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A GROWING DEBATE LAUNCHING A NEW ERA

Douglas County School District rolls out strategic plan P2

Group targets chunk of land for open space — or possibly something else — in a complicated showdown with town officials over development P6

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Douglas County School District debuts strategic plans Roadmap for next five years launches

ized learning officer, Nancy Ingalls, is helping to lead a national effort to improve social and emotional learning.

He gave other examples of how the district is supporting students in this area. At ThunderRidge High School, he said, students founded a mental health program called Oasis.

The program raises funds for district mental health resources by selling merchandise.

BY JESSICA GIBBS JGIBBS@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

There’s a new roadmap in place for the Douglas County School District’s next five years, and it’s the first time a plan of its kind has been in place since 2017.

School board President David Ray called the debut of a new strategic plan titled “Growing Together” a historic moment for the district. The district spent several months creating it, gathering input from community stakeholders, district employees, students and families.

More than 30,000 people completed a survey created to inform the plan’s development.

“We could not be in a better position than today to learn and grow together for the sake of our students, our schools and our community,” Ray said.

“Don’t just receive this plan. Own it.

Nurture it. Champion it.”

The school district unveiled the strategic plan at an event to which all 8,300 district employees were invited. More than 6,000 RSVP’d.

The district hosted its launch at the Pepsi Center in Denver, busing more than 2,700 employees from Douglas County while thousands more drove.

District employees clap as they are asked to stand if they’ve worked in the district for five, 10, 20 and 30 years.

JESSICA GIBBS The facility cost $9,200 to rent but was covered by donations from the community, according to a district news release.

The full document is not yet available, but Superintendent Thomas Tucker along with the board of education gave staff an overview of its focus points at the Sept. 20 rollout. The plan breaks down into six key areas. Here’s a look at each theme in the plan.

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Health, safety and social-emotional support for students This includes enhancing the physical and psychological safety and security in schools, according to a brief of the strategic plan.

“Our students are our greatest assets,” Tucker said. “Students need to learn in environments that are physically and emotionally safe.”

Tucker said the district’s personal-

Post-graduation guidance and preparation The second theme of DCSD’s strategic plan involves increasing awareness of post-graduation pathways.

Whether that be obtaining professional certifications, attending a two-year college, four-year university or joining the military, Tucker said the district will work harder to help students understand various opportunities.

The district is also looking to heighten access to college credit courses and to technical education in high school and middle school.

“As a district, it is our job to prepare our students for post-graduation success,” Tucker said. “We have an obligation to ensure that each student is provided opportunities to learn about these options and understand the path to pursuing them from any age, and very early on.”

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Douglas County schools’ employee retention improves Board identifies areas for improvement, celebrates data trends

BY JESSICA GIBBS JGIBBS@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

In the Douglas County School District, data trends show retention is improving among employees, and some staff members are returning to the district.

The school board reviewed turnover and retention data at its Sept.

17 board meeting, where results brought some directors to tears.

“There’s a little emotion to see this trend that says that people want to stay and the data on the people that are returning,” board President David Ray said, telling departing board members Wendy Vogel and AnneMarie Lemieux to celebrate their roles in improving retention.

“That’s why you got on this board to begin with, was because we were concerned about our staff leaving us, and to see that trend is reversing, just a lot of hallelujahs there,” Ray said.

Board members reviewed both Colorado Department of Education data and district data, which are calculated differently. The state department analyzes turnover rates for

According to CDE data, the Dougclose to a calendar year, from Dec. 1 las County School District has the to Dec. 1. fourth best retention rate among “So, the data has a foot in two metro area districts, nearly tydifferent school years,” said the ing with Jefferson County Public district’s Chief Human Resources Schools. DCSD’s Officer Amanda turnover rate Thompson at a was 18.4% from September board December 2017 meeting. to December The state data 2018 and Jeffersets include son’s was 18.3%. charter school The district was employees and third overall for considers movethe best teacher ment between retention. jobs or promoBoard directions as turntor Anne-Marie over. Licensed Lemieux worand classified ried that certain groups are sepaelements of the rated into two state’s calculasubgroups. tions skewed At the state data for districtlevel, turnover run schools. among admin“My biggest istrators from concern is that 2018 to 2019 was David Ray charter school 24.7%, up from Douglas County information is the previous year’s rate of School Board president comingled with this, because we 20.8%. Turnover have over 20% among princiof our schools pals rose from that are charter schools,” she said.

15% in 2017 to 2018 to 17.3% in 2018 “We can’t do anything about the to 2019. Turnover among teachers charter schools.” has held relatively steady in the past Director Krista Holtzmann clarified three years and from 2018 to 2019 was that the board wanted data that dis16.4%.

‘That’s why you got on this board to begin with, was because we were concerned about our staff leaving us, and to see that trend is reversing, just a lot of hallelujahs there.’

tinguished district-run schools from charters because “charter schools, by the charter school act, have autonomy in their employment practices, somewhat or mostly, in terms of salary and retention and hiring.”

Thompson said the Douglas County School District calculates turnover differently from the state department.

DCSD’s timeframe encompasses a full school year, looking at turnover from July 1 through June 30.

The district excludes charter schools, temporary employees, oneyear contracts, movement between positions and promotions. When analyzing licensed turnover, the district includes all licenses staff, such as teachers, nurses and counselors.

Turnover has decreased every year since the 2015-16 school year, when it was 17.8%. Last year the district’s turnover rate was 14.1%, its lowest since the 2012-13 school year. The turnover rate among principals has dropped significantly, now sitting at 7.1%, compared to 17.4% in school year 2013-14.

“Those are really big celebration points for us,” Thompson said.

More than 50 licensed employees returned to DCSD for the 2019-20 school year. They named job opportunities, moving back to Colorado, their love of schools or the district as some reasons for returning.

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Positive and supportive culture Tucker stressed that good school environments — ones where staff and educators feel supported — in turn improve the learning of students. This part to the plan will create systems that “regularly celebrate individuals and teams in the district,” the brief reads, while making sure district employees understand their role in DCSD and how their work affects the district as a whole. “(Students) must be empowered and supported by a community of professionals that believe learning is the key to unlocking limitless potential,” Tucker said.

Aligning curriculum with flexible instructional delivery The district is looking to align its curriculum with Colorado Academic Standards, Tucker said, from pre-kindergarten to the 12th grade.

This will include district-wide instructional frameworks.

The goal is to create cohesive curriculum while still giving educators choice in the content and resources used in the classroom.

“It’s OK to use the Colorado

October 4, 2019O Academic Standards,” Tucker said. “So that every child is preparing for their chosen future.”

Equitable distribution of resources This goal was the most detailed within the broader strategic plan overview. It involves reviewing guidelines for additional pay and using school boundaries and enrollment analysis to inform the distribution of resources.

Tucker thanked district staff for their help in passing the district’s bond and mill levy override in 2018.

The funds helped with capital improvements for district schools and in hiring dozens more counselors throughout the district, in two examples.

“Our schools represent our community and we must provide every school, not one school nor 40 schools, but every school, with ample resources,” Tucker said.

Recruitment, retention and development of high-quality employees The final focus area of the strategic plan revolves around attracting and keeping talented staff in the district.

The first phase in this area will be developing “a predictable compensation schedule for all employee groups that

acknowledges experience/longevity, knowledge and performance,” the brief says, and one that is competitive among neighboring districts.

“We are committed to keeping you, and I’ve asked again — as I’ve said over the past year — that we work collaboratively and I ask for your patience,” Tucker said to the room filled with thousands of district employees. “We’ll get there because I know next to parents are teachers, administrators and support staff who have the biggest impact on student success.”

Moving forward The plan will be implemented in three phases through 2025. Chief Academic Officer Marlena Gross-Taylor said cabinet members will visit individual schools in the coming year to discuss in more detail how the plan will be implemented and to continue gathering feedback from the community.

Ray urged district employees to continue providing feedback on the plan, calling it a living document.

“As I feel the smallness of standing on this stage,” Ray said, “I am reminded of the incredible power that occurs when we stop being a system of schools and instead unite as a school system.”

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Despite areas of celebration, Lemieux said the districts retention rates aren’t perfect.

Turnover among classified employees has decreased since the 2016-17 school year but remains higher than desired. It sat at 20.4% for the 2018-19 school year.

“When I see this percentage, I think there is some work to do,” Ray said. “I think we need to hear from some of our classified employees.”

Classified employees encompass employees like bus drivers, food and nutrition services, office administration support, para professionals, grounds workers and trades workers. Thompson said the district will look at each job type specifically to see where turnover needs improvement.

The district is also working to capture more data from employees who leave the district. About 62% of departing employees participated in an exit survey.

Thompson said they reported better commutes, retirement, and better job opportunities as their top reasons for leaving the school district. She hopes to collect surveys from all departing employees in the future.

Superintendent Thomas Tucker said the trends are “very positive” but the district will continue working to improve them. The district will be reviewing its pay schedule and strive to offer more competitive salaries among peer districts, he said.

Thompson said staff will review how the district’s pay system compares to peers in the metro area and aim to make the pay schedule more predictable for employees. Overall, Tucker said the trends show the district is improving at retaining talent.

“We are very optimistic about those results. Some of the best results we’ve had in quite a few years,” Tucker said.

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Pace of growth, mistrust fuel group’s mission Citizens committee seeks signatures in effort to rezone pair of downtown properties

BY NICK PUCKETT NPUCKETT@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

In an event room at the Stroh Recreation Center in Parker, Terry Dodd, one of the leaders of the Save PACE Parking and Pine Curve 3.0 citizens group, explained a diagram of the Pine Curve and PACE Lot 2 properties and how he believes they should be developed. It’s Dodd’s compromise proposal to the town in lieu of having the properties rezoned as open space.

“Parker’s going to grow,” said Dodd, a local real estate broker. “This group is not ‘We’re against growth’ or ‘We don’t want to see the town do this.’

They want to see the downtown businesses thrive.”

Dodd obliged anyone interested in his vision for the two downtown Parker properties. For the most part, his audience was made up of familiar faces and leading advocates for the cause. A handful of newcomers stopped by for the rally Aug. 26. About a dozen people were there.

The struggle of the group is to find enough supporters to send the two citizens petitions to rezone the properties as open space to a special election.

So far, it’s not clear if they’ll make their Oct. 9 deadline to gather enough valid signatures. Dodd said the group had roughly 5,000 of the needed 6,000 or so signatures.

Dodd’s plan included fact sheets from the website of the town’s authority for reinvestment, Planning for Parker’s Progress, or P3, and Dodd’s own figures for what he referred to as “smart development” or partial development of the property — a compromise of open space and development.

This vision is part of Dodd’s — and by extension, the group’s — negotiation with the town to rethink development of the properties. If no agreement is made, and the signatures are gathered, the open space referendum will be voted on by registered Parker voters in a special election.

The town entered into a purchase and sale agreement with UDC Miller, a commercial real estate investment group, on the Pine Curve lot, the 24-acre lot near the Pine Drive and Mainstreet intersection, Aug. 19. The current zoning of “Greater Downtown-Historic District” is a unique Parker zoning that allows for a range of businesses from commercial to food service to multifamily residential. An open space zoning designation would mean both lots would be preserved for no development at all, aside from some parking, trails and benches to accomodate the open space.

For the Pine Curve property, that means no development at all. The Save group specfically wants to keep the PACE Center visible from the street and save the number of parking spots the PACE Center has currently by requiring added parking for the development that could ensue on the

Terry Dodd speaks during an Aug. 26 rally for the Save PACE Parking and Pine Curve 3.0 committee. strip of property north of the parking lot. However, an open space zoning designation would mean the property would be reverted to entirely open space if a referendum were to prevail.

Range of opinions The group, also known simply as Save, has mixed opinions about the property.

Members’ perspectives include a desire to preserve open space, a belief that the pace of growth is too fast in Parker and a view that downtown business owners have too much power.

Many either have a deep mistrust of the mayor, council and town staff or are, based on principle, against development altogether. Some, like Dodd, say limited development is acceptable, while others seem to have taken a hard-line stance against any development on either property. This can lead to confusion as to what the group’s main desire is, town leaders said.

Councilmembers and town staff have met with the Save group to see if there is common ground between the two sides, but so far, Mayor Mike Waid said in an email Sept. 13, the group hasn’t clearly defined what it wants.

“For example, the language that they created for their ballot questions specifically references the zoning being changed to ‘open space,’ which the town clearly defined to them the limitations of that zoning, but yet while gathering signatures they routinely tell people that they would like to see a park, amphitheater, playgrounds, etc., which are not allowed in open space zoning,” Waid wrote. “So where the town has tried many times to assist them and understand what they want, unfortunately it isn’t clear, outside of no development, what they really want.”

But members of the committee see the petition as a chance to bring the

issue to light.

“I’d rather (the town) look for a solution that works for everybody,” said Mike Rouche, one of the five initial signers, the core of the Save committee. “We have many individuals who have slightly different perspectives, so we’re pushing every button we can to find a solution and nothing is off the table for us.”

It’s not known exactly how many support the group, but Dodd and Rouche maintain that nearly everyone they’ve encountered has agreed with them on the issue of rezoning the properties to open space.

“I believe the group itself thought ‘if there’s no other option, at least negotiate for an option people can live with,’” said Town Councilmember Cheryl Poage, who supports the committee.

Much of the group’s concern stems from the rapid growth Parker and the Denver metro area have seen in recent years. At present, the town comprises about 56,000 people — up from 45,000 residents in 2010 — with projections to grow to roughly 70,000 people in another 10 years.

One of the major cruxes of the Save PACE group’s argument is against the My Mainstreet Project, a survey that concluded last year and gathered close to 1,900 opinions over the course of about a year. Between what is allowed on the property, market trends and the survey results, the My Mainstreet Project concluded that restaurants, craft breweries and boutique retail were among the top results. For both properties, many complained that the results were not representative of the town’s overall population and makeup.

And it didn’t include an option for open space, Rouche said, “or even partial open space. Or even big chunks of open space, which I think is a fundamental flaw and a disservice to the

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The SAVE Pace Parking and Pine Curve group has until Oct. 9 to collect roughly 6,000 signatures to put a referendum on the ballot to rezone to downtown properties to open space.

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people of Parker.”

At a Sept. 23 town council study session, councilmembers Josh Rivero and John Diak, who have been in talks with the group, presented to council a list of nine negotiation requests from Dodd regarding PACE Lot 2.

The requests ranged from making the parking lot in front of the PACE Center exclusive to PACE and maintaining the visibility of the PACE Center from the street if development were to occur.

After about an hour of discussion, with Councilmembers Jeff Toborg and Poage speaking on behalf of the committee’s desires based on their SEE MISSION, P7

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past support of the initiative, council concluded many of Dodd’s requests would require significant rezoning to something other than what there is currently and open space. Rezoning the properties would require pulling the current agreement with UDC Miller and starting from scratch. Waid was frustrated near the end of the discussion when he claimed Poage was letting the group make decisions for her, which stopped the council from coming to a consenus on the issue.

They later did after more discussion.

After the meeting, Waid walked out of the building to his car.

“I don’t like to lose my temper and I don’t like being held hostage,” Waid said as he left, “and that’s what this is.”

The petitioners are in the final stretch for the Oct. 9 deadline to collect enough signatures supporting their cause. They have been collecting signatures in Parker since April and had not submitted the petition as of Sept. 30.

The only thing the public would be able to vote on is whether both properties should be rezoned as open space. And it’s not clear exactly what might go on either of the properties yet. PACE Lot 2 has not yet been sold and the developer who purchased Pine Curve, UDC Miller, has not yet submitted an approved development plan for the area. The zoning of the properties, what is and what isn’t allowed, is the group’s focus. The group feels the My Mainstreet Project was an insincere effort to listen to residents. The UDC Miller sale would be unwound if the open-space vote occurs and prevails.

“They (town staff) don’t listen,” said Aleta Yu. “They care more about the businesses than they do about the residents, and a lot of those business owners don’t live in Parker.”

Dodd said many of the people he has encountered have felt unheard by the town.

“Some will be hesitant to sign until they recognize that some in this group don’t mind some development there either, but the town hasn’t given us that choice,” Dodd said. “If you zone it open space, there’s not going to be any development there. What the town is pushing is complete development.”

Most of the petition-signing stations can be found in the Parker Vista and Rowley Downs neighborhoods, both adjacent to the property. Residents there were concerned about the possibility of increased traffic, first and foremost. They want to prevent high traffic volume on Pine Drive, a two-lane road adjacent to Pine Curve, which they speculate could worsen if the wrong development is placed there.

In many ways, though, the group agrees with the town’s vision of keeping Parker’s “small-town feel.” They differ, however, on the degree to which Parker is losing its small-town feel and how it should be protected.

‘Enough already’ The Save group has been here before. In its two previous attempts, in 2008 and 2016, the town hosted community open houses, where the

A map of the Pine Curve property, near the intersection of East Mainstreet and Pine Drive. group made its concern and presence known. Then, people didn’t want gas stations, drive-thrus or big-box stores.

Out of that came the My Mainstreet Project, an effort to hear residents’ opinions about how both sites, and three other downtown properties, should be developed.

Three years later, the Save group returned with the “3.0” marker, signifying its third attempt to keep the property from being developed.

“We’re saying, ‘Enough, already,’” Yu said.

Unrelated to Pine Curve, in 2016, town council — then consisting of Josh Martin, Amy Holland, Josh Rivero, Debbie Lewis, John Diak, Renee Williams and Waid — voluntarily ended the rezoning process of another downtown property to allow for a boutique hotel after almost every member of council reported a conflict of interest with the development group, Mars Development. Save members have cited that as one of the contributing factors to what they described as a mistrust of council.

Now, a boutique hotel, the Laszlo, a Mars undertaking, is nearing completion on the other side of Parker Road, and Pine Curve remains an empty lot.

As the Save group has become more visible, more issues have come to the table. In many cases, the rally cry is that Parker is “becoming Aurora,” referring to rapid development and a perceived uptick in violent crime, which has not been corroborated by Parker Police. Coincidentally, a committee in nearby Elizabeth is trying to recall its entire council, including the mayor, under the name “We’re Not Parker” — referring to the scrutiny Parker Town Council has received over its past development efforts.

Poage ran for council in 2018 on a platform of quelling development in the town through “smart growth,” and the voters responded by putting her on council. Toborg was elected on a similar message, though he differs from Poage on the issue of PACE Lot 2. The two are frequently the only two “no” votes seen during a town council meeting. The previous town council passed nearly every item unanimously.

“I think citizens are feeling they’re not happy with the way the town is going, and that’s what I hear all the time,” Poage said. “You can’t change everything at one time. To me, what

I’m hearing is that citizens are unhappy with the direction the town is going. Period. They don’t like the apartments, they don’t like the traffic, they don’t like the growth.”

‘Becoming like Aurora’ At an Aug. 19 town council meeting, dozens of blue-shirted Save PACE members spoke as council prepared to approve the agreement with UDC Miller for the Pine Curve property.

People voiced concern over speculative outcomes of development, including potential problems with parking downtown, the cost of the property, increased traffic, decreased property values, environment preservation, aesthetics and crime. Council voted 4-2, with Poage and Toborg dissenting.

“I’d like my grandkids to have a place to ride their bikes without maybe getting hit by a car,” said Patty Pearson.

“Better build another police department,” said Ron Faulkner, in support of the Save committee. In 24 years of living in Parker, he said car break-ins and robberies have never been worse.

“Yeah, it’s becoming like Aurora,” he said.

“When I sit on my patio, I don’t see birds as much as I used to … I see the parking lot of the PACE Center. I can’t for the life of me think every square inch needs to be developed to make money somehow,” said Mary Lopez.

“We’re going to end up like Aurora ... I don’t want to become like Aurora.”

Poage and Toborg have voted against almost every item concerning Pine Curve or PACE Lot 2.

“I’m all in favor of the process,” Toborg said. “The topic, I’m not so fond of the PACE one as I am the Pine (Curve) one. The Pine one, there’s a lot of emotion and they see that as one of the last big lots to infill in in the town ... People just really appreciate that land and they don’t want to see it go.”

The Town of Parker operates in a town administrator-led government, meaning town staff does most of the planning for development and town council votes on whether to approve it following a recommendation.

“This feels more like the town staff ’s property,” Yu said. “Not the people’s property.”

What’s next?

The group has been collecting

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signatures since April and has said the majority of the people they’ve encountered are overwhelmingly in favor of the group’s cause. The only setback, Dodd said, is the lack of petition gatherers. Many supporters, Dodd said, live in Clarke Farms or the Pinery, which are not within the town boundaries. Residents in those communities won’t be able to provide a valid signature, as they’re not registered to vote in Parker.

At the Aug. 26 petitioners rally, a flier was handed out to new petition gatherers.

“Currently, the Town’s plans for the Pine Curve land include a large shopping center with 65 townhomes plus ‘medium-density living spaces’ (apartments/condos) …,” the document reads. “… Of course these schematics could change depending on what the developer wants. Town Council has a history of approving developer desires.”

Stephen Shoflick, of UDC Miller, stated at the Aug. 19 meeting he is open to working with the community for development options of Pine Curve. The town has yet to sign a development agreement or any site plans for either property so far.

Dan Sheldon, of UDC Miller, provided a statement: “UDC Miller, LLC is thrilled to have been selected by the Town of Parker as its development partner on the Pine Curve property. We look forward to engaging with the community throughout the process to help us bring to life the My Mainstreet vision.”

Dodd said appealing to the developer is a lost cause, so, to him, the buck stops with the citizens initiative.

Town council is still working to see if there is a middle ground to be met on PACE Lot 2, which seems to be of lesser interest to the group of dozens who repeatedly showed up to the rallies and town council meetings. Pine Curve has been sold, but that doesn’t mean it will be developed. If the petition is approved and a Pine Curve referendum is passed, the deal will be nullified.

So, the group has one thing on its mind: “We’ve got that target of the ninth of October,” Dodd said. “We’ve got to remain diligent and stay the course.”

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Citizenship ceremony is Colorado’s largest in decade

Newly naturalized citizens register to vote immediately following the naturalization ceremony at Centennial Center Park Sept. 25.

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Nearly 200 people from 61 countries are naturalized at event

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The first thing Hadeel Mati did when she officially became a naturalized citizen of the United States was register to vote.

“I felt like after 10 years in this country I have the right to say what I think,” Mati said.

The Iraqi native came to the U.S. by way of the United Kingdom and married her husband. They both live in Arvada now.

Mati was one of 194 people who became naturalized U.S. citizens Sept.

25 at Centennial Center Park, which is near the Centennial office for the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services. In all, 61 countries were represented. It was the largest USCIS naturalization ceremony in Colorado since 2009, according to USCIS public affairs officials. Kristi Goldinger, the district director for the USCIS Denver Field Operations Direc-

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Just north of where the ceremony was held, representatives from the Colorado Secretary of State’s office helped the new citizens register to vote.

“I feel so powerful to be an American citizen,” Mati said. “I felt I have more options to say (what I want) — more freedom.”

Vinad Chandran, who lives in Arapahoe County, moved to the United States from India in 1997. He decided to finally become a naturalized citizen to help his family and his career, as well as have the ability to speak his mind.

“I’ve already been involved in the community here, but I think this puts a formal touch to it. It’s time for me to take that extra step,” Chandran said.

“When you say ‘freedom of speech’ ‘freedom of religion’… (in India) it’s got a different meaning. It’s really meant here. My heart is still there, but I think things will change now that I can speak freely and speak my mind.”

Maria Garton, of Colombia, lives in Castle Rock with her husband and daughter and has lived in the United States for nine years.

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Marquis James Zikusoka, of Denver, leads a crowd of newly naturalized American citizens in the Pledge of Allegiance Sept. 25 at Centennial Center Park. His father, Prince Godfrey Zikusoka of Uganda, became a naturalized citizen during the ceremony, along with 192 others from around the Denver area.

People at Centennial Center Park throw their hands in the air and cheer the moment they become naturalized citizens of the United States Sept. 25.

“I’m just very excited to be part of the country and have a voice and an opinion about our democracy,” Gaton said. “This county has given me a lot of opportunities.”

Naturalization is the process of becoming a U.S. citizen after the person completes the requirements established in the Immigration and Nation-

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In 2017, the Denver USCIS office completed 7,600 naturalization applications and 9,400 in 2018. The Denver office’s average processing cycle time for naturalization is roughly 13 months. Statewide, the processing cycle is about seven months.

The Denver USCIS office released a statement on the Sept. 25 ceremony: “The Denver Field Office has demonstrated its commitment to the naturalization process by achieving exceptional results to address an increase in pending applications …

We’re very proud of our accomplishments, and we will continue to work for the American people to administer our national lawful immigration system and protect its integrity.”

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Judge clears way for STEM case to proceed Older suspect to be held without bond in May 7 shooting

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“Go now.”

Those are the words the older suspect in the STEM School Highlands Ranch shooting sent via Snapchat to his co-defendant shortly before the first shots were fired. A Douglas County judge said Sept. 25 the evidence helps provide enough probable cause to proceed with the charges against him.

Devon Erickson, 18 at the time, wrote the message to Alec McKinney, 16, seconds before surveillance footage from the school shows students begin to sprint through the hallways.

The message raises questions, District Court Judge Theresa Slade said, particularly when Erickson says he was an unwilling participant who didn’t want the May 7 shooting to happen. He also wrote the message allegedly knowing McKinney wanted to kill as many people as possible that day, Slade said.

Slade called it “the most persuasive information that was presented to the court by the people.”

John Castillo, the father of Kendrick Castillo, who was killed in the May 7 STEM School Highlands Ranch shooting, speaks to reporters following a preliminary hearing for one of the shooting suspects Sept. 24. His shirt has a picture of his son’s face on it.

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Both Erickson and McKinney were arrested for their suspected roles in the shooting. Erickson told investigators that McKinney repeatedly threatened his life and the lives of his close friends if he didn’t help carry out the attack.

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Erickson, who was present in court for the proceedings, faces 44 felony charges plus misdemeanors in connection with the shooting that left 18-year-old Kendrick Castillo dead and eight other students injured.

The charges Slade addressed most of the charges against Erickson and why she believes there is probable cause to support them. Counts one and two are Class 1 felony murder charges.

In regard to a murder-after-deliberation charge, Slade said the prosecution showed that a plan to carry out the shooting was in place prior to the attack, which began shortly before 2 p.m. on May 7.

Erickson was a part of that plan, was tipped off to it the night before, and from at least noon on May 7, Erickson knew McKinney intended to murder people at STEM but continued to aid him without warning anyone, Slade said, whether or not he participated willingly.

Shortly before the shooting, Erickson visited the high school nurse’s office. While there, he was alone in a restroom for several minutes but did not try to call or message anyone with warnings about McKinney’s plans, despite having his phone, Slade said.

As he left the nurse’s office, Erickson passed an emergency button he could have pressed and was in the presence of at least three adults, but didn’t tell any of the looming attack, the judge said.

McKinney told Erickson via Snapchat on May 6 not to go to school the next day, according to court documents. That’s when Erickson says he first learned McKinney planned to

attack the school.

Erickson says he realized the plan was imminent around mid-day on May 7 when the two were at his home, according to the lead detective in the case. Erickson told investigators that McKinney forced him to help break into a safe using an ax and crowbar to steal guns used in the attack. Both also consumed cocaine after they retrieved the firearms, according to the lead detective.

Slade also considered the fact that Erickson’s weapon was fired four times in the shooting. She noted he was well acquainted with firearms and that his father taught him not to point a gun at something he didn’t want to kill.

For the second first-degree murder charge, regarding universal malice and extreme indifference for human life, Slade pointed to the number of times Erickson could have warned someone of the shooting but did not.

“He knew there was going to be a shooting in classroom 107, he knew that there were certain people that Mr. McKinney intended to kill,” Slade said.

Erickson’s role in the attack was to guard the door so students could not escape, according to interviews the suspects offered investigators.

“He didn’t just stand by the door, he pulled out a gun,” Slade said.

Erickson told investigators he warned specific friends to leave the classroom, according to testimony from the lead detective. Slade emphasized that Erickson says he warned people close to him but not all people in the class or others at school, despite believing McKinney wanted to kill as many people as possible.

As Slade spoke, Erickson occasionally nodded his head as he listened to her but did not appear to show emotion.

Evidence in the case The September preliminary hearing offered a glimpse of evidence in the cases. That included text messages between Erickson and McKinney, Snapchat exchanges, school surveillance footage and excerpts from interviews with the suspects.

Eighteenth Judicial District Attorney George Brauchler gave the prosecution’s closing statements Sept. 25, in which he continued efforts to dismantle Erickson’s story. Prosecutors spent day one of the hearing working to poke holes in Erickson’s claims that he didn’t want to help McKinney.

There is only one thing the two suspects could agree on, Brauchler said, and that was the existence of videos filmed in the hours prior to the attack. The Snapchat posts purport to feature McKinney behind the camera filming Erickson as the older suspect is forced by McKinney to snort cocaine and break into the gun safe.

Chief Deputy District Attorney Christopher Gallo asked the lead detective on the case, Brian Pereira of the Douglas County Sheriff ’s Office, if he could say whether the videos were legitimate or possibly staged.

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Both the defense and prosecution asked Pereira in the two-day hearing whether he considered McKinney to be yelling at Erickson, or if he perceived Erickson to be afraid of McKinney.

On the videos, McKinney is heard loudly telling Erickson to perform the tasks. Pereira said he did not know either suspect well enough to determine if their behaviors seemed genuine. Brauchler argued that immediately after each suspect was detained May 7, they told law enforcement officers about the videos, urging authorities to view them.

Brauchler said Erickson told investigators details of the Snapchat videos he could only know if he’d seen them.

The district attorney also showed excerpts of transcripts from the interviews in court to highlight what he called discrepancies in the suspects’ interviews with detectives.

In one example, Erickson said McKinney never gave him the ax used to open the gun safe but threatened him with it. But McKinney told investigators that he did give Erickson the ax to use while smashing open the gun safe.

“They can’t even agree on who has the ax,” Brauchler said.

Brauchler stated McKinney chose one of his targets at the school because he believed the individual had said negative things about him, but

exactly which that Erickson weapons they was the person took from his who told McKinparents’ safe. ney about the “He doesn’t alleged comjust say ‘guns,’” ments, and that Brauchler said. he told McKin“He knows the ney he shared make, model a class with the and caliber of student. these weapons.”

That class, an McKinney told British literainvestigators he ture course, was needed Erickthe site of the son to show shooting. him how to load Investigators found four Theresa Slade, the weapon he thought rounds fired district court judge, speaking about and the nine-round from the gun Erco-defendant Devon Erickson revolver he ickson used, but emptied in the Erickson said attack held a the weapon acdozen bullets. cidentally fired “This is at a minimum probable once in a fight with other students.

Erickson said he immediately surren- cause,” Brauchler said. dered the weapon when confronted Moving forward by students, according to Pereira, but Defense attorney David Kaplan arstudent Brenden Bialy told authorigued the prosecution hadn’t provided ties he had to pry the weapon from enough probable cause to support Erickson’s grasp. attempted murder charges for each of Bialy was one of three students, the injured victims. He also stressed including Kendrick Castillo, who there were conflicting reports about rushed Erickson after they say he what precisely led to the gunshot that brandished a weapon. Bialy told killed Castillo and whether the shot detectives that Erickson tried to raise was intentionally fired. the gun to their heads with his finger Pereira could not confirm which on the trigger before they could dissuspect fired which shots, and said arm him, Pereira said. the FBI is still completing ballistic Prosecutors argued Erickson had reports. McKinney allegedly entered intimate knowledge of the weapons used in the attack. He’d been shooting through a separate door and began firing after Erickson did. Defense with his father and told investigators

‘He knew there was going to be a shooting in classroom 107, he knew that there were certain people that Mr. McKinney intended to kill.’

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Once Slade offered her ruling, Kaplan said the court appeared to have drawn conclusions that aligned with the prosecution’s theory but were not yet proven.

Before the hearing ended, Slade set Erickson’s next appearance for December. Erickson is expected to enter a plea at that time. Brauchler said that’s a crucial step in moving the case to trial.

John Castillo, Kendrick’s father, said he hopes to see the suspects punished to the extent of the law and that he was pleased with the hearing’s outcome. At the close of day one in the hearing, Castillo called Erickson’s story a legal strategy. He believes the defense’s intent is to shift blame on the juvenile defendant to lessen charges against the adult.

“All lies,” Castillo said.

Castillo said he’s not received an apology or statement from the Erickson family or their son. It’s not something that would help him or his wife, he added, but he believes it’s owed to the community. While speaking with reporters after the judge’s ruling, Castillo urged swift action in heightening school security.

“I’m sorry I have to be here today,” he said.

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VOICES

Name that tune, and win a chance to be quoted without compensation

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QUIET man philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche DESPERATION said, and he didn’t even have a chance to hear Pink Floyd.

Or Philip Glass, This Mortal Coil, the Shirelles, John Lee Hooker, or Mazzy Star.

But you have, and this is an invitation to identify a musical Craig Marshall selection, like Erik Satie’s “GymnopeSmith die No. 1,” or Nina Simone’s version of “Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood,” and briefly explain

why it means something to you.

It might even be a song you can’t stand: like “Nights in White Satin.”

But “Chances Are” there’s a song that always makes you reminisce or that lifts you away from, well, this mortal coil, and its mud and mayhem.

If you were to walk into my home at 2 p.m. or 2 a.m., you would hear music.

Most of the time it’s classical, and I prefer Mozart and Beethoven, but I always look forward to Arvo Pärt. But who doesn’t?

If you are unfamiliar with him, try, “Cantus in Memoriam Benjamin Britten.”

Once a week, I listen to “Doo Wop Sunday Night” on KEZW. The program goes beyond the predictable “oldies” and plays gems like “Trickle Trickle” by the Videos and “Tell Me Why” by

the Rob Roys.

I remember where I was the first time I heard “A Day in the Life.”

You have until 11:59 p.m., Oct. 18 to submit a musical selection. Please include your full name and location.

Email me at craigmarshallsmith@ comcast.net.

I have space limitations; therefore, if you write a treatise about “Free Bird,” you will be doing it for the two of us, because I will have to edit it down to a sentence or two.

Please exclude anything that would be considered offensive, and that does not mean “The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald.” It means Iggy Azalea, whom you may not be able to live without. But this publication can.

Also: Please refer to a specific version. Simone recorded “Don’t Let Me

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Support our sheriff My wife and I support Sheriff Spurlock 110% in his effort to reduce shootings in Douglas County. We agree with Sheriff Spurlock that the recall effort is politically and personally motivated against a very professional law enforcement officer.

Since the mass shootings in El Paso and Dayton, there are stories each week of more shootings that have been prevented due to tips given to the local law enforcement agencies. This is a perfect example of the intent of the “red flag law” that Sheriff Spurlock pursued. In addition, it seems a waste of taxpayer money to schedule a special election if enough signatures are obtained to move the recall forward.

We sincerely hope that the recall effort and solicitation of signatures falls on deaf ears of citizens who prefer to live in a safe community.

Sheriff Spurlock has the best interests of our Douglas County citizens in mind. Let’s support our sheriff !

Jim Weglarz Larkspur Pick Hanson, Meek and Ray As a retired teacher and grandparent, I’m very concerned about the future of our children, their schools and their teachers. Regarding the upcoming Douglas County School Board Election on Nov. 5, I ask fellow Douglas County voters to join me and vote for the three candidates who will keep and continue the

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positive momentum in our Douglas County School District: Elizabeth Hanson, Susan Meek and re-elect David Ray. Claire Benson Highlands Ranch Choices are clear As a retired teacher and minister, and parent of two graduates, I am thankful for the work of the new Douglas County school board.

Not long ago, board meetings were fraught with anger and disbelief, as many parents, citizens, and teachers struggled with the decisions of the “reformer” board that resulted in an exodus of experienced teachers, faltering scores and constant struggles over financial transparency.

I am happy to see that those board meetings are now characterized by civility, clarity, and immense practical wisdom about education.

Daily, I pass billboards by my local schools that celebrate the recent passage of the bond and mill levy override for our schools. I hope readers will take a moment to read those billboards. They are a sign that we are a community now able to unite to meet the needs of its children. They point to the capacity of our new leadership.

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Be Misunderstood,” but so did The Animals.

Billie Holiday recorded “Summertime.” So did Janis Joplin. And the Zombies.

Maybe your song is a “Guilty” pleasure.

“Guilty” is on the soundtrack of the century’s best movie, “Amelie.”

I’d be surprised to hear that your selection was a patriotic song. But try watching “Casablanca” and not be moved by the impromptu singing of “La Marseillaise.”

Or maybe it’s “As Time Goes By” in the same film.

“Unchained Melody” was a hit record by Al Hibbler, and later by the Righteous Brothers.

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Disruptive tenacity destroys destructive behaviors

he push is on. With three months to go, many of us will be pushing through to meet and exceed our corporate goals and our personal objectives.

Some of us are so close we can taste victory, and many have already surpassed where they thought they would be at this time of the year.

They crushed it.

And for others, WINNING they are finding WORDS themselves in one of two places. The first is that they are still on track and have a good shot at making their numbers or hitting their goal. The push is on for them and the effort is still very real. However, there are others who Michael Norton have already given up, instead of focusing on what they can still do in 2019, they are reverting to old habits and comfort zones while they make promises of making changes and improvements in 2020.

For those of you who may have given up already, don’t. Giving up is a destructive behavior. Instead of allowing destructive behaviors to influence our outcomes, how about we try disruptive

tenacity? When fighting the feeling of giving up, we also find ourselves fighting off destructive behaviors. When something isn’t working or we don’t see the finish line on the horizon, we tend to start falling back into our comfort zone. Maybe we even slip back into old routines and habits. That is why it isn’t as simple as just being tenacious, although being tenacious is awesome, it’s about disruptive tenacity. And disruptive tenacity is awesomeness.

Here’s why. In order to break through a setback of any kind, or to go beyond where we may have plateaued, we typically need to do something we have never done before. We need to be disruptive to our routines.

In last week’s column we talked about challenging our excuses to achieve success. Well, if we are in the habit of making excuses, we need to disrupt that habit, we need to break through that destructive behavior, and sometimes the best way to accomplish that is through disruptive tenacity.

If we can look at everything in our life that is holding us back, and then commit to doing whatever it takes to change those habits, routines and comfort zones, that is disruptive tenacity. Disrupting the status quo of

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Hope is the key to living and aging well

e all know that Douglas County is growing. One of the best things about this growth is that very soon adults over the age of 60 will account for nearly 25% of our population.

The members of this age group have so much wisdom and experience to share. According to the Bureau of LIVING & Labor Statistics, AGING WELL older adults also volunteer in their community more than any other age group. Wow, think about how this will positively impact our community!

However, there are also some issues that this age group may Angie Felts face. The National Council on Aging reports that 92% of the older adult population has at least one chronic health issue and 77% have at least two. Add cognitive decline, sensory impairments, affordable housing and transportation to the list of concerns and it’s no wonder some adults over the age of 60 may be struggling to live and age well in our community.

Although those statics seem overwhelming, the potential solution may actually be quite simple. What those

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our lives and our businesses to push us to places where we have always dreamed of going.

The word “disruption” used to be considered a negative word. In today’s world companies are looking for disruptive thinking, disruptors to the status quo, and they are definitely looking for a disruption in tired and antiquated business practices. Disruption in our personal lives can be viewed the same way as we think differently, even think disruptively when it comes to doing things the same old way.

And you know we do things the same old way because that is the way we have always done them. Maybe it’s the way our mother or father always did them. Maybe it’s the way our boss or manager always did them. Maybe it’s the same way our coach or friend always did things. Well, if we are here

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It’s the title song of “Unchained,” a prison film that starred Elroy “Crazylegs” Hirsch.

I used to think the job of being a disc jockey would be great. Now they just get in the way of the music. The exceptions are on KVOD and KVOQ. And I am always impressed by Brett Saunders, the morning host on KBCO, who knows more about music than anyone in Colorado.

I still have the first album I ever

statistics cause is disconnection. Just one of them has the power to take a member of our community out of the life they are living. Add a few of them together and the impact could be devastating. Social isolation further compounds this disconnection, which can lead to despair and feelings of hopelessness. Sadly, this scenario is all too familiar for those of us who serve the senior community of Douglas County.

Now for some good news! Although we may not have total control over our health issues, affordable housing, transportation or other circumstances in our life, for most of us it is in our nature as humans to be hopeful. When we look at hope as an acronym and divide it into four parts, it becomes a powerful tool that can be used to help overcome the challenges that many adults over the age of 60 may be facing.

Human connection is where hope begins. It’s the first step in breaking the disconnection created by the challenges mentioned above. The need for human connection is actually part of our DNA. Newborns are an excellent example of this. They must connect with their mothers as a matter of survival. Although our physical and emotional needs change as we age, the drive for human connection remains.

Opportunity is what helps hope with three months left to go and we are not sure if the year will be good or bad, maybe it is the perfect time for a little disruptive tenacity.

Three months to go gives us plenty of time to make up ground if we will put in the effort. And just think about how much better we can position ourselves for 2020 if we start today.

Just remember that when we give up or cave in to mediocrity, we will do it every year, not just this year.

So how about you? Will 2019 be everything you hoped it would be? I would love to hear how you plan on disrupting your next three months to achieve success at gotonorton@gmail. com and when we can become disruptive disruptors breaking our old habits and behaviors, 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, a strategic consultant and a business and personal coach. purchased: “Johnny Horton’s Greatest Hits.” Horton, like Eddie Cochran and Gene Vincent, died young.

Yes, “White Christmas” by Bing Crosby is the best-selling song of all time, but “Rock Around the Clock” by Bill Haley and the Comets is in the top 10.

Just give me music, music, music.

The Sensations’ version of “Music, Music, Music” is better than Teresa Brewer’s version.

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

grow. When someone is facing agerelated challenges in their life, we need to provide them with the opportunity to speak their minds, be angry, grieve, and sometimes just to agree to disagree, without any judgment on our part. Most of us are eager to offer advice during these events. Many times what people need most is to truly be heard.

Participation is what strengthens hope. We first need to be an active participant in listening. This will help us better understand what our role needs to be and what the expectations are for the other person. When it’s our turn to speak, we need to clarify what we expect, as well. Look at participation as an action agreement that both parties agree to. When we participate and support the participation of others, we again connect as human beings.

Empowerment is what sustains hope. When we are connected and making the most of opportunities

as active participants, we naturally become empowered. Empowered people can face any challenge without fear because they know that anything is now possible. They also understand the importance of empowering others.

When an entire community is empowered there is no challenge that cannot be overcome.

As we look forward to our future community full of vibrant residents age 60 and older, there is so much to celebrate. Their wisdom, life experience and ability to give back to our community will benefit all of us. Add a healthy dose of hope to that and the future of all generations living in Douglas County looks very bright.

Angie Felts is a registered nurse, co-owner/administrator of Castle Rock Assisted Living & Home Care and a local author and speaker. Information about these services can be found at www.CastleRockSeniorCare.org.

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LIFE

SMASH THINGS

MOVE ON, LET GO

Dustin Gagne, an owner and founder of Smash It Breakroom, shatters a vase with a baseball bat Sept. 24 at his business in west-central Denver.

PHOTOS BY ELLIS ARNOLD

The wreckage after a family used a room at Smash It Breakroom in Denver. A computer, cat tree, car hood and video-game guitar controller are among the discarded objects the family smashed.

Drew Neilson holds a busted-up car hood while Dustin Gagne points to damage Sept. 24 at their business, Smash It Breakroom. Called a rage room or smash room, it bills itself as fun, safe stress relief.

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‘Cathartic’ rage rooms welcome customers to break objects, relieve stress

BY ELLIS ARNOLD EARNOLD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

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oasters. Computers. TV screens. Old furniture.

These are the kinds of discarded everyday objects that customers who are riled up — or who are just seeking some fun — can smash, shatter and rough up at rage rooms in Denver.

It’s a phenomenon that may have become popular in Japan in 2008, according to national news outlets.

Since then, rage rooms have spread to countries worldwide, including to many cities in the United States.

Drew Neilson, an owner and founder of Smash It Breakroom, went to a rage room in Australia. As he waited for one to come to Denver, he and co-founder Dustin Gagne decided to make it themselves.

“There’s a feeling of lawlessness and freedom that goes with it,” Neilson, 37, said. “But it’s just plain fun.”

At the pair’s rage room in southwest Denver, customers can take a crowbar, baseball bat, sledgehammer and other intense tools to lay waste to objects provided for them, such as a car hood. The business — which just opened near the start of September — sees upbeat events such as bachelorette parties, birthdays, corporate events and couples’ date nights, but it’s often a way for people to relieve stress from sources such as their jobs, Neilson said.

“It can get pretty heavy sometimes — divorces, family members passing away,” Gagne said of what can be on customers’ minds when they arrive.

Sources of stress in today’s society could explain the rise in popularity of rage rooms, Gagne said, a sentiment that Shawn Worthy, a professor at Metropolitan State University of Denver, echoed.

General frustration arising from lack of upward economic mobility in the country could play into that, said Worthy, a professor of human services with a Ph.D. in clinical psychology.

“I think particularly our youth, young people, don’t have a lot of outlets,” said Worthy, adding that traditional outlets for emotions from generations past may be less common. “They spend lots of time on video games and technology, where maybe past generations might have been playing sports outdoors, where

you would have been able to demonstrate those urges in an acceptable way.”

Taking out frustration by breaking objects can be viewed as an example of a coping mechanism called sublimation, Worthy said.

“Sublimation means taking a socially unacceptable impulse and using that impulse in a more socially acceptable way,” Worthy said. It’s similar to “someone going to a boxing gym or kickboxing class,” he added, and it yields a temporary emotional benefit.

For some, the mark a rage room can leave may be more permanent: some customers come at turning points in their lives, Neilson said, bringing childhood toys and other objects they don’t want to simply throw away.

“This gives them a process to move on and let go. In a lot of ways, it can be celebratory, (such as) college kids getting rid of furniture when they graduate,” Neilson said.

Carlos Malache, 27, recently came to Smash It Breakroom with his wife and some friends who enjoyed the stress-relief side of the activity.

“My wife’s a teacher, and some of our friends are teachers,” said Malache, who lives in Castle Rock. “They have stressful jobs, and they don’t always get the recognition.”

At another establishment with a rage room — Axe Whooping, an axthrowing location — stressors take a front seat, too. People can write out their frustrations in chalk on the wall before letting them out, said Curtis Roundtree, the business’s owner and co-founder.

“A lot of people have said it’s really cathartic,” Roundtree said of the rage room. His business at 437 N. Broadway has been open for ax-throwing for about two months, and its rage room has been open for a month.

Smash It Breakroom, at 790 W. Evans Ave., offers a one-person session of 20 minutes for $45 and a twoperson session for 20 minutes for $86.

Other times, and group outings, are available at other prices.

For Malache, rage rooms — much like Denver’s “cat cafe” — are another out-of-the-box attraction.

“I like seeking out these weird things to do, especially in Denver because there are these unorthodox things you can do,” Malache said.

“I think that’s what makes the city special.”

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National Geographic Live event eyes social animals

iologist-turned-photographer Ronan Donovan will appear Oct. 18 at Lone Tree Arts Center in the 2019-2020 National Geographic Live series. “Social By Nature” features floor-to-ceiling images supporting the concept that we are, by nature, social mammals — along with wolves, gorillas, chimpanzees and other mammals. Many are under threat. Among other adventures, Donovan lived inside Yellowstone National Park for a year, documenting the life of wild wolves. Appearances will be at 10 a.m. and 8 p.m. Tickets: evening: $26-$36, students: $22; student/senior matinee: $20/$10. lonetreeartscenter.org, 720-509-1000.

Naturally Colorado A photographic celebration of landscape and wildlife in Colorado runs through Oct. 26 at Curtis Center for the Arts, 2349 E. Orchard Road, Littleton, with works by Lauren Lang, Jeff Goudy, Larry Pennington, Kathleen O’Dell Snead, Bridget Calip, Don Gardner and Linda Ghent. We are told that live raptors will visit the gallery from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Oct. 12! Proceeds from sales will benefit Nature’s Educators. Open Monday to Saturday.

Admission free. 303-797-1779.

Monet’s look at nature ...

“Claude Monet: The Truth of Nature” opens Oct. 21 at the Denver Art Museum, the only U.S. venue for this collection. Tickets are on sale now for this much-anticipated major exhibit that will feature more than 120 paint-

ings spanning the French artist’s entire career. Special timed and dated tickets required. 720-865-5000. denverartmuseum.org. Location: 100 W. 14th Ave. Parkway, Denver.

SONYA’S SAMPLER

Latin rhythms The Parker Symphony will perform its first concert of the season: “Music of the Americas: North and South” at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 18 at the PACE Center, 20000 E. Pikes Peak Ave., Parker. Performance at 7:30 p.m.

303-805-6800, Sonya Ellingboe Tickets: parkerarts.org. This orchestra began in 1994 as South Suburban Community Orchestra and moved to Parker in 2011 for a new musical home. Conductor is Rene Knetsch.

Genealogists gather The Columbine Genealogical and Historical Society will meet at Lutheran Church of the Holy Spirit, 6400 S. University, Centennial, from 1 to 3 p.m. on Oct. 8 for a program by John Putnam called “What’s Your Story?”

Save stories as well as factoids as you gather family information. On Oct. 15, Stan Moore will present “Seesaw: How November ‘42 Shaped the Future.” World War II personalities and events that affected everyone. New members and guests are welcome.

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Drawings, paintings eye link between technology, nature

BY SONYA ELLINGBOE SELLINGBOE@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

In fall 2018, area artist Nathan Abels won Best of Show in the Own an Original Exhibition at the Littleton Museum, entitling him to a solo show the following year.

“Within and Without: Works by Nathan Abels” opened at the museum on Sept. 20 and runs through Oct. 21 during museum hours. This exhibit will please a variety of viewers for various reasons: expert control of medium, whether drawing or painting, as well as an opportunity to invent possible stories about the subjects. Who is that person depicted? Or is anyone there now?

“Abels creates works that explore our relationship between the natural world and technology,” according to a Littleton Museum release. “He depicts a speculative future after climate change. In a series of paintings and drawings, climate change is only alluded to in the periphery.

“The residents of this future world have chosen to either leave the planet, or to withdraw from the larger remaining culture.” Hence the holy men and loners. See: “Richard Proenekke (30

IF YOU GO “Within and Without: Works by Nathan Abels” is at the Littleton Museum, 6028 S. Gallup St., Littleton, through Oct. 21. Hours: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday to Friday; 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday. 303795-3950. Free. years in the Alaskan Wilderness”).

Abels, who is faculty/coordinator in Arapahoe Community College’s art and design center, states that “Residents have chosen to leave the planet” in introductory remarks, and one walks in through/under a stunning giant blown-up black and white wall of snowy evergreen branches, with a path leading to this really intriguing collection of drawings and paintings. The cold, quiet stillness of a snowy forest sets a mood.

The images included in “Within and Without” were created in various ways: graphite on paper, acrylic on canvas, acrylic and oil on linen, acrylic on canvas, colored pencil on acrylic on paper, acrylic on linen …

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Biologist/Photographer Ronan Donovan will speak in “National Geographic Live” Series at Lone Tree Arts Center on Oct. 13. Howling lessons shown here!

COURTESY PHOTO Colorado Ballet Travel with Don Quixote and his faithful Sancho Panza as they search for a noble adventure. “Don Quixote” is the first seasonal production of the Colorado Ballet Oct. 4 (7:30 p.m.); Oct. 5 (2 and 7:30 p.m.); Oct. 6 (2 p.m.); Oct. 10, 11 (7:30 p.m.); Oct. 12 (2 and 7:30 p.m.); Oct. 13 (2 p.m.). The classic, romantic comedy ballet will be presented at the Ellie Caulkins Opera House at Denver Center for Performing Arts in downtown Denver. Tickets: $30 to $155, ColoradoBallet.org or 303-837-8888, ext. 2.

Toy time Reminder: “The Way We Played” is open through Jan. 3 at the Littleton Museum, 6038 S. Gallup St. Littleton. Favorite toys of well-known

Littleton residents mingle with the museum’s collection. “Oh yeah! I remember that!” The museum is open Tuesdays through Sundays. 303-7953950. Admission is free.

Moonlight hike Roxborough State Park, 4741 E. Roxborough Drive, in south Jefferson County, will hold a final Moonlight Hike for the season at 6 p.m. on Oct. 13. (Not recommended for children under 8.) Entrance fee: $8 per vehicle. cpw.state.co.us. Admission by annual, inclusive state park pass, or day pass at the gate. Fee for event: Call to pay with credit card; 303-9733959. Fee for hike; $8 — send check payable to Friends of Roxborough, 4751 E. Roxborough Drive, Littleton CO 80125.

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Alexander Hamilton coming to Parker Hal Bidlack opens up about what it takes to become historical figure

BY NICK PUCKETT NPUCKETT@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Hal Bidlack has gone by many titles.

The former military officer and candidate to represent Colorado’s 5th Congressional District in the House of Representatives has found a calling bringing Alexander Hamilton to life. On Oct. 8 at 6:30 p.m., Colorado Springs resident Bidlack will visit the Schoolhouse at Mainstreet in downtown Parker to give a presentation on the storied framer of the Constitution.

The event is free but registration at signupgenius.com is required.

Colorado Community Media interviewed the man who said that during his active duty, he may have been the only military officer with permission from a general officer to wear a wig and tights on national TV. “When these people become real people, I think it becomes more interesting,” Bidlack said. He shared insights on his life and Hamilton’s: About me I’m a retired Air Force lieutenant colonel and while I was on active duty, I spent a lot of my time teaching at the

Air Force Academy, teaching American government, the Constitution — the founding period. I happened to see this fella on CSPAN who performed as Thomas Jefferson, his name’s Clay Jenkinson. I thought it was fascinating how he did the work … He took a shine to me and recruited me to play (Alexander) Hamilton, who was Jefferson’s great adversary. He was tired of everyone loving him all the time and he liked the idea of someone arguing with him. Over the years, the last 25 years, we’ve done a number of debates, Hamilton versus Jefferson.

The show The method is called Chautauqua.

There are three separate sections and it’s all off the top of my head: The first is an opening statement, 10-15 minutes laying out broad thoughts. The bulk of the program is responding to audience questions or comments on any subject from Hamilton’s time or the modern age. The final age is I remove the wig, break character and talk as myself about Hamilton or the work itself.

There are some things I say that I don’t agree with Hamilton personally, because I don’t want the air taken out of my tires in the parking lot.

Why this works …

There are two main reasons why it works. The first is that the founders in 1787 didn’t solve anything. They created this amazing structure of gov-

Hal Bidlack will visit the Parker Schoolhouse on Mainstreet Oct. 8 to give a living history seminar as Alexander Hamilton.

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ernment, but all of the big issues — rich versus poor, north/south, male/ female, race issues — all those key issues that tend to divide us Americans are still with us in the 21st century.

I also think it works because all too often history is taught as memorizing names and dates. (George) Washington was referred to as a “horrid swearer and blasphemer” — Hamilton called him “a man capable of purple and volcanic rages.” That makes Washington more interesting, not less. Hamilton, you can remember his birth, his death, the years he was secretary of the treasury and all that, but when you actually get into it and find out about his children — his oldest son dying in a duel defending his father’s honor … and his oldest daughter going essentially mad with

grief and spending the next 50 years of her life wearing the clothes of 1802 and playing the songs of that year over and over — when these people become real people, I think it becomes more interesting.

Not just a powdered wig I used to joke when I was still active duty doing this that I was the only male in the U.S. military with a general officer’s permission to appear on national television in a wig and tights.

I spent a year preparing. Jenkinson has an NPR show called “The Thomas Jefferson Hour” and he’d have me on there regularly … It took about a year of study before I felt comfortable doing my first live performance, and over the last 25 years I’ve been trying to continue to read.

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U.S. diet picture improves slightly, but still falls short Nutritional snapshot finds nation keeping unhealthy habits despite calls for change

BY LINDSEY TANNER ASSOCIATED PRESS

Americans’ diets are a little less sweet and a little crunchier but there’s still too much sugar, white bread and

artery-clogging fat, a study suggests.

Overall, the authors estimated there was a modest improvement over 16 years on the government’s healthy eating index, from estimated scores of 56 to 58. That’s hardly cause for celebration — 100 is the top score.

Diets are still too heavy on foods that can contribute to heart disease, diabetes, obesity and other prevalent U.S. health problems, said co-author Fang Fang Zhang, a nutrition researcher at Tufts University near Boston.

The study was published Sept. 24 in the Journal of the American Medical Association. The results are from an

analysis of U.S. government health surveys from 1999 to 2016 involving nearly 44,000 adults.

“Despite observed improvements,” the authors wrote, “important dietary challenges” remain.

Among them: Getting Americans to cut down on snack foods, hot dogs, fatty beef, butter and other foods containing saturated fats. The study found these unhealthy fats increased from 11.5% to almost 12% of daily calories, above the recommended 10% limit.

And while the biggest change was a small drop in added sugars, from

about 16% to roughly 14%, that’s still too high. The government says less than 10% of daily calories should come from added sugars. Researchers think fewer sweetened sodas contributed to the decline, but Zhang noted added sugars are often found in foods that don’t even seem sweet, including some yogurts and tomato sauce.

Fruits, nuts, oatmeal and other whole grains are among the types of foods adults ate slightly more of. Still, each of those contributed to less than 5% of daily calories in 2016, the study SEE DIET, P24

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CLUBS Editor’s note: Clubs listings are published free, on a space-available basis. Listings are submitted by the community; to submit a new listing, or to make changes to or remove an existing listing, contact hharden@coloradocommunitymedia.com.

Social/Service The Breakfast Club: A great way for single people ages 50-plus to meet new friends and have fun. We are an active and social group enjoying activities ranging from card games to white-water rafting, international and domestic travel to bowling, and all things in between. Our signature breakfast, which takes place at 8:30 a.m. every third Saturday, is at The Ridge Golf Club in Castle Pines. Interested? Call our hotline at 303814-8428 or go to www.TBC50plus.org.

Cherry Creek Valley Rotary Club meets at 11:30 a.m. Wednesdays at the conference center at Parker Adventist Hospital, 9395 Crown Crest Blvd, Parker. Rotary is a “Service Above Self” organization, serving internationally as well as locally. Come have lunch with us to enjoy a program and potentially get involved in Rotary’s mission.

Contact Kevin Hausmann at kevinhausmann@hotmail.com.

Civil Air Patrol-Parker Cadet Squadron meets from 6:30-9 p.m. Thursdays at Parker Evangelical Presbyterian Church, 9030 Miller Road, Parker. Unit focuses on aviation, aerospace education, leadership and emergency services. The unit has an active ground team which teenagers and adults are welcome to train for and become members of. Membership is open to anyone 12 and older. Call 303-596-3425.

Common Thread Quilt Club 6:30 p.m. the second Monday of each month at Parker Adventist Hospital. Go to CommonThreadQuiltClub.com or email ethelinexile@gmail. com Community Active Rotary Club of Parker: breakfast meeting at 7 a.m. Thursdays at the event center at Parker Adventist Hospital, 9395 Crown Crest Blvd., Parker; and social event from 5:30-6:30 p.m. the fifth Thursday of the months with five Thursdays (location published on group’s website).

Contact http://parkerrotary.org.

Community Bible Study-Parker Day Class meets from 9:15-11:15 a.m. Thursdays from September to May at Parker Hills Bible Fellowship, 7137 E. Parker Hills Court. Go to http://parker.cbsclass.org or contact Charlene Roach at 720-851-1623 or charlene. cbs@hotmail.com.

Denver and New Orleans RR Club meets at 6:30 p.m. Tuesdays at the Parker Depot building, 11027 S. Pikes Peak Drive, No. 106.

Call Bill Byers at 303-646-3256.

Douglas County Elks Lodge 2873 meets at 7 p.m. the first and third Tuesday of every month at the Calf Building at Lowell Ranch, 2330 S. East I-25 Frontage Road, Castle Rock. All “Stray Elks” are invited to attend and to be involved in the growth and activities of this new social and community service organization. Call 303-941-0135 or e-mail swgilbert@comcast.net.

GED Prep Class Douglas County Libraries offers GED preparation classes for those ages 17 and older. Classes offered at 6 p.m.

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Mondays and Wednesdays at the Parker Library, 10851 S. Crossroads Drive; and at 6 p.m. Tuesdays at the Philip S. Miller Library, 100 S. Wilcox St., Castle Rock. Registration is required; call 303-791-7323 or DouglasCountyLibraries.org.

Great Books. Great Books discussion group meets from 10:30 a.m. to noon the second and fourth Thursdays of each month at the Parker Library. Call Sara Gutknecht at 303-805-4306 for information. Other Great Books groups meet at Douglas County Libraries in Lone Tree, Highlands Ranch and Castle Rock (Philip S. Miller). Great Books is a forum for thoughtful adults to read and discuss significant works of fiction, philosophy, political science, poetry and drama.

Afternoon and evening times are available; groups meet once every 2-4 weeks. No registration is required. For information, call 303-791-7323 or visit DouglasCountyLibraries.org.

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

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Hilltop Social Club is an active women’s club that was founded in 1921 by the women of Hilltop, once a railroad town eight miles southeast of Parker. We meet the second Thursday of each month at the 1898 Hilltop Schoolhouse at Flintwood and Democrat Roads. Our diverse group maintains the schoolhouse for community events, and preserves the history of Hilltop. For meeting and event information, call 303-660-1616 or email lorelei@llinwood.com.

Kiwanis Club of Parker meets at 7 a.m.

Tuesdays at the International House of Pancakes, 11355 S. Parker Road. Call Jim Monahan at 303-841-1560.

Knitting and Crocheting Baby Beanies:

Join #beaniesforbabies and use your knitting and crocheting skills for baby beanies that we donate to local hospital nurseries and NICUs. Meets every second and fourth Saturday of the month. Call 303-503-9773.

Lunch Out Loud Toastmasters Harness those butterflies and make them fly in formation. Conquer your fear of speaking with the help of proven techniques practiced in a supportive group. Be our guest at “Lunch out Loud” Toastmasters, which meets from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. every Friday at Parker United Methodist Church, 11805 S. Pine Drive, Parker, in the fellowship hall, and learn more about how Toastmasters International can help you become a better speaker and leader. Contact officers@ lunchoutloud.com for more information.

MOMS Club of Parker East is a nonprofit club designed to support stay-at-home moms. We offer a variety of activities for moms and kids including playgroups and Mom’s Night Out. Contact membership@ momsclubofparkerne.org or visit www.

Momsclubofparkerne.org for more information.

Montessori Parent Association meets at 6 p.m. every second Tuesday at the Parker Montessori Educational Institute, 10750 Victorian Drive. Call 303-841-4325 or e-mail pmei@pmei.org.

Mothers of Multiples Society of Parker meets at 10 a.m. every first Wednesday at Crossroads Community Church on Parker Road north of Mainstreet. All moms are welcome.

Mothers of Preschoolers meets from 6:308:30 p.m. every first and third Thursday at Southeast Christian Church in Parker. Call 720-842-5510.

Mountain Pine Woman’s Club of Parker meets at 10 a.m. the first Thursday September to May at the Club at Pradera, 5225 Raintree Drive, Parker, for a program and lunch. New members welcome. We give college scholarships, Parker recreation scholarships, pay for GED tests and donate SEE CLUBS, P24

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18th Judicial District investigator honored Matt Hanagan received Mike Bell Award as Investigator of the Year STAFF REPORT

An investigator from the 18th Judicial District Attorney’s Office has been honored by the Colorado District Attorneys Council, according to a news release. Matt Hanagan received the 2019 Mike Bell Award as Investigator of the Year at the organization’s annual conference.

Hanagan joined the DA’s office in March 2015. He leads the FLEX team and works with the Cold Case Unit, among other responsibilities. The FLEX team in the investigations unit works to protect victims and witnesses from threats associated with criminal cases.

District Attorney George Brauchler nominated Hanagan for the award.

“Hanagan was the logical choice to head this unit, due to his leadership, expertise, his genuine and impassioned concern for victims of crime, and unrivalled tenacity,” Brauchler said in his nomination. “Under Matt’s leadership, our FLEX team has been extremely successful at locating and maintaining contact with victims and witnesses, and in addressing the many complications that tend to arise in

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Matt Hanagan, left, an investigator with the 18th Judicial District Attorney’s Office, received the 2019 Mike Bell Award as Investigator of the Year by the Colorado District Attorneys Council. DA George Brauchler, right, nominated Hanagan for the honor.

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these situations.”

Brauchler cited the prosecution of Terrance and Tina Black, who were convicted of the murder of a witness to a marijuana store robbery they orchestrated.

“Without the team’s work in producing and keeping these important and vulnerable witnesses safe, the outcome of these cases would likely have been very different,” Brauchler said in his nomination letter. “Matt’s team

is in the business of protecting victims and witnesses. They save lives.

They are unmatched in their success in that business.”

Brauchler also cited Hanagan’s work to bring the investigation unit into 100 percent POST compliance with state law enforcement standards, as well as his willingness to train and teach others.

Hanagan is a certified instructor in defensive tactics, FTO, Taser, and is a State of Colorado Crisis Intervention Team member. He also teaches on topics including criminal procedure, stops and seizures to law enforcement academies, new detective and citizen academies. He regularly speaks to students at Arapahoe High School about basic drug facts and life skills.

“I am honored to be nominated for this award, let alone be selected to receive it,” Hanagan said in the news release. “It is my privilege to work in the investigations unit, the courtroom and the community on behalf of victims of crime. It is only because of the support of my colleagues, DA Brauchler and other members of the office that I am able to be successful.”

Before joining the district attorney’s office, Hanagan worked for the Arapahoe County Sheriff ’s Office for 15 years, where he held many positions, including patrol officer, South Metro Drug Task Force member, Impact Team member, and supervisor with the rank of sergeant.

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Come shop for unique gifts and special items during the first-ever Colorado Community Media Holiday Craft Show and Mini-Market; With more than 100 exhibitors filling the Jefferson County Fairgrounds, this is the best place to find that special, personal gift for friends and family. The show will feature handmade crafts in all areas from metal and leather, to flowers, baskets, ceramics, and so much more.

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HOW TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE Editor’s note: How to Make a Difference listings are published free, on a spaceavailable basis. Listings are submitted by the community; to submit a listing, or to change or delete an existing listing, contact hharden@coloradocommunitymedia.com.

Deadline is noon Wednesday a week before publication.

Colorado Humane Society: Handles animal abuse and neglect cases.

Need: Volunteers to care for pregnant cats, dogs and their litters, as well as homes for cats and dogs that require socializing or that are recovering from surgery or injuries.

Contact: Teresa Broaddus, 303-961-3925 Colorado Refugee English as a Second Language Program: Teaches English to recently arrived refugees, who have fled war or persecution in their home country. In Colorado, refugees are from Afghanistan, Burma, Bhutan, Somalia, Iraq, Eritrea and D.R. Congo, among others.

Need: Volunteers to teach English. Tutoring takes place in the student’s home. Refugees live throughout Denver, but the largest concentrations are in Thornton, near 88th Avenue and Washington Street, and in east Denver/Aurora, near Colfax Avenue and Yosemite Street.

Other Details: Tutors do not need to speak the student’s language. Most participants are homebound women and small children, adults who are disabled, and senior citizens.

Many are not literate in their first language, and remain isolated from American culture.

Requirements: Volunteers must attend training at Emily Griffith Technical College in downtown Denver. Sessions take place every 6-8 weeks. Go to www.refugee-esl.org for information and volunteer application.

Contact: Sharon McCreary, 720-423-4843 or sharon.mccreary@emilygriffith.edu.

Court Appointed Special Advocates: Works with abused and neglected children in Arapahoe, Douglas, Elbert and Lincoln counties.

Need: Advocates for children, to get to know, speak up for and ensure their best interests in court Contact: 303-695-1882 or www.adv4children.org.

Denver Regional Mobility Access & Council is a resource for transportation. The ride share program is for those who face intellectual developmental disabilities. Depending on capabilities, we can help them find a ride or can set one up with our drivers.

Need: Volunteer drivers in and around Arapahoe County (oprganization is looking to expand when the right opportunity comes up for funding, so the reach may broaden).

Requirements: must be 18 years or older; background check required, as is an inperson interview at the office at 190 E 9th Ave, Denver, CO 80203.

Contact: Amberrae at 720-665-5656 (rider phone) or rides@drmac-co.org. Go to https://www.drmac-co.org/volunteer Douglas County Libraries: elevates our community by inspiring a love of reading, discovery and connection.

Need: Volunteer opportunities consist of event assistance, weekly shelving or bookstore shifts, tutoring, Storytime helpers, and more.

Requirements: Attend an orientation. We will provide training. Specific requirements are listed in each opportunity’s details.

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Dumb Friends League Harmony Equine Center: Cares for homeless horses and other equines.

Need: Volunteers to work with horses and other opportunities.

Requirements: Must be 16 years old, pass a background check, and be able to commit to at least three hours a week for three months.

Contact: 303-751-5772.

Other Information: Two-hour orientation provides an overview of the services provided, learn about the volunteer opportunities, take a tour of the center, and talk with staff and volunteers. Contact www.ddfl.org.

Feeding Denver’s Hungry: serves 8001,000 people and families in need in lower downtown Denver.

Need: help distribute food the second and fourth Thursday of each month. Donation also accepted.

Contact: www.feedingdenvershungry.org or https://www.facebook.com/FeedingDenversHungry/ Front Range BEST: Hosts free robotics competitions for middle and high school students.

Need: Volunteer judges for competions.

Contact: Tami Kirkland, 720-323-6827 or Tami.Kirkland@FrontRangeBEST.org Gateway Battered Women’s Shelter: Serves victims of family violence in Aurora and Arapahoe County.

Need: Volunteers help with crisis-line management, children’s services, legal advocacy, community education and other shelter services.

Donations: Also accepts used cell phones (younger than 4 years) to give to victims.

Mail to Gateway at P.O. Box 914, Aurora, CO 80040, or drop them off at Neighborly Thrift Store, 3360 S. Broadway, Englewood Requirements: Must attend a 26-hour training session; bilingual skills welcome Contact: Jeneen Klippel-Worden, 303-3431856 or jkworden@gatewayshelter.com

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Need: Troop leaders, office support, adminis- R trative help and more Age Requirement: Men and women, 18 and S t older h Contact: www.girlscoutsofcolorado.org, inquiry@gscolorado.org or 1-877-404-5708 n Global Orphan Relief: Develops and sup- i ports programs bringing light, comfort and s f security to orphans around the world. b Need: Super stars with website development, users of the abundant resources of a social media. Those with great connection p ability are needed to help with the develop- a ment of the donor pool.

O Contact: Those interested serving this faith-based Colorado nonprofit can contact B Deitra Dupray, 303-895-7536 or dadupray@ e r comcast.net.

O GraceFull Community Café: Provides a place in Littleton where people of all back- m grounds can gather, eat well and be inspired a t to give back. Cafe is open for breakfast c and lunch, from 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tuesday r to Saturday. A partner of the GraceFull b Foundation.

Need: Opportunities for food preparation, i guest service, cleaning and dishwashing. r t Location: 5610 Curtice St., Littleton Contact: Sign up for volunteer opportunities e v at http://gracefullcafe.com/volunteer/ a Habitat ReStore: Nonprofit home improve- o D ment stores and donation centers.

Need: Volunteers for Wheat Ridge, Denver or Littleton Habitat ReStores, helping with the M cash register, dock and warehouse floor Contact: 303-996-5468, email Alice Goble i at Alice@habitatmetrodenver.org R S Help & Hope Center: Provides assistance to people in Douglas and Elbert counties who are in serious economic need, at risk of homelessness or in similar crisis.

Need: Volunteers to assist in the food bank, client services and the thrift store Treasures on Park Street.

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IN THEIR BUSINESS Realtor association plans events A variety of events will help the South Metro Denver Realtor Association introduce its newly renovated headquarters to the community.

The new headquarters in Centennial is at 6436 S. Racine Circle and includes more than 29,000 finished square feet with tenant space available for Realtor-centric businesses. The building includes an outdoor patio and events center, which is open to the public for special events, networking and weddings.

Welcome-to-SMDRA week begins Oct. 6 with the association’s annual Broncos party, which will feature events and tours of the building. A ribbon cutting and afternoon mixer Oct. 11 concludes the week.

“Our membership has grown to more than 4,000 Realtor members plus affiliated companies and other entities,” Marcel Savoie, the association’s chairman of the board, said in a news release. “This outstanding growth can be attributed to a variety of factors, including our programs that benefit real estate professionals as well as their clients, special educational events, marketing programs, our service to the communities we serve, and a sincere dedication to helping some of the finest charities in the metro Denver area.”

Learn more at www.smdra.com.

Mod Mountain Boutique opens Mod Mountain Boutique has opened in downtown Castle Rock at the new Riverwalk development along Wilcox Street.

Mod Mountain Boutique is a women’s clothing, gift and accessory boutique owned by Jayne Tien and her daughter, Morgan Brubaker. Tien has an administrative background in both for-profit and nonprofit organizations, and Brubaker has a master’s degree in apparel design and merchandising from Colorado State.

“We are excited to be opening our doors at Riverwalk and to be a part of the greater downtown Castle Rock community,” Brubaker said in a news release. “Our mission is not only to provide a comfortable shopping experience with quality, modern clothing, but to also see that women feel confident in the look they are wearing.”

The boutique carries clothing in sizes extra small to 3x, and products include those produced by local artisans, the release said.

Mod Mountain Boutique is at 215 Wilcox St., Castle Rock. Hours are 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Friday and 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday. Merchandise is also sold online at www. modmountainboutique.com. Contact the store at 720-381-6033 or info@modmountainboutique.com, and follow it on Instagram and Facebook.

New VP for economic development group Christine Shapard has been named vice president of economic development for the Denver South Economic Development Partnership.

Shapard will work with a team focused on business growth and retention in the Denver south region while continuing the organization’s focus

on improving and highlighting the region’s economy and high-quality of life.

Shapard has more than 20 years of experience in Colorado’s economic development, public sector and business communities, according to a news release. She brings knowledge regarding Colorado’s business climate, industry sectors, government programs and the people responsible for them. She recently led the Colorado Cleantech Industry Association as the founding executive director, helping to grow the industry with policy, innovation and partnering initiatives while managing the organization’s operations and staff.

Lone Tree Kumon center opens A new Kumon learning center is now open in Lone Tree. Owner Anil Kini was drawn to the Kumon franchise after watching how the program benefited his 12-year-old son, Aariv.

“I am very passionate about making a difference in our communities,” Kini said in a news release. “What better way to achieve that then helping children in their academic growth and laying their foundation for success at an early age through Kumon?”

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in competing districts. Clearly, Douglas County is regaining its reputation as a magnet for accomplished teachers. Our board and our new superintendent are improving our schools.

In the school board election this fall, I urge the community to support candidates best able to carry on the restoration of our schools: Elizabeth Hanson, Susan Meeks, and David Ray. Tom Yondorf Castle Rock We deserve a choice Many of you are aware, and a few of you may not be yet, that there is a citizens Initiative happening here in Parker to get a specific measure on the ballot. This measure does not involve law changes, tax hikes or even a recall of town officials. It is very simply an ask of this: Do you want to sign the petition enabling the citizens of Parker to vote on the future development and/or use of two specific pieces of property the town has up for sale, Pace Lot2 and Pine Curve? Signing the petition simply gives everyone the

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Need: Volunteers to help teach classes, coach Special Olympics, provide athletes support during Special Olympics practices, assist with special events, and help participats succeed in the therapeutic recreation program.

Contact: Summer Aden, 303-471-7043 or www. hrcaonline.org/tr

Hospice at Home Need: Volunteers help patients and their families with respite care, videotaping, massage and other tasks. Home study training is available.

Contact: 303-698-6404

Integrated Family Community Services: provides basic human services and enrichment programs to low-income people in Arapahoe and Douglas counties.

this property after offering to pay the only agent agreeing to list this property a 1% penalty fee ($97,000 of your money) plus out of pocket expenses, if the listing agreement is canceled.

Town council refused to place the sale of this property on this November’s ballot for voter approval. Why is town council so desperate to sell this property whether or not Parker residents want it developed?

The town has not received any acceptable bids for the PACE Parking lot property, but it will likely be sold to developers if the Pine Curve sale is finalized. Developing these two properties will add more traffic, noise and congestion to Mainstreet. Do you want more apartments and commercial development in Parker?

Please add your name to the thousands of registered voters in Parker who have signed the petitions calling for a special election to let the citizens decide whether to sell or save the PACE Parking lot and Pine Curve properties. If you want to keep Parker’s small town vibe, email or message us at our Facebook page https://www. facebook.com/RethinkPineCurve/ to help us with petitions, or to find out where we will be this coming week with petitions that you can sign.

Thank you for helping us preserve our Parker!

Albert Thompson Parker

Need: Volunteers to assist serving clients in the food and clothing bank.

Need: Volunteers to assist in the front office greeting clients, answering phones, verify client eligibility, completing food/clothing orders and assist where needed.

Need: Volunteers to assist in IFCS enrichment events including Mother’s Day, Ready, Set, School! and Thanksgiving and Holiday programs.

Need: Volunteers to assist in IFCS fundraising events including Nibbles and Sips event, Puttin’ for a Purpose event (mini golf); Boo-a-thon event (bowling) Requirement: All levels of experience are welcome; training and support provided. Contact: Kendrab@ifsc.org or call 303-789-0501.

dents. Volunteer tutors help with one-on-one instruction or small group work.

Contact: debby@thelearningsource.org. Learn more at TheLearningSource.org or call 303922-4683.

The Learning Source, nonprofit resource for adult education classes and family literacy Need: volunteers in Aurora, Centennial, Denver and Thornton. Join the volunteer pool of more than 130 individuals to help tutor adult stu-

Littleton Immigrant Resources Center needs volunteers to tutor immigrants in the following programs: Language Partners: People who want to improve their English work with volunteers. We

provide curriculum and textbooks, though tutors can do supplementary activities with their partners (field trips, projects, etc). Minimum commitment is one hour per week.

Citizenship Mentoring: For people who cannot attend our citizenship classes because of schedules, volunteers work one-on-one with clients who are preparing for the citizenship test.

We provide textbooks and teaching materials.

Minimum commitment is three hours per week.

Volunteers and students are matched based on availability and preferences. Most tutors and students meet at Bemis Library, though you are welcome to meet in other libraries or public spaces. The center provides training, teaching materials, and guidance throughout your tutoring. Volunteers must attend an orientation/ training session, fill out the volunteer registration form, and pass a background check to begin.

Contact: Erica Bisbey. 303-734-8411 or libeb@ littletongov.org. Learn more at https://www. littletongov.org/city-services/immigrantresources-center.

chance to vote, for or against, future commercial development on these properties.

The inception of this initiative was not out of malice or spite, but out of the need for the people’s voices to be heard when they didn’t think they were. The purpose was to make the town council members and other town officials aware that many people do not feel that commercial development on either Pace Lot2 or Pine Curve is germane to the surrounding neighborhoods or responsible town growth concerning traffic and population density in the area.

“If republican government is to be responsible, it must be responsive to the people and answerable to their will. But if it is to be responsible in the more positive sense, it must go beyond mere responsiveness and be able to serve the people’s true interests or their reasonable will, even if this course of conduct is not immediately popular.” — Alexander Hamilton Melanie Batizy Parker Preserve Parker The Parker Town Council voted 4-2 to sell the Pine Curve property to the only party to submit an offer to buy

Literacy Coalition of Colorado: Volunteer to support literacy in MetroDenver and impact state-wide literacy programs.

Need: Volunteer for special projects, training classes or provide clerical and administrative support. Volunteer for a few hours a week or occasionally as needed.

Contact: literacyvolunteercolorado@gmail. com or 720-251-3141. Go to Literacycolorado. org to volunteer for literacy providers nearest you.

Thoughts on Pine Curve I sympathize with residents living on Pine Curve and Town of Parker wanting to develop. I wouldn’t want to back into commercial property but like many things that were said in the past, things change and many communities experience the same issues. To develop it as open space as suggested by those opposed to selling and developing this land may be unrealistic. A few years ago, residents in Parker turned down developing Salisbury Open Space that had some great features the entire town could enjoy but didn’t want to pay for it.

Where is the money going to come from to develop Pine Grove open space?

Our town leaders are only interested in money development fees bring to the town as well as profit from the sale. They have little regard to traffic issues this development will have on Mainstreet but only see dollars. If this ever gets to the ballot, I would vote not to sell because this development is wrong for this area with poor access.

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to charities. We have sections such as crafts, card making, international and books.

Contact mpwcparker@outlook.com or 720-336-3447.

OPOCS Singles Club, ages 55-plus, meets all around the metro area. Meet new friends. Sign up and receive a monthly newsletter that lists all monthly activities.

Contact JoAnn Cunningham, membership chair, 303-751-5195, or Mary Riney, president, 303-985-8937.

Parker Artists Guild meetings are the third Wednesday of each month at Deep Space, 11020 S. Pikes Peak Drive, Parker.

A short business meeting starts at 6:15 p.m. is followed by an interesting and

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found.

Salt intake dipped slightly and a small decline in fruit juice contributed to a drop in low-quality carbs.

But these still amount to 42% of daily calories, including many likely from highly processed white bread and other refined grains, Zhang said.

The study is based on in-person health surveys conducted every two years that ask adults to recall what foods they ate in the previous 24 hours. Starting in 2003, adults were asked that question twice several days apart.

The study lists food groups rather than individual foods; for example “whole grains,” not oatmeal, and “refined grains,” not white bread,

informative program on a variety of topics beginning at around 7 p.m. The mission of the Parker Artists Guild is to advance the development of fine arts in the community. To accomplish this the Guild offers instructional demonstrations, workshops and opportunities to promote all forms of fine art. Our goal is to increase awareness, knowledge and appreciation of the arts.

Everyone is welcomed. For more information about the guild and upcoming events, visit parkerartistsguild.com.

Parker Artists Guild presents free art classes for kids and teen on the second Saturday of each month at Hobby Lobby at Parker Road and Mainstreet. Lessons and Lemonade classes for ages 10-12 are at 9:30 or 11 a.m., and the Teen Art Studio for grades 7-9 are at 1 or 3 p.m. Reservations required by the Wednesday before class. Go to www.parkerartistsguild.com and click on Youth Programs. 20 students but Zhang said those two foods are among the most common grains in the U.S. diet.

U.S. dietary guidelines recommend a “healthy eating pattern” to reduce chances of developing chronic disease. The focus should be on nutrient-dense foods including vegetables, fruits, whole grains and low-fat dairy products; plus varied proteins sources including seafood, lean meats and poultry, eggs, nuts and seeds, the recommendations say.

During the study years, U.S. diabetes rates almost doubled, to more than 7%; obesity rates increased during many of those years, with about 70% of U.S. adults now overweight or obese. Heart disease remains the leading cause of death.

Besides continued public health efforts, “Cooperation from the food industry” is key, a journal editorial said, including by reducing sugar, salt and saturated fats in foods.

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Parker Area Historical Society has monthly meetings and lectures, as well as annual outings and events designed to educate the public about early frontier life. Members meet at 6:30 p.m. the second Tuesday of each month at the Parker Library. There are some exceptions. Please look on our website www.parkerhistory.org.

Parker Bible Study (ongoing for more than 20 years). A non-denominational group.

Call Diane at 303-841-8799 or email Diane@Telcoa.org. Open to empty nesters, seniors and widows - any who want to keep in the word.

Parker Breakfast Club meets from 7-8:30 a.m. the first and third Monday of each month at Parker Adventist Hospital. The club is free and open to anyone. Contact Nancy Bruscher at 303-617-9082 or

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The new center is at 9500 Heritage Hills Circle, Suite 400, Lone Tree. Contact 720-738-8499 or anilkini@ikumon. com.

Fuzzy’s Tacos to open in Parker The first Fuzzy’s Tacos in Parker is set to open in mid-October.

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New exhibit curator Moira Casey has made a nice start with Abels’ exhibit, setting a lonely tone via arrangement and lighting. Visitors talked in subdued tones at the opening reception, discussing the sometimes-mysterious images — and almost hearing a sound at some point. What was that?

Abels arrived in the Denver area in 2007 from Indiana. He writes; “my work explores the landscape and its inhabitants. Many of my images depict a paused narrative, such as a parachutist in free fall or an encounter with a bison in the woods. What I am capturing in these paused moments

Parker Creatives If you are a writer, artist, song writer, comedian, painter, inventor, etc. and are looking for a group to just bounce off ideas, this is for you. We don’t want to critique, judge or date you, we just want a group of people who meet once a month over a beer to talk about ideas, new thoughts or share projects. We meet at 7 p.m. every third Wednesday at Elk Mountain Brewing in Parker.

Parker-Franktown-Elizabeth Paper Crafting Club is open to anyone interested in card making and scrapbooking. We meet regularly throughout the month on various weekday evenings and weekends.

Club events take place at 7786 Prairie Lake Trail, Parker (in the Pinery). Contact Alison Collins at 720-212-4788 for information or find us online at http://www.meetup. com/Parker-Franktown-Elizabeth-PaperCrafting-Club/ According to a news release, owner Adam Herndon grew up working for his family’s restaurant and hoped to one day own his own spot. He discovered Fuzzy’s while visiting some friends in Fort Worth. The laid-back atmosphere, combined with his own love for tacos, seemed like a good match. Years later, when the opportunity presented itself for Herndon to open his own Fuzzy’s, he jumped at the chance.

The Parker taco restaurant will be at 12231 Pine Bluffs Way, Suite 101, Parker. Learn more at www.fuzzystacoshop.com.

is a sense of, as Keats wrote it, `straining at particles of light in the midst of great darkness.’”

Among his portrait subjects is “Brother Lazarus,” a lonely-looking man rendered in a low-key palette with acrylic and oil on linen … finely detailed. One is sure there is a story there — and one who thinks about words a lot wishes there were a bit more text about this man … while realizing that the storytelling is in that visual image.

Look at “Spacex Tent City (day)” and ditto (night). Desolate. Who goes tenting in such a cold, barren place?? Why? The variation in techniques and materials in these subtle works gives a viewer a good feeling for this artist’s thoughtfulness, as well as technical mastery.

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Write and Workshop Series: 6:308:30 p.m. the first Monday of each month at the Philip S. Miller Library, 100 S. Wilcox St., Castle Rock. Call 303-521-8615 or go to https://castlerockwriters.co. 2019 schedule: October, Write-out and Workshop; Nov. 4, Write-out and Workshop; and Dec. 2, Holiday Party.

Castle Rock Trail Festival and LiveBIG Family Adventure Run: 8-11:30 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 5 at Philip S. Miller Park, 1375 W. Plum Creek Parkway. Six races: 50K ultramarathon, marathon, halfmarathon, 10K, liveBIG 5K and family adventure race. Learn more at https://www.coloradorunnerevents.com/CastleRock/ I Lived in a Dumpster: How a Homeless Teenager Rose to the Top of Her Class: 6-7 p.m.

Sunday, Oct. 6 at Castle Rock Adventist Hospital, Ridgeline conference room, 2350 Meadows Blvd.

Lifetree Café group discussion featuring filmed interview with Karina Sanchez, who faced serious obstacles including homelessness while growing up. Contact Roy H. Koerner at 303-814-0142 or roykoerner@msn.com.

Publish a Family History Efficiently: 10 a.m. to noon Wednesday, Oct. 9 at the Philip S. Miller Library, 100 S. Wilcox St., Castle Rock.

Castle Rock Colorado Genealogical Society program presented by Dina Carson.

Explore tools for organizing, collaboration, writing, publishing, image capture, image editing, and the ever-important backup.

Register at www.crcgs.org, under Education.

Walking tour of Cedar Hill Cemetery: 4:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 12 at Cedar Hill Cemetery, 880 E. Wolfensberger Road, Castle Rock.

Leisurely walk through historic grave sites in Cedar Hill Cemetery.

Cedar Hill contains the remains of pioneers significant in the early history of Castle Rock and Douglas County. The tour is free and reservations are not required.

Contact the Castle Rock Museum at 303-814-3163 or museum@ castlerockhistoricalsociety.org. Go to www.castlerockhistoricalsociety.org SHARE Genealogy: 10 a.m. to noon Mondays through Dec. 31 at the Philip S. Miller Library, 100 S. Wilcox St., Castle Rock. Castle

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this week’s TOP FIVE One Night in Memphis: 8 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 5 at Lone Tree Arts Center, 10075 Commons St., Lone Tree. Recreation of night of Dec. 4, 1955, when Elvis Presley, Carl Perkins, Jerry Lee Lewis and Johnny Cash found themselves jamming at Sam Phillip’s Sun Studios. Learn more at https://www. lonetreeartscenter.org/showinfo.php?id=1086 or call the box office at 720-509-1000.

Historic David W Brown House Tour: 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, Oct. 5 at 2303 E. Dartmouth Ave., Englewood.

The Brown House is now owned and operated by The Joshua School. Tickets available at historicenglewood. com. The 18-room Prairie Style House is on the National and State Historic Registry and was designed by George H. Williamson who also designed the Daniels & Fisher Tower and Denver’s East High School.

Candidate Forum and Experience Dyslexia Simulation: 7-8:30 p.m.

Wednesday, Oct. 9 at Cresthill Middle School, 9195 Cresthill Lane, Highlands Ranch. Meet Douglas County Board of Education candidates.

Begin event by experiencing dyslexia through a

Rock Genealogical Society weekly meeting to discuss genealogy tips and roadblocks. No need to register, just drop in.

Centennial

Nuba Water Project’s Walk for Sudan: 1-3:30 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 6 at Campus Middle School and Cherry Creek State Park. Proceeds support the efforts of the Nuba Water Project. Go to www. walkforsudan.org. Teams from 11 Cherry Creek School District middle and high schools are raising money.

What’s Your Story: 1-3 p.m. Oct. 8 at Lutheran Church of the Holy Spirit, 6400 S. University Blvd., Centennial. Led by John Putnam. Stories are an important part of preserving your genealogy because it provides your descendants with a narrative of who you were and how you related to the expanded family. This presentation advocates to participants to write and save these rich genealogical nuggets for the future. Go to

few simulation activities. Presented by DC KID (Kids Identified with Dyslexia). Simulation limited to 60 participants, but forum is open to everyone.

RSVP for the simulation at https://www.facebook.com/events/380058322937026 Colorado Women’s Struggle for Suffrage: Thursday, Oct. 10 at Philip S. Miller Library, 100 S. Wilcox St., Castle Rock. Many people do not know that Colorado women voted and ran for office a quartercentury before the 19th Amendment made women’s suffrage the law in 1920. Presented by Marcia Goldstein.

Contact the Castle Rock Museum at 303-814-3163 or museum@castlerockhistoricalsociety.org. Go to www.castlerockhistoricalsociety.org.

Littleton Symphony Orchestra Season-Opening Concert: 7:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 11 at Littleton United Methodist Church, 5894 S. Datura St., Littleton. This first concert will open with Debussy’s Iberia, along with Ravel’s Rhapsodie Espagnol and Lacuona’s Malagueña.

Go to www.littletonsymphony.org or call 303933-6824.

www.ColumbineGenealogy.com Women’s Business Expo, Networking Event: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 10 at Koelbel Library, Centennial. Presented

by SHE (Supporting Heart and Enterprise) Leads Group. Geared toward full-time business owners or career women who also are full-time caregivers to loved ones. Space is limited. Tickets are required and can be reserved at https://www.eventbrite. com/e/denver-womens-business-expo-networking-eventtickets-65004135118. Go to www.

SheLeadsGroup.com Job Fair: 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

Thursday, Oct. 10 at Embassy Suites, 10250 E. Costilla Ave., Centennial. Parking is free. Bring 10-15 resumes and wear business professional attire.

17 Mile House Open House and Tours: 9 a.m. to noon Saturdays, 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-yearold 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. Go to http:// co.arapahoe.co.us/Facilities/ Facility/Details/17-Mile-HouseFarm-Park-23

Colorado Thunderbirds 5K Fundraising Run: 8 a.m. Oct. 13 at deKoevend Park, Centennial. Fundraiser for the Colorado Thunderbirds under-12 hockey team to compete at the Quebec International Pee Wee Hockey Tournament in Quebec, Canada, in February. Visit facebook.com/ events and search Colorado Thunderbirds 5K Funding Run. Walk2Connect at Your Library: 8:50 a.m. every other Tuesday through Oct. 15 at Koelbel Library, 5955 S. Holly St., Centennial. Join library staff and neighbors and explore the trails and neighborhoods the surround Koelbel Library. Group will leave no later than 9:05 a.m. and will return by 10:30 a.m. For teens and adults, but all ages welcome. Reservations recommended. Download and sign the online waiver at arapahoelibraries.org/events.

Englewood

Golf Tournament: 9:30 a.m.

Monday, Oct. 7 at Meridian Golf Club, 9742 S. Meridian Blvd., Englewood. Fundraiser to benefit River Deep Foundation, which helps military veterans and other individuals who have experienced physical, emotional or psychological trauma heal and reengage in life. Sponsorships available.

Register at www.riverdeepfoundation.org.

Englewood Art Exhibit: on display through Oct. 9 at the

Malley Recreation Center, 3380 S. Lincoln St., Englewood. More than 70 pieces by local artists. Call 303-762-2660 or go to https:// www.englewoodco.gov/parksrecreation-library/englewood-artexhibit.

Fiber Arts Show & Sale: Oct. 10-12 at Englewood Civic Center, second floor community room, 1000 Englewood Parkway, Englewood.

Rocky Mountain Weavers Guild members showcase hand-crafted wearables and fashion accessories. Go to www.rmweaversguild. org/fiber-arts-sale-2.

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Ponies with a Purpose: 1-5 p.m.

Saturday, Oct. 12 at Promise Ranch Theraputic Riding, 6230 E. Hwy 86, Franktown. Meet horses and check out new therapy center.

Food, hayride, face painting, pumpkins and pony rides. Go to https://www.eventbrite.com/e/ ponies-with-a-purpose-fall-carnival-tickets-67893303699

Highlands Ranch

Create a Publication and How to Publish: 10 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 5 at Christ Lutheran Church, 8997 S. Broadway, Highlands Ranch.

Incudes how to insert photos and other digital artifacts. Presented

by Slektforskningklubb: Sons of Norway Fjelldalen Lodge Genealogy Club. Go to http://fjelldalen. com. Contact Tony Hjelmstad at tony@norsky.net or call 303-3245381.

Why Legal Paperwork? Getting All Your Ducks in a Row: 1011:30 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 8 at the James H. LaRue Library, 9292 S. Ridgeline Blvd., Highlands Ranch. Led by certified elder law attorney Beth Mitchell. Registration is required at highlandsranch.org/signmeup. Call Jodie McCann at 720-240-4922.

Kids’ Zone: 4-5 p.m.

Oct. 10 at the James H. LaRue branch of Douglas County Libraries, 9292 S. Ridgeline Blvd., Highlands Ranch. Drop in and create your own story using our StoryStarter LEGOs. Meets in Kids Corner. For 8-12. Call 303-791-7323 or visit DCL.org.

Paranormal Party: 6-9 p.m.

Thursday, Oct. 10 at the Highlands Ranch Mansion, 9950 Gateway Blvd., Highlands Ranch. Discover for yourself whether or not ghosts inhabit the mansion. Spirit PI will lead SEE CALENDAR, P26

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What’s Next? Discover a Purposeful Retirement: 6-8 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 10 at Metro District Office Building, 62 Plaza Drive, Highlands Ranch. Led by certified retirement and career coach Gary Foster. Registration is required at highlandsranch.org/signmeup.

Call 720-240-4922.

U.S. Air Force Academy Band Concert: 7 p.m. Oct. 11 at St. Andrew United Methodist Church, 9203 S. University Blvd., Highlands Ranch. Part of the band’s chamber musicf all concert series. Call 303-794-2683.

Fall Craft Show: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 12-13 at Eastridge Recreation Center, 9568 University Blvd., Highlands Ranch. Collection of exhibitors featuring jewelry, bath products, pottery, wooden crafts, floral arrangements, wreaths, baby and children’s articles, fused glass, hand knit items, and more. Learn more at https://hrcaonline.org/about-us/guidescommunication/calendar-schedules/eventdetails/fall-craft-show-35

Littleton

Paint Like a Pro, with Lee Wasilik: 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 5 at First Presbyterian Church, 1609 W. Littleton Blvd., Littleton. All levels of experience welcome. Go to http:// www.heritage-guild.com. Contact Mary Kay Jacobus at mkstudio@comcast.net.

October 4, 2019O Laurie Dameron Jazz Concert: 2 p.m.

Saturday, Oct. 5 at Bemis Public Library, 6014 S. Datura St., Littleton. Dameron is a Billboard Magazine jazz award recipient. Call 303-795-3961.

Fjelldalen Lodge Meeting: 1-3 p.m. Oct. 5 at Christ Lutheran Church, 8997 S. Broadway, Highlands Ranch. Presentation on the Daughters of Norway with refreshments after. The Fjelldalen Lodge 6-162 of Sons of Norway will meet and have a presentation on the Daughters of Norway with refreshments after. Go to http://fjelldalen.com Talent Show: 6 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 5 at Pax Christi Catholic Church, 5761 McArthur Ranch Road, Littleton. Benefit for the Children’s Schola Cantorum at Pax Christi. Free dinner, entertainment and silent auction. Donations accepted. Contact Joan Mancuso, 303-4714236 or 281-733-6022, or email luvudenver2011@gmail.com Craft Fair: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 5 at Ketring Park, just north of the Littleton Museum. More than 250 booths of artisans and fine crafters. Food concession stands will sell breakfast and lunch items. Admission is free.

No parking allowed at Bemis Library. Go to www.friendsofthelibraryandmuseum.org.

Space Exploration: From the Moon Landing to Today and Beyond: 12:30-1:30 p.m.

Tuesday, Oct. 8 at Tattered Cover, 7301 S. Santa Fe Drive, Littleton. Call 303-4707050. Active Minds program.

Saudi Arabia: 3-4 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 9 at RiverPointe, 5225 S. Prince St., Littleton.

Call 303-797-0600 to RSVP. Active Minds program.

Littleton City Council Candidate Forum: 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 10 at Bemis Public Library, 6014 S. Datura St., Littleton.

Presented by the League of Women Voters of Arapahoe and Douglas Counties. Contact Susan Meeker at susfoster@msn.com.

Harvest Festival: 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 12 at the Littleton Museum, 6028 S. Gallup St., Littleton. 1890s farm festival.

Pick out Halloween pumpkins and enjoy hayrides and other activities. Play games and win prizes. No cost to get into the museum; some activities, pumpkins and refreshments will cost money. Go to www. friendsofthelibraryandmuseum.org.

Forest Bathing: A Guided Walk: 8-10:30 a.m. Oct. 13 at The Hudson Gardens and Event Center, 6115 S. Santa Fe Blvd., Littleton. Space is limited. Register at https:// www.hudsongardens.org/event/forestbathing-a-guided-walk-2/ Studies suggest that a regular practice of forest bathing may help to boost the immune system, lower stress hormones, and improve cognitive function.

Cabaret: running through Oct. 13 at Town Hall Arts Center, 2450 W. Main St., Littleton.

Tickets on sale at the box office, by calling 303-794-2787 ext. 5, or online at TownHallArtsCenter.org. Show times are 7:30 p.m.

Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays, 2 p.m.

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Lone Tree

The Wonderful Music of Oz: 8 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 12 at Lone Tree Arts Center, 10075 Commons St., Lone Tree. Learn more at https:// www.lonetreeartscenter.org/wonderful-

musicofoz or call the box office at 720-5091000.

Parker

Practice Your English: 10:30 a.m. to noon Oct. 5 at the Parker Library, 20105 E. Mainstreet.

Conversation practice on everyday topics for adults of all language backgrounds. Intermediate to advanced English learners. Ages 17-plus. Registration is required at 303-7917323 or DCL.org.

Fall Festival: 10 a.m. to noon Oct. 5 at Rocky Vista University, 8401 S. Chambers Road, Parker. Cookie decorating, pumpkin painting, obstacle courses, and a best costume contest for kids, adults, and families. Go to https://www.facebook.com/ events/3671627402878135/.

Roxborough Community Seed Exchange: 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Saturday, Oct. 5 at Seven Stones, Botanical Gardens Cemetery, 9635 N. Rampart Range Road. Seven Stones will share seeds from its wildflower and perennial gardens.

Bring seeds to share. Guided tour provided.

Workshop is free; RSVP to Becky at info@ discoversevenstones.com.

Jedi Academy: 10 a.m. to noon Oct. 12 at Douglas County Libraries in Roxborough, 8357 N. Rampart Range Rd Ste. 200. Origami and paper projects. Costumes encouraged.

All ages. Register at 303-791-7323 or DCL.org.

Editor’s note: Calendar submissions must be received by noon Wednesday for publication the following week. To place a calendar item, go to eventlink.coloradocommunitymedia. com.

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NATIONAL DENTAL HYGIENE MONTH What brushing teeth and homework have in common (BPT) - Did you know over 34 million school hours are lost each year due to children’s dental health problems in the U.S.? Tooth decay is actually one of the top chronic infectious diseases in the country, but is 100% preventable.

Children who experience untreated oral health issues are also more likely to have lower school performance, according to the American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry (AAPD). Oral health problems can damage a child’s self-esteem, as they may be less likely to speak, smile, play and interact with others. But untreated tooth decay and other oral health issues don’t have to become a problem if they’re caught early.

Putting your children’s dental appointments on a seasonal checklist helps make sure they’ll stay healthy all year long. Here are some ways you can help maintain your children’s dental health, no matter what their age.

Good oral care starts early: The AAPD recommends children visit a dentist by their first birthday, or as soon as their first tooth begins to appear. Early visits not only provide the dentist with a baseline for reviewing your child’s oral health and underlying bone structure as their teeth grow and develop, but also help get your child used to dental visits as a routine, healthy habit. Establishing a relationship with their dentist and creating a “dental home” early will help your children feel more comfortable during later visits.

“By starting dental visits early in a child’s life, the chance for developing tooth decay is significantly reduced,” says president of the American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry, Dr. Kevin Donly. “A pediatric dentist can provide parents with helpful information, including how to put a brushing routine into action for your child.”

Pediatric dentists are well trained, receiving two to three additional years of specialized training to emphasize growth and development, special health care needs and advanced treatment techniques in hospital settings. Pediatric dentists limit their practices to treating children, and are prepared to relieve children’s fears, treat special needs children and create a kid-friendly environment. Keeping these visits consistent prevents problems from developing untreated - and gets your children accustomed to these healthy practices.

Just like homework, make brushing a habit: By modeling good brushing behavior, you emphasize the importance of oral care for everyone in the family. Children are more likely to

be influenced by what you do than by what you say. Setting regular times to brush teeth is just like setting regular homework times once kids are used to it, the habit becomes automatic.

Brushing together can show your children how to brush, how often, and for how long. The AAPD recommends brushing for two minutes, twice a day. You can make a game out of it by setting a timer or playing a song that lasts for two minutes while you brush together. By modeling good brushing behavior, you can help your little ones banish the “mouth monsters” like Tartar the Terrible, Tooth D.K. and Ginger Bite-Us. For tips on healthy oral care habits, check out mouthmonsters.mychildrensteeth. org.

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Limit sugary drinks and snacking: Drinking too much sugary juice or snacking throughout the day can be a big factor in causing tooth decay. Encourage your children to drink water instead of juice, and limit snacking to mouth-friendly options like fresh fruit or pretzels instead of fruit pouches, granola bars or candy.

While you’re establishing routines for the new school year, be sure to include a visit to your child’s pediatric dentist on your checklist, so they can smile every day as they head into class.

For more information about children’s oral health and to find a pediatric dentist in your area, visit mychildrensteeth.org.

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SPORTS STUDENT-ATHLETE STUDENT ATHLETE SPOTLIGHT

He covers a lot of ground Q&A with Jack Howell What’s your favorite pre-game meal?

At Valor they do a great job of feeding us and getting us prepared. Usually we have chicken, rice and some sort of fruit.

Who is your favorite athlete and why?

Probably has to be Ed Reed.

He was one of the best safeties, if not the best safety to ever play the game. Just watching him, I learned a lot from him.

What would be a perfect performance in your sport?

I want to give it all I’ve got. As many touchdowns that I can score, hopefully two or three and maybe throw one or two in there. And somewhere around 14 tackles.

PHOTO BY JIM BENTON

Jack Howell fulfills multiple roles for Valor Christian football

BY JIM BENTON JBENTON@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

J

ack Howell seems to be all over the field during Valor Christian’s football games.

And that is not an illusion.

Howell, a 6-foot, 180-pound junior, plays free safety and wide receiver, returns kickoff and punts and takes some snaps at quarterback for the Eagles. He was a running back last season when he filled in for injured players.

“I just honestly do what the

coaches want me to do,” said Howell, who was sixth as a 152-pound wrestler at last season’s state tournament.

“I pride myself in being a versatile player so I’ll play quarterback, receiver, running back and obviously on defense, free safety. Whatever the team needs me to do, I’ll do it.

“I want to go play college football so I’m sure then I will have to narrow it down. For now, I’m just going to play wherever coach wants me to play. As soon as I end a series on offense or defense, I just have to get my mind focused on what is coming up.”

What do you like to do away from sports and school?

I’m usually out doing something with my friends. I’ve got a good friends group and usually we are always competing in something, just hanging out and having fun.

How hard is it to play defense with the rules emphasizing safety?

I know the game is changing a lot and they are trying to protect players. Obviously you have to be more careful about targeting calls and when to let up on a receiver and running back and not be diving in on a pile. It’s just being smart.

Which position do you like playing best?

I like them all but probably safety.

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COACH’S TAKE: “Jack is a great athlete. He does whatever role that needs to be filled with his athletic ability.

We are lucky to have such a versatile player that is willing to do whatever the team needs to be successful.”

Tyler Johnson, Valor Christian director of football operations

Key stats | In the first four games this season, Howell rushed for 237 yards and a 9.1 average per carry, completed his only pass for 10 yards, has 141 yards on kickoff and punt returns and led the team with 30 total tackles.

Boys state golf tourney won’t lack challenges

G

olf is an individual sport than sometimes comes attached with team aspects.

The boys state golf tournament will be held Oct. 7-8 at Pinehurst Country Club in southwest Denver, and there will be golfers competing for the individual title and battling themselves trying to figure OVERTIME out what club or shot to use, how to manage the lie, adjusting to the weather conditions and planning how to avoid the bunkers next to the greens.

But many golfJim Benton ers on qualified teams also have to keep an eye on the team standings and keep their scores low enough that when the three lowest individual scores are added up, it puts their team in contention for state honors.

The top two teams in each regional qualifying tournament held Sept. 23-25 qualified fourplayer teams, but only the lowest three scores will be counted on each day of the two-day state tournament.

“You have to be consistent in the state tournament,” said Cherry Creek coach Mark Goldsberry. “You have to have three kids you can trust to put out there that can consistently throw you something in the 70s for you to have a chance. And good as high school golf has gotten in the last few years, if you can have your No. 1 maybe throw up something under par, that really helps. You need a stud and a couple stabilizers to stabilize your scoring and give you a chance to win.”

It might be dangerous, but if regional qualifying scores are any indication with teams that qualified all four golfers, defending state champion Fossil Ridge has to be one of the team title favorites after winning the Northern Regional.

Arapahoe, which was third a year ago, captured the Southern regional and a Cherry Creek team with three freshmen and a junior took the Central Regional.

Rock Canyon won the Western regional.

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Legend’s Merich Stenberg, right, pursues a tackle as Castle View’s Zane Wodark (22) stretches for extra yards. Windy conditions limited the playbook for both teams as Legend finished on top 34-27 Sept. 28 at Echo Park Stadium in Parker.

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Public Trustees PUBLIC NOTICE

Public Notice NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING A public hearing will be held on November 12, 2019, at 2:30 p.m. before the Douglas County Board of County Commissioners, in the Commissioners Hearing Room, 100 Third Street, Castle Rock, CO. The hearing is for the second and final reading of the proposed adoption of the Fire Code: 2018 International Fire Code, 2018 International Fire Code Appendix B and 2018 International Fire Code Appendix C, as amended.

ORDINANCE NO. O-019-002 THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF THE COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, COLORADO AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING THE 2018 EDITION OF THE INTERNATIONAL FIRE CODE SUBJECT TO THE AMENDMENTS AS SET FORTH IN ATTACHMENT 1 AND APPENDICES B AND C AND REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES AND RESOLUTIONS IN CONFLICT THEREWITH WHEREAS, Section 30-15-401.5(1), C.R.S., authorizes the Board of County Commissioners to adopt ordinances to provide for minimum safety standards, and; WHEREAS, Section 30-15-401.5(3), C.R.S., authorizes the Board of County Commissioners to adopt fire code provisions for the unincorporated areas of Douglas County, and; WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 30-15-401.5(2), C.R.S., the Board of County Commissioners has appointed a permanent commission, known as the Fire Code Adoption and Revision Commission, for the purpose of reviewing and making recommendations for the adoption of a fire code, and; WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 30-15-401.5(2), C.R.S., the Board of County Commissioners has received a recommendation from the Fire Code Adoption and Revision Commission, and; WHEREAS, after receiving the recommendations of the Fire Code Adoption and Revision Commission and duly considering the same, the Board of County Commissioners of Douglas County desires to adopt by reference the 2018 International Fire Code (“IFC”) in its entirety, except as modified herein, to protect the safety and welfare of the citizens of Douglas County; and NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF DOUGLAS COUNTY as follows: A. The Board of County Commissioners hereby approves the 2018 IFC, subject to the Amendments set forth in Attachment 1 and Appendices B and C. B. The following properties shall be exempt from IFC coverage, except as provided in Subsection 102.5, as amended herein: 1. Detached one or two-family dwellings; 2. Factory built housing units certified by the State of Colorado; 3. Factory built housing units constructed to federal standards; 4. Buildings or structures accessory to a dwelling or other allowed private use; or used exclusively for private agricultural purposes; and 5. Residential developments containing or creating three or fewer lots or parcels.

C. The provisions of the International Fire Code, as adopted herein, and from the date on which this ordinance shall take effect, shall be controlling within the limits of the Fire Protection Districts of Castle Rock, North Fork, South Metro Fire Rescue, Franktown, Jackson 105, Larkspur, West Douglas, Mountain Communities and West Metro Fire Rescue, along with the Metropolitan Districts of Highlands Ranch, Roxborough Park and Castle Pines and those areas of unincorporated Douglas County not included within a fire protection district. The Fire Code shall be enforced by the chief, commander or designated representative of each fire protection department or district specified in Section 1, or by the Board of County Commissioners in areas not included within a fire protection district.

D. Should any section, clause, sentence, or part of this Ordinance be adjudged by any court of competent jurisdiction to be unconstitutional or invalid, the same shall not affect, impair or invalidate the ordinance as a whole or any part thereof other than the part so declared to be invalid.

E. All ordinances and/or resolutions, including Ordinance No. O-016-001, or parts or ordinances and/or resolutions, which are inconsistent with the provisions of this ordinance, are hereby repealed, except that this repeal shall not affect or prevent the prosecution or punishment of any person for any act done or committed in violation of any ordinance hereby repealed prior to the effective date of this ordinance.

ATTACHMENT 1 TO ORDINANCE NO. O-019-002 Amendments to the 2018 International Fire Code Section 1. Adoption of the International Fire Code. That certain document, three (3) copies of which are filed in the office of the Douglas County Clerk & Recorder, being marked and designated as the International Fire Code, 2018 edition, including Appendix Chapters B and C as published by the International Code Council and amended by Douglas County, be and is hereby adopted by the Board of County Commissioners as the Douglas County Fire Code, regulating and governing the safeguarding of life and property from fire and explosion hazards arising from the storage, handling and use of hazardous substances, materials and devices, and from conditions hazardous to life or property in the occupancy of buildings and premises as herein provided; and each and all of the regulations, provisions, penalties, conditions and terms of said Fire Code are hereby referred to, adopted, and made a part hereof, as if fully set out in this ordinance, with the additions, insertions, deletions and changes prescribed in Section 2 of this Ordinance.

Section 2. Additions, Insertions, Deletions and Changes. The following sections of the Fire Code are hereby revised as follows: Subsection 101.1 is amended to read as follows: 101.1 Title. These regulations shall be known as the Fire Code of Douglas County, hereinafter referred to as “this code”.

Subsection 102.5 is amended to read as follows: 102.5 Application of this code to residential properties and construction. Where buildings, structures and portions thereof are designed and constructed in accordance with the International Residential Code, the provisions of this code shall apply only as follows: 1. Provisions of this code pertaining to fire apparatus access roads, water supplies and fire flow requirements apply to community fire protection for residential developments in which four (4) or more new lots or parcels are created but shall not apply to individual structures and properties within those residential developments, except when specifically required and approved by the Board of County Commissioners as a condition of the planned development process. Requirements for fire apparatus

access roads for new residential development apply per Subsections 503.1 and 503.2 as amended herein. Water supplies and fire flow requirements for new residential development, where adequate and reliable water supplies exist and in which four (4) or more new lots or parcels are created, apply per Subsection 507.1, 507.3 and 507.5 as amended herein.

2. Construction permits for fire protection systems and associated equipment in the interior or exterior of the structure, not including dwelling unit fire sprinkler systems installed in accordance with IRC Section P2904.

3. Administrative and maintenance provisions shall apply. Operational permit requirements shall apply only as follows: a. Amusement buildings per Subsection 105.6.2. b. Open burning per Subsection 105.6.32. c. Explosives per Subsection105.6.14. d. Carnivals and fairs per Subsection 105.6.4. e. LP-gas per Subsection 105.6.27. f. Temporary membrane structures and tents greater than 2,500 sq. ft.

A new Subsection 102.13 is enacted to read as follows: 102.13 Douglas County Regulations. Where any of the provisions of this code are in conflict with any Douglas County code, standard or other adopted regulation, the Douglas County provisions shall control. The Douglas County Wildfire Mitigation Standards shall govern in lieu of the International Wildland-Urban Interface Code. References within this code to the International Wildland-Urban Interface Code shall not apply.

Subsection 105.7.21 is amended to read as follows: 105.7.21 Solar Photovoltaic Power Systems. A building permit is required to install or modify solar photovoltaic power systems. Maintenance performed in accordance with the International Building Code or International Residential Code as amended and adopted by Douglas County is not considered to be a modification and does not require a permit.

Subsection 105.7.26 add new subsection to read as follows: 105.7.26 Electrified fences on commercial property. A construction permit is required to install or modify an electrified fence on commercial property regardless of the height of the fence.

Subsection 109.1 is amended to read as follows: 109.1 Board of appeals established. In order to hear and decide appeals of orders, decisions or determinations made by the fire code official relative to the application and interpretation of this code, there shall be created a Regional Fire Code Board of Appeals (“board”) by the entry of various fire districts into an intergovernmental agreement (“IGA”). The board of appeals shall be appointed through the operation of the IGA. The fire code official shall be an ex officio member of said board but shall have no vote on any matter before the board. The board shall adopt rules of procedure for conducting its business and shall render all decisions and findings in writing to the appellant with a duplicate copy to the fire code official. The Douglas County Board of County Commissioners shall be notified of all appointments made to the board. Said notification shall be in writing and shall be given within 30 days of said appointment(s). Upon 30 days written notice, the County may elect to withdraw from the use of the board at any time and for any reason.

Subsection 110.4 is amended to read as follows: 110.4 Violation penalties. Persons who shall violate a provision of this code or shall fail to comply with any of the requirements thereof or who shall erect, install, alter, repair or perform work in violation of the approved construction documents or directive of the fire code official, or of a permit or certificate used under provisions of this code, shall be subject to fine and/or imprisonment up to the maximum specified in Section 30-15-402, C.R.S. Each day that a violation continues after due notice has been served shall be deemed a separate offense.

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

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

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.

Residential Driveway – Add new definition to read as follows: Residential Driveway – A vehicular access for private use that serves one lot or parcel connecting a house, garage, or other allowed use to the public or private road.

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.

Residential Shared Driveway – Add new definition to read as follows: Residential Shared Driveway – A vehicular access for private use that may serve no more than three lots or parcels for the purpose(s) of ingress and egress to buildings structures or other allowed use.

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

Subsection 503.1 is amended to read as follows: 503.1 Where required. Fire apparatus access roads shall be provided and maintained in accordance with Sections 503.1.1 through 503.1.3 and the Douglas County Roadway Design and Construction Standards (“the Standards”). Should any provision of the fire code conflict with the Standards, the Standards shall control. Where the Standards are silent with respect to fire apparatus access roads, the Douglas County Public Works Engineering Director shall make the final determination based on fire code official input as to whether Sections 503.1.1 through 503.1.3 of the fire code shall apply.

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

Subsection 503.2 is amended to read as follows: 503.2 Specifications. Fire apparatus access roads shall be designed and installed in accordance with the Douglas County Roadway Design and Construction Standards (“the Standards”). Should any provision of the fire code conflict with the Standards, the Standards shall control. Where the

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

Subsection 112.4 is amended to read as follows: 112.4 Failure to comply. Any person who shall continue any work after having been served with a stop work order, except such work as that person is directed to perform to remove a violation or unsafe condition, shall be subject to fine and/or imprisonment up to the maximum specified in section 30-15-402, C.R.S. Section 202 General Definitions Fire Apparatus Access Road- is amended to read as follows: Fire apparatus access road - Any improved surface, designed or ordinarily used for vehicular travel that provides fire apparatus access, including fire lanes, public or private streets, and parking lot lanes. Fire Apparatus Access Road shall not include a private residential driveway, or a private residential shared driveway as defined herein.

Standards are silent with respect to roads, both public and private, the Douglas County Public Works Engineering Director shall make the final determination, based on fire code official input. For fire apparatus access, other than roads, both public and private, such as fire lanes and parking lot lanes, Sections 503.2.1 through 503.2.8 of the fire code shall apply.

Subsection 503.2.2 is amended to read as follows: 503.2.2 Authority. The Douglas County Public Works Engineering Director is the authority having jurisdiction (AHJ) and shall have the authority to review, permit, inspect and approve all fire apparatus access roads, public or private, in unincorporated Douglas County. For fire apparatus access, other than roads and private residential driveways, both public and private, such as fire lanes and parking lot lanes, the fire code official is the AHJ. Continued to Next Page

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

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Douglas County Notice Continued From Last Page: Page 2 of 2 Subsection 503.4.1 is amended to read as follows: 503.4.1 Traffic calming devices. During design and prior to construction of traffic calming devices, fire code official review and comments shall be requested and considered by Douglas County.

Subsection 507.1 Required water supply. Exceptions are added to read as follows: Exceptions: 1. Individual residential lots, parcels and developments legally in existence prior to the adoption of this code.

2. Developments containing or creating 3 or fewer residential lots or parcels.

3. Buildings or structures accessory to a dwelling or other allowed private use; or used exclusively for private agricultural purposes.

4. Developments subject to the Douglas County Standard for Water Supplies for Rural Fire Fighting.

3. A fire alarm system is not required in buildings that do not have interior corridors serving dwelling units, provided that dwelling units either have a means of egress door opening directly to an exterior exit access that leads directly to the exits or are served by open-ended corridors designed in accordance with Section 1026.6, Exception 4, items 4.2 or 4.5.

Section 1204 is amended to read as follows: Solar photovoltaic power systems. Solar photovoltaic power systems shall be installed in accordance with the International Building Code as amended, the International Residential Code as amended, and NFPA 70.

Subsection 3103.6 add sentence to end of paragraph.

Tents that utilize a water ballast system shall require a written analysis from a structural engineer demonstrating the ability to resist the wind load established by the jurisdiction where the tent is to be located.

Subsection 507.3 is amended to read as follows: 507.3 Fire flow. Fire flow requirements for buildings or portions of buildings and facilities shall be determined in accordance with Appendix B of this code as amended or a method approved by the fire code official and Douglas County. Where an existing water supply for firefighting is not available within two road miles of the vehicular entrance of any parcel, the Douglas County Standard for Water Supplies for Rural Fire Fighting shall apply. Residential developments legally in existence at the time of the adoption of this code are not required to provide minimum water supplies or upgrade existing water supplies to meet this code. Non-residential developments and multifamily developments legally in existence at the time of the adoption of this code are not required to provide minimum water supplies or upgrade existing water supplies to meet this code, unless there is a change of use or occupancy. Fire flow requirements shall not apply to individual residential lots, parcels or developments listed as exceptions in subsection 507.1.

Subsection 3105.5 Item number 1 add new 1.7 to read as follows: 1.7. Temporary special event structures that utilize a water ballast system shall require a written analysis from a structural engineer demonstrating the ability to resist the wind load established by the jurisdiction where the structure is to be located.

Subsection 507.5 is amended to read as follows: 507.5 Fire hydrant systems. Fire hydrant systems shall comply with Sections 507.5.1 through 507.5.6, and Appendix C of this code as amended, or the Douglas County Standard for Water Supplies for Rural Fire Fighting where applicable. The following locations shall not be subject to the standards contained in these Sections and/or Appendix C:

Subsection 5704.2.9.6.1 is amended to read as follows: 5704.2.9.6.1 Locations of above-ground tanks. Above-ground tanks shall be located in accordance with this section.

1. Fire apparatus access roads not having an existing water line, except when a new water line is installed to serve commercial or residential development or to convey water to another location.

2. Where access to sufficient water flow is unavailable as determined by the fire code official and the building official.

Subsection 507.5.1 is amended to read as follows: 507.5.1 Where required. Where a portion of the facility or building hereafter constructed or moved into or within the jurisdiction is more than 400 feet (122 m) from a hydrant on a fire apparatus access road, as measured by an approved route around the exterior of the facility or building, on-site fire hydrants and mains shall be provided where required by the fire code official and the building official.

Exceptions: 1. [No Change] 2. [No Change] Subsection 510.1 Emergency responder radio coverage in new buildings. Exception 4 is added to read as follows: Exceptions: 1. [No Change] 2. [No Change] 3. [No Change] 4. One and two-family dwellings and townhouses.

Section 610 Electrified fences on commercial property. Add new Section to read as follows: 610.1 General. Electrified fences on commercial property shall be permitted in accordance with Section 105.7.26 and comply with the provisions of 610.2 through 610.6.

610.2 Components. Electrified fences on commercial property shall be installed with components manufactured and listed for use in such installations to ensure they do not pose a significant life-safety risk to humans.

610.3 Clearance from combustibles. Combustible materials including vegetation capable of being ignited shall be prohibited within 10’ (minimum) of electrified fences, unless limited by lot lines or as otherwise approved by the Fire Code Official.

610.4 Disconnecting means. A means shall be provided outside the electrified fence for emergency responders to disconnect power to electrified fences on commercial property to provide access to the site. The type and location of the disconnecting means shall be approved by the Building Code Official and the Fire Code Official.

610.4.1 Disconnecting means identification. The means provided to disconnect power to electrified fences on commercial property shall be approved by the Fire Code Official.

610.5 Fire apparatus access roads. Fire apparatus access roads shall be maintained in accordance with Section 503 as amended.

610.6 Warning signs. Outward-facing warning signs shall be posted in a conspicuous manner at intervals of not less than thirty (30) feet on electrified fences on commercial property. The warning signs shall have a minimum letter size of two (2) inches and shall include the international symbol for high voltage.

Subsection 1101.1 is amended to read as follows: 1101.1 Scope. Where required by the fire code official and the building official, the provisions of this chapter shall apply to existing buildings constructed prior to this code.

Exceptions: 1. One and two-family dwellings and townhouses.

Subsection 1103.2 is amended to read as follows: 1103.2 Emergency responder radio coverage in existing buildings. Where required by the fire code official and the building official, existing buildings that do not have approved radio coverage for emergency responders within the building based upon the existing coverage levels of the public safety communications systems of the jurisdiction at the exterior of the building, shall be equipped with such coverage according to one of the following: 1. Whenever an existing wired communication system cannot be repaired or is being replaced, or where not approved in accordance with Section 510.1, Exception 1.

2. Within a timeframe established by Douglas County.

Exception: Where it is determined by the fire code official or the building official that the radio coverage system is not needed.

Subsection 1103.5.1 is amended to read as follows: 1103.5.1 Group A-2. Where alcoholic beverages are consumed in a Group A-2 occupancy having an occupant load of 300 or more, the fire area containing the Group A-2 occupancy shall be equipped with an automatic sprinkler system in accordance with Section 903.3.1.1. The fire code official shall work directly with the building owner to establish the scope of the work required and a reasonable timeframe to bring the building into compliance not to exceed one year from the formal written notification from the fire code official of this requirement.

Subsection 1103.7.6 is amended to read as follows: 1103.7.6 Group R-2. A manual and automatic fire alarm system that activates the occupant notification system in accordance with Section 907.6 shall be installed in existing Group R-2 occupancies more than three stories in height or with more than 16 dwelling or sleeping units.

Exceptions: 1. [No Change] 2. [No Change]

Subsection 5601.1.3 Fireworks Exception 4 is amended to read as follows: Exceptions: 1. [No Change] 2. [No Change] 3. [No Change] 4. The possession, storage, sale, handling and use of permissible fireworks as defined by Section 12-28-101, C.R.S.

Subsection 5706.2.4.4 Locations where above ground tanks are prohibited, is hereby deleted APPENDICES B AND C in its entirety.

TO ORDINANCE O-019-002 Subsection 5806.2 Limitations, is hereby deletedNO. in its entirety.

Subsection 6104.2 Maximum capacity within established limits, is hereby deleted in its entirety. Only those appendix chapters of the 2018 International Fire Code listed herein are adopted as follows: APPENDICES B AND C TO ORDINANCE NO. O-019-002 APPENDIX B, Fire-Flow Requirements for Buildings.

Only those appendix chapters of the 2018 International Fire Code listed herein are adopted as follows: Subsection B103.3 is amended to read as follows: APPENDIX B, Fire-Flow Requirements for Buildings.

B103.3 Areas without water supply systems. In rural and suburban areas in which adequate reliableto water systems do not exist, the International Fire Code as Subsection B103.3 is and amended readsupply as follows: B103.3 Areas amended without water In rural and areasofficial in which and relishall supply apply. systems.

When agreed upon bysuburban the fire code andadequate the building able water supply systems not exist, International Code asRating amended shall apply.

When official, NFPAdo1141, NFPAthe 1142, ISO Fire Fire Suppression Schedule or other agreed upon by the fire code official and the building official, NFPA 1141, NFPA 1142, ISO Fire Supapproved method may be utilized to determine fire flow requirements. pression Rating Schedule or other approved method may be utilized to determine fire flow requirements. Table B105.2 is amended as follows: Table B105.2 is amended as follows:

Table B105.2 REQUIRED FIRE FLOW FOR BUILDINGS OTHER THAN ONE AND Table B105.2 TWO-FAMILY DWELLINGS, GROUP R-3 OTHER AND R-4THAN BUILDINGS AND REQUIRED FIRE FLOW FOR BUILDINGS ONE AND TWO-FAMILY DWELLINGS, GROUPTOWNHOUSES R-3 AND R-4 BUILDINGS AND TOWNHOUSES

AUTOMATIC SPRINKER SYSTEM (Design Standard) No automatic sprinkler system

MINIMUM FIRE FLOW (gallons per minute)

FLOW DURATION (hours)

Value in table B105.1(2)

Duration in Table B105.1(2)

Section 903.3.1.1 of the International Fire Code

50% of the value in TableB105.1(2)a

Duration in TableB105.1(2) at the reduced flow rate

Section 903.3.1.2 of the International Fire Code

75% of the value in TableB105.1(2)b

Duration in TableB105.1(2) at the reduced flow rate

For SI: SI: 1 1 gallon L/m For gallonper perminute minute= =3.785 3.785 L/m a. The flow bebe notnot lessless thanthan 1,0001,000 gallons per minute a.

Thereduced reducedfire fire flowshall shall gallons per minute b. The flow bebe notnot lessless thanthan 1,5001,500 gallons per minute b.

Thereduced reducedfire fire flowshall shall gallons per minute APPENDIX C, Fire-Hydrant Locations and and Distribution.

APPENDIX C, Fire-Hydrant Locations Distribution.

Subsection C103.1 is deleted andand replaced asasfollows: Subsection C103.1 is deleted replaced follows: C103.1 Fire hydrants available. Where existing water supplies permit, as determined by the fire code official and building official, the minimum number and distribution of fire hydrants available to a buildC103.1 Fire hydrants available.

Where existing supplies permit, as determined by ing, complex, or subdivision shall not be less than that listedwater in Table C105.1. the fire code official and building official, the minimum number and distribution of fire availabledo to not a building, subdivision shall be notconstrued be less thansothat Where existinghydrants water supplies permit, complex, nothing inorthis section shall as listed to require in aTable C105.1. the presence of minimum number and distribution of fire hydrants as set forth in Table C105.1.

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

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.

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

For the purpose of a complex or subdivision, fire hydrant number and distribution requirements in Table C105.1 are to be applied to fire apparatus access roads and perimeter public streets from which fire operation could be conducted.

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

Section 3. Applicability and Enforcement: The provisions of the International Fire Code, as modified in Section 2 herein, and from the date on which this ordinance shall take effect, shall be controlling within the limits of the Fire Protection Districts of Castle Rock, North Fork, South Metro Fire Rescue, Franktown, Jackson 105, Larkspur, West Douglas, Mountain Communities and West Metro Fire Rescue, along with the Metropolitan Districts of Highlands Ranch, Roxborough Park and Castle Pines and those areas of unincorporated Douglas County not included within a fire protection district.

The Fire Code shall be enforced by the chief, commander or designated representative of each fire protection department or district specified in Section 1, or by the Board of County Commissioners in areas not included within a fire protection district.

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

Section 4. Repeal of Conflicting Ordinances, Resolutions, and Regulations: All ordinances and/ or resolutions or parts of ordinances and/or resolutions inconsistent with the provisions of this Ordinance, including Ordinance No. O-016-001, are hereby repealed, except that this repeal shall not affect or prevent the prosecution or punishment of any person for any act done or committed in violation of any ordinance hereby repealed prior to the effective date of this Ordinance.

INTRODUCED, READ AND ADOPTED ON FIRST READING on September 10, 2019 ADOPTED ON SECOND AND FINAL READING, AS AMENDED, on __ and ordered published in its entirety in the Douglas County News-Press.

THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF THE COUNTY OF DOUGLAS COLORADO BY: ROGER A. PARTRIDGE, Chair ATTEST: KRISTIN RANDLETT, Clerk to the Board Legal Notice No.: 935818 | First Publication: September 26, 2019 First Publication: October 24, 2019 | Publisher: Douglas County News-Press

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*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 PUBLIC NOTICE Parker NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2019-0158 To Whom It May Concern: On 7/31/2019 1:48:00 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: ARKESHA ELLIOTT Original Beneficiary: MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. AS NOMINEE FOR FAIRWAY INDEPENDENT MORTGAGE CORPORATION, ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: COLORADO HOUSING AND FINANCE AUTHORITY Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 6/8/2018 Recording Date of DOT: 6/11/2018 Reception No. of DOT: 2018035130 DOT Recorded in Douglas County.

Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $218,762.00

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Original Beneficiary: MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. AS NOMINEE FOR FAIRWAY INDEPENDENT MORTGAGE CORPORATION, ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: COLORADO HOUSING AND FINANCE AUTHORITY Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 6/8/2018 Recording Date of DOT: 6/11/2018 Reception No. of DOT: 2018035130 DOT Recorded in Douglas County.

Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $218,762.00 Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $216,940.96

Public Trustees

Pursuant to C.R.S. §38-38-101 (4) (i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: 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:

CONDOMINIUM RESIDENTIAL UNIT 4-102, IRONSTONE CONDOMINIUMS AT STROH RANCH, ACCORDING TO THE CONDOMINIUM DECLARATION OF IRONSTONE CONDOMINIUMS AT STROH RANCH RECORDED MAY 6, 2004 AT RECEPTION NO. 2004046471 IN THE RECORDS OF THE CLERK AND RECORDER OF THE COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO, AS AMENDED BY THAT CERTAIN FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE CONDOMINIUM DECLARATION OF IRONSTONE CONDOMINIUMS AT STROH RANCH RECORDED JANUARY 30, 2006 AT RECEPTION NO. 2006008501 AND AS FURTHER DEFINED AND DESCRIBED IN THE CONDOMINIUM PLAT FOR IRONSTONE CONDOMINIUMS AT STROH RANCH RECORDED APRIL 23, 2004 AT RECEPTION NO. 2004041009 AND AFFIDAVIT OF CORRECTION RECORDED MAY 6, 2004 AT RECEPTION NO. 2004046470 AND AFFIDAVIT OF CORRECTION RECORDED JULY 1, 2004 AT RECEPTION NO. 2004068379, AS AMENDED FROM TIME TO TIME, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO. Which has the address of: 12766 Ironstone Way #102 , 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, November 20, 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.

First Publication: 9/26/2019 Last Publication: 10/24/2019 Publisher: Douglas County News Press Dated: 8/5/2019 CHRISTINE DUFFY DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee

The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: ELIZABETH S MARCUS Colorado Registration #: 16092 9800 S. MERIDIAN BLVD. SUITE 400, ENGLEWOOD, COLORADO 80112 Phone #: (303) 706-9990 Fax #: (303) 706-9994 Attorney File #: 19-022083

*YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE DATES on the Public Trustee website : http://www.douglas.co.us/publictrustee/ Legal Notice No.: 2019-0158 First Publication: 9/26/2019 Last Publication: 10/24/2019 Publisher: Douglas County News Press PUBLIC NOTICE Parker NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2019-0161 To Whom It May Concern: On 7/31/2019 1:45:00 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: TIMOTHY FRANCIS SAVOY AND DONNA MECHE SAVOY Original Beneficiary: NEW CENTURY MORTGAGE CORPORATION Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, SUCCESSOR BY MERGER TO WELLS FARGO BANK MINNESOTA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE F/K/A NORWEST BANK MINNESOTA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE FOR MORGAN STANLEY DEAN WITTER CAPITAL I INC. TRUST 2002-NC3 Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 5/30/2002 Recording Date of DOT: 6/3/2002 Reception No. of DOT: 02052403 DOT Recorded in Douglas County.

Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $295,950.00

FARGO BANK MINNESOTA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE F/K/A NORWEST BANK MINNESOTA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE FOR MORGAN STANLEY DEAN WITTER CAPITAL I INC. TRUST 2002-NC3 Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 5/30/2002 Recording Date of DOT: 6/3/2002 Reception No. of DOT: 02052403 DOT Recorded in Douglas County.

Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $295,950.00 Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $217,006.63

Public Trustees

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

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

Legal Description of Real Property: LOT 2, BLOCK 4, STONEGATE FILING NO. 15-A, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO. Which has the address of: 16243 Creekview Drive , Parker, CO 80134 NOTICE OF SALE The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust described herein, has filed written election and demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust.

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that on the first possible sale date (unless the sale is continued*) at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, November 20, 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.

First Publication: 9/26/2019 Last Publication: 10/24/2019 Publisher: Douglas County News Press Dated: 8/5/2019 CHRISTINE DUFFY DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: JOSEPH D. DEGIORGIO Colorado Registration #: 45557 1199 BANNOCK STREET , DENVER, COLORADO 80204 Phone #: (303) 350-3711 Fax #: Attorney File #: 00000008507261 *YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE DATES on the Public Trustee website : http://www.douglas.co.us/publictrustee/ Legal Notice No.: 2019-0161 First Publication: 9/26/2019 Last Publication: 10/24/2019 Publisher: Douglas County News Press PUBLIC NOTICE Parker NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2019-0164 To Whom It May Concern: On 7/31/2019 3:00:00 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: MONA S DANIELS Original Beneficiary: U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION ND Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: US Bank National Association successor by Merger to US Bank National Association N.D. Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 9/1/2011 Recording Date of DOT: 9/7/2011 Reception No. of DOT: 2011053984 DOT Recorded in Douglas County.

Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $45,000.00 Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $44,309.06 Pursuant to C.R.S. §38-38-101 (4) (i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: Failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust and other violations of the terms thereof.

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

LOT 69, BUTTERFIELD, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO Which has the address of: 8654 N Sunburst Trl , Parker, CO 80134

Public Trustees NOTICE OF SALE

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

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that on the first possible sale date (unless the sale is continued*) at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, November 20, 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.

First Publication: 9/26/2019 Last Publication: 10/24/2019 Publisher: Douglas County News Press Dated: 8/5/2019 CHRISTINE DUFFY DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: NICHOLE WILLIAMS Colorado Registration #: 49611 1199 BANNOCK STREET , DENVER, COLORADO 80204 Phone #: (303) 350-3711 Fax #: Attorney File #: 00000008434391 *YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE DATES on the Public Trustee website: http://www.douglas.co.us/publictrustee/ Legal Notice No.: 2019-0164 First Publication: 9/26/2019 Last Publication: 10/24/2019 Publisher: Douglas County News Press

City and County PUBLIC NOTICE PURSUANT TO THE LIQUOR LAW OF THE STATE OF COLORADO, VITAMIN COTTAGE NATURAL FOOD MARKETS, INC d/b/a NATURAL GROCERS has requested the Licensing Officials of Douglas County to grant a Hotel and Restaurant Liquor License at the location of 1265 Sergeant Jon Stiles Dr. Littleton, CO 80129. The Public Hearing on this application is to be held by the Douglas County Local Liquor Licensing Authority at 100 Third Street, Castle Rock, Colorado, 80104 on Tuesday, November 5, 2019 at 1:30 p.m.

Date of Application: AUGUST 27, 2019 Officers: Kemper Isely, Co-President Zephyr Isely, Co-President Heather Isely, Executive Vice President & Secretary Elizabeth Isely, Executive Vice President Todd Dissinger, Chief Financial Officer John Fischer, Vice President, General Counsel & Assistant Secretary Kevin Miller, Vice President & Marketing David Colson, Vice President & Treasurer Laura Tkach, Chief Accounting Officer Ingrid Veerman, Vice President & Controller Laura Perkins, Vice President & Purchasing Heidi Hayward, Vice President & Human Resources Andrea Valdez, Vice President & Store Operations Kevin Stees, Vice President & New Store Construction Scott Whitney, Vice President & Information Services Legal Notice No.: 935832 First Publication: October 3, 2019 Last Publication: October 3, 2019 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press

Public Notice NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING BEFORE THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS A public hearing will be held before the Planning Commission on October 21, 2019 at 6:00 PM, and before the Board of County Commissioners on, November 12, 2019 at 2:30 PM, in the Commissioners' Hearing Room, 100 Third St., Castle Rock, CO, for approval of a minor development final plat located west of the US Highway 83 and North Pinery Parkway intersection.

Legal Description of Real Property:

For more information call Douglas County Planning, 303-660-7460.

LOT 69, BUTTERFIELD, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO

File #/Name: Pinery Village Filing 1, SB2018-079.

Which has the address of: 8654 N Sunburst Trl , Parker, CO 80134

Legal Notice No.: 935864 First Publication: October 3, 2019 Last Publication: October 3, 2019 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press

NOTICE OF SALE The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust described herein,

TAXABLE TRANSACTIONS, ALL AS SET FORTH IN COUNTY RESOLUTION NO. R995-099, AND SHALL ALL OF SUCH MONEYS, INCLUDING INVESTMENT EARNINGS, BE COLLECTED AND SPENT, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER THE ANNUAL REVENUES FROM SUCH TAX IN ANY YEAR AFTER THE FIRST FULL YEAR IN WHICH IT IS IN EFFECT EXCEED THE ESTIMATED DOLLAR AMOUNT STATED ABOVE, EITHER AS A VOTER-APPROVED REVNUE CHANGE OR AS AN EXCEPTION TO LIMITS ON REVENUES AND SPENDING, WITHOUT LIMITING THE COLLECTION OR SPENDING OF ANY OTHER REVENUES OR FUNDS BY THE COUNTY UNDER ARTICLE X, SECTION 20 OF THE COLORADO CONSTITUTION OR ANY OTHER LAW?

October 4, 2019O

Legal Description of Real Property:

City and County Public Notice NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING BEFORE THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS A public hearing will be held before the Planning Commission on October 21, 2019 at 6:00 PM, and before the Board of County Commissioners on, November 12, 2019 at 2:30 PM, in the Commissioners' Hearing Room, 100 Third St., Castle Rock, CO, for approval of a preliminary plan located 1,800 feet south of the Pradera Parkway and Raintree Drive intersection.

For more information call Douglas County Planning, 303-660-7460.

File #/Name: Pinery West Preliminary Plan 1K, SB2019-016.

Legal Notice No.: 935865 First Publication: October 3, 2019 Last Publication: October 3, 2019 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press PUBLIC NOTICE ADOPTION OF RESOLUTION (R-019-094) RESCINDING AND REPLACING RESOLUTION NO. R 019-061, AND CALLING FOR AN ELECTION FOR THE EXTENSION OF THE EXPIRING .13% PORTION OF THE EXISTING SALES TAX AND USE TAX IMPOSED FOR THE DOUGLAS COUNTY JUSTICE CENTER AND A REALLOCATION OF FUTURE REVENUES FROM THE EXPIRING .13% PORTION AND AN ADDITIONAL .05% PORTION OF THAT SAME EXISTING JUSTICE CENTER SALES TAX AND USE TAX. In compliance with the provisions of Colorado Revised Statute C.R.S. § 29-2-104(5), notice is hereby given that the Board of County Commissioners has adopted a Resolution (R-019-094) rescinding and replacing Resolution No. R 019061, and calling for an election on a countywide Ballot Issue (TABOR) for inclusion on the November 5, 2019 Coordinated Election ballot for Douglas County. R-019-094 was adopted on September 3, 2019. R-019-094 was recorded with the Clerk and Recorder’s Office (Reference # 2019055573) on September 4, 2019 and published at http://publicnotices.douglas.co.us/ on September 4, 2019.

Written comments may be submitted through 12:00 pm, September 20, 2019 by email addressed to elections@douglas.co.us or sent via U.S. Mail to Douglas County Clerk & Recorder, Elections Division, 125 Stephanie Place, Castle Rock, CO 80109 or by leaving a voice mail message with comments at 303-663-6279. Contact information must be included with all comments.

For questions, contact Douglas County Clerk and Recorder’s local election office located at 125 Stephanie Place, Castle Rock or call at 303660-7444.

FULL TEXT OF THE RESOLUTION AS FOLLOWS: A RESOLUTION RESCINDING AND REPLACING RESOLUTION NO. R 019-061, AND CALLING FOR AN ELECTION FOR THE EXTENSION OF THE EXPIRING .13% PORTION OF THE EXISTING SALES TAX AND USE TAX IMPOSED FOR THE DOUGLAS COUNTY JUSTICE CENTER AND A REALLOCATION OF FUTURE REVENUES FROM THE EXPIRING .13% PORTION AND AN ADDITIONAL .05% PORTION OF THAT SAME EXISTING WSTICE CENTER SALES TAX AND USE TAX. WHEREAS, at the general election held on November 7, 1995, the electors of Douglas County, Colorado (the "County") approved the following ballot question (the "1995 Sales and Use Tax Ballot Question"): SHALL DOUGLAS COUNTY'S DEBT BE INCREASED $30 MILLION, WITH A REPAYMENT COST OF $49 MILLION (MAXIMUM PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST), AND SHALL DOUGLAS COUNTY'S TAXES BE INCREASED $6.5 MILLION ANNUALLY, BY THE ISSUANCE OF SALES AND USE TAX REVENUE BONDS, FOR THE PURPOSE OF CONSTRUCTING AND EQUIPPING A COUNTY JUSTICE CENTER, INCLUDING COURTROOMS, JAIL CELLS, COMMUNICATIONS AND DISPATCHING, DISTRICT ATTORNEY FACILITIES, AND RELATED FACILITIES, THE AUTHORIZATION OF SUCH BONDS BEING DEEMED TO INCLUDE THE ISSUANCE OF REFUNDING BONDS AT A LATER DATE WITHOUT AN ELECTION, AND SHALL SUCH BONDS BE MADE PAYABLE FROM AND SECURED BY A PLEDGE OF A SPECIAL FUND CONSISTING OF PROCEEDS OF A COUNTY SALES AND USE TAX, WHICH SHALL BE IMPOSED FOR THE CONSTRUCTION, OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF COURTROOMS, JAIL CELLS, COMMUNICATIONS AND DISPATCHING, DISTRICT ATTORNEY FACILITIES, AND RELATED FACILITIES, AT THE RATE O F FORTY-THREE HUNDREDTHS OF ONE CENT PER DOLLAR OF TAXABLE TRANSACTIONS FOR A PERIOD OF 15 YEARS (JANUARY 1, 1996 THROUGH DECEMBER 31, 2010), AND WHICH TAX SHALL THEREAFTER BE REDUCED TO THE RATE OF TWENTY HUNDREDTHS OF ONE CENT PER DOLLAR OF TAXABLE TRANSACTIONS, ALL AS SET FORTH IN COUNTY RESOLUTION NO. R995-099, AND SHALL ALL OF SUCH MONEYS, INCLUDING INVESTMENT EARNINGS, BE COLLECTED AND SPENT, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER THE ANNUAL REVENUES FROM SUCH TAX IN ANY YEAR AFTER THE FIRST FULL YEAR IN WHICH IT IS IN EFFECT EXCEED THE ESTIMATED DOLLAR AMOUNT STATED ABOVE, EITHER AS A VOTER-APPROVED REVNUE CHANGE OR AS AN EXCEPTION TO LIMITS ON REVENUES AND

City and County

WHEREAS, Resolution No. R-995-099, referenced in the 1995 Sales and Use Tax Ballot Question, was adopted by the Board of County Commissioners (the "Board") of the County on September 12, 1995, and was amended by Resolution No. R-003-152 adopted by the Board on November 10, 2003; and

WHEREAS, the 1995 Sales and Use Tax Ballot Question and Resolution No. R-995-099, as amended, then provided for the expiration of twenty-three hundredths of one cent per dollar (the ".23% Portion") of the forty-three hundredths of one cent per dollar of the sales and use tax imposed for the construction, operation and maintenance of courtrooms, jail cells, communications and dispatching, district attorney facilities, and related facilities (the "Justice Center Sales and Use Tax") at 12:00 a.m. on January 1, 2011; and

WHEREAS, on August 28, 2007, the Board further amended Resolution No. R-995-099, by adoption Resolution No. R-007-123 which sought to ask voters whether to extend the .23% Portion of the Justice Center Sales and Use Tax scheduled to expire at 12:00 a.m. on January 1, 2011 to January 1, 2021, and to thereafter increase the total Justice Center Sales and Use Tax in perpetuity from twenty hundredths of one cent per dollar of taxable transactions to thirty hundredths of one cent per dollar of taxable transactions, subject to submittal of the extension to the voters for approval on November 6, 2007; and WHEREAS, on November 6, 2007, the following ballot question was submitted to the electors of the County for approval to extend the .23% Portion as set forth in Resolution No. R007-123 (the "2007 Extension"):

WITHOUT RAISING ADDITIONAL TAXES, SHALL THE EXISTING PORTION OF THE COUNTY JUSTICE CENTER SALES AND USE TAX OF TWENTY THREE HUNDREDTHS OF ONE CENT (.23%) PER DOLLAR OF TAXABLE TRANSACTIONS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION, OPERATION ANDI MAINTENANCE OF COURTROOMS, JAIL CELLS, COMMUNICATIONS AND DISPATCHING, DISTRICT ATTORNEY FACILITIES, AND RELATED FACILITIES SCHEDULED TO EXPIRE ON JANUARY 1, 2011 BE EXTENDED AS FOLLOWS: (1) EXTEND (A) THIRTEEN HUNDRETHS OF ONE CENT (.13%) PORTION OF SUCH .23% PORTION PER DOLLAR OF TAXABLE TRANSACTIONS THROUGH DECEMBER 31, 2020) SPECIFICALLY FOR USE FOR CAPITAL NEEDS ASSOCIATED WITH THE COUNTY JUSTICE CENTER; AND (2) EXTEND A ONE TENTH OF ONE CENT (.10%) PORTION OF SUCH .23% PORTION PER DOLL AR OF TAXABLE TRANSACTIONS IN PERPET.UITY SPECIFICALLY TO ASSIST IN FUNDING THE COSTS OF OPERATING THE COUNTY JUSTICE CENTER, INCLUDING THE JAIL, COURTROOM SECURITY, COMMUNITY JUSTICE SERVICES, DISPATCHING, AND TECHNOLOGICAL SERVICES AND RELATED FACILITIES ALL AS SET FORTH IN COUNTY RESOLUTION R995-099 AS AMENDED?

WHEREAS, voters approved this extension on November 6, 2007; and

WHEREAS, pursuant to the 2007 Extension, .13% of the .23% Portion would be extended through December 31, 2020 for capital needs associated with the County Justice Center (the ".13% Portion") and .10% of the .23% Portion would be extended in perpetuity for funding the costs of operating the County Justice Center, including the jail, courtroom security, community justice services, dispatching, and technological services and related facilities (the ".10% Portion"); and

WHEREAS, to respond to increasing demands for growth related capital improvements within the County, the Board adopted Resolution No. R..Q19-061 to ask voters whether the County should reallocate the revenues of the expiring .13% Portion of the Justice Center Sales and Use Tax which was the subject of the 2007 Extension for the purposes of providing directly or indirectly, for the provision of transportation infrastructure and necessarily related expenses for the alleviation of traffic congestion, as detailed in Resolution No. R-019-061, and to extend collection of the same through December 31, 2035, and to additionally ask voters whether to authorize the; issuance of revenue bonds to be secured by the expiring .13% Portion of the Justice Center Sales and Use Tax if it was extended and reallocated in order to fund such public transportation infrastructure as soon as possible; and

WHEREAS, the Board now desires to make certain changes to the ballot questions authorized

by Resolution No. R-019-061 and thereby rescind and replace Resolution No. R 019-061; and

WHEREAS, the Board now desires, to respond to increasing demands for growth related improvements within the County, to ask voters whether the County should extend collection of the expiring .13% Portion of the Justice Center Sales and Use Tax through December 31, 2035, and together with an additional .05% portion of the Justice Center Sales and Use Tax, both the subject of the 2007 Extension, reallocate the revenues of such aggregate .18% portion from the Justice Center Sales .and Use Tax for the purposes of providing directly or indirectly, for the provision of transportation infrastructure and

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sion to the voters for approval on November 6, 2007; and

cluding the jail, courtroom security, community justice services, dispatching, and technological services and related facilities (the ".10% Portion"); and

cent per dollar, of the forty-three hundredths of ber 31, 2035 at 11:59 pm and the remaining one cent per dollar sales and use tax provided .05% shall remain in perpetuity. for in this Resolution, as may be amended from WHEREAS, on November 6, 2007, the followtime to time, and the interest income thereon 2. Submission of Election Question. The Board ing ballot question was submitted to the elect(the ".18% Portion") shall be deposited in a sephereby authorizes the submission of the quesWHEREAS, to respond to increasing demands ors of the County for approval to extend the arate special fund, to be known as the Douglas tion of the extension and partial reallocation of for growth related capital improvements within .23% Portion as set forth in Resolution No. RCounty Transportation Infrastructure Fund (the the Justice Center Sales and Use Tax to the rethe County, the Board adopted Resolution No. 007-123 (the "2007 Extension"): "T.I. Fund"), and shall be allocated, and expengistered electors of the County, at the coordinR..Q19-061 to ask voters whether the County ded only for the purposes of providing directly or ated election to be conducted on November 5, should reallocate the revenues of the expiring WITHOUT RAISING ADDITIONAL TAXES, indirectly, for the provision of transportation in2019, by the Douglas County Clerk and .13% Portion of the Justice Center Sales and SHALL THE EXISTING PORTION OF THE Recorder. frastructure and necessarily related expenses to Use Tax which was the subject of the 2007 ExCOUNTY JUSTICE CENTER SALES AND USE include for the alleviation of traffic congestion tension for the purposes of providing directly or TAX OF TWENTY THREE HUNDREDTHS OF 3. Certification of Election Question. In accordwhether owned and maintained by the County WHEREAS, the Board is responsible for certifyindirectly, for the provision of transportation inONE CENT (.23%) PER DOLLAR OF TAXance with Section 1-5-203(3), C.R.S., the Board or, whole or in part, by another governmental ing such ballot question to the coordinated elecBlue Brett Anderson entity of inColorado State STAFF REPORT the initiatives our previous board frastructure and necessarily related expenses ABLE TRANSACTIONS FOR THE CONhereby directs that the following ballot issue be that serves the residents of the County, tion official in the County. for the alleviation of traffic congestion, as de- I’m confident STRUCTION, OPERATION ANDI MAINTENcertified herewith to the Douglas County Clerk that the Board determines • Dan Metzger of Brue Bakal CapiUniversity will serve as first vicein its discretion would successfully executed, tailed in Resolution No. R-019-061, and to exANCE OF COURTROOMS, JAIL CELLS, COMNOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED and Recorder for inclusion in the ballot for said benefit current and future residents of the tal Partners, LLC Kercheval of they’ll also provide the kind in- OF chair, and Charlie New members and officers tend collection of the same through December MUNICATIONS AND DISPATCHING, DIS-recently

BY THEof BOARD coordinated election: County.

31, 2035, andnovative to additionallyvision ask votersto whether TRICT ATTORNEY AND RECOUNTY COMMISSIONERS • DianeWITHOUT Cookson of UCHealth Alpine Bank was appointed as chair best represent our elected to the FACILITIES, South Metro Denver to authorize the; issuance of revenue bonds to LATED FACILITIES SCHEDULED TO EXPIRE OF THE COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, RAISING ADDITIONAL TAXES, (C). All of the revenue of the sales and use tax, • Scot Chadwick of theEXISTING University of the chamber’sincluding economic developmembers as the business landscape Chamber board of directors be secured by the expiring .13% Portion of the ON JANUARY 2019-20 1, 2011 BE EXTENDED AS COLORADO: SHALL THAT CERTAIN PORTION investment earnings, shall be collecJustice Center Sales and Use Tax if it was exFOLLOWS: (1) EXTEND (A) THIRTEEN HUNOF THE DOUGLAS COUNTY JUSTICE CENted and spent, regardless of whether the annual ment group. in the south region continues will oversee and(.13%) implement stratetended and reallocated in ordermetro to fund such DRETHS OF ONE CENT PORTION OF 1. Resolution No. 995-099, as amended, shall TER SALES AND USE TAX OF THIRTEEN revenues from such tax in any year afterof the Colorado first public transportation infrastructure as soon as SUCH .23% PORTION PER OF TAX- combe amended as follows: ONE CENTPublic (.13%) PER full year in on whichthe it is in effect exceed the estim• BrianHUNDREDTHS Ewert of OF Littleton Other new members board to evolve.” gies to further theDOLLAR chamber’s possible; and ABLE TRANSACTIONS THROUGH DECEMDOLLAR OF TAXABLE TRANSACTIONS CURated dollar amount stated in the election quesSchools of No. directors are:tion set forth in Section 21 hereof, either Lockheed Martin government mitment the prosperity of south BER 31, 2020)to SPECIFICALLY FOR USE FOR A. Section 20 of Resolution 995-099, as RENTLY SCHEDULED TO EXPIRE ON as a WHEREAS, the Board now desires to makeChristie cerCAPITAL businesses.

NEEDS ASSOCIATED WITH THE amended, read as follows: D E C E MMerritt B E R 3 1 , 2of 0 2 0Swedish BE EXTENDED revenue change • Christina • Hallie Woodsvoter-approved of the Medical Cen-or as an exceprelations director Lee shall willbe restated to metro tain changes to the ballot questions authorized COUNTY JUSTICE CENTER; AND (2) EXTHROUGH DECEMBER 31, 2035 AND SHALL tion to limits on revenues and spending, without

by Resolutionserve No. R-019-061 and thereby res-in the TEND A ONE OF ONE CENT (.10%)about 20(A).

The portion salesof andAurora use taxes THAT SAME PORTION TOGETHER WITH AN limiting the collection or spending of any other Medical Center as board chair new year,of the ter “We areTENTH extremely excited cind and replace Resolution No. R 019-061; and PORTION OF SUCH .23% PORTION PER or funds by the County under Article collected at the rate of twenty-five hundredths of ADDITIONAL FIVE HUNDREDTHS OF ONE • Bret Duston of PER Academy Bank • Spencer Wayrevenues ofSection Littleton replacing outgoing chairone Andrew our elected board of direcDOLL newly AR OF TAXABLE TRANSACTIONS IN X, 20 of theAdvenColorado Constitution or cent per dollar in perpetuity pursuant to this CENT (.05%) DOLLAR OF TAXABLE WHEREAS, the Board now desires, respond ended PERPET.UITY SPECIFICALLY TOchamber ASSIST IN any other law.

Resolution, may be amended from time to T R AKercheval N S A C T I O N S of POR T I O N O Bank F THE • Charlie Alpine tist Hospital Graham, whoseto term Aug.as 31 tors,” Robert Golden, to increasing demands for growth related imFUNDING THE COSTS OF OPERATING THE time, and the interest income thereon (the ".25% DOUGLAS COUNTY JUSTICE CENTER • Jeremy Reeves Colliers InterBrett and Stone Corporation nowtoserve as past chair. president and CEO,INCLUDING said inTHE a news provements and within will the County, ask voters COUNTY JUSTICE CENTER, B. Gates Section 25 of Resolution No. 995-099, as Portion") shall be deposited, •allocated, ex- of SALES AND USEof TAX, FOR AN AGGREGATE whether the County should extend collection of JAIL, COURTROOM SECURITY, COMis hereby amended to read as pended only for: AMOUNT OF EIGHTEEN HUNDREDTHS OF national • Geoff Blue ofamended, Klenda Gessler In addition to Lee’s appointment, release.

“Not only will they maintain the expiring .13% Portion of the Justice Center MUNITY JUSTICE SERVICES, DISPATCHING, follows: ONE CENT (.18%) PER DOLLAR OF TAXSales and Use Tax through December 31, 2035, AND TECHNOLOGICAL SERVICES AND REi. The construction, equipping, operation and ABLE TRANSACTIONS, BE REALLOCATED and together with an additional .05% portion of LATED FACILITIES ALL AS SET FORTH IN 25. Effective Date-Applicability. Upon adoption maintenance of a county justice center, includFOR THE PROVISION OF NECESSARY the Justice Center Sales and Use Tax, both the COUNTY RESOLUTION R995-099 AS by the electorate at the election on November 5, ing the jail, courtrooms, communications and TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE AND subject of the 2007 Extension, reallocate the AMENDED? TO INCLUDE FOR THE 2019, the tax and usefor tax as provided andtheRELATED dispatching, 20 as CherryEXPENSES Creek football team ingservices, sizes,technowill present asales challenge Ridge, who had a 5-under-par 67 atcommunity the justice revenues of such aggregate .18% portion from ALLEVIATION OF TRAFFIC CONGESTION, as amended herein shall become effective and logy, district attorney facilities, and related facilitnotched a 31-17 win over Pomona the golfers.

Broadlands Golf Course. the Justice Center Sales .and Use Tax for the WHEREAS, voters approved this extension on EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2020, ALLin TO BE in force at 12:00 a.m. on January 1, 2020. The ies; and purposes of providing directly or indirectly, for CONSISTENT WITH THE PROVISIONS SET November 6, 2007; and rate of a portion of said sales tax and use tax a showdown 10 teams in the “To win a state title,” said Arapahoe Arapahoe’s Matthew Wilkinson the provision of transportation infrastructure and FORTHof IN top COUNTY RESOLUTION R995-099, shall be twenty-five hundredths of one cent per ii. A special fund, to be known as the "Douglas for the alleviation AS AMENDED; AND SHALL THE Defense PROCEEDS WHEREAS, dollar of “it taxable transactions Portion County Justice Center Sales and UseHarry Tax Fund" coach Buckner, takes three(the .25%CHSAANow.com tookexpenses the Southern regional title with FROM PAGE 27pursuant to the 2007 Extension, necessarily related 5A rankings. of traffic congestion (the ".18% Portion"), as deOF SUCH TAXES, AND INVESTMENT IN.13% of the .23% Portion would be extended as set forth in Section 20A) shall remain in per(the "J.C. Fund"), shall be created and all of the words: chip-n-putt, a 4-under-par 67 to edge Bo Wardynski played key role in the Bruins’VOTER-AP49-7 tailed in this Resolution; and THEREON, CONSTITUTE through December 31, 2020 for capital needs petuity.

The rate of thechipremaining portion of the a COME revenues from the .25% portion shall chip-n-putt, be deposPROVED REVENUE COLassociated the County Justice Center (the Regis sales and use you tax shall be eighteen ited therein. n-putt. To win a team title have to hundredths of Regis, who was 1-under-par with win overLECTED Chaparral onCHANGES Sept. 26AND asBE the Otherwith teams to watch include WHEREAS, Article X, Section 20 of the ColorAND SPENT BY THE COUNTY ".13% Portion") and .10% of the .23% Portion of one cent per dollar of taxable transactions ado Constitution requires voter approval of the WITHOUT REGARD TO 37 ANY SPENDING, would be extended in perpetuity for funding the (B). The portion of the sales and away use taxes col- double (the .18%bogeys.

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Ryan Liao of Lakewood was managed only yards Jesuit, Highlands Ranch, Broomfield extension. of an expiring tax; and REVENUE-RAISING, OR OTHER LIMITATION costs of operating the County Justice Center, inlected at the rate of eighteen hundredths of one which the .13% Portion shall expire on Decemwon’thundredths hurt you the Central regional medalist rushing CONTAINED and 116 passing. and WITIN ARTICLE X, SECTION 20 cludingFairview. the jail, courtroom security, community cent perwith dollar, a of the forty-three of but ber doubles 31, 2035 atand 11:59triples pm and the remaining WHEREAS, the Board desires to70 present the fol- Suburban OF THE COLORADO CONSTITUTION OR justice services, dispatching, and technological one cent per dollar sales will and use tax provided .05% shallrunning. remain in perpetuity. take you out of the 2-under-par at South golf Brooke Ballard, a senior from Thun“There are going to be some good lowing ballot question provided herein to voters ANY OTHER LAW, AND WITHOUT LIMITING services and related facilities (the ".10% for in this Resolution, as may be amended from “The problems Pinehurst course heifedged Cherry Creek derRidge, 3-for-3 and drove in REVteams said Highlands Ranch on November 5, 2019,as which approved by Portion");there,” and IN went ANY YEAR THE AMOUNT OF OTHER time to time,freshand the interest income thereon 2.with Submission of Electionare Question. The Board voters would allow the .13% Portion to be extenENUES THAT MAY BE COLLECTED AND (the ".18% Portion") shall be deposited in a sephereby authorizes the submission of the quessmall lots and lots of Flaxbeard, finished bothofruns in a BY 2-1THE softball victory over coach Jon Cushing.

“It isdemands just grinding ded from its man current Charlie expiration date of Decem- who WHEREAS, to respond to increasing SPENT COUNTY? arate special fund, to be known as greens the Douglasandtion of the extension andtrees. partial reallocation ber 31, 2020 with to instead terminate on Canyon’s December for growth related capital within County Transportation Infrastructure Fund (the Center Sales and Use Tax to the re- Jesuit on Sept. 23.

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Rock Nick Fallin Regis for everything in improvements the state tourna31, 2035, and together with .05% portion of the the County, the Board adopted Resolution No. 4. Clerk to Conduct Election. The name of the "T.I. Fund"), and shall be allocated, and expengistered electors of the County, at the coordinlose.”

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Portion and pursuant to the 2007 Extension, R..Q19-061 to ask voters County designated electionhad official10 who will be responsded only each for the purposes of providing directly or ated election to be conducted on November 5, reallocated for an aggregate total of .18% into or- share should reallocate the revenues of too the expiring ible for conductingfive the election pursuant indirectly, for the provision of transportation in2019, by the Douglas County Clerk and had 2-under-par 70s medalist 66.7 kill percentage, service acesto the First day might not go well, but the der to fund transportation infrastructure; and .13% Portion of the Justice Center Sales and Uniform Election Code of 1992, as amended, is Recorder. frastructure and necessarily related expenses to honors at the Western regional, and three blocks to help Legend’s second daywas you can walk away Use Tax which the subject of the 2007 Ex- with Merlin Klotz, Douglas County Clerk andvolinclude forbut the alleviationHonor of trafficroll congestion WHEREAS, the Board is responsible for certifytension for the purposes of providing directly or Recorder.

3. Certification of Election Question. In accordwhether owned and maintained by the County Each week, performances SouthC.R.S., the Fallin playoff. leyball the state championship.

The kids have ing such ballot questionwon to the a coordinated elecindirectly, for the provision of transportation inance with Section of 1-5-203(3), Board team post a 3-0 win over Rock or, in whole or in part, by another governmental tion official in theLiao, County.a junior, will haveentity frastructure necessarily related expenses 5. Uniform hereby directswill that the issue be serves the residents of the County, and Metro athletes teams befollowing ballot Canyon onlythat one on Sept.Election 24. Code of 1992. The election to know and that 18 holes is long enough for the alleviation of traffic congestion, as deshall be held, conducted, and the results therecertified herewith to the Douglas County Clerk that the Board determines in its discretion would highlighted.

Thisand week’s performances Lakewood golfer to accompany him and future but over two andand you haveNOW, to THEREFORE, bothin BE IT RESOLVED tailed 36 in Resolution No.days R-019-061, to exofCasey shall be McCloskey determined, so farscored as practicable, Recorder for inclusion in the ballot forSenior said benefit current residents of the

BY THE BOARD OF state tournament, but tend collection of the same through December conformity withtothe provisions of theJesuit Uniform coordinated election: County. were selected from games, matches at the he know fight for every shot.” second-half goals spark Regis COUNTY COMMISSIONERS 31, 2035, and to additionally ask voters whether Election Code of 1992, as amended.

OF THE COUNTY OFit DOUGLAS, to authorize the; issuance of revenue bonds to six WITHOUT RAISING ADDITIONAL TAXES, (C).

All of the revenue of the sales and usefrom tax, Sept. and meets 19 through Sept. what takes to contend at the state to a 2-1 soccer win over Ponderosa on Last season, Fossil Ridge was COLORADO: be secured by the expiring .13% Portion of the 6. Publication of Resolution. The County Clerk SHALL THAT CERTAIN EXISTING PORTION investment earnings, shall be collectournament after comingincluding inand fourth last 26.

Sept. shotsCenter backSales after Justice andthe Use opening Tax if it was 18 ex- holes, OF THE DOUGLAS COUNTY JUSTICE CEN-24. and Recorder is hereby authorized and directed ted spent, regardless of whether the annual 1. Resolutionseason.

No. 995-099, as amended, shall tended and reallocated in order toround fund suchit won to publish the full text of this Resolution four TER allowed SALES AND USEhit TAX OF THIRTEEN revenues from such tax in anySenior year after Haley the first Hoy one but after a good second be amended as follows: separate times, a week apart, in the Douglas public transportation infrastructure as soon as HUNDREDTHS OF ONE CENT (.13%) PER full year in which it is in effect exceed the estimearned while striking out “You have to stay focused Jim is a sports fornewspathe state County News-Press andwriter in the official possible; and title by five strokes.

DOLLAR OF TAXABLE TRANSACTIONS CUR- Benton atedand dollaryou amount statedand in the one election ques- run A. Section 20 of Resolution No. 995-099, as per of each city and incorporated town in the RENTLY SCHEDULED TO EXPIRE ON tion set forth in Section 21 hereof, either as a 13 batters in Castle View’s 5-1 softball have to know when to relax,” he exColorado Community Media. He has Once again, amended, shall be restated to read as follows: County.

WHEREAS, the Board judging now desires from to makeregional cerDECEMBER 31, 2020 BE EXTENDED voter-approved revenue change or as an exceptain changes to thescores, ballot questions authorized THROUGH DECEMBER 31, 23.

2035 ANDbeen SHALLcovering sports in the Denver area to limits on revenues and spending, without win over Highlands Ranch on Sept. plained. “No one can staytion focused for tournament players on the 20(A). The portion of the sales and use taxes 7. Filing With, and Collection, Administration and

by Resolution No. R-019-061 and thereby resTHAT SAME PORTION TOGETHER WITH AN limiting the collection or spending of any other Junior 95-yard OF 36rate holes.” since He can reached at jbenwatch list as possible collected at the of twenty-five hundredths of Distribution By,be Executive Director of the Colorcind and replace Resolution No. Rindividual 019-061; and state revenues or funds by the County underMyles Article Purchase ADDITIONALhad FIVE aHUNDREDTHS ONE1968. one cent per dollar in perpetuity pursuant to this ado Department of Revenue. Pursuant toor SecX, Section 20 of the Colorado Constitution or CENT (.05%) PER DOLLAR OF TAXABLE kickoff return and also returned an Pinehurst, a course lined with trees ton@coloradocommunitymedia.com contenders include Northern regional Resolution, as may be amended from time to tion 29-2-106, Colorado Revised Statutes, the WHEREAS, the Board now desires, to respond any other law.

TRANSACTIONS PORTION OF THE time, and the and interest income thereon (the ".25% Board shall, following the election on November to increasing Gavin demands Hagstrom for growth related im- Fossil COUNTY JUSTICE CENTER interception for aDOUGLAS touchdown on Sept. undulating, fast greens with varyat 303-566-4083. medalist from Portion") shall be deposited, allocated, and ex5, 2019, and prior to December 3, 2019, reprovements within the County, to ask voters B. Section 25 of Resolution No. 995-099, as SALES AND USE TAX, FOR AN AGGREGATE pended only for: quest the Executive Director of the Colorado Dewhether the County should extend collection of amended, is hereby amended to read as AMOUNT OF EIGHTEEN HUNDREDTHS OF the expiring .13% Portion of the Justice Center partment of Revenue to administer, collect and follows: ONE CENT (.18%) PER DOLLAR OF TAXi. The construction, equipping, operation and Sales and Use Tax through December 31, 2035, distribute the sales tax hereby extended. The ABLE TRANSACTIONS, BE REALLOCATED maintenance of a county justice center, includand together with an additional .05% portion of Board, at the time of making such request, shall 25. Effective Date-Applicability. Upon adoption FOR THE PROVISION OF NECESSARY ing the jail, courtrooms, communications and the Justice Center Sales and Use Tax, both the provide the following documents to the Executby the electorate at the election on November 5, TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE AND dispatching, community justice services, technosubject of the 2007 Extension, reallocate the ive Director: 2019, the sales tax and use tax as provided and RELATED EXPENSES TO INCLUDE FOR THE logy, district attorney facilities, and related facilitrevenues of such aggregate .18% portion from as amended herein shall become effective and ALLEVIATION OF TRAFFIC CONGESTION, ies; and the Justice Center Sales .and Use Tax for the A. A copy of this Resolution and Resolution No. in force at 12:00 a.m. on January 1, 2020. The EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2020, ALL TO BE purposes of providing directly or indirectly, for CONSISTENT WITH THE PROVISIONS SET rate of a portion of said sales tax and use tax 995-099, as amended, certified by the County ii. A special fund, to be known as the "Douglas FORTH IN COUNTY RESOLUTION R995-099, the provision of transportation infrastructure and shall be twenty-five hundredths of one cent per Clerk and Recorder; County Justice Center Sales and Use Tax Fund" AS AMENDED; AND SHALL THE PROCEEDS necessarily related expenses for the alleviation dollar of taxable transactions (the .25% Portion (the "J.C. Fund"), shall be created and all of the OF SUCH TAXES, AND INVESTMENT INof traffic congestion (the ".18% Portion"), as deas set forth in Section 20A) shall remain in perB. Affidavits of publication of this Resolution, as revenues from the .25% portion shall be deposCOME THEREON, CONSTITUTE VOTER-APtailed in this Resolution; and petuity. The rate of the remaining portion of the provided herein; and ited therein.

PROVED REVENUE CHANGES AND BE COLsales and use tax shall be eighteen hundredths LECTED AND SPENT BY THE COUNTY WHEREAS, Article X, Section 20 of the Colorof one cent per dollar of taxable transactions C. An Abstract of Election Results, certified as to (B). The portion of the sales and use taxes colWITHOUT REGARD TO ANY SPENDING, ado Constitution requires voter approval of the (the .18% Portion as set forth in Section 20B), of the approval of the extension of the sales tax by lected at the rate of eighteen hundredths of one REVENUE-RAISING, OR OTHER LIMITATION extension. of an expiring tax; and which the .13% Portion shall expire on Decema majority of the registered electors of the cent per dollar, of the forty-three hundredths of CONTAINED WITIN ARTICLE X, SECTION 20 ber 31, 2035 at 11:59 pm and the remaining County voting thereon. one cent per dollar sales and use tax provided OF THE COLORADO CONSTITUTION OR WHEREAS, the Board desires to present the fol.05% shall remain in perpetuity. for in this Resolution, as may be amended from ANY OTHER LAW, AND WITHOUT LIMITING lowing ballot question provided herein to voters In the event that the Executive Director fails or time to time, and the interest income thereon IN ANY YEAR THE AMOUNT OF OTHER REVon November 5, 2019, which if approved by 2. Submission of Election Question. The Board refuses to collect the sales tax extended by this (the ".18% Portion") shall be deposited in a sepResolution, the Board shall provide for the colENUES THAT MAY BE COLLECTED AND voters would allow the .13% Portion to be extenhereby authorizes the submission of the quesarate special fund, to be known as the Douglas lection, administration or enforcement of such SPENT BY THE COUNTY? ded from its current expiration date of Decemtion of the extension and partial reallocation of County Transportation Infrastructure Fund (the sales tax to the extent permitted by law, or ber 31, 2020 to instead terminate on December the Justice Center Sales and Use Tax to the re"T.I. Fund"), and shall be allocated, and expenamend this Resolution to comply with the re4. Clerk to Conduct Election. The name of the 31, 2035, and together with .05% portion of the gistered electors of the County, at the coordinded only for the purposes of providing directly or quirements of the Department of Revenue. designated election official who will be respons.23% Portion pursuant to the 2007 Extension, be ated election to be conducted on November 5, indirectly, for the provision of transportation inible for conducting the election pursuant to the reallocated for an aggregate total of .18% in or2019, by the Douglas County Clerk and frastructure and necessarily related expenses to Recorder.

8. Effective Date. Section 1 of this Resolution Uniform Election Code of 1992, as amended, is der to fund transportation infrastructure; and include for the alleviation of traffic congestion shall be effective January 1, 2020, expressly Merlin Klotz, Douglas County Clerk and whether owned and maintained by the County 3. Certification of Election Question. In accordsubject to approval of the necessary ballot quesRecorder.

WHEREAS, the Board is responsible for certifyor, in whole or in part, by another governmental ance with Section 1-5-203(3), C.R.S., the Board tion or questions certified in Section 3 of this ing such ballot question to the coordinated elecentity that serves the residents of the County, hereby directs that the following ballot issue be Resolution by the electorate at the election on 5. Uniform Election Code of 1992. The election tion official in the County. that the Board determines in its discretion would certified herewith to the Douglas County Clerk November 5, 2019. All other sections of this shall be held, conducted, and the results therebenefit current and future residents of the and Recorder for inclusion in the ballot for said NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED Resolution shall be effective immediately. of shall be determined, so far as practicable, in County. coordinated election:

BY THE BOARD OF conformity with the provisions of the Uniform COUNTY COMMISSIONERS PASSED AND ADOPTED this third day of Election Code of 1992, as amended.

(C). All of the revenue of the sales and use tax, WITHOUT RAISING ADDITIONAL TAXES, OF THE COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, September 2019 in Castle Rock, Douglas including investment earnings, shall be collecCOLORADO: SHALL THAT CERTAIN EXISTING PORTION County, Colorado.

6. Publication of Resolution. The County Clerk ted and spent, regardless of whether the annual OF THE DOUGLAS COUNTY JUSTICE CENand Recorder is hereby authorized and directed revenues from such tax in any year after the first TER SALES AND USE TAX OF THIRTEEN 1. Resolution No. 995-099, as amended, shall DOUGLAS COUNTY CLERK to publish the full text of this Resolution four full year in which it is in effect exceed the estimseparate times, a week apart, in the Douglas be amended as follows: HUNDREDTHS OF ONE CENT (.13%) PER AND RECORDER ated dollar amount stated in the election quesCounty News-Press and in the official newspaDOLLAR OF TAXABLE TRANSACTIONS CURtion set forth in Section 21 hereof, either as a per of each city and incorporated town in the RENTLY SCHEDULED TO EXPIRE ON A. Section 20 of Resolution No. 995-099, as Resolution Adopted: September 3, 2019 voter-approved revenue change or as an excepCounty.

DECEMBER 31, 2020 BE EXTENDED amended, shall be restated to read as follows: Resolution Recorded: September 4, 2019 tion to limits on revenues and spending, without THROUGH DECEMBER 31, 2035 AND SHALL Publisher: http://publicnotices.douglas.co.us/ limiting the collection or spending of any other 7. Filing With, and Collection, Administration and THAT SAME PORTION TOGETHER WITH AN 20(A). The portion of the sales and use taxes Publication Pursuant to C.R.S. § 29-2-104(5): revenues or funds by the County under Article Distribution By, Executive Director of the ColorADDITIONAL FIVE HUNDREDTHS OF ONE collected at the rate of twenty-five hundredths of Publisher: Douglas County News Press X, Section 20 of the Colorado Constitution or ado Department of Revenue. Pursuant to SecCENT (.05%) PER DOLLAR OF TAXABLE one cent per dollar in perpetuity pursuant to this any other law. tion 29-2-106, Colorado Revised Statutes, the TRANSACTIONS PORTION OF THE Resolution, as may be amended from time to Legal Notice No.: 935754 Board shall, following the election on November DOUGLAS COUNTY JUSTICE CENTER time, and the interest income thereon (the ".25% First Publication: September 12, 2019 B. Section 25 of Resolution No. 995-099, as 5, 2019, and prior to December 3, 2019, reSALES AND USE TAX, FOR AN AGGREGATE Portion") shall be deposited, allocated, and exSecond Publication: September 19, 2019 amended, is hereby amended to read as quest the Executive Director of the Colorado DeAMOUNT OF EIGHTEEN HUNDREDTHS OF pended only for: Third Publication: September 26, 2019 follows: partment of Revenue to administer, collect and ONE CENT (.18%) PER DOLLAR OF TAXLast Publication: October 3, 2019 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press distribute the sales tax hereby extended. The i. The construction, equipping, operation and ABLE TRANSACTIONS, BE REALLOCATED 25. Effective Date-Applicability. Upon adoption Board, at the time of making such request, shall FOR THE PROVISION OF NECESSARY maintenance of a county justice center, includby the electorate at the election on November 5, provide the following documents to the ExecutTRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE AND ing the jail, courtrooms, communications and 2019, the sales tax and use tax as provided and ive Director: dispatching, community justice services, technoRELATED EXPENSES TO INCLUDE FOR THE as amended herein shall become effective and ALLEVIATION OF TRAFFIC CONGESTION, logy, district attorney facilities, and related facilitin force at 12:00 a.m. on January 1, 2020. The A. A copy of this Resolution and Resolution No. ies; and EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2020, ALL TO BE rate of a portion of said sales tax and use tax CONSISTENT WITH THE PROVISIONS SET 995-099, as amended, certified by the County shall be twenty-five hundredths of one cent per FORTH IN COUNTY RESOLUTION R995-099, Clerk and Recorder; ii. A special fund, to be known as the "Douglas dollar of taxable transactions (the .25% Portion AS AMENDED; AND SHALL THE PROCEEDS County Justice Center Sales and Use Tax Fund"

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WHEREAS, the Board desires to present the following ballot question provided herein to voters on November 5, 2019, which if approved by voters would allow the .13% Portion to be extended from its current expiration date of December 31, 2020 to instead terminate on December 31, 2035, and together with .05% portion of the .23% Portion pursuant to the 2007 Extension, be reallocated for an aggregate total of .18% in order to fund transportation infrastructure; and

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