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A summer slate of recurring favorites and first-time classic rockers make up the 2014 summer concert schedule at Hudson Gardens & Event Center.

COLORADO HISTORY

Carnegie Libraries in Colorado: Is there one in your town?

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National Library Week was April 1319, so this is a great time to tell the story of how the public library got started more than a century ago.

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DAM completes new administration building

The Denver Art Museum completed its new 50,000-squarefoot administration office building, located in the Golden Triangle.

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Westwood gets a makeover López, Extreme Community Makeover, residents organize youth-led volunteer initiative

Denver City Councilman Paul Lopez and Mayor Michael B. Hancock (front and center) join Westwood Day Of Serving Volunteers, along with Denver city officials, Denver Police officers (all of which took time off to participate and ensure public safety of participants), and more.

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On April 19, Councilman Paul D. López, Extreme Community Makeover, and the neighborhood organizations of Westwood

Residents Association and Westwood Unidos participated alongside 300 youth volunteers in Westwood’s Big Day of Serving.

Denver Mayor Michael B. Hancock kicked off the event and speaking to volunteers about the importance of giving back to their

communities.

Volunteers and community members cleaned alleys and graffiti, prepared a community garden

for planting, and constructed a tile mural project, helping to revitalize the neighborhood block-by-block.

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Chihuly sculptures will dazzle Denver Botanic Gardens Denver Botanic Gardens will present the Rocky Mountain region’s first outdoor exhibition of artwork by celebrated American artist Dale Chihuly. His dramatic sculptures will be on view June 14 – Nov. 30.

Chihuly is credited with revolutionizing the Studio Glass movement and elevating the perception of the glass medium from the realm of craft to fine art. He is renowned for his ambitious architectural installations around the world in museums and gardens.

In Denver, vibrant sculptures will be displayed throughout the Botanic Gardens, responding to unique plant and architectural settings. Changes in light interact with the glass, making them beautiful at any time of day or night and in varying weather. The art – ranging in size and style from small water floats to large vertical

installations – adds bold colors and dramatic beauty to the Gardens’ 24-acre urban oasis. Highlights of the exhibition will include special programming and after-dark viewing hours.

Much of the artwork is designed to specifically complement the Denver Botanic Gardens’ landscape. The Denver Botanic Gardens displays more than 34,000 plants from more than 90 countries. The Orchid collection contains nearly 800 species. Chihuly’s work is included in more than 200 museum collections worldwide including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Smithsonian American Art Museum and the Corning Museum of Glass.

Dale Chihuly’s dramatic sculptures will be on view at the Denver Botanic Gardens, June 14 – Nov. 30.

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By Rep. Jeanne Labuda The week of April 7 was an important one in the general assembly that saw progressive reform, with bipartisan support, to our telecommunications industry and laws to reflect the technology of today and to help extend access to those people in the rural areas of Colorado. On April 9, the House passed five telecommunications bills, HB 14-1327 through HB 14-1331.

• HB 1327 expands broadband access and speeds through incentives and streamlining for providers trying to invest in Colorado’s broadband networks.

• HB 1328 redirects money from the High Cost Support Mechanism, that is utilized to provide basic phone services in high cost areas. This fund currently is still used in areas that were previously underserved and are now more developed. These extra funds will be used instead to support broadband services in

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currently underserved areas.

• HB 1329 deregulates certain telecommunication products, services, and providers and eliminates the Colorado Public Utilities Commission ability to regulate advanced telephone services, such as voice over Internet protocol services.

• HB 1330 updates Colorado statutes to reflect new technolo-

gies and omits language dealing with outdated language.

• HB 1331 amends a 20-year law so that it can update and create more competition in the basic local phone service industry. This bill is not meant to increase prices but rather increase competition.

Currently only 6.7 percent of homes in Colorado are wire-only, so broadband is clearly the technology of tomorrow. The intent of these bills is to connect all Coloradans to broadband services, while creating more competition amongst the competitors, as well as to make sure that those people who still rely on landlines do not lose their services or see larger bills.

Please feel free to contact my office if you have any questions or concerns on these bills or any other issue. You can always reach me by phone at 303-866-2966 or by email at jeanne.labuda. house@state.co.us.

VISIT DENVER website gets extreme makeover

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’m Linus, a sweet, 9-year-old, neutered male who likes the quiet life.

My friend, Lucy is also at the shelter, and if possible we’d like to stay together. Lucy, like her namesake has a beautiful black coat of hair. We are both declawed and would do best in a

home with older, mature kids, or just adults. We hope to meet you soon. We are at the Dumb Friends League, 2080 S. Quebec street, Denver and our ID#s are 668299, 668300. To see our other feline friends available for adoption, please visit ddfl.org.

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And you can spring into action for homeless animals by adopting a cat today. To celebrate spring, from now until April 30, 2014, you can adopt a cat, one year and older, for just

$10 at the Dumb Friends League. At the Dumb Friends League, all cat and dog adoptions include spay/neuter, a microchip ID and initial vaccinations. Visit ddfl.org to see all adoptable animals looking for good homes.

Denver’s most popular tourism website, www.VISITDENVER. com, now has a fresh look and powerful new tools for visitors and local users. Produced by VISIT DENVER, The Convention & Visitors Bureau, the website serves as the City of Denver’s official tourism and events resource. The website attracts more than 6 million visits a year and is ranked No. 1 on Google, Yahoo and Bing for more than 250 tourism-related Denver search terms.

“We launched VISITDENVER.com in 2008, and while it still pulls great numbers, technology has made tremendous advancements in the last six years, giving us new opportunities to provide visitors with more information about the city,” said Justin Bresler, vice president of marketing for VISIT DENVER. The new VISITDENVER.com went live on April 9 and will offer greater flexibility, larger and bolder images, and more timely and rel-

evant content.

“The way people access tourist information has greatly changed, with more than 50 percent of our customers now using VISITDENVER.com on smart phones and tablets versus desktop or laptop computers,” Bresler said.

The retooled website uses a state-of-the-art “responsive” design, so whether the visitor is looking at it on a desktop, laptop, tablet, e-reader, iPhone or Android-based phone, the site will scale to fit the screen, will be easy to navigate and will contain the same great content, business listings and calendar of events.

Loading content on the new site will be easier as well, allowing VISIT DENVER’s member museums, attractions, restaurants and event owners greater ease to keep their content up-to-date.

“The revamped website will make it even easier for visitors to access articles, photos and information on VISIT DENVER’s nearly

1,300 business members, as well as the thousands of events that are loaded onto the Denver365 event calendar site each year,” Bresler said.

Some of the features of the new site include: • Larger images to inspire visitors on the site to choose Denver for their next vacation or meeting • Mouse- and touch-friendly controls for both desktop and mobile device users • Expanded marketing opportunities for VISIT DENVER members and partners • Powerful back-end platform that works seamlessly with VISIT DENVER’s new customer relationship management (CRM) database The new site was designed by Simpleview, a company that specializes in travel websites and has designed sites for more than 200 destination marketing organizations around the world.

To see the new website, go to www.VISITDENVER.com.

Denver offers grants to strengthen neighborhoods through public space improvement projects Mayor Michael B. Hancock and Denver Arts & Venues launched P.S. You Are Here, a creative placemaking and neighborhood revitalization program.

P.S. You Are Here was developed through public feedback gathered during the creation of Denver’s first cultural plan in 25 years, IMAGINE 2020.

“You told us that Denver is an arts town, and that you want to see more of the arts in your daily lives,” Hancock said. “P.S. You Are Here will create incremental improvements that can be refined over the years to help us continue to strengthen our public spaces

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in Denver and to promote our vibrant communities as a destination to live, work and play.”

Through creative and physical improvement projects in public spaces such as parks, alleys, streets and sidewalks, P.S. You Are Here projects will transform underutilized gathering spaces into valuable neighborhood assets. Proposals for grant funding are due by May 30.

“These projects turn our public spaces into neighborhoodbuilders,” said Lisa Gedgaudas, who is managing the program on behalf of Arts & Venues’ Create Denver initiative. “They invite

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people to interact with each other, and they foster healthier, more social and economically viable communities.”

As a pilot program, P.S. You Are Here will provide $40,000 in grants in the first year and will evaluate whether to expand in subsequent years. Selected proposals will be awarded up to $8,000 per project and must be matched by grantees with cash, donated goods and services, and/ or volunteer hours (valued at $20 per hour).

“We expect to fund five to seven projects in this first year,” Gedgaudas said.

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Student anguished by multiple choices

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COLLEGE PLANNING: Searching for solutions

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I frequently put my clients in touch with current students.

Many colleges sponsor meetings for accepted students. Prominent alums may attend and even speak. They are recruiting you.

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Hudson Gardens announces summer concert series Lineup includes Smokey Robinson and Peter Frampton

By Peter Jones Roll down the windows, crank the radio and head to Littleton.

A summer slate of recurring favorites and first-time classic rockers make up the 2014 summer concert schedule at Hudson Gardens & Event Center.

The ever-durable Nitty Gritty Dirt Band kicks it off June 1 with an evening of Americana. Although founded in California in the mid-1960s, the band settled in the Colorado Rockies. NGDB had its share of country hits, but the band never lost sight of its place in the annals of less conventional country-rock, a late ‘60s genre of which the Nittys are the most prolific and long-lasting survivor.

When Britain’s Paul Rodgers takes the stage June 8, he will have no shortage of hits at his disposal, having done vocal stints for Free (“All Right Now”), Bad Company (“Feel Like Makin’ Love”) and the 1980s Jimmy Page supergroup, the Firm (“Radioactive”). Rodgers’ burly blues-based vocals are a staple of classic-rock radio – almost to his own detriment, if overplay is considered.

Kansas blows into Colorado June 15 for a Midwest tornado of heartland-infused progressive rock. Although the band’s fusion of high-minded lyrics, synthesizer jams and hard-rock boogie confounded some critics, Kansas managed to sweep away the chin scratchers with “Dust in the Wind” and “Carry On, Wayward Son,” proving hit songs could be both catchy and ponderous.

From Kansas to America – the ‘70s folk-pop group headlines June 22. Founded in England by three sons of U.S. Air Force officers, the decidedly named America mixed elements of California country rock with Beach Boysinfluenced harmonies. Their debut, “Horse With No Name,” was so convincing in its nod to Neil Young that it knocked Young’s similar “Heart of Gold” off Billboard’s No. 1 spot.

A true legend is next on June 29 when Smokey Robinson makes his Hudson Gardens debut. Robinson was among the first artists signed to Motown Records and for years was the label’s biggest star, as well as a label executive and staff songwriter. His high tenor helped define pop-oriented soul with sniffling hits like “Tracks of My Tears” and “Tears of a Clown,” influencing everyone from Michael Jackson to the Beatles.

It’s a supersonic tribute to Neil Diamond on July 3 when San Francisco’s Super Diamond takes the singer-songwriter’s controversial catalogue to new levels of alternative-rock energy, including a near-punk version of the ballad “Play Me.” Fireworks follow this pre-Independence Day concert.

July 4 brings Hudson regular and Colorado pillar Firefall, a band that helped create the ‘70s soundtrack with hits ranging from the breezy “You Are the Woman” to the more cynical “Cinderella.”

The group, still based in Denver, has seen realignments, but recently returned to a lineup of majority originals. Fireworks to follow.

Motown’s Smokey Robinson plays Hudson Gardens in Littleton June 29.

Photos courtesy of Hudson Gardens & Event Center

Another band with a long and complex history is up July 13 when Jefferson Starship marks its “40th Light Year Anniversary,” four decades after Paul Kantner’s Starship took off where the former Jefferson Airplane landed. This crew features Kantner, Starship original David Freiberg and ‘80sera drummer Donny Baldwin. Although the act carries Kantner’s all-purpose Starship moniker, the audience will get a set list of Airplane and Starship material, including Grace Slick’s “White Rabbit” and the latter-day hit “Jane,” written by Freiberg.

Boz Scaggs makes his first appearance at the Gardens July 20.

Since exiting the Steve Miller Band in 1968, Scaggs has maintained a cult audience and sometimes arenas of fans with his jazzy pop and distinctive blue-eyed soul.

The singer-songwriter did not see substantial commercial success until 1976’s Silk Degrees album, which yielded the uncharacteristic monster hit “Lido Shuffle.”

Up next on July 27, a tribute to John Fogarty’s Creedence Clearwater Revival – one that just happens to include the original rhythm section of the ubiquitous swamprock band. Many have dismissed Stu Cook and Doug Clifford’s Creedence Clearwater Revisited as an offensive mockery, while others note the important role that bass and drums played in CCR’s rootsy textures. You decide.

Chris Isaak makes his first Gardens appearance Aug. 3. Isaak emerged in the early 1990s with a haunting retro sound and a pompadour look that collectively recalled early Roy Orbison and Sunera Elvis Presley. Isaak’s “Wicked Game” could arguably stand alongside the best of Orbison’s melancholic oeuvre. His music was used to darkly poignant effect in David Lynch’s Wild at Heart.

Two years after a track-by-track recreation of his classic Frampton Comes Alive concert album, Grammy-winning Peter Frampton returns to the Gardens Aug. 10 for an extensive retrospective of his 45-year career. The singer, who turned 64 this week, may have shed his boyish golden mane, but his expert guitar playing and stage presence have not lost a hair.

Australia’s Little River Band is back in the water Aug. 17, but this time with an 18-piece orches-

Chris Isaak makes his first appearance at Hudson Gardens Aug. 3.

tra to accompany its range of late ‘70s pop hits, including the likes of “Lonesome Loser,” “Cool Change.”

Night Ranger turns up the volume Aug. 24 with ‘80s-era hard rock. The band may be best known for its anthemic “Sister Christian,” a power ballad that was used memorably in a scene portraying ‘80s excess in 1997’s Boogie Nights.

Like CCR and Starship, Southern rock’s Lynyrd Skynyrd has lost much of its core, but unlike those bands, the loss is part of Skynyrd’s legend. The 1977 plane crash that killed three members, including singer Ronnie Van Zant, left kid brother Johnny to carry the torch on “Sweet Home Alabama” and “Free Bird,” a song you will hear at the end of the show, whether you yell for it or not.

Enjoy the Garden party.

For tickets to the Hudson Gardens & Event Center summer concert series, visit www.altitudetickets.com.

Go to www.hudsongardens.org or call 303-797-8565 for more information.

Community partners give $2.3 million boost to DPS’ $7 million STEM grant President Barack Obama announced April 14 that Denver Public Schools is one of only 24 agencies nationwide to receive a Youth CareerConnect grant from the US Departments of Labor and Education. The $7 million grant is among the largest grants awarded through the program.

Through the work of the DPS Foundation, the Denver community has stepped up to add to this investment in dramatically improving career and technical education—with a special focus on Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math programs—by providing a $2.3 million match to the federal grant, raising the grant total to $9.3 million. DPS is one of six agencies nationwide to receive the highest grant amount of $7 million.

Eight Denver high schools, including Abraham Lincoln High School, CEC Middle College, East High School, Martin Luther King, Jr. Early College, George Washington High School, West Career Academy, High Tech Early College and John F. Kennedy High School, will benefit from the Youth CareerConnect grant.

This will expand career and technical education programs focused on the following industries: engineering, health and medicine, digital careers, finance, information technology, energy and manufacturing.

“It’s wonderful to see our community step up to support such an impactful investment in our schools and our students,” said DPS Superintendent Tom Boasberg. “With this major federal grant and the additional support from our community partners, our high schools will be able to provide our students with the rigorous technical education that will prepare them for college and many of today’s most promising careers. These career fields are a burgeoning part of the economy, and we need to open the doors for our students to the colleges

and career opportunities that will get them ready for a successful career in these fields.”

The Youth CareerConnect grant will expand programs that provide opportunities for students to participate in a paid internship or job shadow and complete a capstone project that demonstrates how they applied the skills and knowledge learned in the classroom to their workplacebased learning experience. DPS will also work with workforce investment partners to provide career fairs and summer industry academies.

“This is about getting our students ready for college and equipping them with the skills necessary to pursue high-skill college and career tracks,” Boasberg said. “Our schools are committed to ensuring each of our students has the skills and knowledge to achieve their career and college goals.”

As part of the grant investment and via the DPS Foundation, more than 30 community partners, from both public and private sectors, have committed $2,333,000 in cash and in-kind contributions to fund the implementation of the new STEM-related curriculum pathways. Community support for the grant came from a cross-section of businesses, higher education institutions, city offices and community and statewide organizations. A list of partial funders includes QEP Resources, Campos EPC, RK Mechanical, Metro State University of Denver, Community College of Denver, Arapahoe Community College, Red Rocks Community College, the City of Denver, Colorado Technology Association, Colorado Advanced Manufacturing Alliance and Colorado Bioscience Institute.

For a full list of funders, visit www. dpsfoundation.org.

Put your tax refund to good use with future college fund April 15 was tax day, which means many people will find themselves with a little extra cash burning a hole in their pocket by May or June. Rather than spend your tax refund on material items – new clothes, a new gadget, etc. – that may go out of style in a few months, Future College Fund encourages Coloradans to put that money toward a long-term investment that’s more personal than most, your loved one’s college education. Future College Fund, a new crowdfunding website, can help parents make the process of funding their children’s education a source of pride and hope for the future.

The average tax refund issued so far this year has increased 3 percent over last year, to $3,034, according to the Internal Revenue Service.

A recent study by Edward Jones found that a majority of adults between the ages of 18 and 34 plan to spend their refund on shopping or going out. While it may be tempting to spend this extra income on fun activities or products today, it will not do much good for families in the long run.

“I can understand the desire to buy the latest new tablet, dress or TV with all that extra money,” said Desiree Shank, founder of Future College Fund. “But as a single mom with two young kids, I know that it’s more worthwhile for me, my family and my friends to in-

vest in the future through our children’s college funds. Though college can seem far off, I know that by planning now and allowing my family to help through Future College Fund, I’ll be more than ready when I have to write that first tuition check.”

With the cost of college tuition rising each year and the growth of financial aid remaining stagnant, many parents worry about being able to pay for their child’s education. Grandparents, aunts, uncles and friends who also love that child often share this worry, but do not know how to help. FCF can help relieve this worry and make it easy for friends and family to contribute anytime, including during tax refund season. With FCF, parents can design a fundraising page for their child, include photos and their child’s dreams for the future and send family and friends a link to the page, encouraging them to contribute some or all of their tax refund.

Friends and family can pay online with a credit card, so the process is quick and easy.

“There’s no better way to spend your extra money this year than on the future of a child you love,” said Shank. “Your gift will help give the child a bright future that includes a college education and peace of mind to the parents.”

To learn more, visit www. futurecollegefund.com.

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OPINION

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They live: Christ and the Easter Bunny KINDLING

By Robert Sweeney

The Easter Bunny was alive and well last week and Christians all over the world celebrated that Christ had risen from the dead on Easter Sunday.

If that doesn’t turn you on, consider that the Colorado Avalanche won their first two hockey games against the Minnesota Wild, who appear to be a very good team.

I doubt that many of our readers participated in the great “smokeout” in Civic Center Park this past weekend, but in the old day vernacular “everyone was reported to

have had a good time.”

There is a Canadian blogger, Charles Aulds, who believes Americans have just lost their way.

You can follow his blogs by emailing him at Charles.Aulds@gmail. com. An American, he moved to Canada where he expresses many opinions on multiple subjects, controversial, but well written.

The Ukrainian situation is still boiling and it won’t be long until Russian troops will be in the Ukraine protecting pro-Russian supporters who are large in numbers. It is really not any of our business and we need to let the Russians and Ukrainians settle this one without U.S. intervention.

Come home Joe! Out in west Denver, actually Lakewood, U.S. Ambassador Sam Zakhem resides with his lovely wife and is surrounded by sons and grandchildren who live in the metro area. Zakhem travels a lot attempting to do what he can to bring peace to the Middle East in his one-on-one talks. He advises many of the rulers in the region.

Several years ago, we received an invitation to his home to meet Prince Bandar Bin Sultan, a member of the ruling family of Saudi Arabia. At that time he had been the ambassador to the United States for several decades. He vacationed in Aspen where he owned a large estate, which sold in recent years.

Upon arrival at the Zakhem home, there was a luxurious bus parked in the driveway and a number of well-suited security guards.

We met the prince and in a private conversation I was privileged to hear him recite to Zakhem that Saudi Arabia would always support the United States and we would never be without their support.

He was a vibrant, congenial gentleman who made many friends in the United States.

The prince was called home to become head of Saudi Central Intelligence; The Wall Street Journal describes him as “Spy Chief.”

Last week, The Journal reported that he had undergone

shoulder surgery and had stepped down from his post. There were also reports that he was upset that the United States had not supported the Syrian rebels enough to overthrow the regime of President Bashar al-Assad.

Our own Colorado Legislature is about to wrap up and are making some improvements in funding public education across Colorado and also adding back some past reductions in funds to colleges and universities. College-bound high school graduates who stay in Colorado will benefit slightly from these additional dollars.

At the moment there is funding in the bill to provide full-day kindergarten for all students, so those who cannot pay the full tuition fees can attend school. Good news and hopefully it will be signed by the governor.

Let’s all cheer what appears to be a promising Rockies baseball season.

Thoughts from my ‘this and that’ file REMARKS

By Mort Marks

It’s time for me to “lightenup,” after all I’ve been much too serious in my recent articles, so here’s a little bit of “this and that” – from my “this and that” file for today’s article.

Although Thomas Jefferson wrote, “Advertisements contain the only truths to be relied on in a newspaper” – he obviously never saw the following ads, which I’m repeating exactly as printed in the press: • “AUTOMATIC BLANKET” – “Ensure sound sleep with one of our authorized dealers.”

• “Give Us Your Dirty Clothes” – “Ladies! If you drive by our new launderette and drop By Shirley off your clothes,Smith you will receive very swift attention.”

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Revisiting the ‘baaaadd’ women of cinema

At the end of the day, what this film is for me is an attempt to create a dialogue.

- Director Mara Tasker, Cherry Creek High School graduate Actress Laine Rettmer receives make-up prior to a rehearsal.

Rettmer will play the title role in Sheila Scorned, a short film being written and directed

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BELOW: Cherry Creek High School graduate Mara Tasker has strived to reimagine the female action protagonist in her upcoming svhort film Sheila Scorned.

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By Peter Jones As a Hollywood script reader, Mara Tasker will never get the hours back that she spent – or wasted – sifting through stacks of bad screenplays.

If she were to couple that with the tawdry newspaper stories she had to read as a researcher for a screenwriter, the Cherry Creek High School graduate could write a book about the real-life and fictional exploitation of women.

Instead, she wrote a screenplay.

“I noticed there was a huge lack of well written female characters. It mirrored what was happening in those news articles where the main catalyst for the story was a female that was kidnapped or sexually abused,” Tasker said.

So what is a burgeoning 20-something filmmaker do?

She set out to make yet another movie about a female who is kidnapped and abused – but this time, with a twist.

In Tasker’s version, stripper Sheila gets in the crosshairs of crime kingpin after she messes up a drug deal. Then, in a sort of urban variation on O. Henry’s Ransom of Red Chief, the fiery captive proves a lot tougher than her hapless captors who have not only picked the wrong victim – they may have walked into the wrong movie.

“It’s all from the sense of looking up at this woman,” Tasker said.

“We’ve changed everything – from her stance to the camera angles we use to film her. All of these things are intended to quietly empower her. The things she says are smart, and when she’s challenged, she comes back.”

Sheila Scorned, the 15-minute short written and to be directed by Tasker, begins shooting in Los Angeles next week.

Turning the tables on female victimization is arguably nothing new in cinema. Tasker has found much of her influence in a genre sometimes called “grindhouse,” named for the virtually extinct theaters that once screened low-budget action and campy exploitation films in the era

before home video.

“Because of the history of the genre and how over-the-top those elements are, it’s inherently self-reflective,” Tasker said.

Even so, those B-movies of the late 1960s and ‘70s were not exactly pro-feminist invectives. Although many such films had strong-willed woman protagonists, the cameras were centered more on their cleavage. Russ Meyer’s Faster, Pussycat!

Kill! Kill! and blaxploitation’s Foxy Brown, starring Douglas County’s own Pam Grier, were as much about jiggle as female empowerment.

Tasker acknowledges the thin line between cinematic prurience and sexually confident characters, but she thinks grindhouse movies did more good than harm.

“There’s a sarcastic, very selfaware tone that underlies the entire writing of the film,” the young director-screenwriter said. “I think the grindhouse films are a very good way of making people ask what they’re watching.”

Although the opening of Sheila Scorned in a strip club will not surprise fans of softcore drive-in fare, the woman’s-eye scenes of Sheila dancing just might.

“When we meet her in the strip club, we’re meeting her face,” Tasker said. “She really didn’t have to learn to dance at all.”

In contrast, the director compares her movie to American Hustle, last year’s popular crime comedy-drama starring Jennifer Lawrence and Amy Adams as spicy con artists.

“There was so much talk that these female characters were interesting and edgy, but they were also always half-dressed on screen,” Tasker said.

To bring her own vision to life, Tasker will rely in large part on the talents of a lead actress she has never met. Although both come from Colorado, the two women live on different coasts with actress Laine Rettmer, formerly of Boulder, residing in New York City, where she works as a stage actress and opera director.

“We’ve been Skype rehearsing for multiple months now,” Tasker said. “She and I have had extended conversations about what this character means and how carefully we need to treat her because it is a very thin line.”

Tasker received $34,500 to produce Sheila Scorned through a campaign on Seed & Spark, a fundraising website that works as a sort of film-centered wedding registry with donors dedicating large and small funds to such specific areas as costuming, equipment and location procurement.

Once the money is gone, the director plans to take her short on the film festival circuit and eventually turn the idea into a full-length feature.

When Tasker comes out with both guns blazing, she hopes the audience will be talking about the nature of cinema and society.

“At the end of the day, what this film is for me is an attempt to create a dialogue,” she said. “I think of films as projections of fantasies we want to be a part of or that we want to understand. At the same time, the imagery has the ability to normalize certain images and actions for us. The more we make things commonplace, the more we stop paying attention to them and that’s when it gets to be dangerous.”

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Westwood Day of Serving

Denver Mayor Michael Hancock along with Extreme Community Makeover Member Indera Guzman-Sais welcomes event volunteers in English and Spanish.

Continued from Page 1

Johnathon Capelli, of Urban Land Conservancy, loads up with tools.

Adriana Magana with “Miss Pat” and Denver City Councilman Paul López Photos by Stefan Krusze

Volunteers check in at registration for Westwood’s Big Day of Serving, April 19.

Extreme Community Makeover Volunteer Michelle Zuniga checks equipment and supplies.

Extreme Community Makeover and Event Coordinator Angela Bomgaars and Denver City Council Members Paul López welcome event volunteer participants.

Westwood Big Day of Serving volunteers and members from Cornerstone Baptist Church

Denver Police Department District 4 Officers John Avila and Josh Vasconcellos with Denver City Councilman Paul López, Lt. Paul Jimenez and Cmdr. William Nagle

Denver City Councilman Paul López, Norma Brabila, Denver Mayor Michael Hancock and District 4 Cmdr. William Nagle

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Division of Motor Vehicle implements Print on Demand license plates The Division of Motor Vehicles in conjunction with Colorado County Clerks, Governor’s Office of Information Technology and Colorado Correctional Industries worked together to create the Print On Demand program. This program creates a process where lower issuance plates are mailed to the customer, and eliminates the need for multiple visits

to the motor vehicle office.

Print on Demand eliminates the need for customers to visit the motor vehicle office multiple times, for certain types of license plates. It also provides Colorado counties with an efficient and effective way to manage low issuance license plate inventory, while making plates readily available to the customer.

In an effort to make plates readily available and ease inventory levels at counties throughout Colorado, the Division of Motor Vehicles worked closely with Colorado County Clerks to create the Print On Demand where applicants for low issuance plates can obtain the plate with one visit to a Motor Vehicle Office. This plate is then mailed to the applicant within

five business days. A full-list of plates that are included in this Print On Demand program are available online at www.colorado.gov/revenue.

In testing this program, the Division of Motor Vehicles worked with three test counties to ensure the program deployed efficiently. In working with these counties, the testing

went smoothly and plates were successfully registered to applicant’s vehicles.

Print On Demand will be rolled out to all counties in a phased format.

The first counties to be transitioned to Print on Demand will be the week of April 21-25, to view a complete list of the counties by rollout date, visit www.colorado.gov/revenue.

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famous arias and ensembles sung by mezzosoprano Jennifer DeDominici, tenor Javier Gonzalez and baritone Steven Taylor. Tickets at www.arapahoe-phil.org, 303-781-1892 or at the door.

EVENTS ‘A Trip to Central City’

6014 S. Datura St., Littleton. Former Rocky Mountain News editor Michael Madigan she shares headline stories and photos from the history of the newspaper, Colorado’s leading and oldest daily newspaper before closing in February 2009, just a few days short of its 150th anniversary. For information, call 303-795-3961.

Scott Nason 303-932-8277 or visit www.

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Guitar legends Paco Peña & Eliot Fisk

April 26, 7:30 p.m., Newman Center for the Performing Arts, University of Denver Gates Concert Hall, 2344 E. Iliff Ave., Denver. Eliot Fisk and Paco Peña, two of the world’s virtuoso guitarists, unite to find common ground, as Fisk, a classical virtuoso, and Peña, a peerless flamenco guitarist, demonstrate their technical mastery, innovative improvisation and emotional bravura in solos and duets. 303-871-7720 or www.newmancenterpresents.com.

International Dance and Music Performances at Día del Niño’

April 27, 11 a.m. – 2 p.m., (noon – 4 p.m. at neighboring institutions), Denver Art Museum, 100 W. 14th Avenue Parkway, Denver. The Denver Art Museum, Denver Public Library, Clyfford Still Museum, History Colorado Center, McNichols Civic Center Building, Molly Brown House and the Byers-Evans House Museum are co-hosting the event. Includes free general admission and family-friendly activities and live performances by Fiesta Colorado and the Colorado Mestizo Dancers, tours and door prizes. Bilingual volunteers at all participating locations. For information in Spanish or English, call 720-913-0072 or email cricciardi@denverartmuseum.org.

‘Sands Around Infinity’

May 2, 7:30 p.m., Gates Auditorium, University of Denver, 2344 E. Iliff Ave., Denver. Indian/Western classical fusion.

Free concert. Visit www.du.edu/lamont or call 303-871-6412.

Arapahoe Philharmonic to perform highlights from ‘Carmen’

May 9, 7:30 p.m., Mission Hills Church, 620 SouthPark Drive, Littleton. The Colorado Chorale will perform Bizet’s beloved choruses alongside some of opera’s most

Road Trippin’ with the Brass

May 9, 7:30 p.m., Newman Center for the Performing, 2344 E. Iliff Ave, Denver. The Denver Brass travels from border to border, discovering unique sounds along the way, featuring trumpet soloist Alan Hood. Musical souvenirs collected from all over the country will include: Grand Central Station, St. Louis Blues, Elvis’ Graceland. Tickets at 303-8324676 or visit www.DenverBrass.org.

Beethoven’s Ninth

May 16, 7:30 p.m., Littleton United Methodist Church, 5894 S. Datura St., Littleton; May 18, 4 p.m., Bethany Lutheran Church, 4500 E. Hampden Ave., Greenwood Village. Includes Beethoven’s “Hallelujah!”

Tickets online at www.littletonsymphony. org or at the door on concert night. Free for youth 21 and younger.

CLASSES/WORKSHOPS Backyard Poultry Workshop

May 8, 6 - 8:30 p.m., Colorado State University Extension in Arapahoe County, 5804 S. Datura St., Littleton. The workshop will educate homeowners on caring for and raising backyard chickens, managing them in limited areas and understanding chicken health and wellness. Jonathan Vrabec, CSU Extension Livestock and 4-H Agent, and Dawn Wheeler, a local poultry enthusiast and 4-H Poultry Project leader, are presenters.

DONATIONS Baby Shower For Newborns at Denver Health Medical Center

May 3, 9 a.m. – 2 p.m. Drop off new baby items at Denver Health Medical Center, 301 W. 6th Ave., Denver. For details about this event visit ww.DenverHealthFoundation. org or contact Laurel Ris at 303-602-2964 or laurel.ris@dhha.org.

April 25, 3 p.m., place Englewood Public Library, 1000 Englewood Parkway, Englewood. Jim Prochaska and David Forsyth from the Gilpin County Historical Society will tell us all about the richest square mile on earth. Friends of the Englewood Library book sale also will be held that day.

Drug Take-Back Initiative Drop-Off

Spring Shape-Up Fitness Fashion Show

April 26, 10 a.m. - 2 p.m., Miller Field Parking Lot, 3600 S. Elati St., Englewood.

The Englewood Police Department is partnering with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration on its prescription drug take-back initiative to help residents safely dispose of unused medications. For more information on the drug take-back initiative, visit www.dea.gov.

April 27, 9 a.m. – 1 p.m., Fillmore Plaza, between 1st Ave & 2nd Ave on Fillmore St., Cherry Creek North, Denver.

Spring and summer fitness looks from Title Nine, lululemon, The North Face, ExOfficio, Lucy, PrAna, ivivva athletica, New Balance and Cherry Creek Dance. Shape-Up is a month-long promotion featuring various fitness & wellness inspired businesses in Cherry Creek North. 303-394-2904

The Great Denver Cleanup

Veterans’ Appreciation Event

April 26, 9 a.m. – 2p.m., Colorado Drivers License Office, 1865 W. Mississippi, Lincoln High School, South Federal and Iliff, Greenlee Elementary School, 12th Avenue and Kalamath. Discard your household and yard waste. Call 311 or visit denvergov. org/kdb for a list of acceptable and nonacceptable items.

Denver Botanic Gardens’ annual Spring Plant Sale

May 9-10, 8 a.m. - 5 p.m., Preview party May 8, 4 – 8 p.m., Denver Botanic Gardens, 1007 York St., Denver. This is the Gardens’ largest plant sale and features a vast selection of annuals, perennials, fruits and vegetables, container gardens, hanging baskets, aquatics and more.

Admission to the sale and Gardens is free.

All sales support the Gardens. Visit www. botanicgardens.org.

Heroes, Villains, Dames and Disasters: 150 Years of Stories from The Rocky Mountain News

April 28, 2 - 3 p.m., Bemis Public Library,

May 24, 8 a.m. – 1 p.m., Wings Over the Rockies Air and Space Museum.

Sponsored by Denver Southeast Rotary.

In conjunction with Colorado’s Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve. This year’s event will include not only a free breakfast for the first 1000 veterans and their families registered and a speaker program, but also a “success” fair where over 60 veteran support organizations will be represented. Honorary co-chairs of the event are Senators Hank Brown and Mark Udall. Veterans and their families can register for the event at www. successforveterans.org.

FUNDRAISERS Guitar Re-string For Charity

April 26, 10 a.m. – 4p.m., 8055 W. Bowles Ave., Littleton, Music Go Round of Littleton Participants are encouraged to bring in a non-perishable food item or cash donation for All Souls Food Bank.

With their donation, Music Go Round will restring their favorite Electric, Acoustic or Bass guitars with new D’Addario strings.

For more information on this event or about Music Go Round of Littleton, contact

March of Dimes March for Babies Walk

April 26, 10 a.m., register at 9 a.m., City Park, 1700 N. York St., Denver. This is the 20th year Cigna has sponsored the walk. Visit marchofdimes.com/colorado/ events/10300_3135303733.html.

Grace’s Race

April 27, 9a.m. – noon, Cherry Creek High School, 9300 E. Union Ave., Greenwood Village. A 5K that benefits The Morgan Adams Foundation. Grace, a 13-year-old cancer survivor, has organized the race to help researchers find a cure for cancer.

Because donations funded the research that saved Grace, she and her family are committed to raising money to help save other children’s lives. Registration and additional event information can be found at: www.graces-race.org.

Dumb Friends League Furry Scurry

May 3, Washington Park, Alameda and Downing, Denver. For more information and to register, visit www.FurryScurry.org or call 303-751-5772, ext. 1378.

MEETINGS Greater Englewood Chamber Ambassador Meeting

April 28, 10 a.m., Greater Englewood Chamber, 3501 S. Broadway, 2nd Floor. 5 – 6:30 p.m., Community Banks of Colorado, 3501 S. Broadway, Englewood. RSVP Mallory McCraken, Banking Center Manager mmccraken@cobnks.com.

Greater Englewood Chamber Board Meeting

May 13, 7:30 – 9:30 a.m., John Elway Chevrolet, 5200 S. Broadway Second Floor.

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Your Weekly Horoscope – By Gren Chatworth TAURUS (April 20 – May 20) This week holds much promise of benefits for Taurus.

There will be exciting developments in many fields of endeavor. This could mark a major ‘turning point’ in your career.

VIRGO (Aug 23 – Sept 22) Many surprising developments could occur that might have a favorable effect on your future career.

Be perceptive and objective. You will receive much astrological help.

GEMINI (May 21 – June 20) A great deal of just pure luck may pull you out of a great deal of trouble this week. Be extremely careful of new friends with new ideas. They might not work out in your favor.

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CANCER (June 21 – July 22) Surprising events are going to benefit you financially.

Things may look gloomy at the present, but money is on the way. Don’t hesitate to do a favor for a friend.

LEO (July 23 – Aug 22) The word is get moving this week. The person that snoozes – loses. Make strides, especially in business matters, where strides count. Don’t idle away your time just daydreaming.

SCORPIO (Oct 23 – Nov 21) Romantic entanglements are on the go for you. Be sure to think things out clearly. By all means, don’t do anything foolish that you will regret later on.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov 22 – Dec 21) Luck is with you now, if you let it flow in its own channels and don’t try to force it or hurry it. Be extremely considerate of other people’s viewpoints.

CAPRICORN (Dec 22 – Jan 19) There is a strong urge on your part to ‘cut loose’. Never act impulsively, not unless you want to pay dearly for it.

Remember you are in command.

AQUARIUS (Jan 20 – Feb 18) Persons born in this sign may be overwhelmed at the amount of opportunities knocking at your door. Life will be good to you, so take advantage, and don’t close the door.

PISCES (Feb 19 – March 20) Try and clear up your business matters very shortly, as indications show that you may be changing your life of work in the near future – maybe before the spring.

ARIES (March 21 – April 19) Time to let go of the past that you have in your most inner secrets. Nothing can change this and best to forget all that has taken place. Your future actions will be in better taste and you will now have peace of mind.

PAGE 10 • DENVER HERALD DISPATCH • April 24, 2014 — Legal Notices—

NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE Denver NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2014-0043 To Whom It May Concern: On 1/22/2014 the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in Denver County.

Original Grantor: ROBERT W COSSIA JR Original Beneficiary: MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., AS NOMINEE OF ACADEMY NATIONAL MORTGAGE CORPORATION Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 3/15/2009 Recording Date of DOT: 3/24/2009 Reception No. of DOT: 2009036609 DOT Recorded in Denver County.

Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $135,697.00 Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $142,207.91 Pursuant to C.R.S. §38-38-101 (4) (i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: The covenants of said Deed of Trust have been violated as follows: Failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the evidence of debt secured by the Deed of Trust and other violations of the terms thereof.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. The property described herein is all of the property encumbered by the lien of the deed of trust.

Legal Description of Real Property: LOT 4, BLOCK 11, MONTBELLO NO. 28, CITY AND COUNTY OF DENVER, STATE OF COLORADO. **LOAN MODIFICATION DATED APRIL 17, 2012 BETWEEN ROBERT W COSSIA JR., AS BORROWER AND US BANK NA, AS LENDER, STATES NEW PRINCIPAL BALANCE IS $143,377.30.** Which has the address of: 15031 Randolph Place , Denver, CO 80239 NOTICE OF SALE The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust described herein, has filed written election and demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust.

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that on the first possible sale date (unless the sale is continued) at 10:00 a.m. Thursday, May 22, 2014, at the Denver County Public Trustee’s Office, 201 West Colfax Avenue, Denver, Colorado, I will sell at public auction to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will deliver to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

First Publication: 3/27/2014 Last Publication: 4/24/2014 Publisher: Herald Dispatch Dated: 1/23/2014 Debra Johnson DENVER COUNTY Public Trustee The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: RANDALL S MILLER & ASSOCIATES, P.C. GIOVANNI CAMACHO Colorado Registration #: 44364 333 WEST COLFAX AVENUE SUITE #450, DENVER, COLORADO 80204 Phone #: (720) 259-8626 Fax #: Attorney File #: 13CO00157-1 Published in the Denver Herald First published March 27, 2014 Last published Apri 24, 2014 Legal #: 2014-0043 _________________________________ PUBLIC NOTICE Denver NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2014-0058 To Whom It May Concern: On 1/28/2014 the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in Denver County.

Original Grantor: DAVID CASIAS Original Beneficiary: MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., AS NOMINEE FOR PRIMARY RESIDENTIAL MORTGAGE, INC. Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: WELLS FARGO BANK, NA Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 5/14/2010 Recording Date of DOT: 5/19/2010 Reception No. of DOT: 2010054917 DOT Recorded in Denver County.

Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $210,169.00 Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $206,195.59 Pursuant to C.R.S. §38-38-101 (4) (i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: The covenants of said Deed of Trust have been violated as follows: Failure to make payments of principle and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust and other violations of the terms thereof.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. The property described herein is all of the property encumbered by the lien of the deed of trust.

Legal Description of Real Property: LOT 10, BLOCK 2, HARVEY PARK ADDITION, FILING NO. 15, CITY AND COUNTY OF DENVER, STATE OF COLORADO. Which has the address of: 2968 South Zurich Court , Denver, CO 80236 NOTICE OF SALE The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust described herein, has filed written election and demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust.

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that on the first possible sale date (unless the sale is continued) at 10:00 a.m. Thursday, May 29, 2014, at the Denver County Public Trustee’s Office, 201 West Colfax Avenue, Denver,

Colorado, I will sell at public auction to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will deliver to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

First Publication: 4/3/2014 Last Publication: 5/1/2014 Publisher: Herald Dispatch

ATTACHED HERETO AS EXHIBIT ‘A’ AND INCORPORATED HEREIN AS THOUGH FULLY SET FORTH.

Dated: 1/30/2014 Debra Johnson DENVER COUNTY Public Trustee The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: THE CASTLE LAW GROUP, LLC CYNTHIA LOWERY-GRABER Colorado Registration #: 34145 999 18TH STREET, SUITE 2201 , DENVER, COLORADO 80202 Phone #: 1 (303) 865-1400 Fax #: 1 (303) 865-1410 Attorney File #: 14-00104

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that on the first possible sale date (unless the sale is continued) at 10:00 a.m. Thursday, June 12, 2014, at the Denver County Public Trustee’s Office, 201 West Colfax Avenue, Denver, Colorado, I will sell at public auction to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will deliver to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

Published in the Denver Herald First published April 3, 2014 Last published May 1, 2014 Legal #: 2014-0058 _________________________________ PUBLIC NOTICE Denver NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2014-0081 To Whom It May Concern: On 2/5/2014 the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in Denver County.

Original Grantor: GARY HALSELL Original Beneficiary: MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., AS NOMINEE FOR SERVICE MORTGAGE CORPORATION Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 7/29/2005 Recording Date of DOT: 8/16/2005 Reception No. of DOT: 2005138084 DOT Recorded in Denver County.

Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $205,770.00 Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $181,919.47 Pursuant to C.R.S. §38-38-101 (4) (i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: The covenants of said Deed of Trust have been violated as follows: Failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the evidence of debt secured by the Deed of Trust and other violations of the terms thereof.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. The property described herein is all of the property encumbered by the lien of the deed of trust.

Legal Description of Real Property: LOT 13, BLOCK 1, PERL MACK SUBDIVISION, CITY AND COUNTY OF DENVER, STATE OF COLORADO. Which has the address of: 1261 South Zuni Street , Denver, CO 80223 NOTICE OF SALE The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust described herein, has filed written election and demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust.

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

Thursday, June 5, 2014, at the Denver County Public Trustee’s Office, 201 West Colfax Avenue, Denver, Colorado, I will sell at public auction to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will deliver to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

First Publication: 4/10/2014 Last Publication: 5/8/2014 Publisher: Herald Dispatch Dated: 2/11/2014 Debra Johnson DENVER COUNTY Public Trustee The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: RANDALL S MILLER & ASSOCIATES, P.C. MILNOR H SENIOR Colorado Registration #: 7226 333 WEST COLFAX AVENUE SUITE #450, DENVER, COLORADO 80204 Phone #: (720) 259-8626 Fax #: Attorney File #: 13CO00183-1 Published in the Denver Herald First published April 10, 2014 Last publishd May 8, 2014 Legal #: 2014-0081 _________________________________ PUBLIC NOTICE Denver NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2014-0101 To Whom It May Concern: On 2/12/2014 the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in Denver County.

Original Grantor: LEYDEN WALK DEVELOPMENT LLC AND JAMES L HESTERLY JR Original Beneficiary: COLORADO COMMUNITY BANK Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: NORTHSTAR BANK OF COLORADO Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 11/13/2006 Recording Date of DOT: 12/27/2006 Reception No. of DOT: 2006200925 DOT Recorded in Denver County.

Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $1,790,000.00 Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $1,255,503.20 Pursuant to C.R.S. §38-38-101 (4) (i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: the covenant violations under the debt or Deed of Trust or both on which this demand for foreclosure is based is or are as follows: default on payments due under the debt or Deed of Trust.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. The property described herein is all of the property encumbered by the lien of the deed of trust.

Legal Description of Real Property:

Which has the address of: South Leyden And East Ohio , Denver, CO 80224 NOTICE OF SALE The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust described herein, has filed written election and demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust.

First Publication: 4/17/2014 Last Publication: 5/15/2014 Publisher: Herald Dispatch

Recording Date of DOT: 3/3/2005 Reception No. of DOT: 2005036381 DOT Recorded in Denver County.

Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $188,049.00 Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $166,531.44

Legal Description of Real Property: LOT 35, BLOCK 3, PARK WEST FILING NO 3, CITY AND COUNTY OF DENVER, STATE OF COLORADO

Pursuant to C.R.S. §38-38-101 (4) (i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: The covenants of said Deed of Trust have been violated as follows: Failure to make payments of principle and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust and other violations of the terms thereof.

NOTICE OF SALE

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. The property described herein is all of the property encumbered by the lien of the deed of trust.

Legal Description of Real Property: LOTS 38 TO 40, BLOCK 2, BELLAIRE, CITY AND COUNTY OF DENVER, STATE OF COLORADO. Which has the address of: 1649 Xenia Street , Denver, CO 80220

Dated: 2/12/2014

NOTICE OF SALE

Debra Johnson DENVER COUNTY Public Trustee

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

The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: LEWIS ROCA ROTHBERGER LLP KRISTIN M BRONSON Colorado Registration #: 28559 1200 17TH STREET SUITE #3000, DENVER, COLORADO 80202-5855 Phone #: (303) 623-9000 Fax #: (303) 623-9222 Attorney File #: 29714-249 Published in the Herald First published April 17, 2014 Last published May 15, 2014 Legal #: 2014-0101 _________________________________ PUBLIC NOTICE Denver NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2014-0110 To Whom It May Concern: On 2/12/2014 the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in Denver County.

Original Grantor: JENIFER SAUER Original Beneficiary: MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., AS NOMINEE FOR CTX MORTGAGE COMPANY, LLC Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: WELLS FARGO BANK, NA Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 5/29/2002 Recording Date of DOT: 6/7/2002 Reception No. of DOT: 2002102619 DOT Recorded in Denver County.

Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $98,356.00 Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $76,934.06 Pursuant to C.R.S. §38-38-101 (4) (i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: The covenants of said Deed of Trust have been violated as follows: Failure to make payments of principle and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust and other violations of the terms thereof.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. The property described herein is all of the property encumbered by the lien of the deed of trust.

Legal Description of Real Property: ATTACHED HERETO AS EXHIBIT ‘A’ AND INCORPORATED HEREIN AS THOUGH FULLY SET FORTH. Which has the address of: 1808 Grove Street , Denver, CO 80204 NOTICE OF SALE The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust described herein, has filed written election and demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust.

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that on the first possible sale date (unless the sale is continued) at 10:00 a.m. Thursday, June 12, 2014, at the Denver County Public Trustee’s Office, 201 West Colfax Avenue, Denver, Colorado, I will sell at public auction to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will deliver to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

First Publication: 4/17/2014 Last Publication: 5/15/2014 Publisher: Herald Dispatch

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that on the first possible sale date (unless the sale is continued) at 10:00 a.m. Thursday, June 12, 2014, at the Denver County Public Trustee’s Office, 201 West Colfax Avenue, Denver, Colorado, I will sell at public auction to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will deliver to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

First Publication: 4/17/2014 Last Publication: 5/15/2014 Publisher: Herald Dispatch Dated: 2/13/2014 Debra Johnson DENVER COUNTY Public Trustee The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: THE CASTLE LAW GROUP, LLC JENNIFER M GRIEST Colorado Registration #: 34830 999 18TH STREET, SUITE 2201 , DENVER, COLORADO 80202 Phone #: 1 (303) 865-1400 Fax #: 1 (303) 865-1410 Attorney File #: 13-08300 Published in the Denver Herald First published April 17, 2014 Last published May 15, 2014 Legal #: 2014-0120 _________________________________ PUBLIC NOTICE Denver NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2014-0126 To Whom It May Concern: On 2/13/2014 the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in Denver County.

Original Grantor: MATTHEW A LAMOUREAUX AND RACHEL E LAMOUREUX Original Beneficiary: MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC, AS NOMINEE FOR RBC MORTGAGE COMPANY Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 7/8/2003 Recording Date of DOT: 8/6/2003 Reception No. of DOT: 2003161595 DOT Recorded in Denver County.

Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $175,120.00 Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $213,153.04

Which has the address of: 9173 West Union Avenue , Denver, CO 80123 The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust described herein, has filed written election and demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust.

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

Thursday, June 12, 2014, at the Denver County Public Trustee’s Office, 201 West Colfax Avenue, Denver, Colorado, I will sell at public auction to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will deliver to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

First Publication: 4/17/2014 Last Publication: 5/15/2014 Publisher: Herald Dispatch Dated: 2/14/2014 Debra Johnson DENVER COUNTY Public Trustee The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: THE CASTLE LAW GROUP, LLC JENNIFER M GRIEST Colorado Registration #: 34830 999 18TH STREET, SUITE 2201 , DENVER, COLORADO 80202 Phone #: 1 (303) 865-1400 Fax #: 1 (303) 865-1410 Attorney File #: 13-07839 Published in the Denver Herald First pubhslied April 17, 2014 Last published May 15, 2014 Legal #: 2014-0126 ________________________________ PUBLIC NOTICE Denver NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2014-0140 To Whom It May Concern: On 2/19/2014 the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in Denver County.

Original Grantor: OLIVIA P GONZALES Original Beneficiary: WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A. Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: WELLS FARGO BANK, NA Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 7/6/2012 Recording Date of DOT: 7/20/2012 Reception No. of DOT: 2012095642 DOT Recorded in Denver County.

Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $218,368.00 Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $215,674.53 Pursuant to C.R.S. §38-38-101 (4) (i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: The covenants of said Deed of Trust have been violated as follows: Failure to make payments of principle and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust and other violations of the terms thereof.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. The property described herein is all of the property encumbered by the lien of the deed of trust.

Legal Description of Real Property: LOT 12 AND ALL OR LOT 13, EXCEPT THE EAST 62 FEET, BLOCK 12, HARVEY PARK ADDITION FILING NO. 1, CITY AND COUNTY OF DENVER, STATE OF COLORADO.

Evans Avenue , Denver, CO 80219 NOTICE OF SALE The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust described herein, has filed written election and demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust.

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

Thursday, June 19, 2014, at the Denver County Public Trustee’s Office, 201 West Colfax Avenue, Denver, Colorado, I will sell at public auction to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will deliver to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

First Publication: 4/24/2014 Last Publication: 5/22/2014 Publisher: Herald Dispatch Dated: 2/19/2014 Debra Johnson DENVER COUNTY Public Trustee The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: THE CASTLE LAW GROUP, LLC KIMBERLY L MARTINEZ Colorado Registration #: 40351 999 18TH STREET, SUITE 2201 , DENVER, COLORADO 80202 Phone #: 1 (303) 865-1400 Fax #: 1 (303) 865-1410 Attorney File #: 13-08024 Published in the Denver Herald First published April 24, 2014 Last published May 22, 2014 Legal #: 2014-0140 _________________________________ PUBLIC NOTICE Denver NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2014-0168 To Whom It May Concern: On 2/20/2014 the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in Denver County.

Original Grantor: STUART G CAHN AND CAROL A CAHN Original Beneficiary: EAGLE HOME MORTGAGE, INC. Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: LAKEVIEW LOAN SERVICING LLC Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 4/21/2006 Recording Date of DOT: 5/4/2006 Reception No. of DOT: 2006069710 DOT Recorded in Denver County.

Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $258,198.00 Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $243,637.94 Pursuant to C.R.S. §38-38-101 (4) (i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: The covenants of said Deed of Trust have been violated as follows: Failure to make payments of principle and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust and other violations of the terms thereof.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. The property described herein is all of the property encumbered by the lien of the deed of trust.

Legal Description of Real Property: ATTACHED HERETO AS EXHIBIT ‘A’ AND INCORPORATED HEREIN AS THOUGH FULLY SET FORTH. Which has the address of: 3258 South Oneida Way #3 , Denver, CO 80224 NOTICE OF SALE The current holder of the Evidence of

Pursuant to C.R.S. §38-38-101 (4) (i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: The covenants of said Deed of Trust have been violated as follows: Failure to make payments of principle and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust and other violations of the terms thereof.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. The property described herein is all of the property encumbered by the lien of the deed of trust.

EXHIBIT A

Dated: 2/13/2014 Debra Johnson DENVER COUNTY Public Trustee The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: THE CASTLE LAW GROUP, LLC CYNTHIA LOWERY-GRABER Colorado Registration #: 34145 999 18TH STREET, SUITE 2201 , DENVER, COLORADO 80202 Phone #: 1 (303) 865-1400 Fax #: 1 (303) 865-1410 Attorney File #: 14-00248 Published in the Denver Herald First published April 17 2014 Last published May 15, 2014 Legal #: 2014-0110 ------------------------------------------------------PUBLIC NOTICE Denver NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2014-0120 To Whom It May Concern: On 2/12/2014 the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in Denver County.

Original Grantor: THOMAS L FORD AND MIKAE A HARRISON Original Beneficiary: MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., AS NOMINEE FOR IRWIN MORTGAGE CORPORATION Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: MIDFIRST BANK Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 2/24/2005

Which has the address of: 4165 West

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NOTICE OF SALE Debt secured by the Deed of Trust described herein, has filed written election and demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust.

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that on the first possible sale date (unless the sale is continued) at 10:00 a.m. Thursday, June 19, 2014, at the Denver County Public Trustee’s Office, 201 West Colfax Avenue, Denver, Colorado, I will sell at public auction to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will deliver to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

First Publication: 4/24/2014 Last Publication: 5/22/2014 Publisher: Herald Dispatch Dated: 2/21/2014

Debra Johnson DENVER COUNTY Public Trustee The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is:

NOTICE TO CREDITORS THE CASTLE LAW GROUP, LLC CYNTHIA LOWERY-GRABER Colorado Registration #: 34145

Denver, CO 80202 In the Matter of the Estate of HELEN L. HOFFMAN, Deceased Attorney or Party Without Attorney (Name and Address): JAMES S. KIMMEL 5601 South Broadway, Suite 355 Littleton, CO 80121 Phone Number: 303-794-2036 E-mail:JSK4543@aol.com FAX Number: 303-794-2073 Atty. Reg. #:1720

999 18TH STREET, SUITE 2201 , DENVER, COLORADO 80202 Phone #: 1 (303) 865-1400 Fax #: 1 (303) 865-1410 Attorney File #: 10-23800R

Case Number: 2014PR30406

Published in the Denver Herald First published April 24, 2014 Last published May 22, 2014 Legal #: 2014-0168 _________________________________

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Denver Probate Court City & County of Denver, Colorado Court Address: 1437 Bannock Street, Room 230

NOTICE TO CREDITORS BY PUBLICATION PURSUANT TO §15-12-801, C.R.S. Estate of HELEN L. HOFFMAN, deceased Case Number: 2014PR30406 All persons having claims against the above-named estate are required to

present them to the Personal Representative or to

(303) 955-2080 DiPonioLawFirm@comcast.net

Denver Probate Court for the City and County of Denver, Colorado

Case Number: 2014PR30312

on or before August 18, 2014*, or the claims may be forever barred.

JULIE G. ARNDT Personal Representative 609 Van Buren Street Pueblo, CO 81004

Jim Strocchia 2703 Windswept Lane Annapolis, MD 21401

NOTICE OF HEARING BY PUBLICATION PURSUANT TO § 15-10401, C.R.S. To: _Robert M. Strocchia

Published in the Denver Herald First published åpril 24, 2014 Last published May 8, 2014 Legal #: DHD 034 _________________________________

Last Known Address, if any: Unknown

Published in the Denver Herald First published April 17, 2014 Last published May 1, 2014 Legal #: DHD 033 _________________________________ Denver Probate Court Denver County, Colorado Court Address: 1437 Bannock, Room 230 Denver, CO 80202 In the Matter of the Estate of: LAUREEN M. STROCCHIA Lisa DiPonio, Esq., #27707 DiPonio & DiPonio, LLC 7931 S. Broadway, #348 Littleton, CO 80122

A hearing on a Petition for Adjudication of Intestacy and Formal Appointment of Personal Representative_ for_a Court Order adjudicating Laureen M. Strocchia’s Estate be administered through the laws of Intestate Succession and that Jim Strocchia be formally appointed as Personal Represenative of Laureen M. Strocchia’s Estate. will be held at the following time and location or at a later date to which the hearing may be continued: Date: May 22, 2014 Time: 8:00am Courtroom or Division: Room 230 Address: Denver Probate Court, 1437 Bannock Street, Denver, CO 80202

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ational Library Week, April 13-19, is a great time to tell the story of how the public library got started more than a century ago. Public education had brought reading within the grasp of most American citizen by 1900, but not everyone hungry to read could buy their own books.

The “free library” movement soon received a huge boost when industrial magnate Andrew Carnegie took up the cause. Carnegie’s formal education had ended at age 11 when his family left Scotland for America, so he had improved himself via the private libraries shared with him by others.

Carnegie went on to amass a fortune from his Carnegie Steel Company and used this to fund 2,500 public libraries in 10 different countries 1883-1919. The first Carnegie Library was built in his hometown of Dunfermline, Scotland. Nearly 1,700 Carnegie libraries were constructed in the U.S. When the Carnegie Steel Company was sold to the United States Steel Corporation for $480 million in 1901, Carnegie received half of the sales proceeds and used his enormous wealth for many charitable projects. The best remembered are the Carnegie libraries.

The Carnegie Library Program coincided with the rise of women’s clubs, whose efforts also established public libraries. Women’s clubs began spearheading lending libraries and reading rooms especially as an antidote to the dreaded saloon. A public library loaned patrons books free of charge, but also provided a quiet sanctuary where people could retreat from a noisy boarding house or a crowded worker’s cottage. Recalling his own youth, Carnegie knew that public libraries could give “working boys” the opportunity to acquire the knowledge and improve themselves, as he had as a lad.

Carnegie considered a library

“the best possible gift for a community,” but the town must help support the facility once it was built.

The Carnegie Library Program required a financial commitment: at the minimum a town-owned building site and ongoing annual operating expenses (typically 10 percent of the library’s construction cost).

After the town submitted its application, often prepared by the local women’s club, Carnegie’s secretary-assistant James Bertram made the final decision based upon the town’s need and its readiness for a Carnegie-funded library. The average library grant was $10,000, disbursed gradually as construction proceeded. Each town chose its own architectural design, either commissioning a local architect or selecting design plans provided by Bertram. Bertram also authored a Library Guide to direct towns toward choosing a design that combined functionality with “good taste in building.”

Carnegie libraries became architectural gems, designed in distinctive architectural styles of the time. Each had “Carnegie Library” prominently carved above the front entrance. Neoclassical Revival was tremendously popular in the first decade of the 1900s, sporting stately columns and a picturesque pediment, so the library resembled a miniature Greek temple. Most libraries were single story on a raised foundation with a basement to hold meeting rooms, restrooms and the furnace. The dignified civic building often was situated in or facing a park, and it featured a stone or brick exterior with tasteful embellishment.

Above all, the Carnegie Library provided free service to all. The simple and formal architecture welcomed patrons. The interior featured “modern” library elements such as open stack shelving that allowed patrons to browse and discover books on their own.

A dedicated children’s section was also considered innovative. The

in Colorado Is there one in your town?

Denver’s Carnegie Library, built in 1910 for a cost of $360,000, possessed the massing and features of a Greek temple. It stands at 144 W. Colfax Ave. near Civic Center Park. Restored and reopened in October 2013 as the McNichols Civic Center, the classic building hosts art shows, cultural events and administrative offices for Denver Arts & Venues.

Photo courtesy of Denver Public Library – Western History Collection, Z-172

child’s first library card opened a broad world within the Carnegie Library: story hour, special programs and sweltering summer days browsing the books on their tidy shelves.

In most libraries hung a poratrait of Andrew Carnegie himself, enchanting schoolchildren who thought the white-whiskered gentleman might be Santa Claus.

About 35 Carnegie libraries were built in Colorado 1903-1919; around 30 still remain standing and most still function as libraries or research centers. A number of them are listed in the National Register of Historic Places.

The first wave of library construction, 1903-09, produced a dozen Carnegie libraries in various Colorado towns. The Cañon City library was fruit of the town’s library association founded in 1886. Built from locally quarried sandstone, it opened its doors in 1903. Enlarged by a tasteful rear addition, it still operates as the city’s library.

Manitou Springs’ Carnegie Library is a beautiful example of Spanish Colonial Revival architecture with its pale-brick exterior, round-arched windows and red clay tile roof. It sits at the center of a park facing the town’s main thoroughfare, Manitou Avenue.

Photo by Cathleen Norman

The following year, 1904, six Carnegie libraries opened their doors in Colorado towns. The Boulder library, patterned after an ancient Greek temple, has served as a research center for Boulder County history since 1981. The Fort Collins library in Library Park originally housed 4,000 books; it now contains the city’s art center.

In Leadville, the two-story redbrick library has been the home of the Leadville Heritage Museum since 1971. Idaho Springs’ stately buffbrick library with its pediment entry still serves as the town’s library.

The Colorado City library facing Prospect Park still functions as the neighborhood library with a thriving genealogy center in basement.

Trinidad’s library is also in its original use expanded by a history room addition in 1995.

In 1905, the Colorado Springs Carnegie Library opened, built upon land donated by city founder Gen. William Jackson Palmer. It now serves as an archival and research center for local and regional history; it is attached to the muchlarger modern Penrose Public Library constructed in 1968.

Two Carnegie libraries opened in 1906. The redbrick Silverton library still operates as such. Durango’s library, a proud stone structure of Neo-Classical design, today houses city offices.

In 1910, two more Carnegie libraries were completed. The Rocky Ford library became the Rocky Ford Historical Museum documenting life in the Arkansas Valley. Salida’s Greek-Revival style library, erected with the aid of the Tuesday Night Ladies Club, was designed by notable Colorado Springs architects Charles Thomas and Thomas McLaren. It still func-

tions as a library.

The Denver Public Library system built several Carnegie libraries, starting with the Main Branch in 1910 on West Colfax Avenue facing Civic Center Park. Vacated in the 1930s when a larger library was erected on the other side of the park, it is now known as the McNichols Civic Center Building and contains offices.

Several Denver Branch libraries were constructed 1913-1918 thanks to Carnegie grants. Those still used as libraries include Woodbury Branch at 3265 Federal Blvd., Decker Branch at 1501 S. Logan St., Byers Branch at 675 Santa Fe Drive and Smiley Branch at 4501 W. 46th Ave. In the 1910s, about one Carnegie Library a year opened around the state: the Spanish Colonial Revival Manitou Springs library with its red-tiled roof; the Longmont library since converted into city offices; the Fort Morgan library, now surrounded by an addition but still used as a library; the Littleton library, which was outgrown in 1962 and has housed a popular fondue restaurant for 20 years; the Sterling library, since converted into a private residence; and the Florence library that still fulfills its original purpose.

Not every community welcomed a Carnegie Library, however. Several mining towns did not look kindly on the Carnegie Steel Company, due to its hostility treatment of labor unions. Victor and Cripple Creek were among the Colorado towns that spurned the Carnegie Library program and funded their public library themselves.

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Denver Art Museum completes new administration building Project unites museum campus, brings new energy to Golden Triangle The Denver Art Museum completed its new administration office building. The 50,000-square-foot structure is located immediately west of the museum’s Hamilton Building and directly south of the Clyfford Still Museum on property owned by the DAM that previously served as a staff parking lot.

The new building will unite the museum’s departments under one roof by bringing together more than 100 museum employees to the museum campus, including administrative staff, curators and educators that formerly were housed in office space five blocks away at 14th Street and Tremont.

The new building will enable a more efficient work environment and closer collaboration among museum staff. The privately funded, $11.5 million project will

Denver Art Museum’s new administrative building.

also contain the research-focused Frederick R. Mayer Library and 9,000 square feet of collection storage, helping to reopen space inside the museum’s North Build-

ing for public programs and exhibitions.

“The new office building will unite our campus and infuse the Golden Triangle neighborhood

Photo by Jeff Wells, courtesy Denver Art Museum

with the energy of more than 100 creative people,” said Christoph Heinrich, Frederick and Jan Mayer director of the DAM. “The building’s open floor plan and

various brainstorming zones will provide team members with optimal working and meeting spaces to inspire creativity and capitalize on the amazing talent of our staff.”

The building will add new foot traffic throughout the Golden Triangle neighborhood, generating positive economic impact to the area. Denver-based Roth Sheppard Architects and Saunders Construction, Inc. were selected to design and construct the new building. With two floors above grade and one below, the building features glass and light-colored stone on the exterior to complement neighboring structures along Bannock Street, allowing the verticality and design of both the Hamilton and North buildings to continue to anchor the district.

“This very special building is the result of a highly collaborative process between the museum, the contractor, Saunders Construction and my firm,” said Jeffrey Sheppard, design principal and co-founder of Roth Sheppard Architects. “A once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to give the creative workforce of the museum a building that celebrates what they do, how they work together and how they connect back to the community. We are honored to have played a part in this rewarding project.”

Internally, an open floor plan and multitude of gathering spaces create greater opportunities for collaboration and connection. A clerestory-raised roof and threestory lightwell positioned above the exposed main staircase bring daylight into the full depth of the interior. The two upper floors feature flexible, impromptu meeting areas and workstations around the perimeter to stimulate communication and allow museum staff to function more effectively across departments.

Under the leadership of DAM trustee Cathey Finlon, this project was built with funds raised privately from museum supporters including Jan Mayer, The Boeckman Family Foundation, J. Landis Martin, Frederic C. Hamilton, Noël and Tom Congdon, as well as various members of the board of trustees and other generous donors. No public funding was used to construct the museum’s new administration building.