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EXECUTIVE OF THE YEAR

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Vietnam vet and his grandchildren find the spirit

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Village Subarea battle set the course, as other political wars were declared

District Attorney George Brauchler announced his run for governor in March before switching to the attorney general’s race eight months later.

Cherry Creek High School students walked out of class in September to protest President Trump’s DACA decision.

gazing at August’s coast-to-coast total eclipse.

The next time one of these continental solar events happens, these astral observers will be in their early 40s. “spaceship bank” landed on the National Register of Historic Places.

It was a big year for arguing over big buildings— particularly in Greenwood Village, where a battle over high density dominated not just a contentious ballot question, but City Council elections, where low-density advocates were ushered into power after voters overwhelmingly rejected a proposed large development west of I-25.

Politics were also “high density” on state and congressional fronts, as a crowded primary of Republican gubernatorial hopefuls, many from south met-

ro, vied for attention—with one’s late entry hastening another’s exit. Meanwhile, 6th District hopefuls began waging challenges, from both Democratic and Republican fronts, to unseat five-term incumbent U.S. Rep. Mike Coffman in next year’s midterm election.

As Greenwood Village put out its political fires, the larger Littleton area wondered what is next for the more literal variety.

2017 saw a virtual “fire escape” from Littleton Fire Rescue by its extra-municipal clients to the growing South Metro Fire Rescue behemoth—putting the “little” back in Littleton’s Fire

Rescue and hastening its own demise as a standalone city fire department.

Here is a month-bymonth retrospective on Arapahoe County’s 2017.

JANUARY

• A federal lawsuit claims the private-contracted medical staff at the Arapahoe County jail fatally neglected a sick inmate, allowing him to die in a pool of his blood by failing to provide lifesaving treatments in a timely manner.

• Another wrongfuldeath lawsuit is filed against Englewood’s Swedish Medical Center after a 10-year-old Littleton boy goes into fatal respiratory arrest little more than a half hour after leaving the emergency room.

• Carrie WarrenGully, vice

Greenwood Village voters overwhelmingly rejected a proposed high-density development for the desolate Orchard Station Subarea before ushering in a philosophical showdown in November’s City Council races.

president of Littleton Public Schools’ Board of Education, is elected president of the Colorado Association of School Boards.

• Arapahoe County Assessor Corbin Sakdol retires early, leaving the Board of Commissioners to appoint his deputy, Marc Scott, as his successor.

• Englewood Mayor Joe Jefferson and two other City Council members walk out of a public meeting in protest after Councilmember Steve Yates makes a surprise motion to vote on the mayor’s dismissal, leaving the council without a quorum.

FEBRUARY

• TriCity Academy, a proposed charter school in Englewood, is denied final approval by Colorado’s Charter School Institute after more than three years of setbacks, small victories and an ongoing battle with the Englewood Schools Board of Education.

• RTD’s R Line, connect-

ing the southeast line to the city of Aurora, opens amid fanfare before being plagued by poor ridership and a reduction in regularly scheduled trips.

MARCH

• Centennial City Council reverses its previous decision to loosen restrictions on such businesses as driveins, convenience stores and car lots along Arapahoe Road, stalling a threatened citizens’ initiative.

• Cherry Hills Village City Council votes unanimously to abandon a controversial plan to place a city maintenance facility in a residential area near the intersection of Colorado Boulevard and Hampden Avenue and instead decides to put the building in Sheridan.

• The Last Bill: A Senator’s Story, a documentary on the process of creating legislation and starring Littleton’s state Sen. Linda Continued on page 2

PAGE 2 | THE VILLAGER • December 28, 2017 Continued from Page 1 Newell, has its world premiere at the city’s Alamo Drafthouse Cinema.

• Former Littleton Public Schools teacher Michael Camelio, 70, is arrested for having sexually assaulted a student 20 years earlier. He is later sentenced to four years in prison.

• Colorado Court of Appeals affirms a strict reading of the state’s tax-increment financing laws made by Arapahoe County Assessor Corbin Sakdol. The City of Aurora had waged the legal challenge.

• District Attorney George Brauchler announces 16 indictments in an expansive illegal marijuana-trafficking operation that stretched well into Arapahoe and Douglas counties.

• Greenwood Village City Council sends a controversial proposal to revise the city’s Comprehensive Plan, allowing higher-density development, to a direct vote of the people.

Our City address in April.

LEFT: District Attorney George Brauchler discusses indictments in March

• Englewood City Council quells threats of lawsuits by revising a strict ordinance that limited the city’s registered sex offenders to living in a patchwork that constituted about 1 percent of

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• After much discussion and research, the Cherry Creek Schools Board of Education votes unanimously to change school start times, allowing middle and high school students more time to sleep, as scientific evidence increasingly supports.

APRIL

• After much rumor of a gubernatorial bid, District Attorney George Brauchler makes it official and announces his run in the Republican governor’s primary.

• Cathy Noon, Centennial’s second mayor, delivers her final State of Our City address, emphasizing Centennial’s history in “innovation.”

MAY

• Just as the Cook Political Report calls the 6th Congressional District a “toss-up,” a slew of Democratic challengers to U.S. Rep. Mike Coffman begins their campaigns in earnest. They include Army veteran and attorney Jason Crow, a party-insider favorite, and attorney David Aarestad. Eventually, Obama appointee Levi Tillemann joins the race.

• Rifle City Manager Matthew Sturgeon is tapped to take the top staff job in Centennial.

• The often-dueling U.S. Reps. Mike Coffman, RAurora, and Diana DeGette, D-Denver, join forces on a bill to prohibit the federal government from interfer-

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• Fire from a tanker carrying 1,000 gallons of fuel that crashed into a median along I-25 brings the heart of the Denver Tech Center to a standstill, closing traffic in both directions, halting light rail and sending thousands of cars on alternate routes.

• Cherry Hills Village businessman Doug Robinson, nephew to former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, announces he will seek the Republican nomination for Colorado governor.

JUNE

• Greenwood Village voters overwhelmingly reject a proposed change to the city’s Comprehensive Plan that would have allowed controversial higher-density development along I-25, prompting a philosophical showdown in the year’s City Council races.

• Centennial’s Kevin Lee Lyons receives the maximum sentence—life plus 352 years—for fatally shooting his neighbor, Kenneth Atkinson, during a domesticviolence incident in which Atkinson came to the aid of Lyons’s wife.

• U.S. Rep. Mike Coffman and his wife, Cynthia, Colorado’s attorney general, announce their divorce, calling it “mutual and private.”

• Russian authorities abandon the search for missing Littleton Police Officer Steve Beare, who became lost while climbing Mount

Elbrus, the nation’s highest peak.

JULY

• In response to changing demographics within the 6th Congressional District, U.S. Rep. Mike Coffman launches a Spanish-language Twitter account.

• Arapahoe County awards more than $16.4 million in open-space grants to cities and special districts in the county.

• The City of Centennial becomes the first governmental organization to win the 2017 Gallup Great Workplace Award for creating an “engaged workplace culture that drives business outcomes.”

AUGUST

• Sixteen-year-old Cherry Creek High School student Cailey Karshmer earns a Young Heroes Award from Philadelphia’s National Liberty Museum for creating Colorado Kids for Kids, her own teen-driven nonprofit designed to provide needed items to less advantaged children.

• Greenwood Village City Manager Jim Sanderson announces his retirement.

• Locals, including many schoolchildren, join millions across the country to view the total eclipse of the sun.

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Much work ahead—Trump has tax-bill victory The year ends with a Trump tax bill that will hopefully work for most Americans. The proof will be in the pudding and certainly streamlining the procedure will be welcome, no matter what side of the aisle you may sit upon.

The bill is the accomplishment by President Trump and the Republican Party, and they will be the recipients of any favor or disfavor in the new year. It is refreshing to see the Senate and House pass a bill with Republicans working together, though partisan politics has become so vitriolic.

No doubt the GOP will work with Democrats to keep the government operating short term and face some stormy debates in January over spending issues, immigration and the wall.

One of the largest questions swirling around the new tax bill is whether the new tax rates will bring enough prosperity to actually reduce the national debt.

I clearly remember Trump stating that we had almost passed the point of no return, with the national debt exceeding $20 trillion. Only time will tell what will happen with the debt, but as this administration moves forward, it would seem prudent to look at government spending and see if cuts can be made. Obviously, it won’t be the elimination of any military bases, as that budget has been soaring for national defense.

Cutting entitlement programs is very difficult, so it seems that rather than cutting spending, the Trump administration has chosen to expand the economy, lower corporate taxes, make better trade deals, bring business back to our shores and reduce the national debt through an improving

Barbwire Bob A Christmas Ode Newspapers nestled by the fire, cheaper then chestnuts.

Nights aren’t so silent, but bursting with events and joyous buffets.

Joy to the world with fake news galore.

Hark the paper boys calling, joy to the newborn president.

‘Round yon virgin, the terrorist looking for her, short supply.

Dreaming of getting away from a white Christmas and yearning for a beach in Cabo.

Jingle bells, jingle cash, as

economy. It is a calculated gamble that hopefully will work to lower the debt and reduce trillions owed to China and Japan.

I’ve never liked the wall concept, but it has been another campaign promise made by President Trump. It appears that as he marches forward keeping his promises, we will have a wall.

There is deal making going on in Washington that hinges on the wall. Allowing “Dreamers” to stay in the United States is part of the drama. I believe that Trump will work to save the estimated 800,000 “Dreamers” and give them lasting citizenship in the United States. He will do this for them.

In 2012, President Obama signed an executive order called Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals. This order temporarily shielded “Dreamers” from deportation. However, DACA has always been just a temporary and incomplete effort to provide legal status to Dreamers.

Part of the new Dream Act dealings will be to secure the border, ramping up border security, tightening immigration standards, but at the end, legislation will be passed to keep “Dreamers” in their American homes, no matter how they arrived as children.

Colorado’s Democratic Sen. Michael Bennet and Republican Sen. Cory Gardner have co-sponsored the Dream Act of 2017 that will grant residency to immigrants brought to the United States illegally as children.

Our state’s two senators will be leading the fight for DACA. I wish them success as we enter a new exciting new year!

Noel, Nowell, the angels did spell, ‘tis the season to be jolly.

Bells on Bob’s tales ring, making spirts bright, hic.

Troll the ancient newsroom clatter, facts really do matter.

Poor merchants count their merchandise where stuff lays, it was a cold winter’s night with Amazon in sight.

Up on the rooftop Santa was near, Old St. Nick was here.

He delivered the paper and holiday bills that fell with a thud.

Nothing was stirring, not even a mouse, as we donned our gray apparel and saw the

shining star coming from the East, a street light.

We dashed through the snow to bring glad tidings to our friends.

An infant was born so tender and mild. Sleep in heavenly peace.

Merry Christmas and Happy new year to all. *** The Villager is putting the newspaper to bed early for the next two weeks since Christmas and New Year’s Day will fall on a Continued on page 8

Memories brought back by the Christmas season

Remembering can be fun, and what better way to spend a morning waiting for the snow to stop than to reflect on past Christmases?

Or reflect on how my generation has done, and what, if anything, it accomplished.

Mine was the generation that spun our tops, battered our taped-up baseballs, rode our hand-me-down bikes, and really did walk to school while our parents struggled through the worst 10 years of a Depression this world has ever seen.

We, who were fortunate enough to go to college were suddenly plucked from our campuses at the ripe old age of 18 and sent to fight in a war.

We experienced the last of what truly was a universal draft. No one escaped by traveling to Canada, Cuba or attending a theology school. The law of the land was simply stated: “If he breathes, he goes.”

And go we did, first to basic training and then to Europe or Asia to fight, and suddenly one’s life all changed.

World War II ended, and out of that tragedy and chaos the drama curtain lifted and the play itself changed. No generation ever had a brighter looking future than mine did.

Ours was the only nation to come through the Depression and tragic World War stronger than when we entered. We had whipped the Germans. We had whipped the “Japs.” There seemed no end to the things we could do. The future belonged to us. Our country was the world leader and we were going to lead all the people of all nations into a perfect world.

We came home to a roaring inflation. Everybody had money— war-bond money, savings-account money, overtime money, mustering-out money, GI Bill money. All of it was burning holes in our pockets and purses.

Shortages persisted while factories retooled for peace. The consumer age was bursting to be born. Veterans were marrying and starting families. In the process, a building boom was ignited that altered the face of our country. Once stable neighborhoods were abandoned for the suburbs, a new way of life began for all My generation’s dreams and plans included freezers, dishwashers, electric blankets, air conditioners and cars—at least one for

each member of the family.

Then our “age” found its perfect medium in television. Little did we know that this media would dominate our lives, drown our conversations, discourage our children’s reading, change our politics and develop an economy built on throwaway consumer goods.

I remember that my generation turned eagerly to Gen.

BY MORT Eisenhower to lead us into the ‘50s, which he did so well.

MARKS We remained the top nation in the world while winding down the Korean War. And then something went wrong in the ‘60s and ‘70s that we never fully understood. We didn’t understand President Kennedy’s murder or how people could burn churches in Mississippi. We didn’t understand the riots in an area called Watts or the burning of apartment buildings and looting of stores in New York City, Washington, D.C. and Detroit.

We, who had fought to win a World War and did just that, didn’t understand the strategy or politics of Vietnam and couldn’t understand the civil strife and hatred it provoked in our country.

One thing we could understand and did take pride in was the fact that an American was the first to walk on the surface of the moon, and on reflection let us not forget that today in the year 2017 we are still the only nation to achieve that task.

Even though it is a quiet afternoon, my reflections were suddenly shattered by the reality of a noisy 10-year-old car’s motor running in our driveway.

In spite of all the pessimists who tell us that today’s kids look only for security and a nice soft prosperous future, that car’s noisy motor told me differently—it told me that the American dream of risk taking is still alive and well. The dream my generation had 75 years ago when we took the big risks, and in the end, beat them, has been handed down. There is a young man in my driveway now proving that his generation will also take risks.

This serious, determined, intelligent kid is running his noisy motor in my driveway and risking his car to earn enough for his schooling and his future. He just made it to our door with the pizza.

This boy and others of his generation have obviously picked up the torch from my generation and will undoubtedly pass it on even brighter than ever before.

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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!”

QUOTE of the WEEK There is no act

QUOTE of the WEEK of treachery or meanness of which a political party is not capable; for in politics there is no honour.

– Benjamin Disraeli

Opinion

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How bad can a bill be? Pretty bad

PERSPECTIVA

under an American flag,” Needless to say, I am no according to The Washingfan of the Republican tax ton Post. scam (oh, excuse me, tax Bungle number two is bill), but in their two-weeks what has been called the haste to get the only piece “Corker kickback” because of major legislation done Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn., the entire year, the GOP changed his vote to yes afthat held both houses of ter a clause was Congress and the included that gave White House made OBSCURA a huge tax break a few bungling for real estate deblunders. velopers to “pass First, hidden in through” deducthe bowels of this tions. This, in es1,100-plus-page sence, lowers their monstrosity is the personal income attack on business tax rates. owners, who are

BY BECKY OSTERWALD As it turns out, America citizens.

Sen. Orin Hatch, R-Utah, Puerto Rico is a U.S. terstuck that “jewel” in at the ritory, but considered a last minute. foreign jurisdiction. It is Who else will that benstill recovering from two efit? devastating hurricanes earAnd then there is the atlier this year, and is now hit tack on the wilderness of with a third—an economic one. Before this atrocity was Alaska. This opens up the Arctic National Wildlife passed, Gov. Ricardo RosRefuge to drilling. Thereby sello urged GOP lawmakers lifting a 40-year ban on deto change a provision that velopment in the pristine charges a 12.5 percent tax area, all for the benefit of on “intellectual property energy and oil-drilling comowned by American citizens” abroad. This would in- panies. Does anyone remember what happened in 2010 clude those in Puerto Rico. when Deepwater Horizon’s So, even though the citiwell blew 330,000 gallons of zens pay into Social Secuoil into the Gulf of Mexico? rity, but do not pay federal Doesn’t anyone remember income tax, any companies that history does repeat itbased in Puerto Rico, are treated like they are in other self ?

As for the Christmas gift “Caribbean tax havens, not

that was given to the middle class, well, these tax cuts are only temporary. Whereas the wealthy corporations get tax breaks that go on in perpetuity.

And the national debt. Oh, this is good too—this law adds an estimated $1.4 trillion, yes $1,400,000,000,000 to the debt!

But probably my favorite is the fact that Republicans were in such a rush to get this passed that not only was there no testimony from tax experts, they failed to give anyone lead time before the law is to go into effect Jan. 1, 2018. This means there is two weeks to write the rules that will dictate how this mutant bill will be implemented. Not to mention that the payroll companies are scrambling to get the new tax rates in place before the beginning of the year.

This is what happens when one dives into a swimming without checking to see if the water is frozen.

One gives a massive headache to the biggest economy in the world.

LETTERS Does Coffman really understand state government?

After reading the article relating to Cynthia Coffman running for governor [The Villager, Dec. 14] and her statement, “If there’s anything I understand, it’s what works in Colorado government,” I felt compelled to write.

The article mentioned several controversial tenure battles, the most recent and most likely the most controversial battle was not mentioned. I feel it is important to point out the Denver Post article written by David Migoya on Nov. 22, whose headline read: “Judge rips Colorado AG’s case against foreclosure giant as ‘groundless and frivolous,’ orders state to pay attorneys’ fees.”

I urge you to read the article and let the readers of the Villager know just how

much Cynthia Coffman understands what works for Colorado.

I, for one, was and continue to be appalled by the charges that were haphazardly brought against the defendants with very little basis to support any of the state’s claims in what appears to be nothing more than a personal witch hunt and an attempt to paint the defendants with the ills of the other industry players who settled with the AG. The Colorado taxpayers have had to foot the bill of this multi-year debacle of an investigation and lawsuit, which the judge found groundless and frivolous. It now also appears that the taxpayers will be asked to foot a large portion of the defendants’ attorneys’ fees.

Are we really now being asked to trust Ms. Coffman’s judgment to be governor of the state?

Cynthia Wilson Greenwood Village

*** As a sidebar and just so the editorial team can finish our streak for 2017, here is to The Brady Bunch!

When it is not the most wonderful time of year that is not the case. I will lean into my sadness, grief and loss, but remain thankful that I had these precious moments to remember.

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Today was a day of makplan something to look foring holiday memories with ward to. four generations, including We need to stay connectmy 86-year-old mom. We ed to others. Being alone attended my grandson’s when we are feeling loss, Christmas pageant, then pain or depression is not made struffoli, traditional healthy. Certainly, there is Italian honey balls, then all time for solitude and reflecfour grandbabies squealed tion, but being with others with delight as RELATIONSHIPS who are supportive they decorated and kind is valutheir annual ginable for healing gerbread house and happiness. Evmasterpieces. A eryone should all day of delight and be on the lookout joy! for those who are These wonderdealing with loss ful memories can

BY JONEEN MACKENZIE and pain and reach turn into pain, out. despair and loss when our We need to take care of loved ones are no longer ourselves by resting, eating with us through death, diwell, exercising, drinking vorce or other trials. Watch- lots of water and asking for ing magical holiday celebra- what we need. tions amplifies our pain We need to stay inspired and suffering. Holidays are by surrounding ourselves notorious for forcing us to with beauty, art, nature, realize how much our lives music and inspirational have changed since the loss speakers on podcasts or of a loved one.

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So how do we cope when We can start a gratitude we are feeling down at “the journal looking for the posimost wonderful time of the tive things in our lives and year”? write them down to read, We need to think about meditate or pray. creating new memories and These ideas are not a fornew traditions. As we do mula to overcome sadness. this, we should incorporate Sometimes sadness is the a few favorite things we season we are in. We need want to remember. to allow ourselves to feel it.

Grief, loss and depression When we are ready to break zap our energy. It is easy to free of the pain, we should get caught up in the cycle try to enter a new dimenof malaise when the less we sion of feeling. The holidays do, the less we want to do. mean so much more when This cycle feeds on itself. we are true to ourselves and We need to stay busy and vulnerable with others. commit to accomplishing As I reflect how blessed something small every day.

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• A cold murder case in Centennial is re-opened and 70-year-old suspect Robert Williams is arrested after a former neighbor comes for-

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ward with new information on the death of onetime Deputy District Attorney Rebecca Bartee.

• An estimated 150 Cherry Creek High School students walk out of classes in protest of President Trump’s decision to phase out the DACA program, which protects nearly 80,000 immigrants brought

to the United States illegally as children.

• Englewood’s “spaceship bank” by architect Charles Deaton, who also designed the Sleeper house on Genesee Mountain, is placed on the National Register of Historic Places.

• In the wake of two back-to-back student sui-

State Sens. Kevin Lundberg, R-Berthoud, and Linda Newell, D-Littleton, made unlikely allies in The Last Bill: A Senator’s Story, a documentary that saw it world premiere in Littleton in March.

• Former Englewood Police Officer Megan Feebeck is found guilty of putting false information in a police report and is sentenced to 50 hours of community service after contradicting the results of her own investigation of a fatal car accident.

• Greenwood Village businessman Brian Watson announces he will seek the Republican nomination to become state treasurer, pledging to not accept a salary.

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‘Crypto currency’ versus the retail we know ‘Disruptors’ vie to change the way we shop

Think of it as the retail world we know in a battle against virtual e-commerce.

The comparison between the two shopping environments became a lively conversation for the December breakfast meeting of the South Metro Denver Chamber.

The virtual world is being created by “disruptors,” a reference to any person, company, product or service that upsets or changes the regular way of doing things. It is often used with another term, “early adapters,” meaning those who are the earliest people to try new things.

One new thing they are focused on is something called “cryptocurrency.”

You may not yet be familiar with cryptocurrency, but you soon will be.

That is the generic term for worldwide virtual-payment mechanisms, such as Bitcoin, which claims to be the first “decentralized digital currency.” Cryptocurrency exists only on online as a monetary exchange for goods and services purchased via e-commerce. The system works without a central bank

or single administrator. One version, called Wampum, is based in Centennial.

Bitcoin was introduced in January 2009 by Satoshi Nakamoto. Bitcoin stock prices have soared in an uneven nose-bleed-inducing climb with a few heart-pounding corrections.

The odd thing is when business reporters ask who owns Bitcoin and where the tiny transaction fee skimmed off every cryptocurrency transaction goes, the response is resounding silence.

“Well, the developers own it,” Wampum CEO Russell Castagnaro told the Dec. 8 chamber breakfast.

But who and where those developers are, how much they are making and where they store their profits remains something of a mys-

Town of Parker files suit to stop trash-transfer facility The Town of Parker has filed suit against the Douglas County Board of Commissioners in an attempt to prevent a trashtransfer facility from being located on the town’s northern border. Parker says the facility is inconsistent with agreements that have been in place between the two governments since 2000 and that the facility would have a negative impact on the town’s professional, medical and corporate businesses, as well as residential neighborhoods, regional parks and open space.

The proposed location for the facility is near Rocky Vista University, the Parker Performing Arts School and Dove Ridge, a single-family residential neighborhood.

The conflict is unusual for both the county and Parker, because the two entities entered into a memorandum of understanding in November 2000, a historic first step for joint land-use planning. That agreement ex-

pressing “a mutual desire to establish joint planning areas within and between the county and the town.”

By 2002, the two governments had an intergovernmental agreement and jointly adopted an enforceable comprehensive development plan that regulated land use within Parker’s “urban service area” and what the county calls a “community separation buffer area.”

Any development has to comply with both the plan and applicable town regulations and master plans.”

Fast forward to August 2017, when the town received a referral response request from Douglas County about an application to develop a recycletrash transfer facility just outside Parker’s town limits, but within the urban service area. The town has taken the position that this is a violation of existing governing development agreements.

Neither the county nor the town’s master plans allow general industrial uses at the proposed location.

tery. Castagnaro said that the reason people can be assured that Bitcoin is not a scam is because it is based on an open-source code.

The business people at the chamber gathering were interested in how someone would cash out of their BitCoin gains to buy a house, for example.

Castagnaro admitted that there are penalties for currency withdrawals or turning “Wampum” into regular currency and that those withdrawing funds might face capital-gains taxes.

“You could go to the seller of the house and tell them you want to pay in Bitcoin,” he said. “Or you could go to Salt Lending and get a loan to buy the house using your Bitcoin.”

“Returns are huge,” Cast-

agnaro said of Wampum’s initial stock offerings, which he likened to crowd-funding.

“The investments aren’t controlled by banks or venture capitalists, but by high networth individuals.”

For Wampum, investors include Denver-based Salt Lending.

“This is making money experientially,” Castagnaro said. “If you have to wait until there is a book on this, it is going to be too late.

When asked if the way that the cryptocurrency is being valued represents a market bubble, Castagnaro said, “The reason it’s hitting record highs is because of the controversy. Are we in a bubble? Yes, but the question is, are we at the beginning or end of the bubble?”

On the other hand, the

more traditional commercial world we know is more predictable. It includes products you can pick up, food you can eat and services you receive in real time.

That world is alive and well at Lone Tree’s Park Meadows, which bills itself as Colorado’s only “retail resort.”

According to Senior General Manager Pam SchenckKelly, who has led Park Meadows since its inception 20 years ago, the planning and investment in Colorado’s premier mall was so strategic that it has stood the test of time.

Not only is it home to more unique shops and experiences than any other shopping center in the state, visitors can relax by the roaring fire in the food court, attend many seasonal events and enjoy Park Meadows’ extensive investment in décor and art. This includes the mall’s signature rotunda, featuring a visualization of “America the Beautiful,” written by Katherine Lee Bates about a trip to Colorado.

“We’re having a very good year,” Kelly told chamber members. “People consider Park Meadows as a destination, and retail shopping isn’t going to disappear. We’re up significantly for the year and this holiday season. We’ve added extra conveniences for diners and shoppers, including valet parking.”

How are 2017 holiday sales faring so far? Merry and bright!

BY STEPHEN STRIBLING ‘Tis the season – the shopping season!

For most retailers, sales in November and December represent about 20 percent of their total sales for the year. While retailers typically tend to see a spike in sales around the holidays, the 2017 holiday season has been especially promising thus far.

The number of in-store and online shoppers is exceeding expectations. According to the most recent Retail Sales Report, including numbers for Black Friday and Cyber Monday, sales rose 0.08 percent in November, twice the projected forecast of some analysts.

In total, the National Retail Federation expects holiday retail sales to increase between 3.6 and 4 percent this holiday season for a total of up to $682 billion.

This is a fairly significant jump from the nearly $655 billion consumers spent this time last year.

Black Friday—named for the day retailers began to switch from red ink,

Stephen Stribling showing losses, to black ink, showing gains—used to be the most significant shopping day. While Black Friday is still the biggest day for in-store shopping, big holiday spending now spans over several days.

According to the NRF, more than 174 million Americans purchased something either in stores or online over the five-day holiday weekend taking place Thanksgiving Day through Cyber Monday.

That figure certainly beat the 164 million shoppers originally expected this year.

Sales on Cyber Monday, in particular, broke alltime records to become the biggest U.S. onlineshopping day ever. With a record $6.59 billion spent on Cyber Monday alone, online sales grew 17 percent from last year.

This uptick in spending, plus a longer shopping season this year, spells good news for retailers. There are four weekends between Thanksgiving and Christmas Eve, giving shoppers even more time to shop and make those holiday purchases.

We’ll have to wait until January to see the final numbers, but if spending trends over the holidays are a good litmus test for the general state of the economy, I’d say things are looking moderately healthy.

Stephen Stribling is a financial advisor with the Global Wealth Management Division of Morgan Stanley in Denver.

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ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT

Whiffenpoofs at Newman Center

Jan. 6, 2 and 7:30 p.m. Every year, 14 senior Yale men are selected be in the Whiffenpoofs, the world’s oldest and best known collegiate a cappella group.

Tickets 303-871-7720.

Tierney Sutton Band

Jan. 11, 7:30 p.m. An eight-time Grammy Award nominee as recording artist and arranger, Tierney Sutton uses her voice like an instrument. Newman Center. Tickets: 303-871-7720.

ACC to host Littleton Public Schools Arts Exhibition

Jan. 17-Feb. 6. Mon-Fri. from 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. Open Tuesdays until 7 p.m.

Closing reception Feb. 6, 5-7 p.m. (light refreshments will be served). Colorado Gallery of the Arts at Arapahoe Community College. Info: Anna Spillen at aspillen@lps.k12.co.us.

Music with a Mission Concert Series

Jan. 19, 7 p.m. Forte Handbell Quarter. To benefit: Covenant Cupboard Food Pantry. Based in Colorado Springs, Forte is a nationally recognized, advanced hand-bell quartet performing a wide variety of styles. A free concert with a “love offering.” At Good Shepherd Episcopal Church, 8545 E. Dry Creek Rd., Centennial.

Jan. 26, 7:30 p.m. World-renowned dancers, actress Julie Briskman as Mead and Donald Byrd as Baldwin, “A Rap on Race” excavates the truths buried in the facts of this cultural artifact. Newman Center. Tickets: 303-871-7720.

Now-Jan. 26. 10 a.m. and 2 p.m.

Plunge into fantastic places and meet amazing creatures. 10035 S. Peoria St., Lone Tree. Tickets: 303-315-9444 or visit cusouthdenver@denver.edusouthdenver. cu.edu All shows Wed.-Sunday only.

England: Through the Eye of a Lens

Through Jan. 11. Colorado Gallery of the Arts at Arapahoe Community College. Photography and collaborative works from ACC and Colo. Mesa Univ. study-abroad students who traveled to London last May. Mon.-Fri. from 9 a.m.5 p.m., Tues. until 7 p.m. Closed Dec. 25Jan. 1. Info: trish.sangelo@arapahoe. edu or 303-797-5212.

29 Years of Cowboy Heritage, Traditions and Entertainment

Jan. 18-21. Colorado Cowboy Poetry Gathering. Three evening performances, two full-days of sessions and a Sunday matinee. Award-winning cowboy poets and musicians from the American West, Canada and Australia.

At the American Mountaineering Center, 710 10th St., Golden. Free parking. Tickets: ColoradoCowboyGathering.com.

CLASSES

Cursive Cafe

Classes start Jan. 12. Teach your Families of deployed U.S. Soldiers and Airmen of the Colorado National Guard enjoy family time at the Boettcher Mansion in Denver, Dec. 20, 2014.

U.S. Air National Guard photo by 2nd Lt. Cheresa D. Clark

Governor’s mansion hosts holiday celebration for National Guard families By invitation of Gov. John Hickenlooper, the Adjutant General of Colorado U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. Mike Loh hosted family members of deployed Colorado National Guard members Dec. 13 at the Boettcher Mansion “Colorado’s Home.”

The holiday reception began at 10 a.m. at the Boettcher Mansion, 400 East 8th Ave., in Denver.

The governor’s mansion had been decorated for the holidays and ready to welcome the children and spouses of deployed CONG members.

Senior CONG leaders will attend and visit with the families while children enjoy crafts, cookies, milk, cider and cocoa.

“National Guard families make sacrifices while their loved ones serve,” Loh said. “Family support is critical to our readiness to support the warfight and protect the homeland.”

Santa Claus arrived during the event in a festively decorated High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle or Humvee. There was also a holiday storybook reading and photos with Santa.

Barbwire Bob

EVENTS

Denver Sister Cities International Annual Meeting

Jan. 18, 6 p.m. to honor the volunteers and growth. Keynote: Ambassador Daniel Bale. Yak and Yeti restaurant, 9755 E. Hampden Ave. RSVP: 303-8321336.

Valentine’s Day Celebration

Feb. 14, 8 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Denver Clerk and Recorder/Public Trustee Debra Johnson’s 11th annual Valentine’s Day event. Judges and clergy will perform free marriage ceremonies for couples.

Food and beverages will be available for them. Drawings will be held for gifts from local businesses, elected officials and other city agencies. Marriage licenses are $30. Webb Building, 201 W. Colfax Ave., Dept. 101. Info: Mica Ward, 720-913-4866.

Englewood Police Citizens Academy

March 7-May 7, 2018. The academy will be held on Wednesdays, 6-9 p.m., at Englewood Police Dept. Graduation will be held at City Council meeting on Monday., May 7. Register: Toni Arnoldy, 3615 S Elati St., Englewood, CO 80110 or tarnoldy@englewoodco.gov.

You will be notified by mail of your acceptance status. Space is limited.

Art Source Sale

Ongoing. All framed art 60-percent

off, unframed loose art 60-percent off, closing out all poster prints. Prices $7.50 to $15. Beautiful custom mirrors. Also featuring wide variety of art and posters in traditional, contemporary and mountain-rustic styles. 1111 W. Evans Ave., Suite C, Denver. Call 303-936-4212.

EDUCATION

Free - Nutrition Classes

Jan.10, 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

Free Heart Health nutrition class (After the Holiday Detox) at the South Denver Heart Center. Presented by Susan Buckley, RD,CDE. To register call 303-7441065, southdenver.com.

Jan. 24, 11:30 a.m. -12:30 p.m. Free Heart Health Nutrition class (Sitting is the new Smoking) at The South Denver Heart Center. Presented by Susan Buckley, RD,CDE. To register call 303-7441065, southdenver.com.

Jan. 29, 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

FreeHeart Health nutrition class (Current Diets and Weight Loss) at The South Denver Heart Center. Presented by Susan Weikhunat, RD, CDE. To register call 303-744-1065, southdenver.com.

Free-Educational classes

Jan. 2, 3-4 p.m. (Cholesterol and Your Heart.) Join both Susan Buckley, RD, CDE and Renee Julien, RN as they explore how to manage cholesterol with medication, lifestyle and natural alternatives. To register, call 303-744-1065 or southdenver.com Jan. 15, 1:30-2:30 p.m. (Anticoagulation Basics.) Through Thick and Think: Learn to Live with Warfarin/Coumadin.

The class will explore helping patients to make good decisions about what can

affect this medication and how to monitor it appropriately. To register, call 303744-1065, southdenver.com.

Jan. 22, 11 a.m.-12 p.m. (Diabetes, Pre-diabetes and Insulie Resistance.)

Join Susan Weithunat, RD, CDE as she teaches the ins and outs of diabetes and how to control blood sugar. To register, call 303-744-1065, southdenver.com.

PARADE

National Western Stock Show Parade ver.

Jan. 4, 12 p.m. in Downtown Den-

POLITICAL

Denver Republican Party First Friday Breakfast

Jan. 5, 8 -9:30 a.m. Featuring gubernatorial candidate Stephen Barlock.

Pete’s Greek Town Cafe, 2910 E. Colfax Ave., Denver. $8 or more breakfast.

RSVP: 303-782-9555.

SOCIAL

2018 Denver Heart Ball

Jan. 27, 6 p.m. cocktail reception, 7:30 p.m. ballroom opens, 8 p.m. dinner, 8:45 p.m. live auction, desserts, dancing. Hyatt Regency Denver at the Colorado Convention Center, 650 15th St., Denver. Chairperson: Jameson (Jamie) Smith, President, St. Joseph Hospital.

WHAT’S NEW?

Now Open. Conservatrice now open in Historic Downtown Littleton, 2376 W Main St., Littleton. Floral, clothing, gift and apothecary.

Arapahoe County adopts 2018 budget

The Arapahoe County Board of Commissioners has adopted a $390 million budget for 2018 that reflects the county’s commitment to its Align Arapahoe goals of “Service First, Quality of Life and Fiscal Responsibility,” according to officials.

Revenues improved by 5.4 percent from 2017, which enabled the county to balance its operating budget with a $1.6 million surplus and set aside funding for one-time uses, such as infrastructure, technology and transportation projects.

The mill levy for 2018 will be 12.817 mills, which includes a temporary tax credit of 3.072 mills to remain within the county’s TABOR revenue limitations and a small refund of 2017 collections.

Arapahoe County’s mill levy continues to remain one of the lowest county mill levies in the metro area.

“This 2018 budget reflects the hard work, cooperation and dedication of the Board of County Commissioners, county elected officials, department directors and staff,” Commissioner Nancy Sharpe said. “But at the forefront of our budget is our citizens, who

expect Arapahoe County to provide quality services, find ways to become more efficient and to use their tax dollars wisely.”

The Board of Commissioners and members of the Executive Budget Committee, which reviews budget packages, revenues and expenses, and makes recommendations to the commissioners for approval, focused on the following goals when developing the 2018 budget: • Maintaining a structurally balanced general-fund operating budget • Supporting the county’s total compensation philosophy to recognize and retain a quality workforce • Managing expenditures to maintain fund balances • Reducing the backlog of capital and maintenance projects from the recession • Being mindful of long-range budget needs.

The budget includes funding for the equivalent of 2,130.4 employees, an increase of 41.25 employees, of which 23 employees were added in late 2017 to support growing demands on the Human Services department. The additional employ-

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Continued from Page 4 Christmas Eve. These folks

Monday, so papers will be completed on Fridays and printed as usual on Wednesday so our staff will have a holiday with families. The good old U.S. Postal Service will be delivering mail right up to

child cursive at home using fun tools and materials. Classes start in libraries in your area. Call Suzanne 720-6848119 for details.

work really hard to deliver the mail and don’t get the credit that they deserve.

Merry Christmas to all of the Postal Department.

They will be out delivering and sorting mail. “The mail must go through.” ***

Denver Lions Club is ringing the bell at Macy’s in Cherry Creek, bringing in the last few holiday dollars for the great Salvation Army that does such a wonderful job dating back in history for decades.

They provide shelter, food and clothing for thou-

sands of metro Denver homeless and ask nothing in return. A real Christmas spirit. *** We’ll saddle up again in the new year and ride forth once again.

To all a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.

ees, which are primarily funded by federal and state funding sources, will replace temporary workers, which will reduce the cost of temporary staffing.

New positions funded in 2018 include an engineer and building inspector to keep up with increased construction and development workloads; an infrastructure manager in the Information Technology department, additional staff for the county jail; and four new patrol deputies to keep pace with growth in unincorporated Arapahoe County, to name a few.

As adopted, the budget funds a 3.5 percent salary adjustment based on merit.

The 2018 budget sets aside $13.5 million for the county’s Capital Improvement program, which addresses a variety of infrastructure, facility, technology and public-safety needs.

Highlights include: • Jail maintenance improvements – Phase 1 - $1.5 million • Iliff Avenue improvements $1.5 million • Precinct 5 Substation planning, design and land acquisition - $1.5 million • Inverness and County Line Road improvements - $750,000 • Street and drainage projects $2.7 million • Technology and communication improvements - $350,000 The Commissioners also approved an additional $1.9 million for the Clerk and Recorder’s Office to conduct the 2018 primary and general elections.

A copy of the county’s budget is available for review under the Spotlight and County News sections of the home page at arapahoegov.com.

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Continued from Page 6 • The fatal shooting of a former Arapahoe County sheriff’s deputy by two current deputies in the sheriff’s parking lot prompts an investigation by the District Attorney’s Office, which eventually clears the two deputies that fired the shots.

NOVEMBER

• Two movies starring Cherry Creek High School graduates see their Colorado premieres at the Denver Film Festival—People You May Know starring Kaily Smith Westbrook and JonBenet’s Tricycle, a documentary directed by and featuring Andrew Novick.

• Former U.S. Rep. Tom Tancredo, an anti-illegal immigration firebrand, announces he will be a candidate in the Republican primary for governor, shaking up the race considerably.

• Attorney General Cynthia Coffman of Aurora announces she will also be a candidate for governor— a late entry that surprises many of her fellow Republicans.

• With Tancredo and Coffman in, District Attorney George Brauchler opts out of the governor’s primary in favor of a wide-open GOP run for Coffman’s vacated

attorney-general post.

• In the wake of a contentious ballot question that set the course for lower-density development in Greenwood Village, a slate of anti-highdensity candidates are the overwhelming victors in a pivotal City Council election.

• Littleton’s contrarian Sunshine Boys see mixed re-

ABOVE: RTD’s R Line connecting the southeast light-rail line to Aurora opened in February.

RIGHT: Aurora Mayor Steve Hogan holds a vintage photo showing the city’s early days of public transportation.

municipal judge while voters unseat two City Council incumbents in favor of their lesser-known challengers.

• Arapahoe County Clerk and Recorder Matt Crane helps lead the way in Colorado’s first statewide “risklimiting audit” for an election. No problems are discovered.

• The “virtual” Littleton Fire Protection District announces it will no longer contract with the City of Littleton to provide service, but will instead merge with South Metro Fire Rescue.

• Trump-supFormer U.S. Rep. Tom Tancredo shook porting Roger Edup the crowded Republican gubernatorial wards announces primary in November.

File photos he will challenge U.S. Rep. Mike sults in that city’s elections, Coffman for the Republican taking the District 3 seat nomination next year, citing from an incumbent former Coffman’s refusal to back a mayor, but losing big in the failed Republican repeal of four-candidate, two-position the Affordable Care Act. at-large contest. Former Mayor Debbie Brinkman returns to that position.

• Sixteen-year-old Centennial elects its second woman mayor, Stephanie Piko, the city’s third mayor overall.

• Englewood Mayor Joe Jefferson is elected the city’s

DECEMBER

• State Sen. Jack Tate, R-Centennial, tells reporters he is taking a formal complaint of alleged sexual harassment seriously, saying he is “glad that a process is

being put in place to clarify this situation.”

• The long-awaited redesign of the interchange of Arapahoe Road and I-25 is completed, ahead of schedule and under budget.

• In the wake of the previous announcement by Littleton Fire Protection District, the Highlands Ranch Metropolitan District opts to also no longer contract with the City of Littleton for fire-protection service and likewise to merge with South Metro Fire Rescue. Littleton, in turn, hints it may also merge its increasingly-abandoned fire department with the

growing SMFR. • Following the lead of Cherry Creek Schools, Littleton Public Schools’ Board of Education approves later start times for middle and high school students.

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How to divvy up your family belongings peacefully and sensibly

Dear Savvy Senior, What’s the best way to distribute my personal possessions to my kids after I’m gone without causing hard feelings or conflict? I have a lot of jewelry, art, family heirlooms and antique furniture and three grown kids that don’t always see eye to eye on things.

Planning Ahead

your stuff with minimal conflict:

Problem areas

SAVVYSENIOR

For starters, you need to be aware that it’s usually the small, simple items of little monetary value that cause the most conflicts. This is because the value we attach to the small personal possessions is usuDear Planning,

BY JIM MILLER ally sentimental or Divvying up peremotional, and besonal possessions among cause the simple items are the adult children or other loved things that most families fail ones can often be a difficult to talk about. task. Deciding who should Family battles can also esget what without showing calate over whether things are favoritism, hurting somebeing divided fairly by monone’s feeling or causing a etary value. So for items of feud can be difficult, even for higher value like your jewelclose-knit families who enter ry, antiques and art, consider the process with the best of getting an appraisal to assure intentions. fair distribution. To locate an Here are a few tips to conappraiser, see Appraisers.org sider that can help you divide

or AppraisersAssociation.org.

Ways to divvy

The best solution for passing along your personal possessions is for you to go through your house with your kids or other heirs either separately or all at once. Open up cabinets, drawers and closets, and go through boxes in the attic and/or basement to find out which items they would like to inherit and why. They may have some emotional attachment to something you’re not aware of. If more than one child wants the same thing, you will have the ultimate say.

Then you need to sit down and make a list of who gets what on paper, signed, dated and referenced in your will.

You can revise it anytime you want. You may also want to consider writing an additional letter or create an audio or video recording that further

explains your intentions.

You can also specify a strategy for divvying up the rest of your property.

Here are some methods that are fair and reasonable: • Take turns choosing: Use a round-robin process where your kids take turns choosing the items they would like to have. If who goes first becomes an issue, they can always flip a coin, draw straws or roll dice. Also, to help simplify things, break down the dividing process room by room, versus tackling the entire house. To keep track of who gets what, either make a list or use adhesive dots with a color assigned to each person to tag the item.

• Have a family auction: Give each person involved the same amount of play money, or use virtual points or poker chips to bid on the items they want.

For more ideas, see “Who

Gets Grandma’s Yellow Pie Plate?” at YellowPiePlate. umn.edu. This is a resource created by the University of Minnesota Extension Service that offers a detailed workbook or interactive CD for $12.50, and DVD for $30 that gives pointers to help families discuss property distribution and lists important factors to keep in mind that can help avoid conflict.

It’s also very important that you discuss your plans in advance with your kids so they can know ahead what to expect. Or, you may even want to start distributing some of your items now while you are still alive.

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.”

Fighting obesity in adults with special needs through adaptive fitness

BY PURE BARRE OF GREENWOOD VILLAGE Obesity rates for adults with special needs are 58% higher

than neuro-typical adults. This is according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. This same group states

that sufficient evidence now exists to recommend that adults with disabilities should get regular physical activity – at least 150 minutes of exercise each week. The problem? So few programs exist that offer safe and effective fitness programming in a way that educates and adapts to the specific needs of these individuals. Parents and caretakers are left to face this challenge alone without a community equipped to serve the health and fitness needs of their children.

The All-Stars Club, a local

non-profit that serves individuals with special needs, is launching Barre Stars in early 2018 at Pure Barre Greenwood Village to help combat adult obesity. This program, starting Jan. 11, will offer six workouts for adults with special needs using an adaptive approach to the very safe and effective barre technique. And to gain even greater results, each member of Barre Stars will receive the assistance of a volunteer workout buddy.

Pure Barre Greenwood Village, the fitness sponsor of Barre Stars, is donating the use of its studio and the services of certified instructors. This fitness studio, located in the Landmark, has hosted a program previously with the Global Down Syndrome Foundation where they developed a safe adaptation to this industry-leading barre technique. It offers a full body workout using small isometric movements. Teachers and volunteers will lead partici-

pants through a series of fun and safe muscle building and flexibility enhancing exercises, all to the beat of a fantastic and energizing music mix.

The fee to enter this program is only $50 and includes six full workouts each Thursday night from 6:45-7:45 p.m., as well as a Barre Stars t-shirt and completion certificate (financial assistance is offered to any families who cannot afford the program fee). Upon completion, participants will have the opportunity to get on the mic and either teach a portion of class or tell everyone about their favorite exercise. This will be a very fun, social, and interactive program that will educate participants and their families about fitness and healthy living to achieve long-term results.

For additional information on the Barre Stars fitness program hosted by the All-Stars Club, please visit barrestars. org.

State Historical Fund awards $257,858 for historic preservation

The History Colorado State Historical Fund awarded 14 historic preservation grants for a total of $257,858 for the Fall 2017 “mini” grant round (requests of $35,000 or less). These grants help fund important historic preservation and archaeology projects with direct public benefit across Colorado and help to preserve historic and cultural resources that tell the story of our state.

Historic preservation grants help local communities preserve their sense of place while generating economic activity.

This round provides funding for 14 important historic preservation projects. A sample of those funded includes: Holbrook Street, Erie: $14,760 for a survey of residential properties.

St. Anthony’s Catholic Church, Brookside: $35,000 for a roof rehabilitation.

Wagon Wheel Gap / Fluorspar Mine / Mill-4UR Ranch,

rural Mineral County: $11,507 for a National Register Historic District nomination.

Ludlow Tent Colony Site / Ludlow Monument, rural Las Animas County: $20,000 for a cellar restoration project.

Smith Cottages / Smith-Eslick Cottage Court, Grand Lake: $12,034 for interpretive signage to communicate the historical significance of the resource.

107 South Grand Avenue, Pueblo: $16,984 for construction documents to rehabilitate the Pueblo Arts Alliance Building.

Old High School / Sangre de Cristo Heritage Center, San Luis: $18,987 for “Preserving the Hispano Farm” K-12 curriculum development related to Mexican and Spanish land grants, Acequia irrigation, Vara strip farms, grazing lands, and cultural traditions related to the agricultural lifeways of Costilla County and southern Colorado.

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Tennis pro Irwin Hoffman inducted into Staenberg-Loup Jewish Community Center’s 2017 Sports Hall of Fame The Staenberg“We selected Loup Jewish ComIrwin as the munity Center honoree this (JCC Denver) has year because of inducted Colorado’s his unparalleled preeminent tennis dedication to the professional, Dr. sport of tennis Irwin Hoffman, into in Colorado,” the Staenberg-Loup said Jim SwigJewish Community gart, JCC inCenter’s Sports terim chief operHall of Fame. ating officer and As part of the tennis director. induction, the JCC “Irwin has creDenver brings in ated a legacy in local athletes for an Colorado tennis on stage Q&A. This and education year, sports talk that is, frankly, radio host Les Shaunparalleled. piro interviewed We are excited to Broncos Ring of have the opporFamers Rod Smith tunity to honor and Steve Atwahim by inducting ter. Additionally, him into the JCC two JCC Maccabi Denver Sports Hall of Fame.”

Games student athAlso being letes were honored Tennis pro Irwin Hoffman signs an autograph for a inducted into for their outstandyoung fan. the JCC Denver ing sportsmanship, Sports Hall of inclusivity and Fame is 15-year-old Fiona respect during the programs. He developed Harris, who plays soccer, competition, 15-year-old the first interclub competiand 16-year-old Nathan Fiona Harris and 16-yeartion in Denver helping to Kingdom, who is the resiold Nathan Kingdom. fuel the growth of tennis dent games photographer.

A Denver native, Hoffin all of Colorado. Besides Both students are Macman played collegiately at the thousands of young and cabi athletes who have the University of Denver, older students Hoffman participated in the Maccabi was the JCC Denver’s first taught, he also created and Games for two years. teaching tennis profesran the most successful Inaugurated in 2015, the sional in the 1960s and family and mixed doubles JCC Denver Sports Hall went on to a unique and tournament the state has of Fame is dedicated to distinguished 50-plus year known. He was recognized honoring Jewish individucareer teaching tennis at by the Colorado Tennis als that have distinguished Denver’s Green Gables Association for his comthemselves in the field of Country Club. At the height mitment to Colorado youth sports with the objective of the tennis boom in the in 2000 and, in 2003, was 70s, Hoffman and his staff inducted into the Colorado managed over 17 clubs and Tennis Hall of Fame.

to foster Jewish identity through athletics. Inductees and Maccabi athlete honorees are recognized at the annual JCC Sports Hall of Fame Induction event, proceeds from which support JCC Denver youth sports and enrichment programs. The JCC Denver Sports Wall of Fame is permanently located in the JCC Denver Fitness &

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Major league rugby announces 2018 schedule MLR sets 10-week game schedule for its inaugural season Major League Rugby announced Nov. 30 the 2018 schedule for all seven teams. The inaugural season will feature 10 weeks of regular season action beginning April 21, 2018 with the regular season ending on June 24, 2018.

Each team will play eight regular season games with two bye weeks. CBS Sports Network, the exclusive television partner of MLR, will televise a 13-game package – highlighted by a Major League Rugby Game of the Week – and two weeks of postseason coverage in 2018, including the semifinals and the first MLR Championship Game. More information, including game times and designated MLR Game of the Week, will be released at a later date.

Major League Rugby will launch with seven teams in

Austin, Glendale, Houston, New Orleans, San Diego, Seattle and Salt Lake City.

Each is a key rugby market with a long history of support for the game. The members have strong, local and civic-minded ownership groups with deep ties to their communities and have established grass roots programs, venues in place or in development, and a player pool featuring the best players in North America, reinforced by up to five international signings in the 15-player, Rugby Union format.

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Deck the wi ndows of Lit t leton The winners in Historic Downtown Littleton Merchants’ annual window contest were Bradford Auto Body (first place),

Littleton Symphony Orchestra New Year’s Eve Concert

Dec. 31, Doors open at 6 p.m. 6:30 p.m. concert. Waltzes, polkas and perhaps an overture or two. The concert will be followed by a festive reception featuring a toast with Maestro de Lemon. Tickets: $35/ adults and seniors and $15 for youth 21 and under. Purchase ahead of time at littleton symphony.org or call 303-933-6824.

A Night in Vienna

Dec. 31. 6:30 p.m. Littleton Symphony

Orchestra’s first annual New Year’s Eve Concert. Viennese music of Johann Strauss and his contemporaries. Directed by Maestro Jurgen de Lemon. After the concert a celebration of the new year with complimentary glasses a sparkling drink. Tickets: $35, adults/seniors; $15, Youth 21 and under.

Tickets: 303-933-6824 or info@littletons symphony.org.

Hudson Gardens presents ‘A Hudson Christmas’

Through Dec. 31, 5-8 p.m., select evenings. For 24 nights, holiday-lighting

display with a holiday canvas that dazzles with vivid colors and displays and sparkling trees dancing in the moonlight. Holiday walking tours with warming tents, photos with Santa and Nixon’s Coffee House selling hot bagels and snacks. Check altitude tickets.com for show hours and tickets.

Hudson Gardens and Event Center is located at 6115 S. Santa Fe Dr. in Littleton.

Free parking.

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‘Blossoms of Light’ at Denver Botanic Gardens

Denver Zoo Lights

Through Jan. 1, 5-9 p.m. Annual holiday-lights extravaganza transforms the Gardens into a twinkling winter wonderland, complete with an interactive LEDlight and sound display, with warm drinks

and tasty treats for purchase. Purchase tickets in advance to guarantee admission. Call 720-865-3552.

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Call 303-773-8313 and ask for your favorite advertising representative: Sharon, Linda, Valerie, Susan or Gerri.

Through Dec. 31, 5:30-9 p.m. 60 acres of the zoo’s campus are being transformed for entertainment, Santa, illuminated animal sculptures and more. Tickets: online or 720-337-1400.

Free Christmas-tree recycling and mulch Don’t throw away your Christmas tree.

Give it another life by recycling it.

The City of Centennial, Arapahoe Park and Recreation and South Suburban Parks and Recreation are providing residents with an opportunity to appropriately and safely dispose trees through Sunday, January 14.

You can dispose of clean, non-ornamented trees seven days a week, sunrise to sunset, at the three Centennial locations listed below. Artificial trees will not be recycled.

West side

Willow Spring Service Center, 7100 S.

Holly St, in the designated enclosure by the front gate.

Residents can obtain free mulch from the Willow Springs Service Center, beginning Dec. 28. The mulch will be available weekdays, 7:30 a.m.-3 p.m.

East side

Lookout Park, 5455 S. Riviera Way It is anticipated free mulch will be available for private use at both Lookout Park starting Thursday, Dec. 28 and every other day after that, excluding holidays, weekends and snow events

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Santa arrives with a story worth “listening” to at a special holiday party hosted by the Listen Foundation.

Courtesy of Listen Foundation

Listen Foundation hosts special holiday party The Listen Foundation’s third annual Holiday Party with Santa for Children Who Are Deaf and Hard of Hearing saw the largest turnout with 31 children ranging in age from infants to 12 years old.

Along with 33 parents and several volunteers, everyone joined in song and movement led by Mark Biesterfeld from Petite Musician

while awaiting Santa. When jolly ‘ol Santa arrived, he settled in to read an original interactive story the children needed to “listen” to in order to hear their cues when Santa called out their color card.

After snacking on cupcakes frosted with the colors in Santa’s story, the children made ornaments and did coloring activities while fami-

lies had their pictures taken with Santa.

Everyone took home a copy of The Color Hunt, Santa’s story and an ageappropriate book with suggestions on how to expand listening and language when reading to a child.

For more information, contact Pat Greenway, director of the Listen Foundation at 303-781-9440.

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elen and om Schult and Myron Spanier receive thanks from Arapahoe County Sheriff Dave Walcher, left, for 2, toy ift. om Schult holds the certificate of reco nition Waltham/Elgin watch company, ground rules: No batteries, pricwe met at the local clubhouse. ucts business.

Vietnam vet takes and he later started a business On display in the lobby of HEB es in the $30 range, and the toys Tom was in this toner-supply grandchildren shopping in the Far East, gathering toner was a plaque and message from had to be something they would business in Chicago and marcartridges and shipping them to Sheriff Walcher thanking HEB personally like to have, though ried Helen who joined the busifor the needy for all of the toys received in they knew the presents were not Shanghai and then to the United ness operation. They moved to

BY BOB SWEENEY States. He said he has a 76-page this holiday drive. Myron supfor themselves, but to be gifted Denver five years ago, enjoying PUBLISHER passport from the many Asian their 17-year marriage and busi- to needy children in homes and plied me with their group photo I had a phone call from Mybusiness trips he undertook hospitals. ness. with the sheriff, as well as some ron Spanier, one of the political building his business.

The shopping spree took Tom says following his Vietphotos of the kids having a leaders in Arapahoe County He relates how fortunate he most of an afternoon and the nam experiences he had bouts great time shopping at the local who is known as the “go-to guy” Walmart. was to marry Helen. checkout clerks photographed with alcohol and drugs, but to get things done. He recently It was very heartwarming to the cart procession of toys. They Tom came strolling into the overcame those challenges 36 served the county clerk as one visit with this military veteran, clubhouse door wearing his years ago and became a success- didn’t ask for any discounts and of the election judges who not only risked his life in weren’t given any by the store. ful husband and busifor vote recounts in the frontlines of Vietnam, but They delivered the loads of nessman.

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ov. ohn ickenlooper, C P President o i Simms, C P P Mike Allen.

honoree erre Stead and Photo by Jenn Hernandez Photography

TEY 2016 recipient and SVP & CIO CH2M Dave Anderson, Global Communications roup C O oel St. ermain, and Colorado s Chief nnovation Officer rik Mitisek with ennifer Olerich of Comm ault.

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Colorado Technology Professionals honor Jerre Stead

Executive of the Year demonstrates leadership, vision and social responsibility

has become a prominent presence across the country in the Bike Multiple Sclerosis rides, raising hundreds of thousands of dollars to help find a cure for MS. His passion for helping Presented by Colorado Technology Profeskids has resulted in the Stead family’s donasionals, the Technology Executive of the Year tions of nearly $54 million to the black-tie masquerade gala was held University of Iowa and its Chilat Highlands Ranch Mansion. Gov.

BY SCOTTIE TAYLOR IVERSON dren’s Hospital.

John Hickenlooper was the keynote Jerre and his wife Mary Joy speaker who touched on resilience have contributed passion, time, and recovery, a topic dear to the honmoney and heart to help many oree. others. Years ago when the largThe highlight of the evening was est natural disaster in Colorado bestowing the award of Technology history disrupted the lives of Executive of the Year to IHS Markit’s Colorado residents, including CEO Jerre Stead. Warm remarks and massive flooding in 22 counties, stories shared by friends and colHickenlooper called on Jerre to leagues about Stead were filled with lead flood-recovery efforts. Through Jerre’s accolades. leadership of the Colorado Resiliency and Re“Nobody can say no to Jerre,” said Michael covery Office, all damaged roads were repaired Easton. within four months of the devastating floods, “Everybody in Jerre’s world is equal. He inproviding local residents their mobility and spires everyone, cares and communicates with their lives back. He spearheaded efforts to raise people,” said CFO Todd Hyatt. more than $300 million to support the recovery A few others contributed: He is a positive office and leveraged many from the IHS Markit role model. He is known for his leadership, corporate family to contribute time, energy coaching and integrity. He sees a glimmer of and expertise. what people can be and gives his trust.

Building great companies and enabling peoJerre is a philanthropist and business leader ple to do great things to help others has been at who has leveraged cutting-edge technology to the forefront of Jerre’s career. The annual TEY build some of the most successful companies award recognized him as the executive who in the world. He has also been a pillar of comdemonstrates the highest standards of leadermunity outreach and support throughout his ship, vision and social responsibility. career.

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Colorado nonprofit OpenWorld Learning, an institution of educators bridging technology and education, was the benefactor of a percentage of sponsorships from the gala.

Jerre was the first recipient of OWL’s Dean Abrams Award and chose OWL as the recipient. Accepting on behalf of OWL was CEO Lea Ann Reizig.

Cancer League thrilled with kickoff Restaurants, vendors and sponsors show support for Hope Ball 2018

The weather cooperated, and so did the community when Cancer League Colorado, the all-volunteer nonprofit known for raising big funds for cancer research, held its kickoff for the annual Hope Ball to be held in May 2018.

Laura Shipman opened her Cherry Hills Village home to a full house to enjoy cuisine donated by 20 different restaurant and food purveyors and to shop at 17 pop-up boutiques who donated a portion of proceeds to CLC, amounting to $6,000.

Created with eye appeal as well as tempting the taste buds were generous food displays from Santiago’s, NorthEastern Seafood, Italco Food Products, Cheese & Truffle Shop, Japon, Patxi’s Pizza, Glacier, GiGi’s Cupcales, Garlic Knot, Chef on the Rocks, Chop House, Brio, Mangia Bevi, Yia Yia’s, Hapa, Chick-

At the Shipman residence Cancer Lea ue of Colorado President ary eece, P Fundraisin arbara eece, ickoff co chair and host Laura Shipman, co chair osalina Diecidue, Marty athers CLC ambassador e traordinaire, Auction Chair die Marks, ickoff Co chairs Lori Marks Connors and lise Marks ruitch.

Fil-A, Zane’s Italian Bistro, Jimmy Johns, 801 Chophouse and Bad Daddy’s Burgers.

Sponsors for the day were Airbonne, Scott Mitchell, Jay’s

Valet and 801 Chophouse.

In addition, the pop-up retailers included BAM Bags, Stella & Dot jewelry, Lombardi Boutique, Wild Blue

Boutique, Swoozie’s, Pink’s, Booze Blings, Wheelhouse Gifts, Nature As It Comes, Adams & Ross Home Collections, Woodhouse Day Spa, Makk,

Lip Bar Custom Cosmetics, Christie Harff Clothing, Elise Zall jewelry, Onyx & Blush jewelry and Trend Boutique.

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Denver Lions Club celebrate Christmas

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enver Lions are celebrating the 100year anniversary of Lions across the United States and in more than 200 countries—with a mission of assisting blind and vison-impaired people.

Known as the “Denver Den,” the club filled the community room at Lion Pastor Brian Henderson’s First Baptist Church to greet Santa Claus and dine on a delicious buffet prepared by members. Lion David Lambert, owner of AllWell Rents, supplied elegant china dishes that were quickly filled with turkey, ham, salads and pecan pie.

New President Dwight Steen, who welcomed Lion members, had a very successful year working with outgoing President Fletcher Brown. Steen authored the history of the Lion Den, dating back to 1917—Denver being one of two dozen clubs founded 100 years ago. Lions also produced a video on the history of the club and its impact on Denver.

The Denver Lions had a successful centennial dinner in October at Wellshire Event Center, with Ambassador Christopher Hill from the University of Denver as guest speaker.

Denver Club projects include a long history with Savio House, a facility that educates and invests in troubled youth with love and care, rather than incarceration, working closely with Denver social services.

The Lions also own Rude Park, an affordable daycare center for lower-income families and working mothers.

Lions provided more than 1,912 volunteer hours, including for eye screenings at Denver schools, and recycled 50,000 pairs of glasses.

International Lions Club headquarters is located in Oak Brook, Ill. It recently adopted diabetes as a new worldwide project. This new program recently had Denver Lion District Gov. Steve Kinsky working with new member Emily Fay-Enriquez, regional American Diabetes director, on a successful fundraising walk.

The event is supported by area Lions from Denver, Englewood, Littleton, Centennial and Highlands Ranch.

Denver Lions finished the year ringing the bell for the Salvation Army at Macy’s at the Cherry Creek Mall.

Denver Lions meet the first and third Tuesday at noon at the downtown Maggiano’s. Guests are always welcome.

For more information, visit DenverLions.org.

Betty McKenzie and Dr. Claudia Folska

Photos by Bob Sweeney

Lion Emerson Bails wishes tides of joy, laughter, family and vision for the Lions future. he hat was the hit of the White Elephant gift exchange. It came from Senegal during a Lions eye trip.

Steve Kinskey plays the guitar for the Lions Choir and fellow Lions join in the singing.

Santa kept the party lively!

Merry Christmas Lions, Christine and Denny Holmes help show off the decorations prepared by Dottie and Russ Lynn (center).

ABOVE: Santa told glorious Lion tales of magic, sight and vision.

L F Merry Christmas from Danielle and Greg Osterloth with family and friends.

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LPS pushes back the clock for high school students New start times based on research of adolescent brains

The first bell will be ringing a little later for Littleton Public Schools’ teenagers next schoolyear.

Acknowledging the prevailing scientific consensus that high school students need more time to sleep in the morning, the LPS Board of Education voted unanimously Dec. 14 to reconfigure school start times districtwide, beginning August 2018, in order to get teenagers to their desks a little later.

Following the lead of Cherry Creek Schools, which put its own similar changes into practice this fall, the LPS board approved one of two recommended scenarios proposed this year by the district’s Long-Range Planning Committee.

“This was not an easy decision for me, but I believe in the research,” Board of Education President Jack Reutzel said.

The changes, effective with the 2018-19 schoolyear, are as follows:

• High schools will start school at 8:30 a.m. and end at 3:31 p.m.

• Middle schools will start school at 8:54 a.m. and end at 3:50 p.m.

• Most elementary schools will start school at 8 a.m. and end at 2:43 p.m.

• Centennial and Field elementary will start at 7:50 a.m. and end at 2:58 p.m. and 3:03 p.m., respectively The changes have followed months of research analysis, expert and parent presentations and extensive opportunities for school-community input through public forums, open houses and surveys.

During the meeting where the vote was taken, schoolboard members noted that over the past several years LPS has made a commitment to address the mental health and wellness of students, agreeing that start times should better align with what research says about adolescent sleep patterns.

Both the American Academy of Pediatrics and the Centers for Disease Control recommend start times of 8:30 a.m. or later for middle and high school students, though fewer than 20 percent meet that standard

LPS students excel at chess tournament

The annual Littleton Public Schools District Chess Tournament was a huge success. Held at Newton Middle School on Dec. 2, around 150 students in grades K-8 played five rounds of chess over the course of the tournament.

A winner was named for each age division: • Kindergarten Highest Scorer – Shankar P. (Littleton Academy)

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with many starting as much as an hour earlier.

Multiple studies show when teens get more sleep, their grades and standardized test scores go up, with the lowestscoring students being the ones that show the biggest jump on their report cards, according to

This was not an easy decision for me, but I believe in the research.

- Jack Reutzel, LPS Board of Education president at least one analysis.

According to Dr. Lisa Metzler, an adolescent-sleep expert at National Jewish Health who consulted with LPS, the timing of melatonin release during puberty is delayed by up to two hours, often making it difficult for teens to fall asleep early enough to get needed sleep before the alarm clock rings.

In other words, when a teen is expected to get up at 6 a.m., it is equivalent to asking an adult to wake at 4 a.m.

“An adolescent’s brain is bi-

ologically asleep at the time we ask them to wake up, often get behind the wheel of a car, and go to school and learn,” LPS said in its official announcement.

In the end, the LPS board selected one of the Long-Range Planning Committee’s two proposed alternatives—Option 1, the scenario that moved up middle and high school times the farthest, a full 70 minutes, a change that will have ripple effects across the district in everything from school-bus schedules to afterschool activities.

“I believe that the challenges related to Option 1 are solvable,” Reutzel said. “I trust our superintendent, his team, our principals and teachers to make it work. We all are guided by the same north star, which is to do the best thing for our students.”

LPS families with younger children will be affected because elementary schools— whose students’ sleep schedules are more flexible than adolescents’—will start up to 50 minutes earlier than they do now.

LPS Superintendent Brian Ewert said the district is com-

mitted to making such interconnected changes work.

“School leaders and teachers solve problems every day.

It’s what we do,” he said. “This change is the right thing to do for our teenagers. It absolutely will make a difference. I’m confident we can make it work.”

According to most prevailing research, later school start times have a positive impact on teens’ alertness, mental health, wellness and behavior, which means students are better prepared to learn. The new start times also align with research that says teens sleep patterns are much different than those of their younger brothers and sisters.

According to Reutzel, the change in start times will be just the beginning of the district recognizing realities of the adolescent brain.

“We as a board are committed to looking at the other factors that contribute to the mental health of our teens, things we can influence such as homework, screen time, social media and the tendency to overschedule our kids,” the board president said. “We will need parents to partner with us and help us in these efforts.”

Holiday celebrations fizzle for 656 impaired drivers With holiday parties and seasonal celebrations in full swing, the Colorado Department of Transportation, Colorado State Patrol and statewide law enforcement agencies completed heightened DUI patrols from Dec. 1-11 as part of The Heat Is On campaign. During the 10-day enforcement period, officers arrested 656 impaired drivers — an increase from the 568 arrests during the same enforcement period last year.

“There’s no excuse these days for driving impaired, and it’s shocking that we’re still seeing these numbers,” said Darrell Lingk, director of the office of transportation safety at CDOT. “Every time someone chooses to drive impaired, they are putting everyone on the road at risk. Impaired driving is a major issue CDOT will continue to address to help curb Colorado’s traffic fatalities.”

According to preliminary data, 220 people have died in impairment-related crashes in Colorado this year, exceeding last year’s total of 197 deaths.

In 2016, between November and December, 21 people lost their

lives in impairment-related crashes.

The Holiday Parties DUI enforcement included 113 statewide agencies. Denver Police Department (65 arrests), Aurora Police Department (40 arrests) and Colorado Springs Police Department (38 arrests) reported the highest arrest totals.

In addition, the Colorado State Patrol reported 136 arrests. To access CDOT’s The Heat Is On

arrest database for every enforcement period, visit bit.ly/ HIOarrests. Arrest data can be sorted by law enforcement agency, county and enforcement period.

“The days are getting shorter and winter weather will be here before long — adding alcohol or drugs to the equation significantly increases the risk of being involved in a crash,” said Col. Matthew Packard, chief of the CSP. “Troopers are trained to recognize impaired driving from a range of substances. If you drive under the influence of alcohol or drugs, you will be arrested.”

Along with the serious risks impaired drivers present to themselves and other motorists, a DUI arrest can include severe legal and financial consequences. First-time DUI offenders can be punished with up to one year in jail, license suspension and thousands of dollars in fines. On average, a DUI can cost more than $13,500 after considering fines, legal fees and increased insurance costs. Penalties increase for repeat offenders.

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LEGALS

TREASURER NOTICE OF PURCHASE OF REAL ESTATE AT TAX LIEN SALE AND OF APPLICATION FOR ISSUANCE OF TREASURER’S DEED To Every Person in Actual Possession or Occupancy of the hereinafter Described Land, Lot or Premises, and to the Person in Whose Name the same was Taxed or Specially Assessed, and to all Persons having an Interest or Title of Record in or to the said Premises and To Whom It May Concern, and more especially to Maximiliano V. O’canas, Maximiliano V. Ocanas, Maximiliano Victor O’canas You and each of you are hereby notified that on the 7th day of November, 2013, A.D., the then County Treasurer of the County of Arapahoe, in the State of Colorado, sold at public tax lien sale to Omaha Beach LLC, the following described real estate situate in the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado, to-wit: LOT 15 BLK 2 HIGHPOINT SUB 10TH FLG and said County Treasurer issued a Certificate of Purchase therefore to Omaha Beach LLC; That said tax lien sale was made to satisfy the delinquent general taxes assessed against said real estate for the year 2012; That said real estate was taxed or specially assessed in the name(s) of Maximiliano V. Ocanas for said year 2012; That on the 3rd day of October, 2017, A.D., said Omaha Beach LLC assigned said certificate of purchase to Welcome To Realty, LLC 401K Profit Sharing Plan; That said Welcome To Realty, LLC 401K Profit Sharing Plan, on the 3rd day of October, 2017, the present holder of said Certificate, who has made request upon the Treasurer of said County for a deed to said real estate; That a Treasurer’s Deed will be issued for said real estate to the said Welcome To Realty, LLC 401K Profit Sharing Plan, on or about the 17th day of April, 2018, A.D., unless the same has been redeemed.

Said property may be redeemed from said sale at any time prior to the actual execution of said Treasurer’s Deed.

Witness my hand this 6th day of December, 2017, A.D. Sue Sandstrom Treasurer Arapahoe County Published in The Villager First Publication: December 14, 2017 Last Publication: December 28, 2017 Legal # 7907 ____________________________ NOTICE OF PURCHASE OF REAL ESTATE AT TAX LIEN SALE AND OF APPLICATION FOR ISSUANCE OF TREASURER’S DEED To Every Person in Actual Possession or Occupancy of the hereinafter Described Land, Lot or Premises, and to the Person in Whose Name the same was Taxed or Specially Assessed, and to all Persons having an Interest or Title of Record in or to the said Premises and To Whom It May Concern, and more especially to Ismael G. Asuncion, Daisy Aya Asuncion, Robert L. Martinez,

NOTICE TO CREDITORS NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of DONRA V. STARK, Deceased Case Number 2017PR31083 All persons having claims against the above-named estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to District Court of Arapahoe , County, on or before April 7, 2018, or the claims may be forever barred.

David W. Stark 4255 South Elm Court Cherry Hills Village, CO 80113 Published in The Villager First Publication: December 14, 2017 Last Publication: December 28, 2017 Legal # 7906 ____________________________ NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Jeffrey Kenneth Schilling, Deceased Case Number 2017PR31141 All persons having claims against the above-named estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to District Court of Arapahoe, County, Colorado or on or before April 16, 2018, or the claims may be forever barred.

Stephen L. Schilling c/o Groves Law, LLC 281 S. Pearl St. Denver, CO 80209 Published in The Villager First Publication: December 14, 2017 Last Publication: December 28, 2017 Legal # 7902 ____________________________

Roberta J. Martinez, Arapahoe County Public Trustee, U.S. Bank National Association ND, J.F. Leining, Professional Finance Company Inc., Tonette C. Hill, Messner & Reeves, LLC You and each of you are hereby notified that on the 3rd day of November, 2011, A.D., the then County Treasurer of the County of Arapahoe, in the State of Colorado, sold at public tax lien sale to Omaha Beach LLC, the following described real estate situate in the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado, to-wit: LOT 2 BLK 13 AURORA HILLS 1st FLG and said County Treasurer issued a Certificate of Purchase therefore to Omaha Beach LLC; That said tax lien sale was made to satisfy the delinquent general taxes assessed against said real estate for the year 2010; That said real estate was taxed or specially assessed in the name(s) of Ismael G & Daisy Aya Asuncion for said year 2010; That on the 3rd day of October, 2017, A.D., said Omaha Beach LLC assigned said certificate of purchase to Welcome To Realty, LLC 401K Profit Sharing Plan; That said Welcome To Realty, LLC 401K Profit Sharing Plan, on the 3rd day of October, 2017, the present holder of said Certificate, who has made request upon the Treasurer of said County for a deed to said real estate; That a Treasurer’s Deed will be issued for said real estate to the said Welcome To Realty, LLC 401K Profit Sharing Plan, on or about the 17th day of April, 2018, A.D., unless the same has been redeemed.

Said property may be redeemed from said sale at any time prior to the actual execution of said Treasurer’s Deed.

Witness my hand this 6th day of December, 2017, A.D. Sue Sandstrom Treasurer Arapahoe County Published in The Villager First Publication: December 14, 2017 Last Publication: December 28, 2017 Legal # 7908 ____________________________

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 Flynn Southwest LP for its work completed for Arapahoe County on the project identified as the Arapahoe County Elections Facility & Warehouse Roof Removal and Replacement. The work generally consisted of the removal and replacement of the roof membrane, cap metal and insulation.

Final Settlement will be made on January 8, 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 Flynn Southwest LP or any of its subcontractors, or that has supplied rental machinery, tools or equipment to the extent used

by Flynn Southwest LP or any of its subcontractors in or about the NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Shela Merlo, Deceased Case Number 2017PR310268 All persons having claims against the above-named estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado on or before April 16, 2018, or the claims may be forever barred.

Mark K. Williams 1673 Harrington Mill Road Shelbyville, KY 40062 Published in The Villager First Publication: December 14, 2017 Last Publication: December 28, 2017 Legal # 7915 ____________________________ NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Donald W. Edwards Deceased Case Number 17PR30512 All persons having claims against the above-named estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the Arapahoe Probate Court of the County of Arapahoe, Colorado on or before May 15, 2018, or the claims may be forever barred.

Darcy Strong 20057 E. Peakview CT Centennial, CO 800I6 Published in The Villager First Publication: December 21, 2017 Last Publication: January 4, 2018 Legal # 7928 ____________________________

performance of the work done for the above-described project whose claim therefore has not been paid

by Flynn Southwest LP or any of its subcontractors may file a verified statement of the amount due and unpaid with the Arapahoe County Attorney’s Office (on behalf of the Board of County Commissioners) at 5334 South Prince Street, Littleton, CO 80166, at any time up to January 2, 2018.

subject to seizure, confiscation, and forfeiture pursuant to §1613-501, et seq., C.R.S. The Court finds that the named RespondentsDefendants in the caption is the only person or persons known to have, an interest in, or to have asserted and interest in, the subject matter of the action.

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 Flynn Southwest LP.

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF COLORADO

Matt Crane, Clerk to the Board Published in The Villager First Publication: December 21, 2017 Last Publication: December 28, 2017 Legal # 7927 ____________________________ 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 Saunders Construction for its work completed for Arapahoe County on the project identified as Altura Plaza Building Improvements, Phase 2D. The work generally consisted of CM/GC services to include replacement the existing sewer vent piping at the basement ceiling, other miscellaneous plumbing, and miscellaneous ceiling and door repairs at different levels throughout the building.

Final Settlement will be made on January 16, 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 Saunders Construction or any of its subcontractors, or that has supplied rental machinery, tools or equipment to the extent used by Saunders Construction or any of its subcontractors in or about the performance of the work done for the above-described project whose claim therefore has not been paid

by Saunders Construction or any of its subcontractors may file a verified statement of the amount due and unpaid with the Arapahoe County Attorney’s Office (on behalf of the Board of County Commissioners) at 5334 South Prince Street, Littleton, CO 80120, at any time up to and including January 15, 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 Saunders Construction.

Matt Crane, Clerk to the Board Published in The Villager First Publication: December 28, 2017 Last Publication: January 4, 2018 Legal # 7936 ____________________________

COURTS DISTRICT COURT ARAPAHOE COUNTY, COLORADO Arapahoe County Justice Center 7325 S. Potomac St. Centennial, CO 80112-4031 THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF COLORADO, Petitioner - Plaintiff, v.

EDEN MURILLO, TANYA LINDELIEN, DANIELLE DELLATTO, JESSIE MCKEE, MANDEE MURILLO, Respondents – Defendants, and any unknown persons who may claim any interest in the subject matter of this action, to wit: $48,460.00, in United States Currency Respondents - Defendants.

Case Number: 16CV32926 Div./Ctrm.: 402 CITATION TO SHOW CAUSE WHY CONTRABAND PROPERTY SHOULD NOT BE FORFEITED THIS MATTER comes before the court pursuant to §16-13-501, et seq., C.R.S., as a Petition in Forfeiture seeking a Citation to Show Cause Why Contraband Property Should not Be Forfeited, brought by the District Attorney for the Eighteenth Judicial District, State of Colorado.

The Court has examined the Petition and the supporting affidavit and has considered the PetitionerPlaintiff’s request for the issuance of a Citation to Show Cause.

The Court is satisfied that the Petitioner-Plaintiff has shown probable cause that the seized property in this action, as described in the caption above, is contraband property

The Court, therefore, issues this citation:

TO THE ABOVE RESPONDENTSDEFENDANTS:

or claim prior to the Final Settlement Date will relieve the City from any and all liability for such claim.

Published in The Villager Published: December 28, 2017 Legal # 7938 ____________________________

CHERRY HILLS VILLAGE Cherry Hills Village Public Notice of Contractor’s Final Settlement

YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED AND ORDERED TO APPEAR for a first appearance on this case in the District Court in and for the Eighteenth Judicial District, State of Colorado, at the Arapahoe County Justice Center, Division 402. 7325 S. Potomac St., Centennial, State of Colorado, on the 12th day of February, 2018, at 9:30 a.m., and to show cause, if any there be, why the court should not grant the relief requested in the Petition in Forfeiture served herewith, which seeks the forfeiture of the subject matter property described in the caption above, which was seized on the date of March 18, 2015, at or near the location of the 10500 block of East Colfax Ave., City of Aurora, County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado. The Aurora Police Department is the agency holding the seized subject matter property.

Pursuant to C.R.S. 38-26-107, notice is hereby given that on/or after the 29th day of December 2017 final settlement with Murphy Construction Company, will be made by the City of Cherry Hills Village, for the 2017 Street Improvement Concrete Replacement Project, and that any person, co-partnership, association, company, or corporation who has an unpaid claim against any of the contractors for or on account of the furnishing of labor, materials, team hire, sustenance, provisions, provender, or other supplies used or consumed by such contractors, or any of their subcontractors, in or about the performance of said work may file at any time up to and including said time of such final settlement on/or after, December 29th , 2017, a verified statement of the amount due and unpaid on account of such claim with the City Council of the City of Cherry Hills Village, at the office of:

The Court orders that this citation may be served by certified mail, in accordance with §16-13505(7,) C.R.S.

City Manager City of Cherry Hills Village 2450 E. Quincy Avenue Cherry Hills Village, CO 80113

You are warned that, pursuant to §16-13-505(1.7)(b) and (8), C.R.S., if you fail to file a response to the Petition in Forfeiture and in accordance with §16-13-505(2)(d), or if you fail to appear personally or by counsel at the first appearance, pursuant to §16-13-505(8), C.R.S., judgment by default shall be entered against you by the Court forthwith for the relief demand in the Petition in Forfeiture, without further notice.

Failure on the part of a claimant to file such statements prior to such final settlement will relieve said City from all and any liability for such claimant’s claims.

Pursuant to §16-13-505(2)(d), C.R.S., the responsive pleading shall be designated a response to petition and citation to show cause and shall be filed with the court at or before the first appearance on the petition and shall include: (I) A statement admitting or denying the averments of the petition; (II) A statement setting forth with particularity why the seized property should not be forfeited. The statement shall include specific factual and legal ground7s supporting it and any affirmative defense to forfeiture as provided in this part 5.

(III) A list of witnesses whom the respondent intends to call at the hearing on the merits, including the addresses and telephone numbers thereof; and (IV) A verified statement, supported by documentation, that the claimant is the true owner of the property or an interest therein.

You are advised that, pursuant to §16-13-505(5) C.R.S.: “Continuance of the hearing on the merits shall be granted upon stipulation of the parties or upon good cause shown.”

DONE this 7th day of December, 2017

BY THE COURT: Elizabeth A. Weishaupl DISTRICT COURT JUDGE Published in The Villager First Publication: December 21, 2017 Last Publication: December 28, 2017 Legal # 7929 ____________________________

CENTENNIAL NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT 2017 Street Rehabilitation Program Project No. 15-03-01 Notice is hereby given, pursuant to Section 38-26-107, C.R.S., that the City of Centennial, Colorado (the “City”) will make final payment at the hour of 10:00 a.m. on January 19, 2018 (the “Final Settlement Date”) to the following contractor: Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. 2710 Wycliff Road Raleigh, North Carolina 27607 (hereinafter, the “Contractor”) for and on account of all work completed by the Contractor on City Project No. 15-03-01, including for purposes of this Notice of Final Settlement on (the “Project”).

CITY OF CHERRY HILLS VILLAGE STATE OF COLORADO Published in The Villager First Publication: December 21, 2017 Last Publication: December 28, 2017 Legal # 7926 ____________________________

GREENWOOD VILLAGE BID INFORMATION ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS Notice is hereby given that the City of Greenwood Village, Colorado (the “City”) will receive sealed bids at the Greenwood Village Maintenance Facility, 10001 East Costilla Avenue, Greenwood Village, Colorado 80112-3730, until 4:00 p.m. on January 18th, 2018 for Village Greens North - Phase IV Improvements. The scope of the project includes the construction or installation of concrete paving, crusher fine path, restroom building foundation, shade structures, benches, picnic tables, boulder seatwalls, drinking fountain and associated utilities, irrigation and landscaping. The plans and specifications for Village Greens North - Phase IV Improvements are available electronically via Rocky Mountain E-Purchasing on the Greenwood Village website (www.greenwoodvillage.com/bids).

The City reserves the right to reject any and all bids, and to make final determination in the event of duplications. No bid may be withdrawn for a period of sixty (60) days after the date set for opening thereof.

The City requires a certified or cashier’s check, or a corporate surety bond in the amount of five percent (5%) of the total bid amount before the City can accept or consider any bid. The bid and the deposit shall be filed with the City’s Office, securely sealed and endorsed on the outside with a brief statement as to the nature of the item or work for which the bid is provided. Upon a bid award, such bond shall be returned to the unsuccessful bidder(s). In the case of the successful bidder, the bid bond will be returned upon receipt of the required payment and performance bonds, each in the full amount of the contract price.

Bids will be opened publicly at 4:01 pm on January 18th, 2018 at the Greenwood Village Maintenance Facility, and shall be tabulated by the City.

Any questions regarding the project should be directed David Foster at (303) 486-5786 or email at dfoster@greenwoodvillage.com. /s/ Suzanne Moore Director of Parks, Trails and Recreation

1. Any person, co-partnership, association of persons, company or corporation that has an unpaid claim against the Project for and on account of the furnishing of labor, materials, or other supplies used or consumed by the Contractor or any subcontractor in or about the performance of said work, may at any time up to and including the Final Settlement Date, file a verified statement of the amount due and unpaid on account of such claim.

Published in The Villager First Publication: December 21, 2017 Last Publication: December 28, 2017 Legal # 7934 ____________________________ GREENWOOD VILLAGE

2. Any such claim(s) shall be filed with the City Clerk at 13133 East Arapahoe Road, Centennial, CO 80112 prior to the Final Settlement Date.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT Chuy’s Opco Inc. D/B/A Chuy’s by application dated November 13, 2017 has requested the Local Liquor Licensing Authority of the City of Greenwood Village to grant a Hotel & Restaurant Liquor License at 8121 East Arapahoe

3. Failure on the part of any claimant to file such verified statement

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING PURSUANT TO THE LIQUOR LAWS OF THE STATE OF COLORADO

Road, Greenwood Village, CO 80112 to sell malt, vinous, and spirituous liquor for on-premises consumption.

A Public Hearing to consider the application has been scheduled to be held before the City Council of the City of Greenwood Village acting as the Local Licensing Authority on January 8, 2018 at 7:00 p.m. in the City Council Chambers, Greenwood Village City Hall, 6060 South Quebec Street, Greenwood Village, CO 80111. Any party in interest shall be allowed to present evidence and to cross examine witnesses at the Public Hearing.

Names of officers/stockholders with 10% or more interest: Chuy’s Holdings Inc, 1623 Toomey Road, Austin TX, 78704 Chuy’s Opco Inc, 1623 Toomey Road, Austin TX, 78704 Steven Hislop, 3345 Bee Cave Road. Suite 105, Austin, TX 78746 Information as to the application, procedures, petitions or remonstrances may be obtained from the City Clerk at Greenwood Village City Hall.

BY ORDER OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GREENWOOD VILLAGE SUSAN M. ORTIZ, MMC CITY CLERK Published in The Villager Published: December 28, 2017 Legal # 7939 ____________________________ NOTICE REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS Notice is hereby given that the City of Greenwood Village, Colorado (the “City”) will receive proposals at the City Maintenance Facility, 10001 East Costilla Avenue, Greenwood Village, Colorado 80112-3730, until 2:00 pm on January 11, 2018.

The request for proposals for the Arapahoe Station and Peakview Avenue Concept Study is available electronically via the Rocky Mountain E-Purchasing System on the City of Greenwood Village website, www.greenwoodvillage. com/bids.

The City reserves the right to reject any and all proposals, and to make final determination in the event of duplications.

No proposal may be withdrawn for a period of sixty (60) days after the date set for opening thereof.

Any proposal received as a result of this request is prepared at the consultant’s expense and becomes City property and therefore, public record.

Any questions regarding the project should be directed to Josie Ortiz, Transportation Planner (303) 708-6133. /s/ John Sheldon Director of Public Works Published in The Villager First Publication: December 28, 2017 Last Publication: January 4, 2018 Legal # 7940 ____________________________ NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT For Greenwood Village Notice is hereby given that the City of Greenwood Village, Colorado will make final payment at the City Hall, 6060 South Quebec Street, Greenwood Village, Colorado 80111-4591 at 4:00 p.m. on Monday, January 15th, 2018 to Foothills Paving and Maintenance, for all work done by said contractor for the project called 2017 Trails Rehabilitation Project, said construction being within the boundaries of the City of Greenwood Village, County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado, subject to prior satisfactory final inspection and acceptance of said work by the City of Greenwood Village.

Any person, co-partnership, association of persons, company, or corporation that has furnished labor, materials, provisions, or other supplies used or consumed by such contractor or subcontractors in or about the performance of the work contracted to be done and whose claim therefore has not been paid by the contractor or subcontractors, at any time up to and including time of final settlement for the work contracted to be done, is required to file a verified statement of the amount due and unpaid on account of such claim to the City Manager, City of Greenwood Village, 6060 South Quebec Street, Greenwood Village, Colorado 80111-4591, at or before the time and date hereinabove shown. Failure on the part of any claimant to file such verified statement or claim at any time up to and including the time of final settlement will release said City of Greenwood Village, Colorado, its Council, officers, agents and employees of and from any and all liability for such claim.

ATTEST:

BY ORDER OF THE CITY COUNCIL CITY OF GREENWOOD VILLAGE, CO /s/ Susan M. Ortiz City Clerk /s/ Ronald J. Rakowsky Mayor

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National Western Stock Show announces Thunder as 2018 parade grand marshal The National Western Stock Show is excited to re-announce Denver icon and Broncos’ team mascot, Thunder, as the 2018 parade grand marshal. Last year the Stock Show parade was cancelled due to weather, preventing Thunder from acting as grand marshal.

On Thursday, Jan, 4, Thunder, owner Sharon Magness Blake and rider/ trainer Ann Judge, will lead the tradition of longhorn cattle, horses and western wagons through the streets of downtown Denver to celebrate the start of the 2018 National Western Stock Show. The parade begins at noon at Union Station and marches 15 blocks down 17th Street.

“Unfortunately, we did not have a parade last year and so we are thrilled for a second chance to celebrate Thunder, not only as the best mascot in the NFL, but also as a symbol of our

western spirit and a representative of the equine community,” said Paul Andrews, president & CEO of the National Western Stock Show.

“Sharon, Ernie and Ann are an invaluable part of the Stock Show family and embody the western lifestyle. We appreciate them sharing Thunder with us and with all of Denver.”

Owners Sharon Magness Blake and Ernie Blake are celebrating Thunder’s 26th year as the Broncos mascot, and they have been equestrian ambassadors for more than three decades.

“After being involved at the Stock Show for over 30 years, I am so excited that Thunder has received the honor of being the grand marshal of the Stock Show parade,” said Magness Blake. “Thunder is one of the most amazing horses I have ever owned.”

Thunder (III), a 2000 grey

Arabian gelding registered as Me N Myshadow, initially served as the understudy for Thunder II and was trained specifically for the role of team mascot.

While that might be where their main focus lies, Thunder and rider/trainer Ann Judge have many duties off the football field.

Thunder makes annual appearances at the National Western Stock Show, equestrian events, Magness Blake’s Western Fantasy fundraiser, public exhibi-

tions, charity functions, and visits to schools and hospitals.

“I have been both a horse show judge and an exhibitor at the Stock Show for over 20 years, but nothing will be as thrilling as piloting Thunder along the parade route as he serves as the grand marshal of the National Western Stock Show,” said Judge.

The Stock Show Parade concludes with the annual barbecue lunch, sponsored

by Colorado State University, in the atrium of the Wells Fargo Building at 17th Street & Broadway, 11:30 a.m-1:30 p.m. Lunch guests will enjoy great western barbecue, music, and the City of Denver’s proclamation of Jan. 4, 2018 as Dress Western Day in Denver. The barbecue is open to the public and benefits the 4-H International Youth Group. Lunch tickets are $10.

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other supplies used or consumed by such contractor or any of his subcontractors in or about the performance of said work, may at any time up to and including said time of such final settlement file a verified statement of the amount due and unpaid on account of such claims.

2. All such claims shall be filed with Cherry Creek Valley Water and Sanitation District, 2325 S. Wabash St, Denver, CO 80231 on or before the above-mentioned time and date of final settlement.

3. Failure on the part of a creditor to file such statement prior to such final settlement will relieve Cherry Creek Valley Water and Sanitation District from any and all liability for such claim.

Published in The Villager First Publication: December 28, 2017 Last Publication: January 4, 2018 Legal # 7941 ____________________________

SPECIAL DISTRICTS “NOTICE OF FINAL PAYMENT” Notice is hereby given that at 12:00 p.m., on Friday January 5, 2018, Cherry Creek Valley Water and Sanitation District will make final settlement with C&L Water Solutions, 12249 Mead Way Littleton CO 80125, in connection with payment for all services rendered, materials furnished, and for all labor performed in and for construction of project: South Dayton Street at South Dallas Street Water Pipeline Replacement.

1. Any person, co-partnership, association, or corporations who has unpaid claim against the said project or on account of the furnishing of labor, materials, team hire, sustenance, provision, provender, or

2018 Acura TLX boasts high-tech features

BY H. THROTTLE AUTO COLUMNIST The hood has a sculptured design that is quite attractive while gazing down the highway driving this 2018 Acura TLX all-wheel drive. The “crystal black” body paint is complimented with an “ebony” interior and contrast interior stitching. This Acura has a special styling package with ventilated and heated sports seats with Alcan Tara inserts.

The sleek design of this four-door sedan is home to a powerful 290 horsepower 3.5L V6 engine with variable cylinder management for maximum fuel economy.

Highway mileage is 29, but test drives ranged over 30 mpg on freeway driving.

The onboard computer keeps track of current and past drive mileage comparisons.

The drive is really enhanced by a nine-speed automatic transmission with steering-wheel paddle

shifters. These shifters control the gear choices for special driving conditions beyond the standard drive range. The standard drive is dash-mounted with button controls. This seems to be the direction of many new models to have gear-shift controls simplified and controlled by simple button choices of park, reverse and drive with paddle-control choices up to nine speeds in this Acura model.

The Acura TLX offers dynamic choice performance modes for driving of eco, normal and sport.

They all seemed to work well with the sport having a finely-tuned growl from the exhaust system. Eco seemed to work well under all driving conditions.

The car is loaded with safety features, and so new it is not rated by the Highway Safety Commission, but is loaded with all airbag systems, front, side and knee protection.

Acurawatch features in-

clude collision-mitigation braking to avoid striking a frontal object, a forward collision braking light that flashes if approaching a vehicle too close and too fast, bright orange warning flashes on the speedometer. Additionally, the latest lane departure warning and road-departure mitigation.

The final assembly of this Acura is in Marysville, Ohio with U.S.-made engine and transmission. The price on this Acura TLX all-wheel drive model is $45,750 fully equipped. The warranty is five years/70,000-mile engine and transmission, and four years/50,000-mile limited warranty.

This model can serve as a four-door family sedan, but is high spirited and designed for more performance driving than the standard grocery-store run.

A powerful engine with nine-forward gears and paddle shifting speaks to a higher level of driving with comfort and performance.

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Va-va-voom! A look back at America’s top bombshells

BY ERIC KOHANIK REMIND MAGAZINE When it comes to classic beauties and bombshells, there have been many countries that have made significant contributions to the roster.

Those nations range from the likes of Italy (Sophia Loren), France (Brigitte Bardot), England (Elizabeth Taylor, Joan Collins) and Sweden (Anita Ekberg, Greta Garbo, Ann-Margret) all the way to the domains of Germany (Claudia Schiffer, Heidi Klum), Colombia (Sofía Vergara, Shakira), Mexico (Salma Hayek), Australia (Elle Macpherson)

and even Canada (Pamela Anderson, Shannon Tweed).

America has certainly managed to add plenty of homegrown beauties to the bombshell register as well. Let’s take a look at the top American bombshells and how they managed to change the vision of “Va-va-voom.”

Marilyn Monroe

She is still widely regarded as the top bombshell in American history. And no wonder.

Monroe’s vivacious curves and her playful, flirtatious voice absolutely made for a hot combination that helped her easily

beat out almost everyone else when it came to being recognized as the truly classic Hollywood sex symbol.

Betty Grable

Those legs, those legs, those legs. Betty Grable showed them off in a 1939 movie called Million Dollar Legs. But the popular Hollywood sex symbol got a lot more attention in 1943 when she posed for a poster photo that ended up turning her into the most popular pinup girl of World War II.

Mamie Van Doren

One of the first actresses to

129th Rose Parade among New Year’s TV highlights

BY RICK GABLES Today weather anchor Al Roker and Hoda Kotb, co-host of Today’s fourth hour, will welcome 2018 co-hosting NBC’s live high-definition coverage of the 129th Rose Parade from Pasadena, Calif., on Monday, Jan. 1 (9:30 a.m. to 11 a.m. mountain time).

This marks NBC’s 91-year anniversary broadcasting the parade, beginning on radio in 1927 and then televising the popular annual event beginning in 1954. This year’s edition will signify Roker’s 21st year as host and the fifth year for Kotb. Actor and humanitarian Gary Sinise, well known for his portrayal of Lt. Dan Taylor in the film Forrest Gump, is the grand marshal.

The theme of this year’s parade is “Making a Difference.” As always, we will enjoy viewing spectacular floats, 22 marching bands and 18 equestrian teams, including the world-famous Budweiser Clydesdales, as well as miniature horses.

History enthusiast and explorer Don Wildman will venture back into the field to unravel the mysteries of 13 iconic and fascinating tales in new single-topic episodes of Mysteries at the Museum. The first of the specials, Race to the Antarctic: Mysteries at the Museum, premieres on Thursday, Dec. 28 at 7 p.m. mountain time

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on Travel Channel, featuring the incredible survival story of the famed polar explorer and heroic leader Sir Ernest Shackleton and his 27-man crew of the Endurance.

Next up is Andes Rescue: Mysteries at the Museum, which premieres on Thursday, Jan. 4 at 7 p.m. mountain time and spotlights the aweinspiring story of survival that emerged from a 1972 plane crash in the Andes Mountains.

Great Performances on PBS will ring in 2018 with Vienna: The New Year’s Celebration, featuring the Vienna Philharmonic under the baton of Italian conductor and Chicago Symphony Orchestra Music Director Riccardo Muti, with favorite Strauss Family waltzes, accompanied by the dancing of the Vienna State Ballet.

This year’s program welcomes new host Hugh Bonneville, best known as Robert, Earl of Grantham, in Masterpiece’s global phenomenon, Downton Abbey. The broadcast will air on Monday, Jan. 1 from noon to 1:30 p.m. mountain time on PBS. TV/radio broadcaster Ryan Seacrest will return to host television’s largest live broadcast New Year’s celebration, Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest 2018, again joined by actress and comedian Jenny McCarthy. America’s largest celebration of the year will take place on Sunday, Dec. 31 beginning at 6 p.m. mountain time on ABC. Superstar Ciara will host of the Hollywood Party element, as we will be treated to a night of entertainment, musical performances, the traditional countdown from Times Square in New York City, and reports on New Year’s celebrations from around the globe that serve to bring us all toPhoto by Vivian Zink/NBC gether.

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Raquel Welch recreate the Marilyn Monroe look, Mamie Van Doren was another Hollywood sex symbol whose career was launched

by Howard Hughes. It wasn’t long before she became well known for a number of provocative movie roles that often showcased her curvy figure through a variety of tight sweaters and other formfitting outfits.

Jayne Mansfield

Some have called her “the poor man’s Marilyn Monroe.”

Others have insisted that Jayne Mansfield really was the most bodacious American bombshell ever. In any case, Mansfield’s notable hourglass figure (40-21-35) was certainly a memorable eye-popping asset. It also helped boost a variety of her performing skills that included singing, acting and, of course, posing for the occasional pinup photo.

Jean Harlow

Often regarded as the original “blond bombshell,” Jean Harlow got her career start in silent movies and quickly became a popular Hollywood fixture after she was discovered by producer Howard Hughes.

Harlow was only 26 when she died, but she did manage to chalk up a lot of accomplishments, both professionally and personally (including three marriages) in a very short period of time.

Raquel Welch

She had only a few lines in the movie, but it was the fa-

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Through the years, Jane Fonda has been famous for being an actress, a political activist, a feminist and even a fitness guru. Thanks to a 1968 flick called Barbarella, she managed to jump into the bombshell arena as well.

Farrah Fawcett

Her role as Jill Munroe on TV’s Charlie’s Angels was somewhat brief, but it got her plenty of attention. Before the show even aired, however, Farrah Fawcett put on a red swimsuit and posed for a poster that made her an iconic beauty in the world of bombshells. More than 12 million copies of it were sold.

Bo Derek

She broke into the movie mainstream via a 1979 flick called 10. And her character’s cornrow-braided hair and flesh-colored swimsuit instantly turned Bo Derek into a monumental sex symbol—as well as a popular poster. Derek has been the subject of many other photographic gems after that, making her a bombshell who continues to make hearts flutter.

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