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‘We’re educating physicians of the future — they need to know how to ask the questions and recognize the signs (of domestic abuse) in their patients.’

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MY NAME IS

BLAINE WILKINS

Blaine Wilkins takes a break from taking photos and traveling to relax on the beach. A construction manager by trade, Wilkins moved to Parker from sunny California with his family in 2005 and the temperature dropped to -4 degrees their second day in town.COURTESY PHOTO

Father, husband, photographer and world traveler Building a life in Colorado My wife Charity and I, and our three boys, Tyler, Dillon and Evan, moved to Parker in December of 2005. We moved from southern California, and the day after we unloaded the moving truck the high temperature for the day was minus-4 degrees. What did we do?!

We moved here for a job and to get out of California. It’s where we grew up, but we needed our own space.

I’m a residential construction manager. I love seeing someone’s house be built and then turn from a building to a home.

Capturing nature Growing up in southern California, just minutes from the beach, I spent a lot of time on a surfboard, on a skateboard and playing sports year-round.

Not much in the way of surf here, but I get plenty of time on a skateboard and, when I can, a snowboard.

I would say my passions are photography, live music and traveling, including numerous trips to get my surfing fix and explore different places. Being outdoors has really opened my eyes. There is so much

beauty in nature, whether it is here in Parker or on a beach in Costa Rica.

Through photography I get to capture that beauty.

I hope that my photos make someone feel what I was looking at, if that makes any sense. When I look at photos I’ve taken, I get to experience that place or that moment again. I want to

capture it in a way that reminds me of what I saw.

Getting a global perspective Traveling different parts of the world, you realize people have varying views of the U.S.A. Most of those views come from what they read or see on the news, TV shows and movies. I was in the Philippines 25 years ago and found it very enlightening.

Because I was from California and lived near the beach, some people thought my life was just like the characters on “Baywatch.” Kind of opened my eyes a little.

Because I enjoy traveling, meeting new people and experiencing new cultures, I would say that the best thing to do is to be friendly. Bring a smile. Be open to a different way and a different view and respect local ways, customs and laws. Just because it is different doesn’t mean it is wrong — it’s just different.

People are simple. We all have skin and bones. We all bleed, we all cry.

Do you have a suggestion for My name is…? Contact Tom Skelley at tskelley@ coloradocommunitymedia.com.

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‘Oh, say can you sing?’

Anyone interested in singing the national anthem at the 2017 Douglas County Fair & Rodeo is encouraged to submit a video audition of their rendi-

tion of the first verse of the song to Fair@Douglas.co.us.

Please include your name, age and hometown in the body of the email. Videos must be no more than 90 seconds in length and must be received before May 19.

Successful candidates will be contacted by June 2 and will receive two complimentary general admission tickets for the fair and rodeo. Based on the number of entries live auditions may be held.

Centennial Farm deadline Colorado farming and ranching families who are interested in being recognized as a Centennial Farm are advised that the deadline to apply for recognition in the Colorado Centennial Farms program has been extended to May 15.

To be recognized as a Centennial Farm or Ranch, a prop-

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• The property must be a working farm or ranch and must have a minimum of 160 acres or gross at least $1,000 in annual sales.

Eligible owners must submit an application providing information about the history of their property and buildings and demonstrate how the farm or ranch meets the program’s requirements.

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Findings of a comprehensive new survey show that about two-thirds of high school students and parents believe that Douglas County schools are offering a “good” or “very good” education.

But some other findings from the $220,000 survey commissioned by the Douglas County School District show a less-positive experience.

Almost 40 percent of parents and guardians with children in the district do not believe the district values their opinion, according to the survey conducted late last year and in early 2017. And 30 percent of parents and 40 percent of other community members do not believe the district appropriately spends tax dollars.

The survey of 16,968 people — parents, high school students, district employees and community members — was presented to the school board and community April 18. Parents of children attending DCSD schools made up 63 percent of those surveyed.

“I think a lot of this information and data is not exactly a surprise to us,” board of education President Meghann Silverthorn said. “Some of it is very critical, and I think the board has already started to try and be more responsive to what the community has told us.”

Board member Anne-Marie Lemieux said the survey will inform how the district makes decisions in the future.

“I think we got some good information on the direction we need to go as a board, not just for what the community wants, but what our students need,” Lemieux said.

In July 2016, the board of education approved the money for Corona Insights, a Denver-based research and strategy firm, to conduct the extensive community survey. While the district conducted surveys in the past, this was the first time DCSD contracted with an outside firm for an in-depth, scientific survey.

The Douglas County Federation, the teachers’ union, conducted its own surveys in 2012 and 2015.

“We sincerely hope that DCSD will realize that their employees need a seat at the table, and that their voices need to be heard,” said Kallie Leyba, president of the Douglas County Federation.

“Employees offered similar feedback in multiple surveys over the past several years, but DCSD discounted each of those surveys. We are grateful that the district finally conducted their own assessment to validate the previous results.”

School board member James Geddes suggested that a similar survey be conducted every few years to help guide the district and keep it connected to the desires of the community.

“It seems to me that a serial measure, maybe every two to three years, would help us to know if we’re doing the right thing when we’re making some of these changes,” Geddes said.

The following is a look at survey results among the various groups.

ABOUT THE SURVEY Corona used the district’s email database to contact people for the survey, which meant all parents and employees with correct email contact information were invited to participate.

The collected data was aggregated and reported without identifying any individuals, Raines said.

During the eight-month process, Corona collected feedback from roughly 3,200 employees, 10,000 parents, 2,913 students, 165 community members not connected to the district and 36 employers and higher-education professionals.

DCSD SURVEY BY THE NUMBERS

70 60 40 36 33 29

— percent of parents and guardians rated the district as good or very good in terms of providing a safe environment for students.

— percent of employees reported that they have high morale.

— percent of parents and guardians do not think that the school district values their opinion.

— percent of employees don’t trust the board of education at all.

— percent of students don’t think it’s easy to get help with personal problems at school.

— percent of employees believe that their coworkers have high morale.

Source: Douglas County School District survey by Corona Insights Parents/community members Kevin Raines, president of Corona Insights, said the two biggest concerns revealed by the survey were the need to retain quality teachers and whether or not the district is using taxpayer money wisely.

Almost a third of parents rated the district as poor or very poor in terms of appropriately spending taxpayers’ money.

Forty percent of parents rated the district poor or very poor when it comes to retaining quality teachers.

Thirty-nine percent of parents and 50 percent of community members indicated that they do not believe the district values their opinion.

The group Douglas County Parents said it hopes the district will use the new information to “make the appropriate corrections.”

“We are pleased to see the district requesting community feedback again,” said Jason Virdin, spokesman for the group. “The reform-minded board and superintendent have spent much of the last eight years forcing a reform agenda on the schools in DCSD while dismissing the concerns of parents, teachers and community members.”

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Parker’s got workers coming and going People commuting elsewhere for jobs double those coming in, report says

BY TOM SKELLEY TSKELLEY@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

The majority of working Parker residents commute out of town to their jobs every day, according to a report from economists at Arapahoe/ Douglas Works.

The report cites 2014 statistics from the United States Census Bureau, and was featured in the March 2017 Parker town administrator’s report.

It states 21,936 Parker residents leave town for their jobs each day, while 11,044 people commute into the town to work.

Parker Senior Planner Bryce Matthews said the numbers shouldn’t be surprising, especially to anyone who drives Parker Road during rush hour.

“The more people we have driving in and out of town for work, the more impact it will have on our roads and traffic,” said Matthews, a 14-year veteran of the planning department.

The findings, he said, don’t represent a problem as much as a chance to build a more well-rounded town for the future.

“It’s an opportunity for the community to become more holistic,” he

BY THE NUMBERS

21,936 11,044

— Employees commuting from Parker every day

— Employees commuting into Parker every day

1,798 1,700

— Parker residents who work in town

— Parker residents who work at home

Source: Patrick Holwell, workforce economist for Arapahoe/Douglas Works said.

For Arapahoe/Douglas Works Senior Economist Patrick Holwell, the numbers indicate that the jobs available in town, predominantly in the service industry, don’t pay enough for employees to live in Parker, where rentals are scarce and home costs are high. Higher-paying professional and technical jobs that residents flock to are located in the Southeast Corridor and Denver Tech Center.

Most counties in Colorado, Holwell said, are “net exporters” of employees. Only Denver and Arapahoe Counties import more workers than they export.

Matthews said town planners have a three-tiered approach to creating more balanced numbers by the time the next report is issued.

One objective, he said, is to create the opportunity for more high-paying

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jobs in town. Current zoning near Parker Adventist Hospital will allow for other medical offices and services, and zoning around town can accommodate office space, Matthews said.

Attracting traded industries, software developers for example, is another approach Holwell said works well to create robust growth and higher paying jobs for locals.

“The products (such a company) produces are sold all over the world, and that money flows back to the company. A significant portion is earned by the workers, who tend to make high incomes,” Holwell said.

“As more software is developed and sold, the company adds jobs. These workers spend their money, which raises local demand for goods and services.”

As of the study’s publication, most of the 86 percent of workers who

commute into town each day work in the retail or service industry. Commuters from Aurora make up the biggest share with 1,717 workers, while Denver sent the second-highest number of employees Parker’s way with 1,326. The next highest city contributing to Parker’s workforce was Centennial with 595 commuters.

Helping those workers get to their jobs, Matthews said, is another task planning staff is addressing with RTD. “We’re constantly working with them to get more weekend and later evening service,” he said. “Their decisions are based on ridership, and ridership last time I looked was OK.” But Holwell stresses that quality of life is another factor to be considered, one that suffers if all of a region’s SEE COMMUTE, P14

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Coalition will hunt for funds to pay for highway widening Daniels Park Open House Daniels Park improvement details – including new trails, improved parking areas and roadway upgrades – will be shared at a public open house on Tuesday, May 2, from 6 - 8 p.m. at the Philip S. Miller County Building, 100 Third Street, in Castle Rock. For further information please visit www.douglas.co.us/dcoutdoors/parks/daniels-park/

Basic building permits online Contractors and homeowners may obtain basic building permits for roofing, mechanical, construction meter and window/door replacement for residential properties online. Visit www.douglas.co.us and search for Building

Senior Life in Douglas County From senior housing to Medicare Open Enrollment, older adults in Douglas County have opportunities throughout the year to engage in community conversations about issues of importance to them. For more information or upcoming events visit www.douglas.co.us/community/senior-adult-services/

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The Colorado Aspen Leaf Pass and Annual State Parks Pass are now available for purchase through the Douglas County Recorder’s Office. The annual pass is $70, and the Aspen Leaf Pass, for persons 64 and older, is $60. Visit www.douglas.co.us and search for Park Passes or visit the Colorado State Parks E-Store at https://parksstore.state.co.us

Notice of Valuation 2017 is a reappraisal year in the State of Colorado, and Notices of Valuation will be mailed on May 1 reflecting your property value as of the statutory appraisal date of June 30, 2016. Please visit the Assessor’s website at www.douglas.co.us/assessor to research comparable sales, view estimated taxes, and review information regarding appeals.

I-25 Gap Coalition puts focus on finding money to improve corridor

BY JESSICA GIBBS JGIBBS@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Widening what’s known as “The Gap” along Interstate 25 between Castle Rock and Monument is top of mind for government officials across the Front Range.

The stretch where the roadway narrows to two lanes in each direction for 17 miles presents a safety hazard because of congestion, officials said. Plus, officials hope a better interstate will act as an economic catalyst and improve what’s also a national security corridor.

In January, the Colorado Department of Transportation announced plans to accelerate environmental and planning processes to have an improvement project shovel-ready by 2019.

The catch was funding — somewhere between $300 million and $500 million still needed to be secured.

On April 19, numerous officials came together at a news conference held in Douglas County to announce the founding of a coalition that will seek to identify those dollars at the local, state and federal level.

Colorado Springs Mayor John Suthers said the I-25 Gap project has wide public support among his constituents, and that El Paso residents “want it done.”

“What we need now is focused, legislative support,” he said at the news conference. “We’re in this for the fight. We’re going to make sure it happens.”

Hopefully, Douglas County Board of Commissioners Chairman Roger Partridge said, the coalition can find that money by the end of the year.

Coalition membership includes

representation from areas like Monument, Palmer Lake, Castle Pines, Centennial, Greenwood Village, Lone Tree and Arapahoe and Pueblo counties.

“It’s just such an important project that we have many, many included,” Partridge said, opening the news conference on April 19.

Douglas County commissioners have already traveled to Washington D.C. and stressed this project’s important to the Colorado delegation, Partridge said.

And although the county has not been approached with a request for local dollars, Partridge said, the county is ready and willing to be a financial partner.

The event had federal representation with the likes of Congressman Mike Coffman, who serves communities such as Aurora and portions of Littleton and Centennial.

“Certainly, the I-25 corridor is important to the state of Colorado,” Coffman said.

A spokesman for Congressman Doug Lamborn, who mostly represents Colorado Springs, read a statement on his behalf.

“The coalition represents a strong and unified effort along the Front Range to move this project into the state’s top transportation priorities,” the statement read. “It is absolutely vital that the section known as the ‘Gap’ is widened and improved at the earliest possible time.”

The statement also promised Lamborn would continue advocating the project to leadership in the Colorado Department of Transportation and the U.S. Department of Transportation to ensure funding is made available.

For Partridge, there’s no denying the task is tall order, but he remained optimistic that the coalition could bring in the dollars.

“The good thing is, it’s on the radar with the state,” Partridge said after the conference, “and on the federal level.”

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‘I LOST ALL OF THEM’

BY ALEX DEWIND | ADEWIND@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Portraits of Ethan Laber, 5, and his brother Adam, 3, teddy bears and blue gemstones — which the boys loved to find in backyard treasure hunts — were displayed for guests at a memorial service at St. Philip Lutheran Church in Jefferson County on Dec. 6.

ALEX DEWIND

In a world of grief, Ryan Laber keeps memories of family close

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t times, Ryan Laber feels as if he is drifting in the ocean.

Grief washes over him in waves, recedes, then comes in again.

Other times, he stands in a valley, staring at sheer cliffs encircling him, wondering how he will ever climb out.

“Losing all of your children and your spouse — that is a pretty earth-shattering thing,” he says.

Since his wife shot and killed their sons and then herself five months ago, the days flash back and forth between memories of life as it was and the reality of life as it is now. He is trying to move forward, wading through the sorrow, coming to terms with his wife’s depression and bipolar disorder, holding onto the joy his sons brought him.

“It’s this nonstop buzz of emotion,” Laber says.

“What you’ll find is that you’re just trying to look for tangible memories of the things you lost.”

Laber, 40, is a 6-foot-3 solidly-built man with a welcoming demeanor and a dimpled smile, a director in an electronics company whose life revolved around his family. The sadness in his brown eyes wells into tears when he remembers.

On Nov. 30, police found his wife of 12 years, Jennifer, 38, and their two sons, Adam, 3, and Ethan, 5, dead in the family minivan on an abandoned loading dock outside of a shuttered Sports Authority in Lone Tree. The Douglas County coroner determined the boys each died of a single gunshot wound and Jennifer from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

Laber was upstairs in Ethan’s bedroom, where

he and Jennifer read bedtime stories to their sons, when he saw the police car pull up to their Highlands Ranch home later that day.

“I put my arms on his bed and I tried to talk to them.” He knew. They were in heaven.

• WHY WE WROTE THESE STORIES See page 12 for an editorial explaining the thought process behind this package.

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On a March afternoon, Laber sits in a Highlands Ranch coffee shop, next door to Salsa Brava, a favorite Mexican restaurant of his sons. As he talks about their deaths and his grief, his eyes dart from his coffee cup to the room

around him.

The day his world shattered was Nov. 29.

Laber had left his work at Arrow Electronics in Centennial by 5 p.m. to make it home in time for dinner, as he did every evening. But their home was dark. Jennifer, Ethan and Adam were gone.

Confused, Laber started calling friends and family. He wondered if he had unconsciously said or done something to upset Jennifer, a stayat-home mom. He wondered if she had taken the boys and started driving to Minnesota, where they had lived until moving to Colorado two years ago. She had talked about wanting to move back.

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‘You can only see what’s immediately in front of you, behind you and beside you. You can’t focus on the future.’

Ryan Laber

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What drives a parent to kill a child?

Experts point to a variety of reasons, a key one being mental illness

‘Part of the reason that the recent deaths of children at the hands of their own mothers captures our horrified attention is because it is so rare.’

BY ALEX DEWIND ADEWIND@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Every day, Stephanie Schmalz drives by Highlands Ranch on C-470 from her home in Morrison to her job in Lone Tree.

So when she learned in November that Jennifer Laber, a Highlands Ranch mother, had killed her two young sons and then herself, the tragedy stayed with her. It moved her to post a message on a Highlands Ranch Facebook page called Word of Mouth: “I didn’t know these kids. I didn’t know this mom. I do, however, know this mom’s heart. She was likely depressed, overwhelmed, feeling worthless, not measuring up to standards that she thought others have set for her — that the world has set for her.”

Her post received more than 600 likes and dozens of comments thanking Schmalz, a mother of three, for her words and extending compassion for the family involved.

“I feel like what I wrote is what people think about but don’t say,” Schmalz said. “It takes a village to raise kids — it takes a village to raise a family.”

Randi Smith, psychology professor at Metropolitan State University of Denver

Variety of reasons for ‘rare’ occurrence The Laber tragedy — followed two months later by a similar case involving another Highlands Ranch mother and her 10-year-old daughter — generated an outpouring on social media of compassion, shock and disbelief.

Many comments came from women, who although not in any way condoning — or understanding — the killings, expressed empathy for mothers who are struggling with stressors of everyday life or a mental illness such as depression.

The resounding questions became: How could this happen? Why the kids?

Even among mental health and forensic experts, there is no clear answer.

According to a 2014 study by Brown University in Rhode Island, over the past three decades U.S. parents have committed filicide — the act of a parent killing his or her child — about 500 times every year. Seventy-two percent of the children killed were age 6 or younger. One-third were infants.

Ten percent of children killed were between 7 and 18 years old.

When a parent also kills himself or herself, the act is referred to as filicidesuicide.

Filicide is rare: About 74 million children from infancy to 17 years old live in the United States, according to the U.S. Census. The average number of filicide cases has stayed at about 500 a year for

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He called the Douglas County Sheriff ’s Office at about 8 p.m. Deputies came to his house, took down information and sifted through credit card transactions. The Glock 9mm semiautomatic handgun that Jennifer had purchased earlier that day had not yet shown up.

Laber went to bed at about midnight. He slept, somehow knowing he would need energy for the next day.

He awoke at 5:30 a.m., and soon after, a neighbor called, asking if he had seen the news. Police had discovered three bodies in a van near the old Sports Authority in Lone Tree. Helicopters circled over the scene.

Laber immediately called the sheriff ’s department. He was told there wasn’t enough information yet.

“That was code for ‘we are worried about you hurting yourself and we are not going to tell you anything,’ ” Laber remembers thinking. “That’s when it sunk in.”

Four months later, Laber still doesn’t understand what went wrong. Friends and family of Jennifer didn’t see signs. Her behavior hadn’t changed. Looking back, Laber believes that she had been planning her suicide for months and reached a point of calm in knowing her life would soon end.

The sorrow is overwhelming. But, he

After the tragic loss of his wife and two sons, Ryan Laber passed out blue stones at a celebration of life gathering at O’Brien Park in Parker on Dec. 3. His sons loved to treasure hunt, he said, especially for blue gemstones in the backyard.

ALEX DEWIND says, he is not angry: His wife was ill.

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Ryan and Jennifer met in Minnesota, where they both grew up. Ryan, 26 at the time, was out to dinner with work clients at a restaurant. Jennifer, then 24, was at the same restaurant with friends. They met, dated for two years and married in September 2005.

Shortly after, Jennifer was diagnosed with bipolar disorder and depression, Laber says. She was hospitalized more than once in her late 20s following a suicide attempt.

It was the first time Laber had ex-

perienced mental illness in someone close to him. And, at first, it angered him, coming so soon after their marriage. One time, after visiting her, he pounded so hard on the armrest in his two-door sports car that it broke.

“It was at that point in time that I recognized that I couldn’t sit there and tolerate it,” he says. “I had to do something differently.”

Laber reached out to his pastor, who coached him into redirecting his anger. He started going to therapy with Jennifer and attending classes to learn about mental illness.

Eventually, Jennifer learned to manage the depression and bipolar

the past 30 years, though the population of the country has grown.

According to Randi Smith, a psychology professor at Metropolitan State University of Denver, when parents cause their children’s deaths it’s more likely to be accidental or, in some cases, part of an ongoing pattern of child abuse.

“Part of the reason that the recent deaths of children at the hands of their 1 own mothers captures our horrified at- a tention is because it is so rare,” Smith e said.

Reasons for filicide range from murders committed out of “love” — described as altruistic killings — to child abuse and neglect, but mental illness often stands at the forefront.

That’s especially true in cases of the killing of a toddler or adolescent, who has formed an attachment with the parent, said Phillip Resnick, an internationally known forensic h psychiatrist and professor c at Case Western Reserve i University in Ohio.

“Killing children once i their role is established i in the family would be an J Resnick extreme measure,” said v g Resnick, who has studa ied filicide for 50 years. “It wouldn’t be done casually or incidentally — it t would require some extreme forces p coming together.” c p SEE PARENTS, P10

disorder with medication and lifestyle changes. The couple felt stable enough to think about starting a family and Ethan and Adam were born a few years later.

“We reached a point, years ago,” Laber told mourners at a Dec. 2 vigil, “where the darkness had subsided for a family to be born.”

The family’s move to Colorado was prompted by a job opportunity for Laber at Arrow Electronics. Though they were leaving close friends and family, Laber and Jennifer saw it as a fresh start.

The family moved to an apartment in Parker before settling in a home in a kid-friendly cul-de-sac neighborhood of Highlands Ranch.

Life was easy, simple, with a happy flow from day to day.

Laber made it home for dinner every weeknight. He and his sons loved to wrestle. He and Jennifer took turns cooking.

On Saturdays, Laber woke up with the boys while Jennifer slept in. They made chocolate chip pancakes. Saturday nights, the four of them went out to dinner, then came home to watch movies on the couch. It was a family ritual.

Jennifer was kind and caring with the boys, consistent about teaching them good manners. A vegetarian, she encouraged the boys to eat healthy. She instilled a love for cuddling.

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‘Grief is unique — there is no one-box-fits-all’ Therapist talks about importance of working through grieving process

BY ALEX DEWIND ADEWIND@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Linda Coughlin Brooks lost her 17-year-old daughter nearly 20 years ago, when she died unexpectedly from epilepsy in her sleep.

Brooks, a therapist who knows the grieving process all too well, has since dedicated her life to helping others.

“I help someone who doesn’t know if they want to live or die,” said Brooks, sitting in her Greenwood Village Brooks office. Photos honoring her patients’ loved ones who have died cover the walls. “I help them reengage in life.”

A former nurse of 37 years, Brooks is certified in death and grief studies. In her private practice, the Grief Journey, she provides care for individuals and families experiencing grief, loss and life transitions, such as a divorce.

She also serves as the regional director of Compassionate Friends, a nonprofit organization with more than 700 chapters across the United States for parents who have lost a child.

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WHERE TO FIND HELP

One in five adults nationwide experiences a mental illness, according to the National Association of Mental Illness. One in 25 lives with a more serious mental illness, such as bipolar disorder or schizophrenia.

Half of all chronic mental illness begins by the age of 14 — three-quarters by the age of 24, the association reports.

About 2.6 percent of adults live with bipolar disorder. And almost 7 percent of American adults live with major depression, the leading cause of disability worldwide, the National Institute of Mental Health reports.

Nearly 60 percent of adults with a mental illness didn’t receive mental health services in the previous year, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration has found.

Mental health and suicide prevention • Suicide Prevention Coalition of Colorado: Provides a statewide network of suicide prevention resources and hotlines by county. suicidepreventioncolorado.org/ page-18121.

• Colorado Crisis Services: Operates a Crisis Line and Support Line and provides referrals to other mental health services in the Denver metro area. 24/7 crisis line: 844-493-TALK (8255).

• AllHealth Network: Behavioral health services, including inpatient and outpatient programs and group, individual and family counseling, offered in locations across south

Research says that individuals experience grief in five stages: denial and isolation, anger, bargaining, depression and acceptance. But Brooks said that grief is not linear — the experience is different for every individual.

She saw a patient one time for the loss of a dog, a companion. She saw a patient for nearly two years for the loss of a mother.

“Grief is unique,” she said. “There is no one-box-fits-all.”

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gret, it would be that — even after you think you reach a point of stability — you still need to have the conversation.”

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After the deaths, family and friends stayed with Laber in his home. But he felt alone. He couldn’t eat. He compared the feeling to an episode of the old, black-and-white television show “Twilight Zone.”

The main character travels to Earth to find that there are no other people, only buildings.

“There’s this stagnation,” he

• Jefferson Center for Mental Health: Offers a variety of services, from hotline, therapy, counseling and wellness classes. Hotline: 303-425-0300, jcmh.org.

• Jennifer Laber battled depression and bipolar disorder. “She wanted nothing but for Ethan and Adam to have a mother they could depend on, a mother that felt well,” Ryan Laber said. says. “You can only see what’s immediately in front of you, behind you and beside you.

You can’t focus on the future.

Your eyes can’t look forward.”

He sees the boys’ playset in the backyard, the toys in their rooms and the clothes in their closets. Jennifer’s clothes hang in his closet. Her jewelry box rests on the dresser. A pan inscribed with Laber and Jennifer’s names sits in the kitchen.

To honor them and be reminded always, Laber printed and hung photos of Jennifer, Adam and Ethan all over the house. Everywhere he looked,

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Grief support • The Grief Journey: Bereavement care of all types including support groups and individual counseling. 303951-9240, griefandgrowth. com.

• Compassionate Friends: Support groups for parents who have lost a child. compassionatefriends.org.

• Parents Surviving Suicide: Support groups for those who have lost individuals to suicide. 303-322-7450.

• Parents of Murdered Children: For families and friends of individuals who have died by violence. Colorado-pomc. org. For Front Range chapter, contact Phil Clark, 303-7486395.

guilt, and provides resources, such as support groups. Coming to terms with guilt and regret can shift the focus from how a person died to how they lived.

And being around peers who have experienced loss and moved forward in life can instill a sense of hope in a grieving individual, Brooks said.

The goal, she said, is “to see someone choose life, choose reengagement in a productive way.”

they were there.

One day, he opened their urns, wanting to touch their ashes. Overcome with emotion, he collapsed. Mentally and physically exhausted, he stayed on the couch for the rest of the day.

“You want to expose yourself to those feelings,” he says, “but sometimes you push too hard.”

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Adam, 3, was a defender of people, his dad, Ryan Laber, says.

Ethan, 5, would seek out the kid on the playground who was alone and play with him or her.

To honor them, Laber would like to work with an organization for parents who have lost children.

• Adams County Mental Health Center (Community Reach Center): Offers crisis services, and treatment and counseling in the Metro North region for children to seniors for mental health issues from depression and anxiety to more severe disorders. 303-853-3500, www. communityreachcenter.org.

Often, phone calls and check-ins from family members and friends become less frequent as time goes on, as life goes on. But mourning loss is not a journey that an individual can do on his or her own, Brooks said. It requires a safe environment where the individual can honor and work through his or her grief.

In her practice, Brooks listens, normalizes the feelings associated with grief, such as anger, regret and

GRIEF “She wanted nothing but for Ethan and Adam to have a mother they could depend on, a mother that felt well,” Laber recounted at the Dec. 6 memorial service for Jennifer and the boys. “In her mind, they deserved the utopia each of them had brought to our lives.”

Ethan would seek out the kid on the playground who was alone and play with him or her. Adam, big for his age, was a defender of people. Though he was two years younger than Ethan, they weighed the same. Their favorite activity was treasure hunting for the blue glass gems the family hid in the backyard.

Everything seemed to be going the right way for a young family, Laber says.

They kept in contact with friends and family in Minnesota. They had a decent home, great neighbors, good schools.

“Despite all that stuff, it still crept up,” Laber says of Jennifer’s bipolar disorder and depression. Tears well in his eyes. “If there was any re-

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These days, when he has the energy, he spends a couple of hours sorting through his family’s belongings. A friend who lost a loved one told him to take down some of the photos on the walls, so he did, and it helped.

In his grieving, Laber has connected with others who have lost a child, a spouse, a close friend.

But he finds his situation is different: “I lost all of them. It’s not like I could even be grateful for something that was still left.”

The faith community, friends, family and coworkers have helped him on his road to healing, he says.

Pastors from four churches reached out to him — he has relied heavily on his faith.

People flooded his Facebook and mailbox with messages

and letters. Neighbors, family and friends have continually been by his side. He sees medical professionals and attends support groups to help him cope.

He could have shut out the world, Laber says, but he knew that would have led him to depression.

Instead, he lets the grief pass through him, following the path of others who have experienced a devastating loss.

“I invited them all in to share with me where they found the footholds,” he says. “I take different pieces from what I understand from different people.”

Laber is unsure if he will stay in his house. Once a place of memories, he says, it is becoming a house of ghosts.

He knows he will never let go of Adam, Ethan and Jennifer.

To remember Jennifer, he would like to join forces with an existing statewide organization on suicide prevention.

To honor his boys, he would like to work with an organization for parents who have lost children.

The future remains too murky to see.

But he is certain of one thing: He would like, someday, to be a husband and father again.

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chologist at the University of Denver, cited a variety of reasons for filicide, including an “end-ofthe-world” psychosis, when a parent feels that he or she is trying to spare their child from what is to come.

Postpartum depression, a hormonal imbalKarson ance that can affect new mothers following childbirth, can be a cause in rare instances, Karson said.

In instances of postpartum psychosis, the mother most likely has a history of bipolar disorder or schizoaffective disorder, a mental disorder characterized by symptoms of schizophrenia and mood disorder, according to a 2016 report of filicide in the United States authored by Resnick and published in the Indian Journal of Psychiatry.

That was the case for Andrea Yates, who was found not guilty by reason of insanity in the 2001 drowning of her five children. The Texas woman reportedly experienced severe postpartum depression and psychosis. She is now in a state mental hospital.

Postpartum psychosis occurs in about one out of 1,000 new mothers, as opposed to the two or three out of 100 new mothers who might experience postpartum depression, a common and treatable malady, Resnick said. But, he emphasized, “most people with postpartum de-

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In a 2005 study of 30 filicide-suicide cases published by the Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law — written

by Resnick and four other authors — 70 percent of the motives were identified as murders committed out of “love” to relieve the real or imagined suffering of the child.

The second most prevalent reason was acute psychosis, such as schizophrenia, which can cause delusions.

That was the case for LaShuan Harris, a 23-year-old who, in 2005, dropped her three boys, ages 6, 2 and 16 months, into San Francisco Bay. Harris, who was diagnosed with schizophrenia, believed she was listening to God and sending her children to heaven. She was found criminally insane and sentenced to a psychiatric hospital.

Other motives of filicide have included mistreatment, such as child abuse resulting in death; having an unwanted child; and revenge against a spouse.

In March, a Chicago father shot and killed his twin daughters. According to national media outlets, police dispatch heard the father tell his wife he wanted her to live and suffer before shooting her in the leg — she survived — and then shooting and killing himself.

Michael Karson, a clinical psy-

pression don’t go on to harm their child or commit suicide.”

In some altruistic filicide cases, the report in the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law says, the parent was depressed and considered the children’s deaths as extended suicides rather than homicides.

The study found that parents who killed their children and themselves overall appeared to have high rates of mental illness.

Smith echoed that finding.

Filicide-suicide scenarios, such as the two recent cases involving mothers and their children in Highlands Ranch, she said, usually occur in the midst of a deep depression with psychotic features or in the midst of a bipolar episode.

After the death of his wife and two sons, Ryan Laber publicly spoke of his wife’s battle with depression and bipolar disorder. Jennifer Laber, 38, was diagnosed in her mid20s after a suicide attempt, he said.

Her autopsy revealed that she had bipolar-disorder medication in her system at the time of her death.

According to the police report, Cristi Benavides, 40, the Highlands Ranch woman who was found dead with her daughter, Emma, in February, had a history of post-traumatic stress disorder and anxiety.

‘Things pass, things get better’ How to prevent such tragedies is the challenge.

World Psychiatry, an office

journal of the World Psychiatric Association, suggests that psychiatrists should assess filicide risk in a systematic way, as they do for suicide, by asking questions about childrearing practices, parenting problems and feelings of being overwhelmed — and then provide steps to ensure the safety of all involved.

And although many resources exist for those contemplating suicide, Karson wonders whether a parent thinking of filicide would admit to those thoughts.

“How,” he asked, “can we arrange a world in which a person in that situation would tell someone?”

Several mental health and education experts also say establishing connections for parents to community and the support that can be found there — whether personal or professional — is key.

“Many people can profit from talking with mental health care professionals, experiencing support and seeing how to change situations so that they can manage stress more productively,” said Judith Fox, associate professor of the University of Denver Graduate School of Professional Psychology.

Psychology experts agree that in many filicide-suicide cases the parent acts on impulse.

“Things pass, things get better,” Karson said. “All the lost opportunities — if they could just get past that impulse.”

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Domestic violence ‘is everywhere — it’s here’ Rocky Vista teaches students to spot domestic violence in patients, each other

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One of the most surprising aspects of domestic violence is how commonplace it is, even among prospective doctors and nurses.

“People think of it as something that happens in the inner cities,” said Dr. Laura Mohr, director of counseling services for Rocky Vista University in Parker. “But it’s everywhere — it’s here.”

Mohr counseled post-graduation interns and residents in Michigan from 2001-07 before joining the Rocky Vista staff in 2008. Her biggest surprise then, she said, was learning many of the female physicians she talked to were in abusive relationships. On April 19, Rocky Vista hosted a panel discussion featuring Mohr to address the issues of domestic violence and stalking, to give students and staff resources and information before those issues become a problem on campus.

Campus Safety and Security Supervisor Andrew Stevens said there

Panelist Peter Stacy, a first-year student at Rocky Vista University who worked as a campus police officer while going to college in California, answers a question from the audience at a domestic violence workshop. Tracy says many perpetrators are actually relieved once they are reported to law enforcement. Pictured from left to right are: moderator and RVU student Annelisa Pessetto, Campus Security Supervisor Andrew Stevens, Dr. Laura Mohr, Ph.D., and Tracy.

TOM SKELLEY haven’t been any confirmed cases of domestic violence at Rocky Vista yet, but he wants to take a proactive approach.

“It happens so frequently on college campuses that it would be irresponsible of us to assume it’s not happening,” Stevens said.

“Unfortunately, it’s probably going

to happen.”

About 35 students and staff attended the discussion, led by Stevens, Mohr and first-year student Peter Stacy, who served as a campus police officer in California before attending Rocky Vista. The event, part of the school’s two-week Violence Education Prevention program, focused

primarily on domestic abuse, and Mohr explained that the goal of the discussion was twofold.

“We’re educating physicians of the future — they need to know how to ask the questions and recognize the signs in their patients,” Mohr said. “We also have to make sure that they’re healthy themselves.”

There isn’t much data on the prevalence of domestic violence in the medical community because the problem is “tremendously” under reported, she said.

“These are self-appointed helpers,” Mohr said. “They think they can handle it, or they think they can fix the person doing it.”

Signs of domestic abuse are usually noticeable in someone’s behavior more than in their appearance, Mohr and Stevens said.

The victim’s grades or job performance may be slipping, or he or she could seem depressed or withdrawn.

More often than not, any interventions begin with a discussion about how the victim is feeling. And it takes a lot of time before an admission of what’s really going on.

Panelists encouraged audience members who know someone being abused to assure them their situation is common, and to mention SEE VIOLENCE, P32

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VOICES Our thought process behind this week’s special report OUR VIEW

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ao, Dao, daylight come and me want to go home.”

Let’s say a 69-year-old man is forcibly volunteered off of an airplane, and he’s a doctor, a father, a grandfather, he’s Chinese, maybe there are some skeletons in his closet, and you have an opinion about it.

Snap.

It’s never been easier to let other people know what you are thinking, and no one is holding back.

As soon as someone, let’s say a White House spokesperson, puts his foot in his mouth, posts and tweets are all over it.

What is in it for the poster? Social media and the internet give the illusion that your opinion matters.

Having your thoughts made visible for a potential audience of millions — worldwide — is very alluring. It can be done easily, cleanly, and privately.

They are little hit-and-run commentaries that once were reserved for paid commentators.

Your opinions can be right there next to theirs now.

It becomes progressive, like SEE SMITH, P36

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Teachers deserve respect, adequate pay Just a few short months after being sworn in, new school board directors Vogel, Ray and Lemieux were able to secure the survey that community members had been requesting for more than four years. Tuesday night (April 18), the results of that survey were shared at a Board of Education meeting. I knew that the pay and evaluation structures created by district administrators were controversial, but I was shocked to learn what a low opinion our professional educators had of them.

Many of the people hired into our district administration over the past six years have

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One in five adults experiences a mental illness; one in five children ages 13-18 has, or will have, a serious mental illness. It’s time to talk about the issue and make sure resources and support systems exist to help. Douglas County began doing that three years ago following several tragedies related to mental illness. County officials have pulled together a 31-member collaborative coalition — the Douglas County Mental Health Initiative — that has pooled its resources

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Everyone is ready with an opinion, and the world is no better for it QUIET DESPERATION

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media. There was compassion for all involved. But there also was shock and disbelief: Why would a parent kill his or her child?

Because the tragedies occurred in such proximity to each other, and because one of our communities was struggling with the ensuing grief, we thought it important to try to understand why this happened and to put these cases in context of issues surrounding them. Those stories are packaged as a special report in this week’s editions, on our communities’ websites and at coloradocommunitymedia.com.

On Nov. 30, Jennifer Laber was found dead with her two sons, ages 3 and 5, in the family minivan outside a closed Sports Authority.

Just two months later, on Jan. 30, Cristi Benavides and her 10-year-old daughter were found dead in the basement of a home.

In both instances, law enforcement authorities determined the mothers had killed their children, and then themselves. Both families lived in the Douglas County community of Highlands Ranch, one of the more than 20 towns, cities and counties that Colorado Community Media covers.

The tragedies devastated family members, neighbors and school communities and generated an outpouring of comments on social

little to no experience in education. Perhaps this is why 83 percent of our licensed teachers do not believe that the pay structure the district created retains and attracts quality employees to Douglas County. Since 2010, I have watched many, many teachers and building administrators leave our county for greener pastures. More are leaving this year.

It’s past time for us to address the problems in our school district — starting with respect and adequate pay for our teachers!

Stephanie Chancy Highlands Ranch SEE LETTERS, P13

Waiting for the punch line?

Stay hopeful if it never comes

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here is nothing like a good joke or very clever story that captivates us and then makes us laugh or think WINNING a little deeper based on the WORDS punch line.

The timing and delivery of the joke or story and the punch line itself are both very important to the success of the Michael Norton joke or story and how it is received.

As we watch in horror sometimes at what is happening locally and globally, I’ll bet there are people out there like me who are still waiting for that “punch line” to be delivered.

But sadly and unfortunately, the punch line never comes, and as a matter of fact, typically the story, or what we thought might have been a prank or joke only gets worse and results in intended or unintended tragedy. Sorry, no punch line here.

An example may be, “Hey did you hear about the people on board a major airline carrier?

So get this, they were sitting

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and services, assessed where gaps exist and is implementing programs to filll the holes. One of those programs will pilot in May, which is Mental Health Awareness month. A statewide public health campaign led by Tri-County Health Department also gets underway May 1. “Let’s Talk Colorado” focuses on eliminating the stigma around mental illness so that those who need the help will seek it. Look for our stories about the two programs in next week’s editions.

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on the plane, already seated and the flight crew announces that they need four seats and that paying customers would have to be willing to give up their seat for credit and a flight home the next day. And then the flight crew says …” Oops, again no punch line here. “So the flight crew, gate agents, pilot, operations team, and security personnel of a major airline got together to see how they could get four paying passengers off of an airplane so that they could get four of their own staff on to the plane.” So the pilot says …, or the person in charge of security says …, or the flight crew says …, or any one of them says “Why don’t we just take people out of their seats. That has to be our best option.” Wait, what? Where is the punch line here, certainly there has to be one.

Now imagine you didn’t know that this event really happened, you might be waiting for the punch line or ending to a funny story. But the ending wasn’t funny, there was no “punch line,” only stunned disbelief.

Now sometimes a reaction like stunned disbelief is what a storyteller or comedian may SEE NORTON, P13

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be going for, however I am sure that this major airline was not looking to have a ridiculous incident erupt into stunned disbelief across the world.

We watch every day in stunned disbelief don’t we? We don’t know what is real or what is fake when it comes to the news do we? And even when we know it to be absolutely true, we still watch or listen in stunned disbelief, waiting for that punch line or some sign or hint that is was just a joke or prank or simply just not real.

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Charter process needs a review I sat on the Douglas County School District Charter Application Review Team as a parent volunteer for three straight years, ending just last year, and not once did I hear that there was student competition for seats. Thus, this new insight — as reported in this newspaper several weeks ago — affects both current charters and public

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Reporter Alex DeWind spent weeks researching and reporting to find answers to the why. She found that the act of a parent killing his or her child is rare. And that the reasons are varied, but that mental illness is at the forefront. In both of these instances, family members and law enforcement say depression, bipolar disorder, anxiety or post-traumatic stress disorder were present.

To ensure we presented this sensitive topic appropriately, we followed the media resource guide compiled by the World Health Organization and the International Association for Suicide Prevention to help journalists cover suicide, along with other guidelines for reporting on homicides.

We worked not to sensationalize the stories, to explain in context the reasons that could lead to these tragedies and to find sources with knowledge and authority on the issue. We hope the stories spotlight the importance of public community discussion on mental illness and the need for support systems. Also,

And we do this because although we live amongst the chaos and situations where we have no control or where we have not participated in any way shape or form, we look for the punch line or good news turnaround because we live with hope. The goal is that the majority of the hopeful will be able to bring back the hopeless from the brink of stunned disbelief and hopelessness.

There was an episode of the television show “Seinfeld” where Jerry and George are on a double date.

George asks Jerry not to be funny so that his date would not find Jerry attractive. Jerry pouts most of the evening, comes across as dark and

depressed and then he makes this statement when asked why he was so sad, “There is just too much sadness in the world to be happy.” Obviously this was a sitcom and that line was intended as a punch line or comedic statement.

Our world is filled with very sad and serious situations; they are not laughing matters at all. To fix them or attempt to fix them we have to balance our fear, anger, anxiety, and angst with hope and encouragement, love and kindness, love and forgiveness. Not tolerance and not political correctness, but hope and encouragement, love and kindness, and love and forgiveness.

So how about you, are you waiting in stunned disbelief and for somehow some way a punch line will bring closure to a sad or tragic event, or have you figured out how to filter the noise and news in such a way where you can live with hope, encouragement, and love? I would love to hear all about it at gotonorton@gmail.com, and when we can rise above the hopelessness by living with hope, it really will be a better than good week.

schools in the district.

The intent of the 1993 Charter School Act is not being carried out by many of the charter school applications. The district canceled charter school bus transportation last year, effectively limiting choice. There is no charter school student exit data and if the student returns to their home school after the October count date, the home school receives no money and must admit the student. If all the accepted applications begin by next fall, the district will have the highest number of charters in Colorado.

The timing of the report requested by the board to examine the impact of charters is questionable and will not affect this year’s application process. The district needs to get a better plan in certain areas than simply using charters to absorb student count changes.

Maybe it is time to stop the current application process until the board members have a completed report and specific policy to which they all adhere.

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Finally, when Ryan Laber shared with us the story of his family and his experience with devastating grief, we committed to him that it would be told with great care, compassion and respect.

Journalistic ethics guidelines call on us to minimize harm in the telling of truth. We do that by treating our sources as human beings who deserve our respect and compassion, particularly in circumstances such as these. And to ensure Mr. Laber did not incur any more harm because of our story, we made an exception to our guideline that does not allow sources to read articles before publication.

We are conscious of the privilege of telling his story. We wanted to make sure we got it right.

We realize these stories may be uncomfortable to read. Our hope is that they bring some understanding of not only the consequences for those left behind but also what can lead to these kinds of tragedies.

As one mother said: “It takes a village to raise a family.”

In the broader sense, a community is a family. We must take care of each other.

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employees spend large chunk of each day in a car, bus or train going back and forth from work.

“The only effective approach I know of is if residents, local businesses, chambers and economic developers work together and create growth plans that take these issues into account,” Holwell said. “Studies I’ve read talk about quality of life as being the best long-term strategy for continued prosperity. It isn’t always expedient, but this approach creates strong local economies.”

Making room for condominiums and apartments for retail and food service workers to rent or buy, Mat-

‘Studies I’ve read talk about quality of life as being the best long-term strategy for continued prosperity. ’ Patrick Holwell, Arapahoe/Douglas Works Senior Economist thews said, reflects the goal set out in the 2035 Master Plan of allowing citizens to “live, work and play” in Parker. Single-family homes have

been and will continue to be the predominant type of new development, Matthews said, but the objective is to “mix in” other types of housing.

Currently, 1,798 Parker residents work where they live, according to the report. Matthews said another of the town’s goals is to increase opportunities for more people to do likewise.

“It really helps with the sense of community if you live and work in the same (place),” Matthews said.

“It’s nice when you see your child’s teacher at the grocery store and you can talk.”

Building that community feeling will require officials to look beyond Parker’s borders, Holwell said.

“What the numbers mean for Parker and the region is that we need to begin thinking regionally when we address quality of life, labor force and economic development issues,” Holwell said. “No one town or city can afford to go it alone.”

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dents indicating they did not feel as though they were prepared for the next phase in life, saying they wished their schools had taught them more basic life skills, the board highlighted this as an area of concern.

Almost 70 percent of students said they want to be involved in helping design what they learn in class.

“We give a lot of support to our juniors and seniors, but I think our students are telling us they need that a few years earlier,” board of education Vice President Judith Reynolds said.

Board member David Ray agreed.

“That’s a fairly significant message for us in a district that says every student should be collegebound,” Ray said.

When it comes to retaining quality teachers, students are less concerned about teachers leaving than the community or their parents — just 18 percent indicated they were concerned.

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The survey also found that community members without children feel more negative about the district than parents do.

Views about the district do seem to be trending more positively, Raines said. Those views included “a lot more positive comments about the new superintendent.”

Students When asked to rate the quality of their education in the district, 65 percent of students responded with “good” or “very good.”

Among parents, 67 percent responded that way.

“It’s the ultimate customer service question,” Raines said.

Overall, Corona found that students are having a very positive experience in Douglas County schools, but feel like they could be better equipped to move on to the real world after graduation. This was especially true of students who reported they did not plan on attending a four-year college or university.

According to the survey, 41 percent of seniors “strongly agree” that they feel ready for the next phase of life and 60 percent of seniors “strongly agree” that have a plan to achieve their goals after graduation.

With large numbers of stu-

Teachers/district employees The survey found that when it came to curriculum changes that took place under former Superintendent Elizabeth Fagen — such as the Guaranteed Viable Curriculum, 21st century Skills and World Class Outcomes — the majority of employees generally supported the concepts but not how they were implemented.

“People really don’t know what guaranteed and viable curriculum or world-class outcomes

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In 2009, county residents elected school board members who voted for numerous reform policies over the next several years. The board hired Fagen in 2010.

Fagen left the district in the summer of 2016 to take the same position in Humble, Texas, near Houston. The board of education hired Erin Kane as interim superintendent at the start of the 2016-17 school year and recently extended her contract through the 2017-18 school year.

On the most contentious reforms was the implementation of a performance-based pay system.

Seventy percent of district employees either “somewhat disagree” or “strongly disagree” that the current pay system is fair and that it helps retain employees, attract employees or motivate employees to increase work quality.

More than 40 percent of employees said they feel that there’s more competition in the district than collaboration.

Only 20 percent said they believe there’s more collaboration than competition.

However, 60 percent of employees said they are proud to work at the district.

“The morale in the district is higher than it may seem,” Raines said.

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Benefits, challenges of parents who teach their kids

HOME-SCHOOL PROGRAMS The Home School Connection offers group-setting classes for home-schooled children in grades kindergarten through sixth. Students may attend one class a week. Subjects include performing arts, creative writing, science and physical education. Locations are in Westminster, Lakewood and Evergreen.

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ecause of her experience as a student in public schools, Ashley Maes decided to homeschool her 7-year-old son and 5-year-old daughter.

“When I was in school, I never felt challenged,” the Littleton resident said. “I was present in school but not participating, and I felt like I could do more for my children.”

She continues home schooling because of the freedom it provides — her family isn’t restricted to a school-day schedule and her kids can explore their passions and interests, Maes said.

Maes’ decision to home-school reflects a trend that has significantly grown over the past two decades.

In 1999, there were about 850,000 home-schooled students ages 5 through 17 in the United States, according to a household education survey conducted by the U.S. Department of Education’s National Center for Education Statistics. That number jumped to an estimated 1.1 million students in 2003 and an estimated 1.5 million students in 2007, the most recent year of the survey.

In Colorado, 7,659 students were registered with public school districts as home-schooled in 2016, up from 6,462 students in 2010, according to the Colorado Department of Education.

Douglas County School District currently has 509 home-schooled students, the district reports. In fall of 2016, according to records from the Colorado Department of Education, Jefferson County Public Schools had 436 home-schooled students and Adams 12 Five Star Schools had 313. All of the districts’ home-school counts have increased since 2010.

Families home-school for a number of reasons. Considered the most important are religious or moral instruction, concern about the school environment and dissatisfaction with academic instruction at other schools, the survey by the U.S. Department of Education reported.

Colleen Sprister, of Sedalia, wanted her four children, ages 7, 9, 11 and 13, to have a Christ-based education.

Private school was not in her family’s budget, so she and her husband decided to home-school.

Sprister’s children are enrolled in Classical Conversations, an international home-school program with an emphasis on classical learning and Christianity. They work in group settings one day a week with other

For more information, call 720-289-9230 or email info@wwahomeschool.org.

Two Roads is a K-12 charter school that offers home-school programs at its two campuses — 6980 Pierce St., Arvada, and 5890 Alkire St., Littleton. Home-school students are required to take a minimum of 6.25 hours of classes per week on campus.

For more information, call the Arvada campus at 303-423-3377 or the Littleton campus at 720-425-6163.

The Academy Charter School, based in Castle Rock, offers a home-school program with curriculum, lessons and classes for homeschooled students in Castle Rock, Lone Tree and Parker. The program is tuition-free with a small cost for materials.

For more information, visit academycharter. org/home-school.

FAST FACTS Home school programs must have no less than 172 days of instruction, averaging four hours a day.

Colleen Sprister, a resident of Sedalia, home-schools her four children, ages 7, 9, 11 and 13. She made the decision because she wanted her kids to have a Christ-based education. “I get to see my kids through the good and the struggles every day ,” she said, “and we get to work through it as a family.”

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The other four days, they work on assignments at home.

Her kids also participate in recreational activities, such as gymnastics and football, and work on their family’s small-scale farm.

Home schooling has strengthened the relationship of her family, Sprister said.

“I get to see my kids through the good, the struggles, every day, and we get to work through it as a family,” she said.

Like Classical Conversations, many resources provide curriculum for families who home-school. Programs are offered online or as an extension of a public or charter school. Some are free; others have a fee for curriculum and material.

When a parent or legal guardian decides to home-school a child, they take on the responsibility for the student’s education, according to the Colorado Department of Education.

That includes providing curriculum, books, supplies and tests and maintaining permanent records. That also includes making sure the student has at least 172 days of instruction a year in basic subjects, such as reading, writing, math, history, science and others.

For Maes, taking on the role of a teacher has been challenging. Keeping her kids focused and interested can be difficult, she said.

“It’s hard being with your kids all the time and getting them motivated,” Maes said. “Because you’re Mom, they feel like they can argue with you.”

Another challenge that some homeschool families face is being labeled with stereotypes, such as socially awkward or sheltered.

Maes had concerns about socialization when she first started homeschooling her children, she said. But she no longer worries about that. Her children interact with others when they are out running errands. They play with kids in their neighborhood,

Students in a home-school program must have academic progress evaluated in grades 3, 5, 7, 9 and 11.

Home schooling is considered nonpublic and is not regulated by the state of Colorado. The parent who oversees the homeschool program is responsible for obtaining and paying for books, supplies and tests.

Home-school resources vary because programs can be purchased from private companies or the parent or guardian can create the curriculum.

Source: Colorado Department of Education kids on their sports teams and students at the charter school they attend one day a week.

“I used to be terrified that they would be hermits,” Maes said. “They are learning to interact with a variety of age groups.”

Maes isn’t sure if she will homeschool her children through high school. She is taking it year by year.

For now, the positives outweigh the negatives.

“The relationship I am developing with them is different,” Maes said, “and I’m treasuring that because I won’t get that time back.”

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Spending the summer with live music

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f there’s a better part of summer than music under the stars, I don’t know what it is.

Colorado has no shortage of picturesque LINER locations for summer concerts, NOTES and while everyone is well aware of places like Red Rocks, many more intimate venues exist that provide a lovely setting for some classic acts.

The Denver Botanic Gardens, Clarke Reader Arvada Center and Hudson Gardens in Littleton have concert lineups that are shining jewels.

“What makes a good concert series is a mix of the new with the familiar,” said Barry Osborne, marketing manager with Swallow Hill Music, which puts on the concerts at the Botanic Gardens and Arvada Center. “We want these experiences to be like relaxing in your backyard, listening to

WHAT’S PLAYING? To find the Summer Stage Concert Series at The Arvada Center, call 720-898-7200 or visit www.SummerAtTheCenter.com.

To find the Denver Botanic Gardens Summer Concert Series, call 1-877-435-9849 or visit concerts.botanicgardens.org.

To find the Hudson Gardens & Event Summer Concert Series, visit www.altitudetickets. com. something you really love.”

The lineups at all three venues tend toward classic rock acts, with musicians like Three Dog Night coming to the Arvada Center, Joan Jett, Firefall and Yes heading to Hudson, and Stephen Stills, Judy Collins and Randy Newman performing at the Botanic Gardens.

“People are really excited about Stills and Collins, particularly because Collins is a Colorado musician,” Osborne said. “Newman is such a great songwriter. I think it will be really interesting to see

how he balances his deep, sarcastic songs with his popular movie songs.”

Blues wizards are always fantastic performers, and this summer offers a mix of old hands and the new guard performing.

The Robert Cray Band and Jonny Lang will be stopping by Arvada, Littleton will host The Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band, and the Botanic Gardens hosts blues god Buddy Guy and a special coheadlining performance with Taj Mahal and Keb’ Mo’.

“The Taj Mo’ show is going to be really special, because they’re in such high demand as solo artists,” Osborne said. “They’re well-known friends, and seeing them together will reinvent the way they approach their music.”

Among the three venues, all your stylistic bases are covered. A fan of country and bluegrass? Clint Black and The Punch Brothers are heading your way.

More of a jazz fan? You can’t miss Herbie Hancock and Béla Fleck & The Flecktones and The Chick

Corea Elektric Band.

For pop lovers, The B-52s, Michael McDonald, Loverboy and Survivor will all be in town.

And if your leanings take you off the beaten path, José González and Dweezil Zappa playing years of his father’s music will more than serve.

As the saying goes, variety is the spice of life. So I encourage you to check out one of these venues and see someone you’ve always been curious or have heard good things about.

“We’ve got the whole summer ahead,” Osborne said, “and we’re really excited about it.”

Me, too.

Clarke Reader’s column on how music connects to our lives appears every other week. A community editor with Colorado Community Media, he is so excited to see Randy Newman live — he better play “Sail Away.” Check out his music blog at calmacil20.blogspot.com.

And share what concerts you’ll be going to this summer at creader@ coloradocommunitymedia.com.

Book had its origin in rough time for author

BY SONYA ELLINGBOE SELLINGBOE@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

“Merp!” An opinionated little black cat named Chloe comments and assists narrator Katy Hawkins through a maze of clues to solve arson and murder in a California coastal town called Comfort — and to help an unsettled community coalesce — in “Chloe and the Lighthouse” by Littleton author Cathy Horvath.

Horvath said she had written since she was a kid, but this book “poured into my head when I stopped sleeping.” At the time, she had a black cat named Chloe, a model for the furry friend in the book. Stressed over a falling-out with a friend, she found it cathartic to invent and write about a “not-nice person.”

And, as a career massage therapist, she shares a viewpoint with Katy, who has a similar business, and relates to people well. Until Katy hits it big time with a lottery ticket. (Many of us like to daydream about what we’d do if we were to win a bundle!)

The writer had lived in California for a little while and has traveled on Highway 1. The town of Comfort reflects memories of small towns on that route — with a bit of Downtown Littleton “imagination and honesty” mixed in. (She said Parker women thought they recognized a flavor of downtown Parker.)

Mourning the death of her mom, who left her a winning lottery ticket, Katy decides on a long vacation and flies west from her Colorado home,

leaving her cat-loving financial adviser in charge of more money than she could imagine. A spiffy Jaguar is a first purchase when she lands and she and her cat, who walks on a purple leash catching bugs, head for some healing ocean air. The sign to Comfort beckons and they find the Blue Heron, a mansion made into B&B, operated by one Mabel Moretti, who then enters the storyline.

A gallery fire in the little downtown resulted in the death of a promising artist, she learns as she meets the variety of characters one finds in any collection of local merchants—and she meets a not-nice character as well (Chloe instantly dislikes the guy).

A ghostly lighthouse is visible from her window. What goes on there? And a ghostly cloud floats nearby on occasions. Who might it be?

Multiple storylines weave through an appealing landscape as interesting characters interact and in general find friends, while Katy finds a new home, although a threatening cloud hovers near Katy for a while.

Cathy Horvath says many character are suggested by people she knows — friendly shop owners Dottie and Charlie are modeled on her mom and dad, for instance …

She has the outline of the next book written (“Chloe and the Poisoned Apple”) and hopes to publish it by the end of the year. Her first book is self-published and is available from Barnes & Noble, Amazon and Horvath’s website: cthorvath.com.

“Chloe and the Lighthouse” is first in a coming series of cozy mysteries by Littleton writer Cathy Horvath, in which a little black cat helps Katy Hawkins solve mysteries.

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ocal sculptor Reven Marie Swanson, who has completed several public art pieces for South Suburban Parks and Recreation District over the years, has an exhibit of her works, “Delicate Balance,” at SONYA’S Tri-Lake Center for the Arts, 304 HighSAMPLER way 105 in Palmer Lake through June 2. Included is a fluttery mobile of colorful butterflies.

Area art-lovers who have yet to discover this pleasing gallery will enjoy a trip south. We suggest Sonya Ellingboe especially the beautiful Highway 105 drive from Sedalia. (And a stop at Rock House Ice Cream at 24 Highway 105 might also appeal.) Gallery hours: noon to 4 p.m. Tuesdays to Fridays; 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturdays. 719-481-0475.

‘Color in Action’ Watercolorist Patricia Barr Clarke of Highlands Ranch will teach a May 6 workshop, “Color in Action,” for the Heritage Fine Arts Guild, which is open to nonmembers as well. She will focus on limited palettes in wet-on-wet applications and glazes and will have handouts on color theory and pigments. A full supply list is at

heritage-guild.com/membership, as is information on the guild and reservations. Fee is $50 non-members and $30 members; reservations are necessary.

Preservation awards Littleton Preservation Awards will be given by Historic Littleton Inc. and the city’s Historic Preservation Board on May 4 at the Littleton Museum, 6028 S. Gallup St. , Littleton. Doors open and refreshments at 6:30 p.m., followed by presentations at 7. Awards will be given to Bristlecone Construction, 2420 W. Main Street, Littleton, for Outstanding Achievement; the Littleton City Councils, past and present, for Stewardship; and former councilmembers and community activists Susan Thornton and Pat Cronenberger for Advocacy. The community is invited.

Castle Rock Chorale The Castle Rock Chorale’s Spring Concert will include selections from “Frostiana,” by Thompson. Folk tunes from Copland’s “Old American Songs” and romantic settings from “Five Hebrew Love Songs”

by Whitacre. Concerts will double: May 12, 7:30 p.m. — Christ’s Episcopal Church, 615 4th St., Castle Rock; May 13, 7:30 p.m. — Smoky Hill United Methodist Church, 19491 E. Smoky Hill Road, Centennial. Tickets cost $15/$10 and free under 12.

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Temple collaboration The Temple Artists, who collaborate at the Temple, 2400 Curtis St., Denver (Historic former Temple Emmanuel) offer new free programming, in cooperation with Platteforum youth art space on its first floor.

• On May 2, at 6:30 p.m. Katie Caron, Anne Cunningham and Nathan Abels, a tactile artist and teacher at the Colorado School for the Blind, will present “Sensory Advantage.” It is focused on the exhibit that was created with Arapahoe Community College students and Abel’s classes in a show in the Colorado Gallery for the Arts. Admission is free.

• On May 16 at 6:30 p.m., Temple artists Eden Myles and local artist/ writer Will Mier will present “Black and White,” a one-time performance on the ways chess can represent life, art and business, while playing a game. Signed interpretation will be available.

Littleton Symphony “Colossal Classics and Surprising Concertos: King of Instruments” will feature organist Rick Seaton with the Littleton Symphony Orchestra in St. Saens’ “Symphony No. 3,” known as the “Organ Symphony.”

Soloist flutist Brooke Ferguson will perform Mendante’s “Flute Concerto in E minor” Also on the program: Wagner’s “Entrance of the Gods Into Valhalla.” Tickets and information: littletonsymphony.org or 303-933-6824.

Call for artists The Annual Friends’ Craft Fair, held Oct. 7 in Littleton, is already half full. Registration form: littletongov.org: click City Services, City Departments, Littleton Museum, Programs/Events, Friends Craft Fair for an application. Information: Sherry Kling at the Littleton Museum, 303795-3950, skling@littletongov.org.

ACC concerts The Arapahoe Community College Music Department will present three free concerts in May, in the Waring Theatre. Information: Dr. Hidemi Matsushita, department chair, hidemi.matsushita@arapahoe.edu, 303-797-5867.

• May 5, 7:30 p.m. ACC Jazz Ensemble. (Follow the Art Walk with Jazz.)

• May 8, 7 p.m. ACC String Orchestra • May 9, 7 p.m. ACC Concert Choir `Begin With Books’ The Arapahoe Library District wants to expand its Children’s Literacy Outreach, “Begin With Books,” near Smoky Hill Library. Volunteers provide storytimes, puppets, books, songs and finger plays to children birth to 5 years old who attend community in-home daycares. (Currently about 30 are served.) No experience needed — training will be provided.

Arapahoelibraries.org/volunteerat-arapahoe-libraries or call 303-7928960.

‘This is about your voice’ Poet laureate tries to embody ‘black women speaking their truth’

BY ANTONIO HERNANDEZ SPECIAL TO COLORADO COMMUNITY MEDIA

Assetou Xango, Aurora’s newlyappointed poet laureate who is wellknown around Denver, is a school program coordinator for Creative Strategies for Change, an organization that works for social justice through art and education.

April is National Poetry Month, so it’s fitting to spotlight Assetou Xango (Ahh-Say-Two-Shongo), who received a bachelor of arts in filmmaking and has been featured in the HBO documentary “Brave New Voices.” Last year, she participated in the Ted X “Mile High Women” series. In March, she represented Denver in Dallas at the Women of the World National Poetry Slam Championships.

And on the last Friday of the month, Xango can usually be found at The Crossroads Theater, 2590 Washington St. in Denver, for the poetry slam hosted by Slam Nuba.

Her career began with the youth group Minor Disturbance, an arts organization helping Denver youth

through poetry and performance.

“I came into poetry when I was 17 as a youth poet,” Xango said.

“There was very much a spirit of this is your time, this is about your voice.”

Now at 26, she reflects on her new role in the community.

“It’s about the people who are in my commuAssetou nity,” she said, “how I can use my voice to make sure their needs are met.”

Her poetry often addresses women and, more specifically, women of color.

“That is my experience and that is what I can most easily write from. It’s also just a proclamation of empowerment for every space in which a person has this privilege.”

At the top of the list of poets she admires are fellow local poet Toluwanimi Obiwole, along with Audre Lorde, Patricia Hill Collins and Warsan Shire.

“A lot of black women speaking their truth is what I read,” she said.

“It’s what I try to embody.”

Excerpt from her poem “Name Piece”: My name does not allow me to trust anyone that cannot pronounce it right.

I want a name only the brave can say A name that only sits right in the mouth of those who love me right.

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Letting loose on a Friday night Adult therapeutic recreation dance rocks Parker Rec Center

BY TOM SKELLEY TSKELLEY@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

As they do once a month, Douglas County adults with special needs gathered at the Parker Recreation Center on April 14 to get down with their friends.

“The goal is just to get as many people as possible to come socialize and make friends, and improve their quality of life, and to let loose on a Friday night in a safe environment,” said Deni Jacobs, therapeutic programs director for Parker Recreation.

The therapeutic recreation dances are held 10 months a year on the second Friday for adults 18 and over with disabilities. Regular attendees know of the dances through their involvement with day recreation programs, Jacobs said.

The dances give them the opportunity to have fun with their friends and the chance to meet others who just drop in for the evening.

Funds for the parties come from a mill levy grant through the county, so attendees pay $5 for dancing, food and other entertainment, including a piñata and DJ. Nicole Augustine said she enjoyed the music and being with new people, while Jordan Kaiwi added that the dances give him a chance to be more open and relaxed.

“I’m having a blast, I’m having a good time,” Kaiwi, a Parker resident, said. “It gets me up and moving. It gets me dancing with my friends. It’s way easier than a job interview.”

Dancers raise the roof at the Adult TR Dance, hosted by the Parker Recreation Department, on April 14. The dances are funded partly through a grant from Douglas County and feature a DJ, dancing and food and games.

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Haley Johnson, left, reacts as her father Evan leads her under the limbo stick at the Parker Recreation Center on April 14. The dances take place on the second Friday of every month, giving participants the chance to interact socially and have fun together.

Nathan Goodmah obliterates a pinata as Deni Jacobs does her best to blindfold him, while Doug Snell, rear left, and Liam Wang, rear right, look on.

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Triathlete selected by Rotary Club as student of month

BY STAFF REPORT TSKELLEY@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

The Rotary Club of Parker chose Ponderosa High School senior Carly Bennett as its student of the month for April.

A member of the National Honor Society and Spanish Honor Society, Bennett has lettered academically all four years at Ponderosa. She maintains a 4.2 gradepoint-average and is ranked eighth out of 310 students in her class.

Bennett has lettered in track, cross country and swimming, and served as captain of the cross country team for two years.

Her hobbies and extracurricular activities include skiing, rock-climbing and mountain biking. Bennett is also a seven-year elite competitive triathlete. When she isn’t climbing, biking, skiing or swimming, Bennett volunteers in the community with the Denver Rescue Mission, the Colorado Mountain Club, and as a camp counselor for Outdoor Education.

After graduation, Bennett plans to attend the University of Colorado, Boulder, to study psychology and pursue a degree in law.

Carly Bennett accepts the April Student of the Month award from the Rotary Club of Parker. Pictured from left are Rotarian Bill Kelly, teacher Tonja Johnson, Bennett and her parents Karen and Ed. COURTESY PHOTO

CLUBS Editor’s note: To add or update a club listing, e-mail calendar@coloradocommunitymedia.com.

Political Douglas County Democrats executive committee meets at 7 p.m. the second Monday of every month at various sites.

Contact Mike Jones at 720-509-9048 or email info@DouglasDemocrats.org. Socialdiscussion meetings take place in Highlands Ranch, Castle Rock, Parker, Lone Tree and Roxborough. Visit douglasdemocrats.org and click on calendar for more information.

Douglas County Libertarian Development Group meets at 6 p.m. the first Thursday of each month at the Rio Grande Restaurant, 9535 Park Meadows Drive. Go to LPDG.org.

The group also has a very active Facebook page. In addition, we are also recognized by the State Libertarian party. Contact Wayne Harlos at 303-229-3435.

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

Highlands Ranch, Roxborough, and Lone Tree Democrats meet at 7 p.m. the Thursday of every month for topical speakers and lively discussion at the James H. LaRue Library, 9292 S. Ridgeline Blvd., Highlands Ranch. Visit www.douglasdemocrats.org for more information.

Libertarian Party of Douglas County: 6 p.m. the first Thursday of each month at On the Rox Sports Bar, 11957 Lioness Way, Parker. Topics include items of general libertarian interest and organization for local activism to make a difference in our political landscape. All welcomed.

Parker Democrats meets at 7 p.m. the third Tuesday of each month for discussion of timely topics, led by knowledgeable speakers, at the South Metro Fire Station 45, 16801 Northgate Drive, Parker. Visit www. douglasdemocrats.org for information.

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

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.

CERTUS Professional Network meets for its Parker networking event from 9:30-11 a.m. the second Tuesday of the month at Panera Bread, 11290 Twenty Mile Road, Parker. Build your network, grow your business, network less. Our events are structured to connect professionals with the resources, power partners and leaders to expand their business and the business of others. Open to all industries, includes 30 minutes of open networking and organized introductions to the group. Cost: $12 nonCERTUS members at the door. First participants pay half price. RSVP not required.

More info about CERTUS™ Professional Network at http://www.CertusNetwork. com.

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 720641-0056.

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

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ABOUT THIS SECTION Late spring and summer bring a wealth of activities and events to the Denver metro area.

Consider all of this: • Miles and miles of hiking and biking trails.

• State parks, including Roxborough, Chatfield and Cherry Creek.

• Annual family-friendly events that draw thousands of people. Those include Parker Days, Western Welcome Week, Buffalo Bill Days, the Arvada Harvest Festival, the Wheat Ridge Carnation Festival and Westy Fest.

But sometimes — especially as the weather warms up and the days get longer — you just want to get out of town. Colorado has a multitude of welcoming destinations, and we explore some of them in this section.

Some of the destinations in this section are just on the outskirts of the metro area. One of those nearby spots is Estes Park, where you might see an elk or two and can stay at a worldfamous hotel.

If you want a longer road trip, consider Telluride. It’s about a sevenhour drive, but you’ll still be in the beautiful state of Colorado.

Maybe such a trip will become an annual tradition for your family, one to join the county fair outings and those long summer bike rides.

— Chris Rotar

The pot of gold at the end of the rainbow is in Aspen, of course. Photo courtesy of Chris Council and Emily Chaplin

Aspen

Durango

ELEVATION: 7,908

ELEVATION: 6,512

WHERE IS IT? Most Denver-area road trippers go west on I-70 to Glenwood Springs, then turn southeast on State Highway 82, altogether a trip of about four hours. In the summer, consider going through Leadville to Twin Lakes, then over stunning Independence Pass.

NEED TO KNOW: Though typically thought of as the domain of the jet set, Aspen’s got a lot to offer regular folk as well. The Aspen Music Festival and School hosts hundreds of live musical performances though the summer. The free Aspen Art Museum, housed in a daring structure that looks a bit like a wicker basket, houses a bevy of striking pieces.

More adventurous visitors might consider a hike to Conundrum Hot Springs, a clothing-optional geothermal spring accessible by an eight-mile trail south of town.

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The Stanley Hotel. Photo courtesy of Visit Estes Park

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Aspen went through several incarnations before it became some of the most expensive real estate on the planet. Before World War II, Aspen’s population had dwindled to less than a thousand. In the 1970s, counterculture icons like Hunter S. Thompson and John Denver popularized Aspen as a funky, bohemian colony.

MORE INFORMATION: www.aspenpitkin.com

WHERE IS IT? The quickest way is down Highway 285, turning west at Del Norte on Highway 160. The most beautiful way is Highway 285, turning west at Poncha Springs, west on Highway 50 to Montrose, then south on Highway 550 – the Million Dollar Highway, a spectacular wend along the shoulder of giant mountains.

NEED TO KNOW: Durango is uniquely situated between the desert of the Four Corners region and the mountains of the igneous San Juans. Mesa Verde National Park, with its ancient and mysterious ruins, is just down the road.

The Durango and Silverton Railroad heads north out of town through magnificent scenery. Little-known Navajo Lake is 50 miles southeast, straddling the New Mexico border, where a bevy of boat rentals can be had.

FUN FACT: Hike back to Denver on the Colorado Trail – the south end is in Durango, the north in Waterton Canyon.

Fun fact: The original name of the Animas River that runs through town was the Rio de las Animas Perdidas – the River of Lost Souls.

MORE INFORMATION: durango.org

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Fort Collins

Glenwood Springs

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There are several gorgeous routes into Estes Park, though the most common is to take Highway 36 northwest out of Boulder. It’s about an hour and a half from Denver. The Peak to Peak Highway, a more scenic route, departs from Golden and goes through Nederland.

North of Denver on I-25 by about an hour and a half. If you hit the Wyoming border, you’ve gone too far – or you’re headed to buy fireworks.

NEED TO KNOW: There are few better jumping-off points to experience Colorado’s high alpine tundra during its brief summer than Estes Park. Trail Ridge Road, which traverses the crest of the Rockies through Rocky Mountain National Park, starts just outside of town. About 11 miles of the road are above timberline. The park is loaded with world-class hiking, views, wildlife and natural splendor.

Though quite a bit less remote than the 1980 horror movie “The Shining” made it out to be, the stately old Stanley Hotel offers late-night ghost tours to guests, though they are asked to refrain from hacking open doors with fire axes.

FUN FACT: For years, the death toll from the 1976 Big Thompson flood that swept through the canyon to the east of Estes was listed as 144, until in 2008, supposed victim Darrell Johnson was found to be alive and well, living in Oklahoma. It turned out he had decided to ditch a crummy cabin rental without telling anyone, and was presumed dead when the cabin was washed away.

NEED TO KNOW: Fort Collins teems with old-school charm, from the restored trolley that clatters between City Park and College Avenue to the quirky shops in Old Town. Stop at Walrus Ice Cream on Mountain Avenue for a root beer float made with Coopersmith’s Root Beer, or at the Silver Grill Café for gooey cinnamon roll French toast.

West of town, head up Poudre Canyon to see the strange folded granite of northern Colorado. The Mishawaka Amphitheatre holds concerts by the river all summer.

No visit would be complete without a tour of the New Belgium Brewery.

FUN FACT: Horsetooth Reservoir, on the west side of town, submerged the town of Stout when it was filled in 1949. Legend has it that the town’s old stone buildings are still standing deep beneath the surface.

MORE INFORMATION: visitftcollins.com

West on I-70, just shy of three hours.

NEED TO KNOW: Glenwood Springs has long been known for the Glenwood Hot Springs Pool, a massive geothermal soaking pool alleged to have healing properties. Same with the Yampah Spa & Salon, featuring naturally occurring “vapor caves” filled with minerals that some say can cure a range of ailments.

Glenwood Caverns Adventure Park, largely perched atop a mountaintop at the edge of town, features zip lines, a Ferris wheel, roller coasters, and giant swings that fling visitors over the abyss below.

Get someone else to drive on the way into town, so you can gawk at Glenwood Canyon.

FUN FACT: Doc Holliday, the Old West gunfighter, died in a Glenwood Springs hospital in 1887. Holliday had always figured he’d “die with his boots on,” and his last words – while looking at his bare feet – were “This is funny.”

MORE INFORMATION: visitglenwood.com

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MORE INFORMATION: visitestespark.com

The Durango & Silverton Railroad. Photo courtesy of Yvonne Lashmet

Summer color at Linden and Mountain in Fort Collins.

Photo courtesy of Tim O’Hara and Visit Fort Collins

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Places to go The free gondola from Telluride ascends to Mountain Village. Photo courtesy of visittelluride. com

Grand Lake ELEVATION: 8,369 FEET WHERE IS IT?

Go west out of Denver on I-70, then north on Highway 40 west of Idaho Springs. Turn north on Highway 34 at Granby.

NEED TO KNOW:

Grand Lake is Colorado’s largest natural body of water, and boating, sailing and fishing abound.

The town of Grand Lake, on the lake’s north shore, boasts a boardwalk with dozens of shops and restaurants. The Rocky Mountain Repertory Theatre hosts musicals all summer – this season’s lineup includes “Mamma Mia!”, “Newsies,” “West Side Story” and “Almost Heaven.”

Hit up one of the many boat-rental outfits to head out on the lake – local marinas rent everything from paddle boards to pontoon party boats.

FUN FACT:

Though on the western side of the Continental Divide, Grand Lake provides water to the Front Range via the Alva B. Adams Tunnel.

MORE INFORMATION:

visitgrandcounty.com/explore/towns/grand-lake/

Grand Junction ELEVATION: 4,583 FEET WHERE IS IT?

Due west on I-70, about four hours. Can’t miss it.

NEED TO KNOW:

The undisputed capital of the Western Slope, GJ (as the locals call it) is the hub of desert adventure. Colorado National Monument is just west of town, featuring landscapes of spires and cliffs.

Main Street between First and Seventh streets is

a lovely walk of quirky shops and good eats. Stroll a block south on Fifth to check out the top-notch Museum of the West. Venture south of town to journey onto the Uncompahgre Plateau, a vivacious landscape of canyons. East takes you up Grand Mesa, to fab fishing in 10,000 lakes. West goes deep into the Colorado River Canyons.

North is no-man’s-land.

And, of course, there are the wineries in town and in nearby towns, like Palisade, which is also known for its peaches.

FUN FACT:

Peter Heller’s 2012 post-apocalyptic novel “The Dog Stars” is largely set in and around the ruins of Grand Junction.

MORE INFORMATION: visitgrandjunction.com

Great Sand Dunes National Park ELEVATION: 7,520 TO 13,604 FEET WHERE IS IT?

The easy way is south on I-25, turning west on Highway 160 at Walsenburg, then north into the park. The prettier way is down Highway 285, turning off onto Highway 17 at the north end of the San Luis Valley.

NEED TO KNOW:

The tallest dunes in North America, the Great Sand Dunes cover 80 square miles of the valley floor. Close to Memorial Day, visitors can experience Medano Creek, a temporary stream that flows in successive waves. Intrepid trekkers can head up into the Sangre de Cristo Mountains for some stunning scenery.

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Sunrise over Colorado National Monument.

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Places to go ALSO IN THE AREA: Crestone, a lost-in-time hippie village, and Colorado Gators, a geothermal outpost home to some massive reptiles. South of the park is Sand Dunes Swimming Pool, a geothermally heated pool and greenhouse with low-cost rental cabins.

FUN FACT:

Legend has it that mysterious web-footed horses roam the dunes in the moonlight.

MORE INFORMATION: nps.gov/grsa

Telluride ELEVATION: 8,750 FEET WHERE IS IT?

Go west on I-70 to Grand Junction, then south on Highway 50 to Ridgway. Go west on State Highway 62 to Placerville, then east on State Highway 145. At roughly seven hours from Denver, it’s about as out of the way as a Colorado town gets.

galleries and gourmet restaurants on Colorado Avenue, but for a bird’s-eye view, check out the gondola to Mountain Village – a free, 13-minute ride to a mountaintop town featuring eye-popping views.

The other joy of summer in Telluride is access to the high country of the San Juan Mountains, teeming with waterfalls and ghost towns. Coming into Telluride from the east are two of the West’s most famous four-wheel-drive roads: Imogene Pass and Black Bear Pass, the latter dropping precariously into town with a spine-tingling descent down a series of unforgiving switchbacks.

FUN FACT:

The summit of Imogene Pass – more than 13,000 feet high – is home to a restored Colorado National Guard installation called Fort Peabody, which was built in 1904 to keep deported striking miners from sneaking back into town.

MORE INFORMATION: visittelluride.com Human-powered watercraft on Grand Lake.

Photo courtesy of Grand County

NEED TO KNOW:

Telluride is nestled in a stunning box canyon beneath towering peaks. Visitors can stroll the

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Great Sand Dunes National Park. Photo by Shutterstock.com

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ELEVATION: 8,022 FEET

ELEVATION: 8,465 FEET

WHERE IS IT?

Due west on I-70 about 2 ½ hours from Denver.

NEED TO KNOW:

Though the town’s name is synonymous with skiing, Vail is loads of fun in the summer as well. Events abound. The Bravo!

Vail Music Festival will run from June 22 to Aug. 4 this year, featuring chamber, classical and jazz performances. The Vail International Dance Festival will run from July 29 to Aug. 12, and boasts top-notch dance talent from around the globe.

The Betty Ford Alpine Gardens, open from Memorial Day to Labor Day, showcase all manner of high elevation plants in a variety of settings, crowned by a 120-foot waterfall.

FUN FACT:

Vail was founded in the early 1960s by a group of World War II 10th Mountain Division veterans who fell in love with the area while training at nearby Camp Hale in the war years.

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WHERE IS IT? Head northwest out of Colorado Springs on Highway 24, about 20 miles from I-25.

If you’re feeling particularly adventurous, take the back way through Deckers.

NEED TO KNOW: The hot new thing in Woodland Park is the Dinosaur Resource Center, a handson kid-friendly dinotopia featuring more than 30 skeletons and “life restorations.”

Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument is 15 miles west of town, home to fossilized redwood tree stumps and displays of some of the exquisite fossils found in the area. Rangers host night sky programs several times through the summer, taking advantage of the glorious night skies.

The Colorado Wolf and Wildlife Center, 10 miles west of town, offers a variety of tours to meet the center’s resident lobos.

FUN FACT: At nearly 8,500 feet above sea level, Woodland Park’s average July high temperature is only 74 – the perfect place to beat summer heat within easy reach of the big city.

MORE INFORMATION: woodlandparkchamber.com

Vail Village at dusk. Photo courtesy of Abby Hein and Vail Resorts

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Kids are intrigued by the large sword included in the Denver Museum of Nature & Science’s “Vikings: Beyond the Legend” exhibit.

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‘Vikings: Beyond the Legend’ sails into Denver museum Collection of artifacts helps shine light on ancient lifestyles

BY SONYA ELLINGBOE SELLINGBOE@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

The setting is Scandinavia about 750 to 1100 CE. “Vikings: Beyond the Legend,” the exhibit that arrived in March at the Denver Museum of Nature & Science, does much to contradict the myths about big hairy barbarians with horns on their helmets — an image which was probably developed by Victorian artists’ dramatic depictions.

The large collection of artifacts will include a heavy sword and exhibits about boats used by these skilled mariners, but no helmets with horns. They were active merchants throughout Europe and farther afield.

Finely wrought crafts are displayed, along with evidences of a farmer’s life — the primary focus of those people.

Two replica boats, named Arby and Eik Sande, are built in traditional style, with techniques of the time.

Not a nationality, “Viking” meant going out trading as well as raiding, and the exhibit encompasses Danes, Swedes and Norwegians, who almost certainly crossed paths as they traveled. They ranged to Greenland and Iceland.

Slave trade was active over a large area of their world and trading in assorted goods occupied many men, while women ran the small farms, with help from children.

Men and women were basically farmers, who grew crops and raised livestock. Extended families lived

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Tickets cost $25.95/adults; $21.95 seniors; $17.95 junior/student, 3-18. The museum is generally open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and there are special related programs on some evenings, such as a Family Viking Feast on May 12. See dmns.org or call 303-370-6000.

GET READY TO EAT On the museum’s website is a RECIPE FOR VIKING BREAD, based on an analysis of Viking Age bread, found in Birka, Sweden: 2/3 cup barley flour About 6 tablespoons whole-meal flour 2 teaspoons crushed flax seeds About 1/2 cup water 2 teaspoons lard or butter Pinch of salt.

Work into a dough and knead for five minutes — if too wet or hard, add flour or water. Let dough rest cold for at least one hour, preferably longer.

Shape into flat cakes, about 1/4-inch thick. Bake in a dry cast-iron pan over medium heat, 5-8 minutes on each side, or in a 300-degree oven for 15-20 minutes. together, and there is evidence that women had more freedom than in other parts of the world.

Religion involved a host of gods and goddesses (Thor, Odin, Frejya, Frigga, Loki and many more) with complex realms, powers and responsibilities.

Costumed interpreters will help to tell stories of lives long ago and explain how artifacts were used, and there are hands-on exhibits to intrigue kids and their parents.

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‘Divisions’ unites and conquers Dance group, hip-hop band join forces and achieve overwhelming effect

BY TOM SKELLEY TSKELLEY@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Every aspect of “Divisions” is a beautiful juxtaposition.

Playing on current social and political tensions without exploiting or appropriating them, the musical dance performance harnesses live hip-hop music and modern ballet to convey a message at once urgently meaningful and timelessly poetic.

Divided evenly into two acts, the bold yet classic choreography of the Wonderbound troupe combines with the driving music of Denver hip-hop stalwarts The Flobots to create a performance that is chaotic and frenetic one moment, harmonious and cathartic the next.

Days before the company’s April 22 PACE Center performance, Wonderbound Artistic Director Garrett Ammon said the show’s name and missive reflect the struggles between groups of people, the conflict within individuals’ public and private selves, and an overarching desire to find unity in a time of separation.

“One possibility we discussed was to name it `Unite,’ but we went the

The Wonderbound dance company joined forces with Denver hip-hop band The Flobots for the “Divisions” show at the PACE Center on April 22. The performance emphasized hope for the future and social unity through choreography and lyrics.

PHOTO BY AMANDA TIPTON, WW opposite direction to be more provocative,” Ammon said. “There’s a general consensus, regardless of someone’s social or political views, that things are in a very difficult place right now, but we can feel this desire to move forward and keep pushing through.”

Led by dual emcees Johnny 5 and Brer Rabbit, who either bobbed and

weaved through the Wonderbound troupe or became ensnared outright in the routines, The Flobots fueled the choreography and steered the audience through the show’s journey with tight, groovy rhythms, interwoven strings and the grounding harmonies of the Spirit of Grace chorus.

Like an indoor fireworks display,

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Texas country musicians Midland will play the closing concert for the 2017 Parker Days festival. The band describes its sound and style as “traditional,” with themes that harken back to the Wild West.

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the overpowering performance overpowered the audience, the troupe’s 10 dancers swirling throughout the space as 11 musicians filled the atmosphere with terse beats and q flowing harmonies from a riser on F stage right. m Just as the combination of striking i choreography and explosive music m drove the performance, the storyline b harnessed the drama of forcing dispa- p rate themes together.

Love and death, anger and forgive- p ness, powerlessness and hope were r clearly and emotionally conveyed by C the dancers’ serpentine limbs, perfect-p ly-executed steps and unmistakable W facial expressions. Act II’s “Glass a Gun,” highlighting the talents of lead t dancers Amy Fogarty and Damien p Patterson, was especially moving. i The finale offers no clear resolution d to mending the rifts between classes, a groups or family members, but Ammon said the point of the show isn’t M to offer easy answers. It’s to get people V R talking.

“There’s no statement of `we solved M the problem,” Ammon said, but “it can inspire us to say `we can keep go- n ing, we can keep pushing forward to p make the world better by listening to f each other and sharing ourselves with m each other.’” a If the standing ovation, which c continued to roar beyond the curtain’s closing, was any indication, the h conversations have begun.

Country stars Midland to play Parker Days STAFF REPORT

After opening with established ‘80s rocker Bret Michaels, the 2017 Parker Days concert lineup will close with rising stars two nights later, as Texas country up-and-comers Midland will headline the festival’s final concert on Saturday night, June 10.

“Our community is very lucky. Each summer, KYGO brings an act to Parker Days for our Saturday night concert.

This year it is Midland,” said Sara Crowe, director of special projects for the Parker Area Chamber of Commerce, in an email. “We couldn’t be more excited for them to play on the main stage.”

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Midland’s first hit single, “Drinkin’ Problem,” recently reached the country music Top 30. The band had its Grand Ole Opry debut in Nashville on April 8. The band, featuring vocalist Mark Wystrach, bassist Cameron Duddy and guitarist Jess Carson, pride themselves on their traditional music and style.

The band gained a following playing clubs in Texas before landing spots opening for Willie Nelson and Dwight Yoakam. After releasing a five-song, self-titled EP, the band is recording a full-length album for Big Machine Records.

The Tyler Walker Band and Buckstein, both local country bands, will open the show.

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7April 28, 2017

In-store kiosks a prescription for drug safety

BY SCOTT TAYLOR STAYLOR@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Colorado’s attorney general and a quartet of mayors from around the Front Range said they are hoping metal drug collection kiosks set up in the back of 11 Walgreens pharmacies will help protect teens, cut back on the national drug crisis and protect the state’s water supply.

“Folks really need this kind of program around the state of Colorado,” Attorney General Cynthia Coffman said during an April 12 press conference at a Thornton Walgreens at Colorado Boulevard and 120th Avenue. “Walgreens has taken a lead in helping us deal with prescription drug abuse by providing a safe and convenient way to dispose of prescription medications and controlled substances.”

Coffman was joined by Thornton Mayor Heidi Williams, Greenwood Village Mayor Ron Rakowsky, Wheat Ridge Mayor Joyce Jay and Aurora Mayor pro tem Angela Lawson.

Seventy-one percent of people nationally who reportedly abused prescription drugs obtained them from a relative, Coffman said.

“In many cases, they were in a medicine cabinet that was easily accessible,” she said. “We know this can be the beginning of a lifelong habit.”

One solution is to get rid of drugs

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A complete list of collection box locations, as well as a map of the state, is available at www.takemedsback.org. when they’re no longer needed.

Perri Schneider, Walgreens’ Colorado health care supervisor, said the company has installed the metal kiosks in the back of 11 stores around the state to do that. People can drop

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off unused or expired prescription medicine safely and securely with no questions asked. The program is part of a national effort that placed 550 boxes in Walgreens around the country beginning last fall.

“I think we’d like to have these in all of our stores nationwide,” Schneider said. “But for now, to roll them out in every state, they’ve started with 11 in Colorado and some in every state.”

The boxes have been in place in Colorado and nationally since September, but the April 12 press conference was their official debut in Colorado.

“They’ve placed them strategically to be as convenient for the customer as possible,” Schneider said.

Convenience is a big deal, Coffman said, and it’s important for people to associate disposing of old medicine in the same places where they first picked them up.

“We hope to introduce a new behavior in Colorado,” Coffman said.

“We want people to get into the habit of bringing their medications back to the place where they got them.

It’s a simple idea, but one that could have a very valuable impact and save lives in our state.”

The 11 boxes in Colorado Walgreens are among 73 similar boxes at other locations around the state, Coffman said. Prescription medicine collection boxes can be found at

some hospitals and police stations and at some private pharmacies.

A complete list of collection box locations, as well as a map of the state, is available at www.takemedsback.org.

Thornton Mayor Williams said her city’s police department hosts regular drug take-back events, and this is a good supplement.

“Maybe it’s a bit daunting, or just out of the way, to go to the police department,” she said. “I hope people will come in here and drop off their excess medication while they are shopping and decrease the accessibility that we’ve seen.”

Wheat Ridge Mayor Jay thanked the company for putting the collection point in her city, close to two senior citizen communities.

“You can bet that those medicine cabinets have a lot of drugs in them, outdated or not, which just creates more confusion for seniors as well,” she said.

Greenwood Village’s Rakowsky said the boxes are important for environmental reasons, as well.

Most people’s method for disposing of old medicine involves dumping it down the toilet bowl, but that can put all kinds of chemicals into the watershed.

“It’s very important to protect our water supply, and this is one way to protect it,” Rakowsky said. “Please, keep that in mind, too.”

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Student artists take awards in congressional contest Buck holds ceremony where winners are revealed

BY TOM SKELLEY TSKELLEY@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

On April 14, Congressman Ken Buck, R-Windsor, announced Alexis Garcia Moreno, a student at Greeley’s Northridge High School, as the winner of the Congressional Art Competition for the 4th Congressional District.

Five Douglas County student artists were also honored at the ceremony, hosted at the Centennial Library in Greeley.

“The students who participated in this competition give me optimism about our country’s future,” Buck stated.

“The same patience, perseverance, and passion needed to create incredible works of art will allow these students to excel in the world.”

The Congressional Art Competition began in 1982. This year, 97 students from 21 schools in the district submitted pieces in mediums including painting, drawing, mixed media, and photography. A panel of qualified artists judged the entries.

Douglas County students recognized at the event were: • First Place: Kayla Inman, Rock Canyon High School.

• Second Place: Morgan Moen, ThunderRidge High School.

• Juror Award: Mack Stauffer, Lutheran High School.

• Honorable Mention: Natalie McElmeel, Legend High School.

• Honorable Mention: Karia Van Auyssteen, Rock Canyon High School.

Moreno’s artwork, a portrait of Albert Einstein entitled “E=MC2,” will be displayed for a year in the U.S. Capitol, and Garcia Moreno will be invited to Washington, D.C. for a reception honoring nationwide competition winners.

Rock Canyon High School student Kayla Inman and her art teacher Drew Walter pose with Rep. Ken Buck, R-Windsor, during a ceremony in Greeley honoring winners in the 4th District’s Congressional Art Competition. Buck says the skills the artists displayed in their work will serve them throughout their lives.

Inman took first place for her entry.

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Congressman Ken Buck presents an award to ThunderRidge High School student Morgan Moen.

Moen took second place in the Congressional Art Competition for the 4th Congressional District.

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that others they know, even friends or relatives, have experienced the same thing. For their patients, they suggested questions like “Are you happy?” or “Is something at home making you feel this way?”

Reporting the abuse, the panelists all said, is critical in any case, and is mandatory for doctors in Colorado.

Safeguards are in place at the school and with local law enforcement to protect victims and others who report it, Stacy said.

Parker resident and first-year

student Erica Janz appreciated the information on working with victims, though she hopes she doesn’t have to use it.

“I might have patients going through this someday and I need to know how to help them,” she said, adding that she had a friend in high school in an abusive relationship but couldn’t convince her to report it.

Second-year student Michelle Levine, also from Parker, said Mohr’s objective of reaching the audience as both caregivers and individuals was achieved.

“A lot of the things we learn in medical school can help us professionally, but can also help us to be healthy in our personal life,” she said.

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Pinwheels are reminder in fight against child abuse

BY JESSICA GIBBS JGIBBS@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Douglas County residents may have seen displays of blue pinwheels throughout the county this month. The pinwheel gardens are part of a nationwide effort made by Pinwheels for Prevention, launched by Prevent Child Abuse America in 2008, which seeks to raise awareness for child abuse prevention.

Douglas County participated by placing 200 pinwheels outside the Douglas County Human Services Building in Castle Rock on April 17, plus additional pinwheels at the sheriff ’s office substation in Highlands Ranch. The county received 3,700 calls to its child abuse and neglect hotline in 2016, approximately the same as 2015, a county spokeswoman said.

“I’m glad that people are reporting but it’s unacceptable. We shouldn’t have any abuse,” Douglas County Commissioner David Weaver told county employees April 17. “Our children are tomorrow. These children are precious.”

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Douglas County employees gather to hear county commissioners speak before setting out to “plant their pinwheels” in honor of Child Abuse Prevention Month.

Douglas County employees work to recognize April as Child Abuse Prevention Month by placing blue pinwheels in front of the Douglas County Human Services Center in Castle Rock on April 17.

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Chairman of the Douglas County Board of Commissioners, Roger Partridge, speaks at an event recognizing April as Child Abuse Prevention Month. Also pictured are Commissioner Lora Thomas, far left, standing next to Commissioner David Weaver.

Pinwheels are placed at the feet of this statue in front of the Douglas County Human Services Center as Douglas County kicks off Child Abuse Prevention Month.

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Development could bring thousands of homes to Castle Pines The Canyons expected to be built east of I-25 in 2019

BY JESSICA GIBBS JGIBBS@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Castle Pines officials are working with developer Shea Homes on the master plan for a new neighborhood known as The Canyons, which could mean the addition of about 2,000 new homes to the city of 10,500 people.

The development is planned east of Interstate 25 and just south of the Rueter-Hess Reservoir.

Marcus Pachner, spokesman for Shea Homes, said the company is tentatively planning a two-phase project, with the first phase covering 650 acres and bringing 1,100 homes to the site.

Upon total project build-out, that number could rise to approximately 2,000 single and multi-family homes.

When Shea purchased 1,270 acres of The Canyons in 2015, the company said it intends to invest $75 million in the community within the next four years.

Construction is planned for early 2019, and homes could be ready for move-in by late 2019. Although a price point isn’t yet available, the development will likely include houses

‘We certainly have to allow for all buyers and price points to enter the market.’

Marcus Pachner, Shea Homes spokesman ranging from starter homes fit for millennials to more luxury-style properties, Pachner said. There is also a dedicated school site in phase one of the project.

“We certainly have to allow for all buyers and price points to enter the market,” he said.

As for the look and feel of the community, Pachner said incorporating nature into the plans is “the primary guiding principle for the site.”

About a third of the 1,270 acres will remain open space, he said.

Shea will also incorporate numerous parks and roughly 15 miles of trails.

With views of the reservoir to the north, Pikes Peak to the south and the Front Range to the west, Pachner said Shea Homes will create a “naturally breathtaking but amenity-rich community.”

The connection to nature will likely influence the style of homes

found in The Canyons as well, Pachner said. Although specific design plans are still in flux, Shea is considering ranch-style homes that focus on main-floor living.

“So, it’s (nature) really inspiring every level of the community,” Pachner said, adding the overlying goal is to bring more faces to Castle Pines. “We’re bringing in new residents that will support existing businesses.”

That’s good news to business owners and residents like Andrew Dunbar, owner of Castle Pines Orthodontics. The orthodontist has operated his practice in Castle Pines for 15 years. He moved his family to town in 2002.

As a resident, he said, he’s somewhat concerned about the increase in traffic, but that was the only negative he found with the project proposal. But he anticipates some

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who call Castle Pines home will be unhappy with the results of a rising population, such as longer lines at the grocery store or stoplights.

Still, he believes the “sleepy, smalltown” feel will stay intact, and that the new neighborhood will do more good than not for small businesses.

“Once those news residents come, I think it’s really going to change things,” he said.

Castle Pines Director of Development Sam Bishop said the city is attracted to the nature-based development plan.

“It’s going to bring additional opportunities as far as recreation,” he said.

For now, the city is focusing on making sure the infrastructure would be in place for such a big community as the two entities collaborate on the project in 2017.

If all goes well, he said, the project could come before the city council for review by mid-summer.

Both Bishop and Pachner said the relationship between city and developer has been a good one. Overall, Pachner said, the master plan has taken Shea 16 to 18 months to create.

Moving forward, they’ll take 2017 to work with the city and focus on the project’s preliminary plans.

“The city has very high standards,” Pachner said. “They are holding us accountable to that.”

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THINGS to DO THEATER

‘The Robber Bridegroom’: 7:30 p.m.

Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays, and 2 p.m. Sundays, through Sunday, April 30, at 2450 W. Main St., Littleton. The musical follows a rascally robber of the woods as he courts the only daughter of the richest planter in the country. The proceedings go awry, however, thanks to a case of double-mistaken identity. Tickets available at the box office, by calling 303-794-2787 or online at townhallartscenter.org/ robber-bridegroom.

Banachek, ‘The Alpha Project’: 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, May 5-6, and 3 p.m. Sunday, May 7, at Theatre of Dreams, 735 Park St., Castle Rock.

Banachek is the only mentalist ever to fool scientists into believing he possessed psychic powers then later reveal he was fooling them.

Tickets available at http:// Tickets.

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‘Toy Story, the Children’s Muical’ Auditions: 3:45 p.m. Tuesday, May 9 at Spotlight Performing Arts Center, 6328 E. County Line Road, Highlands Ranch. Class lasts 8 weeks; students learn acting, dancing and vocal techniques while preparing for musical. For ages 3-10 years. Classes run from 3:45-4:30 p.m. Tuesdays. Performance in late June. Go to www.spotlightperformers.com or call 720-44-DANCE for information and tuition rates.

ART

Studio Art Sale and Workshops: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday, May 6 at 6628 S. Marion St., Centennial.

Presented by the artists of the SoSu Artists Collective. Workshops include: Boho necklace workshop, 10 a.m. to noon (contact hoodartworks@yahoo. com); mixed media collage workshop using spring themes, noon to 2 p.m. (contact janetm52@comcast.net); paint a spring birdhouse, 2-4 p.m. (contact pandjvincelette@ msn.com); bag o’ tricks workshop: recycle, paint and fuse plastic shopping bags into original pieces of art (contact ml3baird@gmail.com).

Workshops are limited to 8 students each. Email each workshop’s contact for cost and other information.

For information, call 303-246-3987.

MUSIC

Concert Organist: 2 p.m. Sunday, May 7 at St. Andrew United Methodist Church, 9203 S. University Blvd., Highlands Ranch. Performed by Tom Trenney. Contact: Mark Zwilling at 303 794-2683 or mzwilling@ gostandrew.com.

both before and since 9/11. We will also take a look forward at what the future holds for this war-torn country. Call 303-797-0600 to RSVP.

this week’s TOP FIVE United in Love Concert: 7:30 p.m. Sunday, April 30 at Lone Tree Arts Center, 10075 Commons St., Lone Tree. Benefits Denver Actors Fund. For tickets and information, call 720-509-1000 or go to www.lonetreeartscenter.org.

International Tabletop Game Day: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, April 29 at the Castle Pines Library, 360 Village Square Lane. Drop in to this family-friendly free event. Presented by the Lone Tree Low-tech Gaming Group. Play all types of board games, card games and RPGs. Learn a new game or bring your own. Contact Izzy Corbo at LTLTGames@yahoo.com.

Hey, Good Lookin’: 6-7 p.m. Monday, May 1 at Dazbog, 202 Wilcox St., Castle Rock. This Lifetree Café program looks at a healthy approach to body image. Call 303-814-0142.

Go to LifetreeCafe.com. Group meets every Monday for coffee and conversation. Group watches a new video every week about life, faith, and ups and downs.

Good Ol’ Fashioned Hoedown: noon to 5 p.m. Saturday, April 29 at Coventry Farms, 7990 S. Santa Fe Drive, Littleton.

Horse rides, horse painting, craft fair, face painting, silent auction, live music and more. Proceeds benefit The Right Step Inc. Tickets available at therightstepinc.org.

Littleton Symphony Orchestra Spring Concert: 7:30 p.m. Friday, May 12 at Littleton United Methodist Church, 5894 S. Datura St., Littleton. Colossal Classics and Surprising Concertos: King of Instruments is the final concert of the season.

Information and tickets available at www.littletonsymphony.org or by calling 303-933-6824.

EVENTS

Ships of the Sea: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Saturday, April 29 at the Lone Tree Library, 10055 Library Way. Learn about pirates, passages and ships through the ages, along with model shipbuilding. Register to receive the day’s schedule. Call 303-7917323 or go to DCL.org.

Spring Book Sale: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Saturday, April 29 at the Lone Tree Library, 10055 Library Way. Purchase used books, CDs and DVDs. No registration required. Call 303-791-7323 or go to DCL.org.

Masters of Disguise: 1 p.m. Saturday, April 29 at the Parker Library, 20105 E. Mainstreet. Learn tips and tricks to prep for cosplay and costume making with Colorado Fabrics.

Program for teens and adults. Registration is required; call 303-791-7323 or go to DCL.org.

Celebramos El Dia: 2 p.m. Sunday, April 30, at the Philip S. Miller Library, 100 S. Wilcox St., Castle Rock.

Kids will learn about diverse cultures and heritages through crafts, stories, dance and more. Registration is

Help Teens Cope With Stress: 6-8 p.m.

Wednesday, May 3 at Koelbel Library, 5955 S. Holly St., Centennial. Moms Fight Back presents this free community event. Learn to recognize and respond appropriately to signs of depression and mental health crisis in our youth. For parents only.

Space is limited. RSVP at https://www.facebook. com/events/153809218473438/

required; call 303-791-7323 or go to DCL.org.

Dynamic Mars: Getting to Know the Planet: 1 p.m. Sunday, April 30 at the James H. LaRue Library, 9292 Ridgeline Blvd., Highlands Ranch.

Join Dr. Laura Kerber of the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory to explore the wild Martian landscape, including current scientific and engineering plans for Mars’ future. Ideal for teens and adults. Registration is required; call 303-791-7323 or go to DCL.org.

Free Legal Clinic: 2-3:30 p.m.

Monday, May 1, at the Philip S. Miller Library, 100 S. Wilcox St., Castle Rock. Volunteer attorneys will answer questions, help fill out forms and explain the process and procedures for all areas of civil litigation. Walk-ins welcome; everyone seated first-come, first-served. Clinics offered the first Monday of each month. 2017 dates are June 5, July 3, Aug. 7, Oct. 2, Nov. 6 and Dec. 4. Call 303-791-7323.

1918 Spanish Flu Pandemic: 7 p.m.

Tuesday, May 2 at the James H. LaRue Library, 9292 Ridgeline Blvd., Highlands Ranch. An estimated 500 million people were infected worldwide, and 50 million to 100 million died of the disease. Learn more at this Highlands Ranch Genealogical Society program. Arrive at 6:30 p.m. for conversations with fellow genealogists.

Victoria’s Tea Fundraiser: 2-4 p.m.

Saturday, May 6, at The Gathering Place at Christ’s Episcopal Church, 615 4th St., Castle Rock. Enjoy tea, scones, music and stories. Proceeds benefit the Castle Rock Historical Society and Museum. Purchase tickets at the museum or online at

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www.castlerockmuseum.org under the Event Tickets tab. Contact 303814-3164 or museum@castlerockhistoricalsociety.org.

Pies And Tarts Culinary Class: 6-9 p.m. Monday, May 8 at the PACE Center, 20000 Pikes Peak Ave., Parker. Learn to make pie crusts with simple ingredients and turn them into pies and tarts. For ages 16 and older. Call 303-805-6800 or go to www.parkerartscenter.com.

Finding Hidden Treasures in Family Search: 1-3 p.m. Tuesday, May 9 at Lutheran Church of the Holy Spirit, 6400 S. University Blvd., Centennial.

Program of the Columbine Genealogical & Historical Society is presented

by Barbara Elliott, society member, and features the FamilySearch. org website.

Contact ColumbineGenealogy@ gmail.com. Go to www.facebook. com/ColumbineGenealogy Afghanistan: 3-4 p.m. Wednesday, May 10 at RiverPointe, 5225 S. Prince St., Littleton. In October of 2001, the U.S. led a coalition invasion of Afghanistan seeking to oust the ruling Taliban and find Al Qaeda leaders, including Osama bin Laden in the immediate aftermath of the 9/11 attacks. Join Active Minds for a look at the story of Afghanistan,

Book Discussion: 7 p.m. Thursday, May 11, at the Philip S. Miller Library, 100 S. Wilcox St., Castle Rock. Dr. Max Frazier leads the discussion of “One of Ours,” by Willa Cather.

Frazier specializes in autobiography and women writing from the turn of the 19th to the 20th century. Refreshments served at 6:45 p.m.

Contact the Castle Rock Museum at 303-814-3164, museum@castlerockhistoricalsociety.org, or www. castlerockhistoricalsociety.org.

Admission is free.

Birding Insights Workshops: 1-4 p.m. Saturday, May 13, time TBD (Spring Migration), at Audubon Nature Center, 11280 S. Waterton Road, Littleton. Register at http://www. denveraudubon.org/event/. Workshops give adults and teens birding knowledge and tips, including techniques for identification, food preferences, life cycle and more.

Broken Tee Women’s 18-Hole Saturday Golf Club: play on Saturday mornings; season starts in April.

Broken Tee Golf Course is at 2101 W. Oxford Ave., Englewood. Good for working women and mothers.

Contact BTWSGC@aol.com ROAD CarFit for Seniors: 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. the first Wednesday of each month through September, at Dahlia Campus for Health and Wellbeing, 3401 Eudora St., Denver. 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. the second Wednesday of each month through September, at AAA-Colorado Southglenn, 700 S. University Blvd., Centennial.

Presented by the Reaching Older Adults Program, the 20-minute checkup is free but registration is requested.

Call 303-991-5740 for an appointment.

EDUCATION

Douglas County AAUW Scholarship: application, transcripts and letters of recommendation due July 15. Scholarship is open to Douglas County residents only. Money may be used for tuition, books or child care while attending school. Scholarship application and instructions available online at douglascounty-co.aauw.net.

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

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SMITH FROM PAGE 12

graffiti. One post leads to another to another.

I think — it’s just a hunch — that we’re all fed up. We’re fed up and feeling helpless.

A nocturnal tweet is better than warm milk. Get something off your chest, and crawl in bed. At least you said something, even if you can’t do anything about it.

I limit myself to this column, which is plenty. I am not on social media. I was, briefly, and it was unpleasant.

There are trolls who shame, and

for some of them, it’s a calling and a career.

If a celebrity, for example, posts a photograph that can be found in any way to be objectionable, look out.

What I don’t understand are the disbelieving reactions when someone gets shamed.

This is America. It’s what we do.

Post almost anything and it’s a piñata for every imaginable configuration of insight and intelligence.

All people, deep down, are not good. There are busloads of the other kind.

Can you see Gandhi on a smartphone? Nope.

But if images of him in his khadi wrap were posted, it’s Katy bar the door.

I don’t know why people continue to be so trusting. There may be some faith-based root in it that I don’t have.

Maybe teaching gave that to me.

Students turned on a dime, if they didn’t get the grade they wanted, or if they had an untoward agenda.

One anonymously wrote with a Sharpie on my office door. I was the problem, why she couldn’t draw. Not her inability to know which end of a pencil to sharpen.

Then she took to campus-wide emails.

Learning when to zip your lips is no longer being taught.

My alma mater is afflicted with someone who won’t shut up.

He has three sons, and they all play

basketball. He is embarrassing the school, his sons and himself, but he doesn’t care.

In fact, he is rolling around in his own comments like a backyard dog in its own scat.

The catch is that his sons are good, and the team wins, and in sports that’s what matters.

Dr. David Dao boarded a flight in Chicago. All he wanted to do was what we all want to do. Go home.

Not so fast, doctor.

An opinion is a judgment founded on probabilities. Or not.

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

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Valor Christian sophomore Eric Pacheco controls a faceoff against Ponderosa sophomore Andy Bauer during an April 11 game at Echo Park Automotive Stadium. Pacheco claims winning faceoffs in high school is about efficiency.

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Faceoffs are where it all begins Techniques to gain possession have huge influence on outcome in boys lacrosse

BY JIM BENTON JBENTON@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

It might not look like a game of rockpaper-scissors when two players trot to the center of the field for a faceoff in boys lacrosse, but that’s a complicated form of what it is.

The player who has the better plan to counter the other player’s move and is able to execute usually is the winner.

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ALL THE RIGHT MOVES Basic moves used by players taking faceoffs in boys lacrosse.

before the opponent gains possession. The ball is usually raked away from the opposing faceoff specialist.

Clamp: A player using the clamp quickly moves his wrists over so the pocket of the lacrosse stick is clamped down on the ball before the opponent can do so.

Jam: The jam is a move where the stick is punched over the ball to block the opponent from any access. It is a defensive move to gain possession of the ball instead of creating a fast break.

Rake: The rake is when the player moves his stick under the jam

Jump: Used to counter almost any move by picking up the head of the stick and pushing it forward over the ball, with the stick usually under the stick of the opponent.

Punch: A move to counter the jump where the ball is punched with the stick forward to be scooped up.

Sources: www.coachup.com; Stack. com; blog.comlax.com/nation/ articles/thelacrosse-faceoff

STANDOUT PERFORMERS Anna Hall, track, sophomore, Valor Christian: She won the 200 meters (25.29 seconds) and the 400 (56.41) at the Dakota Ridge Invitational on April 22. She was second in the 100 hurdles.

Pearl Schwartz, lacrosse, junior, Cherry Creek: Schwartz scored five goals and had two assists in the Bruins’ 14-5 win

over Arapahoe on April 19.

Cole Carman, baseball, senior, Arapahoe: He threw 87 pitches, struck out seven batters, allowed five hits and three earned runs in six innings in the Warriors’ 7-5 victory over Smoky Hill on April 21.

Jacob Dack, track, senior, Lutheran:

Dack was a double winner April 18 at the Holy Family Tiger Invitational. He was first in the discus (148 feet) and shot put (53-11).

Jack Lisowy, baseball, junior, Douglas County: The Huskies trimmed Heritage, 6-5, in eight innings on April 22 and Lisowy went 2-for-3 with a homer and had three runs batted in.

STANDOUT PERFORMERS are five athletes named from south metro area high schools. Preference is given to those making their debut on the list. To nominate an athlete, contact Jim Benton at jbenton@coloradocommunitymedia.com

hile talking with Jack Huber, I could only think about how it takes a few steps to get everything working after sitting for a while and how things I used to be able to easily do are now harder.

And I’ve never had a major injury.

Jack Huber, a senior wrestler and football player at ThunderRidge, has undergone OVERTIME surgeries for injuries to his shoulder, knees and chest.

Despite pain plus long rehabilitation stints, he kept grinding and qualified for the state wrestling tournament three straight seasons.

He finished fifth at 182 Jim Benton pounds in the 2017 Class 5A tournament.

“The injuries started my sophomore year,” he said. “I had to decide if I wanted to keep doing this because of all the money spent for the surgeries, and it was painful. I decided to stick it out, one more year, one more time.”

Huber signed a letter of intent to wrestle at California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo during an April 27 signing ceremony at ThunderRidge. He will join his brother Joe on the Mustangs’ wrestling team. Joe Huber was a 2015 Ponderosa High graduate.

“A year ago, I didn’t know if I would be able to wrestle,” Jack said. “I didn’t know with the surgery if it was going to work. I feel good now. I feel normal again.”

No mercy for boys volleyball bid Boys volleyball took a called third strike at the Colorado High School Activities Association’s Legislative Council meeting on April 20.

The club-level Colorado Boys High School Volleyball Association and the CHSAA-sanctioned Tri-Peaks League prepared a proposal requesting that boys volleyball be sanctioned as a two-classification spring sport.

But, for the third time in recent years, a bid to have the sport sanctioned was denied when 54 percent of the 72-member council voted to not even open the classification and League Organizing Committee report for consideration.

Also at the meeting, a mercy rule for all levels of boys and girls basketball was considered by the council and approved by a 59-11 vote. If a team has a 35-point lead after three quarters, a running clock will start and only stop for timeouts, injuries and free throws.

In hockey action, Chaparral and Woodland Park will be added as new teams for the 2017-18 season.

Former swim coach honored Former Littleton boys and girls swim coach Maurice “Stringy” Erwin will be one of six people inducted into the Colorado Sports Hall of Fame.

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Ponderosa picking up the pace in the pool

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Ponderosa has a co-op boys swimming team that includes athletes from that school, plus Chaparral, Legend, Lutheran and homeschooled students. This season, the Mustangs are a formidable team ranked fifth in Class 5A by PrepSwimCo.com.

“We’re doing pretty well,” coach Warren Ross said. “We’ve posted some good times and we’re having a

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And winning faceoffs is crucial to a team’s success. Teams face off at the start of the game, the beginning of each quarter and after every goal is scored.

“Possession is a big part of the game,” Bear Creek coach Issac NelsonGarner said.

A faceoff starts with two players crouched with their sticks lying horizontally on each side of the midfield line. The ball is place between the head of each stick and the butt-end pointing down the midfield line. Once the whistle is blown, each player fights for the ball in an effort to gain possession.

“Winning face offs is a mixture of power and speed,” ThunderRidge senior Brett Naves said. “If you’re faster than the other guy, you can win, but if you are stronger than the other guy, you can also win. So it’s kind of like a rockpaper-scissors match.”

Basic faceoff techniques include the clamp, jam and rake. The clamp can be neutralized by a jam. The rake usually loses to the clamp but the rake can beat the jam.

“I start with the clamp, but if I’m getting beat with a clamp I usually like to switch it up and try jumping him,” Ponderosa sophomore Andy Bauer said.

A jump is when a player holds down the stick of the opponent who has clamped. A player using the clamp quickly moves his wrists over so the back of the head is clamped down on the ball before the opponent. The jam

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lot of fun. We’re a real young team.

As a unit, the junior class and freshman class are really strong.

“My biggest thing about this team is having kids come from all those schools where they are usually competitors against each other like in football, wrestling and basketball.

We get everybody together and they just blend so well together. It’s good as a coach to see all those schools come together and be one big team.”

Landon Rast is a junior who attends Legend and claims teamwork

LEADING THE WAY The top boys faceoff percentage leaders from area schools, through games of April 20: • Nick Pacheco, Valor: .786 • Ryan Stewart, Cherry Creek: .780 • Brett Boos, Chaparral: .747 • Eric Pacheco, Valor: .722 • Mike Madayag, Golden: .719 • JT Simonton, Cherry Creek: .716 • Duke Hindman, Littleton: .713 •Shawn Casebolt, Lakewood: .694 • Alex Fielding, Heritage: .647 • Landon Nolta, Mountain Vista: .636 is a move where the head and shaft are punched over the ball to block the opponent from any access. The rake is when the player moves his stick under the jam before it can disable him.

“You have to have the right body and special muscles. You need special reflexes and you need more shoulder power to press and you need good foot movement,” Wheat Ridge sophomore Tanner Spirek said.

But physical attributes just might be secondary.

“The most important quality for a faceoff player is competiveness,” Littleton coach Andrew Paredes said. “If that player has a refuse-to-lose attitude, he will fight and scrap for every loose ball and win them more often than he loses them.”

Paredes also points out that, as in hockey, other players need to be involved in gaining possession following a faceoff.

wins over school affiliation.

“It’s really not difficult being on a co-op team because in most sports people think Pondo and Legend are rivals but it’s really nice because we’re all kind of family and friends and we all get along,” he said. “It’s kind of a better environment that it would be just at Legend.”

In combined team scores at a dual meet April 21 at the Parker Recreation Center, Ponderosa edged Regis Jesuit, 96-90.

Ponderosa won the varsity 200-yard

Girls game features a different move

“An excellent faceoff unit can control the game for its team,” Parades said.

“While the faceoff player himself is the central part of that unit, the three players combined really make a difference.

There will be games when your faceoff player wins most of the balls himself.”

Good faceoff players are specialists and FOGO (faceoff and get off) has become a revered position.

Valor Christian sophomore Eric Pacheco is one of the state’s top faceoff specialists.

“At the high school level, everyone is really an elite faceoff guy,” said Eric Pacheco, whose senior brother Nick also takes faceoffs. “You are not really going to run into anyone with faster hands or quicker reaction time. It’s more about efficiency. Nick and I really work to be efficient on faceoffs. We work on not having wasted movements and being

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medley relay and junior David Sandeno captured the 200 IM in 2:00.46.

Junior Matthew Tomkowicz was first in the 50 freestyle with a time of 21.83, sophomore Blake Wilton won the 500 freestyle in 5:01.70 and Rast swam a 1:01.63 to win the 100 breaststroke.

Wilton, who set a pool and meet record at the Smoky Hill Invitational on April 15, has top five Class 5A times in the 50 freestyle, 100 freestyle, 200 freestyle and 100 butterfly, according to PrepSwimCo.

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technical.”

Chaparral junior Brett Boos is second in the state in winning faceoff percentage and leads in ground balls.

But he also plays some as a defensive midfielder. In a recent game against Ponderosa, he won 15 of 19 faceoffs by pushing the ball downfield and picked up six ground balls.

“Quickness and strength are the keys to winning faceoffs,” he said. “And ground balls help the team keep possession.”

A winning faceoff percentage can usually be traced to winning teams.

Once a team scores, wins a faceoff, keeps possession and has another chance to score, it often leads to scoring sprees.

“If you don’t have the ball,” Valor coach John Grant Jr. said, “you can’t score.”

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Rock Canyon’s Claire Steffe gets nearly upended as Ponderosa goalkeeper Raven Bernier goes in for the block and fellow Mustang Maddie Gabel pursues the play.

Rock Canyon won 3-1 in the April 20 soccer game at Shea Stadium.

The 53rd annual induction banquet, set for April 27 at the Denver City Marriott, is sold out and Erwin’s family and friends have reserved three tables to honor the longtime coach.

The three-sport letterman at Litteton was a Lions coach for 46 years. He coached baseball and football in addition to swimming. His boys swim teams won seven state titles and the girls squads captured five state crowns.

Valor Christian quarterback Dylan McCaffrey will be honored as Boys High School Athlete of the Year.

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Pugh pursues professional soccer career Pugh turned down an offer to join Portland before deciding to attend UCLA but deals could be made if she decides to play in the NWSL. Portland has eight national team players on its roster, including five from the U.S. team.

Teams in France, like Lyon and Paris Saint-Germain, are also reportedly interested in acquiring the services of Pugh if she doesn’t play in the NWSL. SI has reported that Portland has offered a trade for the right to sign Pugh, but apparently Washington isn’t listening. The stalemate could be settled at the NWSL owners meeting April 28 in Orlando, Florida.

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Mallory Pugh made one decision but still faces another choice.

Pugh, the 18-year-old Mountain Vista graduate and member of the U.S. women’s Olympic soccer team, announced she is leaving UCLA to pursue professional soccer opportunities.

The unanswered question is which opportunity she will pick.

According to Sports Illustrated, Pugh would like to play for Portland in the National Women’s Soccer League but Washington has the top spot in the 10-team NWSL distribution order to claim an incoming player.

Pugh enrolled at UCLA for the 2017 winter quarter and played in three spring matches and was set the make her freshman varsity debut this fall.

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UCLA coach Amanda Cromwell understood it was difficult career decision for Pugh.

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Public Notices Public Trustees PUBLIC NOTICE Parker NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2017-0040 To Whom It May Concern: On 2/9/2017 4:01:00 PM 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.

Public Trustees PUBLIC NOTICE Parker NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2017-0051 To Whom It May Concern: On 2/23/2017 4:09:00 PM 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: DAVID J SMITH, STACY M N SMITH Original Beneficiary: WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A. Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A. Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 9/13/2005 Recording Date of DOT: 9/26/2005 Reception No. of DOT: 2005091658 DOT Recorded in Douglas County.

Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $247,165.00 Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $253,322.51

Original Grantor: STEVE CARDENAS AND JENNIFER L SPEIGHT Original Beneficiary: ARGENT MORTGAGE COMPANY, LLC Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 1/26/2007 Recording Date of DOT: 2/9/2007 Reception No. of DOT: 2007012723 DOT Recorded in Douglas County.

Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $284,779.00 Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $300,257.48

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 make timely payments required under said Deed of Trust and the Evidence of Debt secured thereby.

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 make timely payments required under said Deed of Trust and the Evidence of Debt secured thereby.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.

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.

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 STROH RANCH FILING NUMBER 9F, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO.

Legal Description of Real Property: LOT 14, BLOCK 1, NEWLIN MEADOWS FILING NO. 1, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO.

Which has the address of: 12532 S Sopris Creek Drive , Parker, CO 80134

Which has the address of: 11609 S Flower Mound Way, Parker, CO 80134

NOTICE OF SALE

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.

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, May 31, 2017, 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. If the sale date is continued to a later date, the deadline to file a notice of intent to cure by those parties entitled to cure may also be extended.

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that on the first possible sale date (unless the sale is continued*) at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, June 14, 2017, 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. If the sale date is continued to a later date, the deadline to file a notice of intent to cure by those parties entitled to cure may also be extended.

If you believe that your lender or servicer has failed to provide a single point of contact (38-38-103.1 CRS) or they are still pursuing foreclosure even though you have submitted a completed loss mitigation application or you have been offered and have accepted a loss mitigation option (38-38-103.2 CRS), you may file a complaint with the Colorado Attorney General (720-508-6006) or the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (855411-2372) or both. However, the filing of a complaint in and of itself will not stop the foreclosure process.

If you believe that your lender or servicer has failed to provide a single point of contact (38-38103.1 CRS) or they are still pursuing foreclosure even though you have submitted a completed loss mitigation application or you have been offered and have accepted a loss mitigation option (38-38-103.2 CRS), you may file a complaint with the Colorado Attorney General (720-508-6006) or the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (855-411-2372) or both.

However, the filing of a complaint in and of itself will not stop the foreclosure process.

First Publication: 4/6/2017 Last Publication: 5/4/2017 Publisher: Douglas County News Press Dated: 2/10/2017 CHRISTINE DUFFY DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee

The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: COURTNEY WRIGHT Colorado Registration #: 45482 7700 E. ARAPAHOE ROAD, SUITE 230 , CENTENNIAL, COLORADO 80112 Phone #: Fax #: Attorney File #: CO-17-761911-LL

*YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE DATES on the Public Trustee website : http://www.douglas.co.us/publictrustee/ Legal Notice No. 2017-0040 First Publication: 4/6/2017 Last Publication: 5/4/2017 Publisher: Douglas County News Press

First Publication: 4/20/2017 Last Publication: 5/18/2017 Publisher: Douglas County News Press Dated: 2/27/2017 CHRISTINE DUFFY DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: EVE GRINA Colorado Registration #: 43658 7700 E. ARAPAHOE ROAD, SUITE 230, CENTENNIAL, COLORADO 80112 Phone #: (877) 369-6122 Fax #: Attorney File #: CO-17-763816-LL *YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE DATES on the Public Tr ustee website: http://www.douglas.co.us/publictrustee/ Legal Notice No.: 2017-0051 First Publication: 4/20/2017 Last Publication: 5/18/2017 Publisher: Douglas County News Press PUBLIC NOTICE Parker NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2017-0056 To Whom It May Concern: On 3/1/2017 2:55:00

Notices

Public Trustees PUBLIC NOTICE

Parker NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2017-0056 To Whom It May Concern: On 3/1/2017 2:55:00 PM 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: RACHEL DEAN Original Beneficiary: MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., ACTING SOLELY AS NOMINEE FOR FLAGSTAR BANK, FSB Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: LAKEVIEW LOAN SERVICING, LLC Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 5/4/2016 Recording Date of DOT: 5/5/2016 Reception No. of DOT: 2016027643 DOT Recorded in Douglas County.

Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $144,337.00 Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $143,901.52 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: CONDOMINIUM UNIT 29-201, IRONSTONE CONDOMINIUMS AT STROH RANCH, ACCORDING TO THE CONDOMINIUM DECLARATION OF IRONSTONE CONDOMINIUMS AT STROH RANCH, RECORDED MAY 6, 2004 AT RECEPTION NO. 2004046471 IN THE RECORDS 0F THE CLERK AND RECORDER OF THE COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO, AND AS FURTHER DEFINED AND DESCRIBED IN THE CONDOMINIUM PLAT FOR IRONSTONE CONDOMINIUMS AT STROH RANCH, RECORDED APRIL 23, 2004 AT RECEPTION NO. 2004041009 AND AFFIDAVIT OF CORRECTION RECORDED MAY 6, 2004 AT RECEPTION NO. 2004046470 AND AFFIDAVIT OP CORRECTION RECORDED JULY 1, 2004 AT RECEPTION NO. 2004068379 COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO. AND CONDOMINIUM GARAGE UNIT G61, IRONSTONE CONDOMINIUMS AT STROH RANCH, ACCORDING TO THE CONDOMINIUM DECLARATION OF IRONSTONE CONDOMINIUMS AT STROH RANCH, RECORDED MAY 6, 2004 AT RECEPTION NO .

2004046471 IN THE RECORDS OF THE CLERK AND RECORDER OF THE COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO, AND AS FURTHER DEFINED AND DESCRIBED IN THE CONDOMINIUM PLAT FOR IRONSTONE CONDOMINIUMS AT STROH RANCH, RECORDED APRIL 23, 2004 AT RECEPTION NO. 2004041009 AND AFFIDAVIT OF CORRECTION RECORDED MAY 6, 2004 AT RECEPTION NO. 2004046470, AND AFFIDAVIT OF CORRECTION RECORDED JULY 1, 2004 AT RECEPTION NO. 2004068379, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO. Which has the address of: 12922 Ironstone Way Apt 201, Parker, CO 80134-7115 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, June 21, 2017, 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. If the sale date is continued to a later date, the deadline to file a notice of intent to cure by those parties entitled to cure may also be extended.

If you believe that your lender or servicer has failed to provide a single point of contact (38-38-103.1 CRS) or they are still pursuing foreclosure even though you have submitted a completed loss mitigation application or you have been offered and have accepted a loss mitigation option (38-38-103.2 CRS), you may file a complaint with the Colorado Attorney General (720-508-6006) or the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (855411-2372) or both. However, the filing of a complaint in and of itself will not stop the foreclosure process.

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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. If the sale date is continued to a later date, the deadline to file a notice of intent to cure by those parties entitled to cure may also be extended.

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. If the sale date is continued to a later date, the deadline to file a notice of intent to cure by those parties entitled to cure may also be extended.

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If you believe that your lender or servicer has failed to provide a single point of contact (38-38-103.1 CRS) or they are still pursuIf you believe that your lender or servicer ing foreclosure even though you have subhas failed to provide a single point of conmitted a completed loss mitigation applicatact (38-38-103.1 CRS) or they are still pursution or you have been offered and have acing foreclosure even though you have subcepted a loss mitigation option (38-38-103.2 To advertise yourCRS), public notices 303-566-4100 mitted a completed loss mitigation applicayou may filecall a complaint with the Coltion or you have been offered and have acorado Attorney General (720-508-6006) or the cepted a loss mitigation option (38-38-103.2 Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (855CRS), you may file a complaint with the Col411-2372) or both. However, the filing of a orado Attorney General (720-508-6006) or the complaint in and of itself will not stop the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (855foreclosure process.

411-2372) or both. However, the filing of a complaint in and of itself will not stop the First Publication: 4/27/2017 foreclosure process.

Last Publication: 5/25/2017 Publisher: Douglas County News Press First Publication: 4/27/2017 Dated: 3/3/2017 Last Publication: 5/25/2017 CHRISTINE DUFFY Publisher: Douglas County News Press DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee Dated: 3/14/2017 The name, address and telephone numbers of CHRISTINE DUFFY the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee the indebtedness is: The name, address and telephone numbers of KAREN J. RADAKOVICH the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of Colorado Registration #: 11649 the indebtedness is: 4750 TABLE MESA DRIVE , BOULDER, COLORADO 80305-5575 NICHOLE WILLIAMS Phone #: (303) 494-3000 Colorado Registration #: 49611 1199 BANNOCK STREET, Fax #: Attorney File #: 7192-9560 DENVER, COLORADO 80204 Phone #: (303) 350-3711 *YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE Fax #: Attorney File #: 00000006585624 DATES on the Public Trustee website : *YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE http://www.douglas.co.us/publictrustee/ DATES on the Public Trustee website: http://www.douglas.co.us/publictrustee/ Legal Notice No.: 2017-0057 First Publication: 4/27/2017 Legal Notice No. 2017-0056 Last Publication: 5/25/2017 First Publication: 4/27/2017 Publisher: Douglas County News Press Last Publication: 5/25/2017 Publisher: Douglas County News Press PUBLIC NOTICE

Parker NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2017-0057 To Whom It May Concern: On 3/1/2017 2:56:00 PM 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: CANDACE L. BISHOP AND CLAIR E. BISHOP III Original Beneficiary: PRIME FUNDING SOURCE Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: BAYVIEW LOAN SERVICING, LLC, A DELAWARE LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 9/23/2005 Recording Date of DOT: 9/30/2005 Reception No. of DOT: 2005093713 DOT Recorded in Douglas County.

Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $250,000.00 Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $199,770.65 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: a default in payment required by the Deed of Trust. ** Modification Agreement signed by Candance L Bishop and Clair E Bishop III on September 4, 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 EIGHTEEN (18) BLOCK FIVE (5) PARKER NORTH COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO Which has the address of: 11415 North Brownstone Drive, 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, June 21, 2017, 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. If the sale date is continued to a later date, the deadline to file a notice of intent to cure by those parties entitled to cure may also be extended.

If you believe that your lender or servicer has failed to provide a single point of contact (38-38-103.1 CRS) or they are still pursuing foreclosure even though you have submitted a completed loss mitigation application or you have been offered and have accepted a loss mitigation option (38-38-103.2 CRS), you may file a complaint with the Colorado Attorney General (720-508-6006) or the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (855411-2372) or both. However, the filing of a complaint in and of itself will not stop the foreclosure process.

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To Whom It May Concern: On 3/3/2017 3:04:00 PM 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: CONNIE LOPEZ Original Beneficiary: MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. AS NOMINEE FOR HOMEAMERICAN MORTGAGE CORPORATION C u r r e n t Ho l d e r o f E v i d e n c e o f D e b t : DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY, AS CERTIFICATE TRUSTEE ON BEHALF OF BOSCO CREDIT II TRUST SERIES 2010-1 Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 2/26/2007 Recording Date of DOT: 3/7/2007 Reception No. of DOT: 2007019679 DOT Recorded in Douglas County.

Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $47,212.00 Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $46,822.02

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 37, BLOCK 3, NEW HORIZON SUBDIVISION FILING NO. 1, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO Which has the address of: 15980 Donegal Avenue, 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, June 21, 2017, 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. If the sale date is continued to a later date, the deadline to file a notice of intent to cure by those parties entitled to cure may also be extended.

If you believe that your lender or servicer has failed to provide a single point of contact (38-38-103.1 CRS) or they are still pursuing foreclosure even though you have submitted a completed loss mitigation application or you have been offered and have accepted a loss mitigation option (38-38-103.2 CRS), you may file a complaint with the Colorado Attorney General (720-508-6006) or the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (855411-2372) or both. However, the filing of a complaint in and of itself will not stop the foreclosure process.

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mitted a completed loss mitigation applica46 Chronicle tion orParker you have been offered and have ac-

cepted a loss mitigation option (38-38-103.2 CRS), you may file a complaint with the Colorado Attorney General (720-508-6006) or the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (855411-2372) or both. However, the filing of a complaint in and of itself will not stop the foreclosure process.

Public Trustees

First Publication: 4/27/2017 Last Publication: 5/25/2017 Publisher: Douglas County News Press Dated: 3/6/2017 CHRISTINE DUFFY DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: DAVID A. SHORE Colorado Registration #: 19973 5347 S VALENTIA WAY SUITE 100, GREENWOOD VILLAGE, COLORADO 80111 Phone #: (303) 573-1080 Fax #: Attorney File #: 16-00560SH *YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE DATES on the Public Trustee website: http://www.douglas.co.us/publictrustee/ Legal Notice No. 2017-0061 First Publication: 4/27/2017 Last Publication: 5/25/2017 Publisher: Douglas County News Press PUBLIC NOTICE Parker NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2017-0030 To Whom It May Concern: On 2/6/2017 11:53:00 AM 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: STEFANIE D. SVETLIK Original Beneficiary: MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., ACTING SOLELY AS NOMINEE FOR U.S. BANK N.A. Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 3/16/2011 Recording Date of DOT: 3/21/2011 Reception No. of DOT: 2011018940 DOT Recorded in Douglas County.

Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $178,128.00 Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $152,293.34 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 1, COTTONWOOD SUBDIVISION FILING NO. 6B, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO Which has the address of: 16396 Bluebell Place, 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, May 31, 2017, 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. If the sale date is continued to a later date, the deadline to file a notice of intent to cure by those parties entitled to cure may also be extended.

If you believe that your lender or servicer has failed to provide a single point of contact (38-38103.1 CRS) or they are still pursuing foreclosure even though you have submitted a completed loss mitigation application or you have been offered and have accepted a loss mitigation option (38-38-103.2 CRS), you may file a complaint with the Colorado Attorney General (720-508-6006) or the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (855-411-2372) or both.

However, the filing of a complaint in and of itself will not stop the foreclosure process.

First Publication: 4/6/2017 Last Publication: 5/4/2017 Publisher: Douglas County News Press Dated: 2/6/2017 CHRISTINE DUFFY DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: NICHOLE WILLIAMS Colorado Registration #: 49611 1199 BANNOCK STREET , DENVER, COLORADO 80204 Phone #: (303) 350-3711 Fax #: Attorney File #: 00000006534804

12:02:00 PM 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.

The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: NICHOLE WILLIAMS Colorado Registration #: 49611 1199 BANNOCK STREET , DENVER, COLORADO 80204 Phone #: (303) 350-3711 Fax #: Attorney File #: 00000006534804

Public Trustees

*YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE DATES on the Public Trustee website : http://www.douglas.co.us/publictrustee/ Legal Notice No.: 2017-0030 First Publication: 4/6/2017 Last Publication: 5/4/2017 Publisher: Douglas County News Press

PUBLIC NOTICE Parker NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2017-0041 To Whom It May Concern: On 2/13/2017 10:16:00 AM 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: DARREN SHERMAN AND MYRTIS SHERMAN Original Beneficiary: MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., AS NOMINEE FOR UNIVERSAL LENDING CORPORATION Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A. Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 5/16/2011 Recording Date of DOT: 5/19/2011 Reception No. of DOT: 2011031159 DOT Recorded in Douglas County.

Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $380,113.00 Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $367,527.19 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 make timely payments required under said Deed of Trust and the Evidence of Debt secured thereby.

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 8, BLOCK 2, DOUGLAS 234 FILING NO. 3, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO. Which has the address of: 15753 East Indian Brook 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.

Public Trustees PUBLIC NOTICE Parker NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2017-0050 To Whom It May Concern: On 2/23/2017 4:08:00 PM 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: BARRY M. HOWIE Original Beneficiary: PACIFIC WEST REALTY SERVICES CORPORATION Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: WILMINTON SAVINGS FUND SOCIETY, FSB, AS TRUSTEE OF STANWICH MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST A Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 3/26/2003 Recording Date of DOT: 4/2/2003 Reception No. of DOT: 2003043600 DOT Recorded in Douglas County.

Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $219,389.00 Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $197,505.66 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: Borrower's failure to make timely payments as required under the Evidence of Debt and 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 64, BLOCK 1, SADDLEBROOK SUBDIVISION FILING NO. 1, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO. Which has the address of: 21822 Silver Meadow Lane, 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, June 14, 2017, 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. If the sale date is continued to a later date, the deadline to file a notice of intent to cure by those parties entitled to cure may also be extended.

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that on the first possible sale date (unless the sale is continued*) at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, June 7, 2017, 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. If the sale date is continued to a later date, the deadline to file a notice of intent to cure by those parties entitled to cure may also be extended.

If you believe that your lender or servicer has failed to provide a single point of contact (38-38-103.1 CRS) or they are still pursuing foreclosure even though you have submitted a completed loss mitigation application or you have been offered and have accepted a loss mitigation option (38-38-103.2 CRS), you may file a complaint with the Colorado Attorney General (720-508-6006) or the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (855411-2372) or both. However, the filing of a complaint in and of itself will not stop the foreclosure process.

If you believe that your lender or servicer has failed to provide a single point of contact (38-38-103.1 CRS) or they are still pursuing foreclosure even though you have submitted a completed loss mitigation application or you have been offered and have accepted a loss mitigation option (38-38-103.2 CRS), you may file a complaint with the Colorado Attorney General (720-508-6006) or the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (855411-2372) or both. However, the filing of a complaint in and of itself will not stop the foreclosure process.

Dated: 2/27/2017 CHRISTINE DUFFY DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee

First Publication: 4/13/2017 Last Publication: 5/11/2017 Publisher: Douglas County News Press Dated: 2/13/2017 CHRISTINE DUFFY DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: COURTNEY WRIGHT Colorado Registration #: 45482 7700 E. ARAPAHOE ROAD, SUITE 230, CENTENNIAL, COLORADO 80112 Phone #: (877) 369-6122 Fax #: Attorney File #: CO-17-762613-LL *YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE DATES on the Public Trustee website : http://www.douglas.co.us/publictrustee/ Legal Notice No.: 2017-0041 First Publication: 4/13/2017 Last Publication: 5/11/2017 Publisher: Douglas County News Press

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The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: ALISON L. BERRY Colorado Registration #: 34531 9800 S. MERIDIAN BLVD. SUITE 400, ENGLEWOOD, COLORADO 80112 Phone #: (303) 706-9990 Fax #: (303) 706-9994 Attorney File #: 16-013984 *YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE DATES on the Public Trustee website : http://www.douglas.co.us/publictrustee/ Legal Notice No.: 2017-0050 First Publication: 4/20/2017 Last Publication: 5/18/2017 Publisher: Douglas County News Press PUBLIC NOTICE Parker NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2017-0052 To Whom It May Concern: On 2/28/2017 12:02:00 PM 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: ROBERT L DAVIS AND DEALINE P DAVIS Original Beneficiary: CITIBANK, FEDERAL SAVINGS BANK Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: CITIBANK N.A. Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 7/21/2006 Recording Date of DOT: 8/2/2006

Original Grantor: ROBERT L DAVIS AND DEALINE P DAVIS Original Beneficiary: CITIBANK, FEDERAL SAVINGS BANK Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: CITIBANK N.A. Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 7/21/2006 Recording Date of DOT: 8/2/2006 Reception No. of DOT: 2006065831 DOT Recorded in Douglas County.

Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $250,000.00 Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $147,080.70

Public Trustees

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: A PARCEL OF LAND LOCATED IN THE S T A T E O F C O L O R A D O , C O U N T Y OF DOUGLAS, WITH A SITUS ADDRESS OF 12700 N 1ST ST, PARKER CO 80134-9429 R014 CURRENTLY OWNED BY DAVIS ROBERT L AND DAVIS DEALINE P & HAVING A TAX ASSESSOR NUMBER OF 0098749 AND BEING THE SAME PROPERTY MORE FULLY DESCRIBED AS LOT 3 BLK 7 GRANDVIEW ESTS 2 AM/L AND DESCRIBED IN DOCUMENT NUMBER 56910 DATED 05/26/2004 AND RECORDED 06/03/2004 Which has the address of: 12700 First St N., 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, June 21, 2017, 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. If the sale date is continued to a later date, the deadline to file a notice of intent to cure by those parties entitled to cure may also be extended.

If you believe that your lender or servicer has failed to provide a single point of contact (38-38-103.1 CRS) or they are still pursuing foreclosure even though you have submitted a completed loss mitigation application or you have been offered and have accepted a loss mitigation option (38-38-103.2 CRS), you may file a complaint with the Colorado Attorney General (720-508-6006) or the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (855411-2372) or both. However, the filing of a complaint in and of itself will not stop the foreclosure process.

First Publication: 4/27/2017 Last Publication: 5/25/2017 Publisher: Douglas County News Press Dated: 3/1/2017 CHRISTINE DUFFY DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: TONI M. OWAN Colorado Registration #: 30580 355 UNION BOULEVARD SUITE 250, LAKEWOOD, COLORADO 80228 Phone #: (303) 274-0155 Fax #: (303) 274-0159 Attorney File #: 17-049-29832 *YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE DATES on the Public Trustee website : http://www.douglas.co.us/publictrustee/ Legal Notice No.: 2017-0052 First Publication: 4/27/2017 Last Publication: 5/25/2017 Publisher: Douglas County News Press

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Whom It May Concern, and more especially to:

April 28, 2017A

OCCUPANT - Robert K Barrows - Amanda D Hyatt - Ann B Peters - Colorado Title Guaranty Co, El Paso Abstract Co - Daniel R Grossman Daniel R Grossman and Pamela M Grossman wife - Department of the Treasury, Internal Revenue Service - Eugene L Grossman - Eugene L Grossman and Daniel R Grossman - G J CarterLouis, ACS SBSE C/O Department of the Treasury, Internal Revenue Service - John J Wilkinson, Secretary The Woodmoor Corporation Margie Clemmer - State of Colorado Department of Revenue - Steven N Arnold, President The Woodmoor Corporation - The Women's Bank NA - The Women's Bank NA nka COBIZ Bank - The Woodmoor Corporation - W K Tevebaugh Vice President The Women's Bank NA

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You and each of you are hereby notified that on the 12th day of November 2013 the then County Treasurer of the County of Douglas, in the State of Colorado, sold at public tax lien sale to Amanda D Hyatt the following described real estate situate in the County of Douglas, State of Colorado, to wit:

LOT 161 SOUTHDOWNS AT ROXBOROUGH 0.38 AM/L

and said County Treasurer issued a certificate of purchase therefore to Amanda D Hyatt. That said tax lien sale was made to satisfy the delinquent* taxes assessed against said real estate for the year 2012. That said real estate was taxed or specially assessed in the name(s) of Robert K Barrows for said year 2012

That said Amanda D Hyatt on the 1st day of February 2017 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 at 1:00 o’clock P.M., on the 3rd day of August 2017 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 20th day of April 2017 /s/ Diane A. Holbert County Treasurer of Douglas County Legal Notice No.: 930917 First Publication: April 20, 2017 Last Publication: May 4, 2017 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press

City and County Public Notice PUBLIC INVITATION TO BID

Separate sealed bids for 2017 HOT IN-PLACE REPAVING PROJECT, DOUGLAS COUNTY PROJECT NUMBER 2017-006, will be received by the Owner, Douglas County Government, Department of Public Works Engineering, Philip S. Miller Building, 100 Third Street, Suite 220, Castle Rock, CO 80104, until Tuesday, May 23, 2017 at 2:00 p.m. This project consists of hot in-place repaving throughout Douglas County.

The Contract Documents will be available after 10:00 a.m. on Monday, May 1, 2017 through Rocky Mountain E-Purchasing System Website (www.rockymountainbidsystem.com) or they may be obtained at the above address. Electronic versions of the Plans obtained by any other means than as described above may not be complete or accurate, and it is the Bidder’s responsibility to obtain a complete set of the Project Plans and Specifications. Douglas County will not be held responsible for misinformation received from private plan rooms.

A PRE-BID CONFERENCE will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday, May 10, 2017, at the Department of Public Works Engineering, Philip S. Miller Building, 100 Third Street, Suite 220, Castle Rock, CO 80104. All questions are due to Daniel Roberts, P.E., Project Engineer by 12:00 p.m. on Tuesday, May 16, 2017. The Bid Opening will be conducted at 2:00 p.m. on Tuesday, May 23, 2017, at the same address.

The Project includes the following major items and approximate quantities:

• Hot Mix Asphalt (Grading SX) (75) (PG 6422) (Haul and Asphalt) (Full Depth Patching) – 330 TON • Hot Mix Asphalt (Grading SX) (75) (PG 6422) (Haul and Asphalt) (Paving) – 5,297 TON • Hot In-Place Recycling and Repaving – 96,299 SY • Pavement Marking Paint (Waterborne) – 177 GAL Prior to submitting a Bid Proposal, Bidders shall have received prequalification status (active status) with the Colorado Department of Transportation to bid on individual projects of the size and kind of work as set forth herein.

Public Notice

Any questions on the bidding process shall be directed to Daniel Roberts, P.E., Project Engineer, at 303.660.7490.

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

Plan holder information can be found on the Rocky Mountain E-Purchasing System Website.

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 - Robert K Barrows - Amanda D Hyatt - Ann B Peters - Colorado Title Guaranty Co, El Paso Abstract Co - Daniel R Grossman Daniel R Grossman and Pamela M Grossman wife - Department of the Treasury, Internal Revenue Service - Eugene L Grossman - Eugene L Grossman and Daniel R Grossman - G J CarterLouis, ACS SBSE C/O Department of the Treasury, Internal Revenue Service - John J Wilkinson, Secretary The Woodmoor Corporation Margie Clemmer - State of Colorado Depart-

Legal Notice No.: 930948 First Publication: April 27, 2017 Second Publication: May 4, 2017 Publisher: Douglas County News Press Public Notice NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING BEFORE THE PLANNING COMMISSION

A public hearing will be held before the Planning Commission on May 15, 2017, at 7:00 P.M., in the Commissioners Hearing Room, 100 Third St., Castle Rock, CO., for a change in zoning from PD -Planned Development and RRRural Residential to PD-Planned Development.

The subject property is located approximately 2,000-feet to the southeast of the intersection of

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BY STEPHANIE MASON SMASON@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

On April 21, thousands of little, red bugs crawled across the hands of Merryhill Preschool children while they released them into the world in honor of Earth Day. “One of them almost went up my nose,” said Paislee Braithwaite, 5, while giggling.

The kids and teachers put ladybugs in their favorite spots on the playground behind the Lone Tree school.

“I like that they can fly,” said Luis Hernandez, 5. “I hope they fly everywhere except Antarctica.”

In preparation for the event, the children worked on craft projects that taught them about the bugs. All the kids wore their own ladybug hats while releasing the insects into the world.

“They look forward to this every year,” said Jodi Fernandez, a Merryhill Preschool teacher. “The kids love it.”

Jodi Fernandez, known to her students as Miss Jodi, puts ladybugs into small containers so her students can release them during the ladybug release at Merryhill Preschool.

Charlie Taylor shows the ladybugs that refused to leave her hands during the ladybug release at Merryhill Preschool on April 21.

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING BEFORE THE PLANNING COMMISSION

A public hearing will be held before the Planning Commission on May 15, 2017, at 7:00 A public hearing will be held before the PlanP.M., in the Commissioners Hearing Room, 100 ning Commission on May 15, 2017, at 7:00 Third St., Castle Rock, CO., for an appeal conLuis Hernandez and Rashad McFallsP.M., jokein about the ladybugs crawling At Merryhill Preschool on April 21, students released ladybugs intoregulations their in the Douglas County the Commissioners Hearing Room, 100 around their cerning water Public Notice St., CastlePreschool Rock, CO., foron a change zonZoning Resolution for properties located 1) apschool during the ladybug release atThird Merryhill Aprilin21. environment in honor of Earth Day. ing from PD -Planned Development and RRproximately 2,000-feet to the southeast of the inPublic Notice NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING Rural Residential to PD-Planned Development. tersection of State Highways 83 and 86 and 2) BEFORE THE PLANNING COMMISSION The subject property is located approximately southwest of and abutting and southeast of and NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING 2,000-feet to the southeast of the intersection of abutting the intersection of Tanglewood Road BEFORE THE PLANNING COMMISSION A public hearing will be held before the State Highways 83 and 86. For more informaand Burning Tree Drive, continuing easterly to Planning Commission on May 15, 2017, at 7:00 tion call Douglas County Planning, 303-660Bibles Hill Drive. For more information call A public hearing will be held before the PlanP.M., in the Commissioners Hearing Room, 100 7460.

Douglas County Planning, 303-660-7460. ning Commission on May 15, 2017, at 7:00 Third St., Castle Rock, CO., for an appeal conP.M., in the Commissioners Hearing Room, 100 Public Notice cerning water regulations in the Douglas County File #/Name: ZR2012-008 / File #/Name: ZR2014-003-WS / Third St., Castle Rock, CO., for a change in zonZoning Resolution for properties located 1) apFranktown Village Planned Development Franktown Village PD Water Appeal. ing from PD -Planned Development and RRNOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING proximately 2,000-feet to the southeast of the inRural Residential to PD-Planned Development. tersection of State Highways 83 and 86 and 2) BEFORE THE PLANNING COMMISSION Legal Notice No.: 930952 Legal Notice No.: 930953 The subject property is located approximately southwest of and abutting and southeast of and First Publication: April 27, 2017 First Publication: April 27, 2017 2,000-feet to the southeast of the intersection of abutting the intersection of Tanglewood Road A public hearing will be held before the Last Publication: April 27, 2017 Last Publication: April 27, 2017 State Highways 83 and 86. For more informaand Burning Tree Drive, continuing easterly to Planning Commission on May 15, 2017, at 7:00 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press Publisher: Douglas County News-Press tion call Douglas County Planning, 303-660Bibles Hill Drive. For more information call P.M., in the Commissioners Hearing Room, 100 7460.

Douglas County Planning, 303-660-7460.

Third St., Castle Rock, CO., for an appeal concerning water regulations in the Douglas County Public Notice File #/Name: ZR2012-008 / File #/Name: ZR2014-003-WS / Zoning Resolution for properties located 1) apFranktown Village Planned Development Franktown Village PD Water Appeal. proximately 2,000-feet to the southeast of the inNOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING tersection of State Highways 83 and 86 and 2) BEFORE THE PLANNING COMMISSION Legal Notice No.: 930952 southwest of and abutting and southeast of and Legal Notice No.: 930953 First Publication: April 27, 2017 abutting the intersection of Tanglewood Road First Publication: April 27, 2017 A public hearing will be held before the Last Publication: April 27, 2017 and Burning Tree Drive, continuing easterly to Last Publication: April 27, 2017 Planning Commission on May 15, 2017, at 7:00 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press Bibles Hill Drive.

For more information call Publisher: Douglas County News-Press P.M., in the Commissioners Hearing Room, 100

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‘Exploring the Light’ displayed in Lone Tree Contest awards creativity through photography

BY STEPHANIE MASON SMASON@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Dale Ralph, who describes herself as a recovering certified public accountant, did not take photography seriously until after she retired.

Ralph won first place in Lone Tree’s Exploring the Light Photo Show in the black-and-white category at the beginning of April.

Ralph believes her photo was chosen because it was different than many other entries. While Ralph described many photographs to be landscape-oriented, she describes her own art as “weird and wonderful.”

“I chose Dale’s image primarily for the creativity and thought that went into it as a photograph standing out as something new and different; it captivated me,” said Joseph Roybal, the juror for the photo contest. “...it simply came down to my initial impression of a unique and new subject matter in a category that can be so commonplace for content. “ Exploring the Light is a photography show and contest presented by the Lone Tree Arts Commission and the Lone Tree Photo Club. The display hosts photos in the categories

IF YOU GO The photo show can be seen Monday through Friday through May 17, Lone Tree Arts Center, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Photographer Dale Ralph’s photos can be seen on her website, daleralphphotography.com.

of Animals, Architecture, Black and White, Human Element and Landscape.

Total cash prizes for the show amounted to $3,250 and winning photographs received gallery space for several weeks at the Lone Tree Arts Center.

Roybal is a Denver-based full-time professional landscape photographer.

“Looking at these photos, they were all fantastic,” Roybal said. “I ended up having so many honorable mentions because so many of the photos were truly excellent.”

Roybal said image balance, sharpness and presentation were all important factors to his judging, but he primarily wanted to see something new and creative.

“Being in Colorado, a lot of times you see landscapes,” Roybal said.

“When I went through entries, I looked for something new and unique — something that grabbed me.”

Roybal was impressed with the creativity in the images submitted this year and encourages photographers to continue shooting interesting

Juror Joseph Roybal’s photographs can be seen on his website, josephroybal. com.

photographs.

“If you have a passion for photography and a desire to do it, don’t be afraid to push forward,” Roybal said.

“Just don’t give up.”

Ralph creates composite photos, meaning she manipulates multiple images to create a single scene. Her particular composite photos create scenes from her imagination or from popular stories, such as “The Wizard of Oz.” Ralph’s first-place black-and-white photograph is titled “Untethered Spirit.” It is a photo of dense clouds with a portrait of a woman rising through the sky.

“I think it got selected because it was different,” Ralph said. “I only submitted one photo. I was surprised when it got selected. The Lone Tree Photo Club tends to be more landscape-oriented.”

Ralph said her photos carry a message of light, symbolic of value within an individual.

“We have all that we need inside of us,” Ralph said. “What a wonderful world it would be if we all realized our own self-worth.”

Dale Ralph’s composite photo “Untethered Spirit” took first place in Lone Tree’s Exploring the Light photo contest, on display at the Lone Tree Arts Center.

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