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The 86th Memorial Day Ceremony at Fort Logan National Cemetery May 28, was a day of solemn remembrance and deep reflection. It was noted during the ceremony that Memorial

Day is to remember and commemorate those who made the ultimate sacrifice in serving and defending the United States and those that have died defending it. One of the highlights was

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the presentation of the Honor Bell which was cast from the insignia and dog tags of servicemen who sacrificed serving the United States.

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Presentation of the colors during the Memorial Day Remembrance at Fort Logan National Cemetery was by Mile High Honor Guard, 460th Space Wing Buckley A.F.B.

INSET: The Honor Bell founder Luis Olivera center along with Tracey Turner and Denis Spelman all retired service members that toll the Honor Bell as the final salute and tribute to the fallen.

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The newest addition to evening entertainment hosted longtime supporters and friends May 24 who gathered on the patio of the new supper club to witness the unveiling of the new sign. Tony and Dani David, owners of

the nightclub, will welcome guests over the coming weekend, May 31 through June 3, with special guests. The band WildeFire with Walker Williams and a surprise guest will perform Thursday, May 31.

Then Friday through Sunday

performance will be by Mannequin, JC from MM8tr and Wash Park. WildeFire Bistro is located at 15252 E. Ida Dr. in Centennial. Visit wildefirebistro.com or call 720436-TONY(8669) for more information.

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Stormwater quality matters to all of us

BY FREDA MIKLIN GOVERNMENTAL REPORTER

Keeping our waterways clean isn’t automatic. It takes work, mostly unnoticed when it’s done well.

The Southeast Metro Stormwater Authority (SEMSWA) has an important role in facilitating local governments in the area to work together to make sure there is adequate clean water to permit economic development. Besides doing what is best for the local economy and the quality of life, there is a federal regulation as part of the Clean Water Act. This regulation requires all governmental agencies that are permitted to put water

into the nation’s waterways to take affirmative steps to control stormwater discharges from construction and industrial activities, as well as separate municipal storm sewer systems. Colorado water flows into 18 other states.

In our area, all the cities, towns, villages and several special districts in Arapahoe County, as well as the county itself, hold permits and are responsible for implementing controls to limit pollutants in the drainageways. In order to share ideas and achieve economies, SEMSWA partnered with the cities in Arapahoe County (Cherry Hills Village, Glendale, Greenwood Village, Littleton and Columbine Valley) to

form SPLASH: Stormwater Permittee for Local Awareness of Stream Health.

Representatives of each governmental agency meet regularly, together with representatives of the Tri-County Health Department and the state to plan and execute specific programs to ensure that stormwater is kept as clean as possible. They work together to plan public outreach at community events and closely monitor construction site runoff during and after building projects, as well as general pollution prevention from all sources.

SPLASH issues an annual report detailing its many activities that can be found on splashco.org.

MOA celebrates years of collecting With “Cabinet of Curiosities inside a forgotten cottage

Visit MOA’s indoor gallery to see the latest exhibition, Paintings, Sculpture & Snapshots, now showing through Aug. 3. The exhibition is open weekdays from 10 a.m.-5 p.m.

(Fridays until 4 p.m.). MOA is celebrating 37 years of collecting as we showcase select artworks from the permanent collection vault. The Atrium Gallery features an installation of snapshot photos of various MOA events and projects over the years.

Featured Artists: Joseph Shaeffer, Chandler Romeo, Jesús Moroles, Craig Marshall Smith, Patricia Aaron, David Mann, Barbara Takenaga, Daniel Sprick, John Henry, Nick Bantock, Tsehai Johnson, Jason DeMarte, Joel Swanson, Joseph Raffael, Darryl Pottorf, David Nash, Todd Siler, Lin Emery, Bill Barrett, Joseph Snyder, David Zimmer, Mel Tanner, Scott Johnson, Stanley Bleifeld, Claudy Jongstra, Ursula Morley Price, Virginio Ferrari and Sir Anthony Caro.

The exhibitions are free and open to the public and is supported by the City of Englewood and Scientific and Cultural Facilities District.

In addition, MOA invites visitors to the Victorian Diorama located on the north exterior of Marjorie Park at 6331 S. Fiddler’s Green Circle. The diorama was created from a Victorian architectural element and features four seasonal displays annually.

Currently on display through June 18 is A Lost Cabinet in the Woods by Scott Soffa of SMS Studio with assistance by Benjamin Pound.

A Lost Cabinet in the Woods is an installation in which you, the viewer, have stumbled upon a secret, hidden “Cabinet of Curiosities,” deep in the forest nestled inside a forgotten cottage. Filled with magical and fantastical wonders, this collection may have been assembled

by Arthur Spiderwick himself, then lost in time.

Inside the diorama are dusty trunks, cases, jars, and crates filled with fairy artifacts; magic

trinkets, enchanted shells, rare plants, and many other real and imagined treasures. Central to the diorama is an old small stool and makeshift work table strewn with implements, sketches, prints, and specimens quietly waiting for the intrepid explorer that created it to return. The installation takes on a new shape in the evening hours as the lights come on.

The Victorian Diorama is switched on through midnight, daily and is supported through the generosity of the Scientific and Cultural Facilities District.

Learn more at moaonline. org or by calling 303-806-0444.

The Streets at SouthGlenn summer concert series kicks off June 13.

9th Annual Summer Concert Series The Streets at SouthGlenn begins June 13

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The Streets at SouthGlenn will host its ninth annual Dancing in the Streets Summer Concert Series starting Wednesday, June 13, 2018.

The concerts, which feature well-known local and regional bands, are held in Commons Park from 6:30 to 8 p.m. on the second and fourth Wednesdays of June, July and August.

“We’re excited to kick off our ninth year of this series and are proud to provide a calendar of quality bands within a relaxing and beautiful environment,” said Moogie Boldbaatar, Sr. asset manager for Alberta Development Partners. “These concerts have become a true summer tradition for our community.”

The full schedule and featured bands are as follows:

June 27 – The Rumour

Boulder’s remarkable acapella sensation.

Colorado’s hottest new funky dance band.

July 11 – Premium Diesel

Modern country - a fresh, fun and young 5-piece band.

July 25 – That Eighties Band

Denver’s 80s Tribute Band.

Aug. 8 – Tunisia

Colorado’s premier dance band: Old school to current hits.

Aug. 22 – The Long Run, Colorado’s Tribute to The Eagles

A fan-favorite Eagles tribute band Admission is free; for more information visit The Streets at SouthGlenn website at shopsouthglenn.com or email moogie@albdev.com.

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Visiting “remittance” country El Salvador

My world broadened this past week as this reporter journeyed out of the U.S. to El Salvador to attend the first ever “Premier Congreso Regional Del Golfo Fonseca.” This was a historic gathering of Honduras, Guatemala, Nicaragua, and El Salvador ophthalmologists for the first time in history spearheaded

by Dr. Jane Bronwyn Bateman. She is the founder of the Rocky Mountain Lions Eye Institute, now the University of Colorado Eye Center at the Anschutz Medical Campus located at the old Fitzsimmons in Aurora.

Bateman served as president of the PanAmerican Latin American Ophthalmology Association (PAAO) during her tenure at the Lions Eye Institute. One of the few American women to be elected to this austere group of over 15,000 Canadian, American and Latin American doctors. She suggested these four Central American countries have an annual educational meeting annually in one of the adjacent countries.

The group followed her suggestion and Bateman was invited to join the group and give the opening address. As a fellow Denver Lions Club member with Bateman and a booster of the Lions Eye Institute, I was invited to attend this inaugural meeting in El Salvador.

Helen Keller called the Lions her “Knights of the Blind” and Lions Clubs encircle the world with vision services. Here in the metro area, Lions have a “Kid’s Sight” program of screening lower grade school children’s vision to detect early challenges.

Having traveled extensively in Latin America I had never visited El Salvador and the capital city of San Salvador.

Upon arrival, we were greeted at the airport by the event chair, Dr. Sidney Samosa and his wife Lipita, who braved the rainy weather conditions to meet the plane and take our group to the Sheraton Hotel.

Wednesday was a tour of the city that included the Museum of Art, the downtown markets, a historic Catholic cathedral, and the local El Diario De Hoy newspaper where we met one of the editors, Guillermo Miranda who gave us a tour of this very vibrant newspaper. We did not have time to visit La Prensa Grafica, also a second newspaper published in a nearby suburban area. Both papers are very impressive with at least 50 staff in

the De Hoy newsroom and large newspaper presses rolling out the early morning editions. De Hoy is locally owned by a long-standing family; that is the case for many Latin American newspapers. The publisher was not in this day, but these two newspapers play a powerful role in local government and the economy.

We learned from visiting with the doctors and the press that the economy in El Salvador is based largely on “remittances” of money sent to Salvadoran families from the estimated 3 to 5 million Salvadoran residents living and working in the United States. A huge amount of money pouring into the nation from relocated residents who immigrated to the United States largely as refugees from the 12- year civil war that brutalized the country. We visited the Catholic church where Archbishop Oscar Romero, a champion of the poor, became a civil rights icon in Latin America but was assassinated by a right-wing death squad in 1980. He will be named a Roman Catholic saint, nominated by Pope Francis later this year. The ensuing civil war claimed 75,000 lives before it ended in 1992.

The second economic engine is sugar cane with vast fields of this green plant in various stages of growth with corporate sugar processing plants located across the country. The terrain is mountainous with broad landscapes and jungle vegetation. The humidity is very high, and the rainy season is just beginning.

The final economic engine is the coffee industry where coffee beans are grown on the high mountain slopes with abundant rainfall for the thriving coffee trees.

Tourism did not seem to play a major role and during my short stay, I only encountered one visiting American tourist.

The city seemed to be safe, but reportedly there are gang infested areas where one is advised not to visit. True of many American cities as well. I saw a few police and some soldiers on the streets and roads with military rifles. Road construction is slow using considerable manual labor.

Americans have lost the car industry to Korean KIA and Hyundai, along with Japan’s Toyota, with some Volkswagen trucks and cars. All gasoline is imported, and the fuel price was around $3.52 a gallon with the U.S. dollar used as the Salvadoran currency.

Early Thursday morning we traveled by bus about 90 miles to the Royal DeCameron resort in Salintas on the Pacific Ocean. This is a popular Latin American resort chain with hotels and convention centers in Colombia, Mexico, Jamaica, Panama and El Salvador.

The resort is massive with large gardens, flowers and swimming pools, adjacent to ocean swimming areas. The food service was dubbed “all-inclusive,” meaning the meals come with the rooms as a package purchase.

A vast 500 seat dining hall was located under a thatched open roof for hundreds of families who vacation at this resort along with the 200 doctors attending this convention. In the evening, there were designated on-site restaurants with bars and dining areas specializing in Thai, Mexican and Latin American cuisine.

Seafood was abundant along with fresh fruits and vegetable dishes.

I attended many of the lectures and saw lots of eyeball slides along with cataract surgery techniques and glaucoma treatments.

The convention hall was cool, comfortable and full of friendly doctors, and family members. It was dark, and I could rest my eyes.

My Spanish is poor, but I know how to order a cervesa and say, “Buenos Dias.”

El Salvador is a poor country with a rich heart and a place for American ingenuity and free enterprise. San Salvador has all of the American fast food franchises, including McDonalds and KFC. At one time, there was a thriving textile business driven by Palestinians who immigrated to El Salvador before 1933 with the fall of the Ottoman Empire and the British control over Palestine. There are estimated to be over 300,000 Palestinians residing in Latin America and a large contingent in El Salvador where they have integrated well into industry and government services.

The local ophthalmologists appear to be well-trained and taking good care of the large populations through hospitals and their private practices. They are definitely the best well-educated people in their respective countries Bateman has become a legend with her work in Latin America with these doctors and the Pan-American ophthalmologist organization that she chaired and continues to support with these regional meetings. I felt like I was watching history being made.

D-Day – 1944 -74 Years ago

that the men of the 1st and 29th Infantry divisions had to move forward with great difficulty under German small-arms fire, mortars and artillery.

It was so bad that by midday Gen. Omar Bradley the 1st Army Commander, actually considered canceling the assault, but somehow his men fought back and moved out of the killing zones and into the exit lanes.

By the end of D-Day, 34,000 troops of the two divisions had made it ashore at Omaha. Casualties were heavy, the infantry lost 2,500 men, together the 82nd Airborne and 101st Airborne had another 2,500 casualties – the Canadians had 1,100, and the British had 3,000.

That year’s press reported that nearly 150,000 men were successfully ashore and had already taken 80 square miles of France. They further reported that the invasion had achieved complete success and had dealt a thunderous blow to Hitler’s “evil empire.” The Air Force Times reported that Col. George Taylor, commander of the 16th Infantry Regiment at the end of that unbelievable historic day proclaimed to his men that, “There are two kinds of people staying on this beach: the dead and those who are going to die. Now let’s get the hell out of here.”

By early 1944 Hitler surmised that the on the largest armada in world history. allies would attempt an amphibious inva- The allies had massed nearly 5,000 ships, including nine battleships, 23 cruisers, sion of mainland Europe, and ordered 104 destroyers and 71 large landing Field Marshal Rommel, to construct an craft, thousands of troop transports, mine “Atlantic Wall” that would defend the Germans against attempts by the allies to sweepers and cargo craft.

By 5:30 a.m., the press achieve a successful invasion.

BY MORT REMARKS MARKS proudly reported that the asStretching from western sault units were headed for France to Pas-de-Calais an shore with close-air support 800-mile-long wall – twoeverywhere. The fighters and miles wide was completed. Its bombers flew 11,000 sorties components included obstacles against military positions, railto sink incoming sea craft, road junctions, troop concencoastal batteries to fire both trations and headquarters. seaward and on the beach plus Within three hours the men an extensive trench and strucof the 4th Infantry Division ture system designed to cover had collapsed the German beach defense every foot of the beach with gunfire. on Utah Beach, and U.S. soldiers were When Gen. Dwight Eisenhower said moving inland. At day’s end, 23,000 solthe words “Let’s go,” he set in motion diers had landed at Utah, at a cost of 197 the fury of what would be the greatest casualties. military operation the world had ever Unfortunately, at Omaha Beach, it was seen. It was 3:32 a.m., June 6, 1944, New York time, when a radio flash announced a different story. Rough seas swamped the landing craft, not only making the the Normandy Invasion had begun and men seasick and wobbly but also ruining the press reported Eisenhower’s words, 57 of 96 amphibious tanks that were sup“The freemen of the world are marching posed to clear the exits. together to victory.”

The naval gunfire and bombing had As dawn broke, German defenders been relatively ineffective in this area so along Hitler’s “Atlantic Wall” gazed out

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

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QUOTE of the WEEK If you tell a lie

of the lie. It thus

big enough and becomes vitally QUOTE of the WEEK keep repeating important for the it, people will State to use all eventually come of its powers to to believe it. repress dissent, The lie can be for the truth is the maintained only mortal enemy of for such time the lie, and thus as the State can by extension, shield the people the truth is the from the political, greatest enemy of economic and the State. or military consequences - Joseph Goebbels

Opinion

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What is patriotism?

On Monday, May 26, America celebrated Memorial Day honoring those who gave their lives in the honorable service of this nation.

Those men and women who willingly sacrificed their lives in military service did so because they swore alliance

to the principles embodied in the United States Constitution and love of county. They died fighting for the preservation of our freedoms and defended this nation against all enemies foreign and domestic.

My great uncle died fighting in Europe in WWII and

my cousin died in Vietnam.

Many American families have lost loved ones defending this nation during times of war and conflict.

As a disabled Vietnam veteran, I mourn for those brave men and women who lost their lives in the hamlets and rice paddies during that war.

All of those who sacrificed their lives defending our freedom to live in a free

and open society, speak our minds without fear of arrest or intimidation from our government, worship in the church or mosque of their choosing and not fear government retribution because of the color of their skin, sexual orientation and religion.

Patriotism is not just defined by military service it is also embodied in the way we all live our lives. True patriotism

Will Trump’s plan lower drug prices?

President Trump unveiled a plan a few weeks ago to lower prescription drug prices. He acknowledged that the current system is broken, with many drugs unaffordable to the patients that need them. His goal is to, “Bring soaring drug prices back down to earth.”

Easier said than done. His plan targets drug patents, pharmacy benefits managers, and drug pricing negotiated by foreign countries. Did you know that Medicare is not allowed to negotiate drug prices with pharmaceutical companies based on a 2003 law? Trump, Clinton, and Sanders all campaigned on changing this law.

Would Congress legislate such a change? Follow the money for your answer. Big pharma is the largest Congressional lobbying group, spending $280 million in 2017. With money like that flowing to members of Congress, will they be eager to change the law?

Don’t hold your breath.

Who in Colorado is getting big bucks from big pharma?

OpenSecrets.org provides the answer. Representatives from both parties receive pharma dollars. In this election cycle, Dianna DeGette received $75,100, Mike Coffman $15,750, Ed Perlmutter $7,025, with the rest of the Colorado delegation $2,000 or less. Money talks and Congress dances to its tune.

Foreign countries negotiate lower prices for U.S. drugs, so they can pay a fraction of the sticker price that Americans pay for the same medications.

If we force these countries to pay more, they will simply buy less or none at all. Countries with government-run healthcare systems are already quite adept at rationing medical care to their citizens.

I have a better idea. How about lowering the bar for FDA approval of new drugs? On average it costs, $2.6 billion to bring a new drug from the laboratory to your medicine cabinet and takes 12 years. Of drugs tested in the lab, only one in 1,000 make it to human testing, and of those, only one in five make it to market. Long odds.

Money spent on the more

than 99 percent failures is lost. The drug

BY BRIAN C. JOONDEPH that runs the gauntlet and makes it to market has a high price tag to reflect the cost of the many failed drugs, also funding the next round of research into newer and better drugs.

Take away pharma’s ability to recoup costs and fund future research and the drug pipelines grinds to a halt.

Why so expensive? The FDA mandates new drugs are safe and effective. Suppose the emphasis was placed on “safe,” as in “first do no harm” with less emphasis on “effective”?

If a clinical trial finds that

drug X is effective in a third of patients but ineffective in two-thirds, the average result will be that it doesn’t work, and it won’t be FDA approved.

If it’s safe, why not let it go to the market and the physicians can figure out which patients it works best for? After all, there are plenty of approved drugs that don’t work for all patients.

requires not just a love of country but a sincere commitment to and an understanding the principles of the Constitution.

As patriotic citizens, we must vote, participate and observe the actions of government and act when we see potential breaches of our civil and constitutional rights.

Patriotism should not only be displayed on national holidays but practiced every day.

This is the “art of medicine,” regulating safety but letting doctors decide which medications to use and how. This would cut both the cost and time for new drug approval, resulting in lower prices to consumers. Such an approach addresses a root cause of high prices rather than simply placing a band-aid on an open sore.

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Alyssa Palazzo of Littleton has been chasing a dream to become a professional dancer and is a product of Colorado’s Littleton Ballet Academy and Littleton Youth Ballet company. Palazzo owes great thanks to Bobbi Jaramillo and Alison Jaramillo of the academy, for her opportunity at becoming a professional ballet dancer. Palazzo also owes many thanks more to her parents Bob and Diane Palazzo for letting her move out of state, to Carlisle Penn., in order to attend the Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet that was featured in a documentary film Children With A Dream airing on PBS.

Reflecting on the past and into the future.

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Palazzo has been dancing since she was five and standing ‘en pointe’ in ballerina toe shoes since she was 10, has performed at the top level. Her talents, skills, drive and determination have been noticed and respected by many, and with the belief of and blessings from her parents, she will be completing her senior

year of high school online so that she can attend the Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet intensive courses and instruction, only to return in the spring of next year to graduate from Heritage High School with the class of 2018, then continuing ‘en pointe’ with the reality of her dance and dreams.

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I was in Central America most of last week so didn’t make my usual meetings. The staff sure did produce a great newspaper with page after page of stories and photos. News while it’s news about friends, families and local governmental activities.

New writers Judy, Freda, and Doris are doing an excellent job joining with Scottie and all columnists in covering the South Metro area and attending many meetings. Ad staff Sharon, Susan, Linda, and Valerie are offering their services to many business firms to increase sales and broaden the customer base.

If you have a story about a recent high school graduate, please give us the details. A family member in the military, send us a picture. *** For example, a press release was received from Julie Bonette, media relations officer at Dartmouth College relating that sophomore Sirey Zhang a Cherry Hills High School graduate, has been selected as a Dartmouth Stamps Scholar. Sirey is an anthropology major and will

use the scholarship to conduct research on the cultural effects of colonialism medicine in developing countries.

The Dartmouth Stamps scholars program was established in 2014 in partnership with the Stamps Family Charitable Foundation to recognize and reward exceptional students who exemplify leadership, perseverance, scholarship, service and innovation.

Congratulations to Sirey for this accomplishment. Wellknown Kentwood Moore realtor and general partner when the firm started was Henry “Hank” Edler who was a Dartmouth graduate along with Lions friend Al Cook, both very fond and proud of their years at Dartmouth. Hank died several years ago after a lingering illness and Betty still resides in the area.

Their daughter Katie is a wellknown local realtor. *** The Western Conservative Summit will commence on Friday, June 8, with two days of exciting programs of learning, insight and fellowship among

attendees. This event draws thousands of people who lean to the right or maybe folks who might be curious about the world and political events. A large number of celebrity speakers including Sen. Cory Gardner will be present. The summit was the brainchild of former Sen. Bill Armstrong who started the event with John Andrews a decade ago while he was president of Colorado Christian University in Lakewood. Under his leadership the university has reached major heights in the U.S., rated as one of the top private Christian Universities. Reservation: samith@ ccuedu or phone 303-963-3221. *** We note the passing of George Waller Dean, 95, who with his wife Ruth lived in Greenwood Village before moving to Heritage Eagle Bend in Aurora in 2008. His son Richard and wife Carol reside in Greenwood Village with daughter Mary in Denver. Funeral services were held at the Fairmount Chapel March 30, 2018. ***

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Grammy and CMA winning artist Pam Tillis headlines TAPS party

Moms and sons holding pictures of their fallen father during the 2018 gala.

13th annual fundraiser for the families of those who served and died SUBMITTED BY CHRITINE BURETT TAPS COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR

The Colorado Celebrity Classic to Benefit TAPS hosts the Saluting our Fallen Heroes Dinner and Songwriters Show Saturday, June 16, at the Grove Family Ranch at Cherry Creek in Centennial. Tickets are available at taps.org/colorado.

Known as one of the “mustgo” events of the year, the Colorado Classic is a fun evening of music, laughter, and pride for those who served to protect

our freedom. Over the years, the event, which typically draws about 500 guests, has raised more than $4 million for TAPS. The atmosphere is dressedup country casual, and the agenda is to have fun. The very popular Songwriters Show features Grammy and Country Music Award winner, Pam Tillis, daughter of country music legend, Mel Tillis. Sharing the stage is No. 1 country songwriter, Billy Montana, Grammy Award winner Frank Myers, and Nashville producer Jimmy Nichols. Dinner entertainment is performed by Denver’s-own, Tony David

and WildeFire. David has just opened his new WildeFire Bistro in Centennial, across the street from the Grove Family Ranch.

TAPS founder, Bonnie Carroll, will be honored, as well as several Gold-star families.

The dinner, a delicious and large serving of pit-roasted prime rib with all the fixings is expertly prepared and served by the Coors Cowboy Club “Chuckwagon Crew.” Days before the event, they caravan all the way from Amarillo, Texas to dig the pits, marinate the meat and slow-roast slabs of prime rib. Their signature banana crème pudding is the perfect light complement to a filling meal.

Exciting live auction packages are offered this year.

Comprised of multiple, hardto-get or exclusive items, they include premier golf experiences, a Caribbean cruise, romantic getaways, a house party with Tony David and WildeFire, Rockies fan package, a Nashville insiders tour, and The Bucket List – Your Year of Yes! Bidders are encouraged to get their friends and bid on the packages as a group. Packages are posted on the TAPS website.

TAPS, the Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors, has assisted more than 75,000

surviving family members, casualty assistance officers, chaplains and others supporting bereaved military families. TAPS provides compassionate care to anyone grieving the death of someone who died while serving in the military, regardless of the circumstance of death, relationship to the deceased or

geography. Services are provided free-of-charge.

On average, TAPS reaches new survivors within two weeks of casualty notification.

TAPS has been honored by the U.S. Congress as the gold standard of military service organizations and receives no government funds.

“Excellence in scholarship and character”

Kent Denver School Campus will be closed Tuesday, June 5 for graduation.

The school will be open only to invited guests.

Kent Denver School 4000 East Quincy Avenue Englewood, CO 80113 303/770-7660 www.kentdenver.org

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The trip would begin in Newark, N.J., with a nighttime journey to New Delhi taking a bit more than 14 hours to arrive.

India does require a Visa for entry and application must be made at least two weeks prior to travel. To facilitate this process, we used International Passport Visas, Inc., a very valuable resource in Denver, located at 1325 S. Colorado Blvd, 303-753-0424. These folks were invaluable in obtaining a Visa along with

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the photo requirements. The cost of using their service and fee for the document was $215, of which $75 was a Consular charge.

One crosses the International Date Line when going to the other side of the world, so we departed U.S. on Friday night and arrived in New Delhi around 9 p.m. on Sunday night, a loss of a day, and the time differential was exactly 12 hours between New Delhi and Denver.

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Rockies hold on to Western Division lead BATTERUP

The Rockies by a monster home run. dropped two games Starter German Marquez to the Dodgers then backed the offensive took two from the outburst with another Cincinnati Reds fine outing of seven innings with five hits and as their nine-game only one run allowed. homestand began.

The Rockies will Despite the split,

BY B.T. GALLOWAY continue their May tussle thanks to the continuing struggles of the with their Western DiviArizona Diamondbacks, they sion rivals without the stopping maintained their lead in the Na- power of reliever Adam Ottavino who is on the 10-day disabled tional League West. The standlist. On the bright side, second out game of these two series was Sunday’s 8-2 victory as the baseman and steady offensive Rockies sputtering offense sud- producer DJ Lemahieu will be denly caught fire. There were returning to the lineup soon. home runs by David Dahl, Car- With CarGo beginning to produce and with the continuing los Gonzalez, Nolan Arenado contributions of David Dahl and and Ian Desmond. The most encouraging sign was a fourRookie Noel Cuevas it looks as hit game by Cargo highlighted if the offense is heating up along

with the spring weather. Cuevas is a welcome newcomer who toiled for eight years in the minor leagues before getting his opportunity to make it to the bigs. In 2017 he hit .312 for the Triple-A Albuquerque Isotopes with 15 home runs12 triples and 79 RBI. Since joining the roster April 22 he’s posted a .300 batting average with 18 hits in 60 at bats including a solo home run (his first major league RBI) and a triple.

This week the Rockies host the San Francisco Giants for a three-game series. The Giants trail them in the division by four games. The Los Angeles Dodgers will cap the homestand with a three-game series on the weekend. btgalloway@villager publishing.com

Dominica opposition leader thanks Denver donors

The Leader of the Parliamentary Opposition in the Commonwealth of Dominica, Hon. Lennox Linton was visiting disaster relief contributors in the metro area to thank them for assisting the 750 square km Caribbean nation following the devastating passage of Hurricane Maria last September.

The category five storm, the worst in Caribbean history, left over 50 people dead, more than 20 thousand homes damaged and triggered a sharp rise in the national poverty level from 25.7 to 36.2 percent, according to the Dominica Government’s Post Disaster Needs Assessment (PDNA).

The list of post Maria donors from the Mile High City include Project Cure, Mel Tewahade CEO of Infinity Wealth Management Inc., Dr. Roy Mondesire, owner of Romonics (a Boulder company), Toys for God’s Kids and members of the Denver Lions Club, who teamed up in collaboration with the Washington D.C. based Rebuild Dominica to get a variety of relief items, medical supplies and toys into Dominica.

Linton says on behalf of the people of Dominica “it is a great honor to thank the Denver donors for their generosity and exemplary humanitarian spirit.” He believed his meetings last week

with the new friends of Dominica have created an excellent platform for development cooperation in agriculture, tourism, world class medical care and disaster preparedness planning.

In a luncheon engagement with the Denver Lion’s Club Tuesday, the Dominica parliamentarian invited community leaders to “vacation on the nature island and to take advantage of the numerous investment opportunities available” in the areas of climate resilient construction, communication technology, health care and financial services.

Linton also meet with Rep. Mike Coffman over the Memorial Day weekend.

Governor to appoint new state supreme court justice The Supreme Court Nominating Commission has nominated three candidates for a vacancy on the Colorado Supreme Court. The vacancy was created by the retirement of Chief Justice Nancy E. Rice, effective July 1. The nominees were se-

lected during a May 14 and 15 meeting in Denver. The nominees are Maria Berkenkotter of Boulder, Karen L. Brody of Denver, and Carlos A. Samour, Jr. of Lone Tree.

Under the Colorado Constitution, the governor has 15 days

from May 16, within which to appoint one of the nominees as a justice on the Colorado Supreme Court.

Comments regarding any of the nominees may be sent via email to the governor at gov_judicialappointments@state.co.us

Marijuana enforcement division releases annual update On May 25, Colorado Department of Revenue’s Marijuana Enforcement Division (MED) released its 2017 annual update, which includes several new sets of data, specifically the pounds and units of concentrates sold monthly, the average life cycle of a plant, and pounds of harvested marijuana cultivated throughout 2017. The data analysis showed that adult use (formerly referred to as retail) edible sales increased 29 percent from 2016, while medical edible sales dropped 14 percent during the same time period. Additionally, the adult use market saw significantly more concentrates sold than the medical market in 2017.

In an effort to track data year-over-year, 2017 information specific to licensing data, number of cultivated plants,

volume sold to customers, testing data and investigation information were once again tracked and summarized.

In this year’s update, MED also reported that the majority of new licenses were issued in the adult-use marijuana industry, which accounted for 77 percent of all new business licenses in 2017. While MED saw a 20 percent net increase in active occupational licenses, only 32 percent of all occupational licenses were renewed. MED also found that the percentage of licensees passing underage sales checks rose to 95.1 percent in 2017 as compared to 94 percent in 2016.

“While we’re pleased that the percentage of licensees passing underage compliance checks increased from 2016 that number still isn’t good

enough,” said Jim Burack, MED Director. “We’ll continue to increase the frequency of our enforcement efforts and further educate marijuana licensees on their operational requirements vital to protecting public health and safety.

Importantly, business licenses are subject to discipline, including revocation, if management is not diligent about underage enforcement and associated employee training.”

MED uses data included in this summary to inform its regulatory and enforcement efforts. The update helps to drive discussions during the annual rulemaking process and is one tool that helps inform topics for MED compliance tips and industry bulletins issued throughout the year.

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Goats returning to Pine-Ridge to conduct wildfire mitigation

The PineRidge Homeowners Association (Pine-Ridge HOA) in the City of Castle Pines again will welcome a herd of goats onto its open space in June to conduct the fourth year of wildfire mitigation. Ready, Set, Goat! Day, the open house educational event, is June 23 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Neighbors, elected officials and media are welcome to attend and learn about the national Ready, Set, Go! program, fire-adapted communities, the Firewise Communities program and general wildfire preparedness.

The herd of 300 goats will treat 14 acres of open space that were munched last year.

This innovative mitigation project, which has earned national praise, is funded by the PineRidge HOA residents, the City of Castle Pines, Allstate Insurance and South Metro Fire Rescue. Four additional Castle Pines neighborhoods – the Estates at Buffalo Ridge, The Retreat, Glen Oaks and Daniels Ridge – are participating in this innovative program as well.

The herd is expected to arrive in the fire district in mid-June, but the best chance to see the herd at work will be June 23.

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Ripping up the pavement with speed (passing the photographer) is Regis University instructor of economics and finance, Larry Varys of Littleton, perhaps taking a highspeed break from the classroom Photos by Stefan Krusze

U.S. National Team Member from the United States Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Nick Gibb powering with speed on the course.

Cycling runs in the Raven Powers family.

Her mother, Elizabeth Gold of Greenwood Village, gets ready for the race.

Multiple Triathlon Champion, including the Iron Man, 1980 and 1984 Olympic trials runner, attorney and former first lady of Denver, Ellen Hart.

Colorado’s bicycling history predates the Tour de France and has been going strong for over 120 years. Colorado has hosted many cycling events in that time. The latest is the time trials at Cherry Creek State Park last week.

On July 7, 1898 W.W. Hamilton set a record for the hour bicycle time trial by completing a distance of 25 miles and 600 yards in 60 minutes, being the first person to maintain an average speed of over 25 mph on a track in Denver, a record that stood for seven years.

Colorado has many bicycling venues, most notably Cherry Creek State Park which has become a focal point for all kinds of cycling and training for close to 40 years.

Originally, after the 1981 Coors Classic some local riders thought the park offered a good road course to train and eventually race on. Training rides were usually on a Tuesday evening with between 10 to 20 riders showing up.

For the past 28 years Cherry Creek State Park has hosted one of Colorado’s longest running Time Trial Series, the Karen Hornbostel Memorial Time Trial Series (KHMTT). The series is organized by the COBRAS Cycling Team, an organization founded by Herman Ponder and Frank Schneider as a developmental and racing club.

The time trial series runs seven weeks, in May to April and includes a makeup race in case of inclement weather, fielding 200 to over 300 riders.

Proceeds from the event benefiting the Cancer Fitness Institute and the Bicycle Racing Association of Colorado (BRAC).

The race’s namesake Karen Hornbostel was an accomplished bicycle racing champion, cycling coach and mentor that helped to improve opportunities for women in the world of cycling. Hornbostel was also an exercise physiologist that was ahead of her time. When she was diagnosed with metastatic breast cancer, she asked her doctor if she could exercise, in a time when resting and doing very little physical activity was the norm for cancer treatment. In response to the diagnosis and treatment, she founded Summit Cancer Solutions a nonprofit that offers exercise programs to adult cancer survivors that help in the recovery after medical treatments.

The KHMTT series has been a starting point, testing and proving ground for numerous cyclists of all abilities and ages, many on the list Cherry Creek High School graduate, Jonathan Vaughters, an accomplished cyclist, who has earned many accolades as a junior and senior professional racer. He has competed in world cycling championships and the Tour de France and other notable races.

Jr. Men’s 1112 years old category racer Brandan Hickey of Denver, racing in perfect form.

Jr. Racers until the age of 16 are permitted to ride only the standard road or “10 speed” bicycles.

Team USA member for the 2016 Rio Paralympic Games, Tricia Downing of Denver. She is also the author of A Cycle of Hope: A Journey from Paralysis to Possibility and soon to be published novel A Chance of Rain.

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St. Mary’s Academy graduates it’s 143rd class of students SUBMITTED BY KATHLEEN HOGAN SMA DIR. OF MARKETING AND COMMUNICATIONS

The weather was cloudy but spirits were high as St. Mary’s Academy High School graduated the school’s 143rd class of students. The ceremony continued a graduation tradition that began in 1875 when St. Mary’s Academy awarded the first high school diploma in the Colorado Territory.

The Class of 2018 earned more than $9.3 million in scholarships, representing over 87 percent of the class.

Among the schools granting acceptance to St. Mary’s Academy students are American University, Boston College, Colorado School of Mines, George Washington University, Notre Dame University, Seattle University, University of California Los Angeles, University of Puget Sound and Villanova University.

Several students received special awards. Amy Burke, Madison Castle and Maggie Dubus were given the Shepherdess Award for attending SMA since kindergarten. The Sanders Citation was presented to Gabrielle Grant in memory of Helen Sanders SL,

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a beloved visionary within the Loretto community. Bianca Garcia and Raegan Rychecky received the Jessie Forshee Award for outstanding academic achievement and Mariah Horvath received the Marian Award, recognizing her as the most outstanding senior in leadership, loyalty and academic achievement.

During the ceremony, Gabrielle Grant gave the Invocation, Mariah Horvath gave a student address, Madison Castle sang This Time and Margaret Obourn performed Adoration on the violin. Brandi Dotson, SMA Class of 2009 gave the Commencement Address advising the graduates, “as you go

forward and enter the next chapter in your life, I hope that you will use the values of faith, community, justice, and respect as your foundation to be powerful pillars of your community.” Bill Barrett, academy president, conferred the diplomas along with Jean Armstrong, a board of trustee member. In her last graduation ceremony as high school principal, Kathryn McNamee told the students, “you have made a difference and I know you will continue to seek ways to be powerful agents of change.” St. Mary’s Academy’s honor choir, SAIMARAC, concluded the ceremony by singing Bridge Over Troubled Water.

Centura Health, the region’s health care leader, now supports Health Records on iPhone, which brings together Centura Health hospitals, Colorado Health Neighborhoods, ER and Urgent Care Centers, and the existing Apple health app to make it easy for patients to see their available medical data from multiple providers whenever they choose.

Centura Health connects individuals, families, and neighborhoods across Colorado and western Kansas with more than 6,000 physicians and 21,000 of the best hearts and minds in health care.

Previously, patients’ medical records were held in multiple locations, requiring patients to log in to each care provider’s website and piece together the information manually. Apple

worked with the healthcare community to take a consumer-friendly approach and created Health Records based on FHIR (Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources), a standard for transferring electronic medical records.

Now, patients will have medical information from participating institutions organized into one view, covering allergies, conditions, immunizations, lab results, medications, procedures and vitals, and will receive notifications when their data is updated. Health Records data are encrypted and protected with the user’s iPhone passcode.

“As a health partner for life, Centura Health wants to capture complete health information and simplify it for our patients as they engage with our caregivers,” said Brian Erling, senior vice president. “Health Records on iPhone aggregates health data for better conversations, better treatments and better outcomes.”

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BY JUDY CARLSON WEALTH MANAGEMENT CONTRIBUTOR

The Colorado Business Roundtable (COBRT), headed

by Jeff Wasden, is an advocate for proactive, pro-business legislation that strengthens the economy and allows businesses to grow and thrive in Colorado. Corporate tax reform was the topic of the COBRT panel discussion held May 14 at the South Metro Denver Chamber. Joey Bunch moderated the conversation.

On Dec. 22, 2017, President Trump signed the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. The act impacts three major areas relevant to taxpayers: personal taxes, estate tax and business taxes.

While there are many provisions to the act, two of the biggest changes affect businesses. The maximum corporate tax rate dropped from 35 percent to 21 percent beginning in 2018. This is the lowest it’s been since 1939. The law also creates a 20 percent deduction for pass-through income.

Panelists Rep. Mike Coffman, CEO Tim Laney, CEO Jim Noon and tax partner Scott Grimm gave an overview of the impact this tax reform bill is making on businesses.

The passing of the act is already showing very positive signs for business owners.

According to Noon, “This tax reform dots the i’s and crosses the t’s. While the money is not yet in the bank, we are already making plans to increase trucks and trailers.”

At Community Banks of Colorado, the money is being reinvested into their associates and teammates through bonus programs and incentives.

Coffman commented, “Corporations are now starting to bring overseas earnings back to the United States.

Apple is planning to repatriate $350 billion to the American economy over the next five years.”

From a tax perspective, Grimm noted, “The changes have not yet come to life. Tax forms have not been released or even created yet.” Grimm foresees that many middleincome taxpayers will stop itemizing, while some returns may become more complex.

The panel unanimously concluded that most businesses will be better off if they look at the tax reform from the perspective of the hearts of their employees rather than just a bookkeeping entry.

Tim Laney, CEO, NBH Bank, Jeff Wasden, president, Colorado Business Roundtable, Diane Holbert, treasurer, Douglas County, Lora Thomas, Douglas County commissioner, Rep. Mike Coffman, Joey Bunch, author, Colorado Politics, Jim Noon, owner, Centennial Container, Cathy Noon, senior manager, CRS of Colorado and former mayor of Centennial, Scott Grimm, tax partner, Anton Collins Mitchell Photos by Judy Carlson

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BY FREDA MIKLIN STAFF WRITER According to legal documents recorded May 17 in Arapahoe County, the Quebec Corporate Plaza at 5600 S. Quebec Street in Greenwood Village was sold by a Colorado Springs company for $18 million to HRE Quebec LLC, located in the Chicago suburbs, with a local office at 6900 E. Belleview in Greenwood Village.

The building, built in 1974, was

listed as office space with 163,285 rentable square feet, described as being “adjacent to the Landmark, a mixed-use retail and residential development.” The for-sale listing also said, “The Orchard Station light rail stop is located less than a 10-minute walk from the property…”

The sales price of $110 per square foot is significantly lower than that being paid for nearby new buildings in areas with current redevelopment. In the Village Center, which is nearly built out,

the CoBank building sold for $414 per square foot back in 2015 and One Granite Place sold for $424 per square foot less than a year ago. Half a mile north of Quebec Corporate Plaza, One Belleview Station, part of a successful mixeduse development adjacent to a light rail station, sold for $478per square foot two months ago.

The Villager tried to reach out to the purchasers of the building to get information on their plans but was unable to find anyone Thursday before the holiday weekend.

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life was like on what used to be the outskirts of Denver, back when the Four Mile House was first built in 1859.

There’s even a bike repair station just outside and free compressed air if you need to make any tweaks before hitting the trail again.

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Not to be confused with the trail of the same name up in Westminster, hop on the Big Dry Creek trail — accessible off the Mary Carter Greenway Trail — and ride down to one of the best-known parks in Denver South.

The main attractions open every year on Memorial Day, the unofficial first day of Denver’s summer season. Kids will love the petting zoo and miniature train and don’t forget swimsuits for the piratethemed water park.

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Confluence Park

Head downtown to where the Cherry Creek Trail meets the South Platte River Trail and spend some time at the newly renovated Confluence Park. You can hang out and people watch, enjoy some snacks from local food carts, or go shopping for more cycling supplies at the flagship REI store. If you feel up to it, park the bike and practice your kayaking skills. Confluence Park really is a merging point — for rivers, people, bike trails and neighborhoods.

Take your pick: Head back south to Cherry Creek and beyond, south to meet up with the Mary Carter Greenway, or north, all the way to Golden if you like. Summer is one of the best times to visit or live Denver, and you won’t be alone when you decide to spend your day cruising around town on two wheels.

SBA receives A+ on the procurement scorecard

The U.S. Small Business Administration announced this week that the federal government met its small business federal contracting goal for the fifth consecutive year awarding 23.88 percent in federal contract dollars to small businesses totaling $105.7 billion, an increase of $5 billion. This marks the first time more than $100 billion in prime contracts has been awarded to small businesses. The federal government earned an “A” on this year’s government-wide scorecard.

“I am happy to report that for the fifth consecutive year, the federal government has not only met and exceeded its small business contracting goal, but it has

awarded $105 billion to small businesses for the first time earning the government an A on SBA’s scorecard for this remarkable achievement,” said Linda McMahon, SBA administrator. “This grade reflects significant efforts by federal agencies toward meeting the 23 percent statutory goal to award prime contracts to small businesses. Every contract that gets in the hands of a small-business owner is a win-win for the business, creating jobs in their communities, and boosting the nation’s economy.”

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In fiscal year 2017, the federal government exceeded the service-disabled veteran-owned small business and small disadvantaged business goals. Prime contract dollars in all categories increased.

The federal government also exceeded its subcontract goals for awards to women-owned small business and small disadvantaged businesses and awarded $75 billion in subcontracts to all small businesses. The fiscal year 2017 prime and subcontracting awards to small businesses equate to nearly 1 million jobs created to support the nation’s economy.

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BY FREDA MIKLIN STAFF WRITER

Built in 1975, the Union Exchange Building at 8933 E. Union Avenue in Greenwood Village has always been an integral part of its neighborhood. Tenants in the 22,000 square foot, twostory building are connected to the community. A tutoring business and driving school on the first floor are practically amenities of Cherry Creek High School, located directly across the street.

The salon, café, and floral shop are essential resources that benefit the nearby residential neighborhoods.

Tucked away in a corner on the second floor you can even find the office of this newspaper.

The building’s exterior is about to get a well-deserved update, its first in decades.

The significant revamp will include new stucco, new awnings, new signs, improved wayfinding and even new colors. The architectural elements will be more contem-

League of Women Voters offers insights on how to deal with “fake news” Few of us remember how the term became part of our everyday lexicon. We think we know it when we hear it, but often we’re not sure. The League of Women Voters brought two experts in the field to offer a short course on the subject to the City of Centennial Community Room May 22. The group of 75 interested citizens listened attentively.

Christopher Jennings, Ph.D., is an associate professor in the Department of Journalism and Technical Communication at Metropolitan State University (MSU) with a focus on digital media. He previously led the development of an online learning institute for the Library of Congress. Jennings opened the conversation by citing a long history of media misuse and the elimination of the fairness doctrine in the 1980s, along with agenda setting by some news outlets.

Genine Plunkett is the manager of Reference Services at the Denver Public Library (DPL). She is passionate about teaching information literacy skills, especially how to spot fake news. Before joining DPL, Plunkett worked for the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh and the Central Arkansas Library System. She holds a master’s degree in library and information science from the University of Pittsburgh and has worked in public libraries for 22 years.

Jennings said that fake news is effective because lies spread faster than the truth on social media, as many (former) politicians would attest. Asked why, he said that lies

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Plunkett shared that sources like Google may have correct basic facts, but how they deliver them is not policed. The most popular answer may or may not be true, just popular. She reminded the audience that technology has made it easier to only see news from those sources with whom we agree, even unintentionally.

Additionally, trolls and bots affect the input we receive without our knowing it.

What should we do in a world of manipulated input? Jennings put it plainly: There is no substitute for critical thinking. He even teaches a freshman level class in that specific subject at MSU. Plunkett offered some practical tools to use in trying to sort out fact from fiction. When receiving input, consider the source. If it’s on the internet, look carefully at the website address for authenticity. Consider whether the posting is news or opinion. Research the author. Look up supporting sources.

Ask an expert. Most importantly, check your own biases, which can be challenging. Researching facts is not difficult if you are willing to take the time and make the effort.

Jennings named some websites that she trusts for help. They were politifact.com, factcheck.org, snopes.com, and washingtonpost. com/fact-checker. She also recommended that people consider taking DPL classes on how to spot fake news, which are offered in multiple locations.

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Former Denver Post senior news editor talks about why he resigned On May 22 at the City of Centennial public works building community room, the League of Women Voters hosted a program that featured Larry Ryckman, senior news editor at The Denver Post from 2013 until four weeks ago.

Ryckman spent 22 years with The Associated Press before joining the Post. There he held the positions of assistant managing editor, national editor and Moscow correspondent. He also previously served as city editor of the Greeley Tribune and managing editor of the Colorado Springs Gazette.

The audience of 100 heard Ryckman say that consolidation is changing the media landscape.

He explained that the Post has

been around for 125 years. By comparison, the Rocky Mountain News endured for 150 years until its demise in 2009. During most of those years, there was a healthy competition between the News and the Post for information and advertising that kept everyone doing their best work. Classified ads paid the bills. Then technology began changing the landscape of the newspaper business.

Now a new business model threatens its very existence. The Denver Post is owned by Digital First Media, formed in December 2013 with the merger of Media News Group and Journal Register Company. A look at public information available shows that Digital First Media (DFM) has been acquiring dailies in medium-sized cities and weeklies in smaller towns. Their website proudly lists

its 97 publications in nine states, 19 of which are in Colorado and 38 in California. In our state, they include the Boulder Daily Camera, the Loveland Reporter-Herald and the Longmont Times-Call.

Enter Alden Global Capital, a New York hedge fund whose president Heath Freeman was ripped in a recent article on Bloomberg. com. Alden bought 50.1 percent of DFM in 2010 when it was still named Media News Group. Its actions are living up to the reputation of its industry. Ryckman said that DFM made a $159 million profit in its last fiscal year, reflecting a 19 percent return on investment, far in excess of what has previously been seen in the newspaper industry. That apparently wasn’t enough for Alden.

In a Washington Post article last month entitled, “As a secre-

tive hedge fund guts its newspapers, journalists are fighting back,” the author says that Alden’s own newspapers and their journalists, “accuse Alden of slashing jobs and sucking profits from the papers while starving them of the resources needed to cover their communities.” He notes the “extraordinary rebellion” at The Denver Post and the support for that action by Neil Chase, executive editor of California’s San Jose and Oakland newspapers, who said, “Democracy cannot succeed without a healthy, free press.”

The term, “vulture capitalism,” has been used to describe Alden’s practices.

Ryckman lamented the lack of journalists actually working at The Denver Post, because of, “the stories that won’t get told and the scandals that won’t be

covered.” He told the crowd that after editorial page editor Chuck Plunkett resigned earlier this month, on the heels of Dave Krieger, editor of DFM’s Boulder Daily Camera being fired after criticizing DFM, it became clear that Alden was not going to continue to tolerate negative stories about itself.

In the end, the former senior news editor said that he resigned from The Denver Post, “when the owners went from cutting its staff to silencing its voices.” He went on to say, “The post is not another dying newspaper. It’s being murdered by its owners.”

The Villager reviewed a recent Sunday Denver Post front section and counted exactly one journalist with a direct byline whose work was included in the entire 24 pages.

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Lodo’s is also announcing a yearlong partnership with the Colorado Police Foundation and Colorado Professional Firefighters Foundation.

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naments for prizes and to also support Lodo’s charity partners. A $50 per two-person team entry fee, winners of the tournaments have a chance to win upward of $1,500, with that same amount going to the charity. To enter the tournament, players can visit lodosbarandgrill.com. Free yoga will be offered two Saturdays a month on the patio or rooftop at each location at 9:30 a.m., followed by brunch and a free cocktail.

Campaign launch to stop predatory payday loans A coalition of community, faith and advocacy organizations have come together to stop predatory payday loans.

They are working to qualify an initiative for the November ballot that would cap payday lending interest rates. Payday lenders are currently exempted from the state usury cap, allowing them to charge over 200 percent for short-term loans of up to $500.

Payday lenders strip $50 million per year in interest and fees from financiallystrapped Coloradans. The average loan lasts 97 days, and some customers take these loans one after another, spending more than half the year in high-cost debt. The average loan of $392 costs customers

an average $119 in interest and fees to borrow money for 97 days. With a default rate of 23 percent — almost one in four loans — many customers face insufficient funds and overdraft fees, collection efforts, and even bankruptcy for a loan that was supposed to help them through a shortfall.

On May 29, supporters marked the official kickoff of the effort to gather the needed signatures by the Aug. 6 deadline to qualify Initiative 126.

The initiative will ask voters to approve a 36 percent rate cap this November. Large bipartisan margins of voters have chosen to cap rates on payday loans at 36 percent or less when the issue was put to a vote in other states through

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Speakers at the kickoff were Corrine Fowler, Initiative 126 proponent; Demetrius Johnson, payday lending consumer; Noreen Wilson, Operation HOPE, consumer credit counselor; Rev. Dr. Timothy Tyler; and Pastor Shorter, AME Church.

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The Daniels Fund has announced that Margaret Kelly has been elected to serve on its board of directors.

The Daniels Fund, established by cable television pioneer Bill Daniels, is a private charitable foundation dedicated to making life better for the people of Colorado, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming through its grants program, scholarship program and ethics initiative. Since inception in the year 2000, it has funded grants and scholarships totaling more than $761 million.

She retired as the chief executive officer of RE/MAX, LLC in 2015. As CEO, Kelly was responsible for the dayto-day operations and strategic direction at RE/MAX across North America and in more than 95 countries around the world. She is recognized by countless organizations for her exceptional leadership skills and commitment to community involvement, and for being an advocate for businesswomen around the globe.

In January 2010, Kelly was appointed to the board of directors of the Kansas City Federal Reserve Bank – Denver Branch, and became chair in 2015.

Among numerous honors, the was named one of the Top 25 Most Powerful Women in Denver in 2013.

Kelly is always mindful of her humble roots, learning business basics in her fam-

Upon Bob and Gerri Sweeney’s invitation, I had the distinct honor of attending the Cancer League of Colorado’s Hope Ball on May 12.

My heart was overwhelmed with gratitude for the generosity in this community. Individuals and business owners donated thousands of dollars of hard-earned money in the form of very special items and gifts for the silent and live auctions and the raffle.

Individuals and couples attending the event bid on and paid thousands of dollars to acquire these very special items and gifts. What a privilege it was to observe the many charitable and big-hearted people who gave to such a worthy cause.

I believe inherent goodness resides inside most people. I believe generosity and prosperity go hand-in-hand.

Today, there are so many ways to donate to charitable organizations; however, I also believe we could completely change the non-profit landscape if only we knew how to flow our money differently.

There are ways to put in motion and flow your wealth today, such that you can profoundly impact your charitable causes more than you ever imagined possible. These financial tools safely multiply your wealth and move it off the radar screen of the IRS. I educate individuals, families, business owners and non-profits to take a second look at how they are flowing their money. I am helping teach them how to create a capital asset that would not otherwise exist, just by re-directing the flow of their money.

My overarching passion is to serve others. It just so happens I went to college to become a CPA. I am eternally grateful for the opportunity to use my financial knowledge and skills to help change lives. I would love to Judy Carlson help you change yours.

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Stacey’s family, Shea Talbot, Stacey and Greg Garvis holding Louie, their 2 ½ year old Yorkie, Olivia Garvis

BY JUDY CARLSON

WEALTH MANAGEMENT CONTRIBUTOR

Ovarian cancer survivor, Stacey Garvis, is passionate about proclaiming awareness for this very serious and often undetected and undiagnosed cancer. Stacey, a very healthy, fit and nutritionally aware wife and mother, was shocked when she was diagnosed with ovarian cancer in August 2016. Doctors believe she had the cancer for six months to two years before her diagnosis.

There is no screening test for ovarian cancer; however, most women report that symptoms are persistent and represent a change from “normal” for their bodies.

Awareness of those symptoms can help women with a much earlier diagnosis.

Jodi Brammeier, a Colorado native, was diagnosed with ovarian cancer in 2008 at the age of 41. She was unaware of the vague and often misdiagnosed symptoms.

Jodi made it her mission to raise awareness of the risk factors and symptoms through Jodi’s Race for Awareness.

The inaugural race was held in June 2010, and while Jodi passed away shortly thereafter, her legacy lives on.

The 9th annual Jodi’s Race for Awareness will take place Saturday, June 9 at Denver’s City Park. It is a 5K and one-mile run/walk.

Registration and survivor breakfast start at 7 a.m. The race begins at 8:30 a.m. Meet at the Pavilion, 1700 N. York St. in Denver.

Tyler Polumbus, Cherry Creek high school graduate and former Broncos offensive tackle, and Stacey’s 14-yearold daughter Olivia have something in common.

Their moms both have ovarian cancer. They are an uncommon pair brought together for a common cause – to bring awareness to ovarian cancer.

Tyler and Olivia are on a mission to add an Ovarian Cancer Awareness license plate to the list of current Colorado specialty plates available. Their goal is 3,000 signatures. They will be at Jodi’s race collecting signatures. The petition may be signed on-line at colorado ovariancancerplate.com. iHeart radio will also be encouraging signatures during their broadcast on race day.

And that’s not all!

Centennial’s Juicy Burgers & Dogs owner, Paul Talbot, is donating 25% of all store sales to Team Stacey and Jodi’s Race for Awareness.

Plan to visit his restaurant Saturday, June 2, at 6878 S. Yosemite St. in Centennial, to “dine and donate.” The food is delicious!

While ovarian cancer is a crummy diagnosis and a grueling treatment, Stacey comments, “This honestly has been one of the best experiences. We have been humbled by the support, encouragement and love from our community of friends and family. I am so grateful and thankful it wasn’t one of my kids who was sick. I felt like I was taking one for the team and that I could get through it.”

Entire 2017 Team Stacey

Until there is a test, AWARENESS is best!

2017 family team, son Shea Talbot with his girlfriend Melody Seitz and her son Bosstyn, Greg and Stacey Garvis and their daughter Olivia

Please visit www.jodisrace.org to learn more about how to partner with Team Stacey

Tyler Polumbus, former Denver Bronco, and Olivia Garvis, an uncommon pair, teamed up for a common cause

Dine and Donate, Sat., June 2, 25% of all sales donated to Team Stacey

Contributed photos

Please visit www.colo-ovariancancer.org to learn how you can make a big impact by volunteering for a special event, making a one time, recurring or “in honor of” donation and donating to COCA’s Wish List.

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Vets organization addresses housing crisis Together For Vets is a nonprofit group of professionals that are teaming up to utilize various skill sets to address a major housing issue. Their primary goal is to provide affordable housing solutions for Veterans.

In the next six months they are hoping to host six educational events to teach veterans about their benefits and how to use them.

Colorado is lucky to see more affordable housing buildings in development plans, but they can’t build fast enough for the demand.

Changes to toll prices requested by PRD

The team is looking to change that. They would also love to see a percentage

of the upcoming affordable buildings dedicated to housing Veterans.

Stantec selected by Aurora to spearhead citywide traffic signal retiming project Project to ease citywide traffic congestion and reduce carbon footprint

Stantec, a global engineering, consulting, architecture and construction firm, has been awarded a comprehensive citywide traffic signal timing project for the City of Aurora. The project will include the retiming of almost 300 traffic signals across the second largest city in the metropolitan Denver area and the third largest in the state of Colorado.

The project aims to improve the flow of traffic along major corridors by optimizing the traffic signal timing of those corridors. It is also designed to balance safety and operation needs of all travel modes including light rail transit, bus, pedestrian, bicyclist and automobile. Traffic signal retiming is a hugely cost-effective effort that returns wide-ranging benefits, including reduced congestion and driver delay, reduced fuel consumption and reduced air pollution.

Signal timing projects,

when managed and implemented successfully, cover more than operations and logistics – they allow for safe and efficient travel of residents and visitors while reducing the city’s carbon footprint.

Stantec will lead and develop four essential components in conjunction with the City of Aurora: data collection, evaluation of existing signal timing design parameters and recommendations for modifications, evaluation and optimization of signal operations, and documentation of project benefits.

“We’ve all wasted time in traffic,” said Freddy He, Stantec’s Denver-based transportation senior associate. “But a carefully planned, beautifully executed and well-built transportation system can have a huge impact on the local community. We are excited to support this important project, which aims to reduce air pollution and ease citywide traffic congestion, leading to a more pleasant and efficient commute for millions of Denverarea citizens.”

The citywide traffic signal retiming is Stantec’s third transportation project for the City of Aurora over the last three years. Previously, Stantec developed off-peak and weekend peak traffic signal timing plans in anticipation of potential impacts on opening day for the new 10.5-mile Aurora line / I-225 Light Rail. Stantec also developed and calibrated Vissim models to evaluate and optimize train and traffic control strategies along the Aurora Line (preemption, transit signal priority and link priority), including nearly 20 at-grade crossings and 25 adjacent traffic signals.

“I look forward to collaborating with Stantec to improve my hometown city,” said Tanya Bower, PE, City of Aurora’s project manager and traffic operations – ITS engineer. “I have lived in Aurora nearly my entire life and it’s special to partner on a project that will have a tangible impact on the daily lives of its residents.”

The project is due to be completed by next May.

LPS celebrates sixth annual Curo Awards It was a packed house at The Falls Event Center May 1 as parents, students, staff and families gathered to celebrate the announcement of the Sixth Annual CURO Awards, sponsored by the LPS Special Services Advisory Committee and Special Education Department. The CURO Award recognizes the dedication and commitment of individuals who make a difference in the life of an LPS student with a disability.

The word “CURO” is Latin and means “to care for or to pay attention to.”

Following opening remarks from Melissa Cooper, director of special education/ student support services and LPS Superintendent Brian Ewert, a rousing rendition of Kool and the Gang’s Celebration energized the audience as the presentation of 19 CURO awards to a field of 90 nominees began.

As each winner came for-

Toll adjustments proposed for U.S.36 & I-25 express lanes

ward to accept their CURO award, a brief summation of their honored work was shared with the audience.

Since parents, students and colleagues chose the nominees, the nominators shared their heartfelt gratitude through written comments, such as: “She shows gentle encouragement, loving support, and is great with my child with disabilities” and “She worked with my child every day and my child is starting to talk to me and can even call me mom.” Another parent wrote: “Katie is the consummate professional who puts students first...always ensuring the student’s needs are at the center of all decisions.”

Any LPS community member, staff member or student is eligible to receive the award. Recipients of the award are nominated because their devotion to a student with a disability has made

that student’s life better.

Congratulations to the 19 CURO award winners and 90 nominees:

Jr. CURO recipients Noah Bress Nailani Brogan Lucy Danos Charlotte Hugo Sadie Iken Ian Laderer Elle Marlow Brody Mize Miura Nix

Student CURO recipients Courtney Daniel Bailey Roberts Natasha Sandalcidi Allie Wennerstrom CURO recipients Barb D’ lnnocenzo Brad Leitner Barb Ritchie Sandy Stewart Brock Taylor Wendy Ware

In a move toward next-generation Express Lane traffic management, Plenary Roads Denver (PRD) asked the High Performance Transportation Enterprise (HPTE) Board May 17, to consider its request to transition the U.S. 36 and I-25 Central (I-25 from downtown Denver to U.S. 36) Express Lanes corridors from fixed time of day pricing to dynamic pricing.

With dynamic pricing, Express Lanes rates would be continually adjusted according to real-time traffic conditions to maintain freeflowing levels of traffic. Toll rates would increase when the Express Lanes get congested and decrease when the Express Lanes are less full. This advanced technology helps to manage traffic flow through the Express Lanes, and helps to maintain reliable travel times along the corridor. Drivers will see the current toll rates displayed on the same overhead electronic message boards before each Express Lanes entrance.

If the HPTE Board approves the request at its June 20 meeting, PRD will begin testing dynamic Express Lanes pricing in the fall, with plans to complete the transition to full dynamic tolling in 2020. The only change during testing and implementation is that Express Lanes drivers will notice more frequent tollrate changes based on traffic congestion.

“The benefits of dynamic pricing are that it integrates the latest advanced mobility technologies to allow the U.S. 36 and I-25 Central Express Lanes corridors to maximize traffic flow and ensure a reliable trip, no matter the time of day. Bus riders, carpools, toll-paying drivers and drivers in the general purpose lanes would all be able to continue to see the benefits,” said Christian Guevara, director of operations for PRD, which operates the U.S. 36 and I-25 Express Lanes public-private partnership project.

PRD is working to implement dynamic pricing as traffic, population and the economy grows along this corridor and to meet its public-private partnership requirements to provide a reliable travel time for the Express Lanes.

“Dynamic pricing has always been our vision for the U.S. 36 and I-25 Central Express Lanes,” Guevara said.

Rates would be set using an algorithm that tracks real-time traffic flow and adjusts them to optimize traffic volume within the Express Lanes. The toll rate prices will be set to bring just the right amount of cars into the lane because if rates are too high, no one will use the Express Lanes. If they

are too low, too many people will use them and speeds and travel times will slow down.

“This system is more flexible and active than using a fixed-pricing rate, and its real-time monitoring helps to consistently maintain optimal traffic flows in the Express Lanes,” Guevara said, adding that drivers can expect dynamic pricing rates to be similar to current peak-hour rates with off-peak rates fluctuating based on traffic congestion.

As part of the request to move to dynamic pricing to respond to traffic conditions, PRD has asked the HPTE board to allow for the flexibility up to the current maximum rate for one way from Boulder to Denver, and from Denver to Boulder. The current maximum rates for ExpressToll account and pass users is $15.76 and $23.64 for License Plate Toll (LPT).

Eighty-two percent of the corridor’s billable Express Lanes drivers use an ExpressToll account and pass, saving money every time. PRD continues to see an increase in drivers using an ExpressToll pass.

I-25 North U.S. 36 to 120th Avenue Express Lanes:

Additionally, the HPTE Board received a staff recommendation to approve a toll adjustment along the I-25 North Express Lanes fromU.S.36 to 120th Avenue.

This is the first toll rate adjustment request for this corridor since it opened in 2016. The toll rates adjustment is to account for increased operations and maintenance costs.

The toll rate adjustment is an increase of 5 to 15 cents (depending on the time of travel) for drivers with an ExpressToll account and pass, and 21 to 40 cents for LPT users. For example, from 6:457:15 a.m., southbound travel rates for ExpressToll Pass customers are $1.25; with the adjustment, the same trip will cost $1.30. The I-25 North Express Lanes rates will remain as fixed time of day rates. The new rates will go in effect July 1, if approved by the HPTE Board.

“All drivers in Express Lanes corridors, including those using the general purpose lanes, have benefited from the increased capacity and mobility options, as well as shorter, reliable travel times,” said David Spector, HPTE director. “HPTE’s goal is to make your commute better, and Express Lanes are working. They help bring congestion relief to critical corridors and provide drivers with choice. The request to transition to dynamic pricing can allow Express Lanes to integrate the best advanced technology solutions to improve all of our commutes.”

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The artful apology

Recently, I witnessed a preschool boy whack his little sister.

Crying and pandemonium ensued. Mom calmly took the hand of her son and said, “That was disrespectful and mean. I want you to say you are sorry to your sister.”

He cried, but then screamed, “SOOOORRRREEEE.” Mom interjected and said, “No, that is not how you apologize.” What she did next made me weep.

She knelt down, so he could see her face, she placed his hand on his heart and whispered, “You must say you are sorry like it comes from inside your heart.”

The little boy caught his breath and said to his baby sister, “I am sorry, I never want to be mean to you.” I was so impressed. What a wonderful lesson to learn as a child. Apology and forgiveness is essential for healthy relationships whether between siblings, parents, other family members, friends, colleagues, neighbors or couples.

Being able to forgive is crucial, especially in marriage.

Maintaining a healthy relationship is difficult because no matter how compatible two people are, there will be times when

one partner acts in ways that go against the others wishes or expectations. This is a recipe for disappointment and hurt. When a partner violates the others expectations, it results in a relational transgression or even breach of trust. According to psychologist Tim Cole Ph.D., this loss of trust can pose a serious threat to the relationship. When couples experience a breach of trust and struggle to repair the damage, many relationships start a downward spiral of increased negativity and disengagement, which often leads to their demise.

Because disappointment and misunderstandings are unavoidable, being able to work through such challenges is the key to maintaining a healthy relationship. Forgiveness involves letting go of hurt feelings, not holding onto a grudge, and taking steps to re-establish a sense of intimacy and closeness.

Research shows that being able to forgive depends on a few things: the severity of the transgression, the intent of the heart of the one who made the transgression and the ability to continue to trust the person who

hurt you.

Apology is an art. Here are 10 tips for an artful apology: 1. The one who is asking for forgiveness must make sure their apology is sincere. To do this one must speak “from the heart.”

2. Acknowledge that what you did was wrong, explain the error and accept responsibility.

3. Ask for forgiveness.

4. Give the other person a chance to respond in their own time.

5. Don’t think of an apology as winning or losing. Make the apology about the health of the relationship rather than ego.

6. Don’t blame shift, “I did this because you….” This just invalidates your apology.

7. Offer reassurance to the one you hurt.

8. Ask how you can make the situation right.

9. Share how you will change so this transgression does not happen again.

10.

Restore the relationship.

That mom taught her son the art of apology. Way to go, Mom! For more information contact: joneen@myrelatonshipcenter. org or visit myrelationshipcenter. org

Fainting spells for elderly linked to blood clots

Falls are one of the greatest risk factors for injury among the aging population. When falls are attributed to fainting spells, people may be very eager to get to the source of the fall. Doctors have found that blood clots may attribute to fainting in the elderly.

Information published in the journal Clinical Geriatric Medicine found that the elderly are at a higher risk of blood clots because of their reduced mobility. Blood clots may result in deep vein thrombosis, or DVT, and could lead to a pulmonary embolism if left untreated.

DVT is a common problem involving the veins of the legs.

Blood pooling in the legs may cause a blood clot to form in the deep veins of the lower leg, impairing blood flow back to the heart.

A pulmonary embolism, or PE, occurs when a clot dislodges from the leg veins and travels through the bloodstream to reach the heart and lungs. According to the health site Aging Care, as many as 1 million Americans suffer from blood clots every year, often resulting in hospitalization.

While swelling in the legs, cramping in the lower legs, skin color changes, and warmth of the skin where the clot is located can signal a problem, symptoms of a PE may vary greatly. Shortness of breath,

chest pain, cough and rapid or irregular heartbeat can all occur, says The Mayo Clinic. Researchers are finding that, in some cases, fainting episodes also may be indicative of a PE. Italian researchers revealed that, among 560 patients hospitalized for a first-time fainting spell, one in six had a PE. People who are experiencing fainting spells should be on the radar for other symptoms of PE, advises the American College of Chest Physicians. However, it’s important to note that fainting can be attributed to dehydration, a dropin blood pressure and heart-rhythm disturbances.

Certain risk factors put people at a higher chance for DVT and PE. These include: • prior surgery • certain cancers • cardiovascular disease • bed rest that causes blood to pool • sitting for long periods of time • smoking • being overweight Use of compression stockings to move blood more efficiently, physical activity, leg elevation, anticoagulants, and pneumatic compression can help prevent the formation of clots. Because PE can be life-threatening, people experiencing fainting or other symptoms are urged to speak with their doctors.

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What you need to know about reverse mortgages

Loan Details

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To learn more, read the NaAt that point, you or your heirs tional Council on Aging’s online will have to pay back the loan booklet “Use Your Home to Stay plus accrued interest and fees, but at Home” at NCOA.org/homeyou will never owe more than the equity. And see the National value of your home.

Reverse Mortgage Lenders AssoIt’s also important to underciation self-evaluation checklist stand that with a reverse mortat ReverseMortgage.org/consumgage, you, not the bank, own the erguides. house, so you’re still required Also note that because reverse to pay your property taxes and mortgages are complex loans, homeowners insurance. Not all borrowers are required to get paying them can result in foreface-to-face or telephone counclosure. seling through a HUD-approved To be eligible, you must be 62 independent counseling agency years of age or older, own your before taking one out. Most own home (or owe only a small agencies typically charge around balance) and currently be living $125. To locate one near you, there. visit Go.usa.gov/v2H, or call You will also need to undergo 800-569-4287. a financial assessment to deterSend your senior questions mine whether you can afford to to: Savvy Senior, P.O. Box 5443, continue paying your property Norman, OK 73070, or visit taxes and insurance. Depending SavvySenior.org. Jim Miller is on your financial situation, you a contributor to the NBC Today may be required to put part of show and author of “The Savvy your loan into an escrow account Senior” book to pay future bills. If the financial assessment finds that you cannot pay your insurance and taxes and have enough cash left to live on, you’ll be denied.

Dear Savvy Senior, What can you tell me about reverse mortgages for retirees? My wife and I are contemplating getting one but want to make sure we know what we’re getting into.

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Around 95 percent of all reverse mortgages offered today are Home Equity Conversion Mortgages (HECM), which are FHA insured and offered through private mortgage lenders and banks. HECM’s also have home value limits that vary by county, but cannot exceed $679,650.

How much you can actually get through a reverse mortgage depends on your age (the older you are the more you can get), your home’s value and the prevailing interest rates. Generally, most people can borrow somewhere between 50 and 65 percent of the home’s value. To estimate how much you can borrow, use the reverse mortgage calculator at ReverseMortgage.org.

You also need to know that reverse mortgages have recently become more expensive with a

Plein air workshop with Denver artist Pat Barr Clarke SUBMITTED BY PATRICIA BARR CLARKE Patricia Barr Clarke, longtime Denver area plein air painter, will lead a workshop sponsored by the Heritage Fine Arts Guild of Arapahoe County.

With an emphasis on outdoor painting techniques, the workshop will provide individualized instruction for participants of all levels of experience.

Clarke is a signature member of the Colorado Watercolor Society, a member of the Plein Air Artists of Colorado and serves as a board member of the Art Garage, a community art center in Park Hill. Having just returned from plein air painting in Chile, her recent painting trips include weeks in Spain, Portugal and Curacao. She has taught art classes and art workshops all over the world.

In February 2019 she will return for a fourth time as an invited watercolor teacher at the Curacao Plein Air Festival in Willemstad.

The session will allow ample time for participants to paint on location. In addition to painting supplies, students should bring a stool, an easel or board to paint on, a hat or umbrella for sun or rain, sack lunch, water bottle, camera, paper towels, and any other materials that they are accustomed to using.

The workshop is scheduled for Saturday, June 16, from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. (doors unlocked at 8:30 a.m.) at the Littleton Museum, 6028 S. Gallup St. in Littleton. Cost is $35 for Heritage Fine Arts Guild members, $50 for nonmembers. Membership is only $40 and sign-up forms are at heritage-guild. com.

Willemstad by Pat Barr Clarke

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ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT

WildeFire Bistro Grand Opening Weekend

May 31 and June 1-3, Tony David’s new Centennial Super Club featuring WildeFire band is playing with Walker Williams and the Colorado Band as special guest. June 1: Mannequin the Band w/WildeFire as Special Guest 6:30 p.m. - close. June 2: JC from MM8tr-Solo early evening performance.

June 2: MM8tr 8 p.m. - 12 p.m. June 3: Wash Park 6-10 p.m. Full open kitchen, full bar set up, complete with entertainment.

Located at 115352 E. Ida Dr., Centennial.

Reservations: 720-436-8669.

Art of Summer Launches at Denver Art Museum

June 2, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Free first Sat. with free general admission and access to six vibrant exhibitions and hands-on programming. Happy Clouds release is part off Happy City. Art for the People, a citywide art intervention with the purpose of breaking down personal, emotional and social barriers while nurturing individual and collective wellbeing. Happy Clouds launch will take place 3-5 p.m. at the Denver Art Museum, 100 W. 14th Ave., Pkwy.

Tesoro Cultural Center Indian Market and Powwow

June 1-3. June 1, 6 p.m. Tesoro Member-exclusive Meet the Artists Patron Party at The Fort. $20 per person. Must be a Tesoro member to attend. Tickets at TesoroCulturalCenter.org/Membership.

June 2-3, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. on the grounds of the iconic restaurant, The Fort. Free and ample parking. Admission, $5 per person, free for children 12 and under. This is a yearly tribute to the American Indian tribes of the past who shaped the cultural community of Old Bent’s Fort. The art show features authentic and juried American Indian art featuring nationally acclaimed Indian artists in a variety of mediums.

Arapahoe Philharmonic free Summer Concerts

June 6, 2:30 p.m. Works by Brahms, Hsu and Dvorak. Columbine United Church, 6375 S. Platte Canyon Rd., Littleton.

Donations accepted. July 3, pops program USA Fireworks Celebration in Avon starting at 7:45 p.m. at the Nottingham Park Performance Pavilion, 1 Lake St. The Dearling Band will kick off the celebration at 5:45 p.m. and the orchestra’s performance will be followed by a spectacular fireworks display.

Littleton’s Main Street Block Party

June 9, 6 -11 p.m. Presented by Historic Downtown Littleton Merchants. Booths by restaurants, crafters, bars and more. Seven stages with Magicians, bands and comedy.

Live circus acts and “The Creepy Freaky Alley.”

Two fireworks shows and twilight and 10:45 p.m. Tickets at many downtown merchants. $20 for $25 value when purchased by June 8, 8 p.m. More info: 303-795-5006.

Celebrate 50th Year of Le Bal de Ballet

June 9, 5-6 p.m., Ellie Caulkins Opera House. Reception in the lobby, 5-6 p.m.; presentation on the Ellie stage at 6 p.m.

Reception, Grand March, dinner and dancing to follow at the Downtown Sheraton Hotel.

Info: Christian Reid at c-reid@comcast.net.

A Journey of Hope Through The Milk Carton Kids Concert the Eyes of Jonathan Clark June 25, with Sierra Hull and June 26

with Chris Botti. A Denver Botanic Gardens Summer Concert and produced by Swallow Hill music. UMB Amphitheater at the Gardens’ York St. urban oasis. Tickets go on sale April 10 at 10 a.m.

South Denver Univ. of Colorado Films

Though July 28. 10 a.m., noon and 2 p.m. A Whale-Sized Adventure for the giant screen with Humpback Whales 3D. See upclose at how these whales communicate, sing, feed, play and take care of their young.

Now showing through June 1, Dream Big: Engineering Our World 3D. Showtimes 11 a.m., 1 and 3 p.m. Narrated by Academy Award winner Jeff Bridges Dream Big celebrates the human ingenuity behind engineering marvels big and small. South Denver Univ. of Colorado, 10035 S. Peoria St., Lone Tree. 303-315-9444, cusouthdenver@ ucdenver.edu.

EVENT

Unite to Fight Animal Cancer

Through May 31. The campaign raises funds for research on how to prevent, diagnose earlier and treat animal cancers.

For every gift Blue Buffalo Company will match dollar for dollar up to $75,000. Info: sanders-vie@morrisanimalfoundation.org.

June 6, 4-7 p.m. A photography exhibit of Honduras. The Mexican Cultural Center and Jonathan Clark hold an Open House of the Photography Exhibit “The Lease of These,” a collection of photographs from Jonathan’s time in Honduras with International Hope Builders (IHB) building homes in underdeveloped areas. Event to be held at the Mexican Cultural Center, 5350 Lettsdale Dr., Suite 200W (2nd floor) Denver.

The exhibition runs thru Aug. 10, Mon.-Fri. 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. Free admission and open to the public, all ages.

Castle Rock Ducky Derby

June 9, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Cheer rubber duckies floating down a river. Hosted by the Rotary Club of Castle Rock, Castle Rock High Noon Rotary and Rotary Club of Castle Pines.

Actual duck race kicks off at 3 p.m. One ticket costs $5 or five for $20. Whoever has the ticket with the winning duck gets $2,000.

Second and 3rd place finishers receive $750 and $250, respectively. Street festival at Festival Park near Second and Wilcox Streets.

Tons of events for young and old.

125th Anniversary Community Celebration of St. Anthony Hospital

Children’s Museum 45th Birthday Bash

June 1, 6 p.m. Event chairs Amy Figge and Jenny Walsh. Tickets: 303-561-0104 or visit mychildsmuseum.org.

June 9, 11 a.m. - 3 p.m. St. Anthony Hospital, 11600 W. 2nd Place, Lakewood, Lot H (south side of campus.) Activities include: Vintage photo booth, Flight For Life helicopter and ambulance, go carts, rock climbing wall, pets from Denver Dumb Friends League, food trucks.

Summer Fun and Safety Festival

Concourse D’Elegance and Exotic Sports Car Show

June 2, 10 a.m. - 1 p.m. 1501 S. Potomac St., Aurora. Hosted by the medical staff at Rocky Mtn. Hospital for Children in partnership with every child pediatrics at the Medical Center of Aurora. Car seats checked, sun safety, airline helicopter, fire truck, ambulance and police car, mascots and more. Visit AuroraMed.com/summerful for more information.

Huge Garage Sale

June 2, 8 a.m. - 2 p.m. Heritage Eagle Bend, off Arapahoe Road and Gartrell Road.

Donations from residents of the Heritage Eagle Bend community.

Colorado Book Award Winners Announced

June 10, 9 a.m. - 3 p.m. at Arapahoe Community College. Benefiting Creative Options for Early Childhood Education. A program of Ability Connection Colorado.

ADL Mountain States Annual Meeting

June 13, 7-9 p.m. Hebrew Educational Alliance, 3600 S. Ivanhoe St., Denver. $18 ticket includes Kosher dessert reception following the program. Meeting will include the investiture of Melinda Quiet as Mountain Stats Regional board chair and election of the slate of board members. Guest speaker: Christian Picciolini, former extremist, author and activist, recently featured on 60 minutes. RSVP: 303-830-7177.

Car Show

June 2, 4:30 p.m. Hear the winners read briefly and enjoy a reception with winners and finalists. Tickets to the event at the Ste FilmCenter, 2510 E. Colfax Ave. $20 include the reception. R.S.V.P. at coloradohumanities.org.

June 16, 9 -11:30 a.m. Heritage Eagle Bend Community, off Arapahoe Road and Gartrell Road. Classics belonging to residents of the community. Parade following the show. Prizes given.

The Kilted Man

Bike to Work Day

June 5, 7 p.m. The Kilted Man, Matthew Gurnsey, will perform a concert of traditional Irish and Scottish music at Bemis Public Library, 6014 S. Datura St. in Littleton.

Celtic instruments such as the concertina, bodhran, mandolin, penny whistle and bowed psaltery.

World Premier Documentary Movie “25-Steps” - About 2 WWII P.O.W.s

June 6, 6-7:30, VIP reception. Airing of “25-Steps” 7:45-9 p.m. Each are now 97 years old. Learn how their lives crossed four years ago. Narrated by Emmy winner Peter Coyote. Bob and Butch, WWII P.O.W.s, will be in attendance at the premier at Southglenn

June 27, Registration now open. 800 companies expected to participate. Sign up: biketoworkday.us A program of the Denver Regional Council of Governments. Visit waytogo.org.

Pixelated: Sculpture by Mike Whiting

Through Sept. 23, Pixelated will bring back childhood memories of video game arcades and also call to mind modern artworks. The depiction of natural forms, such as plants and animals, in bold colors and geometric shapes will be a witty complement to the Denver Botanic Gardens York St., which are simultaneously wild and cultivated.

FUNDRAISER

by Parkinson’s. $110/player. Register: ParkinsonRockies.org/BreakingPar4Par.

June 1, 6:30-10 p.m. Schomp Mini Dealership at 1001 Plum Valley Lane in Highlands Ranch benefiting Humane Society of the South Platte Valley. Delectable wine and food sampling, silent and live auction, live entertainment by Maestro Hughes, “The Hip Hop Violinist” and emceed

by Emily of the Mix100. Special guest appearances by adoptable shelter dogs.

Tickets: hsspv.org/woofandwine for $75.

Cancer League of Colorado Race for Research 5K Run/ Walk

Woof and Wine

Parkinson walk the vitality walk

June 3, 8 a.m. -registration, 9 a.m.

- walk 10 a.m. - resource fair. Wash Park, Denver. Registration $30/adult; $10 child (ages 5-14). Register: ParkinsonRockies.org/ VitalityWalk.

The Home Front Cares Veterans Cup Charity Golf Tournament

June 7, Sanctuary Golf Course in Sedalia, one of the Best 150 courses in the U.S. Presented by RE/MAX. Five-star brunch and dinner catered. Proceeds go to benefit The Home Front Cares and its mission to provide emergency financial grants for military and veteran families in need in Colorado. To register: visit thehomefrontcares.org.

Aug. 19, 9-11 a.m. in Washington Park.

In memory of Michele Plachy-Rubin and Stephen Estrada - Race for research honoree.

Info: cancerleague.org. Followed by free pancake breakfast, live band and free beer garden sponsored by Bristol Brewing. Kids play in Kidzone - clowns, games and prizes.

Designer shirt with registration.

POLITICAL

Western Conservative Summit

June 8-9, Colorado Convention Center.

Two days of speakers, workshops, policy analysis, panels, networking, exhibitor trade show, inspiration and more. Confirmed speakers: Kirk Cameron, Diamond and Silk, the House Freedom Caucus, Sen. Cory Gardner, Charlie Kirk, Candace Owens, Frank Gaffney, John Andrews, Laura Carno, Michael Farris, John Stonestreet, U.S. Navy Seal Chad Williams and others. Early bird pricing until April 30, 11:59 p.m. Tickets: 303-963-3157.

SANCTUARY

Zimbabwe Mission June 8, Broken Tee Golf Course, 2101 W. Partnership

George Allen Golf Tournament

Oxford Ave., Englewood. Registration: 6:45 a.m.; Free Driving Range, 7 a.m.; Shotgun Start, 7:45 a.m. $110/person includes breakfast snacks, golf cart, range balsa taco bar lunch and two drink tickets. Registration due by May 30. Mail to Greater Englewood Chamber of Commerce, 3501 S. Broadway, 2nd Floor, Englewood, CO 80113.

Museum After Dark Gala

June 8, 6:30 p.m. cocktails, progressive dinner and silent auction. 9 p.m., the clock strikes GLOW followed by a short-lived auction. 9:30 p.m. - 1 a.m. After Dark Soiree hosted by the museum’s young professionals with live entertainment, dancing, cocktails and dessert. Event co-chairs, Mathew and Priya Burkett and John and Katie Levisay.

Cocktail attire. Location: Denver Museum of Nature and Science. Tickets: 303-370-6407.

Art for Alzheimer’s

June 9, 3-5 p.m. Cherry Hills Assisted Living & Memory Care, 6325 S. University Blvd. in Centennial, celebrates its first anniversary with a fundraiser to benefit the 2018 Denver Walk to End Alzheimer’s.

Presenting an Art Gallery and Auction featuring art from the residents, local artists Barbara Family and Paul Nutting and wellknown fine artist, Tim Deibler. Wine and charcuterie. RSVP: 720-592-0252.

Colorado Classic to Benefit TAPS

June 16, Saluting Our Fallen Heroes, Songwriters Show and Dinner featuring Pam Tillis. Grove’s Family ranch at Cherry Creek.

Live auction and BBQ by the Coors Cowboy Club “Chuckwagon Crew.”Tillis is a two-time Grammy Award and Country Music Award winner with six #1 hits and three platinum albums. Her critically acclaimed album, It’s All Relative, was a tribute to her father, the great Mel Tillis. Tickets: 303-696-0450, taps. org/colorado.

Breaking Par for P.A.R. Golf Event

July 21, 6 a.m. event check in; 6:30 a.m. driving range open and putting challenge: 8 a.m. Shotgun start. Walnut Creek Golf Preserve, 10555 Westmoor Dr., Westminster.

In honor of Gary Bass and those touched

June 3, Elephant Rock Cycling Festival Fundraiser. The eight-mile ride has been established for people of all ages. Registration cost $30. Register at zimpartnership.org/team-zimbabwe. Let Beth Hamstra at bhamstra@wpcdenver.org know when you’ve registered. Sponsored

by Wellshire Presbyterian Church, 2999 S. Colorado Blvd.

Shipwrecked Vacation Bible School at Greenwood

June 4-7, 1st -5th grade students at Greenwood Community Church, 5600 E. Belleview Ave., Greenwood Village. A funfilled week packed with games, songs, treats and Bible lessons. Register online at GreenewoodCC.com/events1. Cost $35.

Vacation Bible School

June 11-15, 8:45 a.m. - noon Cherry Creek Presbyterian Church, 10150 E. Belleview Ave., Englewood. Kids 3 years through rising sixth-graders. Cost: $30/ child. Experience life in the palace, streets, marketplace and Hanging Gardens of Babylon. Singing, dancing, games, crafts, snacks, performances, Bible stories and more. Want a full-day experience? Afternoon camps from 12 - 4 p.m. Sign up for one of our awesome options, including Sports and Science, Carts of Performance and Camping Capers. Register at cherrycreekpres.org/kids.

SCHOOL

Kent Denver School Campus closed for graduation

June 5 the school will be open only to invited guests. Kent Denver School is located at 4000 E. Quincy Ave., Englewood.

Questions: 303-770-7660.

SPORTS

Kempe Topgolf Challenge

June 26, 4-7 p.m. 10601 E. Easter Ave., Centennial. Make a difference for children.

TOPGOLF caters to all skill levels. Practice your swing and have fun. Silent auction featuring sports items. Details: jendrusch. denise@kempe.org or call 303-864-5308.

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Western Stock Show Association announces new board members During the annual meeting of the Western Stock Show Association (WSSA), the trustees elected Nancy Tuor to the board of directors and Members of the Association elected 10 new Trustees to serve the Association.

Nancy Tuor worked for more than 40 years in the environmental and engineering industries, including more than 32 years with CH2M. She came to Colorado in 1995 as part of the executive team hired to conduct the accelerated cleanup and closure of the Rocky Flats Plutonium Production Plant south of Boulder. She committed 10 years to that project with her final assignments as COO and

CEO. Additional responsibilities with CH2M included Vice Chair of the Board; President of the Federal Client Group, which managed about 1.7 billion in annual revenue; and program manager for the development of Masdar, a sustainable new town Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

She currently serves on the board of directors of Keller plc, London; Terracon, Kansas City; and IMA, Denver.

She is Vice Chair of the Board of Governors of Colorado State University. Nancy has competed in equestrian activities throughout the West and Midwest in the Hunter Jumper discipline, including at the National Western Stock Show.

She served as co-chair of the equestrian group for the National Western future planning team and currently chairs the WSSA Nominating Committee. Tuor has been a member of the WSSA since 2013.

The officers on the Board of the WSSA included chairman of the board, Pat Grant, and vice chairman of the board, Doug Jones. Sue AnschutzRodgers serves as first vice president, George G. “Buck”

Hutchison as second vice president, Mark Gustafson as secretary and Terrance Carroll as treasurer. Pete Coors continues as chairman of the capital campaign, which is raising funds to be donated by the association to the National Western Center for completion of the project as well as the new home of the WSSA known as the Legacy Building.

Members of the board of directors include Justin Cumming,

Don Elliman, Brooke Fox, Dr. Tony Frank, Guy McEndaffer, Barth Whitham, Ron Williams and president and CEO Paul Andrews.

The members of the association also elected 10 new trustees that will serve terms from May 2018 through May 2021, elected are Rob Alexander, Erik Glenn, Mark Honnen, Bronwyn Pepple, Hugh Rice, Kent Stevinson, Don Thorn and Kelly Tisher.

Glendale hosts rugby coaching clinic

is $80. The price of admission includes Friday dinner and Saturday lunch, in addition to a ticket for the Saturday night MLR match.

Additionally, Glendale has a block of rooms at official Raptors hotel

partner Hampton Inn & Suites, which includes complimentary breakfast.

Coaches can register at the following link: rugbytown.us/ coaches-clinic.

In an effort to further develop area coaches and clubs, Glendale Rugby has announced a unique opportunity for regional rugby coaches to gather together at Infinity Park June 15 and 16 for a RugbyTown USA coaching clinic.

“We really wanted to offer coaches an opportunity to learn from our staff,” Director of Glendale Rugby Mark Bullock said.

“Each year, we travel overseas to upskill our own coaching and we wanted to offer the same opportunities to local high school and college coaches. With our club more than 10 years old and our Raptors team competing in its first Major League Rugby (MLR) season, it’s a great time to share with other coaches what is new in the progression of the game.

“As a coach, it is really important to allow yourself training opportunities,” Bullock continued.

“If you don’t look to expand your knowledge base on a topic, you have the potential to get stuck in a rut. The City of Glendale is always pushing us to train among the best, and we take pride in the time we spend learning from outside sources how to better our program.

Of course, not everyone can afford to do that with limited budgets and time, and we have taken both factors into consideration when planning this course.”

Kicking off with a fully catered dinner Friday night, coaches are invited to meet and greet Glendale Raptors coaching staff and players starting at 6 p.m. June 15.

Those attending the clinic will then come back to Infinity Park Saturday morning for a number of coaching sessions with various Glendale staff. The clinic closes Saturday evening, when all in attendance are invited to watch the Glendale Raptors take on the Seattle Seawolves at 7 p.m. Raptors Head Coach David Williams notes that the clinic and match will offer aspiring coaches a chance to see American rugby played at the highest level: “This is a great opportunity for coaches to gain some professional development and be upskilled in the current trends of Major League Rugby. They’ll also get to see those skills in a live professional match.”

Topics of discussion will include coaching the 1-3-1 attacking patterns, the set piece, safe tackling, defense, the tackle contest,

ball skills, decision-making and mental toughness. Additionally, the clinic will focus on best practices in concussion and injury

prevention.

The cost for clinic attendees is $60 if booked by June 1. After that date, the price for admission

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FLEURISH

Bo and Lynne Cottrell

Hometown favorite Tony David and WildeFire will be the opening performance.

Photos by Scottie Iverson

Team Cottrell behind the success of TAPS in Colorado Saluting our fallen heroes June 16

Bo and Lynne Cottrell were The Villager’s Sweetheart Couple of the Year several years ago. They continue to be a team and the force behind our local fundraiser - Colorado Celebrity Classic to benefit Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors (TAPS). Actually, when you hear or see the name TAPS, one automatically associates the name with the Cottrells.

They have been directors of this unique fundraiser for 12 years and it has grown to be the largest moneymaker for the organization outside of the huge gala in the Washington, D.C. area, contributing over $4 million to the cause. They have attracted over 70 volunteers for 2018 to make the evening run smoothly with emphasis on a speedy check-in

Saturday, June 16.

Bo served in the U.S. Army so he saw and felt the tragedies. He is emotional when recalling how he and Lynne began their journey to help TAPS. While on staff for MakeA-Wish, Bo had lunch with U.S.A.F. Brig. Gen. Steve Richie who asked if he would be interested in helping TAPS. Not understanding fully what TAPS meant, he didn’t answer right away. Soon after, he received a call from a high school buddy in tears. The body of his buddy’s son was just brought home from Afghanistan. Bo asked his buddy if he knew anything about TAPS. “Thank God for TAPS,” he said. “I don’t know what we would have done without the support.” Bo called Richie to say he was in. The first year was complicated with several elements – golf and three shows.

Photo by Tommy Collier Fur and YSL vintage jewelry from Dan Sharp

Over the years, the classic has been simplified and there has been no golf the last two years.

The Cottrells have enjoyed tremendous backing from the likes of Bill Coors, Pete Coors and Jake Jabs. The Coors Cowboys (Chuckwagon Crew) still come in from Amarillo, Texas to prepare a feast with generous portions for the attendees.

On a pure cold call early on, Bo stopped by the ranch of Steve Grove and asked the gentleman owner if the perfectly manicured arena (barn) could be used for a special event. Without hesitation, the answer was yes, and the rest is history. The event is always sold out. Who can resist the pit-roasted prime rib with all the trimmings, the big star entertainment and the venue? Bo, a performer himself, opened for several big show business acts including Red Buttons, Rosie Clooney (as he calls her) Jimmy Rogers, Pat Boone

and the “Four Everything (as he labels all the groups of four).”

The cultivating of those relationships and the old Taylor’s Supper Club connections certainly help when securing featured talent for TAPS. This year, the Cottrells are excited to bring in CMA, ACM and GrammyAward winning Pam Tillis who will also have stories to share about her father. Also, the talented songwriters are always popular and it’s fun to hear the story behind each song. Some of Nashville’s best will be onstage – Billy Montana, Frank Meyers and Jimmy Nichols. “You don’t even have to like country music to appreciate the performances,” said Lynne. A small silent auction will be complemented by a large live auction. “TAPS made a difference in my life since I’ve seen the sacrifices families make when their loved ones, who have served our country, are lost. I appreciate more and more what

What TAPS is all about

TAPS does for families and how much the families appreciate all the support. I get to know the families. The worst tragedy is the suicide rate being 22 per day and 85 attempts. There is no closure. No honor.” Among the many programs and personal support opportunities TAPS offers are: Survivor’s Seminar and Good Grief Camp, mentoring for teens and Suicide Survivor Seminar. The mission is to bring comfort and care for families of our fallen heroes and make connecting possible with others walking a similar path.

On Sept. 6, there will be a show in Colorado Springs to introduce TAPS to that market.

Next year will be even bigger as TAPS celebrates its 25th Anniversary. For further information: taps.org/colorado, lcottrell@ TAPS.org or 303-696-0450.

Kyle Dean Massey LIVE! headliner at Central City’s Theatre of Dreams Talented singer, actor on Broadway (Pippin, Wicked and Next to Normal to name a few), TV (Nashville and more) was engaging when he performed at the Central City Opera’s Theatre of Dreams Gala. Full of animation, personality and personal stories, the Arkansasraised crooner was accompanied by Ben Ran-

hala at the piano. One of the major sponsors was so impressed, he commented that he couldn’t believe he was in Denver.

Singer, actor Kyle Dean Massey accompanied by Ben Ranhala

Photo by Amanda Tipton

“Women for Walker” theme of Walker Stapleton for Governor fundraiser Ann Pritzlaff hosted a reception for Republican gubernatorial candidate Walker Stapleton at her Polo Club home. Jenna Stapleton and Colorado’s Former first lady Frances Owens along with over two dozen members of the host committee welcomed supporters.

A group of “Women for Walker” at the reception.

Photos courtesy of WestBrooke Group

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FLEURISH

Rotary District 5450 celebrates and inspires

District Governor Abbas Rajabi, his wife Sami and the large District 5450 Conference Committee welcomed Rotarians in the area for a weekend of packed workshops, panels (including Rotary for the Young at Heart for the coming generations), exhibits, speakers, awards and entertainment.

Saturday’s festivities featured Harvard-educated Dan Richie as a keynote with the topic “Bringing Consensus to a Country That’s Divided.” His distinguished career includes serving as president of the Temple Hoyne Buell Foundation, chairman and CEO of the Denver Center for the Performing Arts and he was the 16th chancellor of the University of Denver. Lt. Gen. Jay B. Silveria was a featured speaker Sunday. He is the superintendent, U.S. Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs. He directs a four-year regimen of military training, academics, athletic and character development programs leading to a B.S. degree and a commission as second lieutenant.

Rotary’s motto “Service Above Self” was evident in the numerous awards presented.

Rotary International Awards: Gail Lehrmann (Parker Rotary Club) nominated for Citation for Meritorious Service. Carolyn Schraeder (Denver Mile High Rotary Club) nominated for TRF Distinguished Service Award.

Governor’s Discretionary Awards: Larry Bass (Aurora Southeast), Tom Beiging (Denver Southeast), Karen Loeb (Denver Southeast), Beverly Mendel (CarBanner at Hyatt DTC welcomes Rotary members and guests.

bon Valley).

Significant Contributions to those in Need: Doug Andrews (Denver Southeast), Bob Ashley (Summit County) Melly Kinnard, Kent Bozarth, Cyrus Rajabi and Jim Johnston (Denver Rotary Club).

District Service Award of Excellence: Mary Jane Ewing (Boulder Flatirons), William A. “Bill” Downes (Mountain Foothills), Peter Ewing (Boulder), and Dan Himelspach (Denver Mile High).

Membership Development Initiatives: Debi Bush (Denver Cherry Creek).

Volunteer for Community Service Award: Nancy Gooding (non-Rotarian) largest single donation to Polio Plus in this district.

Four Way Test Award: Bill Manning (Evergreen Rotary Club).

Paul Harris Award of Excellence: 2017 Denver Tech Center Rotary Club (will receive plaque from last year).

2018 South Jeffco Rotary Club (will receive Paul Harris bust for current year).

Rotarian of the Year: John Hughes of Abbas Rajabi’s home club (Denver Southeast).” He has really made a difference in Rotary in Denver,” said Rajabi. “He is the co-chair of the 2018 District Celebration, a quite performer with even temperament and amazing at organizing teams and people. He has been my mentor and friend, helped in the State of the State and set the tone right for the mental health symposium.”

Author, comedian, sports journalist and Renaissance Man - Sam Adams, who hails from Cleveland, Ohio (with plenty of references), was the Saturday evening headliner and master of ceremonies. He joked that his act with the district governor could be called Abbas & Costello. National Acappella Champions – The 17th Avenue Allstars entertained with tunes from the 50s to the present.

District Governor Nominee is Curt Harris (Rotary Club of Evergreen).

ABOVE : “The Good, the Bad & the Ugly of a Booming Economy” panelists Carl Koelbel (Koelbel Urban Homes), Amy Ford (CDOT chief of Advanced Mobility), Bill Bishop (HealthONE’s VP of consultant & employer strategies and president & CEO South Metro Denver Chamber of Commerce Bob Golden. Southeast Denver member Kim DeCoste moderated the panel.

LEFT: Entertainer Sam Adams, Rotarian of the Year John Hughes and 5450 District Governor Abbas Rajabi

ABOVE: The Polio exhibit at the 2018 District Conference depicts one of Rotary’s missions which is to eradicate the disease.

The local Gooding Family has contributed the largest single donation in the district.

RIGHT: Award- winner Larry Bass from Aurora Southeast with District Governor Abbas Rajabi BELOW: Tom Beiging, Denver Southeast and conference cochair with keynote speaker Dan Ritchie.

LEFT: District 5450 Governor Elect Sandy Mortensen (Summit County).

Photos by Scottie Taylor Iverson

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BY JUDY CARLSON

WEALTH MANAGEMENT CONTRIBUTOR

lexandra (Alex) Gruitch recently pitched her second perfect game for her 16U Prodigy fastpitch softball team. According to Jeff Gruitch, Alex’s dad, “It’s not like Alex can just go out there and throw a perfect game. It’s the months and years of hard work, dedication and practice every day that builds her strength, ability and mental stamina to pitch a perfect game.” She also swings a pretty mean bat. In the 46 games played this tournament season she has an impressive .316 batting average and is tied for the team lead in home runs.

Alex is the oldest daughter of Jeff and Elise Gruitch and is just completing her freshman year at Cherry Creek High School. Younger sister Samantha (Sam) is completing sixth-grade at Campus Middle School.

The Gruitch family has always loved sports and the outdoors. When Alex was nine years old, she tried playing fastpitch softball. By age 10, she had fallen in love with the sport, especially pitching. Alex started playing competitively when she was 12.

For the past three years, Alex has played competitive fastpitch softball most recently with Prodigy Fastpitch, a faith-based softball organization

Alex earns her varsity letter

dedicated to the development of its athletes on and off the field.

As Colorado’s largest competitive fastpitch softball organization, Prodigy has had the highest number of college signees to date.

Last fall as a freshman at Cherry Creek High School, Alex really hit her stride. She was positioned as a swing player,

meaning she pulled double duty playing both varsity and JV. She also started lessons with a new pitching coach which paid nearly immediate dividends in both velocity and accuracy. Alex started playing to win and was the only freshman fastpitch softball player to earn a varsity

Alex bringing the heat!

letter.

Alex definitely has her priorities in the right place. She places her academics ahead of softball and carries a 4.17 GPA. She commented, “Softball won’t be part of my life forever, but my career will be with me the rest of my life.”

In her “spare” time, Alex loves hanging with her friends.

Through softball, she has made a wide range of new friends from lots of different schools.

Alex also places significant emphasis on philanthropy and is involved in the

Freshman Alex sporting the varsity blues

National Charity League (NCL).

The mission of NCL is to foster mother-daughter relationships in a philanthropic organization committed to community service, leadership development, and cultural experiences. In addition, she is involved with Cancer League of Colorado where she raised more than $15,000 in donations for going “Over the Edge.”

Mother-daughter relationships run deep in Alex’s family. Her grandmother, Edie Marks, lovingly commented, “Alex has tremendous pride in everything she does. She is a young woman who believes in giving 100 percent effort to everything in which she is involved.”

The Villager team has always reported good news on interesting people, and we will continue to watch the fast pace of this fine young lady and role model throughout her high school and college endeavors.

May 31, 2018 • THE VILLAGER | PAGE 27

Experience trips the Denver Academy difference this summer! on and off campus each Register by Tuesday, June 5 for Academic Classes and June Camps Denver Academy’s (DA) Summer Program offers something for every student in grades 1 to 12, including those who attend DA yearround and non-DA students.

A school that teaches the way each student learns best, DA’s Summer Program supports diverse learners, including those with dyslexia, attention deficit disorder (ADD) and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Whether you’re looking to fill your student’s summer with fun and engaging activities, to further their academic goals or a little of both, DA has it all.

Journey with DA Elementary Day Camp provides field

day for children in grades 1 to 6. Academic classes in math, reading, writing and study skills will help students get ahead for the next school year and credit hours are available for high school courses. Oneon-one reading intervention tutoring, using DA’s special phonics-based approach, is also offered as well as academic coaching in a range of subjects.

One-week day camps covering topics like 3D modeling and printing, photography, welding, play creation, cooking, gardening, rocketry and more are offered, along with athletic camps in soccer, basketball, volleyball and even mountain biking. College and transition workshops for both high school parents and students are taught by the highlytrained experts who work in

LPS joint PTO scholarship fund awards grants to teachers

Each year in May, the Littleton Public Schools Joint PTO Scholarship Fund awards grants to support teachers’ continued professional growth. These funds, which are a result of a joint enterprise of all individual LPS schools’ PTOs (Parent/Teacher Organizations), help teachers pay for special training or classes toward an advanced degree. All teachers in LPS are invited to participate and teachers who meet the requirements are eligible to receive a grant.

This year, 15 LPS teachers from across the district were awarded scholarships.

LPS Superintendent Brian Ewert presented scholarship recipients with their Joint PTO Scholarship Fund grants during a reception held May 2.

Joint PTO Scholarship recipients are:

Katie Abner, Arapahoe High School Allison Carter, Sandburg Elementary Theresa Derr, Centennial

Academy Tammy Escue, Twain Elementary School Suzanna Gedde, Centennial Academy Amy Lengyel, Centennial Academy Diane Mayer, Peabody Elementary Mike McShea, Littleton High School Pamela McWilliams, Euclid Middle School Laura Reck-Merkel, Sandburg Elementary School Catie Sandoval, Wilder Elementary School Sydney Stulock, Hopkins Elementary School Libby Wachter, Hopkins Elementary Linda Wood, Arapahoe High School Kirt Woodman, Heritage High School The LPS Joint PTO Scholarship Committee has been helping teachers cover training costs since 1958. It is the committee’s objective to help improve instruction for students by helping teachers to get the training that they need.

Looking for a way to help your children beat summer boredom?

Experience life in the palace, streets, marketplace and Hanging Gardens of Babylon.

Your children will follow Daniel on an Adventure of Courage as they discover the true source of their strength.

Cherry Creek Presbyterian Church at 10150 E. Belleview Ave. in Englewood, will be holding its Vacation Bible School Monday – Friday, June 11-15 between 8:45 a.m. and noon We’ll keep your children entertained with singing, dancing, games, crafts, snacks, performances, Bible stories and so much more. They’ll make

friends, learn a lot, and have a ton of fun.

Plus, you can take some time to relax and refresh, knowing your children are in good hands.

Want a full-day experience? We also offer afternoon camps from 12 – 4 p.m. Sign up for one of our awesome options, including sports and science, arts and performance and camping capers.

All children age 3 years old through rising sixth-graders are welcome. The cost is $30 per child.

Learn more and register at cherrycreekpres.org/kids.

TOP: Watermelon Wednesday is one of the delicious activities.

ABOVE: Arts and crafts day camp.

DA’s college and transition department.

All offerings are provided

by Denver Academy trained teachers, providing differenti-

ated instruction and support that celebrates each child’s unique gifts and talents.

Save 15 percent when registering for three or more

DA Summer Program offerings (excluding tutoring and academic coaching). Find out more and register at denveracademy.org/summer.

Step right up and read this summer Readers of all ages (babies through adults) are invited to “step right up and read” this summer by registering online now for the Arapahoe Libraries Summer Reading program at arapahoelibraries.org. Summer reading will begin Saturday, June 2, and run through Sunday, July 29.

Readers could earn a variety of rewards such as a book and coupons from local businesses. Adults will be entered into a drawing for a Booklovers Bag. Fun for everyone will be

found at Summer Reading kickoff events starting June 2 at specific library locations.

Step right up and soar to new heights in a bounce house, have your face painted and maybe even win a prize playing carnival games. Don’t miss special performances from comedians, puppeteers, magicians and more at your favorite library.

The first Summer Reading event will be held Saturday, June 2, 10 a.m.-noon, at Smoky Hill Library (5430 S. Biscay Circle, Centennial).

The circus is coming to the

library with the Salida Circus, featuring trapeze artists, stilt walkers, clowns, magic and a circus dog.

Last year, more than 10,000 babies, toddlers, children and teens participated in the Arapahoe Libraries Summer Reading program.

The Summer Reading is paid for by the Friends of Arapahoe Libraries. The Friends will donate more than $60,000 to support programs, books, prizes and more.

For more information, visit arapahoelibraries.org or call 303-LIBRARY.

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Eaton/Moore rally in Brassie to earn first CGA women’s title together Eaton ties record for career CGA women’s wins

It took quite a rally on the final day, but two players with 44 CGA women’s championships between them teamed up for another one Tuesday, May 22.

Colorado Golf Hall of Famers Kim Eaton of Mesa, Ariz., and Janet Moore of Cherry

Hills Country Club came back from a seven-shot deficit in the final round to win the CGA Women’s Brassie Championship at The Club at Flying Horse in Colorado Springs.

The victory was Eaton’s seventh in this four-ball strokeplay event, and Moore’s fifth, but their first together. In fact, it was the first time they’ve

played as partners in any CGA women’s team event.

The result gives Eaton 25 career titles in CGA/CWGA women’s championships, tying the record of another Colorado Golf Hall of Famer, Carol Flenniken. Moore is right up there on the all-time list as well, with 21 career victories.

Eaton and Moore trailed

their fellow competitors, college golfers Delaney Benson (Creighton) and Hannah More (Colorado Mesa) by seven shots after Monday’s opening round. But the Hall of Famers teamed up for a better-ball 4-under-par 68 Tuesday to win by one with a 4-under 140 total.

Eaton and Moore made five better-ball birdies and one bo-

gey Tuesday. And they finished strong, with Moore making birdies on 16 and 17 as the pair went ahead for good.

Benson and More followed up their first-round 65 with a 76 Tuesday to finish second at 141. Kathy West, the 2017 champion with Christie Austin, joined with Sue O’Connor to claim third place at 147.

Bunch, Harvanek inducted into Colorado Golf Hall of Fame Pfingston, Billings, Bryant, Schalk receiving awards

Two Coloradans whose service in golf has made an indelible impact will be inducted into the Colorado Golf Hall of Fame recently.

Jim Bunch of Denver and Danny Harvanek of Littleton will make up the 46th class of the Hall of Fame were inducted May 20 at Sanctuary Golf Course in Sedalia.

Bunch has served in highpowered volunteer roles at the USGA and with the Western Golf Association, including as the chairman of the USGA Rules of Golf Committee, of the WGA and of the Evans Scholars Foundation that awards full tuition and housing college scholarships to high-achieving caddies with limited financial means.

Harvanek, a longtime PGA master professional in Colorado, has long been touted for his highly-effective instruction work with junior golfers, which helped lay the groundwork for the Colorado PGA Golf in Schools

program.

Bunch and Harvanek will become the 140th and 141st inductees into the Colorado Golf Hall of Fame, an organization which honored its first class in 1973, when Babe Zaharias, Dave Hill and Babe Lind were inducted.

In addition to Bunch and Harvanek being enshrined, several people/organizations received CGHOF awards at the banquet: the CWGA (Distinguished Service Award), Mark Pfingston (Golf Person of the Year), Rich Billings (Lifetime Achievement Award), and Davis Bryant and Hailey Schalk (Future Famers).

Bunch was a member of the USGA’s executive committee, one of the most powerful ruling bodies in golf, from 2003-10. At various times during that span, he chaired the USGA’s rules of golf, finance, grants and Bob Jones award committees. During his time chairing the rules of golf committee, Bunch spent more than 150 nights on the road on USGA-related business -- often largely at his own expense.

Two years after leaving the USGA executive committee, Bunch became the first chairman of the WGA from Colorado during a time when Western Golf was awarding more Evans Scholarships than ever before.

Then in 2014, he moved on to be chairman of the board of trustees for the Evans Scholars Foundation. In both cases, it was a labor of love for Bunch, who caddied as a 12-year-old in the Chicago area. The WGA administers the Evans Scholarship for caddies, including the chapter at the University of Colorado, and oversees the PGA Tour’s BMW Championship, which benefits the Evans Scholarship. Bunch first joined the WGA board of directors in 1992 and still serves as an Evans Scholars Foundation trustee.

Bunch is a member at Denver Country Club and The Club at Cordillera in Colorado, as well as at The Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St. Andrews and Prestwick in Scotland.

Like Bunch, Harvanek has been a longtime fixture in

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Colorado. After growing up in western Kansas where he took up the game at age 15 and won a state high school title as a senior, Harvanek moved to the Centennial State in 1979 to take a job on Warren Smith’s staff at Cherry Hills Country Club. Then in 1984, he became the first PGA head professional at Bear Creek Golf Club, remaining in that position through ‘92.

Three consecutive years beginning in 1990, Harvanek received the Colorado PGA’s top honor as Golf Professional of the Year. In 1990, he was also given an award from the CGA for outstanding contributions to amateur golf.

But it was as an instructor — particularly working with junior golfers — that Harvanek particularly made an impact in the new millennium. Using a concise, simple way of communicating while teaching paid off for him.

After being the Colorado PGA’s Teacher of the Year in 2003 and the Junior Golf Leader in 2006, Harvanek earned a very prestigious PGA of America award in

2007 as the national Junior Golf Leader.

In the early 2000s, Harvanek wrote eight golf books, many particularly effective in teaching the game to youngsters.

While working as an instructor at Broken Tee Golf Course and The Golf Club at Bear Dance, Harvanek developed a program for exposing kids to golf through their P.E. classes at school. When he approached Denver Public Schools officials with the idea, the result was 22 schools signing up in just two days.

Over a period of about 10 years working at schools in the Denver metro area, Harvanek said he personally taught over 13,000 kids.

Harvanek’s programming and similar seedlings planted by others in the Colorado golf community led to the Colorado PGA Golf in Schools Program, which has reached roughly 70,000 students over the last seven years.

Harvanek now resides in Littleton.

Mariye Susan (Susie) Lochmiller 1951-2018

It is with great sadness that Mariye Susan (Susie) Lochmiller passed away on May 16, 2018, at the age of 66 following several weeks of declining health. She was married to Kurt Lochmiller for 39 years and was a loving mother to Margaux Williamson (Patrick Williamson), Chase Lochmiller (Devon Lochmiller), and Reid Lochmiller. She lived in Cherry Hills Village for 31 years and spent her final two years living in Castle Pines with her husband, Kurt. She was born on November 9, 1951, to Aiko and James Mizuki and spent most of her early life in Seattle, WA. She graduated from the University of Washington as part of the class of 1973 with a B.A. in Japanese Language and Literature. She worked as a flight attendant for 14 years for Frontier Airlines, before focusing full time on her family. She married Kurt Lochmiller on August 25, 1979, in her hometown of Seattle, Wash. Apart from her family, her greatest passion was getting creative in the kitchen. She was well known for hosting dinner parties for her friends and family where no one ever went home hungry. She was loved and adored by many, but most of all by her husband and children all of whom

she loved and was proud of.

Services will be held at Saint John’s Cathedral on June 15 at 11 a.m. with a reception at The Village Club at 4:30 p.m. In lieu of flowers, please make a gift to support Dr. Allen’s heart transplant program at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus. Please send your gift in memory of Susie Lochmiller to University of Colorado Foundation, P.O. Box 17126, Denver CO 80217. Please make checks payable to the CU Foundation, and in the memo line write Lochmiller Cardiology Fund. Gifts may also be made online at giving.cu.edu/ lochmiller-fund.

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LEGALS

2017 FIRST PLACE — Best Section

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 Shri Shirdi Saibaba Temple of Rockies, Sridhar Babu Thummalapenta, Utes Real Estate Company, Kristina E. Patterson, U.S. Bank National Association, Arapahoe County Public Trustee, Southeast Metro Stormwater Authority You and each of you are hereby notified that on the 6th day of November, 2014, A.D., the then County Treasurer of the County of Arapahoe, in the State of Colorado, sold at public tax lien sale to FIG Capital Investments CO13 LLC, the following described real estate situate in the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado, to-wit: LOT 4 FULTON VALLEY PROFESSIONAL OFFICES SUB and said County Treasurer issued a Certificate of Purchase therefore to FIG Capital Investments CO13 LLC; That said tax lien sale was made to satisfy the delinquent general taxes assessed against said real estate for the year 2013; That said real estate was taxed or specially assessed in the name(s) of Shri Shirdi Saibaba Temple of Rockies for said year 2013; That said FIG Capital Investments CO13 LLC, on the 23rd 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 FIG Capital Investments CO13 LLC, on or about the 18th day of September, 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 10th day of May, 2018, A.D. Sue Sandstrom Treasurer Arapahoe County Published in The Villager First Publication: May 17, 2018 Last Publication: May 31, 2018 Legal # 8297 ____________________________ 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 Barry L. Talley, Sand Creek Commercial LLC, Sand Creek Ranch LLC, BLT Investments, LLC, Douglas R. Stephan, Nautica Development Group Ltd., Kenneth R. Hartley Jr., The Paul and Emma Smith Farms LLLP, Henry Smith, Maryann R. Rains, City of Aurora, W.W. Smith Farms, Marvin E. Smith, Barbara F. Smith, Ray V. Wooters, State of Colorado, State Board of Land Commissioners, Arapahoe County Public Trustee 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 Evone LLC, the following described real estate situate in the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado, to-wit: THAT PART OF THE NW 1/4 OF SEC 16-4-65 DESC AS BEG 168.82 FT E & 57 FT S OF THE NW COR OF SD NW 1/4 TH E 720.83 FT TH S 1021.82 FT TH SW 307.97 FT TH ALG CURVE RT 371.28 FT TH NW 75.63 FT TH W 10.94 FT TH ALG CURVE

RT 39.33 FT TH N 1176.29 FT TH ALG CURVE RT 39.21 FT TO BEG EX MIN RES SEC 16-4-65

ARAPAHOE COUNTY

and said County Treasurer issued a Certificate of Purchase therefore to Evone LLC;

ARAPAHOE COUNTY NOTICE OF ELECTION

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 Sand Creek Commercial LLC for said year 2012; That said Evone LLC, on the 12th day of March, 2018, 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 Evone LLC, on or about the 18th day of September, 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 15th day of May, 2018, A.D. Sue Sandstrom Treasurer Arapahoe County Published in The Villager First Publication: May 24, 2018 Last Publication: June 7, 2018 Legal # 8323 ____________________________ 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 Barry L. Talley, Sand Creek Multi-Family, LLC, Sand Creek Ranch, LLC, BLT Investments, LLC, Douglas R. Stephan, Nautica Development Group Ltd., Kenneth R. Hartley, Kenneth R. Hartley Jr., City of Aurora, Ray V. Wooters, Arapahoe County Public Trustee 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 Evone LLC, the following described real estate situate in the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado, to-wit: THAT PART OF THE SW 1/4 OF SEC 16-4-65 DESC AS BEG 169.31 FT E & 57 FT N OF THE SW COR OF SD SEC TH ALG CURVE RT 39.36 FT TH N 818.22 FT TH ALG CURVE RT 39.21 FT TH E 494.68 FT TH S 867.47 FT TO A PT ON THE N ROW LINE OF E MISSISSIPPI AVE TH W 496.45 FT TO BEG EX MIN RES SEC 16-4-65 and said County Treasurer issued a Certificate of Purchase therefore to Evone 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 Sand Creek Multi-Family LLC for said year 2012; That said Evone LLC, on the 12th day of March, 2018, the present holder of said Certificate, who has made request upon the Treasurer of said County for a deed to said real estate;

Pursuant to C.R.S. 1-5-205, notice is hereby given that a Primary Election will be held Tuesday, June 26, 2018 in Arapahoe County.

Ballots will be mailed beginning June 4 to active registered voters who are either unaffiliated or who are affiliated with the Democratic or Republican Party at least 29 days prior to the election. Due to a change in law, unaffiliated voters may now cast the ballot of any one major political party in a primary election without declaring a party affiliation.

Return your ballot by mail or deliver it to one of 26 drop-off boxes in Arapahoe County by 7 p.m. on Election Day. Visit a Voter Service and Polling Center to register to vote, update your registration, affiliate with a major party if unaffiliated, request a new or replacement ballot, or vote on an accessible electronic tablet.

Contact Arapahoe County Elections at 303-795-4511 or visit www. arapahoevotes.com for more information.

VOTER SERVICE AND POLLING CENTERS Hours: Monday – Friday, June 18 -25, 10 a.m. – 6 p.m.

Saturday, June 23, 9 a.m. – 1 p.m.

Tuesday, June 26, 7 a.m. – 7 p.m.

Arapahoe County CentrePoint Plaza 14980 E. Alameda Dr., Aurora 24-Hour Ballot Box Available Kelver Library 404 E. Front St., Byers 24-Hour Ballot Box Available Arapahoe County Lima Plaza 6954 S. Lima St., Centennial 24-Hour Ballot Box Available Smoky Hill Library 5430 S. Biscay Cir., Centennial 24-Hour Ballot Box Available Arapahoe County Administration Building 5334 S. Prince St., Littleton 24-Hour Ballot Box Available ADDITIONAL BALLOT BOXES Open June 4 until 7 p.m., June 26 All locations are 24-hour ballot boxes except Deer Trail Town Hall.

Aurora Center for Active Adults 30 Del Mar Cir., Aurora Beck Recreation Center 800 Telluride St., Aurora City of Aurora 15151 E. Alameda Pkwy., Aurora Clerk and Recorder Aurora Branch 490 S. Chambers Rd., Aurora Heather Gardens Clubhouse 2888 S. Heather Gardens Way, Aurora Martin Luther King, Jr. Library 9898 E. Colfax Ave., Aurora Mission Viejo Library 15324 E. Hampden Cir., Aurora Tallyn’s Reach Library 23911 E. Arapahoe Rd., Aurora Utah Indoor Pool 1800 S. Peoria St., Aurora Adams County Bennett Motor Vehicle 355 S. First St., Bennett City of Centennial 13133 E. Arapahoe Rd., Centennial Goodson Recreation Center 6315 S. University Blvd., Centennial City of Cherry Hills Village 2450 E. Quincy Ave., Cherry Hills Village

That a Treasurer’s Deed will be issued for said real estate to the said Evone LLC, on or about the 18th day of September, 2018, A.D., unless the same has been redeemed.

Deer Trail Town Hall 555 Second Ave., Deer Trail Monday - Thursday: 8 a.m. –5 p.m.

Fridays: 7 a.m. – 12 p.m.

Tuesday, June 26: 7 a.m. – 7 p.m.

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

Eloise May Library 1471 S. Parker Rd., Denver

Witness my hand this 15th day of May, 2018, A.D.

Englewood Civic Center 1000 Englewood Pkwy., Englewood

Sue Sandstrom Treasurer Arapahoe County

City of Glendale 950 S. Birch St., Glendale

Published in The Villager First Publication: May 24, 2018 Last Publication: June 7, 2018 Legal # 8324 ____________________________

City of Greenwood Village 6060 S. Quebec St., Greenwood Village Arapahoe County Elections Facility

5251 S. Federal Blvd., Littleton City of Sheridan 4101 S. Federal Blvd., Sheridan Adams County Sheriff Substation 2550 Strasburg Rd., Strasburg by: Matt Crane Arapahoe County Clerk and Recorder Coordinating Election Official Published in The Villager Published: May 31, 2018 Legal # 8326 ____________________________ ARAPAHOE COUNTY REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL RFP-18-49 WEED MANAGEMENT & ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION SERVICES Notice is hereby given that the Arapahoe County Purchasing Division will be accepting proposals for the purchase of weed management and ecological restoration services for the Open Spaces Department of Arapahoe County.

A pre proposal conference will be held on June 12, 2018, 10:30 a.m., local time, Arapahoe County Open Spaces Maintenance Facility, 25508 E. Quincy Ave., Aurora, CO 80016. Vendors are encouraged to attend this conference in order to become familiar with the Specifications.

All Arapahoe County solicitations can be obtained from the County’s website. The Request For Proposal (RFP-18-49) document can be obtained by going to the Arapahoe County website www.arapahoegov. com, then go to the Finance Department, and under the Finance Department select Purchasing then go to the Quick Link for the Rocky Mountain ePurchasing website.

Submittals must be received in the Purchasing Division, located at 5334 South Prince Street, 4th Floor, Littleton, CO 80120, no later than 2:00 p.m. local time on June 28, 2018.

The County reserves the right to waive any or all informalities or irregularities and to reject any or all submittals.

Matt Crane, Clerk to the Board Published in The Villager Published: May 31, 2018 Legal # 8333 ____________________________ ARAPAHOE COUNTY NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING THE FARM AT ARAPAHOE COUNTY/ LOCATION & EXTENT MAJOR AMENDMENT CASE NO. L17-008 PROPOSAL: The Achiterra Group, applicant, on behalf of Goodman Metropolitan District, owner, has made application to Arapahoe County for a Location and Extent (L&E) Major Amendment to the property located at 6461 South Waco Street. The proposed L&E Amendment would establish the site layout and design for proposed modifications to an existing park.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on June 19, 2018 at 6:30 p.m., or as soon thereafter as the calendar of the Arapahoe Planning Commissioners permits, a public hearing will be held, at which all interested persons will be given an opportunity to be heard concerning the above-described Location and Extent application (Case No. L17008). The hearing will be held at the Arapahoe County Administration Building, East Hearing Room, 5334 S Prince St., Littleton, CO 80120, at the above stated date and time.

More information about this proposal is available at the offices of the Arapahoe County Public Works and Development Department, Planning Division, 6924 S. Lima St., Centennial, CO 80112, or by calling (720) 874-6650 during regular business hours (8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday).

Matt Crane, Clerk to the Board Published in The Villager Published: May 31, 2018 Legal # 8334 ____________________________ ARAPAHOE COUNTY NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING CASE NO. LE18-002, SKY RANCH WASTEWATER RECLAMATION FACILITY / LOCATION AND EXTENT PROPOSAL: Rangeview Metropolitan District (applicant), on behalf of PCY Holdings, LLC, (owner) has made application to Arapahoe County for a Location and Extent to the herein referenced property.

The proposed Location and Extent would create a wastewater treatment facility in the Sky Ranch Development - Neighborhood B.

PROPERTY LOCATION: The subject property is located approximately ½ mile south of the I-70 Airpark Road/292 Exit and is a part of the SE quarter of Section 4, Township 4 South, Range 65 West of the 6th Principal Meridian, County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on June 19, 2018 at 6:30 p.m., or as soon thereafter as the calendar of the Arapahoe County Planning Commission permits, a public hearing will be held; at which, all interested persons will be given an opportunity to be heard concerning the above-described Location and Extent for Sky Ranch Wastewater Treatment Facility. The hearing will be held at the Arapahoe County Administration Building, East Hearing Room, 5334 S. Prince St., Littleton, CO 80120 at the abovestated date and time.

More information about this proposal is available at the offices of the Arapahoe County Public Works and Development, Planning Division, 6924 S. Lima St., Centennial, CO 80112, or by calling 720-8746650 during regular business hours (8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday).

Matt Crane, Clerk to the Board Published in The Villager Published: May 31, 2018 Legal # 8335 ____________________________ ARAPAHOE COUNTY NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING LAND USE DEVELOPMENT CODE – SIGN CODE AMENDMENT CASE NO. LDC18-002 PROPOSAL: Arapahoe County is proposing to update Section 12-300 (Sign Regulations) of the Arapahoe County Land Development Code in accordance with changes in the law governing sign code regulations. This code update does not propose any significant changes to dimensional standards such as setbacks, height or size limitations.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on June 19, 2018 at 9:30 a.m., or as soon thereafter as the calendar of the Arapahoe Board of County Commissioners permits, a public hearing will be held, at which, all interested persons will be given an opportunity to be heard concerning the above-described amendment to the Land Development Code Section 12-300, Sign Regulations (Case No. LDC18-002). The hearing will be held at the Arapahoe County Administration Building, East Hearing Room, 5334 South Prince Street, Littleton, CO 80120, at the above-stated date and time.

More information about this proposal is available at the offices of the Arapahoe County Public Works and Development Department, Planning Division, 6924 S. Lima St., Centennial, CO 80112, or by calling (720) 874-6650 during regular business hours (8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday).

Matt Crane, Clerk to the Board Published in The Villager Published: May 31, 2018 Legal # 8336 ____________________________ ARAPAHOE COUNTY NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING PROPOSED TEMPORARY MORATORIUM ON APPLICATIONS FOR COMMERCIAL CLASS II INJECTION WELL FACILITIES NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on June 19, 2018, the Arapahoe County Board of County Commissioners will hold a Public Hearing at 9:30 a.m., or as soon as possible thereafter as the meeting agenda of the Arapahoe County Board of County Commissioners permits, on a proposed temporary moratorium on commercial injection well facility applications for the disposal by underground injection of Class II oil and gas exploration and production waste. Said Public Hearing will be held in the Arapahoe County Administration Building, East Hearing Room, 5334 S. Prince St., Littleton, CO 80120; at which all interested persons will be given an opportunity to be heard concerning the proposed temporary moratorium.

More information about this proposal is available at the Arapahoe County Public Works and Development Department, Planning Division, 6924 S. Lima St., Centennial, CO 80112, 720-874-6650.

Matt Crane, Clerk to the Board Published in The Villager Published: May 31, 2018 Legal # 8337 ____________________________

ARAPAHOE COUNTY NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING LAND USE DEVELOPMENT CODE – SUBDIVISION EXEMPTION CODE AMENDMENT CASE NO. W17-003 PROPOSAL: Arapahoe County is proposing to update Sections 4-300 (A-E and A-1 District Performance Standards and Allowed Uses) and Section 14-900 (Subdivision Exemption) of the Arapahoe County Land Development Code.

The proposed code would allow more properties to qualify for the Subdivision Exemption process and it would adjust setbacks for properties in the A-E and A-1 zoning districts depending on the Subdivision Exemption parcel size.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on June 19, 2018 at 6:30 p.m., or as soon thereafter as the calendar of the Arapahoe Planning Commission permits, a public hearing will be held, at which all interested persons will be given an opportunity to be heard concerning the abovedescribed amendment to the Land Development Code Sections 4-300 and 14-900 (Case No. W17-003).

The hearing will be held at the Arapahoe County Administration Building, East Hearing Room, 5334 South Prince Street, Littleton, CO 80120, at the above-stated date and time.

More information about this proposal is available at the offices of the Arapahoe County Public Works and Development Department, Planning Division, 6924 S. Lima St., Centennial, CO 80112, or by calling (720) 874-6650 during regular business hours (8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday).

Matt Crane, Clerk to the Board Published in The Villager Published: May 31, 2018 Legal # 8338 ____________________________ ARAPAHOE COUNTY REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL RFP-18-06 18th JUDICIAL DISTRICT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SURVIVORS & VICTIMS FOCUS GROUPS Notice is hereby given that the Arapahoe County Purchasing Division, on behalf of the District Attorney’s Office, will be accepting proposals from contractors with experience creating and managing focus groups. The Office also requires a substantive report at the end of project.

A pre proposal conference will be held on Monday, June 11, 2018 10:00 a.m. at the District Attorney’s Office, 6450 S Revere Parkway, Centennial CO 80111-6492.

Vendors are encouraged to attend this conference in order to become familiar with the Specifications.

All Arapahoe County solicitations can be obtained from the County’s website. The Request For Proposal (RFP-18-06) document can be obtained by going to the Arapahoe County website www.arapahoegov. com, then go to the Finance Department, and under the Finance Department select Purchasing then go to the Quick Link for the Rocky Mountain ePurchasing website.

Submittals must be received in the Purchasing Division, located at 5334 South Prince Street, 4th Floor, Littleton, CO 80120, no later than 2:00 p.m. local time on June 28, 2018.

The County reserves the right to waive any or all informalities or irregularities and to reject any or all submittals.

Matt Crane, Clerk to the Board Published in The Villager Published: May 31, 2018 Legal # 8342 ____________________________ ARAPAHOE COUNTY NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARINGS Copperleaf Filing No. 17 Final Plat CASE NO. P18-001 PROPOSAL: Richmond Homes (applicant) has made application to Arapahoe County on behalf of South Quincy Residential Developers Inc. (owner) for a final plat known to the County as Copperleaf Filing No.17. Copperleaf Filing No.17 proposes subdividing Copperfleaf Parcel I into 236 lots to be used as single family home sites with additional tracts for open space and supporting infrastructure. The resulting density would be approximately 4.37 units per acre.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on June 19, 2018 the Arapahoe County Board of County Commissioners will hold a Public Hearing

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at 9:30 a.m., or as soon as possible thereafter, in the East Hearing Room, Administration Building, 5334 S. Prince St., Littleton, CO 80120, at which, all interested persons will be given an opportunity to be heard concerning the abovedescribed final plat application, Case No. P18-001.

Dated: May 21, 2018.

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LOT 1, BLOCK 2, CHERRY CREEK TERRACE AMENDED, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO.

Matt Crane, Clerk to the Board Published in The Villager Published: May 31, 2018 Legal # 8343

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DISTRICT COURT ARAPAHOE COUNTY, COLORADO Court Address: 7325 S Potomac St. Centennial, CO 80112 _____________ Plaintiff: CHERRY CREEK TERRACE RECREATION ASSOCIATION, a Colorado non-profit corporation, Defendants: FRANCINE LOVETT; COLORADO HOUSING AND FINANCE AUTHORITY; COLORADO HOUSING ASSISTANCE CORPORATION; ARAPAHOE COUNTY HOUSING AUTHORITY; SUSAN RYDEN AS PUBLIC TRUSTEE FOR ARAPAHOE COUNTY; SUE SANDSTROM AS TREASURER FOR ARAPAHOE COUNTY; UNKNOWN TENANT(S) IN POSSESSION. _____________ Attorneys for Plaintiff: WINZENBURG, LEFF, PURVIS & PAYNE, LLP Gina C. Botti #42005 Address: 8020 Shaffer Parkway, Suite 300 Littleton, CO 80127 Phone Number: (303) 863-1870 Case Number: 18CV030859 SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF COLORADO TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANT: FRANCINE LOVETT You are hereby summoned and required to appear and defend against the claims of the complaint filed with the court in this action, by filing with the clerk of this court an answer or other response. You are required to file your answer within 35 days after the service of this Summons upon you. Service of the summons shall be complete on the day of the last publication.

A copy of the complaint may be obtained from the clerk of the court.

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

This is an action for judicial foreclosure of an assessment lien in and to the real property situated in Arapahoe County, Colorado, more particularly described on Exhibit A,

WINZENBURG, LEFF, PURVIS & PAYNE, L.L.P. By: /s/Gina C. Botti Gina C. Botti Exhibit A

Also known as: 6441 S. Dayton Street, Englewood, CO 80111.

This Summons is issued pursuant to Rule 4(h), Colorado Rules of Civil Procedure Published in The Villager First Publication: May 31, 2018 Last Publication: June 28, 2018 Legal # 8330 ____________________________ DISTRICT COURT COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE STATE OF COLORADO 7325 South Potomac Street Centennial, Colorado 80112 (303) 649-6355 Telephone PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF COLORADO In the Interest of: GNOCH CLARKE AND EZRA CLARKE Child, And concerning: LINDSEY HART, ETHAN CLARKE, AND JOHN DOE Repondents.

Kristi Erickson, Reg. #50739 Assistant County Attorney Attorney for Petitioner 14980 East Alameda Drive Aurora, CO 80012 303-752-8989 Fax: (303) 636-1889 Case No: 17JV0922 Division: 35 NOTICE OF ADJUDICATORY HEARING AND DEFAULT JUDGMENT PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that an Adjudicatory Hearing regarding JOHN DOE is set for June 14, 2018 at 8:30 A.M. in Division 35 at the Arapahoe County District Court, 7305 South Potomac Street, Centennial, Colorado 80112. You have the right to be represented by an attorney during these proceedings; if you cannot afford an attorney, one will be appointed to represent you. In the event you fail to appear for said hearing at the date and time indicated, the Petitioner, the People of the State of Colorado, will request that the Court enter a default judgment against you and adjudicate the child dependent and neglected in accordance with the Colorado Children’s Code.

Date: May 24, 2018 Kristi Erickson, Reg. Assistant County Attorney Attorney for Petitioner 14980 E. Alameda Dr. Aurora, CO 80012 (303-752-8989 (P) (303) 636-1889 (F) Published in The Villager Published: May 31, 2018 Legal # 8341

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BID INFORMATION ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS Notice is hereby given that the City of Greenwood Village, Colorado (the “City”) will receive sealed bids at the Public Works Department, 10001 East Costilla Avenue, Greenwood Village, Colorado 80112-3730, until 2:00 p.m., June 14, 2018 for the Orchard Road at I-25 Eastbound Left Turn Lane Extension Project.

The plans and specifications for the Orchard Road at I-25 Eastbound Left Turn Lane Extension Project are currently available electronically via QuestCDN 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 project scope generally includes the replacement of the existing span wire traffic signal system with a mast arm traffic signal system.

Preference is hereby given to materials, supplies, and provisions produced, manufactured, or grown in Colorado, quality being equal to articles offered by competitors outside of the State. Colorado labor shall be employed to perform the work for which bids are requested herein to the extent of not less than eighty percent (80%) of each type or class of labor in the several classifications of skilled and common labor employed on such work, pursuant to C.R.S. § 8-17-101.

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 for any bids greater than Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00).

The bid and the deposit shall be filed with the Public Works Department, 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.

Such bonds will be retained by the City until the two year (2) warranty period has expired. Bids will be opened publicly at 2:01 p.m., June 14, 2018, at the Greenwood Village Public Works Facility, and shall be tabulated by the City.

Any questions regarding the project should be directed to Jeremy Hanak at (303) 708-61. /s/ Jeremy Hanak Director of Public Works

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(the “City”) will receive bids by electronic submission through BidNet® on the Rocky Mountain Bid System on the Greenwood Village website at www.greenwoodvillage. com/bids. Bids must be submitted by 4:00 p.m., June 15, 2018 for: The Gravel Roads Rehabilitation Project The plans and specifications for the Gravel Roads Rehabilitation Project are available electronically via the Rocky Mountain EPurchasing System on the City of 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 Gravel Roads Rehabilitation Project scope generally includes the reconstruction of two gravel roads totaling 4,500 linear feet in length. The scope of work includes re-grading the full cross section width including ditch lines, removing 1,900 CY of existing gravel road base, replacing 500 lf of driveway culverts, and placing 2900 tons of new aggregate base course (special).

There will be an optional pre-bid meeting at 1:00 p.m. on June 7, 2018, conducted at the Greenwood Village Maintenance Facility, 10001 E. Costilla Ave., Greenwood Village, Colorado 80112.

Preference is hereby given to materials, supplies, and provisions produced, manufactured, or grown in Colorado, quality being equal to articles offered by competitors outside of the State. Colorado labor shall be employed to perform the work for which bids are requested herein to the extent of not less than eighty percent (80%) of each type or class of labor in the several classifications of skilled and common labor employed on such work, pursuant to C.R.S. § 8-17-101.

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 for any bids greater than Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00).

The bid and the deposit shall be filed with the Public Works Department, 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. Such bonds will be retained by the City until the two year (2) warranty period has expired. An electronic bid opening will occur at 4:01 p.m., June 15, 2018. Pricing information will be shared with interested parties and will also be available through the Rocky Mountain Purchasing System.

Published in The Villager First Publication: May 31, 2018 Last Publication: June 7, 2018 Legal # 8339 ____________________________ ADVERTISEMENT FOR BID

Any questions regarding the project should be directed to John Wannigman at (303) 708-6139.

Notice is hereby given that the City of Greenwood Village, Colorado

Published in The Villager First Publication: May 31, 2018

/s/ Jeremy Hanak Director of Public Works

Last Publication: June 7, 2018 Legal # 8340

SPECIAL DISTRICTS CHERRY CREEK SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 5 NOTICE OF PROPOSED SCHOOL BUDGET Notice is hereby given that a proposed budget has been submitted to the Board of Education of Cherry Creek School District No. 5 for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2018, and has been filed in the Office of the Superintendent, 4700 South Yosemite Street, Greenwood Village, Colorado 80111, where it is available for public inspection. Such proposed budget will be considered for adoption at a Regular Meeting of the Board of Education of said district at Cherry Creek Academy, 6260 South Dayton Street, Englewood, CO 80111, on Monday, June 11, 2018, at 7:00 p.m. Any person paying school taxes in the Cherry Creek School District may at any time prior to the final adoption of the budget file or register objections thereto.

Dated: May 31, 2018 BOARD OF EDUCATION CHERRY CREEK SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 5 Janice McDonald, Secretary Published in The Villager Published: May 31, 2018 Legal # 8331 ____________________________ NOTICE OF VACANCY ON THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE CITYSET METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NO. 2 TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN, and particularly to the electors of the CitySet Metropolitan District No. 2 of Arapahoe County, Colorado.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to Section 32-1-808, C.R.S., that a vacancy currently exists on the Board of Directors of the CitySet Metropolitan District No. 2 (“District”). Any qualified, eligible elector of the District interested in filling such vacancy and serving on the Board of Directors should file a Letter of Interest with the Board of Directors of the District on or before the close of business on Monday, June 11, 2018 at the District Management office at 141 Union Boulevard, Suite 150, Lakewood, Colorado.

Forms of Letters of Interest are available and can be obtained from the CitySet Metropolitan District No. 2, c/o Lisa A. Jacoby at Special District Management Services, Inc., 141 Union Boulevard, Suite 150, Lakewood, CO 80228, (303) 987-0835.

CITYSET METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NO. 2 By: /s/ Lisa A. Jacoby District Manager Published in The Villager Published: May 31, 2018 Legal # 8332 ____________________________ NOTICE OF CANCELLATION and CERTIFIED STATEMENT OF RESULTS §1-13.5-513(6), 32-1-104, 1-11-

103(3) C.R.S. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the CitySet Metropolitan District No. 2, Arapahoe County, Colorado, that at the close of business on the sixtythird day before the election, there were not more candidates for director than offices to be filled, including candidates filing affidavits of intent to be write-in candidates; therefore, the election to be held on May 8, 2018 is hereby canceled pursuant to section 1-13.5-513(6) C.R.S. The following candidates are declared elected for the following terms of office: Name — Term Navin Dimond — Second Regular Election, May 2022 Jason Gaede — Second Regular Election, May 2022 Marshall Johnston — Second Regular Election, May 2022 William O’Shields III — Next Regular Election, May 2020 /s/ Lisa A. Jacoby (Designated Election Official) Contact Person for the District: Lisa A. Johnson Telephone Number of the District: 303-987-0835 Address of the District: 141 Union Boulevard, Suite 150 Lakewood, CO 80228 District Facsimile Number: 303987-2032 District Email: @sdmsi.com Published in The Villager Published: May 31, 2018 Legal # 8344

NOTICE TO CREDITORS NOTICE TO CREDITORS ESTATE OF MARGARET H. RUSH HANKINS, A/K/A MARGARET HOUSE RUSH, A/K/A MARGARET R. HANKINS, A/K/A MARGARET H. RUSH, A/K/A MARGARET RUSH HANKINS. A/K/A MARGARET HANKINS, DECEASED CASE NUMBER 18PR30491 All persons having claims against the above-named estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Arapahoe, County, Colorado on or before September 24, 2018, or the claims may be forever barred.

James M. Hankins 29 Blue Heron Drive Greenwood Village, CO 80121 Published in The Villager First Publication: May 24, 2018 Last Publication: June 7, 2018 Legal # 8311 ____________________________ NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Evelyn Gertrude Ehlers aka Evelyn G. Ehlers aka Evelyn Ehlers, Deceased Case Number: 2018PR30405 All persons having claims against the above-named estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado on or before September 25, 2018, or the claims may be forever barred.

Barbara J. Osborn Personal Representative 8301 S Quatar Circle Aurora, CO 80016 Published in The Villager First Publication: May 24, 2018 Last Publication: June 7, 2018 Legal # 8314

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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT ment. Although the death was attributed to heart failure, no autopsy was performed. Morrison’s grave, at Père Lachaise Cemetery in Paris, continues to be a popular tourist attraction. Ironically, Courson died of a heroin overdose in 1974 — also at the age of 27.

had a fear of dying at the age of 27. She ended up doing just that, succumbing to alcohol poisoning July 23, 2011. According to a coroner’s report, her blood alcohol level was .416 — more than five times the legal driving limit (0.08) in the U.S.

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The rebellious, tumultuous lifestyle of singer Janis Joplin was certainly notorious. It also shaped her music, making her stand out. A heavy drinker and drug user, she attempted to clean up her life several times. She recorded her final song, Mercedes Benz, on Oct. 1, 1970. After failing to show up for a recording session Oct. 4, she was found dead in her hotel room. The official cause of death was cited as a heroin overdose.

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Jimi Hendrix

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English singer/songwriter Amy Winehouse was one of the most intriguing musical talents of the past few years.

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Arapahoe Philharmonic presents two free summer performances

The Arapahoe Philharmonic will present two free concerts this summer: The first is a chamber music recital to be held Saturday, June 16, at 2:30 p.m. Members and friends of the Arapahoe Philharmonic will perform works by Brahms, Hsu and Dvořák.

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Jim Morrison

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Party with the Historic Downtown Littleton Merchants (HDLM) Association Saturday, June 9, as they host the 14th Annual Magic on Main Street Block Party. According to Greg Reinke, HDLM association president and event co-coordinator “the entertainment we schedule gets bigger and better every year. In addition to street buskers and aerialists, we have added a tight rope walker across Main Street, additional fireworks on the rooftops during the 10:45 p.m. show, and more outrageous and creepy entertainment in the Creapy Freaky Ally.” It is going to be an awesome night!

“This is a true community event; we partner with the Littleton Elks Lodge, Littleton Rotary Club and the Littleton Masonic Lodge. In addition, we provide up to 10 nonprofit organizations with free booth space” said Korri Stainbrook, and event co-

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here; in fact, most of our families will be volunteering at the event.”

Event Key Points:

• Two Fireworks Shows – twilight and 10:45 p.m.

Aerialist Katie Mesmerie spins, twist and twirls like a tornado as the storm moves in.

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• Seven Stages of live music and entertainment • 37th Street Blues Band (joining us from Chicago) • Pscho X • Dixie Leadfoot & the Chrome Struts • Twenty Hands High • Ken K • Dave Frisk Band • Creepy Freaky Alley Entertainment Stage • Magicians and buskers stationed throughout the event • Antique Fire Trucks • Individual booths highlighting Downtown Littleton’s Finest Boutiques and Restaurants • Food vendors – Food and Beverage tickets on sale during the event $1 each. Cash only.

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