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District attorney tackles illegal firearm sales

BY JESSICA GIBBS

Brauchler calls for prison time for felons who attempt to obtain guns

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hen it comes to preventing gun violence, the cause hits close to home for District Attorney George Brauchler.

Brauchler has watched his 18th Judicial District endure multiple high-profile tragedies in recent years: the Aurora theater shooting; the fatal attack by a gunman at Arapahoe High School; the shooting death of Deputy Zackari Parrish; and most recently, the STEM School Highlands Ranch attack in which a student was fatally shot and eight others were wounded.

“I just remain baffled that some of these most noteworthy, most horrific acts of violence have taken place in, you know, the community I grew up in. The community that my kids are growing up in,” Brauchler said.

“I know these people. They’ve been my neighbors and my community for my life, and I just don’t understand why so much of it is happening here. Why us?”

Brauchler, a Republican who lives in Parker, is trying to do what he can, he said, without getting caught up or held back by hyperpartisan, hypercontentious debates over gun rights.

In the days after mass shootings in early August devastated El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio, Brauchler formed a plan to tackle gun violence in his district — but not through hotly debated approaches like an assault-weapons ban or raising the age at which one can purchase firearms.

Rather, he decided to lean on existing state laws, and he specifically sharpened his gaze on the illegal sale of firearms, which is attempted thousands of times in Colorado each year.

In short, Brauchler wants diligent and early investigations into illegal firearm sales. He wants prison time for felons who try to or successfully obtain guns, instead of probation sentences laws hand down now.

He wants law enforcement, firearm retailers and his office working closely together to get it all done.

Brauchler — whose district includes Arapahoe, Douglas, Elbert and Lincoln counties — said he isn’t suggesting the plan will solve mass shootings, but he hopes it will serve as a launching pad toward curbing gun violence.

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September 6, 2019S

C-470 construction far behind schedule CDOT says contractor was misleading about progress of express lanes project

BY DAVID GILBERT DGILBERT@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

It’s like the sign says: construction ahead, expect delays.

The C-470 Express Lanes project, which will add two tolled express lanes along the busy highway, was supposed to be done this summer.

The Colorado Department of Transportation, however, recently placed the project’s contractor in default after what it calls repeated delays, misleading timelines and insufficient resources to finish the work on time.

At this point, CDOT says the work could stretch into next summer.

“We certainly understand the frustration drivers feel,” CDOT spokesman Matt Inzeo said. “We’re taking every action to make sure this project is done as quickly as possible while making sure safety and quality standards are met.”

The $276 million project, which kicked off in 2016, is about 83% complete, Inzeo said.

The project includes adding toll lanes to the highway between I-25 and Wadsworth Boulevard, as well as adding noise walls, realigning curves

The C-470 Express Lanes project, which was originally scheduled to wrap up this summer, could stretch into next June. The Colorado Department of Transportation placed the project’s contractor in default after numerous delays and misleading statements.

DAVID GILBERT and widening overpasses. The project is expected to save commuters up to 18 minutes during a rush hour trip along the 12-mile stretch between I-25 and Wadsworth once it’s completed, according to CDOT. CDOT formally notified the contrac-

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letter says, and misled officials about the project’s progress.

“CDOT repeatedly provided comments and expressed concerns regarding F|A’s ability to achieve the required Project Completion Deadlines,” the letter reads in part. “F|A failed to adequately address CDOT’s comments and concerns and continually misrepresented in the Contract Schedules that they were able to meet the required Project Completion Deadlines.”

Williams, who works for Flatiron, declined to comment on the matter when reached by phone, and directed questions to a company spokeswoman.

That spokeswoman initially directed questions back to CDOT, but when asked for Flatiron’s reaction, directed questions to another spokeswoman.

That spokeswoman said she would respond with a statement, but had not done so by Aug. 29.

AECOM did not respond to requests for comment.

At this point, Inzeo said, CDOT will have to decide whether to stick it out with F|A or to find another contractor to complete the project. The project likely won’t be completed until at least December, or possibly as late as June 2020, Inzeo said.

Both Flatiron and AECOM are wellknown entities, Inzeo said, and the project’s problems are unusual.

Parker Bible Church has provided ministry to Parker and surrounding communities for 25 years.

The church started as a church plant of Riverside Baptist Church of Denver on Sept. 11, 1994. It first met at Cherokee Trail Elementary School in the Clarke Farms subdivision. In 1996, the church purchased 10 acres of land on West Parker Road, now Mainstreet, a half-mile wide of Jordan Road, and initiated plans to build a church building on that property.

After meeting at Chaparral High School for three years, the church was dedicated and opened for worship, Bible study and ministry on Jan. 7, 2001.

Kirk Youngblood has been senior pastor at Parker Bible Church for all 25 years. He is a graduate of Oklahoma Baptist University and Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. He also has a doctor of ministry degree through the master’s seminar program in Sun Valley, California. Before coming to Parker Bible Church, he served in pastoral roles for several churches

in Oklahoma, Texas and Colorado.

He has been in the ministry for more than 42 years.

The church also has a full-time music pastor, Michael Jackson, a graduate of The Master’s College with a degree in church music.

He is also the biblical counseling pastor and he is pursuing his master’s of biblical counseling at the Master’s University. He has been a music pastor for more than 25 years and joined the Parker Bible Church staff in 2013.

Parker Bible Church also has a full-time youth pastor, John Hedberg, a graduate of Southern Poly Tech State University. He earned his master’s of divinity from Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. He has served in youth ministry for 13 years and joined the Parker Bible Church staff in 2016.

The church will host an evening event Sept. 7 with cider and doughnuts to welcome back guests who were previously a part of the church. On Sunday, Sept. 8, a special service will begin at 10 a.m. that will include pictures and memories from the past 25 years.

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Douglas County Sheriff Tony Spurlock applauded Brauchler’s call for gun-violence prevention but said the issues the district attorney is taking up make for a “huge undertaking” and will require collaboration among multiple agencies.

Arapahoe County Sheriff Tyler Brown called Brauchler’s plan “a good step.”

“This is the low-hanging fruit of where we should be starting in tackling gun violence,” Brauchler said.

Illegal sales Brown believes attempts at illegal firearm purchases are a districtwide issue.

“I think people test the waters whenever they get the chance,” he said.

“We need to make sure that convicted felons know we think this is a serious issue.”

The Colorado Bureau of Investigation operates a real-time background check called Instacheck that is conducted in the course of a firearm transaction. The vetting process takes an average of seven minutes.

A person prohibited by law from owning firearms — including felons, people dishonorably discharged from the military and those guilty of certain domestic violence crimes — are turned down.

CBI’s Instacheck Unit issued 340,816 approvals and 6,279 denials in 2018.

September 6, 2019S That was the lowest number of denials since 2014, when there were 6,068.

As of July 2019, the agency issued 185,217 approvals and 3,953 denials.

Brauchler said Instacheck numbers clearly show people who shouldn’t own firearms try to get them anyway.

CBI spokeswoman Susan Medina cautioned Colorado’s number of denials trends higher than the national average because the Instacheck system looks at more databases than the system used by the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

The FBI conducts checks for most states, while CBI handles them for Colorado — one of 13 states called a point-of-contact state, where a state agency runs the checks.

The additional databases scoured

by Instacheck include the Colorado Crime Information Center and local court records. CBI allows for people to appeal Instacheck results, Medina said, so some of these denials could have been overturned.

Quick investigations Despite the number of denials, which can indicate a person tried to get a gun illegally, those cases don’t always make it to court, Brauchler said.

In one example, he recalled learning Elbert County sheriffs deputies hadn’t investigated recent denials because they felt the law had worked — it had prevented a person from obtaining a weapon they shouldn’t have.

In some situations, Brauchler says law enforcement is strapped for the resources and manpower needed to

investigate each attempted illegal firearm purchase.

Brauchler is urging law enforcement agencies to quickly investigate when someone attempts to purchase a firearm but is denied by CBI during the Instacheck process.

“If you don’t get law enforcement early on to do the investigation necessary to put the evidence together it doesn’t come to my office as a chargeable case,” he said.

This district attorney also wants prison time for felons who attempt to obtain firearms. Today a felon can leave a courtroom after trying to buy a weapon and receive probation, he said, no matter how many times he or she does it.

The most common reason a person is denied during a background check is a conviction of a crime punishable by more than one year or a misdemeanor punishable by more than two years, according to data from the FBI’s National Instant Criminal Background Check System.

“If we are serious about upholding the Second Amendment then we are going to be equally serious about punishing those who abuse it,” Brauchler said.

More protocols Brauchler also believes there needs to be additional protocols for how firearm sellers handle a CBI denial.

Brown envisions a checklist that they can follow, such as, make copies of all paperwork from the transaction, the individual’s identification and archive surveillance video.

“We will be working with the district attorney’s office and local firearm dealers to see how we can streamline this process and make it a little easier to have that open line of communication,” Brown said.

Josh Barton, vice president of sales and marketing for DCF Guns in Castle Rock, said there’s one more way retailers and investigators could be working more closely.

When a person’s background check is completed, it comes back as approved, denied or delayed, which means CBI needs to verify more information before making a determination.

But there’s a fourth way someone’s ability to buy a gun can be decided — through a dealer denial, Barton said.

There are instances in which a gun store decides against selling someone a weapon. Maybe the individual smells of drugs or alcohol. Sometimes customers make comments suggesting they plan to harm themselves or others.

Or, “any reason my staff feels uncomfortable,” Barton said, DCF Guns rarely issues a dealer denial, Barton said, estimating it happens a couple times a year. Still, he thinks letting law enforcement know when gun stores encounter concerning people who weren’t necessarily denied by background checks could help deter gun violence.

“That’s kind of where I think there’s an opportunity between dealers and local law enforcement,” he said.

“We’re just saying somebody should talk to you and make sure you’re OK.”

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New My Mainstreet survey seeks feedback Implementation approach asks general questions about concerns, ways to better engage

BY NICK PUCKETT NPUCKETT@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Parker Authority for Reinvestment, the town’s urban renewal authority, has begun a survey for the My Mainstreet Project implementation phase, kicking off Phase Two of the project as the five included properties near development.

The survey asks general questions about what respondents would like to see downtown, but the main goal of this survey is to learn how better to inform and engage residents, said Weldy Feazell, the communications director for Partnering for Parker’s Progress (P3).

“We’re trying to really get to what are people most concerned about, what are they most looking forward to and a big chunk of this survey is how can we engage better,” Feazell said. “We want to make sure we are meeting the community’s needs and giving them an opportunity to be informed and engaged as these sites develop.”

The My Mainstreet implementation phase has been planned since March, Feazell said. The survey closes Oct. 3.

The My Mainstreet Implementation Survey was released Aug. 27 by P3 on LetsTalkParker.org. The survey is nine questions along with three writein questions. It asks questions like “How important is a vibrant downtown to you?” “What are you most concerned about as the My Mainstreet sites develop?” and questions on how residents would like to engage with and be updated on the project.

“We’re just trying to gauge their concerns,” Feazell said. “These are not gauged at a specific development

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“We haven’t placed a contractor in default in years,” Inzeo said. “This would be something that hasn’t happened in quite some time.”

Local officials said they’re thankful CDOT is stepping up to address problems.

“We appreciate that CDOT maintained timely communication with Douglas County and other members of the multi-jurisdictional C-470 Coalition, as well as the public, regarding construction delays and plans for the foreseeable future,” said Roger Partridge, chairman of the Douglas County Board of County

so they can’t impact a development.”

According to LetsTalkParker.org, the town’s site for community engagement on town projects, the implementation process has to do with all the necessary steps to take between the town and developer such as exchanging important documents and site plan proposals. The final step in the phase is when development begins on the properties.

The purpose of the implementation phase, according to LetsTalkParker.org, is: “The My Mainstreet Implementation project will build on the foundations established during 2018 and work to inform residents about the next steps each site will go through to help create a Vibrant, Vital and Resilient downtown.”

Many residents have criticized the original My Mainstreet Project survey, which closed last October and has since been a guide for what the majority of residents want to see. The original survey has been heavily criticized for its participant pool and format.

Town Councilmember Cheryl Poage publicly disputed the survey results in Marchon grounds that the survey didn’t reflect a representative population. More than 1,200 engaged with the original survey, according to town officials. Members of the Save PACE Parking and Pine Curve group — an effort to rezone two parcels of land in the My Mainstreet Project to open space — have said the survey unfairly excluded options for keeping the lots as open space.

Feazell said this survey had been planned for months and was not in response to criticism of the survey or the Save PACE group.

“We’ve honestly found that if people want to voice what they’re excited and concerned about, we can track that.

If it’s an issue we’re hearing over and over, we can be much more mindful to mitigate the issues than us just assuming,” Feazell said. “It’s really to determine: Do we need to have a lot of open houses? Or do we need to focus on online ways to engage?”

Commissioners. “We especially appreciate the public’s patience during the delayed construction period.”

The delays are disappointing, said Littleton Mayor Debbie Brinkman.

“This is really painful for the whole south side of the metro area,” Brinkman said. “The construction is pushing traffic onto surface streets, and it’s causing congestion everywhere. We’ve been tolerating this with the expectation it will end soon, and the longer it goes on, the more painful it is.”

Brinkman said she’s anxious to see progress.

“The sooner it’s finished, the sooner life can get back to normal,” Brinkman said. “Just get the dang thing done already.”

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Safety advocates seek to stop bicycle fatality trend Concerns focus on ways to protect vulnerable road users

BY KAILYN LAMB KLAMB@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

On the north side of the street where South Marion Parkway curves into East Bayaud Avenue in Denver, stands a bicycle painted completely white. The bike is under a tree, with stacks of bouquets piled next to it and a circle of electric votive candles around it.

The ghost bike stands at the intersection where Alexis Bounds was killed on July 24 while riding in a designated bike lane. In the street, someone has written “another slain cyclist” in green paint.

During July, Colorado added several of these memorial ghost bikes to its streets. Like crosses, or the blue city signs that read “Please drive safely,” followed by a victim’s name, they are a physical memorial — a testament to the lives lost on Colorado roadways.

For Brad K. Evans, the founder of Denver Cruisers, a monthly bike event organization, and former candidate for a seat on the Regional Transportation District’s board of directors, the ghost bikes are a stark symbol.

“We need a better conversation about the safety of our streets,” he said. “It’s essentially a gravestone.”

In the metro area including Adams, Arapahoe, Broomfield, Denver, Douglas and Jefferson counties, 35 pedestrians and cyclists have died so far this year, according to data from the Colorado Department of Transportation as of Aug. 20. A majority of those fatalities happened in Denver where 10 pedestrians and two cyclists were killed. On Aug. 9, Denver also reported its first electric scooter death when Cameron Hagan died as the result of an accident earlier this month.

But it’s not just a problem in Denver, or even Colorado, said Megan Hottman, a lawyer who focuses on personal injury cases for cyclists as well as safety laws for bikes and pedestrians nationwide. This upward trend in deaths is happening across the country, Hottman said. In 2017, 52 bicyclists and pedestrians were killed in the metro area. That number rose to 60 in 2018, according to data from CDOT. Colorado officials and cycling advocates are exploring the need for new and harsher laws to prevent deaths of both pedestrians and cyclists on the road. More people are moving to the metro area, and as a result, more people are on the increasingly crowded roads.

In May, Gov. Jared Polis signed SB 19-175, a bill that deals with penalties given to drivers who seriously injure a vulnerable road user. The World Health Organization defines vulnerable road users as anyone who does not have an external shield. The bill made accidents resulting in serious injury a Class 1 traffic misdemeanor, in which the minimum penalty is 10 days in jail and/or a $300 fine.

Teri Vogel, left, speaks to a crowd of mourners at a memorial for her husband, Edward “Chuck” Vogel. Vogel was killed while riding his bicycle at the Centennial and Pine drives intersection.

Brad K. Evans helped to paint this ghost bike for his friend Scott Hendrickson. Evans said the ghost bikes are essentially gravestones on the streets.

PHOTOS BY KAILYN LAMB As for cycling, Hottman also said that while car drivers bear a lot of the responsibility on the road, cyclists can be more aware as well. She said that cyclist advocates also need to be advocates for safety on the road, making sure cyclists are not using their phones while biking and otherwise setting a positive example. Most cyclists, she said are also motorists, and should operate their bikes with the same precaution as they would driving a car. With congested streets, Hottman also said that people are stressed because they’re running late, which can lead to speeding. If people gave themselves more time to get places, it could help decrease traffic accidents.

“Frankly, we all just need to slow down a little bit,” she said.

The ‘most vulnerable’ Jack Todd, the communications and policy manager with Bicycle Colorado, a statewide advocacy group for cyclists’ rights, said the increase in cyclist deaths has been going on for a number of years.

In 2014, CDOT reported 10 bicycle deaths statewide, a decline from 12 the year before. But in 2015, 14 deaths were reported. In 2016 and 2017, there were 16 deaths reported each year.

Numbers from 2018 are still being finalized, but preliminary data shows that 22 cyclists died last year in traffic accidents. Eleven of those deaths last year happened in the metro area.

Pedestrian traffic deaths have seen similar increases over time. In 2015, 64 pedestrians were killed in traffic accidents in Colorado. That number jumped to 84 in 2016, and jumped again to 92 in 2017. Last year there was a slight decrease with 90 reported deaths, with 49 in the metro area.

Although the organization has “bicycle” in the name, Todd says Bicycle Colorado is working to create protective laws for all vulnerable road users — bicyclists, pedestrians, motorcyclists and now the new group of electric scooter users.

In 2018, pedestrians represented about 14% of traffic deaths statewide, said Samual Cole, the traffic safety communications manager with CDOT. The state’s transportation organization has adopted its own safety goals, and will be launching an education campaign specifically geared toward pedestrian safety in September, he said.

“Paying attention to our most vulnerable roadway users is critical to getting to zero,” he said.

Because vulnerable road users don’t have protection, it makes it more likely they will get hurt in the case of an accident, Todd added.

“They make up a smaller percentage of traffic crashes, but a much higher percentage of serious injuries or fatalities,” he said. “Ultimately, what it comes down to is nobody should fear for their lives or die on our roadways.”

At a memorial event in Parker for bicyclist Edward “Chuck” Vogel on Aug. 9, Pete Piccolo, the CEO of Bicycle Colorado, spoke to dozens of mourners, saying that too often, the deaths of cyclists or pedestrians become a statistic, just another number in the group of people killed on the road.

He added that he fears that his own wife and daughter will become part of those statistics.

“I’ve had close calls that have taken my breath away,” he said.

Vogel was hit on July 4 near the intersection of Pine and Centennial drives in Douglas County, near Parker, and died of his injuries. The driver fled the scene and a suspect was later arrested.

Fears for safety The increase in deaths is causing more people to hang up their bikes for good, said Hottman.

She believes there is safety in numbers. When there are more cyclists, it becomes more normal for cars to drive alongside them. But that can be a hard sell for people not used to biking on the road.

“It’s hard to ask people to get on their bikes when all they see is death and destruction associated with it,” Hottman said.

Evans agreed, saying that even as someone who rides his bike frequently, he no longer feels safe on city streets.

This feeling is not limited to bicyclists either. Joanne Cdebaca, who lives down the street on West Bayaud Avenue from where cyclist Scott Hendrickson was hit on July 12, said that she won’t let her children walk in the neighborhood without an adult present. She and her father, who lives next door, frequently see drivers speed on the roadway. This concerns Cdebaca, because not only are there a lot of children in the neighborhood, they live near West-Bar-Val-Wood Park.

Hendrickson was hit in the intersection at South Tejon Street and West Bayaud Avenue, adjacent to the park.

He later died of his injuries.

“They don’t want to wait for you,” Cdebaca said of drivers near the park.

Part of the reason Hottman believes the number of vulnerable-user deaths are on the rise is because of a lack of laws, but also because more people are driving on Colorado roads. As people have been moving to the state by the thousands, the infrastructure of the roadways has not been able to keep up, she said. It “screams for the additional need for us to have infrastructure.”

Changing behavior In Fort Collins, Todd said, the city is changing the way local governments deal with bicycle infrastructure. Tessa Greegor, the active modes manager with FC Moves in Fort Collins, said the city has seen a 22% decline in accidents overall in the last five years. FC Moves is the transportation planning department for the city. As the active modes manager, Greegor helps with planning for all types of traffic, including pedestrians and bicyclists.

She added that city government there has been very supportive of bicycle infrastructure going as far back as the 1980s. Before that, Greegor said she found archive articles of The Coloradoan newspaper from the 1960s that talked about bicycle advocacy groups fighting for safer streets.

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September 6, 2019

People prefer paved paths in Parker

BY NICK PUCKETT NPUCKETT@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Cycling through Parker can be tricky, but that’s why most residents in town stick to designated trails and bike paths.

Most bicycle enthusiasts in the town frequent the local trails. Parker maintains more than 27 miles of concrete paved, multi-use trails throughout the town as well as more than six miles of natural surface equestrian trail along Cherry Creek and a 1.8-mile natural surface, multi-use loop trail in the Idyllwilde area.

The Cherry Creek Regional Trail is “by far” the most popular trail in town, according to Dennis Trapp, who works in the town’s parks and rec division.

“The town predominantly has two types of cyclists,” Trapp said. “This includes long-distance cyclists that tend to use our regional trail system (including bike lanes) that connect to other trail systems that surround Parker. Other cyclists include the local ‘recreational’ riders which consist mostly of families and young adults.”

Soon, cyclists in Parker will be able to bike from Parker to Chatfield Reservoir with the completion of the High Plains Trail Connection project.

The only “ghost bike” in Parker commemorates Chuck Vogel, the cyclist who was killed July 4 on Pine Drive. A ghost bike is a bike painted white and retired in memoriam of a cyclist who is killed on the road.

Vogel was the only cyclist killed in the Parker area since November 2017, when Jake Kirby was killed riding his bike on Hess Road, just west of town limits.

The Vogel and Kirby cases weren’t in the area tracked by the Parker

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“That’s really been growing for several decades,” she said. “Not a lot has really changed as far as what we’re working to advance.”

Fort Collins now has a “dedicated bike culture,” she said, adding that you can go almost anywhere in the city on your bike. Businesses, advocates, residents and city government all support the bicycle network.

Many people see bicycle infrastructure, such as protected bike lanes, as something that only benefits cyclists, said Wesley Marshall, an associate professor in the department of civil engineering at the University of Colorado at Denver.

Marshall has been doing research and data studies of cities with and without bicycle infrastructure. Narrower roads mean slower speeds, he said.

“Cities with a ton of bicycling are some of the safest in the world,” he said of his research. “The gist of it is about slowing cars down and building a bigger network.”

Fort Collins is currently working to update its bicycle and pedestrian

A man reaches the top of a hill on Hess Road as he exits Parker town boundaries. Hess Road is a popular place for cyclists with a painted bike lane that runs as far as the Interstate 25 interchange.

PHOTOS BY NICK PUCKETT Police Department because they occurred in the jurisdiction of the Douglas County Sheriff ’s Office. The Parker Police Department tracks cycling and pedestrian fatalities within town limits. No cyclist has been killed on the road in town limits in the past 10 years.

A Colorado Open Records request for cyclist fatalities in Douglas County was requested Aug. 23 but the information was unavailable at the time of publication.

The main road through Parker is Highway 83, Parker Road, a state highway. Popular cycling spots on Hess Road and Crowfoot Valley Road, both of which are county roads, have a painted white lane for bikes. Some

master plans, Greegor said. Projects include improving street crossing areas on major streets. Greegor said that if people don’t feel safe crossing a street, they often won’t ride their bikes or walk places.

The plans are also looking at places where the city can slow traffic. One thing that the data and all parties can agree on is that speed plays a large role in fatal accidents. The faster you go, the more likely it is that someone will not walk away from that accident, said Jill Locantore, the executive director of Walk Denver. Walk Denver is a pedestrian advocacy group.

On Aug. 7, Mayor Michael B. Hancock of Denver announced that the city would lower the speed limits on five arterial streets as a result of recent bicycle deaths. For Locantore, this is a good first step. Arterials are where most of the traffic happens.

Because they are usually more complicated streets, they also need more complicated solutions when it comes to the safety of road users.

“We’re definitely glad to see them focusing on specifically arterials,” Locantore said.

Many of those arterials also make up what is called the High Injury Network in Denver. That’s where 5%

A family of three rides along the Cherry Creek Trail in Parker Aug. 27. parts of town have painted bike lanes, such as on Hess Road between Motsenbocker Road and Chambers Road.

of the streets account for 50% of the fatalities. Some of those roads include Colfax Avenue, as well as Federal and Sheridan boulevards.

Several of those roads stretch into other cities in the metro area, such as Englewood and Lakewood. Sheridan in particular is dangerous for pedestrians, Locantore said, because there’s little-to-no sidewalk to speak of. It’s also a major transit street.

“The farther away you get from Denver, the more highway-like those arterials become,” she added.

For CDOT, safety is the number one concern when building roadways, Cole said. The department uses an engineering team on new projects, as well as improvement projects to make sure that streets are designed to keep pedestrians and cyclists safe. Slower speeds, improved lighting and raised medians are some of the ways of handling that.

CDOT also has education campaigns on pedestrian safety, he said, adding “we’re not just building roads and leave it at that.”

Building a network Bicycle infrastructure can be frustrating for people trying to get from one place to another. Lanes in Denver are not well connected right now,

Pine Drive, where Vogel was fatally struck in an alleged hit-and-run collision, is a popular spot for cyclists as well because of its scenic overlook of the town and its relatively little traffic.

Vogel’s widow, Teri, hopes the ghost bike brings light to state laws in hopes of holding drivers more accountable, especially in the case of a hit-and-run.

“We want Chuck’s death to mean something — to have a lasting and positive impact,” she said. “We intend to work alongside Bicycle Colorado to change the laws to make sure that drivers who hit a cyclist, and then flee the scene, are punished severely — because their choice to leave the scene can mean the difference between life and death.”

Evans said, adding that “we haven’t really invested in creating a safe network.” Historically, street planning has all been car-first, leaving pedestrians and bicyclists to navigate their way around that.

From city to city, this is also a problem. Those bike networks don’t translate as the street flows from Denver into other metro area cities.

“There’s no program for Englewood to draw off what Denver has,” he said as an example.

Englewood recently added a painted bike lane to Dartmouth Avenue. The lane goes from Inca Street to South University Boulevard. University is on the border of Denver and Englewood.

Evans added that in Denver, there is no advocate group specifically for cyclists. BikeDenver recently merged with Bicycle Colorado in May. When that happened, Evans said it created a vacuum, and Denver lost a voice working for change.

For Evans, it doesn’t do people on either side any good to “demonize” drivers, cyclists or pedestrians. Their efforts would be better spent focusing on getting cities to make changes in how they build roadways.

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Elizabeth mayor and trustees face recall petition New comprehensive plan spurs some residents to seek ouster of officials

BY TABATHA STEWART SPECIAL TO COLORADO COMMUNITY MEDIA

More than 700 Elbert county residents attended a meeting at Elizabeth High School on Aug. 21 to hear a presentation from Rick Engineering and Stolfus and Associates about the proposed new comprehensive plan for the town of Elizabeth.

Some residents walked away upset about the new plan and angry they were not given time for a public comment period.

The next day, a newly organized group called the “We Are Not Parker Committee” filed a recall petition

for Elizabeth Mayor Megan Vasquez and the six members of the board of trustees.

Dwayne Snader, who has an Elizabeth address but lives outside the town limits, said he felt the presentation was a “one-way conversation,” with consultants speaking “at” attendees, and no town officials or presenters listened to protests of the crowd.

If the recall drive actually results in an election, only registered voters in the town limits would have a say.

“That meeting was a one-way conversation,” Snader said. “We had no say-so, and there was no public comment period. They presented their ideas for growth, which included subdivisions and a rebuild of the downtown area, and we’re just supposed to watch our land disappear.”

Elizabeth, which currently includes about 1,500 residents, is

predicted to be part of a growing area in coming years, with some expecting more than 20,000 residents to live in the western Elbert County region that includes the town two decades from now. Concerns raised by local citizens include fears that the town will annex their land against their will and restrict what private property owners can do with their land.

According to Elizabeth Town Administrator Matt Cohrs, that concern is one of several that are false, and is fueling anger within the community.

“We are not going to annex anyone’s home or property,” said Cohrs.

“That’s one of the pieces of misinformation floating around out there that just isn’t true. Landowners can ask to be annexed into the town, but we are absolutely not looking to take people’s land.”

Cohrs said the number of angry citizens who attended the meeting was surprising, since the town has been working on a comprehensive plan since March, and officials have held several meetings since then, as well as asked for resident input through online surveys. The first meeting, held in March, was attended by about 70 people, followed by more than 200 responses to the online survey. A second meeting in May was attended by around 50 people, with more than 400 residents completing the survey asking what their concerns about growth are, and what they would like to see or not see in the growth of Elizabeth.

“Before the Aug. 21 meeting, we had interactions with more than 500 people in Elizabeth, who gave us feedback on a comprehensive plan,” said Cohrs. “I think the Franktown Coalition reached out to Elizabeth residents before the meeting, and there was some misinformation that got people upset.”

Vasquez, the mayor, said Elizabeth is required by Colorado law to create a comprehensive plan every 10 years, with each plan having a 20year projection for growth. The last comprehensive plan was presented in 2008, and due to an economic recession, very little of that plan ever came to fruition.

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What’s next in dispute over armed staff at charter school?

Ascent Classical Academy could have its charter transferred to state authorizer

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The Douglas County School District is at odds with one of its charter schools over the arming of staff.

The district says its policy has been updated to set clear parameters regarding who can and cannot carry firearms at school. But Ascent Classical Academy in Lone Tree has implemented a volunteer program this school year that allows staff members to undergo training and arm themselves on campus.

The school district says the program violates policy, while Ascent officials say the program is within the confines of the school’s contract based on the terms the district approved in 2017.

The two entities are negotiating a transfer of Ascent’s charter to the state authorizer, the Colorado Charter School Institute. Ascent CEO Derec Shuler said he’s hopeful they’ll come to an agreement.

But should negotiations fail, Shuler said the district indicated it would proceed with revoking the school’s charter.

So, what does a transfer entail, and how does that differ from revoking a charter?

Dan Schaller, the Colorado League of Charter Schools’ vice president of state and local policy, said the process of transferring a school’s charter to CSI likely begins with a vote from the district’s school board.

“But that doesn’t necessarily mean that the state entity would approve that. That just means that the school would then go into the process,” he said.

The Colorado Charter School Institute could not be reached for comment. The institute’s website says it oversees 40 schools in Colorado and strives to balance autonomy with accountability.

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when Ascent’s board approved the armed staff policy, Ray said.

The district sent Ascent a letter asking for clarification of the proFROM PAGE 9 gram, and determined it violated district policy.

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“This is a plan, it’s not set in stone,” said Vasquez. “We have to have a plan for the future growth of the town, and that includes thinking about new homes, infrastructure and use of town resources.

But people think these changes are going to happen overnight, and they’re not, it’s just a plan for what may come in the future.”

Residents expressed concerns about the Elizabeth Board of Trustees wanting to change the look and feel of downtown Elizabeth, to drive more tourism and raise money for the town.

“In my opinion, they want it to look like Castle Rock or Parker to attract tourists,” said Snader. “And I think this is an absolutely beautiful town already. I understand growth is going to happen, but we need to think about what the residents want first.”

Vasquez owns a business on Main Street, and said they plan to preserve the old town feeling.

“We want to build on the historic character of the town. We are not bulldozing any buildings, and potential businesses must adhere to the historic character,” said Vasquez.

“I’m a business owner on Main Street, and I want all of my neighbors to thrive.”

Cohrs confirmed residents did not have a lot of time to speak at the previous meeting, and town officials have scheduled three more

‘In my opinion, they want it to look like Castle Rock or Parker to attract tourists.

And I think this is an absolutely beautiful town already.’

Megan Vasquez, mayor of Elizabeth community meetings to give Elizabeth residents a chance to speak out about the plan.

“We never said we wanted to be Parker,” said Cohrs. “We want it to be a special community with its own character. We want to be Elizabeth.”

As for the recall petition, Vasquez said it would be a waste of taxpayers’ money to pursue.

“First of all, five of the six trustees’ terms will expire in April of next year. We also have an election that year,” said Vasquez. “It would be a bad use of taxpayer money to pursue a recall election. Also, although we are creating the comprehensive plan and presenting it to the community, ultimately the planning commission will be who votes for or against it.”

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You only get one life, but hey, no pressure

eptember Song” is a song. While the title has always been perplexing to me (why wasn’t it called “September”), the metaphor implied in it never has been, although when I first understood that it was a metaphor, it was, metaphorically, March.

The song was written in just a couple of hours for actor Walter Huston to perform in a 1938 musical, “Knickerbocker Holiday.”

Huston, you may remember, was the oldest of the three prospectors in “The Treasure of the Sierra Madre,” a 1948 film directed by Huston’s son John.

John Huston asked his father to portray Howard without teeth.

Walter Huston reluctantly complied.

Father and son both won Academy Awards.

Walter Huston was 65 when the film was released. He died two years later.

Walter appeared in numerous other films when he was much younger, but Craig Marshall his performance in “The Treasure of Smith the Sierra Madre” is the one I first noticed, and by then he looked like an old man.

My grandmother looked old to me the first time I was cognizant of her,

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but, in fact, she was much younger than I am now.

Age is both a fact and an illusion.

It says exactly how old I am on my driver’s license, and I believe it.

But I am still wearing shorts and Tshirts in the summer, just like I did in high school.

I still listen to some of the music I listened to in college.

And I still have my own teeth.

The song goes, “The days grow shorter when you reach September.”

Yes, they do. It seems like I have two birthdays every year now. I just turned around and I was 50. Then I turned around again and I was 60.

However, I have never tried to look, act, or sound younger.

I never conclude a sentence with

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Don’t fall for con game I am deeply concerned by recent events and actions from some people in the petition group wanting no development on Pine Curve/PACE. There are outright lies, innuendo and insinuation being spread in order to get you to sign without knowing the facts.

Clearly a portion of the petition group has a NIMBY (Not In My Back Yard) mindset or hates development/ town government. Some use trigger words like “apartments” but in reality they are not part of the results of the My Mainstreet plan. Honestly, they do not have a clue what specifically would be built. More lies include PACE parking would be grandfathered in or Pine Curve could be a park if either zoned open space.

The petition group wants land use to be put to a vote by the people. Have we forgotten we live in a republic? The definition of which is a government where supreme power resides in a body of citizens entitled to vote and is exercised by elected officers and representatives responsible to them and governing according to law. For those who are disgruntled, a growing trend with seeking out petitions (or recalls) is reaching epidemic levels.

Both should be reserved for serious issues only.

Please do your research.

Con artists who twirl their mustaches are easy to spot. Those who clothe themselves in good deeds are well camouflaged.

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Resolution 19-075 in link below Fact check:https://www.letstalkparker.org/mymainstreet-implementation/faqs Todd Hendreks Parker Save the small town feel Bike/hike trails, nature center and picnics — or tall buildings crammed with apartments? That’s the choice we the people should have — to vote for open space — or mega-development with more apartments and snarled traffic at the 24-acre Pine Curve and smaller PACE property.

Have you been to Castle Rock lately? Wilcox, the once-charming main street, is suddenly packed with blocky, eyesore buildings with shops on the first floor, plus up to five more stories of offices and apartments.

Rampant urbanization has invaded their once-lovely downtown. This scheme is precisely what the Parker Planning Department and Town Council majority has in store for our Mainstreet. Google “My Mainstreet – Implementation” and click on “Property Profile” for each of the parcels for sale. The maps for each show the largest amount of square footage would be what the town’s own FAQ’s page calls “higher-density residential” above ground-floor shops. Just like Castle Rock. The entire landscape of downtown will be citified with hundreds of new apartments in buildings that can be more than four SEE LETTERS, P18

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the word “man,” man.

The last time I said “cool” was when it was cool.

I don’t wear a ball cap backwards, and I don’t wear my sunglasses in my hair.

The idea for this column occurred to me when I read about the people I grew up with who have headed for the exit.

Frank Robinson starred for the Reds when I was in high school (and lived in Cincinnati). Bart Starr starred for the Packers when I was in college.

Peter Fonda, Dr. John, Doris Day, Toni Morrison and I.M. Pei, rest in peace.

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Hope — a strategy and a tactic in the pursuit of success

s hope a strategy that can drive success? Is hope a tactic we can put into practice to help us achieve our goals and dreams? Is being hopeful a character trait that when fully developed can lead us to even greater heights? I believe the answer to all three questions is yes.

Let’s start with the first one. Is hope a strategy?

There are many of WINNING us who have been WORDS taught that hope is not a strategy, there is actually a very popular book by Rick Paige called “Hope is Not a Strategy.” And I agree with the author’s point of view in the context in which he wrote the book.

Michael Norton If we rely on hope alone, and we do not carefully plan for our success, and then diligently execute against our plan, hope becomes more of a tactic as opposed to a strategy.

When we plan to win, prepare to win, and expect to win, we do typically include hope as part of that strategy. Just think about this for a moment, if in our planning, preparing, and expecting we were thinking

that we were going to lose instead of win, hope would not be a part of our strategy. Instead, we would be looking at contingency plans for what happens after we have lost. And we all know what happens when we go into a contest of any kind, any match, any sales call or meeting, and we expect to lose, we lose. The truth is we lost before we even entered the playing field because we didn’t have hope as part of our strategy.

Hope fuels passion, passion drives purpose, purpose ignites performance, and performance delivered equals results. Leaving hope out of our strategy never allows us to fully tap into the power of hope as a tactic.

And hope as a tactic is incredibly important whenever we are planning for success or attempting to make a change in our lives personally or professionally. Alfred Adler says it this way, “Hope is the foundational quality of all change.” If there is no hope, there is typically no change.

John Maxwell says that, “If there is hope in the future, there is power in the present.” Meaning that if we have hope, we can leverage that hope as a strategy and a tactic to take the action today that is necessary for our success tomorrow.

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Laugh as though your life depends on it

id you ever wake up, kiss the person next to you, and know it’s going to be a good day? I did that yesterday, and apparently, I’m not allowed on that airline again.”

Did that give you a bit of a laugh?

Or even a slight smile? If yes, then good things are happening for your body, your mind, and your spirit. We LIVING & all know that there AGING WELL are many physical, mental and social benefits from laughter, whether it’s a gut-bustin’ chortle, a tear-generating guffaw, or even a diminutive giggle.

Laughter is powerful, and medical research around the Bob Wells world agrees.

You probably know that there are agreed-upon physical benefits from laughter: it lowers your blood pressure, releases pain-reducing chemicals in your brain, oxygenates your blood, strengthens your immune system, may lower blood sugar - and it’s free! Many doctors and researchers agree that laughter improves your mood, relieves anxiety and fear,

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And when we add the character trait of being hopeful, we are engaging our positive attitude, we are letting go of any negativity and pessimism as we look forward with great anticipation to the success we desire. We allow others to encourage us along the journey, we encourage ourselves in the pursuit of our own success and we remember what Zig Ziglar taught us, “The doors of hope swing widest on the hinges of encouragement.” Being hopeful means, that we are hope-filled.

Now having hope, living with hope, and recognizing just how powerful hope can be doesn’t mean that we live with blinders on either. As stated earlier, we must take the time to plan to win and prepare to win, if we expect to win. We must look carefully at our win

SMITH FROM PAGE 12

There always seems to be a push to speed things up. Ceramic Halloween pumpkins were placed for sale in front of my grocery store in August.

I am fortunate now to be able to avoid rush hour. Most of the time.

But when I cannot, it is a reminder that the highway is a ribbon of unbridled recklessness.

Last week a Cadillac zoomed by me.

I said to myself, “Perfect.”

reduces stress and creates a more positive state of mind.

“Humor is so important that I place it as a daily requirement for a healthy heart, just like diet, exercise and sleep,” says Dr. Michael Miller, professor of cardiovascular medicine at the University of Maryland School of Medicine. “In fact, a good laugh will make you more likely to experience a good night’s sleep, and give you more motivation to exercise.” Other benefits are that you’ll feel less pain, you’ll sharpen your brain, you’ll stress less. Cool!

“Kids today don’t know how easy they have it. When I was young, I had to walk nine feet through shag carpet to change the TV channel.”

Did that cause another laugh or smile? Great! As we get older we may get wiser, but we don’t laugh nearly enough. Again with the research: Children laugh 200-300 times a day.

Adults laugh about 10-15. Think about how easy it is even for babies to giggle uncontrollably during a repeated bout of “peekaboo,” or for young children to fall down laughing when something silly happens. We can recapture some of that child-like joy if we take the opportunities. I recently discovered the clinical directive for laughter as a viable heart-rehab tool.

One afternoon this past June after a

strategy and game plan for each initiative, every endeavor, and in whatever arena it is where we are trying to put a win on the board. We need to take all factors and challenges into consideration, including the risks. Balancing those challenges and risks with the right amount of hope is the key.

So how about you? Can you see where hope is a strategy, a tactic, and how being filled with hope can help you achieve your goals and dreams?

Can you see how hope can help shape any change that you would like to experience in your life? I would love to hear your story of hope at gotonorton@gmail.com and when we can tap into the power of hope, it really will be a better than good week.

Michael Norton is a resident of Highlands Ranch, the Chief Revenue Officer at Eventus Solutions Group, Strategic Consultant, Business and Personal Coach.

In 1956, the Cadillacs released “Zoom,” a classic doo-wop song. I was a kid when I heard it for the first time. Now when I hear it, I get a little wistful, just like I do when I remember absent friends.

One of them used to say, “Age is a thief.”

What’s the alternative? A portrait that ages in the attic instead of you?

As for me? I am going to appreciate September like there is no tomorrow.

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

movie, I was alarmed by some tightness in my chest, along with stomachchurning dizziness. Long story short: within a few hours, I had undergone a quadruple bypass procedure — not the way I had planned to spend the summer! And the hospital’s official recovery information included laughter as a daily exercise requirement.

I learned firsthand the lesson that I had been teaching to business groups for years.

What can you do? Oh, so much!

Join or form a laugh club. Take a laughter yoga class. Host a game night. Read funny authors. Watch comedy on TV or the internet. Blow soap bubbles. Separate yourself from negative people. Concentrate on the good. And celebrate your victories.

Laugh as though your life depends on it — because I know it does!

Bob Wells is a theater director and actor, teacher, and a national speaker

based in Denver. His keynotes and workshops address humor and leadership, creativity/innovation, teamwork, and laughter and health. He is the director of “Chicken Lips Comedy Theater.” For more information, go to the World Humor Organization website, www.chickenlips.com. This column is hosted by the Seniors’ Council of Douglas County. Please join us for our next meeting on Oct. 3 at St. Andrew’s United Methodist Church, 9203 S. University Blvd., Highlands Ranch. Our business meeting will begin at 9:30 a.m. Our presentation and community conversation will begin at 10:15 a.m.

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After sustaining an injury that led to nerve damage and a loss of movement in his right arm, Dan Boozan trains to climb the Grand Teton, which he later summited with a group from Paradox Sports in 2014.

MORE INFO According to the most recent data from the US Department of Health and Human Services, 25.6% of individuals with a disability do not participate in any physical activities during a typical week, as opposed to 12.8% of individuals who do not have a disability.

Across the Denver metro area, municipal recreation departments, nonprofits and other groups are working to get the word out about the many programs they put on for those with physical or intellectual disabilities.

The following organizations invite anybody interested in learning more to reach out:

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BY CASEY VAN DIVIER CVANDIVIER@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

ust about five years ago, Dan Boozan, killing time after his shift, struck up a conversation with a bartender who encouraged him to take up rock climbing.

Boozan’s response was automatic: “I can’t go climbing, I have a disability.”

Several years earlier, in 2011, a bicycling accident left a 29-year-old Boozan with a brain injury and nerve damage in his right shoulder. The injury restricted his ability to move his arm apart from limited movement of his hand and bicep.

But the bartender insisted that Boozan, who’d formerly been active outdoors, look into Paradox Sports.

The nonprofit offers adaptive climbing classes and opportunities, which make climbing accessible for individuals with physical disabilities.

Boozan, who is now 37 and lives near Boulder, still had his doubts. After all, “disabled climbing seems kind of oxymoronic,” he said, laughing.

But he decided to give the sport a try and realized that wasn’t the case: “You can choose to embrace your disability and, really, you can still do everything you want to do.”

Soon, Boozan was climbing three to four days a week, going on weeks-long climbing trips alone and with friends, and becoming an ambassador for the nonprofit. Today, he is among those in the adaptive sports and activities community working to raise awareness

about the opportunities available for individuals with disabilities.

“Recreation is vital to everybody’s quality of life, and people with disabilities don’t always have those resources or know they have access to them,” said Leah Huffer, senior recreation supervisor for Denver Parks & Recreation.

Huffer helps oversee the department’s Adaptive Recreation division, which runs a host of recreational and cultural programs for individuals with disabilities — martial arts, cycling, camping and water-skiing, to name just a few.

The division also works with individuals to provide necessary preparations, such as strength training and adaptive equipment, for classes that run through the general Denver recreation department.

Throughout the metro area, cities and communities put on similar programs, including Lakewood Therapeutic Recreation, Aurora Therapeutic Recreation and South Suburban Therapeutic Adaptive Recreation (STAR).

Centennial resident Rick Lorie, who has cerebral palsy, became involved with STAR three years ago. Since then, the 31-year-old has spent almost every Saturday morning bowling with the STAR group, which invites those with intellectual and physical disabilities to participate.

“I love to bowl, and I’ve got a lot of friends here,” said Lorie, who often attends the weekly event with his room-

mate, Tommy, and Lorie’s girlfriend, Elaine.

For the group of friends, the Denver area has provided countless opportunities, he said, with the bowling club as one of his favorites. “Anybody who wants to come would love all of this,” he said.

Other recreational opportunities exist through organizations like Paradox Sports, which provides climbing adaptations such as seated harnesses or ropes for climbers to grab onto instead of the wall, local program manager Amy Bannon said.

“Any person of any ability is invited,” she said. “Even if you’ve never tried rock-climbing, it’s still an option.

You take away a hobby that provides confidence, and the community is like glue.”

Golden resident and Paradox Ambassador Jess Sporte agreed.

Sporte, 32, competed in wheelchair tennis in the area before finding Paradox in 2015. Shortly after, she began climbing competitively.

But for her, the highlight is the community around the sport: “My main reason to climb is the social aspect. Being able to help others into the world of climbing — no matter the limitation — is great.”

Boozan, too, is inspired by the way the sport pushes its athletes to set new expectations for themselves.

“This,” he said, “is for anyone with a disability who wants to try something new and change their own perception of what they can do.”

Paradox Sports Provides adaptive climbing opportunities, such as a climbing club that meets at Movement Climbing + Fitness gym in Boulder, plus regular climbing trips across the state.

Website: paradoxsports.org Contact: 720-638-5594, info@paradoxsports.org Denver Adaptive Recreation Provides services for transition into Denver Parks & Recreation activities, including adaptive equipment and trainings. Offers 13 Special Olympics sports, Innovative arts classes and martial arts and safety classes, in addition to other activities. Programmers ask participants to register online prior to attending an event.

Website: denvergov.org Contact: 720-865-0820, adaptive. recreation@denvergov.org Aurora Therapeutic Recreation Offers inclusive services to allow participation in recreation programs and a variety of adaptive programs, including camping trips, taekwondo and community outings. Programmers ask participants to register online prior to attending an event.

Website: auroragov.org Contact: 303-326-8410 Lakewood Therapeutic Recreation Runs programs including Special Olympics teams, Unified Sports teams, a bowling league and dances for those ages 18 and older. Programmers ask participants to register online prior to attending an event.

Website: lakewood.org Contact: 303-987-4867, rise@lakewood.org South Suburban Therapeutic Adaptive Recreation Oversees programs including open mic nights, crafts classes, fitness classes and a weekly bowling club. Programmers ask participants to register online prior to attending an event.

Website: ssprd.org Contact: careyo@sspr.org Dylan’s Down with the Arts Offers arts opportunities for those with intellectual disabilities, including a summer theater camp and production as well as art camp and classes.

Website: downwiththearts.org Contact: 303-886-5224, leslie@downwiththearts.org

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Tribute to Diana Ross coming to Lone Tree center stage Mary Louise Lee and her orchestra bring iconic music to life

IF YOU GO “Diana Ross Tribute” with the Mary Louise Lee Orchestra will be at 8 p.m. Sept. 21 at Lone Tree Arts Center, 10075 Commons St., Lone Tree. Tickets ($48): lonetreeartscenter.org, 720-509-1000.

BY SONYA ELLINGBOE SELLINGBOE@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Diana Ross’ powerful musical career is the focus for a new show developed

by Mary Louise Lee and the Mary Louise Lee Orchestra — and it’s booked for Sept. 21 at Lone Tree Arts Center. Lee will lend her strong voice to recreate this story of Ross, the Supremes and Motown for a 2019 audience.

Lee’s “Tribute to Diana Ross” program will bring a focus to the lead singer of the Supremes, a Detroit native, who continued an active role as a performer after she left the Supremes in 1970 and launched into a solo career with million-plus-selling albums/gold records.

Other members of the Supremes were Mary Wilson and Florence Bullard, whom she met as a young member of a Baptist church gospel choir. The group was increasingly popular in the 1960s across the nation and internationally. Ross is still active at 75.

Since 2006, when the Mary Louise Lee Band was formed, Lee has delivered R&B, soul, contemporary jazz, traditional jazz and Top 40 music to many

Mary Louise Lee and her orchestra will perform ”A Tribute to Diana Ross” at Lone Tree Arts Center.

COURTESY PHOTO audiences — as a trio, a quartet, the band and the orchestra, which will perform “A Diana Ross Tribute” at Lone Tree Arts Center.

Lee, who plays another distinctive role as Denver’s first lady, started performing at an early age — as a senior at Thomas Jefferson High School in Denver, she was cast in a show at the Garner Galleria at Denver Center for

the Performing Arts.

She has since performed for overseas troops, in countries around the world and at home in Colorado: for the Governor’s Inaugural Gala, Democratic National Convention, First Ladies of Jazz concert with the Colorado Symphony Orchestra, Winter Park Jazz Festival, Capitol Hill People’s Fair, Cherry Creek Art Festival, the Clock Tower in Denver

and in many, many more venues.

Audiences at Town Hall Arts Center in Littleton enjoyed her presence in the cast of “Ain’t Misbehavin’” in the spring of 2018, which brought us music

by Fats Waller and others.

In July 2019, Lee received the Henry Award as Outstanding Actress in a Musical from the Colorado Theatre Guild for her performance as Caroline, a black maid who worked for a Jewish family in 1963 Louisiana, in the play, “Caroline, or Change” at the Aurora Fox. The role required considerable acting skills as well as a fine singing voice.

Lee’s involvement undoubtedly brought extra attention to the play and to the Aurora Fox. “Caroline, or Change” was written by Tony Kushner, with music by Jeanine Tesori. The director was Kenny Moten.

Lee actively supports the Bringing Back the Arts Foundation in Denver, which offers added opportunities for schoolchildren and others to experience a wide variety of art forms in the area. Art programs for Denver Public Schools are a particular foundation focus.

Fingerstyle guitarist to appear in free concert

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enowned fingerstyle guitarist Jerry Barlow will bring traditional music from the British Isles and his own Celtic-inspired compositions to a free performance in Bemis Library at 2 p.m. on Sept. 7. Bemis SONYA’S Library is at 6014 S. SAMPLER Datura St., Littleton.

Call for entries The 54th Annual Own an Original art exhibition has a theme for 2019 of “Destination.” The exhibit will run Nov. 22 through Dec. 29 at the Littleton Museum Sonya Ellingboe and entries began on CaFE, CallforEntry. org, on Sept 3. Deadline is Oct. 18. Juror to be announced. All mediums except photography (which has a separate show). Include a short statement on how your work relates to the theme.

Concert at college Arapahoe Community College will host a free concert and recording by J’s Ruckus at 7 p.m. Sept. 25 in the Waring Theatre on the Littleton Campus, 5900 S. Santa Fe Drive. Jason Klobnak is an adjunct music instructor at ACC. Authors to speak “How to Talk So Little Kids Will Listen: A Survival Guide to Life With Children Ages 2-7” is a popular book.

The authors, Joanna Fabel and Julie King will appear at 7 p.m. Sept 11 at Smoky Hill Library, 5430 S. Biscay Circle, Centennial and 7 p.m. Sept. 12 at Koelbel Library, 5955 S. Holly St., Centennial. Free. Register: arapahoelibraries.org. Books will be available for purchase. 303-LIBRARY. Play on display “The Way We Played” opens Sept.

13 and runs until Jan. 3, 2021 at the Littleton Museum, 6028 S. Gallup St., Littleton. Kids learn important skills through play and adults carry memories about those experiences. This new exhibit will include photos, interactive stations and artifacts from the Littleton Museum’s collection. Free. 303-795-3950.

Curtis Center for the Arts “Naturally Colorado” opens with a reception from 6 to 8 p.m. on Sept. 7 at Curtis Center for the Arts, 2349 E. Orchard Road, Greenwood Village.

The collaboration between seven local photographers — Lauren Lang, Jeff Goudy, Larry Pennington, Kathleen O’Dell Snead, Bridget Calip, Don Gardner and Linda Ghent — celebrates Colorado and its wildlife. Live raptors will visit the gallery on Oct. 12 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Gallery hours: 8:30 a.m. to 4:40 p.m. Monday to Friday; 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday. 303-797-1779. Admission free.

Watercolor classes Cindy Welch of Castle Rock started

a new series of watercolor classes on Sept. 3 at Hobby Lobby in Castle Rock, with a special emphasis on painting rocks. At this writing, there were a few spaces left. Check at CindyWelchDesign.com.

Memories are made of this “Fiasco Revisited” will be per-

formed for members of Friends of the Littleton Library/Museum on Sept.

20, with a repeat for the public on Sept. 21 at the Littleton Museum, 6028 S. Gallup St., Littleton. 21 and over.

Members have received invitations.

Any remaining seats will go on sale Sept. 13. (Sell-out is expected.) 303-7953950.

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Story of Negro League baseball coming to Lone Tree President of museum returns for second straight year

IF YOU GO What: The History of the Negro Baseball Leagues with Bob Kendrick, president of the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum When: 7 p.m. Friday, Sept. 13 Where: Lone Tree Arts Center, 10075 Commons St., Lone Tree Cost: Tickets are $15 for adults and $12 for students. Tickets may be purchased by calling 720-509-1000, Monday-Friday, 10 a.m. to 4p.m. or at www.LoneTreeArtsCenter.org

BY NICK PUCKETT NPUCKETT@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

The story of the Negro Leagues is one of America at its best and worst, said Bob Kendrick, president of the Negro League Baseball Hall of Fame in Kansas City. Kendrick will be returning to Lone Tree for the second year in a row to give a special presentation on the story of the Negro Leagues at the Lone Tree Arts Center Sept. 13.

The presentation begins at 7 p.m. and will be accompanied by a free exhibit in the arts center lobby.

Colorado Community Media spoke with Kendrick ahead of his visit to talk about the significance of this exhibit.

Bob Kendrick, president of the Negro League Baseball Hall of Fame in Kansas City.

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What is this presentation about?

What I love about the story of the Negro Leagues, particularly the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum, is No. 1, you don’t have to be a baseball fan to appreciate this story. If you are a fan of American history, you’re going to love this story. If you’re a fan of underdogs overcoming adversity to go on to greatness,

you’re going to love this story. But if you’re a baseball fan to boot, you’re in hog heaven as we start to talk about what this history represents both on and off the field. What I try to do is bring a little bit of everything that is represented in this wonderful story about the Negro Leagues.

Most of us don’t know a lot about

the history of the Negro Leagues, and quite frankly I don’t think there was a time people didn’t want to know about the Negro Leagues, they just didn’t have a way to know about the Negro Leagues because it’s not in the pages of American history books.

What will the audience take away?

What surprises people is the impact these leagues had off the field.

For me, it’s a given whenever I’m talking about this history it is from a premise that I’m going to share some information about some of the greatest baseball players to put on a uniform. We almost de-emphasize the players in lieu of the story. It’s a very powerful, compelling story about strong-willed individuals who forged a glorious history in the midst of an inglorious time in American history. It’s really all

about how their love for the game of baseball would change our sport, but more importantly change our country.

For the baseball fans, they’re going to love the stories of Satchel Paige, Josh Gibson and Cool Papa Bell that I share during my presentation. They’ll be introduced to other names that didn’t go mainstream… There are lesser-known players who are just as impactful as those guys that I’ll introduce that even baseball fans haven’t heard about.

What is the story of the Negro Leagues?

It’s the story of this country. It’s the story of America at her worst but it’s also the story of America at her triumphant best. The story of the Negro Leagues could have only happened in America. These tremendously gifted athletes overcame tremendous social adversity to go on playing they game they love, and in doing so, they changed the country for the better. That is an all-American story, and it’s a story we as Americans have embraced because it’s a story of pride and passion and perservearance. It’s the story of the incredible athletes who simply refuse to accept the notion that they’re unfit to do anything — “So, I’ll show you.”

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Joy Overbeck Parker Keep momentum going As a community member since 2003 whose children have graduated from Douglas County School District (DCSD) in the past five years, I have seen many changes in the district’s direction. I’m happy to say that the district is on its way back to being the destination district we chose for our children in 2003. Educational opportunities that our children had in their earlier school years are returning to the district for current and future students, as the finances are being responsibly managed.

The current board of education placed a bond and mill levy override (MLO) on the ballot last fall — the first since 2006 when my kids were in el-

ementary school — and the community responded favorably. The previous “reform” board would not even allow voters to consider such measures. The new funds from the bond have been put to good use, including proactive safety and security updates, IT and transportation needs, and overdue repairs and maintenance. MLO money provides programming for students and long overdue pay increases for our district’s teachers and staff members.

I am grateful to the board of education for letting the voters decide what we want to support.

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THINGS to DO

Castle Pines

SummerStage, Outdoor Summer Concert: 5:30-8 p.m. Friday, Sept.

13 at Elk Ridge Park, 7005 Mira Vista Lane, Castle Pines. Free kids’ activities including face painting, character drawings, photo booth, inflatables, lawn games and more. Bring a picnic blanket.

Food trucks. Live music by the Finaleyes.

Castle Rock

Artrageous Performance: 6-7:15 p.m. Friday, Sept. 6 at Festival Park, Castle Rock. Artrageous donates its time and resources to help instill the value and importance of the arts. Show is a combination of live artists, musicians, singers and dancers. Go to http:// www.crgov.com/calendar.aspx? eid=6153&fbclid=IwAR1Qj5frD6 V1IboRbNg6_Q6j5BN4anas3wpZVqQ-V5Eo917q9-LWN5HPZcs. Learn more about the group at http://artrageousexperience.com/ Paca Buddies: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 7-8 at the Douglas County Fairgrounds, 500 Fairgrounds Road, Castle Rock. Alpaca lovers coming together to get hands-on with alpacas and llamas. Go to www. pacabuddies.org.

Rueter-Hess Paddle Days: 7:45 a.m. to noon Sunday, Sept. 8 at Rueter-Hess Reservoir, Castle Rock. Paddle and kayak on the reservoir. The reservoir has not yet opened for public access, so these events are opportunities to explore the scenic reservoir. Registration is required. Rueter-Hess Reservoir is located on Hess Road, one mile east of I-25 at the Castle Pines Parkway exit. Go to crgov. com/registration. Other dates: Saturday, Sept. 21; Sunday, Sept. 22.

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this week’s TOP FIVE Tools to Build Happy Relationships: 5:30-7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 10 at Littleton Family YMCA, 11 W. Dry Creek Court, Littleton. Littleton author Dr. Laurie Weiss celebrates the release of seven books in her Secrets of Happy Relationships Series.

Laurie and her husband, Dr. Jonathan Weiss, have been practicing psychotherapy and marriage counseling in Littleton since 1972. Call 303-797-9622.

Alpine Search & Rescue: Lessons from Hikes Gone Wrong: 6:30-8 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 11 at the James H. LaRue branch of Douglas County Libraries, 9292 S. Ridgeline Blvd., Highlands Ranch.

Former search and rescue pro Dean Rosnau shares lessons based on years of rescue work in the Sierras that can help you stay safe while hiking, biking, skiing or enjoying time in the mountains. Ideal for teens and adults. Registration is required at 303-791-

History: Planning a Do-Able Project: 10 a.m. to noon Sept. 11 at the Philip S. Miller Library, 100 S. Wilcox St., Castle Rock. Presented by Dina Carson. Tips and tricks to focus your research and writing so that you can wrap up a project in time for a holiday or family gathering. Registration is required. Go to https://events.r20. constantcontact.com/register/ev entReg?oeidk=a07eg6vdnui2165f 8da&oseq=&c=&ch= Fall Swing Golf Tournament: Wednesday, Sept. 11 at Bear Dance Golf Course, Larkspur.

The tournament benefits the Castle Rock Senior Activity Center. Registration is open through Aug. 23. The fourperson scramble will have an 8:30 a.m. shotgun start, which covers golf, cart, range balls, awards, door prizes, breakfast and lunch. Go to www. castlerockseniorcenter.org, call 303-688-9498, or visit the Castle Rock Senior Activity Center, 2323 Woodlands Blvd., Castle Rock.

BBQ Fundraiser for Castle Rock Museum: 4-8 p.m. Saturday, Sept 14 at the Eagles Club, 1300 Caprice Drive, Castle Rock. Food provided

by Old West BBQ and live music from Rudy Grant and The Buffalo Riders. Tickets can be purchased at the Castle Rock Museum or on-

7323 or DCL.org.

Film: Colorado State Penitentiary: 7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 12 at the Philip S. Miller Library, 100 S. Wilcox St., Castle Rock. Film on Canon City prison, built in 1868 as Colorado’s first prison. Has had a history of rebellions, riots and escapes and has been home to such infamous local criminals as Alferd Packer and 11-year-old murderer Anton Woode. Refreshments served at 6:45 p.m. Go to www. castlerockhistoricalsociety. org’ or contact the Castle Rock Museum at 303-814-3164, museum@castlerockhistoricalsociety.org.

History of the Negro Baseball Leagues: 7 p.m. Friday, Sept. 13 at the Lone Tree Arts Center, 10075 Commons St., Lone Tree.

Presented by Bob Kendrick, president of the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum. Go to https://www. lonetreeartscenter.org/showinfo.php?id=1083 MuckFest Fun Mud Run: 7:30 a.m. Saturday, Sept.

14 at Salisbury North, 9500 Motsenbocker Road,

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Saturday Music Night Live: 5:30-8:30 p.m. Saturdays through Sept. 14 at Red Hawk Ridge Golf Course, 2156 Red Hawk Ridge Drive, Castle Rock. Aug. 31 and Sept. 14 features the Shadow Ridge Rockers. Go to https://redhawkridge.com/131/ClubhouseGrill.

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Used-Book Sale: Thursday, Sept. 5 to Sunday, Sept. 8, during library hours, at Koelbel Library, 5955 S. Holly St., Centennial. More than 40,000 books, CDs, DVDs, audiobooks and “better” books, including classics, collectibles and more.

Sunday is bag day — we provide the bag and you fill it for $7.

Friends of the Arapahoe Libraries members can preview the sale from 4:30-8:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 4. Call 303-LIBRARY or visit arapahoelibraries.org/book-sale.

A Wellness Affair, Women’s Wellness Fair: 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Saturday, Sept. 7 at Centrum Healthcare Center in Greenwood Village. To learn more and register, visit SwedishHospital.com/WellnessAffair. Featured presentations include stress management and heart health, self-care and screening, sexual wellness and pelvic floor health. Women attending the event can also register for bone density, blood pressure and mammography screenings.

Car Show and Concert: 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 7 at

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Centennial Center Park, 13050 E. Peakview Ave., Centennial. A collection of classic and exotic cars. Come vote for your favorite.

The Nacho Men will perform live. Food and beverages available for purchase. Go to https:// centennialco.gov/ ThingsTo-Do/car-show. aspx.

Nonprofit Garage Sale: 7 a.m. to noon Sept. 7 at KLIFE House, 6500 E Orchard Road, Centennial. KLIFE is a nonprofit, non-denominational, grades 4-12 ministry. Go to www. denver.klife.com. Donations accepted from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sept.

3-6 at KLIFE House.

Smaldone: The Untold Story of an American Crime Family: 1-3 p.m. Sept. 10 at Lutheran Church of the Holy Spirit, 6400 S. University Blvd., Centennial.

After 38 years, Dick Kreck retired as an editor and columnist at The Denver Post. He will speak about the notorious Smaldone crime family. The shadowy underworld of Denver is explored from the bootlegging era, to gambling operations and loan-sharking, to the mob wars of the 1970s. Contact info@columbinegenealogy.com.

Pain Management: Let’s Change the Focus to Change the Outcome: 10:30-11:30 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 12 at Centennial Public Works Facility, 7272 S. Eagle St., Centennial. Dr. Amy Wachholtz, associate professor of psychology and director of the Clinical Health Psychology program at

AAUW Littleton-South Metro September Branch Meeting: 12:30-3:30 p.m. Sept. 14 at Koelbel Library, 5955 S. Holly St., Centennial. An opportunity to sign up for interest groups (book clubs, a bridge club, arts clubs and more) and a business meeting. We will approve the bylaws changes and hear reports from board members. Contact info.aauw.littletonsm@gmail.com or go to https:// littleton-co.aauw.net Firearms Festival: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Saturday, Sept. 14 at Centennial Gun Club, 11800 E. Peakview Ave., Centennial. Includes a fundraiser for Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office K-9 Unit. Learn more at https://firearmsfestival.com.

Rally for the High Line Canal: 9:30 a.m. to noon Saturday, Sept.

14 at Schomp Subaru, 580 S. Havana St., Aurora. Project launch is at 9:30 a.m. with the familyfriendly cleanup and picnic-style lunch from 10 a.m. to noon. Go to highlinecanal.org/rally. No registration required.

Free Chipping and Mulch: 8 a.m. to noon Saturday, Sept. 14 at Willow Spring Service Center, 7100 S. Holly St., or Centennial Public Works Facility, 7272 S. Eagle St. Bring branches and bushes to chip and turn into mulch. Expect wait of up to 30 minutes. Chippers shut off at noon sharp. Mulch available throughout event at Willow Spring and at noon at public works.

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Lumber, salvage materials and rounds larger than 10 inches in diameter will not be taken.

17 Mile House Open House and Tours: 9 a.m. to noon Saturdays, Sept. 14, Oct. 12, Nov. 16 and Dec. 7 at 8181 S. Parker Road, Centennial.

Property is between the 75-acre Norton Farm Open Space owned by the Town of Parker and the 107-acre Parker Jordan/Centennial Open Space. Visit a 155-year-old farm that was a resting stop for pioneers traveling on the Cherokee/Smoky Hill wagon trails in the 1860s. Includes historic house, red barn, silo and milk shet, which were restored to their known conditions in the early 1900s.

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Household Hazardous Materials, Electronics Recycling: 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Saturday, Sept. 7 and Sept. 14 at Englewood Service Center, 2800 S. Platte River Drive.

Open to residents of Englewood, Littleton, Sheridan and Columbine Valley. Proof of residency required. Call 303-762-2342 or email commdev@englewoodco.gov. For a list of accepted materials and costs, go to https://www.englewoodc.gov/inside-cityhall/boards-and-commissions/keep-englewood-beautiful/household-hazardousmaterial-drop-off

Englewood Art Exhibit: on display from Sept. 25 to Oct. 9 at the Malley Recreation Center, 3380 S. Lincoln St., Englewood.

More than 70 pieces by local artists.

Opening reception from 6-8 p.m. Sept. 25.

Artists who would like to participate can fill out an entry form or pick one up at the Englewood or Malley recreation centers or at the Englewood Public Library. Deadline to enter is Sept. 18. Call 303-762-2660 or go to https://www.englewoodco.gov/parksrecreation-library/englewood-art-exhibit.

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Douglas County Open Space Day: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sept. 7 at Prairie Canyon Ranch Open Space, 4620 S. State Hwy 83, Franktown.

Highlights include a guided hike through a canyon, hayrides, blacksmith demonstrations, live music and dancing, and a birds

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Registration is requested for the guided hike. Contact the Douglas County Division of Open Space and Natural Resources at 303660-7334 or email mmonzani@douglas. co.us.

Beautiful Sunset and Awesome Moonrise: 5 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 14 at Castlewood Canyon State Park, 2989 S. Highway 83, Franktown. Friends of Castlewood Canyon State Park presents a free concert, performed by Mark Cormican, a singer, songwriter and John Denver tribute artist.

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TITANS TOP MUSTANGS TO OPEN SEASON Blake Rarog scored two touchdowns to lead Legend

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Legend running back Blake Rarog had a game to remember.

The junior running back registered monstrous pick-ups and two touchdowns to lead his team to a win over crosstown rival Ponderosa in the season-opener for both teams.

Legend scored three times in the fourth quarter to finish off the win 28-21.

“We feel fortunate to be able to pull it out, but we’re really proud of our kids in our program right now,” Legend coach Monte Thelen said.

Ponderosa had several chances to separate from Legend, but the Mustangs were hampered by turnovers and missed opportunities.

The Mustangs were led by junior captain quarterback Jack Hanenburg, who threw for all three of Ponderosa’s scores. With seconds to go in the first half, Hanenburg found Carter Motichka on an out route. Motichka toed the sideline and snuck the ball over the pylon to tie the game up going into halftime.

In the second half, Hanenburg caught fire, leading the Mustangs down the field in the third quarter with another potent air attack. Cael Porter ran the ball down to the Legend goal line. A missed field goal kept the Mustangs off the board.

The Mustangs fumbled the ball away on the next drive. On the final drive of the third quarter, Hanenburg found Joe Hufford for a 40-yard catch-andscore to give Ponderosa the lead.

After a few change of hands in possession, the Titans finally woke up.

Junior quarterback Kalen Shoemaker found Jackson Warner for a 23 yard touchdown to tie the game.

Backed up at their own two, Rarog broke free and went the distance to snatch the lead. Ponderosa struck back with a 20-yard connection between Hanenburg and Hufford.

Legend fed the ball to Rarog, who led the Titans into the end zone again.

Legend iced the game with a touchdown with four minutes to go, and the Mustangs couldn’t respond.

“We came out and played really sloppy,” said Ponderosa coach Jaron Cohen, “but Legend was playing really hard and it’s always a super competitive, super fun game.”

Legend hosts Poudre (Fort Collins) Friday, Sept. 6 at EchoPark Stadium at 7 p.m. Ponderosa was set to host Columbine Thursday, Sept. 5 at EchoPark Stadium at 7 p.m.

Senior Blake Rarog dives over a Ponderosa player for a two-yard score and Legend’s first lead of the game.

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‘We feel fortunate to be able to pull it out, but we’re really proud of our kids in our program right now.’

Monte Thelen Legend football coach

Senior Mikee Barker spins out of a Legend tackle and breaks loose.

New head coach at Ranch making the best of things

V

ic Fangio of the Denver Broncos isn’t the first longtime assistant in the area to finally get a head coaching job.

Fangio, a 40-year coaching veteran as an assistant, welcomed the chance to finally become a head coach — but new Highlands Ranch head coach TJ Rubley wasn’t seeking the head position after 11 seasons as an assistant at Mountain Vista and Highlands Ranch.

“I didn’t want to be a head coach, that’s not my deal,” said Rubley.

“Just the way Douglas County OVERTIME is structured, budgeting and all that stuff, you are a fundraiser, not a coach anymore, and I want to coach kids.

“Our kids are working so hard and they need Jim Benton somebody to be here for them and that’s why I accepted the job and agreed to do it.”

Rubley, whose son Jake is a junior quarterback for the Falcons and whose youngest son Luke is in middle school, is the fourth Highlands Ranch head football coach in four seasons.

“There’s a lot more logistical you have to deal with, you are talking about hiring, transportation, equipment and that kind of stuff,” he said. “That is taxing and not the fun part at all. As an assistant you are worried about game plans.’’

Rubley kept some of the assistants from last season’s staff and hired many newcomers for the defensive staff and lower-level aides.

“Our assistants are absolutely essential,” added Rubley, who was a quarterback at the University of Tulsa, was on the roster and played with three NFL teams, the Rhein Fire of the WLAF plus Winnipeg and Hamilton in the CFL. “We have a great group of assistants. They are qualified with varying backgrounds. We have guys that have been in the NFL, guys that have played a lot in college and guys that have been coaching in high school. Some guys that are just coming out of youth football. We are not a typical staff in the sense we are just a bunch of teachers. These are football guys.

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want to make adjustments. Problem is our offensive guys are out there playing on defense so it’s hard to communicate to them.”

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“I shared with them my visions and shared with them my expectations and how we do things. They all fit very well. At the end of the day I don’t want to fight with my coaches just to get something done. We have to all go in the right direction but they still have to be free thinkers.”

Rubley and his staff have will have to do a good job of preparing the team since the Falcons have one of the toughest schedules in the state. Six of the 10 games on the schedule are against teams ranked in the top 10 in the CHSAANow.com Class 5A preseason poll.

“It is a tough schedule and everybody asks: `Where did that come from?’” said Rubley. “I’ve never gotten a straight answer yet. I don’t know where the schedule came from, I just know we have 41 varsity players and it is going to take all of our players to pull the rope in the same direction. We have some good talent.

“We want to win. We played the majority of our season last year against the same schedule and we had five sophomores and a freshman on offense.

We’re still young but we are experienced.”

Rubley is still the offensive coordinator.

“We have so many guys playing both ways, we have to use tempo,” he said.

“Sometime we will go fast and sometimes we will slow it down. Human resource management is one of our biggest challenges. It’s tough because you

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Honor roll Each week, several performances of south metro athletes and teams will be highlighted. This week’s performances were selected from games, matches and meets between Aug. 23 and Aug. 28.

• Aiden Krusoe of Highlands Ranch birdied two of the final four holes he played to finish with a 1-under-par 71 and took medalist honors in the Continental League golf tournament on Aug. 26 at South Suburban Golf Course.

• Cherry Creek’s volleyball team, ranked fifth in the CHSAANow.com poll, opened the season with a 3-0 sweep over the No. 9 Mountain Vista on Aug. 27. Seniors Brandi Montoya and Katherine Von Kraut each had nine kills to pace the Bruins.

• Arapahoe freshman Ava Escorcia won the Windjammer Invitational on Aug. 24 with a time of 19:06.00 to edge classmate Ava Mitchell by three seconds in the cross country meet.

• Valor Christian senior Cole Sprout won the Vista Nation XC 2-Mile Invitational on Aug. 23 with a course record time of 9:53.00.

• Junior Maddox Tinjum provided the offensive punch with three goals in Douglas County’s 4-2 boys soccer win over Liberty on Aug. 27.

Jim Benton is a sports writer for Colorado Community Media. He has been covering sports in the Denver area since 1968. He can be reached at jbenton@ coloradocommunitymedia.com or at 303566-4083.

Denver Springs to open new outpatient center STAFF REPORT

Denver Springs, a provider of behavioral health services in the Denver area, will open its newest outpatient center to provide mental health services to the community.

Changes, the new facility at 16830 Northgate Drive in Parker, will provide partial hospitalization and intensive outpatient programs for ages 12-17. The new center will open Sept. 9.

“According to the CDC, Colorado’s teenage suicide rate is nearly twice the national average,” Denver Springs Chief Executive Officer Bill Snyder said in a news release.

“We knew that we could do more to help prevent this epidemic from needlessly taking so many of our children’s lives. Our compassionate team at Changes will provide intensive therapy for kids that are most at risk.”

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, nearly nine out of every 100,000 teenagers in the United States will die by suicide, the release said. The same data show that the rate in Colorado is almost twice that number, nearly 17.6 teens per 100,000, the release said.

To help address this crisis, the model of care at Changes, Denver

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The newly constructed facility features therapy rooms, interior spaces, an outdoor recreation area, a lunchroom, classrooms and meeting spaces. The space is designed to promote safety and healing for patients and their families.

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Taking action One of the keys to success in Fort Collins has been having funding specifically for these bike projects, Greegor said. The city passed a sales tax initiative that pays for projects.

Through grants, the city is also able to have dedicated staff on its bicycle program.

The city also created a complete street standard that requires new streets or upgrade projects to consider the safety of all modes of transportation. “(New projects) have to meet these standards in order to build those developments,” Greegor said.

For a long time, Evans said he had been avoiding the ghost bike memorials. But when Scott Hendrickson, an avid cyclist and friend, was killed, Evans stepped in to help, painting an old bike of Hendrickson’s for the memo-

rial placed in West-Bar-Val-Wood Park.

“This one kind of hit home when it was with Scott. It was one of his first road bikes,” he said of the bike he and Scott’s daughter Madison painted.

While Evans believes that the plans created for Vision Zero Denver are a great in theory, he feels that the city has been slow to implement it. He also added that 2011 plans from Denver Moves have also not been implemented quickly.

Locantore agrees.

She also added that although lowering speeds is a good first step, it is just that: a step. Roads like Colfax may have a posted speed limit of 35 mph, but they are designed so that drivers can go 10 or even 20 miles over that.

Wider streets also make it hard for pedestrians to safely cross. These designs, Locantore said, often “put people in conflict with each other.”

“It’s the environment itself that’s causing those unsafe behaviors. We fundamentally need to redesign our streets,” she said. “There’s only so much you can do to protect yourself

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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.

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pancy 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:

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PUBLIC NOTICES First Publication: 9/5/2019 Last Publication: 10/3/2019 Publisher: Douglas County News Press Dated: 7/15/2019 CHRISTINE DUFFY DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee

The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is:

SCOTT TOEBBEN Colorado Registration #: 19011 216 16TH STREET SUITE 1210, DENVER, COLORADO 80202 Phone #: (720) 259-6710 Fax #: Attorney File #: 19CO00216-1

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Parker NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2019-0146

Parker NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2019-0150

To Whom It May Concern: On 6/27/2019 2:26:00 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.

To Whom It May Concern: On 7/11/2019 4:30:00 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: MICHAEL JOHN ARIAS AND SHAWNDALA RAY ARIAS Original Beneficiary: MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. AS NOMINEE FOR UNITED MORTGAGE CORP, ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: SELENE FINANCE LP Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 8/26/2016 Recording Date of DOT: 9/16/2016 Reception No. of DOT: 2016064409 DOT Recorded in Douglas County.

Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $273,750.00 Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $270,073.20

Original Grantor: CHRISTOPHER FARRELL Original Beneficiary: Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for CMG Mortgage, Inc. dba CMG Financial Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: CMG Mortgage, Inc. Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 5/14/2013 Recording Date of DOT: 5/16/2013 Reception No. of DOT: 2013040553 DOT Recorded in Douglas County.

Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $244,610.00 Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $285,429.97

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 21, BLOCK 4, CLARKE FARMS SUBDIVISION FILING NO. 3, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO Which has the address of: 10817 Milliken Street, Parker, CO 80134 NOTICE OF SALE

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

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that on the first possible sale date (unless the sale is continued*) at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, October 30, 2019, 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.

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...... *DOT re-recorded a third time July 10, 2019 at Reception No 2019041074.

Said Deed of Trust was rerecorded on 2/13/2015, under Reception No. 2015008949*.

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

Legal Description of Real Property: LOT 19, BLOCK 4, PARKER NORTH, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO Which has the address of: 11428 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.

First Publication: 9/5/2019 Last Publication: 10/3/2019 Publisher: Douglas County News Press

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that on the first possible sale date (unless the sale is continued*) at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, October 30, 2019, 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.

Dated: 7/1/2019 CHRISTINE DUFFY DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee

First Publication: 9/5/2019 Last Publication: 10/3/2019 Publisher: Douglas County News Press

The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is:

Dated: 7/15/2019 CHRISTINE DUFFY DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee

DAVID R DOUGHTY Colorado Registration #: 40042 9800 S. MERIDIAN BLVD. SUITE 400, ENGLEWOOD, COLORADO 80112 Phone #: (303) 706-9990 Fax #: (303) 706-9994 Attorney File #: 19-021899

The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is:

*YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE DATES on the Public Trustee website : http://www.douglas.co.us/publictrustee/ Legal Notice No.: 2019-0146 First Publication: 9/5/2019 Last Publication: 10/3/2019 Publisher: Douglas County News Press

SCOTT TOEBBEN Colorado Registration #: 19011 216 16TH STREET SUITE 1210, DENVER, COLORADO 80202 Phone #: (720) 259-6710 Fax #: Attorney File #: 19CO00216-1 *YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE DATES on the Public Trustee website : http://www.douglas.co.us/publictrustee/ Legal Notice No.: 2019-0150 First Publication: 9/5/2019 Last Publication: 10/3/2019 Publisher: Douglas County News Press

OCCUPANT - FRANCIS O DARIAN JR - WALTER KOWALSKI - SHERI L THOMPSON FRANCIS O DARIAN JR AND FRED D DARIAN - RICHARD W DAVIS AND DORIS T DAVIS -FRANCIS O DARIAN JR AKA FRANCIS OSCAR DARIAN AND FRED D DARIAN FRANCIS O DARIAN JR AKA FRANCIS O DARIAN AND FRED D DARIAN

You and each of you are hereby notified that on the 12th day of November 2009 the then County Treasurer of the County of Douglas, in the State of Colorado, sold at public tax lien sale to SHERI L THOMPSON the following described real estate situate in the County of Douglas, State of Colorado, to wit:

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Legal Notice No.: 2019-0150 First Publication: 9/5/2019 Last Publication: 10/3/2019 Publisher: Douglas County News Press

City and County Public Notice NOTICE OF PURCHASE OF REAL ESTATE AT TAX LIEN SALE AND OF APPLICATION FOR ISSUANCE OF TREASURER’S DEED To Every Person in Actual Possession or Occupancy of the hereinafter Described Land, Lot or Premises, and to the Person in Whose Name the Same was Taxed or Specially Assessed, and to all Persons having an Interest or Title of Record in or to the said Premises and To Whom It May Concern, and more especially to: OCCUPANT - MARK S SMITH - SHERI L THOMPSON - ENID J STENZEL – MARK S SMITH AKA MARK SAMUEL SMITH 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 SHERI L THOMPSON the following described real estate situate in the County of Douglas, State of Colorado, to wit: LOT 20 BLK 7 MERIBEL VILLAGE 1 302-373 0.569 AM/L and said County Treasurer issued a certificate of purchase therefore to SHERI L THOMPSON. 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 MARK S SMITH for said year 2012 That said SHERI L THOMPSON on the 2nd day of June 2019 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 5th day of December 2019 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 22nd day of August 2019 /s/ David Gill County Treasurer of Douglas County Legal Notice No.: 935630 First Publication: August 22, 2019 Last Publication: September 5, 2019 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press Public Notice NOTICE OF PURCHASE OF REAL ESTATE AT TAX LIEN SALE AND OF APPLICATION FOR ISSUANCE OF TREASURER’S DEED To Every Person in Actual Possession or Occupancy of the hereinafter Described Land, Lot or Premises, and to the Person in Whose Name the Same was Taxed or Specially Assessed, and to all Persons having an Interest or Title of Record in or to the said Premises and To Whom It May Concern, and more especially to: OCCUPANT - FRANCIS O DARIAN JR - WALTER KOWALSKI - SHERI L THOMPSON FRANCIS O DARIAN JR AND FRED D DARIAN - RICHARD W DAVIS AND DORIS T DAVIS -FRANCIS O DARIAN JR AKA FRANCIS OSCAR DARIAN AND FRED D DARIAN FRANCIS O DARIAN JR AKA FRANCIS O DARIAN AND FRED D DARIAN You and each of you are hereby notified that on the 12th day of November 2009 the then County Treasurer of the County of Douglas, in the State of Colorado, sold at public tax lien sale to SHERI L THOMPSON the following described real estate situate in the County of Douglas, State of Colorado, to wit: LOT 17 BLK 28 MERIBEL VILLAGE 1 272-940 0.512 AM/L

LOT 17 BLK 28 MERIBEL VILLAGE 1 272-940

and said County Treasurer issued a certificate of purchase therefore to SHERI L THOMPSON. That said tax lien sale was made to satisfy the delinquent* taxes assessed against said real estate for the year 2008. That said real estate was taxed or specially assessed in the name(s) of FRANCIS O DARIAN JR for said year 2008

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That on the 12th day of June 2018 said SHERI L THOMPSON assigned said certificate of purchase to WALTER KOWALSKI. That said WALTER KOWALSKI on the 31st day of May 2019 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 5th day of December 2019 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 22nd day of August 2019 /s/ David Gill Douglas County Treasurer Legal Notice No.: 935631 First Publication: August 22, 2019 Last Publication: September 5, 2019 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press Public Notice NOTICE OF PURCHASE OF REAL ESTATE AT TAX LIEN SALE AND OF APPLICATION FOR ISSUANCE OF TREASURER’S DEED To Every Person in Actual Possession or Occupancy of the hereinafter Described Land, Lot or Premises, and to the Person in Whose Name the Same was Taxed or Specially Assessed, and to all Persons having an Interest or Title of Record in or to the said Premises and To Whom It May Concern, and more especially to: OCCUPANT - FRANCES A EARLEY & JOSEPH M EARLEY & PHILIP J EARLEY SHERI L THOMPSON - COLORADO WESTERN DEVELOPMENT CO - COLORADO WESTERN DEVELOPMENT CO A COLORADO CORPORATION - KENNETH J WEILER SECRETARY COLORADO WESTERN DEVELOPMENT CO A COLORADO CORPORATION LEE E STUBBLEFIELD AKA LEE EUGENE STUBBLEFIELD JR, PRESIDENT COLORADO WESTERN DEVELOPMENT CO A COLORADO CORPORATION - RICHARD H GLASMAN - JOSEPH EARLY AKA JOSEPH EARLEY - JOSEPH M EARLEY AND FRANCES A EARLEY - FRANCES A EARLEY AKA FRANCES ANN EARLEY & JOSEPH M EARLEY AKA JOE EARLEY & PHILIP J EARLEY AKA PHILIP JOHN EARLEY AKA PHILLIP J EARLEY You and each of you are hereby notified that on the 12th day of November 2009 the then County Treasurer of the County of Douglas, in the State of Colorado, sold at public tax lien sale to SHERI L THOMPSON the following described real estate situate in the County of Douglas, State of Colorado, to wit: LOT 39 BLK 1 MERIBEL VILLAGE 1 0.503 AM/L and said County Treasurer issued a certificate of purchase therefore to SHERI L THOMPSON. That said tax lien sale was made to satisfy the delinquent* taxes assessed against said real estate for the year 2008. That said real estate was taxed or specially assessed in the name(s) of FRANCES A EARLEY & JOSEPH M EARLEY & PHILIP J EARLEY for said year 2008 That said SHERI L THOMPSON on the 2nd day of June 2019 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 5th day of December 2019 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 22nd day of August 2019 /s/ David Gill County Treasurer of Douglas County Legal Notice No.: 935633 First Publication: August 22, 2019 Last Publication: September 5, 2019 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press Public Notice

and said County Treasurer issued a certificate of purchase therefore to SHERI L THOMPSON. That said tax lien sale was made to satisfy the delinquent* taxes assessed against said real estate for the year 2008. That said real estate was taxed or specially assessed in the name(s) of FRANCIS O DARIAN JR for said year 2008

To Every Person in Actual Possession or Occupancy of the hereinafter Described Land, Lot or

That on the 12th day of June 2018 said SHERI L THOMPSON assigned said certificate of pur-

Premises, and to the Person in Whose Name the Same was Taxed or Specially Assessed,

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

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

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To Every Person in Actual Possession or Occupancy of the hereinafter Described Land, Lot or

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

OCCUPANT - KENNETH J O'BRIEN - SHERI L THOMPSON - COLORADO WESTERN DEVELOPMENT CO - KENNETH J WEILER SECRETARY COLORADO WESTERN DEVELOPMENT CO - LEE E STUBBLEFIELD AKA LEE EUGENE STUBBLEFIELD JR PRESIDENT COLORADO WESTERN DEVELOPMENT CO KENNETH J OBRIEN AKA KENNETH JAMES OBRIEN JR - KENNETH J O'BRIEN AKA KENNETH JOSEPH O'BRIEN JR

You and each of you are hereby notified that on the 20th day of October 2011 the then County Treasurer of the County of Douglas, in the State of Colorado, sold at public tax lien sale to SHERI L THOMPSON the following described real estate situate in the County of Douglas, State of Colorado, to wit:

LOT 11 BLK 12 MERIBEL VILLAGE 1 265-70 0.520 AM/L

and said County Treasurer issued a certificate of purchase therefore to SHERI L THOMPSON. That said tax lien sale was made to satisfy the delinquent* taxes assessed against said real estate for the year 2010. That said real estate was taxed or specially assessed in the name(s) of KENNETH J O'BRIEN for said year 2010

That said SHERI L THOMPSON on the 2nd day of June 2019 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 5th day of December 2019 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 22nd day of August 2019 /s/ David Gill County Treasurer of Douglas County Legal Notice No.: 935634 First Publication: August 22, 2019 Last Publication: September 5, 2019 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press Public Notice NOTICE OF PURCHASE OF REAL ESTATE AT TAX LIEN SALE AND OF APPLICATION FOR ISSUANCE OF TREASURER’S DEED To Every Person in Actual Possession or Occupancy of the hereinafter Described Land, Lot or

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

OCCUPANT - RICHARD S BAYER REVOCABLE LIVING TRUST - SHERI L THOMPSON PATRICIA S BAYER - RICHARD S BAYER AND ROBERTA A CRUISE AS JOINT TENANTS - RICHARD S BAYER - RICHARD S BAYER LAW OFFICE OF RICHARD BAYER ROBERTA A CRUISE AKA ROBERTA ANN CRUISE - ROBERTA A CRUISE GRANTOR RICHARD S BAYER AKA RICHARD STEWART BAYER

You and each of you are hereby notified that on the 20th day of October 2011 the then County Treasurer of the County of Douglas, in the State of Colorado, sold at public tax lien sale to SHERI L THOMPSON the following described real estate situate in the County of Douglas, State of Colorado, to wit:

LOT 21 BLK 1 MERIBEL VILLAGE 1 0.516 AM/L

and said County Treasurer issued a certificate of purchase therefore to SHERI L THOMPSON. That said tax lien sale was made to satisfy the delinquent* taxes assessed against said real estate for the year 2010. That said real estate was taxed or specially assessed in the name(s) of RICHARD S BAYER REVOCABLE LIVING TRUST for said year 2010

That said SHERI L THOMPSON on the 2nd day of June 2019 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 5th day of December 2019 unless the same has been redeemed. Said property may be re-

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7 at Douglas County Libraries James H. LaRue branch, 9292 Ridgeline Blvd., Highlands Ranch. Go to dcl.org.

is displaying glass art.

Outdoor worship with live music, followed by a free barbecue lunch, bouncy houses, face painting, games, prizes and fun. Worship begins at 10:30 a.m. with activities to follow at 11:30 a.m. Go to joylc.org.

First Contact: Discovery in the New Guinea Heartland: 6:30-8 p.m. Sept. 12 at the James H. LaRue branch of Douglas County Highlands Ranch Historical Society Tours: FROM PAGE 20 Libraries, 9292 S. Ridgeline Blvd., HighTuesday, Sept. 10, Denver Mob Tour, 10:45 lands Ranch. Peter Van Arsdale, co-leader Wills and Trusts: 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. a.m. to 2 p.m.; Wednesday, Sept. 18, Kassler before … but is it enough? Presented by the Public Notice of the discovery team, recounts the 1974 Sept. 13 at Arapahoe Community College in Water Treatment Plant Tour, 10 a.m. to 1 high school’s theater Public Noticedepartment; tickets REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL (RFP) expedition that led to the discovery of p.m.; Saturday, Sept. 21, trip to see Native available at the door at hrhsthespians.

Parker. Presented by Parker Pals, a monthly #028-19 NOTICE OF PURCHASE OF or REAL ESTATE BANKING SERVICES AT TAX LIEN SALE AND OF APPLICATION Citak warriors in New Guinea. He’ll talk American Prayer Trees; Tuesday, Sept. 24,Public Notice com. self-help group for people with Multiple FOR ISSUANCE OF TREASURER’S DEED about logistics of that expedition and Castle Tour, to noon; Sclerosis. Speaker is Daniel Champan, atNOTICE OF PURCHASE OF REAL the ESTATE The Treasurer’sCherokee Office, in conjunction with 9:30 a.m.

AT TAX LIEN SALE AND OF APPLICATION multiple departments/offices of Douglas County To Every Person in Actual Possession or Occuthe team’s findings.

Film footage and still Wednesday, Oct. 9, Denver Mob Tour, 10:45 torney. Family and care partners welcome.

Highlands Ranch Pioneer Days: 9 a.m. to FOR ISSUANCE OF TREASURER’S DEED Government, hereinafter referred to as the pancy of the hereinafter Described Land, Lot or proposals from re- required. Contact photos will also be presented. Van Arsdale, a.m.requests to 2 p.m.

Registration 2 p.m. Thursday to Saturday, Sept. 5-7County, at respectfully Parker Pals provides support, MS education, Public Notice To Every Person in Actual Possession or sponsible and qualified financial institutions to Premises, and to the Person in Whose Name Public Notice Ph.D., is anLand, applied anthropologist and or nancy@thehrhs.org.

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Persons having an reenactments, Interest or Title of black with the University of Denver’s way Historical grams.

Contact Kathie Spies, group leader, DOUGLAS COUNTY DISTRICT COURT, in this RFP document. The County reserves the Record in or to the said Premises and To Whom AT TAX LIEN SALE AND OF APPLICATION Name the Same was Taxed or Specially AsOF COLORADO JosefanKorbel of International Studsmithing, for information atSTATE 720-842-0401. right to award all requested bank services to a It May Concern,pottery, and more Indian especiallyfry to: bread, a petting FOR ISSUANCE OF TREASURER’S DEED sessed, and to all Persons having Interest School or 4000 Justice Way single financial institution or specific services to Title of Record in or to the said Premises and To Castle Rock, CO ies. especially Registration isTorequired at 303-791Y.E.S.S. Parent Academy: Sept. and more zoo, a real- RICHARD chuck wagon, livestock Whom Ita.m.

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You may respond to all re- 8-9:30 OCCUPANT S BAYER REVOC-displays, Every Person in Actual Possession or Douglas County, CO 80109 quired services12 included within the RFP or Sheriff’s just ABLE - SHERI L THOMPSON Land, Fun: Field Day: 1-2 p.m. Sept. 14 at 7323 or DCL.org. Occupancy of the hereinafter Described at Douglas County Office HighandLIVING more.TRUST Hay rack rides will provide views Family OCCUPANT - SUSAN SULLIVAN & SUSAN those specific services applicable to your bankPATRICIA S BAYER - RICHARD S BAYER Lot or Premises, and to the Person in Whose PEOPLE in OFParker, THE STATE lands Ranch Substation, Zotos Drive, of the ranchAnot typically seenTENby the public.

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Open to anyone raising, Tours of the mansion.

Go to https://hrcaonMainstreet, Parker.

Participate in races, play ORADO WESTERN DEVELOPMENT CO services for the County, the financial BAYER LAW OFFICE OF RICHARD BAYER Title of Record in or to the said Premises and To In the Interest of: to: bubbles, COLORADO institution(s) recommended Bank SelecROBERTA A CRUISE AKA ROBERTA ANN mentoringbyortheproviding services for anyWESTERN DEVELOPMENT CO Whom It May Concern, and more especially line.org/about-us/guides-communication/ with and enjoy sweet treats with FRANCISCO ANTONIO SANCHEZ PERDOMO, A COLORADO CORPORATION - KENNETH J tion Committee to the Board of County CommisCRUISE - ROBERTA A CRUISE GRANTOR D.O.B.: 11/25/2001, Child, aged child.

RSVP to pharvey@dcsheriff.net. calendar-schedules/event-details/evr/1/ your family.

Weather permitting, this event Living and Aging Well Senior Luncheon: OCCUPANT - JANNIE H D RICHARDSON WEILER SECRETARY COLORADO WESTsioners may not necessarily be the financial inRICHARD S BAYER AKA RICHARD STEW- THE FEDERAL DE-takeAnd ERN DEVELOPMENT COLORADO CORstitution that submitted lowestHeidman cost proposal ART BAYER DeputytheSean will share updated CO A 11:30 highlands-ranch-pioneer-days a.m. to 1 p.m.SHERI Sept.L9THOMPSON at Lone Tree Golf will place at Discovery Park adjacent to concerning: POSIT INSURANCE CORP - FEDERAL DEPORATION - ROBERT L HERMAN AKA response.

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RecomPOSIT INSURANCE (FDIC) HERMAN VICE You and each of you are hereby notified that on ANTONIO SANCHEZ, D.O.B.: UNKNOWN, AS RECEIVER FOR JEFFERSON BANK & COLORADO WESTERN DEVELOPMENT CO The RFP documents may be reviewed and/or the 20th day of October 2011 the then County Father; Respondents, safe.

Free continental breakfast provided by RSVP by noon the Wednesday before the mended for families with kids ages 3-5.

Howling Good Time, Doggie Splash: 9printed a.m.from the Rocky Mountain E-Purchasing A COLORADO CORPORATION - RICHARD C T R U S T L A K E W O O D C O - P R I S C I L L A Treasurer of the County of Douglas, in the State CATAPAT ATTORNEY IN FACT FEDERAL DEBROOKINS - BARBARA J BROOKINS BARSystem websiteRotary at www.rockymountainbidsysof to Colorado, sold at7 public lien sale to of Castle Rock and Denver Springs. luncheon.- Go to www.LivingandAgingWellRegistration is required at 303-791-7323 or 1 p.m. Sept. at thetax Westridge Outdoor And POSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION - SUNBARA J BROOKINS AKA BARBARA J BROOKtem.com. RFP documents are not available for SHERI L THOMPSON the following described CARA AUSTIN, (kin-like placement); Luncheon.eventbrite.com.

Pool, 9650 Foothills Canyon Blvd., HighSHINE HOMES & MANAGEMENT AKA DCL.org.

SUNINS CURTIS - PAUL AND SUSAN SULLIVAN purchase from Douglas County Government and real estate situate in the County of Douglas, CHARLES AUSTIN, (kin-like placement); SHINE HOMES MANAGEMENT - ALLEN MRS PAUL SULLIVAN - PAUL E SULLIcan or only be Art accessed from the above-menState of Colorado, to wit: Show: through Sept. 12 atMR St.&Andrew lands Ranch. Small-dog hour (15 pounds Special Respondents RICHARDSON TRADE NAME REGISTRANT VAN - SUSAN KOLMORGAN - SUSAN SULLItioned website. While the RFP documents are United Methodist Church, 9203 S. UniverEditor’s note: less; 15 inches tall or less) is from 9-10 a.m.

Calendar submissions must be SUNSHINE HOMES & MANAGEMENT AKA VAN AKA SUSAN D SULLIVAN AKA SUSAN available electronically, Douglas County cannot LOT 21 BLK 1 MERIBEL VILLAGE 1 0.516 Attorney for Department: SUNSHINE HOMES MANAGEMENT - JANNIE DANA SULLIVAN AKA SUSAN KOLMORGAN accept electronic proposal responses.

AM/L Thirkell,Wednesday #13865 sity Blvd., Highlands Ranch. AKA Features the Call 303-791-2500 or go to HRCAonline.org. receivedJohn by noon for publicaRICHARDSON AKA JANNIE H RICHRDSON SUSAN D KOLMORGAN AKA SUSAN Thomas J. Joaquin, #30941 AKA JANNIE DUK RICHARDSON AKAthe 4400 DANA KOLMORGAN SUSAN Celebration: BROOKINS RFP responseswork will beof received 4:00-p.m. and said County Treasurer issued a certificate of three until artists Patricia Montano is AKAJoyful 10:30 a.m.HO Sunday, Sept. tion following week.

To place a calendar Castleton Ct. JANNIE H D RICHARDSON - C RANDEL AKA SUSAN D BROOKINS AKA SUSAN DANA on Tuesday, October 1, 2019 by Douglas purchase therefore to SHERI L THOMPSON. Castle Rock, CO 80109 displaying art, Susan 8 at Joy Lutheran Church and Joyful Mission - HARRIE Have Gardening Questions?

Askthea Master item, to eventlink.coloradocommunityLEWIS CHAPTER 11 TRUSTEE F go (303) BROOKINS is County Government, Finance2D Department, Pur-Bartholomew That said tax lien sale was made to satisfy 814-5325 LEWIS COUNSEL FOR C RANDEL LEWIS chasing Division, 100 Third Street, Suite 130, delinquent* taxes assessed against said real esdisplaying jewelry and Sally Van Der Kamp Preschool, 7051 Parker Hills Court, Parker. media.com.

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Fax: (303) 4799259 CHAPTER 11 TRUSTEE - THOMAS F QUINN You and each of you are hereby notified that on Castle Rock, Colorado 80104. All responses tate for the year 2010. That said real estate was

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taxed or specially assessed in the name(s) of RICHARD S BAYER REVOCABLE LIVING TRUST for said year 2010

That said SHERI L THOMPSON on the 2nd day of June 2019 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 5th day of December 2019 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 22nd day of August 2019

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/s/ David Gill County Treasurer of Douglas County Legal Notice No.: 935632 First Publication: August 22, 2019 Last Publication: September 5, 2019 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press

Bids and Settlements Public Notice REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL (RFP) #028-19 BANKING SERVICES The Treasurer’s Office, in conjunction with multiple departments/offices of Douglas County Government, hereinafter referred to as the County, respectfully requests proposals from responsible and qualified financial institutions to provide banking services for the County. Specific requirements and services are contained within this RFP document. The County reserves the right to award all requested bank services to a single financial institution or specific services to selected banks. You may respond to all required services included within the RFP or just those specific services applicable to your banking operation. While price is an important factor in determining the most advantageous banking services for the County, the financial institution(s) recommended by the Bank Selection Committee to the Board of County Commissioners may not necessarily be the financial institution that submitted the lowest cost proposal response.

The RFP documents may be reviewed and/or printed from the Rocky Mountain E-Purchasing System website at www.rockymountainbidsystem.com. RFP documents are not available for purchase from Douglas County Government and can only be accessed from the above-mentioned website. While the RFP documents are available electronically, Douglas County cannot accept electronic proposal responses.

RFP responses will be received until 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday, October 1, 2019 by Douglas County Government, Finance Department, Purchasing Division, 100 Third Street, Suite 130, Castle Rock, Colorado 80104. All responses must be submitted in a sealed box, plainly marked “Request for Proposal (RFP) #028-19, Banking Services”. Proposal responses will not be considered which are received after the time stated and any proposals so received will be returned unopened.

Douglas County Government reserves the right to reject any and all proposals, to waive formalities, informalities, or irregularities contained in a said proposal and furthermore, to award a contract for items herein, either in whole or in part, if it is deemed to be in the best interest of the County to do so. Additionally, we reserve the right to negotiate optional items/services with the successful vendor.

must be submitted in a sealed box, plainly marked “Request for Proposal (RFP) #028-19, Banking Services”. Proposal responses will not be considered which are received after the time stated and any proposals so received will be returned unopened.

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 SHERI L THOMPSON the following described real estate situate in the County of Douglas, State of Colorado, to wit:

Douglas County Government reserves the right to reject any and all proposals, to waive formalities, informalities, or irregularities contained in a said proposal and furthermore, to award a contract for items herein, either in whole or in part, if it is deemed to be in the best interest of the County to do so. Additionally, we reserve the right to negotiate optional items/services with the successful vendor.

LOT 7 BLK 9 MERIBEL VILLAGE 1 257-956 0.505 AM/L

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Please direct any questions concerning this RFP to Carolyn Riggs, Purchasing Supervisor, 303660-7434, criggs@douglas.co.us, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding holidays.

Legal Notice No.: 935717 First Publication: September 5, 2019 Last Publication: September 5, 2019 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press

Misc. Private Legals Public Notice NOTICE OF PURCHASE OF REAL ESTATE AT TAX LIEN SALE AND OF APPLICATION FOR ISSUANCE OF TREASURER’S DEED To Every Person in Actual Possession or Occupancy of the hereinafter Described Land, Lot or Premises, and to the Person in Whose Name the Same was Taxed or Specially Assessed, and to all Persons having an Interest or Title of Record in or to the said Premises and To Whom It May Concern, and more especially to: OCCUPANT - SUSAN SULLIVAN & SUSAN KOLMORGAN - SHERI L THOMPSON - DEBORAH TORP - MARTIN D STENZEL - COLORADO WESTERN DEVELOPMENT CO COLORADO WESTERN DEVELOPMENT CO A COLORADO CORPORATION - KENNETH J WEILER SECRETARY COLORADO WESTERN DEVELOPMENT CO A COLORADO CORPORATION - ROBERT L HERMAN AKA ROBERT LEO HERMAN VICE PRESIDENT COLORADO WESTERN DEVELOPMENT CO A COLORADO CORPORATION - RICHARD C BROOKINS - BARBARA J BROOKINS - BARBARA J BROOKINS AKA BARBARA J BROOKINS CURTIS - PAUL AND SUSAN SULLIVAN MR & MRS PAUL SULLIVAN - PAUL E SULLIVAN - SUSAN KOLMORGAN - SUSAN SULLIVAN AKA SUSAN D SULLIVAN AKA SUSAN DANA SULLIVAN AKA SUSAN KOLMORGAN AKA SUSAN D KOLMORGAN AKA SUSAN DANA KOLMORGAN AKA SUSAN BROOKINS AKA SUSAN D BROOKINS AKA SUSAN DANA BROOKINS 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 SHERI L THOMPSON the following described real estate situate in the County of Douglas, State of Colorado, to wit:

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and said County Treasurer issued a certificate of purchase therefore to SHERI L THOMPSON. 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 SUSAN SULLIVAN & SUSAN KOLMORGAN for said year 2012 That said SHERI L THOMPSON on the 2nd day of June 2019 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 12th day of December 2019 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 29th day of August 2019 /s/ David Gill County Treasurer of Douglas County Legal Notice No.: 935673 First Publication: August 29, 2019 Last Publication: September 12, 2019 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press

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You and each of you are hereby notified that on the 12th day of November 2009 the then County Treasurer of the County of Douglas, in the State of Colorado, sold at public tax lien sale to SHERI L THOMPSON the following described real estate situate in the County of Douglas, State of Colorado, to wit:

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TR IN S1/2SW1/4 28-8-67 1 AM/L and said County Treasurer issued a certificate of purchase therefore to SHERI L THOMPSON. That said tax lien sale was made to satisfy the delinquent* taxes assessed against said real estate for the year 2008. That said real estate was taxed or specially assessed in the name(s) of JANNIE H D RICHARDSON for said year 2008 That said SHERI L THOMPSON on the 2nd day of June 2019 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 12th day of December 2019 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 29th day of August 2019 /s/ David Gill County Treasurer of Douglas County Legal Notice No.: 935674 First Publication: August 29, 2019 Last Publication: September 12, 2019 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press

Public Notice

Public Notice

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

DOUGLAS COUNTY DISTRICT COURT, STATE OF COLORADO 4000 Justice Way Castle Rock, CO Douglas County, CO 80109

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 - JANNIE H D RICHARDSON SHERI L THOMPSON - THE FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORP - FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION (FDIC) AS RECEIVER FOR JEFFERSON BANK & TRUST LAKEWOOD CO - PRISCILLA CATAPAT ATTORNEY IN FACT FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION - SUNSHINE HOMES & MANAGEMENT AKA SUNSHINE HOMES MANAGEMENT - ALLEN RICHARDSON TRADE NAME REGISTRANT SUNSHINE HOMES & MANAGEMENT AKA SUNSHINE HOMES MANAGEMENT - JANNIE RICHARDSON AKA JANNIE H RICHRDSON AKA JANNIE HO DUK RICHARDSON AKA JANNIE H D RICHARDSON - C RANDEL LEWIS CHAPTER 11 TRUSTEE - HARRIE F LEWIS COUNSEL FOR C RANDEL LEWIS CHAPTER 11 TRUSTEE - THOMAS F QUINN PC - N A RIEGER FBO JANNIE RICHARDSON

LOT 7 BLK 9 MERIBEL VILLAGE 1 257-956 0.505 AM/L

You and each of you are hereby notified that on the 12th day of November 2009 the then County Treasurer of the County of Douglas, in the State of Colorado, sold at public tax lien sale to SHERI L THOMPSON the following described real estate situate in the County of Douglas, State of Colorado, to wit:

and said County Treasurer issued a certificate of purchase therefore to SHERI L THOMPSON. 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

and said County Treasurer issued a certificate of purchase therefore to SHERI L THOMPSON. That said tax lien sale was made to satisfy the delinquent* taxes assessed against said real es-

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THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF COLORADO In the Interest of: FRANCISCO ANTONIO SANCHEZ PERDOMO, D.O.B.: 11/25/2001, Child, And concerning: MARIA VERLIZ, DECEASED; Mother; ANTONIO SANCHEZ, D.O.B.: UNKNOWN, Father; Respondents, And CARA AUSTIN, (kin-like placement); CHARLES AUSTIN, (kin-like placement); Special Respondents Attorney for Department: John Thirkell, #13865 Thomas J. Joaquin, #30941 4400 Castleton Ct. Castle Rock, CO 80109 (303) 814-5325 Fax: (303) 4799259 jthirkel@douglas.co.us tjoaquin@douglas.co.us CASE NUMBER: 19JV201 DIVISION 7 DEPENDENCY SUMMONS This Summons is initiated pursuant to Rule 2.2 of the Colorado Rules of Juvenile Procedure, Rule 4 of the Colorado Rules of Civil Procedure, and Section 19-3-503, C.R.S.

jthirkel@douglas.co.us tjoaquin@douglas.co.us CASE NUMBER: 19JV201 DIVISION 7 DEPENDENCY SUMMONS

This Summons is initiated pursuant to Rule 2.2 of the Colorado Rules of Juvenile Procedure, Rule 4 of the Colorado Rules of Civil Procedure, and Section 19-3-503, C.R.S.

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TO: ANTONIO SANCHEZ

You are hereby notified that a petition has been filed which alleges that the above-named children are dependent or neglected as per the facts set forth in the Dependency and Neglect Petition, a copy of which is being served upon you. The following documents are also being served upon you: Petition for Temporary Custody; Dependency and Neglect Handbook; Application for Court Appointed Counsel; ICWA Affidavit; Advisement in Dependency and Neglect; and the Relative Affidavit.

An Adjudicatory Hearing and Default Hearing has been set for October 28, 2019 at 9:00 a.m. in Division 7, Douglas County District Court, 4000 Justice Way, Castle Rock, Colorado, 80109.

Your presence before this court is required to defend against the claims in this petition. IF YOU FAIL TO APPEAR, THE COURT WILL PROCEED IN YOUR ABSENCE, WITHOUT FURTHER NOTICE, TO CONDUCT AN ADJUDICATORY HEARING AND MAY ENTER A JUDGMENT BY DEFAULT THEREBY ADJUDICATING YOUR CHILD AS DEPENDENT OR NEGLECTED CHILD.

You have the right to request a trial by jury at the adjudicatory stage of this petition. You also have the right to legal representation at every stage of the proceedings by counsel of your own choosing, or if you are without sufficient financial means, appointment of counsel by the Court. Termination of your parent-child legal relationship to free your children for adoption is a possible remedy in this proceeding. If that remedy is pursued, you are entitled to a hearing before a Judge. You also have the right, if you are indigent, to have the Court appoint, at no expense to you, one expert witness of your own choosing at any hearing on the termination of your parent-child relationship. If you are a minor, you have the right to the appointment of a Guardian ad litem to represent your best interests.

You have the right to have this matter heard by a district court judge rather than by the magistrate. You may waive that right, and in doing so, you will be bound by the findings and recommendations of the magistrate, subject to review as provided by sec. 19-1-108(5.5), C.R.S., and subsequently, to the right of appeal as provided

by Colorado Appellate Rule 3.4.

This summons is being initiated by the Douglas County Department of Human Services through its counsel.

Dated: Thomas J. Joaquin, #30941 Lori Kennedy, #53479 Assistant Douglas County Attorney Legal Notice No.: 935720 First Publication: September 5, 2019 Last Publication: September 5, 2019 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press

TO: ANTONIO SANCHEZ You are hereby notified that a petition has been filed which alleges that the above-named children are dependent or neglected as per the

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