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THE TAKEAWAY: New statistics show certain types of crime rose in the city last year P7

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NEWS IN A HURRY Fall Citizens’ Academy announced Registration is open for the fall session of the Arapahoe County Citizens Academy, a free seven-week class held by the 18th Judicial District Attorney’s office that gives students an indepth look at what happens in a criminal case between the time of arrest and post-conviction.

Attendees will also explore other units of the DA’s office, including the Special Victims Unit and Crime Scene Investigations.

The class meets every Wednesday from 6 to 9 p.m. from Sept.

20 to Nov. 1 at 6450 S. Revere Parkway in Centennial. Participants must be 18 or older and complete a background check.

Deadline for applications is Aug. 25. Visit da18.org for more info.

Sam Grantham is the CEO of Whole Health Club, which combines a gym with a kitchen focused on teaching healthy eating habits.

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Personal trainer, CEO of Whole Health Club Personal trainer and businessman I’ve been a personal trainer for five years. My business partner got me into it.

We identified a lot of gaps in the industry.

Specifically, as a personal trainer, you’re telling people how to eat, and they’re not doing it. They just don’t often know how, or they’d have excuses. We started Whole Health Club, and decided to put a kitchen directly on site. This is our proof-of-concept: a gym with a kitchen, or a kitchen with a gym.

I never wanted to be a trainer — I wanted to run a business. My partner’s the opposite: he’s all about health and fitness.

We’ve had great reception from people in the industry. We’re partnered with J.D. Roth, the creator of “The Biggest Loser.”

He’s educating people on the concepts we teach, like to eat more plants. We’ve got cardiologists on board too. They can see our clients if they have questions from the

medical perspective.

Colorado by way of Michigan and Florida I’m from Mason, Michigan, just south of Lansing. I went to Michigan State for 3 1/2 years, then got sick of being in Michigan and moved to Florida with my business partner. He dragged me into personal training. I dropped out of college to support this full time. We moved here from Florida to start our first Whole Health Club.

My girlfriend is one of the chefs on staff here. She went to Johnson and Wales here in Denver. My business partner is my cousin. My other business partner is my best friend since sixth grade.

Get some Vitamin N Free time is a luxury right now, but I love to snowboard. I’d like to do a little more of that. I love to get out in nature. We call it getting some Vitamin N. It’s important to calm yourself from the hustle and bustle. I’ve done a lot of traveling in my life, and I’d like to keep pursuing that.

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Applications for tax exemption A property tax exemption for 2017, for taxes payable in 2018, is available to qualifying senior citizens and surviving spouses of seniors who previously qualified. The program also is available to qualified disabled veterans.

For qualifying seniors, 50 percent of the first $200,000 of actual value of the applicant’s primary residence is exempted.

The State of Colorado will reimburse the Arapahoe County treasurer for the lost revenue.

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ACC hosts portrait exhibition Arapahoe Community College will host a Milestones Project exhibition from Aug. 14 to Sept.

11 at ACC’s Colorado Gallery of the Arts. “Littleton: My International Home Sweet Home” is a portrait exhibit commissioned

by ACC to showcase the community’s diversity. The Milestones Project, begun in 1998, consists of thousands of photographs of international children and adults with the intention of promoting cultural tolerance.

Admission is free. An opening reception will be held on Aug. 17 from 4 p.m. to 7. Call 303-797-5212 for more information.

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Once applied for, the assessor’s office will keep the application on file for future tax exemptions.

To qualify for the property tax exemption: The qualifying senior must be at least 65 years old on Jan. 1 of the year; must be the owner of record and must have been the owner of record for at least 10 consecutive years prior to Jan. 1; and must occupy the property as his or her primary residence and must have done so for at least 10 consecutive years prior to Jan. 1.

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In honor of overall women’s health, we are also looking for stories from readers who have overcome health obstacles, or have worked with doctors and nurses who have gone above and beyond in care.

If your story is selected, a member of the Colorado Community Media staff will contact you for an interview.

Send your information to Thelma Grimes at grimes@ coloradocommunitymedia. com.

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Self-storage business could displace longtime residents Land off Santa Fe Drive being eyed for rezoning

by Littleton City Council

BY DAVID GILBERT DGILBERT@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

When George and Donna Franz moved into the home they rent on South Santa Fe Drive in 1962, their rent was $85 a month, and they passed the time riding horses along the railroad or counting the handful of cars rolling along the two-lane highway.

If a plan making its way through the City of Littleton’s rezoning process is approved, before long the little, white wood-frame bungalow they call home will be bulldozed and replaced with 800 self-storage units.

George and Donna, both 78, don’t know where they’ll go, but with them will go a link to Littleton’s agricultural past.

“It was great here until everything built up around us,” said George, a retired truck driver, wringing his hands George and Donna Franz’s home on South Santa Fe Drive is likely to be torn down if a rezoning request is approved. George and at the kitchen table. “It used to be so Donna, who did not want their picture taken, said they don’t know where they’ll go after 55 years renting the house.

DAVID GILBERT quiet here. We sure miss all our old highway that was home to more cows house on the lot, a handsome brick friends. We wish we knew where we’re in 2015 after 78 years in business. than people, has become a densely ranch-style, was home to Sutton’s going to go.”

George and Donna’s house is one populated stretch, and the handful of mother until her death in 2002. After Their home at 6505 S. Santa Fe Drive of two on a large lot along the South old homes like George and Donna’s a brief stint as a rental, it now sits Platte River. Two large barns on the is owned by Gary Sutton, whose famabandoned. property were used to store hay and ily ran Valley Feed and Supply, the 9.625x6that Ad.pdf 1 7/12/17 Santa Fe Drive, once a country straw3:56 forPM the feed store. The other feed store17-CLIN-1555 on Main Street closed SEE STORAGE, P5

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are becoming scarce.

With the feed store now a vacant lot on a Main Street that seldom sees a farmer, and Sutton and his wife Roberta living in Sedalia, Sutton felt it was time to sell. If the rezoning goes through, the buyer — with whom Sutton is still working out terms — would be Cornerstone Storage, which would like to build 800 self-storage units on the property, including “garage condo” units often used to store cars.

For that to happen, the city would have to rezone the property from its current residential status to PD-I, or Planned Development — Industrial.

Cornerstone and Arapahoe Mental Health Center, which operates Bridge House, a residential treatment facility for mentally ill adults next door to the property, have jointly applied to have the property rezoned. Bridge House would get more parking out of the deal. Other details, including the possible sales price, were not yet available.

The rezoning application was recently approved by Littleton’s Planning Commission, and was passed unanimously on first reading at the

One of the Sutton family’s old barns on their property off South Santa Fe Drive. The barns were once used to store large and overstock items for the family’s feed store on Main Street.

DAVID GILBERT July 18 city council meeting.

The final step, a public hearing, is scheduled for the Aug. 15 city council meeting.

Looking back The property, cut down from 18 acres to four after years of piecemeal sales, is sandwiched between the sprawling Denver Seminary campus and Bridge House. Waist-high prairie grasses dance in the breeze on the long hill sloping toward the cottonwoods shading the South Platte River.

Behind George and Donna’s house, Siberian elms shroud the old Sutton home, where years-old phone books lie piled on the stoop.

Sitting at the table of their home on a hot July afternoon, George and Donna looked back on 55 years on the coun-

try road turned city.

“We raised our son here,” Donna said, her smiling eyes scanning the walls, hung with old black-and-white photos. “I raised chickens, rabbits — I grazed 13 cows where the seminary is now.”

The Suttons charged George and Donna $85 a month in rent when they moved in.

Today they pay $450 — about a third of the average Littleton rent.

The opportunity to buy the house never came up, Donna said.

“Paul Sutton, that’s Gary’s dad, he never would’ve sold to us,” Donna said. “That was the frontage of his property. And, well, after all those years, this was just home.

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Looking ahead The Suttons are working to make sure the Franzes won’t wind up with nowhere to go, said Roberta Sutton, Gary’s wife.

“We’re all trying to help them out,” Roberta said.

“They’re trying to find housing in about the worst market we’ve ever seen in Denver.”

George said they’ve been working with real estate agents, but their options aren’t great.

“I got a call from the real estate guy the other day — he said he’d found us a house, but to bring my work belt because it needs lots of repairs,” George said. “Oh, and absolutely no low bids, cash only.

They want $400,000 for it. Can you imagine?”

Donna said their health issues have slowed them down some.

“I just had a knee replacement and George had a triple bypass,” Donna said. “This is no time in our lives to have to make these kind of decisions, but you do what you have to do, I guess.”

Roberta said she and Gary offered to knock the Franzes’ rent down to $50 a month for the remainder of their tenancy.

“But George called us and said, ‘I won’t have it. The

rent’s $450 a month, and that’s what we’ll pay you.’ ” Roberta said though Gary’s mom has been gone for years, selling the property will still sting.

“So many Christmases and Thanksgivings in that old house,” Roberta said. “And all those years, George and Donna looked after Gary’s mom. These are people we owe something to. They’re good people and I will not put them out on the street.”

Cornerstone Storage’s rezoning application calls George and Donna’s home “not representative of the highest and best use for the property.” Cornerstone says its “garage condo” storage units are ideal for “collector cars, art, jet skis, snowmobiles and luxury RVs,” an amenity they say is “particularly attractive to business leaders, executives and professionals.”

If all goes according to plan, the houses and barns will be gone before long.

“Like all things, it’s time to let go,” Roberta said.

Cornerstone Storage promises that its storage units will be cognizant of the lot’s past: according to their rezoning application, their proposed buildings “have been designed to evoke a rural theme reminiscent of a more agricultural society of the past.”

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South Suburban looks to future of parks

BY DAVID GILBERT DGILBERT@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

South Suburban Parks and Recreation District is looking to the future to provide the antidote to the increasingly sedentary and crowded lifestyle of the south metro suburbs.

The district administers public parks, recreation centers and sports leagues across a wide area that includes Littleton, Sheridan, Centennial, Lone Tree, Bow Mar and Columbine Valley. The district recently published its first-ever comprehensive districtwide master plan, a document that takes stock of the district’s resources and amenities and provides guidance for the future.

So far, things are looking good, said Brett Collins, South Suburban’s director of planning and development.

“What we found is that overall people are happy with the program offerings, they like the facilities, they like the parks and trails,” Collins said. “Our users have lots of passion. Compared to much of the Front Range, we have an above-average level of service, and we have more parkland and trail offerings.”

Collins said the master plan also helped clarify the challenges faced by the 58-year-old district, with parks and recreation facilities aging.

Many facilities and programs are often operating at full capacity, the report says. Between budget year 2013-14 and 2015-16, batting cage rentals climbed 58 percent, fitness class registration was up 38 percent and adult hockey increased from 41 teams to 52. The district anticipates the population within its boundaries will grow by nearly 10,000 by 2021. Currently, the master plan says, 12 percent of children in the district get no regular physical activity.

The report identifies 10 “opportunities” for how to allocate funds and resources in coming years, based on responses from focus groups and surveys: • Improve recreation facilities • Renovate or construct new indoor athletic fields • Expand nature recreation opportunities • Renew playgrounds

• Increase adult activity program offerings • Conserve open space and water resources • Upgrade aquatic facilities • Improve community parks and multipurpose fields • Increase sustainable energy • Improve trail connections and signage Collins said the district’s resources were strained during the Great Recession, and many of the opportunity areas fell by the wayside. With the economy on better footing, the district anticipates being able to work on delayed projects.

Still, funding is always an issue, Collins said. The district’s funds come from property taxes, and Collins said the district has been examining the idea of extending some of its mill levies to become permanent, and extending existing bond debt to fund additional projects and address deferred maintenance.

A survey of South Suburban’s facilities found that while most are in at least fair condition, several fell short. “Poor” ratings were given to the Family Sports Dome, Harlow Park Outdoor Pool, Littleton Golf and Tennis Center, Lone Tree Golf Clubhouse and Hotel, Sheridan Recreation Center and an administration building and service center. Collins said the poor ratings often reflect roof or HVAC problems.

South Suburban would also like to improve its open space offerings, Collins said, though that may prove tough.

“There are very few opportunities to acquire open space land in the district,” Collins said. “It’s pretty landlocked at this point. There’s just so much development, and no big parcels available.”

Other goals include helping children connect with nature with an increased focus on more rugged parkland, such as in Littleton’s Lee Gulch and Creekside Experience parks.

“That’s been a movement in the last four or five years,” Collins said. “People like to see their kids go play in a stream, or in rocks, or walk across logs rather than the more rigid play equipment. It helps get them away from phones and iPads and so on.”

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Crime in Littleton: up and down City sees short-term climb in crime reports, but long-term trend still low

BY DAVID GILBERT DGILBERT@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Depending on how you look at the numbers — short-term or long-term — crime in Littleton is either up or down.

The Colorado Bureau of Investigation recently released its 2016 crime data, which showed some startling shifts: From 2015 to 2016, reported thefts went up almost 18 percent, reported robberies went up 20 percent and reported motor vehicle thefts went up a full third.

However, when looked at on a longer timeline, the numbers look different in perspective. If you look back over the years since the beginning of the 21st century, many types of crime are below their peak, which for most categories was from 2004-06.

One year — 2005 — was particularly bad, with reported burglaries, thefts and car thefts all peaking that year. Even with the jump in the 2016 numbers, when compared to that 2005 peak, reported burglaries are down 21 percent, reported thefts are down by a quarter, and even the jump in reported car thefts brings the number to less than half their highest level.

Though much local crime is ratcheted down to levels a good bit lower than 12 years ago, Littleton Police Department officials are concerned about the numbers creeping back up.

“I wish I knew what caused that fall, because I’d sure like to replicate anything we had going on,” said Littleton Police Chief Doug Stephens.

“We need to keep working on this, because you see the same increasing trend across the state Stephens and nation, especially with motor vehicle theft. It’s really climbed over the last couple years.”

Stephens wasn’t sure how to explain the mid-2000s spike or the subsequent decline, but said socioeconomic factors often play a role.

“Maybe as the economy is improving, crime gets better,” Stephens said.

“I just don’t know. I wish I did.”

He said that the recent increase may be linked to the opioid addiction epidemic .

“As we see heroin and opioids increase in use, we’re seeing these property crimes increase accordingly.

You see a lot of crimes where items are stolen to support a drug habit.”

Police intervention isn’t the only tool to battle the problem, Stephens said.

“We make arrests, and they end up in the criminal justice system, but that may not help them with their addiction,” Stephens said. “Whatever may happen to them criminally, they may still have that drug dependency. If there was a way that society in general could better effect people’s dependencies through treatment or counseling or other efforts, that could have a posi-

Littleton’s Neighborhood Resource Manager Mark Barons shows the city map he uses to monitor crime reports to develop a better picture of where to apply resources.

DAVID GILBERT tive effect on crime impacts.”

The most dramatic changes in Littleton’s crime statistics are those around drugs: Drug-offense arrests plummeted from triple digits prior to 2013, to less than 50 every year since recreational marijuana was legalized. DUI arrests are down almost two-thirds.

Stephens said marijuana legalization was a mixed bag for law enforcement: It means officers spend less time writing citations and booking sacks of weed into evidence, but it also gives them fewer opportunities to investigate people who may be guilty of other crimes.

DUI arrests may be down in part because marijuana use may be sup-

planting alcohol use, Stephens said, adding that it’s much harder to detect someone driving under the influence of marijuana.

“The only thing we can do is test their blood, and we need to get a warrant or probable cause to do that,” Stephens said. “I’m confident that as the science and technology grow and evolve, we’ll have a better ability to identify marijuana use among drivers on the roadside. Right now we’re behind the curve.”

Community outreach and interaction is key in fighting crime, Stephens said.

“Call us if you see something suspicious,” Stephens said. “People some-

times feel like what they’re observing is no big deal, or that they don’t want to bug us, but let us check it out. Sometimes just our presence can be enough to deter crime.”

Littleton’s community engagement efforts are increasingly technologyenabled.

Police crime reports are automatically updated on a publicly accessible online crime map, which can be found by going to www.littletongov.org and typing “crime map” into the search bar, and the city monitors the Nextdoor social media site to map crime hot spots, said Littleton’s Neighborhood Resource Manager Mark Barons.

“We’re reaching about 29 percent of households in the city,” Barons said of Nextdoor, which he said “is like Facebook for your neighborhood.”

Barons, whose department is tasked with a variety of community outreach efforts, said he also helps administer a neighborhood mediation program that provides a non-law enforcement route to resolve neighbor disputes that helps keeps unnecessary calls out of police dispatch.

Looking back to the beginning of the 21st century for crime trends is interesting but not immediately important to police, said Danielle Trujillo, a crime analyst with Littleton Police.

“We used to look back five years, but because things have changed so much, we just look back a couple years to get a gauge of what’s a reasonable range,” Trujillo said. “Our old range was much higher, and we’ve brought it down to a new normal.”

CRIME IN LITTLETON AND COLORADO Reported Offenses Murder/manslaughter Rape Robbery Assaults Burglary Larceny/theft Motor vehicle theft Arson All offenses

Arrests (adult and juvenile combined) Vandalism Drug arrests DUI Vagrancy Total arrests

Littleton Littleton 2016 2015 3 12 13 287 240 907 149 2 1,613

0 19 9 281 199 770 112 7 1,397

Littleton Littleton 2016 2015 35 68 123 2 1,439

31 79 145 7 1,461

Littleton 2014 1 24 9 255 234 651 104 15 1,293

Littleton 2014 30 86 163 2 1,456

Colorado Colorado Colorado 2016 2015 2014 189 3,512 3,518 46,833 23,515 106,768 19,430 934 203,765

172 3,275 3,321 44,710 23,333 102,369 15,932 863 193,112

150 2,961 3,031 41,769 23,134 98,313 12,478 947 181,838

Colorado Colorado Colorado 2016 2015 2014 5,670 15,647 21,953 477 219,839

5,452 14,720 23,385 304 218,055

5,355 13,521 24,746 531 222,239

SOURCE: Colorado Bureau of Investigation

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Members of the Franklin Fish swim team from South Suburban’s Franklin Pool inaugurate the new Franklin Street Bridge after swim practice. On June 30, South Suburban and project partners celebrated the completion of the High Line Canal Bridge Replacement Project and the new bridge.

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Bridge connects north and south sides of High Line Canal Trail runners and cyclists.

The project was managed by South Suburban Parks and Recreation in partnership with Arapahoe County Open Spaces, the City of Centennial and the City of Littleton.

The project has also replaced pedestrian bridges along the High Line Canal Trail at three other locations: South Bannock Street and West Ridge Road, in Littleton; and South Suburban Ice Arena and deKoevend parking lot in Centennial.

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The Franklin Street Bridge in Centennial, part of the High Line Canal Bridge Replacement Project, now connects Southglenn community members to trail systems beyond South Franklin Street.

The trail, which previously deadended at South Franklin Street, was completed in early July. The bridge connects the north and south sides of the High Line Canal Trail for walkers,

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An overalls good time

ittleton let out its inner hillbilly at the Turkey Leg and Wine Hoedown on Main Street on July 21 and 22, and overalls and Daisy Duke shorts abounded. Square dancers pranced at one end of the festival, organized

by Reinke Brothers owner and Historic Downtown Littleton Merchants Association president Greg Reinke. Elsewhere, kids floated on paddle boards in makeshift ponds, golfers knocked balls with putters made from crutches and refreshments were served out of wheelbarrows. For those with sophisticated pallets, there was the Wine and Cheese Tasting, consisting of Manischewitz wine (just this side of fruit juice) and every flavor of spray cheese, elegantly served on Ritz crackers.

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Coop and the Chicken Pluckers perform their rowdy rockabilly, with Mark Verschoor on upright bass and Dave Devore on lead guitar.

Reinke Brothers owner and Turkey Leg Hoedeown organizer Greg Reinke sets up for some fancy cheese tasting.

Quincy Guerrero, 4, practices her paddleboarding.

Judy and Jim Taylor of the Mountaineers club get their round dancing on.

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Painted rocks help family, friends deal with grief over teen’s death S Loss of 14-year-old spurs effort to share messages in fight against suicide

BY ELLIS ARNOLD EARNOLD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

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HOW TO PARTICIPATE To visit Kat’s Rocks page, go to facebook.com/ groups/rocks4kat.

To donate to the Katerina Graham Fund, which will pay for Graham’s medical bills, her June 23 memorial service and help suicide awareness organizations, go to gofundme.com/katerina-graham-fund.

Katerina Elizabeth Graham would began feeling depressed after an ankle have been 15 on the Fourth of July. injury in fall 2015 that left her unable But the teen, who loved ballet, died to participate in dance competitions.

May 7 after a suicide attempt three She also experienced bullying by weeks earlier that left her in a coma. students at her high school over social But her story lives on in the painted media about her family not having rocks that are spreading positivity much money, Garcia said. and suicide prevention messages — Graham didn’t leave a note, said such as “You matter” and “You are Garcia, 33, an Englewood resident for not alone” and even the number of a 15 years, so no one knows exactly what suicide prevention hotline — across drove her to attempt to take her own the world.

“Kat loved art drawing and painting, life.

But on April 16, Graham swallowed anything crafty,” said Amie Graham, an amount of medication that left her Katerina’s mother. “This gets people unconscious and was taken painting, an activity she loved Sky Ridge Medical Center to do — and talking to each FOR SUICIDE to in Lone Tree, Garcia said. other.”

She was transferred to Rocky A few weeks after Graham’s PREVENTION Mountain Hospital for Childeath, Graham’s parents HELP dren near downtown Denver and her godmother, Kristen that same day but slipped into Garcia, started a Facebook The National Suia coma, Garcia said. group called Kat’s Rocks to cide Prevention While Graham was still raise awareness about suicide Lifeline can be and start conversations that reached at 1-800- in the hospital, one of her friends, Sami Chapin, began may help people who feel 273-8255. painting rocks that read depressed.

“Pray for Kat” and scattering them Graham, who lived in Castle Pines,

Painted rocks on display at the June 23 memorial service for Katerina Graham, who died May 7 following a suicide attempt that had left her in a coma. Her family and godmother brought hundreds of rocks to the service so attendees could take them home to leave somewhere else. People who knew Graham — and people who didn’t — have painted rocks around the world to raise awareness about suicide.

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“The first rock post was a screen shot from one of my old neighbor friends,” Amie Graham said. “She saw

it on (the) Colorado Rocks (Facebook page). It gave me chills to know someone took the time to do that and was praying for her to pull through.”

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For Chapin, the rocks keep Katerina’s memory alive — she keeps some “special ones” that she looks at every day.

Painting “the rocks was very therapeutic and made me feel like I was doing something worthwhile in a situation where I felt helpless,” Chapin said. “Kat was one of my very close friends. I knew no matter what that I could talk to her about anything, and she would have advice for me ... she was one of my best friends.”

On May 29, when Graham’s father and Garcia’s husband were making a memory box for Graham, her mother decided to track the rocks because they appeared to be traveling all over.

So Garcia started the Facebook page the next day and began tracking the rocks on a map website. To date, the group has more than 2,300 members, many of whom post pictures of the rocks they paint. Nearly 200 have dropped pins on the map to mark their locations.

Her mother also wanted the rocks to be a feature of Graham’s June 23 memorial service. She and and Garcia bought 500 rocks from Home Depot and — with help from mem-

bers at Graham’s old dance studio and her brothers’ gymnastics studio — painted 500 rocks for the event.

People at the service took the rocks home to place somewhere else.

Garcia called it a “Live for Kat” challenge.

So far, the rocks have made it to three continents — North America, Europe and Africa — and places in Alaska, Hawaii and Puerto Rico, to name a few.

Some have taken the rocks, with messages such as “Dance for Kat” and “Play for Kat,” on vacation.

Dancers at a studio in Kansas, where Graham used to live, painted rocks and posted a video that broadcast those ideas June 3 — it challenged other studios to do the same.

And a dance studio in Australia painted an “inspiration wall” in the studio after finding out about Graham’s story.

The Facebook group has received messages from people who have attempted suicide or who have known someone who committed suicide, as well as from people of all ages who come across the page.

For her mother, that’s what the effort is all about.

“If Katerina’s story has helped even one person,” Amie Graham said, “then the rock painting is worth it.”

SPREADING KINDNESS THROUGH ROCKS The idea of painting rocks with positive messages spread on social media when The Kindness Rocks Project’s Facebook page started in 2015. That page now has

more than 30,000 followers, and countless other Facebook groups and pages — many in locales around the United States — have adopted the idea as well.

Parents Selected to Lead Developmental Pathways Board of Directors Last month, the Board of Directors for Developmental Pathways elected 4 new officers, 3 of whom are parents of people supported by Developmental Pathways. Not only do these officers hold a deep understanding of the nonprofit organization, but they also share the experience of caring for a loved one with a developmental disability/delay, making them especially qualified to guide the organization that supports more than 7,000 individuals with developmental disabilities/delays annually.

Developmental Pathways would also like to honor their outgoing officers. These leaders guided the organization through a period of tremendous change and growth. Former President of the Board, Tim Moore, oversaw the largest growth in staff and people served in the history of Developmental Pathways and helped in a transition to new executive leadership. Outgoing Vice President JoAnne Zboyan and Secretary Lynn Myers, likewise, provided crucial leadership and advanced the mission of Developmental Pathways throughout the community. Tim, JoAnne, and Lynn helped shift perspective to the future towards becoming thought leaders in a changing landscape for the people they serve. All 3 former officers will remain on the Board.

Newly elected Board Officers include Tim Batz, Kristin Hoover, Mayre Lynn Schmit, and Beth Klein.

Assuming the role of President is Tim Batz, a Risk Control Adviser at IMA, Inc. and dad to a celebrated athlete supported by Pathways. Vice President is Lieutenant Colonel (R) Kristin Hoover, senior consultant for Allardice Enterprises, Inc. and mom to two sons, one of whom is supported by Developmental Pathways.

Mayre Lynn Schmit assumes the role of Board Secretary. Schmit is a registered dental hygienist practicing in the Denver metro area for the past 3 decades and also has a son in Pathways’ care. Beth Klein is the only continuing officer and is aptly commissioned as Treasurer, considering her role as a Senior Vice President at FirstBank. Pathways is truly grateful for her continued dedication to the Board.

Developmental Pathways is honored to have a group of leaders whose unique vantage points help strengthen their organization.

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VOICES The sound of disapproval leads to personal removal

o boo is not taboo. To boo is human.

But what’s the point? The point is to express disapproval when there are no other options.

You are at a Rockies game, and the opposing pitcher throws to first, to hold the runner.

You boo. Why? An opposing coach or the manager walks to the mound to talk with the pitcher.

You boo. Why? “It’s tradition.”

Or maybe it’s because the guy next to you is booing, and the guy next to him is booing, and the guy next to him is booing. There is something about a collective that validates individual behavior.

Do you laugh in a comedy club because some-

thing is genuinely amusing, or do you laugh because others are laughing?

“Others are laughing” is the theory behind one of the most despicable, condescending, demeaning artifices of television.

The laugh track. If it has one, I don’t watch it.

Booing, audibly expressing a thumb’s down, has been around for a long time.

If the court jester came out and said, “Take my wife, please,” he could have and should have been yanked from stage right by a long-handled hook, amid elderly tomatoes in the air at his head. Along with boos.

In the coliseum, a thumb’s down may have meant that you were to become a lion’s kabob, Bob. The etymology of “boo” dates from 1738

Scotland, when a writer named Jacob Curate used it as a word to scare children. Thereafter, ghosts picked up on it, and so did the children in Arthur Radley’s neighborhood.

When baseball came along, booing took on a new connotation. You’re not really trying to scare the Cubs or the Tigers, are you?

I have yet to boo. I am waiting for the perfect moment. Actually there have been plenty of perfect moments already, if I believed in booing. But I don’t. As you know by now, I disapprove of many things. Booing seems senseless.

I have this forum, however, and that enables me to boo, as it were, without booing.

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s a lifelong fan of music, I have developed an appreciation for music that spans almost every genre. Everything from country to classical, clasWINNING sic rock to Southern rock, reggae to blues, WORDS and jazz to hymns.

And as I was listening to an old favorite Lynyrd Skynyrd tune, “Gimme Three Steps,” it made me think of something just a little different.

Part of the lyrics go like this: Michael Norton “Oh won’t you gimme three steps, gimme three steps mister, gimme three steps toward the door? Gimme three steps, gimme three steps mister and you’ll never see me no more.”

For some reason I thought about the “three steps” request in the song and related it to something I have been thinking about for a long time. I often think that we overlook the simplest things that we can be doing in our lives or saying to others in our lives that would have a positive impact and could easily be done in three steps, and more importantly three seconds or less. And yet we lose sight of that as we try and keep up with the rush and crush of life.

The spoken word is wonderful,

especially when coupled with the right tonality. I mean we can all tell if someone is sincere, hurt, kind, angry, or inspired just by the way they speak.

Yet we can also tell if they are bored or have become complacent. Think about the last time someone told you “I love you,” and you replied in return, “I love you too.” Did you receive the message of love as passionate and connected to a true feeling, whether it was romance, friendship or a family bond? And did your reply come off as sincere, caring and loving or did it sound flat, mundane, compliant? Huge difference right?

In the lyrics to the song above, pay attention to the last part of the lyrics, “Gimme three steps, gimme three steps mister and you’ll never see me no more.” Well if we don’t give those closest to us and most important to us, at the very least three seconds of our heart, we may never see them no more as well. Words can build us up or tear us down or apart, and it only takes three seconds or less to accomplish either.

You may want to remember this list, take a picture of it, or just cut it out from the paper so you have it. Maybe just write down a few of your favorites so you can be reminded to put them into use, and definitely create your own list as well. And if you do create

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Plan has potential of moving ACA replacement forward

his is no time to give up on repealing and replacing the Affordable Care Act, better known as Obamacare, but it is a time to dramatically alter the approach and try again. n On July 11, I sent a letter to Speaker of the House Paul Ryan and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell suggesting that Republicans revisit our approach to the ACA and break the effort into three GUEST separate initiatives.

The first, under the COLUMN budget reconciliation process, would limit changes to Medicaid to only the ACAcreated Medicaid expansion program and apply any savings as an offset for the taxes and penalties that impact working and Mike Coffman middle-class families; the second bill, also under budget reconciliation, would move all other ACA-related taxes out of the healthcare debate and into the pending tax reform bill; and the third would address the failing health insurance exchanges where individuals not

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your own list, I would love for you to email me a copy of your list. Here’s mine: 1. I love you 2. I appreciate you e 3. I forgive you 4. I am sorry 5. Thank you 6. I am proud of you 7. You make my day 8. Thinking about you 9. Praying for you 10. You mean so much to me I say this to remind us all that e common sense isn’t always common practice and that we can make a difference in our own lives and the lives of others in three seconds or less by saying the simplest of things that have

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But what if you are at Coors Field, and the umpire clearly misses a call at the plate? Should you accept it as a consequence of an imperfect system of judgment, namely that a human being made the call?

Or should you join in with the throaty drones and boo?

Booing, ultimately, is a waste of time and energy and vocalization, except as a momentary catharsis.

There is something called Crowd Behavior that embraces booing, and can lead to taunting, and even racist and sexist remarks. Crowd Behavior is one of the reasons why I no longer attend. That and endless phoning and

eligible for Medicaid and who do not have employer-provided health insurance now go for coverage. This part should be negotiated in a bipartisan manner outside of the filibuster-proof budget reconciliation process.

Medicaid expansion: As noted above, the traditional Medicaid program is a shared responsibility with costs divided about evenly between the federal government and the states. Under the ACA, the Medicaid expansion program has the federal government’s share starting at 100 percent and phasing down to 90 percent by 2020. It makes no sense to me that the federal government would favor able-bodied adults over all other Medicaid recipients, such as disabled children, whose costs are reimbursed at 50 percent by the federal government.

The ACA’s Medicaid expansion needs to revert to the standard Medicaid cost share that the states receive for all other Medicaid enrollees. This could be done by phasing it into effect by allowing all Medicaid expansion enrollees up to January 2020 to remain at the 90/10 split indefinitely while all new enrollees from January 2020 are at the standard reimbursement rate for each respective state (50 percent in

the potential for adding enormous value and meaning to any relationship.

And look at the list again — you will not find big words or words that need further definition. These are simple, uncomplicated words that carry the power to enrich our own life and all of the people in our life.

So how about you? Can you get a little better at giving someone just three seconds of love, appreciation, kindness, and forgiveness? Or are you already there and have a pretty good handle on taking care of this? Either way, I would love to see your list at gotonorton@ gmail.com, and when we can give each other a minimum of three seconds of our heart, 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.

photographing.

Do you go to a ball game expecting to boo, and pack a few boos along with your binoculars?

I have stood in front of coffee prices, and I have wanted to boo.

I have seen flip-flops on airplanes, and I have wanted to boo.

I have heard puns, and I have wanted to boo. Such as the photo caption, “Reese with her spoon, and Reese without her spoon.”

Booing is not for me, and lips that touch boos will never touch mine.

(Maybe you can explain to me why “boo” doubled turns into that wound on your big toe.)

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

Colorado). The abled-bodied Medicaid expansion enrollees are ideal candidates for Republican reform efforts such as capitated reimbursement rates and block grants to move the program away from being an archaic fee-for-service model to achieve better outcomes at lower cost.

Tax reform: There are 21 taxes and penalties in the ACA, many of which have nothing to do with health care.

The ACA taxes on higher income Americans, such as the 3.8 percent surtax on net investment income, are better addressed in the impending tax reform bill, not during the healthcare debate.

Health insurance reform: The ACA promised lower health insurance rates but we all know that never materialized. Now the healthcare exchanges, created under the ACA, are failing as health insurance carriers are losing money on the plans offered through the exchanges — with more and more

of them dropping out of the program.

When there are no carriers willing to provide policies for a certain state or region serviced by an exchange, the program collapses and consumers lose the ability to buy income-adjusted subsidized policies. I believe this is an area where Republicans and Democrats can come together to find a bipartisan solution that works to lower health insurance costs while maintaining consumer protections such as pre-existing conditions.

Right now we in Congress have a bipartisan opportunity to “fix” the many problems Americans have in obtaining access to affordable health care and to responsibly address the unsustainable cost of the ACA’s Medicaid expansion.

U.S. Rep. Mike Coffman, R-Aurora, serves Colorado’s 6th Congressional District, which includes, among other areas, Aurora, Centennial, Highlands Ranch, Littleton and parts of Adams County.

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“So many people didn’t have any options when an emergency happened, and so they would go to the ER, which can be very expensive,” said Kevin Riddleberger, co-founder and chief strategy officer with DispatchHealth.

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Students with School of Rock Littleton perform a David Bowie tribute at 2016 Film on the Rocks, opening for the event’s showing of the “Labyrinth.”

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From Broomfield to Golden to Castle Rock, bands endure struggles for love of music

BY CHRISTY STEADMAN CSTEADMAN@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

T

he struggles can be many for teen bands: They can’t book gigs in traditional bar venues because they’re too young. They have to juggle their music with school, athletics, family and jobs.

They can’t guarantee they’ll stick together after graduation.

But their passion — and perserverance — quickly makes the challenges fade away.

“All these kids have dreams of becoming a musician, so it’s important for

people to support them,” said Cadence Fisher, 15, a bassist with Skeleton Dolls, a Golden-based alternative rock band that consists of herself and her two sisters.

“Just because we’re young, it doesn’t mean we’re going to be terrible.”

Skeleton Dolls, which recently performed at the Buffalo Rose, is one of many teen bands livening up the music scene across the metro-Denver area: On the north end of town you can find bands such as Broomfieldbased Oblivate, and south in Castle Rock the band Over the Castle holds court.

“Starting early gives aspiring musicians the experience to become more motivated and driven to continue with music,” said Abby Cracraft, 16, a bassist with Obliviate. “We will be contributing to the music scene for years to come.”

Obliviate’s five members range in age from 15 to 17.

Besides Cracraft, there’s Abby Reynolds, lead vocals;

Obliviate of Broomfield, from left Andrew Saunders on guitar, Abby Reynolds as lead vocalist, Andrew Robinson on drums, Abby Cracraft on bass and Lexi Richards, on guitar perform at the Bittersweet Café on June 28.

COURTESY PHOTO Andrew Saunders and Lexi Richards, both on guitar; and drummer Andrew Robinson.

With so many members, the band makes it schedules

compatible in two ways.

First, band practice takes place consistently at the same place, for two hours at the same time every Friday. Second, so that each

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Baby box program gives women ‘breath of fresh air’ State initiative encourages safe sleep practices for parents and infants

BY SHANNA FORTIER SFORTIER@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

New and expecting moms throughout the Colorado now have access to free, safe place for babies to sleep with the Colorado launch of the baby box.

The Baby Box Co., the company behind the global initiative to equip expecting families with vital parenting education and resources, has partnered with Rocky Mountain Children’s Health Foundation (RMCHF) and Denver Health Foundation (DHF) to bring the initiative to Colorado, making it the fifth U.S. state to offer families a universal free baby box program.

A launch was held for the Colorado boxes July 13 at Rocky Mountain Children’s Health Foundation in Arvada.

“The baby box is not just a cardboard box,” explained Luanne Williams, executive director of Rocky Mountain Children’s Health Foundation. “It has gone through a lot of testing to be rated as a bassinet.”

Inside each box is a firm mattress with an organic sheet along with diapers, wipes and breastfeeding supplies for the new mom to utilize.

The Baby Box Co. co-founders Michelle Vick and Jennifer Clary based their company and product off the Finnish baby box program.

Vick said she was inspired to start the company after reading a BBC article about the program.

“Every baby who is born in the country receives this baby box,” Vick said of Finland. “And that means that every baby that’s born in the country has a safe place to sleep.”

Box promotes safe sleep habits The Finnish initiative, which enables every expecting woman in the country to claim a free baby box once she receives prenatal care and parenting information from a healthcare professional, is credited with helping to decrease Finland’s infant mortality rate.

The 2016 infant mortality rate for Finland is 2.5 per 1,000 babies, the fourth lowest in the world, according to the Central Intelligence Agency’s World Factbook. In the United States, the infant mortality rate is 5.8 per 1,000 babies, which Vick said is “shockingly high for a developed country.”

“We want to do what we can to try to help that,” Vick said.

The statewide program earmarked approximately 66,500 free baby boxes for distribution, the estimated number of Colorado babies expected to be delivered within one year, according to the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation.

Partners for the Colorado program include Rocky Mountain Children’s Health Foundation, Denver Health Foundation, Denver Department of Public Health, Lansinoh and multiple other healthcare organizations throughout the state.

One way baby boxes are utilized is to promote safe sleep habits, which

In addition to the certified box with mattress, new parents also receive diapers, wipes and breastfeeding supplies.

COURTESY PHOTO can be challenging for sleep-deprived parents and particularly for breastfeeding mothers. According to a recent study released by Temple University Hospital, 59 percent of mothers who exclusively breastfed their babies and used a baby box said it made breastfeeding easier, due to the proximity of the baby boxes at night. This study also found that baby boxes cut co-sleeping rates in breastfeeding mothers by half since mothers can keep the baby box close by without having to co-sleep out of convenience.

“For moms that are trying to breastfeed, it allows baby to be next to the mom while she’s sleeping, which will hopefully reduce the amount of cosleeping — where the baby is sleeping in the parents’ bed — which we know is not the safest place for a baby to sleep,” said Jan Kennaugh, neonatologist at Rocky Mountain Hospital for Children.

Denver mom Sarah Widmann was one of the first recipients of a Colorado baby box from The Baby Box Co. at the launch held July 13 at Rocky Mountain Children’s Health Foundation in Arvada.

“I’m super excited that this is a program that’s offered for new moms,” said Widmanm, while breastfeeding her 6-month-old daughter. “Everything you read, doctors always caution against co-sleeping — the baby can suffocate.

So, having a box right next to your bed is pretty convenient.”

Boxes tailored to Rocky Mountains Rocky Mountain Children’s Health Foundation is working with The Baby Box Co. as part of the foundation’s Best Start Program which aims to provide evidence-based resources and education to ensure that every newborn in Colorado has a safe place to sleep, can reap the benefits of human milk and will thrive by building a strong and healthy brain.

“At Rocky Mountain Children’s Health Foundation, we are committed to giving every baby born in Colorado the best start in life,” said Kennaugh, who also sits on the foundation’s board.

“One way we are doing this is by working to improve breastfeeding rates. It is our hope that the educational resources contained in Baby Box University and through Mothers’ Milk Bank and the convenience of the baby boxes will aid in this effort.”

The Colorado baby boxes are designed specifically for the state with pictures of mountains, trees, big sky and momma and baby animals native to the state.

“We love it when a box can be tailored to the local community,” Vick said.

“Community is important to us and these boxes scream Colorado. We love that.”

Baby boxes will be available to all Colorado moms free of charge after completing an online syllabus, developed specifically for Colorado by RMCHF in partnership with Denver’s Department of Public Health, through the educational platform, Baby Box University.

The educational component, Vick and Williams both said, is one of the most important part.

“We were worried that if you gave a parent the box — or a really expensive crib — they might still not follow safe sleep rules,” Vick said. “There’s a need to provide parents with the safe sleeping resources but also the education.”

At Baby Box University, parents can watch videos about safe sleep practices, how the baby box should be used, breastfeeding and other ways to keep baby healthy and safe. Once the course is completed, parents can pick up their Baby Box at any distribution center.

Colorado has 35 distribution centers as of July 13, with more being added each day. Many distribution centers are concentrated in the Denver metro area.

Robin Engleberg, program manager at the Denver Health Foundation, said they plan to distribute the baby boxes in each of their nine community health clinics located in the most vulnerable

HOW TO GET A BABY BOX 1. Register for free online at BabyBoxUniversity.com as a Colorado resident. Include your correct contact information, including mailing address.

2. Watch the 15- to 20-minute Colorado Best Start Program syllabus at BabyBoxUniversity.com. After taking a short quiz, you will receive a certificate of completion and then select local pick-up or direct delivery of your Baby Box. 3. If you select direct delivery, your Baby Box will ship to the address you provided when you registered on Baby Box University. If you select local pick-up for more immediate receipt, bring your Baby Box University certificate to the closest participating distribution site.

All expecting parents living in Colorado are eligible to receive a Baby Box, which includes newborn essentials such as diapers, baby wipes, activity cards from the Bezos Family Foundation, nursing pads and nipple cream for breastfeeding mothers, a onesie, waterproof tote bag and more. areas across the city.

Widmann, who was excited to take her baby box home and let her daughter Layla explore it, said the launch of baby boxes in Colorado was a “lovely breath of fresh air.”

“To give women resources instead of threaten that they’re going away …” she said. “It’s nice to see something positive happen in the community.”

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Paris book grew out of trip that failed to thrill Anthology has works by 18 women writers telling tales of city

BY SONYA ELLINGBOE SELLINGBOE@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

An overflow crowd jammed into the book talk space at Tattered Cover Aspen Grove on July 18 to hear Highlands Ranch author Eleanor Brown talk about the anthology she recently edited: “A Paris All Your Own.” She opened by explaining the background of her best-selling 2016 novel, “The Light of Paris.”

She was visiting her parents and talking about her idea for a book about Paris in the 1920, when her father said, “you know, your grandmother was in

Paris then ….” (No, she didn’t know.)

Her mother added that they had all of the grandmother’s letters written then … Brown went home, clutching a box of the precious letters, and in summer 2016 published “The Light of Paris,” about a woman, a recent college graduate, age 23. She lived in 1924 Paris — when the legendary artists and authors and socialites were at their peak of glamorous interaction and creativity …

Naturally, Brown felt the need to visit Paris and research the scene her grandmother — whom she really never knew very well — had loved.

“I listed all the books she mentioned and read them. I Googled maps of where she went … She was 23 in the 1923-24 Paris environment, a Wellesley graduate …”

The hitch was, it was now the 21st century and that Paris of legend no

longer exists. It had become a huge city, with related issues. They went across the Atlantic by steamship, across the Channel by ferry, as the grandmother had. Brown had lists of sites to retrace her grandmother’s excursions throughout Paris. “I broke my phone and computer shortly after arriving,” Brown said, “and I didn’t experience rudeness, except at the Apple store!”

But she wasn’t thrilled with Paris, either.

“I saw incredible art and grew in understanding. I wrote by the Medici Fountain in Luxembourg Gardens … I went like an American. I realized there were a whole lot of books about Paris — why?”

She contacted a number of best-selling woman writers in the U.S., England and Ireland, inviting them to write a personal essay about their time in Paris: “Tell me your Paris experience

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— behind the scenes,” and collected 17 plus her own to for this anthology. The title is based on Paula McClain’s words, “My time in Paris was like no one else’s ever … The ecstasy, the agony, all mine.” (McClain is author of “The Paris Wife,” about Hemingway and his wife.)

Brown was “startled by the variety — it was a narrow filter — they were all white … Think about your best self in Paris. It’s a very particular culture …”

The resulting collection is most engaging reading. Each of these writers has a distinctive style and way of meeting the world and processing what she sees, hears, eats, enjoys … or not.

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An evening of music at Drums Along the Rockies Members of BKXperience, an educational clinic hosted by Ascend Performing Arts, lead the opening ceremony of Drums Along the Rockies on July 15 at Sports Authority Field at Mile High. At the clinic, students learn performance techniques from the Blue Knights, Denver’s drum and bugle corp.

BY ALEX DEWIND ADEWIND@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Thousands of spectators flocked to Sports Authority Field at Mile High in Denver on July 15 to watch colorful performers put on a musical spectacle for the 54th Drums Along the Rockies. The annual marching event is hosted by Ascend Performing Arts, a youth performing arts organization based in Denver.

The evening featured performances by 10 elite drum and bugle corps — made up of 150 people ages 15 to 21 — from across the country, including the Denver metro area’s Blue Knights.

Performers spend hundreds of hours practicing for the competition, which draws national and international guests. Sanctioned

by Drum Corps International, featured corps are some of the best in the world, said George Lindstrom, operations manager of the event.

Events, such as Drums Along the Rockies, are in preparation for the Drum Corps International World Championships in Indianapolis in August.

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The Skeleton Dolls of Golden — from left, Cadence Fisher, 15, on bass, Aria Fisher, 12, on drums, and Harmony Fisher, 17, on guitar — perform at Golden Summer Jam on July 14 at the Buffalo Rose in Golden.

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Performances are planned out well in advance, Cracraft said, and because Globalsound Studio — the band’s manager and producer — takes care of all the booking, “all we have to focus on is the music.”

Being in a band creates a special kind of unity, said Aria Fisher, 12, who drums with Skeleton Dolls along with sisters Cadence and Harmony, who plays the guitar. All three sing vocals.

“It’s fun to play with people and connect in that way,” Aria said. “Music is something that brings everyone together.”

But there’s no guarantee successful bands will stay together after high school.

Harmony Fisher, for example, plans on attending college out-of-state to pursue biomedical engineering once she graduates.

“We would definitely love to make something of this band in the music scene,” Harmony said. “But one of the things about being a teen band is that you have to be prepared for the possibility of it falling apart because of future plans.”

Another challenge is booking shows, said Jason Kaplan, 16, drummer for Over the Castle.

“Anything we can get our hands on, we’ll take,” he said. The band usually performs in public, family-friendly events such as community festivals. “A lot of people don’t take you seriously

TEEN BANDS TO CHECK OUT Many talented young musicians and teen bands are performing throughout the Denver-metro area.

Here are just a few: Obliviate Broomfield www.facebook.com/ Obliviatemusic/ Olive Party Denver www.instagram. com/oliveparties/ Over the Castle Castle Rock www.overthecastle. com Skeleton Dolls Golden www.skeletondolls. com Surf Mom Denver

www.facebook.com/ surfmomco/ Taylorae Denver www.instagram. com/ravenrae03/ Other ways to support teen musicians: Globalsound Studio Broomfield www.globalsoundstudio.com Girls Rock Denver Denver www.girlsrockdenver. org School of Rock Aurora, Boulder, Broomfield, Denver, Littleton www.schoolofrock. com

until they see you perform. But then afterwards, they come up to you and shake your hand. I think that’s great.”

Over the Castle consists of Kaplan; lead singer Maya Stone, 17; and 17-yearold twin sisters Loren Hardy on bass and keyboard and Jenna Hardy on lead guitar.

They are already dreaming of the future.

“If it’s your dream to play music, don’t ever give up on it,” Kaplan said.

“We always remind ourselves that music is art. And we’re proud of our art.

For every one person that doesn’t like a certain song, someone else will love it.”

Over the Castle of Castle Rock headlines a performance at the Gothic Theater in Englewood in March 2016. Over the Castle consists of drummer Jason Kaplan; lead singer Maya Stone, 17; and 17-year-old twin sisters Loren Hardy on bass and keyboard and Jenna Hardy on lead guitar.

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‘Kaleidoscope’ heads toward closing reception

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The annual juried Kaleidoscope Juried Exhibition, which was started by local art lovers 13 years ago, is open through Aug. 4 at the Colorado Gallery of the Arts, in the Annex at Arapahoe Community College, 5900 S. Santa Fe Drive, Littleton.

A closing reception is scheduled on Aug. 4 from 5 to 8 p.m., to tie in with Littleton’s First Friday Art Walk and History Tours.

Entries were juried by Chris Stevens, cultural arts coordinator for the Curtis Arts and Humanities Center in Greenwood Village. Winners are: first place, Dustin Ellingboe, “Field I,” acrylic on canvas; second place, Kathie Ballah, “The Dalit,” digital black-and-white print; third place, Helen Shaffer, drawing, ”Rocking Chair, Yellow Green Flower.”

The gallery is open noon to 5 p.m. Mondays through Fridays; until 7 p.m. on Tuesdays. Admission is free.

“Field 1,” acrylic on canvas, by Dustin Ellingboe won first place in the 2017 Kaleidoscope exhibit at the Colorado Gallery of the Arts at Arapahoe Community College.

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He was introduced in Stephen Spielberg’s SONYA’S fairy-tale movie SAMPLER “Hook.” He has also voiced and acted in Disney’s animation series “American Dragon: Jake Long” and Nickelodeon’s “Avatar: The Last Airbender” and more. Enjoy gaming, comic books, technology and more Sonya Ellingboe — and a panel of Fantasy and Fairy Tale authors, 2-3 p.m.: Colleen Oakes (“Queen of Hearts Saga”); Brianna Shrum (“Never, Never”); Amalie Howard (“Alpha Goddess Series”); and Jason Henderson (“Alex Van Helsing Series”). Also: Hero-Villain Creation Workshop, 1-2 p.m.; Trivia

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All Colorado Show The annual All Colorado Show at the Depot Art Gallery opens Aug. 1, with a First Friday reception Aug. 4, where winners will be announced.

The gallery is located at 2069 W. Powers Ave., Littleton. See depotartgallery.org.

Along the garden path Reminder: Tour horticulturist Rob Proctor’s gorgeous garden, 3030 W. 46th Ave., Denver, from 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. on July 29 and 30. Tickets: $10 at Tagawa Gardens, 7711 S. Parker Road, Centennial, in advance or at the door.

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Call for artists Reminder to artists: Aug. 15 is the deadline for entries to Heritage Fine Arts Guild of Arapahoe County’s “This is Colorado” show. Lance

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‘Frozen’ Jr. Auditions: 3:45 p.m.

Tuesday, Aug. 1, at Spotlight Performing Arts Center, 6328 E. County Line Road, Unit 102, Highlands Ranch. Children ages 3-9 will spend 9 weeks learning singing, dancing and acting techniques while preparing “Frozen Jr.,” the musical. Classes will take place from 3:45-4:30 p.m. Tuesdays from Aug. 1 through the end of September. Performances are Sept. 30. Go to www. spotlightperformers.com or call 720-44-DANCE.

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‘Play!’ Band Practice: 9:30 a.m. and 11 a.m. Friday, July 28 at the Philip S. Miller Library, 100 S. Wilcox St., Castle Rock. Learn to play instruments in unison, then play, sing and have a blast. A summer reading event; all ages. Registration is required; contact 303-7917323 or DCL.org.

Dancing in the Streets: summer concert series, runs 6:30-8 p.m. the second and fourth Wednesdays this summer at Commons Park at the Streets at SouthGlenn, at University Boulevard and Arapahoe Road, Centennial.

Admission is free. Go to www. shopsouthglenn.com or contact margaret@stephens-studio.net.

Concert schedule: Aug. 9, Under a Blood Red Sky, U2 tribute band; Aug. 23, FACE, all vocal rock band.

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Coloring Inside the Pines: 2-4 p.m. Sunday, July 30 at the Castle Pines Library, 360 Village Square Lane. Get your creative juices flowing with adult coloring and great conversation. No registration required; contact at 303-7917323 or DCL.org.

Try It Tuesday: 4:30-5:30 p.m.

Tuesday, Aug. 1, at the Roxborough Library, 8357 N. Rampart Range Road, Unit 200.

Explore a variety of fun activities, including sewing, podcasting, card games and more.

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South of the Border Cooking: 6-9 p.m.

Monday, Aug. 7 at the PACE Center, 20000 Pikes Peak Ave., Parker. Learn techniques of Mexican cooking.

Make homemade tortillas and other favorites. For ages 16 and older. Call 303-805-6800 or go to www.parkerartscenter.com.

this week’s TOP FIVE Arapahoe County Fair: 11 a.m. Friday to Sunday, July 28-30 at the Arapahoe County Fairgrounds Event Center, 25690 E. Quincy Ave., Aurora. Highlights include concerts, mutton bustin’, petting farm, tractor pulls, rodeos, carnival rides, 4-H exhibits and fireworks.

Go to http://www.arapahoecountyfair. com/.

Music and a Movie: 7-10 p.m. Saturday, July 29 at Centennial Center Park, 13050 E. Peakview Ave., Centennial. Live music by the Retro Tribute Band. Movie is `Trolls.’ Movie starts at dusk. Food and beverages available for purchase.

Bring chairs and blankets.

Storytime Live: 10 a.m. to noon Saturday, July 29 at Kiddie Academy of Parker, 9350 Jordan Road, Parker. Curious George jumps off the page and visits the classroom in person. Light refreshments and educational activities for children and families will be provided. Register online at http:// www.kastorytime.com/.

Juried Art Show Entries: Tuesday, Aug. 15 is the deadline for entries for the Heritage Fine Arts Guild of Arapahoe County’s annual This is Colorado juried art show.

The show is open to all Colorado residents and runs from Oct. 10 to Nov. 2. A prospectus and entry form are available at www. heritage-guild.com or contact show director Mary Kay Jacobus at 303-594-4667.

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Native Americans of Colorado: 10-11 a.m. Friday, July 28 at Malley Senior Center, 3380 S. Lincoln St., Englewood. Join Active Minds as we tell the stories of the original inhabitants of Colorado. From Mesa Verde to the high plains, we will trace the civilizations of the Ute, Cheyenne, Arapaho, Pueblo and other tribes as we seek to understand Colorado’s Native American history and legacy. Call 303-762-2660 to RSVP. Get pass from inside center if you park in the lot.

Stick Horse Rodeo: 5:30-6:50 p.m. Saturday, July 29 at the Parker Library, 20105 E. Mainstreet. Have fun with stick horse activities, including barrel racing, pole bending, goat tying and more. For ages 3-6. Registration is required at 303-791-7323 or DCL. org.

Hog Roast: 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Saturday, July 29 at Tony’s Meats and Market, 7421 W. Bowles Ave., Littleton. Enjoy expertly cooked pork, along with potato salad, coleslaw and baked beans. Admission is free, and event is family friendly. Go to https://www.facebook.com/ events/118994885365882 National Night Out: 5-7 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 1 at Centennial Center Park, 13050 E. Peakview Ave., Centennial. National Night Out promotes policecommunity partnerships and neighborhood camaraderie. Join the Arapahoe County Sheriff ’s Office for demonstrations and check out its vehicles. Try the distracted driving course and see why texting and driving is not a safe choice. Go to http://www. centennialco.gov/Things-To-Do/calendar.aspx

Lifetree Café: 5-6 p.m. Monday, July 31 (Getting Unstuck); Monday, Aug. 6 (Science and Religion); Monday, Aug. 13 (Coping with Grief); Monday, Aug. 20 (They Hijacked my Life); and Monday, Aug. 27 (Cocussions: A Former NFL Player Speaks Out) at DAZBOG, 202 Wilcox St., Castle Rock. Call 303-814-0142. Go to LifetreeCafe.com.

SPARK! Gardening: 10-11:30 a.m.

Tuesday, Aug. 1 and Tuesday, Sept. 5 at Denver Botanic Gardens Chatfield Farms, 8500 W. Deer Creek Canyon Road, Littleton. In partnership with the Colorado chapter of the SPARK! Alzheimer’s Association, Denver Botanic Gardens offers an opportunity for participants with mild memory loss to enjoy hands-on garden related projects. Meet in the main parking lot in front of the Visitor Center. Free, registration required.

Go to www.botanicgardens.org.

Campfire Cowboy Stories: 7 p.m.

Wednesday, Aug. 2, at the Philip S. Miller Library, 100 S. Wilcox St., Castle Rock. Gather around the (virtual) campfire for fun cowboy stories and singalongs. Registration is required at 303-791-7323 or DCL.org.

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

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

Call 303-791-7323.

Wildfires: 6:30-7:30 p.m. Monday, Aug. 7 at Roxborough Library, 8357 N. Rampart Range Road, Ste. 200, Littleton. For those who live in areas subject to fire, few things can be more frightening.

Join Active Minds as we as we address the issue of wildfires from a variety of perspectives. Call 303-791-7323 or go to www.dcl. org to RSVP.

Brexit: What Does the Future Hold for the UK and the European Union? 12:30-1:30 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 8 at Tattered Cover, 7301 S. Santa Fe Drive, Littleton (in the Aspen Grove Shopping Center). In June 2016, British voters elected to exit the European Union, sending global stock markets sharply down and provoking global reactions running the gamut from horror to congratulations. Join Active Minds as we place this pivotal event in its historic context and explore where this high-stakes path may lead, not only for the UK, but also the EU and the rest of the world.

Call 303-470-7050.

PFLAG Potluck Picnic: 6-8 p.m.

Tuesday, Aug. 8 in the park pavilion south of the James H. LaRue Library, 9292 Ridgeline Blvd., Highlands Ranch. Bring

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a dish to share; drinks, dessert and tableware provided. Alcohol allowed, but no glass. Contact info@pflaghighlandsranch.org.

Take a Bite of the Big Apple: 3-4 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 9 at RiverPointe, 5225 S. Prince St., Littleton. From Broadway to Wall Street, Little Italy to Central Park, New York has a history and an energy all its own. Join Active Minds as we virtually visit one of the world’s most important cities.

We’ll explore the city’s past and present, as well as the important people and places that have shaped the city. Call 303-7970600 to RSVP. `Rich People Behaving Badly’: 7 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 10, at the Philip S. Miller Library, 100 S. Wilcox St., Castle Rock. Dick Kreck leads a presentation about his book; learn about the notorious characters who came through Colorado and the legends that followed them. Refreshments will be served at 6:45 p.m. Go to www. castlerockhistoricalsociety.org or contact the Castle Rock Museum at 303-814-3164 or museum@ castlerockhistoricalsociety.org.

Admission is free.

HEALTH

Splash Mash Dash Tri Camp: 5:30-6:30 p.m. Mondays and Thursdays through Aug. 5 at the Highlands Ranch Recreation Center, Northridge. Camp designed to prepare special needs athletes for the HRCA kids triathlon on Aug. 6.

For ages 8 to adult.

Swim practice on Mondays; bike/ run practice on Thursdays. Contact 303-471-7043 or summer.aden@ HRCAonline.org. Go to www.hrcaonline. org/tr `ROAD CarFit for Seniors: 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. the first Wednesday of each month through September, at Dahlia Campus for Health and Wellbeing, 3401 Eudora St., Denver.

10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. the second Wednesday of each month through September, at AAA-Colorado Southglenn, 700 S. University Blvd., Centennial.

Presented by the Reaching Older Adults Program, the 20-minute checkup is free but registration is requested. Call 303-991-5740 for an appointment.

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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MILESTONES Sadie Flora, of Englewood, was awarded the Fadenrecht Memorial Scholarship from Wheaton College. The Fadenrecht Memorial Fund provides funds based on merit for education majors.

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SPORTS

Changing lanes Bowling attracting more people as a social activity than as a sport

BY JIM BENTON | JBENTON@COLORDOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

A

s time wears on, all sports evolve — and bowling has definitely changed.

Nowhere is that more evident than in the facilities themselves.

Bowling used to be primarily a blue-collar sport that was driven by league and tournament bowlers, with food and beverage sales boosting the profitability. Now many bowling centers are social, family entertainment centers that appeal to the younger generation.

At least one study says the number of people who bowl has been on the upswing in recent years.

But for those who come to the lanes to focus on rolling a high score — often as part of league play — the trend of bowling alleys becoming social centers isn’t a selling point.

“It’s always neat to see what they are doing new, but I’m a traditionalist when it comes to bowling,” said Wes Yelvington, a 182-average bowler from Littleton. “I like places that are bowling alleys. You didn’t have the arcades and pool tables.

That’s cool and

HOW BOWLING PAYS OFF FOR STUDENTS In recent years, young bowlers have gotten the chance to attend college with league and tournament money earned from bowling, which goes into SMART fund accounts to help pay for tuition.

Additionally there are several scholarships available for students who participate in bowling.

Bowling had gained recognition with 21 states by the 2015-16 season as a varsity

high school sport, but not in Colorado. There were 141 colleges in the U.S. during the 2015-16 season that had men’s varsity bowling teams and 139 schools had women’s bowling programs.

com report, there were 29,105 high school bowlers in 2015 and 791 college varsity bowlers. There were 26,110 female high school bowlers and 1,270 college varsity bowlers.

Only women’s bowling is a sanctioned NCAA sport as an equivalency sport for scholarship purposes.

There is one women’s national championship for all divisions but some colleges do have men’s varsity teams.

In a Scholarshipstats.

The NCAA Division I scholarship limit for women’s team is five but schools can reach the limit by offering half scholarships to 10 bowlers. The limit is also five in Division II and eight in National Junior College Athletic Association.

fun. It’s like an indoor amusement park for kids — but I want a little more.”

According to a Sports & Fitness Industry Association bowling participation report, league bowlers dropped from 2.48 million in 2007-08 to 1.49 million in 2015-16.

The number of bowling alleys in a 15-year span dropped 26 percent from 5,400 to 3,976 in 2013. But the number of people who say they bowl increased 10 percent.

For some professionals, the modern climate doesn’t hold a lot of promise for the sport — as

opposed to the social activity — of bowling.

“The bowling industry doesn’t have as many centers to bowl in and it tends to be going downhill around the Denver area,” said Sharon Powers, a 10-time Denver Women’s Bowler of the Year from Lakewood and a former tour professional. “People don’t take it seriously. It’s just ‘Let’s go bowl a couple games and go play pinball machines.’ To me it’s almost like making a joke of bowling.”

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With new technology, bowlers have a ball as scores rise

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Men’s roller derby team represents Mile High City Englewood man skates with Denver’s Ground Control squad

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Roller derby began as an all-women’s sport but with its rebirth in 2001 in Texas, programs also included men’s teams, and Englewood resident Josh Souz signed up when he learned about Ground Control, the Denver Roller Derby men’s team.

Souz and other members of the men’s team took part in the Denver Roller Derby July 12 practice and scrimmage at the Glitterdome in Denver, where the male skaters scrimmaged with the women.

“I have been roller skating most of my life. I was on the rink at a Skate City when I was asked to become a member of the men’s roller derby team and a roller hockey team on the same night,” Souz said.

“I hadn’t been in an organized sport for a while, I had played roller hockey, so I decided to figure out what roller derby was all about. That was al-

Englewood resident Josh Souz looks to block an opponent during the July 12 Denver Roller Derby practice and scrimmage at Denver’s Glitterdome. Souz is a member of the DRD men’s team but since the roster is small, the men practice and scrimmage with the women. Souz has been competing in men’s roller derby for six years because it is a good way to stay physically fit and to have fun.

TOM MUNDS most seven years ago and I am still with it.”

The scrimmage was a series of matches called jams. Each team sends five players out onto the flat oval-shaped track, four blockers and a jammer. When the starting whistle blows, the blockers focus on keeping the other team’s jammer from breaking free while opening a route for their jammer to race around the track and score points by

passing opponents.

When a jammer got out of the pack during the jams at the scrimmage, her teammates set up to slow the pack while her opponents set up to keep her from passing them.

Blocks were physical, often sending one or more players to the track surface. But the players quickly got up and returned to the battle.

Often one member of the men’s team joined the group

when a jam was called. It seemed no one payed attention to whether the opponent was a man or a woman and frequently it was a man who got knocked to the skating surface.

“It is always intense out there on the track,” the Englewood man said during a break in the action. “We don’t have a lot of skaters on the men’s team so we scrimmage with the women. The contact is

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Souz uses his skating skills and speed as a jammer for the team. He said the most fun for him is when he circles the track and his blockers set things up for him so he can zip through the pack and score points by passing the opposing players.

The 32-year-old said roller derby is fun and his biggest challenge when he joined the sport was learning to use the quad-wheel skates instead of in-line skates.

“I had been using in-line skates almost all my life,” he said. “The only time I had four wheels per skate was when I was a little kid. It took some time getting used to the difference in the skates but it was part of the fun of being a roller derby skater.”

All roller derby athletes are amateurs with full-time jobs to make a living. Souz is a member of a military family and grew up in a number of different places. He has lived in Englewood for more than two years and works in an information technology position as a site liability engineer.

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For a typical Friday or Saturday night outing, bowling costs more than $5 a game, not including shoe rental.

Toss in video games and food and the dollars add up.

To that end, today’s bowlers tend to have higher-than-average incomes.

A 2016 Experian Simmons National Consumer Survey found the annual median income of a bowling household was more than $76,000, while more than 28 percent of all bowlers had household incomes of over $100,000. The median household income in the nation is about $56,000, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

There are 23 bowling centers in the Denver metro area. Only four are independently owned: Arapahoe Bowling Center, 6850 S. Dayton St., Greenwood Village; Crown Lanes, 2325 S. Federal Blvd., Denver; Paramount Bowl, 2625 Kipling St., Wheat Ridge; and Holiday Lanes, 10350 W. Colfax Ave., Lakewood.

Bowlmor AMF is the largest bowling operator in the United States, with 304 centers — 293 in the U.S., eight in Mexico and three in Canada.

Bowlmor AMF was created from the merger of Bowlmor and AMF. The company acquired Brunswick bowling centers in 2014 for $270 million.

Atairos, a private investment fund, recently acquired a substantial ownership of Bowlmor AMF for an estimated $1 billion, but the management structure will remain, which means little change in the philosophy — which is more of a party, nightclub atmosphere with mostly open bowling.

One of the Denver-area bowling centers that has adopted the Bowlmor philosophy is Bowlero Lone Tree, which has a big arcade, laser tag, big-screen televisions and glow lights.

Boondocks Food and Fun is another entertainment center that features bowling. It has locations in Utah, plus two in the Denver area: one in Parker at 18706 Cottonwood Drive, and the other in Northglenn at 11425 Community Center Drive. There are bowling lanes plus plenty of games for youngsters, including go-karts, bumper boats and miniature golf.

“At Boondocks, bowling is one of the main attractions for our guests,” said John Schnerbarth, general manager of the Parker Boondocks location. “Guests can purchase bowling time by itself or as part of our unlimited day pass. We are trying to put a Wednesday evening league together that will run for 12 weeks. Hopefully we will get enough interest and teams to create this league.”

Some metro-area centers manage to attract a crowd focused more on the sport than on the atmosphere — even while being part of the big chain.

Englewood’s AMF Belleview Lanes is “still a league-dominant house,” said Christina Radzikowski, manager of the center at 4900 S. Federal Blvd.

But that doesn’t mean there haven’t been some changes.

“A lot of our men’s leagues have dwindled over the years,” Radzikowski said. “One, because we are more mixed and women are bowling more.

Overall, it’s not like it was in the ‘60s with a guy’s night out bowling and the woman stays home with the children.

“It’s a different era.”

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To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On May 5, 2017, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Arapahoe records.

Original Grantor(s) Sandra J Stanger Original Beneficiary(ies) Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. Current Holder of Evidence of Debt Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. Date of Deed of Trust September 16, 2008 County of Recording Arapahoe Recording Date of Deed of Trust October 14, 2008 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) B8115099 Original Principal Amount $168,428.00 Outstanding Principal Balance $162,708.87

Pursuant to CRS §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 thereof.

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LOT 9, BLOCK 2, WINDEMERE HOMES TRACT NO. 2, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO. Also known by street and number as: 6402 S Spotswood St, Littleton, CO 80120.

THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST. NOTICE OF SALE

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

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, 08/23/2017, at the East Hearing Room, County Administration Building, 5334 South Prince Street, Littleton, Colorado, 80120, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the 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 issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

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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 THE BORROWER BELIEVES THAT A LENDER OR SERVICER HAS VIOLATED THE REQUIREMENTS FOR A SINGLE POINT OF CONTACT IN SECTION 38-38-103.1 OR THE PROHIBITION ON DUAL TRACKING IN SECTION 38-38-103.2, THE BORROWER MAY FILE A COMPLAINT WITH THE COLORADO ATTORNEY GENERAL, THE FEDERAL CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION BUREAU (CFPB), OR BOTH. THE FILING OF A COMPLAINT WILL NOT STOP THE FORECLOSURE PROCESS. Colorado Attorney General 1300 Broadway, 10th Floor Denver, Colorado 80203 (800) 222-4444 www.coloradoattorneygeneral.gov Federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau P.O. Box 4503 Iowa City, Iowa 52244 (855) 411-2372 www.consumerfinance.gov DATE: 05/05/2017 Public Trustee in and for the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado By: Diana Springfield, Chief Deputy, for Public Trustee The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is:

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To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On May 10, 2017, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Arapahoe records.

Original Grantor(s) BENITO LONGORIA AND KELLY R LONGORIA Original Beneficiary(ies) MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. AS NOMINEE FOR FREEDOM MORTGAGE CORPORATION, ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS Current Holder of Evidence of Debt MIDFIRST BANK Date of Deed of Trust June 02, 2015 County of Recording Arapahoe Recording Date of Deed of Trust June 10, 2015 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) D5060505 Original Principal Amount $392,755.00 Outstanding Principal Balance $383,876.91 Pursuant to CRS §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 thereof.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. LOT 25, BLOCK 3, THE HIGHLANDS FIRST FILING, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO. Also known by street and number as: 1148 E IRWIN PL, CENTENNIAL, CO 80122.

THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST. NOTICE OF SALE The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, described herein, has filed Notice of Election and Demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust.

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, 08/30/2017, at the East Hearing Room, County Administration Building, 5334 South Prince Street, Littleton, Colorado, 80120, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the 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 issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

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Pursuant to CRS §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 thereof.

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On May 31, 2017, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Arapahoe records.

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LATER DATE, THE DEADLINE TO FILE A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE BY THOSE THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL PARTIES ENTITLED TO CURE MAY ALSO BE OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENEXTENDED; CUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST. IF THE BORROWER BELIEVES THAT A LENDER OR SERVICER HAS VIOLATED THE NOTICE OF SALE REQUIREMENTS FOR A SINGLE POINT OF CONTACT IN SECTION 38-38-103.1 OR THE The current holder of the Evidence of Debt sePROHIBITION ON DUAL TRACKING IN SECcured by the Deed of Trust, described herein, TION 38-38-103.2, THE BORROWER MAY has filed Notice of Election and Demand for sale FILE A COMPLAINT WITH THE COLORADO as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust.

ATTORNEY GENERAL, THE FEDERAL CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION BUREAU THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will (CFPB), OR BOTH. THE FILING OF A COMat public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, PLAINT WILL NOT STOP THE FORECLOS09/20/2017, at the East Hearing Room, County URE PROCESS. Administration Building, 5334 South Prince Street, Littleton, Colorado, 80120, sell to the Colorado Attorney General highest and best bidder for cash, the said real 1300 Broadway, 10th Floor property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Denver, Colorado 80203 Grantor(s)' heirs and assigns therein, for the (800) 222-4444 purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in www.coloradoattorneygeneral.gov said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys' fees, the expenses of sale Federal Consumer Financial and other items allowed by law, and will issue to Protection Bureau the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as P.O. Box 4503 provided by law.

Iowa City, Iowa 52244 (855) 411-2372 First Publication: 7/27/2017 www.consumerfinance.gov Last Publication: 8/24/2017 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent DATE: 05/10/2017 Public Trustee in and for the County of ArIF THE SALE DATE IS CONTINUED TO A apahoe, State of Colorado LATER DATE, THE DEADLINE TO FILE A NOBy: Diana Springfield, Chief Deputy, for Public TICE OF INTENT TO CURE BY THOSE Trustee PARTIES ENTITLED TO CURE MAY ALSO BE EXTENDED; The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the IF THE BORROWER BELIEVES THAT A attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the LENDER OR SERVICER HAS VIOLATED THE indebtedness is: REQUIREMENTS FOR A SINGLE POINT OF CONTACT IN SECTION 38-38-103.1 OR THE Lynn M. Janeway #15592 PROHIBITION ON DUAL TRACKING IN SECElizabeth S. Marcus #16092 TION 38-38-103.2, THE BORROWER MAY Kelly Murdock #46915 FILE A COMPLAINT WITH THE COLORADO David R. Doughty #40042 ATTORNEY GENERAL, THE FEDERAL CONAlison L Berry #34531 SUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION BUREAU Sheila J Finn #36637 (CFPB), OR BOTH. THE FILING OF A COMEve M. Grina #43658 PLAINT WILL NOT STOP THE FORECLOSNicholas H. Santarelli #46592 URE PROCESS. Janeway Law Firm PC 9800 S. Meridian Blvd., Suite 400, Englewood, CO 80112 (303) 706Colorado Attorney General 9990 1300 Broadway, 10th Floor Attorney File # 17-015228_FC01 Denver, Colorado 80203 (800) 222-4444 The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector www.coloradoattorneygeneral.gov and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose.

Federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau ©Public Trustees' Association P.O. Box 4503 of Colorado Revised 1/2015 Iowa City, Iowa 52244 (855) 411-2372 Legal Notice NO.: 0240-2017 www.consumerfinance.gov First Publication: 7/6/2017 Last Publication: 8/3/2017 DATE: 05/31/2017 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent Public Trustee in and for the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado By: Diana Springfield, Chief Deputy, for Public COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION Trustee CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0290-2017 The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the with regard to the following described Deed of indebtedness is: Trust: Eve Grina #43658 On May 31, 2017, the undersigned Public TrustJennifer Cruseturner #44452 ee caused the Notice of Election and Demand Holly Shilliday #24423 relating to the Deed of Trust described below to Courtney Wright #45482 be recorded in the County of Arapahoe records.

Erin Robson #46557 Jennifer Rogers #34682 Original Grantor(s) McCarthy & Holthus LLP 7700 E Arapahoe Michael W Pollard and Jennisty L Pollard Road, Suite 230, Centennial, CO 80112 (877) Original Beneficiary(ies) 369-6122 New Century Mortgage Corporation Attorney File # CO-17-771837-LL Current Holder of Evidence of Debt U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee for The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector Citigroup Mortgage Loan Trust, Inc. 2006-NC1, and is attempting to collect a debt. Any informaAsset-Backed Pass-Through Certificates Series tion provided may be used for that purpose.

2006-NC1 Date of Deed of Trust ©Public Trustees' Association April 21, 2006 of Colorado Revised 1/2015 County of Recording Arapahoe Legal Notice NO.: 0290-2017 Recording Date of Deed of Trust First Publication: 7/27/2017 April 25, 2006 Last Publication: 8/24/2017 LOT 25, BLOCK 3, THE HIGHLANDS FIRST FILING, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO.

Public Trustees

Public Trustees

Littleton Englewood * 1

Road, Suite 230, Centennial, CO 80112 (877) 369-6122 Attorney File # CO-17-771837-LL

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The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose.

Public Trustees

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Legal Notice NO.: 0290-2017 First Publication: 7/27/2017 Last Publication: 8/24/2017 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent

Name Changes PUBLIC NOTICE Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name Public notice is given on Jone 30, 2017 that a Petition for a Change of Name of an adult has been filed with the Arapahoe County Court.

The petition requests that the name of Austin Walter Garcia be changed to Austin Walter Carter Case No.: 2017C100538 Shana Klock Clerk of Court Legal Notice No: 59171 First Publication: July 13, 2107 Last Publication: July 27, 2017 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name Public notice is given on July 3, 2017 that a Petition for a Change of Name of an adult has been filed with the Arapahoe County Court.

The petition requests that the name of Angela Marie Glanz be changed to Andrew Grayson Latino Case No.: 2017C100540 J. Kaufmann By: Deputy Clerk Legal Notice No: 59172 First Publication: July 13, 2017 Last Publication: July 27, 2017 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice County Court Arapahoe County, Colorado 7325 South Potomac Street Centennial, Colorado 80112 In the Matter of the Petition of: Parent/ Petitioner: Patricia Ann Beard Aamott For Minor Child: Aden Bailey Shipman To Change the Child’s Name to: Aden Bailey Shipman-Beard Case Number: 16 C 30969 NOTICE TO NON-CUSTODIAL PARENT BY PUBLICATION Notice to: Christopher Glenn Shipman, non custodial parent.

Notice is given that a hearing is scheduled as follows: Date: August 31, 2017 Time: 9:30 a.m.

Location: Littleton Court House 1790 W. Littleton Blvd.

Littleton, Colorado 80120 Division C1 For the purpose of requesting a change of name for Aden Bailey Shipmen At this hearing the Court may enter an order changing the name of the minor child.

To support or voice objection to the proposed name change, you must appear at the hearing.

Date: July 2, 2017 Legal Notice No.: 59192 First Publication: July 20, 2017 Last Publication: August 17, 2017 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name Public notice is given on June 28, 2017 that a Petition for a Change of Name of an adult has been filed with the Arapahoe County Court.

The petition requests that the name of Joseph Nsamba be changed to Joe Owengabi Caers Case No.: 17 C 100533 By: The Judge Legal Notice No: 59174 First Publication: July 13, 2017 Last Publication: July 27, 2017 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name Public notice is given on May 25 , 2017 that a Petition for a Change of Name of a minor child has been filed with the Arapahoe County Court.

The petition requests that the name of Aden Bailey Shipman be changed to Aden Bailey Shipman-Beard Case No.: 16 C 30969 By: Frank Anthony Moschetti, Magistrate Legal Notice No: 59193

for Change of Name PUBLIC NOTICE

Public notice is given on May 25 , 2017 that a Petition for a Change of Name of a minor child has been filed with the Arapahoe County Court.

The petition requests that the name of Aden Bailey Shipman be changed to Aden Bailey Shipman-Beard Case No.: 16 C 30969

Notice To Creditors

By: Frank Anthony Moschetti, Magistrate

Public Notice

Name Changes

Legal Notice No: 59193 First Publication: July 20, 2017 Last Publication: August 3, 2017 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name Public notice is given on July 13, 2017 that a Petition for a Change of Name of an adult has been filed with the Arapahoe County Court.

The petition requests that the name of Kent Matthew McEachern be changed to Kent Matthew MacEachern Case No.: 2017 CV 31534 By: Emily Miller Division 21 Law Clerk Legal Notice No: 59221 First Publication: July 20, 2017 Last Publication: August 3, 2017 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Donald E. Paull, Deceased Case Number: 2017PR30686 All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado on or before November 20, 2017, or the claims may be forever barred.

Carol L. Paull Personal Representative 4708 W. Lake Circle South Littleton, Colorado 80123 Legal Notice No.: 59220 First Publication: July 20, 2017 Last Publication: August 3, 2017 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of GEORGE EDWARD MENDENHALL, JR., a.k.a. GEORGE E. MENDENHALL, JR., a.k.a. GEORGE E. MENDENHALL, Deceased Case Number: 2017 PR 030577

Public notice is given on July 20, 2017 that a Petition for a Change of Name of an adult has been filed with the Arapahoe County Court.

All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the Arapahoe County District Court, Colorado on or before November 27, 2017, or the claims may be forever barred.

The petition requests that the name of Nicole Emily Johnston Zipsie be changed to Nicole Emily Johnston Case No.: 17 C 100606

Katrina Jamel Gough Personal Representative 5620 Cardinal Flower Court Fort Collins, CO 80528

By: J. Kaufmann, Deputy Clerk

Legal Notice No.: 59231 First Publication: July 27, 2017 Last Publication: August 10, 2017 Publisher: The Englewood Herald and the Littleton Independent

Legal Notice No: 59250 First Publication: July 27, 2017 Last Publication: August 10, 2017 Publisher: Littleton Independent

Notice To Creditors Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of John N. Sellers, Deceased Case Number: 2017PR30659 All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of the County of Arapahoe, Colorado on or before November 20, 2017, or the claims may be forever barred.

MARGERY J. SELLERS Personal Representative 7265 E. Fremont Place Centennial, CO 80112 Legal Notice No.: 59218 First Publication: July 20, 2017 Last Publication: August 3, 2017 Publisher: The Englewood Herald and the Littleton Independent Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of GLORIA JUNE WATTERS, aka GLORIA WATTERS MILLER, aka GLORIA J. WATTERS, Deceased Case Number: 2017 PR 30522 All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of ARAPAHOE County, Colorado on or before November 20, 2017, or the claims may be forever barred.

THE HUGHES LAW FIRM, P.C. ATTN.: LAURENCE D. WERT, ESQ. 4155 E. JEWELL AVE., STE. 500 DENVER, CO 80222 Legal Notice No.: 59194 First Publication: July 20, 2017 Last Publication: August 3, 2017 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Gretchen Anne Smith, a/k/a Gretchen Seidl Smith, Deceased Case Number: 2017PR030655 All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado on or before November 20, 2017, or the claims may be forever barred.

Gretchen West Co-Personal Representative 5498 S. Danube Way Centennial, CO 80015 Brianna Smith Co-Personal Representative 9688 Teller Court Westminster, CO 80021 Legal Notice No.: 59198 First Publication: July 20, 2017 Last Publication: August 3, 2017 Publisher: Littleton Independent

Public Notice

Notice To NOTICE Creditors PUBLIC NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of TOMMY L. GRAHAM, a/k/a TOMMY LAWRENCE GRAHAM, TOMMY GRAHAM, Deceased Case Number: 2017PR30691 All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado on or before November 27, 2017 or the claims may be forever barred.

Marilyn D. Graham, Personal Representative 4084 Wisteria Way Denver, CO 80237 Legal Notice No: 59230 First Publication: July 27, 2017 Last Publication: August 10, 2017 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Toshiko Masuno Swiney, aka Toshiko M. Swiney, aka Toshiko Swiney, Deceased Case Number: 2017 PR 30665 All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado on or before November 13, 2017 or the claims may be forever barred.

Brenda K. Swiney aka Brenda Swiney Personal Representative c/o Walter M. Kelly II, Miller & Steiert, P.C. 1901 W. Littleton Blvd.

Littleton, Colorado 80120 Legal Notice No: 59173 First Publication: July 13, 2017 Last Publication: July 27, 2017 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE

NOTICE TO CREDITORS In the Matter of the Estate of: JOE ALEMAN, Deceased Case Number: 17-PR-30566

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Marilynn Irene Erhart, aka Marilynn I. Erhart, aka Marilynn Erhart, Deceased Case Number: 2017 PR 030602

All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado on or before November 27, 2017, or the claims may be forever barred.

All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado on or before November 13, 2017, 2017, or the claims may be forever barred.

Dated this 27th day of July, 2017 .

JAMES EDWARD MARTIN Personal Representative to the Estate P.O. Box 24697 Denver, Colorado 80224 Home Phone: 720-422-6444

Nancy Moore Personal Representative c/o Glatstein & O'Brien, LLP Arlene S. Barringer, Esq. 2696 S. Colorado Boulevard, Suite 350 Denver, Colorado 80222 303-757-4342

Legal Notice No.: 59233 First Publication: July 27, 2017 Last Publication: August 10, 2017 Publisher: Littleton Independent

Legal Notice No: 59185 First Publication : July 13, 2017 Last Publication: July 27, 2017 Publisher: Littleton Independent

Public Notice

PUBLIC NOTICE

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Sarah Neiss, Deceased Case Number: 2017PR30507

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of James Myrick, Deceased Case Number: 2017 PR 30696

All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado on or before November 27, 2017, or the claims may be forever barred.

All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado on or before November 25, 2017 or the claims may be forever barred.

Person Giving Notice: Cyndi L. Lyden, Personal Representative /Deputy Public Administrator 1777 S. Harrison Street, Ste. 1250 Denver, CO 80210

Personal Representative: Elizabeth Ballman, aka Betty Ballman 172 Silverado Trail Hamilton, MT 59840

Legal Notice No.: 59234 First Publication: July 27, 2017 Last Publication: August 10, 2017 Publisher: The Englewood Herald and the Littleton Independent Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of LAWRENCE D. WILSON, a/k/a LAWRENCE DEE WILSON, a/k/a LAWRENCE WILSON, a/k/a LARRY WILSON, Deceased Case Number: 2017 PR 30722 All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado on or before November 27, 2017, or the claims may be forever barred.

Roger N. Wilson Personal Representative c/o Hall & Evans, LLC, 1001 17th Street, Suite 300 Denver, CO 80202 Legal Notice No.: 59243 First Publication: July 27, 2017 Last Publication: August 10, 2017 Publisher: The Englewood Herald and the Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of TOMMY L. GRAHAM, a/k/a TOMMY LAWRENCE GRAHAM, TOMMY GRAHAM, Deceased

Legal Notice No: 59200 First Publication: July 20, 2017 Last Publication: August 3, 2017 Publisher: Littleton Independent and the Englewood Herald PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Peter Gearhart Stuart, Deceased Case Number: 17 PR 88 All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado on or before November 20, 2017 or the claims may be forever barred.

Andrea A. H. Wing Personal Representative 7720 S. Foresthill Court Littleton, Colorado 80120 Legal Notice No: 59201 First Publication: July 20, 2017 Last Publication: August 3, 2017 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of James W. Wilday, aka James Wilday, Deceased Case Number: 2017 PR 30684 All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado on or before November 20, 2017 or the claims may be

July 27, 2017J

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of James W. Wilday, aka James Wilday, Deceased Case Number: 2017 PR 30684

Notice To Creditors

All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado on or before November 20, 2017 or the claims may be forever barred.

James M. Wilday Personal Representative 4581 Sumac Lane Littleton, Colorado 80123 Legal Notice No: 59202 First Publication: July 20, 2017 Last Publication: August 3, 2017 Publisher:Englewood Herald and the Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Myung Wha Lim, aka Myung W. Lim, and Myung Lim, Deceased Case Number: 2017 PR 30637

All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado on or before November 20, 2017 or the claims may be forever barred.

Eugene Yom Personal Representative c/o Patrick R. Thiessen, Esq. Poskus, Caton & Klein, P.C. 303 E. 17th Avenue, Suite 900 Denver, Colorado 80203 Legal Notice No: 59203 First Publication: July 20, 2017 Last Publication: August 3, 2017 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Marie Charlotte Piper, aka Marie C. Piper, aka Marie Piper, Deceased Case Number: 2017 PR 30685

All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado on or before November 20, 2017 or the claims may be forever barred.

Shirley Marie Colvin Personal Representative 8381 Delaware Street Denver, Colorado 80221 Legal Notice No: 59219 First Publication: July 20, 2017 Last Publication: August 3, 2017 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Marcelino Trujillo, Deceased Case Number: 2017 PR 30576

All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado on or before November 22, 2017 or the claims may be forever barred.

K. Michelle AmRhein Personal Representative 103 W. Mountain Avenue Fort Collins, Colorado 80524 Legal Notice No: 59223 First Publication: July 20, 2017 Last Publication: August 3, 2017 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Raymond Alexander Grundy, aka Raymond A. Grundy, aka Raymond Grundy, aka Ray Alexander Grundy, aka Ray A. Grundy, aka Ray Grundy, Deceased Case Number: 2017 PR 30592

All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado on or before November 27, 2017 or the claims may be forever barred.

Courtney Clark Personal Representative 12701 Concho Drive Frisco, Texas 75033 Legal Notice No: 59239 First Publication: July 27, 2017 Last Publication: August 10, 2017 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Clifton D. Shumway, aka Clifton Shumway, Deceased Case Number: 16 PR 30917

All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado on or before September 5, 2017, or the claims may be forever barred.

James A. Byerrum Attorney to the Personal Representative 8020 Shaffer Parkway, Suite 100

Littleton Englewood * 2

Clifton Shumway, Deceased 7July 27,aka 2017 Case Number: 16 PR 30917

All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado on or before September 5, 2017, or the claims may be forever barred.

Notice To Creditors

James A. Byerrum Attorney to the Personal Representative 8020 Shaffer Parkway, Suite 100 Littleton, Colorado 80127 Legal Notice No: 59242 First Publication: July 27, 2017 Last Publication: August 10, 2017 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Cecelia Annette Nichols, aka Cecelia A. Nichols, aka Cecelia S. Nichols, aka Cecelia Nichols, Deceased Case Number: 2017 PR 30721

All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado on or before November 29, 2017 or the claims may be forever barred.

Brent A. Nichols Personal Representative 275 Bunn Street Anchorage, AK 99508 Legal Notice No: 59249 First Publication: July 27, 2017 Last Publication: August 10, 2017 Publisher: Littleton Independent

Misc. Private Legals Public Notice DISTRICT COURT, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO 7325 S. Potomac Street Centennial, Colorado 80112 Telephone: (303) 649-6355 Case No. 2016CV030491: Division: 202 Plaintiff: SABLE LANDING CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION, a Colorado non-profit corporation, Defendants: TIMOTHY S. SAIZ; GARY G. SAIZ; LSF8 MASTER PARTICIPATION TRUST; CAPITAL ONE BANK (USA), N.A. ; WFS FINANCIAL, INC. ; PUBLIC SERVICE CREDIT UNION; CACH, LLC; LIBERTY ACQUISITIONS SERV, LLC; CYNTHIA D. MARES AS PUBLIC TRUSTEE FOR ARAPAHOE COUNTY; SUE SANDSTROM AS TREASURER FOR ARAPAHOE COUNTY; UNKNOWN TENANT(S) IN POSSESSION. Plaintiff’s Attorney: Wendy E. Weigler, #28419 WINZENBURG, LEFF, PURVIS & PAYNE, LLP 8020 Shaffer Parkway, Suite 300 Littleton, CO 80127 Telephone: (303) 863-1870 Facsimile: (303) 863-1872 SHERIFF’S NOTICE OF SALE Under an Order and Decree for Judicial Foreclosure entered on April 7, 2017 in the above titled action, I am ordered to sell certain real property as follows: Original Lienee: Timothy S. Saiz and Gary G. Saiz Original Lienor: Sable Landing Condominium Association Current Holder of the evidence of debt: Sable Landing Condominium Association Date of Lien being foreclosed: September 25, 2015 Date of Recording of Lien being foreclosed: September 29, 2015 County of Recording: Arapahoe Recording Information: D511057 Original Principal Balance of the secured indebtedness: $34,104.25 Outstanding Principal Balance of the secured indebtedness as of the date hereof: $53,359.08 Amount of Judgment entered April 18, 2017: $50,411.16 Description of property to be foreclosed: CONDOMINIUM UNIT 1027 IN CONDOMINIUM BUILDING 10, SABLE LANDING, ARAPAHOE COUNTY, COLORADO, ACCORDING TO THE CONDOMINIUM MAP FOR SABLE LANDING SUBDIVISION FILING NO. 1, PHASE 6, RECORDED DECEMBER 17, 1980 UNDER RECEPTION NO. 2028661, IN THE RECORDS OF THE OFFICE OF THE CLERK AND RECORDER OF ARAPAHOE COUNTY, COLORADO, AND AS DEFINED IN THE CONDOMINIUM DECLARATION FOR SABLE LANDING RECORDED ON OCTOBER 18, 1979 IN BOOK 3100 AT PAGE 471 OF SAID RECORDS, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO. Also known as: 14892 E. Kentucky Drive, #1027, Aurora, CO 80012.

THE PROPERTY TO BE FORECLOSED AS DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN. THE LIEN BEING CLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.

The covenants of Plaintiff have been violated as follows: failure to make payments on said indebtedness when the same were due and owing.

THE PROPERTY TO BE FORECLOSED AS DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN. THE LIEN BEING CLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.

Misc. Private Legals

The covenants of Plaintiff have been violated as follows: failure to make payments on said indebtedness when the same were due and owing.

THEREFORE, NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that I will, at 10 o’clock A.M., on August 31, 2017, in front of the flagpole of the Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office, Civil Unit, located at 13101 East Broncos Parkway, Centennial, CO 80112, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property described above, and all interest of said Grantor and the heirs and assigns of said Grantor, for the purpose of paying the judgment amount entered herein, and will deliver to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law. **BIDDERS ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE CASH OR CERTIFIED FUNDS SUFFICIENT TO COVER THEIR HIGHEST BID AT TIME OF SALE.** Inquiries regarding this Sheriff’s Sale must be directed to the Civil Unit of the Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office, telephone 720-874-3850.

DATED at Centennial, Colorado this 30th day of May, 2017.

David C. Walcher, Sheriff Arapahoe County, Colorado By: Sgt. James Osborn Deputy Sheriff Legal Notice NO.: 59000 First publication: July 6, 2017 Last publication: August 3, 2017 Published in: Littleton Independent, 2550 W. Main St., Littleton, CO 80120 Public Notice DISTRICT COURT, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO 7325 S. Potomac Street Centennial, Colorado 80112 Telephone: (303) 649-6355 Civil Action Case No. 2017CV030059 Div.: Ctrm.: 202 Plaintiff: SIERRA RIDGE TOWNHOME ASSOCIATION, INC., a Colorado non-profit corporation, Defendants: AN T. NGUYEN; LIBERTY ONE LENDING, INC.; I.M. HAASE, LLC; MARGARET CHAPMAN AS PUBLIC TRUSTEE FOR ARAPAHOE COUNTY; SUE SANDSTROM AS TREASURER FOR ARAPAHOE COUNTY; UNKNOWN TENANT(S) IN POSSESSION. Plaintiff’s Attorney: Stephane R. Dupont, #39425 Gina C. Botti #42005 WINZENBURG, LEFF, PURVIS & PAYNE, LLP 8020 Shaffer Parkway, Suite 300 Littleton, CO 80127 Telephone: (303) 863-1870 Facsimile: (303) 863-1872 SHERIFF’S NOTICE OF SALE Under an Order and Decree for Judicial Foreclosure entered on April 18, 2017 in the above titled action, I am ordered to sell certain real property as follows: Original Lienee: An T. Nguyen Original Lienor: Sierra Ridge Townhome Association, Inc., Current Holder of the evidence of debt Sierra Ridge Townhome Association, Inc. Date of Lien being foreclosed: April 17, 2014 Date of Recording of Lien being foreclosed: April 21, 2014 County of Recording: Arapahoe Recording Information: D4032359 Original Principal Balance of the secured indebtedness: $2,079.02 Outstanding Principal Balance of the secured indebtedness as of the date hereof: $9,812.85 Amount of Judgment entered April 18, 2017: $8,379.35 Description of property to be foreclosed: LOT 13, BLOCK 1, PARKVIEW SUBDIVISION FILING NO. 1, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO. Also known as: 592 S. Mobile Place, Aurora, CO 80017.

THE PROPERTY TO BE FORECLOSED AS DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN. THE LIEN BEING CLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. The covenants of Plaintiff have been violated as follows: failure to make payments on said indebtedness when the same were due and owing.

THEREFORE, NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that I will, at 10 o’clock A.M., on August 31, 2017, in front of the flagpole of the Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office, Civil Unit, located at 13101 East Broncos Parkway, Centennial, CO 80112, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property described above, and all interest of said Grantor and the heirs and assigns of said Grantor, for the purpose of paying the judgment amount entered herein, and will deliver to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law. **BIDDERS ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE CASH OR CERTIFIED FUNDS SUFFICIENT TO COVER THEIR HIGHEST BID AT TIME OF SALE.** Inquiries regarding this Sheriff’s Sale must be directed to the Civil Unit of the Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office, telephone 720-874-3935.

said Grantor and the heirs and assigns of said Grantor, for the purpose of paying the judgment amount entered herein, and will deliver to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

Misc. Private Legals

**BIDDERS ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE CASH OR CERTIFIED FUNDS SUFFICIENT TO COVER THEIR HIGHEST BID AT TIME OF SALE.** Inquiries regarding this Sheriff’s Sale must be directed to the Civil Unit of the Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office, telephone 720-874-3935.

DATED at Centennial, Colorado this 1st day of June, 2017.

David C. Walcher, Sheriff Arapahoe County, Colorado By: Sgt. James Osborn Deputy Sheriff Legal Notice No.: 59019 First publication: July 6, 2017 Last publication: August 3, 2017 Published in: Littleton Independent, 2550 W. Main St., Littleton, CO 80120 Public Notice NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE OF REAL PROPERTY DISTRICT COURT, ARAPAHOE COUNTY, STATE OF COLORADO Case Number: 2016CV31734, Div.: 402 Ctrm.: Plaintiff(s): THE VILLAS AT ASPEN RIDGE Defendant(s): CHAUMONT BOUKNIGHT; PENNYMAC LOAN SERVICES, LLC; SECRETARY OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT.; CYNTHIA MARES, ARAPAHO E COUNTY PUBLIC TRUSTEE; AND OCCUPANT(S) On April 18, 2017, the Arapahoe County District Court issued its Order: Findings of Fact Conclusions of Law Order of Judgment and Decree of Foreclosure.

Original Grantor(s): Chaumont Bouknight Original Beneficiary: The Villas at Aspen Ridge Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: The Villas at Aspen Ridge Date of Lien: August 20, 2015 County of Recording: Arapahoe Recording Date of Lien: August 27, 2015 Recording Reception Number: D50970770 Original Amount: $3,554.67 Outstanding Amount: $13,090.69 Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you are hereby notified that the provisions of the The Villas at Aspen Ridge Condominium Declaration (“Declaration”) have been violated as follows: Failure to pay common expense assessments as that term is defined in 38-33.3-316 C.R.S., together with all other payments provided for in the Declaration or by Colorado Statute secured by the Assessment Lien.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN: Parcel A: Condominium Unit F-303, The Villas at Aspen Ridge, according to the Condominium Map thereof, recorded on February 20, 2003 at Reception No. B3038182, in the records of the office of the Clerk and Recorder of the County of Arapahoe, Colorado and as defined and described in the Villas at Aspen Ridge Condominium Declaration recorded on July 30, 2002 at Reception No. B2137079, in said records, County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado.

Parcel B: Garage Unit 130, The Villas at Aspen Ridge, according to the Condominium Map thereof, recorded on February 20, 2003 at Reception No. B3038182, in the records of the office of the Clerk and Recorder of the County of Arapahoe, colorado, and as defined and described in The Villas at Aspen Ridge Condominium Declaration recorded on July 30, 2002 at Reception No. B2137079, in said records, County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado. also known by street and number as: 18959 East Warren Drive #303, Aurora, CO 80013 The current holder of the Lien, described herein, has filed the Court’s Order: Findings of Fact Conclusions of Law Order of Judgment and Decree of Foreclosure as provided by law.

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will, at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on September 7th, 2017, at the Offices of the Arapahoe County Sheriff, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)' heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Assessment Lien, plus attorney fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

All inquiries regarding this sale should be directed to the Civil Unit of the Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office, (720) 874-3850. **BIDDERS ARE REQUIRED TO BRING CASH OR CERTIFIED FUNDS SUFFICIENT TO COVER THEIR HIGHEST BID AT TIME OF SALE** DATE: June 6th, 2017 David C. Walcher, Sheriff Arapahoe County, Colorado By: Sgt. James Osborn Deputy Sheriff The name, bar registration number, address, and telephone number of the attorney is: Richard W. Johnston, Reg. No. 19823, Tobey & Johnston, P.C., 6855 S. Havana Street #275, Centennial, CO 80112-3813, telephone number

DATE: June 6th, 2017 David C. Walcher, Sheriff Arapahoe County, Colorado By: Sgt. James Osborn Deputy Sheriff

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The name, bar registration number, address, and telephone number of the attorney is: Richard W. Johnston, Reg. No. 19823, Tobey & Johnston, P.C., 6855 S. Havana Street #275, Centennial, CO 80112-3813, telephone number (303) 799-8600.

Legal Notice NO.: 59034 First publication: July 13, 2017 Last publication: August 10, 2017 Published in: Littleton Independent, 2550 W. Main St., Littleton, CO 80120 Public Notice NOTICE TO FIRST MORTGAGEES OF PROPOSED AMENDMENT OF DECLARATION OF QUAIL RUN, AURORA, COLORADO In accordance with Colorado Revised Statutes, Section 38-33.3-217, the Quail Run Association, Inc, hereby gives notice of the proposed amendment of the Declaration of Covenants, Conditions, and Restrictions of Quail Run, City of Aurora, County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado.

The proposed Amended Declaration may be obtained from: Quail Run Association, Inc. 1223 South Zeno Way Aurora, Colorado 80017 Board of Directors Quail Run Association, Inc. Notice Dated: July 27, 2017 Legal Notice No.: 59232 First Publication: July 27, 2017 Last Publication: August 3, 2017 Publisher: The Englewood Herald and the Littleton Independent Public Notice Small Claims Court Arapahoe County, Colorado Littleton County Courthouse Location, 1790 W. Littleton Blvd. Littleton, CO 80120 Case Number: 17S 398: Division A2 PLAINTIFF(S): Decisive Consulting LLC, c/o Jessica Kingston P.O. Box 7399-194, 129 Powder Ridge Drive Breckenridge, CO 80424 Phone: Cell: 970-980-7955 v.

DEFENDANT(1): Preferred Companies LLC Address: 383 Inverness Pkwy, #340 City/State/Zip: Englewood, CO 80112 Phone: Cell: 720-285-8887 NOTICE, CLAIM AND SUMMONS TO APPEAR FOR TRIAL (Part 1) Notice and Summons to Appear for Trial To the Defendant(s): You are scheduled to have your trial in this case on August 24, 2017 at 11:00 a.m. at the Court address stated in the above caption. Bring with you all books, papers and witnesses you need to establish your defense. If you do not appear, judgment may be entered against you. If you wish to defend the claim or present a counterclaim, you must provide a written response or written counterclaim on or before the scheduled trial date and pay a nonrefundable filing fee.

Dated: July 13, 2017 Emily Leith, Clerk of Court/Deputy Clerk

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and Lance Slayton my invoice for the week of May 15th and have received no response about when payment will be made. In conclusion, Preferred Companies took up 2 weeks of my professional time, I had to formulate my own business specifically for Preferred Companies and which I am now responsible for, I left a previous employer which has left me in a precarious financial situation, and I am investing additional professional time and resources into obtaining back payment through the Arapahoe Country Small Claims Court.

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Note: The combined value of money, property, specific performance or cost to remedy a c o v e n a n t v i o l a t i o n c a n n o t e x c e ed $7,500.00.

Plaintiff(s) declare under penalty of perjury that the above statements are true and correct, and that I/we have not filed in any Small Claims Court in this County more than 2 claims during this calendar month, nor more than 18 claims in this County in this calendar year.

Dated: June 13, 2017 /s/ Jessica Kingston, Plaintiff’s Signature

You must complete and fill out a response and or counterclaim on reverse side of Defendant’s copy and bring to Court.

Defendant’s Response (If responding, pay the appropriate filing fee). I do not owe the Plaintiff(s) or am not responsible to the Plaintiff(s) because: Defendant’s Counterclaim (If submitting a counterclaim, pay the appropriate filing fee).

The Plaintiff(s) owe(s) me $__ , which includes penalties, plus interest and costs allowed by law and/or should be ordered to return property, perform a contract or set aside a contract or comply with a restrictive covenant for the following reasons. (If seeking return of property, please describe the property being requested).

• The amount of my/our counterclaim does not exceed the jurisdictional amount of the Small Claims Court of $7,500.00.

• The amount of my/our counterclaim exceeds the jurisdictional amount of the Small Claims Court, but I/we wish to limit the amount that I/we wish to recover from the Plaintiff to $7,500.00.

• The amount of my/our counterclaim exceeds the jurisdictional amount of the Small Claims Court, and I/we wish to have the case sent to • County Court (only if I/we wish to limit the amount I/we can recover from the plaintiff to $15,000.00) • District Court (I /we do not wish to limit the amount I/we can recover from the Plaintiff(s)) and will pay the appropriate filing fee. I/we am/are filing a Notice of Removal and paying the appropriate filing fee to the Court at this time.

I am an attorney. • Yes • No I declare under penalty of perjury that this information is true and correct and that I mailed a copy of the Response/Counterclaim to the Plaintiff(s) at the address(es) stated on this form on ____________________ (date).

See Defendant Instruction on Page 3 of JDF 250 https://www.courts.state.co.us/Forms/PDF/JDF %20250%20Notice%20Claims%20and%20Sum mons%20for%20Trial.pdf Legal Notice No.: 59222 First Publication: July 20, 2017 Last Publication: August 17, 2017 Publisher: Littleton Independent

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Plaintiff(s)’s Claim: The Defendant(s) owe(s) me $5,070.88, which includes penalties, plus interest and costs allowed by law, and/or should be ordered to return property, perform a contract or set aside a contract or comply with a restrictive covenant for the following reasons. (If seeking return of property, please describe the property being requested).

I was hired on May 15, 2017 to perform operational strategy and reorganizing of the company’s processes. After submitting my I-9, I was informed by the Office Manager, Sonia Cobos, that I had to be a contractor so Preferred Companies did not have to register for employee federal and state taxes or worker’s compensation. On May 16, 2017, I took the time to research how to, and formulated, a consulting company in order to comply with Preferred Companies. I also told a current employer I would no longer be working with them due to full-time employment with Preferred Companies.

During my first week with Preferred Companies, I submitted two proposals, conducted a financial review of the company, and attempted to onboarding though gaining access to appropriate platforms was extremely slow in forthcoming. I inquired to the third party who introduced us and was informed that Sonia Cobas was irritated I was paid more than she was and therefore was creating internal problems and that Lance Slayton had taken on too many projects and suddenly had to deliver. During the week of May 22nd, I continued to attempt to standby for needed access and corresponded with the Lance Slayton, owner of Preferred Companies, about moving forward with limited responses only to discover on my own on May 25, 2017, that all my access to company platforms and my email account through Preferred Companies was shut off. I inquired with Lance Slayton as to what was occurring and to date I have received no response. On May 26th, I sent Sonia Cobos and Lance Slayton my invoice for the week of May 15th and have received no response about when payment will be made. In conclusion, Preferred Companies took up 2 weeks of my professional time, I had to formulate my own business specifically for Preferred Companies and which I am now responsible for, I left a previous employer which has left me in a precarious financial situation, and I am investing additional professional time and resources into obtaining back payment through the Arapahoe Country Small Claims Court.

Legal Notice No.: 59235 First Publication: July 27, 2017 Last Publication: July 27, 2017 Publisher: The Englewood Herald and the Littleton Independent

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CITY OF ENGLEWOOD NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING The regular meeting of the Board of Adjustment and Appeals is scheduled for August 9, 2017 at 7:00 p.m. in the City Council Chambers at Englewood Civic Center, 1000 Englewood Parkway, Englewood, Colorado.

Case # VAR2017-012. APPLICANT: William Milek and Anita Leitner. The applicants are requesting a variance to reduce the side setback from 7 feet to 5 feet. This is a variance to Table 16-6-1.1: Summary of Dimensional Requirements for Principal Structures of the Unified Development Code.

PREMISES: 2192 East Dartmouth Avenue Copies of the application are on file in the Community Development Department and may be reviewed upon request. Anyone interested in this matter may be heard at the Public Hearing at the previously cited location, date, and time.

By Order of the City Board of Adjustment and Appeals /s/ Nancy G. Fenton Nancy G. Fenton Recording Secretary Legal Notice No.: 59240 PUBLISHED: JulyJuly 27,27, 2017 First Publication: 2017 Last Publication: July 27, 2017 Publisher: The Englewood Herald and the Littleton Independent

project –BRO-M201-004 (20550) Hamilton Bridge Replacement.

1. Any person, co-partnership, association or corporation who has an unpaid claim against the said project for or on account of the furnishing of labor, materials, team hire, sustenance, provisions, provender or other supplies used or consumed by such contractor or his subcontractors in or about the performance of said work, may at any time up to and including said time of such final settlement file a verified statement of the amount due and unpaid on account of such claims.

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2. All such claims shall be filed with the City of Sheridan, Public Works Director, 4101 South Federal Boulevard, Sheridan CO 80110-5399, on or before the above-mentioned time and date of final settlement.

3. Failure on the part of a creditor to file such statement prior to such final settlement will relieve the City of Sheridan from any and all liability for such claim.

BY ORDER OF THE PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR CITY OF SHERIDAN By: /s/ Randy Mourning Public Works Director Legal Notice No.: 59191 First Publication: July 20, 2017 Last Publication: July 27, 2017 Publish in: Englewood Herald and the Littleton Independent Public Notice LITTLETON NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING Pursuant to the liquor laws of the State of Colorado, Circle K Stores, Inc., d/b/a Circle K Store #2709869, 3694 W Bowles Avenue, Littleton, CO, has requested the licensing officials of the City of Littleton, Colorado, to grant a 3.2% Beer liquor license for the sale of alcohol beverages for off-premise consumption only.

The public hearing on the application will be held on Wednesday, September 13, 2017 at 6:30 p.m., in the Council Chamber of the Littleton Center, 2255 West Berry Avenue, Littleton, Colorado.

By order of the Licensing Authority of the City of Littleton, Colorado. /s/ Colleen L. Norton, Deputy City Clerk

PUBLIC NOTICE Notice of Public Hearing for Valley Sanitation District Interceptor Relocation Arapahoe and Denver Counties Date: Wednesday, August 9, 2017 Time: 7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.

Location: St. James Presbyterian Church 3601 W Belleview Ave Littleton, CO 80123 Topic: Interceptor Relocation A public hearing will be conducted for informing citizens and soliciting public input, written or oral, regarding the Valley Sanitation District Interceptor Relocation Project and Project Needs Assessment (PNA). The project consists of relocation of a portion of sewer main which is located within an abandoned landfill by constructing a new sewage lift station and 4,700 feet of new sewer pipe to route the existing sewer flow around the landfill and discharge into existing sewers. The estimated cost of the project is $2.5 million.

The PNA is being submitted to the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE) to qualify Valley Sanitation District for a State Revolving Fund Loan. The PNA provides an overview of the project background, Valley Sanitation District organizational and financial status, project purpose and need, existing collection system analysis, facility planning analysis and population projections, assessment of alternatives, environmental impacts, estimated operating and construction cost, and project schedule.

Copies of the Project Needs Assessment are available for public review prior to the Public Hearing at the following location: Platte Canyon Water and Sanitation District, 8739 W. Coal Mine Ave. Littleton, CO 80123 The point of contact for the Interceptor Relocation Project is Cynthia Lane, Assistant District Manager, (303) 979-2333.

VALLEY SANITATION DISTRICT Legal Notice No.: 59144 First Publication: July 6, 2017 Last Publication: July 27, 2017 Publisher: The Englewood Herald and the Littleton Independent Public Notice NOTICE OF FINAL PAYMENT

Notice is hereby given that at 12 Noon on August 15, 2017, the City of Sheridan will make final settlement with Lawrence Construction Company, in connection with payment for all services rendered, materials furnished, and for all labor performed in and for the following project –BRO-M201-004 (20550) Hamilton Bridge Replacement.

1. Any person, co-partnership, association or corporation who has an unpaid claim against the said project for or on account of the furnishing of labor, materials, team hire, sustenance, provisions, provender or other supplies used or consumed by such contractor or his subcontractors in or about the performance of said work, may at any time up to and including said time of such final settlement file a verified statement of the amount due and unpaid on account of such

Legal Notice No.: 59236 First Publication: July 27, 2017 Last Publication: July 27, 2017 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice CITY OF LITTLETON PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE ZONING MATTER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE FOLLOWING PUBLIC HEARING WILL BE HELD BY THE CITY OF LITTLETON AT THE LITTLETON CENTER, 2255 WEST BERRY AVENUE, LITTLETON, COLORADO, TO CONSIDER A REZONING FROM R-E AND PD-R TO PD-I FOR A GENERAL PLANNED DEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL USES AT 6505-09 SOUTH SANTA FE DRIVE. ALL THOSE WISHING TO BE HEARD SHOULD BE PRESENT AT THE TIME AND PLACE STATED. FOR MORE INFORMATION CALL THE LITTLETON PLANNING DIVISION AT 303-795-3748.

CITY COUNCIL PUBLIC HEARING AT 6:30 PM ON AUGUST 15, 2017 APPLICANT: FRED GANS, CORNERSTONE DEVELOPMENT CITY STAFF CONTACT: amimnaugh@littletongov.org Legal Notice No.: 59237 First Publication: July 27, 2017 Last Publication: July 27, 2017 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice CITY OF LITTLETON PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE ZONING MATTER

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TOWN OF COLUMBINE VALLEY TRUSTEE BILL #3, SERIES 2017; A BILL ANNEXING THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED BELOW IN EXHIBIT A INTO THE TOWN OF COLUMBINE VALLEY IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF TITLE 31, ARTICLE 12, PART 1, C.R.S., AS AMENDED, AND SECTION 30(1)(B) OF ARTICLE II OF THE STATE CONSTITUTION WAS PASSED BY THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES ON JULY 18, 2017. A COPY OF THE ORDINANCE IS AVAILABLE IN THE TOWN HALL AT 2 MIDDLEFIELD ROAD, COLUMBINE VALLEY CO. EXHIBIT A: LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF THE PROPERTY A PARCEL OF LAND IN THE NORTHEAST 1/4 NORTHEAST 1/4 OF SECTION 30, TOWNSHIP 5 SOUTH, RANGE 68 WEST OF THE SIXTH PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO AND MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: COMMENCING AT THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF SAID SECTION 3 0, THENCE NORTH 89°58’44” EAST ALONG THENORTHERLY LINE OF SAID NORTHEAST QUARTER OF THE NORTHEAST QUARTER OF SECTION 30, 1318.15 FEET TO THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF THE NORTHEAST QUARTER NORTHEAST QUARTER OF SAID SECTION 30; THENCE SOUTH 00°14'12" WEST, ALONG THE WEST LINE OF SAID NORTHEAST QUARTER OF THE NORTHEAST QUARTER OF SECTION 30 A DISTANCE OF 976.49 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING; THENCE SOUTH 84°19'37" EAST, A DISTANCE OF 27.78 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 79°25'46" EAST, A DISTANCE OF 76.98 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 83°56'03" EAST, A DISTANCE OF 15.55 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 85°23'47" EAST, A DISTANCE OF 7.57 FEET; THENCE NORTH 85°34'02" EAST, A DISTANCE OF 7.72 FEET; THENCE NORTH 79°22'20" EAST, A DISTANCE OF 23.11 FEET; THENCE NORTH 57°01'19" EAST, A DISTANCE OF 17.48 FEET; THENCE NORTH 61°22'49" EAST, A DISTANCE OF 6.84 FEET; THENCE NORTH 40°26'40" EAST, A DISTANCE OF 6.33 FEET; THENCE NORTH 35°16'47" EAST, A DISTANCE OF 7.67 FEET; THENCE NORTH 26°57'20" EAST, A DISTANCE OF 7.67 FEET; THENCE NORTH 19°15'57" EAST, A DISTANCE OF 7.74 FEET; THENCE NORTH 14°33'11" EAST, A DISTANCE OF 7.72 FEET; THENCE NORTH 05°19'11" EAST, A DISTANCE OF 6.66 FEET; THENCE NORTH 01°51'47" WEST, A DISTANCE OF 6.96 FEET; THENCE NORTH 03°48'11" EAST, A DISTANCE OF 6.73 FEET; THENCE NORTH 17°30'53" WEST, A DISTANCE OF 8.77 FEET; THENCE NORTH 42°49'43" EAST, A DISTANCE OF 172.41 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 42°40'26" EAST, A DISTANCE OF 92.11 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 48°23'47" EAST, A DISTANCE OF 73.08 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 26°11'00" EAST, A DISTANCE OF 28.60 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 15°00'30" WEST, A DISTANCE OF 22.06 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 41°42'20" WEST, A DISTANCE OF 29.42 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 50°47'12" WEST, A DISTANCE OF 40.51 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 52°50'58" WEST, A DISTANCE OF 160.83 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 53°00'28" WEST, A DISTANCE OF 66.70 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 54°18'13" WEST, A DISTANCE OF 53.74 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 55°09'34" WEST, A DISTANCE OF 64.78 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 70°26'35" WEST, A DISTANCE OF 40.81 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 54°44'04" WEST, A DISTANCE OF 37.81 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 44°09'25" WEST, A DISTANCE OF 51.67 FEET TO A POINT ON SAID WEST LINE OF THE NORTHEAST QUARTER OF THE NORTHEAST QUARTER; THENCE ALONG SAID WEST LINE, NORTH 00°14'12" EAST, A DISTANCE OF 302.64 FEET; TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING.

BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES, TOWN OF COLUMBINE VALLEY /S/ J.D. MCCRUMB, TOWN CLERK Legal Notice No.: 59244 First Publication: July 27, 2017 Last Publication: July 27, 2017 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice LITTLETON NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE FOLLOWING PUBLIC HEARING WILL BE HELD BY THE CITY OF LITTLETON AT THE LITTLETON CENTER, 2255 WEST BERRY AVENUE, LITTLETON, COLORADO, TO CONSIDER AN APPLICATION FOR A REZONING OF 2.99 ACRES FROM PD-R (PLANNED DEVELOPMENT – OVERLAY) TO O.S. (OPEN SPACE) AT 6591 SOUTH SANTA FE DRIVE.

Pursuant to the laws of the State of Colorado, Metro Denver Telluride Health Center, LLC, doing business as The Hemp Center, has requested the licensing officials of the City of Littleton, Colorado, to grant a Change Location Permit to move from 2430 West Main Street to 5744 South Datura Street.

ALL THOSE WISHING TO BE HEARD SHOULD BE PRESENT AT THE TIME AND PLACE STATED. FOR MORE INFORMATION CALL THE LITTLETON PLANNING DIVISION AT 303-795-3748.

The public hearing on the permit application will be held on Wednesday, August 9, 2017 at 6:30 p.m. in the Council Chamber of the Littleton Center, 2255 West Berry Avenue, Littleton, Colorado.

CITY COUNCIL PUBLIC HEARING AT 6:30 PM ON AUGUST 15, 2017 APPLICANT: CITY OF LITTLETON CITY STAFF CONTACT: amimnaugh@littletongov.org

By order of the Littleton Licensing Authority /s/ Colleen L. Norton, Deputy City Clerk

Legal Notice No.: 59238 First Publication: July 27, 2017 Last Publication: July 27, 2017 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE TOWN OF COLUMBINE VALLEY TRUSTEE BILL #3, SERIES 2017; A BILL ANNEXING THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED BELOW IN EXHIBIT A INTO THE TOWN OF COLUMBINE VALLEY IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF TITLE 31, ART-

Legal Notice No.: 59246 First Publication: July 27, 2017 Last Publication: July 27, 2017 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE TOWN OF COLUMBINE VALLEY TRUSTEE BILL #4, SERIES 2017; A BILL APPROVING THE REZONING OF PROPERTY DESCRIBED BELOW IN EXHIBIT A, AND GENERALLY LOCATED SOUTH OF FAIRWAY LANE AND EAST OF THE POLO MEADOWS AND BURNING TREE SUBDIVISIONS, FROM RA, RESIDENTIAL AGRICULTURE TO PR, PLANNED RESIDENTIAL AND

TOWN OF COLUMBINE VALLEY TRUSTEE BILL #4, SERIES 2017; A BILL APPROVING THE REZONING OF PROPERTY DESCRIBED BELOW IN EXHIBIT A, AND GENERALLY LOCATED SOUTH OF FAIRWAY LANE AND EAST OF THE POLO MEADOWS AND BURNING TREE SUBDIVISIONS, FROM RA, RESIDENTIAL AGRICULTURE TO PR, PLANNED RESIDENTIAL AND THE WILD PLUM PLANNED DEVELOPMENT AND FINAL PLAT WAS PASSED BY THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES ON JULY 18, 2017. A COPY OF THE ORDINANCE IS AVAILABLE IN THE TOWN HALL AT 2 MIDDLEFIELD ROAD, COLUMBINE VALLEY CO.

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EXHIBIT A: TRACT 1: A TRACT OF LAND IN THE SOUTH 1/2 NORTHEAST 1/4 OF SECTION 30, TOWNSHIP 5 SOUTH, RANGE 68 WEST OF THE SIXTH PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: COMMENCING AT CORNER NUMBER 1 LOCATED IN THE NEVADA DITCH, 6 FEET WEST FROM CENTER OF NORTHEAST 1/4 OF SAID SECTION 30, THENCE IN SOUTHWESTERLY DIRECTION ALONG THE CENTER OF SAID DITCH 1440 FEET, MORE OR LESS, TO THE CORNER NUMBER 2, THE POINT OF INTERSECTION OF CENTERLINE OF SAID DITCH WITH SOUTH LINE OF NORTHEAST 1/4 OF SAID SECTION 30, SAID CORNER NUMBER 2 BEING 468 FEET, MORE OR LESS, WEST FROM SOUTHWEST CORNER OF SOUTHEAST 1/4 NORTHEAST 1/4 OF SAID SECTION 30, THENCE EAST ALONG SOUTH LINE 1156.6 FEET MORE OR LESS TO CORNER NUMBER 3, THENCE NORTH 1320 FEET TO CORNER NUMBER 4, THENCE WEST 676.5 FEET, MORE OR LESS, TO CORNER NUMBER 1, THE PLACE OF BEGINNING, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO. TRACT 2: NORTHWEST 1/4 NORTHWEST 1/4 OF SECTION 29, TOWNSHIP 5 SOUTH, RANGE 68 WEST OF THE SIXTH PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN AND THE PART OF NORTHEAST 1/4 NORTHEAST 1/4 OF SECTION 30, TOWNSHIP 5 SOUTH, RANGE 68 WEST OF THE SITH PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN LYING EAST OF THE NEVADA DITCH, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO. TRACT 3: A TRACT OF LAND IN THE NORTHEAST 1/4 NORTHEAST 1/4 OF SECTION 30, TOWNSHIP 5 SOUTH, RANGE 68 WEST OF THE SIXTH PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO AND MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: COMMENCING AT THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF THE NORTHEAST 1/4 NORTHEAST 1/4 OF SAID SECTION 30, A PIN WITH CAP LS 9872, THENCE SOUTH 00 DEGREES 49 MINUTES 17 SECONDS WEST 975.96 FEET ALONG THE WEST LINE OF SAID NORTHEAST 1/4 NORTHEAST 1/4 TO THE TRUE POINT OF BEGINNING, THENCE ALONG AN EXISTING FENCE LINE THE FOLLOWING EIGHTEEN (18) COURSES: 1) THENCE SOUTH 83 DEGREES 44 MINUTES 02 SECONDS EAST, 27.77 FEET, 2) THENCE SOUTH 78 DEGREES 50 MINUTES 11 SECONDS EAST, 76.98 FEET, 3) THENCE SOUTH 83 DEGREES 20 MINUTES 28 SECONDS EAST, 15.55 FEET, 4) THENCE SOUTH 84 DEGREES 48 MINUTES 12 SECONDS EAST, 7.57 FEET, 5) THENCE NORTH 86 DEGREES 09 MINUTES 37 SECONDS EAST, 7.72 FEET, 6) THENCE NORTH 79 DEGREES 57 MINUTES 55 SECONDS EAST, 23.11 FEET, 7) THENCE NORTH 57 DEGREES 36 MINUTES 54 SECONDS EAST, 17.48 FEET, 8) THENCE NORTH 61 DEGREES 58 MINUTES 24 SECONDS EAST, 6.84 FEET, 9) THENCE NORTH 41 DEGREES 02 MINUTES 15 SECONDS EAST, 6.33 FEET, 10) THENCE NORTH 35 DEGREES 52 MINUTES 22 SECONDS EAST, 7.67 FEET, 11) THENCE NORTH 27 DEGREES 32 MINUTES 55 SECONDS EAST, 7.67 FEET, 12) THENCE NORTH 19 DEGREES 51 MINUTES 32 SECONDS EAST, 7.74 FEET, 13) THENCE NORTH 15 DEGREES 08 MINUTES 46 SECONDS EAST, 7.72 FEET, 14) THENCE NORTH 05 DEGREES 54 MINUTES 46 SECONDS EAST, 6.66 FEET, 15) THENCE NORTH 01 DEGREES 16 MINUTES 12 SECONDS WEST, 6.96 FEET, 16) THENCE NORTH 04 DEGREES 23 MINUTES 46 SECONDS EAST, 6.73 FEET, 17) THENCE NORTH 16 DEGREES 55 MINUTES 18 SECONDS WEST, 8.77 FEET, 18) THENCE NORTH 43 DEGREES 25 MINUTES 18 SECONDS EAST, 172.41 FEET TO THE INTERSECTION WITH THE CENTERLINE OF THE NEVADA DITCH, THENCE ALONG THE CENTERLINE OF THE NEVADA DITCH THE FOLLOWING EIGHT (8) COURSES: 1) THENCE SOUTH 37 DEGREES 58 MINUTES 45 SECONDS EAST, 79.24 FEET 2) THENCE SOUTH 47 DEGREES 17 MINUTES 26 SECONDS EAST, 88.46 FEET 3) THENCE SOUTH 15 DEGREES 04 MINUTES 07 SECONDS EAST, 26.93 FEET 4) THENCE SOUTH 29 DEGREES 11 MINUTES 51 SECONDS WEST, 38.95 FEET 5) THENCE SOUTH 53 DEGREES 40 MINUTES 23 SECONDS WEST, 126.61 FEET 6) THENCE SOUTH 53 DEGREES 02 MINUTES 34 SECONDS WEST, 262.80 FEET 7) THENCE SOUTH 73 DEGREES 18 MINUTES 03 SECONDS WEST, 41.76 FEET 8) THENCE SOUTH 55 DEGREES 21 MINUTES 10 SECONDS WEST, 79.16 FEET TO THE INTERSECTION WITH THE WEST LINE OF SAID NORTHEAST 1/4 NORTHEAST 1/4 THENCE NORTH 00 DEGREES 49 MINUTES 17 SECONDS EAST, 289.36 FEET ALONG SAID WEST LINE TO THE TRUE POINT OF BEGINNING, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO.

BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES, TOWN OF COLUMBINE VALLEY /S/ J.D. MCCRUMB, TOWN CLERK

8) THENCE SOUTH 55 DEGREES 21 MINUTES 10 SECONDS WEST, 79.16 FEET TO THE INTERSECTION WITH THE WEST LINE OF SAID NORTHEAST 1/4 NORTHEAST 1/4 THENCE NORTH 00 DEGREES 49 MINUTES 17 SECONDS EAST, 289.36 FEET ALONG SAID WEST LINE TO THE TRUE POINT OF BEGINNING, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO.

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BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES, TOWN OF COLUMBINE VALLEY /S/ J.D. MCCRUMB, TOWN CLERK Legal Notice No.: 59245 First Publication: July 27, 2017 Last Publication: July 27, 2017 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice BOARD OF TRUSTEES, TOWN OF COLUMBINE VALLEY, ARAPAHOE COUNTY, COLORADO NOTICE OF HEARING IN RE THE ORGANIZATION OF WILD PLUM METROPOLITAN DISTRICT, TOWN OF COLUMBINE VALLEY, ARAPAHOE COUNTY, COLORADO

PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that there were filed with the Board of Trustees of the Town of Columbine Valley, Arapahoe County, Colorado, a Service Plan and related documents for the proposed Wild Plum Metropolitan District. The Service Plan and related documents are now on file in the Office of the Town Clerk and are available for public inspection.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that by Order of the Board of Trustees of the Town of Columbine Valley, Arapahoe County, Colorado, and pursuant to Section 32-1-204, C.R.S., and Section 3.4 of Chapter 18 of the Municipal Code of the Town of Columbine Valley, a public hearing on said Service Plan and related documents will be held before the Board of Trustees at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday, the 15th day of August, 2017, at the Columbine Valley Town Hall, 2 Middlefield Road, Columbine Valley, Arapahoe County, Colorado.

The purpose of the Hearing shall be to consider the adequacy of the Service Plan and related documents relating to the organization of the Wild Plum Metropolitan District and to form a basis for adopting a Resolution approving, conditionally approving, or disapproving the Service Plan.

The proposed District will be generally located north of Cooley Lake, south of Fairway Lane, east of South Platte Canyon Road, and west of South Santa Fe Drive in the Town of Columbine Valley, Arapahoe County, Colorado, and contains 105 acres, more or less.

The purpose of the proposed District is to provide for public improvements, and operations and maintenance services for the public improvements, which are proposed to include open space, stormwater, landscaping, streets, mosquito control, and water, sanitation and wastewater treatment improvements. The proposed District will also have design review and covenant enforcement powers. The maximum cost of these public improvements authorized to be provided by the proposed District is estimated to be $12,200,000. The proposed maximum debt limit of the District is $15,000,000. The proposed District’s combined maximum debt service mill levy and operations mill levy shall not exceed 55.000 mills, except as the maximum debt service mill levy and maximum operations mill levy may be adjusted or unlimited in future years and under certain circumstances as provided by the proposed District’s Service Plan.

The maximum debt service mill levy shall not be imposed for more than forty years after the yeara of initial imposition, except in the case of refina ancing or refunding existing debt.

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NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that pursuant toa Section 32-1-203(3.5), C.R.S., as amended, andI Section 3.4 of Chapter 18 of the Municipal Code of the Town of Columbine Valley, no later than t ten days prior to the hearing on the Servicel Plan, any owner of real property within the proposed Wild Plum Metropolitan District may file at petition with the Board of Trustees of the Town of Columbine Valley, Arapahoe County request-d ing that such real property be excluded from thet proposed District. The Board of Trustees shall not be limited in its action with respect to the ex-O clusion of property based upon such request.

Any request for exclusion shall be acted upon before final action of the Board of Trustees con-p cerning approval of the Service Plan. /s/ J.D. McCrumb, Clerk of the Town of Columbine Valley Legal Notice No.: 59247 First Publication: July 27, 2017 Last Publication: July 27, 2017 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice NOTICE OF HEARING CONCERNING EXCLUSION OF REAL PROPERTY

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that there has been filed with the Board of Directors of the Panorama Metropolitan District (“District”), located in Arapahoe County, Colorado, a petition requesting the Board adopt a resolution approving the exclusion of certain property from the boundaries of such District (“Petition”).

1. The name and address of the Petitioner and a general description of the Property that is the subject of such Petition are as follows:

Petitioner: Jones I MNMA, L.L.C., a Delaware limited liability company Address of Petitioner: 10350 Bren Road West Minnetonka, MN 55343 Description: Approximately 4.752 acres of land generally located: north of East Nichols Avenue, east of South Yosemite Street, south of Dry Creek Road and west of Interstate 25, in the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado

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Area drivers turn in strong showings at Bandimere Golden’s Troy Grant takes Super Street

BY SCOTT STOCKER SPECIAL TO COLORADO COMMUNITY MEDIA

Drivers from the Denver metro area turned in strong performances in the Mopar Mile High Nationals at Bandimere Speedway in Morrison July 21-23. Four drivers from the area were able to come away with victories while two had to settle for runner-up trophies among the eight classes of competition.

Golden was well-represented, as the top three drivers in the Super Street Classification hailed from the there, with Troy Grant helping to lead the way.

Grant drove his 1966 Chevy to victory against Golden’s John Bianco, who drove his 1955 Chevy. The top qualifier in the class was also from Golden, Sara Vang, who drove a 1978 Dart, with a time of 10.502 seconds.

She just wasn’t able to advance to the finals. Bianco, won his first- and second-round races, then received a bye into his championship final.

“I think that it’s great that I can manage a win in my backyard,” Grant said. “I’ve just wanted to improve over the last six months. All that I’ve done has helped make me more competitive and confident and I just want to keep

DERBY FROM PAGE 29

Roller derby was popular in the 1940s and 1950s when the competition was on a banked track. The modern version on Notice a flat track Public was reborn in 2001 in Texas.

It grew nationally internationally NOTICE OF HEARING and CONCERNING EXCLUSION OF are REALmore PROPERTY to where there than 1,200 leagues around the world.

Anhas entry on NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that there been filed with the Board of Directors of the the internet stated that fl at track Panorama Metropolitan District (“District”), loc- roller ated in Arapahoe County, Colorado, ato petition derby is being considered be added requesting the Board adopt a resolution approvto list of of sports the 2020 summer ing the the exclusion certain at property from the boundaries of such District (“Petition”).

Olympics.

1. The name and of theinto Petitioner a A game isaddress divided twoand 30-minute general description of the Property that is the periods.

Jams can the full two minsubject of such Petition arerun as follows:

Petitioner: Jones I MNMA, L.L.C., a Delaware limited liability company Address of Petitioner: 10350 Bren Road West Minnetonka, MN 55343 Description: Approximately 4.752 acres of land generally located: north of East Nichols Avenue, east of South Yosemite Street, south of Dry Creek Road and west of Interstate 25, in the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado

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2. Accordingly, pursuant to Section 32-1-501(2), C.R.S., notice is hereby given that the Board of Directors of the District shall hold a public meeting to hear the Petition on Tuesday, August 1, 2017, 9:30 a.m., at the offices of Miller Global Properties, LLC 4643 South Ulster Street, Suite 1500, Denver Colorado 80237. All interested persons shall appear at such meeting and show cause in writing why such Petition should not be granted. All protests and objections shall be deemed to be waived unless submitted in writing to the District at or prior to the meeting or any continuance or postponement thereof in order to be considered.

PANORAMA METROPOLITAN DISTRICT By: Attorney for the District Legal Notice No.: 59248 First Publication: July 27, 2017 Last Publication: July 27, 2017 Publisher: Littleton Independent

Kris Whitfield of Littleton won the Super Comp division July 23 at the Mopar Mile High Nationals held at Bandimere Speeday in Morrison.

PHOTOS BY SCOTT STOCKER on the good side of the track.”

Claiming the second title for area drivers was Bradley Johnson, of Morrison. He was able to defeat Morgan Minor of Idledale, Colorado, driving his 1967 Camaro to the win.

“This is just awesome,” Johnson said. “It’s my second final and it’s is always nice to get in and do well at a national level. It’s just a great feeling.

I had good reactions and I was able to stay focused and keep my actions on the course at a good level. It’s great to win on a home track.”

Kris Whitfield, of Littleton, was able to come through and win the Super Comp championship, driving his 1927

Roadster. He was able to beat Gary Wambolt of Arvada as he covered the quarter mile in 9.544 seconds at a 149.70 mph pace.

“I feel like I overcame the odds for the second year,” Whitfield said following his win. “Two in a row is pretty cool. I broke out of the distractions and was able to run my own race.”

Randy Cruickshank, of Wheat Ridge, driving his 1963 McAmis, was the fourth driver from the metro area to win a title, defeating Grand Junction’s Bud Preuss in Top Sportsman.

“Wow,” Cruickshank said. “I feel this has been a long time in coming.”

Steve Johnson, of Arvada, and Clint

utes or be cut off by the lead jammer.

Usually there are about 20 jams per half.

Denver Roller Derby’s largest program is for women, but there is also a men’s team plus a youth program for skaters under 18.

The Denver A level team, called the Mile High Club, is currently ranked seventh among the world’s A-level teams.

The program also has a second-level team, the Bruising Altitude, and a Clevel team called the Standbys. The B and C teams travel to compete in tournaments around the country. The men’s team, Ground Control, competes nationally and currently is ranked 18th.

In additional to traveling to tournaments, Denver Roller Derby has a local

league with four teams that compete from January to April.

All individuals involved in roller derby are amateur athletes. Each player provides his or her own equipment which at least includes a helmet, knee pads and elbow pads. Traditional four-wheels-per-boot skates are used in roller derby. In-line skates are not allowed.

Denver Roller Derby athletes pay a $50 monthly membership fee. The money is used to cover the cost of renting space for games and practices, paying officials and other charges associated with the team. When a team travels, each player is responsible for his or her own expenses.

Troy Grant of Golden drove his 1966 Chevy II to victory in the Super Street class on July 23 at the Mopar Mile High Nationals at Bandimere Speedway.

Grant had a quick reaction time and turned in a 11.533 elapsed time at 124.60 miles per hour in the finals. He beat John Blanco of Golden whose turned in a 11.499 ET at 140.07 miles per hour in his 1955 Chevy but had a slow start.

Neff, also from Arvada, were top qualifiers in their divisions, but neither could come through for the title.

Clint Neff, of Arvada, had been the top qualifier in the Competition Eliminator but he was defeated in the semifinals by Dave Rampy, who had qualified fourth.

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The DRD has more than 100 members taking part in the fast-paced, physical sport. The membership includes players on three women’s team, the men’s team and the junior team for skaters 18 and under.

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MILESTONES FROM PAGE 24

Ashley L. Cooper, of Littleton, graduated with a bachelor’s degree in interdisciplinary studies, elementary teaching from the University of Northern Colorado.

Kayla Danielle Dean, of Littleton, graduated summa cum laude with a bachelor’s degree in audiology and speech-language sciences from the University of Northern Colorado.

Michael Andrew DiNardo, of Littleton, graduated with a bachelor’s degree in interdisciplinary studies, elementary teaching from the University of Northern Colorado.

Zachary F. Donaghy, of Littleton, graduated with a bachelor’s degree in political science from the University of Northern Colorado.

Bethany Marie Doss, of Littleton, graduated with a master’s degree in counseling from the University of Northern Colorado.

Michael J. Duran Jr., of Littleton, graduated with a bachelor’s degree in communication studies from the University of Northern Colorado.

Dean M. Ekeren, of Littleton, graduated with a doctorate in sport and exercise science from the University of Northern Colorado.

Amy Esch, of Littleton, graduated

with a bachelor’s degree in sport and exercise science from the University of Northern Colorado.

Nickolas Raven Godlove, of Littleton, graduated with a bachelor’s degree in biological sciences from the University of Northern Colorado.

Ellen Margaret Hamilton, of Littleton, graduated with a bachelor’s degree in environmental and sustainability studies from the University of Northern Colorado.

Kelli M. Heaton, of Littleton, graduated with a bachelor’s degree in special education from the University of Northern Colorado.

John M. Heil, of Littleton, graduated with a bachelor’s degree in history from the University of Northern Colorado.

Cat A. Hildebrand, of Littleton, graduated magna cum laude with a bachelor’s degree in English from the University of Northern Colorado.

Mekenzie M. King, of Littleton, graduated with a bachelor’s degree in interdisciplinary studies, elementary teaching from the University of Northern Colorado.

Robert Kreiling, of Littleton, graduated with a bachelor’s degree in political science from the University of Northern Colorado.

Kelly Kveton, of Littleton, graduated in May 2017 with a bachelor’s degree in biology from Azusa Pacific University.

Jonah Lackey, of Littleton, graduated in May 2017 with a bachelor’s degree in management and marketing from Carthage College.

Danielle J. Lanting, of Littleton, graduated summa cum laude with a bachelor’s degree in mathematics, secondary teaching from the University of Northern Colorado.

Erin Lee Lemberger, of Littleton, graduated with a bachelor’s degree in sport and exercise science from the University of Northern Colorado.

Nathaniel Liffick, of Littleton, graduated with a bachelor’s degree in economics from the University of Northern Colorado.

Jennifer M. Linder, of Littleton, graduated with a bachelor’s degree in human services from the University of Northern Colorado.

Jenna Long, of Littleton, was named to the spring 2017 dean’s list at Columbia College.

Rachel Marie Lukowicz, of Littleton, was named to the spring 2017 dean’s list at Doane University. Lukowicz is a graduate of Heritage High School.

Kathryn Ann Lutz, of Littleton, graduated with a bachelor’s degree in business administration, management from the University of Northern Colorado.

Angela Meadows, of Littleton, graduated in May 2017 with a bachelor’s degree in psychology from Azusa Pacific University.

Ian Minzer, of Littleton, was selected to the Alcala 100, an alumni group of leaders from each graduating class at the University of San Diego.

Jaxon Mohr, of Littleton, was named to the spring 2017 dean’s list at Harding University. Mohr is majoring in exercise science.

Lauren Murray, of Littleton, graduated magna cum laude with a bachelor’s degree in dietetics from the University of Northern Colorado.

Anna Marie O’Connor, of Littleton, graduated with a specialist in education in educational leadership, special ed administration from the University of Northern Colorado.

Rafia Sagheer, of Littleton, was named to the spring 2017 dean’s list at Columbia College.

Kurt Sesko, of Littleton, was named to the spring 2017 dean’s list at Carthage College.

Madeline R. Sladovnik, of Littleton, was named to the spring 2017 dean’s list at Doane University. A freshman, Sladovnik is a graduate of J.K. Mullen High School.

Amanda Younkers, of Littleton, graduated in May 2017 with a bachelor’s degree in Christian ministries from Azusa Pacific University.

Zachary Stevan Zahnow, of Littleton, was named to the spring 2017 dean’s list at Doane University. A senior, Zahnow is a graduate of Heritage High School.

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