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HIP TO BE SQUARE DANCING: Folks give it a twirl with local club P11 AFTER FURTHER REVIEW: City council will revisit possible merger of fire dispatch services with South Metro P4

BOND GROWS STRONGER: A woman’s multiple sclerosis diagnosis puts her husband in a caregiver role P6

FEELING THE SQUEEZE: For many in the metro area, finding an affordable apartment is a tall task P8

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Carol Fey to run for District 3 seat

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BY DAVID GILBERT DGILBERT@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Andy Jennings has spent his career overseeing parks and open space.

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Parks director, fisherman A life in the park I’m South Suburban’s director of parks and open space. I’ve been with SSPRD since January 2016. Previously, I was manager of parks and golf in Thornton for 26 years. South Suburban is a great system — it’s the largest special district in the state.

I went to Texas Tech in Lubbock, and graduated in 1981 with a degree in park administration and landscape architecture. I worked for the city of McKinney, north of Dallas, for about eight years.

I always wanted to live in Colorado, and landed the job in Thornton. I helped build Thornton into what it is now.

Then I saw this job open, and saw an opportunity to advance up to the director level and continue to expand in the field. We have an excellent staff that’s doing an amazing job, and we get fantastic support from the public. It seems like all the surveys that come in show people love the parks and trails and services we provide. I’m proud to be part of this team.

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Colorado on my mind When I started in Thornton, there were six employees and 300 acres of property. By the time I left, we had 15 full-time employees and 60 or 70 seasonal staff and 1,200 acres of developed property and a couple thousand acres of open space. South Suburban is responsible for about 3,600 acres.

I was drawn to Colorado by the mountains and the better climate. I always came camping and hiking here in high school and college, and I couldn’t wait to move here. I love fly fishing.

Trapper’s Lake in the Flat Tops Wilderness is my favorite. It’s a native cutthroat fishery and the scenery is amazing. Nearby, though, we’ve got South Platte Park, which at 900 acres, is a jewel in the city. Then there’s Waterton Canyon and some of the spots going up Highway 285. Rocky Mountain National Park is just a couple hours away.

I’m single, and I’ve got four kids. A couple of them are in Texas, and a couple are here.

My iPod is loaded with Jimmy Buffet and anything country.

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Longtime Littleton resident Carol Fey is running for the District 3 city council seat, going up against incumbent Phil Cernanec and challenger Steve Esses.

Fey said her primary issues are ensuring the city spends taxes wisely and follows zoning laws, and encouraging citizen participation in government.

“I will bring financial restraint to city council,” Fey said in a press release. “I retired 10 years early because I’m so careful about spending. With me on council, Littleton Fey will have more benefits with no tax increases.”

Fey moved to Littleton in 1987 from Minneapolis. She said she became actively involved in community affairs in 2015, when she objected to a proposed building in her neighborhood. She said she was told it would be tough to fight, but “I organized 50 neighbors, we presented the violations to the Planning Board, and they voted in our favor,” Fey said.

Fey said she has worked with the city’s Economic Development Department to encourage good development, and worked to oppose The Grove, the controversial apartment development near Littleton’s courthouse.

Fey holds two master’s degrees, in industrial technology and English. She taught at the University of Minnesota, Bowling Green (Ohio) State University and Arapahoe Community College. She also worked for a total of seven months in Antarctica, and has visited every continent.

Fey is a graduate of the Littleton Citizens Police Academy and served on the Oakbrook Homeowners Board of Directors.

Fey runs Carol Fey & Associates, which publishes and sells instructional books for HVAC contractors, and develops classroom training and webinars.

Fey and partner Patrick Fitzgerald have been together 17 years. Fey’s two children graduated from Heritage High School and the University of Colorado.

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Fire dispatch merger may happen after all Council votes to revisit issue on recommendation from mediator

‘I give them gold medals for serving this community at the level they are.’

Debbie Brinkman,

BY DAVID GILBERT DGILBERT@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

The plot has thickened in the on-again-off-again relationship between the city of Littleton and the proposed merger of the city’s fire dispatch services with those of South Metro Fire District, after city council voted 5-2 on Sept. 19 to accept the recommendation of a mediator to draw up new terms for such a merger.

While council is still free to reject new terms as drafted by City Attorney Stephen Kemp, the move makes a dispatch merger considerably more likely. Council did not set a timetable for the new proposal.

Councilmembers Peggy Cole and Doug Clark cast the dissenting votes.

The mediation was at the behest of the city’s two fire partners, Highlands Ranch Metro District and Littleton Fire Protection District, which lie outside the city’s boundaries but contract with Littleton for fire protection services.

The fire partners were left feeling jilted after the city rejected the merger in June, saying dismantling

Mayor Pro Tem the city’s fire dispatch services and contracting with South Metro, a large consolidated district, to send out trucks to respond to emergencies would save money and provide a better service to residents.

The fire partners issued an ultimatum in August, saying that if the city didn’t provide them with a satisfactory outcome, they would sever ties with the city and contract with South Metro.

The partners agreed to mediation with John Hayes, a Denver attorney, in a process that examined each party’s stance and issued a non-binding set of recommendations that all parties were free to take or leave.

Aiming to improve service Hayes’ report recommended that the city take a leap of faith and merge dispatch services with South Metro, but that South Metro should bill the city and the two fire partners

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The separate billing proposal has an added benefit in that it removes Littleton as a middleman in the payment process, thus reducing the city’s annual revenue accrual, easing the burden on the city’s TABOR cap and freeing up space in the budget for other projects, Kemp said.

According to documents prepared by the city, Littleton’s current fire dispatch center bills the city $83.86 per call. Under South Metro’s offer, the city and the fire partners would be billed $58.46 per call, which, multiplied by the average number of calls the dispatch center handles in a year, works out to an annual savings of about $400,000.

The three entities each make up roughly a third of the annual call volume, with the Littleton Fire Protection District — which serves west Centennial and parts of unincorporated Jefferson and Douglas counties — topping the list at a rate of about 6,000 calls a year.

The city’s data show that call volume is steadily increasing each year, and the fire partners say South Metro’s economies of scale make them better equipped to handle the increasing demand.

While Littleton’s fire dispatch room normally utilizes two dispatchers — one to answer calls and one to dispatch trucks — South Metro’s dispatch room may have a half-dozen or more dispatchers on at one time, working on calls from a vast swath of the southeast metro area.

South Metro already serves Parker, Castle Pines, Lone Tree, Greenwood Village and much of Centennial, among other areas.

While Littleton’s fire dispatch center is currently meeting its response time goals, with more than 90 percent of calls received being dispatched in under a minute, the fire partners still feel that South Metro can provide a higher level of service and provide better conditions to dispatchers, Kemp said.

He added that while in the past fire departments were largely insulated from lawsuits filed by individuals, in recent years courts have increasingly allowed the practice. If something were to go wrong with a call, the city could be opening itself up to litigation if someone were to allege that the city had been negligent by failing to merge with a better-equipped dispatch center, Kemp said.

Several city councilmembers found the arguments persuasive.

“It’s a mounting of factors that say it’s time to reduce our risk, reduce our cost, and increase safety for our

citizens,” Councilmember Bill Hopping said. “We have to look at the TABOR cap this frees up. This gives us the ability to pave roads so somebody doesn’t hit a pothole and hit their chin on the steering wheel and need that fire call in the first place.”

Mayor Pro Tem Debbie Brinkman said she’s grateful the city’s dispatchers have been hitting their turnaround-time goals considering the conditions they work in.

“Considering the pressure under which they’re working, with the confined space, the stress level, and sitting in one chair for 12 hours at a stretch with barely something to eat, I give them gold medals for serving this community at the level they are,” said Brinkman, who is also the liaison between council and the fire partners. “For us to continue to expect them to do that is a complete and total disservice to our employees and citizens. I’m not going to allow this to continue with my vote.”

Mayor Bruce Beckman and Councilmember Jerry Valdes both voted against the merger in June, but voted in favor of the new proposal.

Valdes said the liability concerns and increased services under South Metro won him over.

“It sounds like there could be holes in our current service,” Valdes said.

“I’m concerned for the people who need those services. It’s in the best interest of the citizens of Littleton that we contract with South Metro.”

Move called ‘premature’ Cole and Clark remained steadfast in their opposition.

Clark called the dispatch merger premature while the city is still in the midst of a longer study into the possibility of a wholesale merger of the city’s fire services and partnerships into a consolidated district.

“Once we get rid of our dispatch center, it’ll be difficult or impossible to get it back,” Clark said. “It removes a great many alternatives we have while that’s in process. There’s not really a rush on this, other than the fact that the partners have a rush on this. This is ill conceived and premature, and we’re boxing the city and citizens into some very limited options in the future.”

Cole said the cost savings argument didn’t sway her.

“If we follow the cost logic, it seems we ought to just ask Littleton to be annexed to some other city and reduce cost all kinds of ways,” Cole said. “We should put this issue on hold for six months to give it a chance to stabilize. The opportunity to merge isn’t going away.”

The city’s fire partners hailed the council’s decision, with an awareness that the measure isn’t settled yet.

“This is a very preliminary move,” said Littleton Fire Rescue Chief Chris Armstrong, who is also chief of the Littleton Fire Protection District. “Council will still have a lot of questions. I don’t know what’s going to happen, but them reconsidering and bringing the merger proposal back is something positive.”

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DACA students rally to renew eligibility, ‘mourn loss of dream’ In wake of program’s end, recipients feel ‘betrayed’ but not surprised

WHAT IS DACA?

The Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program allows undocumented immigrants to apply for the ability to live and work in the U.S. for renewable periods of two years.

It depends upon, in part, if an individual:

BY ELLIS ARNOLD EARNOLD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

When she was 2 years old, Claudia Hurtado and her sister were taken across the border with people she didn’t know.

Separately, her parents crossed from Mexico to Texas, and there, met the people with their children, before coming to Denver to give them “a better future,” said Hurtado, who’s now able to work and and live without fear of deportation because of the Deferred Action For Childhood Arrivals program. DACA started under President Barack Obama in 2012 when the federal government decided to change how it enforces immigration law.

When she was 13, Hurtado heard that her father was deported after taking a bus to visit his father’s grave in Mexico. After he crossed the border to El Paso, Texas, immigration officers there detained him.

“I remember my mom hiding it from us because we were young,” said Hurtado, now 16 and a Denver Public Schools student. She heard the news first from her sister.

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But after Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced the end of DACA on Sept. 5, more than 15,000 people with active DACA status in Colorado may see that line erased entirely. The federal government stopped accepting new applications Sept. 5, and those whose status expires before March 5 have until Oct. 5 to reapply. For those whose status is set to expire after March 5, the clock is ticking until their protections run out.

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‘We have to be close’

A marriage evolves as a husband becomes his wife’s caregiver

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Chris Cummins sits on the floor, cross-legged, facing his wife Cindy in the recliner where she spends most of her day. With her right hand, she strokes her Chihuahua, Porscha, snuggled in her lap. Lining the wall near the chair is a pile of Cindy’s shoes, some with lower leg braces attached, others with duct tape on the soles to prevent her from slipping.

As Cindy leans forward, Chris guides her to the nearby walker, then walks just behind her, his hand resting softly on her back. He stands beside her as she positions herself on the stairlift that takes her upstairs to the bathroom — there’s none on the first level. And he waits just outside the bathroom door until she re-emerges.

Then they repeat the movements in reverse, the choreography synchronized with repetition and time.

Cindy, 61, settles into the recliner and Chris, 64, embraces her feet with his hands, gently placing them in a comfortable position on the leg rest.

He moves to the couch, always within 10 feet of his wife.

She sighs.

“This wasn’t how we planned to spend our retirement together,” she said.

Since their first meeting the couple, now married 36 years, have felt a profound closeness, but Cindy’s 2005 diagnosis with multiple sclerosis, a degenerative neurological condition that progressively robs victims of their motor skills and shortens most victims’ lives, changed their relationship, for worse and for better.

‘I saw her standing there’ The couple met in 1980 at an “Orphans’ Easter,” a gathering of transplants to Colorado spending the holidays away from their families.

Cindy’s sister, Chris’ co-worker at Mountain Bell, hosted. Cindy was sitting on the couch when Chris, carrying a salad, entered the room.

“We looked at each other and we both had a tingle,” Cindy said, her smile suggesting she can still feel the electric sensation.

“I looked across the room and it was like that Beatles song, how does it go?” he says. “I saw her standing there.”

They took a walk around Sloan’s Lake to end their expatriate holiday, and Chris called his parents that night to say he’d found the woman he was going to marry. They had their first date two weeks later at the People’s Fair in downtown Denver, and didn’t waste time getting to know each other better.

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CAREGIVER BURNOUT: SYMPTOMS Many caregivers risk being overwhelmed by the many responsibilities and stressors associated with taking care of a loved one.

The following are some of the symptoms indicating that a caregiver is under pressure: • Role fatigue — being an employee, parent, spouse and caregiver all at once takes a toll on an individual’s mental and emotional health. Remembering that you can only do so much, and remembering to take care of yourself, can help prevent fatigue.

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duced new experiences. Chris took her roller skating for the first time.

They saw “The Rocky Horror Picture Show” and John Waters movies.

In Cindy, Chris found a muse who exuded compassion and whose creativity inspired his own.

“She was very creative and talented and giving,” he says. “It’s a very inspirational thing to have someone around like that — it’s like a well you draw from.”

They ate Chinese food, had long conversations and created art to-

gether. Cindy made quilts, an average of 25 a year. Chris played harmonica and wrote short stories.

It didn’t hurt, Cindy adds, that they were both hot to trot.

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CAREGIVER BURNOUT: STRATEGIES FOR SURVIVAL

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Though the stresses of providing care for loved ones can be great, here are a few ways to ensure a caregiver doesn’t succumb to the stresses of their role:

“We were easy,” she said with a devilish grin and a sidelong glance at Chris’ reddening face. “It was a lot of fun.”

Chris asked Cindy to marry him two weeks after their first date, while he was battling a bout of strep throat.

Cindy chalked the cheeky proposal up to a fever and waited almost a year before taking him at his word. They married in 1981 and bought a home in Edgewater.

Two children followed, Courtney, now 30, and Cody, now 25. Chris did accounting and consulting for Mountain Bell and Cindy ran a day care center from her home before working in school cafeterias at Northeast Elementary, then Chaparral High School. They moved to a bigger house in Arvada, then Parker. Life was good.

Then came Cindy’s 2005 diagnosis.

‘Something was really wrong’ The symptoms began showing themselves, but were dismissed at first. Cindy began having what she calls “zingers,” intense, shooting pains traveling from her hips to her feet. Bouts of vertigo came and went.

Her vision worsened to the point she stopped driving after dark. Her left leg began to drag.

For as long as she could, Cindy kept up her job in the cafeteria at Chaparral High School, working the cash register to avoid the chance of dropping trays of food. At the end of the 2005 school year, realizing she wouldn’t pass the 50-pound lifting test to return to work in the fall, she resigned.

Soon after her resignation, on a visit to Nebraska for her parents’ 50th anniversary, Cindy could barely get out of the car.

“Everybody could tell ...” Chris said as Cindy finished his thought, “... something was really wrong.”

The zingers were still there, and bouts of vertigo became severe.

Cindy’s eyesight got even worse, and she went to an ophthalmologist at WalMart for glasses. He told her to talk to her doctor instead.

She did. After a series of tests, she received her diagnosis. Intially the couple took the news well.

“We were so thrilled that it was MS,” she said.

Cindy’s aunt had died of a brain tumor after experiencing similar symptoms with her vision. The Cumminses were relieved to find out Cindy was cancer-free.

“We were feeling optimistic that whatever it was, we would get over it,” Chris said.

Not long after the diagnosis, Cindy’s family in Nebraska called — her father had fallen and was dying. Cindy was too ill to make the trip.

“I so resented MS then,” she said. “I couldn’t be there to give my dad a hug when he really needed one.”

“I think I was in denial” before, Chris said. “Then when you realize something’s damaging your spouse’s nerves, you know it’s going to get really nasty.”

Within a few months of the diagnosis, Cindy was largely homebound.

Chris took on additional roles: nurse,

• Autonomy — anyone being cared for should be allowed to make as many decisions and perform as many routine activities as they safely can. Being able to dress, feed, bathe or perform other tasks, when possible, allows the individual to retain their dignity and decreases stress for the caregiver. It is also important to listen to the person being cared for with respect and honor their decisions as much as possible.

• Consistency — while everyone will have good and bad days, maintaining regular routines and providing reliable care to a loved one will reduce stress for both parties.

Chris Cummins helps his wife Cindy with one of her handmade quilts, rousing Cindy’s Chihuahua, Porscha. Cindy’s creativity, apparent in the quilts she’s made for decades, was one of the attributes that attracted Chris, himself a writer and amateur musician, to her.

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As their new reality took shape, being the breadwinner and coming home to his “second job” took a toll on Chris.

But he had made his wedding vows: “in sickness and in heath,” and he was going to stand by them.

“I felt like a single mom,” he said. “I would work all day, then when I was done with my job I’d have to shop, clean and do laundry, cook … then you lay your head down and worry that (she’s) going to fall at three in the morning, which happened. You find yourself not sleeping.”

Chris’ patience eroded from a combination of work-related fatigue and attending to Cindy’s medical needs, not to mention the paperwork, appointments and phone calls that came with them. Cindy’s memory lapses, a symptom of MS, increased to the point where she sometimes couldn’t finish a sentence. Communication became more difficult and everyday conversations more strained. Performing the chores he’d taken over from Cindy, like loading the dishwasher, became fertile ground for arguments.

They both felt cheated out of the golden years they had envisioned.

“You picture buying a Corvette when you retire, not a minivan,” Chris said.

Cindy felt guilty for being a burden as her coordination got worse and Chris took on what had been her household responsibilites, like cooking and laundry. Chris felt guilty when his body language or tone betrayed his frustration and compounded her guilt.

More than once, Cindy considered divorce as the pain and stress of what their lives had become obscured the love and joy they’d always known.

• Outside interests — both caregivers and the loved ones they care for will thrive if they can maintain hobbies and interactions separate from one another. Day centers or other groups may be available for the person being cared for, or they may be able to partake in independent activities. Caregivers will return to their role refreshed if they can leave their duties completely behind temporarily to enjoy a hobby or time alone.

• Flexibility — adjust expectations and allow room for improvement with providing care, decision making and interacting with the person being cared for. Power struggles and stress can result when routines are rigid or when the caregiver tries to do everything themselves. Remember that the loved one is worthy of your care, and expect that some tasks won’t be resolved as you would like.

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But the love never went away. And the joy, after a time, came back.

‘My manner changed’ A turning point came when Chris retired from CenturyLink in 2015, relieving an enormous amount of stress on both partners. He no longer came home exhausted from work. He had more time to meditate every morning, repeating intentional statements to carry him through the day.

“I will say ‘I am full of love,’ “ he said, extending his arms as wide as they will reach. “That reminds me I have love to give Cindy ... I relish that I have a day where I’m needed ...

If things are really bad, I’ll say ‘I am calm, I am strong.’ “ Introspection helped him challenge the “narrative” he once held about devotion — and entitlement.

“There was a voice in my head saying, ‘This is demeaning, I didn’t sign on for this,’” he said. “Did Mother Teresa think anything was demeaning?

Once I embraced the concept that I am here to help her, with whatever that is,

my manner changed. Now I go to bed and I sleep good.”

A palliative care counseling session at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus in 2016 helped Chris realize taking care of himself was as important as taking care of Cindy. For her, the session affirmed that they’re both in the process of enjoying life, not preparing for death.

In 2006, they began meeting with the Parker Pals, a self-help group for victims of MS and their families. Chris still attends regularly, Cindy goes when she can.

They relish the activities they can enjoy together, like cooking dinner, but they both make time for themselves. Chris drops Cindy off at the mall in her electric wheelchair, so she can take her time and shop without him rushing her. Meanwhile, he goes swimming at the Parker Recreation Center or works out. They stay in touch with ther cell phones.

Chris still writes, recently self-publishing an autobiography of his mother compiled from her manuscripts.

Cindy still quilts, though vertigo and tremors in her arm have kept her from finishing the two quilt tops she started for her granddaughter and nephew more than a year ago.

‘I’ll do whatever I can’ In the last few years, they’ve learned to forgive each other, and themselves, for what they’ve said in the heat of the moment. Pressure builds at times, but they acknowledge it and move on.

They’ve learned how to argue and still listen to each other.

They talk openly. About the proper way to load the dishwasher. About their children. About what will happen when Cindy’s needs exceed Chris’ abilities.

After her diagnosis, her doctor gave Cindy 10 to 15 years to live, but 11 years later, she doesn’t trust that estimate.

“We have to talk about things other people can ignore,” Chris says. “Death is an inevitability.”

They talk about nursing homes.

Cindy dreads the thought of living in a room too small for her sewing gear, and fears schedules that may limit when she can see her husband.

“I’ll do whatever I can to keep her here,” Chris said.

They talk about physician-assisted suicide, a viable option in Colorado since the 2016 passage of Proposition 106, the End of Life Options Act. “We have discussed it,” Cindy says.

“I don’t know if I’m going to do it.”

For now, those conversations are abstract, and Cindy can enjoy sitting in her recliner with Porscha on her lap.

But a recent fall and extended stay in a rehabilitation facility reminds them the inevitable is just that.

So they concentrate on cherishing every moment together, grateful for the 36 years they’ve had, looking forward to the tomorrows to come.

There are worse things than MS, Chris believes.

They could have lost one of their children.

They could have died in a car crash.

They could have fallen out of love.

“If you breeze through life and you go off in different directions, you miss out on the closeness,” Chris said.

“We have to be close.”

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Sky-high rents squeeze long-time residents Housing prices put the hurt on workforce

WHAT’S IT COST? Median rent for a one-bedroom apartment in September for area cities in which the number was available at ApartmentList.com:

BY DAVID GILBERT DGILBERT@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Mary Ann Parker can’t talk about her apartment search without crying.

The 58-year-old on disability rents a room in a house in Commerce City for $750 a month, which eats up most of her $840 a month disability check.

She longs to live closer to her daughter and her newborn grandchild in Castle Rock, but after months of searching, she’s discouraged.

“I can’t even afford to put in application fees,” Parker said. “I can’t part with $50 for every place, just to be turned down over and over. And first and last month’s rent and a security deposit after that? It’s just impossible.”

Parker has moved several times over the last few years, chasing cheap rents that keep creeping up.

She narrowly missed a slot in a south metro housing authority when a change-of-address form didn’t go through, and she missed the notification. She’s been trying to apply to other housing authority boards around the metro area, but most aren’t accepting new applicants because the waiting lists are already years long.

Things are tense with the other boarders in the house, and one of her few sources of comfort is Butterfly, her certified therapy dog Papillon, who eases the symptoms of Parker’s PTSD, depression and anxiety.

“She keeps me from getting so lonely,” Parker said.

Parker’s story is emblematic of the challenges faced by renters across the metro area, where rents climbed 52 percent between 2005 and 2015, according to Apartment List, a rental listing site that also researches industry trends. An influx of people lured by a healthy job market have strained the capacity of the construction industry and pushed people like Parker to the margins.

“It’s basically two camps: The first is those that have moved here from somewhere else, many times with a job, many times from a more expensive market,” said Ron Throupe, the author of the quarterly Denver Metro Apartment Vacancy and Rent report and a professor at the University of Denver. “For them, the prices are not much of a burden.

“But those that have been here a long time, they’re living on the economy they grew from, and they’re on different footing than those inmigrating. They’re the ones feeling the pressures.”

‘People won’t want to stay’ The median rent in the Denver metro area was $1,377 in the second quarter, according to Throupe’s report, and builders can’t cut the ribbon on new apartments fast enough.

Mary Ann Parker wants to move from Commerce City to be closer to her newborn granddaughter in Castle Rock, but a white-hot rental market has left her discouraged and frustrated.

DAVID GILBERT More than 11,000 new apartments came online last year, and 10,000 more opened in the first half of 2017.

Vacancy rates remain low, around 5 percent. Colorado’s population continues to grow by roughly 10,000 people a month, with the overwhelming majority settling along the Front Range.

Skyrocketing housing prices have many young people looking elsewhere to start a family, said Sydney Bennet, a researcher with Apartment List. A recent study by the company found that two-thirds of Denver renters want to settle down somewhere else.

“If these cost trends continue, people won’t want to stay,” Bennet said.

“People from San Jose, San Francisco or New York move here because it’s comparatively more affordable.

But for people who have lived here for 20 or 30 years, it’s unprecedented.

You have a lot of strain on lower- and middle-income families who have never had to spend so much toward housing.”

Bennet said eventually the trends are likely to flatten out some, with in-migration slowing and apartment construction catching up, but prices

aren’t likely to come down.

That’s because the vast majority of new rental stock is high-end, Throupe said, with few builders bothering with workforce housing.

That leaves low-income earners with little wiggle room, and even exerts upward pressure on the rents on mid-range apartments.

A shortage of starter homes has meant many people can’t make the jump from renting to owning, Throupe said, after the recession knocked many custom home builders out of business and with tract home builders only now back in full swing.

What’s the solution?

One barrier to making the jump has been unintended consequences of Colorado’s decade-old construction defects law, which allowed as few as two owners in a condominium development to file class-action lawsuits against developers and builders for defective units for years after they were completed, said Republican state Sen. Jack Tate, who represents District 27, covering a swath of the southeast metro area, including Centennial and parts of Aurora.

Tate said the law meant that nearly

• Arvada: $1,190

• Littleton: $1,450

• Aurora: $1,250

• Lone Tree: $1,620

• Englewood: $1,200

• Parker: $1,420

• Denver: $1,070

• Thornton: $1,440

• Golden: $1,230

• Westminster: $1,250

all condo builders in the state were mired in excessive litigation, and made builders gun-shy about building more condos when apartments were much lower risk. Condos are generally considered a starting point for new homeowners because of their lower cost than single-family homes. Tate said the law meant that condos went from 20 percent of the metro area’s new housing stock in 2005 to only 2 percent today.

Tate cosponsored a bipartisan reform bill aimed at reducing the law’s impact by upping the classaction requirement to a majority of a condo development’s residents, and narrowing the timeframe to a 90-day election period.

The law, signed by Gov. John Hickenlooper in May, took effect in early September. Tate said it’s too soon to know if the law will spur condo development, but he hears optimism among builders.

“Homeownership is important,” Tate said “We should not underestimate how critical condominiums are as an entry point for young people and a place for older folks to downsize.”

More action on the part of governments may be necessary, said Brad Evans, a former real estate agent turned consultant and selfproclaimed “professional agitator” for smart growth.

Evans, who lives in Lakewood, said some cities are turning toward growth restrictions that only send rents and housing prices even higher. He’s fighting a proposal in Lakewood that he said will turn it into “the next Boulder.”

“Growth restrictions will murder people,” Evans said. “Tax rates will skyrocket. Granny in her 1960s ranch will be on the hook for a lot more in taxes.”

Evans said that both restricting and encouraging sprawl have their drawbacks.

“We need intergovernmental agreements on developing workforce housing,” Evans said. “We need a healthy mix of condos, townhomes, single family and for-rent product.

We can’t be afraid of change. Instead of battling, how do we collaborate?”

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South Suburban seeks ongoing support from voters Parks and rec district asks to indefinitely extend mill levies

South Suburban Parks and Recreation District employees fire up the grill for an employee appreciation barbecue at Sterne Park.

BY DAVID GILBERT DGILBERT@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

People who use South Suburban Parks and Recreation District’s recreation centers, trails and parks overwhelmingly approve of the district’s offerings, according to surveys conducted earlier this year. They’ll soon get a chance to put their money where their mouths are.

South Suburban has two issues on the November ballot for voters in the district, which includes Littleton, Bow Mar, Columbine Valley, Lone Tree, Sheridan, much of Centennial and some unincorporated areas of Arapahoe, Douglas and Jefferson counties.

The district is asking voters to approve two ballot issues, 4B and 4C, which in essence will allow them to keep collecting revenue as they have been.

South Suburban is largely funded by property tax revenue, collected through two mill levies, approved in 2010 and 2014. Residents of the district pay 1.163 mills toward the district’s existing debt, meaning the owner of a $300,000 home pays about $15.50 a

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month to maintain and improve the district’s four recreation centers, four outdoor pools, four golf courses, nearly 100 miles of trails, more than 100 parks and 2,500 acres of open space.

Ballot Issue 4B, if approved, would indefinitely extend the district’s two property tax mill levies. Ballot Issue 4C, if approved, would allow the district to borrow more money to increase its debt to $46.86 million, with a repayment cost of up to $61.66 million.

“We’re on schedule to pay off our existing debt by 2018,” South Suburban Executive Director Rob Hanna said.

“We go out and issue more debt for the future. We pay that off with existing taxes. The only other option would be to save up beforehand. It’s similar to

borrowing for a house. Financially it’s a strong position to be in.”

The debt would go toward meeting a variety of needs, according to a news release, including repairing and improving existing parks, recreation facilities and playgrounds, replacing outdated mechanical equipment with new energy saving systems, replacing inefficient irrigation systems and maintaining natural areas and open space.

The district compiled its first-ever master plan earlier this year, which shed light on what the public wants from South Suburban, Hanna said.

“Citizens expect us to have a sustainable district,” Hanna said. “That means environmentally sustainable,

but also financially. Long-term sustainability meant asking the voters to essentially extend the mill levies for the foreseeable future. It’s hard to plan for the future when you’re uncertain where revenue will come from.”

Hanna said the district stands to lose over a third of its funding if the mill levies expire as scheduled in 2025.

The master plan also highlighted challenges faced by South Suburban, including aging infrastructure. The Great Recession hindered South Suburban’s ability to address long-term maintenance needs, Brett Collins, the district’s director of planning and development, said in July.

A survey of South Suburban’s facilities cited in the master plan 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.

“If these ballot issues aren’t passed, we won’t be able to do many projects at all,” Hanna said. “I think as long as communication gets out there that this isn’t a tax increase, the community will be supportive. It appears the community is satisfied with us and is confident we’re using tax money wisely. What we say we’ll do, we go out and do.”

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the potential rescinding of DACA. Students from several DPS high schools participated, said Galindo, a DACA recipient.

“Seeing all these young kids, all these schools, speak out was very empowering,” Galindo, 24, said, but “very devastating because people were crying.

People were scared ... everyone was feeling literally everything at the moment.”

But amid the panic, lawyers, law students, campus officials and student activists have banded together at colleges across metro areas to renew DACA protections for eligible recipients. On Sept. 16, pro-bono lawyers and staff from MSU and the University of Colorado Denver ran a workshop on the Auraria Campus that got DACA-renewal applications done for students from those two schools. They paid the $495 renewal fee for the students.

Community College of Denver students, high school students and community members got help from the local Mexican consulate in Glendale at the workshop, said Galindo, whose RISE group and CU Dreamers, a similar group at UCD, helped organize it. For non-Mexican nationals, the

workshop helped them apply for funds through the Mission Asset Fund, a San Franciscobased nonprofit.

In all, 33 people got renewals submitted or assitance applying that day. MSU started a fund to help with renewal fees — it covered the fee for seven students there, Saira said — and UCD pulled from the privately funded Student Relief Fund created by University of Colorado regents in April. Five students have had the fee covered by that fund, said Angelica Lopez-Rodriguez, graduate assistant for undocumented student services at UCD. Similar renewal workshops took place Sept. 22 and 23 at Colorado State University Fort Collins, Sept. 23 at the University of Denver and Sept. 27 at the University of Colorado Boulder, and will take place Sept. 29 at the University of Northern Colorado Greeley.

Under pressure At Arapahoe Community College in Littleton, some undocumented students dropped classes after DACA’s rescinding, officials said.

“I’ve been working in higher (education) for 20 years, and this feeling that `whoa, this might affect my ability to finish my education’ ... I’ve never (previously) felt that,” said Jeff Duggan, coordinator for communications at the college.

ACC doesn’t track its number of DACA students, said Lisa Matye Edwards, vice president of student affairs, but through anecdotal conversations, school officials have noticed. She guessed ACC has about 30 students affected by DACA policy, and the school identified a pool of donated money it can use to help students pay their renewal fee.

The school put out a message to staff and students Sept. 5 and is connecting students to immigration attorneys, Matye Edwards said. Mental health counselors, and ACC staff who were once non-citizens, can speak to students about their anxiety, she said.

On Sept. 13, the State Board for Community Colleges and Occupational Education, which oversees 13 colleges in the state including ACC, adopted a resolution to support congressional action to preserve DACA protections.

Looking ahead With less than six months until recipients who do not have the chance to reapply for DACA begin to see their status expire, Congress will be under pressure to decide the fate of young immigrants.

U.S. Rep. Ed Perlmutter, DGolden, supports the DREAM Act of 2017, which would give undocumented immigrants

who entered the U.S. before age 18 a path to citizenship through work, military service or attending college. He also supports the American Hope Act, which is similar but would not be based on those criteria.

He supported DACA when it was enacted in 2012.

“I was pleased to see Gov. Hickenlooper add Colorado’s name to a lawsuit challenging (President Trump’s) decision to end the DACA program,” Perlmutter said.

Republican U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner tweeted a statement Sept. 5 saying he’s proud to cosponsor the DREAM Act. “Children who came to this country ... through no fault of their own must have the opportunity to remain here lawfully,” Gardner’s statement said.

A spokesperson for Democratic U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet said Bennet supports the DREAM Act and has supported DACA. Bennet “believes Dreamers should feel empowered to continue contributing to our society — not scared of being deported from the only country they know as home,” the spokesperson said.

U.S. Rep. Mike Coffman, R-Aurora, said that in January he introduced the BRIDGE Act, which would be a “backup” plan to give undocumented immigrants legal presence

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“What I hope is a more permanent solution (can pass),” said Coffman, who supports a proposal to combine elements of the DREAM Act with added border security, but not a wall, along with Rep. Jared Polis, D-Boulder. They put it together in mid-September along with a small bipartisan group in Congress and planned to introduce it into debate soon, Coffman said.

Trump has told Congressional Democrats he would accept some kind of DACA fix in exchange for added border security measures and that the wall would not be a part of the discussions, Politico reported Sept. 14. Republican House Speaker Paul Ryan supports that kind of pairing of policies.

“Trump’s announcement probably gives momentum to the effort to pass (comprehensive immigration reform),” Rep. Diana DeGette, D-Denver, said.

In the meantime, students like Claudia Hurtado will be waiting. Her family fought her father’s deportation case, and he was allowed to stay, partly because of his five children.

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Be there and be square Square dancing club keeps dance alive and keeps it lively

BY DAVID GILBERT DGILBERT@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Ask a group of square dancers what impact their passion has had on their lives, and you’ll get one answer over and over: “I met my spouse square dancing.”

It’s not hard to see why — how many opportunities does one get to laugh and twirl with dozens of other people for an evening?

Square dancing, a folk dance that has taken on innumerable variations since its origins in 16th-century Europe, lives on in the footloose and lighthearted members of the Mountaineers, a Littleton-based square dancing club, one of about a dozen such clubs in the Denver metro area.

The Mountaineers held an intro to square dancing class in Lakewood last week to drum up interest in their upcoming beginners’ classes.

JOIN THE FUN The Mountaineers will kick off their beginners’ square-dancing classes on a soon-to-be determined date.

A total of 24 classes will be held, every Monday and Thursday through December.

Classes run from 7-9 p.m. and cost $10 a pop, or $240 for the whole slate. The whole course is half price, $120, if you pay a lump sum up front.

Contact Jan Hormuth with questions at jjhormuth@yahoo.com or 303-877-2442.

In a traditional square dance, four couples face each other in a square, and perform synchronized movements to the instructions of a “caller.” The effect is a mesmerizing spectacle of coordination that looks simultaneously complex and effortless.

In practice, square dancing takes a sharp mind, a keen ear, and a fleet foot.

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What could possibly be wrong about wanting a perfect world?

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y therapist asked me to describe my perfect world.

“No one goes hungry, for one thing,” I said.

“Very admirable.”

“Affordable health care options for everyone.”

“Very admirable.”

“No one wears a baseball cap backwards except a baseball player.”

“Seriously?”

“Seriously. And no one uses the word `sustainable’ for at least a year. Maybe longer.”

Hypothetical questions are fun to think about and that’s it.

“What would you do with a million dollars?”

“If you only had 24 hours to live, what would you do?”

“If you could only take 10 albums to a deserted island, would Hootie’s be one of them?”

The world is far from perfect.

“It’s a work in progress,” someone said.

It doesn’t look like it’s going to be finished by the time I take the last train to Clarksville.

Some things are best left unfinished.

Franz Schubert’s beautiful “Symphony No. 8” is known as the “Unfinished Symphony.”

Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s “Kubla Khan” was never finished because he was interrupted when he was writing it by “a person from Porlock,” and when the person finally left, Coleridge forgot where the poem was headed.

(It was composed after he experienced an opium-influenced dream.)

Artist Gilbert Stuart’s most famous painting

LETTER TO THE EDITOR Kudos to congressman I want to thank elected officials in Colorado for their continued support of DACA recipients.

U.S. Rep. Mike Coffman should especially be commended for reaching across the aisle to support Dreamers. In Colorado, there are currently 17,000 young people stuck in limbo and they deserve the certainty of a permanent legislative solution.

These hardworking young adults are part of our communities and contribute to our economy.

I applaud Rep. Coffman for signing on

to the Dream Act — legislation that would achieve the stability these young people need by continuing protections for DACA recipients and creating a pathway to citizenship.

Unfortunately, we’re still waiting for Colorado’s remaining congressional Republicans to show similar leadership. I hope they will follow Rep. Coffman’s example by putting partisan politics aside and doing what’s right for these young Dreamers.

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Colorado, we’ve got a problem GUEST COLUMN

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up, I’m talking about it AGAIN. The Legislature?

Done that. Bipartisanship? Not happening right now. Yes, suicide prevention — that taboo topic no one wants to talk about, but is reaching epidemic proportions in Colorado.

We know far too painfully that in Denver metro alone, we’ve lost three more teenagers to suicide, ironically concurrently with Suicide Prevention Month.

When is this trend going to stop? Never. Unless we talk about it and do something now. As a suicide loss survivor, neighbor, and member of the Colorado Suicide Prevention Commission.

I am compelled to speak out and act personally and systemically.

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First, the hard facts — Suicide is the seventh leading cause of death for all Coloradans. For comparison, the number of suicides deaths has now exceeded the number of deaths from homicide, motor vehicle crash, breast cancer, influenza and pneumonia, and diabetes. Yet our volunteer hours and government and private dollars dedicated to those other causes far outweigh what we do for suicide prevention in this state. Why? Because no one wants to talk about it.

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is an unfinished portrait of George Washington that was on every classroom wall in my high school.

I asked my father, “Why would anyone buy unfinished furniture?”

“Son, it means unstained or unpainted.”

“Why isn’t it called unstained or unpainted furniture?”

It’s going to be a while before the Crazy Horse Memorial is finished.

Many authors, like Ernest Hemingway, have left stories and novels unfinished, only to have someone publish them posthumously — ostensibly to add further dimension to the author’s life, or to make money off of it. Take your pick.

To get the best answers, make sure you ask the best questions

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ere we are back in full swing of the new school year. My guess would be that many of you reading this column WINNING have already WORDS asked the question, “Did you do your homework?” And you probably heard something like a short and muffled, Michael Norton “No.” Or a “Yes” that didn’t sound quite convincing.

The question itself is not wrong, we all would like to inspect what we expect when it comes to homework, but it could be the way we ask the question or the tonality we use when asking the question. Instead of just asking if they did their homework, try something like this, “Tell me more about your homework tonight. Is there a subject or assignment I can help you with?” Now we don’t want to do their homework for them, never not ever. Yet by taking

a guiding or helpful role that doesn’t undermine their ability or their vision to complete the assignment is usually accepted.

Sometimes we believe we already know the answers, and some of us already know all of the answers, if you don’t believe us, just ask us.

But the best part about asking questions when we believe we already know the answer, is that it gives the other person a chance to share their opinion and it also shows them respect.

Asking questions also helps us to stay out of arguments that are fueled by anger or prejudice of any kind. If we sense that we may not be on the same page when it comes to our opinions, we never have to arm wrestle anyone or place a stake in the ground about our own position or point of view. We can easily make that known calmly, professionally and politely by asking questions instead of espousing our opinions or drawing any kind of line in the sand. Is there a place for a good old-fashioned debate?

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America has opportunity for overhaul of federal tax code

resident Trump visited Springfield, Missouri, and laid out his plans for reforming our nation’s outdated, complex and uncompetitive tax system.

The president’s GUEST plan is built around an America-first COLUMN tax system that is focused on jobs, increasing wages and wealth in America, and restoring the American dream.

The Business Roundtable conducted a survey of their CEOs and 90 Jeff Wasden percent responded that delaying tax reform will harm the U.S. economy by causing slower economic growth, hiring, and capital investment. Fiftyseven percent of the responding CEOs say delaying tax reform means their company will delay capital spending, the investment that drives jobs and growth. Fifty-six percent say their companies will delay hiring plans.

President Trump believes lower taxes and higher wages will result in a better life for all Americans and make the American dream more accessible than ever before. The Colorado Business Roundtable enthusiastically endorses a tax reform plan that accomplishes four goals — simplification of our tax code so that

it is fair to all Americans, provides reforms that lead to job creation and higher wages, provides tax relief for the working and middle classes, and paves the way for repatriation of funds parked offshore back to the United States.

Our current tax code has increased in length and complexity so that 94 percent of U.S. taxpayers needed some form of help to file their returns, according to National Taxpayers Union, and 91 percent of small businesses hired a professional to do their taxes, according to the National Federation of Independent Business.

Taxpayers spend over 6 billion hours annually complying with the tax code, according to the IRS’s Taxpayer Advocate Service. Complying with current tax code, one that is six time longer today as it was in 1955, places a $262 billion burden on the economy.

Colorado’s economy depends on 892 U.S. companies that actively operate internationally, competing in global markets on a daily basis for inputs, capital and customers. These globally engaged companies directly and indirectly contributed $148.8 billion to the Colorado economy in 2013, according to a Business Roundtable report. Focusing on tax reform that benefits Colorado workers, is simple and fair, and sets a competitive rate that drive job creation and higher wages is something every Coloradan should champion.

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• If it’s you — If you are having thoughts of harming yourself or thoughts of suicide, tell someone you trust or seek out help from a professional. Below are some confidential resources. There is ALWAYS hope, always someone you can talk to. There are numerous stories of people who have had those same thoughts (or have even attempted) who have come out on the other side with a productive, joyous life after getting help. I personally know many.

Suicide Prevention Lifeline — 1-800-273-TALK (8255) (toll-free) Colorado Crisis & Support Line — 1-844-493-TALK (8255) (toll-free) Colorado Office of Suicide Prevention — www.colorado.gov/cdphe/ how-you-can-help-prevent-suicide Man Therapy Program — mantherapy.org Youth Suicide Prevention Services — www.colorado.gov/pacific/cdphe/ youth-suicide-prevention Please take action today! You might just save a life.

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deaths. If you’re between ages 10-34, suicide is the second leading cause of death for your group. (Yes, kiddos as young as 10 have completed suicide.) Finally, Colorado is consistently in the top 10 suicide rates in the country. Convinced yet we have a problem?

Here are a few ways you can be a part of the solution: • Talk about it! — Let’s debunk the myth that talking about suicide instigates it. The research shows that talking about it actually reduces the risk. Discussing it may also uncover potential solutions or resources for professional help that can make a difference.

• If you see or hear something, say something — Often, we hear after a suicide about someone who had heard that person talking about being depressed, harming themselves, or having suicidal thoughts. Your fear is not an excuse. Talk to them directly or submit a confidential tip to a family member, school staff, or suicide prevention hotline. You might save someone’s life.

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the business investment that’s been predicated on getting tax reform done will have been poorly made,” said J.D. Foster, senior vice president and chief economist at the U.S. Chamber. “Business investment will likely contract significantly, and we will have a significant period of economic weakness in my opinion.”

Our economy is healthy when we grow at roughly 3.5 percent. Since 2007, it has been below 2.5 percent consistently. Significant and generational tax reform is at the core of President Trump’s plan to return to over 3 percent growth. A 3 percent growth rate will yield a nominal gross domestic product that is $16 trillion larger, generate $2.9 trillion in federal government revenue, and raise wages and salaries of American workers by $7 trillion, according to administration estimates.

Fixing our broken tax code for families, small businesses, work-

ers, and job creators is the single most important action we can take to grow our economy and help the middle class get ahead. If we are successful in this once-in-a-generation opportunity to make taxes simpler, fairer and lower for hard-working Colorado families, we can encourage entrepreneurs to reinvest in their businesses and American companies to bring back jobs and profits trapped overseas.

“CEOs overwhelmingly believe that tax reform is the most effective way to put more Americans to work in a stronger, growing economy.

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Square dancing caller Bill Heiny sends dancers spinning across the floor.

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“You don’t know what they’ll call next,” said Janet Boys, who’s been square dancing for decades.

“You have to pay attention. You’re experiencing music is on a whole different level in your brain.”

A sense of humor doesn’t hurt.

“We don’t always get it right,” said Jan Hormuth. “You’ll see people going every which way.

But we just laugh it off and keep going.”

The Mountaineers boasts a membership of about 70, and can be seen performing at various local events. They’re often a star attraction at Greg Reinke’s annual Turkey Leg & Wine Hoedown in Downtown Littleton.

The most fun way to learn is by doing, said Bill Heiny, who’s been calling dances for 17 years, though he said there are any number of books and YouTube tutorials to provide an intro to the shy.

Calling, however, is a skill that can only be passed down, he said.

“You have to apprentice,” Heiny said. “I started singing along to the callers in my club, and one took me under his wing and mentored me.”

Heiny said calling clicks in his brain, because as a retired computer programmer, “it’s all about

patterns.”

“This is like puzzle solving,” he said. “I’m moving people, keeping my eye on them, and thinking about where I’m putting them.”

Square dancing has a Colorado connection: From its origins in medieval Europe, square dancing took on new popularity in colonial America, and over time, dozens of local iterations — with unique and untranslatable calls — formed in regions around the country. By the early decades of the 20th century, though, the dance was dying out.

Enter Lloyd “Pappy” Shaw, a Colorado Springs high school teacher, who roamed the country in the 1930s, learning the variety of styles and consolidating them into a standardized form.

Shaw spent decades teaching his new style, and trained a new generation of dancers and callers credited with leading a postwar revival of the dance.

For dancers, though, square dancing isn’t so much about preserving a legacy as it is about blowing off steam.

“It completely takes you away from your work,” said Jim Taylor, a Mountaineer with a lengthy list of titles in the club. “If you’re square dancing, you have no time to focus on your stress.”

And there’s plenty of room on the dance floor, Heiny said.

“We’d love for more people to come dance with us.”

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No-harm battles are focus of new business Players at DartMania run, hide and shoot with arsenal of sponge darts

BY TOM MUNDS TMUNDS@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Young players filled the air with their laughs, squeals and sponge darts as they played a variety of games on Sept. 17 at DartMania in Englewood.

The newly opened business occupies the former Country Buffet location at 301 Englewood Parkway. Designers created two large obstacle-filled rooms for the high-energy sponge dart games. Parents are welcome to join their children in the games or they can find seats along the outside walls where they can watch the action through viewing windows.

“My partner Vinny Mulvey and I opened this business because our kids and their friends loved playing games with their Nerf blasters, sending foam darts all over our yards,” said Jennifer Piccolo, co-owner. “We figured other kids liked the Nerf blasters and foam darts, so why not provide a place for them to play?”

The South Denver resident said they found the location and discovered that when Country Buffet moved out, it left everything behind, including the dishes and silverware. It took about

Sydney Moore looks for a target as she plays Nerf dart tag at DartMania in Englewood.

The newly opened business is at 301 Englewood Parkway.

TOM MUNDS six month to demolish the inside of the building and create the DartMania facility.

“We also had to decide what equipment would work best here,” the co-owner said. “We did research and picked 25 Nerf blasters and had our

kids and their friends put them to the test and rate them. They picked the top 10 and that is what we have on hand now.”

Prospective players are greeted in the lobby. They are provided safety glasses, a Nerf blaster and foam darts

before entering one of the obstaclefilled rooms where music is playing and an announcer directs the action.

The Nerf blaster provided is a singleshot, but for a small cost the player can upgrade his or her blaster. There are blasters that hold several darts in a revolving cylinder as well as blasters that shoot farther than the standardissue one. Players wear colored vests that include pouches to collect additional sponge dart ammo. The vests are also used to divide players into teams for games.

“Sessions are an hour and that is divided into short games. Some are individual games like freeze tag and others are team games like capture the flag,” Piccolo said. “We find the kids really get into it as they run around, duck for cover and try to hit a kid from the other team with a sponge dart.”

Piccolo said, as far as she knows, DartMania is a one-of-a-kind business.

She said she feels it has a lot of potential and the firm wants to be a good community partner.

“Our target audience is 5- to 12-yearolds, so we have a special way to help the elementary schools,” she said. “We offer a party date to them and then donate half the entrance fee to their schools. We have had good response to the offer, with schools often bringing 50 or more kids to the event. We want

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West Metro Fire Rescue’s EMTs and paramedics familiarize themselves with the latest equipment and gear football players use during an Aug. 18 training session. The fire department worked with emergency room doctors from St. Anthony Hospital to help prepare for responding to injuries commonly seen during football season. CHRISTY STEADMAN

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The college football player was hit hard in the first quarter of the game, she said, but didn’t tell anyone about his neck pain. Then, he got hit again in the fourth quarter and finally pulled himself out of the game.

“He basically played the entire game with a broken neck,” said Nickoley, who is now the head athletic trainer for the Colorado Storm, a statewide youth soccer association.

This particular athlete — Nickoley wouldn’t identify him by name or which college he played for — was very lucky, she added. He wasn’t paralyzed and the spinal cord wasn’t damaged.

From bruises to broken bones, even the most experienced athletes are prone to injury. But there is some preventative advice out there.

First and foremost, it’s important to

5 TIPS TO AVOID SPORTS INJURIES • Get the gear. For any sport, the proper gear and protective equipment can protect athletes from injuries.

• Condition and stretch. Make sure your entire body is conditioned — not just the muscles being used in the particular sport or training.

• Play safe. Avoid reckless play and follow the rules when playing sports.

• Take a break. Even if it’s only one day a take care of your body, Nickoley said.

“The biggest thing I see with successful athletes is how they take care of their bodies,” she said. But “you don’t have to be a competitive athlete or have a background in sports to take care of your body.”

Nutrition and exercise are important for everyone’s health, Nickoley said.

Whether it be taking a walk in your neighborhood or going to the local rec center for a swim, everyone should get their heart rate up for at least 30 minutes a day.

Active people have lower rates of obesity, heart disease, diabetes and even some emotional problems such as depression and anxiety, said Heidi Christensen, medical director of Primary Care Sports Medicine for Centura Health. And for younger people, playing sports can help with self-esteem and socialization.

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week, it’s important to take some time off from training.

• Educate yourself. Coaches, athletic trainers and other sports medicine professionals are always happy to have conversations with athletes and provide advice.

Sources: Julie Nickoley, athletic trainer for Colorado Storm, and Heidi Christensen, medical director of Primary Care Sports Medicine for Centura Health tive and playing sports outweigh the risks,” Christensen said. “As long as you don’t play or exercise beyond your personal capabilities, you can help safeguard against injuries.”

When injuries happen West Metro Fire Rescue’s EMTs and paramedics started a three-week training session on Aug. 18, during which about 280 people worked with emergency room doctors from St. Anthony Hospital to help prepare for responding to injuries commonly seen during football season.

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It might not always require a trip to the emergency room, Christensen said, it is always important to get a proper diagnosis from somebody who is professionally trained to do so that that treatment or rehab can start right away.

But “it’s not just about treating the injury to get the clear to return to the sport,” Christensen added. “It’s getting the proper tools to prevent a recurring injury.”

Too many people get right back into the sport as soon as the pain goes away, but this puts that person at a higher risk of reinjuring themselves, Christensen said.

People tend to sustain serious injuries because they pushed themselves above and beyond what they were conditioned for, Christensen said.

Whether you’re recovering from an injury, just becoming more active or beginning to train for a new sport, “it’s always a good rule of thumb to increase the level of activity gradually,” Christensen said.

But because athletes typically love their sport, they will often push the limits, Nickoley said.

“They love what they’re doing.

They’ll do whatever they can to keep playing,” she said. “And the body can handle a lot. But especially when it comes to injuries, listen to your body.”

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Patches feature pumpkins, mazes, frights Where: Sky Cliff Center, 4600 E. Highway 86, Castle Rock; back 20 acres of property Contact: 719-799-6708 or coloradopumpkinpatch@gmail. com; www.coloradopumpkinpatch.net Includes pre-picked pumpkin patch, hayrides, a petting zoo with a large variety of animals, pumpkins, straw bale pyramid, football training camp, a giant jumping pillow, an 80-foot slide, giant tube swings, outdoor games, rubber duck races, a kids maze, and a cornbox. School groups, corporate picnics, birthday parties, and families of all sizes welcome.

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It’s fall in Colorado, and that means pumpkins, corn mazes, hayrides and zombies.

The Colorado Department of Agriculture has compiled a list of the events planned. Go to www.colorado.gov and search “pumpkin patch” for the complete list.

Here are some of the area attractions: Maize in the City When: open every day from Sept. 29 through Oct. 31; hours are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday; 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday and Sunday; last maze ticket sold at 5 p.m.

Where: 10451 McKay Road, Thornton Contact: www.maizeinthecity.com Find your way through the 20-acre Crazed Corn Field Maze by answering personalized questions or picking from one of several categories in the smart phone trivia game. Highlights for younger visitors are the mini maze, a petting zoo, hay and pony rides, jumping castles, air slid, obstacle course and playground.

Visitors also may choose from hundreds of shapes and sizes of pumpkins, with 11 varieties to choose from. Create your own fall scene with hay bales and corn stalks.

Nick’s Fall Festival When: open Sept. 30 to Oct. 31; hours are 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Monday to Saturday and 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday.

Where: Nick’s Garden Center and Farm Market, 2001 S. Chambers Road, Aurora Contact: 303-696-6657; www. nicksgardencenter.com Enjoy a straw maze, tractor ride through the tunnel of terror, train ride, jumping castles, pedal kart racetrack and more.

Tokens needed for some activities; all-activity pass available.

Concessions and cafe open on weekends. Nick’s Giant Pumpkin Weigh Off is from 11 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 7.

Punkin’ Chunkin’ When: Saturday, Oct. 7 and Sunday, Oct. 8; hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Where: 26000 E. Quincy Ave. (Arapahoe Park racetrack), Aurora Contact: auroragov.org/punkinchunkin Watch for flying pumpkins as chunk teams traveling from out of state see who can hurl a gourd the farthest. The range is long enough to accommodate world record holders, and the air cannon teams have their sights set on the one-mile mark.

Lakota Gardner, 2, of Thornton, picks out the perfect pumpkin from the Maize in the City pumpkin patch in 206. Face painting is among the many activities offered at the corn maze again this year on Sept. 29.

FILE PHOTO The festival also will feature family activities, a pumpkin patch, entertainers, a beer garden and food vendors both days, an open car show, and a Corvette Fall Blast Car Show, in partnership with the Central Colorado Corvette Club.

An evening concert by nationally touring country artist The Swon Brothers kicks off the festival at 6 p.m. Friday, Oct. 6; gates open at 5 p.m. Concert tickets include admission to the festival for the entire weekend.

Pumpkin Patch of Centennial When: Open daily from Oct. 7-31; hours are 10 a.m. to dusk.

Where: Good Shepherd Episcopal Church, 8545 E. Dry Creek Road, Centennial Contact: 303-740-2688 or pumpkinpatchofcentennial@ gmail.com; www.facebook. com/PumpkinPatchCentennial/ A variety of pumpkins and gourds are for sale, and photo opportunities are included.

Proceeds from the patch help support projects that serve the homeless and hungry in the metro area. These include St. Francis Center, St. Clare s Supper Ministry, Covenant Cupboard Food Pantry, Family Tree House of Hope, and the HAAT project for the homeless in Arapahoe and Douglas Counties.

Pumpkin Harvest Festival When: open Saturday, Oct. 7 and Sunday, Oct. 8; hours are

10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Where: Four Mile Historic Park, 715 S. Forest St., Denver Contact: info@fourmilepark.org; www.fourmilepark.org Old-time fall festival where guests can build a scarecrow, play pioneer games, take a horse-drawn wagon ride, enjoy historic demonstrations and take a tour of the Four Mile House Museum. Learn how families lived and prepared for the season during the late 1800s. Beer garden and local food vendors will be onsite.

Guests also will get to select pumpkins from the patch. Admission is free; charges apply for refreshments, pumpkins and some activities.

CALF s Harvest Day Agricultural Festival When: Saturday, Sept. 30; hours are 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Where: Lowell Ranch, 2330 S. I-25 (East Frontage Road), Castle Rock Contact: 303-688-0126 or calf@thecalf.org; www.thecalf. org Highlights include a U-pick pumpkin and gourd patch, hayrides, carriage rides and agricultural exhibits. New this year are tours of the pumpkin patch.

Colorado Pumpkin Patch When: open daily through Oct. 29; hours are 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Monday to Wednesday; 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Thursday to Sunday.

Flat Acres Farm Fall Festival When: Open Wednesday to Sunday through Oct. 31; hours are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Where: 11321 Dransfeldt Road, Parker Contact: 303-805-1038; www. flatacresfarm.com Bring the entire family to join in the fun of the corn maze, snake tunnel, corn kernel boxes, petting zoo, kids hay bale maze, giant swing set and many other activities. Before leaving be sure to stop by the pumpkin patch and pick that perfect carving pumpkin.

Reapers Hollow & Dead End Motel When: open Sept. 30, Oct. 1, 7-8. 13-15, 21-22, 28-29 and Oct. 31; hours are 7-10 p.m.

Where: Flat Acres Farm, 11321 Dransfeldt Road, Parker Contact: 303-805-1038; http:// www.reapershollow.com/ For the scare of your life, come enjoy the outdoor haunted corn maze. If daring enough this trail will take you through the corn and adventure through the woods. Will you dare to enter?

The Patch In Elizabeth When: open Saturdays and Sundays from Sept. 30 to Oct. 29; hours are 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.; weekday field trips by reservation.

Where: 39980 Fox Trot Circle, Elizabeth Contact: 720-446-6001 or info@thepatchinelizabeth.com; www.thepatchinelizabeth.com Family-friendly pumpkin patch with hay rides, sack slide, straw mountain, petting zoo, corn crib, games and concessions.

Corn Maze; Pumpkin Festival When: maze is open Friday, Saturday and Sunday through Oct. 29; hours are 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday, and 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Sunday; festival is Friday, Oct. 13 to Sunday, Oct. 15; hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Where: Denver Botanic Gardens Chatfield Farms,

8500 W. Deer Creek Canyon Road, Littleton Contact: 720-865-4338; www. botanicgardens.org Wind your way through seven acres of corn. The maze can be viewed from two 15-foot tall illuminated bridges. Visitors under the age of 10 can explore the mini-maze. Tickets to the maze also include one hayride, a barrel train ride (for children 12 and under) and unlimited jumping on a giant pillow. Pony rides and hamster balls are available for an additional fee. Vendors will sell favorite fall foods such as funnel cakes, hotdogs, freshly squeezed lemonade and kettle corn.

Tickets to the pumpkin festival include access to the 10-acre pumpkin patch and family and children’s activities. Pumpkin prices vary by size; the average price is $8.

It is recommended to bring a wagon to transport pumpkins. Free pumpkin daycare is available while you enjoy the rest of the festival. Discounted maze tickets available during festival.

After Dark Corn Maze; Dead Zone Scream Park When: open Oct. 6-29; hours are 7 p.m. to midnight Friday and Saturday; 7-11 p.m. Sundays, Oct. 15, 22 and 29; and 7-11 p.m. Thursdays, Oct. 19 and Oct. 26.

Where: Denver Botanic Gardens Chatfield Farms, 8500 W. Deer Creek Canyon Road, Littleton Contact: 720-865-4338; www.botanicgardens.org or https://www.deadzonescreampark.com/ The lights are out in the corn maze and visitors can find their way through with only the light of a glow stick.

The after-dark maze is not haunted. Dead Zone Scream Park includes admission into the corn stalkers haunted maze, after dark maze and a haunted hayride. Recommended for ages 13 and up.

Pumpkin Festival; Pumpkin Patch When: Festival is Saturday, Sept. 30; hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.; patch is open through October; from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Monday through Friday and 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on weekends.

Where: Jared s Nursery Gift & Garden Center, 10500 W. Bowles Ave., Littleton Contact: 303-979-6022 or jaredsgc@jaredsgarden.com; www.jaredsgarden.com Pumpkins available during October; cost is based on the weight of the pumpkin (usually $5-$20). Festival includes straw maze.

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Siegel celebrates 30 years of keyboard conversations at Arvada Center

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LINER NOTES

Clarke Reader

t seems like everybody took a piano lesson or two in their lives.

I did for years, learning how to play some of my favorite Vince Guaraldi “Peanuts” songs, as well as the piano versions of some of my favorite pop songs at the time — stuff like the Dave Matthews Band.

As with everything, it all comes down to having a great teacher. I certainly did.

And for the past 30 years, Jeffrey Siegel has served as a proxy piano teacher to hundreds who came to his Keyboard Conversations at the Arvada Center. But instead of teaching how to play, he gives audiences a window into classical music and composers.

“Thirty years is a milestone in this disposable society,” Siegel said with a laugh.

“They haven’t disposed of me yet.”

An internationally known pianist, Siegel has been a soloist with many of the world’s top orchestras, including the Berlin Philharmonic, London Symphony, New York Philharmonic, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Moscow State Symphony, Munich’s Bayerischer Rundfunk, and the Amsterdam, Oslo and Stockholm Philharmonic.

Siegel kicks off his 30th season at the center on Oct. 4 with a focus on Leonard Bernstein, and will be hosting programs on music inspired by the night, storytelling through music, and the repertoire of masters like Beethoven, Liszt and Prokofiev during the season.

But it’s not only about the performances for Siegel. It’s about the whole picture. He answers audiences’ questions, gives history

CLARKE’S ALBUM OF THE WEEK Selection: Hiss Golden Messenger’s “Hallelujah Anyhow,” released on Merge Records.

Review: Sometimes when a musician is too prolific, I worry that it’s a sign they’re running out of good ideas, and just releasing anything they can. That’s not the case with Hiss Golden Messenger, whose latest effort comes out just a year after 2016’s fantastic “Heart Like a Levee.” “Hallelujah Anyhow” is leaner than that album, but it’s also more focused, catchier and wryer. I can’t get enough of the group, and can’t wait to see if he pulls a threepeat next year.

Favorite song: “Jenny of the Roses” Best song with “domino” in the title since Van Morrison: “ Domino (Time Will Tell) “

and context to composers, pieces and musical eras, and shares stories.

Think of it as a one-off music education class. I know I always find more in a piece of music, classical or otherwise, if I know what the musician intended, or was experiencing at the time.

“Sometimes people have very specific questions, but often they’re happily general,” Siegel said. “So many would like the opportunity to ask a question of the performer on stage, but that opportunity never happens.”

Classical music can be particularly intimidating for the uninitiated, which is why this guided approach is so effective for Siegel. And it has led to some of his favorite memories at the Center, like when students, who normally wouldn’t be the interested in classical, came backstage to share how much the music moved them.

“I was so touched the music brought them backstage,” Siegel remembers. “Classical music can be like water on the desert. Even if a person isn’t a sophisticated concert goer, the music still gets through to them.”

The interaction with his audience is what has kept Siegel coming back for three decades, as is knowing he’s giving people an entry-point to a genre that is all about humanity. And in an age of digitalization when everyone has their eyes on a screen, that matters.

“We’re living today in the most robotic society ever. For a thinking, feeling person, there’s a greater need for something that really touches one, moves one, that cannot be gotten off a screen,” he said. “It’s about, as Bernstein called it, the ‘transformative power of music.’ It’s more necessary than ever before.”

Clarke Reader’s column on how music connects to our lives appears every other week. A community editor with Colorado Community Media, he would totally sign on for a Keyboard Conversation on Vince Guaraldi. Check out his music blog at calmacil20.blogspot.com.

And share how you got into classical music at creader@coloradocommunitymedia.com.

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‘This is Colorado’ exhibit has renowned artist as juror Workshop set before show at church in Littleton

ABOUT THE GUILD

BY SONYA ELLINGBOE SELLINGBOE@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Well-recognized Colorado artist Lance Green is the juror chosen for Heritage Fine Arts Guild’s annual “This Is Colorado” exhibit, which opens with a reception from 5 to 7 p.m. Oct. 12 in the Colorado Gallery of the Arts at Arapahoe Community College, Littleton. (Green will be present.)

Green, who lives and paints in Manitou Springs, will also be in Littleton to conduct a workshop, aimed to awaken new avenues of color and self-expression, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Oct. 7. It is titled “Contemporary Figurative Expressionism” and will be held at First Presbyterian Church, Littleton, 1609 W. Littleton Blvd. Open to nonmembers as well as members, it requires pre-registration ($30 members, $50 non-mem-

“Earth Spirit” by painter Lance Green is inspired by a petroglyph.

Green is juror for Heritage Fine Arts Guilds’ “This is Colorado” exhibit and will conduct an artists’ workshop.

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Green was born in Colorado and lived in the state until he

was about 10, then traveled about the Southwest with his mother and stepfather, living

HERITAGE FINE ARTS GUILD OF ARAPAHOE COUNTY was organized in 1974 by local artists who sought to meet, learn and grow as artists. In addition to the annual “This is Colorado” exhibit, open to all Colorado artists, the HFAG meets monthly at Bemis Library in Littleton for demos, lectures and critiques, hosts regular informal “Thursday Paint Days” at Ascension Lutheran Church and holds some smaller exhibits at Bemis Library and elsewhere through the year.

The group sponsors a series of Saturday workshops by well-known artists, such as the one by Green on Oct. 7. (Also scheduled: Two-day workshop with artist Homare Ikeda on Nov. 9 and 10 at the Littleton Museum and a December workshop called “Colored Pencil Pizazz With Helen Shaffer.” For more information, contact Mary Kay Jacobus, workshop director, mkstudio@ comcast.net, 303-741-5875. To join HFAG, see heritage-guild.com. Guild membership costs $40.

in Colorado high country, bayous of Lake Texarkana and high deserts of New Mexico and Arizona, where he was immersed in native art and culture.

When he was a teen, the family settled in east Los Angeles, where he developed a love for Latin art and culture.

A high school art teacher, Linda Stevens, “gave him the guidance he needed to set his life course as an artist,” he writes.

In the late 1960s, he did a series of one-on-one workshops with the late contemporary master Fritz Scholder and his

work reflects that influence.

Other influences on Green’s style are Nathan Olivera, Manual Neri and Mexican masters Laura Hernandez and Rufino Tamayo.

Green is represented by Copper Moon Gallery in Taos, New Mexico; Canyon Road Contemporary Art in Santa Fe, New Mexico; Darpino Gallery in Colorado Springs; and Wilde Meyer Gallery in Scottsdale, Arizona.

Pre-register at heritageguild.com. Workshop participants should bring a canvas and acrylic paints, water can, apron …

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Queen City Jazz Band set to play at Littleton church

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Call for entries Littleton’s 52nd Annual Own an Original Art Competition has put out a call for artists at CallforEntry. org. Deadline is Oct. 20. (Juror to be announced.) Exhibition dates: Nov. 17, 2017 to Jan. 7, 2018.

ittleton United Methodist Church, 5894 S. Datura St., Littleton, begins its 25th season of its delightful Fine Arts Series with a free concert featuring the upbeat Queen City Jazz Band at 7 p.m. Oct. 6. The traditional jazz band Sonya Ellingboe has drawn fans since 1958 in the metro area. Littletonumc.org.

SONYA’S SAMPLER

Voices West Voices West (formerly the Littleton Chorale) will begin its 39th season with a concert: “reel time II (this is not a rerun)” at 7:30 p.m.

Oct. 14 at Littleton United Methodist Church, 5894 S. Datura St., Littleton. Tickets: voiceswest.org, info, 303-973-9593.

Englewood Arts “South American Journey With Trio Cordilleras” will be presented at 2 p.m. Oct. 14 at Hampden Hall in the Englewood Civic Center. 1000 Englewood Parkway. Thomas Heinrich, cello; Elizabeth Kipper, violin; and Alejandro Cremaschi, piano.

Tickets one hour previously at the box office or at englewoodarts.org, 303-806-8901.

‘Abbey Road’ Lone Tree Arts Center presents “Classic Albums Live: Abbey Road” at 8 p.m. Oct. 7. A collection of musicians perform the album in its entirety.

Tickets: lonetreeartscenter.org, 720509-1000.

The Queen City Jazz Band will perform traditional jazz at 7 p.m. Oct.6 at Littleton United Methodist Church. (Free concert.)

COURTESY PHOTO ‘Company’ Stephen Sondheim’s “Company” plays through Oct. 22 at the Aurora Fox, 9900 E. Colfax Ave., Aurora.

Performances: 7:30 p.m. Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays; 2 p.m. Sundays.

Tickets: Aurorafox.org.

Lannie Garrett Lannie Garrett performs at Town Hall Arts Center, 2450 W. Main St., downtown Littleton at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 13, 14, 20, 21 and 2 p.m. Oct. 15 and 22. First week: “The Chick Sings A

Tribute to Frank Sinatra.” Second week: “Great Women of Song: From Billie to Bette.” Accompanied by the Errand Boys of Rhythm. Tickets: townhallartscenter.org or 303-7942787.

CJRO “West Coast Jazz” by the Colorado Jazz Repertory Orchestra, led by Art Bouton of Lone Tree, plays at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 7 at the Arvada Center, 6901 Wadsworth Blvd., Arvada. Tickets: $45, 720-898-7200, arvadacenter.org.

‘South Pacific’ “South Pacific” by Rodgers and Hammerstein plays through Oct. 15 at PACE Center, 20000 Pikes Peak Ave., Parker. Tickets: parkerarts.org, 303805-6800.

Depot Art Gallery “Beyond the Usual,” an exhibit featuring new techniques, opens Oct. 3 at the Depot Art Gallery, 2069 W. Powers, Littleton, with a reception from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Open through Nov. 5: 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesdays-Saturdays; 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sundays. 303-795-0781.

Correction An incorrect date appeared last week in a story about “13 the Musical.” Performances will be at 2 and 7 p.m. Oct. 8 at the Denver JCC Elaine Wolf Theatre, 350 Dahlia St., Denver.

Book delves deep into history of Douglas County Castle Rock Writers Group divided topics about plethora of locations

BY SONYA ELLINGBOE SELLINGBOE@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Frankstown, Pine Valley, Plum, Cherry Valley, Spring Valley, Westcreek, Louviers, Roxborough, Larkspur … some are names we use today and others remain attached to older images and maps. But all are part of the Douglas County story, as most recently told by the Castle Rock Writers Group in a book published at the end of August.

Group members were each responsible for a chapter of historic photos and copy about the towns that have evolved, and the introduction is written by Shaun Boyd, archivist at the Douglas County History Research Center. In addition to landscapes and structures, we learn about cowboys — and girls, miners, teachers, developers, business people, kids who were expected to earn their keep early on and interesting interactions among the above — sometimes on horseback and often by walking for many miles …

The cover photo depicts a pair of

fashionable Edwardian ladies exclaiming over the beauty of rock formations at what is now Roxborough State Park. Henry Persse named the area for his family home in Ireland — an area that he hoped to develop into a luxury resort for wealthy Easterners, but at first featured a brick factory. His special formula for bricks died with him when he was killed by a tram in downtown Denver in 1918, according to writer Susan Trumble, who compiled Chapter Eight.

Debbie Buboltz and Derald Hoffman produced the first chapter: “Castle Rock, County Seat Takes Shape,” with a photo of the iconic formation behind early buildings and a story about how six sections were laid out

by Jeramiah Gould and John Craig.

The depot followed, and the Masonic temple, a rooming house, school and soon, Wilcox Street. Products from the stone quarry south of town are seen throughout the metro area.

Also distributed through the metro area were dairy products. Milk cans were hauled to creameries which shipped them to Denver via train or wagon — or made cheeses for sale (see Larkspur and others.)

“Franktown and Southeastern Valleys: From Seeking Gold to Homesteading” is compiled by James Hansmann, Kathleen McCoy and

Elizabeth Wallace. Originally, it was called Frankstown, after James Frank Gardner, entrepreneur and politician.

Chapter Three: “Highlands Ranch, Daniels Park and Castle Pines, Wildcat Mountains Tamed,” by Peggy A. Cummings, includes photos of the hunt at the Phipps Ranch, surrounding the present location of the beautifully restored Highlands Ranch Mansion.

Included: a young early child Phillips family member, mounted on a pet pony in front of the mansion’s fireplace.

“Larkspur, Perry Park and Greenland: Douglas County’s Dairyland” are described by James Hansmann as tranquil green meadows, with fresh, healthful mountain air — a health and tourist mecca as well as productive ranch land. Shades of former inhabitants include one of the ancient, curious, bent, manipulated trees the Utes used for messaging and worship.

“Lone Tree and Happy Canyon, From One Small Tree” by Kathleen McCoy includes photos of the Schweiger property, which has been carefully restored. Since the original tree was not found, a blue spruce was planted at the corner of Lincoln and Yosemite on Arbor Day, 1998.

Chapter Six is about Louviers and the DuPont Company’s role in Colorado, written by Alice Aldridge-

Dennis. Some buildings pictured are still standing.

“Parker: The 20 Mile Landmark” is by Kathleen McCoy and Elizabeth Wallace talks about a town on the route of the Gold Rush. Originally called Pine Grove, it has Ute history as well.

“Sedalia, Town at the Crossroads,”

by Laura Smallegan Adema, talks about an early settlement at the junction of East and West Plum Creeks, with orchards, the historic St. Philip’s Church and the legendary Bud’s Bar. The final chapter: “Western Region and Platte River: Rugged and Beautiful” is also by Adema and includes the Penley Ranch, partially on what was a Ute campground, now at the edge of Pike National Forest, and Diamond Jack, a gangster/cowboy (Leland Varain). Also in this section: Strontia Springs, submerged by a dam in Waterton Canyon.

Tidbits of local history invite further exploration in the many museums and private collections cited throughout, as well as nice Sunday drives. The book is priced at $21.99 and it should be available at events and locations throughout the county.

(Including the 2017 Castle Rock Writers Conference on Oct. 20 and 21. See castlerockwriters.com.)

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THINGS to DO

THEATER

Auditions for ‘Rudolph’: 3:45 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 3 at Spotlight Performing Arts Center, 6328 E. County Line Road, Ste. 102, Highlands Ranch. For ages 3-9, class runs 8 weeks and teaches singing, dancing and acting techniques. Class runs from 3:45-4:30 Tuesdays from Oct. 3 to December. Performance on Dec. 9.

Call 720-44-DANCE or go to www. spotlightperformers.com.

‘In the Heights’: shows through Sunday, Oct. 8 at Town Hall Arts Center, 2450 W. Main St., Littleton. First musical production of the 2017-18 season. Reserved tickets on sale at the box office or online at www.townhallartscenter.org/in-the-heights.

August: Osage County: 7:30 p.m.

Fridays and Saturdays; and 2:30 p.m. Sundays through Oct. 15 at Vintage Theatre, 1468 Dayton St., Aurora. Additional show at 7:30 p.m. Monday, Sept. 18. After the Weston family patriarch disappears family tensions heat up and boil over in the ruthless August heat. Go to www.vintagetheatre. com or call 303-856-7830.

ART

Reuse Your T-shirts: 2 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 30 at the Roxborough Librar y, 8357 N. Rampart Range Road, Ste. 200. Upcycle your old tees by using them to make new scarves, pet toys, bags, rugs and more. For all ages. Registration required; contact 303-791-7323 or DCL.org.

Restore Old Photos: 7 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 3 at the James H. LaRue Library, 9292 Ridgeline Blvd., Highlands Ranch. Ed Campbell and Penny Mannel of “A Page is Turned” lead a presentation on how to restore old photos. Snacks and networking begin at 6:30 p.m.

Presented by the Highlands Ranch Historical Society.

Art Stop on the Go: 4:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 5 at the Roxborough Library, 8357 N. Rampart Range Road, Ste. 200. Budding artists cultivate their inner Picassos with guests from the Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, who present a children’s book and then lead a literature-based art project. For ages 6-12. Registration is required; contact 303-791-7323 or DCL.org.

Modern Expressionism Workshop: 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 7 at First Presbyterian Church, 1609 W. Littleton Blvd., Littleton.

Presented by the Heritage Fine

this week’s TOP FIVE Vampire 5K Run for Blood: 6:30-9 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 30 at Flat Acres Farm, 11321 Dransfeldt Road, Parker. Run as a citizen, or hide on the course as a vampire, seeking to transform victims with red powder as they run through woods, abandoned buildings and a haybale maze.

Post run party includes music, dancing, food, haunted house and more. Go to http://www.vampire5k.com/.

Backcountry BBQ: 5-7 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 30 at Backcountry Base Camp, 6005 Ron King Trail, Littleton. Enjoy a barbecue dinner to raise money for the Backcountry Conservation and Education Fund nonprofit. Go to https://hrcaonline.org/about-us/guides-communication/calendar-schedules/ event-detail/backcountry-bbq-4

School Readiness Redefined: Beyond the A-BCs: 6:30-8:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 4 at Smoky Hill Library, 5430 S. Biscay Circle, Centennial; and 6:30-8:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 5 at Koelbel Library, 5955 S. Holly St., Centennial. How can I get my child ready for kindergarten? Lisa Regalla, nationally-recognized expert in early learning, will show parents and caregivers how to go beyond the A-B-Cs and 1-2-3s by sharing fun, practical ideas for developing language, math and social skills, all key ingredients for kindergarten readiness. Save your spot at arapahoelibraries. org.

Ghost Towns of the Eastern Plains: 2-3 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 30 at the Englewood Public Library, 1000 Englewood Parkway, in the Anderson Room. Carl Sandberg returns to give us a tour of ghost towns on Colorado’s eastern plains. For adults and teens. Registration required. Call the Englewood Public Library at 303-762-2560 or email epl@englewoodco.gov.

Arts Guild of Arapahoe County.

For ages 18 and older, workshop is taught by Colorado artist Lance Green. Registration required; go to http://heritage-guild.com/ current-workshops.html.

MUSIC/MOVIES

Stratus Chamber Orchestra: 7:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 29 at First Plymouth Congregational Church, 3501 S. Colorado Blvd., Englewood; and 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 30 at Augustana Lutheran Church, 5000 E. Alameda Ave., Denver. Features pianist Tanya Gabrielian. Call 303-388-4962, go to www.AugustanaArts. org or purchase tickets at the door.

Changing World of Medicare: 10:15-11:30 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 5 at the Lone Tree Library, 10055 Library Way, Lone Tree. Medicare’s open enrollment period is Oct. 15 to Dec. 7. Changes happen each year. Panel member experts will share what’s new and information to help you be a savvy Medicare plan shopper. All presenters are state or federal employees or have a contract with Medicare; there will be no sales. Presented by the Seniors’ Council of Douglas County. Call 303-663-7681 or email DCSeniorLife@douglas.co.us to RSVP.

worst blunders to ever make it to DVD. Showing this month: The Ice Pirates (1984, Rated PG, 91 minutes). Save your spot at arapahoelibraries.org.

Queen City Jazz Band: 7:30 p.m.

Friday, Oct. 6 at Littleton United Methodist Church, 5894 S. Datura St., Littleton. Opening concert of the 25th season of the church’s fine arts series. Admission is free.

Since 1958, the Queen City Jazz Band has been thrilling audiences with the great sounds of the jazz era, including the styles of Louis Armstrong, Jelly Roll Morton, King Oliver and Ma Rainey. Everyone welcome.

EVENTS

Saturday Movie Matinee: 2-4 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 30 at Bemis Public Library, 6014 S. Datura St., Littleton. “The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks.” Henrietta Lacks is the unwitting pioneer of countless medical breakthroughs with the unauthorized harvesting of her cancerous cells in the early 1950s. Call 303795-3961 or go to littletongov.org.

Shredding, Electronics Recycling: 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, Sept.

30 in the parking lot at Kaiser Permanente Building, 9285 Hepburn St., Highlands Ranch.

Event is free, but donations are appreciated; proceeds will benefit the Highlands Ranch Community Scholarship Fund and the Cultural Affairs Association. Call 303-7912500 or go to www.HRCAonline. org/recycle.

Bad Movie Night: 6:30-9 p.m.

Tuesday, Oct. 3 at Koelbel Library, 5955 S. Holly St., Centennial. Join us to watch awful and awfully entertaining movies for the sheer joy of laughing at some of the

AAUW Candidate Forum: 6:308:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 3 at South Suburban Lone Tree Hub Lobby, 8827 Lone Tree Parkway. American Association of University Women sponsors Douglas County

School Board Candidate Forum.

Open to the public. Contact Beryl Jacobson at 303-688-8088 or berylmjacobson@gmail.com.

Fall Holiday Fun Time: 6-7 p.m.

Tuesday, Oct. 3 at Southglenn Library, 6972 S. Vine St., Centennial. Children ages 5-12 are invited to enjoy juggling, fall magic and even an opportunity to spin some plates. Save your spot at arapahoelibraries.org.

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Blvd., Highlands Ranch. Celebrate the harvest and enjoy performances of traditional Chinese arts, including the lion dance by the Great Wall Chinese Academy.

For all ages. Registration required; contact 303-791-7323 or DCL.org.

Wordpress Meetup: 1-2 p.m.

Saturday, Oct. 7 at Castlewood Library, 6739 S. Uinta St., Centennial. Teens and adults are invited to join fellow Wordpress users to talk, troubleshoot, and tinker with your site in a friendly, hands-on environment. Save your spot at arapahoelibraries.org.

Writing Compelling Characters Workshop: 4-5:30 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 8 at Koelbel Library, 5955 S. Holly St., Centennial. Great characters are at the very heart of the stories we write. But how can you create characters who will stay with readers long after they turn the final page? This workshop for teens, taught by R.M. Romero, author of “The Dollmaker of Krakow,” will explore characters and the vital role they play in writing of all genres. Save your spot at arapahoelibraries.org.

Nonprofit Funding: Friday, Oct. 13 is the deadline to apply for funding in 2018 from the City of Englewood through the council’s Aid to Other Agencies program. Call Christa Graeve at 303-762-2310 with questions.

Applications available at http:// www.englewoodgov.org/home/ showdocument?id=18036.

HEALTH

Cholesterol and Your Heart: 11 a.m. to noon Tuesday, Oct. 3 at South Denver Heart Center, 1000 SouthPark Drive, Littleton.

Explore medicine, lifestyle and natural alternatives to managing cholesterol. Presented by Susan Buckley, RD, CDE, and Renee Julien, RN. Call 303-744-1065 or go to www.southdenver.com.

EDUCATION

George C. Evans Post 103 Membership Meeting: 7 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 4 at the Buck Recreation Center, 2004 W. Powers Ave., Littleton. October and November activities are on the agenda.

Fall Fun Night: 6 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 5 at the Lone Tree Library, 10055 Library Way. Drop in for family fun with life-sized games, a kids’ carnival, dance party, storytime, costumes and more. No registration required. Information at 303-791-7323 or DCL.org.

Chinese Moon Festival: 11 a.m.

Saturday, Oct. 7 at the James H. LaRue Library, 9292 Ridgeline

Mini Law School: 6-7:30 p.m.

Tuesdays through Oct. 24 at CU South Denver in Lone Tree. Course is seven weeks and is taught by law school faculty. Those who cannot attend the live lectures can choose Livestream and recorded viewing options; class materials and links to the lectures will be sent so participants can watch at their own pace. Registration required; go to http://www. colorado.edu/law/minilawschool.

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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SPORTS

Golfer has a grip on goals as state approaches

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Englewood senior Megan Trail, right, crosses the finish line in the Division 2 girls varsity race at the Sept. 22 Dave Sanders Memorial Cross Country Invitational that was held at Clement Park near Littleton. Trail completed the 3.1-mile course in 23:59. Her time was about 2 1/2 minutes faster than her previous personal best. Trail is one of 17 athletes on this year’s Pirates cross country team. Trail was one of six Englewood girls who competed in the event, but only two girls, Trail and Milagros Hernandez-Vasquez, ran varsity, and both had personal best times.

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BY THE NUMBERS

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Game softball hitting streak for Englewood junior Maggie Swank, who went 1-for-4 in a Sept. 19 loss to Alameda

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Different players have scored the team’s five goals this season for the Heritage soccer team.

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average yards rushing in the two games played this season

by Littleton’s Matt Norwood, who ran for 117 yards in the 38-14 football loss on Sept. 22 at Adams City.

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Cherry Creek football players who accounted for 260 receiving yards in the 40-20 win over Grandview on Sept. 22, with Marcus Walker getting 107 and Dimitri Stanley 153.

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Saves for Arapahoe goalkeeper Spencer Cobb as he notched his second straight shutout in a 9-0 blanking of Chatfield on Sept. 19.

Standout Performers Dimitri Stanley, Cherry Creek Stanley, a senior, caught 10 passes for 153 yards and two touchdowns in a 40-29 football triumph over Grandview on Sept.

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Omar Serano, Littleton The junior scored the overtime goal in a 1-0 boys soccer victory over Golden on Sept. 19.

Katie Maney, Arapahoe The sophomore hit a gamewinning, two-run homer in the bottom of the seventh in a 5-3 softball victory over Grandview on Sept. 19.

Jared Scott, Cherry Creek Scott, a senior, finished sixth in Division I boys cross country division at the Sept. 22 Dave Sanders Invitational.

Max Tenbraak, Heritage

Addi Iken, Littleton

He led the Eagles to the Division I boys cross country crown Sept. 22 with a ninth-place finish at the Dave Sanders Invitational.

The senior finished second in the Division 2 girls cross country race at the Dave Sanders Invitational on Sept. 22.

Colorado Community Media selects six athletes from area high schools each week as “Standout Performers.” Preference is given to athletes making their debut on the list. To nominate an athlete, contact Jim Benton by noon on Sunday at jbenton@coloradocommunitymedia.com

akewood’s Jack Castiglia will be making his fourth appearance in the Class 5A boys state golf tournament and the senior has something to prove.

Castiglia was this OVERTIME season’s Jefferson County League 5A medalist with a stroke average of 70, but he is the first to admit the two-day state tournament is different from regular season tourneys and the regional qualifyJim Benton ing.

In the previous three state tournaments, Castiglia’s resume shows a tie for 37th place as a freshman then ties for 28th and 35th the next two years.

The Class 5A state tournament is scheduled for Oct. 2-3 at Common Ground Golf Course in Aurora.

“You can definitely feel a more competitive vibe,” said Castiglia. “Everyone is there because they deserve to be there after doing good in their regionals. Everyone is there to try to defend their school and play as well as possible. It’s also run more professionally and it brings out the best golf in everybody.”

Castiglia was second in the 5A Western regional with an even-par 72 at the Broadlands Golf Course on Sept. 18 and the University of Northern Colorado commit is ready to show his ability in the biggest high school tourney of the season.

“I have something to prove,” he said.

“I definitely haven’t proved anything in the past three state tournaments.

My freshman year I was young and actually didn’t play that bad. But my sophomore and junior years I didn’t play like I did during the season and didn’t show what I can do.

“I played good this year. I made a grip change after last year’s state and I’ve been working with it. I have to prove that I got used to it and I have to play as well as possible.”

There will be attention on several area golfers and teams that also have something to prove.

Arapahoe won the 5A Western regional qualifying tournament on Sept. 18 at Broadlands Golf Club and Heritage won the Southern regional at the Colorado Springs Country Club.

Rock Canyon qualified its four-player team with a runner-up finish in the 5A Central at Plum Creek and Valor Christian was the 4A Region 4 champion in the tournament played Sept.

19 at the Colorado Springs Country Club. Lutheran was second to qualify as a team in the 3A region 1 meet at Hollydot.

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Local players headed to state golf tourney STAFF REPORT

Area qualifiers for the state high school golf tournaments. The Class 5A state tourney will held at Common Ground in Aurora, the 4A at Raccoon Creek in Littleton and the 3A at Indian Peaks in Lafayette.

Each of the tournaments is Oct. 2 and 3.

CLASS 5A Team qualifiers Arapahoe, Heritage, Rock Canyon Individuals Arapahoe: Tommy Packer, Alex Yano, Jay Yano, Caleb Busta.

Castle View: Dillon Baker, Casey Jacobsen

Arapahoe • The girls softball team defeated Grandview 5-3 on Sept. 19, which was the ninth victory of the season for the Warriors and the most since 2009.

• Led by medalist Tommy Packer, the Warriors won the Class 5A Western regional golf championship Sept. 18 at the Broadlands Golf Club.

The 5A state tournament is set for Oct. 2-3 at Common Ground Golf Club in Aurora.

• Junior quarterback Kevin Lukasiewicz is the fifth leading 5A passer in the state with 902 yards and five touchdowns. Punter Nathaniel Rapue ranks second in punting stats after four games with a 40-yard average on eight kicks.

Cherry Creek

•• The football team has a chance to be a streak breaker again. Creek ended Valor Christian’s 28-game in-state

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ioned a 1-under-par 71 to win the Western regionals individual title and Heritage’s Sam Blackwood was the co-medalist at the Southern regional with a 1-under-par 70. Rock Canyon’s Kieran McMullen shared

Chaparral: Bryce Howard, Tyler Mulligan Cherry Creek: Cade Kilkenny, Max Malden, Carter Kovarik, Grey Brewer Heritage: Sam Blackwood, Ben Carrington, Cameron Bajay, Parker McNitt Highlands Ranch: Jackson Crist, Tarek Salem, Andrew Davis, Brendan Fricke Lakewood: Jack Castiglia, Ryan Liao Legacy: Grant Hoos, Hunter Hayes, Cormac Arroyo Legend: Ryan Kennedy Mountain Range: Connor Jones, Josh Thomson Mountain Vista: Nick Kim Ralston Valley: Landon Thunell,

On campus: victory run on Oct. 17, 2014. The Bruins travel to Valor for a Sept.

29 game and the top-ranked Eagles are currently riding a 14-game win streak.

• Football coach Dave Logan won his 250th career game when the Bruins downed Grandview on Sept. 22. He is seventh all-time in career victories, one behind former Creek coach Fred Tesone. Logan is in his 24th season as a high school mentor and has coached at Arvada West, Chatfield, Mullen and Creek.

• Senior Dimitri Stanley, a University of Colorado commit, is the leading 5A pass receiver through four games with 503 yards on 40 catches for an average of 125.8 receiving yards per

medalist honors at the Central regional.

Packer was 12th in the state tourney last season and Backwood tied for 24th.

Playing steady will be a key.

“You have to stay consistent and not make any big mistakes, especially at Common Ground,” explained Castiglia. “You have to take advantage of some of the easier holes

Jack Larson Rock Canyon: Kieran McMullen, Finn Olson, Jake Daniel, Henry Dunkleberger ThunderRidge: Evan Kaloc, Zach Swanson, Sam Ostravich CLASS 4A Team qualifiers Valor Christian Individuals D’Evelyn: Medhaj Shrestha Golden: Nick Mancini, Chance Sundarapura Green Mountain: Gabe Goodman, Oliver Gibbons Littleton: Jacques Goffinet Ponderosa: Mac Konrad, Garrett Zinn, John Fulton

News and notes from local high school sports programs game. He has caught six TD passes.

Englewood

• Thomas O’Connor carded an 81 Sept. 19 at the 3A Region 2 golf tournament and won a playoff to qualify for the state tournament.

• Junior Megan Trail recorded a personal best time of 23:57 in the Division 2 cross country race Sept. 22 at the Dave Sanders Invitational.

Heritage

• At the 5A Southern regional golf tournament played Sept. 18 at the Colorado Springs Country Club, the Eagles captured the team title by three

because some of the holes coming down the stretch can really get to you.”

Frozen Four moves to Pepsi Center Semifinal games and the 2018 state boys hockey final will be held at the Pepsi Center.

The Colorado Avalanche will host the semifinal games at 5:30 and 7 p.m. on March 1 and the champion-

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Valor Christian: Jake Welch, Hunter Khan, Ty Findlow, Trevor White Wheat Ridge: Peyton Lorentz CLASS 3A Team qualifiers Lutheran Individuals Englewood: Thomas O’Connor Faith Christian: Macklin Brockmeyer Lutheran: Westin Pals, Cole Williams, Owen Deas Jefferson Academy: Jacob Mason, Jace Repola Holy Family: Garrett Green, Alex Mumm SkyView Academy: Luke Wright

strokes over Grand Junction Central.

• Junior Max Tenbraak was ninth and the Eagles won the Division I boys title Sept. 22 at the Dave Sanders Invitational cross country meet.

• Senior linebacker Matthew Brouillette is tied for the state 4A lead with 44 tackles.

Littleton

• The boys soccer team, unbeaten after games through Sept. 22, edged Golden 1-0 on Sept. 19, which was the sixth consecutive shutout for the Lions.

• The tennis team heads into the Class 4A Region 3 state qualifying meet Oct. 4-5 at Pinehurst Country Club after compiling a 5-2 dual meet record during the regular season.

ship game on March 6, with the time to be determined.

Last season’s Frozen Four games were held at Magness Arena at the University of Denver.

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

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HOW TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE Send volunteer opportunities to hharden@ coloradocommunitymedia.com.

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Need: Numerous volunteer roles for individuals, families and groups including one-time events and ongoing/weekly shifts. Human services, senior resources, open spaces, special events, etc. See website for complete list: www.arapahoegov.com/volunteer.

Age: Ages 6 and older, depending on the opportunity.

CONTACT: Nira Duvan, volunteer coordinator, at 303-738-79387 or nduvan@arapahoegov. com Other: Arapahoe County Fair needs volunteers from July 28-31. Go to http://www. arapahoecountyfair.com/volunteer.html Mothers of Multiples A support club for parents of twins, triplets and quadruplets in the Denver Metropolitan Area, www.mothersofmultiples.com Need: Volunteers willing to work during our bi-annual consignment sale at the Douglas County Fairgrounds in Castle Rock on Aug. 11-12. Work can include sale set up and take down, organizing, unloading, cashiering and more.

Requirements: 15 years and older; must work minimum of one four-hour shift, but multiple shifts available over two-days.

Work entails a lot of walking and standing and lifting for some shifts. Briefing by phone or on-site orientation.

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Need: Day-of volunteers to help in a variety of capacities including registration, unloading, paint, batteries and more.

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When: Saturday, Aug. 12 Location: Shea Stadium at Redstone Park in Highlands Ranch CONTACT: Kari Larese, Highlands Ranch Metro District, klarese@highlandsranch.org ONGOING OPPORTUNITIES 18th Judicial District Attorney’s Office Domestic Violence Program Provides information and support to crime victims Need: Victim Adocates interact with and support victims of domestic violence. They also provide resource referrals and explain processes to victims.

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

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Alzheimer’s Association, Colorado Chapter Provides care and support to 67,000-plus families dealing with all kinds of dementing illnesses.

Need: Walk to End Alzheimer’s committee members.

Requirements: Individuals who love to help plan and execute. Our Walk to End Alzheimer’s attracts more than 10,000 people, so planning committee members are essential.

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Angel Heart Project Delivers meals to men, women and children with life-threatening illnesses Need: Volunteers willing to deliver meals to clients in the South Denver area.

Requirements: Attend an orientation and submit to a background check before volunteering. Training provided to all new drivers.

Deliveries start at 1 p.m. and last until 3 p.m.

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

CONTACT: Cathy Hintz, 406-488-8325 or 800-733-2773 Audubon Society of Greater Denver Provides engaging and educational birding and wildlife programs at the Audubon Nature Center at Chatfield State Park and throughout the Denver metro area.

Need: Volunteers lead birding field trips and assist with nature programs, office projects, fundraising and community events.

Location: Chatfield State Park and offsite locations around Denver.

Age requirement: 18 years or older for yearround volunteers; 13-17 for summer camp programs.

CONTACT: Kate Hogan at communityoutreach@denveraudubon.org or 303-9739530.

AYUSA: International Youth Exchange Program Promotes quality exchange programs for high school students from around the world.

Need: Host families for international high school students ages 15-18 studying in the Denver area.

Requirements: To provide students with a safe home, meals and transportation for 5-10 months. All family types are considered. Must fill out onlilne application and pass background check.

CONTACT: Adrienne Bivens, 720-467-6430 or abivens@ayusa.org. Go to www.ayusa.org.

Castle Rock Senior Activity Center Provides services to local seniors Need: Volunteer drivers to take seniors to appointments, the grocery store, pharmacies and more.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Court Appointed Special Advocates Works with abused and neglected children in Arapahoe, Douglas, Elbert and Lincoln counties Need: Advocates for children, to get to know, speak up for and ensure their best interests in court CONTACT: 303-695-1882 or www.adv4children.org.

Douglas/Elbert Task Force Provides assistance to people in Douglas and Elbert counties who are in serious economic need, at risk of homelessness or in similar crisis.

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CALM AFTER THE STORM

Absolutely, but if you watch great debates, the person who typically wins is the person who asks the best questions in return or asks clarifying questions so that they know how to respond or answer.

Sometimes when I hear about relationships suffering I often hear that one person has stated their position or opinion and even possibly an ultimatum. Definitely not the best recipe for discussing something as important as the future of a relationship. Instead of stating something in a demanding or inconsiderate way, maybe something like, “I work all day too, I cook the dinner, and I wash the clothes. I really need you to step up and do something.” (Expletives excluded intentionally). What if it sounded differently, “Can I ask you a question? With my heavy workload I can really use some help around the house. I know you work hard too, but is there something you can do to help me or something we can do together that would make things easier on both of us around here?”

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The first four chapters of Raymond Chandler’s final, unfinished novel (“The Poodle Springs Story”) were turned into “Poodle Springs” by Robert B. Parker 30 years after Chandler’s death.

I read it once and I won’t read it again.

Picking up where someone left off sometimes works out and sometimes it doesn’t.

“Poodle Springs” didn’t work out.

The film version of “Gone With the Wind” did.

George Cukor directed it for three weeks, and then Victor Fleming took over. Fleming won the Academy Award for Best Director for “Gone With the Wind.”

My perfect world wouldn’t be anyone else’s. Fewer guns. Far fewer guns. Use of the word “snickerdoodle” would be a felony.

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these survey results confirm that tax reform is a critical priority if we are to grow the economy and create jobs and opportunity,” said Business Roundtable President and CEO Joshua Bolten.

Colorado Business Roundtable strongly encourages our congressional delegation, leadership and the administration to pass mean-

yet so very powerful statement, “I love you.” Here is what it might sound like in question form, “Do you know why I love you?” Most humble and normal people would respond with, “I think so, but tell me more.”

And now we have an opportunity to put even greater depth and meaning behind our “I love you” statement.

Using questions instead of statements will usually result in more meaningful conversations and provide so much more clarity and insights. And, by the way, when we ask questions instead of making statements that can be challenged, most people will think we are the smartest people in the room.

So how about you, are you used to just sharing your opinion or making a statement first? Or do you make it a best practice of asking questions first, and asking the right questions that would reveal your position and point of view? Either way I would love to hear all about it at gotonorton@gmail.com. And when we can find the answers we seek through the right questions, 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.

Thomas More coined the word “Utopia” in 1516 about a fictional island society. How many times have you heard someone say an island would be the perfect way to get away from it all?

Hurricane Irma was not a friend to that thought, was she? For the first time in 300 years, no one is living on Barbuda. I didn’t even know it existed.

The population is — or was — less than 1,700.

Robert De Niro wants to rebuild it.

He said, “It’s just a beautiful place, and it’s quiet, and the people are nice.”

That sounds perfect to me: beautiful, quiet, and nice people. And I wouldn’t mind being the Invisible Man now and then either, for a number of reasons.

“Doctor, there’s a man here who thinks he is invisible.”

“Well, tell him I can’t see him right now.”

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If you are interested in joining business leaders, chambers and associations in advocating for a fairer, simpler and more competitive rate, please contact us at jwasden@cobrt.com Jeff Wasden is president of the Colorado Business Roundtable, which describes itself as an advocate for proactive, pro-business legislation that strengthens the economy and allows businesses to grow and thrive in Colorado and the region.

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Ball raises awareness, money for diabetes STAFF REPORT

Comedian and actor George Lopez will emcee and rock legend Lenny Kravitz will perform at this year’s Carousel Ball, a biennial event that benefits the Children’s Diabetes Foundation, which is dedicated to increasing awareness for diabetes and raising money for clinical care and diabetes research at the Barbara Davis Center for Diabetes.

This year marks the 31st year of the ball, during which guests will enjoy cocktails, silent and live auctions, dinner and entertainment, from 6 to 11 p.m. Oct. 7 at the Hyatt Regency Denver at Colorado Convention Center in downtown Denver. Purchase tickets for the event, or make a donation to the Children’s Diabetes Foundation, at www.childrensdiabetesfoundation. org/carousel-ball-payment/.

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She also co-founded Men For the Cure with Ed Greene and started Save the Males. She has served on a number of charitable boards, and now serves on board for the Garth Brooks Teammates for Kids Foundation, the National Western Stock Show, and Volunteers of America. Honored with the Mizel Community Enrichment

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In 2016, Dr. Lori Sussel joined as the director of research to investigate the possibility of turning stem cells into insulin-producing beta cells, which are the root cause of a type 1 diabetes diagnosis. This, along with studies for the artificial/bionic pancreas, will help children and adults with the disease achieve better blood results to avoid the complications of kidney disease, stroke, blindness, amputation and heart disease.

Learn more about the event and the foundation at www.childrensdiabetesfoundation.org/ George Lopez is on his standup comedy tour, The Comedy Get Down, with Eddie Griffin, D.L. Hughley and Cedric the Entertainer. He also stars in his new comedy series “Lopez” on TV Land.

Kravitz has won four consecutive Grammy Awards, setting a record for the most wins in the “Best Male Rock Vocal Performance” category.

To advertise your place of worship in this section, call Karen at 303-566-4091 or email kearhart@ColoradoCommunityMedia.com

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Service English Conversation Sessions. Go to the Bemis Public Library Friday mornings from 9-10:30 a.m. to practice English in an informal group and learn about American culture. No registration is required. Call 303-795-3961.

Free Healthy Community Dinner: 6-7 p.m. the last Tuesday of each month at First Presbyterian Church, 1609 W. Littleton Blvd., Littleton. No reservations are required. Call 303-798-1389 or go to fpcl. org/dinner.

Nutrition classes. Free bootcamp class meets at 8:30 a.m. three Saturdays per month at L-Town Nutrition, 1360 W. Littleton Blvd., Littleton. Go to the park for a fun, energizing start to the weekend. Visit our Facebook pages for updates: Littleton 24Fit Club or L-Town Nutrition. Also offered is a Body Exchange Challenge. This consists of weekly meetings to discuss both nutrition and fitness.

We deliver all of the tools that you need to help you reach your goal. There is an optional fitness class offered after the class. The class meets Wednesdays at noon or 6 p.m. You can join the challenge anytime, the fees are prorated. Visit L-Town Nutrition, call Gen McKenna at 303-730-2038 or email ltownnutrition@ gmail.com to sign up.

Single Dads Resource Center Inc., a nonprofit organization, offers free parenting classes such as “The Ins and Outs of Single Fathering Parenting” focused on single fathers. Classes are from 5:30-7:30 p.m. Wednesdays at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, 6322 S. Lakeview St., Littleton.

Call Jamey O’Donnell, founder and executive director of the group, at 720-2982021 or e-mail info@sdrci.org.

Summit Cancer Solutions is a nonprofit organization that offers exercise programs in the Denver Metro area to adult cancer survivors. Our goal is to improve

the health and well being of cancer survivors through exercise. Contact us at 303-409-2206, e-mail us at info@ summitcancersolutions.org or visit www. summitcancersolutions.org.

Social American Needlepoint Guild, Colorado Columbine Chapter, meets third Mondays each month, except August and December. Call Doris at 303-403-8703.

Antique Club meets the second Saturday each month from 10 a.m. to noon at Antique Gallery, 5501 S. Broadway, Littleton.

Call 303-794-8100.

Arapahoe County Young Democrats meetings are the third Thursday each month. Call Benjamin Godfrey at 303745-3418 or e-mail bhgodfrey@qwest. net.

Amazing Titan Toastmasters meets from 6-8 p.m. Mondays at Marie Callender’s, Dry Creek Court and Broadway. Call Art Gomen at 303-762-9726.

Bemis Evening Book Group meets at the library, 6014 S. Datura St., in Littleton, the third Monday each month at 7 p.m. Call 303-795-3961.

Bemis Knitting Group invites knitters to the library’s knitting group, which meets Fridays at 2 p.m. in Sophie’s Place. Just bring a pair of needles and a skein of yarn.

Beginners learn skills such as casting on, knitting, pearling, and casting off, while experienced knitters get project ideas and provide hints and tips. The group is creating mittens, scarves and hats for elderly library users at Bemis’ sister libraries in Stara Zagora, Bulgaria.

Bemis Nonfiction Writers’ Group. Unpublished nonfiction writers of personal essays and/or articles meet the second Monday each month at 6:30 p.m. in the café area of Sophie’s Place at the library.

Take a pencil and five copies of a recent essay, no longer than 650 words, to share and read aloud. Elaine Kallos, a language arts instructor, facilitates the group.

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even more schools to visit us.”

Amber Sary and her daughter Gwenavi visited DartMania Sept. 16.

“We heard about DartMania, thought it would be fun and decided to try it,” Amber said. “I was in the room for a while and it is a lot of fun and Gwenavi is having a blast. I didn’t know what to expect when we decided to try it out.

It is actually a great activity. It teaches teamwork, plus the children get a lot of exercise and have fun doing it.”

Sydney Moore, a smiling 6-year-old, said she loved DartMania and comes there to play a lot.

“I like being on a team where you shoot the people on the other team but make sure you don’t shoot the people on your team,” she said. “I am one of the best players at DartMania. I am a good shot with the Nerf blaster and I run fast and dodge a lot to keep from getting hit. It is a lot of fun and I like it a lot.”

DartMania is across Cherokee Street from the Wells Fargo Bank tower. The facility opens from 4 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. Weekend hours are 4 p.m. to 10 p.m. on Friday, 10 a.m. until 10 p.m. on Saturday and 10 a. m. until 6 p.m. on Sunday. The cost per hour is $8 on weeknights and $10 on weekends.

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Members of the orange team meet to plan strategy for a capture the flag game at DartMania in Englewood. Each player has a Nerf blaster that fires sponge darts. TOM MUNDS

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Public Notices 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.

Public Trustees COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0344-2017

T Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given To with regard to the following described Deed of w Trust: T O July 5, 2017, the undersigned Public TrustOn ee caused the Notice of Election and Demand e rrelating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Arapahoe records. b

O Original Grantor(s) DONALD RAY SCHENKEIR, D MARIE EMILY SCHENKEIR M AND DONELLE ANGELA SCHENKEIR A Original Beneficiary(ies) O Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., M acting a solely as nominee for MILA, Inc Current Holder of Evidence of Debt C U.S. Bank, N.A., successor trustee to LaSalle U Bank National Association, on behalf of the B holders of Bear Stearns Asset Backed h Securities I Trust 2005-HE7, Asset-Backed S Certificates Series 2005-HE7 C Date of Deed of Trust D April 08, 2005 A County of Recording C Arapahoe A Recording Date of Deed of Trust R April 21, 2005 A Recording Information (Reception No. and/or R Book/Page No.) B B5056588 B Re-Recording Date of Deed of Trust R December 15, 2005 D Re-Recording Information (Reception No. and/or R Book/Page No.) B B5188519 B Original Principal Amount O $218,400.00 $ Outstanding Principal Balance O $221,003.16 $

P Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of h ttrust 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 30, BLOCK 2, MEADOWBROOK VALLEY, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO Also known by street and number as: 555 W PEAKVIEW AVE, 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.

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Public Trustees

Federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau P.O. Box 4503 Iowa City, Iowa 52244 (855) 411-2372 www.consumerfinance.gov DATE: 07/05/2017 Public Trustee in and for the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado By: Susan K Ryden, Public Trustee The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: Monica Kadrmas #34904 Randall Chin #31149 Weldon Phillips #31827 Lauren Tew #45041 Nichole Williams #49611 Barrett, Frappier & Weisserman, LLP 1199 Bannock Street, Denver, CO 80204 (303) 350-3711 Attorney File # 00000006779045 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' Association of Colorado Revised 1/2015 Legal Notice NO.: 0344-2017 First Publication: 8/31/2017 Last Publication: 9/28/2017 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0347-2017 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On July 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) Gregory L Rosengarten and Ila Rosengarten Original Beneficiary(ies) JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. Current Holder of Evidence of Debt JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association Date of Deed of Trust March 07, 2008 County of Recording Arapahoe Recording Date of Deed of Trust March 13, 2008 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) B8029329 Original Principal Amount $549,000.00 Outstanding Principal Balance $558,638.97 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.

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, 10/25/2017, 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.

ALL THE REAL PROPERTY TOGETHER WITH IMPROVEMENTS, IF ANY, SITUATE, LYING AND BEING IN THE COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO, DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: LOT 9, WINDERMERE GARDENS FOURTH FILING , COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO

First Publication: 8/31/2017 Last Publication: 9/28/2017 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent

Also known by street and number as: 1507 W Davies Pl, Littleton, CO 80120.

IF THE SALE DATE IS CONTINUED TO A LATER DATE, THE DEADLINE TO FILE A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE BY THOSE PARTIES ENTITLED TO CURE MAY ALSO BE EXTENDED;

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

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

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.

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, 10/25/2017, 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.

First Publication: 8/31/2017

Notices

CUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST.

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, 10/25/2017, 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.

Public Trustees

First Publication: 8/31/2017 Last Publication: 9/28/2017 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent 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: 07/05/2017 Public Trustee in and for the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado By: Susan K Ryden, Public Trustee The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: Susan Hendrick #33196 THE SAYER LAW GROUP, P.C. 9745 E. Hampden Ave., Suite 400, Denver, CO 80231 (303) 353-2965 Attorney File # CO170002 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' Association of Colorado Revised 1/2015 Legal Notice NO.: 0347-2017 First Publication: 8/31/2017 Last Publication: 9/28/2017 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0350-2017 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On July 12, 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) BETH E BROWN Original Beneficiary(ies) MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., ACTING SOLELY AS NOMINEE FOR AMERICA'S WHOLESALE LENDER Current Holder of Evidence of Debt WILMINGTON SAVINGS FUND SOCIETY, FSB, DOING BUSINESS AS CHRISTIANA TRUST, NOT IN ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY, BUT SOLELY AS TRUSTEE FOR BCAT 201514BTT Date of Deed of Trust December 09, 2002 County of Recording Arapahoe Recording Date of Deed of Trust February 24, 2003 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) B3040611 Original Principal Amount $261,000.00 Outstanding Principal Balance $237,109.03 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 42, BLOCK 3, THE HIGHLANDS SECOND FILING, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO Also known by street and number as: 915 E IRISH PL, CENTENNIAL, CO 80122.

Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) B3040611 Original Principal Amount $261,000.00 Outstanding Principal Balance $237,109.03

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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COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0363-2017

To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust:

On July 19, 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)

To advertise yourKAREN publicJAYNE notices call 303-566-4100 UHRICH

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.

Public Trustees

LOT 42, BLOCK 3, THE HIGHLANDS SECOND FILING, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO Also known by street and number as: 915 E IRISH 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, 11/01/2017, 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.

First Publication: 9/7/2017 Last Publication: 10/5/2017 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent 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: 07/12/2017 Susan K Ryden, Public Trustee in and for the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado By: Susan K Ryden, Public Trustee The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: Monica Kadrmas #34904 Randall Chin #31149 Weldon Phillips #31827 Lauren Tew #45041 Nichole Williams #49611 Barrett, Frappier & Weisserman, LLP 1199 Bannock Street, Denver, CO 80204 (303) 350-3711 Attorney File # 00000006867386 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' Association of Colorado Revised 1/2015 Legal Notice NO.: 0350-2017 First Publication: 9/7/2017 Last Publication: 10/5/2017 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0363-2017 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On July 19, 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) KAREN JAYNE UHRICH Original Beneficiary(ies) MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., ACTING SOLELY AS NOMINEE FOR LENDER, NOVASTAR MORTGAGE, INC Current Holder of Evidence of Debt CITIMORTGAGE, INC Date of Deed of Trust November 14, 2002 County of Recording

Original Beneficiary(ies) MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., ACTING SOLELY AS NOMINEE FOR LENDER, NOVASTAR MORTGAGE, INC Current Holder of Evidence of Debt CITIMORTGAGE, INC Date of Deed of Trust November 14, 2002 County of Recording Arapahoe Recording Date of Deed of Trust November 27, 2002 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) B2226704 Original Principal Amount $131,600.00 Outstanding Principal Balance $95,843.11

Public Trustees

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 3, BLOCK 14, CHERRY KNOLLS SECOND FILING, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO Also known by street and number as: 3525 E Arapahoe 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, 11/08/2017, 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.

First Publication: 9/14/2017 Last Publication: 10/12/2017 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent

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: 07/19/2017 Susan K Ryden, Public Trustee in and for the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado By: Susan K Ryden, Public Trustee

The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is:

Holly Ryan #32647 Toni M. Owan #30580 Medved Dale Decker & Deere, LLC 355 Union Blvd., Suite 250, Lakewood, CO 80228 (303) 274-0155 Attorney File # 17-049-30078

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' Association of Colorado Revised 1/2015 Legal Notice NO.: 0363-2017 First Publication: 9/14/2017 Last Publication: 10/12/2017 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent

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Attorney File # 17-049-30078

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

©Public Trustees' Association of Colorado Revised 1/2015

Legal Notice NO.: 0363-2017 First Publication: 9/14/2017 Last Publication: 10/12/2017 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0364-2017

To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On July 19, 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) CARL E FILLER Original Beneficiary(ies) MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., AS NOMINEE FOR UNIVERSAL AMERICAN MORTGAGE COMPANY, LLC Current Holder of Evidence of Debt PENNYMAC LOAN SERVICES, LLC Date of Deed of Trust September 18, 2014 County of Recording Arapahoe Recording Date of Deed of Trust September 24, 2014 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) D4089024 Original Principal Amount $142,400.00 Outstanding Principal Balance $136,478.85

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.

BUILDING 3, UNIT 104, FOX RUN AT CENTENNIAL, A RESIDENTIAL CONDOMINIUM COMMUNITY, ACCORDING THE DECLARATION OF COVENANTS, CONDITIONS AND RESTRICTIONS OF FOX RUN AT CENTENNIAL, A RESIDENTIAL CONDOMINIUM COMMUNITY, RECORDED ON MAY 26, 2006, IN THE OFFICE OF THE CLERK & RECORDER OF ARAPAHOE COUNTY, STATE OF COLORADO, AT RECEPTION NO. B6079172 AND CONDOMINIUM MAP, RECORDED ON MAY 26, 2006 AT RECEPTION NO. B6079173. COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO Also known by street and number as: 7222 S Blackhawk St 104, Englewood, CO 80112.

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, 11/08/2017, 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.

First Publication: 9/14/2017 Last Publication: 10/12/2017 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent

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: 07/19/2017 Susan K Ryden, Public Trustee in and for the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado

(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

Public Trustees

DATE: 07/19/2017 Susan K Ryden, Public Trustee in and for the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado By: Susan K Ryden, Public Trustee The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: Monica Kadrmas #34904 Randall Chin #31149 Weldon Phillips #31827 Lauren Tew #45041 Nichole Williams #49611 Barrett, Frappier & Weisserman, LLP 1199 Bannock Street, Denver, CO 80204 (303) 350-3711 Attorney File # 00000006806632 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' Association of Colorado Revised 1/2015 Legal Notice NO.: 0364-2017 First Publication: 9/14/2017 Last Publication: 10/12/2017 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0371-2017 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On July 21, 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) ALAN C MANNING AND DARCEY R THALER Original Beneficiary(ies) MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. AS NOMINEE FOR COLDWELL BANKER HOME LOANS, ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS Current Holder of Evidence of Debt PHH MORTGAGE CORPORATION Date of Deed of Trust September 26, 2011 County of Recording Arapahoe Recording Date of Deed of Trust September 30, 2011 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) D1094410 Original Principal Amount $325,459.00 Outstanding Principal Balance $299,895.80 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 1, BLOCK 3, WILLOW CREEK WEST, FILING NO 2, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO. Also known by street and number as: 7301 E LONG AVE, CENTENNIAL, CO 80112.

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, 11/08/2017, 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.

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.

Public Trustees

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: 07/21/2017 Susan K Ryden, Public Trustee in and for the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado By: Susan K Ryden, Public Trustee The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: Lynn M. Janeway #15592 Elizabeth S. Marcus #16092 Kelly Murdock #46915 David R. Doughty #40042 Alison L Berry #34531 Sheila J Finn #36637 Eve M. Grina #43658 Nicholas H. Santarelli #46592 Janeway Law Firm, P.C. 9800 S. Meridian Blvd., Suite 400, Englewood, CO 80112 (303) 7069990 Attorney File # 17-015111 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' Association of Colorado Revised 1/2015 Legal Notice NO.: 0371-2017 First Publication: 9/14/2017 Last Publication: 10/12/2017 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent

Name Changes PUBLIC NOTICE Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name Public notice is given on September 5, 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 Eric Robert Johnson be changed to Eric Robert Alvarez Case No.: 17 C 100769 Shana Kloak By: Kim Boswell, Deputy Clerk Legal Notice No: 59380 First Publication: September 14, 2017 Last Publication: September 28, 2017 Publisher: Littleton Independent

County Court Arapahoe County, Colorado 1790 W. Littleton Blvd.

Littleton, Colorado 80120 In the Matter of the Petition of: Parent/ Petitioner: Katelyn Vanasdale For Minor Child: Easton Cesar To Change the Child’s Name to: Easton Vanasdale Case Number: 2017C100692 NOTICE TO NON-CUSTODIAL PARENT

BY PUBLICATION Notice to: Destin Cesar, non custodial parent.

Notice is given that a hearing is scheduled as follows: Date: October 16, 2017 Time: 9:00 a.m.

Location: 1790 W. Littleton Blvd.

Division A2 Littleton, Colorado 80120 For the purpose of requesting a change of name for Easton Thomas Cesar.

At this hearing the Court may enter an order changing the name of the minor child.

You may attend the hearing and participate or voice objection to the proposed name change.

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;

Date: 07/13/2017

Colorado Attorney General

for Change of Name

County Court Arapahoe County, Colorado 1790 W. Littleton Blvd.

Littleton, Colorado 80120

Public notice is given on September 18, 2017, that a Petition for a Change of Name of an adult has been filed with the Arapahoe County Court.

Name Changes

In the Matter of the Petition of: Parent/ Petitioner: Angelina Elizabeth Vigil-Salgado For Minor Child: Nakai Avelino Acevedo Gonzales To Change the Child’s Name to: Nakai Avelino Acevedo Vigil Case Number: 17C100728

NOTICE TO NON-CUSTODIAL PARENT

BY PUBLICATION Notice to: _________, non custodial parent.

Notice is given that a hearing is scheduled as follows: Date: October 17, 2017 Time: 9:00 a.m.

Location: Arapahoe County Court 1790 W. Littleton Blvd.

Littleton, Colorado 80120 For the purpose of requesting a change of name for Nakai Avelino Acevedo Gonzales.

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: August 18, 2017 Legal Notice No.: 59344 First Publication: August 31, 2017 Last Publication: September 28, 2017 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name Public notice is given on September 8, 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 Catherine Wilson-Heaggs be changed to Katherine Wilson-Heaggs Case No.: 2017C100772 J. Kaufmann By: Deputy Clerk Legal Notice No: 59388 First Publication: September 21, 2017 Last Publication: October 5, 2017 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name Public notice is given on September 15, 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 Mirna Zgombic be changed to Mirna Zgombic Knight.

Case No.: 2017 C 100800 J. Kaufmann By: Deputy Clerk Legal Notice No: 59420 First Publication: September 28, 2017 Last Publication: October 12, 2017 Publisher: Littleton Independent

Public Notice

First Publication: 9/14/2017 Last Publication: 10/12/2017 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent

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.

Public Notice

Legal Notice No.: 59336 First Publication: August 31, 2017 Last Publication: September 28, 2017 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice County Court Arapahoe County, Colorado 1790 W. Littleton Blvd.

Littleton, Colorado 80120 In the Matter of the Petition of: Parent/ Petitioner: Angelina Elizabeth Vigil-Salgado For Minor Child: Nakai Avelino Acevedo Gonzales To Change the Child’s Name to:

Public Notice County Court Arapahoe County, Colorado 1790 W. Littleton Blvd.

Littleton, Colorado 80120 In the Matter of the Petition of: Parent/ Petitioner: Heather Rodriguez For Minor Child: Isayah Day To Change the Child’s Name to: Isayah Rodriguez Case Number: 17C100816 NOTICE TO NON-CUSTODIAL PARENT

BY PUBLICATION Notice to: Henry Sena, non custodial parent.

Notice is given that a hearing is scheduled as follows: Date: November 6, 2017 Time: 9:00 a.m.

Location: Arapahoe County Court, 1790 W. Littleton Blvd., Division A Littleton, Colorado 80120 For the purpose of requesting a change of name for Isayah Day. 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: September 21, 2017 Legal Notice No.: 59437 First Publication: September 28, 2017 Last Publication: October 12, 2017 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name Public notice is given on September 18, 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 Steven Manuel Montanez be changed to Steven Manuel Gutierrez Case No.: 17 C 100806 Shana Kloek By: Deputy Clerk

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The petition requests that the name of Steven Manuel Montanez be changed to Steven Manuel Gutierrez Case No.: 17 C 100806

Name Changes

Shana Kloek By: Deputy Clerk Legal Notice No: 59422 First Publication: September 28, 2017 Last Publication: October 12, 2017 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name

Public notice is given on September 19, 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 Garrett Timothy Dick Davis be changed to Garrett Timothy Dick Case No.: 2017 C 100810 By: J. Kaufmann, Deputy Clerk Legal Notice No: 59428 First Publication: September 28, 2017 Last Publication: October 12, 2017 Publisher: Littleton Independent

Notice To Creditors PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of James D. Dittemore, aka James Darrell Dittemore, Deceased Case Number: 2017 PR 30870

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 January 15, 2018, or the claims may be forever barred.

Richard Dittemore Personal Representative 2543 S. Carr Court Lakewood, Colorado 80227 Legal Notice No: 59385 First Publication: September 14, 2017 Last Publication: September 28, 2017 Publisher: Englewood Herald and the Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Dorothy Marian Richerson, aka Dorothy M. Richerson, aka Dorothy Richerson, aka Dorothy M. Hassler, aka Dorothy M. Forsyth, Deceased Case Number: 2017 PR 30863

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 January 15, 2018 or the claims may be forever barred.

Elizabeth A. Tauer Personal Representative c/o Breeze Trusts & Estates, LLC 10465 Park Meadows Drive, Suite 108 Lone Tree, CO 80124 Legal Notice No: 59377 First Publication: September 14, 2017 Last Publication: September 28, 2017 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Charles Fredrick Rooney, Sr., Deceased Case Number 2017PR30782

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 January 22, 2018, or the claims may be forever barred.

Rachel Webb Co-Personal Representative 20368 E. Briarwood Avenue Centennial, CO 80016 OR Colleen Rooney-Buckner Co-Personal Representative 4899 Harbor Lane Greenwell Springs, LA 70739 Legal Notice No.: 59407 First Publication: September 21, 2017 Last Publication: October 5, 2017 Publisher: The Englewood Herald and the Littleton Independent Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Ray Meunier, Deceased Case No. 17PR30896

All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the (District Court of the County of Arapahoe, Colorado) on or before January 21, 2018, or the claims may be forever barred. /s/ original signature on file in office of Palmer, Goertzel & Associates, P.C. Bruce R. Meunier, Personal Representative 402 Bridge Crest Blvd.

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All persons having claims against the above 7named September 2017 estate28, are required to present them to

the personal representative or to the (District Court of the County of Arapahoe, Colorado) on or before January 21, 2018, or the claims may be forever barred.

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/s/ original signature on file in office of Palmer, Goertzel & Associates, P.C.

Bruce R. Meunier, Personal Representative 402 Bridge Crest Blvd.

Houston, TX 77082 Legal Notice No.: 59409 First Publication: September 21, 2017 Last Publication: October 5, 2017 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Beverly C. Nichols, Deceased Case Number 2017PR30887

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 January 29, 2018, or the claims may be forever barred.

Carter Bradley Personal Representative c/o Finke and Associates 1873 S. Bellaire Ste. 1401 Denver, CO 80222 Legal Notice No.: 59423 First Publication: September 28, 2017 Last Publication: October 12, 2017 Publisher: The Englewood Herald and the Littleton Independent

Anthony Benedict Personal Representative 1963 E. El Freda Road Tempe, AZ 85284

Notice To Creditors

Legal Notice No: 59378 First Publication: September 14, 2017 Last Publication: September 28, 2017 Publisher: Littleton Independent and the Englewood Herald Public Notice

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Maurice Edward Burns, Jr. aka M. Edward Burns, Jr., Deceased Case No. 17PR30874 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 January 15, 2018, or the claims may be forever barred. /s/ original signature on file in office of Palmer, Goertzel & Associates, P.C. O’TASHA RIVERS, Personal Representative 7403 E. Long Avenue Centennial, CO 80112 303-770-2562 Legal Notice No: 59382 First Publication : September 14, 2017 Last Publication: September 28, 2017 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Joan Borcellino Masse, Deceased Case Number: 17PR030883

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Jerry Lee Mason, aka Jerry L. Mason, aka Jerry Mason, Deceased Case Number: 2017 PR 30831

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 January 29, 2018, 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 January 18, 2018, or the claims may be forever barred.

David J. Masse Personal Representative 232 South Franklin Street Denver, CO 80209

Charlotte R. Landvik, Esq. Attorney for the Personal Representative Dolan & Associates, PC 193 S. 27th Avenue, Suite 200 Brighton, Colorado 80601

Public Notice

Legal Notice No.: 59424 First Publication: September 28, 2017 Last Publication: October 12, 2017 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice

Legal Notice No: 59383 First Publication: September 14, 2017 Last Publication: September 28, 2017 Publisher: Englewood Herald and the Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of CARRELL H. THORPE, a/k/a CARRELL G. THORPE, a/k/a CARRELL HATCH THORPE, a/k/a CARRELL THORPE, Deceased Case Number: 17PR30895

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Larry R. Naylor, aka Larry Ray Naylor, Deceased Case Number: 17 PR 30857

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 January 29, 2018, 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 January 15, 2018, or the claims may be forever barred.

Don A. Thorpe, Personal Representative Kumpf Charsley & Hansen, LLC 9565 S. Kingston Court, Suite 100 Englewood, CO 80112

Colin R. Naylor Personal Representative 2015 G Street Bellingham, WA 98225 360-303-0328

Legal Notice No.: 59425 First Publication: September 28, 2017 Last Publication: October 12, 2017 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of STEVEN P. KUB, A/K/A STEVEN PHILLIP KUB, A/K/A STEVEN KUB, Deceased.

Case Number: 2017PR30919

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 or on or before January 29, 2018, or the claims may be forever barred.

Raymond J. Kub Personal Representative 35036 141st St. Roscoe, SD 57471 Legal Notice No.: 59434 First Publication: September 28, 2017 Last Publication: October 12, 2017 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Jeffrey Neil Bevan, aka Jeffrey N. Bevan, aka Jeffrey Bevan, aka Jeff Bevan, Deceased Case Number: 17 PR 30836 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 January 15, 2018, or the claims may be forever barred.

Anthony Benedict Personal Representative 1963 E. El Freda Road Tempe, AZ 85284

Legal Notice No: 59378 First Publication: September 14, 2017 Last Publication: September 28, 2017 Publisher: Littleton Independent and the Englewood Herald

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Cherine K. Janzen, aka Cherine Kristin Janzen, Deceased Case Number: 2017 PR 30866

fore January 15, 2018, or the claims may be forever barred.

Legal Notice No: 59384 First Publication: September 14, 2017 Last Publication: September 28, 2017 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of MARETTA JO BURNS, Deceased Case Number: 2017PR30876 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 February 7, 2018 or the claims may be forever barred.

Billie D. Cox Personal Representative 6549 18th Street Rd. Greeley, CO 80634 Legal Notice No: 59387 First Publication: September 21, 2017 Last Publication: October 5, 2017 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Betty J. Ryan, also known as Betty Jean Ryan and Betty Ryan, Deceased Case Number: 2017 PR 30861 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 January 22, 2018 or the claims may be forever barred.

Teresa M. Ryan Personal Representative 7234 South Kellerman Way Aurora, CO 80016-2165 Legal Notice No: 59400 First Publication: September 21, 2017 Last Publication: October 5, 2017 Publisher: Littleton Independent

Notice To Creditors PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Kathleen M. Hemiller, Deceased Case Number: 2017 PR 30865 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 January 22, 2018, or the claims may be forever barred.

Pamela Sue Reiners Personal Representative 4260 Manorbrier Court Castle Rock, Colorado 80401 Legal Notice No: 59408 First Publication: September 21, 2017 Last Publication: October 5, 2017 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Patrick V. McNamara, Deceased Case Number: 2017 PR 395 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 January 22, 2018, or the claims may be forever barred.

Robert L. McNamara Personal Representative 8188 S. Dudley Street Littleton, Colorado 80128 Legal Notice No: 59410 First Publication: September 21, 2017 Last Publication: October 5, 2017 Publisher: Littleton Independent

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 January 29, 2018, or the claims may be forever barred.

Notice To Creditors

Howard E. Janzen Personal Representative c/o M. Lisa Clore, Esq. Hutchins & Associates, LLC 1999 Broadway, Suite 1400 Denver, Colorado 80202 Legal Notice No: 59438 First Publication: September 28, 2017 Last Publication: October 12, 2017 Publisher: Englewood Herald and the Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Martin H. Cameron, aka Martin Hart Cameron, aka Martin Cameron, Deceased Case Number: 17 PR 30916 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 February 12, 2018, or the claims may be forever barred.

Patcharin Cameron Personal Representative 4222 S. Quemoy Court Aurora, Colorado 80018 Legal Notice No: 59442 First Publication: September 28, 2017 Last Publication: October 12, 2017 Publisher: Littleton Independent

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PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Grayce S. Kramlich, aka Grayce Smouth Kramlich, aka Grayce Kramlich, Deceased Case Number: 2017 PR 30905 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 January 22, 2018, or the claims may be forever barred.

Bruce Kramlich Personal Representative 6483 S. Sycamore Street Littleton, Colorado 80120 303-795-0695 Legal Notice No: 59418 First Publication: September 21, 2017 Last Publication: October 5, 2017 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Suzan R. Geller, aka Suzan Sharon Geller, aka Suzan Royer Geller, aka Suzan Geller, Deceased Case Number: 2017 PR 30903 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 January 29, 2018, or the claims may be forever barred.

Michael Ames Geller Personal Representative 2699 East Long Lane Greenwood Village, Colorado 80121 Legal Notice No: 59426 First Publication: September 28, 2017 Last Publication: October 12, 2017 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Lacy E. Fisher, Deceased Case Number: 2017 PR 30786 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 January 30, 2018, or the claims may be forever barred.

Cyndi L. Lyden Personal Representative 1777 S. Harrison Street, Suite 1250 Denver, Colorado 80210 Legal Notice No: 59433 First Publication: September 28, 2017 Last Publication: October 12, 2017 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Cherine K. Janzen, aka Cherine Kristin Janzen, Deceased Case Number: 2017 PR 30866 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 January 29, 2018, or the claims may be forever barred.

Howard E. Janzen

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title, possession, or quiet enjoyment in and to said real property in connection with this sale.

All bidders will be required to have in their possession cash or certified funds at least equal to the amount of the judgment creditor’s bid.

Please telephone (720) 874-3850 prior to the sale to ascertain the amount of this bid.

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BIDDERS ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE CASH OR CERTIFIED FUNDS SUFFICIENT TO COVER THE INITIAL BID AT THE TIME OF SALE.

PLEASE NOTE THAT THE JUDGMENTS BEING FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN ON THE SUBJECT PROPERTY. Recorded Transcripts of Judgement are $16,909.77.

All telephone inquiries for information should be directed to the office of the undersigned Sheriff at (720) 874-3850. The name, address and telephone number of the attorney representing the legal owner of the above described lien is Pickard & Ross, P.C., 12712 West Ken Caryl Avenue, Littleton, CO 80127, (303) 989-6655.

Dated August 1, 2017, Centennial, CO David C. Walcher Sheriff of Arapahoe County, Colorado By: Sgt. James Osborn, Deputy Sheriff Legal Notice No.: 59275 First Publication: September 7, 2017 Last Publication: October 5, 2017 Published In: Littleton Independent 2550 W. Main St., Littleton, CO 80120 Public Notice DISTRICT COURT, ARAPAHOE COUNTY, COLORADO 7325 South Potomac Street Centennial, CO 80112

PLAINTIFF: WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A. v.

DEFENDANTS: THE ESTATE OF ELOISE MAY NICKOLS, DECEASED; JESSIE SCHRACHTA aka JESSIE NICKOLS; VALERIE DEWITT; EQUABLE ASCENT FINANCIAL LLC; CYNTHIA D. MARES OR HER SUCCESSOR, as the Public Trustee of Arapahoe County, Colorado; and ANY AND ALL UNKNOWN PERSONS WHO MAY CLAIM AN INTEREST IN THE REAL PROPERTY THAT IS THE SUBJECT OF THIS ACTION, INCLUDING HEIRS OR DIVISEES OF THE ESTATE OF RICHARD IRVAN NICKOLS, DECEASED. Attorneys for the Plaintiff: Janeway Law Firm, P.C. Sheila Finn, #36637 9800 S. Meridian Blvd., Suite 400 Englewood, CO 80112 303-706-9990 Case No.: 2017CV031121

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Misc. Private Legals Public Notice DISTRICT COURT, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, COLORADO Case Number: 2016CV30475, Division: 21 Courtroom: SHERIFF’S SALE NO. 2017-4685 NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE OF REAL PROPERTY Plaintiff: SABLE COVE CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION and Defendant: ERIK SWAIM; and CYNTHIA MARES AS THE PUBLIC TRUSTEE OF ARAPAHOE COUNTY, COLORADO Regarding: Condominium Unit 1, in Condominium Building 9, Sable Cove Subdivision Filing No. 1, Phase 10, according to the Condominium Map thereof, recorded July 21, 1983 in Book 66 at Page 17, in the records of the office of the Clerk and Recorder of Arapahoe County, Colorado, and as defined and described in Condominium Declaration for Sable Cove Condominiums recorded on September 15, 1982 in Book 3698 at Page 273, in said records and the Ninth Statement of Annexation of Additional Land recorded May 9, 1983 in Book 3857 at Page 534 of the aforesaid records, County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado.

Address: 909 South Dawson Way #1, Aurora, CO 80012 Under an Order: Order regarding Default Judgment and Decree of Foreclosure entered on June 15, 2017, relating to Transcripts of Judgments recorded in the Arapahoe County public records the undersigned is ordered to sell certain real property set forth and described above.

TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANTS, Please take notice: You and each of you are hereby notified that a Sheriff's Sale of the referenced property is to be conducted by the Civil Unit of the Sheriff's Office of Arapahoe County, Colorado at 10:00 A.M., on the 2nd day of November, 2017, at 13101 East Broncos Parkway, Centennial, CO 80112, phone number (720) 874-3850. At which sale, the above described real property and improvements thereon will be sold to the highest bidder. Plaintiff makes no warranty relating to title, possession, or quiet enjoyment in and to said real property in connection with this sale.

All bidders will be required to have in their possession cash or certified funds at least equal to the amount of the judgment creditor’s bid.

Please telephone (720) 874-3850 prior to the sale to ascertain the amount of this bid.

BIDDERS ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE CASH OR CERTIFIED FUNDS SUFFICIENT TO COVER THE INITIAL BID AT THE TIME OF SALE. PLEASE NOTE THAT THE JUDGMENTS BE-

SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF COLORADO

TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANTS: (1) EQUABLE ASCENT FINANCIAL, LLC; AND (2) ANY AND ALL UNKNOWN PERSONS WHO MAY CLAIM AN INTEREST IN THE REAL PROPERTY THAT IS THE SUBJECT OF THIS ACTION, INCLUDING HEIRS OR DIVISEES OF THE ESTATE OF RICHARD IRVAN NICKOLS, DECEASED

YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to appear and defend against the claims of the complaint filed with the court in this action by filing with the clerk of this court an answer or other response. You are required to file your answer or other response within 35 days after the service of this Summons upon you. Service of the summons shall be complete on the last day of the publication. A copy of the Complaint may be obtained from the Clerk of Court.

If you fail to file your answer or other response to the Complaint in writing within 35 days after the date of last publication, the Court may enter judgment by default against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint without further notice.

The relief demanded by this action is for Judgment on a Note and foreclosure of real property situated in Arapahoe County and more particularly described as: LOT 5, BLOCK 4, ROSE GARDENS SUBDIVISION, AMENDED PLAT, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO. Commonly Known as: 4126 South Dale Court, Englewood, Colorado, 80110.

Dated this 16th day of August, 2017 Janeway Law Firm, P.C. /s/ Sheila J. Finn Sheila J. Finn, Reg. #36637

THIS SUMMONS IS ISSUED PURSUANT TO C.R.C.P. 4(g).

Legal Notice No.: 59331 First Publication: August 31, 2017 Last Publication: September 28, 2017 Publisher: The Englewood Herald and the Littleton Independent Public Notice Summons District Court, Arapahoe County, Colorado Case No: 2017DR30607 Petitioner: Adeodata Elisa Ferguson Respondent: Emiliano Salazar Ramirez Action for Divorce.

To the above named Respondent:

YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to serve an appearance/answer on the Petitioner within twenty-one days after service of this summons, exclusive of the day of service (or 30 days after the service is complete.) In case of your failure to appear, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the Petition filed. Attorney for Petitioner: Tony C. Rossi, Esq. tony@rossilawllc.com, (303) 859-4173.

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38 The Independent - The Herald Action for Divorce.

To the above named Respondent:

YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to serve an appearance/answer on the Petitioner within twenty-one days after service of this summons, exclusive of the day of service (or 30 days after the service is complete.) In case of your failure to appear, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the Petition filed. Attorney for Petitioner: Tony C. Rossi, Esq. tony@rossilawllc.com, (303) 859-4173.

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Legal Notice No.: 59338 First Publication: August 31, 2017 Last Publication: September 28, 2017 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice DISTRICT COURT, ARAPAHOE COUNTY, COLORADO 7325 S Potomac St #100, Centennial, Colorado 80112

Plaintiff: WESTERN PROPERTIES, LLC, a Colorado limited liability company. v.

Defendants: EquityLink, LLC, a delinquent Colorado limited liability company, and its last known members William J. Turner, John B. Hamner, and Robert Mendel; and JD Ranch Real Estate, LLC, a delinquent Colorado limited liability company, and its last known members Susan S. Perkins and John B. Hamner Attorney for Plaintiff: William A. Morris, Esq., #21452 Staggs Morris, P.C. 1800 Glenarm Place, Suite 1203 Denver, Colorado 80202 Telephone: (303) 750-9900 Fax Number: (303) 339-0008 Email: WAMorris@StaggsMorris.com Case Number: 2017CV031989 Division 15 SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF COLORADO TO THE ABOVE-NAMED DEFENDANTS:

You are hereby summoned and required to appear and defend against the claims of the complaint filed with the court in this action, by filing with the clerk of this court an answer or other response. You are required to file your answer or other response within 35 days after the service of this summons upon you. Service of this summons shall be complete on the day of the last publication. A copy of the complaint may be obtained from the clerk of the court.

If you fail to file your answer or other response to the complaint [petition] in writing within 35 days after the date of the last publication, judgment by default may be rendered against you by the court for the relief demanded in the complaint without further notice.

This is an action to quiet title to the following property: LOT 22, BLOCK 6, STONE RIDGE PARK SUBDIVISION 2ND FILING, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO also known by street number address as: 1704 S. NUCLA STREET, AURORA, CO 80017 Dated September 1, 2017. /s/ William A. Morris William A. Morris, #21452 Attorney for Plaintiff Legal Notice No.: 59381 First Publication: September 14, 2017 Last Publication: October 12, 2017 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice District Court, Arapahoe County, Colorado Address: 7325 S. Potomac Street Centennial, CO 80112 In re the Parental Responsibilities concerning: Maria Daysi Quijada Quijada, Petitioner, And Leonel Enrique Carcamo, Co-Petitioner And Ismael Navarro Reyes, Respondent And Concerning, Brandon Omar Navarro Quijada, (DOB 6/25/1999), and Gerson Vladimir Navarro Quijada (DOB 3/27/2001), Minor Children Case Number: 17DR30497 Division: 24 Attorney or Party Without Attorney: Kathleen M. Glynn, #39115, Attorney for Petitioner and Co-Petitioner Grob & Eirich, LLC 12596 W. Bayaud Avenue, Suite 390 Lakewood, CO 80228 Phone Number: 303-679-8266 Fax Number: 303-679-8960 Email: katie@grobeirich.com NOTICE AND SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION TO RESPOND TO CONSOLIDATED CASE OF REGISTRATION OF FOREIGN CHILD CUSTODY DETERMINATION PURSUANT TO C.R.S. SECTIONS 14-13-305, 14-13-108 AND PETITION FOR ALLOCATION OF PARENTAL RESPONSIBILITIES PURSUANT TO C.R.S. SECTIONS 14-10-107(4), 14-13-108 AND C.R.C.P. 4(g)

TO: Ismael Navarro Reyes, Respondent, PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that a Petition to Register a Foreign Child-Custody Determination Pursuant to C.R.S. Section 14-13-305 has been filed by Petitioner Maria Quijada Quijada and Co-Petitioner Leonel Carcamo in the Arapahoe County District Court, State of Colorado, on August 11, 2017. The Petition is consolidated with the Petition for the Allocation of Parental Responsibilities, filed by Petitioner and Co-Petitioner, on June 8, 2017. The Petition for the Allocation of Parental Responsibilities requests that this Court enter Orders addressing issues involving the children, such as, child support, allocation of parental responsibilities, (decisionmaking and parenting time), Special Immigrant Juvenile Status findings, attorney fees, and costs to the extent the Court has jurisdiction.

A registered determination is enforceable as of

gust 11, 2017. The Petition is consolidated with the Petition for the Allocation of Parental Responsibilities, filed by Petitioner and Co-Petitioner, on June 8, 2017. The Petition for the Allocation of Parental Responsibilities requests that this Court enter Orders addressing issues involving the children, such as, child support, allocation of parental responsibilities, (decisionmaking and parenting time), Special Immigrant Juvenile Status findings, attorney fees, and costs to the extent the Court has jurisdiction.

B001: MARY D. ROBINSON 3377 S. Clarkson St. #207 Englewood, CO 80113 Furniture, Appliance, Vacuum, Misc. Boxes, Bags.

A registered determination is enforceable as of the date of registration in the same manner as a determination issued by a court of this state.

E021: TONYA M. GRANDERSON 1709 Fulton St. Aurora, CO 80010 Electronics, Furniture, Boxes, Misc. Bags.

If you wish to contest the validity of the registered child-custody determination, you must request a hearing in writing within twenty-one (21) days after service of this notice, personally or by publication for five weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in Arapahoe County, and mail a copy of your request to all interested parties.

E205: MATTHEW T. JONES 6041 Castlegate Dr. W. #2331 Castle Rock, CO 80108 Bicycle, Misc. Boxes

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Failure to context the registration will result in confirmation of the child-custody determination and preclude further contest of that determination with respect to any matter that could have been asserted.

To the Respondent named above, this Summons serves as a notice to appear in this case regarding the allocation of parental responsibilities.

You are further notified that said Petition is set for a hearing on November 30, 2017 at 9 a.m. in Division 24 of the Arapahoe County District Court, 7325 S. Potomac Street, Centennial, Colorado 80112.

If you were served in the State of Colorado, you must file your Response with the clerk of this Court within 21 days after this Summons is served on you to participate in this action.

If you were served outside of the State of Colorado or you were served by publication, you must file your Response with the clerk of this Court within 35 days after this Summons is served on you to participate in this action.

You may be required to pay a filing fee with your Response. The Response form (JDF 1420) can be found at www.courts.state.co.us by clicking on the “Self Help/Forms” tab.

Notice: Colorado Revised Statutes §14-10-123, provides that upon the filing of a Petition for Allocation of Parental Responsibilities by the Petitioner and Co-Petitioner, or upon personal service of the Petition and Summons on the Respondent, or upon waiver and acceptance of service by the Respondent, an automatic temporary injunction shall be in effect against both parties until the Final Order is entered, or the Petition is dismissed, or until further Order of the Court. Either party may apply to the Court for further temporary orders, an expanded automatic temporary injunction, or modification or revocation under §14-10-125, C.R.S. A request for genetic tests shall not prejudice the requesting party in matters concerning allocation of parental responsibilities pursuant to §14-10-124(1.5), C.R.S. If genetic tests are not obtained prior to a legal establishment of paternity and submitted into evidence prior to the entry of the final order, the genetic tests may not be allowed into evidence at a later date.

Automatic Temporary Injunction – By Order of Colorado law, you and the other parties: 1. Are enjoined from molesting or disturbing the peace of the other party; and 2. Are restrained from removing the minor child(ren) from the state without the consent of all parties or an Order of the Court modifying the injunction; and 3. Are restrained, without at least 14 days advance notification and the written consent of all other parties or an Order of the Court, from cancelling, modifying, terminating, or allowing to lapse for nonpayment of premiums, any policy of health insurance or life insurance that provides coverage to the minor child(ren) as a beneficiary of a policy.

If you fail to file a Response in this case, any or all of the matters above, or any related matters which come before this Court, may be decided without further notice to you. A copy of the Petitions and Summons may be obtained from the Clerk of the Court during regular business hours.

Submitted by: Kathleen M. Glynn, Attorney for Petitioner and Co-Petitioner Legal Notice No.: 59364 First Publication: September 7, 2017 Last Publication: October 5, 2017 Publisher: Littleton Independent and the Englewood Herald Public Notice NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE OF LIENED PROPERTY Notice is hereby given that a public sale will be held on or after OCT. 17, 2017 at 10:00 A.M. at 101 E. Centennial Avenue, City of Englewood, County of Arapahoe, Colorado. BROOKRIDGE SELF-STORAGE will sell to satisfy the lien on the property stored at 101 E. Centennial Avenue, Englewood, CO 80113 by the following persons. The inventories listed below were notated by the tenants at the time of rental .

BROOKRIDGE SELF-STORAGE makes no representation or warranty that the units contain said inventories.

AU41: SADEDDIN NIMER AL-BAWWAB 4301 S. Fox Englewood, CO 80110 Furniture, Signs, Pictures, Whiteboard, Misc. Boxes.

B001: MARY D. ROBINSON 3377 S. Clarkson St. #207 Englewood, CO 80113 Furniture, Appliance, Vacuum, Misc. Boxes, Bags.

E021: TONYA M. GRANDERSON

AU41: SADEDDIN NIMER AL-BAWWAB 4301 S. Fox Englewood, CO 80110 Furniture, Signs, Pictures, Whiteboard, Misc. Boxes.

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E326: DARLENE M. PATMORE P.O. Box 709 Englewood, CO 80151 Steam Vacuum, Bedding, Bed, Furniture, Electronics, Appliance, Tubs, Misc. Boxes F014: JOEL B. HOWARD 2297 W. Dartmouth Ave. #A Englewood, CO 80110 Tool Boxes, Guitar, Luggage, Clothes.

Purchases must be made with cash and paid for at the time of purchase. No one under the age of 18 is allowed to attend the sale. The landlord reserves the right to bid at the sale. All purchased goods are sold “as is” and must be removed by 6:00 PM on the day of the sale. Buyers must provide a current original or a photocopy of their original resale permit at time of sale in lieu of sales tax. This sale is subject to prior cancellation in the event of settlement between landlord and obligated party.

Legal Notice No.: 59413 First Publication: September 28, 2017 Last Publication: October 5, 2017 Publisher: The Englewood Herald Littleton Independent Public Notice NOTICE OF AMENDMENT OF DECLARATION FOR CHEROKEE KIVAS CONDOMINIUM HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION (“KIVAS”)

By Certified Mail September 12, 2017, and subsequent Publication To holders of recorded mortgages or deeds of trust on Units in The KIVAS community, First Bank 12345 W. Colfax Ave. Lakewood, CO 80215 City of Englewood Housing Rehabilitation Fund 1000 Englewood Parkway Englewood, CO 80110 Public Service CU 7055 E. Evans Avenue Denver, CO 80224 Ditech.com PO Box 6172 Rapid City, SD 57709-6172 Provident Funding Loan # 9127030492 P.O. Box 5914 Santa Rosa, CA 95402-5914 SWBC Mortgage Loan # 0075000372 P.O. Box 77404 Ewing, NJ 08628 Cenlar PO Box 77404 Ewing, NJ 08628 US Bank Home Mortgage Loan # 0075000372 P.O. Box 21948 Eagan, MN 55121 Chase OH4-7399 Loan # 1461793710 PO Box 182613 Columbus, OH 43218 Congressional Federal Credit Union Loan #0094287794 P. O. Box 77404 Ewing, NJ 08628 Chase P.O. Box 183166 Columbus, OH 43218-3166 Community America Credit Union 9777 Ridge Drive Lenexa, MO 66219 Guild Mortgage Co. P0 Box 85304 San Diego, CA 92186-5304 First Bank Loan # 8296035 12345 W. Colfax Ave. Lakewood, CO 80215 Carrington Mortgage Services PO. Box 3489 Anaheim, CA 92803 Sun Trust Mortgage Loan # 3000335889 P.O. Box 26149 Richmond, VA 23260-6149 Cenlar Loan # 0068487800 P.O. Box 54040 Los Angeles, CA 90054 Roundpoint Mortgage Servicing Corp.

Loan #1003340914 P.O. Box 19409 Charlotte, NC 28219-9409 Capitol One 21700 Town Ctr Plz Sterling, VA 20164

Cenlar Loan # 0068487800 P.O. Box 54040 Los Angeles, CA 90054 Roundpoint Mortgage Servicing Corp.

Loan #1003340914 P.O. Box 19409 Charlotte, NC 28219-9409

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Capitol One 21700 Town Ctr Plz Sterling, VA 20164 Cherokee Kivas Condominium Association, City of Englewood County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado, subject to the Declaration of Cherokee Kivas Condominium (”Declaration”), recorded on January 16, 1979 at Reception No. in Book 2920 at Page 457 in the records of the Clerk and Recorder for Arapahoe County, State of Colorado.

The Board of Directors for KIVAS prepared an Amendment of the Declaration to include an additional Condominium Unit in the KIVAS community.

The Board unanimously recommends that the homeowners of KIVAS, and their lenders, approve the Amendment of the Declaration, copies enclosed with this Certified Mail Notice together with a copy of the applicable Colorado statute. An additional copy of the Amendment may be obtained from the Association address below.

If a Lender has a question about the amendment, or obtain a copy of the amendment, please contact Rich Johnston or Sue Young at the Association’s law firm of Tobey & Johnston, P.C., 6855 South Havana Street, Suite 275, Centennial, CO 80112 phone (303) 799-8600.

The Cherokee Kivas Condominium Homeowner Association Board of Directors.

Legal Notice NO.: 59421 First publication: September 28, 2017 Last publication: October 5, 2017 Publisher: Littleton Independent

City and County Public Notice CITY OF ENGLEWOOD NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING The regular meeting of the Board of Adjustment and Appeals is scheduled for October 11, 2017 at 7:00 p.m. in the City Council Chambers at Englewood Civic Center, 1000 Englewood Parkway, Englewood, Colorado.

Case # VAR2017-016. APPLICANTS: Charles Agins and Tammy Harimon.

The applicants are requesting variances for a pergola to encroach approximately 2 feet 6 inches into the required 3-foot side setback, and for the pergola to be located in front of the rear building line of the principal structure. These are variances to Table 16-6-1.2 of the Englewood Municipal Code.

PREMISES: 4300 South Lipan Street 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/ Shelly Worek Shelly Worek Recording Secretary Legal Notice No.: 59435 PUBLISHED: 28, 2017 2017 First Publication: September September 28, Last Publication: September 28, 2017 Publisher: The Englewood Herald and the Littleton Independent

Public Notice CITY OF ENGLEWOOD, COLORADO NOTICE OF COORDINATED ELECTION NOVEMBER 7, 2017 Notice is hereby given that in accordance with the Englewood Home Rule Charter, and Ordinance No. 50, Series of 2017, a General Municipal Election for the City of Englewood, County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado, will be held in conjunction with the Coordinated Election to be conducted by the Arapahoe County Clerk and Recorder on November 7, 2017.

The November 7, 2017 Coordinated Election will be a Mail Ballot Election.

Mail Ballots will be sent through the mail beginning October 16, 2017.

The deadline to return completed ballots is 7:00 p.m. on Election Day, November 7, 2017.

Ballots received after that deadline will not be counted.

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The November 7, 2017 Coordinated Election will be a Mail Ballot Election.

Mail Ballots will be sent through the mail beginning October 16, 2017.

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The deadline to return completed ballots is 7:00 p.m. on Election Day, November 7, 2017.

Ballots received after that deadline will not be counted.

Arapahoe County voters can drop off their Mail Ballots in the 24 hour, secure, Mail Ballot dropoff box on the northeast side of Englewood Civic Center, 1000 Englewood Parkway, accessible from our circular driveway (across from the fountain). This is the only place to drop off ballots at the Englewood Civic Center.

Arapahoe County citizens may also visit any of the Voter Service and Polling Centers between October 30th and November 7th to: • Drop-off a voted mail-in ballot • Register to vote in-person • Update voter registration • Replace a damaged mail ballot • Request a ballot • Vote on an accessible electronic tablet Visit the Arapahoe County Election website (arapahoevotes.com) to find a list and hours of operation of Mail Ballot drop-off sites and Voter Service and Polling Centers.

Legal Notice No.: 59427 First Publication: September 28, 2017 Last Publication: October 5, 2017 Publisher: The Englewood Herald and the Littleton Independent Public Notice NOTICE OF FINAL PAYMENT On or about October 31, 2017 the City of Englewood will make final payment to: E.T. Technologies, Inc. 10000 S Dransfeldt Rd., Ste 100 Parker, CO 80134 For construction of: Above Ground Storage Tank Project ITB-16-027

Any claims relating to this contract must be filed with Kathleen Rinkel, Director of Finance & Administrative Services, 1000 Englewood Parkway, Englewood, Colorado 80110-2373 (303) 762-2401, prior to October 31, 2017.

Kathleen Rinkel Director of Finance & Administrative Services City of Englewood, Colorado Legal Notice No.: 59429 First Publication: September 28, 2017 Last Publication: October 19, 2017 Publisher: The Englewood Herald and the Littleton Independent Not consecutive publications.

Public Notice NOTICE OF FINAL PAYMENT On or about October 31, 2017 the City of Englewood will make final payment to: Foothills Paving and Maintenance, Inc. 5040 Tabor St Wheat Ridge, CO 80033 For construction of: 2017 Chip Seal Project

Any claims relating to this contract must be filed with Kathleen Rinkel, Director of Finance & Administrative Services, 1000 Englewood Parkway, Englewood, Colorado 80110-2373 (303) 762-2401, prior to October 31, 2017.

Kathleen Rinkel Director of Finance & Administrative Services City of Englewood, Colorado Legal Notice No.: 59430 First Publication: September 28, 2017 Last Publication: October 19, 2017 Publisher: The Englewood Herald and the Littleton Independent Not consecutive publications.

Public Notice NOTICE AS TO PRELIMINARY BUDGET AND PUBLIC HEARING

Notice is hereby given that a preliminary budget has been submitted to the Arapahoe Library District Board of Trustees for the ensuing year of 2018. That a copy of such preliminary budget has been filed in the office of the District at 12855 E. Adam Aircraft Circle, Englewood, Colorado, where same is open for public inspection.

A public hearing on such preliminary budget will be held Tuesday, October 17, 2017, at 5:30 p.m. preceding the regular meeting of the Arapahoe Library District Board of Trustees at the Smoky Hill Library, 5430 S. Biscay Circle, Centennial, Colorado.

Any interested elector within such Arapahoe Library District will be given the opportunity at the hearing to be heard concerning the preliminary budget and may inspect the preliminary budget and file or register any objections thereto at any time prior to the final adoption of the budget, scheduled for Tuesday, November 14, 2017, 5:30 p.m., at the Koelbel Library, 5955 S. Holly Street, Centennial, Colorado.

Legal Notice No.: 59432 First Publication: September 28, 2017 Last Publication: September 28, 2017 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice LITTLETON NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING Pursuant to the liquor laws of the State of Colorado, CIP 2014 / PC RIL Hotel, LLC, doing business as Residence Inn Denver

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LITTLETON NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

Pursuant to the liquor laws of the State of Colorado, CIP 2014 / PC RIL Hotel, LLC, doing business as Residence Inn Denver Southwest/Littleton, 3090 West County Line Road, Littleton, CO, has requested the licensing officials of the City of Littleton, Colorado, to grant a Lodging & Entertainment liquor license.

Applicant(s): Hans I. Lindberg, 4242 Broadway #704, San Antonio, Texas.

The public hearing on the application will be held on Wednesday, November 8 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

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING OF THE TOWN OF BOW MAR, COLORADO NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Board of Trustees of the Town of Bow Mar will hold a public hearing to consider the adoption of an ordinance amending the Town of Bow Mar Municipal Code, amending Chapter 8, the regulation of electric assisted bicycles and to allow electric assisted bicycles on bicycle and pedestrian paths in the Town. Said public hearing will be held at a Regular Meeting scheduled for Monday, September 18, 2017 at 7:00 p.m., at Columbine Valley Town Hall, 2 Middlefield Road, Columbine Valley, CO 80123. A copy of said proposed amendment is on file for inspection at the office of the Town Clerk at 7995 E. Prentice Ave., Suite 103E, Greenwood Village, CO 80111 and on the Town’s website as www.colorado.gov/townofbowmar.

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By Order of the Board of Trustees of The Town of Bow Mar, Colorado Legal Notice No.: 59439 First Publication: September 28, 2017 Last Publication: September 28, 2017 Publisher: Littleton Independent

Legal Notice No.: 59436 First Publication: September 28, 2017 Last Publication: September 28, 2017 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING OF THE TOWN OF BOW MAR, COLORADO

Public Notice NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING OF THE TOWN OF BOW MAR, COLORADO NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Board of Trustees of the Town of Bow Mar will hold a public hearing to consider the adoption of an ordinance amending the Town of Bow Mar Municipal Code, amending Chapter 16, to add a new Article II entitled “Wireless Communication Facilities.” Said public hearing will be held at a Regular Meeting scheduled for Monday, September 18, 2017 at 7:00 p.m., at Columbine Valley Town Hall, 2 Middlefield Road, Columbine Valley, CO 80123. A copy of said proposed amendment is on file for inspection at the office of the Town Clerk at 7995 E. Prentice Ave., Suite 103E, Greenwood Village, CO 80111 and on the Town’s website as www.colorado.gov/townofbowmar.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Board of Trustees of the Town of Bow Mar will hold a public hearing to consider the adoption of an ordinance amending the Town of Bow Mar Municipal Code, amending Chapter 16, to add a new Article II entitled “Wireless Communication Facilities.” Said public hearing will be held at a Regular Meeting scheduled for Monday, September 18, 2017 at 7:00 p.m., at Columbine Valley Town Hall, 2 Middlefield Road, Columbine Valley, CO 80123. A copy of said proposed amendment is on file for inspection at the office of the Town Clerk at 7995 E. Prentice Ave., Suite 103E, Greenwood Village, CO 80111 and on the Town’s website as www.colorado.gov/townofbowmar.

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By Order of the Board of Trustees of The Town of Bow Mar, Colorado Legal Notice No.: 59440 First Publication: September 28, 2017 Last Publication: September 28, 2017 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING OF THE TOWN OF BOW MAR, COLORADO NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Board of Trustees of the Town of Bow Mar will held a public hearing to consider the adoption of an ordinance amending the Town of Bow Mar Municipal Code, adding a new section 8-10, regarding driving under restraint or suspension. Said public hearing was held at a Regular Meeting scheduled for Monday, September 18, 2017 at 7:00 p.m., at Columbine Valley Town Hall, 2 Middlefield Road, Columbine Valley, CO 80123.

A copy of said proposed amendment is on file for inspection at the office of the Town Clerk at 7995 E. Prentice Ave., Suite 103E, Greenwood Village, CO 80111.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Board of Trustees of the Town of Bow Mar will hold a public hearing to consider the adoption of an ordinance amending the Town of Bow Mar MuniNOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the effective cipal Code, amending Chapter 8, the regulation date of Ordinance No. 309 is 30 days following of electric assisted bicycles and to allow electric this publication. assisted bicycles on bicycle and pedestrian paths in the Town. Said public hearing will be held at a Regular Meeting scheduled for

By Order of the Board of Trustees Monday, September 18, 2017 at 7:00 p.m., at of The Town of Bow Mar, Colorado Columbine Valley Town Hall, 2 Middlefield Road, Columbine Valley, CO 80123. A copy of TOWN OF BOW MAR said proposed amendment is on file for inspecBy Order of the Board of Trustees ORDINANCE NO. 090117 tion at the office of the Town Clerk at 7995 E. of The Town of Bow Mar, Colorado Public Notice Prentice Ave., Suite 103E, Greenwood Village, AN ORDINANCE OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTCITY OF on ENGLEWOOD, ofNo.: Municipal CO 80111 and the Town’sCOLORADO website as LegalOffice Notice 59440 Judge (Vote for one) EES OF THE TOWN OF BOW MAR ADDING A NOTICE OF COORDINATED ELECTION www.colorado.gov/townofbowmar.

First [Four-year Publication:term] September 28, 2017 NEW SECTION 8-10 TO THE BOW MAR MUNOVEMBER 7, 2017 Last Publication: September 28, 2017 NICIPAL CODE, REGARDING DRIVING UNCliftonLittleton Hypsher

By Order of the Board of Trustees Publisher: Independent DER RESTRAINT OR SUSPENSION is hereby given in accordance with the Joe Jefferson ofNotice The Town of Bow Mar,that Colorado Englewood Home Rule Charter, and Ordinance Angie Schmitz WHEREAS, the Colorado Legislature passed No. Notice 50, Series of 2017, a General Municipal ElecLegal No.: 59439 House Bill 17-1162, effective August 9, 2017, tionPublication: for the City of Englewood, *** First September 28, 2017County of Arapaconcerning action that can be taken against an hoe, State of Colorado, held in conjunction Last Publication: Septemberwill 28,be 2017 individual based on the individual's failure to pay with the Littleton Coordinated Election to be conducted by Arapahoe County Election Office: Publisher: Independent for a traffic violation; and the Arapahoe County Clerk and Recorder on November 7, 2017.

Arapahoe County Clerk and Recorder WHEREAS, the Town wishes to adopt certain Election Department provisions of House Bill 17-1162 authorizing muThe November 7, 2017 Coordinated Election will be a 5334 South Prince Street nicipal enforcement of the prohibition against Littleton, CO 80166 Mail Ballot Election. driving under restraint or suspension.

303.795.4511 Mail Ballots will be sent through the mail beginning NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY October 16, 2017.

If you are unsure as to your voter registration status, THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE TOWN please contact the Arapahoe County Election DepartOF BOW MAR, COLORADO AS FOLLOWS: The deadline to return completed ballots is 7:00 ment at 303.795.4511 or arapahoevotes.com.

Section 1. The Bow Mar Municipal Code is p.m. on Election Day, November 7, 2017. Ballots hereby amended by the addition of a new SecVisit the Arapahoe County Election website (arapahoreceived after that deadline will not be counted. tion 8-10, to read as follows: evotes.com) for ADDITIONAL ELECTION Arapahoe County voters can drop off their Mail Ballots INFORMATION. Sec. 8-10. Driving under restraint or suspenin the 24 hour, secure, Mail Ballot drop-off box on the northeast side of Englewood Civic Center, 1000 EnDesignated Coordinated Election Official sion. glewood Parkway, accessible from our circular driveArapahoe County Clerk and Recorder It is unlawful for any person to drive a motor vehicle or off-highway vehicle upon any street or 5334 South Prince Street way (across from the fountain). This is the only place highway in the Town with knowledge that such to drop off ballots at the Englewood Civic Center.

Littleton, CO 80166 person's license or privilege to drive, either as a 303.795.4511 resident or nonresident, is under restraint or arapahoevotes.com Arapahoe County citizens may also visit any of the suspension for any reason, including an outVoter Service and Polling Centers between October standing judgment.

30th and November 7th to: Local Designated Election Official Englewood Acting City Clerk, Stephanie Carlile Section 2. If any part, section, subsection, sen• Drop-off a voted mail-in ballot 1000 Englewood Parkway tence, clause or phrase of this ordinance is for • Register to vote in-person Englewood, CO 80110 any reason held to be invalid, such decision • Update voter registration 303.762.2405 or 303.762.2429 shall not affect the validity of the remaining porenglewoodco.gov • Replace a damaged mail ballot tions of this ordinance; and the Board of Trust• Request a ballot ees hereby declares it would have passed this • Vote on an accessible electronic tablet and each part, section, subsection, This Election Notice was provided by Acting ordinance, City sentence, clause or phrase thereof, regardless Visit the Arapahoe County Election website (arapaho- Clerk, Stephanie Carlile, the City of Englewood Desof the fact that any one or more parts, sections, evotes.com) to find a list and hours of operation of ignated Election Official. subsections, sentences, clauses or phrases be Mail Ballot drop-off sites and Voter Service and Polldeclared invalid. ing Centers.

Legal Notice No.: 59427 Section 3. The Board of Trustees hereby finds, Listed below are the City of Englewood candidates First Publication: September 28, 2017 determines and declares that this ordinance is certified by the City of Englewood City Clerk, to the Last Publication: October 5, 2017 necessary and proper for the health, safety and Arapahoe County Clerk and Recorder, to be decided Publisher: The Englewood Herald welfare of the Town and the inhabitants thereof. upon at the November 7, 2017 General Municipal and the Littleton Independent Coordinated Election.

INTRODUCED, READ, APPROVED AND ORDERED PUBLISHED IN FULL ON this 28th *** day of September, 2017.

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public hearing was held at a Regular Meeting scheduled for Monday, September 18, 2017 at 7:00 p.m., at Columbine Valley Town Hall, 2 Middlefield Road, Columbine Valley, CO 80123.

A copy of said proposed amendment is on file for inspection at the office of the Town Clerk at 7995 E. Prentice Ave., Suite 103E, Greenwood Village, CO 80111.

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NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the effective date of Ordinance No. 309 is 30 days following this publication.

By Order of the Board of Trustees of The Town of Bow Mar, Colorado TOWN OF BOW MAR ORDINANCE NO. 090117 AN ORDINANCE OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE TOWN OF BOW MAR ADDING A NEW SECTION 8-10 TO THE BOW MAR MUNICIPAL CODE, REGARDING DRIVING UNDER RESTRAINT OR SUSPENSION WHEREAS, the Colorado Legislature passed House Bill 17-1162, effective August 9, 2017, concerning action that can be taken against an individual based on the individual's failure to pay for a traffic violation; and WHEREAS, the Town wishes to adopt certain provisions of House Bill 17-1162 authorizing municipal enforcement of the prohibition against driving under restraint or suspension.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE TOWN OF BOW MAR, COLORADO AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The Bow Mar Municipal Code is hereby amended by the addition of a new Section 8-10, to read as follows: Sec. 8-10. Driving under restraint or suspension.

It is unlawful for any person to drive a motor vehicle or off-highway vehicle upon any street or highway in the Town with knowledge that such person's license or privilege to drive, either as a resident or nonresident, is under restraint or suspension for any reason, including an outstanding judgment.

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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE TOWN OF BOW MAR, COLORADO AS FOLLOWS:

Section 1. The Bow Mar Municipal Code is hereby amended by the addition of a new Section 8-10, to read as follows:

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Sec. 8-10. Driving under restraint or suspension.

It is unlawful for any person to drive a motor vehicle or off-highway vehicle upon any street or highway in the Town with knowledge that such person's license or privilege to drive, either as a resident or nonresident, is under restraint or suspension for any reason, including an outstanding judgment.

Section 2. If any part, section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase of this ordinance is for any reason held to be invalid, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this ordinance; and the Board of Trustees hereby declares it would have passed this ordinance, and each part, section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase thereof, regardless of the fact that any one or more parts, sections, subsections, sentences, clauses or phrases be declared invalid.

Section 3. The Board of Trustees hereby finds, determines and declares that this ordinance is necessary and proper for the health, safety and welfare of the Town and the inhabitants thereof.

INTRODUCED, READ, APPROVED AND ORDERED PUBLISHED IN FULL ON this 28th day of September, 2017.

Tom Feldkamp, Mayor ATTEST: Sue Blair, Town Clerk Legal Notice No.: 59441 First Publication: September 28, 2017 Last Publication: September 28, 2017 Publisher: Littleton Independent

Section 2. If any part, section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase of this ordinance is for any reason held to be invalid, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this ordinance; and the Board of Trustees hereby declares it would have passed this ordinance, and each part, section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase thereof, regardless of the fact that any one or more parts, sections, subsections, sentences, clauses or phrases be declared invalid.

Section 3. The Board of Trustees hereby finds, determines and declares that this ordinance is necessary and proper for the health, safety and welfare of the Town and the inhabitants thereof.

INTRODUCED, READ, APPROVED AND ORDERED PUBLISHED IN FULL ON this 28th day of September, 2017.

Tom Feldkamp, Mayor ATTEST: Sue Blair, Town Clerk Legal Notice No.: 59441 First Publication: September 28, 2017 Last Publication: September 28, 2017 Publisher: Littleton Independent

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