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MY NAME IS

JANET VASQUEZ

have dance parties at home sometimes. My 8-year-old loves dancing to anything, country music, hip-hop, he loves oldies. He’s like me, he loves all music.

Enjoying Colorado while we can Family first I’m married with a 5-month-old and an 8-yearold, both boys. Having an infant is like starting all over after having all that time in between kids. It took a little bit, but then it all came right back to me. My older son tries to teach the baby, too, so that helps.

Transplant successful My husband and I moved out here from Utah because of his job, he was an apprentice and now he’s a lineman, working on power lines. We don’t have any family here so it makes it hard to have time for each other. We don’t really have time alone, we do everything with our kids.

Dancing with the kids I love dancing, hip-hop especially. I used to take classes and go out to dance, but that doesn’t really happen anymore with two kids. We

At home away from home I miss my family and friends in Utah, but I love it here too. We have a home in Utah, so eventually we’ll move back there, we just

don’t want to take our son out of school right now. We do love it here, though. The people here are just much more outgoing, they’re not so uptight, we really love that. Weather-wise, it’s almost exactly the same, but the people are just so much more chill. We moved here and we fell in love right away.

I don’t really want to move back, but we have family there, my dad and my husband’s parents.

Also, the cost of living here is just outrageous, so we’ll have to go back at some point.

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Janet Vasquez smiles during a walk with her 5-month-old son on Nov. 11 on her way to meet a friend at the Tailgate Tavern. Vasquez says she loves Colorado but the high cost of living and family attachments in Utah will eventually cause her family to return there.

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Local small businesses looking forward to big day

BY KYLE HARDING KHARDING@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Not everyone crowds into a big-box store on the day after Thanksgiving to find holiday deals.

Some spend their dollars on local businesses, an idea promoted by American Express Small Business Saturday, which has taken place the Saturday after Thanksgiving since 2010.

“It’s become one of our record days,” said Helen Rice, who owns Willow — An Artisan’s Market, a Littleton gift shop featuring handmade goods.

She expects a steady stream of customers all day.

“We stay open until people go home,” Rice said.

Small Business Saturday was started in response to Black Friday, typically considered the nation’s biggest shopping day, and Cyber Monday, the week

afterward, when online retailers offer large discounts.

In addition to Littleton, small businesses in Parker and Castle Rock also are looking forward to the day.

“We have a wide range of folks that all are local to Parker,” said Danielle Ozaluk, visitor center director of the Parker Chamber of Commerce, who said that about 15 local merchants are still working out what exactly they plan to do as a group.

In Castle Rock, the day will be celebrated at the Douglas County Fairgrounds with the third annual Small Business Saturday Holiday Fair & Artisan Show, featuring about 150 small businesses. Many are local, but the event also draws from across the state and even Utah and Wyoming.

“All of our vendors range from small local brick-and-mortar stores to stayat-home artisans,” said Toni Garcia of

his shop, which features many local goods, typically sees about a 20 percent increase in traffic on Small Business Saturday.

“It ends up being one of our better weekend sales days,” he said.

Another local Littleton store is celebrating two events that day — Nov. 26 also is the one-year anniversary of the opening of Zoey’s Place Natural Pet Market. Owner Kelly Kaliszewski said she is working with her vendors to be able to offer discounts, and will have treat bags for dogs that come into the store.

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Littleton City Councilmember Bill Hopping is hopeful the day will be a boon to local businesses.

“These boutique businesses are really what drives the economy here,” he said.

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Entirely Expos, which hosts the event, the largest of its kind in the state.

Many of the biggest sellers on Black Friday are expensive electronics, which few small businesses carry and which can’t offer the kind of discounts that Walmart or Best Buy can. But customers at local shops will find — and buy — items that can’t be found at a big box store, Rice and Ozaluk agreed.

“This is where you’re going to find your really unique gifts,” Ozaluk said.

Greg Reinke, president of the Historic Downtown Littleton Merchants Association, believes shoppers should support their local businesses over chain stores or online outlets whenever possible.

“Imagine what the world would be like if everyone just bought everything on the internet,” he said.

Shane George, owner of Workhorse 45 General Store in Littleton, said

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Downtown Parker hotel clears its first hurdle Thanksgiving Douglas County offices will be closed Nov. 24 & Nov. 25 for the Thanksgiving Holiday. Many county services are available online at www.douglas.co.us

Public comment needed With a focus on clarifying the County’s water review process, public comment is invited at a workshop on Monday, Nov. 14, at 4 p.m. Visit www.douglas.co.us and search for Zoning Proposed Amendments for details.

Ever wondered if you need flood insurance?

If you live in unincorporated Douglas County, flood insurance rate maps and zone information are available by request. For more information visit www.douglas.co.us and search for flood plain information.

Funds available to serve at-risk veterans Emergency assistance is available to veterans struggling with housing (mortgage & rent payments), transportation, employment, healthcare or other emergency needs. To apply visit www.douglasveterans.org or call 303-6636200.

Discover new public art countywide New outdoor art just blossomed in your parks, near recreations centers, libraries, and art centers throughout Douglas County. Find the art locations and vote for your favorite. Visit douglas.co.us and search for Art Encounters.

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Town council approves development agreement

BY TOM SKELLEY TSKELLEY@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

A four-story hotel with 51 rooms appears to be on its way to downtown Parker, as the town council unanimously approved a comprehensive planning agreement for the project on Nov. 7.

The council, minus absent members Amy Holland and Renee Williams, approved the plan to sell the property at 19801 Mainstreet to Mars Development LLC, a Parker real estate developer.

The site is currently the home of the Parker Economic Development Department.

The four-story, 51,000-square-foot building will have 51 rooms, a groundfloor restaurant and retail space.

Weldy Feazell, business retention and marketing manager for the town, said the addition of a mixed-use building at that location will open up Mainstreet to more businesses and consumers.

The goal for the town “is to redevelop the site to make it more active,” Feazell said. “It’s an under-utilized site.”

She said the addition of a mixed-use building will extend the retail corridor on Mainstreet from O’Brien Park to the east side of Victorian Drive, and bring visitors to the area to shop.

The building plan includes 25 parking spaces, an issue of contention with resident Terry Dodd, who questioned the council during the public

A mock up of the planned Parker Place hotel, a four-story building proposed to be built at 19801 Mainstreet. COURTESY IMAGE comment period of the meeting.

Dodd, who ran for town council this election season, asked why the plan was being decided on before a current parking study conducted by the town is complete.

Councilmember Josh Martin said that “everything we’ve seen” about the project indicates that the hotel wouldn’t cause any parking issues in the area. Councilmember John Diak said the parking issue would be looked at but he also felt it wouldn’t have an impact on the plan going forward.

Feazell said there are several more agreements that need to be worked out between the council, the Parker Authority for Reinvestment and the developer, including the site plan and tax fee and incentive agreements.

If the process and approvals go smoothly, Feazell said her “best guess” for construction to begin would be the beginning of 2017.

A Trump presidency: What local residents are saying STAFF REPORT

Joy Johnson, who has lived in Castle Rock for five years, expressed dismay when asked what a Donald Trump presidency means to her.

“Not a very positive one, being African American,” she said Nov. 10, two days after the general election.

Johnson fears racial tensions will be spurred on by a Trump presidency. Living in an area that is predominately white, she said, she wonders if she and her children will no longer feel comfortable in their own skin.

As her young daughter played nearby, Johnson said she worries most of all for her children — “because she doesn’t understand.”

While Democrat Hillary Clinton narrowly won Colorado, boosted by big numbers in Denver, Boulder and Aurora, Trump was the choice by a wide margin in the state’s traditional Republican strongholds, like Douglas,

Elbert and El Paso counties.

Brandon Astrauskas of Parker looked for the positives in a Trump presidency.

“I think it’s something new, being that he’s not an ex-politician,” he said.

“That I’m optimistic about.”

A Trump presidency is nerve-wracking but exciting at the same time, Astrauskas said.` Paula Clark of Castle Rock agreed: It’s good to have a businessman and not a politician in the White House.

But she regretted the “nasty” campaign season.

Still, she hopes Trump can begin to fix the country.

“It is broke in a lot of ways,” she said.

She also hopes for unity.

“If we continue to fight,” she said, “we’re not going to get anywhere.”

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ANXIOUS TIMES

Anxiety in youth can be fueled by stressors tied to modern world

BY ALEX DEWIND | ADEWIND@COLORADOCOMMUNITY

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s part of a five-part, 3-D exhibit on mental illness she created for her high school senior project, Olivia Stewart crafted hard wire protruding from a red velvet heart wrapped in a cement pair of lungs.

She called it “Anxiety.”

When Stewart was a freshman at ThunderRidge High School in Highlands Ranch, her best friend attempted suicide. That crisis triggered a series of mental health challenges that followed Stewart through high school.

“My attendance was ridiculous because of how suffocating high school had become,” said Stewart, an 18-year-old with curly, long brown hair and a contagious smile who graduated from ThunderRidge last May. “There was an immense weight — from grades to friends.”

But anxiety was the constant, a presence that made her breathless, forgetful, too hungry or not hungry at all.

“There’s such a stigma that it is in your head,” she said.

It’s not: Anxiety, an emotion characterized by feelings of worry or unease, is increasingly present in many young people’s lives, say school counselors and mental health experts who work with teens.

According to a 2010 study funded in part by the National Institute of Mental Health, 25.1 percent of 13- to 18-year-olds experienced anxiety at some point in their lives and 5.1 percent of 13- to 18-year-olds experienced severe anxiety, such as panic or social anxiety disorders.

Statistics about whether anxiety in youth is growing are challenging to gather, experts say, because it is difficult to measure the occasional feeling of anxiety compared to a more persistent anxiety or an anxiety disorder, which interfere with daily life functions.

But what is certain, mental health counselors, parents and students say, is that the barrage of social media and technology is making teens more anxious.

“Our world is very anxiety-provoking,” said Lauren Kerstein, a licensed clinical social worker in Greenwood Village. “And high schoolers are being exposed to it in a much different way because of social media

Olivia Stewart, 18, portrayed mental illnesses, including anxiety, through a five-part 3-D series for her high school senior project. “If you push it back, it becomes an overwhelming weight,” she said.

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and being able to access information 24/7.”

That, combined with common factors such as schoolwork, friends and sports, can create a challenging environment for many teens.

Heather Golden, a counselor at Castle View High School in Castle Rock, sees about 80 to 100 students a week, many of whom are dealing with a wide spectrum of issues.

“It can be grades, tests — any bump in the road — a conflict with peer or parent,” she said. “It doesn’t have to be anything specific, they just feel very anxious.”

But anxiety doesn’t have to be a debilitating emotion.

Teenagers need to understand that everyone experiences anxiety, mental health experts say. What’s important is learning how to manage it.

“It’s a motivator, it gives us energy and keeps us safe,” said Ali Schroer, a licensed clinical social worker at Children’s Hospital Colorado Therapy Care Center in Highlands

Ranch. “When that alarm bell goes off more than it should, we need to figure out how to quiet it.”

Keeping up with school Grades, in particular, are a source of anxiety for Mountain Vista High School senior Justin Chang. He said he experienced constant stress when high school started because he wasn’t ready for the transition.

“I couldn’t get everything done on time, which discouraged me,” he said.

Chang, who describes himself as a procrastinator, feels anxious sitting and listening to lectures. He also starts to feel panicked when he has too many projects or assignments.

“I try to find ways to avoid it rather than dealing with it, which makes me more anxious,” he said. “It’s a bad cycle.”

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ANXIOUS TIMES WHAT IS ANXIETY? Anxiety is a feeling of worry, nervousness or unease. Some physical symptoms include sweating, shortness of breath, chest pain or an upset stomach.

According to the National Institute for Mental Health, occasional anxiety is a normal part of life.

It may occur when faced with a problem at work, before taking a test or making an

Olivia Stewart portrays anxiety in one of five sculptures as part of a 3-D series on mental health for her high school senior project. “Body’s weak,” her accompanying poem reads.

“Reality collapses around you as your lungs fill with cement.”

important decision.

An anxiety disorder may be present if the anxiety does not go away, progressively worsens and interferes with daily activities, such as work or school.

Source: National Institute of Mental Health and Everyday Health

WHEN THERE’S TOO MUCH ANXIETY Some teens have more anxiety than others. According to WebMD, an online publisher of health information, if there’s no obvious reason for a teen’s feelings, the anxiety level may be too high.

A few signs of high anxiety: • Worrying too much about everyday events or activities.

• Continually checking whether he or she did something right.

• Feeling so panicky that he or she is unable to function in certain situations.

Anxiety can be reduced with treatment, which starts with seeing a psychiatrist, clinical social worker, psychologist or school counselor.

Treatment can improve many areas of a person’s life, including performance and relationships with friends and family.

Source: WebMD.com

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In yoga, ‘I can just focus on my breathing’ Classes in private studios, schools help teenagers learn how to ease stress

BY ALEX DEWIND ADEWINDE@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

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n a recent Friday at 7: 40 a.m., about 20 Castle View High School girls sit on yoga mats in one of the Castle Rock school’s gymnasiums. They each lean over a journal and write in silence. Their teacher, Amber Schweitzer, then shuts off the lights and starts a yoga video on a projector at the front of the room.

A soothing voice with a background noise of ocean waves guides the students through a series of restorative poses, stretches they hold for extended periods of time.

The video intermittently sends positive messages into the gym.

“If the mind wanders away, don’t worry about it. You are normal.”

“Never feel selfish about taking care of yourself, you deserve it.”

The gym is quiet. Students lie on their backs for the majority of class, eyes shut. It’s as if the high school life that surrounds them is nonexistent, for just a little while.

“This is your safe space,” Schweitzer says to the class.

Schweitzer, who has been teaching yoga for four years, said yoga helps students react to stress in a healthier way.

“They are able to reflect more on themselves and become aware of things that trigger them,” she said. “They actually get into yoga and out of their heads.”

Senior Desiree Messer started the class at the beginning of the school year. It keeps her balanced and mindful, she said.

“It’s an hour and 20 minutes that I don’t have to think,” she said. “I can just focus on my breathing.”

At a private studio Two young girls sit on exercise mats in a dimly lit studio. When the teacher walks in, a soft blue sheen fills the room

Castle View High School students go through a series of stretches in a restorative yoga class during first period on a Friday morning.

“In yoga classes we talk about stress management,” teacher Amber Schweitzer said.

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They actually get into yoga and out of their heads.

Amber Schweitzer, high school yoga teacher from the strand of iridescent lights along the walls.

Karen Pascoe, owner of Mind, Body, Life Transformation Center in Highlands Ranch, spends the next hour guiding Maddie Ahlstrand, 12, and Taylor Wells, 13, through a series of yoga poses and breathing exercises.

Pascoe intermittently asks the girls basic questions: “How’s school?”

“How do you feel?”

“How does your body feel?”

Wells said she feels stressed from homework, tests and people. That particular day, her legs feel restless.

“I use breathing to relax,” she said.

Pascoe — a licensed psychologist and certified personal trainer and yoga instructor — teaches yoga classes to all ages.

“Stress is stress,” she said. “Once you have the tools to cope with it, it’s a totally different ball game.”

Karen Pascoe leads a yoga class for Taylor Wells, right, 13, and Maddie Ahlstrand, 12, at Mind Body Life Transformation Center in Highlands Ranch. “Anxiety is a super highway of stress,” Pascoe said. “Stress is stress. Once you have the tools to cope with it, it’s a totally different ballgame.”

Yoga, she said, teaches students they are capable of performing a physical challenge, such as a balancing pose, while staying calm. The stretching poses help students relieve tension in the body created by such factors as carrying a backpack, sitting at a desk or playing sports.

“The brain reads stress in the body as actual stress in the mind,” Pascoe said.

Yoga helps students feel empowered and in control over their stress or anxiety, Pascoe said. It’s a way for them to shut down and a healthier way to escape.

Wells agrees.

“Right after school, I feel stressed,” she said. “I come out of yoga feeling relaxed and happy.”

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ANXIOUS TIMES

ANXIETY: Social media is among newest and largest stressors for teens

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into college — a stressor that retired Mountain Vista High School counselor Cathy Mumper saw all too often.

“There is high academic pressure,” said Mumper, who retired in 2011 after 15 years as a counselor and 31 years in education. “There’s fear of the whole academic piece and of letting parents down.”

Desiree Messer, an athletic and well-spoken senior at Castle View High School, worries about life after high school to the extent that it is difficult for her to focus on the present.

“I’m more scared of what my schooling will do for my future than of what it is now,” she said. “I worry about where school is leading me and what I will do.”

Messer was on the school’s dance team for three years. She quit the sport because it added unneeded stress, she said. She has applied to six out-of-state colleges.

Students, Mumper said, have an expectation they need to be perfect.

Amber Schweitzer, a teacher at Castle View High School, agreed.

“We see test anxiety — feeling like they aren’t prepared or good enough,” she said.

Schweitzer, who teaches yoga and health classes at Castle View, said she sees anxiety stem from teenage life in general.

“In every one of my classes,” she said, “I have kids who are afraid to speak to the class because they are afraid of being judged.”

The effects of social media A new trigger of anxiety in youth — but among the biggest, research shows — is social media.

Messer has felt the pressure. She feels like she has to have weekend plans or else she is missing out because of posts she reads from friends and schoolmates.

“It almost makes me feel guilty for not being social all the time,” she said. “I think, `What am I going to do? How am I going to stay busy?’ ” According to two 2015 studies conducted by Pew Research Center, 92 percent of teens go online daily, 24 percent go online almost constantly and 90 percent use social media, a significantly higher number than the 12 percent who used social media in 2005.

The constant flow of information can be distressing and challenging, Pew reported in a 2015 study on the relationship between digital technology uses and psychological stress.

“There are more possibilities for interruptions and distractions,” the study said. “It is easier to track what friends, frenemies and foes are doing and to monitor raises (sic) and falls in status on a near-constant basis.”

A Highlands Ranch parent, who wanted her name withheld for privacy reasons, witnessed the effect of social media on her 15-year-old son.

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percent of 13- to 18-yearolds will experience anxiety at some point in their lives.

percent of 13- to 18-year-olds will experience a severe anxiety disorder. percent of females will experience anxiety.

percent of males will experience anxiety.

Source: National Institute of Mental Health

The Castle View High School gymnasium where students practice yoga is decorated with uplifting posters, including one that reads, “We are one.”

ALEX DEWIND

STINKIN’ THINKIN A significant anxiety trigger among high school students is what licensed clinical social worker Allie Schroer calls “stinkin’ thinkin,” otherwise known as cognitive distortions, which are inaccurate thoughts that reinforce

negative thinking or emotion.

For example, a student who fails a test thinks he or she will fail the next one. Or a student walks past a crowd and assumes everyone is talking about him or her.

A student posted a negative message about her son on Twitter, who then saw it get more than 40 likes.

“It was like stabbing him over and over in the gut,” his mother said.

There’s a “compare-and-despair” factor induced by scanning through photos and posts of other peoples’ lives, the website Anxiety.org reports. There’s also “fear of missing out” when a social media user sees pictures of a party or event to which he or she was not invited.

Taylor Wells, an eighth-grader at Ranch View Middle School in Highlands Ranch who is active on Snapchat and Instagram, said the social media sites often do spur those negative reactions.

“It causes jealousy,” she said, “not feeling pretty enough.”

As mental health experts on Anxiety.org said: “Social media has become an anxiety-provoking factor.”

“If they don’t get the amount of likes, they take it personally,” agreed Schroer, the Children’s Hospital social worker who works with children and teens ages 3 to 18.

“All of these internal messages go rampant.”

Coping with anxiety Because anxiety is a constant in life, mental health experts say, the key to managing it successfully is knowing the triggers and learning coping skills.

A critical part of dealing with the emotion, Mumper said, is recogniz-

“If you don’t realize it,” Schroer said of cognitive distortions, “it can become true to you.”

Schroer works at Children’s Hospital Colorado Therapy Care Center in Highlands Ranch.

ing that it is there.

“It takes courage to acknowledge feelings,” she said.

Kerstein said it is important for teenagers to recognize they have control over their emotions.

“We don’t have control over a lot of the environmental factors but we do have control over emotions,” she said. “Once a person believes that — as painful as it is — they can begin to take steps towards making a difference.”

That difference could be in simply talking to someone about a feeling. A confidant can come in many forms — a teacher, a friend, a school counselor, a family member.

“It’s very easy to isolate — to think you’re the only one and believe that nothing will change,” Kerstein said.

“But there are people out there who can help that student feel comfortable in their own skin.”

That was the case for Olivia Stewart.

“You have to acknowledge a thought or emotion and face it — either on your own or by talking to another person,” she said. “If you push it back, it becomes an overwhelming weight.”

Schroer encourages a teen to identify the triggers of his or her anxiety, which may be studying for a test, planning for prom, leaving for college or engaging in a social interaction.

“Anxiety is predictable,” Schroer explained. “If you know the trig-

gers, you can plan for them.”

She also encourages a student struggling with anxiety to acknowledge one good thing about himself or herself in moments of heightened stress because, she said, teens have the most criticism of themselves.

Another way to alleviate anxiety is to connect interpersonally, which could mean joining a club or starting a sport.

Chang finds peace in practicing yoga and swimming. He plays the ukulele on study breaks rather than picking up his phone or checking social media, which he said tend to add to his procrastination.

“When I start feeling anxious,” he said, “it helps to take deep breaths and have something to focus on — it keeps my mind distracted.”

Above all, it’s important for teenagers to know they are not alone in dealing with anxiety.

“We need to find ways to make it through,” Schroer said, “rather than finding ways to make it go away.”

For Stewart, making it through included producing her senior project, which she viewed as a way to educate people on mental illness.

Besides anxiety, the other pieces of the installation depicted selfharm, depression, eating disorders and suicide. Stewart said she experienced most of those.

Stewart still struggles with anxiety and depression, though no one would know from her calm and easygoing demeanor. She decided to postpone college for a year to take care of her mental health.

These days, Stewart is doing data entry for her mother’s business and searching for a second job.

She’s galvanized by politics and has been attending Trump rallies in downtown Denver.

She sees herself being involved in many outreach organizations in her future.

With all that she’s been through, Stewart knows she wants to someday help people who have walked in her shoes.

“It’s created a strength,” she said, “and it’s created an insight that I can use to help other people.”

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NEWS IN A HURRY Second road survey issued The second survey concerning the Parker Road Plan is online and the town is asking for input from residents on their favorite features and amenities and how to direct the future of the corridor.

Interested citizens can log on to ParkerRoadPlan.com and click the “Take the Great Corridors Survey” link.

The next public open house on the plan will be held in January.

Comments received on the first survey can be viewed at ParkerRoadPlan.com.

Police warn of drunk drivers Over the Halloween weekend, Parker police arrested six individuals for suspicion of driving under the influence. With the holiday party season about to begin, drinking and driving is an important topic.

Throughout 2016, arrests for suspicion of DUI are down 12 percent through Nov. 1, totaling 157 to last

year’s 178, Parker police reported, adding that there were a combined 30 DUI arrests in October and September.

The department asks everyone to remember the acronym REDDI — Report Every Drunk Driver Immediately. REDDI report calls have increased 28 percent over the last year as more people learn about its importance. Police also ask citizens to call if they see someone driving erratically or suspect that they may be drunk. False calls are better than traffic fatalities. aging toll equipment embedded in the pavement. The work schedule is weather permitting.

School asks for donations Iron Horse Elementary is working with Red Apple Recycling to raise funds and help provide clothing and jobs in Denver and around the world.

A “Little Red Schoolhouse” is available to drop off donations of

clothing, toys, stuffed animals, towels, bedclothes, shoes, belts, purses and backpacks. Iron Horse is at 20151 Tallman Drive.

Red Apple is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit with a processing center in Denver where the items are processed. If items are usable, they go to places like Chile, Haiti, Africa or Pakistan.

If clothing items aren’t usable, they are made into rags for cleaning or yarn to make sweaters.

Turkey ROCK Trot A 5K where families can run or walk the route will take place on Thanksgiving morning from 9:30 a.m. to noon. The 12-years-running event donates all its proceeds to the Douglas/Elbert Task Force, a local non-profit serving families in need.

The race is at the Douglas County Events Center, 500 Fairgrounds Drive, Castle Rock. Pre-registration is $40, and day-of registration if $45.

For more information or to register, visit www.turkeyrocktrot.com.

E-470 delays in the works Drivers using E-470 on Nov. 19 and Nov. 20 may encounter roadworkrelated traffic delays in the five-mile stretch in Douglas County between the I-25/C-470 interchange and Parker Road. According to the E-470 Public Highway Authority, lanes in both the southbound and northbound directions of E-470 will be closed near the toll plaza between Peoria Street and Chambers Road.

Construction began on Nov. 12.

Crews will start work early on the morning of Nov. 20 and continue until early the morning of Nov. 21.

Speeds will be reduced in the work zone for safety reasons and motorists are asked to use caution in the work zone.

The lane closures are necessary to make pavement repairs and remove and replace aging toll equipment embedded in the pavement. The work schedule is weather permitting.

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Race remains tight for state board of education seat

Democrat pulls slightly ahead in quest for CD6 position

McClellan, a former Centennial City Council member, trailed by a slim margin after Election Night, Nov. 8, but took a narrow lead after further vote counting by the end of last week in her race McClellan against incumbent Scheffel, of Parker. With ballots still being counted, McClellan had a 959-vote lead out of 355,009 votes tallied.

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The race for the state board of education’s Congressional District 6 seat was too close to call six days after the election.

Democrat Rebecca McClellan had 50.1 percent of the vote to Republican Debora Scheffel’s 49.9 percent.

possible depending on the results this week,” McClellan said in a news release Nov. 14. “I’m hoping we’ll have a winning result for my campaign, but regardless of what happens, we must Scheffel ensure every child in Colorado has access to a highquality public education that ensures a bright future for them and our state.”

The margin as it stood the morning of Nov. 14 was just outside the threshold for an automatic

recount, according to an Arapahoe County spokeswoman.

“The State Board of Education race, 6th CD seat, is indeed a close race,” Scheffel said in an emailed statement. “We are working hard to be sure every voter’s ballot is counted. Our grassroots team is working to defeat out-of-state special interests who want to take control of Colorado’s education system.”

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New pediatric helicopter will serve 120-mile radius

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Flight For Life Colorado and Children’s Hospital Colorado have announced a new addition to their emergency services — a helicopter uniquely designed to transport pediatric patients and newborns within a 120-mile service area of metro Denver.

The helicopter, expected to take flight in 2017, will be based in metro Denver and staffed by nurses and respiratory therapists from flight crews at Children’s Hospital Colorado.

“For several years our newborn team has been traveling substantial distance by ground to respond to critically ill

infants,” said Kathleen Mayer, director of Flight For Life Colorado.

Flight For Life Colorado is the critical care transport service of Centura Health, a network including 17 hospitals, two senior living communities and more than 100 other physician practices in the region. Children’s Hospital Colorado was founded in 1908. Its 16 locations in Colorado — including Highlands Ranch — provide a network of pediatric care.

The new aircraft will allow Children’s pediatric teams to respond more quickly and efficiently, Mayer said.

“The metro-area traffic is getting to be more and more of a factor for us,” she said.

The helicopter, an Airbus H130 T2

leased by Air Methods Corp., also provides some independence. The pediatric crew was previously sharing a helicopter with teams focused on treating older patients, Mayer said.

However, the needs of pediatrics crews are more than what it could offer.

The other aircraft performs well at high altitudes, Mayer said, particularly during rescues. And it has good horsepower. What it lacks is the space required for equipment used in pediatric and infant care.

Joe Darmofal, director of the flight team, outreach and education at Children’s Colorado, said the pediatric helicopter will have approximately double the interior space and will carry

an incubator weighing more than 300 pounds, plus other equipment used in newborn transport.

Pediatric teams would typically serve about 1,000 patients a year, he said. That number is expected to grow with the new helicopter’s help. Children’s has brought on a second pediatric team, he said, so two crews will be available 24/7.

“We’re doing quite a bit of training between now and when the helicopter rolls out,” he said.

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Even adversity contains fertile soil for bumper crop of gratitude

n last week’s column we revisited the attitude of gratitude and just how important it is to be sincerely appreciative for all of our blessings, successes and people in our lives. And to show our appreciation by recognizing and giving thanks for all the people who have impacted our lives.

Showing gratitude in times of success or when receiving help is easy. We are usually riding the wave of achievement, happiness, or relief and we get caught up in thanking everyone around us. Many times you will hear people thanking God, or see people pointing to the sky to recognize God and show their gratitude while giving credit where credit belongs. We see this every week

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in sports when someone scores a touchdown, hits a home run, or sinks a 50-foot putt.

Now what about the title of this column and maybe a harder topic, like finding the attitude of gratitude during times of trouble and adversity? Again, showing gratitude when things are going really well is much easier for most of us than it is to be appreciative and giving thanks when things are not quite going our way.

Many times we feel frustrated and we only see the trouble immediately in front of us.

And when this happens our defense mechanisms kick into gear, and we have blinders on when it comes to the good that can possibly come from the trouble and adversity

we are facing. And when this happens it can diminish our ability to show appreciation and compromise our attitude of gratitude.

Let me share a quick story with you. When I was a young 5-year-old boy my father had died. My mom remarried a couple of years later, however that marriage ended in divorce. My mom remarried again and unfortunately her husband died a couple of years later as well. Looking around at all of my other friends who still had their biological dad in their lives I often found myself angry and resentful.

Very wrong attitude for sure, but I was SEE NORTON, P13

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And there are two ways to go with that.

Drink and disappear, and I know just how to do it. It’s even easier now than it once was.

I am on a pension, and all of my bills are paid automatically.

I’d have to get someone to mow the lawn and shovel the snow, and that’s about it.

During sober-enough passages, I would go to the grocery store and the liquor store.

Trump used system to advantage Throughout this improbable election season, a rising chorus was heard asking, why do we never seem to be able to muster a truly viable third-party candidate? I submit that Trump actually was that third party candidate, ensconced within the technical trappings of running as a Republican, with all the benefits and advantages ascribed to main-party contenders. No alternative-party candidate in modern times has ever won a single electoral vote (the last successful one being Lincoln). Even Ross Perot, who in 1992 created the short-lived Reform Party and stunned the political establishment with 19 percent of the popular vote, came up with zero electoral votes.

Early on, numerous Republican luminaries flatly stated that Trump was not a Republican. This was based on their opinion that many of his espoused policies and positions differed from Republican orthodoxy, that he was a registered Democrat for seven years in the early 2000s, on his refusal to defer to Republican party leadership and on his shockingly impolite, gloves-off pounding of establishment Republicans running against him, as well as party icons like George W. Bush, John McCain, Mitt Romney, etc.

This populist wolf successfully hijacked the Republican sheep’s clothing as a necessary formality, in order to avoid the sure defeat of trying to create an entirely new party structure while concomitantly capturing the presidency. Another benefit of not pursuing the presidency via a third party, is that in the general election he had to face only one other major party candidate, not two as Perot did. He trounced all his traditional Republican challengers in the nomination process, thereby clearing them from the general election field entirely. He accurately gauged the mood of the electorate in the states he needed to win. And despite being outspent and out ground-gamed heavily, he captured the prize.

As a patriot, I sincerely hope that his skill at winning the presidency as an insurgent candidate, will be matched by his skill in executing the duties of the office.

Steve Terry Parker

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Still putting one foot in front of the other QUIET DESPERATION

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t’s the mourning after.

I am having serious doubts about my countrymen and women.

In college, and until I could afford a single home, I lived wall-to-wall with a lot of people I had nothing in common with.

I was conjoined by two things: affordability and convenience. I thought that if and when my income improved, I would live around more like-minded people.

Nothing has changed.

The percentage of human beings with whom I connect is actually shrinking.

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Learn to live with wildlife Fox 31 recently did a story on the “growing coyote problem” in Centennial.

The problem is not coyotes. The problem is suburban sprawl, with people moving here in droves and taking over what was once vacant land and wildlife habitat.

If people are grieving the loss of their pets to wildlife, they need to be take some responsibility and watch them, (especially smaller dogs) instead of making wildlife pay with its life when they are doing what nature intended. They cannot discern a prairie dog from a chihuahua.

Several years ago, Greenwood Village residents were up in arms about their pets being “attacked” by coyotes (many had them off leash) and hired a shooter to kill coyotes in certain areas. That is never an answer and other coyotes will just take their place.

We need to learn to peacefully coexist with native wildlife before we kill it all.

Barb Adams Parker Restoring faith on Veterans Day Re: Last week’s My Name Is... with Kyler Baker, who is graduating high school early to serve in the

U.S. Marine Corps.

Stories like this one are so refreshing after the last news cycle coverage of the post-election demonstrations. This young man is no reactionary crybaby. I heard a similar story yesterday at the Veterans Day program at my granddaughter’s school, about another young man who was stricken with leukemia, but made it to high school graduation and was inducted into the Marines a few hours before he passed away.

Maybe a few good men will arise in the future to save us from narcissistic self-indulgence.

Dick Field, Vietnam veteran Parker More of the same So Meghann Silverthorn has chosen a new school board member without input from other board members, without input from citizens, parents, teachers, principals and staff. Worse, she chose Steve Peck, a military person with no experience in education whatsoever, and said that not having experience in education makes for a strong leader.

Wow, under that criteria, I suppose she could have chosen a day laborer or a pizza delivery driver and achieved the same result. With Peck filling Doug Benevento’s seat, we can expect the extreme rightwing crusade to continue.

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young and it didn’t seem right or fair.

But two things happened along the way. I got to spend so much quality time with my grandfather, whom I regarded as the greatest man alive.

And although I was unsure of what I was missing by not technically having a dad, I had a grandfather who loved me and was more of a dad than I could have imagined or hoped for. The second thing that happened occurred in my early 20s. I was working as a youth group director and one of the kids coming to youth group seemed troubled and acted like a bit of a loner. After speaking with her, she shared with me that she had lost her father, her mom remarried, got divorced, remarried again, and got divorced again. In an instant I realized that the troubles and adversity that I had faced was just a way of preparing me for this very moment.

It would have been so easy to say something like, “I think I know how you feel.” And that may have shown sympathy and concern, but by having the ability to say, “I know exactly how you feel because I lived the same story,” was so very powerful. I still remember the feeling of gratitude

and appreciation that I had because I was able to relate and help someone else find their own attitude of gratitude during their time of trouble and adversity.

It is not a matter of “if ” challenges and difficult situations find us, it’s really only a matter of “when” they find us. And it is during these times that if we can look for the “good” in the mountains of what appears to be the “bad” piling up around us and maintain our attitude of gratitude, it is there that we will be able to see the opportunities, learning moments and teaching moments that can bring us back to joy and happiness.

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And when we can find gratitude in adversity it really will be a better than good week.

Michael Norton is a resident of Castle Rock, the former president of the Zig Ziglar Corporation, a strategic consultant and a business and personal coach.

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n Nov. 8, Donald Trump became the president-elect.

This sent the futures market into deep decline in the overnight hours.

However, after his FINANCIAL speech, STRATEGIES acceptance markets worldwide started to calm down and recovered nicely as of this writing.

While the world digests the news, we expect markets to be volatile, as there remains uncerPatricia Kummer tainty around what the new agenda for the White House will look like, even though for the moment, the markets appear to be favoring the change.

This includes rallies initially in investments that will benefit from health-care reform, infrastructure improvement and defense expansion,

among others. Those areas where trade may be affected will be challenging, such as Emerging Markets.

Since 1928, the Standard & Poor’s 500 — a widely watched benchmark of U.S. large-cap companies — has dropped in presidential election years that don’t include an incumbent seeking reelection. While we saw the year relatively flat and the month of October negative, this appears to be in line with history so far this year.

Most analysts agree, we are not headed into recession and the general trend of the markets could very well continue, barring extreme cases such as terrorism or total misses of hitting economic growth targets for China. Recently the stock market has been in limbo or perhaps a waiting game, and there has not been much movement in either direction.

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or people like Highlands Ranch resident Devyn St. Aubin, a traditional gym setting or running program doesn’t work.

Two years ago, she stumbled across a The Ballet Physique — a ballet barre studio in Lone Tree — and she hasn’t looked back.

“I have bad knees, so running is out of the question for me,” said St. Aubin, 26. “I needed to find a workout that would hit all my areas.”

And that’s what the workout that focuses on small movements does.

“It doesn’t look intense, but it builds a really prominent burn in your muscles that you’re not going to get from some of the other classes out there,” said Ballet Physique owner Kristen Zurek.

From ballet barre in Highlands Ranch to pole dancing in Arvada to UFC fighting in Westminster, metro-area residents are looking for alternative ways to stay in shape.

Zurek, who has a professional dance background, discovered the ballet barre form of fitness while studying in New York City.

When she moved to Colorado in 2008, the workout had yet to make it to Colorado. So Zurek started a studio from scratch and opened in downtown Littleton in 2010. She opened her second studio in Lone Tree in 2014.

Over the years, the workout has become more popular throughout the Front Range.

“When I came here, I couldn’t find a studio,” Zurek said, “and now there 50 of them.”

But although “ballet” is in the name, Zurek noted that the workout is not ballet. The low-impact workout uses the ballet bar to help stabilize and leverage body weight.

It’s designed to sculpt and tone long, lean danceresque muscles.

Students at The Ballet Physique run the full spectrum, from teenagers who are trying to stay fit to 75-year-old women.

“The nature of the workout appeals to many parts of the population because everyone wants to have strong and sculpted muscles,” Zurek said. “Mostly women between the ages of 30 and 60 — not dancers and not athletes.

A lot of them have had kids and are just ready to get back into shape.”

Cori Ham concentrates on her bag during a kickboxing conditioning class at UFC Gym in Westminster.

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The philosophy behind it is that it’s a workout for everybody, no matter your fitness level, your age, weight or whatever you’ve done in the past.

Jenna McNamar, owner of Rockstar Pole Fitness

Pole dancing gaining steam Another dance form that is growing in the workout world is pole dancing. Colorado now has 12 pole dance fitness studios, with the majority located in Denver, Colorado Springs and Boulder. Two are in the Denver metro area: Vertical Academy Workout in Highlands Ranch and Rockstar Pole Fitness in Arvada.

“The philosophy behind it is that it’s a workout for everybody, no matter your fitness level, your age, weight or whatever you’ve done in the past,” said Jenna McNamar, owner of Rockstar Pole Fitness, which opened two years ago in Olde Town Arvada.

McNamar starting practicing pole

fitness 10 years ago and has been teaching it for eight years.

“When I first started, people wouldn’t talk about it because people relate it to exotic dancing,” she said.

“It still is and we at Rockstar want to have a huge part in that, too, because that’s where it came from. But I think when people realize the strength it takes to do this stuff — it is hard and it is challenging and I think that’s why it grows.”

Madeline Haenel, 42, had been looking for a workout routine she could stick with for a while. After attending pole class for the first time two months ago, she found it.

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Instructor Rebecca Dolana demonstrates moves at Arvada’s Rockstar Pole Fitness.

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“The first experience was so fun and amazing and freeing that the next week, I signed up for two classes and now I have the monthly membership,” Haenel said.

But for her, it’s not just about the sore muscles and full body workout.

It’s also about the personal empowerment found at the studio.

“For me, taking a pole class has been a really empowering thing,” Haenel said, adding that she is transgender and recently had gender confirmation surgery. “It’s really a whole new perspective on me and my body, and it’s a whole new freedom that I have.”

The studio has also been a source of community for Haenel and others.

“There’s this whole community of people that are very supportive,” Haenel said. “Ladies that go there of all shapes and body types. You don’t have to be a specific body type to pole dance. It breaks some of the preconceived notions that people might have.”

Mixed martial arts a complex workout On the other end of the spectrum, UFC gym in Westminster is giving people motivation to break the cycle of weights and the treadmill.

“I like it because it hits your whole body,” said James Camire, who attends classes at the gym and trains twice a week. “The intensity, it’s really hard to get similar intensity doing other things.”

Dalton Grinstead, coach and personal trainer at UFC in Westminster,

The Ballet Physique in Lone Tree focuses on combining the ballet bar with light weight training. said the mixed martial arts workout helps teach problem-solving skills for the real world.

“You can always get a cheap membership somewhere and wait for the macho man to get off the machine and do your curls for the girls, but you’re kind of turning your brain off there,” Grinstead said. “These workouts, it’s a complex movement pattern and it’s fast-paced. So you understand what jab cross is, but there’s 15 other things associated with it. Where’s my feet?

Where’s my head? So you’re constantly problem-solving both hemispheres of the brain.”

Walking into a UFC gym, which are also located in Highlands Ranch and Parker, is not the scene many people expect, Grinstead said.

“It’s kind of surprising because we’re a UFC gym and if you ever watch the UFC, it’s blood and, really, some people say violent fighting,” he said. “But our UFC gym is totally different. There’s only a small hand-

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ful of guys here that want to compete in fighting. Really, 80 percent of the people here want to lose weight. A large percentage of that also want to learn self defense as well.”

People also are surprised that the gym has more female than male members, Grinstead said.

“That little bit of extra money you’re spending is so much more valuable because you’re learning a skill,” he said. “It’s something totally different than most gyms can offer.”

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Filming the ride of a cowboy’s life Castle Rock man featured in rodeo documentary

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Steven Wiersma jumped on a bull for the first time when he was 24 years old.

“First time I got on I was hooked,” the Castle Rock man said. “I mean hooked.”

Wiersma describes the experience as chaotic and fast.

“It’s weird to be on top of a moving animal that you have no idea where they’re going and what they’re doing,” he said.

It’s good to be small. The bulls weigh anywhere from 1,100 to 2,000 pounds.

Most bull riders weigh around 150

“First time I got on I was hooked, I mean hooked.”

Steven Wiersma, of Castle Rock, began bull riding when he was 24. Wiersma, now 31, was recently featured in a documentary that won its category of the 2016 Kansas City Filmfest.

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“Even if you got on the same bull four times in a row, it’s going to be different,” he said.

That’s what kept him in the sport for the six summers he toured around the state competing in rodeos. He was doing around 30 rodeos each season.

Wiersma’s favorite part is the challenge in it.

“You’ve conquered a beast,” he said.

“It’s the greatest feeling in the world.”

Riding for a full eight seconds is the ultimate accomplishment.

On July 25, 2015, Wiersma, 31, was the only man to achieve that feat during the Arapahoe County Fair. It caught the eye of Sean Webley, who was in Denver doing research for a film project.

The Florida-based filmmaker approached Wiersma after the rodeo.

Webley thought there might be a story there. For the next three weeks, he shot footage of Wiersma bull riding at various rodeos.

Wiersma intrigued Webley first because he was older than most other competitors, he said, but it was also in his approach to the sport. Most guys seemed to challenge the bull, Webley said, but Wiersma challenged himself.

For a while, Webley said, he didn’t know what to do with the film. Eventually he edited footage from one of the rodeos into a five-minute documentary. Still, he said, he wasn’t sure of how to use it.

Webley thought the documentary was a good fit for an online platform, but colleagues whom he shared it with encouraged him to put it through the festival ring. The project, “Rodeo Dream,” ended up winning best documentary short at the 2016 Kansas City Filmfest.

“It was a surprise,” Webley said.

He’d never featured his work at a festival before.

The film is a unique memoir for Wiersma, who has since left the rodeo world following an injury — a torn urethra.

Although he’s at peace with that turn of events, Wiersma misses riding.

“I still wish every day that I could get on a bull,” he said.

Regardless, life is good. Wiersma works as a plumber, plans to own his own business one day, and said he’s dating a woman he intends to marry. It was for her, and the hopes of having a family, that he gave up rodeo.

He could have kept on, he said, but the doctor told him continuing to ride would risk having the same injury again, and that would have permanent consequences.

“What God wanted is God’s plan,” he said, “so it’s fine with me.”

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Star shines bright throughout the decades

BY JESSICA GIBBS JGIBBS@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Some might say the star that sits atop “the rock” in Castle Rock has seen it all.

Since 1936, the star has watched Castle Rock grow from a community of roughly 500 to a town of more than 60,000 people. And, illuminated or not, the structure has watched history unfold from its perch.

The star saw the rise and fall of historic town structures, such as the original courthouse building.

It weathered the Great Depression.

When the end of World War II was announced, the fire department rang its siren for an hour straight, and off-andon throughout the night. Meanwhile, the star looked down as residents celebrated in the streets. It was temporarily replaced with a “V” for “victory.”

The end to the war was a reincarna-

tion of sorts for the star. Castle Rock didn’t light it at all from 1942-44 because of energy restrictions. Normally, mention of the Starlighting — the town’s annual kickoff to the holiday season — appeared in the paper, said Shaun Boyd, an archivist with the Douglas County History Research Center. But not during that time.

“They just didn’t say anything about it at all,” she said.

Fun facts about the star • In 1963, the town delayed the Starlighting by a couple weeks out of respect for President John. F. Kennedy’s death.

• It stood fast as floodwaters surged during the flood of 1965 and engulfed the livelihood of those below.

• During the energy crisis of the 1970s, the star did its part by only shining from 5 p.m. to 11 p.m.

• It remained lit for several weeks following 9/11 to honor the lives lost.

And as hikers come each season to walk the landmark’s trails, it patiently waits for them to reach the top.

There wasn’t always a ceremony paired with the annual Starlighting, Boyd said. That didn’t start until 1965.

The town used to turn on the star without any pomp and circumstance on Dec. 1 each year.

Some of the first ceremonies brought townsfolk together for a massed-choir march along Wilcox Street and performances by the local marching band.

Today, there’s hot chocolate, vendors and a fireworks show.

Some ups and downs Aside from historical moments, the star’s personal history is one marked with ups and downs.

It has survived fits of vandalism.

The first mention of vandalism was in 1940, Boyd said. Then in 1955, the town council appealed to local youngsters to stop shooting out the bulbs.

“Anyone caught molesting the star will be prosecuted,” a newspaper article read.

In 1962, authorities finally arrested six teens who were said to be more afraid of telling their parents than of the $12.50 fine they received.

Boyd has read every article she can find that local newspapers wrote between 1936, the year the star was constructed, and 1975.

The star was built in part to compete with Palmer Lake, Boyd said, which had gained some notoriety from its Starlighting tradition. Castle Rock wanted the same tourism pull.

“People wanted it to be something visible that Castle Rock would become known for,” Boyd said.

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nership with Alamo Drafthouse Cinema in Littleton, 7301 S. Santa Fe Drive #850, Littleton, will be at 6:30 p.m. on Dec. 5 with a presentation of “It’s a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play,” preceded by a 30-minute live performance by Spotlight Theatre Company, which is performing the work at John Hand Theater in Lowry, Denver.

Fifty percent of ticket sales from each show will go to the Denver Actors Fund, which assists actors in the local theater community

Pastel workshop Artist Diane Edwards of Fort Collins will present a “Loose and Fun Pastel Painting” workshop for members and guests of the Heritage Fine Arts Guild of Arapahoe County from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Dec. 3 at Littleton First Presbyterian Church, 1609 W. Littleton Blvd. She will lead participants as they learn to paint snow, water and reflections in winter scenes. Artists 18 and older are welcome. Cost is $30 for HFAG members and $50 for non-members. (Cost of

membership is $35.) To register and see supply list: heritage-guild.com/ current-workshops.

31. Open 5 to 8 p.m. Nov. 25, 26, 27; Dec. 2, 3, 4 and 9, 10, 11; 16-24 and 26-31. Tickets: Altitude Tickets or at the door.

Dance event “Rhythmic Circus-Red and Green,” hoofers from Minneapolis, will appear with their big brass band at 7 p.m. Nov. 27 at Lone Tree Arts Center. “Heatbox” the human beatbox, will appear with the seven-piece funk band. Tickets: 720509-1000, lonetreeartscenter.org

Costume exhibit “Star Wars and the Power of Costume” is open at the Denver Art Museum through April 2. More than 70 hand-made costumes and 100 additional accessories and other pieces from George Lucas’s Skywalker Ranch in California. The exhibit is developed by the Smithsonian Institution in partnership with the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art. There is an admission charge, with timed tickets. 720-865-5000, denverartmuseum.org.

Hudson Gardens lights up “A Hudson Christmas” holiday Light show will turn on for 24 nights, beginning Nov. 25 and running through Dec.

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Expo gives eighth-graders ideas about their careers Students from across the Douglas County School District meet with business and community leaders

BY MIKE DIFERDINANDO MDIFERDINANDO@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Eighth-grader Liz Reifsteck and other students from Parker Core Knowledge Charter School gathered around the High Impact booth to watch as data was transformed into a computer-animated model of an accident scene.

“We try and take digital information make stories from it,” said forensic artist Lawrence Pasion of visual media company that creates interactive animations for court cases. “Our background and the tools that we use are all of the same things that are used to make video games and animations, so seeing those things people are curious about it.”

Reifsteck came away impressed.

“It was really cool — all the technology and animation that goes into it,” she said.

More than 5,300 eighth-grade students from 21 Douglas County School District middle schools and charter schools attended the district’s Career Expo on Nov. 9 at the Douglas County Fairgrounds in Castle Rock.

The expo offered a look at careers from technology to the military and health care. More than 75 employers, including Charles Schwab, Comcast, Lockheed Martin, Kaiser Permanente and Nationwide Insurance, brought repesentatives to speak with students and answer questions about how to get involved in various fields.

“Our Kaiser Permanente health professionals enjoy engaging eighth-graders early in their career exploration to help guide them in choosing science, math and technology classes that will prepare them for health care careers,” said Mary Riebe, community and academic relations consultant in a news release.

Patrick Mancuso of North Star Academy in Parker said the event gave him ideas for a career.

“It’s really cool to see all the businesses come and pitch their information … and doing what they enjoy,” he said.

Alisha Pravasi, who attends Platte River Academy in Highlands Ranch, said she was interested in technology and design.

“We’ve seen a lot of great graphic design and animation stuff,” Pravasi said.

Said Maddie Waite, a Parker Core knowledge student: “It’s really nice to go to the different stations and learn about the different careers.”

Asha Kakuda, of Ranch View Middle School in Highlands Ranch, said she was interested in aerospace technology and spoke with representatives from the different military branches as well as Lockheed Martin.

“I have a better perspective of what I want to do now,” Kakuda said. “I talked to a lot of people. I talked to the military people and it helped me gain a better understanding of my options for careers.

It gave me a little booster.”

Students learn about working at the Douglas County Coroner’s Office.

Alisha Pravasi and Ashley Whisler of Platte River Academy are interested in technology careers.

PHOTOS BY MIKE DIFERDINANDO

Lawrence Pasion of High Impact shows a student how forensic animation works.

Katherine Porter speaks to students about the Denver Zoo and working with animals.

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Star-spangled celebration Rotary Club dedicates flagpole on Veterans Day

BY TOM SKELLEY TSKELLEY@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

The Rotary Club of Parker couldn’t have asked for better weather or a better turnout as it dedicated a new flagpole at O’Brien Park on Nov. 11. Close to 200 veterans, town officials and residents came to the ceremony to honor veterans and get a look at the park’s shiny new addition.

“I’ve been coming to this park for 30 years and I always envisioned a flagpole here,” said Steve Trevino, fundraising chairman for the Rotary Club. Trevino also said the flagpole comple-

ments the gazebo, another gift to the town from the Rotary Club.

The club presented a check for $12,000 to the town at a council meeting on Nov. 7 to cover expenses for the pole.

Club President Kam Breitenbach welcomed attendees and reminded them of the Rotary Club International’s mission of eradicating polio, a mission that she said is 99.9 percent complete.

Other dignitaries led the crowd in the Pledge of Allegiance and a prayer, and retired Army Brig. Gen. Edward Markham, a veteran of the wars in Korea and Vietnam, gave the keynote address.

“What should veterans expect from us?” Markham asked. He replied “gratitude, jobs, support for their families as they serve around the world and a fight

against veterans’ homelessness.”

Following Markham’s remarks, Mayor Mike Waid accepted the pole from Trevino and Army veteran Bill Shriver and Air Force veteran Hank Coll, both Rotarians, raised the flag.

A gust of wind caught the banner just as it was raised, providing a majestic display for everyone in attendance and a well-received debut for the pole.

Dan Picard, a 25-year United States Marine Corps veteran who drove to the park from Aurora, said he hopes the town will make Veterans Day celebrations around the flagpole will become an annual tradition.

“I know this is the first one, but hopefully it will get bigger and bigger,” he said.

“You have to start somewhere, right?”

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Retired Army Brigadier Gen. Edward Markham addresses attendees at a Veterans Day ceremony and flagpole dedication at O’Brien Park on Nov. 11. PHOTOS BY TOM SKELLEY

Veterans raise a flag on new flagpole, sponsored by the Rotary Club of Parker, at O’Brien Park on Nov. 11.

A cannon, a castle, a commemoration mark event Cherokee Ranch and Castle Foundation honors veterans

BY JESSICA GIBBS JGIBBS@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Crowds inspected a pre-World War I cannon that was dedicated to veterans by the Cherokee Ranch and Castle Foundation Nov. 11. The cannon will permanently sit in front of the castle-like home on the estate.

PHOTOS BY JESSICA GIBBS

Vern Hammond sat in the front row and quietly watched the scene around him.

People were eating bakery goods and mingling before the morning’s Veterans Day commemoration outside “The Castle” on Cherokee Ranch in Douglas County.

Hammond, a ball turret gunner in World War II, cozied up in his wheelchair against the crisp air. Next to him was his daughter and caretaker, Vernita Lewis.

They came for the Nov. 11 ceremony that honored veterans like him and to help the Cherokee Ranch and Castle Foundation dedicate a pre-WWI canon that will permanently sit in front of the estate’s historic mansion, com-

monly referred to as “The Castle.”

The foundation wanted to honor the sacrifice of time and the lives lost through military service.

“We recognize the devotion of the military,” Executive Director James Holmes said.

For those who don’t know, a ball turret gunner is a type of machine gunner who fought from the belly of B-17 aircrafts during the war. The ball turret was a glass sphere protruding from the bottom of the plane. Small men curled up inside and fired weaponry at the enemy below.

About 40 people attended the ceremony that included a presentation of colors from Douglas County’s Honor Guard, which also sang the national anthem.

U.S. Navy veteran Bob Easterly, of Castle Rock, came with Hammond and Lewis. He repeatedly told those who thanked him that it was an honor to serve.

“There’s a special connection with every man and woman who has served and defended this country,” he said.

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November 18, 2016N Parker author Jen Turano sits in Fika Coffeehouse with a sampling of her work on Oct. 26.

Turano says most people don’t realize how much hard work goes into writing, rewriting and editing books.

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Before writing, Turano pursued a degree in fashion, graduating from the University of Akron in Ohio.

After a lot of trial and error with her genres and subject matter, Turano has built a following in the inspirational novel field. She’s written seven novels for publisher Bethany House, each one mixing faith, romance and history into entertaining stories about strong female characters.

What made you decide to start writing?

“I started writing when my son was in third grade. I read a certain series of books to him and he didn’t like it.

He said that the stories I used to tell him to keep him from getting out of his stroller were better than the ones I read to him by other people.

“The first one I wrote was called ‘Fanglers.’ The fanglers were smelly, lizard-like creatures that ate children.

“At the time, about 12 years ago, I was in charge of the PTO at my son’s school, so everybody wanted to read it.

“That’s when I learned my first big lesson — never let anyone you know read your stuff … I was convinced I belonged on Oprah’s couch. I sent the book to four or five contacts and none of them replied.”

How did you break into the business?

“One night a friend came over and had cocktails with me, and she said ‘you should write one of those Fabio books,’ but I didn’t want to write ‘naughty,’ I wanted teenage girls to be able to read my books.

“I wrote a book, ‘A Marriage of Inconvenience,’ and sent it out to

125 agents, and in two days I got a response.

“Random House said they liked it, but they wanted six sex scenes, so my agent pointed me to the inspirational market, but by that time my son was in middle school and I thought ‘I’ll just go back to fashion.’

“Then one day I was cleaning the bathroom and I just got this idea for an entire series. I outlined my ideas on Post-it notes and stuck them all around the house as I was cleaning. I wrote a manuscript for the first book in the series, sent it to an agent, and it sold to Bethany House. In 2011 I signed a contract and in 2012 the first book came out.”

What would most people be surprised to learn about being an author?

“It’s definitely a job. It’s not glamorous.

“A lot of people think authors are mysterious or whatever, but a lot of the time I’m just sitting in a chair, thinking out loud.”

What does your writing process look like?

“I try to write about a chapter and a half a day. About 6,500 words. The first draft is like putting the pieces of a puzzle together, the bones of the story. Then I need to flesh them out.

“Then I do seven edits. Sometimes I’ll read through everything I’ve written the day before and delete it all. I usually read it on the computer twice and then print it out — my brain just works differently when I see things on paper.

“The whole process takes from two to four months. I’ve done four books this year, but I’m comfortable doing three.”

Do people take you less seriously because you’re a romance novelist?

“Everyone thinks they’re not smart books, there’s no substance to them, but romance novels are a billion-dollar business.

“Your readers have expectations, and at the end of the day, nothing is about me, it’s all about them. They send me letters, and I really don’t want to disappoint them.”

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THINGS to DO

THEATER/FILM

Drama ministry performance: 7 p.m. Friday, Nov. 18 and Saturday, Nov. 19, and 2 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 20, at New Hope Presbyterian Church, 3737 New Hope Way, Castle Roc. Scenes from “Talking With …” and “The Good Doctor” performed. Call 303-660-0057 or go to www.newhopepres.org.

YCastle View High School musical

“Aida”: 7 p.m. through Saturday, Nov. 19, and 1 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 19, at 5254 N. Meadows Blvd., Castle Rock. Tickets at www. seatyourself.biz/castleview. Contact castleviewtheatre@gmail. com or 303-387-9113.

A Christmas Story, The Musical: through Friday, Dec. 30 at Town Hall Arts Center. Show times are 7:30 p.m. Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays, and 2 p.m. Sundays, with a 2 p.m. show on Saturday, Nov. 26 and 7:30 p.m. shows Wednesday, Dec. 12 ad Dec. 28.

Tickets available at the Town Hall box office, online at townhallartscenter.org or by calling 303-794-2787 ext. 213.

MUSIC/CONCERTS

Turkey Trot Dance Party: Evening of DJ ballroom, Latin, salsa, swing and tango dance at the Turkey Trot dance party, 8-9:30 p.m.

Friday, Nov. 18 at Adventures in Dance, 1500 W. Littleton Blvd., Littleton.

Dress in costume.

Go to www. adventuresindance. com or call 720-2760562.

Douglas Elbert Music Teachers Association Ensemble Recital: 1, 2:30 and 4 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 19, at Parker Bible Church, 4391 E. Mainstreet, Parker. Open to the public.

Call Ann Riggs at 303-841-2976.

Brazilian Guitar Duo: 2-3 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 19, at Bemis Library, 6014 S. Datura St., Littleton.

Duo will play music ranging from bossa nova to jazz standards. Call

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470-1377.

this week’s TOP FIVE Holiday Tree Lighting, Santa Arrival: 6-8 p.m.

Friday, Nov. 18, in Commons Park at the Streets at SouthGlenn, University Boulevard and Arapahoe Road, Centennial. Activities include holiday Clydesdale carriage rides, strolling Dickens carolers, ice sculptures, cookies and cocoa with elves, holiday characters, ice skating and more. Admission is free. Go to www.shopsouthglenn.com or email margaret@stephens-studio.net.

Festival of Trees: 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 3 at Cimarron Middle School, 12130 Canterberry Parkway, Parker. More than 40 themed trees available to win. Discounted tickets sold through Nov. 18. Go to https://sites.google.com/a/dcsdk12. org/cimarron-middle-school/home.

Castle Rock Starlighting: Saturday, Nov. 19 in downtown Castle Rock. Ceremony starts at 5 p.m. and the star will be lit up about 5:30 p.m. Booths, entertainment, outdoor ice skating, visits with Santa and more. Go to http://www.castlerockculture.com/starlighting/

303-795-3961.

ART

Art Stop on the Go: 4:30 p.m.

Tuesday, Nov. 22, a the Roxborough Library, 8357 N. Rampart Range Road, Ste. 200. A museum artist presents a book then leads literature based art project.

Age 6-12.

Registration required; 303-7917323 or DCL.org.

SoSu Artist Collective Pop Up Gallery and Market: opening celebrations from 5-8 p.m.

Friday, Nov. 25 and Friday, Dec. 2; pop-ups open from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Saturday and Sunday, Nov. 26-27 and Dec. 3-4 at 6905 S. Broadway.

EVENTS

Veterans History Project: 1:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 18, James H. LaRue Library, 9292 Ridgeline

Holiday Lighting Celebration: 4-6 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 19, at Centennial Center Park, 13050 E. Peakview Ave., Centennial. Local school choir groups, visit from Santa, hot cocoa, hot cider, cookies and the lighting of the tree.

Donations of coats and new socks will be collected.

The Birth of Liberty and the U.S. Military: 7-8:30 p.m. Monday, Nov. 21, at the Southridge Recreation Center, 4800 McArthur Ranch Road. Presented by the Highlands Ranch Historical Society. Light refreshments.

Blvd., Highlands Ranch. For adults 50 and older. Registration required; call 303-791-7323 or go to DCL.org.

Gardens and Event Center, 6115 S. Santa Fe Drive, Littleton. Go to www.hudsongardens.org. Tickets available at AltitudeTickets.com.

Kiss the Sky, The Jimi Hendrix Re-Experience: 8:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 18, at Tailgate Tavern, 19552 E. Mainstreet, Parker. Contact 303-841-7479.

HEALTH

Starlighting Santa and Puppet Shows: 2 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 19, at the Philip S. Miller Library, 100 S. Wilcox St., Castle Rock. Contact 303-791-7323 or DCL.org.

Saturday Surprise: 10 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 19 and Saturday, Nov. 26, at the Philip S. Miller Library, 100 S. Wilcox St., Castle Rock. Adults drop in and learn something new.

No registration required; information at 303-791-7323 or DCL.org.

Local Author Showcase: 2 p.m.

Sunday, Nov. 20, at the James H. LaRue Library, 9292 Ridgeline Blvd., Highlands Ranch. Light refreshments served. Registration required; 303-791-7323 or DCL.org.

Journey Toward Wholeness Exploration and Potluck: 4-7 p.m.

Sunday, Nov. 20, at New Hope Presbyterian Church, 3737 New Hope Way, Castle Rock. Hosted by the Castle Rock Unitarian Universalist Community. Guest speaker is Elizabeth Mount. Go to http:// cruuc.org/exploration-potlucksunday-november-20-2016/, or contact Gary Wyngarden, gwyngarden@kellin.net or 720584-2600.

A Hudson Christmas: 5-8 p.m. select days from Friday, Nov. 25 to Saturday, Dec. 31 at Hudson

Community Blood Drives: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 19, at Whole Foods Southglenn, 6853 S. York St., Suite 119, Littleton; 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., Sunday, Nov. 20 at St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church, 2746 5th St., Castle Rock (contact Larry Bauer, 303-6883164); 12:30-6 p.m., Tuesday, Nov. 22 at Columbine Library, 7706 W. Bowles Ave., Littleton; 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 26 at Philip S. Miller Library, 100 S. Wilcox St., Castle Rock; 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., Sunday, Nov. 27 at St. Luke’s United Methodist Church, 8817 S. Broadway, Littleton (contact Maryanne Eagelston, 720-8912248).

Dentistry from the Heart: 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 19 at Highlands Ranch Smiles, 9461 S. University Blvd., Highlands Ranch. Adults in need of dental care receive one free service; the first 100 patients will be seen on a first-come, first-served basis. Go to www.hrsmiles.com. Call 303-

Healthy Gut Healthy Body: 7 p.m.

Monday, Nov. 21, at the James H. LaRue Library, 9292 S. Ridgeline Blvd., Highlands Ranch. Led by Trisha Ackerman, holistic nutritionist. Contact Trisha@Nutrition4SupportandWellness.com.

Cruciferous Cuisine: 3-3:30 p.m.

Saturday, Nov. 26, Natural Grocers, 1265 Sgt. John Stiles Drive, Suite M, Highlands Ranch. Call 303-471-9400.

Commitment Day 5k Run/Festival: 10 a.m. Sunday, Jan. 1 around the neighborhoods of Life Time Fitness in Parker. All levels and abilities welcome. Go to http:// www.commitmentday.com/colorado/parker-aurora/ for registration. Discounted registration through Nov. 30. Contact Heather Crosby at hcrosby@lifetimefitness.com.

EDUCATION

Practice Your English: 10:30 a.m.

Saturday, Nov. 19, at the James H. LaRue Library, 9292 Ridgeline Blvd., Highlands Ranch. All levels of English welcome. No registration required; information at 303-791-7323 or DCL.org.

HSE Prep Class: 6 p.m. Monday, Nov. 21, at the Parker Library, 20105 E. Mainstreet. Instruction, assessment and practice for those 17 and older preparing to take the high school equivalency

exam. Registration is required; 303-791-7323 or DCL.org.

Brexit: Future for the UK, European Union: 1:30-2:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 22, at The Inn at Greenwood Village, 5565 S. Yosemite St., Greenwood Village.

Program presented by Active Minds. Call 303-327-7340 to RSVP. Editor’s note: Calendar submissions must be received by noon Wednesday for publication the following week. Send listings to calendar@coloradocommunitymedia.com. No attachments, please. Listings are free and run on a space-available basis.

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Arts & Crafts Annual Holiday Open House on Saturday,Nov 26th from 9 am - 4 pm off 128th & Holly - Thornton We have Crafts & variety of Home Based Businesses present Come get a start on your holiday shopping in one location!

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

Political Douglas County Democrats executive committee meets at 7 p.m. the second Monday of every month at various sites. Contact Mike Jones at 720-509-9048 or email info@DouglasDemocrats.org. Social-discussion meetings take place in Highlands Ranch, Castle Rock, Parker, Lone Tree and Roxborough. Visit douglasdemocrats.org and click on calendar for more information.

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

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

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

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

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

Professional BEST Leads (Businesses Exclusively Supporting Teammates) mets from 7-8:30 a.m.

Tuesdays at the Rock Wood Fired Kitchen, 19340 E. Cottonwood Drive, Parker. This is a Leads group on steroids, with 45-plus members and exclusive representation. Call Jeff at 303-717-1492.

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

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

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

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TRUMP: Douglas County residents voice their perspectives about election FROM PAGE 4

A look at what some other Douglas County residents are saying: “I wasn’t really excited about either candidate. I think, at least, things will be a little different in Washington, D.C.” — Zach Johnson, 19, Roxborough “I think it’s going to create a lot of division in the country and hate. It’s scary.

I’m scared for my children. It’s sad that this is the role model for our country and our kids.”

— Triana Burdick, Parker “Probably health care is the biggest thing I’m worried about. Who really knows what his policies are going to do?

We don’t know how any of this is going to affect us all, but I think health care is the biggest thing because it affects everybody ... I’m going to go get checked out while I know I still can.”

— Jon Watkins, Parker “It definitely means a lot of scared people. I don’t completely agree with everything Hillary was going to do, but I would rather go down that road than go down the road we’re going now and be afraid of going out my front door.

Trump’s done things to women that are unspeakable, but he gets away with a lot of things just because he’s a man. If a lot of other men did the things he did they’d be in jail, but because he’s Trump he got away with it.”

— Lauren Kaye, Parker

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JEFFERSON

48.9% 42.0%

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SPORTS

South teams dig volleyball success OVERTIME

Noelle Knutson (15) and MaKenna Davis (18) team up to set up a block for Chaparral in the Nov. 12 Class 5A state volleyball playoff game against Pine Creek. The Wolverines won the match and finished 1-1 in pool play in their final match of the season.

TOM MUNDS

Wolverines, Titans fall short Chaparral and Legend each go 1-1 in pool play at state tournament

BY JIM BENTON JBENTON@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Chaparral and Legend each went 1-1 during pool play in the Class 5A state volleyball tournament Nov. 11

and 12 at the Denver Coliseum.

Chatfield, seeded fourth out of the 12 tournament teams, defeated No. 5 Chaparral, 3-2 (25-21, 21-25, 25-28, 25-13, 15-13) but the Wolverines came back with a 3-0 win over No. 9 Pine Creek (25-17, 25-19, 25-14).

No. 11 Legend faced No. 2 Rock Canyon in a Continental League matchup in the Titans’ first match and the Jaguars prevailed with a 3-1 (25-15, 23-25, 25-22, 25-16) victory. Legend downed Arapahoe 3-1 (25-12, 23-

KEEPING SCORE WITH...

Bean

Who is your favorite professional or collegiate athlete?

Buster Posey (pro baseball player).

He’s cool.

Why do you participate in sports?

I love to compete, the lessons and skills I learn, the friendships I make.

SEE VOLLEYBALL, P29

STANDOUT PERFORMERS

RACHEL BEAN What is your favorite pre-competition meal?

Chicken, or breakfast for dinner, with a smoothie.

When isn’t breakfast good?

25, 25-22, 25-16) in its second match.

Only pool winners advanced to the semifinals.

“This is our third year in a row getting to the state tournament,” Chaparral coach Amanda West said.

“So top eight this year is something we’re proud of. We have a lot of depth in our program, we have a lot of great kids. So I hope you can see us here next year at the state tourna-

What is your favorite subject in school?

English. I love writing.

Do you have any pre-competition superstitions or rituals?

I always have a bow. I’m not dressed without it.

Do you play video games?

Mario Kart. Some girls on the team get together and have tournaments.

What are your plans for after high school graduation?

My dream is to play softball in college.

KEEPING SCORE WITH... is a Q&A with high school athletes in the south metro area. Email sports writer Jim Benton at jbenton@coloradocommunitymedia.com if you or some you know would llike to participate.

• Keely Davis, junior, volleyball, Rock Canyon: She had 56 kills and a 41.1 hitting percentage in three matches at the Class 5A state tournament Nov. 11-12. She finished the season with 421 kills.

• Dylan McCaffrey, senior, football, Valor Christian: The Eagles’ quarterback completed 12-of-15 passes for 254 yards and four touchdowns in a 40-12 first-round Class 5A playoff win over Cherokee Trail on Nov. 11. He also rushed for a touchdown.

• Melissa Evans, senior, volleyball, Highlands Ranch: Evans had 21 kills as the Falcons defeated Coronado 3-2 on Nov. 12 in Class 5A pool play in the state volleyball tournament at the Denver Coliseum.

• Sterling Ostdahl, junior, football, Ponderosa: He passed for 219 yards during a 18-for-21 performance and rushed for 121 yards and a TD in a 40-14 first round Class 4A playoff win over Mesa Ridge on Nov. 12.

• Trey Windham, senior, football, Cherry Creek: He moved from running back to quarterback this season because of injuries and rushed for both touchdowns in a 14-0 first round Class 5A playoff win over Ralston Valley on Nov. 11.

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

T

here was definitely a Continental League and south metro-area flavor in the Denver Coliseum for the Nov. 11 and 12 state volleyball tournament.

There were five Jim Benton Continental teams in 5A pool play, and with Cherry Creek and Arapahoe, that meant seven of the 12 teams were from the south metro area.

Valor Christian in Class 4A gave the south suburbs another team.

“It’s because we get to play good competition,” Chaparral coach Amanda West said when quizzed about the dominance of south metro teams.

“Some of the other teams maybe don’t see that competition going into postseason.”

Highlands Ranch coach Lou Krauss pointed toward club-team participation, population and money.

“It’s kind of a combination,” he said.

“You have the population growing, especially in Douglas County, and you have the socio-economics, which allows kids to play in clubs. If you play club, that gives you an advantage over everyone else. In this sport, it takes a long time to develop skills.”

Class system under review The Colorado High School Activities Association’s Classification and League Organization Committee will create a subcommittee to explore the current classification system.

One of the considerations will be adding another class to the current system, which presently goes up to Class 5A. Hopefully, this subcommittee will have enough sense to not add any more classifications. There are too many already.

Any new recommendations that are passed won’t happen until the 2020-22 cycle.

Enrollment has always been the chief reason in dividing schools into classifications.

Population of public schools should be a part of classification divisions, especially in football, but not the only criteria.

Remember, the Hoosiers were from a small town in the popular 1986 movie that was inspired by the Milan Indians winning the 1954 Indiana state basketball championship.

Chances of that happening in Colorado are slim, but those enthralled by enrollment figures should look at Pomona.

The Panthers were the 2015 state runner-up in Class 5A football and topranked this season. Pomona also won the state wrestling championship, was the boys state track winner and are the two-time state gymnastics champs.

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Roundup of first-round football playoff action STAFF REPORT

After the first round of the Class 5A and 4A state football playoffs, quarterfinal matchups have been set.

In 5A, defending state champion and third-seeded Valor Christian (8-3) will host No. 6 Grandview (10-1) at 7 p.m. Nov. 18. Top-seeded Pomona (10-1) will play No. 9 seed Columbine (9-2) in a 7 p.m. Nov. 18 game at Jefferson County Stadium. Secondseeded Mullen will host No. 7 Cherry Creek in a 7 p.m. game on Nov. 18.

No. 5 Eaglecrest travels to No. 4 Regis Jesuit — date and time were not immediately available.

In Class 4A, No. 4 Ponderosa (10-1) will be at home against No. 5 Broom-

field (9-2) at 1 p.m. Nov. 19.

Valor Christian romped to a 42-0 first-round victory over Cherokee Trail on Nov. 11. It was the fewest points the Eagles have scored in the past six games as Valor has outscored teams 284-35 during that six-game stretch. Quarterback Dylan McCaffrey accounted for five touchdowns. He completed 12-of-15 passes for 221 yards and four touchdowns.

He ran for 55 yards and a TD. His younger brother Luke, caught six passes for 119 yards and three scores.

Injury-riddled Cherry Creek will be without starting defender Jonathan Van Diest because of a broken arm when the Bruins go against Mullen, the school that Creek coach

Dave Logan used to lead. Quarterback Trey Windham, who started the season as a running back, scored twice in the first quarter in the Bruins’ 14-0 first-round win over Ralston Valley on Nov. 11.

In other first-round games: • Eaglecrest remained unbeaten with a 40-12 rout of Chaparral.

• Pomona’s Cameron Gonzales rushed for 132 yards and two touchdowns in a 42-26 win over Bear Creek on Nov. 11. The Panthers took control of the game early, building up a 35-7 lead after three quarters.

• Grandview held Legacy to minus 11 yards rushing in a 37-7 victory over the Lightning on Nov. 11. Legacy quarterback Alex Lewis

completed 12-of-25 passes for 151 yards and a touchdown.

• Ponderosa pounded Mesa Ridge, 40-14, in the Mustangs’ playoff opener. Ponderosa junior quarterback Sterling Ostdahl finished with 340 yards total offense in the win.

He was 18-of-21 for 219 yards passing and rushed for 121 yards and a TD. His brother Quinton, who doubles as a linebacker, rushed for two scores.

• Broomfield eliminated Heritage with a 27-14 victory Nov. 12.

Broomfield took a commanding 24-7 lead into the fourth quarter. After Heritage closed to within 24-14, Broomfield tacked on a field goal to seal the victory.

VOLLEYBALL: Chaparral finishes season 19-9 after state tournament FROM PAGE 28

ment. I think we are definitely someone to compete with consistently.”

Chaparral, which won back-to-back state titles in 2010 and 2011, finished with a 19-9 record.

“Five of the teams we lost to, we lost to them in five sets and every one of them were top-ranked teams,” West said. “I felt we were battle tested and respected’’ Legend, a young team with 10 underclass players seeing varsity playing time this season, finished with an 18-9 record.

“I wish we could have had a couple more set wins Friday,” Legend coach Verlyn Rosenthal said. “We’re really excited the way girls came along. The girls worked hard. I feel like they really, really improved. They scrapped to get here. We had to go five each match in the regionals. We ran into a phenomenal Rock Canyon team. Our girls played hard and played well. We got a little outplayed against Rock Canyon.”

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Shelby Willis sets the ball for a Legend teammate during the Nov. 12 Class 5A state volleyball playoff game against Arapahoe.

Legend won the match 3-1, which gave the Titans a 1-1 pool play record, so they didn’t get to advance in the state tournament.

TOM MUNDS

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BENTON: Cherry Creek players named to all-league teams FROM PAGE 28

Pomona’s enrollment of 1,503 for the 2016-18 cycle ranked sixth in Jefferson County and 61st in the state.

Athletes and feeder programs make a big difference in addition to total enrollment.

All-Centennial softball Two individuals from Cherry Creek were named to the Centennial all-league softball teams.

Junior infielder Aubrea Leikam was a first-team selection and Allison McKean was tabbed as coach of the year.

Jim Benton is a sports writer for Colorado Community Media. He has been covering sports in the Denver area since 1968. He can be reached at jbenton@coloradocommunitymedia. com or at 303-566-4083.

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HOW TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE Send volunteer opportunities to hharden@coloradocommunitymedia.com 18th Judicial District Attorney’s Office Domestic Violence Program Provides information and support to crime victims Need: Victim Adocates interact with and support victims of domestic violence. They also provide resource referrals and explain processes to victims.

Requirements: 20 hours of training required; volunteers must commit to one morning a week at the Justice Center in Castle Rock.

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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.

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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

ASSE International Student Exchange Program Organizes student exchange programs Need: Local host families to provide homes for boys and girls age 15-18 from a variety of coutries.

Contact: Cathy Hintz, 406-4888325 or 800-733-2773 Castle Rock Senior Activity Center Provides services to local seniors Need: Volunteer drivers to take seniors to appointments, the grocery store, pharmacies and more.

Contact: Steph Schroeder, 303688-9498 Colorado Humane Society

Denver. Sessions take place every 6-8 weeks. Go to www. refugee-esl.org for information and volunteer application. Next training session is Saturday, July 30.

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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 Asset Building Coalition Provides low-income families with free tax preparation Need: Volunteers to join the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program Requirements: Volunteers are needed from Jan. 28 to April 17. No accounting background necessary; DABC trains all volunteers through an IRS-approved certification. Volunteers can choose their schedule and time commitment.

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Dear Douglas County Election Workers: As we wrap up the 2016 general election, I’d like to take a moment to express my thanks and give recognition to the many citizens of Douglas County who worked side by side with elections staff.

Together you provided voters with the opportunity to exercise their most fundamental privilege. From the implementation of the election itself, to processing more than 190,000 ballots and tabulating the results, it was your hard work and dedication that ultimately made the elections process a success.

During the 2016 general election, the election workforce grew from fewer than 11 members of staff to 375, including staff and workers, all who spent many hours preparing and training for the elections process, in their dedication to preserving the integrity of this democratic process. Each member of the elections team received specific training related to their role. These civic minded citizens became our mail ballot processing team and were caretakers of the ballots they handled from beginning to end, ensuring the accuracy of each vote cast.

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Vitamin D deficiency seen as overestimated threat Doctors say much testing isn’t really needed

BY MARILYNN MARCHIONE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Doctors are warning about vitamin D again, and it’s not the “we need more” news you might expect.

Instead, they say there’s too much needless testing and too many people taking too many pills for a problem that few people truly have.

The nutrient is crucial for strong bones and may play a role in other health conditions, though that is far less certain. Misunderstandings about the recommended amount of vitamin D have led to misinterpretation of blood tests and many people thinking they need more than they really do, some experts who helped set the levels write in the Nov. 10 New England Journal of Medicine.

Correctly interpreted, less than 6 percent of Americans ages 1 to 70 are deficient and only 13 percent are in danger of not getting enough.

That’s concerning, “but these levels of deficiency do not constitute a pandemic,” the authors write.

Yet people may think there is one.

Blood tests for vitamin D levels — not advised unless a problem like bone loss is suspected — are soaring.

Under Medicare, there was an 83-fold

In addition to sunshine, vitamin D can be found in several types of food including eggs, cheese and salmon.

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“I’m not sure when it got popular to check everybody for vitamin D deficiency,” but patients often ask for it, especially baby boomers, said Dr. Kenny Lin, a Georgetown University family physician and preventive medicine expert.

Vitamin D pill use also grew, from 5 percent of Americans in 1999 to 19 percent in 2012.

That may be due to many reports suggesting harm from too little of “the sunshine vitamin,” called that because our skin makes vitamin D from sun exposure. It’s tough to get enough in winter or from dietary sources like milk and oily fish, though

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Too much vitamin D can lead to high levels of calcium in the blood, which can cause nausea, constipation, kidney stones, an abnormal heart rhythm and other problems.

“We’re not saying that moderatedose supplements are risky, but more is not necessarily better,” said Dr. JoAnn Manson of Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston. She and several other advisers to the Institute of Medicine, which set the RDA, or recommended dietary allowance, wrote the journal article.

People vary, biologically, in how much of any vitamin they need. The institute estimated this by comparing various intake and blood levels with measures of bone health. They estimated that, on average, people

need about 400 international units of vitamin D per day, and 600 for people over 70.

To be safe and ensure that everyone gets enough, they set the RDA at the high end of the spectrum of the population’s needs — 600 to 800 units, depending on age. So by definition, nearly everyone’s true requirement is below that.

Many people and their doctors regard the RDA and its corresponding blood levels as a threshold that everyone needs to be above, the authors write. As a result, people often are told they are inadequate or deficient in D when, in fact, they’re not.

“If you’re chasing a lab number, that will lead to many people getting higher amounts of vitamin D than they need,” and labs vary a lot in the quality of testing, Manson said.

The bottom line: Get 600 to 800 units a day from food or supplements and skip the blood test unless you have special risk factors, Manson said.

A big study she is helping lead is testing whether higher levels lower the risk of cancer, heart disease, stroke, memory loss, depression, diabetes, bone loss or other problems. Nearly 26,000 people have been taking 2,000 units of D-3 (the most active form of vitamin D, also known as cholecalciferol) or dummy pills every day for five years. Results are expected in early 2018.

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Douglas-Elbert County Music Teachers’ Association meets at 9 a.m. every first Thursday at Parker Bible Church, between Jordan and Chambers on Main Street. All area music teachers are welcome. Call Lucie Washburn, 303-814-3479.

Leads Club Southeast Superstars meets at 7:30 a.m. Wednesdays at LePeep at Parker and Orchard roads. Call Linda Jones at 720641-0056.

The League of Women Voters of Arapahoe County has two meetings per month. No unit meetings are in June through August, but the two unit meetings per month will begin again in September on second Monday evenings and second Thursday mornings.

Call 303-798-2939. The group is open to residents of Douglas County.

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

Parker Leads meets from 4-5 p.m. every second and fourth Wednesdays. Call 303524-9890.

South Metro Sales and Business Professionals, a networking group, meet from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. every Wednesday at August Moon, 18651 E. Mainstreet, in Parker. Call Tom Joseph at 303-840-5825 for information.

Recreation Altitude Multisport Club invites anyone interested in triathlon, running, biking, or swimming to join us for group workouts.

Sunday morning swims at the Parker Rec Center and run and bike workouts throughout the week. Whether you’re an Ironman or have run a 5K, we welcome all abilities. Go to www.AltitudeMultisport.com for more information.

campgrounds within 2 to 5 hours of Denver.

We welcome all single adults. Our membership ranges from the 40s to 60-plus. We usually meet at 7 p.m. the first Tuesday of the month. For specific meeting information, contact campingsingles@gmail.com

Ave Maria Community Orchestra The Ave Maria Community Orchestra is a non-denominational volunteer organization looking for your musical talent. All ages and talents are welcome to join us sharing a great time making great music. Our group performs in many genres, including classical, ballad, show tunes, big band, jazz, and much more.

We are looking for singers, strings, brass, woodwind, piano, guitar and percussion. Call Mark Metzler at 720-255-7755.

Castle Rock Bridge Club plays a friendly, ACBL-sanctioned duplicate game at 1 p.m. every Monday and Wednesday at Plum Creek Golf Club, 331 Players Club Drive, Castle Rock.

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Parker Arts Council has youth open mic/ karaoke nights on the first Thursday of each month. The event is open to all ages. Kids 12 and under eat free. Takes place at Clavin’s Bar and Grill, 17904 Cottonwood Drive, Parker.

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Tour the streets of Parker, Elizabeth and Castle Rock. Call John at 720-842-5520.

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Salty Dog Sailing Club If you love to sail or want to try, if you don’t have a boat, if you have a boat but don’t sail enough because you cannot find a crew, the Salty Dog Sailing Club is for you. The club meets the second Thursday of the month. Dinner begins at 5:30 p.m. with the business meeting commencing at 7 p.m. Go to www.saltydog.org for meeting locations and directions.

BRIEFS FROM PAGE 8

Mail-in vote on hens The Stonegate Metropolitan District is asking residents to return a mail-in ballot by Nov. 23 regarding residents’ ability to keep chickens on their property.

Douglas County permits residents to maintain up to four hens, but Stonegate’s covenant currently prohibits residents from keeping poultry animals on their premises.

The proposed amendment would allow up to four hens to be kept on ones’ property. Another issue on the ballots is the approval of the HOA’s 2017 budget.

Ballots will be counted at a meeting on Nov. 28.

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SMITH: The sounds of late-night celebration are reminders of alienation FROM PAGE 12

Of course, I would lose Jennifer.

Of course, I would lose one friendship after another.

Of course, I would lose every opportunity as an artist that might still be out there for me.

There would be no happy ending. Not even a chance.

But I would be in good company.

Dylan Thomas.

On Nov. 3, 1953, Thomas spent most of the day in bed drinking in a New York City hotel. He went out drinking

that evening, returned to his hotel, and then left at 2 a.m., to drink some more.

He later said, “I had 18 straight whiskeys. I think that’s the record,” although the bartender disputed it.

He drank for the next few days, and died at noon on Nov. 9.

Other writers: O. Henry, Raymond Chandler, James Thurber.

The list of painters who drank themselves to death would fill out this column.

The country is askew. Or I am. I am not in tune. That would be a good excuse.

But a good excuse is not a good reason.

The unthinkable validation of one man is not why I am here. It’s taken a long old time to figure out why I am here, and he is not any part of it.

Not a particle, not a shred.

I have been disgusted before (O.J.), and I am sure I will be again.

Twenty years ago, I’d be on my third drink by now, and it’s only 8 in the morning.

The little green monkeys would come in and take me away from America.

Instead, by 8 o’clock this

morning, this had been started.

And I looked at the floor and saw my dog. I looked at a photograph of Jennifer.

If you think I am being melodramatic, try an addiction on for size.

Smitty and I walked at sunrise, and the sun did rise.

I opened a box of new paints and new brushes.

I turned up the volume on Richard Ray’s morning program on KVOD. For a few moments in the middle of the night, I felt meaningless.

I heard fireworks that

woke me, and I knew exactly what that meant. People I have nothing in common with were celebrating the election of someone I have nothing in common with.

Next to me, Smitty, who is losing his hearing, didn’t wake.

I looked across the room, and saw a portrait I’d done of my girlfriend. And smiled.

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

KUMMER: Expect stock values to fluctuate as Trump implements policies FROM PAGE 13

close and therefore caused some angst for about half of the population when their candidate is not elected.

Therefore, markets will react to the emotional aspect, if only temporarily.

We are also at the tail end of earnings season and anticipating a possible interest rate hike in December.

This, along with the uncertainty that comes with a new president, may be unsettling for many investors. In reality, the markets will predict the health of the economy over longer periods of time once the emotional reactions settle down.

Meanwhile, investors wait to hear what will come out of any new policies. There are some positive and negative aspects at first glance. Here is an outlook from Invesco’s chief strategist Robert Waldner Jr., CFA. • Fiscal easing may be a by-product of Trump’s promise to lower corporate and individual tax rates. This could potentially boost growth in the U.S. and lead to better corporate profits.

• Deregulation has been a touted in the campaign. This will likely start with the repeal of the Affordable Care Act along with reduced regulation in the energy sector and in the Dodd-Frank Act. • Trump focused on an anti-trade message and he will have the power to implement tariffs and change trade deals. The total impact here is unknown but could be a positive for better trade deals and more corporate growth in the U.S., but could also pull down foreign investments.

• Stronger growth could push interest rates higher and increase the strength of the U.S. dollar, which could fuel inflation.

While we don’t yet know the makeup of Trump’s advisers or the Cabinet, it is safe to say we will be seeing some changes. Hopefully those changes equal economic growth in the long run. We would expect stock values to fluctuate, sometimes significantly, as new policies are implemented. There could also be pressure on bond prices as interest rates rise.

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World premiere holiday musical comes home ‘I’ll Be Home For Christmas’ celebrates variety show era

BY CLARKE READER CREADER@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

There was a time when holiday specials were an event for the whole family. When everyone would gather in front of the television to watch personalities like Dean Martin, Carol Burnett or Sonny and Cher host variety shows featuring music, skits and laughter.

Nostalgia for those days is what drove Arvada Center musical director David Nehls and writer Kenn McLaughlin to create “I’ll Be Home For Christmas,” a musical developed for the center.

“We both grew up on variety

IF YOU GO WHAT: World premiere of “I’ll Be Home For Christmas” WHERE: Arvada Center 6901 Wadsworth Blvd., Arvada WHEN: Nov. 18 - Dec. 23 Tuesday - Saturday - 7:30 p.m.

Wednesday - 1 p.m.

Saturday and Sunday - 2 p.m.

COST: $53 - $77 INFORMATION: 720-898-7200 or www. arvadacenter.org shows,” explained McLaughlin. “We thought we’d take our love of variety shows and what was going on in 1969, which was a watershed moment in the changing dynamic in America, and create this show.”

The world premiere of “I’ll Be Home For Christmas” runs at the center, 6901 Wadsworth Blvd., from Nov. 18 through Dec. 23. Performances are 7:30

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HAPPY HOURS WITH THE CAST: Stay after the performance for a social hour with the cast Friday, Nov. 25 - 7:30 p.m.

Sunday, Dec. 4 - 2 p.m.

Wednesday, Dec. 1 p.m. p.m. Tuesday through Saturday, 1 p.m.

Wednesday, and 2 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.

“The feeling of everyone coming together is missing from a lot of Christmas shows,” said Rod Lansberry, the Arvada Center’s artistic producer.

“The show is a new approach to our holiday show, and I believe we’re creating not only a new piece, but a new tradition.”

As the 1960s end, the Bright family prepares for their annual Christmas variety show, one of the most-watched and anticipated television events of the year. The family gets a surprise

when their son, and former teen idol, Simon (Jake Mendes) returns from the Vietnam War, uneasy about returning to the stage and civilian life.

The show features new takes on classic Christmas numbers, as well as new songs written by Nehls.

“I’ve been the musical director for my own work before, but never at the Arvada Center,” he said. “The Arvada Center is the perfect place for new work, because it’s such an inviting and warm environment.”

McLaughlin and Nehls, as well as director Gavin Mayer, described the process of putting together “I’ll Be Home For Christmas” as collaborative and exciting.

“Christmas is my favorite time of year, so I take the opportunity to be part of people’s holiday season very seriously,” Mayer said. “This show is all about taking time out of life to breathe and about family being together.”

Publisher: Douglas County News Press

6November 18, 2016

Dated: 8/26/2016 CHRISTINE DUFFY DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee

Public Notices

Notices

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

WELDON P. PHILLIPS JR Colorado Registration #: 31827 1199 BANNOCK STREET , DENVER, COLORADO 80204 Phone #: (303) 350-3711 Fax #: Attorney File #: 9696.100588.F01

Public Trustees

Public Trustees

PUBLIC NOTICE

PUBLIC NOTICE

Parker NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2016-0228

Parker NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2016-0230

To Whom It May Concern: On 8/25/2016 3:50:00 PM the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in Douglas County.

To Whom It May Concern: On 8/25/2016 4:19:00 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: BERNARD ALLAGESWARAN LOGANATHAN AND KATIJAH BEEVE BINTE SHAIK ALAUDEEN Original Beneficiary: STEELE STREET BANK & TRUST Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: MIDFIRST BANK, A FEDERALLY CHARTERED SAVINGS ASSOCIATION Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 11/27/2013 Recording Date of DOT: 12/9/2013 Reception No. of DOT: 2013094832 DOT Recorded in Douglas County.

Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $265,000.00 Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $256,641.87

Original Grantor: TUYET TRAN AND THOA THI KIM TRAN Original Beneficiary: MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., ACTING SOLELY AS NOMINEE FOR HOMECOMINGS FINANCIAL NETWORK INC. Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: HSBC BANK USA, N.A., AS TRUSTEE FOR LUMINENT MORTGAGE TRUST 2006-6 Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 6/5/2006 Recording Date of DOT: 6/27/2006 Reception No. of DOT: 2006054304 DOT Recorded in Douglas County.

Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $625,600.00 Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $549,886.80

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 make payments on said indebtedness when the same were due and owing, and the legal holder of the indebtedness has accelerated the same and declared the same immediately fully due and payable.

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 4, VILLAGES OF PARKER FILING NO. 15A, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO

Which has the address of: 23453 Painted Hills Street, Parker, CO 80138 NOTICE OF SALE

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

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that on the first possible sale date (unless the sale is continued*) at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, December 14, 2016, at the Public Trustee’s office, 402 Wilcox Street, Castle Rock, Colorado, I will sell at public auction to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will deliver to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law. If the sale date is continued to a later date, the deadline to file a notice of intent to cure by those parties entitled to cure may also be extended.

If you believe that your lender or servicer has failed to provide a single point of contact (38-38-103.1 CRS) or they are still pursuing foreclosure even though you have submitted a completed loss mitigation application or you have been offered and have accepted a loss mitigation option (38-38-103.2 CRS), you may file a complaint with the Colorado Attorney General (720-508-6006) or the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (855411-2372) or both. However, the filing of a complaint in and of itself will not stop the foreclosure process.

First Publication: 10/20/2016 Last Publication: 11/17/2016 Publisher: Douglas County News Press Dated: 8/26/2016 CHRISTINE DUFFY DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee

The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: MARK YODER Colorado Registration #: 32488 1331 17TH STREET, SUITE 800, DENVER, COLORADO 80202 Phone #: (303) 260-5066 Fax #: Attorney File #: MIDFIRST

*YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE DATES on the Public Trustee website : http://www.douglas.co.us/publictrustee/ Legal Notice No.: 2016-0228 First Publication: 10/20/2016 Last Publication: 11/17/2016 Publisher: Douglas County News Press

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 11, PINERY WEST FILING NO. 1 B, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO ACCORDING TO THE RECORDED PLAT THEREOF AND ACCORDING TO PLAT CORRECTION CERTIFICATE RECORDED MAY 10, 2002 IN BOOK 2327 AT PAGE 1643.

Which has the address of: 5448 Hacienda Place, Parker, CO 80134 NOTICE OF SALE

*YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE DATES on the Public Trustee website: http://www.douglas.co.us/publictrustee/

Public Trustees

Legal Notice No.: 2016-0230 First Publication: 10/20/2016 Last Publication: 11/17/2016 Publisher: Douglas County News Press PUBLIC NOTICE Parker NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2016-0234 To Whom It May Concern: On 9/1/2016 11:21:00 AM the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in Douglas County.

Original Grantor: DAVIDE L MARKEGARD Original Beneficiary: MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., ACTING SOLELY AS NOMINEE FOR ACCREDITED HOME LENDERS, INC. Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY, AS TRUSTEE FOR MORGAN STANLEY ABS CAPITAL I INC. TRUST 2003-HE1 MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2003-HE1 Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 3/17/2003 Recording Date of DOT: 3/25/2003 Reception No. of DOT: 2003038590 DOT Recorded in Douglas County.

Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $240,000.00 Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $203,760.59 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 Turst 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: NORTH 1/2 OF LOT 7, BLOCK 6, GRAND VIEW ESTATES, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO.

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.

Which has the address of: 12943 North 2nd Street, Parker, CO 80134

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that on the first possible sale date (unless the sale is continued*) at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, December 14, 2016, 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.

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.

If you believe that your lender or servicer has failed to provide a single point of contact (38-38-103.1 CRS) or they are still pursuing foreclosure even though you have submitted a completed loss mitigation application or you have been offered and have accepted a loss mitigation option (38-38-103.2 CRS), you may file a complaint with the Colorado Attorney General (720-508-6006) or the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (855411-2372) or both. However, the filing of a complaint in and of itself will not stop the foreclosure process.

First Publication: 10/20/2016 Last Publication: 11/17/2016 Publisher: Douglas County News Press Dated: 8/26/2016 CHRISTINE DUFFY DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: WELDON P. PHILLIPS JR Colorado Registration #: 31827 1199 BANNOCK STREET , DENVER, COLORADO 80204 Phone #: (303) 350-3711 Fax #: Attorney File #: 9696.100588.F01 *YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE DATES on the Public Trustee website: http://www.douglas.co.us/publictrustee/ Legal Notice No.: 2016-0230 First Publication: 10/20/2016 Last Publication: 11/17/2016 Publisher: Douglas County News Press

NOTICE OF SALE

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that on the first possible sale date (unless the sale is continued*) at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, December 21, 2016, at the Public Trustee’s office, 402 Wilcox Street, Castle Rock, Colorado, I will sell at public auction to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will deliver to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law. If the sale date is continued to a later date, the deadline to file a notice of intent to cure by those parties entitled to cure may also be extended.

If you believe that your lender or servicer has failed to provide a single point of contact (38-38-103.1 CRS) or they are still pursuing foreclosure even though you have submitted a completed loss mitigation application or you have been offered and have accepted a loss mitigation option (38-38-103.2 CRS), you may file a complaint with the Colorado Attorney General (720-508-6006) or the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (855411-2372) or both. However, the filing of a complaint in and of itself will not stop the foreclosure process.

First Publication: 10/27/2016 Last Publication: 11/24/2016 Publisher: Douglas County News Press Dated: 9/2/2016 CHRISTINE DUFFY DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: MONICA KADRMAS Colorado Registration #: 34904 1199 BANNOCK STREET , DENVER, COLORADO 80204 Phone #: (303) 327-8769 Fax #: Attorney File #: 4500.101840.F01 *YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE DATES on the Public Trustee website : http://www.douglas.co.us/publictrustee/

ado Corporation, General Partner - Peter A Italiano, Planning Director on behalf of the Planning Commission c/o Planning Department Planning Commission of Douglas County Pueblo Bank and Trust Company - Robert Leon Dated: 9/2/2016 - Robin K Morley as Manager c/o Swat VII LLC CHRISTINE DUFFY Rocolo V LLC, a Colorado Limited Liability ComDOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee pany - Scott Carlson, Manager c/o Jordan Potomac LLC, a Colorado limited liability company The name, address and telephone numbers of - SPC LLC - Swat VII LLC, a Colorado Limited the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of Liability Company - The Parker Water & Sanitathe indebtedness is: tion District aka Parker Water & Sanitation District - Toni Davenport Fudge, Trustee Toni D MONICA KADRMAS Fudge Trust, Operating Manager & Member c/o Colorado Registration #: 34904 Colorado Venture II, LLC, a Florida Limited Lipublic notices call 303-566-4100 1199 BANNOCK STREET , To advertise yourability Company - Town of Parker - TST Inc of DENVER, COLORADO 80204 Denver aka TST Inc of Denver Consulting EnPhone #: (303) 327-8769 gineers - Walter W Maxwell, Chair, Board of Fax #: County Commissioners c/o Douglas County Attorney File #: 4500.101840.F01 You and each of you are hereby notified that on *YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE the 12th day of November 2013 the then County DATES on the Public T rustee website: Treasurer of the County of Douglas, in the State http://www.douglas.co.us/publictrustee/ of Colorado, sold at public tax lien sale to County of Douglas, Trustee the following deLegal Notice No.: 2016-0234 scribed real estate situate in the County of First Publication: 10/27/2016 Douglas, State of Colorado, to wit: Last Publication: 11/24/2016 Publisher: Douglas County News Press TRACT F COTTONWOOD SOUTH 1ST AMD 0.199 AM/L

First Publication: 10/27/2016 Last Publication: 11/24/2016 Publisher: Douglas County News Press

Public Trustees

Misc. Private Legals PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE OF PURCHASE OF REAL ESTATE AT TAX LIEN SALE AND OF APPLICATION FOR ISSUANCE OF TREASURERʼS DEED To Every Person in Actual Possession or Occupancy of the hereinafter Described Land, Lot or Premises, and to the Person in Whose Name the Same was Taxed or Specially Assessed, and to all Persons having an Interest or Title of Record in or to the said Premises and To Whom It May Concern, and more especially to: OCCUPANT - Aztec Consultants Inc, a Land Surveying Company - Board of County Commissioners of Douglas County - C Rey Tenney, a Duly Registered Professional Land Surveyor c/o Aztec Consultants, Inc- Carol Baumgartner, Town Clerk c/o Town of Parker - Cherry Creek Basin Authority c/o R S Wells Inc - Citywide Bank - Clear Creek 48 LLC, a Colorado Limited Liability Company aka Clear Creek 48 LLC Colorado Venture II, LLC, a Florida Limited Liability Company - Cottonwood South Development LLC - County of Douglas, Trustee c/o Douglas County - David W Knapp, Commercial Title Officer c/o Land Title Guarantee Co – David W Knapp, Title Officer c/o Land Title Guarrantee Co - Douglas County - E.S. Alba as President of Omnivest Realty, Inc, as General Partner of Jordan 92 LLLP, a Colorado registered limited liability limited partnership - E.S. Alba, President c/o Omnivest Realty Inc. G.P. E.S. Alba, President c/o Omnivest Realty, Inc., a Colorado Corporation, General Partner - E-470 Public Highway Authority - Federal Land Bank of Wichita - Frederick V Miale Jr., President c/o Omnivest Realty, Inc, a Colorado Corporation, General Partner of Jordan 92 LLLP - Frederick V Miale Jr., Vice President c/o Omnivest Realty, Inc, a Colorado Corporation, General Partner of Jordan 92 LLLP - Frederick V Miale, Jr, President c/o Omnivest International Inc., a Colorado Corporation, General Partner - Frederick V Miale, Jr, President c/o Omnivest International Inc., as General Partner of Jordan 92 LLLP, a Colorado registered limited liability partnership Gary Laster, Mayor, Town of Parker Attn: Carol Baumgartner - Hampton Partners Investments, LLC, a Colorado limited liability company, General Partner - J C Sherwood, V.P. c/o Citywide Bank - J. Lester Rose - J.C. Sherwood, SVP aka Joanne C Sherwood - James R Sullivan, Acting Chariman, Board of County Commissioners c/o Douglas County - Jeffrey S Robinson, as Manager of Hampton Partners Investments LLC as General Partner of Jordan 92, LLLP, a Colorado registered limited liability limited partnership - Jeffrey S Robinson, Manager c/o Hampton Partners Investments, LLC, a Colorado limited liability company, General Partner - Jesse E Loyd, ET AL - John H. Vice President c/o Pueblo Bank and Trust Company - Jordan 92 LLLP, a Colorado Limited Liability Limited Partnership aka Jordan 92 LLLP - Jordan 92, LLLP, a Colorado registered limited liability limited partnership - Jordan Potomac LLC - JR Engineering Ltd. - Kent D Carlson as Manager c/o Clear Creek 48 LLC - Land Title Guarantee Company - LP Partners, a Colorado General Partnership – Manager c/o Clear Creek 48 LLC, a Colorado limited liability company – Manager c/o Swat VII LLC. A Colorado limited liability company – Manager c/o Rocolo V LLC - Mark Morley as Manager c/o Rocolo V LLC, a Colorado limited liability company - Michael C Cregger, a duly registered Professional Land Surveyor c/o TST Inc. of Denver - Omnivest International Inc., a Colorado corporation, General Partner - Omnivest Realty, Inc, a Colorado Corporation aka Omnivest Realty Inc. G.P - Omnivest Realty, Inc, a Colorado Corporation, General Partner of Jordan 92 LLLP aka Omnivest Realty Inc. G.P - Omnivest Realty, Inc., a Colorado Corporation, General Partner - Peter A Italiano, Planning Director on behalf of the Planning Commission c/o Planning Department Planning Commission of Douglas County Pueblo Bank and Trust Company - Robert Leon - Robin K Morley as Manager c/o Swat VII LLC Rocolo V LLC, a Colorado Limited Liability Company - Scott Carlson, Manager c/o Jordan Potomac LLC, a Colorado limited liability company - SPC LLC - Swat VII LLC, a Colorado Limited Liability Company - The Parker Water & Sanitation District aka Parker Water & Sanitation District - Toni Davenport Fudge, Trustee Toni D Fudge Trust, Operating Manager & Member c/o Colorado Venture II, LLC, a Florida Limited Liability Company - Town of Parker - TST Inc of Denver aka TST Inc of Denver Consulting Engineers - Walter W Maxwell, Chair, Board of County Commissioners c/o Douglas County You and each of you are hereby notified that on the 12th day of November 2013 the then County Treasurer of the County of Douglas, in the State of Colorado, sold at public tax lien sale to County of Douglas, Trustee the following de-

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and said County Treasurer issued a certificate of purchase therefore to County of Douglas, Trustee. That said tax lien sale was made to satisfy the delinquent* taxes assessed against said real estate for the year 2012. That said real estate was taxed or specially assessed in the name(s) of Jordan 92 LLLP for said year 2012.

That on the 25th day of August 2016 said County of Douglas, Trustee assigned said certificate of purchase to Parker Water and Sanitation District.That said Parker Water and Sanitation District on the 26th day of August 2016 the present holder of said certificate, has made request upon the Treasurer of said County for a deed to said real estate; That a Treasurerʼs Deed will be issued for said real estate to the said Parker Water and Sanitation District at 1:00 oʼclock P.M., on the 16th day of February 2017 unless the same has been redeemed. Said property may be redeemed from said sale at any time prior to the actual execution of said Treasurerʼs Deed. Witness my hand this 24th day of October 2016. /s/ Diane A. Holbert County Treasurer of Douglas County Legal Notice No.: 930077 First Publication: November 3, 2016 Last Publication: November 17, 2016 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press

Government Legals PUBLIC NOTICE REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL (RFP) #053-16 CARCASS REMOVAL SERVICES

The Douglas County Sheriff’s Office, hereinafter referred to as the County, respectfully requests proposals from responsible and qualified individuals and/or companies who are able to provide animal carcass removal services within unincorporated Douglas County and within the City of Castle Pines and Town of Larkspur.

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

Five (5) copies of your RFP response shall be submitted in a sealed envelope plainly marked “RFP No. 053-16, Carcass Removal Services” prior to the due date and time. Electronic and/or faxed responses will not be accepted. RFP responses will be received until 3:00 p.m., on Wednesday, December 7, 2016 by the Douglas County Finance Department, Purchasing Division, 100 Third Street, Suite 130, Castle Rock, Colorado 80104. Proposals will not be considered which are received after the time stated, and any proposals so received will be returned unopened.

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

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

Legal Notice No.: 930227 First Publication: November 17, 2016 Last Publication: November 17, 2016 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press

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40 Parker Chronicle

November 18, 2016N

Coins collected for canine cancer each November Drive gathers spare change to help fund Flint Animal Cancer Center at CSU

BY KYLE HARDING KHARDING@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

In 2009, Kelly Kaliszewski lost her dog, Cain, to cancer.

“He was my heart dog,” she said. “It sucked.”

Kaliszewski spent the next several years traveling the country with two other dogs, Zoey and Eddie, raising awareness of canine cancer and fundraising for research. She also began an annual social media fundraising campaign called Coins for Canine Cancer. Every November, which is Pet Cancer Awareness Month, she asks people to donate spare change, which she in turn donates to the Colorado

State University Flint Animal Cancer Center on Colorado Gives Day in December.

Kaliszewski now owns Zoey’s Place Natural Pet Market on Alamo Street in Littleton, and for this year’s campaign she decided to le-

verage her relationships with other business owners, asking them to place donation boxes in their stores.

“Now that I have my own store, I thought it’d be great to get other merchants involved,” she said.

Her goal is to raise $1,000 through-

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The following local businesses have collection boxes: • Zoey’s Place Natural Pet Market, 2555 W. Alamo Ave., Littleton • Rooted Boutique, 2555 W. Alamo Ave., Littleton • Back-in-Line Wellness Center, 2555 W. Alamo Ave., Littleton • Details Boutique, 2359 W. Main St., Littleton • Outlaw Yoga, 2590 W. Main St., Littleton • In-Tea, 2440 W. Main St., Littleton • ArtSpark, 5743 S. Prince St., Littleton • The Poodle Shop, 1500 W. Littleton Blvd., Unit 118, Littleton • Urban Sophisticats, 5788 S. Rapp St., Littleton • 38 State Brewing Co., 8071 S. Broadway, Unit A., Littleton • Absolute Motor Works, 2904 S. Galapago St., Englewood

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14255Castle Lincoln St., Thornton Highlands Ranch2660 W. Belleview, Littleton Broomfield Rock 2300 Coalton Road 2300 Coalton 1346 New Beale St 900 Sgt Jon Stiles DrS. Kipling Pkwy, Littleton 8234 Broomfield Littleton Littleton -Rd, South Kipling Longmont Loveland Broomfield, CO 80021 CastleS Rock, CO 80108 Highlands Ranch, CO 2660 W Belleview Ave 8234 Kipling Pkwy 2250 Main St 3479 Mountain Lion Dr Mile 1346 New BealeCOSt,80127 Castle Rock 303.951.8120 303.951.8300 80129 Littleton, CO 80123 Littleton, Longmont, CO11140 80501 S. Twenty Loveland, CO Rd., 80537Parker 303.730.2999

Littleton - South Kipling

303.407.8920

Longmont

303.776.4101

Loveland

970.292.8206