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reschoolers from Primrose School of Bear Creek got together with residents and volunteers at Willowbrook Place an Anthem Memory Community in Littleton Oct. 25 to get into the spirit of Halloween. The preschoolers came by to visit friends, in some cases make new ones and of course make Halloween costumes with everyone getting the chance to let loose and have some fun. Willowbrook Place Memory Community in cooperation with Primrose School of Bear Creek have monthly get togethers with preschoolers and residents who have dementia and Alzheimer’s. These events help brighten up everyone’s day, in effect bringing some needed company for the residents and introducing children to (older) people with special needs. In many cases the residents appear to be more lively and in touch with the preschool aged children, with the children making instant bonds of friendship, in a way of having an instant grandparent when in some cases the actual grandparents may reside out of state.

Primrose School of Bear Creek preschoolers getting Halloween treats from Willowbrook Place residents.

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GV City Council refuses request for two more officers at Creek high school

BY FREDA MIKLIN STAFF WRITER

At an all-day meeting at city hall Sept. 28, GV’s finance director reviewed the 2019 Proposed Annual Operating & Capital Improvement Budget with the city council. The budget showed anticipated revenues of $53.2 million and expenditures of $51.7 million in 2019, along with a fund balance of $38.9 million at year’s end. That’s the amount of money in the bank after all the bills are paid.

Greenwood Village has no outstanding bonds or debt.

Many cities envy its financial position. After making changes to a few items in the budget, the city council passed it unanimously on first reading at its Oct. 15 regular meeting.

Among the changes to the proposed plan for the year was the removal of an expenditure of $268,154 requested

by GV Chief of Police Dustin Varney that was intended to fund two additional school resource officers (SRO’s) at the Cherry Creek High School

(CCHS) campus, along with a patrol car, radios, and uniforms for the two officers.

During the formal presentation of his budget request, Varney informed council that he had received a check from CCSD for $120,000 to offset a portion of the cost of the SRO services provided

by GVPD. It was not related to the chief’s request for additional officers. It was to assist in covering the cost of the five SRO’s currently assigned to CCSD. That check was accepted and added to

the city’s 2019 revenues.

In addition to the high school, the CCHS campus includes Belleview Elementary School, Campus Middle Unit and several district offices, housed on 80 acres between Yosemite and Dayton south of Union Avenue.

Varney told city council that there are up to 6,000 students and 2,100 adults in the seven buildings at that site on a regular school day.

The other schools served

by GVPD’s SRO’s are West Middle School at 5151 S.

Holly Street, Greenwood Elementary School at 5550 S. Holly Street, and Aspen Academy at 5859 S. University Blvd. Service is currently provided by SRO’s stationed at the CCHS campus, 3 to 5.7 miles away.

The police chief told the city council that calls for service has increased at the CCHS campus in recent years. He pointed to mental health calls, which have increased from 13 in 2015 Continued on page 2

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CCSD: ‘in 2018, CCSD greatly increased the amount it gave to law enforcement’ Continued from Page 1

to 32 so far in 2018. Given the recent history of violence on school campuses around the country, including the 2013 murder of Arapahoe High School senior Claire Davis by a classmate with a legally-purchased shotgun, every mental health call from a high school or middle school is a potential cause for alarm.

Varney told city council that a GV patrol officer spends 19 minutes on a typical call, while an SRO spends 80 minutes on an average call for service at a school. Of the five GVPD officers currently serving as SRO’s at CCSD, Varney said there are usually only three on duty at a time, due to vacations, sick days, and general scheduling conflicts. Speaking to his request for two additional officers, Varney said, “I would hope you’d hear me as your chief of police that this is what is needed…”

Though protection of everyone on a school campus anywhere in GV’s boundaries is the GVPD’s responsibility, SRO’s provide extra security-related services to students, arising out of our current culture. For example, they explain laws and give students advice for dealing with potentially dangerous situations, in a required freshman orientation class at CCHS. Everyone on city council who spoke during the debate on Varney’s request began their remarks by acknowledging that school safety is important. In the end, they

still turned him down and removed the $268,154 item from the $53 million budget while accepting the $120,000 donation from CCSD. Councilor Anne Ingebretsen questioned the city’s spending on SRO’s. She said, “We devote a huge amount of our police resources to the Cherry Creek Schools.

It is also, in this day and age, [schools are] the number one target for a tragedy in this city…We simply do not have enough resources there.

– Tom Dougherty GV council member Huge….”

Dave Kerber, like Ingebretsen, is doing his second stint on the city council, having previously served from 2003-2011. He said, “We have a little history with this. The school was paying for SRO’s and they got into a budget crunch and pulled the money…(around) 2009-2010…

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You just got the sense that the school didn’t think that that activity was as important as we think it is…They have enough resources, they don’t want to spend it on this…If they don’t think it’s important why do we think it’s important?”

Councilor Dave Bullock focused on the fact that not many students at the CCHS campus lived in the part of GV from which he was elected. He said, “Jerry (Presley) and I represent district one…

We have to recognize that we do have a very strong part of our constituency that doesn’t go to Cherry Creek Schools …”

Presley was present but said nothing during the debate on Varney’s request.

Councilor Judy Hilton spoke in favor of Varney’s request. She talked about the inherent logistical challenges of the sprawling CCHS campus in an emergency, saying, “If we need a rapid response, we have a different dilemma than if you are in a single-building school.”

Councilor Tom Dougherty’s wife, Tracy, is the longtime assistant principal at CCHS. He supported the need for more SRO’s in the strongest terms, pointing out that the population of the campus is larger than that of Aspen or Breckenridge. Then he verbalized everyone’s greatest fear: “It is also, in this day and age, the number one target for a tragedy in this city…We simply do not have enough resources there.” He

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talked about hearing about police-involved incidents at the school “every day at the dinner table.” Dougherty spoke deliberately, “The types of crimes they (the SRO’s) are dealing with astound me. It (the campus) has all the same risks and threats that an actual city has.”

Bullock spoke again, from the same vantage point he occupied earlier. He said, “Twenty percent of our (GV)

We’re talking about safety.

If we have a shooting and we didn’t have the additional people, … we’re on the hook, politically.

– Mayor Ron Rakowsky residents don’t go to Cherry Creek Schools… I think it is my responsibility in representing those people to say that a tremendous amount of resources are (being spent) for Cherry Creek Schools and yet nothing is going to Littleton...

I can just see residents who live west of Holly saying, ‘Whoa! Wait a second! That’s a pretty major budget item and we’re not getting any of that.”

Mayor Ron Rakowsky, who mostly stays silent during council discussions, finally stepped in, saying, “We’re talking about safety. If we have a shooting and we didn’t have the additional people, … we’re on the hook, politically.”

Bullock responded, “What if there’s a shooting at one of the other schools (outside the city, but where GV residents attend)? We’re on the hook politically, too.”

Rakowsky made the simple, straightforward point that GV’s responsibility is for the safety of all people who are within its municipal borders, regardless of where they live, with the response, “No we’re not. It’s not in our jurisdiction.” He also pointed out the important role GVPD has taken in emergencies outside its borders to assist other law enforcement agencies, including the 2013 shooting at Arapahoe High School.

Kerber announced, somewhat excitedly, “New fact today is that the Arapahoe County Sheriff has people in Arapahoe High School.”

Arapahoe High School is in the city of Centennial, which has contracted with the Arapahoe County Sheriff for all

its law enforcement services since it was formed in 2001; hence the SRO’s at Arapahoe High School have always been sheriff’s deputies. It is unclear what Kerber was referring to as a “new fact.”

After nearly an hour, the debate finally wound down.

Having made a decision on the chief’s request, Ingebretsen said, “I don’t support this. I know Cherry Creek Schools. They are pre-conditioned to think that we will fund this—they are.” Lantz, Bullock and Kerber also stated that they did not support the police chief’s request at this time. Only Dougherty and Hilton, a former high school principal in the Cherry Creek School District, were in favor of the police chief’s request.

Councilor Steve Moran was absent and Presley didn’t say anything. When the city council passed the final 2019 budget on first reading at its Oct. 15 meeting, the $268,154 budget for the two officers and the vehicle and equipment to support them had been removed. There has been talk at city hall that Varney may revise and resubmit his request sometime next year.

The Villager contacted Arapahoe County Sheriff Dave Walcher to find out how he staffs and funds SRO’s in Centennial and unincorporated Arapahoe County. He said there are 12 SRO’s and a supervising sergeant who cover the schools in this area.

Sheriff Walcher added that the National Association of School Resources Officers recommends one SRO for every 1,000 students. He follows that policy for the schools in this area under his jurisdiction. Sheriff’s deputies serve as SRO’s in Eaglecrest High School and three middle schools in CCSD, along with Arapahoe High School and one middle school in the Littleton Public School District (LPSD).

LPSD contributes half the cost of the SRO’s in its schools. Like Greenwood Village, Walcher’s department received $120,000 from CCSD in 2018 to offset SRO costs. The sheriff’s department is under contract with the city of Centennial for all its law enforcement services, for which the city will pay $29 million in 2019.

The Villager also contacted CCSD and asked about its policy for contributing to the cost of providing SRO’s in CCSD schools. Abby Smith, public information officer said, “We provide an amount of money in support of our partnership with law enforcement, which we value very highly. In 2018, CCSD greatly increased the amount it gave to law enforcement.” fmiklin.villager@gmail. com

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Quincy Avenue CHV resident asks for civility in city election

BY FREDA MIKLIN GOVERNMENTAL REPORTER

Tory Leviton has lived in Cherry Hills Village for three years. He is troubled by the tone and tenor of the current election for mayor and city council members. He came to the city council Oct. 16 to express his concerns. He wanted to be heard and he wanted to put it on the record.

Leviton said he was upset by divisive political issues. He said, “I like to think that as a community, we should work on inclusion and commit to progress…We’re all in this together. Rather than looking at how we’re different rather than how we’re similar… I’ve been blasted by social media, in my mailbox, phone calls, texts, email, everywhere, I just cannot avoid it. I’m here to speak my mind about how upset I am that the politics have gotten to this place.”

He went on, “I wanted to specifically address the #Save Quincy. I see where it started saving Quincy from this roundabout, but I also want to look at what “save” means. Is it really threatened? I don’t think a roundabout is a great idea, but I don’t think it’s going to

ruin Quincy forever. Second, what is Quincy? My address is directly on that corner. I’m the one you guys have to work with if land has to get shifted around. What does Quincy mean? Is it a community? Is it a street? ... I don’t know if Quincy needs saving necessarily. I’d rather see, strengthen Quincy, develop community on Quincy, do positive things....

There’s so much opportunity in this community… I see a lot of energy going into trying to divide everyone rather than trying to bring us all together...

Save Quincy has somehow morphed into, save Quincy from certain (city) council members. Apparently, they’re being targeted. I know it because they’re reaching out for my support. I’d rather see us save Quincy from division, save Quincy from infighting...”

Leviton finished with, “The election will bring closure…

I hope many of you have some ideas that will help me feel included as a community member, respected as a community member…. We’re all neighbors... I love this place.

I’m very optimistic for progress, working together for unity, and looking forward to a positive future for Cherry Hills Village.”

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Latin America needs more U.S. support The massive march of povertystricken Latin American resident’s inches closer to our Mexican/ American border. When we see the size of this march it is overwhelming with the number of people who want to flee their countries and come to the United States. Out of the thousands, it is reported that 1,700 have applied for legal entry into Mexico, but the majority of the marchers want to live in America. It is their dream.

We should be somewhat proud of the fact that so many people will march thousands of miles to become Americans. However, we already have many millions of immigrants here now. For example, we have over 30,000 Ethiopians, and 4,000 El Salvadorans living in Aurora. Many more illegals from Mexico are living and working here today, providing valuable job skills in construction, hotels and restaurants.

Many of the smaller countries, whence most of these marchers are from Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador. Many have relatives in the United States who send them money every month. These

are referred to as “remittance states” and El Salvadorans reportedly receive an estimated $50 million per month sent from civil war refugees who live in the United States since the 1990s.

Millions of dollars are sent to Mexico, Cuba and assorted Central American states that sends a clear message that America is the place to live, the land of opportunity for all. No doubt, it is a great country!

Here’s where we’re missing out… instead of those people coming here, we need to send aid and assistance to their countries. U.S. administrations for decades have ignored Central and South American countries. South America is part of the Western Hemisphere and the Monroe Doctrine decades ago warned Europe to stay away from South America.

The Chinese and many European countries are investing in South America.

We have stayed away too long, and we need to invest more business, recognition and kindness, along with American initiatives into these Latin American

Barbwire Bob More violence this week as we have homemade bombs mailed to prominent figures and a shooting in a Jewish synagogue. We’re just a few days away from a confrontational midterm election that has the nation on edge and deeply divided.

The election may, or may not, divide the Republic even further with the middle ground between political parties and participants narrowing to historic lows. *** The Cherry Hills Village election for two council seats and the mayor’s position is more cantankerous than usual and accusations being tossed around rather

countries. They have the climate, the soil, the coastlines and tourist opportunities galore. What they lack are stable governments, capital funding and some good old American free enterprise and leadership.

The Latin Americans have artistic talents and a long rich history dating back to the Incas and the Aztecs. They are talented builders and artisans.

President Trump should ask Congress for advice and assistance in the military assigned to the border, but also for immediate economic assistance for these countries.

Along with troops to protect our borders, we should send water trucks, food kitchens and buses to take these marchers back to the southern Mexico border.

It is a certainty that Trump will not allow these many immigrants to enter the country illegally and then apply for residency.

We should do a much better job of working in South America to improve their economies and see that these marchers have more opportunities in their homelands.

They are human beings and need to be treated as such.

Ramblin’ around the corral with Bob Sweeney

loosely. I personally covered the CHV council meetings during events discussed and found the council to be open, hardworking, and holding many hearings and giving full public notice on projects and financial costs of the new city hall and maintenance facilities. The biggest public turnout was to not build the maintenance facilities on land near the entrance to CHV on Colorado Boulevard. The city had an option on the land and could have built the new city administration building on that site as well. After hearing citizens input the option to purchase one of the last remaining parcels of land

near the current city hall was canceled. The mayor and council heeded the will of the people.

Moving forward, the time to protest city actions is during the planning stages, not behind, and if you read The Villager, you will know what the city government is doing in a timely fashion. We don’t run babysitting ads, but we do cover the meetings of how your tax dollars are being spent. *** We’ve been publishing The Villager covering Cherry Hills Village as a past resident, and local newspaper for 37 years. We have many friends and readers in the city and generally, city

Past presidents pilloried by the press “There ought to be a jubilee in inauguration, the president-to-be complained that the “Editors the United States on the day after of the different gazettes in the the president retires from office.” union might be better employed No, no, no – that wasn’t at something useful rather than written about President stuffing their papers with scurriliTrump, it was actually referty and nonsensical declamation.” ring to the father of our counAlthough sex scandals try – George Washington. allegedly took place in the It was written by Benjamin Franklin Bache, Franklin’s grand- past president’s White House son who was the editor of an “An- – sex itself was an everyday “news” topic as far back as ti-Federalist” paper and went on to accuse Washington of “ostenta- Thomas Jefferson’s days.

When Jefferson ran for prestious professions of piety, stately journeying through the American ident one of the most critical

BY MORT reports came from James continent in search of REMARKS MARKS Callender a Richmond, personal incense.”

Virginia, political writer People today miswho denounced Jeffertakenly believe that son for fathering illegitithe scandals swirling mate mulatto children by around our president one of his own slaves. is a new phenomenon Andrew Jackson inaugurated by today’s was the next target. newspapers, TV reIn1882 the newspapers of that porters and talk show hosts.

But –as Bernard Weisberger in day went after Jackson who at first was not accused of anythe American Heritage magazine thing pertaining to sex, but points out, “No chief executive rather of being a murderer. ever made it out of the White A murderer, because while House without being scalded.” a general in the army, Jackson In fact, newspapers began had summarily executed six leveling charges against our militiamen under his command country’s office holders as soon and two Britishers who trained as the Constitution took effect. with the Indians in Florida.

During the period between These facts were never in Washington’s election and his

dispute, but the first charge of murder had a lesser effect on Jackson than did a later one involving him with sex.

Jackson was stung and stung hard by Charles Hammond, a Cincinnati editor who wrote, “Ought a convicted adulteress and her paramour husband be placed in the highest office of this free and Christian land?”

He was referring to the circumstances of Jackson’s marriage to Rachel Robards.

It seems that Mrs. Robard’s divorce from her first husband was technically incomplete at the time of her second marriage to Jackson who was convinced that her death before he was sworn in as president was hastened by the depression over the slander.

Jackson “always doubted that any other presidential contest was ever, or could ever, be pitched on so low a plane.

Nasty criticisms were not confined only to the press. In 1836 during Martin Van Buren’s run for the White House, Davy Crockett, then a U.S. Senator had this to say on the Senate floor in regard to Van Buren.

“Laced up in corsets, such as women in town wear, and if possible tighter than the best of them.

government runs very efficiently and calmly adhering religiously to strict zoning rules and regulations leading the wonderful ambiance of the entire city.

Increasing traffic and increasing flight paths overhead are bothersome to everyone and the brawl in Greenwood Village could have been contagious. Let’s get back to being a civil CHV society. *** I had a very informative lunch with CHV candidate Afshin Safavi at the new Urban Egg on Belleview.

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It would be difficult to say from his personal appearance, whether he was man or woman, but for his large red and gray whiskers.”

Next was Lincoln. “A thirdrate country lawyer,” “raconteur of course and clumsy jokes,” “an African gorilla,” were just a few of the press descriptions of President Lincoln.

And even press leaks are nothing new when it comes to tarnishing someone’s reputation. Press leaks, ugly rumors, were launched that Mary Todd let Lincoln’s military secrets slip to the Confederacy through correspondence with some of her Southern relatives.

Sex, again came to the forefront of the presidency when Grover Cleveland, a bachelor, was accused during the 1884 campaign of fathering a bastard child.

Cleveland told the truth, he immediately admitted to that fact, told the truth, went on with business and won the election.

Today’s candidates, nominees and office holders need to stop whining about the press and remember these words of Thomas Jefferson – “A newspaper is an evil for which there is no remedy, our liberty depends on the freedom of the press, and that cannot be limited without being lost.”

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Reverend Martin Niemoller “In Germany, the Nazis first came for the communists, and I didn’t speak up because I wasn’t a communist. Then they came for the Jews, and I didn’t speak up because I wasn’t a Jew. Then they came for the trade unionists, and I didn’t speak up because I wasn’t a trade unionist. Then they came for the Catholics, and I didn’t speak up because I was a Protestant. Then they came for me, and by that time there was no one left to speak for me!”

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QUOTE of the WEEK We must QUOTE of thelearn WEEK to live together as brothers or perish together as fools.

– Rev. Martin Luther King

Opinion

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What was wrong with Empathy is lacking in the White House views.

Trump’s lacked empathy on the status of racial discrimination that was emand his encouragement of Throughout his presiAmerica before? bedded in much of Ameriviolence among his supdency, Trump spends most

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I like many others this the blame for the current disweek, have been utterly apcourse in America at the feet palled at the unreal discourse of various people. I, howgoing on in the United States ever, put the blame squarely of America this close to the in the shoes of those who midterm elecrefuse to stand up tion. Never in the OBSCURA to anyone who history of this encourages hate, country has there discontent and been this much division. These hate and disconshoes are filled tent with no one by political “ stepping forward leaders” who are to stop it. more interested The Postal in stroking their

BY BECKY OSTERWALD Service was used own ego rather to mail at least than bringing the 14 pipe bombs in a massive country together. The shoes assassination plot perpetrated are also filled by people who by a fanatic. A quick look won’t speak up to these alat his van indicated where leged “leaders.” his target list came from. It Furthermore, these “leadincluded current and former ers” have failed to comply political leaders, lifelong with their oath of office to civil servants and journalists. faithfully protect and defend It’s only by the grace of God the United States Constituno one was killed — until tion.

Saturday when an anti-seAmerica is a great country. mitic white nationalist murBut unless the public starts dered 11 Jews in a synagogue speaking out against these in Pittsburgh. Including a self-centered egotistical 97-year-old woman who sur- “leaders,” the experiment vived the Holocaust. known as the United States Many people try to put of America will fail.

Hickenlooper to be presented with the 2019 Spreading Wings Award Award presentation to occur at Wings Over the Rockies’ Spreading Wings Gala Colorado nonprofit Wings Over the Rockies (Wings) will announce Governor John Hickenlooper as the recipient of their 2018 Spreading Wings Award Thursday, Nov. 8 at 6 p.m.

Throughout his tenure as governor, John Hickenlooper has cultivated an environment of aerospace leadership in the Centennial State. From appointing a full-time aerospace champion to providing significant support for the Colorado Air & Space Port initiative.

He has also served alongside Harrison Ford as an honorary co-chair on Wings’ fundraising campaign, Wingspan.

“Gov. Hickenlooper has propelled our great state to another level in terms of aviation and space opportunities,” explained Wings Over the Rockies president and CEO, Maj Gen John Barry, USAF (Ret). “His immense support of Wings, and other crucial entities, has laid the groundwork for Colorado to be a Silicon Valley for aerospace, Aerospace Alley.”

“Colorado’s leadership in

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aerospace is a testimony to the indomitable spirit to drive this industry forward,” Hickenlooper said. “I accept this honor on behalf of everyone whose innovation inspires us every day. We thank you for your contributions to aerospace and its significant role in our state’s economic strength.”

The evening will feature special performances by The Silhouettes entertainment group, as well as a celebration of Hickenlooper’s commitment to the aerospace industry and to Wings as an organization.

The Spreading Wings Gala, presented by Maxar Technologies, will take place at Wings Over the Rockies Air & Space Museum in Denver.

porters at many of his political rallies has only been buttressed by the president’s failure to acknowledge the seriousness of the recent terrorist threat posed by the 14 letter bombs sent to his political and government critics including two former presidents.

More recently, his response to the brutal killing of 11 innocent worshipers at a Jewish synagogue in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania Saturday, also points to a president that cannot muster the moral leadership to disavow the growing violent hatred that continues to emerge from hate groups like the KKK, white supremacist and anti-semitic groups.

The president’s statement, after the Charlottesville riot, that “their good people on both sides’ only gives these hate groups a subtle nod that he supports their hate mongering.

The late Rev. Martin Luther King in reflecting

can culture in the 60s said, “Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that.

Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.”

It is quite evident by many of President Trump’s statements that he has never put batteries in his flashlight to bring light to the darkness of ethnic and racial hatred, which has significantly increased since his election and resulted in deadly violence as we have witnessed in the last few days.

Trump’s complicity in endorsing these violent and deadly attacks was recently verbalized in a Montana political rally supporting, U.S. Republican candidate Greg Gianforte when Trump praised Gianforte for body slamming and injuring a national reporter for asking a question on health care. This continues to be a pattern in which the president endorses the use of violence against anyone who opposes his political

of his time focusing on political issues that directly affect him, his business interests or his family and avoids bothering with matters of state. He rarely reads his briefing papers and relies on Fox News or conversations with Sean Hannity of Fox News for advice.

The most telling deficiency that Trump possesses is his total lack of empathy for anyone but himself.

He lives a sheltered life and his inflated ego will not allow him to be penetrated by and sense of humanity.

Trump does not understand that as president he has the personal obligation to lead and work to bring this nation together to eliminate hate and violence that will help and encourage the people of this nation to finally come together for the common good. Instead, he prefers to continue dividing this nation with hateful rhetoric.

As King so eloquently said, “Hate cannot be driven out hate; only love can do that.”

Meet author Camron Wright Spend an evening with popular fiction author Camron Wright, who will share about his works, including his newest novel, The Other Side of the Bridge, on Thursday, November 8, 7 p.m. at Koelbel Library, 5955 S. Holly St. in Centennial.

Set in San Francisco, The Other Side of the Bridge intertwines two people with personal sorrows, as they face the Golden Gate Bridge and look to a long-forgotten journal, which holds the key to the truth. Will there be healing for both – or heartache?

Wright is also known for

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his other novels, including Letters to Emily (Reader’s Choice Award), The Rent Col-

lector (Best Novel of the Year from Whitney Awards) and The Orphan Keeper (2016 Book of the Year, Gold Accolades in Multicultural Fiction from Foreword Reviews and Best General Fiction from Whitney Awards).

Wright’s books will be available for purchase from Tattered Cover and he will sign his books after the presentation. Light refreshments will be served.

To save your spot, visit arapahoelibraries.org/author, stop by any library or call 303-LIBRARY (303-5427279).

Hughes joins GV RE/ MAX Masters Millennium

Kelly Hughes, a member of the RE/MAX Hall of Fame and former managing broker and owner of four top producing RE/MAX franchises, has joined RE/MAX Masters Millennium of Greenwood Village as a broker associate.

Hughes brings a wealth of experience and proven leadership skills to the leading real estate company, including serving as a director and president of the Douglas/Elbert Realtor Association (DERA).

“I have known Kelly for many years and we are very pleased to welcome her as a member of our outstanding

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team of real estate professionals,” said James T. Wanzeck, managing broker and owner of RE/MAX Masters Millennium. “Kelly has been

recognized with numerous prestigious awards over the years and is active within the communities she serves, supporting a variety of charitable organizations through her real estate business and on a personal level as well. We all look forward to working with Kelly as she continues to advance her career.”

The office address is 6020 Greenwood Plaza Boulevard, Suite 100, Greenwood Village. For more information on real estate services and career opportunities, contact Jim Wanzeck at 303-930-5134, email jim@jimwanzeck.com.

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GV planning & zoning commission seriously questions its role

BY FREDA MIKLIN GOVERNMENTAL REPORTER

Last changed by an election 28 years ago, the Greenwood Village municipal code assigns the job of initiating amendments to the city’s comprehensive plan to its Planning & Zoning Commission (P&Z). The plan is a guiding document designed to “set forth the goals and policies of the city … concerning the future growth and development...related to land use, transportation, housing.”

Following the 2017 municipal election, newly elected members of city council introduced and passed an amendment to the municipal code, spelling out that it could initiate changes to the plan on its own, without consulting P&Z, and they set about doing just that over several months and many hours of meetings. On Aug. 20, the current council finalized its changes and sent it off to P&Z to get public input on its proposal.

Brian Strandes, chair, reached out to the mayor for guidance and reported to fellow commissioners that Mayor Ron Rakowsky had told him that P&Z would have as much time and resources as it needed to gain public input via neighborhood hearings, social media, or any method they deemed effective. A few short weeks later, Strandes reported to P&Z that Councilor and Mayor Pro-Tem George Lantz had told him that P&Z could only have the one public hearing that is required and that it had to be done by Nov. 13.

That brought an uneasy reaction. At a P&Z study session Oct. 2, Commissioner Raj Bhattacharya asked Heather Vidlock, planning manager in the community development department (she was the director but chose to step down from that position earlier this year) about how P&Z could at least have input into the content of the website being for its upcoming Nov. 13 public input meeting, which states, “The planning & zoning commission is inviting Greenwood Village citizens to attend a public hearing to provide comments on proposed amendments to the comprehensive plan.” Vidlock responded, “I don’t think they (city council) expect you all to have input on it.” That elicited nervous laughter from the commission, at least two of whom reacted with the word, “Wow.” Bhattacharya regrouped and asked, “Why is there a decision that P&Z has no input into the landing page (on the GV website)? I don’t understand.”

Vidlock tried to get P&Z to focus on the substance of the proposal, but commissioners were stuck questioning their role in the process. Strandes said he thought P&Z was going to put a synopsis of the proposed changes in their own words on the page. Rob de Grasse, who like Bhattacharya was appointed

after the last election, was frustrated. He said, “Right now, I just want to get up and leave…

It’s obvious we’re not part of it…. We don’t even get input into what the public is going to see. I ask the question, why am I here?” Bhattacharya said, “I feel the same way…. Very few people are going to read the whole thing. What they’re going to do is read the landing page and that will give the structure to the entire public hearing. And now we don’t have any input into that?”

De Grasse said his understanding was that the landing page was supposed to be prepared by P&Z, only to find out that it was being prepared by the city council, and P&Z would only see it after it was done. Commissioner Libby Barnacle said, “I didn’t even know that that was a step in the process … that we’d be sending it to (the city council).”

Commissioner Henny Lasley

I don’t think the city council] expects you all to have input on it.

– Heather Vidlock Planning manager in the community development department said, “The whole thing has been backward.” Commissioner Rich Easton said, “When I talked to Dave (Kerber) and Ann (Ingebretsen) about this, I said…Why doesn’t the city council have the public hearing? They developed the draft, they reviewed the draft, they’ve approved……”

Barnacle explained, “They can’t just exclude us,” to which De Grasse said, “They have.”

Strandes said, “Our goal was to frame the changes, unbiased…

It seems that that’s not the goal of the city council for us to do that. That’s my impression.”

Lasley asked Strandes, “Is that acceptable to you as the chair of our P&Z?” Strandes said, “No, I don’t think it’s acceptable.”

Easton said he’d sent fellow commissioners an analysis he’d made of the content of the proposed comprehensive plan changes they’d received from the city council. He asked his fellow commissioners, “Is that viewed as a waste of time?”

Strandes and de Grasse answered simultaneously, “Yes.” Vidlock again tried to get P&Z to refocus on the substance of the plan, suggesting

they could at least submit their comments to the city council, but P&Z wasn’t convinced their input would be considered.

Bhattacharya said, “What I completely fail to understand is why city council feels they have the authority to set the agenda… because that’s what this landing page is. It sets the agenda for the public hearing. Why do they feel they have to take that power away from us? It is our public hearing.” Strandes suggested to P&Z commissioners that they speak to their city council representatives about it. Barnacle said, “That’s what’s been going on behind the scenes. I want to hear it from the mayor. I’ve had a thousand behind the scenes conversations. Let’s get this clear.”

Strandes said, “It doesn’t seem like there’s ever any clarity.”

Finally, the conversation turned to the content of the GV website as proposed by the city council. There was a consensus among commissioners who spoke that they wanted it to present a comparison between the current plan and the proposed one, pointing out the changes.

De Grasse said, “That’s what tonight was supposed to be about.

Reviewing it and asking, is this what the public wants to know?

My opinion is that it’s lacking in the changes…[The public] wants a summary from us so that if they don’t like them, they can dig into the changes and they can come back with changes.”

As the meeting ended, commissioners offered praise for the council’s efforts, but some worried that the language and policies expressed in the new plan may scare off potential developers from building in GV. Strandes took the long view. He said, “As we all know, the pendulum swings wildly...I think it perhaps could swing back if the door is closed to some things that maybe it should have been open to. Guiding documents are not written in stone.”

Three weeks later, Oct. 23, after P&Z adjourned its regular meeting and the recording of their proceedings was turned off, Strandes led the other commissioners into the hallway, where they revisited this topic. Talking about the process leading up to the upcoming Nov. 13 public hearing, Easton said, “This was mismanaged.” DeGrasse said, “It’s what the city council wanted.” Strandes said, “I’m confident city council knows we are displeased with the process but we think the substance is right.” Glenn Malloy questioned Strandes’ assertion on the substance, to which Strandes said, “The city council … has talked to lots of people.

This is what the people want….

Transit-oriented development is unwanted three to one.” Strandes summed up the commission’s frustration, saying, “We should put it on the record that P&Z wasn’t allowed to do their job the way they wanted to do it.” fmiklin.villaer@gmail.com

3,000 Coloradans snag personal breathalyzers in CDOT campaign to help prevent DUIs Colorado first in nation in BACtrack breathalyzer use and sales Empowering Coloradans to practice safe drinking habits and avoid DUIs, the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) recently completed a summer of impaired driving education in which more than 3,000 alcohol breathalyzers were sold at a deep discount or given away free. The Colorado Blows Before Driving campaign, in partnership with BACtrack, offered an unprecedented 50 percent discount on breathalyzers exclusively to Colorado residents. Between July and September, BACtrack sold 2,866 breathalyzers. Additionally, in partnership with Responsibility.org, 200 units were distributed at no cost to Coloradans ages 21 to 34, encouraging breathalyzer use among young adults.

More than anywhere else in the country, Colorado is embracing the use of breathalyzers. Colorado BACtrack. com breathalyzer sales in 2017-18 are highest in the nation. In addition, for Amazon. com sales, Colorado ranks second per capita in 2017-18, and higher than any other state in 2016-17. What’s most surprising is that Colorado recorded such high sales even without the discounted or free breathalyzers from CDOT’s summer campaigns.

BACtrack is the top seller of breathalyzers in the country.

Not only are Coloradans purchasing breathalyzers at an impressive rate, but they’re also putting them to use more than any state.

Based on anonymous user data from BACtrack’s mobile devices, over the last two years (Oct. 1, 2016, to Sept. 30), Colorado ranks first in per capita breathalyzer use, more than four times the national average.

“We’re encouraged that so many Coloradans are choosing to invest in their safety by purchasing breathalyzers,” said Sam Cole, CDOT communications manager. “Breathalyzers can help eliminate impaired driving — almost one-third of our state’s road fatalities involve an impaired driver.

If people are informed of their blood alcohol content (BAC) while they drink, it will help them make the safe and informed decision to find a sober ride. We hope the new breathalyzer owners will share them with friends and family — especially as we approach the holidays.”

Statewide heightened DUI enforcement began Oct. 26, for Halloween Weekend festivities.

The 50 percent discount has expired, but BACtrack is still offering a 20 percent discount on personal breathalyzers exclusively to Colorado residents. This discounted price expires Nov. 15. Those interested can visit codot.bactrack.com to purchase a breathalyzer.

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The grand opening of the Groomery, by PetSmart, pet and grooming store occurred Oct. 27 at South University and Orchard shopping mall. The new facility features natural health food for dogs and cats and full grooming facilities and services.

Store o ner Marty Gros ean meets a doggy pal.

A line formed giving humans and their animals alike a chance to make a new friend.

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New data released by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) finds car crashes are up a combined six percent in four states that have legalized marijuana compared with the states surrounding them that haven’t legalized. The findings come from two seperate studies, which were released today.

Analysts from the IIHS looked for differences for insured drivers, insured vehicles, urban versus rural, weather, etc. between legalized and non-legalized states. The studies include data from the commercialized states of Colorado, Nevada,

Oregon and Washington from 2012 through October of 2017.

Smart Approaches to Marijuana (SAM) president Dr. Kevin Sabet stated, “Drugged driving is quickly becoming an epidemic as Big Marijuana continues to spread its false promises that pot is safe. These studies prove that is not the case. People are paying with their lives, and it’s evident the problem isn’t going away. It’s time to slow this train down and consider the consequences of legalization.

“Studies such as this should shut down any argument from the pot industry lobbyists who

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Afshin and his family have lived in the Buell neighborhood for several years and he is full of interesting stories. He has a fantastic resume and is a great immigrant success story on his coming to America by himself at age 13.

One good thing about local elections is that we get to meet newcomers and engage politically with old friends, sometimes on the same side, and sometimes on opposite sides. Watch for a feature story on Afshin and his family. *** A really great Denver citizen Robert “Bobby” Silverberg died recently, and he deserves a few words of praise. He once gave me a tour of his Jewish Museum out in Lakewood behind Casa Bonito on the old Robinson daily farm.

The early day location became famous as a facility where people from all over America came to recover from tuberculosis in the clean Colorado air and climate.

There were photos in the museum of people living in tents seeking recovery in the early days of Denver. Robert was one of the founders of the Rustlers group that travels annually to the Colorado State Fair and support the 4-H scholarships that send farm kids to colleges. He was a very kind man, served on many boards, and was a very successful businessman and citizen. All honor to

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Robert Silverberg and his family. *** Wednesday night I represented the Nicaraguan honorary consul Dr. Bronwyn Bateman, and as a media representative, attending the CUBA IMAX film and exhibition at the Denver Museum of Space and Science. CEO George Sparks welcomed a large group of guests to the museum, and the film on Cuba is extraordinary.

Some might view it as propaganda, but it is long past the time of welcoming Cuba back onto the Latin American, USA community.

(That’s one step President Obama took that I liked.). I’ve been to Cuba, representing the National Newspaper Association were a group of us were instructors at the Jose Marti School of Journalism.

We were allowed to speak on our Second Amendment and the free enterprise system without any restrictions or fear of reprisal. The film is very well done and swirls around a young Cuban girl who has trained since age 3 to be a member of the world-class Traveling Cuban Ballerina Troupe. If you have daughters who like to dance, don’t miss this IMAX film. *** Thursday evening was spent with Metro Club members at Tony David’s WildeFire Bistro at Orchard and Parker Road.

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“Our hope is that people open their eyes to this deceptive industry and slam the door on Big Marijuana’s hopes of becoming the next Big Tobacco.”

the new Metro Club hosted the show featuring Tony and his trio of excellent entertainers.

The group entertains on various nights of the week at the new venue. Dozens of folks were dancing to his lively music. *** Friday night I watched all 18 innings of the World Series, finally won by the Dodgers who lost on Saturday night now, trailing three games to one. It looks like curtains for the Dodgers. *** Saturday morning trekked over to the grand opening of “The Groomery” opening on South University in the Trader Joe’s mall located on the north side of the parking lot. This is a brand-new pet store with natural food and health products for dogs and cats. A line of customers and dogs were lined up to enter the store at 9 a.m. with gifts for the first 25 patrons. A very cordial staff and Boulder-based store owners were on hand to greet pet owners and the bevy of dogs were having a great time touching noses and sniffing rear ends with lots of tail wagging by pets.

Great store with self-serve dog wash, expert grooming and a large inventory of healthy dog and cat foods with a money back guarantee. If your pet doesn’t like the food, bring it back for a full refund. How many human restaurants could match that offer. *** Wyoming trounced CSU Friday night. The football fiasco of the week occurred with CU and Oregon State where the Buffaloes led the Beavers 31-3 at halftime and lost the game in the final seconds of the game 40-34. The Beavers actually tied the game with seconds left and then missed the field goal sending the game into overtime where CU continued to fold. The once heralded Buffs lost a very big game in front of their homecoming students and alumni. CSU, well we just expect to lose under coach BoBo. *** Not much to say about the Bronco game Sunday morning against the Chiefs, how can we be so good at times and bad at other times. I actually see some hope in this team and Phillip Lindsey is a tremendous draft choice. It was difficult to beat the Chiefs and the umpires who called countless penalties against the Broncos, especially when Lindsey was running with the ball for big yardage.

November 1, 2018 • THE VILLAGER | PAGE 9 Aurora Mayor Bob LeGare and Chamber of Commerce Bob Roth both personally endorse the candidacy of Lynn Myers for House District 41.

Myers is a former Arapahoe County Commissioner and lives in the district.

Cutting the ribbon are Arapahoe County Commissioner Nancy Sharpe, GV Mayor Pro-Tem George Lantz, GV Councilor Judy Hilton, 18th Judicial District Judge Gary Kramer and his dog Lily, GV Councilor Steve Moran, elle ie lementary th grader, year old ke Strandes, G Mayor Ron Rako sky, G arks, rails, Recreation Director Suzanne Moore, PTR Commission members Sarah Dormer, youth at-large commissioner, Kathy M Clinto k and Chair rent eiser.

Goldsmith Gulch Restoration project is complete

BY FREDA MIKLIN GOVERNMENTAL REPORTER

On October 25, Greenwood Village celebrated the completion of its restoration of the Goldsmith Gulch Channel. Located east of the RTD parking lot at Yosemite Street and Fair Avenue, the passive park

and quiet stream connects existing GV trails to the park and ride, as well as nearby neighborhoods. Designed by Mark Taylor of the Architerra Design Group out of California, this $2 million project was also supported

by Arapahoe County Open Spaces funds and Urban Drainage and Flood Control.

Aurora Mayor LeGare, chamber president Roth, support Myers A fundraising event was held at the Aurora Realtor Association building last week for Lynn Myers, a resident of House District 41, where she has been nominated by the Republican vacancy committee to fill the candidate slot of Dahlia Jean Weinstein, who withdrew from the contest. Weinstein’s name was already printed on the Nov. 6 election ballots before her withdrawal from the race.

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Election 2018

OP-ED

Why I support Amendment 73

BY DAVID WILLMAN CHERRY CREEK SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF EDUCATION PRESIDENT

At Cherry Creek Schools, we have high expectations for all of our students, and every day they rise to those expectations and soar even higher. We should have the same high expectations for ourselves when it comes to delivering on our promise of an excellent education for all of our students.

They deserve nothing less than the best.

Our work in CCSD has proven time and again that when we invest in our students, we invest directly in our future. That is why I support Amendment 73. This measure is an investment in students and an investment in our state’s continued prosperity. Amendment 73 will benefit all Cherry Creek School District students, as well as hundreds of thousands of children and families across the state.

It’s no secret that Colorado lags far behind other states when it comes to school funding. When we have school

districts in this state that can’t afford to stay open five days a week, the system is broken.

When we have teachers in Colorado who can’t afford to own a home or raise a family on the salary they earn, the system is broken. When we have a need for more mental health supports in schools, but many districts in the state don’t have enough funding to invest in more social workers, guidance counselors and psychologists, the system is broken.

Amendment 73 is a grassroots-driven ballot initiative that would bring Colorado’s investment in public education closer to the national average by raising $1.6 billion annually. According to the fiscal impact statement created by the Colorado Legislative Council staff, 92 percent of taxpayers will see no impact on their individual income taxes. At a time when Colorado’s economy is booming and federal income taxes have dipped significantly, the $1.6 billion raised through Amendment 73 would be a lifeline for schools in Colorado.

In Cherry Creek Schools, we have been fortunate. We are beyond grateful that our community has continuously chosen to support the district in bond and budget elections.

In turn, the district has strategically and smartly invested in rigorous academic programming, increases in mental health staff, an effective data-driven model of teacher collaboration, a state-of-theart Cherry Creek Innovation Campus and innovative redesigned spaces at all of our elementary and middle schools that will cultivate curiosity, creative and critical thinking skills in our students.

While these bond and budget measures have been invaluable to our community, a more permanent and structural funding fix is needed for CCSD and every other district in the state. In order to continue our focus on innovation, our work for inclusive excellence, our commitment to recruiting and retaining the highest-quality teachers and our dedication to preparing all students for success in college and career, the district will require new operating

funds in the coming years or risk drastic reductions that could impact our critical work for students.

This work goes beyond the classroom. At Cherry Creek Schools, ensuring the mental health and safety of every one of our students is among our highest priorities. Operating funds from the passage of Amendment 73 would help maintain our commitment to our students’ mental health, physical security and overall wellness. That includes maintaining staffing levels that include mental health professionals and counselors in every one of our buildings, and keeping current our state-ofthe-art security systems and personnel levels. Learning doesn’t take place in a vacuum, and our students must feel happy, healthy and safe to achieve their potential.

Even with the support of our community, achieving our standard of excellence over the years has been a challenge. The state Legislature has continued to underfund public education across the state, including right here at CCSD. Over the past nine

years, CCSD has been underfunded to the tune of $400 million.

The funds generated by Amendment 73 would benefit CCSD and districts across the state by funding full-day kindergarten, programming for special education and gifted and talented students, supports for English learners and more. It would help make teachers’ salaries more competitive with other states so we can attract the best talent and encourage more bright young people to pursue the teaching profession. It would ensure that mental health and safety continues to receive the proper attention and the requisite resources.

This is a win-win for our state, our community and our students.

For nearly 70 years, the Cherry Creek Schools community has worked to provide the highest- caliber education for its children. Building strong schools has helped us build strong neighborhoods, strong property values and a well-educated workforce.

Let’s continue that tradition of excellence far into the future.

Vote yes on Amendment 73.

MAYORS SUPPORT COFFMAN

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s the current and former mayors of Aurora, Centennial, Thornton and Brighton, all cities in the 6th Congressional District, we are proud to personally support Mike Coffman for re-election. He is, without a doubt, the hardest working public servant in Colorado and we greatly appreciate all that he does every day to represent us and our constituents, even when it means crossing his political party. That is why we are greatly bothered by the attack ads airing on TV that claim Mike Coffman is a Trump loyalist that votes with President Trump 96 percent of the time. It is simply not true and we believe the voters of the district deserve the truth.

You’ve probably seen the ads – they’re hard to miss.

Nancy Pelosi’s Super PACs are spending over $1 million a week attacking Mike!

Mike Coffman has endured

many untrue attacks during his tenure. The idea that Coffman votes with Trump 96 percent of the time is perhaps the most dishonest attack Coffman has ever faced.

This deceptive and outright false claim was built using cherry-picked votes that have absolutely nothing to do with Trump’s agenda or loyalty to this administration.

It’s impossible to construe Mike’s votes on these issues as a loyalty test of Trump.

Politicizing votes in support of our troops and in relief of the opioid crisis is a new low,

even for Washington, D.C. Super PACs. Mike Coffman is our congressman, not Donald Trump’s congressman. He has repeatedly challenged this administration, and the last one too, when he disagrees with them. Here are just some of the times that Mike Coffman has opposed Trump: Family separation at the border – he led the fight against breaking up families; He opposed the health care bill because it didn’t protect pre-existing conditions; He voted against the Republican budget because it added a trillion dollars to the national debt; and he’s fighting against Trump’s proposed Space Force because it would balloon the bloated Pentagon bureaucracy.

He has been called one of the most bipartisan members of Congress. In an age of increasing partisanship and political rancor, Mike has stood out as someone seeking

solutions rather than political food fights.

And real solutions are what he has given us. He passed the most important mental health reform for veterans in a generation. Just last week he passed a bill supporting veterans who get caught up in our court systems.

Mike does what he thinks is right, regardless of what his political party or Donald Trump think.

Bob LeGare (Mayor of Aurora) Dick McLean (Former Mayor of Brighton) Jan Pawlowski (Former Mayor of Brighton) Stephanie Piko (Mayor of Centennial) Randy Pye (Former Mayor of Centennial) Ron Rakowsky (Mayor of Greenwood Village) Heidi Williams (Mayor of Thornton)

MIKE COFFMAN IS OUR “FAVORITE SON” Paid for by Coffman for Congress 2018

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Election 2018

LETTERS Coffman supporter

I’m voting for Rep. Mike Coffman, and here’s why you should too! All too often voters don’t see the positive accomplishments of a candidate. Somehow, those good things that benefit communities and those living in a congressional district get pushed to the side during the campaign season.

Here are just a few of the positives I know about Mike but voters aren’t seeing on their TV’s about Coffman: • He sponsored the Safe to Tell Act, a law that would allow states to create a program for students to report threats they hear or see, which helps to keep our children safe.

• He has supported key consumer protections in the ACA, including protections for pre-existing conditions and the ability for children to stay on their parents plan until 26.

• He has won human rights awards from Ethiopian groups and worked hard to connect with all his constituents.

Outside interests are spending massive amounts of money against Coffman. He has worked incredibly hard for your vote.

I urge CD 6 voters to tell those outside interest our district votes can’t be bought by returning Coffman to Congress.

Jennifer Churchfield Englewood

Support for Rep. Coffman

I urge residents of Congressional District 6 to vote for a trusted leader. Rep. Mike Coffman has represented CD 6 since his election in 2008 and serves on the Veteran’s Affairs Committee and the Armed Services Committee where he is the chairman for the Subcommittee on Military Personnel. He is a longtime resident of Aurora as opposed to his opponent who has recently moved into the district. As a

Policy for letters to the editor The Villager encourages letters to the editor. Letters should be no longer than 250 words and are subject to editing for length, clarity and libel. Priority will be given to submissions about the newspaper’s content and/or issues of community concern. A phone number, not for publication, should be included for verification purposes. Letters must be emailed to editorial@villagerpublishing.com. Please include city of residence. result, Coffman knows his district and votes to represent the citizens. I for one want someone who knows the district and has lived in the district to represent me in Congress.

Coffman has taken a special interest in our Veterans. He has often expressed his concern that the Department of Veterans Affairs is a culture of bureaucratic incompetence and corruption. Coffman has long fought for our Veterans, and we need that representation from Colorado in the House to continue.

Coffman is a fighter and has served both in the Army as well as the Marines. He cares about the district and has reached out to the various communities in the district. He represents all residents. Coffman listens.

Please join me in marking your ballot for Coffman.

Evie Ashmore Centennial

Demonstrated competency deserves your reward

The Villager’s endorsement Oct. 18, and a full understanding of events makes clear that reelecting Mayor Laura Christman and Councilors Katy Brown and Earl Hoellen is the wise move.

These incumbents are part of a welloiled city council that completes vital CHV improvements on time and budget. We will soon have a state-of-the-art city center and already use the new public works facility.

Villagers trust this mayor and council to preserve our semi-rural community, evidenced by the Hutto family’s gift and Cat Anderson’s Quincy Farms gift. Mayor and council activated Meade Park and open spaces, and have preserved our character despite increased growth, traffic and safety issues impacting surrounding communities. This mayor and council’s vast experience makes CHV the envy of many. I have lived in CHV 47 years

and currently chair the Parks, Trails and Recreation Commission. These incumbents are open, involved, caring and competent.

Challengers have little or no qualifying experience and are the wrong choices for mayor and council now. Afshin Safavi confesses he doesn’t know our issues, has lived in CHV only two years, been absent 160 days each year, and has not attended council meetings.

Safavi demonstrates no individual drive to serve, running only because challenger Russell Stewart asked him to two months ago. In the Villager he states he is running “only to support Stewart and [Zach] Bishop” and states his “biggest worry is that if [he] gets elected and Stewart and Bishop don’t, all [he] can do is be a whistleblower.” CHV voters deserve knowledgeable, independent councilors, not a coordinated slate. That candidate Stewart recruited and endorses unqualified candidates should validate voters’ decisions to not elect any of them. Bishop’s candidacy mentions transparency and preservation of CHV’s semi-rural spaces, but he has never attended a PTRC meeting, participated in open-space decisions or sat on CHV boards or commissions.

All challengers are tone deaf to argue the incumbents’ actions lacked transparency. These candidates misunderstand government process and legal requirements. That mayoral candidate Stewart, a lawyer, and the other challengers assert CHV used a “loophole” instead of a vote before selecting COPs (Certificates of Participation) to finance capital improvements disregards that challengers know this wasn’t required, would have entailed a costly special election, caused project delay, increased their price, and have improperly substituted direct democracy for representative government.

Voters should reward Christman, Brown and Hoellen’s stewardship of CHV, hiring an excellent city manager and oversight of exceptional staff’s use of cost-conscious finance methods.

Challengers’ positions don’t meet fact or legal tests: 1) numerous city council meetings addressed COPs. Council provided public involvement opportunities. Stewart attended these meetings and never objected to COPs. No other challenger attended. 2) The government properly sought public input involving public works and the roundabout. Thereafter, council determined placing public works on Colorado Boulevard and a Quincy roundabout were inappropriate. Council did not clandestinely approve anything. For public works, the city prudently placed a parcel under an option contract, which it terminated, after transparent public process yielded negative sentiment.

The roundabout arose during a quasi-judicial action reviewing Kent’s permit application, where prehearing public/council interaction would have been illegal. Stewart should know this. Once the permit action terminated, at least four council meetings minutes indicate council would seek public comment at the April 3 meeting. Incumbents specifically noted the roundabout would significantly change Quincy and deserve public review.

The April 3 council agenda, posted on both the city website and city offices, contained lengthy roundabout analyses. Challengers’ argument of no public participation opportunities withers under the facts. Only then did council vote to not proceed (this was not a reversal contrary to the challengers’ argument that CHV circumvented public input and attempted to illegally take private property).

Villagers deserve better than challengers’ negative platform. CHV thrives when it unites. CHV is a safe community with an excellent police force. Challengers err in characterizing incumbents as weak on crime and safety. Challengers’ determination to eliminate citywide elections is also disturbing, indicative of poor judgment, and ignores CHV’s small size. Issues in one

district mirror another’s. Voters should elect councilors who think of the city collectively, not just seeking votes within their district.

Robert Eber Cherry Hills Village

Mushovic support

House District 3 candidate Toren Mushovic would represent parts of Sheridan, Englewood, Littleton, Centennial, Greenwood Village and Cherry Hills Village. Mushovic is a great candidate and these areas would be lucky to have him represent them at the state capital. His personal, military and business experience makes him the problem solver that can make a difference in the complex issues that face our district.

Mushovic was previously a JAG in the Navy (now in the reserves) where he deployed to Iraq twice to work with Iraqi judges to develop a strategy for prosecuting accused terrorists. After leaving active duty, Mushovic practiced law at Hogan Lovells LLP-a prestigious international law firm. Currently, Mushovic serves as chief operating & compliance officer for IMMUNOe Health & Research Centers, and helped start Veros Biologics LLC-two innovative health care companies focused on improving the quality of health and life for patients with complex conditions through cost-effective solutions.

His private and military experience would be a major asset to our areas in the state Legislature.

Mushovic is not only a business leader, he is also active in the community, serving on the board of directors of several nonprofits and government commissions; including the Arapahoe County Citizen Budget Committee (vice chair and chair), Greenwood Village Board of Adjustments and Appeals, SungateKids and Sundance Hills HOA vice president and president since 2013.

Edie Marks

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tea: 1-2:30 p.m. $35/person. Reservations required for the tea with limited eating at TablesExtraordinaire.org. This is the 20th Year Anniversary with “An Amazing Display of Decorated Tables. Info: 303-773-3411.

HOLIDAY HAPPENINGS

Englewood Holiday Bazaar

Tables Extraordinaire

Nov. 28-30. Nov. 28, 29, view the tables from 10 a.m. - 6 p.m. Tables decorated by members of the Saint Catherine Greek Orthodox Church, 5555 S. Yosemite

St., Greenwood Village. Admission of $15 includes Greek Pastries and beverage. Additional Greek Pastries and food items available for purchase. Wednesday, Nov. 28, morning tea: 10-11:30 a.m. and afternoon

Nov. 3, 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. at Malley Recreation Center. Over 100 artisans with handmade crafts and fine art.

Concessions are available for lunch or snacking. Info: 303-762-2662. beckcadamson@englewoodco.gov.

Junior League of Denver Mile High Holiday Mart 100th Anniversary

Nov. 9-11, Nov. 9: noon-8 p.m.; Nov. 10: 9 a.m. -5 p.m.; Nov. 11, 11 a.m.-4 p.m.

VIP: Friday morning - coffee, assorted baked goods, fruit will be served. Parking included

in $40 ticket price. VIP tickets must be purchased in advance. Gates Field House, Univ. of Denver, 2201 E. Asbury Ave., Denver. General admission tickets: $10 online or at the door. The show boasts unique local and national vendors offering a wide variety of products. Info: 303-692-0270.

Blossoms of Light at York St. and Santa’s Village at Chatfield Farms

Nov. 23-Jan. 1. Open nightly from 5-9 p.m. The lights extravaganza has new features and more lights, including a refreshed interactive light display in the UMB Amphitheater. Carolers stroll the Gardens on select evenings. See schedule on website. In early November Holiday treats, warm drinks, a souvenir re-usable mug and the popular HoloSpex 3Glasses may be purchased. Santa’s Village open Fridays- Sundays, Nov. 23Dec. 23, 4:30-8:30 p.m. Chatfield Farms is transformed into a magical, North Pole-inspired village. Admission includes a hayride, short holiday movie clips at Santa’s Cinema, live reindeer, crafts with Mrs. Claus, pictures with Santa

Sweet staple of Thanksgiving 2018 Enjoy a unique boutique shopping experience while giving back to the Denver metro community.

November 9–11, 2018 Gates Field House, University of Denver Join us for Private Shopping on Friday morning at 10 am (tickets must be purchased in advance).

Visit jld.org for hours, prices, parking tips and more.

Present ad to receive $2 off General Admission ticket (limit one).

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@jldenver

Thanksgiving is a day to gather with family and friends and give thanks for all we have. But Thanksgiving is also known as a time to chow down. Many families sit down to a meal of turkey and various side dishes on Thanksgiving, indulging in a hearty meal before relaxing on the couch to sneak in an afternoon nap and watch some football.

Sweet potatoes are a staple of many families’ Thanksgiving dinner tables, and different cooks have their own special sweet potato recipes. Those trusted with hosting this Thanksgiving who don’t have their own unique take on sweet potatoes might want to consider the fol-

lowing recipe for “Herb-Roasted Garnet Sweet Potatoes” from Jill Lightner’s “Edible Seattle: The Cookbook” (Sterling Epicure).

Herb-Roasted Garnet Sweet Potatoes Serves 4 3 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil 1 teaspoon fresh thyme leaves, minced 1 teaspoon minced fresh sage 1 teaspoon minced fresh oregano 3 medium garnet sweet potatoes, peeled and cut into 1⁄4-inch dice Kosher salt

1. Preheat the oven to 375 F. Spray a large roasting pan with

and craft vendors in Santa’s workshop.

Food and beverages may be purchased.

Englewood Holiday Parade

Dec. 1, 3:30-5:30 p.m. The parade will start West of the round-about at Cherokee and Englewood Parkway. Proceed along Englewood Parkway until it reaches City Center. Concert after the parade at the City and afterward lighting of the trees.

HOLIDAY OPEN HOUSE Discover be

Nov. 2 and 3, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. 25 percent off - the full priced item of your choice; 20 percent off all home fragrance (no limit) and gift with purchase - (one offer per customer.) Gifts, home, little luxuries at 5910 S. Univ. Blvd., Ste C-12, Cherry Hills Marketplace (7 doors down from Trader Joes).

Mon.-Sat. open 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Now open Sundays 10 a.m.-3 p.m. through Christmas.

Happy Canyon Flowers

Nov. 2-3. 5048 E. Hampden Ave. Gift Items, plants, jewelry, etc. Located in the Happy Canyon Shopping Center.

nonstick cooking spray. In a large bowl, thoroughly combine the olive oil and herbs. Add the sweet potato dice to the mixture, and use your fingers to coat them well. Season with salt to taste.

2. Transfer the mixture to the prepared roasting pan.

Bake for 45 to 60 minutes, until your desired consistency is reached, whether you want them a bit firm or fork-tender.

Edible Tip: A good alternate variety to Garnets are Red Jewels, which are easy to come by at both farmers’ markets and local grocers.

Look for a deep, bright color, and be sure to cook them fairly quickly after purchase.

Unlike potatoes, sweet potatoes do not store very well.

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Crowds check out the Holiday Mart exhibits.

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Junior League of Denver 2018 Mile High Holiday Mart Shop unique and highquality merchants just in time for the holidays!

The 2018 Mile High Holiday Mart, presented by the Junior League of Denver (JLD), will be held Friday, Nov. 9, through Sunday, Nov. 11, at Gates Field House on the University of Denver campus. Get into the holiday spirit at the 38th annual event featuring select merchants with unique, high-quality merchandise, a central location and a fun, festive environment. As an added bonus, it’s the JLD’s 100th Anniversary this year.

Proceeds support the JLD’s efforts to develop the potential of women, as well as help improve literacy rates and provide access to books for children through the third grade. The JLD has been addressing the community’s greatest needs for 100 years and has started and helped to start many impactful Denver institutions.

“We are thrilled to host the Mile High Holiday Mart during our 100th Anniversary year. Our shopping event has been a Denver institution for nearly 40 years, and reflects the longevity of not only the holiday mart, but also of the

JLD and our hardworking community volunteers,” said Becky Schaub, JLD president.

The show boasts unique local and national vendors offering a wide variety of products, including housewares, specialty food items, jewelry, women’s, men’s and children’s apparel, pet products and much more. A large percentage of the merchants are local, so attendees are supporting local Colorado businesses. For those that don’t like crowds, VIP private shopping tickets are available before the mart opens to the public at noon Friday.

SeniorChoices

November 1, 2018 • THE VILLAGER | PAGE 13

The tax credit that lets you double-dip on retirement savings

Thrift Savings Plan, Simplified Employee Pension or SIMPLE plan, the Saver’s Credit will allow you to claim 10, 20 or 50 percent of your contribution of up to

BY JIM MILLER $2,000 per year for singles or $4,000 for couples.

This valuable tax credit can be claimed in addition to the tax deduction you get for saving in your traditional retirement accounts.

To qualify, you must also be Dear Need, at least 18 years old and not a If your income is low to modfull-time student and were not erate and you participate in your claimed as a dependent on someemployer-sponsored retirement plan or an IRA, the “Saver’s Cred- one else’s tax return. And your adjusted gross income (AGI) in it” (also known as the Retirement 2018 must have been $63,000 Savings Contribution Credit) is a frequently overlooked tool that can or less as a married couple filing help boost your retirement savings jointly, $47,250 or less if filing as head of household, or $31,500 or even more. Here’s how it works.

If you contribute to a retirement less if you’re a single filer. These income limits are adjusted annusavings account like a traditional or Roth IRA, myRA, 401(k), ally to keep pace with inflation.

403(b), 457, federal employees’ To get the 50 percent credit,

you’ll need to have an income below $19,000 if you’re single, $28,500 if you’re filing as head of household, and $38,000 for couples in 2018.

The 20 percent credit rate applies to individuals earning between $19,001 and $20,500; for head of household filers it’s $28,501 to $30,750; and for couples it’s $38,001 to $41,000.

And the 10 percent rate is for individuals with an adjusted gross income between $20,501 and $31,500; for a head of household filers $30,751 to $47,250; and couples it’s between $41,001 and $63,000.

Here’s an example of how this works. Let’s say that you file your taxes as head of household and your AGI for 2018 is $30,000.

Over the course of the year, you contribute $2,000 to your employer’s 401(k) plan. Since your AGI puts you in the 20 percent credit

bracket, and you’ve contributed the $2,000 maximum that can be considered for the credit, you are entitled to a $400 Saver’s Credit on your 2018 tax return.

It’s also worth mentioning that the Saver’s Credit is in addition to any other tax benefits you get for your retirement contributions.

So in the previous example, not only would you be entitled to a $400 credit, but you would also be able to exclude the $2,000 401(k) contribution from your taxable income. So, if you’re in the 15 percent tax bracket, this translates to an additional $300 in savings, for a total of $700.

How to Claim To claim the Saver’s Credit, you will need to fill out Form 8880 (see IRS.gov/pub/irs-pdf/ f8880.pdf) and attach it to your 1040, 1040A or 1040NR when you file your tax return.

Don’t use the 1040EZ Form.

If you think that you would have qualified for the credit in previous years but didn’t claim it, you can file an amended return as far back as 2015 and still get the credits. A 2014 amended return is due by April 15, 2019. See IRS Form 1040X (IRS.gov/pub/irspdf/i1040x.pdf) for instructions on how to file an amended return.

And for more information on the Saver’s Credit, see IRS Publication 590-A “Contributions to Individual Retirement Arrangements” (IRS. gov/pub/irs-pdf/p590a.pdf).

You can also have these forms and publication mailed to you by calling 800-829-3676.

Send your senior questions to Savvy Senior, P.O. Box 5443, Norman, OK 73070 or visit SavvySenior.org. Jim Miller is a contributor to the NBC Today show and author of “The Savvy Senior” book.

Engage in civilized behavior

schedules. We get angry when we call for customer service and must go through several phone prompts to finally get to a service representative. We have watched over-zealous parents scream at coaches or young players on the field because they felt that their child was treated unfairly. The discussion of politics is a vivid example of how uncivilized we have become screaming and name calling to whoever does not share our views. The internet is bursting with examples of disrespect, sarcasm and incivility. Leaders do it, corporate executives do it, parents do it, and now children are doing it. They are exposed to negativity at home when families deal with conflict in unhealthy ways.

Many children witness domestic violence, sarcasm, disrespect, pas-

sive-aggressive behavior, blame shifting and emotional abuse.

In this sometimes-toxic culture, we are losing our humanity and our ability to self-sooth, make healthy, rational and intentional decisions, stay calm and cope with the incivility we encounter.

This normalization of incivility is affecting our health, sense of well-being, our democracy and is even threatening our way of life.

To change this, it starts with us.

We must recognize the humanity, dignity and worth of every individual. We must not give away our power to those who frustrate or even insult us. We need to learn

new ways of responding rather than reacting. Many times, a kind or soft word helps to de-escalate the situation. We must institute the Golden Rule which engenders ageless truth. We must not look to harm others. We must obey the rule of law, desire justice for all, increase our emotional intelligence, value differences, be inclusive, come to the aid of those in need and make it a priority to build healthy relationships. The health of our nation depends on you!

For more information contact joneen@myrelationshipcenter. org; myrelationshipcenter.org.

SAVVYSENIOR

Dear Savvy Senior, What can you tell me about the retirement saver’s tax credit? At age 60, I’m looking for ways to boost my retirement savings beyond my 401(k) plan and have heard this may be a smart way to do it. Is this something I’m eligible for?

Need to Save

No matter what our age, we must have the skills necessary to engage in civilized behavior. For civilization to work, we must practice courtesy, respect and other civilized behaviors. All of us need to know that we serve our own interests best when we consider the interests of others.

This is the essence of civilized behavior and the foundation for an effective society that values individuality and not collective groups. It is also the basis for personal success and achievement.

It starts with the family. Couples need to be respectful of one another and have the skills to work through their differences in an

effective manner. Children need to able to play cooperatively and not demand more toy time grabbing and screaming. Siblings need to keep their hands to themselves and use words to share their frustration with one another.

Employees and employers need to exhibit respectful behaviors and boundaries in the workplace even if there is a disagreement in the office. When we meet new people, we need to be skilled in the art of small talk, personal pleasantries, etiquette, grooming and manners.

Life is hard, and people get frustrated. All of us are prone to be annoyed at other drivers for a minor infraction that effects our

Slices of Life – Life without A/a

BY JILL PERTLER All was admirable and acceptable – advantageous even – that a.m. I arrived at my work area early, adhered to my agenda and had accomplished an abundance of article assembly by afternoon. And then I had lunch – avocado salad with apples and almonds (apricot dressing).

Upon finishing my food, I returned directly to my computer, only to discover the problem with the keys. One of them no longer functioned when pressed.

I punched it. Nothing. Punched down twice. Still nothing. Sigh.

It was the “A.” I no longer had air, admiration, altruism, the ampersand or Amazon. I felt annihilated, or I would have if I had access to the appropriate letters.

I tried troubleshooting, without success. I pulled the key from its spot to remove dust or dirt from under it. No luck. I couldn’t continue typing without the lost letter.

Or I didn’t wish to. It hindered my morning progress immensely. I needed to restore my A/a.

When you lose your A/a you know without question the time is nigh to order your new keybo*rd Trouble is, I’m finicky when it comes to keybo*rds. You get used to the specifics of one; conforming to the new model is often testy.

To further dirty the complexity of my problem, my keybo*rd is built specifically for my type of computer so picking one up from the superstore isn’t possible. It must be ordered online. Which I did. But,

since I refused to cough up the fees for quick shipping, I found myself confronted with the dire truth of living with my non A/a condition for 3 to 5 business 24 hour periods.

I decided to try to cope. Life would go on. So would business.

But things might be difficult.

Would be difficult. My plight required discretion with word choice.

Substitutions would be commonly needed – required, even.

While waiting for my keyboard, I decided to check if there was any information online about living without A/a. It turns out non-use of specific letters in writing is actually a thing. It’s called a lipogram.

Entire books have been written using this technique, although it’s easier to avoid lesser-used letters like Z/z or X/x. A/a proves to be a bit more of a challenge.

You don’t appreciate a letter until it no longer exists. Life without A/a created a new world for me. Not a new world, per se; the world itself continued to both spin and turn, but without A/a both the earth and nature were goners. The universe, however, remained in its entirety.

Most states would cease to be without A/a. Wisconsin would be one of only 15 to survive. And they’d get to keep their beer and cheese. Thank goodness for that.

Other things to be thankful for: we’d still have Kentucky and bourbon, Tennessee and country music, Mississippi and the river. We’d keep New York but lose Times Square. Maybe it could become Times Circle?

America (sigh) would be no more.

The alphabet would of course be out of the question.

Don’t even get me started.

Mom would still be mom.

Dad simply dd, which before demise of A/a had been relegated to a bra size.

Kids could still go to school and study history, English and science but math would be a void equation. No one could ace a test and a grade of B would be the best anyone could hope for.

Without A/a we could drive SUVs but not minivans, trucks but not cars.

People could have feet but no hands, eyes but not ears, knees but not ankles, a nose without a face to put it on.

We’d have the sun without heat, clouds without rain, wind without air.

I could go on and on. Suffice to say that A/a has fully infiltrated the English language and we’d be lost without it. Well, not lost, per se, but certainly adrift, amiss and addled.

Thankfully, after about a week, 3 to 5 business days passed and my new keyboard arrived. I set it up and typed a few words to express how I was feeling: joyous, merry, gleeful, contented, delighted and awesome. Most definitely awesome.

Jill Pertler is an award-winning syndicated columnist, published playwright, author and member of the National Society of Newspaper Columnists. Don’t miss a slice; follow the Slices of Life page on Facebook.

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Bruin grad publishes fourth novel, remembers inspirational Creek teacher

BY LS HAWKER

I grew up in Walnut Hills and Willow Creek and attended three different elementary schools: Greenwood Elementary for kindergarten, Belleview Elementary for first grade, then Walnut Hills Elementary for second through sixth. Walnut Hills Elementary opened in 1969, and it was an experimental, openspace school without desks or walls. I thought it was the coolest place ever, and not least because the structure was pretty loosey-goosey.

It was the late ’60s, remember, so the philosophy was “all kids are naturally curious, so leave them alone and they’ll want to learn.”

It didn’t quite work that way. This philosophy meant I didn’t have to do math or science if I didn’t feel like it—and I never felt like it.

So I didn’t. (Example science projects: raising guinea pigs and turtles, and making a life-sized papier-mâché mummy.) By third grade, all I did most of the time was read and write stories. The teachers encouraged creativity and told me I was good at writing, which stoked the fires. Two of the stories I wrote at Walnut Hills I still have—one of which is an illustrated mystery, Detective Alistair Apple: Apple with a Mustache.

I enjoyed my time at Walnut Hills, but it did not prepare me for junior high at Cherry Creek West. They had desks and walls there. I had to go to math and science! It was a difficult transition, but I continued to write stories and devour novels. I entered Cherry Creek High School in 1976, and I got my first job at Joyce’s Submarine Sandwiches at 8915 E. Union Ave., where Salon Creation is now, in the same complex as The Villager’s offices.

Even though CCHS was just four miles from my house, it was another world. The four-building campus was intimidating, and it was easy to feel lost and small (I was both).

But the highlight of freshman year was my English teacher, Joan Hodgkinson.

Talk about lasting impact.

We spent the year writing not just compositions, but monologues, dialogues, commercials and short stories.

That year, the Eagles released their Hotel California album,

LS Hawker

and I became obsessed to the point of writing a short story based on the title song.

I still remember the look on Hodg’s face as she read it. Eyebrows high on her forehead, eyes tracking fast across the pages, slapping each down as she finished it.

I’ll never forget that feeling. Hodg told me I was born to be a fiction writer, and I internalized her sincerity and enthusiasm as only a

14-year-old can. I believed her. She encouraged me to try to sell that story. “Look in the Writers Market,” she said. “You’ll find all the information you need in there.”

I didn’t know what Writers Market was, but I followed her pointing finger to the school library and pulled the gigantic reference book from the shelf and promptly found the highest-paying market for short stories ($3,000 for a short story, or $13,000 in today’s dollars). I packaged up my short story and sent it off.

Six weeks later I got my very first rejection letter (there would be hundreds more in the coming years).

I showed it to Hodg, and her eyebrows went up again when she saw the logo at

the top of the stationery of the rejection. “You sent it to Playboy Magazine?”

I shrugged. “You said to aim high. So I aimed high.”

She laughed.

I wasn’t lucky enough to have any other classes with her, but she remained an inspiration to me. I spent fall semester of senior year as an intern in the sports department at Channel 9 with Gary Cruz and Mike Nolan. I was a member of the class of 1980, but I graduated in December 1979. I earned my BS in Journalism from the University of Kansas and worked in radio. Then I moved back to Denver in 1987 and got married in 1991.

I continued to write, and I came very close to getting a book contract in 1993 while I was pregnant with my oldest daughter. My novel about a Cherry Creek High School baseball jock who falls in love with an ugly girl was a finalist in the Delacorte Press First Young Adult Novel Contest but remains unpublished.

Fast-forward many years and much rejection later.

I finally broke into the ultra-competitive world of Big 5 publishing and got a three-book contract with HarperCollins.

So it was time to make good on a vow I’d made decades before. I tried to track Hodg down to thank her for setting the slow but inevitable wheels in motion, for giving me the confidence and skills to pursue fiction writing. All I found was an incomplete LinkedIn profile, but I searched online phone books for possible addresses. I took a stab and sent an effusive, grateful snail mail letter to one of them.

I never heard back.

I live in Littleton now, and my daughters attended Jefferson County schools. The oldest is in her third year of law school and the youngest just graduated high school.

My debut novel, The Drowning Game, became a USA Today bestseller, and my novels have been translated into eight languages.

My fourth novel, The Throwaways, will release Jan. 22, 2019. We like to say that I’m a 25-year overnight success, but it was worth the wait.

I just wish I could talk to Hodg about it. I’d watch her eyebrows go up, and I’d tell her I still believe her. I’d tell her she was right all along.

Denver Academy the way you learn best

Denver Academy (DA) is a top school in the nation dedicated to teaching diverse learners, including those with dyslexia and ADHD. Attend DA’s open house Saturday, Nov. 3, from 8:30 to noon and find out how the staff teaches each child the way they learn best! Guests of the open house will enjoy a personal tour of the 22-acre campus by a Denver Academy student ambassador and DA staff will provide information about the school’s student-centered approach to learning. Denver Academy offers differentiated instruction for each student and mid-year enrollment is available for the 2018-19 school year. Visit denveracademy.org/openhouse.

Girl Scouts honors 2018 Women of Distinction On Oct. 2 the Girl Scouts of Colorado honored the 2018 Women of Distinction during the Thin Mint Dinner at the Denver Marriott Tech Center. The 2018 Women of Distinction for the Denver metro-area are: • Janine Davidson, president, Metropolitan State University of Denver • Ruth Fountain, community Leader • Therese Ellery, senior program officer, Aging Program, Rose Community Foundation • Gretchen Hammer, Medicaid director, Colorado Department of Health Care Policy and Financing • Peggy E. Jennings, CPA, partner, Eide Bailly LLP • Lisa Zúñiga Ramirez, principal, senior portfolio manager, Segall Bryant & Hamill • Meshach Rhoades, partner, Armstrong Teasdale LLP • Terri Richardson, M.D., Kaiser Permanente Colorado • Tinesha Ross, government and commercial programs, senior manager, system safety & quality, United Launch Alliance • Becky Takeda-Tinker, Ph.D., president & CEO of Colorado State University-Global Campus; and

CEO of Beyond Campus Innovations, Inc. an entity of the CSU System Foundation A group of nearly 450 gathered at the event, which was chaired by Women of Distinction Pat Cortez ’04, senior vice president, community affairs manager, community relations and CRA Risk Management Department, Wells Fargo Government and Community Relations Group; and Brook Kramer ’16 senior vice president, senior regional fiduciary manager, Philanthropic Services, Wells Fargo Private Bank. The honorees were selected by a committee of their peers led by selection chair Tasha Jones ’15, director of marketing, Forest City. They are shining examples of corporate, civic and philanthropic leadership and serve as role models for our female leaders of tomorrow.

The evening’s keynote speaker was Girl Scout Gold Award recipient Riley Mogenthahler, recipient of Stephanie A. Foote Leadership Prize for Gold Award Excellence.

Since 1997 Girl Scouts of Colorado has recognized 436 Denver-area women with this honor. More than $2 million has been raised in 20 years

by Women of Distinction for Girl Scout programs.

November 1, 2018 • THE VILLAGER | PAGE 15

Community comes together to honor the fallen in Pittsburgh massacre

BY FREDA MIKLIN GOVERNMENTAL REPORTER

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hastily organized community solidarity vigil to honor the memory of the 11 innocents slaughtered as they prayed at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh Saturday morning drew 1,000 people to Temple Emanuel in Denver Sunday evening.

People of all ages and faiths filled every inch of the sanctuary in which one could sit or stand. Political and religious leaders from different parties and virtually every religion stood, sang and prayed together to uplift a stunned and bereaved community.

The program opened with the singing of a Hebrew prayer beseeching G-d to bring peace to all the world.

Scott Levin, regional director of the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), reminded the crowd that the ADL stands for all who are victimized because of who they are, whether immigrants, refugees, or high school students in Parkland, Florida. He asked the question on many people’s minds about whether anti-Semitism is still present in our society. He said that ADL tracks incidents of anti-Semitism and they have grown steadily in the Moun-

People from all over came to share their sorrow and hear from their leaders.

executive director of the Interfaith Alliance of Colorado, which counts as members 64 churches and temples in metro Denver, said, “To my Jewish family, I am with you.

The Christian community is with you.”

She got the most raucous applause of the evening when Gov. John Hickenlooper shares thoughts she talked about and prayers on the tragedy. the man in Florida who sent 14 letter-bombs to current and former government officials, including two ex-presidents, along with a major news organization. She described him as, “The bomber who latched onto vitriol and division that has been propagated by our leaders.” She continued, “Anti-Semitism has gotten worse. What are we supposed to do about this?” As audience members spontaneously began shouting out the word, “Vote!”, she concluded, “We need leaders who draw us together, not tear us apart.”

The message was clear.

Rounding out the speakers were Dilpreet Jammu, representing the Sikh community, and Qusair Mohamedbhai U.S Rep. Mike Coffman and Colorado AG Cynthia Coffman were both there to let the community know they had their of the Colorado Muslim support.

Society, who offered a statement from 22 organizations up to the podium together tain States region from 18 representing 75,000 Musto remind citizens that they in 2015 to 45 in 2016, 57 in and their departments remain lims in Colorado. He said, 2017, and 50 so far this year.

“Colorado Muslims stand in ever-vigilant. Aurora Chief When he said, “This will not solidarity with our Jewish Nicholas Metz said, “I spoke stand,” the entire audience friends and neighbors.” to the Pittsburgh police chief rose and applauded. They Elected officials quietly today and he said that his stood up again when he asked sitting in the audience to officers are all right.

He said everyone in law enforcement show their support for the that they knew when they who was present to stand community included U.S. went into that synagogue and be acknowledged.

Senator Michael Bennett, Saturday morning that they Denver Mayor Michael U.S. Reps. Mike Coffman might not ever come out.”

Hancock encouraged the and Diana DeGette, Colorado Metz continued, “Terrorism crowd, “Do not become Attorney General Cynthia is not just about violence. numb. Do not become apaCoffman, 18th Judicial Disthetic to hatred and violence.” The shooter wanted to create trict Attorney and ColoraGov. John Hickenlooper took divisiveness and fear in our a similar tone, reminding do AG candidate George community. We will not let people several times, “This Brauchler, and candidate for him succeed. We will not let is not OK.” The police chiefs that happen in our backyard.” the U.S. House Jason Crow. of Denver and Aurora came fmiklin.villaer@gmail.com Rev. Amanda Henderson,

In a show of unity, George Brauchler, candidate for Colorado AG, and U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette stood together as community leaders in a time of tragedy.

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2018 Lexus RX 350 Sport Is powerful SUV Lexus vehicles have the motto, “Experience Amazing” that accurately describes their line of quality vehicles.

One of their top-of-the-line vehicles is the RX 350-Sport model with the full-time active torque control all-wheel drive.

No need for turbo with the 295 horsepower V6 engine connected to the eight-speed variable transmission and steering wheel paddle shifters. If this vehicle was turbocharged,

it would need wings.

Estimated fuel economy is 26 highway with an overall average of 23.3 on the road test drive. This is a larger vehicle with split rear seating to accommodate more passengers.

First, notable pleasure is the deep-seated bucket seats that add to the velvet Lexus comfort ride. Drive modes offer normal, eco and sport modes. Eco seemed powerful and efficient during the drive.

The 15-speaker Mark Levin-

son sound system is an optional piece of equipment that along with navigation and the F Sport package boosts the price on this RX 350 to $59,345.

Outstanding appearance is one of the vehicle’s features

2018 Tiguan SEL is solid all-wheel drive I’ve road tested and owned many Volkswagens during a lifetime of driving experiences. VW’s are always a good drive and German engineering is top-notch.

The famous “Beetle” has just been put to rest for a few years and has been replaced by more modern designed and faster turbo-charged vehicles such as the Tiguan all-wheel-drive SUV. The Tiguan is eager to please and the four-cylinder turbocharged engine with an eight-speed Tiptronic transmission makes for a spirited and enjoyable drive. Loaded with the latest safety features the Tiguan suggested list price is $38,395 with options included.

This vehicle is well equipped for Colorado all-weather road conditions with heated seats, outside mirrors and fog lights. These features added to the all-wheel drive make this a fine choice for winter sports and driving on snow and icy roads. The large trunk and fold down seats can accommodate skis, snowboards, luggage or cargo.

Safety and technology are very advanced including the forward collision warning system with pedestrian monitoring that is one of the best new safety features on the market.

The new radar systems have improved to what is called “Stop and Go” where the radar slows down, or speeds up, with the traffic flow without driver

control. The old radar always had just one continuous speed that could be dangerous in some driving situations.

The car has a four-wheel independent suspension system that provides a firm ride with comfortable leather-covered seats.

Power, variable transmission, all-wheel drive, loaded with safety equipment, and a sunroof add to the ease and fun of driving this Tiguan.

The turbocharged engine delivers 27 mpg on the highway and an overall average of 23 mpg overall. Fuel mileage should be higher, but this is a powerful vehicle with a solid steel frame. Interesting that the Tiguan is assembled in Puebla, Mexico with a Mexico engine and a Japanese transmission. The craftsmanship is excellent and comes with a six-year/ 70,000-mile limited warranty, whichever comes first. Volkswagen encircles the world with their well-engineered vehicles that continue to be very popular everywhere.

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Lexus features their full safety system that includes pre-collision with pedestrian detection that has become so important in today’s driving world. Another

advancement in driving is the all-speed dynamic radar control that senses forward traffic and controls the cruise control set to the flow automatically.

Safety rating on this vehicle is a perfect five-star overall rating with lane departure alert and steering assist and lane keep assist. In case of theft, the vehicle has a theft deterrent system with engine immobilizer.

Final assembly of the RX 350 is in Cambridge, Ontario, Canada.

The all-wheel features, powerful engine, great appearance, and Lexus quality make this a very desirable choice.

BMW Mini Cooper develops hybrid model BMW is getting into the hybrid vehicles business with the 2019 Mini Cooper SE Countryman ALL4 (PHEV).

This combination hybrid lithium power combined with a 134- horsepower three-cylinder turbo- engine is unique package. I’ve never driven a three-cylinder engine combined with a hybrid battery package, but the unit handles well and provides a powerful drive.

Driving on the hybrid mode the Mini Cooper delivers 65 miles per gallon and with the gasoline motor 27 mpg. The battery system carries an eight-year 80,000-mile warranty.

The last Mini Cooper test vehicle driven was so popular in my neighborhood that my neighbors purchased a standard gasoline model just like the review car that I was driving same color and model.

This Mini Cooper is more sophisticated and technically equipped than the standard very popular BMW Mini Coopers. The dashboard of this car resembles an airline cockpit with dials, knobs and button.

The ignition operates with a dashboard switch to start and stop the car, only found on a Mini Cooper model.

Overall the interior of the Mini is polished metal with superior design and craftsmanship. While smaller in stature the Mini Cooper drives and handles like a full-size sedan.

The seats are very comfortable and the ride very comfortable with a wide view out the sedan front windshield. These models make a statement about owners who like and want something a little different that the average automobile.

Quality has always been a “beamer” trademark and continues with this advanced hybrid model.

Somewhat surprising is that the manufactured in Dorn, Netherlands with the engine made in German and the transmission in Japan. It might speak to the rise quality of the Japanese vehicles that BMW is using their transmissions.

This is an all-wheel drive vehicle with four-wheel disk brakes along with McPherson front struts and multilink rear suspension that accounts for the solid firm ride. This is high standard sports car design linked to the smaller turbo charged engine and eight speed sequential transmission.

The Mini Cooper design is ageless, and the cars stand out in a crowd with good reason. Like my neighbor new Cooper, the cars are fun to drive and will last a lifetime.

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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT Best of the Summer Art Pianist Andrew Todd and the Summit Chamber Players Nov. 2, 7:30 p.m. Pianist Andrew Todd to present a concert of masterpieces. Dr. Todd will be joined by the renowned faculty ensemble from the Univ. of Wyoming to perform the Dvorak’s colossal Piano Piano Quintet in A major. The Littleton United Methodist Church, 5894 S. Datura St., Littleton. Admission is free and open to the public.

Mixed Media Workshop with Amelia Furman

Nov. 3, 9 a.m. - 3 p.m. Amelia’s multi-layered works showcase landscapes from around the world.

She works in a combination of paper collage, text and thin layers of acrylic paint. The workshop is sponsored by the Heritage Fine Arts Guild of Arapahoe County. Pre-registration for aged 18 years and older at heritage-guild.com and select Current Workshops. First Presbyterian Church, 109 W. Littleton Blvd. in Littleton.

Celtic Chaos Musical Performances

Nov. 3, 2 p.m. Local band Celtic Chaos will perform-tapping Celtic music at Bemis Public Library, 6014 S. Datura St. in Littleton. Enjoy Celtic folk and bluegrass tunes and learn about Iris history and Irish step during this musical performance. Info: 303-795-3961.

Earth’s Prehistoric Aquarium Adventure

Nov. 2, 7 p.m. Nov. 3, 11 a.m.

Sensory friendly performance Nov. 3 at 1:30 p.m. An immersive experience that invites you to jump in and explore unknown ocean depths where prehistoric marine reptiles lived eons ago - and maybe live still today. Earth uses actors, technology, puppets, science, and imagination to create an amazing visual experience that connects young audience to the real science of paleontology.

Lone Tree Arts Center, 10075 Commons St., Lone Tree. Tickets: 720-509-1000.

Arapahoe Philharmonic “Symphonic Triumphs”

Nov. 3, 6:45 p.m., talk with music director Devin Patrick Hugh with concert on 7:30 p.m. Themes of despair and renewal, triumph over adversity, through works by Dmitri Shostakoich, Ludwig van Beethoven and Sarah Kirkland Snider.Fisher Auditorium on the Englewood High School Campus, 3800 S. Logan St., Englewood. Tickets $30/ adults, $25 seniors and $5 for students and children. Tickets: arapahoe-phil. org or 303-781-1892. Their annual silent auction will be Nov. 3 at 6:30 p.m.

Market at the Curtis Center for the Arts

Nov. 5-Dec. 29. Showings from the annual Summer Art Market best artwork in several categories.

Hours: Mon.-Fri 8:30-4:30 p.m. and Sat. 1-4 p.m. Artists reception will be held Saturday, Nov. 10, 6-8 p.m. at Curtis Center for the Arts.

A Night Exploring Jewish Song and Folklore

Nov. 8, 7 p.m. Explore a rich tradition of Jewish song and folklore featuring storyteller Peninnah Schram and musical folklorist Gerald Edery. Their acclaimed show “The Minstrel and the Storyteller,” connects audiences with thousands of years of Jewish culture and customs. Hebrew Educational Alliance, 3600 S. Ivanhoe St. Denver, 1 block west of 1-25 on Hampden, south on Ivanhoe. Tickets: $25; HEA members, $20; students/seniors $18. Reserve on-line HEAdenver.org or nkirshner@ HEAdenver.org or call 303-758-9400,

Pace Center “A Streetcar Named Desire

Nov. 9-18, 7:30 p.m. This play contains themes of sexuality and violence and is intended for mature audiences only. A Tennessee William play. The play reveals to the very depths the character of Blanche du Bois, a woman whose life has been undermined by her romantic illusions, which lead her to reject the real life with which she is faced and consistently ignores. Pace Center in Parker, 20000 Pikes Peak Ave., Parker. Tickets 303-805-6800.

Littleton Symphony Orchestra Free Children’s Concert Nov. 10, 2:30 p.m. It’s About Animals. Music about our friends in the animal kingdom: Carnival of the Animals by Saint-Saens, Baby Elephant Walk and Pink Panther, by Henry Mancini. No tickets required. Littleton United Methodist Church, 5894 S. Datura St., Littleton. Info: 303-933-6824.

Cantata Insight Series

Nov. 11, 6 p.m. This Advent cantata originally dates from 1714, when Bach was at Weimar. However, later in Leipzig, Advent was considered a quiet time between the second Sunday through the fourth Sunday of Advent, hence Bach didn’t compose many cantatas for that Liturgical Season. This unique Advent cantata was reworked for a different Liturgical setting and performed twice in leipzig (1723 and 1731). In this work Bach juxtaposes joy and somber yearning, anticipating the final judgment. Tickets: 303-7582820 or visit coloradobach.org.

Nov. 16, 7 p.m. at Bellco Theatre, 700 14th St., Denver. Steinfeld has been hailed for his uncanny ability to joke about the little things in life that relate to audiences everywhere.

Tickets go on sale Aug. 24 at 10 a.m. and are available at AXS.com, by calling 888-9-AXS-TIX (888-929-7849.

Steinfeld’s comedy career took off after his first appearance on The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson in 1981.

This is Colorado Juried Art Show

Dec. 11-Jan. 17, presented by The Heritage Fine Arts Guild of Arapahoe County, they are offering a call for entry for all Colorado artists. Exhibit at Arapahoe Community College Colorado Gallery of the Arts. located at 5900 S. Santa Fe Drive, Littleton. The gallery is located at the northeast corner of the campus.

The entry deadline is midnight Nov. 12.

Also three pieces of bin work may be entered. Bin work must be for sale and there is a 335% commission, the same as for framed pieces. Information and to submit entries: https:/www.arapahoe. edu/2018-colorado-registration. Up to three images may be entered. $35 for members and $45 for non-members.

EVENT

Self-Publishing @ Your Library Nov. 7, 6-7 p.m. Learn how to self-publish your ebook at the Bemis Public Library, 6014 S. Datura, Littleton. Open to all writers. Space is limited. Registration is required. Visit littletongov.org or call 303-795-3961.

VA Announces 2018 Homeless Veterans Stand Down

Nov. 8, 8 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. hosted by the U.S. Dept. of Veterans Affairs Regional Office. Colorado Army National Guard Armor 5275 Franklin St., Denver.

There are 427 homeless Veterans living in the seven county Denver metro area.

VA partners with Veteran and community organizations to host an annual Homeless Veterans Stand Down event, which provides hot meals, haircuts, medical attention, housing, job and VA benefit info. and services to Veterans who are homeless or at of becoming homeless. Info: 303-914-5984.

Greenwood Village Public Hearing

Nov. 13, 7 p.m. at City Hall, 6060 S. Quebec St. Draft versions of the Comprehensive Plan amendments are available for review at greenwood village.com or pick up your copies at the Community Development Dept. counter at City Hall. City Council will review and consider adoption of the Comprehensive Plan amendment at a future public hearing. Info: 303-4865783. To submit comments, email Community Development at comdev@

greenwoodvillage.com. The sections of the plan proposed for amendments include: Overall Village Goals, Interstate Corridor Planning Area and Arapahoe Road Corridor Planning Area.

to complete documents Nov. 17 at 3 p.m. In addition, Rev. Katie Robb David will over guidance and worksheets on memorial service planning on the 17th. RSVP: kgriffin@wpcdenver.org.

Sewall Child Development Center Beacon Celebration Nov. 15, 6-9 p.m. Wellshire Event Center, 3333 S. Colorado Blvd., Denver. Money supports the work of the Center. The fun evening of connection will include food stations, cocktails, a short, interactive program, keynote featuring Solano (Sewall alumnus), who was born with arthrogryposis, a c that causes joint contractors, or a loss of joint movement due to a shortening of the muscles. Altho living without limitations, he is a teacher and coach Tickets: 303-3991800 or pheagle@sewallchild.org.

SCHOOLS

History Colorado Center Lecture Series

Nov. 19, 1 and 7 p.m. Denver Water 100 Years: Past, Present and Future: Water Connects Us All presented by Holly Geist and Mat Bond, Denver Water.

Lecture at the History Colorado Center.

Colorado Business Roundtable Awards Luncheon

Dec. 3, 11-1 p.m. Several industries will be acknowledged and celebrated.

The Cable Center, 2000 Buchtel Blvd.

So., Denver. Reservations: Lisa Gregg 303-394-6248 or gregg@cobrt.com.

FUNDRAISER

TLC Meals on Wheels

“Feed 50 Clients for 50 Weeks” campaign. Goal to raise $62,000 on their 50th Anniversary in serving the South Metro Denver Community. Go to tlcmealsonwheels.org to donate.

Bessie’s Hope 15th Annual Bowl-A-Rama

Nov. 10, check-in 12:30; bowling 1:30-3:30. Pizza, goody bags, two hours of bowling and prizes for all ages. Register your 4-person bowling team and select your location. Lane reservations need to be in by Oct. 20.

South location: AMF Littleton Lanes, 22530 E. County Line Rd., Southeast location: AMF Monaco Lanes, 6767 Leetsdale Dr., Denver. A fundraising event to help Bessie’s Hope continue to change the lives of nursing home elders and at-risk youth. Info: 303-623-1176.

SANCTUARY

Advance Care Planning Seminar

Nov. 3 and 17. 10 a.m.-noon. Wellshire Presbyterian Church. End of life planning is a profound gift and guide to those who remain to make decisions in the midst of grief. Two-part series by Dr. John Lobitz of Tomorrow’s Choices. Participants will have all the tools needed

St. Anne’s Episcopal School Parent Preview

Nov. 2. 9 a.m. welcome; 9:15 a.m. campus tours; 10 a.m. comments and questions; and 10:15 Panel discussion.

2701 S. York St., Denver, in the dining hall. RSVP Marcia 303-756-9481 x 210 or st-annes.org/parent-preview.

Denver Academy Open House Nov. 3, 8:30 a.m. - noon. Meet Denver Academy faculty and staff and tour the 22-acre campus.

2018-2019 mid-year enrollment is available. Located at 4400 E. Iliff Ave., Denver. Info: 303-777-5161 or denveracademy.org/openhouse.

VETERANS DAY EVENTS Nov. 10, 12-3 p.m. The Denver Veterans Day Parade is comprised of local Veterans organizations and supporters. Thousands of spectators line Civic Center Park and nearby streets to show respect and honor for our local Veterans. Immediately following the parade, participants spectators are encouraged to join in Civic Center Park for the Denver Veterans Day Festival.

(Vendors will be up and running by 10 a.m. ) Free admission, a music stage, kids and family activities, military displays, vendors, and a wide variety of food. This is a celebratory “Thank You” to our Veterans who have fought to ensure our freedoms.

WHAT’S NEW?

New Denver Public Art in progress at Denver Zoo, City Park

Denver Arts and Venues, in conjunction with Denver Zoo and artist John Pugh, announce new public art in progress at waste management buildings at Denver Zoo facing Duck Lake in City Park. First phase throughout the month of Oct. and Nov; second phase Summer 2019. The artwork is a large-scale mural created in the artist’s studio in Truckee, CA on non-woven media which will be adhered to the exterior walls of the buildings.

Arapahoe Philharmonic’s Concerto Competition

Nov. 1-Nov. 16. Competition for orchestral wind, brass and percussion players between the ages of 18 and 25 as of March 23, 2019.

The winner will be featured soloist in performance on March 23, 2019.

All applications must be submitted online by 11:59 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 16. Visit arapahoephil.org/competitions/concerto-competition.

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FLEURISH

Elaine Asarch art reception Artist, interior designer, philanthropist Elaine Asarch opened her Cherry Hills Village home and studio for an unveiling of her latest majestic works. Art and creativity have always been a driving force in her life. Her father was a violinist, her mother a pianist. She has

LEFT: Dianne Bartlett, whose late husband Dr. Max Bartlett was a CU Medical School alum, with grand niece Allie Brown.

been drawing and painting since childhood. Elaine is a member of the American Society of Interior Designers and because of her interest in architecture and preservation, is a member of Historic Denver. She also founded the Civic Center Conservancy in Denver.

BELOW: Dr. Laurence Chan, Dr. Natalie Serkova and Dr. John J. Reilly – Dean, School of Medicine Photos by Scottie Iverson

CU Medical Alumni Association celebrates at Colorado Ballet’s Sleeping Beauty Elaine Asarch at her studio. Even her scarf was a reproduction of one of her paintings.

The Ellie Caulkins Opera House literally set the stage for a gathering of University of Colorado’s medical alumni.

Among the participants was

Dianne Bartlett, who with her late husband Dr. Max Bartlett was a supporter of the Stethoscope Fund, which she continues. After a cock-

tail hour and hors d’oeuvres stations catered by Kevin Taylor, guests were escorted to the theater for a performance of Sleeping Beauty.

Susan Morrice, Ling, Linda and Jimmy Yip, classical guitarist Masakazu Ito, Agatha Kessler and Gayle Ray

Nathan Yip foundation benefits from classical guitar concert The Dome at AMG in Greenwood Village was the venue for a concert to benefit the Nathan Yip Foundation.

Masakazu Ito is one of today’s premiere guitarists, acclaimed by musicians, composers, conductors and critics for his mastery of the instrument and its repertoire.

Looking upward, Linda Yip, who with her husband Jimmy are founders of the nonprofit honoring their late son, said “Nathan would be proud of us!” After the fascinating performance, guests were treated to a dessert buffet that included Jimmy’s famous rum cake.

The cast from Low Down Dirty Blues - Jameal Williams (pianist), Chic Street Man, Felicia Fields, Shake Anderson and Calvin Jones (bass)

Lone Tree Arts Center featured a night with Big Mama in Low Down Dirty Blues There’s always a great performance at our local Lone Tree Arts Center. The October run of Low Down Dirty Blues was hilarious. It was billed as a raucus good time. That was an understatement. Cheeks hurt

from laughing. Set on a late Saturday night at Big Mama’s, the club was softly lit, but the spirit was electric. In addition, there was the incredible music!

Everyone has had the blues and relates to them in different

ways. There were blues classics from Muddy Waters, Mae West, Ma Rainey, Sophie Tucker, Howlin’ Wolf, Pearl Bailey and much, much more. Of course, a fun time meeting the cast afterward with drinks and sweets.

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FLEURISH Adrienne Singleton, Eva Makk, Angela Polidori and Edie Marks

Chairs Ernie Blake and Sharon Magness Blake who rode in on Thunder.

Young Professional Chairs Zach Wolfel and Quinn Washington with Kenny Monfort

Humanitarian of the Year Pat Robinson

Diamond Rio wowed the crowd at National Western Events Center

Charlie and Judy McNeil with State Rep. Perry Buck and her husband U.S. Congressman Ken Buck.

Western Fantasy standards still high at Silver Anniversary Signature event for Volunteers of America ropes in over $1.3 million Twenty-five years ago Sharon Magness Blake and Jean Galloway founded the themed gala to be a unique, elegant and with the highest of standards event. The silver anniversary did not disappoint.

It was sterling. It was also the swan song for dedicated president & CEO Dianna Kunz, who served Volunteers of America (VOA) Colorado Branch for 45 years. We hope

not the swan song for Sharon Magness Blake who with husband Ernie Blake (and Thunder Blake, as master of ceremonies Ed Greene of KOA Radio quipped) chaired this milestone. About Kunz, Ernie Blake said: “Very few CEOs hold a candle to Dianna. She lives and breathes VOA.” Dianna announced that although she was giving up the job, she was not giving up the love and cheerleading.

About the gala event, Sharon Magness Blake shared that it is the teamwork of hundreds.

“The most special part is all of us working together to help

those in need!” Epicurean did a splendid job of catering with passed hors d’oeuvres, a bacon, bacon, bacon salad wedge, a divine entree of beef tenderloin and lobster and capped off with a refreshing hot fudge sundae. VOA board chair Geoff Lewis presented modest Pat Robinson, who has a heart full of compassion and book full of accomplishments, with the Noel and Tammy Cunningham Humanitarian Award. Just a few weeks ago her brother, Dean Singleton, was feted at Denver Center for the Performing Arts. Singleton also

Wilma and former Denver Mayor Wellington Webb

received this same award in 2006. The Klomp family and Trice Jewelers was the clever Silver Bells sponsor with a Silver Mine and the chance winner claiming a diamond necklace worth $8,000.

A lively auction with eight stellar items, added to the coffers. Those included a wildlife painting valued at $40,000 by Eva Makk. Diamond Rio as well as Rodney Atkins wowed the audience with their star entertainment and satin-ribbon wrapped gift boxes contained stem less wineglasses emblazoned with the Western Fantasy 25 logo

created by Neiman Marcus.

VOA is a national nonprofit, faith-based organization dedicated to helping those in need live healthy, safe and productive lives. Since 1896, its history of service has supported and empowered America’s most vulnerable groups including the frail elderly, people with disabilities, at-risk youth, homeless individuals, veterans and women and their children. Western Fantasy benefits VOA and all its programs including Meals on Wheels and Head Start.

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Larry Mizel in the western spirit.

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Denver Botanic Gardens takes 1st place in AAS design challenge All-America Selections (AAS) announced the 2018 Landscape Design Challenge winners and Denver Botanic Gardens’ Annuals Garden and Pavilion received first place for a public garden with more than 100,000 annual visitors. The 2018 theme was “Get Social in the Garden” and AAS encouraged public gardens to design their garden with social media in mind.

Denver Botanic Gardens’ horticulturist Bridget Blomquist designed the 12 beds in the Annuals Garden around 1980s pop songs such as White Wedding

by Billy Idol, Just Like Heaven

by The Cure, Every Breath You Take by The Police, Purple

Rain by Prince and Should I Stay or Should I Go by the Clash. The gardens created a Spotify playlist so visitors could listen to the songs while strolling the garden, blogged about the inspiration and plant selection, and shared photos and songs throughout the summer on social media. AAS says, “Denver Botanic Gardens clearly had a strong social media presence before this competition and is highly competent in engaging the online public. We applaud their ideas, engagement and execution of this year’s challenge theme.”

All-America Selections is a nonprofit organization founded in 1932 to anonymously test

new plants for home gardening. They utilize a network of

80+ volunteer judges in over 40 trials grounds across North

America to rate entries against comparisons.

established 1978

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Changing elements in a room does not have to be expensive. A few updated pieces or accessories can give a room an entirely new look without breaking the bank.

that looks brand new with a new stain color or a coat of paint.

Think about painting or staining using foam sponges to reduce the appearance of brush lines.

Accessorize

Slipcovers

Slipcovers are no longer the amorphous sacks they once were. Slipcovers now come in all different price points.

Spending a little more can mean getting a style that is elasticized or form-fitting, which will conform to the contours of a sofa or love seat. This is a simple way to cover up an outdated style of sofa fabric or a chair that has seen better days. Slipcovers also are a good way to protect new couches from damage when there are children or pets in the home.

To get the right slipcover, measure the piece of furniture you intend to cover. Without the correct fit, even a well-crafted slipcover can look awkward and cheap. Pay attention to the material of the slipcover, so you know it will be durable and thick enough to cover an existing sofa fabric pattern.

Knobs and Pulls

Breathe new life into older furniture by changing the knobs, draw pulls and handles. Many times furniture comes with standard brass knobs that can look dated over time. Using sleeker,

more streamlined knobs can make traditional furniture look more modern. Changing pulls from metal to wood can make a room look more earthy or country. Home improvement stores and accessory retailers stock a wide variety of handles and knobs that can transform just about any piece of furniture. And what cannot be found in a store can most likely be purchased online.

Paint or Stain

Painting a room’s walls a different color can provide immediate results. But furniture also can be painted and stained.

Many times older furniture is made from quality wood, not the type of composite or pressboard wood of some less expensive furniture options. That means that finishes can be stripped and replaced with new stains. Turn a dated dresser into something

Swapping out curtains, throw pillows and even wall art can easily and often inexpensively transform the look of a room.

Homeowners can purchase accessories with bright colors that add a pop of brightness throughout the room and can provide a pick-me-up for neutral design tones.

Older lamps can be given a new look just by replacing lamp shades. There are many affordable options at discount stores and major retailers.

Area rugs can also transform a room with little effort. Bring in a new color scheme with a different patterned rug and carry the pattern to stairways with runners.

Bare Minimum

Sometimes less is more, and this can also pertain to home decorating. Revamping a room can be done by subtraction as well as addition. Homeowners can explore the option of taking out a piece of furniture that may be cumbersome and blocking foot traffic. Removing knickknacks from shelves and thinning out the use of collectibles can make a room more airy and inviting. Before money is spent on changing furniture or accessories, people can look into what they can remove from the room to freshen it up.

Giving a room a new look and feel can be done without breaking the bank.

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ARAPAHOE COUNTY ARAPAHOE COUNTY NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF ARAPAHOE COUNTY, COLORADO SHALL MAKE FINAL SETTLEMENT WITH GH PHIPPS CONSTRUCTION FOR ITS WORK COMPLETED FOR ARAPAHOE COUNTY ON THE PROJECT IDENTIFIED AS 2016-04 DETENTION CENTER RAMP REPLACEMENT AND SIDEWALK REPAIR. THE WORK GENERALLY CONSISTED OF GENERAL CONSTRUCTION. FINAL SETTLEMENT WILL BE MADE ON NOVEMBER 26, 2018.

ANY PERSON, CO-PARTNERSHIP, ASSOCIATION OF PERSONS, COMPANY OR CORPORATION THAT HAS FURNISHED LABOR, MATERIALS, TEAM HIRE, SUSTENANCE, PROVISIONS, PROVENDER OR OTHER SUPPLIES USED OR CONSUMED BY GH PHIPPS CONSTRUCTION OR ANY OF ITS SUBCONTRACTORS, OR THAT HAS SUPPLIED RENTAL MACHINERY, TOOLS OR EQUIPMENT TO THE EXTENT USED

BY GH PHIPPS CONSTRUCTION OR ANY OF ITS SUBCONTRACTORS IN OR ABOUT THE PERFORMANCE OF THE WORK DONE FOR THE ABOVEDESCRIBED PROJECT WHOSE CLAIM THEREFORE HAS NOT BEEN PAID BY GH PHIPPS CONSTRUCTION OR ANY OF ITS SUBCONTRACTORS MAY FILE A VERIFIED STATEMENT OF THE AMOUNT DUE AND UNPAID WITH THE ARAPAHOE CO NT ATTORNE ’S O CE (ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS) AT 5334 SOUTH PRINCE STREET, LITTLETON, CO 80166, AT ANY TIME UP TO AND INCLUDING NOVEMBER 23, 2018.

THIS NOTICE IS PUBLISHED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 38-26-107 OF C.R.S., AND ALL CLAIMS, IF ANY, SHALL BE FILED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THIS STATUTORY SECTION. FAILURE ON THE PART OF ANY CLAIMANT TO FILE SUCH VERIFIED STATEMENT AND/OR CLAIM PRIOR TO THE AFOREMENTIONED DATE FOR FILING CLAIMS SHALL RELEASE ARAPAHOE COUNTY, ITS OFFICERS, AGENTS AND EMPLOYEES FROM ANY OR ALL LIABILITY, CLAIMS, AND SUITS FOR PAYMENT DUE FROM GH PHIPPS CONSTRUCTION. MATT CRANE, CLERK TO THE BOARD PUBLISHED IN THE VILLAGER FIRST PUBLICATION: NOVEMBER 1, 2018 LAST PUBLICATION: NOVEMBER 8, 2018 LEGAL # 8615 ____________________________ ARAPAHOE COUNTY NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING CASE NO. PF18-003, GOVERNOR’S RUN – WELCH SUBDIVISION FLG NO 13 /FINAL PLAT PROPOSAL: GENRE HOMES LLC IS PROPOSING TO CONVERT THE EXISTING SINGLE LOT PROPERTY, LOCATED AT 9382 EAST JEWEL CIRCLE, DENVER, COLORADO, INTO FOUR INDIVIDUAL LOTS FOR FOUR NEW SINGLE FAMILY HOMES. THE FINAL PLAT INCLUDES THREE TRACTS FOR A PRIVATE ROAD, WATER QUALITY WITHIN THE DEVELOPMENT, AND OPEN SPACE. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT ON NOVEMBER 20, 2018 AT 9:30 AM, OR AS SOON THEREAFTER AS THE CALENDAR OF THE ARAPAHOE COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS PERMITS, A PUBLIC HEARING WILL BE HELD; AT WHICH, ALL INTERESTED PERSONS WILL BE GIVEN AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE HEARD CONCERNING THE ABOVE-DESCRIBED CASE NO. P 18 00 , OVERNOR’S R N WELCH SUBDIVISION FLG NO 13 / FINAL PLAT. THE HEARING WILL BE HELD AT THE ARAPAHOE COUNTY ADMINISTRATION BUILDING, 5334 S PRINCE ST, LITTLETON, CO AT THE ABOVESTATED DATE AND TIME. MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THIS PROPOSAL IS AVAILABLE AT THE OFFICES OF THE ARAPAHOE COUNTY PUBLIC WORKS AND DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT, PLANNING DIVISION, 6924 S. LIMA ST., CENTENNIAL, CO 80112, OR BY CALLING (720) 874-6650 DURING REGULAR BUSINESS HOURS (8:00 A.M. TO 4:30 P.M., MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY).

MATT CRANE CLERK TO THE BOARD PUBLISHED IN THE VILLAGER PUBLISHED: NOVEMBER 1, 2018

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LEGAL # 8625 ____________________________ ARAPAHOE COUNTY REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL RFP-18-64 GARAGE DOOR SERVICES AND REPAIRS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE ARAPAHOE COUNTY PURCHASING DIVISION WILL BE ACCEPTING PROPOSALS FOR THE MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR OF GARAGE DOORS FROM AN INSURED, QUALIFIED AND REPUTABLE CONTRACTOR WHO WILL PROVIDE TRAINED, SKILLED AND EXPERIENCED LABOR TO PROVIDE ROUTINE AND EMERGENCY SERVICES ON AN AS NEEDED BASIS FOR ALL ARAPAHOE COUNTY FACILITIES AS SPECIFIED HEREIN FROM A SOURCE(S) OF SUPPLY THAT WILL GIVE PROMPT AND EFFICIENT SERVICE TO THE COUNTY. A PRE PROPOSAL CONFERENCE WILL BE HELD ON NOVEMBER 08, 2018 AT 11:00 A.M., LOCAL TIME, ARAPAHOE COUNTY ADMINISTRATION BUILDING, 5334 SOUTH PRINCE STREET, LITTLETON, CO 80120, PIKES PEAK TELECONFERENCE ROOM, SUITE G52, VENDORS ARE ENCOURAGED TO ATTEND THIS CONFERENCE IN ORDER TO BECOME FAMILIAR WITH THE SPECIFICATIONS. ALL ARAPAHOE COUNTY SOLICITATIONS CAN BE OBTAINED ROM T E CO NT ’S WEBS TE. THE REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL (RFP-18-64) DOCUMENT CAN BE OBTAINED BY GOING TO THE ARAPAHOE COUNTY WEBSITE WWW.ARAPAHOEGOV.COM, THEN GO TO THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT, AND UNDER THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT SELECT PURCHASING THEN GO TO THE QUICK LINK FOR THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN EPURCHASING WEBSITE. SUBMITTALS MUST BE RECEIVED IN THE PURCHASING DIVISION, LOCATED AT 5334 SOUTH PRINCE STREET, 4TH FLOOR, LITTLETON, CO 80120, NO LATER THAN 2:00 P.M. LOCAL TIME ON NOVEMBER 29, 2018.

THE COUNTY RESERVES THE RIGHT TO WAIVE ANY OR ALL INFORMALITIES OR IRREGULARITIES AND TO REJECT ANY OR ALL SUBMITTALS. MATT CRANE, CLERK TO THE BOARD PUBLISHED IN THE VILLAGER PUBLISHED: NOVEMBER 1, 2018 LEGAL # 8627 ____________________________

COURTS DISTRICT COURT ARAPAHOE COUNTY, COLORADO 7325 S POTOMAC ST., CENTENNIAL, CO 80112 ______________ PLAINTIFF: SABLE LANDING CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION, A COLORADO NON-PROFIT CORPORATION, DEFENDANTS: JILL D. DICKENSHEETS; WELLS FARGO BANK, NA; SUSAN RYDEN AS PUBLIC TRUSTEE FOR ARAPAHOE COUNTY; SUE SANDSTROM AS TREASURER FOR ARAPAHOE COUNTY; UNKNOWN TENANT(S) IN POSSESSION. ______________ ATTORNEYS FOR PLAINTIFF: WINZENBURG, LEFF, PURVIS & PAYNE, LLP WENDY E. WEIGLER, #28419 ADDRESS: 8020 SHAFFER PARKWAY, SUITE 300 LITTLETON, CO 80127 PHONE NUMBER: (303) 863-1870 ______________ CASE NUMBER: 2018CV031640 SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF COLORADO TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANT: JILL D. DICKENSHEETS 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 WITHIN 35 DAYS AFTER THE SERVICE OF THIS SUMMONS UPON YOU. SERVICE OF THE 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 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 FOR JUDICIAL FORECLOSURE OF AN ASSESSMENT LIEN IN AND TO THE REAL PROPERTY SITUATED IN ARAPAHOE COUNTY, COLORADO, MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED ON EXHIBIT A, ATTACHED HERETO AND BY THIS REFERENCE MADE A PART HEREOF. DATED: SEPTEMBER 17, 2018 WINZENBURG, LEFF, PURVIS & PAYNE, L.L.P. BY:*S/WENDY E. WEIGLER WENDY E. WEIGLER EXHIBIT A CONDOMINIUM UNIT 1022, IN CONDOMINIUM BUILDING 10, SABLE LANDING, ACCORDING TO THE CONDOMINIUM PLAT PHASE 6, RECORDED ON DECEMBER 17, 1980, AT RECEPTION NO. 2028661 IN THE RECORDS OF THE CLERK AND RECORDER OF THE COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, COLORADO, AND AS DEFINED AND DESCRIBED IN THE CONDOMINIUM DECLARATION FOR SABLE LANDING, RECORDED ON OCTOBER 18, 1979, IN BOOK 3100 AT PAGE 471 IN SAID RECORDS, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO. ALSO KNOWN AS: 14892 E. KENTUCKY DRIVE, #1022, AURORA, CO 80012.

PUBLISHED IN THE VILLAGER FIRST PUBLICATION: OCTOBER 18, 2018 LAST PUBLICATION: NOVEMBER 15 , 2018 LEGAL # 8583 ____________________________ DISTRICT COURT COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO 7325 SOUTH POTOMAC STREET CENTENNIAL, COLORADO 80112 (303) 649-6355 TELEPHONE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF COLORADO IN THE INTEREST OF: GUILLERMO GRANILLO AND ARACELY GRANILLO CHILDREN, AND CONCERNING: VANESSA GRANILLO AND SOCORRO GRANILLO RESPONDENTS. LINDA M. ARNOLD, REG. #16764 ASSISTANT COUNTY ATTORNEY ATTORNEY FOR PETITIONER 14980 EAST ALAMEDA DRIVE AURORA, CO 80012 303-636-1882 / FAX: (303) 6361889 CASE NO: 18JV0546 DIVISION: 35 NOTICE OF ADJUDICATORY HEARING AND DEFAULT JUDGMENT _______ PLEASE TAKE NOTICE THAT AN ADJUDICATORY HEARING REGARDING SOCORRO GRANILLO IS SET FOR DECEMBER 13, 2018 AT 8:30 A.M. IN DIVISION 35 AT THE ARAPAHOE COUNTY DISTRICT COURT, 7305 SOUTH POTOMAC STREET, CENTENNIAL, COLORADO 80112. YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO BE REPRESENTED BY AN ATTORNEY DURING THESE PROCEEDINGS; IF YOU CANNOT AFFORD AN ATTORNEY, ONE WILL BE APPOINTED TO REPRESENT YOU. IN THE EVENT YOU FAIL TO APPEAR FOR SAID HEARING AT THE DATE AND TIME INDICATED, THE PETITIONER, THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF COLORADO, WILL REQUEST THAT THE COURT ENTER A DEFAULT JUDGMENT AGAINST YOU AND ADJUDICATE THE CHILD DEPENDENT AND NEGLECTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE COLORADO C LDREN’S CODE. DATE: OCTOBER 23, 2018 LINDA M. ARNOLD, NO. 16764 ASSISTANT COUNTY ATTORNEY ATTORNEY FOR PETITIONER 14980 E. ALAMEDA DR. AURORA, CO 80012 (303-636-1882 (P) (303) 636-1889 (F) PUBLISHED IN THE VILLAGER PUBLISHED: NOVEMBER 1, 2018 LEGAL # 8611 ____________________________ DISTRICT COURT ARAPAHOE COUNTY, COLORADO 7325 S POTOMAC STREET CENTENNIAL, CO 80112 _______ PLAINTIFF: FRASER BUSINESS PARK OWNERS ASSOCIATION, A COLORADO NON-PROFIT CORPORA-

TION, DEFENDANT: FAUZIA AHMED. _______ ATTORNEYS FOR PLAINTIFF: WINZENBURG, LEFF, PURVIS & PAYNE, LLP GINA C. BOTTI #42005 WENDY E. WEIGLER, #28419 ADDRESS: 8020 SHAFFER PARKWAY, SUITE 300 LITTLETON, CO 80127 PHONE NUMBER: (303) 8631870 _______ CASE NUMBER: 2018CV032201 SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF COLORADO TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANTS: FAUZIA AHMED 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 WITHIN 35 DAYS AFTER THE SERVICE OF THIS SUMMONS UPON YOU. SERVICE OF THE 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 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 FOR JUDICIAL FORECLOSURE OF AN ASSESSMENT LIEN IN AND TO THE REAL PROPERTIES SITUATED IN ARAPAHOECOUNTY, COLORADO, MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED ON EXHIBIT A, ATTACHED HERETO AND BY THIS REFERENCE MADE A PART HEREOF. DATED: OCTOBER 16, 2018 WINZENBURG, LEFF, PURVIS & PAYNE, L.L.P. BY:*S/GINA C. BOTTI GINA C. BOTTI THIS SUMMONS IS ISSUED PURSUANT TO RULE 4(H), COLORADO RULES OF CIVIL PROCEDURE EXHIBIT A CONDOMINIUM UNIT NO, 5, BUILDING 1, FRASER BUSINESS PARK, AND A COMMERCIAL CONDOMINIUM, ACCORDING TO THE CONDOMINIUM MAP RECORDED AUGUST 12, 2002 AT RECEPTION NO. B2146232 AND THE CONDOMINIUM MAP (BUILDING 1) RECORDED NOVEMBER 18, 2002 AT RECEPTION NO. B2219230 AND THE CONDOMINIUM DECLARATION RECORDED SEPTEMBER 13, 2002 AT RECEPTION NO. B2171822 AND FIRST SUPPLEMENT RECORDED NOVEMBER 18, 2002 AT RECEPTION NO. B2219229, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO. ALSO KNOWN AS 2220 S. FRASER STREET, #5, AURORA, CO 80014.

PUBLISHED IN THE VILLAGER FIRST PUBLICATION: NOVEMBER 1, 2018 LAST PUBLICATION: NOVEMBER 29, 2018 LEGAL # 8613 ____________________________

FOXFIELD NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING TOWN OF FOXFIELD THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE TOWN OF FOXFIELD HEREBY GIVES NOTICE THAT A PUBLIC HEARING SHALL BE HELD AT THE SOUTH METRO FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT STATION #42, 7320 SOUTH PARKER ROAD, FOXFIELD, COLORADO, AT 6:30 P.M. ON NOVEMBER 15, 2018, CONCERNING ORDINANCE 2018-02, A BILL FOR AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 16 OF THE TOWN OF FOXFIELD MUNICIPAL CODE CONCERNING SOUND WALLS IN THE LARGE LOT RURAL RESIDENTIAL ZONE DISTRICT. COPIES OF THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE AND THE FOXFIELD MUNICIPAL CODE ARE AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC INSPECTION BY CONTACTING THE TOWN CLERK AT 303-6801544 OR CLERK@TOWNOFFOXFIELD.COM. ALL INTERESTED PERSONS MAY ATTEND PUBLISHED IN THE VILLAGER PUBLISHED: NOVEMBER 1, 2018 LEGAL # 8623 ____________________________ TOWN OF FOXFIELD NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES

OF THE TOWN OF FOXFIELD HEREBY GIVES NOTICE THAT A PUBLIC HEARING SHALL BE HELD AT THE SOUTH METRO FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT STATION #42, 7320 SOUTH PARKER ROAD, FOXFIELD, COLORADO, AT 6:30 P.M. ON NOVEMBER 15, 2018, CONCERNING ORDINANCE 2018-03, A BILL FOR AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 16 OF THE TOWN OF FOXFIELD MUNICIPAL CODE CONCERNING ACCESSORY STRUCTURES IN THE RURAL RESIDENTIAL ZONE DISTRICT. COPIES OF THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE AND THE FOXFIELD MUNICIPAL CODE ARE AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC INSPECTION BY CONTACTING THE TOWN CLERK AT 303-6801544 OR CLERK@TOWNOFFOXFIELD.COM. ALL INTERESTED PERSONS MAY ATTEND PUBLISHED IN THE VILLAGER PUBLISHED: NOVEMBER 1, 2018 LEGAL # 8624 ____________________________

SPECIAL DISTRICTS NOTICE AS TO PROPOSED 2019 BUDGET AND AMENDMENT TO 2018 BUDGET HAVANA WATER AND SANITATION DISTRICT NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a proposed budget has been submitted to the HAVANA WATER AND SANITATION DISTRICT for the ensuing year of 2019. A copy of such proposed budget has been filed in the office of CliftonLarsonAllen, LLP, 8390 East Crescent Parkway, Suite 00, reenwood Village, Colorado, where same is open for public inspection. Such proposed budget will be considered at a hearing at the special meeting of the Havana Water and Sanitation District to be held at 5:00 P.M. on the 14th day of November, 2018.

The meeting will be held at the offices of CliftonLarsonAllen LLP, 8390 E. Crescent Parkway, Suite 00, reenwood Village, Colorado.

Any interested elector within the Havana Water and Sanitation District may inspect the proposed budget and file or register any objections at any time prior to the final adoption of the 2019 budget.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that an amendment to the 2018 budget of the District may also be considered at a hearing at the special meeting of the Havana Water and Sanitation District to be held at 5:00 P.M. on the 14th day of November, 2018. The meeting will be held at the offices of CliftonLarsonAllen LLP, 8 90 E. Crescent Parkway, Suite 300, Greenwood Village, Colorado. A copy of the proposed amended 2018 budget is available for public inspection at the offices of CliftonLarsonAllen LLP, 8390 E. Crescent Parkway, Suite 00, reenwood Village, Colorado 80111. Any interested elector within the District may, at any time prior to final adoption of the amended 2018 budget, file or register any objections thereto.

BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS: HAVANA WATER AND SANITATION DISTRICT By: /s/ CliftonLarsonAllen LLC Manager/Accountants for the District Published in The Villager Published: November 1, 2018 Legal 8598 ____________________________ NOTICE AS TO PROPOSED 2019 BUDGET AND NOTICE CONCERNING 2018 BUDGET AMENDMENT CHAPPARAL METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a proposed budget for the ensuing year of 2019 has been submitted to the Board of Directors of the Chapparal Metropolitan District and that such proposed budget will be considered for adoption at a public hearing during a regular meeting of the Board of Directors of the District to be held at the South Metro Fire Station No. 42, 2 0 South Parker Road, o field, Colorado at :00 p.m., on Tuesday, November 13, 2018.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that an amendment to the 2018 budget of the District, if necessary, may also be considered at a public hearing held during the above referenced regular meeting of the Board of Directors.

Copies of the proposed 2019 budget and, if necessary, the proposed amendment of the 2018 budget are on file in the office of the District located at Community Resource Services of Colorado, LLC, 995 East Prentice Avenue, Suite 103E, reenwood Village, Colorado and are available for public inspection.

Any interested elector of the District may file or register any objections to the proposed 2019 budget and the proposed amendment of the 2018 budget at any time prior to the final adoption of said budget and proposed budget amendment by the governing body of the District.

Dated: October 23, 2018

BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS:

CHAPPARAL METROPOLITAN DISTRICT /s/ COMMUNITY RESOURCE SERVICES OF COLORADO, LLC, District Manager Published in The Villager Published: November 1, 2018 Legal 8 12 ____________________________ NOTICE OF 2019 PROPOSED BUDGET HEARING AND NOTICE OF 2018 BUDGET AMENDMENT HEARING CHERRY CREEK BASIN WATER QUALITY AUTHORITY ARAPAHOE AND DOUGLAS COUNTIES, COLORADO NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that pursuant to § 29-1-106, C.R.S., as amended, a proposed Budget has been submitted to the Board of Directors of the Cherry Creek Basin Water Quality Authority for calendar year 2019. A copy of said proposed Budget is on file in the Office of the District located at CliftonLarsonAllen LLP, located at 8390 East Crescent Parkway, Suite 00, reenwood Village, Colorado, 80111, where the same is available for inspection by the public Monday through riday during normal business hours, (i.e., 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.).

NOTICE IS ALSO GIVEN to all interested parties that the necessity may arise to amend the Cherry Creek Basin Water Quality Authority’s 2018 Budget and if so, that a copy of the proposed Amended 2018 Budget is on file in the Office of the District located at CliftonLarsonAllen LLP, located at 8390 East Crescent Parkway, Suite 00, reenwood Village, Colorado, 80111, where the same is available for inspection by the public Monday through riday during normal business hours, (i.e., 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.).

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the Board of Directors of the Cherry Creek Basin Water Quality Authority will consider the adoption of the proposed 2019 Budget and the proposed amendment of the 2018 Budget at a public hearing to be conducted during a special meeting of the Board of Directors to be held on Thursday, November 15, 2018, at 9:00 a.m. at CliftonLarsonAllen LLP, located at 8 90 East Crescent Parkway, Suite 300, Greenwood Village, Colorado, 80111.

Any interested elector of the Cherry Creek Basin Water Quality Authority may, inspect the proposed 2019 Budget and 2018 Budget Amendment and file or register any objections or comments thereto.

Dated this 23rd day of October, 2018.

CHERRY CREEK BASIN WATER QUALITY AUTHORITY By: /s/ Chuck Reid Manager Published in The Villager Published: November 1, 2018 Legal 8 1 ____________________________ NOTICE AS TO PROPOSED BUDGET AND NOTICE CONCERNING BUDGET AMENDMENT MANSFIELD HEIGHTS WATER AND SANITATION DISTRICT NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a proposed budget for the ensuing year of 2019 has been submitted to the Board of Directors of the Mansfield Heights Water and Sanitation District and that such proposed budget will be considered for adoption at a public hearing during a special meeting of the Board of Directors of the District to be held at Community Resource Services of Colorado, LLC, 995 East Prentice Avenue, Suite 103E, reenwood Village, Colorado at 4:00 p.m., on Thursday, November 15, 2018.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that an amendment to the 2018 budget of the District, if necessary, may also be considered at a public hearing held during the above referenced special meeting of the Board of Directors. Copies of the proposed 2019 budget and, if necessary, the proposed amendment of the 2018 budget are on file in the office of the District located at Community Resource Services of Colorado, LLC, 995 East Prentice Avenue, Suite 103E, Greenwood Village, Colorado and are available for public inspection. Any interested elector of the District may file or register any objections to the proposed 2019 budget and the proposed amendment of the 2018 budget at any time prior to the final adoption of said budget and proposed budget amendment by the governing body of the District.

Dated: October 16, 2018

BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS: MANSFIELD HEIGHTS WATER AND SANITATION DISTRICT /s/ COMMUNITY RESOURCE SERVICES OF COLORADO, LLC, District Manager Published in The Villager Published: November 1, 2018 Legal 8 1 ____________________________ NOTICE AS TO PROPOSED BUDGET AND

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— Continued from page 21 — NOTICE CONCERNING BUDGET AMENDMENT NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the proposed budget for the ensuing year of 2019 has been submitted to the Greenwood Metropolitan District (“District”).

Such proposed budget will be considered at a meeting and public hearing of the Board of Directors of the District to be held at the Mangia Bevi Cafe, 6363 South Fiddlers Green Circle, Greenwood Village, Colorado, at 8:30 a.m. on Tuesday, November 20, 2018.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that a resolution to amend the 2018 budget for the District may also be considered at the above-referenced meeting and public hearing of the Board of Directors of the District. Copies of the proposed 2019 budget and amended 2018 budget, if required, are available for public inspection at the offices of CliftonLarsonAllen LLP, 8390 East Crescent Parkway, Suite 600, Greenwood Village, Colorado.

Any interested elector within the District may, at any time prior to final adoption of the 2019 budget and amended 2018 budget, file or register any objections thereto.

GREENWOOD METROPOLITAN DISTRICT By: /s/ Raymond A. Bullock, District Manager Published in The Villager Published: November 1, 2018 Legal # 8617 ____________________________ CENTENNIAL AIRPORT NOTICE OF BUDGET HEARING Notice is hereby given that a proposed budget has been submitted to the Board of Commissioners of the Arapahoe County Public Airport Authority for the ensuing year of 2019. That a copy of such proposed budget has been filed in the office of Centennial Airport, where same is open for public inspection. That such proposed budget will be considered at the regular meeting of the Board of Commissioners of the Arapahoe County Public Airport Authority to be held at 7800 South Peoria Street on December 13, 2018 at 3:00 p.m.

Any interested elector of Arapahoe County or Douglas County may inspect the proposed budget and file or register any objections thereto prior to the final adoption of the budget.

Published in The Villager Published: November 1, 2018 Legal # 8618 ____________________________ NOTICE AS TO PROPOSED 2019 BUDGET AND AMENDMENT OF 2018 BUDGET COPPERLEAF METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NO. 2 ARAPAHOE COUNTY, COLORADO NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, pursuant to Sections 29-1-108 and 109, C.R.S., that a proposed budget has been submitted to the Board of Directors of the Copper-

leaf Metropolitan District No. 2 (the “District”) for the ensuing year of 2019. The necessity may also arise for the amendment of the 2018 budget of the District. Copies of the proposed 2019 budget and 2018 amended budget (if appropriate) are on file in the office of the District’s Accountant, Simmons & Wheeler, P.C., 304 Inverness Way South, Suite 490, Englewood, CO 80112, where same are available for public inspection. Such proposed 2019 budget and 2018 amended budget will be considered at a special meeting to be held on Monday, November 5, 2018, at 7:00 p.m., at the Copperleaf Arboretum Clubhouse, 4895 S. Tibet St., Aurora, Colorado. Any interested elector within the District may, at any time prior to the final adoption of the 2019 budget or the 2018 amended budget, inspect the 2019 budget and the 2018 amended budget and file or register any objections thereto.

COPPERLEAF METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NO. 2 /s/ Paula J. Williams McGEADY BECHER P.C. Attorneys for the District Published in The Villager Published: November 1, 2018 Legal # 8619 ____________________________ NOTICE OF BUDGET HEARING CHERRY CREEK VILLAGE WATER DISTRICT ARAPAHOE COUNTY, COLORADO NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, pursuant to § 29-1-106, C.R.S., as amended, that a proposed Budget has been submitted to the Board of Directors of the Cherry Creek Village Water District, Arapahoe County, Colorado, for calendar year 2019. A copy of said proposed Budget is on file in the District office located at Community Resource Services, 7995 East Prentice Avenue, Suite 103E, Greenwood Village, Colorado 80111, where the same is available for inspection by the public Monday through Friday during normal business hours (i.e., 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.).

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the Board of Directors of the Cherry Creek Village Water District will consider the adoption of the proposed 2019 Budget at a public hearing to be conducted at a regular meeting of the District’s Board of Directors to be held at the District office located at Community Resource Services, 7995 East Prentice Avenue, Suite 103E, Greenwood Village, Colorado 80111 on Tuesday, November 13, 2018 at 8:45 a.m.

Any interested elector of the Cherry Creek Village Water District may inspect the proposed Budget for 2019 and file or register any objections thereto at any time prior to the final adoption of the Budget.

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Published in The Villager Published: November 1, 2018 Legal # 8620 ____________________________ NOTICE OF CANCELATION OF ELECTION NOTICE IS HEREBY given the special election of the Littleton Fire Protection District that was to be conducted on Tuesday, November 6, 2018 is no longer required and has been cancelled.

LITTLETON FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT By: /s/ Sue Blair, Designated Election Official Contact Person for the District: Sue Blair, Designated Election Official Community Resource Services 7995 E. Prentice Avenue, Suite 103E Greenwood Village, CO 80111 303.381.4960 (voice) 303. 381.4961 (fax) sblair@crsofcolorado.com Published in The Villager Published: November 1, 2018 Legal # 8621 ____________________________ NOTICE OF INCLUSION NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that there has been filed with the Board of Directors of the Southgate Sanitation District of Arapahoe County, Colorado, a petition praying for the inclusion of certain lands in such District.

1.

The name and address of the petitioner mentioned in such petition are as follows: Petitioner/Owner: Belleview Neighborhood LLC Address: 6000 E. Belleview Avenue Greenwood Village, Colorado 80111 Legal Description: PARCEL A THE EAST HALF OF TRACT 13, CLARK COLONY NUMBER THREE, TOGETHER WITH THE NORTH ½ OF VACATED PROGRESS AVENUE ADJOINING TRACT 13, CLARK COLONY NUMBER THREE, ON THE SOUTH, DESCRIBED IN INSTRUMENT RECORDED JULY 1, 1986 IN BOOK 4804 AT PAGE 233, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO. ALSO KNOWN BY STREET ADDRESS AS: 5950 EAST BELLEVIEW AVENUE, GREENWOOD VILLAGE, CO 80111 PARCEL B

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WEST ½ OF TRACT 13 IN CLARK COLONY NO. 3, A SUBDIVISION OF SECTION 17, TOWNSHIP 5 SOUTH, RANGE 67 WEST, TOGETHER WITH THAT PORTION OF VACATED STREET DESCRIBED IN THE INSTRUMENT RECORDED JULY 1, 1986 IN BOOK 4804 AT PAGE 233, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO

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Accordingly, notice is hereby given to all interested persons to appear at the public hearing of the Board of Directors of the District at 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday, November 13, 2018, at 3722 East Orchard Road, Centennial, Colorado, and show cause in writing, if any they have, why such petition should not be granted.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a proposed 2019 budget has been submitted to the GREENWOOD NORTH METROPOLITAN DISTRICT, for the fiscal year 2019. A copy of such proposed budget has been filed in the office of the District’s legal counsel, Seter & Vander Wall, PC, 7400 East Orchard Road, Suite 3300, Greenwood Village, Colorado, 80111, where same is open for public inspection. Such proposed budget will be considered at a special meeting of the Greenwood North Metropolitan District to be held at 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday, November 14, 2018. If necessary, an amended 2018 budget will be filed in the office of the District’s legal counsel and open for public inspection for consideration at the special meeting of the Board. The meeting will be held at 7400 E. Orchard Road, Suite 3300, in Greenwood Village, Colorado. Any interested elector within the Greenwood North Metropolitan District may inspect the amended and proposed budgets and file or register any objections at any time prior to the final adoption of the amended 2018 budget and proposed 2019 budget.

SOUTHGATE SANITATION DISTRICT By: /s/ Mark Rosser President

BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS: GREENWOOD NORTH METROPOLITAN DISTRICT

Published in The Villager Published: November 1, 2018 Legal # 8622 ____________________________ Cherry Creek Basin Water Quality Authority

By: /s/ SETER & VANDER WALL, P.C. Attorneys for the District

LEVIEW AVENUE, GREENWOOD VILLAGE, CO 80111 2.

The prayer of the petition is that the above property be included within the Southgate Sanitation District.

3.

The area sought to be included into the District is located entirely within the City of Greenwood Village, Colorado, Arapahoe County, and does not include property within any other county or within any other incorporated city, town, or city and county, and the District currently encompasses property in the City of Greenwood Village, Arapahoe County, and therefore no notice of the proposed inclusion under Section 32-1-207(2), C.R.S., as amended, is required.

The Cherry Creek Basin Water Quality Authority is hiring a Pollution Abatement Project Manager (PAPM) to manage the Authority’s Pollution Abatement Program, including capital projects. The PAPM needs to have experience with project management, general civil engineering with specialization in drainage, flood control, and storm water quality projects including planning, design and construction oversight. Experience in land development activities, stormwater regulations, hydrologic/hydraulic modeling, report writing and public speaking are desired. This position’s work is estimated at 1,150 hours annually.

For a draft scope of services and additional information about this position, contact Chuck Reid at 303.265.7914, or chuck.reid@ claconnect.com. A pre-proposal informational meeting will be held on Friday, November 16, 2018 at 9:00 a.m. at 8390 E. Crescent Parkway, Suite 300, Greenwood Village, CO 80111. Seven copies of your proposal and one electronic copy (.pdf) are due by 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday, November 27, 2018.

Proposals will be reviewed by a subcommittee, with final selection made by the Authority’s Board of Directors. The Authority reserves the right to reject any and all proposals.

Published in The Villager Published: November 1, 2018 Legal # 8626 ____________________________ NOTICE AS TO PUBLIC HEARING RE AMENDED 2018 BUDGET AND PROPOSED 2019 BUDGET

Published in The Villager Published: November 1, 2018 Legal # 8628 ____________________________ NOTICE OF 2019 BUDGET HEARING COUNTRY HOMES METROPOLITAN DISTRICT, PARCELS A AND B ARAPAHOE COUNTY, COLORADO NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, pursuant to §29-1-106, C.R.S., as amended, that a proposed Budget has been submitted to the Board of Directors of the Country Homes Metropolitan District, Parcels A and B, Arapahoe County, Colorado, for calendar year 2019. A copy of said proposed Budget is on file in the office of Collins Cockrel & Cole, P.C., located at 390 Union Boulevard, Suite 400, Denver, Colorado 80228, telephone number (303) 986-1551, where the same is available for inspection by the public Monday through Friday during normal business hours, (i.e. 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.).

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the Board of Directors of the Country Homes Metropolitan District, Parcels A and B, will consider the adoption of the proposed 2019 Budget at a public hearing to be conducted at a special meeting of the District’s Board of Directors to be held at 25 Sunset Drive, Cherry Hills Village, Colorado 80113, on Monday, November 12, 2018, at 5:30 p.m.

Any interested elector of the Country Homes Metropolitan District may inspect the proposed 2019 Budget and file or register any objections or comments thereto at any time prior to the final adoption of the budgets.

Dated this 26th day of October, 2018.

COUNTRY HOMES METROPOLITAN DISTRICT By: /s/ Charles H. Kurtz President Published in The Villager Published: November 1, 2018 Legal # 8629 ____________________________ 00 65 33 NOTICE OF FINAL PAYMENT WILLOW CREEK STABILIZATION PHASE 2 EAST DRY CREEK ROAD TO SOUTH QUEBEC STREET (Contract No. C10-1001C-2) Notice is hereby given that no sooner than 10 a.m. on November 28th, 2018, the Southeast Metro Stormwater Authority shall make final payment to ESCO Construction Company, 3540 Evergreen Parkway, Evergreen CO 80439 in connection with full payment for all services rendered, materials furnished and for all labor performed in and for the above-referenced PROJECT. 1. Any person, co-partnership, association of persons, company or corporation that has an unpaid claim against the said PROJECT for or on account of the furnishing of labor, materials, team hire, sustenance, provisions, provender or other supplies used or consumed by such CONTRACTOR or any SUBCONTRACTOR in or about the performance of said WORK contracted to be done or that supplies rental machinery, tools, or equipment to the extent used in the prosecution of the WORK whose claim therefore has not been paid by the CONTRACTOR or the SUBCONTRACTOR may at any time up to and including said time of such final settlement file a verified statement of the amount due and unpaid on account of such claim.

2. All such claims will be filed with Southeast Metro Stormwater Authority, 7437 South Fairplay Street, Centennial, Colorado, 80112, on or before the abovementioned date and time of final settlement.

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

OWNER: Southeast Metro Stormwater Authority Name: John A. McCarty Title: Executive Director Published in The Villager First Publication: November 1, 2018 Last Publication: November 15, 2018 Legal # 8630 ____________________________

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November 1, 2018 • THE VILLAGER | PAGE 23

National Western Center redevelopment hits $15 million milestone The billion-dollar redevelopment of the aging National Western Complex into the new National Western Center (NWC) is kicking into high gear. On Nov. 1 at the Stadium Arena on the grounds of National Western, the Honoring the Legacy campaign, supporting key facets of this historic redevelopment, celebrates its first major milestone: Campaign Chairman Pete Coors will present Denver Mayor Michael B. Hancock with a $15 million check to support the creation of the National Western Stock show’s new home – and much more – for the next century. Longtime Denver news personality and weatherman Ed Greene will be the master of ceremonies the event.

“This $15 million commitment is helping make the future National Western Center, and the benefits it will bring to the residents there today and neighborhoods around it, a reality,” Hancock said. “The success of the center depends on the success of the stock show’s capital campaign, and I’m thrilled with their early success and look very forward to bringing the NWC plans to life alongside our partners at the Western Stock Show Association and Colorado

State University.

“It’s an honor and a pleasure to support a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to provide the National Western with a home as great as its storied legacy,” Coors said. “The response to National Western’s first-ever capital campaign has been overwhelming – to the point that we’re looking to close in on $50 million in gifts and pledges by the end of the 2019 Stock Show.”

The campaign is helping to fund the National Western Center’s most prominent facilities, including, the Stockyards & Stockyard Events Center; the Livestock Center, the Equestrian Center and the Legacy Building (the new home and

focal point of the National Western Stock Show).

“This $15 million investment is the first milestone – and a major one – in this campaign,” said Western Stock Show Association CEO Paul Andrews. “It shows not only our rock-solid commitment to the future National Western Center, but also the conviction of many generous donors that this is a vital investment in Denver and the West.”

This ambitious project is creating a new, year-round destination in Denver that brings together agriculture, education, entertainment and outdoor recreation while also honoring the century-plus history of the National Western

Stock Show. The new center will add six acres of riverfront and other open spaces that enhance the adjacent Globeville, Elyria and Swansea neighborhoods. A new National Western light rail station will provide easy access to and from downtown Denver and points beyond. NWC Phases 1 & 2 investment is projected to bring 1.1 million additional visitors to the site based on 100 additional annual events, with a $100 million estimated increase in visitor spending and 1,500 estimated new local jobs in service and hospitality. Partners Colorado State University, The Denver Museum of Nature & Science and History Colorado will provide

extensive research and educational programming.

It’s the first payment of what will, by March 2020, amount to $50 million in cash to be paid by the Western Stock Show Association (WSSA), which oversees the stock show, to the City and County of Denver. That cash, plus the transfer of $75 million in land, will account for the WSSA’s $125 million share of the National Western redevelopment. The city of Denver is contributing $669 million – most of that coming from proceeds of a successful 2015 ballot measure – to the National Western Center through the first two of eight planned development phases.

“This is a visionary urban redevelopment, as ambitious as any in the nation,” added Pat Grant, who chairs the WSSA board. “We’re excited about its boundless potential, not only for the stock show itself, but for what this can bring to Denver and the region in terms of creating a nexus of research, education, entertainment and economic development. The ongoing success of this campaign shows that the National Western Center vision is on target.”

FFA Foundation announces ag hall of fame inductees The Colorado FFA Foundation announced three inductees into the Farm Credit Colorado Agriculture Hall of Fame. Jay Hickert, Akron, George “Buck” Hutchison, Englewood and Dan Williams, Denver, will all be formally inducted into the Farm Credit Colorado Agriculture Hall of Fame in February 2019 at the annual Hall of Fame Banquet.

“We are proud to add three more outstanding individuals to the Farm Credit Colorado Agriculture Hall of Fame, the applicant pool continues to be diverse, and very competitive.

I am amazed at the significant contributions to agriculture that all of our nominees possess.” said Ed Cordes, chairman of the Colorado FFA Foundation.

The Farm Credit Colorado Agriculture Hall of Fame banquet is held in conjunction with the Governor’s Forum on Colorado Agriculture and is a prime opportunity to gauge the direction of the industry and learn about issues facing one of the largest industries in Colorado. Industry and political leaders as well as family farmers and ranchers who lead and support the agriculture industry and its future

attend both the forum and the banquet.

Friends, peers and business associates will recognize the four inductees during the Farm Credit Colorado Agriculture Hall of Fame Banquet, Feb. 27, 2019, at the

Renaissance Hotel, Denver.

The honorees will join 89 other outstanding Colorado agriculturists who have been similarly honored since 1989. All Agriculture Hall of Fame members’ portraits are displayed in the Farm Credit

Colorado Agriculture Hall of Fame in the CoBank Center for Agricultural Education at Colorado State University.

Hosted by the Colorado FFA Foundation, the banquet is held yearly to induct members into the Agriculture Hall

of Fame who have significantly contributed to Colorado’s second largest industry. A unique, multi-media presentation will highlight the life of each new inductee and the Rising Star during the ceremony.

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A nation that does not honor its heroes will not long endure.

President Abraham Lincoln

Veterans Week 2018

SECONDARY

ELEMENTARY

JOIN US AS WE RECOGNIZE THE SERVICE AND COMMITMENT OF OUR VETERANS AND ACTIVE-DUTY SERVICEMEN AND WOMEN.

SCHOOL COTTONWOOD CREEK

DATE

TIME

EVENT

Wed. Nov. 7

8:15 a.m.

Veterans and active-duty servicemen and women will be treated to breakfast before attending a Veterans Day assembly in their honor. The schoolwide assembly will feature student speakers and patriotic musical performances. RSVP to 720-554-3201

HERITAGE

Thurs., Nov. 8

7:459:15 a.m.

Heritage Elementary will kick off its Veterans Day celebration with a continental breakfast for veterans and active-duty military members, followed by an assembly featuring a flag ceremony and patriotic songs. Veterans will have the opportunity to speak and the school will also recognize students who have demonstrated behaviors consistent with the ideals held by servicemen and women. RSVP to 720-554-3500

WILLOW CREEK

Thurs., Nov. 8

1:302:30 p.m.

Willow Creek Elementary will host a full day of events honoring our nation’s heroes. At 7:45 a.m., our Cub Scouts will raise the flag. Veterans and active-duty servicemen and women are invited to visit classrooms to talk with students between 10:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. A patriotic assembly will take place in the gym from 1:30 to 2:30 p.m., followed by a reception for honored guests and their family and friends from 2:30 to 3:30 p.m.

WEST MIDDLE

Thurs., Nov. 8

9:00, 9:45 & 10:40 a.m.

West Middle School will host three assemblies to honor veterans and current military members.

The WMS band, choir, and orchestra will perform. 8th-grade students who were selected to lay a wreath on the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier will share their essays on freedom. West will also recognize staff and alumni who have served in the Armed Forces. RSVP to 720-554-5153

CHERRY CREEK HIGH

Fri., Nov. 9

6:15 p.m.

Cherry Creek High School will host our nation’s heroes at the first home football playoff game.

Each veteran and a guest receive free admission and will be treated to a pizza dinner in a VIP tent at the south end of the stadium. Several veterans will serve as honorary captains for the coin toss and all honored guests will be recognized at the start of the half.

RSVP to 720-554-2383

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