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What did we learn about the role of unaffiliated voters in the primary?

It appears that major party candidates are still chosen by the party faithful and the theory that voters who are unaffiliated choose that status because they are generally

not terribly interested in politics is accurate. Of the total votes cast in each major party’s primary, 83 percent came from people registered with the party and 17 percent came from unaffiliated voters.

According to Secretary of State Wayne Williams, there are 3.28

million active voters registered in Colorado as of June 1. Of that total, 1 million are Democrats, 1 million are Republicans, 1.2 million are unaffiliated, and the remaining 58,494 are members of smaller parties, Libertarian being the largest.

As of June 26, 833,638 votes

had been cast in the primary, representing 25 percent of all active voters. Registered members of the two major parties accounted for 76 percent of that total. The breakdown was 324,206 votes cast by registered Democrats and 311,329 by registered Republicans, thus 32

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Good things come to those who wait.

Those people with the petition clipboards sure are in a rush to get your signature so they can try once more to permanently change Colorado’s laws and constitution.

In their haste, they’re not telling you about the devastating consequences some amendments could have for our whole state—lost revenues for schools and local governments.

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Suspect shoots at deputies responding to welfare check Four Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office deputies are OK after being fired upon while responding to a welfare check in the 6300 block of South Olive Street in Centennial.

Deputies were sent to the home just before 10:30 a.m. when a woman called reporting concern for a friend. She had been on the phone with

Raheem Benson

Life with parole for gunning down Englewood chef The family of an Englewood chef gunned down in the street by two teenagers in 2016 told a judge June 22 that Nick Lewis’ death was tragic, senseless and a heinous crime.

They had traveled from Florida to urge Arapahoe District Court Judge Andrew Baum to impose the maximum sentence on the one who pulled the trigger, Raheem Benson.

Lewis’ former wife spoke on behalf of their son, who had just turned 8 when his father was murdered.

Lewis’ “death was unjust and senseless,” his ex-wife told the court. “These young men have permanently altered the course of (my son’s) life.

Nothing can be done to right what has been done.”

Baum listened and then sentenced Benson, now 18, to life in prison with the possibility of parole after 40 years.

“I don’t think any of your deficiencies shields you or excuses the choice you made that night,” Baum said, referencing mitigating factors the defense had raised in a previous hearing. “At some point you knew it was wrong to go out there with a gun … No one else made that choice.”

Baum added: “Your life is now the Department of Corrections.”

“Benson murdered for the mere thrill of killing another person. At any age, this can only be described as evil,” said District Attorney George Brauchler. “Colorado’s system is now set up to ensure that this cold-blooded murderer will again walk our streets, likely as early as in his 40s. We can only hope that his heart is turned away from darkness in the couple of decades he is incarcerated, and we are safe from him.”

the friend when the friend’s spouse hung up the phone.

She had been unable to make contact with them after that.

While deputies were attempting to make contact with someone at the residence, the suspect fired a round as he backed out of the garage in a vehicle. Deputies returned fire, striking the suspect.

Deputies immediately pulled him from the vehicle and rendered aid. The vehicle continued rolling into the driveway of another home, stopping against the garage door. The suspect was transported to an area hospital where he died.

There were community members outside in the area at the time, but neither they nor deputies were struck when the suspect fired. The initial investigation has shown that the suspect’s wife had left the area prior to deputies arriving at the home.

Investigators with the Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office will be piecing together the details of the original call and the sheriff’s office response. The 18th Judicial District Critical Response Team (CRT) has been activated to investigate the details of the officer-involved shooting portion of this case. Information about the Critical Response Until the CRT completes its investigation, there is no information available regarding the number of shots fired by the suspect or deputies.

The names of the deputies involved are not being released at press time. All have been with the agency for more than 10 years, and two for more than 20 years.

The name of the suspect will be released by the Arapahoe County Coroner’s Office after appropriate notifications have been.

“Stopping the opioid crisis begins at home” Law enforcement release report on role of prevention in stemming opioid abuse

Members of Fight Crime: Invest in Kids, a statewide organization of police chiefs, sheriffs and district attorneys, released a report June 22 on the severity of the opioid epidemic in Colorado. In a news conference held at the 18th Judicial District Attorney’s office in Centennial, District Attorney George Brauchler, Larimer County Sheriff Justin Smith, and Aurora Police Chief Nicholas Metz offered recommendations for evidencebased prevention efforts they said should serve as a key component of our state’s response to this crisis.

“Stopping the Opioid Crisis Begins at Home” highlights research that finds that individuals who experience several Adverse

Childhood Experiences (ACEs), including parental substance abuse, are significantly more likely to misuse or become addicted to opioids later in life. For example, one study found that children who experienced more than four childhood traumas were three times more likely to abuse prescription pain relievers, and five times more likely to engage in injection drug use in adulthood compared to their peers who did not experience any traumas.

The report found that 62 percent of adults in Colorado had experienced at least one ACE during childhood, and 15 percent reported experiencing four or more ACEs as a child. That’s why law enforcement leaders believe prevention efforts targeted at reducing ACEs are necessary for reducing opioid abuse.

“We’re taking measures

to address this crisis through law enforcement and action in the courts,” Brauchler said. “It’s prevention though – starting in early childhood – that is the missing piece of the puzzle.”

The report also underscores the role of home visiting programs - voluntary programs in which nurses or other trained professionals coach at-risk parents during pregnancy or during the early years of a child’s life - in reducing ACEs. “In the short term, these programs can help addicted parents achieve sobriety by connecting them with treatment,” said Smith. “Longterm, home visiting is proven to prevent children’s exposure to ACEs. That, in turn, can reduce the likelihood of opioid abuse later in life.

Home visiting can turn a vicious cycle into a virtuous cycle.”

Creek grad serves on a “city at sea”

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A Denver native and 2012 Cherry Creek High School graduate is serving in the U.S. Navy aboard the amphibious assault ship U.S.S. Makin Island.

Petty Officer 2nd Class Damien Quinonez is a cryptologic technician (maintenance) aboard the amphibious assault ship operating out of San Diego. As a cryptologic technician, he is responsible for working with wiring aboard the ship to keep communications open for signal traffic and radio frequency.

Quinonez credits success in the Navy to many of the lessons learned growing up in Denver.

“I was taught to always strive to be better than you were before,” said Quinonez.

“Every day in the Navy you come in thinking that what you did yesterday, you need to try and top that and do better.”

Makin Island, one of the Navy’s most advanced and largest amphibious ships, is designed to deliver Marines and their equipment where they are needed to support a variety of missions ranging from amphibious assaults to humanitarian relief efforts.

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Candidates for office run political gauntlet

The dust is now settling on this week’s primary election and the final selection of candidates for the November election. Under the new ballot system, new unaffiliated voters participated in the political party nominating process for the first time in history.

Final registration and voting statistics will indicate how successful this new system worked. It was expensive, how did it work?

Having observed politics for many decades I have admiration and respect for both political parties and the grassroots workers who make each party successful in our two-party system.

The trouble at the border is because millions of people want to come to the United States. Not bad for a country that has two competing political parties that at the moment are deeply divided on a number of issues.

A few years ago, the buzzword was “abortion rights” versus “anti-abortion.” That issue seems to have cooled to be replaced by immigration, universal health care, sanctuary cities and gun control, to name some of the disgruntling issues.

Elections are a good time for citizens to pay attention to governance and to vote for candidates they agree with.

It is never wise to judge leadership by a single issue, while one may disagree with a particular vote, or position, maybe the candidate still may be the best overall choice. We’re finding more and more that candidates are not perfect, and they are no different from most of us with life-long issues. Because a candidate

once made a mistake should not be a life-long burden. Most people grow and mature in life.

It seems to me that sexuality of candidates should be their private business and shouldn’t influence their ability to govern effectively. Remember the old adage, “People who live in glass houses shouldn’t throw rocks.”

My advice to the unaffiliated voters is to stay in the political system and register with the party of your choice. The recent ballot that you chose to vote doesn’t register you with any political party.

Third parties are just a waste of your time and energy. Maybe someday the United States will have multiple parties that need coalitions to govern. The major parties have to court the smaller parties in order to gain and retain their political status. That day is now.

The bottom line is that under Republican and Democrat leadership, America has become a superpower and we should stay that way to compete with China, Russia and the European Union.

One of the very best features about political parties is that they sort out leadership and make people work hard to be elected. Look at the recent campaigns for governor and expensive campaigns waged to seek higher office.

Out of eight candidates, only two will move forward.

How much should one spend in time and money to be a public servant? Candidates should all be thanked and respected.

The political parties provide the proving

Barbwire Bob

This past week meant dodging hailstones as big as golf balls and some reaching tennis ball size. I was lucky to dodge most of them and escape some serious car damage. Meanwhile back at the office hailstones put a few dents in the parking lot cars including a Villager car. Probably not enough to enact auto comp insurance damage with a deductible of $500.

I think there is a place on Hampden Avenue where they can remove the small dents easily. Will have to investigate next week.

Ramblin’ around the corral with Bob Sweeney

*** My neighbor Chet caught me Saturday morning to ask where I have been because he hasn’t seen me in days. Well, I’ve been out on the trail visiting El Salvador, various meetings and events, and playing a round of golf with my daughters and son on Father’s Day. Very special to be able to whack a golf ball with family members.

Missed daughter Saundra who returned to our hometown of Craig for her class reunion.

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grounds for candidate selection, and it is a tough road to travel. Ask any of the eight candidates for governor just how hard it was to run, win or lose.

Two candidates will have won by the time you read this column.

They will need your help and donations to reach the governor’s office Nov. 4 and swearing in January 2019.

Truly, the winner will be tested, vented, skewered, admired, disrespected, respected, and will have run a gauntlet.

We owe a debt of gratitude to political party leaders and volunteers who spend countless hours in the trenches raising funds, designing mailers, conducting rally’s and knocking on doors.

Sometimes a thankless job that ends without a thank you or a victory party.

The next election is always going to be the most important one in history. But, for some reason, the Republic continues to survive, and we all show up to work after the election is over.

We watched with curiosity this past Tuesday evening to see who won the primary election. Did big money talk, or take a walk?

Voters can now line up to vote for local and state candidates.

Welcome to unaffiliated voters, take the plunge, and join a party where you can volunteer, run for office, and learn about how the political system really works. The government will never be any better than what citizen participants make it.

The future of America is up to all of us!

ing and she and three of her classmates were having breakfast at the local Village Inn. My three daughters and son all played sports and as a result, have many team member friends and stories about riding the bus all over Western Colorado to basketball and volleyball games with their parents never missing a game. *** Susan and Patrick participated in volleyball and basketball at Cherry Creek High school before attending CSU for Susan, and CU

the Continental Congress and had tried for the previous two years to restore harmony with Britain.

From the lakes of Minnesota to the hills of The King of England, however, not only Tennessee, Cross the plains of Texas, from sea to shining refused to receive their petition of grievances sea, but to add “insult to injury,” even began to From Detroit down to Houston and New hire German troops for his army, which was York to L.A., being used to maintain his personal power Well, there’s pride in every Ameriover the colonists. can heart and it’s time we stand and

BY MORT The question facing the delREMARKS MARKS say that, egates was whether their army I’m proud to be an American should be declared the military where at least I know I’m free, force of the United Colonies and if And I won’t forget the men who so, who would command it? died who gave that right to me, Even in 1775, deals and promAnd I’d gladly stand up – stand ises had to be made behind closed up next to you and defend her still doors before the delegates from today, New England would vote to accept Cause there ain’t no doubt I love the appointment of a Virginian to this land, lead them.

God bless the U.S.A. Finally, Massachusetts’ John Adams broke ranks and nominated George Washington, Those words from the song God Bless the whom he described as a “Gentleman whose U.S.A., are so appropriate today when we remember that 242 years ago some subjects of skill, experience and great talents as an officer would command and unite all of the coloBritain’s King George III adopted a Declaranies.” tion of Independence that asserted the necesIt was at this time that Thomas Paine wrote sity for a sovereign and free United States of those prophetic words, “Those who expect to America. reap the blessings of freedom must undergo The ground must have moved under the the fatigues of supporting it.” steamy hall in the summertime of PhiladelUnfortunately, his words proved too true. phia when 11 of the Colonies’ wealthiest businessmen, nine of the richest farmers, 24 of From the group of 56 signers of the Declaration, nine died of wounds during the Revoluthe leading lawyers and clergymen all joined tionary War, five were jailed, one lost 13 of his together to sign the Declaration, whose ideas children, and 17 others lost all of their worldly would change, shape and reshape our world.

These men did not take their responsibility possessions.

These men truly sacrificed their fortunes lightly. They had previously been members of

for Patrick. Susan relates that if she hadn’t attended Cherry Creek High School college would have been much more difficult. Patrick spent his first semester of school attending the University of London and then obtained his International Business degree from CU Denver.

All of our family members have been involved in many roles at The Villager newspaper and are still engaged in the family business today. *** Continued on page 11

and their lives for the ideals bodied in the words: “We hold these truths to be self-evident that all men are created equal that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights that among them are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.”

Every Fourth of July, we celebrate the Declaration of Independence’s great truths of liberty and equality, not merely in order to pay homage to the past, but also to rededicate ourselves to seeing that the future embodies them.

Now 242 years later, we are the fortunate heirs of this concept of freedom whose roots lie in the very core of our American identity.

And, as we celebrate this year’s 4th of July, let us remember that our freedoms have been preserved by other citizens who lived before us and died to preserve them.

On this July 4th, it’s appropriate for us to remember words from another verse of God Bless The U.S.A. If tomorrow all the things were gone I’d worked for all my life.

And I had to start again … I’d thank my lucky stars to be living here today, ‘Cause the flag still stands for freedom and they can’t take that away, And I’m proud to be an American where at least I know I’m free, And I won’t forget the men who died who gave that right to me, And I’d gladly stand up … next to you and defend her still today, Cause there ain’t no doubt I love this land, God bless the U.S.A.

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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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Update on the Westin Hotel project and another new GV 10-story office building

BY FREDA MIKLIN GOVERNMENTAL REPORTER

The history of the Westin Hotel project goes back more than five years. On April 15, 2013, the Greenwood Village city council agreed to sell 3.5 acres of property to Greenwood Village Hotel, LLC (GVH), a group led by developers from Wisconsin, to build a luxury Westin Hotel at 8880 E. Caley Ave. In its monthly newsletter from May 2013, the city said that the hotel was, “expected to begin construction in the fourth quarter of 2013.” Anticipating that the project would move forward, the city completed the sale of the property to GVH Sept. 15, 2015, for $1.6 million, contingent on the hotel getting built.

Over the next few years, preliminary construction drawings were informally reviewed with city staff, but nothing was ever formally submitted or approved. The project stalled.

In the summer of 2017, the city council set a deadline for the developer to explain the delay. Last February, Mark Flaherty of GVH told the council that the construction costs were much higher than they had anticipated and the only way they could make the project work financially was by adding a 105,000-square-foot office building to the 3.5-acre property, alongside the hotel. He also indicated that he was working with nearby property owners/

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developers Granite Properties, Confluent Development, and Koelbel and Company to come up with a plan to get the project done.

On March 5, city council agreed to a ninth addendum to the contract with GVH to give them more time, but it included key performance deadlines: 1) that a public input meeting be held by June 15 to present their plan; 2) that a formal site development plan be presented

by Dec. 1; 3) that an application for a building permit with complete construction documents be submitted by July 31, 2019.

On April 30, GVH sold the hotel property to G-C GV Land LLC (Confluent), for $1.6 million, resulting in Confluent

taking over GVH’s position with the city vis-à-vis the hotel project.

On June 13, a joint public input meeting was held at the Highline Community Church for the hotel property at 8880 E. Caley Avenue and for a 10-story office building along with a six-floor parking garage at 6165 S. Willow Drive.

The notice of the public input meeting, which was not distributed through the city’s “Notify Me” application until the day it was being held, stated that the proposal for 8880 E. Caley Avenue was for “a highend hotel with approximately 175 rooms within eight floors, a six-story office building, a limited retail component, and a mix of surface and under-

ground parking within a parking structure.”

GV City Manager John Jackson opened the meeting by saying, “Community is built on the quality of life in our neighborhoods,” and that this was an opportunity for the neighborhood and the applicant (developer) to exchange information and views about these projects. He apologized for the late notice of the meeting to those who use the “Notify Me” application, explaining that it was an oversight that occurred due to a staff change.

Marshall Burton, CEO and president of Confluent Development, soon took the floor and told the crowd of 60 people that Confluent and Granite Properties were now the co-

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developers of both the hotel and the two office buildings on the hotel property and at 6165 S. Willow Drive. He described the plan for the Caley Avenue property as a “four-star amenities hotel with a mix of uses on the property.”

Given the importance attached to the Westin name by GV city council in previous discussions. Burton said that Confluent inherited the franchise agreement but needed to show Westin that they can deliver the hotel.

Blake Mourer of Open Studio Architecture said the plan for the hotel site was unchanged from what was proposed earlier in the year by the previous developer, and that the 10-story office building was intended to be a “sister building” to Granite Place at 6175 S. Willow Drive.

Burton said that it was difficult to build a single-purpose hotel in a suburban location.

Adding the office building to share the amenities made the economics work.

Karen Blilie, a GV city council member from 19992007, who has stayed closely involved in the community, said, “The hotel site was city property sold to create a hotel that would be a community asset. Putting more office space on this site is not a benefit to the city. This area will be an office park. An office park is not a Village Center.”

An additional 2,000 people are expected to work in the office building.

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the Full ramp closures occurring on I-25 Overlay: C-470 to Belleview Avenue project A series of temporary fullramp closures on Interstate 25 are expected to take place on the I-25 Overlay: C-470 to Belleview Avenue project through October. Full ramp closures will be temporary and only last during work hours. Impacted ramps will include northbound and southbound on- and off- ramps at various intersections at I-25.

Ramps that will be impacted now through October are listed below:

• Belleview northbound offramp and southbound onramp • All four Orchard Road onramps and off-ramps • All five Arapahoe Road onramps and off-ramps • All four Dry Creek Road on-ramps and off-ramps • All five County Line Road on-ramps and off-ramps • C-470 southbound off-ramp and northbound on-ramp Crews will be milling and paving the roadway during

these full-ramp closures.

Detours for each closure will be displayed near the project zone. Motorists can visit the interactive road work map on COTrip.org to keep up-to-date on ramp closures each week.

Since April, crews have been conducting bridge deck work, median barrier repairs, and milling and paving on I-25 between C-470 and Belleview Avenue. Work is expected to last through winter 2018 on this project.

Bellco helps employees after hailstorm Last week’s hailstorm impacted many people and businesses in the south Denver metro area, and one local company, Bellco Credit Union, stepped up for its employees. The 82-year-old Greenwood Village company’s corporate offices were hit particularly hard by the June 19 hailstorm. Employees had windows blown out of their cars and many cars were damaged by the hail.

“We were all just looking out the windows from our

office and we felt helpless watching the front row of cars just get hammered,” said Britany Hass-Ramos, a Bellco employee. Her husband also works for Bellco and his car was also damaged.

Bellco is chipping in to cover employees’ deductibles ($250 per employee) that was impacted by hail specifically while at work. This is a unique situation and not something Bellco historically has done, but due to the significant number of employees

impacted by this uncontrollable event, they wanted to help out.

“It just made sense for us to help our employees as they help our members every day,” said LeeAnn Downey, SVP and chief administrative officer.

It’s unclear how many employees were impacted by the hail, as Bellco gave employees until July 19 to submit paperwork demonstrating they have filed a claim with their insurance provider.

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County issues a moratorium on commercial disposal wells for oil and gas exploration Earlier this week, the board of commissioners approved a temporary moratorium on applications to locate commercial injection wells used to dispose of oil and gas production waste in Arapahoe County.

The temporary moratorium is in effect for six months and will give county staff time to research, analyze and select best management practices for the commercial disposal of oil and gas waste by third-party companies in Arapahoe County.

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ment Code currently does not address commercial disposal well uses for oil and gas exploration and production waste disposal.

Public Works and Development staff will use the time to address the potential impacts of such wells to citizens, agriculture operations, the environment and the county’s infrastructure.

Consideration will be given to where and what zoning districts injection disposal wells should be permitted, as well as the associated impacts to county roads from water trucks hauling water

for disposal. Typically, these trucks weigh between 54,000 to 74,000 pounds and the impacts to county roads could be significant.

In addition, the county may consider impact fees so that taxpayers are not burdened with the additional maintenance costs to county roads due to increased traffic and weight of vehicles traveling to and from well locations.

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Marriage can be a wonderfully enlightening experience when both partners share a loving and supporting role in that union. I will always be grateful to Rep. Ed Perlmutter’s role as the matchmaker in bringing the two of us together. Thanks Ed.

County implements moratorium Arapahoe County Commiswhich end up being thrown out in sioners passed a resolution June 19 state courts. No wonder the oil and implementing a temporary moragas industry feels bullied. torium on commercial disposal This temporary moratorium wells to be used for on injection wells in the acceptance and Arapahoe County is disposal of Class II not meant to “pile on” Oil and Gas Producto the rugby scrum tion Waste Material perceived by many to through underground be targeted toward the injection – comoil and gas industry in monly referred to Colorado. as “injection wells.”

The measure simply As the chair of the allows us some time

BY JEFF BAKER ARAPAHOE COUNTY Arapahoe County COMMISSIONER, DISTRICT 3 to research, analyze and Board of County Comselect best management missioners, I wanted to make a practices for the commercial disfew points about why we took this posal of this waste material by a course of action. third party for financial profit.

It sometimes seems like the Concerns about seismic imoil and gas industry is under atpacts have been addressed with tack from all sides these days. varying degrees of satisfaction in Gubernatorial candidates promise many other jurisdictions; however, to reduce or eliminate drilling and questions of the commissioners fracking of oil wells; legislation about the impact of such wells to or ballot initiatives are proposed citizens, agriculture operations, the to increase setback distances that environment and transportation all would virtually eliminate producneed to be answered. tion; restrictions by local governRules and regulations may ments are instituted – many of need to be put in place first before

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This new venture into marital bliss brought with it many emotional and practical challenges including the blending of our children and grandchildren and the fact that we both had been single for many years.

We had met each other while I was working on Ed Perlmutter’s campaign for the U.S. Congress.

As a very focused campaign field director, I had recruited Debi to help with Ed’s campaign efforts in

this type of commercial well is considered to ensure the utmost health and safety measures for our citizens and their property and to forecast the industry’s use of county roads.

Impact fees may be considered, if appropriate so that Arapahoe County taxpayers are not burdened with additional maintenance costs attributable to increased traffic and weight of vehicles traveling to and from injection well locations.

The moratorium gives us a six-month period in which to accomplish a lot of these tasks before the county will be ready to consider the pros and cons of each application submitted for this new type of well. Each application has to be approved or denied through established processes once any new rules or regulations are put in place.

The government has the responsibility to perform proper due diligence and consider the impacts of new land uses and Arapahoe County takes this responsibility very seriously.

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is not a new problem – Presidents from Reagan to Trump have been struggling to enforce dysfunctional immigration laws.

We are treated to photos of children in detention centers, which the media characterizes as “cages.”

Laws mandating that children not be detained for more than 20 days have been in effect since 1997 via the Flores consent decree.

The problem is that their parents can and are detained longer, awaiting court dates for their illegal immigration or amnesty processing, meaning that this separation is mandated by law. And not new.

President Trump had a successful summit with Kim Jung-un in Singapore. The economy is humming along. It was time to change the political narrative with a new outrage against Trump and Republicans.

Is this really about “the children”? Interestingly of the 12,000 unaccompanied children in the U.S., 10,000 came without their parents.

Meaning that they were already separated, intentionally and by their own parents, who irresponsibly sent their precious children on a perilous journey with child smugglers.

NeverTrumpers like former CIA director Michael Hayden called Trump a Nazi. Laura Bush com-

pared the immigrant detention facilities to Japanese internment camps.

Decades of silence and this week they discovered their voices and outrage?

BY BRIAN C. These aren’t Trump’s JOONDEPH laws. Instead, they were passed by Congress and signed into law by previous presidents. Trump is doing his constitutional duty, enforcing the law.

No one likes the idea of separating children from parents, but in this case, the law requires it. As do other situations. Parents are sent to prison or are deployed overseas in the military, separated from their children. Not to mention the 650,000 children separated from their parents each year through abortion.

This week Trump supposedly caved to pressure, signing an executive order stopping illegal immigrant parents being separated from their children.

It’s the latest gambit to damage President Trump and Republicans, in the hopes of helping Democrats win the November midterms.

Just remember, when the left pushes a cause, it’s rarely about what they say it is, whether the children, women or the climate. Instead, it’s about votes, money or power.

The immigration kerfuffle is just the latest example.

June 28, 2018 • THE VILLAGER | PAGE 9

The true meaning of Independence

BY MARK HILLMAN

As we observe the anniversary of the Declaration of Independence this Fourth of July, we should consider the unique form of government for which our Founding Fathers chose to risk “their lives, their fortunes, and their sacred honor” against the militarilysuperior British.

The definitive passage in the Declaration reads: “We hold these truths to be self-evident that all men are created equal that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights that among these rights are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.

That to secure these rights, governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed.”

In these 57 words, the Founders established that: • Our rights — better understood as “freedoms” — are given to us by a power higher than the government. No matter what you believe about creation or evolution, you must acknowledge that government did not give us life.

• Government’s legitimate purpose is to protect the rights of the people. Just as a government did not give us life, it did not give us our rights.

• Government’s legitimate powers are limited to only those given to it by the people.

“The whole point was to show how the government might arise legitimately, not to assume its existence,” writes constitutional scholar Roger Pilon in The Purpose and Limits of Government.

These insights are particularly useful because, as a libertarian, Pilon does not advance a religious conservative agenda. Yet he acknowledges that the founders’ common view of “the laws of Nature and Nature’s God” provide the cornerstone for all that follows: We hold these truths to be self-evident...

The signers of the Declaration didn’t negotiate and compromise to define truth.

They agreed that certain fundamental truths were obvious.

For example: • ...That all men are created equal that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights that among these rights are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness...

• In that each of us exists because of the same creative process, our individual rights are necessarily equal. Such rights are best understood as freedom from interference, whether by the government or by other people which, of course, implies that others

are entitled to be free from our interference.

• Freedom encompasses not simply the opportunity to make choices but the responsibility for those choices. Freedom does not mean that, because my choice seems superior, I can bend others to my will through the power of government, nor does it mean that when I make an irresponsible choice I am immune from consequences.

• ...That to secure these rights, governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from

the consent of the governed.

Once the founders established a broad universe of rights, they discussed government, its sole purpose to protect those rights. Again, it is imperative to understand “rights” as freedoms — not as an entitlement taken at the expense of someone else.

When government legitimately protects our freedom, it simply does that which we have a right to do ourselves.

By contrast, the government does not act legitimately if it secures my rights by taking the life, liberty or property of someone else.

When the rights of two people may conflict, and neither can fully exercise freedom without adversely affecting the other, the founders reasoned that in these circumstances, the boundaries between competing rights ought to be drawn by the people whom government serves. However, “consent of the governed” does not empower majority rule to deny freedom to the minority.

This concept of a vast ocean freedoms and tiny islands of government power bears little resemblance to our federal government today, which is why it is so vitally important

that we understand the foundation of our government before electing someone to lead it.

As Ronald Reagan warned, “Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn’t pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same, or one day we will spend our sunset years telling our children and our children’s children what it was once like in the United States where men were free.”

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Gov2Go makes renewing license plates quick, easy

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Gov2Go is a new technology platform to connect individuals to the government agencies they use. Introduced at a June 18 at the Colorado Department of Revenue office in Lakewood. Jack Arrowsmith, director of Statewide Internet Portal Authority (SIPA) explained that Gov2Go offers a unique way to take care of interactions with all levels of government in one place using a smartphone.

Just getting started locally, Gov2Go is available in all 50 states. Once the app is downloaded and an account is created, register the license plates can be registered for Colorado vehicles and the rest is quick and easy. The app will remind users when it’s time to renew their plates which can then be

done so in short order from a smartphone. No more worrying about missing those little white postcards that come in the mail, only to notice when the plates expire. Gov2Go also contains information about elections and state holidays, as well as Amber Alerts.

As other functions become available in Colorado, registered users will be notified and asked if they wish to add them, e.g., hunting and fishing licenses. County clerks from Douglas, Grand and Weld counties joined Arrowsmith for the announcement. They were grateful for the savings this will offer taxpayers by limiting the amount of staff needed for license plate renewal and other future functions, and the convenience for residents to take care of their renewals with the technology “already in their hands.”

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A county social service program becomes a federal case for GV City Council

BY FREDA MIKLIN GOVERNMENTAL REPORTER

In a split vote, the Greenwood Village City Council approved the renewal of an intergovernmental agreement (IGA) with Arapahoe County June 18. The IGA has been renewed every three years since 2002 and has zero impact on the city budget, but allows the county to include the population of Greenwood Village in a grant from the federal government.

Don Klemme and Liana Escott of the Community Resources Department of Arapahoe County came to the GV City Council study session to answer questions about the renewal of an intergovernmental agreement (IGA) for administering federal Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) and Home Partnership Programs (HOME) funds to help the hungry, the homeless and other needy people in Arapahoe County, including Greenwood Village. The arrangement provides about $25,000 in federal funds to the county for programs like Meals on Wheels, Project Angel Heart, Covenant Cupboard Food Bank, and Sungate Kids (located in GV). The total annual allocation the county receives from CDBG and HOME is about $2 million.

Escott explained that if the

GV City Council refused to sign the intergovernmental government, it would decrease the federally funded resources available to the county for this program by the $25,000 but would have no negative impact on any GV resident who might require services. She also mentioned that her agency had taken calls from people who were displaced and homeless in GV, but that when they rehoused them, it was normally in Englewood, Aurora or Littleton.

What should have been a routine agenda item became a lengthy and often rambling discussion, when Dave Kerber offered his fellow council members a lengthy argument about why the city should not sign the intergovernmental agreement.

He brought up court cases from other states and argued that if the federal government and the courts adopted certain interpretations, and if the 16-year-old agreement is renewed, it could jeopardize the city’s ability to set its zoning code. Kerber maintained that signing the agreement could be seen as indirectly accepting federal funds, and that could allow the federal government to force Greenwood Village to build multifamily housing in its single-family neighborhoods.

Over the last few decades, there have been various housing

laws and regulations that deal with different purposes and for different people, he explained.

One of the major ways the federal government forces local municipalities to conform is through the use of grants. He was worried that a housing activist group would force the city to allow four-plex multifamily housing units in single-family zones.

Council member Dave Bullock said that for a city with a budget the size of GV’s, the amount we get (through the IGA), “is a rounding error,” and he didn’t see any benefit to the city signing this agreement.

Mayor Ron Rakowsky pointed out that the money doesn’t come to the city, it’s money that the county uses for our neighbors.

When asked by Councilman Jerry Presley, City Attorney Tonya Haas-Davidson indicated she did not share Kerber’s concerns.

After the study session, the council proceeded to its official meeting, where the question of signing the IGA with the Arapahoe County Community Resources Department was called for a vote. The motion to approve the IGA with Arapahoe County was approved 4-3 with council members Tom Dougherty, Steve Moran, Presley and Bullock voted in favor, and Kerber, George Lantz and Judith Hilton voting no.

Brauchler tells supporters why he should be Colorado’s attorney general

BY FREDA MIKLIN GOVERNMENTAL REPORTER

A cross-section of 60 people, including Nancy Sharpe, Arapahoe County commissioner, Denise Rose, former Greenwood Village city council member, Aurora Ogg, director of constituent outreach for U.S. Rep. Mike Coffman, and Steve Schreiner, member of the NRA board of directors, came to the home of Carol and Rich Waller June 21 to show their support for George Brauchler’s bid to become Colorado’s next attorney general (AG).

Brauchler, currently the district attorney for the 18th Judicial District, has no opposition in the primary and will be the Republican candidate in the general election in November. He described the job of the AG as making certain that actions taken by the government at all levels are legal. That includes protecting Coloradans from federal overreach. The AG can force Washington, D.C. to act, as well as thwart it, if appropriate.

His goal is to uphold Colorado’s laws and constitution, based on the will of the people, regardless of his personal preferences.

He compared that to positions expressed by at least one of his opponents, who Brauchler said vowed not to enforce Colorado laws with which he disagreed, including the Taxpayer Bill of Rights (TABOR) and the death penalty.

non-citizenship by permitting non-citizens to get driver’s licenses and in-state college tuition benefits.

As attorney general, he will pay close attention to the concerns of Coloradans who are in the rural and Arapahoe County Commissioner Nancy mountain comSharpe stands with Colorado Attorney munities, many of General candidate district attorney for whom are most the18th Judicial District George Brauchler.

Photo by Alecia Brown worried about water rights, someBrauchler gave as an example thing that is not a burning issue Amendment 64 legalizing the to front-range residents. With a personal consumption of maribudget of $80 million, Brauchler juana, approved by Colorado vot- plans to set up task forces of the AG’s office around the state. ers in 2012. There have been 11 murders in his jurisdiction since Nancy Sharpe, Arapahoe legalization, largely related to County commissioner and forthe industry’s inability to use the mer mayor of Greenwood Vilbanking system because marijua- lage, said she has worked with na is still illegal under federal law. Brauchler for six years. She said “Cash leads to crime,” said that he reorganized the district attorney’s office and energized Brauchler. Nevertheless, as atthe prosecution of human traftorney general, it will be his fickers, as well as those who duty and he will defend the law exploit the elderly. He asked supported by the majority of the voters.

Arapahoe County for funding for On the subject of immigration, these efforts only after formulata hot topic, Brauchler said that ing a detailed plan and identifyour immigration laws are broken, ing key staff to put it into effect. and the system of enforcement is Brauchler told the gathering that broken. Laws, he explained, can within the last six months, the be enforced, repealed or changed. 18th Judicial District got the lonIgnoring them is never the right gest sentence in the history of the solution, such as is being done by U.S. for human trafficking and sanctuary cities. He also lamented exploitation of young girls. the slow but continual blurring of The general election will be the line between citizenship and held Nov. 6.

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Central City Flower Girls Caroline Rose Morris Atkinson Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Duffy Atkinson of Cherry Hills Village Miss Atkinson attends Cherry Creek High School where she is an honor student and a four-year member of the state champion Varsity Poms team. She is co-president of the National Charity League Blue Sky Chapter and volunteers at Newborns in Need, the Denver Rescue Mission and Judi’s House, and in summer 2017, volunteered in Haiti. This spring, she received an academic honors award. Her older sister was a flower girl and the Atkinson’s home was on the L’Esprit de Noel tour.

Claire Elizabeth Boland Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Luke Dennis Boland of Cherry Hills Village Miss Boland attends Cherry Creek High School and is active in DECA, field hockey, and the Interact Club. Claire spent two weeks at the New York Times Intensive Summer Program studying how the business intersects with the art and music industries. Claire hopes to travel abroad next summer to serve a community in need.

Grace Armour Buyers Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Buchanan Buyers of Denver Miss Buyers attends Colorado Academy where she studies art and design and is a member of the varsity lacrosse team. Gracie volunteers at Adam’s Camp, which provides a variety of intensive, personalized, and integrated therapeutic programs for children with special needs and their families. Her family has lived in Colorado for 25 years.

Caroline Elizabeth Caplis Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Joseph Caplis of Cherry Hills Village Miss Caplis is a student at Kent Denver School, where she is a member of Mock Trial and the varsity golf team. Caroline has traveled six times to Juarez, Mexico to serve people in the colonias working in an orphanage and helping build a house. On her June trip, she brought donated supplies she collected to support a safehouse for women, children and babies. She volunteers for the Newborns in Need Program and founded the Kent 4 Kids in Need club. Her brother was a Flower Girl escort in 2013.

Kathleen Cecily Coors Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Bradford Coors of Parker Miss Coors is a sixth generation Coloradan and the great-great-great-grand daughter of Adolph Coors. She attends Kent Denver School where she has been class president for two years and is on the Head of the School list. Cecily is champion equestrian jumper and volunteers as a veterinarian researcher for the American Association of Equine Practitioners. She illustrates portraits and comic books and draws for the school newspaper. Her mother was a flower girl as were multiple cousins and aunts, and her grandmother chaired the Yellow Rose Ball.

Claire Beth Lathrop Crossman Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Campbell Crossman of Cherry Hills Village Miss Crossman attends Kent Denver School where she co-chairs the Global

Barbwire Bob Thursday night Gerri and I attended the “Do At The Zoo” event where Sherri Koelbel serves as chairman of the Denver Zoo board. Several thousand zoo friends and supporters turned out for the massive social gathering where over 50 food vendors had booths with our local Del Fresco as the VIP area host.

Their latest delicacy is a barbecued slice of thick bacon with a rich Cajun sauce served on a stick.

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Awareness Club. Claire is a ballerina with the International Youth Ballet Company in Denver. She attended the Bolshoi Ballet Academy in Moscow in 2017 on a scholarship through the U.S. State Department, the Bolshoi Ballet, and the Russian American Foundation. She plays violin with the Colorado Youth Symphony Orchestra. Claire volunteers at Children’s Hospital Colorado and Classical Dance Arts Foundation. Her brother was a flower girl escort in 2015.

Julia Amelie Danos Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Fortier Danos of Greenwood Village Miss Danos attends Cherry Creek High School where she runs track and is a varsity field hockey player. She is a member of DECA and Link Crew and volunteers for Special Olympics of Colorado, coaching a youth soccer team. Her sister and four aunts were flower girls. Her grandmother, Mrs. Robert McClure Danos, is past president of the guild, a former Central City Flower Girl chair, and currently an honorary member of the board of directors of the Central City Opera House Association.

Madeline Taylor Darré Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Charles Darré of Denver Miss Darré is a student at East High School, where she won the number two doubles title at the 2017 5-A State Tennis Championships and was second place this year. Maddie has lettered three years in field hockey and tennis. Maddie was named a Mile High Scholar and is a member of the National Honor Society. She volunteers at the Best Buddies program and Zeno Mountain Farm. She earned her American Sailing Association certification through Sail Caribbean and teaches sailing at the Small Point Summer School in Maine.

Therese Choquette DeLine Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. David Christopher DeLine of Cherry Hills Village Miss DeLine is a sixth generation Coloradan and a student at Mullen High School, where she in on the High Honor Role. She is a Cherry Creek High School and Mullen National Honor Society member and volunteer. She plays field hockey and lacrosse for Cherry Creek and runs cross country for Mullen. Her sister was a flower girl, as were many of her cousins.

Everdina Wilhelmina de Koning Daughter of Ms. Melissa Christie de Koning and Mr. Kendrik Jon de Koning of Denver Miss de Koning is a student at East High School, where she is on the honor role, plays on the varsity lacrosse team and is a member of the varsity debate team and the National Honor Society. Everdina volunteers at Rockland Community Church and tutors middle schoolers after school. She is on the Leadership Board for City Lax. Lucille Marian Egan Daughter of Ms. Julie Egan of Cherry Hills Village Miss Egan is a sixth generation Coloradan and a student at Kent Denver School, where she is on the Head of School list, is a member of Blue Key Club and Paper Wings, and on the board of Breakthrough.

A competitive, year-round swimmer, Lucy

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the bacon-wrapped chicken livers as one of my favorites.

This is the 28th year for this annual event and should be on the top of your list for next year.

We saw a jitney of Villagers from Doug Tisdale, a zoo board member with Stephany, the Eddie Robinsons, Mary McNicholas, with son Sean, who handles KM Concession food services at the zoo filling in for his father Kevin who has retired from active management.

is on Kent Denver’s varsity swim team and played varsity tennis. Her grandmother was a flower girl and a former Central City Flower Girl chair. Her mother, two aunts and her cousins were all flower girls.

Avery Delaney Hamilton Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Crawford Murchison Hamilton of Denver Miss Hamilton is an expert alpine skier, an artist and photographer and a student at Millbrook School in Millbrook, New York.

Avery is the granvd-daughter of Jane Hamilton and the late Frederic C. Hamilton. She is a member of the Children’s Hospital Youth Action Board and was on the Leadership Council as a student at Kent Denver. She plays volleyball, squash, and varsity tennis for Millbrook School, the alma mater of her aforementioned grandfather. Her aunt was also a flower girl.

Elsie Bell Hauser Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jon Brooks Hauser of Denver Miss Hauser’s family has been in Colorado for 25 years, and she has competed as an alpine racer for four years and trained as a Big Mountain skier for one year. She has been a member of the Copper Mountain Junior Ski Patrol program since 2016. Elsie volunteers at Children’s Hospital Colorado and attends Kent Denver School, where she runs cross country and track.

Sarah Ann Hibbeln Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Edward Hibbeln of Greenwood Village Miss Hibbeln attends Regis Jesuit High School where she receives High Honors and belongs to the Cadre, Fiat and Arrupe clubs.

Sarah has been a camp counselor at Adams Camp in Winter Park for two years, and she has volunteered at the Ronald McDonald House, Newborns in Need, and Food Bank of the Rockies. She plays lacrosse for Regis and for Denver Summit.

Madeleine Taylor Hunt Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Christopher William Hunt of Denver Miss Hunt is a student at Kent Denver School. Her great grandfather is Fredrick B. Anschutz, a pioneer in the state’s oil and gas and ranching industries. Madeleine has played varsity field hockey and lacrosse for Kent Denver since her freshman year. Madeleine was selected 2nd Team All-Conference for the 2017 field hockey season and 2nd Team All-State for the 2018 lacrosse season.

She also volunteers at RAFT Colorado. Madeleine’s aunt was a flower girl in 1992 and her family has supported Central City Opera since 1984.

president of Central City Opera. Her cousin, Hadley Nolan, is also a flower girl.

Margot Pease MacKenzie Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Donald Douglas MacKenzie of Cherry Hills Village Miss MacKenzie’s older sisters were flower girls. Her mother is the chair of the Yellow Rose Ball. Margot is spending her school year in Zaragoza, Spain, where she is enrolled in School Year Abroad. She lives with a host family and takes all but two classes in Spanish. Margot volunteers at the YMCA with children’s sports and teaches English to Spanish children. She will return to Cherry Creek High School for her senior year, where she was in the Interact Club and played field hockey and tennis.

Larissa Elizabeth Martin Daughter of Ms. Tiffany Strande of Chatfield, Minnesota, and Mr. and Mrs. Edward Martin of Denver Miss Martin’s ties to Colorado date to the 1870’s. A family member was a bell ringer in Central City in the early 1900’s and her grandfather has been on the Central City Opera board for more than 30 years. Larissa attends Chatfield High School in Minnesota where she is a member of the National Honor Society and is captain of the Varsity Dance Team, and a member of the speech team and the choir. She won the Minnesota Science and Engineering bronze medal in 2015. Two of her aunts were flower girls.

Alexandra Perry Mayer Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Rickard Mayer of Denver Miss Mayer is a second-generation Coloradan. Her grandparents are Jan Mayer and the late Frederick R. Mayer. Alexandra is a student at Kent Denver, where she plays Varsity Field Hockey. Alexandra lived on a boat in the South Pacific for 18 months and traveled to 32 different countries. She volunteers at Colfax Community Center, with Colorado Young Leader programs, and Volunteers for Outdoor Colorado. Alexandra raced for Ski Club Vail and is an avid Scuba Diver.

Julia Jane McDonald Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Michael Stanley McDonald of Cherry Hills Village Miss McDonald is a second-generation Coloradan and a student at Regis Jesuit High School. Julia is a member of the National Honor Society and a school tutor. She is the leader of the Arrupe Club, a group of about 50 girls who volunteer every month at different organizations across Denver. She also attended the Global Youth Leadership Academy in Italy this summer.

Rhys Elizabeth Jansen Daughter of Ms. Molly Falk Jansen and Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Craig Jansen of Denver Miss Jansen is a student at East High School where she is a member of the Honors Choir and plays on the tennis team.

She has been a member of the Colorado Children’s Chorale beginning in 3rd grade, and now sings with its Transitions Acapella group. Rhys created 25 Acts of Kindness to promote worldwide kindness, which now has over 75,000 participants from all over the world and is also very active in our community. Rhys’ mother and aunt were flower girls and her mother served on the Central City Opera board. Her grandmother is a past

Mairé Eileen McHugh Daughter of Dr. Stacy McHugh and Mr. Jerome Pinckney McHugh Jr. of Denver Miss McHugh’s great grandfather brought his family to Denver in 1939 from Kansas and introduced them to Central City and the opera. Mairé is a varsity field hockey and lacrosse player at Colorado Academy and is an award-winning photographer, and a member of Youth Advisory Board at the Young American’s Bank. She volunteers at H.O.P.E. and at the Children’s Hospital Club.

There was Denny O’Malley who has been the acting CEO of the zoo for the past year. Denney was at the helm of world-famous Craig Hospital in Englewood for decades. He related that his interim service is about over and a new zoo leader will be announced soon.

Plans are underway at the zoo for the construction of a new animal hospital to replace the present aging facility.

The Denver Zoo has nearly 4,000 animals and more than 2

million visitors every year.

If you are new to the Denver area plan on spending an afternoon at this world-class facility. *** The primary election will be over by the time you receive this edition of The Villager. We go to press every Tuesday afternoon, so we will not have election results in this week’s newspaper but will have a report on our webpage, the radio and television folks will supply us ample results.

I think the next governor will

Emma Ruth Murphy Daughter of Drs. Mark Gregory Murphy and Kathleen Murphy of Cherry Hills Village

Miss Murphy attends Kent Denver School where she is on the varsity field hockey and lacrosse teams, and is a member of the school’s mock trial program. She writes for the school newspaper and is on the Head of School Honor Roll. Her greatgrandmother performed in the Central City Opera in the summers of 1936 and 1937.

Margaret Grace Mulvihill Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Richard Mulvihill of Greenwood Village Miss Mulvihill’s family has been in Colorado for 25 years. Maggie sings, and plays the piano, guitar and ukulele. She has six original musical compositions and has performed live numerous times, recently before a sold-out crowd at the Bluebird Theater in Denver. Maggie also sings with Kent Denver’s R&B band. She plays on the Kent Denver lacrosse team and volunteers for the University of Colorado Johnson Depression Center.

Hadley Jane Nolan Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Meryln Richardson Nolan of Bethesda, Maryland Miss Nolan attends the Holton-Arms School in Bethesda, Maryland, where she plays varsity field hockey, ice hockey and lacrosse. She is a co-president of the HoltonArms Chapter of Fellow Christian Athletes and is a member of the yearbook committee and a photographer for the school paper. Hadley’s maternal grandmother was President of the Central City Opera Association and chaired several events. Her mother and aunt were both Flower Girls. Her cousin, Rhys, is a flower girl.

Aubyn Roning Roemer Daughter of Ms. Karlyn Jean Roemer of Centennial and Mr. Jeffrey David Roemer of Greenwood Village Miss Roemer’s family has been in Colorado for three generations. She attends Cherry Creek High School and is a member of DECA. Aubyn has lettered in lacrosse each year at Cherry Creek and was selected 2nd Team All-League in 2016 for lacrosse. Her aunt was a Flower Girl and her great grandfather was head football coach University of Denver 1957-1960.

Mathilde Grace Von Thun Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Norman Von Thun of Denver Miss Von Thun is a fourth generation Coloradan and cousin of flower girl, Alexandra Van De Water. She attends St. Mary’s Academy where she is active in student government. She volunteers at the Habitat for Humanity store and Planned Parenthood and is a certified scuba diver. Mathilde’s mother and aunt were flower girls and her grandmother chaired the flower girl committee.

Payton Currigan Waters Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Sean Michael Waters of Cherry Hills Village Miss Waters’ family has been in Colorado for six generations. Payton attends Kent Denver School where she is on the Student Leadership Council, is president of the Kindness Club and plays on the lacrosse team.

Payton spent this past summer at Oxford University studying social psychology and human rights. Her mother has served on the Central City Opera Guild and her grandmother and aunt were flower girls.

be the winning candidate who can put the pieces back together with the other defeated candidates.

Out of eight candidates, only two will move forward to the general election. Can the winner garner support from the competitors and court the many unaffiliated voters who have now had an opportunity to vote in the primary election for the first time in history.

Now the final election process begins on the local and state level.

Fasten your seatbelts, it will be quite a ride.

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Photos by Stefan Krusze.

A gala by any other name just wouldn’t be the same he traditional opening of the Central City Opera Season June 23 marking the 86th annual presentation of the Central City Opera flower girls.

In the spirit of the Rocky Mountain Way, the Central City Opera’s Gala happens at an elevation of 8,510 feet.

Making it probably one of City gays that the Central the highest gala celebrations Baskets of flower nose . to patrons Flower Girls hand out known, and quite literally starts with a blast — a dynamite charge to be exact.

After the dynamite is set off, at a safe distance of course, marking the official start for the Central City Opera season, the flower girls are presented in grand style and fashion which gives way to dancing in the street with the Yellow Rose Waltz on Eureka Street. Like the story of Cinderella, the ball ends at midnight (11 p.m. actually), the next day these young women will be back at work or school, volunteering and helping others in need, lending a helping hand and always trying to do their best in service, and perhaps one day in leading their community. Today’s flower girls, are aspiring to be doctors, lawyers, engineers, scientists, financial analysts and more; the girls more properly are the young women that will be shaping the future.

Bob Danos and his granddaughter Julia of Greenwood Villag Danos, with Barbar a Da e.

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Escort Justin Mayer and flower girl Alexandra Mayer with her parents Anthony Mayer and his wife Delisa Mayer and son Nicholas Mayer of Denver.

Sarah MacKenzie and her father, Donald MacKenzie, flower girl Margot MacKenzie, chair Suzanne MacKenzie and Phoebe MacKenzie of Cherry Hills Village.

Eleanor Hunt, Caroline Hunt, flower girl Mad eleine Hunt and her escort William Hunt, with parents Sarah Anschutz Hunt and Christopher Hunt of Denver.

and her ther Alyce Sporer Mars, mo nd gra and his s, pli Ca mother Aimee Caplis Escort Joseph roline Caplis, with her Ca l gir r we flo r hte ug grandda Cherry Hills Village. husband Dan Caplis of

Central City Opera Flower Girl Ball chair ball chair Suzanne elect, Brooke Dom ich and MacKenzie.

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e member Dr. Sally llow Rose Ball committe d Judy Grant with Central City Opera Ye an ughter Maeve Kearney Scott M.D. with her da ectors member. dir of y Opera board Cit al ntr Ce , ey arn Ke Kevin Central City Mayor Kathy Heider passing the bell to Judy Grant as Nancy Parker immediate past chair anxiously awaits the opening opera house bell.

Flower girl Cecily Coors teaching escort Gavin Rolls the finer points of playing Gin Rummy.

David DeLine with his daughter flower girl r Therese DeLine and he of e Lin De escort Peter Cherry Hills Village.

Flower girl Kathleen “Cecily” Coo rs dancing with her father Bradford Coors, of Parker, during the Father Daught er Waltz on Eureka Street.

Flower girls Everdina de Koning of Denver with Caroline Caplis of Cherry Hills Village.

Central City Opera Yellow Rose girls and escorts with Yellow Rose Ball Chair Suzanne MacKenzie in the Teller House Courtyard.

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Do at The Zoo is geraffic Several thousand patrons, friends, and zoologists poured into the Denver Zoo last week to dine at 50 food booths, enjoy the abundant beverages and the scrumptious assortment of edibles.

The sound of music descended upon the zoo from an evening band performing in the Del Fresco hosted VIP area. Patrons were able to stroll through the zoo during the evening and see many of the 4,000 animals that make this world-class zoo their home.

The Denver Zoo plays host to over 2 million visitors every year and is host to thousands of metro school students.

Zoo board chair Sherrie Koelbel welcomed guests and thanked Anadarko Petroleum Corporation as the 2018 presenting sponsor. She also thanked the 600 volunteers that support the zoo.

Rob Kaufmann, from sponsoring firm Brownstein

Hyatt Farber and Schreck also welcomed VIP guests in the reception area for a brief program. He emphasized the care given to the 4,000 animals that make the zoo their home. He also spoke about the support given by the zoo to $1.8 million in scholarship funds provided to 400,000 underserved Denver families and schools to participate in science-based education programs. He concluded his talk thanking Carrie Horton, representing Anadarko Petroleum, for their support.

Acting zoo CEO Denney O’Malley expressed his thanks to sponsors as he concludes his year as acting head of the zoo. The board will soon announce a new zoo CEO. He thanked Del Fresco Double Eagle Steakhouse for their work as the VIP area host.

Other major premier sponsors were Arrow Electronics, Haselden Construction, KM Concessions and contributing sponsors, COBiz Financial, Seattle Fish Co., Spring Press, SRC Energy, Townsend and Wagner Equipment Co.

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Carrie Horton and board member Happy Haynes

RIGHT: Zoo leader and sponsors, Rob Kaufmann and wife Jen, Anadarko Petroleum sponsor Carrie Horton, Board Chairman Sherri Koelbel, and Zoo CEO Denney O’Malley LEFT: Board member Roger Bohart and wife Laura with special hats

Zoo board member Doug Tisdale and Stephanie DeGraff Bender, visit with acting Zoo CEO Denney O’Malley

KM Concession leaders Mary McNicholas, son Sean and Charlie Wright

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Readers unite for The Village Read

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Find bargains on books and media at the used book sale Summer is the season for sales, and the community is invited to take a stroll through the Used Book Sale Friday, July 13 and Saturday, July 14, from 9 a.m.-6:30 p.m., and Sunday, July 15, 12-4 p.m., at Southglenn Library, 6972 S. Vine St., Centennial. Shoppers will find

gently-loved books, collectibles, DVDs and audiobooks for all ages.

Through the sale of used books, the Friends of Arapahoe Libraries, which is coordinating the sale, raises funds to support programs and projects for library events, materials,

equipment and more. During 2017, the Friends of Arapahoe Libraries raised more than $100,000.

For more information, or to join the Friends of Arapahoe Libraries, call 303-LIBRARY (303-5427279), or visit arapahoe libraries.org.

Arapahoe Libraries and Greenwood Village have teamed up again this year to bring you The Village Read, which is the chance to connect to your community through exciting events, writing workshops and more, inspired by this year’s featured book, White Plains, by Colorado author David Hicks.

Start reading the book today, then join us in August for exciting events, including a special kickoff event with author David Hicks and Greenwood Village Mayor Ron Rakowsky Thursday, Aug. 2, at 7 p.m. at Koelbel Library, 5955 S. Holly St., Centennial.

Author visits, writing workshops and programs inspired by the great outdoors will take place throughout August. Visit arapahoelibraries. org/village-read for the details and to reserve your spot at

one of our events.

Borrow a copy of the book or eBook at arapahoelibraries. org/village-read, or you can buy it at the Koelbel Library Café, 5955 S. Holly St. and the Curtis Center for the Arts, 2349 E. Orchard Road.

For more information, call 303-LIBRARY (303-5427279) or visit arapahoelibraries .org/village-read.

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The text book definition of a “key employee” is an employee with a major ownership and/or decision-making role in the business, usually highly compensated, and receives special benefits as an incentive to both join the company and stay with the company.

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Many employers today are searching for wellness programs. Quite honestly, since employees come in all sorts of shapes and sizes and are at very different fitness levels, it is difficult to find a “one size fits all” program. Motivating employees to change their diet or go to the gym has only been mildly successful.

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Greyhound bus lines also offers a 5 percent discount to passengers 62 and older. And most car rental companies offer 10 to 25 percent discounts to customers who belong to membership organizations like AARP or AAA.

Cruises Royal Caribbean and Carnival Cruise lines offer discount rates to cruisers 55 and over.

Restaurants Some restaurant chains offer senior discounts, ranging from free drinks, to senior menus, to discounts off your total order. National chains that offer these deals include Burger King, Chili’s, Chickfil-A, Dunkin Donuts, Golden Corral, IHOP and Wendy’s. Offers can vary by location.

Entertainment & Attractions Most movie theaters, museums, zoos, aquariums, public golf courses and even ski slopes provide reduced admission to seniors over 60 or 65. If you’re 62-plus, you’re also eligible for the “Senior Pass,” which provides a lifetime entry to 2,000 national parks and recreation sites. You can obtain this pass in person at one of the federal recreation sites for $80, or online for $90 at Store.usgs.gov/ senior-pass.

To look for other travel discounts on the go, download the Sciddy app at Sciddy.com. This app lets you search for senior discounts and can send you alerts when you’re at an establishment that offers them.

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

ership of the wrong, has a sincere commitment to repair and rebuild the relationship and could include expressive and empathetic body language that leans in, maintains eye contact and even consists of a gentle healing touch.

2. Accepting responsibility - Putting aside pride and saying you were wrong. If the apology neglects accepting responsibility, partners may not feel as though the apology was meaningful and sincere.

3. Making restitution - This one is all about how to make up.

It sounds like this: “I can’t believe I reacted that way. Please tell me what I can do to make it up to you.”

4. Expressing the desire to change behavior so it doesn’t happen again. Doing the same thing over and over that upsets your

partner doesn’t reflect true repentance.

5. Requesting forgiveness: In some relationships, a mate wants to hear their partner physically ask for forgiveness. They want assurance that their mate recognizes the need for forgiveness.

When you’ve hurt someone, all you want to do is make things right. One feels the same when they have been wronged. Sometimes just saying or hearing, “Sorry,” isn’t enough. Relationships are fragile, and whether fractured by a major incident or a minor irritation, the ensuing emotions can often feel insurmountable. This often prevents the relationship from moving forward or the offended from moving on. In order to make things right, something more than “Sorry” is needed. For more information contact: joneen@ myrelationshipcenter.org or go to myrelationshipcenter.org

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Team Stacey is “Race Ready”. Stacey Garvis, Olivia Garvis, Delaney Ridder, Olivia Gallo, Charlotte Mulstay

odi’s Race for ovarian cancer awareness took place at Denver’s City Park the beautiful morning of Saturday, June 9. Jodi’s Race is a community event and the largest fundraiser for the Colorado Ovarian Cancer Alliance (COCA).

The mission of COCA is to provide support to those affected by ovarian cancer and to promote awareness and early detection of ovarian cancer through advocacy and education. COCA, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporation, was established in 2005 as a support group for women.

This year’s race drew 2,506 participants, 135 volunteers

and 106 dogs. Yes, even “Furry Friends” are welcome to register for the race.

Groups of people, like Team Stacey, gather together to sup-

port family, friends, neighbors and co-workers diagnosed with ovarian cancer and to raise money for COCA. Stacey Garvis, a very healthy and fit wife and mother

was diagnosed with ovarian cancer almost two years ago.

Stacey is a survivor, and her family and friends wholeheartedly support her in Jodi’s Race.

According to Stacey, “I am so grateful for my doctor, Dr. Bigsby IV, and his team. They are professional, loving, caring, compassionate and dedicated.

They took my “worst day” experience and turned it around.

They will be in my life forever.”

Dr. Bigsby and The Colorado Center for Gynecologic Oncology in Littleton were the presenting sponsors for Jodi’s Race.

Team Stacey came out for the race with teal tutus, teal skirts, teal shirts, and “Team Stacey” posters. They set up

Until there is a test, AWARENESS is best!

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Ovarian cancer survivor Stacey Garvis is so very grateful for the support of her friends and family

a special tent in Team Village.

Survivors wear teal and purple bead necklaces, one for every year they have survived ovarian cancer. Stacey wore two strands of beads; others had 20 or more strands of beads around their necks.

While this is the conclusion of our three-part series, we are not going to forget Stacey, her family, her friends, Tyler Polumbus and his mom, and all the families touched by someone with ovarian cancer. This is for you Stacey, and we thank

you for sharing your journey with our readers.

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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FLEURISH “Tony David Volunteer of the Year Award” winners Jane Ames and Carol Waller surround event directors Lynne and Bo Cottrell.

Headliner Pam Tillis with the Songwriters Show stars Billy Montana, her husband Matt Spicher, Jimmy Nichols and Frank Myers.

Photos by Scottie Iverson

LEFT: Volunteer of the Year winner Karen D’Amboise, TAPS Founder Bonnie Carroll Event chairs Linda Cavanaugh and Kevin Kreymborg

ABOVE: Carrie Tynan flanked by members of the Coors Cowboy Chuckwagon Crew.

TAPS Colorado Celebrity Classic raises $300,000 The 13th Annual Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors (TAPS) fundraiser at Marla and Steve Grove’s incredible ranch was a recordbreaker supported by 70 volunteers, dozens of loyal sponsors and filled with emotion.

“This is our family, our TAPS family,” said Bonnie Carroll.

The price of freedom is not free. Thank you for remembering the nation’s fallen.”

After a feast of prime rib prepared by the Coors Chuckwagon Crew out of Amarillo, Texas, the crowd settled in for a program saluting fallen heroes and their families.

Event Directors Lynne and Bo Cottrell received a standing ovation. Roger Sierens and team volunteered their time for a star-studded live auction. The most touching moment was the final paddle raise asking for $100 to buy a young man’s suit to attend his father’s funeral. Gracious crowd-pleaser, Grammy Award and CMA winner with six No. 1 hits and three platinum albums, Pam Tillis had the audience hand clapping and toe tapping.

Edie Marks, honorary chair and Colorado Treasurer Walker Stapleton and hero Mort Marks

Patriot/media personality Steffan Tubbs was master of ceremonies

Gabriel and Ashley Rao who lost loved ones and met at TAPS with baby Louise.

WildeFire’s Tony David and Charlie Kreter from Annapolis, Maryland

RIGHT: Clockwise: Jeff Hays – state GOP chair, Rich Sokol – Arapahoe County GOP chair, Rochelle Sokol, Kristina and Jay Davidson

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FLEURISH

Jimmy and Linda Yip with chef Miki Hashimoto of Tokio

Lanterns and butterflies (NYF logo) dotted the trees

Kendra and Jason Runung

Skip and NYF Board member Jane Netzorg with Cynthia and Dr. Larry Chan Photos by Scottie Iverson

Yips host Summer Sushi Soiree Linda and Jimmy Yip opened their home for the annual summer fundraiser to support the Nathan Yip Foundation (NYF) that they founded in honor of their son Nathan whose passion was education. June was Nathan‘s birth month. To celebrate young Nathan’s legacy, funds raised will transform the lives of children through direct, long-term educational support including rural parts of Colorado. Mouthwatering aromas wafted down the entry as sushi, sake and so much more was offered at food stations and bars throughout the tented grounds.

The preparation was under the direction and expertise of chef Miki Hashimoto, owner of Tokio located in downtown Denver. Loyal supporter James Iacino’s Seattle Fish Company supplied the fish for the abundant Japanese-themed treats.

For more information: info@ nathanyipfoundation.org or 303817-8400.

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ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT

Summer at Kent Denver Theater Performances

June 29, 10:30 a.m. and 7 p.m.

June 30, 7 p.m. Grease! Kent Denver Arts Center, Anschutz Family Theatre.

July 20, 2:30 p.m. and 6 p.m. and July 21, 5 p.m. Shrek, Jr. Kent Denver Arts Center Anschutz Family Theatre. July 21, 6:30 p.m. Knight at Dawn: A Magic Tree House Musiscal. El Pomar Theater at Kent Denver. July 26, 6:30 p.m. and July 27, 10:30 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. Kent Denver Arts Center, Lower Level.

Denver Botanic Gardens Summer Concert Series

All shows start at 6:30 p.m; gates open at 5:45 p.m. July 9, The Mavericks; July 25, Melissa Etheridge; July 27, Chaka Khan; July 29, Guster.

Michele Plachy-Rubin who lost her battle with brain cancer back in 1997.

Donate $150 or more to sponsor a poster at the race. Info: race4research.com/ fundraising.

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.

FREE EVENTS

Free Kids Admission at History Colorado Museums

Aug. 6, Black Panther. At brand new 4,000 seat stadium-quality jumbo screen and booming sound system. Free.

No tickets needed. Pack a picnic to enjoy on the grass or try food made by one of the local vendors. Bring blankets and chairs. Info: moviesatinfinitiypark.com Gates open at 6:30 p.m. with movies starting at 7:30 p.m.

Until Labor Day enjoy free youth admission. To celebrate baseball season, free admission for kids 15 years old and under who are wearing their jersey or other baseball attire. At the History Colorado Community Museums visitors 17 and under can enjoy free admission.

From historic homes to adobe foes, each museum tells the history of Colorado’s many cultures and prominent figures.

Info: visits HistsoryColorado.org or call 303 HISTORY.

CAMPS

FUNDRAISER

Outdoor movies at Infinity Park Stadium in Glendale

Summer at KDS

Through Aug. 10. Kent Denver School offers full and half-day camps for kids ages 3-18 in technology and design, arts, athletics and academics. Learn more at kentdenver.org/summer.

EVENT

Free Days at SCFD

July 3, Chatfield Farms and July 19, York St. at Denver Botanic Gardens.

Bugged: The Insects That Rule the World and The People Obsessed with Them

July 14, 2 p.m. Join journalist David MacNeal at Bemis Public Library as he explores the creepy, crawly, beautiful world of insects and takes the audience on an off-beat scientific journey that weaves together history, travel, and culture in order to define our relationship with bugs! The Library is located at 6014 S. Datura St. in Littleton.

Info: 303-795-3961.

Kids Consignment Sale by MOMS

Aug. 18, 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. Mothers of Multiples Society semiannual sale at The Douglas County Fairgrounds, 500 Fairgrounds Drive, Castle Rock.

Expecting Moms and Moms with babies under six months of age can shop the New Moms pre-sale at 9 a.m. Admission is $2. Visit www.mothersofmultiples. com for a free admission pass and to register for the New Moms Pre-sale. A portion of the proceeds will benefit the Mothers of Multiples Society’s Keeping Kids Safe Educational Programs.

Sponsor a Poster at Race

Aug. 19. Cancer League of Colorado Race for Research 5K in memory of

Jewish Family Service Free Resource Fair

July 13, 9:30 a.m. - noon. at Jewish Family Service, 3201 S. Tamarac Dr. in Denver. Free and open to the public.

Free kids books and ice cream from Bonnie Brae Ice Cream and Dinger from the Colorado Rockies will make an appearance from 10-11 a.m.

Drawings for numerous prizes. Info: Shelly Hines, 303-597-5000 or shines@ jewishfamilyservice.org.

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

Run For The Ring

Aug. 4, registration begins at 7 a.m.; 5K run starts at 8 p.m. A 5K and Kids Fun Run brings together Barbara Davis Center patients, loyal supporters, and running enthusiasts to run for the brass ring - the cure. A certified 5K course and BoulderBOULDER qualifying race. At the Barbara Davis Center for Diabetes, 1775 Aurora, Court, Aurora. Registration: runsignup.com/runforthering. Cost $25. Info: 303-863-1200. Registration includes Run for the Ring T-shirt, coming chip (5K only), race bib, gift bag, awards ceremony, vendor expo and breakfast bites.

10th Annual High Hopes Golf Tournament Aug. 13, 10:30 a.m. - 5 p.m.

Columbine Country Club, 17 Fairway Lane, Littleton. Join the Children’s Diabetes Foundation for prizes,

silent auction, and awards reception at the beautiful, newly-remodeled Columbine Country Club. Proceeds benefit the programs of The Guild of the Children’s Diabetes Foundation to raise funds for research, promote diabetes awareness and education, assist families in need, provide scholarships, and sponsor activity for children and their families. Registration: childrensdiabetesfoundation.org/event/ high-hopes-golftournament. Cost is $375. Info: 303-628-5110.

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

Aug. 19, 9-11 a.m. in Washington Park. In memory of Michele PlachyRubin 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.

Gallery, phase one of Wings Exploration of Flight campus at Centennial Airport.

Enjoy a weekend of games, activities, music, exploration & flight as Wings Over the Rockies opens its second facility. Opening weekend pricing: Adults 17+ $5, Youth 4-16 $3 and Wings Members FREE. Immersive aviation experiences & exhibits, tours of Centennial Airport, modern aircraft, flight simulators & more. Location: 13005 Wings Way, Englewood - South side of Centennial Airport.

POLITICAL

Meet Your Arapahoe GOP Candidate

Aug. 10, 6-8 p.m. Arapahoe County Fab 5: Matt Crane, Clerk and Recorder; Sue Sandstrom, Treasurer; Marc Scott, Assessor; Dave Walcher, Sheriff; and Dr. Kelly Lear-Kaul, Coroner. Info: 303-7791115. Hosted by Tim and Kathy Turley, 7821 S. Clayton Way, Centennial.

SANCTUARY

Bike to Church Sunday Lunch AT CU South Denver July 1 Wednesdays through Aug. 19.

11 a.m. - 1 p.m. Grill and Chill at CU South Denver’s $10 Backyard Barbecue.

Whether you are an employee of a local business looking to get out of the office for a few hours or a community member looking to relish the weather with your kids, the BBQ is for you. Your choice of Angus beef burger, black bean burger, chicken sandwich or Hebrew National all-beef frank on a bakery bun or lettuce wrap. Plus, a freshly prepared side salad, chips and fountain drink. CU South Denver Univ. of Colorado is located at 10035 S. Peoria St., Lone Tree. Info: 303315-9444.

GRAND OPENING

Exploration of Flight

July 21 and July 22, noon - 5 p.m.

Celebrate the opening of Wings Over the Rockies’ Boeing Blue Sky Aviation

July 1. Ride your bikes to Wellshire Presbyterian Church and enjoy an ice cream social as part of Summer Soul from 10-11 a.m.

Construction Bible School

July 13, 10 a.m. Volunteer at Wellshire Presbyterian Church to prepare lunch, signs and flower pots for the Habitat Build Day July 14. A home will be built in Sheridan Square and the project is open to all ages 16 and up who are able to perform manual labor.

Bible Buddies Summer Reading Club

Wellshire Presbyterian Church’s Kendall Memorial Library has a wonderful children’s and chapter book section along the back wall for children to 8th grade. Pick up a packet of info. soon. Awards given to children who

Bonnie LaFleur 1943-2018 Bonnie LaFleur, 75, of Cherry Hills Village, died June 18, 2018, at her home amid family after a courageous 20-month battle with pancreatic cancer.

Bonnie was active throughout her life in neighborhood organizations and her children’s area schools: Village Heights Elementary; West Middle School; and Cherry Creek High School. Her local grandchildren attend Redstone Elementary. Bonnie served many years as treasurer and in other roles with the Cherry Hills East Homeowners Association.

Bonnie was born in 1943 in Rochester, Penn., to Margaret and Nicholas Buyan. She and her younger brother, Robert, grew up in Monaca, Penn.

While attending Case Western Reserve University nursing school in Cleveland, Ohio, Bonnie met a young medical student, Pete, who became the love of her life. They married in 1966 and gave witness to the sanctity of marriage for 52

years.

In her many years as a registered nurse, Bonnie cared for patients from all age groups.

She began as a pediatric oncology nurse, then as a school nurse, and finally as a senior wellness nurse.

Bonnie’s legacy lives on through her family – her husband Pete; her children Peter, Joseph, Anne DeMarco (Christopher) and Jeanne Mondrus (Nathan); and her eight grandchildren: Paul, Elizabeth, Nicholas, Sarah and Leah DeMarco, and David, Ryan and Jonathan Mondrus.

Bonnie was proud of her family and enjoyed becoming

participate and return logs by Aug. 19.

Wellshire is located at 2999 S. Colorado Blvd.

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.

Casa Advocates for Children Fundraiser

July 20, 8 a.m. annual golf tournament at The Ridge at Castle Pines.

Luncheon and award ceremony at 1 p.m.

Register: 303-328-2248.

WHAT’S NEW?

A 35-Year Technology Leap?

The State of Colorado and all counties will adopt a new statewide motor vehicle computer system in August. All Colorado Motor Vehicle offices will be closed Aug. 1-3. Colorado Driver’s License services, both in-office and online will be unavailable Aug. 2-5.

During the closures, you may renew license plates by online, at a renewal kiosk, or using the new Gov2Go app.

Developmental Pathways Mill Levy Report

Developmental Pathways 2017 Mill Levy Report for Douglas and Arapahoe Counties from July 1, 2016June 30, 2017, is ready for viewing.

This is a nonprofit agency created to serve individuals with developmental disabilities/delays and their families in Arapahoe and Douglas counties and the City of Aurora. The report shows how they utilize county tax dollars in the form of a mill levy. To read the full report visit dpcolo.org.

a “Grammie.” She mothered more than 80 foster babies and opened her home to nieces and nephews, neighbors, friends of her children, and exchange students.

She found great joy singing in church choirs and the Cherry Creek Chorale. Bonnie and Pete enjoyed 40-plus years of faith and fellowship with the same prayer group.

Bonnie was a genuine soul, known for her feisty sense of humor. She served as a beautiful example of Christian devotion, dignity and grace in her death ... just as she did during her life.

There will be a rosary prayer service Thursday, June 28, at 5 p.m. and a funeral Mass and reception celebrating Bonnie’s life Friday, June 29, at 2 p.m. Both services will be at St. Thomas More located at 8035 S. Quebec St. in Centennial.

In lieu of flowers, donations can be made in Bonnie’s name to her favorite charities: Marisol Services of Catholic Charities, serving mothers and children, ccdenver.org/marisol services; and the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network, pancan.org/ways-to-give.

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Students raise $12,500 to benefit Make-A-Wish Colorado

For a quick preview of our community, consult your wildest dreams.

Festival of wishes offered around the world fun for families and kids

On June 16, the parking lot at the Make-A-Wish Colorado building in Greenwood Village, which normally hosts tidy rows of parked cars, was transformed into a giant festival with fun activities for the whole family.

Hosted by the Youth Leadership Council (YLC), the theme of the second annual Festival of Wishes was “Around the World!”

The 25 high school student members of the YLC created handmade games representing a variety of countries such as Canadian ice fishing, Egyptian fossil hunt, kangaroo hop and pin the plane on the globe.

Those who attended, received a passport as they entered the festival and a passport stamp at each game stop. Everyone who concluded their ’round the world journey was then entered

Youth Leadership Council for Make-A-Wish Colorado

into a drawing for a series of prizes. In addition to the games, the festival featured face painting, balloon animals, prizes, a DJ, classic carnival food, prize drawings and lots of wish magic. Guests ranged from young children to high school seniors, enjoyed all the fun activities.

Several wish families – some of whom had received a wish and others who are eagerly anticipating a wish – attended the festival.

Kyra Roach, who graduated this year from Thunder Ridge High School and serves as president of the YLC, was excited to learn that the festival raised $12,500 to help grant wishes to children battling critical illnesses.

She knows firsthand the impor-

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tance of a wish. Roach was diagnosed with cancer in her early teens. The thought of her upcoming wish trip to Italy helped her get thru some of her most painful medical treatments. The memories of the special times that she shared with her family during that trip are ones that she’ll treasure forever.

Roach explained her passion for the organization saying, “Make-A-Wish fights the things medicine can’t. Happiness and hope are hard to come by during treatment, and yet somehow Make-A-Wish brings them out.

I want other kids to have that amazing experience that alleviates some of the bad things they have had to endure and bring joy and hope to their lives.”

South Suburban park ribbon cutting On June 18, South Suburban celebrated major improvements to Charley Emley Park in Littleton with a festive neighborhood gathering and ribbon cutting. All the park’s amenities were renovated, including new playground equipment and tennis courts.

The Carillon at Belleview Station is almost open in the heart of Denver Tech Center! Here the neighbors are active, the Chardonnay is always chilled, and the whole concept of retirement is being rewritten. Because, after all, sometimes dreams do come true. For more information or to schedule a tour, call 720.263.6717 or visit www.TheCarillonAtBelleviewStation.com.

Project partners and residents celebrate the dedication of Charley Emley Park. Attending the dedication were South Suburban board member Dave Lawful, Littleton Councilmember Karina Elrod (wearing hat), Littleton Mayor Debbie Brinkman, Arapahoe County Commissioner Kathleen Conti, South Suburban Board Chair Scott LaBrash and Littleton Councilmembers Peggy Cole and Kyle Schlachter (holding his daughter). South Suburban board member Jim Taylor is seated on the slide.

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LEGALS FIRST PLACE Best Public Notice Section

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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

2011;

OF COLORADO

That said Cheswold (TL), LLC, BMO Harris Bank, on the 26th 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;

TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANT: FRANCINE LOVETT

That a Treasurer’s Deed will be issued for said real estate to the said Cheswold (TL), LLC, BMO Harris Bank, on or about the 24th day of October, 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.

Dai Duy Nguyen, Qui Thi Truong, Bao Duy Nguyen, Hoai Dieu Thi Nguyen, Emile B. Feyhali, Lilly Financial Services, Eugene Jurczak, Marcia F. Jurczak

Witness my hand this 20th day of June, 2018, A.D.

You and each of you are hereby notified that on the 5th day of November, 2012, A.D., the then County Treasurer of the County of Arapahoe, in the State of Colorado, sold at public tax lien sale to Cheswold (TL), LLC, BMO Harris Bank, the following described real estate situate in the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado, to-wit:

Published in The Villager Published: June 28, 2018 Legal # 8387 ____________________________

Sue Sandstrom Treasurer Arapahoe County

ARAPAHOE COUNTY ARAPAHOE COUNTY NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING THE FARM AT ARAPAHOE COUNTY/ LOCATION AND EXTENT PLAN MAJOR AMENDMENT CASE NO. L17-008

LOT 17 BLK 9 HAVANA PARK aka 1073 Jamaica Ct. and said County Treasurer issued a Certificate of Purchase therefore to Cheswold (TL), LLC, BMO Harris Bank; That said tax lien sale was made to satisfy the delinquent general taxes assessed against said real estate for the year 2011; That said real estate was taxed or specially assessed in the name(s) of Dai Duy Nguyen for said year 2011; That said Cheswold (TL), LLC, BMO Harris Bank, on the 26th 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 Cheswold (TL), LLC, BMO Harris Bank, on or about the 24th day of October, 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 20th day of June, 2018, A.D. Sue Sandstrom Treasurer Arapahoe County Published in The Villager Published: June 28, 2018 Legal # 8386 ____________________________ 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 Robert Alan Tranby, Express Homes LLC, Roy N. Enter You and each of you are hereby notified that on the 5th day of November, 2012, A.D., the then County Treasurer of the County of Arapahoe, in the State of Colorado, sold at public tax lien sale to Cheswold (TL), LLC, BMO Harris Bank, the following described real estate situate in the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado, to-wit: LOT 4 BLK 1 AURORA VISTA aka 573 Iola Street and said County Treasurer issued a Certificate of Purchase therefore to Cheswold (TL), LLC, BMO Harris Bank; That said tax lien sale was made to satisfy the delinquent general taxes assessed against said real estate for the year 2011; That said real estate was taxed or specially assessed in the name(s) of Robert Alan Tranby for said year

PROPOSAL: The Achiterra Group, applicant, on behalf of Goodman Metropolitan District, owner, has made application to Arapahoe County for a Location and Extent (LE) Plan Major Amendment to the property located at 6461 South Waco Street. The proposed LE Amendment would establish the site layout and design for proposed modifications to an existing park.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on July 17, 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 Plan (Case No. L17-008).

The hearing will be held at 6954 S. Lima St., Arapahoe Room, Centennial, CO 80112 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: June 28, 2018 Legal # 8385 ____________________________

COURTS 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

You are hereby summoned and required to appear and defend against the claims of the complaint filed with the court in this action, by filing with the clerk of this court an answer or other response. You are required to file your answer within 35 days after the service of this Summons upon you. Service of the summons shall be complete on the day of the last publication. A copy of the complaint may be obtained from the clerk of the court.

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

This is an action for judicial foreclosure of an assessment lien in and to the real property situated in Arapahoe County, Colorado, more particularly described on Exhibit A, attached hereto and by this reference made a part hereof.

Dated: May 21, 2018.

WINZENBURG, LEFF, PURVIS & PAYNE, L.L.P. By: /s/Gina C. Botti Gina C. Botti Exhibit A LOT 1, BLOCK 2, CHERRY CREEK TERRACE AMENDED, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO. 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: JAYDEN MARTINEZ, TRENTON TEARNEY, EMALYN MOYERCROSSLEY AKA EMLYNN MOYER-CROSSLEY, AND HAZEL MOYER-CROSSLEY Children, And concerning: MELISSA HESSLER AKA MELISSA MOYER AKA MELISSA CROSSLEY AKA MELISSA MOYER-CROSSLEY, CHRISTOPHER MARTINEZ, BRANDON TEARNEY, JOHN DOE, AND WILLIAM MOYER -CROSSLEY AKA BILLY CROSSLEY Respondents, And concerning: MARSHA GROVES AND DEAN GROVES Special Respondents.

Linda M. Arnold, Reg. #16764 Assistant County Attorney Attorney for Petitioner 14980 East Alameda Drive Aurora, CO 80012 303-636-1882 / Fax: (303) 6361889 NOTICE OF ADJUDICATORY HEARING AND DEFAULT JUDGMENT Case No: 18 JV 303 Division: 22 PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that an Adjudicatory Hearing regarding CHRISTOPHER MARTINEZ, BRANDON TEARNEY AND JOHN DOE, is set for August 20, 2018 at 8:30 A.M. in Division 22 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: June 19, 2018 Linda M. Arnold, No. 16764 Assistant County Attorney Attorney for Petitioner 14980 E. Alameda Dr. Aurora, CO 80012 (303-636-1882 (P) (303) 636-1889 (F) Published in The Villager Published: June 28, 2018 Legal # 8388 ____________________________

CENTENNIAL CITY OF CENTENNIAL NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING RELATED TO THE PEAKVIEW MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT REZONING CASE NUMBER LU-17-00266 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City Council will conduct a public hearing on Monday, July 16, 2018 at 7:00 p.m., or as soon thereafter as possible, to consider a rezoning at 7777 East Peakview Avenue, Centennial, Colorado 80111, as more fully described below (the “Subject Property”), to change the zoning on the Subject Property from Business Park (BP100) to Activity Center (AC) under the City’s Land Development Code. The Subject Property is also known as the Peakview Heights Mixed Use Development. Following the conclusion of the public hearing, the City Council will make a decision regarding the proposed rezoning.

All interested persons will be given an opportunity to be heard at the public hearing referenced above.

The hearing will be held in City Council Chambers, Centennial Civic Center, 13133 E. Arapahoe Rd., Centennial, CO 80112 at the above noted times and dates.

Further information concerning the proposed rezoning (Case No. LU-17-00266) may be obtained by calling the City of Centennial Community Development Department at 303-754-3378.

SUBJECT PROPERTY: Parcel 1: LOT 2, BLOCK 1, PEAKVIEW HEIGHTS FILING NO. 3, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO, (AIN: 2075-21-3-42-002, consisting of 4.4740 acres, more or less) Parcel 2: TRACT A, PEAKVIEW HEIGHTS FILING NO. 3, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO, (AIN: 2075-21-3-42-003, consisting of .4290 acres, more or less) Parcel 3: TRACT B, PEAKVIEW HEIGHTS FILING NO. 3, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO, (AIN: 2075-21-3-42-004, consisting of .5070 acres, more or less) Published in The Villager Published: June 28, 2018 Legal # 8384 ____________________________

GREENWOOD VILLAGE ADVERTISEMENT FOR BID Notice is hereby given that the City of Greenwood Village, Colorado (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 12:00 p.m., July 12, 2018 for: The 2018 Trails Reconstruction Project The plans and specifications for the 2018 Trails Reconstruction 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.

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Project scope generally includes the removal of a total of 900 SY of existing asphalt trail pavement and reconstruction with concrete pavement, at 4 different trail segments throughout the Village.

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 12:01 p.m., July 12, 2018. Pricing information will be shared with interested parties and will also be available through the Rocky Mountain Purchasing System.

Any questions regarding the project should be directed to Ted Putnam at (303) 708-6141. /s/ Jeremy Hanak Director of Public Works Published in The Villager First Publication: June 21, 2018 Last Publication: June 28, 2018 Legal # 8376 ____________________________ ADVERTISEMENT FOR BID Notice is hereby given that the City of Greenwood Village, Colorado (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 12:00 p.m., July 12, 2018 for: The Boston St. @ Belleview Ave. Reconstruction Project The plans and specifications for the Boston St. @ Belleview Ave. Reconstruction Project are available electronically via the Rocky Mountain E-Purchasing System on the City of Greenwood Village website, www.greenwoodvillage. com/bids.

The City reserves the right to reject any and all 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 Boston St. @ Belleview Ave. Reconstruction Project scope generally includes the re-grading of 275 LF of S. Boston Street approaching E. Belleview Ave., installation of approx. 1100 LF of new concrete valley gutter and flatwork, re-grading of 180 LF of 8’ asphalt trail, and installation of 100 LF of 1’-2’ tall flagstone retaining wall.

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 12:01 p.m., July 12, 2018. Pricing information will be shared with interested parties and will also be available through the Rocky Mountain Purchasing System.

Any questions regarding the project should be directed to Ted Putnam at (303) 708-6141. /s/ Jeremy Hanak Director of Public Works Published in The Villager First Publication: June 21, 2018 Last Publication: June 28, 2018 Legal # 8377 ____________________________

SPECIAL DISTRICTS 00 65 33 NOTICE OF FINAL PAYMENT CHERRY CREEK REACH 2 STREAM RECLAMATION (Contract No. C14-1004-C2) Notice is hereby given that at 1:00 p.m. on July 9, 2018, Southeast Metro Stormwater Authority shall make final payment to ECI Site Construction Management, Inc., 2526 14th Street SE, Loveland, CO 80539 in connection with full payment for all services rendered, materials furnished and for all labor performed in and for the above-referenced PROJECT. 1. Any person, co-partnership, association of persons, company or corporation that has an unpaid claim against the said PROJECT for or on account of the furnishing of labor, materials, team hire, sustenance, provisions, provender or other supplies used or consumed by such CONTRACTOR or any SUBCONTRACTOR in or about the performance of said WORK contracted to be done or that supplies rental machinery, tools, or equipment to the extent used in the prosecution of the WORK whose claim therefore has not been paid by the CONTRACTOR or the SUBCONTRACTOR may at any time up to and including said time of such final settlement file a verified statement of the amount due and unpaid on account of such claim.

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

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

OWNER: Southeast Metro Stormwater Authority Published in The Villager First Publication: June 21, 2018 Last Publication: June 28, 2018 Legal # 8375 ____________________________ NOTICE OF FINAL PAYMENT/ SETTLEMENT NOTICE is hereby given that the Greenwood North Metropolitan District of Arapahoe County, Colorado, will make final payment on July 13, 2018 at the hour of 5:00 p.m. to NORAA Concrete Construction Corporation for all sums due and owing for all services rendered, material furnished and for all labor performed in and for the Greenwood North Metropolitan District for the Greenwood North Sidewalk Improvement Project.

Any person, individual, corporation, government or governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, limited liability company, partnership, association, or other legal entity that furnished

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105 miles per gallon: KIA Niro premium is remarkable

BY H. THROTTLE AUTO COLUMNIST KIA has engineered a masterpiece with the 2018 Niro-Phev-EX Premium fourdoor sedan. Small in size, but mighty in economy and performance, this is an all-time favorite test drive car.

Not only did the car produce 105 miles per gallon, it never had to be charged during a week of driving. The Niro is a combination electric battery and 1.6L four-cylinder engine assisted by a 60-horsepower electric motor. The vehicle can travel 25 miles on Lithium battery power and then automatically shifts to the perky engine. In city traffic stopping and starting, it recharges the battery system without any additional electrical charging.

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labor, materials, sustenance, or other supplies used or consumed by a contractor or his or her subcontractor in or about the performance of the work contracted to be done or that supplied laborers, rental machinery, tools, or equipment to the extent used in the prosecution of the work whose claim therefor has not been paid by the contractor or the subcontractor may, at any time up to and includ-

achieved 105 mpg. Gasoline only is rated at 46 mpg.

In driving the car over 300 miles, the gas gauge registered three-quarters of a tank of fuel at the end of the test week.

That’s not all. The car had high-performance with a six-speed variable transmission that was perfection. JD

ing the time of final payment set forth above, for the work contracted to be done, file with the District a verified statement of the amount due and unpaid on account of the claim.

Verified statements must be received by the District no later than 5:00 p.m. on Friday, July 13, 2018, and in writing addressed to the Greenwood North Metropolitan District, c/o Seter & Vander Wall, P.C., 7400

Powers ranked this Niro as the number one small SUV in 2017. This 2018 model is just about as good as hybrid/ engine cars can become.

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East Orchard Road, Suite 3300, Greenwood Village, CO 80111.

of Littleton should be included into South Metro Fire Rescue.

Failure on the part of any claimant to timely file a verified statement of claim will release the Greenwood North Metropolitan District, its Board of Directors, officers, agency, and employees, from any and all liability for such claim.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that any interested member of the public may participate in the Ballot Content Meeting by submitting to the Designated Election Official, on or before the date and time of the Ballot Content Meeting, a written notice of participation which shall include the name of the participant, the intent to participate in the Ballot Content Meeting, and an email address (and/or mailing address) at which the participant can be notified upon the Designated Election Official’s certification of the final form of the ballot question. Unless continued by the Designated Election Official, in the Designated Election Official’s sole discretion, each participant shall have twenty (20) minutes to present his or her comments and any proposed form and content of the ballot question.

A notice to participate may be submitted electronically at DEO@ SOUTHMETRO.ORG. Copies of the Order for Inclusion Election (City of Littleton), which includes the procedures for the Ballot Content Meeting; the South Metro District/City of Littleton Pre-Unification Agreement; and more information on the Ballot Content Meeting may be found at www.southmetro.org.

Published in The Villager First Publication: June 21, 2018 Last Publication: June 28, 2018 Legal # 8383 ____________________________ NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING TO CONSIDER PROPOSALS FOR BALLOT FORM AND CONTENT FOR A BALLOT QUESTION PROPOSING INCLUSION OF ALL REAL PROPERTY LOCATED WITHIN THE CITY OF LITTLETON INTO SOUTH METRO FIRE RESCUE FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by South Metro Fire Rescue Fire Protection District (“South Metro Fire Rescue”) to all interested persons that, pursuant to Order for Inclusion Election (City of Littleton) entered on May 30, 2018 in Douglas County District Court, Case Number 1966CV3547, at a public Ballot Content Meeting to be held on July 17, 2018 at 11:00 a.m., at 9195 E. Mineral Avenue, Centennial, Colorado, the Designated Election Official will consider proposals for the form and content of the ballot question to be considered at the November 6, 2018 coordinated election to determine whether all real property located within the City

Published in The Villager Published: June 28, 2018 Legal # 8389 ____________________________

in the retail price are forward collision warning, lane keep assist system, blind spot detection, and rear cross-traffic alert. The steering wheel is leather wrapped and heated.

Driving at night with LED headlights, fog lights, daytime safety running lights, and heated outside mirrors, so handy in a snowstorm.

Add roof rails to carry skis or snowboards, and a rear spoiler completes the snappy exterior. A long, long, time between gas stations.

KIA is offering the best warranty in the business with a 10-year 100,000-mile warranty on the powertrain and battery system, 60,000-mile basic warranty and five-year basic warranty.

The exterior paint is named “Silky Silver” and this Niro is one silver bullet of a vehicle.

Don’t miss it at your local KIA dealer, it is remarkable.

CITY OF CHERRY HILLS VILLAGE SANITATION DISTRICT STATE OF COLORADO IN RE PETITION OF FOR EXCLUSION OF PROPERTY FROM THE CITY OF CHERRY HILLS VILLAGE SANITATION DISTRICT NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING The owners of the real property described below filed a Petition with the District Board of Directors for exclusion of the property from the boundaries of The City of Cherry Hills Village Sanitation District (the “District”).

The Petitioner is: FIRST CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE The real property to be excluded is known as: 3800 E Hampden Ave (the “Property”). A copy of the Petition is available for public inspection at the District’s office located at 3333 S Bannock St., Suite 250, Englewood, CO 80110.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a public hearing will be held at 6:30 p.m. on July 16, 2018, at the offices of Seter & VanderWall, 7400 E. Orchard Road, Suite 3300, Greenwood Village, Englewood, CO 80111, before the Board of Directors of The City of Cherry Hills Village Sanitation District, at which time and place all persons interested shall appear and show cause in writing why the petition

should not be granted. Failure to show cause in writing will be deemed consent to the granting of the Petition.

NOTICE is given this 21st day of June, 2018.

Published in The Villager Published: June 28, 2018 Legal # 8390 ____________________________

NOTICE TO CREDITORS NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Roger F. Johnson a/k/a Roger Frank Johnson and Roger Johnson, Deceased Case Number 2018 PR 30635 All persons having claims against the above-named estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado on or before November 5, 2018 or the claims may be forever barred.

Gail L. Johnson Personal Representative 4217 S. Bellaire Circle Englewood, CO 80113-5030 Published in The Villager Published: June 28, 2018 Legal # 8391 ____________________________

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The little town that won the Western The Parry Brothers and their neighbors turned a tiny Utah town into a bustling “Little Hollywood.”

BY LORI ACKEN ReMIND MAGAZINE They say a picture is worth a thousand words.

Small wonder then that the entertainment industry found little Kanab, Utah, during the silent-film era. Nestled near the Arizona/Utah border in the midst of the Grand Canyon, Lake Powell and four national parks, Kanab’s breathtaking red rock bluffs, glorious canyons and sandy plains passed handily for the Wild West frontier, high mountain country or the Arabian desert in a way that leaped off the screen even before filmmakers could capture those sights in color.

Hollywood first came to Kanab (say kuh-NAB) via The Deadwood Coach, which starred Tom Mix and his “wonder horse” Tony. But the town’s true benefactors were Gronway, Chauncey and Whit Parry, transportation entrepreneurs who nabbed a gig shuttling Deadwood’s actors, filmmakers and equipment.

Chauncey saw a big opportunity, not only for his family, but for the

Parry Lodge area as a whole and, in the summer of 1931, opened Parry Lodge, which was manned by the brothers and their sister Kartryn. Chauncey next set to work amassing a collection of photos of the area’s natural wonders.

He also used his ability to provide affordable lodging and transportation, plus animals, catering and locals to serve as extras and crew, to tempt filmmakers. “They went to Hollywood and camped out on people’s doorsteps until they would talk to them,” says Kanab’s film commissioner Kelly Stowell. “But they were known for taking care of people. A lady in town who used to work for Whit Parry said that if the movie company said, ‘Scrape that paint off the wall,’ you did it — but

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you charged them for it!”

“It was a good deal,” chuckles Brent Chamberlain, executive director of Western Legends Round-Up, Kanab’s annual homage to Wild West culture and the town’s Hollywood ties. “If you needed 100 mounted Indians or cowboys or both as extras, they were here in the local residents. There’s a story about one production that would pay extra money if an Indian got ‘shot’ and fell off of his horse. So, they fired up the camera, and all of the Indians fell off their horses in unison looking for those extra couple bucks.”

With such agreeable accommodations, the industry showed up in droves and just kept coming, bringing a veritable who’s who of

LeGare to fill vacant Aurora mayor’s council seat

At the regular council meeting, the Aurora City Council selected Councilmember Bob LeGare to fill the mayor’s vacancy that was created by the passing of Mayor Stephen D. Hogan May 13. LeGare was sworn in at the end of the meeting June 25 by Judge Shawn Day. LeGare, a 16-year at-large council member, then assumed mayoral duties. City council will have 45 days to follow the same appointment process to fill the vacancy for LeGare’s position.

LeGare was selected from a group of four finalists out of a pool of 13 people who applied to fill the appointment. Per the city’s charter, he will serve through the remainder of Hogan’s four-year term, which ends in December 2019.

In brief comment LeGare stated his new job was to “be a facilitator” and will not be a candidate for re-election in the 2019 municipal

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election. He said that he would carry on the “great ideas and goals” of Hogan.

The Aurora City Council is composed of a mayor and 10 council members. Of those 10 members, six are ward council Bob LeGare was sworn in as the new Aurora members, representMayor by Judge Shawn Day June 25. ing one of the six LeGare replaces popular Mayor Stephen D. wards that section the Hogan who recently died from cancer.

Photo by Bob Sweeney city. The remaining four council members manager form of government in are elected at large, like the mayor, which legislative and policy matters to represent the entire city. The 10 are determined by the mayor and members of Aurora’s city council are city council, and they employ a city part-time elected officials, meaning manager who is responsible for city they may all have jobs in addition administration and operations. to their responsibilities as council The city has an annual budget of members. The mayor’s position is a $803.4 million and 3,700 employees who provide service to more than full-time responsibility.

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And the mutual admiration continued. In town for 1962’s Sergeants 3, Frank Sinatra and his Rat

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Local resident Allan Supernaw, who began working at the Parry when he was just 11, told the Salt Lake Tribune that one of his jobs was to rouse a hungover Sammy Davis Jr. with many aspirin and a hair of the dog.

Kanab also served as a battleground for Clint Eastwood and director Philip Kaufman’s skirmish over control of 1976’s The Outlaw Josey Wales (Eastwood, the film’s star, won the figurative shootout and ended up directing).

As Westerns fell out of favor with filmgoers in the ’70s, TV series like Gunsmoke, Lassie and How the West Was Won kept Little Hollywood in booming business. And Wild West nostalgia still owns these parts today via the town’s Little Hollywood Museum and the Western Legends Round-Up, which sees the likes of Barry Corbin, Mariette Hartley, Don Collier, Morgan Brittany, Bruce Boxleitner and even the offspring of stars such as Joel McCrea and Roy Rogers and Dale Evans rubbing elbows with costumed fans.

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Staying hydrated in the Colorado heat

BY SANDRA CREWS HEALTH STRATEGIST, UNITEDHEALTHCARE OF COLORADO

This drop box in Greenwood Village is open to voters 24 hours a day.

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a major party, who had the choice of voting in either major party’s primary, cast 96,240 votes in the Democratic primary and 64,082 votes in the Republican primary. The remaining 37,781 unaffiliated votes were not yet processed.

Even though daily vote totals are published on the Secretary of State’s website, votes are actually counted by each county clerk, who then reports those totals to the Secretary of State. If a voter who resides in one county drops their ballot in a box of another county that ballot must be physically transported to the clerk of the county where the voter resides in order for it to be processed.

The Secretary of State’s office does what it can to help.

In 2016, Williams funded 90 percent of the cost of installing drop boxes for voters in smaller counties and 80 percent in larger counties, to make sure that voters had easy access to drop off ballots 24 hours a day. Each box costs about $4,000, including surveillance cameras, and was paid for with federal funds.

At press time, 16 percent of unaffiliated voters have returned primary ballots, broken down 60/40 in favor of Democratic ballots over Republican ones. At least one political consultant views that ratio to be indicative of a possible trend that may extend to the November election.

Summer in Colorado is no joke. With the scorching heat combined with our higher altitude, it’s important to stay hydrated while having fun in the sun. According to the National Hydration Council, dehydration is defined as, “a lack of water in the body resulting from inadequate intake of fluids or excessive loss through sweating, vomiting or diarrhea.”

Hydration is particularly important for children, as they have higher water requirements in relation to their body weight than adults. However, children don’t always recognize the early stages of thirst, which can make them particularly vulnerable to becoming dehydrated, especially during times that can drive up their body fluid losses, like when they are playing sports or during warm weather.

While it can be a challenge to keep up with regular outdoor exercise regimen or playtime in the great outdoors during the hot weather months, it is important to stay active to stay healthy. To maximize open-air fun, here are some safety tips for both adults and children for staying cool when exercising and playing in the summer heat: • Exercise in the early morning or late evening: The temperature is coolest at this time. Avoid exercising midday because it’s the hottest part of the day.

• Drink up: Do not wait until you are thirsty to start hydrating. Drink two to four glasses of water each hour. If you are exercising for an extended period of time, drink a sports beverage to replace the salt and minerals you lose through sweat. If you are on diuretics, or a low-salt or fluid-restricted diet, talk to your doctor first about your specific fluid needs.

• Wear lightweight, loosefitting clothing: Consider dressing in clothes made with moisture-wicking fabric.

• Protect yourself from the sun: Wear a hat, sunglasses and sunscreen with an SPF rating of 15 or higher. Try to exercise in the shade. Play tennis on a court shaded by the trees or take a walk in a wooded park.

• Rest early and often: Take breaks in shady areas.

• Gradually get used to the heat: It takes seven to 10

days for your body to adapt to the change in temperature.

Start by exercising for a short time at a low intensity.

Save long, hard workouts until you are acclimated to the summer air.

• Mind the weather: Do not exercise on the hottest days.

Keep an eye on the heat index. The heat index is a calculation of the temperature and humidity. It measures “how hot it really feels” outside: • Heat index 80 to 90 degrees: fatigue during exercise is possible. Heat exhaustion is a possibility even at these temperatures.

• Heat index of 90 to 105 degrees: heat cramps and heat exhaustion or heat stroke are possible.

• Heat index of 105 or higher: heat exhaustion is likely and heat stroke is possible.

• Be cautious when the heat index gets above 80 degrees. Consider working out indoors. Walk around a shopping mall or do a workout DVD in your airconditioned home.

• Stop if you don’t feel well: If you have any of the warning signs of heat-related illness, stop your workout right away.

Dehydration is one of those things many people don’t think about and something that can sneak up on you. It’s important to learn the facts on how to stay healthy and happy while enjoying summertime in Colorado.

Strengthening Colorado’s economic engine

BY LAUREN Y. CASTEEL PRESIDENT AND CEO, THE WOMEN’S FOUNDATION OF COLORADO

E

ven as Colorado’s economy flourishes, too many women’s wages are wilting, especially women of color.

New research from the Institute for Women’s Policy Research (IWPR) funded by The Women’s Foundation of Colorado shows that a higher percentage of all Colorado women live in poverty than just three years ago, and while the gender pay gap is narrowing, we have a distance to go in closing it for all women.

The research found that: • Substantial pay disparities across racial and ethnic groups persist. Hispanic women earn just 53.5 cents for every dollar earned by white men (the highest earners) and black women earn 63.1 cents.

• While some women have experienced economic progress,

other women have fallen further behind. In 2004, 90.4 percent of all women lived above the poverty level. That number fell to 85.7 percent in 2016.

• The difference between women’s and men’s median annual earnings, $7,000, would pay for 1.9 years of community college tuition.

“Since 2004, Colorado’s grade for women’s poverty and opportunity has actually gotten worse, moving from a B to a Bdue to an increase in the percent of women in poverty, despite the increasing share of women with higher levels of education,” explained Julie Andersen, senior research associate with IWPR. “To improve the economic status of women in the state and the economy overall, addressing the low earnings and high rates of poverty faced by women of color will be critical.”

The findings from the report reinforce the essential work of

The Women’s Foundation of Colorado through our WAGES (Women Achieving Greater Economic Security) program. With 23 nonprofit organizations that make up our WAGES grantee

cohort, we create programs and policies that boost and maintain economic gains for women and their families. We work together in local communities and at our Capitol to remove the persistent

OCT. 10

2018 ANNUAL LUNCHEON

with sports icon and activist Billie Jean King Purchase tickets, tables, and sponsorships at wfco.org Cultivating community to advance and accelerate economic opportunities for Colorado women and their families.

barriers that have obstructed women’s economic advancement for generations, including access to careers with livable wages, job training and education, affordable high-quality child care, and pay equity.

“Women are the co- or sole breadwinners in 45 percent of Colorado households with children under 18,” said Louise Myrland, vice president of programs at The Women’s Foundation.

“When we implement policies and programs that optimize their economic growth, we strengthen our future workforce and the economic engine of our state.”

To support The Women’s Foundation of Colorado’s vision of a future where women of every background and identity thrive, attend our Annual Luncheon featuring sports icon and activist Billie Jean King on Oct. 10. More than 3,000 guests are expected. Purchase tickets, tables and sponsorships at wfco.org.

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Thank You Superintendent Harry Bull

In your 34 years of service to the Cherry Creek School District, you have impacted the lives of thousands of students, empowering them to pursue their dreams and achieve success. Thank you for your passion, dedication and leadership. We wish you the best in retirement.

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