive impact in our community, even as kids.”

“It’s truly the service learning aspect that turns the instruction into the doing part,” Hossfeld said. “Our service learning projects help students understand and become more compassionate about our community and even outside of the community. “ Students also do projects within the school, with older students acting as role models and mentoring the younger ones.

Along the way, academics have grown as well. Since 2007, average state test scores steadily have increased.

“So I do believe that character education not only affects the child’s developmental growth or social/emotional growth, it helps with their academic growth as well,” Hossfeld said.

The Parker Water and Sanitation District’s board of directors voted 4-1 to increase water and sewer rates by 2.56 percent.

An increase of 3.5 percent for water rates and 1.5 percent for sewer rates will go into effect Jan. 1 and equate to roughly $2.62 each month for the average Tier 1 residential user. Tracy Hutchins, who earlier voiced her opposition to the increases because she said the district lacks a long-range financial plan, was the only board member to vote against the proposal on second reading Nov. 14.

Board member Merlin Klotz defended the decision to raise rates and said they might have increased by as much as 8 percent if the board had not been able to refinance bonds and reduce costs by about $30 million over the life of the bonds. Officials also decided to slowly bring a new water treatment plant into operation to avoid a sudden jump in costs.

Before the proposal came forward, Klotz said the board had to carefully analyze expenses, most of which were determined when the district decided to reduce its reliance on groundwater in favor of renewable sources.

Because of earlier decisions to build Rueter-Hess Reservoir, construct a $50 million water treatment plant and join the WISE agreement, the Parker Water and Sanitation District is “in a position to satisfy our water needs for the next 40, 50, 60 years, instead of being at the mercy” of aquifers that get lower with each passing year, Klotz said.

“We’re so far ahead of the curve on that,” he said.

But existing customers are incurring the weight of preparing for the future. District manager Ron Redd said regular rate increases are expected in the coming years to cover the expense of new infrastructure and recycled water from Denver and Aurora through WISE. Comparing Parker’s rates to those of surrounding districts is unfair because, for example, cities like Denver secured water rights in the 1800s, Klotz said.

When other aquifer-reliant towns and cities are scrambling for water in the future, Parker will have a 75,000 acre-foot reservoir to fall back on. Having a water source “preserves property values instead of putting them at risk,” Klotz said.

“Rates will increase and I wouldn’t lie to you and tell you they won’t, but the value underlying this rate increase that it brings to your house and property is huge,” he said.

Future growth in Castle Pines and Lone Tree, which the district has agreed to serve, will spread out the per-household liability because debt service is a fixed cost. The district now serves the equivalent of 17,000 single-family homes and expects that number to double or triple at build-out.

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November 22, 2013

Kindness reigns in this parade Sometimes, you can’t stop the parade, especially when it’s fueled by quiet goodness and an abiding conviction that the smallest effort makes a difference.

Sometimes, you just have to jump into the line and see where it takes you.

That’s what high school teacher Bob Sutterer and his Rum-Dums did.

“We feel we don’t really know what we’re doing,” says Bob, with a smile. “But none of us really feels like we should walk away — so we just keep walking forward.”

One hopeful step at a time.

The path is taking him and his small troupe to Liberia, a battle-ravaged country struggling to find its way after two successive civil wars dismantled its economic and educational infrastructure.

“The challenge is huge,” says Robert Sondah, an educator in Liberia from whom Bob has learned much. “Our society has been broken.”

But to fully understand Bob’s connection to this small West African country, you must first retrace the route back 17 years to a Minnesota basement and a rickety table with file folders stacked by a man who repeatedly showed his family what it meant to care.

“I remember walking into the kitchen and Dad was cooking ribs — mounds of food,” Bob says. “I’d say, ‘Oooh, we’re going to eat well!’ And he’d say, ‘They’re for so-and-so-and-so-and-so ... someone with illness in their family or who had lost their job.”

His dad, Dittmar Sutterer, was the son of a pastor from a small Minnesota town.

Now 82, he spent his life as a teacher, paper industry employee and school custodian.

Always, “he was making and giving things to other people,” Bob says.

So, it didn’t surprise anyone when Dittmar, after befriending members of the large Liberian refugee community in Minneapolis, began supporting an orphanage in the country where 85 percent of its people live below the international poverty line.

He established a small, informal nonprofit comprised mainly of neighbors on his street and ran it from the table in his basement, writing necessary communication on a manual typewriter. Eventually, the bridge he built carried more than 7,000 books, about $90,000 to help create and modernize schools from thatchedroof into cement-walled structures and 178 55-gallon barrels of clothing, medical supplies and food.

In 2007, after 11 years of guiding this outreach, Dittmar, beginning to feel the weight of his years, gave notice to family, friends and partners in Liberia that he would retire the following year.

“A lot of his supporters were aging, too,” Bob says. “It was kind of a natural wind-down of the entire process.”

But, as Bob looked at what his father had done, he and his wife, Lisa, began to marvel: “We were amazed that one guy, a retired senior citizen, could start something that grew to something really significant.”

That’s when the parade beckoned.

Bob visited Liberia in 2010, driving down muddy roads through lush jungles to villages where kids ran down hills as he arrived and teachers shook his hands in gratitude. He found unexpected memories of home, too.

“I saw books that were on my shelf on their shelves,” Bob says. “I saw kids running around in Minnesota jerseys.”

He returned to Colorado completely overwhelmed, knowing only the need for education was immense and feeling a fascinating curiosity spark about what, just

maybe, could happen if someone cared enough.

“Education,” Bob says, “should be something everyone should get a shot at.”

He began writing to friends, and like his father before him, recruited a small neighborly band. They include his wife, a middle school social studies teacher; a marketing executive; a physician’s assistant; a school principal; an accountant; and a college professor. They call themselves the Rum-Dums because they’re figuring it out as they go.

They’ve connected with the nonprofit Vision Trust in Colorado Springs, a Christian organization whose goal is to provide at-risk children in Africa, Asia and the Americas with education, food and medical care.

That’s how they met Robert and his wife, Siakor, who oversee six schools with 54 teachers and more than 2,600 students in kindergarten through ninth grades. The couple was recently in Colorado for training with Vision Trust and strategy meetings with the Rum-Dums.

They are passionate about their mission.

“We’re hoping to develop a new generation of leadership in our country,” Robert says. “We’re hoping the kids will grow up to know God and become the leaders who will help the people and bring back to the community.”

Apart from the mission connection, a true friendship forged on mutual admiration is growing.

Bob is consistently moved by the devoted commitment Robert and Siakor, parents of four children themselves, bring each day to plant roots for successful lives in the children under their watch.

“It’s truly inspiring ... to give to so many kids,” Bob says. “There’s a simple but profound goodness in that.”

Robert and Siakor see that virtue in American culture rather than their own.

“You (Americans) can’t just live for yourselves,” Robert says. “You have to empty yourself into other people.”

Siakor acknowledges the different cultures and environments. “But,” she says, “we are all working for the common good — so we can make the world better.”

Maybe that’s what the parade represents, a chance to become part of something greater than ourselves.

For Bob, the journey has been a multifaceted blessing.

As a teacher, “it’s fascinating professionally to apply the things I’ve been doing my whole life in a different way.”

As a father, “it’s a good kind of family legacy and a good teaching moment for my kids.”

As a son, “it was a way to honor my father.”

It’s about faith, too.

“There are about three times in my life that God has tapped me on my shoulder when I’ve gotten the sense this is something I should be doing.”

There’s a true story Bob likes to tell about a parade.

It goes likes this: One New Year’s Day when San Diego resident Bob Goff’s kids were bored, he suggested a neighborhood parade. The only rule — no one could watch. Everyone had to participate. A few neighbors joined and marched down the street. Years later, hundreds march in a parade that has become a grand tradition.

Bob recounted that story when he first approached the Rum-Dums about helping children half a world away find their future.

And then he said: “There’s this parade that’s happening. Do you want to just grab something and jump in?”

All it takes is one hopeful step.

Aren’t you curious to see where it will end?

Ann Macari Healey’s column about people, places and issues of everyday life appears every other week. She can be reached at ahealey@ourcoloradonews.com or 303566-4110.

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November 22, 2013

Campaign complaints moving forward Parents say school election results don’t change facts

By Jane Reuter

jreuter@ourcoloradonews.com Douglas County residents who filed complaints related to Douglas County School District campaign activities said they’re moving forward with their charges, regardless of the election results.

School officials, who previously have called the allegations frivolous and unfounded, said it’s time to move forward.

Former school board candidate Julie Keim, who lost her Nov. 5 bid for a seat on the board, accused the district of violating the state’s Fair Campaign Practices Act. She filed her allegation Oct. 17 with the Colorado Secretary of State, claiming DCSD used district resources to support its preferred slate of candidates.

A hearing on the matter is set for 9 a.m.

Dec. 2 at the Colorado Office of Administrative Courts in Denver.

DCSD has retained the Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck legal firm to represent it in the case.

Keim also has hired an attorney.

“It pains me to keep paying an attorney, but I’m going to move forward,” she said.

“Someone has to follow through and hold the district accountable.”

Three parents are pressing for answers to questions surrounding the Douglas County Educational Foundation. Parents Meg Masten and Susan Arnold have filed complaints with the Internal Revenue Service alleging improper behavior by the district’s nonprofit fundraising arm.

“These complaints are politically motivated,” school board president John Carson said. “They stem from the election and efforts to attack the school district.

“The election is over. It is time for all

parties to work together for the benefit of students, teachers and parents.”

Both Arnold and Masten said the school board election results have no bearing on their concerns.

“The IRS complaints stand,” said Susan Arnold, the first to file on Oct. 14. “The facts that drove the complaints initially still stand.”

Masten recently submitted a second complaint with the IRS, almost identical to Arnold’s.

“I firmly believe the way the funds were funneled through the foundation to pay for Bill Bennett’s speech and white paper, and for Rick Hess, do not fall in line with the objectives of the foundation. So I question the motives behind it, the ethical behavior.”

The complaint alleges political campaigning and deceptive and improper fundraising practices by the foundation.

Foundation funds paid for DCSD consultants including former U.S. Secretary

of Education Bill Bennett, who spoke in support of the district’s education reforms weeks before the election but who was only later identified as a paid consultant.

The Holland and Hart legal firm will represent the foundation.

Former DCEF chairman Bob Kaser has not filed a formal complaint, but is determined to gain access to foundation meeting minutes he first requested in August.

“I’ve been promised them by (foundation director) Cinamon (Watson) and the DCEF’s attorney,” he said. “I’m going to stay engaged in my quest to obtain a copy of the board minutes for my personal view.”

Information contained in those minutes will determine if Kaser takes any further action, he said. “We’ve got lots of suppositions because of the lack of transparency

by DCEF,” he said. “We need facts as opposed to supposition.”

Watson also is the school district’s community relations officer.

NEWS IN A HURRY Run off Turkey Day meal

Kick off a happy, healthy Thanksgiving Day with family and friends at Parker Parks and Recreation’s annual Turkey Day 5K Fun Run/Walk at 8 a.m. Nov. 28 on the Cherry Creek Regional Trail behind the Parker Recreation Center.

A scaled-down version of the rec department’s other races, the non-sanctioned Turkey Day 5K will be unofficially timed. Pre-registration closes at midnight Nov. 26 and costs $15; race-day registration is $20. All registered participants will receive a commemorative winter cap and a chance to win prizes.

In the spirit of the holidays, participants who bring a non-perishable, singlesized-serving food item for the Parker Task Force Backpack Program will receive an additional prize drawing ticket. For a list of needed items, visit www.parkeronline. org/fooddrive.

Register for the Turkey Day 5K Fun

Run/Walk online at www.ParkerRec.com or send an email to hroemersberger@ parkeronline.org for more event information. Strollers are allowed, but dogs are not.

Nature art exhibit going up The Parker Artist Guild is presenting “Nature’s Patterns”, a collection of artwork focusing on the beauty of patterns in nature, at the Parker Arts, Culture and Events Center. The public is invited for an opening reception at 6 p.m. Nov.22. The “Nature’s Patterns” exhibit will be on display through Jan. 3. For more information about the event, visit the Parker Artists Guild at www.parkerartistsguild.com.

Arts council seeks interns In an effort to create events that are of interest to teenage youth in the Parker area and involve them in productions, the

Parker Arts Council introduced an internship program for high school students in August 2005. The program was designed to introduce students to a variety of experiences that encompass many of the council’s activities. Such activities include all facets of theater production, advertising, working events, and creating presentations for their peer groups.

The PAC offers high school students in grades 10 through 12 the opportunity to work for one year, earning a $500 stipend at the completion of the program, as well as letters of recognition and recommendation from the board of the Parker Arts Council to use for college or future job applications.

The PAC has immediate openings for students to apply for their internship program. Any student interested in learning what goes on behind the scenes for planning and production of PAC events should fill out an internship application

at www.parkerartscouncil.org. Selected interns are required to commit to at least 125 hours of time with the PAC, which includes attendance at board meetings and participation at all events. They serve as spokespersons to their respective schools to keep students informed of community service opportunities and events designed for youth participation.

School hosts book fair American Academy’s new campus is having a book fair Dec. 2-6. The hours are 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Two events are scheduled during the week: “Family pajama storytime” is from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Dec. 4 and “Books Over Breakfast,” a special morning shopping event exclusively for parents, is from 7 to 9 a.m. Dec. 6. The school is billing it as a great chance for parents to stock up on holiday gifts for their children.

Join Us Thanksgiving Day! Thursday, November 28, 2013 Start your Thanksgiving Day on the right or the left foot by giving back to those less fortunate in our community at THE 9TH ANNUAL TURKEY ROCK TROT 5K FAMILY FRIENDLY FUN RUN/WALK/STROLL A Benefit of the Douglas Elbert Task Force and Food Bank www.rocktrot.com RACE DAY REGISTRATION 8:30 AM - RACE START 9:30 AM RUNNERS LEAD AT 9:30 AM WITH WALKERS/STROLLERS TO FOLLOW.

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For the serious runner, you may choose professional timing.

Whether you are a serious runner or leisurely walker, bring the whole family and join the fun! Children under 13 are free.

We encourage you to bring non-perishable food items and canned goods to help replenish our Food Bank for the season!

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Douglas County Events Center, 500 Fairgrounds Drive, Castle Rock, CO 80104

The Turkey Rock Trot is a benefit of the Douglas/Elbert Task Force & Food Bank, a private, non-profit organization, which provides food and services to those in need in Douglas and Elbert Counties

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November 22, 2013

Pinery deer issue back in spotlight Buck shot with arrow euthanized by agency

By Chris Michlewicz

cmichlewicz@ourcoloradonews.com The decision to euthanize a buck gravely wounded by an arrow has brought renewed attention to an ever-growing problem in the Pinery: conflicts between humans and deer.

The Colorado Division of Parks and Wildlife first began receiving reports Nov. 14 from residents who saw a deer with a metal arrow sticking out of its side. Attempts to track down the deer that day to assess its condition were unsuccessful, but wildlife officers were called out the following day and found the deer severely injured, said Jennifer Churchill, spokeswoman for the wildlife division.

“Our officers found the animal and determined that the arrow (caused) a mortal, grave injury,” she said. “It was definitely suffering.”

Officials are unsure whether the buck was hunted legally on nearby private property or targeted by an angry homeowner in the Pinery.

Wildlife authorities are trying to determine the origin of the arrow and are encouraging anyone with information to call 303-291-7227.

The meat from the deer was donated to a local family whose child has an allergy to farm-raised meat, Churchill said.

The death of the buck has stirred up emotions from both sides of the debate.

The Pinery has wrestled in recent years with trying to devise a solution that will mitigate conflicts with wildlife, and some have suggested reducing the population through limited hunting.

A survey of Pinery residents by the Colorado Division of Parks and Wildlife last November yielded nearly 1,500 responses, and 58 percent were in favor of recreational hunting to cull the growing herds.

Opponents have blasted the idea of hunting in a neighborhood, whether with firearms or bow and arrow. Some argue that the deer were there first and say many

homeowners moved to the Pinery in part because of the abundance of wildlife and open spaces. Roughly 70 percent of the survey respondents felt there are too many deer in the Pinery.

Max Fry, chairman of a newly-formed Pinery resident group called the Human/ Wildlife Coexistence Working Group, says there are ways to reduce impacts, including putting fences around plants and gardens that attract the deer closer to homes.

A steady food supply, including from those who admit to feeding the deer, has caused the population to grow and there is little reason for them to move on.

Fry has not found a proposal that he fully supports, and said education is likely the best solution — at least temporarily.

“Recreational hunting is way too dangerous,” he said. “I don’t think there’s any place in the Pinery where you should fire off a rifle.”

The survey results are generally representative of the feelings of Pinery homeowners, Fry said, but he cautioned that those with a strong opinion were more likely to answer the survey, which went out

to 3,700 residents.

The Pinery Homeowners Association board of directors recently developed a policy on deer that will be included in the November newsletter.

In it, the board acknowledges the conflicts, including vehicle accidents, landscape damage and injuries to pets, but takes a strong stand against all proposed methods to reduce the deer population, from hunting to relocation to contraception.

Fry and other homeowners are hoping wildlife officials can provide guidance.

“People are expecting the CPW to do something, whatever they decide to do,” he said.

But Churchill said because each community in Colorado has different opinions, the division leaves the decision-making up to HOAs. “Colorado Parks and Wildlife does not have plan. The neighborhood needs to come up with a plan,” she said. “All we can do as a government agency is explain what’s possible and feasible, and facilitate different ways to manage the wildlife.”

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November 22, 2013

Day of Oswald’s death was part of ‘bedlam’ Castle Rock woman was dispatcher 50 years ago

By Virginia Grantier

vgrantier@ourcolorado news.com Fran Cason, 76, of Castle Rock, ordered the ambulance for Lee Harvey Oswald after he was shot by Jack Ruby.

Cason remembers 50 years ago sitting at her desk in the dispatch office of the Dallas Police Department when the jail clerk, Officer Slack, called from the basement to urgently request an ambulance because “Oswald had been shot.”

Cason doesn’t remember being fazed by it — “We were so well-trained” — and she hit the toggle switch that immediately connected her to the ambulance company and ordered a “white ambulance.” That was the policy then, white for white people, black ambulance for blacks, she said, shaking her head at the memory.

She also quickly let officers know of the request over the public address system, because it was an emergency, and she also did what she did for every call: Hand-wrote the type of call it was on a 3-by-5 card, stamped it in a ma-

chine that put the time on it, 11:21 a.m., and put it on the conveyor belt that took it from the dispatcher’s room past the glass partition and into where two officers would then dispatch, if needed, the next available car.

There were no computers then in the small dispatchers’ room, not even typewriters, because there was no time for that. Just hand-write what had occurred and get it on the conveyor belt. She remembers that the police department, even in 1963, was extremely busy, especially on Fridays and Saturdays — shootings, stabbings and robberies and such.

But the Saturday and Sunday, Nov. 23 and 24, that she worked, went beyond bedlam, she said.

President John F. Kennedy was shot on Nov. 22, and his accused killer, Oswald, was shot on Nov. 24.

Dallas native

Cason, born and raised in Dallas, was interested in becoming a writer, but no one ever talked to her or friends about college. They assumed they’d get married and have children. She married her high school sweetheart at age 18, Jim Cason, who entered the U.S. Navy. They moved a bit but came back to their hometown.

She did secretarial work and after having children she still worked out of necessity, while her mom

Fran Cason, 76, of Castle Rock, remembers well the day Jack Ruby shot Lee Harvey Oswald. She was the person in the Dallas Police Department’s dispatch office who called for an ambulance. Photo by Virginia Grantier and various babysitters watched the two kids. In 1960, she got on with the police department, first as a phone clerk/typist who would type out police reports as the officers recited information by phone or in person. Later she moved to the third-floor dispatch office, taking calls from the public.

One time an officer called her to request a “fire truck.” That’s what she heard anyway. He was requesting a “tire truck,” because he had a flat and police cars didn’t carry spares. So after the fire truck arrived, the officer called back saying, “Mrs. Cason, the fire department is (here) willing to work with the police department (but) they refuse to change our flat.”

She also remembers a particularly busy weekend night when someone called three times requesting an officer because someone had stolen his hubcaps.

She finally told him that “police officers don’t fly jet airplanes, they drive squad cars.” The man came in to file a complaint about her and a sergeant told the man to sit there and watch Mrs. Cason work for 15 minutes, and if he still wanted to file a complaint he could. The man would end up apologizing, saying he had “no

idea this place was that busy” and left.

But it was about to become beyond busy.

Historic day

Cason said she was offduty, in a beauty salon, on Friday, Nov. 22, 1963, when news came over the radio that President Kennedy had been shot.

“I remember everyone being terribly, terribly upset,” said Cason, who also remembers it being a beautiful day weather-wise and that being part of the reason why Kennedy decided to leave the bubble top off the car.

Cason called work to see if they wanted her to come in. They didn’t, but she was there the next day at 6:30 a.m., Nov. 23, the start of her shift.

“It was bedlam from then on,” she remembers, taking call after call from all around the world from people asking why Dallas couldn’t protect the president, how they could have let this happen. She remembers remaining calm and just saying something like, “We’re truly sorry and it’s being investigated …”

She said there wasn’t security like now, and the hallway outside the dispatchers’ office was chaos, jammed with reporters, cables on the floor. The

dispatchers never had time to eat lunch that day, and could only get to the bathroom in the hall with an escort from an officer to protect them from the mass of questioning reporters. She remembers in the bathroom someone had put up a sign for fun, “Smile, you may be on candid camera.”

Cason said at some point during her Nov. 23 shift, she was in the hallway when the elevator door opened and out came a handcuffed Oswald, escorted by detectives to the homicide bureau down the hall for more questioning, she thought.

She was maybe less than four feet from Oswald.

“I thought he looked a little ‘mousy,’ very thin, nondescript … He didn’t seem to have much expression.”

She said who she really remembers more was his wife, Marina, who had dark short hair, a maternity top and skirt on, and who passed Cason soon after Oswald. “I think I put more attention to her — how frightened and scared she looked … The look on her face, really lost as to what was going on.”

Basement mystery

The next day, Nov. 24, Oswald would be dead.

Cason said everyone knew

Ruby, Oswald’s killer. “All the police officers knew him,” she said. Some of them would go to his club to have a drink after work.

Cason said only a couple people knew when Oswald would be escorted by police from the basement to be transported to the nearby county jail. She doesn’t think it’s possible Ruby could have known.

She remembers hearing Ruby had been to the Western Union on the corner sending money to an employee, and just happened to be strolling by the police department’s ramp to the basement, saw the crowd and went in to see what was going on. Ruby made a spontaneous decision to shoot him for Jackie Kennedy, Cason thinks.

Cason would end up testifying for the Warren Commission about the sequence of events in the dispatch office after the Oswald shooting.

Cason, who would move to Colorado to be near her daughter, still works parttime doing administrative work, and volunteers for a couple groups — but her lifelong interest in writing persists.

She thinks she has a couple books in her: Her life with Jim — and life at the Dallas Police Department.

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November 22, 2013

Teachers weigh options in wake of election Some make plans to leave district at end of school year

By Jane Reuter

jreuter@ourcoloradonews.com Eight-year Castle View High School teacher Cristin Bleess thought she’d retire in the Douglas County School District.

After she learned the results of the school board election, she’s instead resigning and leaving the county.

“I just cannot work for a school board, superintendent and upper administration I don’t respect or agree with,” said Bleess, rated “highly effective” under DCSD’s controversial evaluation system. “It’s not that I don’t believe in reform. I do think changes need to be made in public education. I just don’t agree with the way they’re going about it.”

Bleess is not alone in her sentiments.

While few are going so far as to put their homes on the market — as Bleess and her husband are doing — many said they’ll be seeking employment elsewhere at the end of the 2013-14 school year.

“These are not disgruntled teachers that have lost their passion,” said Thor Kjeseth, another Castle View teacher. “They are cut-

ting-edge teachers that devote their entire lives to improving their craft and working with kids. They’re going no matter what.

“For me, because I have two wonderful children and a wife and a mortgage, I would not leave until I found my next place. But I will look this year. It’ll break my heart. But if I was offered another position, I would go there because I don’t feel there’s a good future for me here.”

A Republican-endorsed, reform slate of candidates narrowly won the Nov. 5 election, triumphing over another slate largely supported by community groups. The winning slate, including two incumbents, supports the current board’s movement toward dramatic, fast-paced education reform.

Douglas County High School teacher Jeannie Verone said teachers are feeling “very sad.”

“They just really don’t understand why things went the way they did,” she said.

“We really wanted to move in a direction we felt would benefit every single student.”

The teachers Verone knows felt the challenger candidates would take the district in that direction.

Verone said moving to the block schedule, which added another class to teachers’ schedules, has left them “truly exhausted.”

“Another thing that has taken a toll is having to do all the backward planning,

and creating e-portfolios to prove our worth in the classroom,” she said. “Teachers still don’t understand the evaluation method. They don’t feel they’re having a voice in this.”

Kjeseth described the introduction of policy changes and new programs as “a blur of incompetence,” pointing to an outside consultant’s late 2012 advice against using the evaluations in any formal capacity.

“I cannot understand how you could ignore their warnings, go ahead and implement it poorly when people’s salaries were dependent upon this,” he said.

Verone said the market-based pay system, which sets salaries based on subject matter, has caused resentment among teachers.

“Teachers don’t want to be pitted against each other, but the pay system really has had a detrimental effect on morale,” she said. “I don’t know one teacher who thinks the pay band system is working very well for us.

“I’m just sad we weren’t able to get the majority of people to realize this was happening,” she said, referring to the recent election results.

Bleess said the reforms themselves are not necessarily the problem for teachers.

“The board could have gone about it completely differently and teachers may

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have been more likely to jump on board,” she said. “But I feel like they alienated us from the beginning.

“They’re trying to make it seem like teachers have input, but in all reality, I don’t believe we do. Overall, I think they’re more interested in promoting themselves as educational reformers at a national level instead of what we need in our community.”

Bleess is looking for international teacher opportunities; based on election results in Jefferson County and other school districts, she believes education reform will sweep Colorado.

Her husband, who works in information technology, will give up his job as well to leave.

“We’re willing to leave it behind to stand up for what we believe in,” she said.

All the teachers said they and their peers work to keep the focus on students.

“Everyone will do their best as long as they are working for this district,” Kjeseth said. “We deal directly with the kids.

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November 22, 2013

opinions / yours and ours

Simply saying thanks for Thanksgiving A moment to say thanks in late November is always a welcome breather.

The last third of the year — beginning in September and transitioning into winter — is marked by as much or more activity as other segments of the year. While the preceding summer is often a lighter balance of work, school and vacation — the work and education worlds rev up to warp speed in September.

At the same time politics heats up for the annual November election, whether it is an odd or even year replete with varying mixes of local, state and federal issues.

Views are discussed. Ballot questions and candidates are sized up. Some people vote from the gut while others do many hours

our view of research beforehand. Some see the whole deal as a suspect shebang and don’t vote. And while most remain civil and parse topics by issues, it does get personal and sometimes a light fog of animosity lingers after the votes are counted — which takes a little while to clear away.

Once the voting cycle is complete, the signs of the holiday season are in our publications and on our streets and screens, everywhere. And whether a family

gets caught up in the throes of consumerism overlapped with Christmas, the scene is set all around us. Shopping activity increases, and we revel in the gift of giving.

Meaningful religious services and joyous celebrations take place, and then the year comes charging to a close. We say “happy New Year” and set forth with renewed purpose.

So next week Thanksgiving equates to a quasi seven-inning stretch. Through the years, some people in our circles have said it’s their favorite holiday.

And we can certainly see the virtues.

Thanksgiving centers on sitting down and enjoying a meal. We count our blessings and share what we are thankful for

in our lives. Of course, be advised to take a role pitching in to see that the kitchen crew has enough help and so forth — but other than that the day isn’t meant to have a lot of moving parts. The process and pressure of giving gifts — while joyful in most ways — is out of play. Sure Thanksgiving sometimes also serves as a time to huddle and plan for the December holidays, but the spirit of Thanksgiving is at its best when it remains simple.

Thanksgiving is simple, and beautifully so. Just get together and add a deck of cards and a few games to enhance the interaction. Thanksgiving is simply a time to give thanks, listen to each other, laugh and think a bit about how to help each other.

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What gift do you want? Not much, really question of the week

Presents will be given as the holidays roll around. We asked people at the Outlets at Castle Rock what gift they would most like to receive this year.

“A vacation — anywhere in the Caribbean.”

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“A massage.”

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“Something to play music off of my phone from.”

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“More time with my kids.”

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letters to the editor Pictures tell story

The story of the DCSD School Board election is clearly told by the two contrasting pictures printed in the Nov. 7 and 8 editions of Colorado Community Media newspapers.

In one, a new board member celebrates with two politicians. In the other are three somber DCSD parents.

In August and September, over 1,000 of their constituents signed a petition requesting that pictured Rep. Cory Gardner, along with 20 other elected officials, attend a parent forum to hear the concerns of those most directly affected by school board decisions, before endorsing candidates. Not a single one attended, yet endorsements were made anyway.

In the election, politics won out over students. But we parents will not stop advocating to restore excellence to our school district.

Connie Davison Highlands Ranch

Thanks for good work

Thank you to all the workers on Park Meadows Drive. The road looks and feels great! You toiled through sun and wind, dirt and dust; perhaps even impatient motorists. Job well done.

Happy Thanksgiving to all of you. I am grateful for all your labors.

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Incident may show extremism

A disturbing thing happened a couple of days after the election. A young woman was driving her van westbound

on Highlands Ranch Parkway accompanied by her two young children, ages 4 years and 10 months. Her van still displayed the names of the progressive school board candidates who challenged the Douglas County School Board incumbents.

She had not yet cleaned her rear window and some disturbed individual dressed in business attire, and driving a small, dark-colored SUV, pulled up to her left, slowed down and began to make obscene facial and hand gestures at her.

He pulled in front of her, hit his brakes, then moved behind her, and raced up to her bumper. The harassment stretched from Fairview Parkway to Burntwood Way, where he suddenly turned south and disappeared, leaving her distraught and scared. This harassment was clearly due to the progressive candidates’ names still displayed on her rear window.

We have lived in this community for 21 years. I have never been so appalled as when I heard of this incident. This man needs to know our community does not condone this kind of volatile, dangerous, illegal behavior. He needs to be brought to justice. It is not freedom of speech when you endanger the lives of others, as was the case here. There is no circumstance that can justify this kind of unprovoked behavior. Ever.

Oh, by the way, the young woman was my daughter with my grandchildren. She is a resident of this community as well, a teacher in DCSD, and is raising her own kids here. I have never taken politics personally while living here. Now it is personal. We need to take our community back from this brand of extremism and the culture of hate.

Dan Fox-Gliessman Highlands Ranch

Ironically, I received an email from a reader telling me to smile on the same day that I began a column that would explain why I don’t smile. Or laugh. Oh, now and then I do.

The idea came from a New Yorker article written by Paul Rudnick, who said, “The phone rang while I was watching ‘Good Morning America,’ and I wondered if they could ever pay me enough to fake being that cheerful.’” That made me smile, because I have always thought that most of the men and women who host morning television programs are unnervingly upbeat.

I haven’t watched any scripted television comedies in twenty years, simply because they aren’t comedies — at least I don’t think so. Laugh tracks are an insult.

They should be illegal.

But here’s the thing: I have made people smile and laugh all of my adult life, and not just with my looks.

Movies are just as bad. I watched about two minutes of “Goldmember” before vomiting.

I would never survive in a comedy club. I mean, I would never survive in the audience. I don’t tell jokes, and I greatly prefer extemporaneous humor to anything that has been written and polished by a stand-up.

I make exceptions. I lap up the annual joke show on “A Prairie Home Companion,” and especially anything about a skeleton or a snake or a shepherd that goes into a bar.

I like sarcasm and dry humor, especially dry, droll humor.

I am not a complete sourpuss, but I try to be discriminating. Some people will laugh at almost anything. I think I laughed

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quite a bit during the Bush administrations, but sadly for all the wrong reasons.

I gave a one-time painting demonstration to about 60 people, and before I began, the organizer told me to smile every once in a while. That naturally caused me to not smile at all.

I cry much more often than I laugh.

When I see a genuinely tender moment in a film, I get teary. Whenever I think about my father for more than a minute or two, I get teary.

Our thresholds for humor are all different. Television aims for those who have very low thresholds. I want you to listen for something the next time you watch a situation comedy. Every third line is a punch line. That is not how humor works. I feel underestimated.

I do get a big kick out of the meteorologists who stand in front of very colorful local or national maps and wave their hands at current or predicted temperatures or conditions, as if they were playing a harp.

One in particular should be required to do her segment wearing handcuffs.

What amuses you might not amuse me.

I never thought that M*A*S*H was of any particular interest. But to its credit, the Smith continues on Page 7

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Colorado leads in Best deal: Be real economic growth It has been a very long road to recovery and there is finally some good news. The Kansas City Federal Reserve Bank just announced the third quarter economic data for our region. It appears the Colorado economy is improving at a greater rate than the national average. This comes five years after the end of the Great Recession.

Here are the data points from the Kansas City Federal Reserve Bank.

• Gross Domestic Product (GDP): The Feds are predicting GDP to be 2.6 percent for 2013; 3.5 percent for 2014 and 3.6 percent in 2015. The reason for the increase, which would be the highest in this business cycle, is due to higher taxes (no more payroll tax holiday) and rising income taxes.

• Employment: Nationally, the current unemployment rate is 7.3 percent.

However Colorado is faring a bit better at seven percent. The private sector is picking up in 2013 and there is less government drag. The Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) expects unemployment to be down to 6.2 percent by 2015 and 5.9 percent in Colorado. Last year there was a 2.5 percent increase in Colorado employment and a 10.2 percent jobs growth in Colorado over the last 10 years compared to only 4.8 percent nationwide. The largest jump in our region has been in residential construction.

• Housing: Colorado home prices have surpassed previous levels as of Sept. 30.

Prices are up 9.3 percent for the year, which is 6 percent over the 2007 levels.

There is a 1.8 month supply of houses on the market in Denver.

• Inflation: The Headline inflation rate is hovering around 1.7 percent. The Federal Reserve has a dual mandate: To keep price stability — defined by inflation at or lower than 2 percent — and keep employment steady at or below 6.5 percent.

• The Consumer: Spending is up over 3 percent this year compared to 2012. This is partly due to the expanding labor market and homeowners seeing improvement in their equity. Rising equity is partly due to low interest rates, especially if they refinanced in the last five years, coupled with rising home values.

The economy continues to grow mod-

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laugh track was turned off whenever the characters were performing surgery.

There was a (white) Virginia woman on CNN today who was attempting to justify why she permitted her 7-year-old son to dress up like a Ku Klux Klansman on Halloween. The woman’s last name is “Black.”

That’s just nuts. I smiled at that, again,

erately according to Alison Felix, VP of the Kansas City Federal Reserve Bank, Denver branch. The government shutdown may subtract up to one-half of a percent from prior GDP, however Colorado continues to outperform the national economy in construction and spending.

The new Federal Reserve Board Chairman Janet Yellen made her first announcement recently. She is being labeled as “dovish” and announced she would like to provide forward guidance of what would cause the Fed to taper their bond-buying program. This may be in an effort to reduce surprises and hence tame markets as they anticipate these changes. This may be a difficult undertaking as we have already seen both equity and bond markets react to concerns over how sustainable economic growth will be without the additional money supply produced by the Fed. This could mean two important things for investors: First, those on a fixed income will not be enjoying decent bond or CD yields anytime soon. Second, the longer the Fed tapering gets pushed into the future, the better chance we will have of market volatility in anticipation of when that will actually occur. These are all good reasons to make certain your portfolio is well-positioned for these events.

Patricia Kummer has been an independent Certified Financial Planner for 27 years and is president of Kummer Financial Strategies Inc., a Registered Investment Advisor in Highlands Ranch. She welcomes your questions at www.kummerfinancial.com or call the economic hotline at 303-683-5800.Any material discussed is meant for informational purposes only and not a substitute for individual advice.

I had an interesting “virtual” experience a few months ago. No, not that kind of experience, but a “virtual” business experience that taught me a valuable lesson in life.

We all know that everything we see or read on the Internet must be true, right?

Not quite.

Well, even in the virtual world, everything we see may not be what we think it is either. I was delivering a presentation using virtual technology. The people on the other side of the screen could see me and I could see them, very cool. It was an early morning presentation, I had myself set up at my desk, coffee mug filled, and my webcam adjusted perfectly to capture my image from my chest up to the top of my head. I had dressed professionally for the meeting, however, professionally only from the waist up.

Since it was an early morning meeting I took a short cut and put on a dress shirt, tie, and jacket, but left my sweat pants and sneakers on as I would be seated for this presentation. Or so I thought. The meeting went longer than anticipated, and before I knew it there was so much activity happening in my home that I was forced to stand up and shut my office door. I had completely forgotten that I would reveal that I was not in a full suit and tie and that my audience would see my casual sweat pants and sneakers.

Was it the worst thing that could have happened? No, of course not. We all got a good laugh about it and it gave me more material for that presentation and for this column.

The point I realized was that sometimes in life people only let us see what they want us to see, not the real deal. There have been points in my own life where I have been guilty of this myself, not just through the use of virtual technology, but not being the real deal or the real me in every circum-

stance. Do I do it out of protecting myself and keeping a guard up or do I do it out of an intent to have others see me as I want them to see me, not who I really am in any given situation or encounter?

As you know by now I love quoting Zig Ziglar, so here is what Zig says about it, “You will make a lousy anybody else, but you will make the best you in existence.”

You see we have to be the real deal, the genuine article in all that we do and all that we say.

This morning I had another virtual presentation with a team of people assembled in Budapest, Hungary. The meeting was scheduled for 5 a.m. Mountain Time. I woke up early enough to shower, shave, put on my best suit, shirt, tie, and dress shoes.

I was dressed for success and not leaving anything to chance. What they saw was a business professional, what they heard came from my heart, and my confidence was so much higher because I was being myself on the inside and the outside, I was the real deal.

How about you? Do you let people only see what you want them to see? I would love to hear all about it at gotonorton@ gmail.com and when you enjoy the benefits of being the real deal, the real you, it really will be a better than good week.

Michael Norton, a resident of Highlands Ranch, is the former president of the Zig Ziglar organization and CEO and founder of www.candogo.com

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perhaps for the wrong reasons.

I think the reader who told me to smile wants more confirmation bias in her journalists, and less judgment about the things she believes in that I do not.

A skeleton goes into a bar, and the bartender says, “What will you have?”

And the skeleton says, “A beer and a mop.”

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Post-election meeting doesn’t satisfy teens ThunderRidge students aired concerns with district leaders

By Jane Reuter

jreuter@ourcoloradonews.com ThunderRidge High School students concerned about the results of the recent Douglas County School Board election said a Nov. 11 meeting with district officials wasn’t productive.

“That meeting was not very empowering,” senior Sophie Pepin said, but added, “I think they do have a genuine interest in hearing what we had to say. That was not the end of the discussion.”

“Some of our questions were answered, but a lot of the questions they were talking their way around,” senior Chris Thompson said.

Seven ThunderRidge students attend the meeting with DCSD assistant superintendent of secondary education Dan McMinimee and director of high school

education Steve Johnson. District leaders proposed the meeting after students planned via Twitter to boycott classes in objection to the results.

Four candidates who support the current board’s education reform efforts were elected to the board Nov. 5.

The students said the reforms the board enacted took a toll on teachers, and they’re concerned for them. Teachers are overburdened by the extra work required with the block high school schedule and complicated evaluations, and some of the students’ favorites already have left ThunderRidge, students say.

According to DCSD statistics, 16 percent of ThunderRidge teachers — or 15 individuals — resigned last year. The district average was about 12 percent.

“I would say most of the concern is over the teachers — just pay and paperwork and standards,” said Pepin, who also is the Student Advisory Group co-president. “But some of the other things we mentioned were where money is being allocated, and

where the top priority should be. We are hoping they can get more teachers just to take the workload off of the current teachers.”

Thompson said he felt district officials blamed Senate Bill 191, which requires teacher evaluations, for problems related to its own evaluations. Rather than follow the state’s evaluation program, DCSD created its own.

“One of the issues we were bringing up was testing, putting teachers into categories,” Pepin said, referring to evaluations that categorize teachers’ effectiveness.

“There definitely is some blame to be put on Senate Bill 191, but there’s a lot of room for improvements, things we could do differently that were not required.”

The meeting didn’t give Thompson hope that much will change for the teachers.

“I didn’t think they were doing enough to help the teachers,” Thompson said. “I felt, you guys can just do a little more.”

On the bright side, Thompson said he

gained a better understanding of the need for the high schools’ block schedule.

“When it comes down to it, it makes sense,” he said. “You’re only losing four minutes per class period, and it saves a lot of money.”

The students are worried more teachers will leave their school, saying morale is low.

The election results “disappointed so many teachers,” Pepin said. “Outside money still played a factor. And voters without kids were the ones that really made that election happen. I think it was just really hard for everyone.”

District officials offered little comment on the student meeting.

“We highly valued the opportunity to meet with the students for an hour and a half and hear their perspective as well as field their questions,” McMinimee wrote in an email. “If they have further questions we let them know they could contact us any time. We will use their input and the questions they asked as we move forward.”

Lone Tree mayor leads state transit effort Group urges sales tax to fill transportation funding gap

By Jane Reuter

jreuter@ourcoloradonews.com Buffeted by growth and time, Colorado’s highway infrastructure rapidly is wearing down.

The estimated cost to fix it is $772 million short of the Colorado Department of Transportation’s annual budget.

That gap means Coloradans may be asked to vote on a sales tax in November 2014. The 0.7 percent tax, which would generate seven cents on each $10 spent, would be designated solely for transportation improvements.

Already chairman of the Metro Mayors Caucus, Lone Tree mayor Jim Gunning has

emerged as a key figure in the effort.

The caucus is part of MPACT 64, which Gunning also chairs. The transportation-focused collaboration of four agencies — the Metro Mayors Caucus, Action 22, Club 20 and Progressive 15 — represents all 64 Colorado counties. That statewide representation is important, Gunning said, because the transportation issues are not limited to a specific region. Likewise, the solution can’t be found or implemented regionally.

“It’s a system,” Gunning said. “We all need the transportation system to work cohesively.”

In 18 months of broad-based conversation, study and polling on potential solutions, Gunning said a sales tax emerged as the funding source most likely to gain voter approval. Another poll planned in December will determine whether the idea makes it to the 2014 ballot.

Polls already conducted on other potential solutions were not promising. While more than 60 percent of those surveyed agreed transit deficits are a serious issue, most rejected the idea of increasing the fuel tax. Not only is the idea unpopular, Gunning said, but increasingly fuel-efficient and electric cars mean it’s a fast-fading source of reliable revenue.

Colorado today relies on fuel taxes and license fees for construction and maintenance of its transportation infrastructure.

The fuel tax hasn’t increased since 1991, when it represented about 20 percent of the cost of a gallon of gas.

Today, as the cost of gas has increased, the tax represents just 6 percent of the pergallon cost.

Meanwhile, both the state’s population and the annual amount vehicles travel have jumped more than 50 percent.

The sales tax also is not a long-term solution, and would likely sunset in 15 years.

“This is a bridge to how we fund transportation in the future,” Gunning said.

If the tax passes, the current proposal calls for dedicating two-thirds of the money to road improvements, and the remaining one-third to transit — including light rail.

Locally, it likely would help fund the expansion of C-470 and accelerate construction of the southeast light rail extension from Lincoln Avenue to RidgeGate Parkway.

Gunning said the recent failure of Amendment 66 — a proposed income tax designed to fund education improvements — doesn’t mean voters will also reject a sales tax proposed on the more personal and universal problems tied to transportation.

“I believe they’ll take this as a brand new issue,” he said.

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November 22, 2013

Sheriff’s office adopts new pay scale Performance-based, tiered plan underway

By Ryan Boldrey

rboldrey@ourcoloradonews.com The Douglas County Sheriff’s Office has implemented a new performance-based, tiered pay scale that is helping bringing its commissioned staff back to regional industry standards.

The result, they hope, will help keep more highly trained officers in Douglas County.

“We don’t want Douglas County to be a training ground,” said Sgt. Ron Hanavan, sheriff’s office spokesman. “We want this

to be a place for people to get on a career path and choose to stay.”

The new pay plan was launched Oct. 21 and is being phased in over the next two years, affecting a commissioned staff of 283 deputies, sergeants and lieutenants.

Some officers will see as much as a 9 percent raise over that two-year time frame.

“We got them halfway there this year and we are going to take them the rest of the way next year,” said Chief Holly Nicholson-Kluth. “Once they are in a tier plan they know that unless they are not performing they will move between 2 and 5 percent each year, depending on which tier they are moving into.”

The pay scale consists of 10 tiers at each rank, with the deputy pay scale ranging from $52,000 up to $75,000. The pay rang-

es of all three ranks were also adjusted on the new scale so there is a 3 percent gap between each, preventing someone from making more money than their superior.

The nine-member command staff was not included in the pay plan and will receive increases in accordance with other county employees.

According to Nicholson-Kluth, the department first developed the new pay structure in 2009, but salaries were frozen in 2010 and nobody has seen more than a minimal raise since, which just made “compression” worse. As the industry minimum continued to rise and department pay raises weren’t keeping up, new employees were being paid more than those who had been with the department for four or five years.

“When we reinitiated the tier plan we looked at about 30 law enforcement agencies across the Front Ranch, both sheriff and police agencies,” she said. “We will reexamine the market every one to two years, and if the market moves, the tier’s minimum and maximum would move with it as well.”

“For us this creates a really fair pay structure that is equal to what most other agencies are doing,” added Chief Tim Moore.

“It also lets employees that are doing a good job know that they are appreciated and are paid fairly, and helps us keep from losing good, qualified people that have worked and lived here for five, 10 or 15 years because other agencies are paying better and they are tempted to leave.”

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CRIME REPORT Financial documents stolen Around 4:20 p.m. Nov. 4, a Douglas County Sheriff’s Office deputy was dispatched to the 6900 block of North Yucca Trail east of Parker on a report of a theft. The victim said he noticed mail missing when his accountant told him that he was missing financial documents on or around Oct. 1.

The victim was out of town last year into January 2013, and when he goes out of town he forwards his mail. His mail was being forwarded to an address in the 11400 block of East Oxen Road. All of the missing mail contained financial information, as well as a check for $1,200.

He contacted Chase Bank and the check was not cashed. He had not checked his credit report and has not received any notifications that his accounts have been accessed.

He wanted to report the mail theft in case something comes up in the future.

Woman cited for loose dogs Shortly before noon Nov. 6, animal service officers were dispatched to the 19000 block of East Hickock Drive in Parker on a dog at large call.

Animal services officers found three dogs running at large.

The dogs’ owner, a 53-year-old woman, was unable to produce proof of rabies vaccinations. The dogs were released to the woman, who was sub-

sequently issued a municipal citation for three counts of rabies control and dogs running at large.

Citation follows dog attack At 3:22 p.m. Nov. 6, animal service officers were dispatched to the 11000 block of Gilcrest Street in Parker on a report of a dog attack that occurred on Nov. 5. The reporting party said she took her dogs for a walk in the area of Foxton Drive and Keota Street when a black dog jumped a fence and attacked one of her dogs. Her dog sustained injuries and had to be treated at a local veterinarian.

Animal service officers responded to the 11000 block of Keota Street and identified the owner of the black dog.

A 42-year-old woman was subsequently issued a municipal citation for a vicious dog, dog running at large and rabies control, according to a report from the Parker police.

Prowler flees to vehicle Approximately 7:50 p.m. Nov. 7, police responded to the 21000 block of Unbridled Avenue in Parker on a report of a prowler. The reporting party said he heard a noise in his backyard and saw a man standing on the back deck.

The suspect is described at 6 feet tall with a slight build, clean shaven, sandy or light brown curly hair, wearing blue jeans, a gray “jacket”

and a white shirt. When the suspect saw the homeowner he ran out of the backyard and down Unbridled Avenue then jumped into a waiting vehicle on Swale Avenue.

During the investigation, officers were unable to identify any suspects or additional information. The case was deactivated due to a lack of suspect information.

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Man jailed on warrant Shortly after 3 p.m. Nov. 8, officers responded to the Parker post office at 18695 Pony Express Drive on a report of a suspicious male parked in the employee parking lot.

Officers contacted a 56-yearold man and explained to him he wasn’t supposed to be parked in the employee lot and asked him to move.

During the course of the investigation, officers learned he had an active warrant out of Florida.

The man was taken into custody and transported to Douglas County Jail without incident.

Daytime theft reported The Parker Police Department took an online report at 5 p.m. Nov. 4 after Fastsigns, a business at 18921 E. Plaza Drive, reported the theft of an A-frame sign.

It went missing between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. There were no suspects.

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Heavy equipment mechanic

Your Community Connector to Boundless Rewards

Intellectual Property Legal Assistant

needed for local excavation contractor.

Must have own tools.

Must be knowledgeable about CAT engines, electronics, hydraulics, pumps.

Travel required on an as needed basis.

2-3 years experience with CAT heavy equipment required.

Please call 660-656-9506 EOE

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November 22, 2013

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PADT is seeking A simulATion suPPorT engineer

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PADT is looking to fill a position in the Denver office. This position focuses on the support and sales of ANSYS, Inc. simulation products. The most important responsibilities include providing technical support to customers, conducting training, carrying out benchmarks, providing technical input to the sales team, and serving as a technical expert in front of customers.

Advertise: 303-566-4100

Excel Personnel is now HIRING!!

Excellent opportunity to put your filing and assembly skills to

Applicants must have the following qualifications: • Master’s Degree or higher in Mechanical Engineering or related field.

• At least 6 months of experience working as an engineer in a commercial or government entity conducting a variety of simulations across physics.

• Expertise with the majority of ANSYS, Inc. products that PADT resells.

• Strong verbal communication skills.

• Strong theoretical understanding of mechanical structures, dynamics, electromagnetics, fluid mechanics, and engineering math.

• Above average SolidWorks solid modeling skills • Willingness to work constructively as a partner with multiple non-technical sales people selling a technical product • Strong and proven problem solving skills for technical support.

• Extensive understanding of High Performance Computing solutions for simulation, both from a hardware and software perspective • Be able to travel out of town approximately 30% to 50% of the time, often on short notice and for a duration of up to two weeks at a time.

work for the world’s leading provider of aeronautical data!

1ST SHIFT MON – FRI: 6AM – 2:30PM $9.50/hr 2ND SHIFT MON – FRI: 2:30PM – 11PM $10.50/hr 3rd SHIFT WED – SAT (SWING 10HRS) 7AM – 5:30PM $9.50/hr ** Clerical/Filing tests required **

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1. Go to www.excelpersonnel.com 2. Complete the application including your job history 3. Once completed, call Excel Personnel at 303-427-4600 Honored to be in business in Colorado for over 20 years. Excel Personnel is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. M/F/D/V.

NOW HIRING POLICE OFFICERS The City of Black Hawk, two (2) vacancies for POLICE OFFICER I. Hiring Range: $53,959 - $62,052 DOQ/E. Unbelievable benefit package and exceptional opportunity to serve in Colorado’s premiere gaming community located 18 miles west of Golden. The City supports its employees and appreciates great service! If you are interested in serving a unique historical city and enjoy working with diverse populations visit the City’s website at www.cityofblackhawk.org/goto/employee_services for more information or to apply online for this limited opportunity. Requires High School Diploma or GED, valid Colorado driver’s license with a safe driving record, must be at least 21 years of age, and must be Colorado POST certified by date of hire. The City accepts online applications for Police Officer positions year round. Applications will remain active for one (1) year from the date of submission. EOE.

Help Wanted

Help Wanted

Inovant, LLC, a Visa Inc. company, currently has openings in our Highlands Ranch, Colorado location for: - Network Support Engineers (133157) to troubleshoot and resolve complex network related problems, coordinate resources where necessary, and serve as escalation point to operational teams.

Respond to and resolve IP network issues and deploy client solutions and network design implementations.

Nurses needed (RN or LPN) one on one patient care 12 hour night shifts reliable/dependable nurses needed in peaceful, loving home.

Consistent care for TBI victim Parker. Call 303-646-3020

Apply online at www.visa.com and reference Job #133157. EOE

Medical Needed full time MA, LPN or RN in Ken Caryl area for busy pediatric office.

Includes Saturday mornings Please fax resume to Nita 303-791-7756

LEGITIMATE WORK AT HOME No Sales, no Investment, No Risk, Free training, Free website. Contact Susan at 303-646-4171 or fill out form at www.wisechoice4u.com Health Care Registered Nurse/Licensed Practical Nurse Needed NOW! Immediate Hire!

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Keep Kids Together Abused and neglected brothers and sisters are often separated in foster care.

There just aren’t enough foster homes to keep them together.

This leaves them sad, anxious and confused and they feel like it’s “all their fault.”

Give the Gift of Hope-Become a Savio foster parent.

Call Tracy Stuart 303/225-4152

Wobbler Toddler & Pre K Teacher needed

Full Time, 12 minutes West of Golden on I70. Must be qualified by current state regulation. Looking for team players, some benefits provided. Please call Monday-Friday 7am-6pm 303-674-9070 and ask for Martha

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November 22, 2013

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$350/month + utilities. 130 East Grace Avenue, Woodland Park

1297 S. Perry St. Castle Rock, Colorado 80104 303-688-2500 telephone 303-688-2600 fax

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VARIOUS OFFICES 100-2,311 sq.ft. Rents from $200-$1750/month.

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UTDOOR

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Electricians A+

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Residential/Commercial/Farm & Ranch Fencing

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General Repair & Remodel Paul Boggs Master Electrician Licensed/Insured/Guaranteed

Carpet Cleaning Rotory-Steam-Jet-Extraction .30 Cents-Per-Sqr.-Foot! Why Pay for Areas That Are Never Cleaned!

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November 22, 2013 Plumbing

OUTDOOR SERVICES

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At the Ballet

Aurora native has TV touch

International Youth Ballet dancers present “The Nutcracker Highlights,” being repeated this year by the Highlands Ranch Cultural Affairs Association. Performances will be at 7 p.m. on Nov. 29 and at 3 and 7 p.m. on Nov. 30 at Southridge Recreation Center, 4800 McArthur Ranch Road., Highlands Ranch. Tickets cost $7 in advance or $10 at the door — if not sold out, which it usually is. Children under 2 are free if sitting on a parent’s lap. Call 303-471-8859 or go to HRCAonline.org/tickets. Courtesy photo

PACE rolls out slate of family holiday fare Music, art, gifts on center’s agenda

By Sonya Ellingboe

sellingboe@ourcoloradonews.com Parker’s PACE Center has announced a holiday season of goodies to attract the family — with music, art and a chance to find special gifts for those on your list.

• The eclectic quintet Sybarite 5 will perform its concert repertoire, ranging from Radiohead to Brubeck — with Piazolla perhaps in the middle — at 4 p.m.

Nov. 24. $20.

• The internationally known “Leahy if you go Family Christmas” will deck the halls at The PACE Center is 7:30 p.m. on Nov. 29, at 20000 Pikes Peak featuring the eight Ave., Old Town Parker. musical Canadians in Tickets to events are fiddle-playing, stepat pacecenteronline. dancing, song-singorg, 303-805-6800. ing — a spirited Celtic Christmas show.

Tickets start at $40.

• The Colorado Symphony brings its popular “Drums of the World” production at 2 p.m. Nov. 20. It explores the myriad forms of percussion: bongo, marimba, bass drums, log drums, boo-bams, Chinese cymbals, metal trash cans, darabukkas, talking drums, plastic pipe, acoustic guitar, toy trumpet, table spoons, burma gongs, water can, crow call, tambourine, gankogui and sleigh bells. Tickets start at $20.

• The Parker Symphony orchestra and Parker Chorale join forces at 7:30 p.m. on

When Aurora native Josh Ackerman first heard Christina Aguilera sing, he said he knew she was bound for popsinging stardom.

“I remember when Christina Aguilera’s audition tape came in, she was singing like Whitney Houston,” Ackerman said about his fellow Disney’s “Mickey Mouse Club” alum. “I knew that she more than anybody was going to be a mega star.”

Ackerman, who moved from Colorado to Orlando, Fla., when he was 11, answered an open casting call for the famed “Mickey Mouse Club,” and landed a place on the show. During his tenure there (he was the only male cast member who stayed on from the pilot to the last episode when he was 18), Ackerman performed alongside Justin Timberlake, Britney Spears, Ryan Gosling and (Highlands Ranch native) Keri Russell.

But Ackerman’s show business career shifted from in front of the camera to behind it. He learned the basics of what would become his craft by hanging out with editors and producers to learn the intricacies of their jobs.

About five years ago, Ackerman and his business partners built Bodega Pictures from a garage-based fledgling start-up to a full service production house with more than 50 employees and five network deals including shows in development with AMC, E! and the Cooking Channel.

At the end of last month, his show “South Beach Tow” on TruTV returned with a new season. On Sunday, the Bodega-produced show “On the Rocks” premieres on the Food Network. “On the Rocks” features host John Green, founder of a bar consulting company, as he travels around the U.S. in his quest to turn around failing bars.

“He can change little things that can bring in big dollars for the owners,” Ackerman said. Ackerman said he hasn’t returned to Denver for seven or eight years — “I’ve been building my business,” he said.

Just two guys

The “Leahy Family Christmas” concert with eight talented Canadian siblings will be presented at the PACE Center in Parker on Nov. 29. Courtesy photo Dec. 6 and 7 for “A Classic Parker Holiday.” Included in the orchestra’s program: Rimsky-Korsakov’s “Snow Maiden Suite”; “The Eighth Candle” by Steve Reisteter; “Skater’s Waltz” by Waldsteufel; and Leroy Anderson’s popular “Sleigh Ride.” Tickets start at $20.

• “The Nutcracker of Parker,” presented Dec. 19-22 by Colorado School of Dance, includes local and professional dancers, with professional backdrops and sets.

Show times are 2 and 7 p.m.

• Nature’s Patterns,” an exhibit of works by the very active Parker Artists Guild, opens with a 6 p.m. reception on Nov. 22 and continues through Jan. 3 in the gallery. Visit before and during performances

— or as a special expedition. Original art is a very special gift.

• On Dec. 6 and 7, the Old Town Parker Holiday Art Market will run from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Dec. 6 and 7, the Parker Youth Ballet will perform “12 Days of Christmas and there will be complimentary carriage rides on Mainstreet on Saturday evenings.

(Parker is one of eight Emerging Creative Districts designated by the State of Colorado) • Finally, celebrate “New Year’s Eve, Motown Style” on Dec. 31, with cocktails, appetizers, music and a silent auction, which will include a painting by Pam Hostetler, a founder of the Parker Art Guild. $100 a person. (Sold out last year.)

I told you recently about Broncos linebacker Von Miller’s fundraiser for his charity Von’s Vision, which gives glasses to kids in need.

Many of Miller’s teammates showed up to mix and mingle with fans, sign souvenir footballs and serve a multi-course dinner at Ocean Prime on Larimer Square.

Wide receiver Demaryius Thomas, who was mobbed by admirers, spoke briefly to me about his short stint on the reality series “Eric & Jessie: Game On,” a show on E! about wide receiver Eric Decker and his new bride Jessie James in the weeks leading up to their wedding.

Thomas, whom Decker calls his best friend on the team (hence the moniker “Black and Decker”), appeared in the episode on Decker’s bachelor party in Lake Tahoe where the manly men vied for the title of MVP. I asked Thomas about his appearance on the show-and-tell show where the gang golfs and drinks beer and goes out on a boat and drinks beer.

“He’s a buddy so I thought I’d do it for him,” Thomas said about his brief show biz stint. As to the episode? Thomas said he hasn’t seen it.

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Music to set tone at ACC Four free musical performances will be presented by Arapahoe Community College’s music department in early December, all in the Houstoun Waring Theatre (M2900) at the Littleton campus, 5900 S. Santa Fe Drive. For information, contact Dr. Hidemi Matsushita, hidemi.matsushita@arapahoe. edu, 303-797-5867. The shows are: Dec. 2, 7 p.m., the ACC String Orchestra, conducted

by Rene Knetsch; Dec. 4, noon, members of the Arapahoe Philharmonic will give a lunchtime performance of Stravinsky’s “Soldier’s Tale”; Dec. 6, 7 p.m., the ACC Jazz Ensemble, directed by Cecil Lewis; Dec. 9, 7 p.m., the ACC Chorus, conducted by Ron Kientz and the Women’s Vocal Ensemble, directed by Mayumi Matsumoto, will sing.

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Chapelski, “No Two Alike,” third. Honorable mentions went to Julia Grundmeier and Pat Dall. Bemis Library is at 6014 S. Datura St., Littleton. Hours: 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Mondays to Thursdays; 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Fridays, Saturdays; 1 to 5 p.m. Sundays. 303-795-3961.

Paint Box Guild show

Peter Samelson, illusionist/entertainer/ philosopher, appears at Theatre of Dreams, 735 Park St., Castle Rock, at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 22 and 23 with an all-ages show of magic and theater. Tickets: $22.50. Reservations: 303660-6799.

The Paint Box Guild of Littleton will have an exhibition from Dec. 2 to 31 at Bemis Library, 6014 S. Datura St., Littleton. Media included: oil, watercolor, pastel and mixed.

Open during library hours: 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.

Mondays to Thursdays; 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Fridays, Saturdays; 1 to 5 p.m. Sundays.

Arts guild at Bemis

Auditions set

The Littleton Fine Arts Guild has an exhibit at Bemis Library through Nov. 30.

Gene Youngman was juror and his awards went to: Peggy Dietz, “Old Print Shop,” first; Cheryl Adams, “Coral Roses,” second; Greg

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Cecil Lewis is ACC Jazz Ensemble director and will perform with the group on Dec. 6. Courtesy photo director. Five-minute slots by appointment only: Prepare 24-32 bars of music similar to the show’s style. Bring sheet music — an accompanist will be provided. Rehearsals begin March 1, show runs April 11 to May 11.

For appointment: fsabartinelli@townhallartscenter.com, 303-797-2787, ext.211.

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“Yes Virginia, There is a Santa Claus” by James Gorski, directed by Francesco Viola III, is presented by the Parker Arts Council at Deep Space Theater and Event Center at 3 p.m. (2:30 p.m. pre-curtain) on Nov. 23, 24, 30, Dec. 1, 7, 8. The center is at 11020 S. Pikes Peak Drive, Parker. Tickets: $5 donation at the door. Parkerartscouncil.org.

Historic house tour

Historic Denver announces the fourth

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Eavesdropping on a man: “Biked to Denver Botanic Gardens at Chatfield; (it) was like biking in Vermont. Not that I’ve ever biked in Vermont, but very pretty, and stopped for an Old Mill Pilsner in the Old Mill Brewery in Old Town Littleton ... and after biking 45 miles, I’m feeling old myself.”

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annual Upper Colfax Victorian Holiday House Tour from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Nov. 30. A ticket includes a visit from Santa and complimentary horse-drawn carriage rides.

Tickets cost $12 advance, $15 day of tour at Castle Marne B&B, 1572 Race St. Other homes on the tour: Holiday Chalet B&B, 1820 E. Colfax; Unity Temple, 1555 Race St.; Milheim House, 1515 Race St.; Adagio B&B, 1430 Race St..

SSPR features local artists

J. Mensen, photographer, and R. Dickey, ink portrait artist, will exhibit work through Nov. 28 at Lone Tree Recreation Center, 10249 Ridgegate Circle. Lone Tree.

Also, Karen Trenchard’s Colorado photographs will be exhibited at Goodson Recreation Center, 6315 S. University Blvd., Centennial.

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

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CURTAIN TIME Holiday celebration

“A Christmas Carol, the Musical” plays Nov. 26 to Dec. 22 at the Arvada Center, 6901 Wadsworth Blvd., Arvada.

Directed by Gavin Meyer, it’s produced with elaborate staging, beautiful costumes and a large professional cast.

Performances: 7:30 p.m. Tuesdays through Saturdays; 1 p.m. Wednesdays; 2 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays. Tickets: start at $53, with 50 percent off for children, if purchased through the box office, 720-898-7200, arvadacenter.org.

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“Santa’s Big Red Sack” returns to Avenue Theater from Nov. 29 to Dec. 24, for the fifth year, at 417 E. 17th Ave., Denver. It’s produced by Rattlebrain Theatre, featuring Dave Shirley in a series of skits. (For adults.) Performances: 7:30 Fridays and Saturdays; Thursdays Dec. 15 and 22; 7:30 Monday, Dec. 23; 4 p.m. Dec. 24. Tickets: $26.50/$23.50, 303-321-5925, avenuetheater.com.

Sedaris experience

“The Santaland Diaries,” based on a now-famous David Sedaris short story, will be presented in the Denver Center’s Galleria Theatre Nov. 29 to Dec. 24 by the Boulder Ensemble Theatre Company, starring Matt Zambrano. (Not for children.) Performances: Thursdays through Tuesdays evenings at 7:30; matinees Sat. and Sun at 2 p.m.

Tickets: 303-893-4100, denvercenter.org.

The cast of “Electra Onion Eater” at Buntport Theater: Enis Edborg (Orestes), Drew Horwitz (Bruce) Erin Rollman (Electra) and Hannah Duggan (Clytemnesta).

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As audiences have come to expect, the production is clever and silly.

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Malala is subject of Congratulations! poetic celebration ACC Writers Studio honors brave girl

By Sonya Ellingboe

sellingboe@ourcoloradonews.com “One child, one teacher, one book and one pen can change the world,” Malala Yousafzai told the United Nations delegates when she spoke to them on her 16th birthday. It was a birthday a Taliban gunman who attacked her on her school bus in Pakistan never intended for her to celebrate.

One outcome of the ongoing, increasingly encouraging news about this remarkable young woman is an anthology of poems by writers from around the world: “Poems for Malala.” It is published as a “Good Works Project” by FutureCycle Press, and all proceeds will go to the Malala Fund she established to help with education for girls. (malalafund.org).

On Nov. 8, Arapahoe Community College’s Writers Studio hosted an event to celebrate the publication of the book (on the Oct. 9 anniversary of the day she was shot in the head). Kathryn Winograd, who heads the Writers Studio, issued an invitation to the community at large and to the area community of poets to attend.

Colorado poet Joseph Hutchinson, who was asked to edit the anthology, opened the evening’s program, saying he had invited Andrea Watson to assist him and they had received about 100 to 150 poems each

week from around the world. (They read them all.) At first, the words were angry, but as good news came that Malala — who was carried to England and cared for by a pair of doctors there — was recovering, the tone shifted. “They ended up with a broad representation of emotion.” Included in those selected for publication were works

by Winograd and Chris Ransick of the ACC faculty.

Hutchinson started the poetry readings with his own and one by Jane Hillberry, who teaches at Colorado College, then invited poets in the audience who had poems in the finished volume to read, plus others from the active community of Colorado poets and several ACC faculty members. Each read two poems.

Hearing these poets read, including Kathryn Winograd reading her own contribution, “etymology of girl,” reminded me that poetry is really meant to be read aloud. The impact is greatly enhanced.

The evening closed with a representative of the Denver-based not-for-profit, Women’s Development Association, speaking about their work in Lahore, Pakistan, where there is 27 percent literacy overall — almost none among women. They offer a two-year literacy class for women, and some have gone on to the undergraduate level. They also offer computer classes and assist with health issues and micro loans.

“Poems for Malala” can be ordered in paperback or Kindle e-book edition from Amazon.com, and all proceeds will go to the Malala Fund.

The Ponderosa High School Varsity Poms/Dance team has been on an incredible run since the start of the 2013 competition season on November 7th. They began with the Continental league finals that Thursday evening where they secured a first place win in the Pom Division. On Saturday, November 9th, Chaparral High School hosted the NDA competition where Ponderosa received a 2nd place award in the Pom Division. Finally, on Saturday, November 16th, Ponderosa brought home a 1st place trophy for their school with an incredible performance in the Jazz Division at the UDA Mile High regional competition held at the National Western Complex. They were awarded 2nd place that same day in the Pom Division and received an award for Best Costume in regards to the Jazz routine. Look for Ponderosa to really shine on December 6th when they compete in the Jazz Division at the Colorado State Championship which will be held at the Denver Coliseum.

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GIFT CARD drive. Resort 2 Kindness (R2K) hosts its BIG GIVE 2013 gift card drive to benefit the Colorado flood victims. The drive runs from Nov. 15 to Dec. 15. R2K will collect unused, unexpired gift cards valid at any restaurant, grocery store, home store or retail store in Colorado. All cards will be given to the Emergency Family Assistance Association. Gift cards can be mailed to Resort 2 Kindness, 9781 S. Meridian Blvd., Suite 200, Englewood, CO 80112. Monetary donations can also be made online at resort2kindness.org.

NOV. 22 TO JAN. 3 NATURE ARTWORK The Parker Artist Guild presents “Nature’s Patterns,” a collection of artwork focusing on the beauty of patterns in nature. A special opening reception is at 6 p.m.

Nov. 22 at the PACE Center, 20000 Pikes Peak Ave., Parker. For information about this event, visit the Parker Artists Guild at www.parkerartistsguild.com.

NOV. 24 QUINTET CONCERT Sybarite5 will perform at 4 p.m. Nov. 24 at the PACE Center, 20000 Pikes Peak Ave., Parker. From Brubeck to Radiohead, Sybarite5’s eclectic repertoire and dynamic performance style is turning heads throughout the music world. This quintet of young and talented musicians takes the audience on an exciting ride that engages the senses.

Tickets are $20. A pre-show talk begins at 3 p.m. Go to http:// pacecenteronline.ticketforce.com/default.asp.

NOV. 26 NANOWRIMO WRITE-INS. Need a place to write during

National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo)? Stop by Douglas County Libraries on Nov. 26 and do just that. Adults, come to the Highlands Ranch Branch (9292 Ridgeline Blvd.) at 6:30 p.m.; teens visit the Parker Branch (10851 S. Crossroads Dr.) at 7 p.m. No registration is required.

NOV. 29 FAMILY CHRISTMAS Celebrate the start of the holiday season with Leahy, the Canadian powerhouse family described as “a whirlwind triple threat of fiddle-driven music, dance and song.”“A Leahy Family Christmas” is at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 29 at the PACE Center, 20000 Pikes Peak Ave., Parker. Go to http:// pacecenteronline.ticketforce.com/default.asp.

NOV. 29-30, DEC. 7, DEC. 14, DEC. 21 SANTA VISIT. Santa Claus is coming to the PACE Center from 5-9 p.m. Nov. 29-30, Dec. 7, Dec. 14 and Dec. 21. Enjoy a free carriage ride from O’Brien Park and stop at the PACE Center to talk with Santa. Hosted by PACE and the Foerster Realtor Team.

The PACE Center is at 20000 Pikes Peak Ave., Parker. Go to http://pacecenteronline.ticketforce.com/default.asp.

DEC. 1 AUDITIONS THE DJC Youth All-Stars is looking for a high school banjo/guitar or replacement drum set player. Audition music and recording have been posted at www.bandresourcesunlimited.com. Auditions will take place from 6:30-9 p.m.

Sunday, Dec. 1, at Flesher-Hinton Music Store, 3936 Tennyson St. in Denver. Intermediate to advanced jazz experience is necessary. For information, or to schedule an audition, email ecan11@msn.com or call 303-328-7277.

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Public Trustees PUBLIC NOTICE Parker NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2013-0574 To Whom It May Concern: On 9/5/2013 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: TIMOTHY FRANCIS SAVOY AND DONNA MECHE SAVOY Original Beneficiary: NEW CENTURY MORTGAGE CORPORATION Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A., SUCCESSOR BY MERGER TO WELLS FARGO BANK MINNESOTA, N.A., AS TRUSTEE F/K/A NORWEST BANK MINNESOTA, N.A., AS TRUSTEE FOR MORGAN STANLEY DEAN WITTER CAPITAL I INC. TRUST 2002-NC3, MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2002-NC3 Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 5/30/2002 Recording Date of DOT: 6/3/2002 Reception No. of DOT: 2002052403 DOT Recorded in Douglas County.

Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $295,950.00 Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $260,755.92 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 2, BLOCK 4, STONEGATE FILING NO. 15-A, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO. Which has the address of: 16243 Creekview Drive, Parker, CO 80134 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, January 8, 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: 11/14/2013 Last Publication: 12/12/2013 Publisher: Douglas County News Press Dated: 9/5/2013 GEORGE J KENNEDY DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: JOAN OLSON Colorado Registration #: 28078 1199 BANNOCK STREET , DENVER, COLORADO 80204 Phone #: (303) 813-1177 Fax #: (303) 813-1107 Attorney File #: 4500.00021 *YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE DATES on the Public Trustee website: http://www.douglas.co.us/publictrustee/ Legal Notice No.: 2013-0574 First Publication: 11/14/2013 Last Publication: 12/12/2013 Publisher: Douglas County News Press PUBLIC NOTICE Parker NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2013-0578 To Whom It May Concern: On 9/5/2013 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: FRANKLIN R. LASHLEY Original Beneficiary: MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., ACTING SOLELY AS NOMINEE FOR FREEDOM MORTGAGE CORPORATION Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: FREEDOM MORTGAGE CORPORATION Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 8/24/2007 Recording Date of DOT: 9/4/2007 Reception No. of DOT: 2007070603 DOT Recorded in Douglas County.

Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $412,000.00 Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $350,275.52 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 58, VILLAGES OF PARKER, FILING NO. 26B, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO Which has the address of: 12264 Desert Hills Street, Parker, CO 80138 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, January 8, 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 Certific-

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 58, VILLAGES OF PARKER, FILING NO. 26B, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO Which has the address of: 12264 Desert Hills Street, Parker, CO 80138 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, January 8, 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: 11/14/2013 Last Publication: 12/12/2013 Publisher: Douglas County News Press Dated: 9/5/2013 GEORGE J KENNEDY DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: LISA CANCANON Colorado Registration #: 42043 1199 BANNOCK STREET , DENVER, COLORADO 80204 Phone #: (303) 813-1177 Fax #: (303) 813-1107 Attorney File #: 1164.00085 *YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE DATES on the Public Trustee website: http://www.douglas.co.us/publictrustee/

Public Trustees

Legal Notice No.: 2013-0578 First Publication: 11/14/2013 Last Publication: 12/12/2013 Publisher: Douglas County News Press PUBLIC NOTICE Parker NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2013-0585 To Whom It May Concern: On 9/11/2013 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: FRANK W. NEVINS, AND JANET C. NEVINS, AND STEVEN C. NICKLES Original Beneficiary: MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., AS NOMINEE FOR FREEDOM MORTGAGE CORPORATION Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 10/30/2006 Recording Date of DOT: 10/31/2006 Reception No. of DOT: 2006093548 DOT Recorded in Douglas County.

Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $273,600.00 Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $304,200.24 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 5, BLOCK 7, GRANDVIEW ESTATES, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO. Which has the address of: 12626 N. 1st Street, Parker, CO 80134 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, January 8, 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: 11/14/2013 Last Publication: 12/12/2013 Publisher: Douglas County News Press Dated: 9/12/2013 GEORGE J KENNEDY DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: KIMBERLY L. MARTINEZ Colorado Registration #: 40351 999 18TH STREET SUITE 2201, DENVER, COLORADO 80202 Phone #: (303) 865-1400 Fax #: (303) 865-1410 Attorney File #: 13-05205 *YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE DATES on the Public Trustee website: http://www.douglas.co.us/publictrustee/ Legal Notice No.: 2013-0585 First Publication: 11/14/2013 Last Publication: 12/12/2013 Publisher: Douglas County News Press PUBLIC NOTICE Parker NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2013-0588 To Whom It May Concern: On 9/13/2013 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: WILLIAM R. WILLIAMS Original Beneficiary: WORLD SAVINGS BANK, FSB. Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 4/15/2004 Recording Date of DOT: 4/21/2004 Reception No. of DOT: 2004039930 DOT Recorded in Douglas County.

Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $500,000.00 Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $549,350.99 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 17, SIERRA VISTA NO. 1, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO Which has the address of: 12925 N Sierra Cir., Parker, CO 80138

ing to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in Douglas County.

Original Grantor: WILLIAM R. WILLIAMS Original Beneficiary: WORLD SAVINGS BANK, FSB. Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 4/15/2004 Recording Date of DOT: 4/21/2004 Reception No. of DOT: 2004039930 DOT Recorded in Douglas County.

Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $500,000.00 Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $549,350.99 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 17, SIERRA VISTA NO. 1, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO Which has the address of: 12925 N Sierra Cir., Parker, CO 80138

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, January 8, 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: 11/14/2013 Last Publication: 12/12/2013 Publisher: Douglas County News Press Dated: 9/13/2013 GEORGE J KENNEDY DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: MONICA L KADRMAS, ESQ. Colorado Registration #: 34904 1199 BANNOCK STREET , DENVER, COLORADO 80204 Phone #: (303) 813-1177 Fax #: (303) 813-1107 Attorney File #: 5600.58774 *YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE DATES on the Public Trustee website: http://www.douglas.co.us/publictrustee/ Legal Notice No.: 2013-0588 First Publication: 11/14/2013 Last Publication: 12/12/2013 Publisher: Douglas County News Press PUBLIC NOTICE Parker NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2013-0591 To Whom It May Concern: On 9/13/2013 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: BRIAN J CHALUPA Original Beneficiary: FIFTH THIRD MORTGAGE COMPANY Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: FIFTH THIRD MORTGAGE COMPANY Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 4/6/2009 Recording Date of DOT: 4/14/2009 Reception No. of DOT: 2009026311 DOT Recorded in Douglas County.

Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $217,283.00 Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $207,547.86 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 62, COTTONWOOD SUBDIVISION FILING NO. 6B, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO. Which has the address of: 8486 Bluegrass Circle, Parker, CO 80134 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, January 8, 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: 11/14/2013 Last Publication: 12/12/2013 Publisher: Douglas County News Press Dated: 9/13/2013 GEORGE J KENNEDY DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: JOAN OLSON Colorado Registration #: 28078 1199 BANNOCK STREET , DENVER, COLORADO 80204 Phone #: (303) 813-1177 Fax #: (303) 813-1107 Attorney File #: 5300.00288 *YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE DATES on the Public Trustee website: http://www.douglas.co.us/publictrustee/ Legal Notice No.: 2013-0591 First Publication: 11/14/2013 Last Publication: 12/12/2013 Publisher: Douglas County News Press PUBLIC NOTICE Parker NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2013-0592 To Whom It May Concern: On 9/13/2013 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: KRIS DALLAS BRULOTTE AND ERICA RENEE BRULOTTE Original Beneficiary: MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., AS NOMINEE FOR GUARANTEED RATE INC. Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: CITIMORTGAGE, INC. Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 2/9/2006 Recording Date of DOT: 2/27/2006 Reception No. of DOT: 2006015933 DOT Recorded in Douglas County.

Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $228,000.00 Outstanding Principal Amount as of the

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November 22, 2013 PUBLIC NOTICE Parker NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2013-0592 To Whom It May Concern: On 9/13/2013 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: KRIS DALLAS BRULOTTE AND ERICA RENEE BRULOTTE Original Beneficiary: MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., AS NOMINEE FOR GUARANTEED RATE INC. Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: CITIMORTGAGE, INC. Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 2/9/2006 Recording Date of DOT: 2/27/2006 Reception No. of DOT: 2006015933 DOT Recorded in Douglas County.

Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $228,000.00 Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $226,755.38 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 19, BLOCK 2, BRADBURY RANCH SUBDIVISION FILING NO. 2A, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO. Which has the address of: 16228 Peregrine Drive, Parker, CO 80134

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, January 8, 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: 11/14/2013 Last Publication: 12/12/2013 Publisher: Douglas County News Press Dated: 9/13/2013 GEORGE J KENNEDY DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: CYNTHIA LOWERY-GRABER Colorado Registration #: 34145 999 18TH STREET SUITE 2201, DENVER, COLORADO 80202 Phone #: (303) 865-1400 Fax #: (303) 865-1410 Attorney File #: 13-05755 *YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE DATES on the Public Trustee website: http://www.douglas.co.us/publictrustee/ Legal Notice No.: 2013-0592 First Publication: 11/14/2013 Last Publication: 12/12/2013 Publisher: Douglas County News Press PUBLIC NOTICE Parker NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2013-0594 To Whom It May Concern: On 9/16/2013 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: JAMES R HAYHURST AND TINA S HAYHURST Original Beneficiary: MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., ACTING SOLELY AS NOMINEE FOR LEHMAN BROTHERS BANK, FSB Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE LLC Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 1/18/2008 Recording Date of DOT: 1/29/2008 Reception No. of DOT: 2008006436 DOT Recorded in Douglas County.

Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $1,460,000.00 Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $1,443,245.91 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: L O T 3 6 , S T E R L I N G T R E E F A R M, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO Which has the address of: 3941 Palmer Ridge Drive, Parker, CO 80134 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, January 8, 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: 11/14/2013 Last Publication: 12/12/2013 Publisher: Douglas County News Press Dated: 9/17/2013 GEORGE J KENNEDY DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: JENNIFER H TRACHTE Colorado Registration #: 40391 1199 BANNOCK STREET , DENVER, COLORADO 80204 Phone #: (303) 813-1177 Fax #: (303) 813-1107 Attorney File #: 9696.03451 *YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE DATES on the Public Trustee website: http://www.douglas.co.us/publictrustee/ Legal Notice No.: 2013-0594 First Publication: 11/14/2013 Last Publication: 12/12/2013 Publisher: Douglas County News Press

Public Trustees PUBLIC NOTICE Parker NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2013-0600 To Whom It May Concern: On 9/17/2013 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: DARREL J. FALLS Original Beneficiary: UNIVERSAL LENDING CORPORATION Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: COLORADO HOUSING AND FINANCE AUTHORITY Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 2/11/2008 Recording Date of DOT: 3/11/2008 Reception No. of DOT: 2008017314 DOT Recorded in Douglas County.

Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $155,558.00 Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $145,671.18 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: the failure to timely make payments as required under the Deed of Trust.

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, COTTONWOOD SUBDIVISION FILING NO.3, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO Which has the address of: 8445 Sandreed Circle, Parker, CO 80134 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, January 8, 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: 11/14/2013 Last Publication: 12/12/2013 Publisher: Douglas County News Press Dated: 9/18/2013 GEORGE J KENNEDY DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: JENNIFER K CRUSETURNER Colorado Registration #: 44452 9800 S. MERIDIAN BLVD. SUITE 400, ENGLEWOOD, COLORADO 80112 Phone #: (303) 706-9990 Fax #: Attorney File #: 31013 *YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE DATES on the Public Trustee website: http://www.douglas.co.us/publictrustee/ Legal Notice No.: 2013-0600 First Publication: 11/14/2013 Last Publication: 12/12/2013 Publisher: Douglas County News Press PUBLIC NOTICE Parker NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2013-0603 To Whom It May Concern: On 9/18/2013 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: JEFFERSON E. PICKERING AND KELLY J. ALLISON Original Beneficiary: MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., ACTING SOLELY AS NOMINEE FOR MIT LENDING Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: HSBC BANK USA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE FOR THE HOLDERS OF THE SARM 2004-12 TRUST Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 4/23/2004 Recording Date of DOT: 5/10/2004 Reception No. of DOT: 2004047585 DOT Recorded in Douglas County.

Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $240,000.00 Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $247,005.62 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.***Loan Modification Agreement dated November 27, 2012 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 1, BLOCK 4, COMPARK FILING NO. 1 COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO. Which has the address of: 8460 Bed Straw Street, Parker, CO 80134 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, January 8, 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: 11/14/2013 Last Publication: 12/12/2013 Publisher: Douglas County News Press Dated: 9/18/2013 GEORGE J KENNEDY DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee

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, January 8, 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: 11/14/2013 Last Publication: 12/12/2013 Publisher: Douglas County News Press Dated: 9/18/2013 GEORGE J KENNEDY DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: JENNIFER H TRACHTE Colorado Registration #: 40391 1199 BANNOCK STREET , DENVER, COLORADO 80204 Phone #: (303) 813-1177 Fax #: (303) 813-1107 Attorney File #: 9696.03372 *YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE DATES on the Public Trustee website: http://www.douglas.co.us/publictrustee/

Public Trustees

Legal Notice No.: 2013-0603 First Publication: 11/14/2013 Last Publication: 12/12/2013 Publisher: Douglas County News Press PUBLIC NOTICE Parker NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2013-0610 To Whom It May Concern: On 9/20/2013 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: MICHAEL D DICKSON AND LORI L RUTLEDGE Original Beneficiary: WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A. Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A. Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 7/26/2010 Recording Date of DOT: 8/6/2010 Reception No. of DOT: 2010047957 DOT Recorded in Douglas County.

Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $374,388.00 Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $362,561.04 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 39, STONEGATE FILING NO. 21A, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO. Which has the address of: 17505 Celestine Ct, Parker, CO 80134 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, January 8, 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: 11/14/2013 Last Publication: 12/12/2013 Publisher: Douglas County News Press Dated: 9/26/2013 GEORGE J KENNEDY DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: CYNTHIA LOWERY-GRABER Colorado Registration #: 34145 999 18TH STREET SUITE 2201, DENVER, COLORADO 80202 Phone #: (303) 865-1400 Fax #: (303) 865-1410 Attorney File #: 13-06430 *YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE DATES on the Public Trustee website: http://www.douglas.co.us/publictrustee/ Legal Notice No.: 2013-0610 First Publication: 11/14/2013 Last Publication: 12/12/2013 Publisher: Douglas County News Press PUBLIC NOTICE Parker NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2013-0616 To Whom It May Concern: On 9/26/2013 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: ERIC A STACK AND JENNIE C STACK Original Beneficiary: HSBC MORTGAGE CORPORATION (USA) Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: CITIMORTGAGE, INC. Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 1/27/2003 Recording Date of DOT: 2/4/2003 Reception No. of DOT: 2003014865 DOT Recorded in Douglas County.

Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $266,000.00 Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $220,387.35 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 monthly installments due Note Holder.

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 19, BLOCK 4, THE PINERY FILING NO. 3-C, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO. Which has the address of: 8299 East Lakeview Drive, Parker, CO 80134 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, January 15, 2014, at the Public Trustee’s office, 402 Wilcox Street, Castle Rock, Colorado, I will sell at public auc-

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To Whom It May Concern: On 9/26/2013 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: ERIC A STACK AND JENNIE C STACK Original Beneficiary: HSBC MORTGAGE CORPORATION (USA) Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: CITIMORTGAGE, INC. Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 1/27/2003 Recording Date of DOT: 2/4/2003 Reception No. of DOT: 2003014865 DOT Recorded in Douglas County.

Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $266,000.00 Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $220,387.35 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 monthly installments due Note Holder.

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 19, BLOCK 4, THE PINERY FILING NO. 3-C, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO. Which has the address of: 8299 East Lakeview Drive, Parker, CO 80134 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, January 15, 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: 11/21/2013 Last Publication: 12/19/2013 Publisher: Douglas County News Press Dated: 9/27/2013 GEORGE J KENNEDY DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: TONI DALE Colorado Registration #: 30580 355 UNION BOULEVARD SUITE 250, LAKEWOOD, COLORADO 80228 Phone #: (303) 274-0155 Fax #: (303) 274-0159 Attorney File #: 13-049-25291 *YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE DATES on the Public Trustee website: http://www.douglas.co.us/publictrustee/

Public Trustees

Legal Notice No.: 2013-0616 First Publication: 11/21/2013 Last Publication: 12/19/2013 Publisher: Douglas County News Press

Misc. Private Legals Public Notice NOTICE OF PURCHASE OF REAL ESTATE AT TAX LIEN SALE AND OF APPLICATION FOR ISSUANCE OF TREASURER’S DEED To Every Person in Actual Possession or Occupancy of the hereinafter Described Land, Lot or Premises, and to the Person in Whose Name the Same was Taxed or Specially Assessed, and to all Persons having an Interest or Title of Record in or to the said Premises and To Whom It May Concern, and more especially to: OCCUPANT - Board of Directors for the Castle Pines Homes Association Inc c/o Castle Pines Homes Association, Inc Board of Directors for the Castle Pines Homes Association Inc c/o Winzenburg, Leff, Purvis & Payne - Castle Pines Homes Association Inc - Castle Pines Homes Association, Inc c/o Winzenburg, Leff, Purvis & Payne - Castlewood Fire Protection District -Clark Property Tax Investments LLC - CPV Inc aka CPV Inc., a Colorado corporation -Daniel J Garfield Dennis W King c/o Joli A Lofstedt - Gina C Botti, Attorney in Fact for Castle Pines Homes Association Inc c/o Winzenburg, Leff, Purvis & Payne - Jack A Vickers III, President of CPV Inc., a Colorado Corporation, aka John A Vickers III, President of CPV Inc., a Colorado Corporation - Jack A Vickers, III - Joel Laufer - Joli A Lofstedt - Lexi Development LLC - Michael Conrad, Treasurer c/o The Renaissnce Group LLC a Colorado limited liability

SAGITTARIUS (Nov 22 to Dec 21) Slow down that high-paced whirl you’ve been on. Spending quiet time alone or with people you care for can be both physically and spiritually restorative.

CAPRICORN (Dec 22 to Jan 19) Make suggestions, not demands. You’ll be more successful in getting people to follow your lead if you exercise quiet patience instead of strong persuasion to get your ideas across.

AQUARIUS (Jan 20 to Feb 18) You still need more facts before you can make an informed career choice.

One note of caution: Be careful about whom you ask for that information; otherwise, you could be misled.

Board of Directors for the Castle Pines Homes Association Inc c/o Castle Pines Homes Association, Inc Board of Directors for the Castle Pines Homes Association Inc c/o Winzenburg, Leff, Purvis & Payne - Castle Pines Homes Association Inc - Castle Pines Homes Association, Inc c/o Winzenburg, Leff, Purvis & Payne - Castlewood Fire Protection District -Clark Property Tax Investments LLC - CPV Inc aka CPV Inc., a Colorado corporation -Daniel J Garfield Dennis W King c/o Joli A Lofstedt - Gina C Botti, Attorney in Fact for Castle Pines Homes Association Inc c/o Winzenburg, Leff, Purvis & Payne - Jack A Vickers III, President of CPV Inc., a Colorado Corporation, aka John A Vickers III, President of CPV Inc., a Colorado Corporation - Jack A Vickers, III - Joel Laufer - Joli A Lofstedt - Lexi Development LLC - Michael Conrad, Treasurer c/o The Renaissnce Group LLC a Colorado limited liability company - Nancy B Smith - Public Trustee of Douglas County - Robert C Troyer c/o Hogan & Hartson, L.L.P. - South Metro Fire Rescue -The First National Bank of Santa Fe (Denver Office) - The Intermountain Rural Electric Association - The Renaissance Group LLC, a Colorado limited liability company - U.S. Bank N.A. Winzenburg, Leff, Purvis & Payne

Misc. Private Legals

You and each of you are hereby notified that on the 21st day of October 2010 the then County Treasurer of the County of Douglas, in the State of Colorado, sold at public tax lien sale to Clark Property Tax Investments LLC the following described real estate situate in the County of Douglas, State of Colorado, to wit: LOT 11 CASTLE PINES VILLAGE FILING 29 TOTAL ACREAGE 6.46 AM/L and said County Treasurer issued a certificate of purchase therefore to Clark Property Tax Investments LLC. That said tax lien sale was made to satisfy the delinquent taxes assessed against said real estate for the year 2009; That said real estate was taxed or specially assessed in the name(s) of CPV Inc for said year 2009.That a Treasurer’s Deed will be issued for said real estate to the said Clark Property Tax Investments LLC at 1:00 o’clock P.M., on the 27th day of February 2014, unless the same has been redeemed. Said property may be redeemed from said sale at any time prior to the actual execution of said Treasurer’s Deed.

Witness my hand this 5th day of November 2013. /s/ Diane A. Holbert County Treasurer of Douglas County Legal Notice No.: 924438 First Publication: November 14, 2013 Last Publication: November 28, 2013 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press Public Notice NOTICE OF PURCHASE OF REAL ESTATE AT TAX LIEN SALE AND OF APPLICATION FOR ISSUANCE OF TREASURER’S DEED To Every Person in Actual Possession or Occupancy of the hereinafter Described Land, Lot or Premises, and to the Person in Whose Name the Same was Taxed or Specially Assessed, and to all Persons having an Interest or Title of Record in or to the said Premises and To Whom It May Concern, and more especially to: OCCUPANT - Barry B Bounds & Lorna J Bounds - Billy E Bounds, aka Bill Bounds c/o Brennen Bounds - Billy E Bounds, Personal Representative of the Estate of Jewell T Bounds, deceased c/o Brennen Bounds - Board of County Commissioners of the County of Douglas - Brennen Bounds, Executor of the Estate for Jewell T Bounds - Carl Cagle - Colorado Western Development Co., a Colorado corporation - Daniel G Whittaker - Douglas County Treasurer - Edith Dees - First National Bank of Parker - George D Ringhoffer - Gertrude Dies aka Gertrude Dees -

PISCES (Feb 19 to Mar 20) Changing situations through the end of the week could lead to some challenging for those issued perspicacious and opportunities said County Treasurer a certiof purchase therefore Clark Pisceansficate who know how to make themtowork to Proptheir erty Tax Investments LLC. That said tax liadvantage. en sale was made to satisfy the delin-

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Barry B Bounds & Lorna J Bounds - Billy E Bounds, aka Bill Bounds c/o Brennen Bounds - Billy E Bounds, Personal Representative of the Estate of Jewell T Bounds, deceased c/o Brennen Bounds - Board of County Commissioners of the County of Douglas - Brennen Bounds, Executor of the Estate for Jewell T Bounds - Carl Cagle - Colorado Western Development Co., a Colorado corporation - Daniel G Whittaker - Douglas County Treasurer - Edith Dees - First National Bank of Parker - George D Ringhoffer - Gertrude Dies aka Gertrude Dees Guadalupe Diego Chavez-Bernal - Hagen F Dees - Irian K Bounds c/o Brennen Bounds, Executor of the Estate - James R Sullivan, Chairman, Board of County Commissioners of the County of Douglas c/o Douglas County Commissioners Jean C Bolejack - Jewell T Bounds aka Jewell Bounds - Kellogg Corporation, a Colorado corporation - L.H. Bolejack aka Lester H Bolejack - Marilyn C Green c/o Douglas County Treasurer - Patricia M Kubik - Public Trustee of Douglas County, Colorado - Resolution Trust Corporation, Conservator of Capitol Federal Savings & Loan Association of Denver - Reta A Crain, Clerk & Recorder c/o Douglas County Clerk & Recorder - Richard M Huckeby - Royce E Tolley, Attorney at Law aka Royce E Tolley, Military Attorney - State of Colorado, Department of Revenue - Terrence D Murphy - Wayne G Kubik

Misc. Private Legals

You and each of you are hereby notified that on the 13th day of November 2008 the then County Treasurer of the County of Douglas, in the State of Colorado, sold at public tax lien sale to Terrence D Murphy the following described real estate situate in the County of Douglas, State of Colorado, to wit: LOT 1 BLK 6 MERIBEL VILLAGE 1 0.487 AM/L and said County Treasurer issued a certificate of purchase therefore to Terrence D Murphy. That said tax lien sale was made to satisfy the delinquent* taxes assessed against said real estate for the year 2007.

That said real estate was taxed or specially assessed in the name(s) of Jewell T Bounds for said year 2007 That on the 30th day of July 2012 said Terrence D Murphy assigned said certificate of purchase to Barry B Bounds & Lorna J Bounds.That said Barry B Bounds & Lorna J Bounds on the 15th day of September 2013 the present holder of said certificate, has made request upon the Treasurer of said County for a deed to said real estate; That a Treasurer’s Deed will be issued for said real estate to the said Barry B Bounds & Lorna J Bounds at 1:00 o’clock P.M., on the 27th day of February 2014 unless the same has been redeemed. Said property may be redeemed from said sale at any time prior to the actual execution of said Treasurer’s Deed.

Witness my hand this 5th day of November 2013 /s/ Diane A. Holbert County Treasurer of Douglas County Legal Notice No.: 924439 First Publication: November 14, 2013 Last Publication: November 28, 2013 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press Public Notice NOTICE OF PURCHASE OF REAL ESTATE AT TAX LIEN SALE AND OF APPLICATION FOR ISSUANCE OF TREASURER’S DEED To Every Person in Actual Possession or Occupancy of the hereinafter Described

Public Notice Misc. Private Legals

NOTICE OF PURCHASE OF REAL ESTATE AT TAX LIEN SALE AND OF APPLICATION FOR ISSUANCE OF TREASURER’S DEED To Every Person in Actual Possession or Occupancy of the hereinafter Described Land, Lot or Premises, and to the Person in Whose Name the Same was Taxed or Specially Assessed, and to all Persons having an Interest or Title of Record in or to the said Premises and To Whom It May Concern, and more especially to: OCCUPANT - A Dennis Zehnle, Manager c/o Gateway Retail PC LLC, a Colorado Limited Liability Company – A Dennis Zehnle, Manager c/o Gateway Retail PC LLC - Anderson, McCoy & Orta, P.C. Clark Property Tax Investments LLC CRE Venture 2011-12, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company - Diana Puyear, Property Manager , as Agent for GKKK, LLC Constance Marie, LLC & Cook Islands, LLC - Dianna Puyear, Property Manager , as Agent for GKKK, LLC Constance Marie, LLC & Cook Islands, LLC Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation aka FDIC, as Receiver for FirsTier Bank FirsTier Bank c/o Country Club Bank FirsTier Bank - FirsTier Bank, Corporate Foster Graham Milstein & Calisher, LLP Gateway Development Group, LLC, a Colorado limited liability - Gateway Retail PC LLC aka Gateway Retail PC, LLC a Colorado Limited Liability Company - GKKK, LLC Constance Marie, LLC & Cook Isla nds, LLC as successor in interest to Province Center LLC - Littleton Fire Protection District - Michael S Yates, Manager c/o PC3, LLC a Colorado Limited Liability Company - PC3 LLC, a Colorado Limited Liability Company - Public Trustee of Arapahoe County -Public Trustee of Douglas County - South Suburban Park and Recreation District - Vanessa A Orta, Attorney-in-Fact for Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation as Receiver for FirsTier Bank c/o Anderson, McCoy & Orta, P.C. Vanessa A Orta, Esq c/o Anderson, McCoy & Orta, P.C. - Weststar Management Corp., Agent for GKKK, LLC Constance Marie, LLC & Cook Islands, LLC c/o Westar Management Corp - Public Service Company of Colorado You and each of you are hereby notified that on the 21st day of October 2010 the then County Treasurer of the County of Douglas, in the State of Colorado, sold at public tax lien sale to Clark Property Tax Investments LLC the following described real estate situate in the County of Douglas, State of Colorado, to wit: LOT A-3 PROVINCE CENTER 1A 2ND AMD 1.52 AM/L and said County Treasurer issued a certificate of purchase therefore to Clark Property Tax Investments LLC. That said tax lien sale was made to satisfy the delinquent taxes assessed against said real estate for the year 2009; That said real estate was taxed or specially assessed in the name(s) of Gateway Retail PC LLC for said year 2009.That a Treasurer’s Deed will be issued for said real estate to the said Clark Property Tax Investments LLC at 1:00 o’clock P.M., on the 27th day of February 2014, unless the same has been redeemed. Said property may be redeemed from said sale at any time prior to the actual execution of said Treasurer’s Deed. Witness my hand this 5th day of November 2013.

en sale was made to satisfy the delinquent taxes assessed against said real estate for the year 2009; That said real estate was taxed or specially assessed in the name(s) of Gateway Retail PC LLC for said year 2009.That a Treasurer’s Deed will be issued for said real estate to the said Clark Property Tax Investments LLC at 1:00 o’clock P.M., on the 27th day of February 2014, unless the same has been redeemed. Said property may be redeemed from said sale at any time prior to the actual execution of said Treasurer’s Deed. Witness my hand this 5th day of November 2013.

Misc. Private Legals

/s/ Diane A. Holbert County Treasurer of Douglas County Legal Notice No.: 924440 First Publication: November 14, 2013 Last Publication: November 28, 2013 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press

Government Legals Public Notice NOTICE OF PURCHASE OF REAL ESTATE AT TAX LIEN SALE AND OF APPLICATION FOR ISSUANCE OF TREASURER’S DEED To Every Person in Actual Possession or Occupancy of the hereinafter Described Land, Lot or Premises, and to the Person in Whose Name the Same was Taxed or Specially Assessed, and to all Persons having an Interest or Title of Record in or to the said Premises and To Whom It May Concern, and more especially to: OCCUPANT - Clark Property Tax Investments LLC - Diana K Tranberg - Janet Turbett for Sally Misare, Town Clerk c/o Town of Castle Rock/Utilities Dept. - Land Title Guarantee Company - Manfred Will Salle Misare, Town Clerk c/o Town of Castle Rock - Town of Castle Rock c/o Utilities Department -Victor C Tranberg Victor C Tranberg & Diana K Tranberg aka Vic Tranberg & Diana Tranberg You and each of you are hereby notified that on the 21st day of October 2010 the then County Treasurer of the County of Douglas, in the State of Colorado, sold at public tax lien sale to Clark Property Tax Investments LLC the following described real estate situate in the County of Douglas, State of Colorado, to wit: LOT 2 CASTLE INDUSTRIAL PARK 0.518 AM/L and said County Treasurer issued a certificate of purchase therefore to Clark Property Tax Investments LLC. That said tax lien sale was made to satisfy the delinquent taxes assessed against said real estate for the year 2009; That said real estate was taxed or specially assessed in the name(s) of Manfred Will for said year 2009.That a Treasurer’s Deed will be issued for said real estate to the said Clark Property Tax Investments LLC at 1:00 o’clock P.M., on the 27th day of February 2014, unless the same has been redeemed. Said property may be redeemed from said sale at any time prior to the actual execution of said Treasurer’s Deed.

Witness my hand this 5th day of November 2013. /s/ Diane A. Holbert County Treasurer of Douglas County Legal Notice No.: 924436 First Publication: November 14, 2013 Last Publication: November 28, 2013

Property Tax Investments LLC at 1:00 o’clock P.M., on the 27th day of February © 2013theKing Features 2014, unless same hasSynd., beenInc. redeemed. Said property may be redeemed from said sale at any time prior to the actual execution of said Treasurer’s Deed.

Witness my hand this 5th day of November 2013.

Government Legals

/s/ Diane A. Holbert County Treasurer of Douglas County Legal Notice No.: 924436 First Publication: November 14, 2013 Last Publication: November 28, 2013 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press

Public Notice NOTICE OF PURCHASE OF REAL ESTATE AT TAX LIEN SALE AND OF APPLICATION FOR ISSUANCE OF TREASURER’S DEED To Every Person in Actual Possession or Occupancy of the hereinafter Described Land, Lot or Premises, and to the Person in Whose Name the Same was Taxed or Specially Assessed, and to all Persons having an Interest or Title of Record in or to the said Premises and To Whom It May Concern, and more especially to: OCCUPANT - A Richard Berman - Adam J Samhouri - Castle Pines Land Company, a Colorado limited partnership CPV Inc., a Colorado Corp. Attn: Jack A Vickers III - Daniel J Garfield - Debra A Samhouri - Dennis R Larratt - Dennis W King c/o Joli A Lofstedt - Jack A Vickers III - Jack A Vickers, III Attorney-in-fact for Castle Pines Land Company, a Colorado limited partnership - Joel Laufer - Joli A Lofstedt - Lexi Development LLC - Michael C Cregger of TST of Denver, Professional Land Surveyor c/o TST Inc of Denver - Nancy B Smith - Paul Herbka Robert C Troyer - TST Inc -U.S. Bank N.A. – Castle Pines Metropolitan District You and each of you are hereby notified that on the 13th day of November 2008 the then County Treasurer of the County of Douglas, in the State of Colorado, sold at public tax lien sale to Dennis R Larratt the following described real estate situate in the County of Douglas, State of Colorado, to wit: TR IN E1/2NE1/4 16-7-67 3.082 AM/L and said County Treasurer issued a certificate of purchase therefore to Dennis R Larratt. That said tax lien sale was made to satisfy the delinquent taxes assessed against said real estate for the year 2007; That said real estate was taxed or specially assessed in the name(s) of Jack A Vickers III for said year 2007.That a Treasurer’s Deed will be issued for said real estate to the said Dennis R Larratt at 1:00 o’clock P.M., on the 27th day of February 2014, unless the same has been redeemed. Said property may be redeemed from said sale at any time prior to the actual execution of said Treasurer’s Deed. Witness my hand this 5th day of November 2013. /s/ Diane A. Holbert County Treasurer of Douglas County Legal Notice No.: 924437 First Publication: November 14, 2013 Last Publication: November 28, 2013 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press

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Rock Canyon stages Shakespeare play ‘As You Like It’ gets Woodstock twist

By Sonya Ellingboe

sellingboe@ourcoloradonews.com Rock Canyon High School’s young thespians, directed by Cindy Baker, will perform classic roles in William Shakespeare’s popular comedy “As You Like It” at 7 p.m.

Nov. 21, 22 and 23 in the school theater, with $8 and $6 tickets at the door.

Romance, rivalry and mistaken identity are woven into a complex plot, originally set in the forest of Arden, as the audience follows the tale of Rosalind, Celia, Orlando, Oliver, shepherds and others. Cast members include leading players Zack Rickert, Meredith Ham, Sam Henry, Larissa Rosendale, Liam Kelley, Logan Schafer, Chris Woodley and Max Pederson.

For this production, the scene is switched to Woodstock in 1969 and the characters will be hippies. “Themes of love, gender roles and the thrill of nature are preserved,” Baker said.

Thespians are also preparing to compete at the December 5-7 statewide Thespian Conference at the Colorado Convention Center in Denver. Also competing, according to Baker, are stage managers Bethany Hopkins and Lela Smith, cast members Isabella Huff, Michael Mille, Mitch Valdarez, Francesca Wearsch, Rachel Rose and Kinsey Riley. Light designer Sam Molitoriss will offer his design in the Technical Theater category.

Before they compete, they will also audition at Rock Canyon for roles in the spring musical, “Sweeney Todd: School Edition.” In addition, Schafer and Zetwick recently auditioned and were selected for the elite Colorado All State Jazz Choir.

Rock Canyon High School’s thespians are staging “As You Like It,” playing Nov. 21-23 in the school’s theater. The play is set at Woodstock instead of the Forest of Arden where Shakespeare placed it. Photo by Cindy Baker

Cherokee Castle gets festive for holidays Full platter of good times set for December

By Sonya Ellingboe

sellingboe@ourcoloradonews.com Cherokee Castle is a feast for the eyes at any time of year, but holiday decorations on the giant hearth and elsewhere add a festive air that is above and beyond.

In addition to scheduled programs, there are tours and holiday teas — advance

Castle Rock

reservations are a must for all events at this historic treasure: 303-688-4600.

A sampler of programs, which include a buffet dinner, castle tour, performance, dessert and coffee with performers: • Dec. 1 — Christmas Jazz with the Lynn Baker Quintet — Lamont School of Music jazz educator, performer, composer, saxophonist Lynn Baker, who will include Dexter Gordon’s version of “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas and more. $100.

• Dec. 6 — Holiday Dinner with Charles Dickens. David Skipper talks about and reads from his Christmas classic and other

Highlands Ranch

Highlands Ranch

1200 South Street Castle Rock, CO 80104 303.688.3047 www.fumccr.org

Services:

Saturday 5:30pm Sunday 8am, 9:30am, 11am Sunday School 9:15am Little Blessings Day Care www.littleblessingspdo.com

 Sunday Worship 10:30 North Crowfoot Valley Rd. 4825 Castle Rock • canyonscc.org



303-663-5751

 “Loving God - Making A Difference”

A place for you

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  

Franktown

Trinity Lutheran Church & School

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

Trinity Lutheran School & ELC (Ages 3-5, Grades K-8)

 303-841-4660 www.tlcas.org  

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Littleton

Castle and Ranch. $125.

• Dec. 14 — “‘Twas the Brass Before Christmas” with the Denver Brass 5 playing trademark arrangements and traditional carols. $105.

• Dec. 21 — Rachel Lampa sings holiday tunes. The Christian inspired vocalist and recording artist entertains. $90.

• Dec. 22 — “Columbo and the Case of the Christmas Killer” takes the favorite detective to Miss Kitty’s Christmas Jamboree where he gets the audience to twostepping and line dancing as they help him solve a murder. $70.

Parker

Parker

Joy LUTHERAN CHURCH, ELCA

Open hearts. Open minds. Open doors.

Open and Welcoming

Sunday Worship

GRACE PRESBYTERIAN Alongside One Another On Life’s Journey

You are invited to worship with us:

8:00 am Chapel Service 9:00 & 10:30 am

www.st-andrew-umc.com

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

(Across from Murdochs)

Sunday School 9:00 & 10:30 am

303-798-8485

9203 S. University Blvd.

Highlands Ranch, 80126

Abiding Word Lutheran Church

Littleton

(Next to RTD lot @470 & University)

303-791-3315

pastor@awlc.org www.awlc.org

Sunday

8:30 a.m.

11:00 a.m.

1609 W. Littleton Blvd.

(303) 798-1389 • www.fpcl.org

Saturday 5:30pm

Sunday 8:00 & 10:30am

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

Lone Tree

Lone Tree

Church of Christ

Welcome Home!

Weaving Truth and Relevance into Relationships and Life

worship Time 10:30AM sundays

Currently meeting at: 9220 Kimmer Drive, Suite 200 Lone Tree 80124 303-688-9506 www.LoneTreeCoC.com

Community Church of Religious Science

...19650 E. Mainstreet, Parker 80138

303 798 6387

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

10926 E. Democrat Rd.

Sunday Worship

8:45 am & 10:30 am

Fellowship & Worship: 9:00 am Sunday School: 10:45 am 5755 Valley Hi Drive Parker, CO 303-941-0668

www.SpiritofHopeLCMC.org

New Thought...Ancient Wisdom Sunday Service

United Church Of Christ Parker Hilltop

www.gracepointcc.us

Parker

at the Parker Mainstreet Center

9:00am Spiritual Formation Classes for all Ages 90 east orchard road littleton, co

Connect – Grow – Serve

Pastor David Fisher

Sunday services held in the historic Ruth Memorial Chapel

Parker

Parker evangelical Presbyterian church

9030 Miller road Parker, Co 80138 303-841-2125 www.pepc.org

Sunday Worship - 10:00am Bible Study immediately following Wednesday Bible Study - 7:30pm

8391 S. Burnley Ct., Highlands Ranch

Worship Services Sundays at 9:00am

SErviCES:

www.gracecolorado.com

Sundays at 10:00 am

303-794-2683 Preschool: 303-794-0510

An Evangelical Presbyterian Church

Dickens works and engages guests in parlor games. $60.

• Dec. 7 — Jazz pianist Henry Butler will perform seasonal music — sacred and secular — in his own special style. $110.

• Dec. 8 — “White Christmas-A Holiday Musical Review” with the Colorado Caroling Company. Includes music from the classic American film by Irving Berlin and other favorites. $105.

• Dec. 13 — Jake Schroeder (Opie Gone Bad) and Hazel Miller join other Colorado music veterans for a holiday evening in the Great Hall — a special benefit for Cherokee

First Presbyterian Church of Littleton

First United Methodist Church

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November 22, 2013

& Children’s Church 10:00 a.m.

Visit our website for details of classes & upcoming events.

303.805.9890

www.P a r k er C C R S.org P.O. Box 2945—Parker CO 80134-2945

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

Where people are excited about God’s Word.

Sunday Worship: 10:45AM & 6PM Bible Study: 9:30AM Children, Young People & Adults 4391 E Mainstreet, Parker, Colorado 80134 Church Office – (303) 841-3836

www.parkerbiblechurch.org

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November 22, 2013

SkyView students step up for others Young people collect gifts, make blankets for homeless

By Ryan Boldrey

rboldrey@ourcoloradonews.com From recycling projects to writing letters to deployed troops to collecting Christmas gifts for those less fortunate, SkyView Academy’s new service learning program is teaching students how to make a difference in their community.

Most recently, middle and high school students from the Highlands Ranch charter school teamed up with 40 pre-kindergarten students to make fleece blankets, which were then given to 10 women staying at a Volunteers of America homeless shelter in Denver.

The morning and afternoon pre-kindergarten classes spent three days each this October working for a half-hour with the older students cutting fleece, tying it off and making cards for the women, something that allowed the different grade levels to work together for the greater good, one of the keys to the program, said SVA board president Lorrie Grove.

“I liked (making blankets) because I liked the cutting, and I liked having the high school kids here because I liked talk-

ing to nice, new people,” said preschooler Dylan Knudston. When asked what he thought the women would say when they received the blankets, he said, “I think they will say, `thank you, I like those blankets.’”

Dylan wasn’t too far off, either, as his lead teacher, Patti Ward — one of five teachers involved with overseeing the project — said she was greeted with shouts of “Blankets!” when she dropped them off at the shelter early this month.

“It was more than I expected,” Ward said. “They were excited. The ones that were there early got to pick out which pattern they wanted and were excited to get the cards we made. ... It made me feel very blessed, very lucky, and I want to know what more we could do for them. I’m hoping we can figure out some way to work something else into the plans for later in the year.”

The school has plans to paint murals, pick up trash in business parking lots, conduct a coat drive, and do a book and game collection for Children’s Hospital already on the agenda for this year, and Grove sees the program taking off in years to come.

“It is important for us that service is learning is more about doing and less about having parents open up the pocketbook,” she said. “We want the kids to learn what it means to participate and actually give back, not just give money.”

SkyView Academy high school and pre-kindergarten students work together to make fleece blankets that were recently donated to the Women’s Homeless Shelter run by Volunteers of America in downtown Denver. Courtesy photo

Is carpet cleaning on your holiday checklist?

As we prepare for guests this holiday season, many of our to-do lists include carpet cleaning. A simple thing like professional carpet cleaning could potentially pollute our stormwater. Water used in the cleaning process contains yucky stuff that nobody wants in the waterways. If carpet cleaning is on your list, make sure the carpet cleaning liquid is disposed of in the toilet or down a floor drain. Ask your professional how they dispose of the carpet cleaning liquid. And remember never dump it to the street.

Local stormwater agencies are teaming together to bring you this message.

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Johnson, Power nab softball honors Ponderosa, Vista players take game to next level

By Jim Benton

jbenton@ourcoloradonews.com Ally Power has the type of mental approach that helps make her one of the state’s top softball pitchers.

Rachel Johnson finally started feeling comfortable at the plate and showed this season what many people expected from her.

Power, a junior at Ponderosa, has been tabbed as Colorado Community Media’s South Metro Pitcher of the year.

Johnson, a senior first baseman at Mountain Vista, was selected as the South Metro Softball Player of the Year.

Power pitched the Mustangs into the Class 4A state semifinals.

She won 16 games with seven shutout performances and collected one save.

Ponderosa coach Toby Tabola raves about Power’s mental approach and team-first attitude as much as her ability to strike out batters.

Tabola points out that his headline pitcher always seems to focus on the next batter, despite maybe having given up a key hit or having a fielding miscue allow a runner to reach base on the previous at-bat.

“The mental thing is all about not letting things get to you,” said Power. “You just have to not think too much and do what you do.”

Power yielded 17 earned runs in 152 innings pitched during the recently concluded season and compiled a 0.78 earned run average.

She struck out 177 batters, and opposing batters managed only a .128 batting average against her.

She also hit .442 with 19 runs

Ally Power, of Ponderosa, left, and Rachel Johnson, of Mountain Vista, are Colorado Community Media’s Softball Pitcher and Player of the year, respectively. Photo by Jim Benton

Picking the athletes of the year Choosing Colorado Community Media’s South Metro Athletes of the Year was a combined effort. Area coaches were asked for their thoughts, and their input was weighed heavily when CCM’s sports staff made the final selection for each sport.

Eligible athletes come from all the high schools in Douglas County, the high schools in the Littleton Public Schools District and from Cherry Creek High School.

batted in and four home runs.

“I try to improve every year, and this year I did improve with everything, especially batting and pitching,” admitted Power.

In two seasons, Power has fanned 385 batters in 305 innings pitched. Her fastball, which she throws between 65 and 67 mph, and her rise are two of her best

pitches.

“I just practice a lot,” said Power.

“This was one of the best seasons Ponderosa girls have had. We went pretty far and bonded well as a team. I was happy with the results.”

Johnson worked with a hitting coach last summer and stepped up big-time at the plate with excellent results.

“I did pretty well,” she claimed. ”It was definitely my best year by far. I had a lot of good coaching and that was a big part of it” Johnson hit .463 with eight home runs, 34 RBIs and a .981 slugging percentage.

“I felt a lot more comfortable at the plate because people were telling me I had what it takes,” added Johnson. “People had always told me I was a good hitter but I didn’t put it together.

“I just approached it as another season. It was my senior year and I wanted to do what I could to help my team, so I guess in that sense it was a different approach. I just went into the season saying this is my last year and I want to go out with a bang, and I guess I did that.”

sPorts roUnDUP Athletes sign letters of intent

The early signing period for athletes to ink letters of intent was Nov. 13.

Athletes could sign letters for basketball, baseball, softball, tennis, swimming, volleyball, gymnastics and wrestling.

The following is a list provided to Colorado Community Media of South Metro athletes who signed letters of intent.

Arapahoe — Whitney Krantz, volleyball, Lehigh.

Chaparral — Keenan Eaton, baseball (Vanderbilt); Cody Huson, baseball (Abilene Christian); Natalie Baker, basketball (Wyoming); Bryttany Kaplan, gymnastics (Central Michigan); Colton McCaffrey, lacrosse (Denver); Liz Hart, rowing (Tulsa); Jaylen Adams, volleyball (Fort Hays State); Hayley Ferguson, volleyball (Colorado-Colorado Springs).

Cherry Creek — Grant Farrell, baseball (Creighton); Calli Ringsby, golf (Stanford); Sarah Cromer, lacrosse (Lindenwood); Chloe DeGrasse, lacrosse (Jacksonville); Colby Goettleman, lacrosse (Boston College); Matt Goettelman, lacrosse (Army); Blair Sisk, lacrosse, (Colorado); Henry Wurzer, lacrosse (Lindenwood); Jake Markham, swimming, (LSU); Sarah Hellman, volleyball (Air Force Prep); Cassie Sulmeister, volleyball (Bryant); Mitch Finesilver, wrestling (Duke); Zach Finesilver, wrestling (Duke).

Douglas County — Kyler Dunkle, golf (Colorado State); JP Beach, swimming (Arizona).

Highlands Ranch — Zach Braxton, basketball (Weber State); Emily Childress, basketball (Fort Lewis); Cierra Morgan, basketball (Den-

ver); Taryn Calori, softball (Metro State); Gabi Liedy, swimming (North Dakota).

Legend — Michael Baird, baseball (Southern Illinois.)

Mountain Vista — Nick Leonard, baseball (Washington State).

Ponderosa — Jonathan Barnes, basketball (Wyoming); Hannah Hardy, equestrian (Kansas State); Blake Bruner, lacrosse (Westminster College); Dylan Gabel, wrestling (Northern Colorado); Rachel Rowland, gymnastics (Minnesota).

ThunderRidge — A.J. Jones, baseball (BYU); Tyler Loptien, baseball (San Diego State); Brody Westmoreland, baseball (San Diego State).

Valor Christian — Hayden Gerlach, baseball (Grand Canyon); Matt Whalen, baseball (Wichita State); Chase Foster, basketball (San Francisco); Andrea Ballou, golf (Colorado-Colorado Springs); Jeff Seiple, golf (Mississippi); Kristen Wade, gymnastics (Rockhurst); Charlotte Adkins, rowing (Alabama); Kate Gibson, volleyball (Memphis).

Jeffco League adds Valor

The CHSAA’s Classifications and League Organizing Committee announced that Valor Christian will be joining the Jefferson County League for the 2014-16 cycle for all sports except football.

Valor will compete on the Class 4A level.

“We are really looking forward to being members of the Jeffco League,” said Valor Christian Athletic Director Rod Sherman. “We feel like it’s a pretty good fit for us. We’re thankful everything worked out for us. We’re excited

to get started. It’s a time for us to go into a league and it’s a tremendous league.”

A decision will be made next month about football.

“Football will be decided in December,” added Sherman. “Wherever the football team goes, well, so to speak, we will button up the chin straps and get ready to go. We’ll have our work cut out for us whether it will be in the Jeffco, Continental or Centennial.”

In other news, Littleton will move from the Continental League to the Jeffco League.

All-State volleyball games Nine senior South Metro volleyball players participated in the Colorado Coaches of Girls All-State volleyball games Nov. 17 at Arvada West High School.

Connie Olson of Lutheran played in the Class 2A game while Kate Gibson of Valor Christian was in the Class 4A games. Players who participated in the Class 5A game were Whitney Krantz and Grace Marlow of Arapahoe, Amanda Herold and Cassie Sulmeisters of Cherry Creek, Amanda Waterman and Mikaela Hughes of Mountain Vista and Erika Roach of ThunderRidge.

Lindsey Jaffe-Miller and Kevin Cary of Mountain Vista coached the Class 5A Red team.

Ponderosa wins Poms title Ponderosa’s Pom team, coached by Angela Ottman, recently won its seventh Continental League championship and also captured the Universal Dance Association regional title.

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Valor advances to football semifinals Eagles set to face Cherokee trail

By Jim Benton

jbenton@ourcoloradonews.com Valor Christian’s football season, except for a loss to Bingham, Utah, in the second game of the season, has lacked adversity.

The last Colorado team to put up much of a battle against the Eagles was Cherokee Trail in last season’s Class 5A state championship game. Valor wound up winning that game, 9-0.

Valor, which overwhelmed Columbine 49-13 in a quarterfinal game Nov. 15 before 5,200 fans at Valor Stadium, will go against Cherokee Trail Nov. 23 in a 1 p.m. semifinal playoff game at Legacy Stadium.

“Cherokee Trail is always very athletic and they are very disciplined,” said Valor Christian coach Rod Sherman. “It’s not going to be easy for us.”

After the loss to Bingham on Sept. 7, the

three touchdowns. He also caught two passes for 37 yards with one resulting in a TD. The 195-pound senior who will play at Stanford next season has 35 touchdowns this season.

Cecil completed nine of 11 passes for 129 yards and one touchdown. He led a 98-yard, second-quarter TD march that pushed Valor to a 42-6 halftime advantage.

“We were efficient offensively,” admitted Sherman. “We were really pleased with the win. Most of all when you play a team like Columbine, you know how physical they are and how they are going to run the ball. It was a great challenge for the defense. To give up one play by our starting defense was exceptional.”

Columbine’s Bernard McDondle scored on a 69-yard run in the first quarter and was one of three big plays for the visitors.

Austin Norton had an 85-yard kickoff return in the second period but the Rebels failed to score on four attempts after Norton gave Columbine a first-and-goal from the 10-yard line.

Columbine scored late in the fourth quarter against the Eagles reserves when quarterback Michael Tait and Norton hooked up on a 70-yard TD pass.

“I thought probably the series of the game was when we gave up the long kickoff return and then held them for four plays inside the 10-yard line and came out and went 98 yards for a touchdown,” said Sherman.

“There have been little pockets of adversity this season,” he continued. “Against Columbine after their long run cut the lead to 14-6, it wasn’t freaking out our guys.

There was consistency in their demeanor.

Our guys are realists. We’ve been fortunate the last couple weeks against some pretty good teams that the ball has bounced in our direction. Our team is ready to be in a dogfight against Cherokee Trail.”

Valor was whistled for 10 penalties, including four for holding, against the Rebels.

“There are some things we have to clean up,” said Sherman.

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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, Parker and Lone Tree. Visit douglasdemocrats. org and click on calendar for more information.

PROFESSIONAL BUILD BUSINESS Today, a business networking group meets from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. every first and third Thursday at Johnny Carino’s in Parker. Visit www.buildbusinesstoday.com or call 720-840-5526.

DOUGLAS-ELBERT COUNTY Music Teachers’ Association meets at 9 a.m. every first Thursday at Parker Bible Church, between Jordan and Chambers on Main Street.

All area music teachers are welcome. Call Lucie Washburn, 303-814-3479.

LEADS CLUB Southeast Superstars meets at 7:30 a.m.

Wednesdays at LePeep at Parker and Orchard roads. Call Linda Jones at 720-641-0056.

PARKER LEADERS, a leads group with a networking at-

titude, meets from 10:30-11:45 a.m. the second and fourth Mondays of the month at Parker Heating & Air, 18436 Longs Way, Unit 101. Entrepreneurs are encouraged to visit the club, which is seeking new members, including a personal trainer, massage therapist, acupuncturist, lawyer, bookkeper, telecom consultant and computer repair technician.

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Eagles have had it easy by outscoring opponents 510-94 in the past 10 games.

Valor, seeking its fifth consecutive state championship and second in Class 5A, collected its 16th straight playoff win with a proficient offensive and smothering defensive performance against the Rebels.

The Eagles never punted and scored on their first seven possessions to grab a 49-6 lead and initiate the running clock with 7:10 left in the third quarter.

Valor, which amassed 261 yards total offense in the first quarter alone, finished with 510 yards of offense and averaged 10 yards per play.

The Eagles’ massive offensive line of 305-pound Alec Ruth, 295-pound Ryan Cummings, 280-pound Cody Bratten, 265-pound Sam Kozan and 310-pound Isaiah Holland deserved much of the credit as senior running back Christian McCaffrey and quarterback A.J. Cecil picked apart the Columbine defense.

McCaffrey, who had only one carry in the second half, rushed for 272 yards and

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small businesses to gather, mingle, network and connect on a business and personal level. Parker Morning Mingle meets every second Tuesday of the month from 9:30-11:30 a.m. at Panera Bread, 11290 Twenty Mile Road in Parker. Bring a stack of business cards, marketing material and calendar and get ready to mingle and win a raffle. To RSVP and for information, e-mail Info@behindthemooninc.com or call 303-250-4528.

PROJECT MEETINGS. Luxury living at affordable prices is the goal for an active adult condo community projected for downtown Parker. Community meetings are from 5-8 p.m. every Monday at the Warhorse Inn, 19420 E. Mainstreet, Parker. Join us at any time. Call Marty Pickert 303-649-9125 for information.

SOUTH METRO Sales and Business Professionals, a networking group, meet from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. every Wednesday at August Moon, 18651 E. Mainstreet, in Parker.

Call Tom Joseph at 303-840-5825 for information.

RECREATION ALTITUDE MULTISPORT Club invites anyone interested in triathlon, running, biking, or swimming to join us for group workouts. Sunday morning swims at the Parker Rec Center and run and bike workouts throughout the week.

Whether you’re an Ironman or have run a 5K, we welcome all abilities. Go to www.AltitudeMultisport.com for more

CASTLE ROCK Bridge Club plays a friendly ACBLsanctioned duplicate 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.

CYCLE CLUB meets at 9 a.m. Saturdays in the parking lot of Southeast Christian Church. Tour the streets of Parker, Elizabeth and Castle Rock. Call John at 720-842-5520.

PARKER ARTISTS Guild presents free art classes for kids and teen on the second Saturday of each month at Hobby Lobby at Parker Road and Mainstreet. Lessons and Lemonade classes for ages 10-12 are at 9:30 or 11 a.m., and the Teen Art Studio for grades 7-9 are at 1 or 3 p.m.

Reservations required by the Wednesday before class. Go to www.parkerartistsguild.com and click on Youth Programs.

20 students maximum.

THERAPEUTIC RIDING. Promise Ranch Therapeutic Riding in Parker offers free therapeutic riding for developmentally disabled adults and children. Scholarship money is available for Douglas County residents to provide 10 therapeutic riding lessons. Call 303-841-5007 or visit www. promiseranchtherapeuticriding.com.

PARKER ARTS Council has youth open mic/karaoke nights

on the first Thursday of each month. The event is open to all

SOCIAL AARP PARKER meets at 1 p.m. every second Wednesday of the month at Parker United Methodist Church, 11805 S. Pine Drive, Parker. There are interesting and informative programs for seniors. For further information, contact Patsy at 303-905-1008.

AMERICAN LEGION Parker Post 1864 meets at 7 p.m. every first Wednesday of the month at South Metro Fire Station No. 46, 19310 Stroh Road, Parker. Go to www.post1864. org or call 720-542-3877.

AWANA CLUB at Pine Drive Baptist Church meets from 6:30-8:30 p.m. Wednesdays in Parker. Call 303-841-0330.

AWANA CLUB at Parker Bible Church meets from 5:30-7:30 p.m. Sundays at 4391 W. Parker Road. Call 303-841-3836.

BETA SIGMA Phi Preceptor Gamma Theta Chapter meets the second and fourth Mondays of each month at 7 p.m.

Contact Sandy Pearl at 303-319-2392 for more information.

CHERRY CREEK Valley Rotary Club meets at 11:30 a.m.

Wednesdays at The Conference Center, Parker Adventist Hospital, 9395 Crown Crest Blvd, Parker. Call President Don Willson at 720-314-6830 or e-mail dlw166@rollens.com.

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Not-mad scientists behind fireworks show Aerospace engineers among Starlighting event designers

By Virginia Grantier

vgrantier@ourcoloradonews.com Coming to town, soon, this team: They’re about 39 strong. Some are aerospace engineers and consultants — one is working on NASA’s Jupiter Probe project — and there are physicists, computer scientists and electrical engineers. One works for the U.S. Department of Defense.

They operate out of a remote, unnamed, undisclosed, secure location in a farmland area of Colorado. There isn’t a listed phone number or a website.

And what they’re working on, still designing, is about to explode — in Castle Rock, on Nov. 23.

Like usual.

This is the team — mostly volunteers who earn nothing, just clamor to do it because it’s so much fun — that has been designing for a couple years the annual fireworks show synchronized to music off the top of Castle Rock after the star is lit for holidays.

“It’s a passion. It really truly is … a dream job,” said Marc Williams, 53, of Parker, cofounder of Night Musick Inc., named after composer Mozart’s “Eine kleine Nachtmusik.”

“We like to blow things up,” he said.

“We’re super geeks, engineers … We’re a bunch of 12-year-old boys (and girls) masquerading as 50-year-old super geeks.”

They only do about 20 of these projects a year — because of the countless hours to design them and other issues. He said that people couldn’t imagine the levels and layers and regulations in these days and times when explosives are involved — “transportation regulations, storage, state and federal, backgrounds checks,” and dealing with such as agencies as the U.S. Department of Justice and Homeland Security.

That’s the reason for the security and secretiveness of the operation. Although, this team, graduates of some of the top univer-

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sities in the country — Purdue, Colorado School of Mines and so on — seemed to have passed all tests. Williams said they’re allowed to work with any and all explosives out there.

Safety first

On Castle Rock, they use what are called proximate fireworks, which look like regular fireworks but are so safe and precise they can be set off next to curtains or off a rooftop, he said.

Basically, everything they use, they’ve designed, including all the hardware — designs by electrical engineer and computer scientist Don Kark of Highlands Ranch.

Williams said they wrote the code that controls the fireworks display, even designed the tubes that hold aerial shells. If something were to malfunction, a tube’s strength is such it could withstand any unintended explosions within it. The scientists’ equipment standards “greatly exceed industry standards,” he said. And they’ve never had an accident.

Williams, who has been on the Discovery Channel’s show “How Stuff Works,” said from his computer during the show he’ll be able to monitor everything — feedback from field units, will know radio-signal strength, timing of explosives.

He said countless hours go into synchronizing the explosions to music, music ranging from Nat King Cole to Handel’s Messiah’s Hallelujah Chorus, which will always be the finale. He said last year during the finale there were people with their arms up and tearful.

Williams said both of his grandfathers worked with explosives, one in rock quarries, the other in Kansas salt mines, and he was in college when he started Night Musick Inc. with his wife, Theresa Williams, now an aerospace engineer, among other things. She also owns a pet supply store in Parker and competes in dog shows with her Rottweilers.

He said they, both geeks, wanted to in 1986, with the technology available, develop computer-controlled synchronized fireworks displays. And things grew, to

Participants who helped create a past Starlighting show included, left to right, Eddie Mize, Marc Williams, Mark Patton, Erin Roethlisberger, Tammy Denhard and Garrett Whipp. More than three dozen people, mostly volunteers, are part of the team responsible for this year’s show. Courtesy photo putting on shows for rock bands, baseball teams and July 4 shows.

Youths pitch in

This starlighting will have some young designers involved, too.

Andria Deaguero, a teacher at an expeditionary high school in Aurora, wanted to interest her students in science through pyrotechnics. Deaguero, who has a Ph.D. in chemical engineering and her undergraduate degree from Colorado School of Mines, asked a Purdue professor if he knew of anyone who could work with their kids.

He did.

So, pieces of this year’s starlighting display, like the red effects during the song “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer,” are the students’ design. And they plan to see it, coming to Castle Rock on buses. Next year, local students might be involved. Williams has a nephew, Shaun Martin, who teaches at Castle Rock’s Castle View High

School.

Williams and crew also will have an FM radio transmitter set up. People who want to listen to the music on a radio while watching the fireworks should, at about 5:15 p.m. Nov. 23, set it to FM 97.7.

This year’s Starlighting event, the 78th annual, is from 2 to 7 p.m. Nov. 23. There will be ice skating available at Rink at the Rock, 414 Perry St. — and other activities such as carriage rides, puppet shows and other performances. From 4 to 7 p.m. will be a chili dinner at the Castle Rock fire station, 300 Perry St. The Starlighting ceremony starts at 5 p.m. at Historic Wilcox Square between Third and Fourth Streets on Wilcox Street.

At 5:30 p.m. is the actual lighting of the star, And then the not-mad very glad scientists get to work for a fireworks show of about 25 minutes.

For more information, go to http:// www.castlerockculture.com/starlighting/.

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New Tri-County director named Local health agency chief worked at CDC

By Tom Munds

tmunds@ourcoloradonews.com

A construction worker puts together an art piece containing The Childrens Hospital’s color scheme in the lobby of its new facility at C-470 and Lucent Boulevard in Highlands Ranch.

Hospital near completion With one month remaining until the official grand opening, construction workers are putting the final touches on Children’s Hospital Colorado’s south campus near C-470 and Lucent Boulevard. A media tour of the 180,000-square-foot facility Nov. 18 revealed the downto-the-detail planning that included staff on every level. The hospital will have 24/7 pediatric urgent care, 12 inpatient rooms with sleep accommodations for parents and guardians, three overnight sleep study rooms, a sibling play area and an MRI suite that transforms with projected images, colored lighting and music to reduce anxiety.

The Children’s Hospital’s “balloon boy” symbol is seen from the inside of a stairwell during a preview tour of the new hospital in Highlands Ranch Nov. 18.

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John Douglas Jr. moved into his new office in late October, assuming the position as executive director of Tri-County Health Department.

“We are glad to be back in Colorado. Our daughter lives in Aurora and our son is attending Colorado College,” Douglas said from his office on Nov. 18. “I am looking forward to continuing Tri-County’s great tradition of partnerships and the department’s continuing work seeking to improve the health of the people we serve.”

Douglas earned a bachelor’s degree Douglas in English from Davidson College in North Carolina and earned his medical degree from Harvard Medical School.

“I worked at the Denver Public Health Department for 19 years before spending the last 10 years at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, where there was more of a focus on the national and international health issues,” he said. “Our focus is much more local here at Tri-County. We serve a very diverse client base. We serve rural as well as urban areas and a wide income range. Our goal is to reach out to all our clients to improve health and promote a higher quality of life.”

A national search was begun soon after Richard Vogt announced he would leave the executive director’s post when he retired in July.

The field was narrowed to four or five finalists who were interviewed for the post and Douglas was selected to fill the vacancy.

“In my short time on the job, I have found TriCounty is a strong department, even stronger than I expected,” he said. “We also have a local focus but we still are the health department serving about 1.3 million people who live in Adams, Arapahoe and Douglas counties.”

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MSRP $37720. Sale price $35000. Residual $20746. 39 months-10K miles per year. $8675 cash due on delivery. OAC

LEASE

MONTH + TAX

20% OFF ANY REPAIR OR

MAINTENANCE (max savings of $150.00)

ALL MAKES / ALL MODELS

$32.95

$189.95

(up to 6 qts. of oil. diesel and synthetic extra. Shop supplies and disposal fees extra.)

Shop supplies and disposal fees extra.

• OIL CHANGE • ROTATE • INSPECTION

• DIESEL OIL CHANGE • FUEL FILTER

REPLACEMENT

NEW 2013 FORD F-150 $249/mo LEASE!

Stk# F2983 INCLUDES $2000.00 CASH OR TRADE. MUST QUALIFY FOR $1000.00 COMPETITIVE LEASE REBATE. ORIGINAL MSRP OF $35395.00, 24 MONTHS, 10,000 MILES A YEAR, PLUS TAX AND TITLE.

NEW 2014 FORD Escape 2013 RAM Truck clearance!

Up to

$

11,000

50

AVAILABLE Off MSRP

PRICED TO SELL

ALL 2013 Dodge Durango’s

Up to

$6,700

0%

or

for up to

60

$199/mo LEASE! Off MSRP

mo. w.a.c.

Stk# F2905 $2999.00 DOWN CASH OR TRADE. MUST QUALIFY FOR COMPETITIVE LEASE REBATE. MSRP OF $29390.00, 24 MONTHS, 10,000 MILES PER YEAR, PLUS TAX AND TITLE.

NEW 2013 FORD C-MAX

2014 Dodge Journey

$

MSRP $21,040.

D5949

19,988 Hurry, before it goes!

+ TAX

2013 Dodge Dart

$

14,788

D5521

+ TAX

$169/mo LEASE!

F2838, INCLUDES $2999.00 CASH OR TRADE. MUST QUALIFY FOR COMPETITIVE LEASE REBATE. MSRP OF $36,625.00, 24 MONTHS, 10,000 MILES PER YEAR, PLUS TAX AND TITLE.

Price plus tax, after rebate. MSRP $17785. Final clearance all 2013 Dodge Darts. Lowest prices of the year.Over twenty to choose.

Medved Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram 1520 S Wilcox Castle Rock, CO 80104 (720) 733-7156. www.MedvedSouth.com

(720) 733-7119 www.MedvedSouth.com 1404 S Wilcox Castle Rock, CO 80104