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The 49th Annual Denver Greek Festival, June 20 – 22, is on the grounds of the Assumption Greek Orthodox Cathedral in Denver.

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The all-new Hard Rock Café Denver recently renovated its entire restaurant, including food, cocktails and memorabilia.

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Englewood’s Jim Ratts makes music his way

Runaway Express will perform a free concert on June 19 at Englewood’s City Center Amphitheater.

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The 2014 CHUN Capitol Hill People’s Fair under stormy skies.

New Sheridan Library to open this summer Sheridan Library, located at 3201 W. Oxford Ave., will close on Saturday, June 21, to prepare for the upcoming move to the new facility under construction nearby at 3425 W. Oxford Ave. The new Sheridan Library is expected to open for the community later this summer.

Starting on Monday, June 23, from 9-11 a.m. on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays, the mobile Library on Wheels vehicle will offer library services including limited materials for check out, available holds, laptop computers, summer-reading program information and story times (Tuesdays at 9 a.m.).

The Library on Wheels will be located in the parking lot of the new library location and will be available until the new facility opens, with the exception of the week of July 28 for scheduled vehicle maintenance.

Sheridan community members and library patrons are encouraged to sign up for a special e-blast at www.arapahoelibraries.org/ Sheridan-update that will be sent on occasion with updates on the new library’s progress. For more information, call 303-LIBRARY (303542-7279).

The new Sheridan Library under construction is expected to open this summer.

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Come eat, drink and dance like a Greek at the 49th Annual Denver Greek Festival, June 20 – 22, on the grounds of the Assumption Greek Orthodox Cathedral, located at Alameda and Leetsdale in Denver.

Celebrate Greek culture, food and dancing at the 2014 Greek Festival. Fun for all ages, enjoy live entertainment, sample delicious Greek foods, beer, and wines. Kids can enjoy fair rides, games and dancing with the band on stage.

Denver’s Greek Festival features the “Taste of Greece” with homemade authentic items such as tiropites (cheese pies), pastitsio (Greek-style lasagna with béchamel), dolmathes (savory stuffed grape leaves), and spanakopita (spinach pie), as well

as delicious desserts including baklava and Greek coffee made to order in the New this year, the festival will be offering live cooking demonstrations of authentic Greek food and pastries. On the cooking demo schedule is dolmades, savory stuffed grape leaves and chocolate baklava, along with spinach pies and Greek dips. The recipes, which have been handed down through the generations, are available in the Festival of Greek Flavors cookbook, published in 2011 by the ladies philanthropic organization of the church, so you can make your favorite dish from the festival at home.

There will be live Greek music throughout the festival, as well as youth dance performances on all three days, throughout the day.

The Greek Boutique will feature authentic Greek jewelry, clothing, and art, displaying the best of Greek artisans. The

Assumption Cathedral Book Store will display Greek Orthodox icons, books, and literature for purchase. The Cathedral will offer daily tours of the historic iconography.

Continuing in their tradition of giving to local non-profits and charities, a portion of festival proceeds will be donated to the St. Francis Center, a refuge for homeless men and women in Denver and the Save Our Youth Mentoring Program.

Additionally, Bonfils Blood Center will have a donation station at the Festival.

Admission is $5 for an all-day pass and kids younger than 12 enter free. The festival is open from 11 a.m. – 11 p.m. on Friday and Saturday, and from 11 a.m.

– 6 p.m. on Sunday. For more information, visit the festival website at www.thegreekfestival. com.

Denver agencies warn dog owners about dangers of leaving pets unattended in hot vehicles As temperatures across Denver are expected to heat up once again, Denver’s Animal Care & Control and Denver Public Works are teaming up to remind pet owners of the dangers of leaving pets unattended in hot vehicles. Since the beginning of the year, Denver’s Animal Care and Control has received 94 calls regarding dogs left inside vehicles during extreme temperatures.

Approximately 12 of these calls resulted in owners being issued a summons for cruelty to animals, which could result in a fine of up to $999 and/or a year in jail.

To help remind pet-owners about the dangers of leaving their pets in the car unattended, Denver

Public Works Right of Way Enforcement agents are distributing flyers and reminding drivers as part of their regular patrols.

“The best way to keep your pet safe during the heat is to leave your pet at home,” says Lt. Aaron McSpadden of Denver’s Animal Care & Control.

Animal Care & Control offers the following tips for protecting your pet from the heat: Don’t let dogs ride loose in pick-up truck beds. Hot metal can burn paws, and exposure to the direct sunlight can be just as harmful as has being left in an enclosed vehicle. Denver’s ordinances prohibit an transporting an animal in a motor vehicle unless

the animal is safely restrained.

Ensure pets are groomed.

Long-haired pets are more susceptible to overheating.

Avoid excess exercise with your pet when it’s hot outside.

Be mindful of hot pavement that can burn your pet’s feet.

Provide adequate shelter from the elements. Denver city ordinance requires that pets have adequate outdoor shelter such as a doghouse, porch area, or a similar structure that allows an animal to escape the elements. Failing to do so could result in a fine of up to $999 and/or a year in jail.

For more information about the Denver Animal Shelter, visit www.denveranimalshelter.org.

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250 Columbine opens new sales center As the only new, luxury condominium development currently under construction in Denver – with 71 residences available for sale – 250 Columbine in Cherry Creek North has experienced tremendous interest and demand from people who want to own their own residence.

This has caused the developer of project, Western Development Group of Denver, to open a sales center at 235 Fillmore Street in Cherry Creek North, just a few blocks from the development site.

Dawn Raymond, of The Kentwood Company, will be setting appointments for interested parties to visit the sales center.

Appointments can be scheduled by emailing us at info@250columbine.com or visiting the 250 Columbine website at www.250Columbine. com.

The sales center for the $100 million, 250 Columbine development will be made available to potential customers by appointment only. In addition to a model that is an exact replica of the 250 Columbine project, the

sales center will provide detailed information regarding the variety of floor plans, designs and finishes, with price points ranging from $490,000 to $5.25 million.

Upon completion in May 2015, 250 Columbine will be adjoined by an 80,000 square foot, Class A office building and approximately 30,000 square feet of high-end retail space, all over two levels of underground parking.

Denver-based PCL Construction is the general contractor for the project, and OZ Architecture, also of Denver, is the architect.

“We’re looking forward to delivering another high caliber project to Cherry Creek North” said David Steel, a partner at Western Development Group, a company which has been a primary visionary in the evolution of one of Denver’s most desirable locations. “We’re confident that Cherry Creek North is viewed as Denver’s premier address, especially among many of the world’s best businesses and retailers who want to establish a Denver address.”

Dawn Raymond, of The Kentwood Company, is beginning to set appointments at the sales center to see 250 Columbine.

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All-new Hard Rock Café Denver rocks on

By Valerie LeVier The all-new Hard Rock Café Denver recently renovated its entire restaurant, including food, cocktails and memorabilia. Hard Rock Denver opened in 1998 and has become an important part of the downtown scene for locals, tourists and bands alike. The café is sleek and modern in design and features an expanded bar area with wonderful outdoor seating.

After 14 months of research and development, they have rolled out an entirely new menu featuring the always fresh and local in-

gredients, now with a “made from scratch” twist.

Twenty-eight existing menu items have been updated while 30 more intriguing bites have been added to the list. The food is still classic Hard Rock with mouthwatering burgers, tender barbecue and fresh gourmet salads for those seeking lighter fare.

The Local Legendary Burger, created by our own Colorado Mammoth player John Grant No. 24, is worth a try—not only because of the intensely flavorful 24 ingredient combination, but

also due to the fact that a portion of the proceeds from each burger goes to Kronke Sports Charities.

Alongside the excellently revamped food items, fresh new cocktails have been added to the list, reflecting recent trends in the Denver drink scene. The café now features libations such as the tasty gin mojito, as well as a sampler trio of refreshing margaritas, including watermelon, blue curacao and cucumber. Furthermore, the bar has increased the number of beer taps from nine to 24, several of which represent local craft

breweries.

More than 200 pieces of memorabilia adorn the walls, including boots worn by The Doors front man Jim Morrison, a guitar smashed by The Who’s Pete Townshend in 1964, “Ventilator” glasses worn by Elton John, a set of handwritten, preliminary lyrics by the legendary Jimi Hendrix, and a tobacco burst Gibson Howard Roberts acoustic guitar played

by Alex Lifeson of Rush. The café also held onto thirteen pieces from its original collection, including the Beatles toboggan and an Eric

Clapton guitar.

The memorabilia is set in ornate gold frames reminiscent of the Denver gold rush. As a nod to the ever-expanding Denver music scene, the backgrounds of the accompanying plaques showcase our iconic Red Rocks Amphitheater, acknowledged as one of the most desirable venues in the world for artists and audiences alike.

All around, a visit to the new Hard Rock Cafe Denver will leave you with a little rock ‘n’ roll history, a satisfied palate, and a desire to come back for more.

Film about death examines living ‘Magpie’ plays Film Festival Flix June 18

By Clarissa Crozier A film written, shot, produced, edited and directed by one person will take the screen June 18 when Film Festival Flix brings Magpie to the Landmark Theatre in Greenwood Village for one night only.

This British independent film offers a new look to the classic road trip genre when an absentee father makes an unwelcome appearance at his 9-year-old son’s funeral and steals the coffin to give his son the funeral he believes his son would want.

With his estranged wife in tow, the father, two friends and the coffin begin a journey with no destination ... just a desperate desire by the father not to return, but to make the most of one last chance to connect with his family.

Magpie was written and directed by Marc Price. Price shot the film without a script, instead opting to workshop scenes with the actors based on a carefully designed structure. Magpie was shot on location in London, Cornwall and Swansea in South Wales.

This is the second independently financed feature length film from Nowhere Fast Film Productions, co-owned by Price and Justin Hayles. Price’s first film, Colin, achieved acclaim for its miniscule production budget – a meagre $70.

Like Price, Hayles performed a

Magpie June 18 Tickets: $12 online (www.filmfestival flix.com), $14 at the door Red Carpet photos at 6:15 p.m.

Movie screening 7 p.m.

The Landmark Theatre, 5415 Landmark Place Live writer/actor Q&A, reception and refreshments follow the movie

Phil, played by Phil Deguara, and Tony, played by Craig Russell, argue outside the funeral of Tony’s son before they agree to a road trip, coffin in tow. As the story examines the faults and struggles of each character it becomes both believable and relatable.

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variety of roles in the production of Magpie: producer, second unit director, camera operator, sound recordist, visual effects and makeup.

Price says Magpie explores the human tendency to run from the key moments in life.

“I guess there’s something allegorical in a failed father grabbing the symbol of his failure and running away with it,” he said. “Part of me is terrified that I’ll be a lousy dad. I don’t have a child yet, but my projected paranoia is that I’d screw it all up.”

His said his favorite moments

in the film are those that zigzag between drama, anguish and humor.

“The intent behind a film with so [many] heightened emotional sequences is to imitate the experience of watching a couple argue in public,” Price said. “As a spectator we don’t have any emotional investment in an arguing couple’s plight and often this sort of thing is funny. Ironically, many of us have been in a similar situation but despite being able to relate, we tend to chuckle.”

This film was shot over a twoweek period and Price said he feels

the most difficult scene was one shot in a moving car. One of his favorites is a moment of tension as the actors argue outside the funeral.

“It’s the first clear sign to an audience that they are allowed to laugh during this film and it’s the point where I can breath easy as they settle into these characters and their dynamic,” he said.

Magpie screened at Bradford International Film Festival and was selected for distribution by FFF President and CEO Benjamin Oberman because of its rare style.

“Independent film is an opportu-

nity to explore unique characters, the extreme ends of our emotional scale, and how we relate to challenging situations,” Oberman said.

“The road film genre has been done again and again, and although it works well, we’ve rarely seen anything new,” Oberman explained. “Magpie was a fresh look at this classic genre and expertly used it as a device to bring change to our principal character and those around him. We look for filmmakers that think independently, and Magpie does it beautifully.”

Eric Price will attend the screening in Greenwood Village and talk with the audience about making this movie and taking on so many production tasks himself. He will also answer questions and mingle with people at the filmmaker reception that will follow the screening.

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OPINION

Learning lessons from warfare KINDLING

By Robert Sweeney

I’ve been watching the History Channel with their series on the 70th Anniversary of D-Day on June 6, 1944.

World War II survivor Mort Marks has shared this page with me for more than 30 years and he lived through that war and spent Christmas in a foxhole at The Battle of The Bulge.

Last week he penned another eloquent column on the war and lessons learned from that experience.

This week, the news has shifted to the return of an American soldier from the Taliban in an

exchange for five terrorists from Guantanamo, Cuba. No doubt we will be reading and hearing many views on this exchange in the months and years ahead.

Watching this Normandy invasion unfold and the brutality of the combat are almost unreal.

How the American forces survived the German defense and military might is a miracle and tribute to GI courage to face bunkers of machine gun and cannon fire.

This was a terrible experience for our soldiers and a great tribute to the courage to follow orders and storm the beaches of Normandy.

Young men parachuted into darkened fields at night with Nazi troops watching them float down to their deaths.

Americans have never lacked courage from early colonial days where our nation’s founders fought with Indians, the French and wars against the British eventually breaking all bonds with foreign nations and becoming a land of the free and the home of the brave.

The Civil War wasn’t that long

ago where more than 700,000 deaths are now attributed to that war between the North and South by 1865.

President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated at the conclusion of the conflict never able to do the reconstruction of the South.

The carnage and wounded in the Civil War was horrendous.

There was no Veteran’s Administration, and treatment of most wounded limbs was to saw off the arm or leg without the benefit of amnesia or drugs.

Whisky was about the only minor comfort for those on their deathbeds and the supply must have been very limited.

Can you imagine such an event like that today and how we would recover as a nation in such a monumental earthquake of political hatred and turmoil? The Middle East, Syria, the Ukraine, Iraq, Afghanistan have nothing on us, we have killed more of our own than all the wars in these countries to this day.

Only the Nazis have killed more people than our own Civil War with millions of Jews and

Russians murdered in Hitler’s War. It seems that war and battles are just inbred into our civilization with the many races of people, language, and culture. We must wonder why God made so many different people and the Bible gives us some explanations, but why were we not all the same in color, language and religion?

That would have perhaps been too simple and easy.

It seems now that we go from conflict to conflict, new battles breaking out in many places and like a kindergarten class, all of the class members look to the United States as the teacher to see how we’re going to punish the naughty world children.

The GI’s being slaughtered on those Normandy beaches is a lesson to be remembered of where and what we do not want to happen again.

We have awesome weapons of mass destruction and we don’t need boots on the ground anymore.

Teddy Roosevelt told us decades ago, “Speak softly and carry a big stick.”

Father’s Day – Now Grandfather’s Day REMARKS

By Mort Marks

“Sunrise, Sunset swiftly flow the days “Sunrise, Sunset Swiftly fly the Years, “One Season following another – Laden with Happiness and Tears, “Sunrise, Sunset - Sunrise, Sunset.

“I don’t remember growing older, when did they?”

But next week I will “remember growing older” because Father’s Day is coming, and when I hug my four grandchildren

Alex (Alexandra) Sam (Saman- when I was your age, there were tha) Bronson and Marlowe, I will no pizzas, Cheerios, or frozen remember because their strong orange juice, and McDonalds’s hugs will remind me that I am was unheard of, except for a song called, “Old McDonald Had A growing older.

Many holidays bring fami- Farm?”

Marlowe – do you realize lies closer throughout the year, Thanksgiving and Christmas that when I was your age, there each offer gatherings with food, were no FM radios, tape recordfun and friendship, but it’s at ers, word processors or drip dry times Father’s Day that I realize clothes.

Do you kids realize that other just how swiftly the years have than our mothers, a dishwasher flown by.

When I was Alex’s age – 7 was someone who worked in a years old – I could never have be- restaurant and a clothes dryer was lieved how the world would have a wire between two pokes in the

By Glory Weisberg By changed so much by the time I backyard?

When I was growing up, men became a grandfather. Perhaps because I am growing older, the didn’t wear earrings and women didn’t wear jeans. I can still repast seems like only yesterday.

Alex – do you realize that member when a nickel would buy when I was your age, we didn’t a first class postage stamp, two have Hula Hoops, Frisbees, video post cards, and with a dime you could go shopping for a toy in a cameras or computers?

Sam – do you realize that when Woolworth’s 5 and 10-cent store.

Not in your wildest imaginaI was your age, there were no refrigerators (an ice man would tion could we foresee a trip in a deliver ice to our house because jet plane from California to New food was kept in an “ice box”), York in just a few hours. Come no TV, VCRs, radar or ballpoint to think about it, jet planes, space craft, and men walking on the pens?

Bronson – do you realize that moon were something we read

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about in the comic strips.

We lived in a different world in the 1930s. Those were the days when the words, “care,” “concern,” “poverty” and “ghetto” were ordinary words and not overworked. Those were the days when people who went wrong were held responsible for their own mistakes and their actions were not the fault of their mothers, fathers or teachers.

Alex, Sam, Bronson and Marlowe, even though today’s world may be different from yesterdays, it is still a wonderful world.

Kenneth W.hope James, CFAyou I can only that when four are also grandparents, your world will still be a wonderful and exciting place and you’ll look back with love on your young years and tell your Grandchildren about 2014.

Yes, times do change and even though today’s and tomorrow’s world may be different from yesterday’s, it will always be important for you to remember the following words from God’s Sixth Commandment.

They are very clear and concise, “Honor Thy Father and Thy Mother.”

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Art Student League of Denver Summer Art Market

Artist-Painter Carl Ortman of Salida frames an acrylic painting. Ortman paints with acrylic paint on traditional canvas and on flat and curved Plexiglas.

Photos by Stefan Krusze

Denver Artist-Painter Mikael Olson alongside his works and creations.

Artist-Painter Carla Wright along side her creations that in some cases for larger canvases take up to five or months to create due to the style in which she uses the oil paints. Carla Wright uses Gamblin oil paints in such an extreme way that the Gamblin company thought she was a retail oil paint seller until the company came out to see what their paint was being used for.

Summer Art Market

Braelyn Ward and her father Daniel Ward admire work by Denver Artist Susan Bell.

ABOVE AND BELOW: Creations by ArtistPainter Carla Wright of Franktown. Wright’s work is done using a palette knife and heavy application of oil paints, lending the work’s visual effect as near three dimensional.

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Runaway Express will perform a free concert on June 19 at Englewood’s City Center Amphitheater. For more than 30 years, Englewood’s Jim and Salli Ratts have fronted the enduring folk-countryrock band.

Photo courtesy of Jim Ratts

ABOVE: In the early 1990s, Jim Ratts, center, was part of the Wild Jimbos with the Dirt Band’s Jimmy Ibbotson, left, and Jim Salestrom.

Photo courtesy of Jim Ratts

LEFT: A thank you letter from former President Ford is displayed in Ratts’s Englewood studio. Runaway Express had performed at Ford’s golf tournament in Vail.

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Jim Ratts performs in the basement studio he built in his Englewood home more than 20 years ago. Ratts has welcomed a wide range of local and national artists to the studio. Photo by Peter Jones

A ‘Runaway’ Success Englewood’s Jim Ratts makes music his way

By Peter Jones When Jim Ratts looks back, he doesn’t stare – or regret what he sees.

“I consider myself the luckiest guy on the planet, if you can say that spending your life making music was a lucky thing to be directed to,” the 65-year-old singer-songwriter said with a laugh. “I could have actually made a living.”

As it happens, the name Ratts is almost “star” spelled backwards, and though the Englewood-based musician is not a household name, he became a sort of backwards star, writing songs for better-known artists, scoring the on-off hit single and joining the loose extended family of the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band.

When all is said, sung and done, Ratts has never been passionate about chasing the brass ring. He has been more than content to come home to his wife Salli, his studio and Runaway Express, the Colorado country-folk-rock band that he and Salli have fronted for more than three decades. Salli doubles as a CD cover designer for the likes of Steve Martin and Colorado-based Poco founder Richie Furay.

Although the durable Runaway Express has jammed with the likes of Chuck Berry and John Prine and has released a solid string of often-ambitious recording projects, the band has evaded broad commercial success, in part because Ratts is a confessed homebody who has always embraced music on his own terms.

Runaway has even cut way back

on its once prolific live performances as Ratts has spent more time at home, engineering, producing and coaching the broad range of local and national musicians who have flocked to his cozy home studio.

“When I turned 60, I gave myself a gift. I’m not going to play dances anymore,” he said. “I’ve heard many people lamenting that they couldn’t accomplish what they set out to accomplish. I did exactly what I wanted to do because I never spent any time lamenting any of that stuff.”

Runaway Express will make one of its increasingly rare live appearances June 19 when Ratts and company play Englewood’s City Center Amphitheater as part of the city’s free outdoor Sounds of Summer concert series.

Not in Kansas anymore

Before Ratts earned his stripes in the clubs, he was raised in the small farming community of St. John, Kan., where he developed an enduring appreciation for the experiences of Midwest farmers of the Depression and Dust Bowl eras.

“My family farmed our centralKansas farmland and then they’d drive their one tractor and trucks the 180 miles to western Kansas and farm there. At one time, they were responsible for 3,000 acres,” Ratts said.

Ten years after the 1929 stockmarket crash, the resourceful Ratts family was luckier than most, managing to pay off its home mortgage in a kind of success story that folksinger Woody Guthrie might have immortalized.

Runaway Express Wednesday, June 19, at 6:30 p.m.

Englewood’s City Center Amphitheater as part of the free outdoor Sounds of Summer concert series www.runawayexpress.com or www.englewoodgov.org.

Today, Ratts’s still-spry 99-yearold father is a Kansas history expert and the accomplished inventor of a patented grain-bid lid opener.

“To me, 65 is not old,” the younger Ratts said. “I just spent hours having a very invigorating, wonderful conversation with my father.”

A strong appreciation for rural Americana was always in the Ratts blood, almost literally, when the younger Ratts explored the music of Guthrie, Hank Williams, and especially Buddy Holly, the 22-year-old music pioneer from Lubbock, Texas, who revolutionized early rock and roll before his death in a 1959 plane crash.

It was no coincidence that Ratts attended college at Texas Tech in Lubbock, where he channeled Holly’s country-rock in his band Colours, a three-part harmony group that eventually toured with banjo player-comic Steve Martin, bluegrass legend Earl Scruggs and the Dirt Band, among others.

“I graduated from college and suddenly, instead of having to take a job in psychology, I got to play music,” Ratts said.

During this period, Ratts cemented his longtime friendship with the Dirt Band, whose Jimmy Ibbotson briefly joined Colours in the mid 1970s before Ratts sang on the Dirt Band’s 1975 Symphonion Dream album.

The brass ring

Although Ratts quit music for three years to take a job with Amtrak, he would form an on-again, off-again act with Ibbotson, a partnership that culminated in 1990 with Wild Jimbos, a short-lived trio with singer-songwriter Jim Salestrom, whose diverse history included a long stint in Dolly Parton’s band.

The Jimbos signed with MCA Records, received heavy rotation on Country Music Television and scored a hit with “Let’s Talk Dirty in Hawaiian.” Still, the whirlwind blew out, in part due to manager Chuck Morris’s dedication to Ibbotson’s role in the Dirt Band – not that the situation bothered the sanguine Ratts.

“Chuck had to look where his bread was buttered,” he said. “We got an offer to open for the Beach Boys on a summer tour. Chuck didn’t take advantage of it. Quite frankly, I loved staying home. I still had this band with my wife.”

The decidedly freewheeling Runaway Express allowed Ratts to chase his true passion, independently producing the kind of large-scale conceptual CDs that would scare off most major record labels.

Woodstock, for example, mixed songs from the 1969 festival and Runaway’s originals about the con-

cert into a highly produced cinematic audio collage. Yeah, Buddy! and Oh Boy! were both tributes to Buddy Holly that fused Holly classics with original homages, impressing even Holly’s family.

“I can’t be anymore satisfied than when I’m in the glow of one of those extended projects,” Ratts said.

“It’s almost like a portal into a wonderland. Nobody has any idea what 2,500 hours of recording a record really means.”

Ratts’s work in progress is an equally ambitious concept album about the small-town life he knew as a child – a project that will mix originals with cover songs from Janis Ian and others.

“There are really great uplifting songs and way too many painfully beautiful songs about small towns,” Ratts said.

Along the way, Ratts’s “Howlin’ at the Moon” was a major hit for Sam Bush, whose version lived on the bluegrass charts for six months, peaking at No. 3.

Ratts would also end up writing material for such folk luminaries as the Kingston Trio, the Dillards and the Limeliters, while Runaway Express became for a time an official backup band for Dirt Band fiddler John McEuen.

Through it all, Ratts remains happy. Ask him if he has any regrets – and the musician does not run away from the question.

“I didn’t have to think about what I was going to do when I grew up because I got to play music,” he said with a smile. “That sounds like a good deal to me.”

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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT ‘Four Perspectives’

Through June 28, Elements 5280 Gallery, 11 a.m. – 6 p.m. Tuesday-Friday, 11 a.m. – 5 p.m. Saturdays, 5940 S. Holly St., Greenwood Village. Paintings by four noted Colorado artists. Includes Lora Witt, Peggy Judy, Martha Heppard and Victoria Ekelund.

The exhibit features about 40 paintings highlighting the distinct perspectives and techniques used by the artists. Visit www. elements5280.com or call 303- 804- 5280.

South Suburban features local artists

Through June 30. South Suburban’s Public Art Committee encourages Colorado artists to submit an application to display their artwork on a temporary basis at various South Suburban recreation facilities.

For a complete list of guidelines and an art exhibition application, visitwww.sspr.org or contact Darcie LaScala at 303-483-7072.

Darlene Kuhne is presenting her paintings and mixed media at Lone Tree Recreation Center at 10249 Ridgegate Circle, Lone Tree, 303-708-3500.

Shel Spiegleman photographs will be on display at Douglas H. Buck Recreation Center, 2004 W. Powers Ave., Littleton, 303797-8787.

John Bartles, a local retired architect, will exhibit his watercolors at Goodson Recreation Center, 6315 S. University Blvd., Centennial, 303-798-2476.

‘America’s Parks II – through the Beauty of Art’

Emmy Award winning animated FOX series Life with Louie, and hosted the syndicated hit series, Family Feud. Visit www.comedy works.com.

CORE Main Gallery presents Rolf Helland and Earl Chuvarsky

June 19 - July 6, Artist’s Reception June 20, 6 - 9 p.m., First Friday Artwalk, July 4, 6 - 9 p.m., 900 Santa Fe Drive, Denver. 303297-8428, www.corenewartspace.

Chihuly at Denver Botanic Gardens

June 14 – Nov. 30, Denver Botanic Gardens, 1007 York St., Denver. Denver Botanic Gardens presents the Rocky Mountain Region’s first major outdoor exhibition of artwork by celebrated American artist, Dale Chihuly. Each installation responds to surrounding plants, flowers and architecture.

Chihuly’s elegant sculptures range in size and style from small water floats to a 30-foot tower. Site-specific sculpture in 12 locations throughout the Gardens. Information at www.botanicgardens.org.

Littleton Museum Concert Series to feature FACE

June 18, 7 p.m., Littleton Library and Museum grounds, 6014 S. Datura St., Littleton. All vocal rock band from Boulder. Free concert. Call 303-795-3950 for information.

17th Avenue Allstars at the Castle

Through Aug. 6, The Wildlife Experience Museum, 10035 Peoria St. Local Colorado bronze artist, Eva Stanley, exhibits Eyes On The Prize, awarded the 2014 America’s Parks Top Sculpture Award, plus Desert Denizen (Western Screech Owl in Saguaro,) and Beaded Lace (reticulated Gila Monster on Cholla Cactus skeleton.) 720-488-3305 or visit thewildlifeexperience.org.

June 20, 7 – 10 p.m., Cherokee Ranch and Castle, 6113 Daniels Park Road, Sedalia, The five voices of the Allstars will entertain with street corner favorites from the 1950 through today’s popular songs acapella style.

Reservations include: performance, cash bar and castle tour. Food available for purchase from Home Comfort. For reservations visit www.cherokeeranch.org or call 303-6884600.

Louis Anderson to perform at Comedy Works South

Tunes on the Terrace: Kevin Mac

June 13 – 15, Comedy Works South at the Landmark, Greenwood Village. Anderson has worked on television and in movies, starring in his own CBS sitcom The Louie Show and five of his own comedy specials for both HBO and Showtime. He has guest starred on popular sitcoms Scrubs and Grace Under Fire, has also appeared in memorable featured roles in films such as Coming to America, opposite Eddie Murphy. This multi-talented comedian/actor created and produced the

June 28, 8 p.m., Terrace Theater, Lone Tree Arts Center, 10075 Commons St, Lone Tree. Rising country star brings his classic honky-tonk vocals to Lone Tree. Visit www. lonetreeartscenter.org.

‘The Book of Moron’

July 11 – 27, 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, 2p.m. Sundays, Vintage Theater, 1468 Dayton St., Aurora, Dubac portrays Robert, an everyman who has lost sight of the

bigger picture. He’s been bombarded by so much misinformation and hype and spin he can’t remember who he is or what he believes in. Does he have a purpose? Can he think for himself? Is the truth in the details or in the pudding? He hasn’t a clue. He racks his brain searching for answers, but inner voices pull him into a hysterical parallel universe in search of the bigger picture. Tickets at 303856-7830 or on line at www.vintagetheatre. org.

Parker actress to play Molly Brown at Denver Performing Arts Center

Local actress Beth Malone has been selected for the role of Molly Brown in the upcoming production of The Unsinkable Molly Brown to run Sep. 12 – Oct. 26 in The Stage Theatre at the Denver Performing Arts Complex. Malone has starred in regional theater, on Broadway, on TV and in movies.

She was an Ovation Nominee, for Best Featured Actress in a Musical and winner of the Denver Drama Critic’s Circle- Best Supporting Actress. Movie credits include Reno911! and Judging Amy.

AUDITIONS High School Piano, Guitar or Banjo Player for DJC All Stars

Sundays, 6:30 – 9 p.m., Flesher-Hinton Music Store, 3936 Tennyson St., Denver.

Audition Music And Recording posted at bandresourcesunlimited.com/downloads/.

More Information & Audition Scheduling: ecan11@msn.com or 303-328-7277. Ed’s complete resume, audition music, and audition recordings can be found at: www.bandresourcesunlimited.com. Additional information can be found at: http://youthallstars. denverjazzclub.com/.

CLASSES/WORKSHOPS Free Composting Classes

Through October, Learn how easy it is to make compost in your backyard from food scraps and yard waste at Denver Recycles’ and Denver Urban Gardens. Class registration is first come, first served. Registration for each class opens one month prior to the class date. Pre-registration is required to attend the classes. For a complete list of class dates and times, visitDenverGov.org/DenverRecycles.

EVENTS The Denver Public Library Gigantic Used Book Sale

June 12 - 15, Denver Public Library, 100 W. 14th Avenue, Denver, north lawn. Fea-

tures over 80,000 items, including children’s books, non-fiction and fiction books, along with CDs, DVDs and audio books, all at bargain prices starting at under $1. New items are added daily. Visit www.denverlibrary.org.

Main Street Littleton Block Party

June 14, 6 – 11 p.m., downtown Littleton. Ringmaster Greg Moody, two fireworks shows, five stages of live music and entertainment, food vendors, Beer Garden.

Meet the Keller-Williams tem and welcome Steve Watson, former pro ball wide receiver and wide receiver’s coach for the Denver Broncos. Bring a football to be autographed and sign up for a drawing. www. downtownlittleton.com or 303-795-5006.

‘Brew with a View’

Dr. Steven Lee, Curator of Planetary Science at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science, will discuss how our understanding of the Red Planet has changed over the years, from the canals of Mars (based on early telescopic observations), to recent mission results that have revealed details about present conditions on Mars and provided glimpses into the past history of the Martian surface and climate. For more information call the library at 303-795-3961.

Denver 8 TV: Denver Press Club

Journalists and writers discuss their craft.

Monday, Noon; Thursday, 7 p.m.; Friday, 6 p.m.; Sunday.7 p.m. Dick Kreck, Hell on Wheels: Wicked Towns Along the Union Pacific Railroad.

June 18, 6 – 8:30 p.m., Cherokee Ranch and Castle Great Hall, Cherokee Ranch and Castle, 6113 Daniels Park Road, Sedalia.

Unique, local craft and expansive views.

Anthony’s will supply the N.Y. style pizza and Oogies will provide delicious gourmet popcorn. Reservations include beer tasting, pizza and Castle tour. Visit www.cherokee ranch.org.

FUNDRAISERS TAPS Celebrity Classic

North High School All Classes Reunion

HEALTH Community Accessing Resources Together

June 19, Lakeside Amusement Park, Denver. Free admission for alumni. Dinner 6 p.m., Royal Pavilion next to Kiddieland. Dinner $8.50/person, reservations deadline June 18. Call 303-431-0103 or 303-477-4125.

The Greek Festival

June 20-22, Assumption Cathedral, East Alameda Avenue and Leetsdale Drive, Denver. Authentic Greek food, entertainment, memorabilia for sale. Visit www.thegreek festival.com.

‘From Dachau to Denver, A Journey to Find My Father’

June 23, 2 p.m., Bemis Public Library, 6014 S. Datura St., Littleton Author Maria Sutton, who went on a harrowing search to find her father after World War II, will share the story of her extraordinary journey Sutton is the award-winning author of The Night Sky. Copies of her book will be available for purchase and signing. For more information call the library at 303-795-3961.

‘What’s New on the Red Planet?’

June 24, 7 p.m., Bemis Library, 6014 S/ Datura St., Littleton. Five different spacecraft missions are actively exploring Mars today

June 12-14. Concerts include the Saluting Our Fallen Heroes Dinner Concert, with host Mike Rosen, June 13 and the Songwriters Show, June 12. Golf includes both shows. Concert details, registration and schedule, www.taps.org/Classic/2014.

June 16, 9 a.m. – 1 p.m., Bemis Public Library parking lot, 6014 S. Datura St., Littleton. South Metro Health Alliance Community Services and Health Care. The free event will offer help finding medical, food, and other assistance for people in the south metro region who are uninsured or underinsured.

For more information, visit www.south metrohealthalliance.org/cart.html.

HISTORICAL Open House and Historical Tour of 17-Mile House

June 21, 9 a.m. – 11 a.m., 17 Mile House Farm Park, 8181 S. Parker Road, Centennial.

Schweiger Ranch Open for Tours

11a.m. – 5 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays, other times call 303-790-0557, 10822 S. Havana, Lone Tree. Self-guided tours also available. The historic Schweiger Ranch, a Douglas County landmark at RidgeGate, was home from 1870-1970 to Lone Tree’s first ranching family. Main house and several buildings have been restored. Visit Ridgegate.com for complete history or call for more information, 303-649-1115.

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LIBRA (Sept 23 – Oct 22) Romance is in the foreground this week. This could be an absorbing affair, so please keep your wits about you. Watch your work load and enjoy the good things in life.

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CANCER (June 21 – July 22) You are capable of making great strides in self-knowledge through a time of solitude. Others, this week will seek you out for your eloquence and wisdom. You do not need to exert yourself so much, as what it meant for you will find its way to you.

SCORPIO (Oct 23 – Nov 21) Your good ideas in the past are now working for you. Friends and family are extra supportive to you at this time. You have a great intelligence and charm that will impress others greatly.

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ARIES (March 21 – April 19) Emphasis this week on finances. You must mobilize yourself as you are in a good position to make vast improvements in your lifestyle. You will soon be rewarded for excellent work.

TAURUS (April 20 – May 20) A relationship could suffer through a hectic schedule, so communication is vitally important now. Rely more on the support of others.

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s e n r R g ’ r l Ty e s toathe rescue

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By Linda Jones

n 1864, the small, scattered disputes between the Plains Indians and the settlers blew into a conflagration, eventually leading to the Sand Creek Massacre in late November. The match was what history has termed the “Hungate family massacre” near present-day Elizabeth on June 11, 1864. Historians may still debate the cause of the hostilities between Nathan Hungate and the Arapaho (probably) warriors, but the result cannot be disputed – Nathan, his wife Ellen, and their two daughters, age 2 and 5 months, were all mutilated and murdered. The bodies were brought to Denver and the remains prominently displayed in the center of town, whipping up more fear of the so-called “savages”.

Escalating tensions along the stage routes caused their closure. In the 21st century we can’t begin to appreciate the hardships imposed on those early settlers when the supply routes were closed. Almost every grocery item, tool, animal feed, piece of cloth and/ or clothing and household item was brought in by stage or oxen train from back east in “the States.”

Closed trails also put an

end to any mail delivery from family and sweethearts.

After the Territorial leaders decided to attempt by armed force to put an end to the Indian “outrages” on the Plains, Territorial Gov. John Evans issued a proclamation on Aug. 11 calling for volunteers. Word was received in Black Hawk by newly commissioned Capt. Clinton Tyler and in Central City by Hal Sayre, who was commissioned to form the Third Colorado Cavalry. Tyler enrolled all but three of his 90 officers and men at Black Hawk on Aug. 15, 1864, and that same day Judge George Backus mustered them into service and they set out for Denver. In only four days after Evans’ call, the Rangers had enlisted, mounted and marched a full company of men from Black Hawk to Denver where they joined other recruits. Tyler’s Rangers furnished their own equipment, horses and clothing.

Officers under Capt.

Tyler were three lieutenants, a surgeon and an ensign. All came from Black Hawk except the surgeon, who was enrolled in Denver. The Rangers also included five sergeants, six corporals and 73 privates.

Only seven privates did not complete their full

term of service with the company; one was discharged in August and the remainder after mid-September, all for unknown reasons.

All except those discharged served one month and 29 days. Captain Tyler received $70 a month, the officers less and the privates, only $16 a month.

The officers and privates were each credited with $6.88 “for servants clothing” and “40 cents a day for use of horses and horse equipment.”

Tyler’s Rangers marched all over northern and northeastern Colorado Territory, from springs to known Indian hangouts to early military forts.

They repulsed several attempts by the natives to drive off stock, their own and ranchers. Twice they faced a party of Indians who retreated, but the Rangers were ordered by Gen. Mitchell to not follow the Indian tracks. The Rangers never actually engaged in a battle and their only injury occurred when a horse fell with a rider; the injured man recovered in a few days.

The Rangers more than once scouted far past their rations and “suffered for want of provisions.” After scouting near the Bijou, they returned with relics of the Hungate family. An anonymous writer

compared the “Ranchemen, some of whom are afraid to live, 20 together, in blockade houses” with “our mountain men, who ride alone 300 miles.”

Another anonymous writer declared, “The mountain boys have already in two weeks done more than the [regular military] have in two years in thoroughly scouting the country.”

A report on the troupes from the pen of Major Gen. Henry M. Teller survives. He wrote, “Discipline: Good. Instruction: Fair. Military Appearance: Good. Arms: Good, found by themselves. Accoutrements: Various, found by themselves.

Clothing: Poor, found by themselves.”

Tyler’s Rangers returned to Denver on Sept.

30 where Gov. Evans addressed them; the address was printed in the Rocky Mountain News. Evans praised them for being “more promptly at the point of danger than the U.S. 100-day fighters.”

Because of the “careful guarding by white militias, the Indians retired to their safe haunts in the wilderness of the plains.”

The Rangers had “pressed 300 miles down the line of communication with States to the place where the greatest depredations were being committed.

A more noble and patriotic service than yours has not been rendered by any body of men at any period in the history of our country … Your presence materially aided in preventing one of the most extensive and horrible Indian massacres ever planned by brutal malice and savage barbarity…The Tyler Rangers shall live in the praise and gratitude of all our good and true, loyal and just citizens.”

While today we label Evans over-zealous, the settlers and their governor had reason to be frightened in 1864. In two separate raids, one on Cherry Creek and one below Fort Lupton, white men were killed, in addition to the Hungate family of four.

On Oct. 14, the Rangers reached Black Hawk and were relieved from active service by order of Teller.

Tyler had been elected to the first-ever Black Hawk City Council in April and he resumed his duties there.

In House Bill 655 on March 4, 1917, the federal government granted pensions to the surviving officers and enlisted men of survivors of “certain Indian wars” from Jan. 1, 1859 to January 1891 inclusive. Were many of Tyler’s Rangers still alive 53 years after their meritorious service?

Tyler’s Rangers was recruited by Gov. Evans in August 1864 to secure the Front Range from Indian depredations. Clinton Tyler raised a force of 90 officers & men in 1 day in Black Hawk & they served from mid August to late September with distinction.

Photo courtesy of Denver Public Library

June 12, 2014 • DENVER HERALD DISPATCH • PAGE 11 — Legal Notices—

NOTICE OF SALE

PUBLIC NOTICE Denver NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2014-0239 To Whom It May Concern: On 3/13/2014 the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in Denver County.

Original Grantor: JUAN B HERNANDEZ AND OFELIA A HERNANDEZ Original Beneficiary: U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 1/8/2003 Recording Date of DOT: 1/28/2003 Reception No. of DOT: 2003014656 DOT Recorded in Denver County.

Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $162,000.00 Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $147,184.70 Pursuant to C.R.S. §38-38-101 (4) (i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: The covenants of said Deed of Trust have been violated as follows: Failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the evidence of debt secured by the Deed of Trust and other violations of the terms thereof.

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

Legal Description of Real Property: LOT 7, BLOCK 3, PARKFIELD FILING NO. 9, CITY AND COUNTY OF DENVER, STATE OF COLORADO. **LOAN MODIFICATION AGREEMENT RECORDED 5-6-2010 AT RECEPTION #2010049936.** Which has the address of: 15636 East 51st Place , Denver, CO 80239 NOTICE OF SALE The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust described herein, has filed written election and demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust.

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

First Publication: 5/15/2014 Last Publication: 6/12/2014 Publisher: Herald Dispatch

Dated: 3/18/2014 Debra Johnson DENVER COUNTY Public Trustee The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: RANDALL S MILLER & ASSOCIATES, P.C. MILNOR H SENIOR Colorado Registration #: 7226 333 WEST COLFAX AVENUE SUITE #450, DENVER, COLORADO 80204 Phone #: (720) 259-8626 Fax #: Attorney File #: 13CO00194-1 Published in the Denver Herald First published May 15, 2014 Last published June 12, 2014 Legal #:2014-0239 ________________________________ PUBLIC NOTICE Denver NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2014-0246 To Whom It May Concern: On 3/17/2014 the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in Denver County.

Original Grantor: WILLIAM VAN STRAATEN AND JAN VAN STRAATEN Original Beneficiary: WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A. Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A. Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 5/6/2008 Recording Date of DOT: 5/7/2008 Reception No. of DOT: 2008062721 DOT Recorded in Denver County.

Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $417,000.00 Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $385,655.48 Pursuant to C.R.S. §38-38-101 (4) (i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: The covenants of said Deed of Trust have been violated as follows: Failure to make payments of principle and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust and other violations of the terms thereof.

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

Legal Description of Real Property: ATTACHED HERETO AS EXHIBIT ‘A’ AND INCORPORATED HEREIN AS THOUGH FULLY SET FORTH. **SCRIVENER’S ERROR AFFIDAVIT RECORDED IN THE RECORDS OF DENVER COUNTY COLORADO ON JANUARY 30, 2014 AT RECEPTION NO. 2014009939 TO ADD THE LEGAL DESCRIPTION.** Which has the address of: 2831 Umatilla Street , Denver, CO 80211 NOTICE OF SALE The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust described herein, has filed written election and demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust.

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that on the first possible sale date (unless the sale is continued) at 10:00 a.m. Thursday, July 17, 2014, at the Denver County Public Trustee’s Office, 201 West Colfax Avenue, Denver, Colorado, I will sell at public auction to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will deliver to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

First Publication: 5/22/2014 Last Publication: 6/19/2014 Publisher: Herald Dispatch Dated: 3/18/2014 Debra Johnson DENVER COUNTY Public Trustee The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: THE CASTLE LAW GROUP, LLC JENNIFER M GRIEST Colorado Registration #: 34830 999 18TH STREET, SUITE 2201 , DENVER, COLORADO 80202 Phone #: 1 (303) 865-1400 Fax #: 1 (303) 865-1410 Attorney File #: 14-00380 Published in the Denver Herald First published May 22, 2014 Last published June 19, 2014 Legal #: 2014-0246 _________________________________ PUBLIC NOTICE Denver NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2014-0256 To Whom It May Concern: On 3/19/2014 the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in Denver County.

Original Grantor: MARK ALAN ANDERSON Original Beneficiary: MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., AS NOMINEE FOR AMERICAN BROKERS CONDUIT

Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON, F/K/A THE BANK OF NEW YORK, AS TRUSTEE, ON BEHALF OF THE HOLDERS OF THE ALTERNATIVE LOAN TRUST 200555CB, MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 2005-55CB Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 7/13/2005 Recording Date of DOT: 7/27/2005 Reception No. of DOT: 2005125351 DOT Recorded in Denver County.

Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $203,000.00 Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $202,690.23 Pursuant to C.R.S. §38-38-101 (4) (i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: The covenants of said Deed of Trust have been violated as follows: Failure to make payments of principle and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust and other violations of the terms thereof.

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

Legal Description of Real Property: LOTS 9 AND 10, BLOCK B, SUBDIVISION OF PART OF BLOCK “B” IN RICHTOFENS ADDITION TO MONTCLAIR, CITY AND COUNTY OF DENVER, STATE OF COLORADO. Which has the address of: 1176 Poplar Street , Denver, CO 80220 NOTICE OF SALE The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust described herein, has filed written election and demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust.

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that on the first possible sale date (unless the sale is continued) at 10:00 a.m. Thursday, July 17, 2014, at the Denver County Public Trustee’s Office, 201 West Colfax Avenue, Denver, Colorado, I will sell at public auction to the highest and best bidder for cash, the

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

First Publication: 5/22/2014 Last Publication: 6/19/2014 Publisher: Herald Dispatch

TO DENVER, EXCEPT THE NORTH 4 FEET OF THE EAST 30 FEET OF THE WEST 62.5 FEET OF LOT 19, BLOCK 2, SAN RAFAEL ADDITION TO DENVER, CITY AND COUNTY OF DENVER, STATE OF COLORADO. **CORREECTIVE AFFIDAVIT RE: SCRIVENER’S ERROR RECORDED AUGUST 21, 2012 AT RECEPTION NO. 2012112838 TO CORRECT LEGAL DESCRIPTION.** Which has the address of: 929 East 23rd Avenue , Denver, CO 80205-5110

Dated: 3/20/2014 Debra Johnson

NOTICE OF SALE

DENVER COUNTY Public Trustee The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: THE CASTLE LAW GROUP, LLC CYNTHIA LOWERY-GRABER Colorado Registration #: 34145 999 18TH STREET, SUITE 2201 , DENVER, COLORADO 80202 Phone #: 1 (303) 865-1400 Fax #: 1 (303) 865-1410 Attorney File #: 11-02465R Published in the Denver Herald First published May 22, 2014 Last published June 19, 2014 Legal #: 2014-0256 _________________________________ PUBLIC NOTICE Denver NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2013-1563 To Whom It May Concern: On 3/27/2014 the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in Denver County.

Original Grantor: JOY L HARRIS Original Beneficiary: MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., AS NOMINEE FOR CITIMORTGAGE, INC. Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: MIDFIRST BANK Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 8/1/2007 Recording Date of DOT: 8/15/2007 Reception No. of DOT: 2007128225 DOT Recorded in Denver County.

Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $233,856.00 Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $213,663.13 Pursuant to C.R.S. §38-38-101 (4) (i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: The covenants of said Deed of Trust have been violated as follows: Failure to make payments of principle and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust and other violations of the terms thereof.

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

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that on the first possible sale date (unless the sale is continued) at 10:00 a.m. Thursday, July 24, 2014, at the Denver County Public Trustee’s Office, 201 West Colfax Avenue, Denver, Colorado, I will sell at public auction to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will deliver to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

First Publication: 5/29/2014 Last Publication: 6/26/2014 Publisher: Herald Dispatch Dated: 3/27/2014 Debra Johnson DENVER COUNTY Public Trustee The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: THE CASTLE LAW GROUP, LLC JENNIFER M GRIEST Colorado Registration #: 34830 999 18TH STREET, SUITE 2201 , DENVER, COLORADO 80202 Phone #: 1 (303) 865-1400 Fax #: 1 (303) 865-1410 Attorney File #: 13-06759 Published in the Denver Herald First published May 29, 2014 Last published June 26, 2014 Legal #: 2013-1563 _________________________________

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

Legal Description of Real Property: THE EAST 30 FEET OF THE WEST 62.5 FEET OF LOTS 16, 17, 18, AND 19, BLOCK 2, SAN RAFAEL ADDITION

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The ‘People’s Fair’

Zach’s Poppin Johnny Ice Cream’s “Hit N Miss” gas powered Ice Cream Maker.

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Acadia-Rose Empey pets some rescued Greyhounds at the People’s Fair, June 8.

Photos by Stefan Krusze

Guitarist, Dan Treanor and Vocalist Merriam Johnson of Dan Treanor’s Afrosippi Band perform on the main Coors Light Stage.

Denver Maui Artist, Tommy Nahulu, draws a chalk art frog.

Denver Artist “Gamma” spray paints his creation.

Denver East High School Angels Cheerleaders perform at the Capitol Hill People’s Fair.

Kids Bungee swings are a main attraction at the annual Civic Center Park event.

Your Name In Graffiti Art Education programs focus on providing young aerosol artist an avenue to develop their professional careers through mentorship, project-based learning and community engagement. YNIG has been providing youth art education to Denver since 2007 and currently works in the Cole Neighborhood.

Photos by Stefan Krusze