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Miklin runs for re-election to Greenwood Village City Council

Touting her election in overdue major repair and 2015 by the largest vote redesign of Greenwood total ever recorded by a Gulch scheduled for 2018.

Greenwood Village City We created permit-only Council candidate, Disparking for residents who trict 1’s Freda Miklin has couldn’t park on their announced her run for own street.” re-election, saying she is Arapahoe County Comexcited about what she missioner Nancy Sharpe, has been able to do for the a former Greenwood residents during her first mayor, has endorsed Freda Miklin term.

Miklin.

“We’ve been able to se“She has been recogcure over $1 million in road im- nized by her fellow councilmemprovements that are already comContinued on page 3 pleted,” she said. “We got a long-

Littleton Ballet Academy co-founders/artistic directors Alison Jaramillo and Bobbi Jaramillo give pointers.

Arrest in cold-case murder prompted by witness account Suspect still lived in complex where prosecutor was killed Little information has been made public officially in the wake of an arrest last week of a 70-yearold suspect in the death nearly two decades ago of a prosecutor in the 18th Judicial District.

The arrest affidavit for Robert Williams has been sealed, Julie Brooks, public-information officer for the Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office, announced to the press on Aug. 30.

“There is no information on whether or not this suspect was a person of interest before and no information available on any connection with the victim, other than that he lived in the same apartment building,” Brooks wrote in response to emailed questions from The Villager.

The death of 41-year-old Deputy District Attorney Rebecca Bartee, whose body was found in her apartment on June 7, 1999, had been made to look like a suicide, according to an investigation by CBS4, which broke the story that effectively led to Williams’s arrest.

The scrutiny on Williams occurred after a former neighbor who had long ago lived with Williams at the Copper Terrace apartments in Centennial contacted the television station with a tip, which was then given to the sheriff’s office. The neighbor reportedly feared a cancer diagnosis and wanted to clear his conscience.

Williams, now held in the Arapahoe County jail on first-degree murder charges, had still lived in the complex on South Dayton Street where Bartee was killed.

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SCFD Board approves funding for regional organizations At their regular meeting on Aug. 24, the Board of Directors of the Scientific & Cultural Facilities District (SCFD) approved a resolution that provides funding to regional organizations at the Tier II level in the seven-county Denver Metro area.

Showcasing a diverse range of educational opportunities and programming, these 27 entities prepared extensive written reports and presented their accomplishments from the previous year to the SCFD board.

Each organization focused their presentations on how they utilized 2016 funds and their plans to use the funds they receive in 2017.

To qualify for the Tier II level, organizations must meet several requirements including exceeding an annual income threshold that was set at $1.6 million for 2016. The Tier II organizations that will receive distributions are:

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Tillemann plugs high-tech into 6th District contest Entrepreneurial Democrat is latest to challenge Coffman To hear Levi Tillemann tell it, his congressional candidacy is the perfect marriage of modest roots, public-policy experience and entrepreneurial knowhow.

“As someone who grew up in a working-class Latino community, but has spent his life studying the intersection of technology, markets and policy, I believe that I am uniquely positioned to understand the people of the 6th Congressional District,” the first-time candidate said.

Tillemann, 35, is the latest hopeful to enter the Democratic primary to challenge U.S. Rep. Mike Coffman, the five-term incumbent who has managed to hold onto his seat, despite a purpling of the redrawn onceRepublican district and two vigorously fought contests against experienced higher-profile Democrats.

“We’ve been going after Mike Coffman with a really standard playbook. I think we have to be more creative. We have to be more aggressive,” Tillemann said.

Like party favorite Jason Crow and David Aarestad, who launched their campaigns months ago, Tillemann has never held elected office. [A fourth novice, Gabriel McArthur, left the race in July to run for Colorado secretary of state.] But unlike his competition, Tillemann has already held an official appointment in Washington, D.C., spending two years as an advisor to the Energy Department under President Obama.

In that role, the candidate says he helped develop policy on such high-tech issues as autonomous vehicles and infrastructure. He was lead author on “Revolution Now: The Future Arrives for Four Clean Energy Technologies,” which prognosticated the future of wind, solar, LED lighting and electric vehicles.

“We have a lot of people from various backgrounds in Congress, but we don’t have very many technologists who have spent a lot of time thinking about the future of the economy and how it is going to affect the everyday lives of people,” he said.

Tillemann wrote 2015’s The Great Race: The Global Quest for the Car of the Future, published

by Simon and Schuster. He graduated with honors from Yale and earned a Ph.D. in international economics from Johns Hopkins University. He and his brothers took NASA’s Create the Future award after working with their late father on an ultra-high-efficiency engine.

Raised in a large Mormon family in northwest Denver’s Berkeley neighborhood, Tillemann says he sees similarities between his childhood quarters and the 6th District Aurora community he now calls home.

“I grew up with families who had the same concerns and the same challenges and the same hopes and aspirations as the people here in my community,” he said. “[Berkeley] has turned into a very hip kind of up and coming neighborhood, and a lot of the people who used to make their homes in neighborhoods like Berkeley are now in Aurora and Brighton.”

While the candidate does not

Levi Tillemann necessarily see gentrification as the enemy, he does view corporate consolidation, automation and online retail as contributors to the decline of the working class. Valence Strategic, his own high-tech business, has helped startups, corporations and even nations adjust to the 21st century economy, he says.

“I understand why and how these changes are happening and I can fight for the families of the 6th Congressional District in Washington,” he said.

Although the election of President Trump was what got Tillemann’s political wheels rolling, it was a conversation with his paternal grandmother, Nancy Dick, Colorado’s first woman lieutenant governor, that pushed him to run for Congress.

“My grandma was a single mother of three children,” he said. “Her husband was killed in a car accident when my father was 3 or 4 years old. She raised her kids by working the front desk at hotels and finding whatever work she could to make ends meet. The fact that someone with that kind of background could end up as a respected public servant was an inspiration.”

Politics runs on both sides of the family. His maternal grandfather, Tom Lantos, was the only Holocaust survivor to serve in Congress.

Like his Jewish mother who converted to Mormonism, Tillemann left the family’s firstgeneration faith when he found it no longer made sense to him doctrinally or fit his progressive worldview, particularly on gay rights.

Although Coffman has put some distance between himself and Trump on such issues as the recent ban on transgenders in the military, Tillemann thinks the incumbent is still too close to the president on many issues.

“We’ve done an analysis on Mike Coffman’s votes, and when Republicans need him he’s there.

When they don’t need him, he’s not there. That’s called political survival. It’s not called moral leadership,” Tillemann said.

Coffman campaign advisor Tyler Sandberg was quick to tie Tillemann to the goings-on in the Democratic Party establishment.

“While Nancy Pelosi told The Denver Post that the power brokers in D.C. prefer Levi’s Democratic primary opponent Jason Crow, the Bernie wing of the Democratic Party is unlikely to let the national party committees decide the nomination,” Sandberg wrote in an email to The Villager. “While both candidates have never lived in the district until they decided they wanted to run for Congress, it will be interesting to see how much influence Nancy Pelosi still has in the primary.”

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Milkin plans to work collaboratively with council members Continued from Page 1 bers and elected officials in other cities and the county as a leader who understands complex financial issues and works effectively with others to accomplish projects that will benefit Greenwood Village residents now and into the future. I strongly recommend Freda’s re-election,” Sharpe said in a statement.

A vocal member of the High Line Canal Working Group, Miklin said, “Steady progress toward long-term preservation and maintenance of our precious High Line Canal is ongoing.”

She agrees with many residents that traffic on arterial roads is the most challenging issue the city faces.

“My goal is to work collaboratively with my fellow City Council members, our staff and adjacent communities to make our roads work efficiently for our citizens,” Miklin said. “The recent special election made it clear that the majority of our residents oppose any development that might alter the unique small-town feel of Greenwood Village that we have long treasured.”

Miklin, a certified public accountant, gained much of her knowledge of municipal government in the executive positions she has held with city governments in Denver and Chicago.

“I know from experience that it is crucial that

we maintain our robust financial position by protecting and fortifying our tax base, but we must also recognize the importance of preserving the unique character of our Village,” she said. “It is our strong single-family neighborhoods and miles of trails and open space that make Greenwood Village a truly special place to live.”

Miklin has been a community volunteer for more than 20 years. Along with two stints on her neighborhood homeowners association board, she served on the executive board of her children’s public-school PTCO. Appointed to the Greenwood Village Board of Adjustments and Appeals in 1996, she was elected chair in 2001, a position she held until being term-limited in 2006.

In 2011, Miklin was selected chair of the Greenwood Village Redistricting Commission. In 2012, she was appointed by City Council to the Planning and Zoning Commission, where she served until her election to City Council in 2015.

Miklin and her husband of 31 years, cardiologist Dr. Jerry Miklin, are the parents of five children in their 20s, including two sets of twins.

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Deputy District Attorney Rebecca Bartee, right, was murdered in 1999. A neighbor suspected of killing her was arrested last week.

Courtesy of Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office Continued from Page 1 “As a result of the tip, new evidence led to the identification of a suspect in the case, which allowed investigators to get an arrest warrant based on probable cause,” a sheriff’s press announcement said.

According to the widely quoted CBS4 investigation,

In the face of controversial actions by President Trump, U.S. Rep. Mike Coffman, R-Aurora, used a legislative maneuver known as a “discharge petition” this week in an attempt to force a floor vote on his own bipartisan immigration bill.

Coffman had introduced the Bar Removal of Individuals Who Dream and Grow our Economy or the BRIDGE Act in January with U.S. Rep. Louis Gutierrez, D-Ill. The move on Aug. 5 came as President Trump announced he would suspend the Obama era’s Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals for immigrants brought illegally to the United States as children The BRIDGE Act would extend DACA for another three years to give Congress time to find a permanent solution for such young people who were under 16 upon arrival, have graduated from or are enrolled in high school, and can pass a criminal-background check An identical version of Coff-

man’s bill was introduced in January in the Senate.

“I’ve met many of these young people in Colorado who were brought to the United States as children and who grew up here, who went to school here and who often know of no other country,” Coffman said in a statement. “The DACA program has given them an opportunity to come out of the shadows, legally work, and pursue higher education.”

The discharge petition has typically been a tool for members of the minority party against the majority, but not usually by a member of the majority against the leadership of his own party.

“I see the discharge petition as a way to bring legislation to the floor should Republican leadership fail to allow a floor vote on a bill to protect these young people,” Coffman said.

In June 29, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton wrote a letter to U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions demanding that the Trump administration suspend DACA, saying he would otherwise file a lawsuit in a federal court to challenge its constitutionality.

“This is an opportunity for Congress to address the con-

liams had been convicted of voluntary manslaughter in Los Angeles in 1985 and sentenced to four years in prison, but was paroled after only two years. Shortly thereafter, he was arrested for “lewd or lascivious acts” with a child under 14. He was returned to prison for two more years.

A/D Works! hosting landlord forum Arapahoe/Douglas Works!, a partner of the American Job Center Network, is hosting a free landlord education forum. The forum will be held at 7 p.m. on Sept. 12 at the Arapahoe Douglas Workforce Center, Arapahoe Board Room, 6954 S. Lima St. in Centennial.

The forum will be focused on what landlords need to know, particularly in a competitive housing market.

Landlord resources, subsidized housing, rent subsidies, landlord and tenant rights, landlord roles and responsi-

Coffman initiates ‘discharge petition’ to force DACA vote Unusual move not typically used to force action by one’s own party

Bartee was found dead in her bathtub.

“The witness recalled Williams leaving Bartee’s apartment around the time of the murder and remembered Williams behavior as being strange and suspicious. He said Williams had sexually harassed Bartee,” the report said.

Court records show Wil-

stitutional problem associated with DACA and to protect these young people until a more permanent solution can be found,” Coffman said, Jason Crow, a candidate in the Democratic primary to unseat Coffman next year, issued a statement calling the Republican’s efforts “a breathtakingly-cynical reelection maneuver,” noting Coffman had voted against the DREAM Act and once called it a “nightmare.”

bilities and other topics will be discussed. Landlords are invited to register at fs8.formsite.com/adworks/form107/ index.html.

“More than 75 community providers and advocates met last year and identified the lack of housing as one of the largest barriers to employment,” said Arapahoe County Commissioner Nancy Jackson, who chairs the Opportunity Works taskforce. “Landlord education can help more people find housing and protect landlords.”

The Opportunity Works

Taskforce is a subcommittee of the Arapahoe/Douglas Workforce Development Board, which is dedicated to identifying and promoting workforce development strategies to positively influence the economic well-being of the region. Opportunity Works concentrates on working with low-income individuals with barriers, including attaining accessible and affordable housing.

For more information on Arapahoe/Douglas Works!, call 303-636-1260 or visit adworks.org.

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Tim Schultz retires from Boettcher Foundation The Colorado nonprofit world bid a fond farewell to Tim Schultz on Sept. 27 as Gov. John Hickenlooper issued a proclamation proclaiming that date as Tim Schultz Day, placing Tim in the annuls of famous Colorado leaders.

Schultz served as the Boettcher Foundation president for more than two decades, following his being Colorado secretary of agriculture. He is a native of Grand Junction and was a Meeker rancher and county commissioner before making his Denver debut as agriculture secretary. Food at his parties was all Colorado grown produce.

At least 300 invited guests showed up at the newly renovated McNichols Building in Civic Center Park to honor Tim, his wife Debbie and many family members.

It was a who’s who crowd of dignitaries, elected officials, foundation leaders, past and present, grant recipients from around the state and many Boettcher scholars who have received scholarships since the early 1950s.

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I hope the president figures out some way to accommodate the “dreamers” program of young immigrants who were brought here as children and have been raised and educated in the United States. It would be a great loss otherwise for these young adults who are as American as anyone in this country. President Trump is caught up in what the law says and what common sense might dictate to help these kids. *** Labor Day is a great occasion to say goodbye to summer and to enter the fall season that can be so wonderful here in Colorado. The aspen trees are turning gold as the weather

Russell George, the board chair of Boettcher and a Boettcher scholar himself, hailed Schultz for his outstanding contribution to the Boettcher organization, along with his history of 30 years in related Colorado public service.

Among Schultz’s long list of accomplishments was helping Larry Mizel lead the Colorado Rustlers to the Colorado State Fair 4-H Livestock Auction every year. Schultz engineered the bidding for the lambs, hogs and beef that provided thousands of dollars for college scholarships for Colorado farm kids.

His wife Debbie just retired this past year as the executive director of the Sue Anschutz Foundation. The duo is one of Colorado’s most distinguished and powerful couples.

Tim Schulz would make a top-flight Colorado governor sometime in the future. A shoo-in to be elected with his vast knowledge of the state and his nonprofit experience at the powerful Boettcher Foundation.

Ramblin’ around the corral with Bob Sweeney

cools in the mountains. Now is good time to get ready for winter and get the furnace filters changed, the car antifreeze checked, and to think about draining the sprinkler system before October freezes. Winter can be right around the corner.

We took a family weekend trip to Glenwood Springs a few years back on Labor Day weekend and it snowed 12 inches.

The Hotel Denver had to turn on their boiler to heat the hotel rooms and the pipes popped and crackled all night long as they fired up after the summer siesta. *** This week my ramblings took me on a tour with Aurora

Water to their mountain water storage areas. The two-day event included three Arapahoe County commissioners and a bevy of Aurora City Council members, future candidates and just a good group of 50 people interested in how water flows from the mountains to the prairies of Arapahoe County and the city of Aurora. This water is available for new developments served by the Aurora water department.

I will be writing on water in the next few weeks about what I learned on this excellent and very educational water tour.

Portions of Arapahoe County are served by Denver Water and portions by Aurora.

Both governmental agencies have done an outstanding job of bringing this precious commodity to the Front Range.

There will be water for the present and the future growth with the great planning and foresight of present and past leaders in Aurora, Arapahoe County and Denver.

How water reaches your home is an amazing feat of engineering. Water diversion from high-elevation storage lakes and mighty pumping stations lift the water more than 1,100 feet to these lakes for gravity flow to the Front Range.

Water is vital to the present and future of Colorado.

Churchill predicted today’s Muslim Brotherhood

Many of us can remember how Sir Winston Churchill in to some man as his absolute property, either as a child, a 1937 tried to warn world leaders not to trust Hitler’s words wife, or a concubine, must delay the final extinction of slavand promises, but to fear his actions. They didn’t listen and ery until the faith of Islam has ceased to be a great power Hitler’s land grabs and destructions brought about World among men.

War II.

BY MORT Individual Muslims may show splendid qualiREMARKS MARKS Churchill was, without doubt, one of the ties, but the influence of the religion paralyzes the greatest men of the late 19th and 20th centuries, social development of those who follow it. a brilliant journalist, an extraordinary politiChurchill concluded: cian and statesman, a great prime minister and No stronger retrograde force exists in the world. war leader to whom we in the Western world Far from being moribund, Mohammedanism is must be forever in his debt. a militant and proselytizing faith. It has already He was a prophet in his own time, and now spread throughout central Africa, raising fearless thanks to reader Emmett Duemke, I learn that warriors at every step, and were it not that Christieven as a young soldier and journalist more anity is sheltered in the strong arms of science, the than 100 years ago in 1899 Sir Winston Churchill science against which it had vainly struggled, the made a prediction about “Mohammedanism” that no one civilization of modern Europe might fall, as fell the civililistened to, but which is now proving to be true. zation of ancient Rome Emmett Duemke sent me the following speech delivered In 1928, 29 years after Churchill’s speech, the Muslim

by Churchill in 1899 and printed in the book The River War: Brotherhood, which was founded in Egypt and now has An Historical Account of the Reconquest of the Soudan. chapters in 88 countries, has always been proud of its misHere is Churchill’s 1899 speech: sion statement which says, “Allah is our objective. The How dreadful are the curses which Mohammedanism Quran is our constitution. The Prophet is our leader. Jihad lays on its votaries! Besides the fanatical frenzy, which is as is our way, and death for the sake of Allah is the highest of dangerous in a man as hydrophobia in a dog, there is this our aspirations. fearful fatalistic apathy. The effects are apparent in many Today, we must remember these words of Sir. Churchill: countries’ improvident habits, slovenly systems of agricul“Victory at all costs, victory in spite of all terror, victory ture, sluggish methods of commerce, and insecurity of prop- however long and hard the road may be, for without vicerty exist wherever the followers of the Prophet rule or live. tory, there is no survival.”

A degraded sensualism deprives this life of its grace And finally, when it came to our country, Churchill and refinement, the next of its dignity and sanctity. The pointed out, “You can always rely on America doing the fact that in Mohammedan law every woman must belong right thing, after it has exhausted every other option.”

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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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LEFT UNEDITED

Beneath the valley of ‘Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band’

BY PETER JONES

Oftentimes what is left on the cutting-room floor from a feature story can be just as interesting as what winds up in print. Those outtakes, if you will, were part of the reason I started this column, aptly titled “Left Unedited,” a home for journalistic bonus features.

Last week’s Villager included my interview with Jann Haworth, the award-winning pop artist who co-designed the cover to the Beatles’ Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band. While much of the story focused on one of the most recognizable albums in rock history, there was much more that could have been said about Haworth’s art and background.

Check out her exhibit, “Never the Less,” a retrospective, through Nov. 11 at Emmanuel Gallery on the Auraria Campus in Denver.

Much of Haworth’s use of Hollywood iconography came from her father, Ted, an Acad-

Kevin McCarthy tempts fate with 13-year-old Jann Haworth’s papier-mache project in Invasion of the Body Snatchers.

Invasion of the Beatles fan: Columnist Peter Jones meets pop artist Jann Haworth.

Photo by Laura Parker often hang around movie emy Award-winning art direcsets with her father, mingling tor, whose credits included with Tony Curtis and Marilyn Sayonara, Some Like it Hot, Monroe, both of whom she The Longest Day and Marty, personally selected for incluthe 1955 Best Picture that sion on the Pepper collage. proved actor Ernest Borgnine One day, when her father was was more than eye candy. (If stumped over how to depict you haven’t seen Marty, do so. the “pods” in 1956’s Invasion Highly recommended.) of the Body Snatchers, the As a child, Jann would

budding teen pop artist was drafted.

When Ted asked the 13-year-old butterfly collector if she knew anything about papier-mache, Jann did what any creative and attentionseeking adolescent would do.

“I lied and I said ‘yeah,’” Haworth confessed. “I knew it was newspaper and flour, water and glue. I didn’t know about the chicken wire. I thought you just clump it together.”

Haworth quickly threw her messy pile of newspapery goo into the oven with vague hopes that whatever came out would look like something that could birth a space alien.

“It went pulaw! And that’s what they used,” she said with a laugh.

No film credit was given.

And what about Invasion’s political overtones? It has been hypothesized that the tale of alien bodily takeover was either a veiled comment on—or a paranoid and selfserving endorsement of—the anti-communist “witch hunt” that at the time was snatching up some of Hollywood’s finest actors, directors and screenwriters onto blacklists.

“I think it’s an unanswered question,” Haworth said of the film’s social motivations.

“Walter Wanger was the producer and he was blacklisted.

He clearly would have had the brainpower to actually make that kind of statement. [The director] Don Siegel, I don’t

think had the brainpower. He was dumb as ditchwater.”

That did not stop Siegel from decades later taking credit for his film’s “brave” anti-McCarthyism allegory— the movie’s studio-imposed happy ending and its portrayal of Hoover’s FBI as heroes notwithstanding.

“I think he was taking credit, just like Paul McCartney’s taking credit for the Sgt. Pepper cover retroactively,” Haworth said with some justifiable snarkiness.

When it came down to it, the pop artist who actually did co-create the Pepper cover with then-husband Peter Blake was never much of a Beatles fan anyway. She prefers the Who, having created costumes for stage productions of that band’s 1969 rock opera Tommy.

“The Beatles are beautiful, but the Who has this edge and I like music with an edge in it,” Haworth said. “The imperfection of it is almost more astonishing. The Beatles’ music is closed. Every piece is finished. There’s no re-entry.”

The artist is even skeptical of Sgt. Pepper, the muchhailed 1967 Beatles album that helped redefine rock music— and rock music album covers—as art.

“It’s middle-class storytelling,” she said.

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Water is the life blood of Colorado Recently, Villager publisher, Bob Sweeney and I were invited by Aurora Water to tour some of the city’s proposed new water storage reservoir sites—the Wild House and Box Creek reservoir in southwestern part of the state.

Currently, Aurora has A

There is an old Colorado saying that adequately defines the true gold of Colorado. It has withstood the test of time: “Whiskey is for drinking water is for fighting.”

These words are as relevant today as they were in the 1800s to the miners, cattlemen and the whiskey distillers. As a headwaters state, Colorado needs to capture mountain runoff water to sustain future water needs.

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Hit the liquid. It’s Yappy Hour at Holly Pool on Sept. 9.

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Dogs take to the water for Yappy Hour They’ll be lots of doggone fun at this year’s new Yappy Hour at Holly Pool, 6651 S. Kramaria Way. Formerly Puppy Paddle, dogs rule the pool at the popular end-of-season swim for canines on Saturday Sept. 9, 3-7 p.m.

While your furry friend enjoys swimming after a tennis ball or doggie paddling across the pool, adults can participate in their own Yappy Hour with the

purchase of beer and kids can enjoy a few games and activities. Nonalcoholic beverages and light snacks are also included for humans.

Cost is $8. Additional dog $2. Register now or call 303-347-5999. Walk-in registration, based upon available space. A new leash will be given to the first 100 registered pooches.

The Nacho Men will perform tasty rock and roll Sept. 9 at the Centennial Car Show.

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Centennial Car Show and Senior Resource Fair this Saturday Nacho Men will offer tasty live music

Centennial’s second annual Car Show is Saturday,

LIMITED ENGAGEMENT! September 23 – January 28

Sept. 9, 3-7 p.m. at Centennial Center Park.

Enjoy a collection of classic and exotic cars with live music by the Nacho Men, playing hits from the 50s, 60s, 70s and beyond. There will also be a variety of booths and a Senior Resource Fair hosted by the Centennial Senior Commission.

CarFit, an educational program for older adults, will provide free safety adjustment consultation. The control and seat adjustment review takes 20 minutes. Food trucks will be on site.

The Nacho Men will play 5:30-7 p.m. Bring your lawn chairs.

For those with limited mobility, there will be handicap parking and a drop-off area.

An accessible vehicle will be available for pick-up, 2:30-7:30 p.m., from the north lot of the Southfield Towers, just west of the park.

Center Park is located at 13050 E. Peakview Ave. Southfield Towers is at 12835 E. Arapahoe Road.

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The guidelines are designed to assess how well an entity’s budget serves as a policy document, a financial plan, an operations guide and a communications device.

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Dragon. The young immigrant made an immediate impression on the proprietor, who quickly saw Wang as his heir apparent.

“The owner found out I did have this capability to do it, to make the Twin Dragon a little more successful,” she recalled. “That’s when he asked me to buy it. I said, ‘Are you kidding me? I don’t have a penny or a dime.’”

The owner believed in young Shiou so much that he personally backed her bank loan to make it happen.

Before long, the soonmarried Mrs. Jefferson had moved the restaurant across the street to Shiou Yun Wang, owner of Englewood’s Twin Dragon, right, welcomes Jerry a new location, 3021 S. Chang, Taiwanese director general, to her 40th anniversary party last week.

Broadway, eventually Wang, an immigrant whose family fled China and North Korea, bought the buying and expanding restaurant in 1977 with virtually nothing to her name after the previous owner the dragon-adorned offered to back her loan. building.

At the time, Wang says there were little more than five Chinese restaurants in the metro area. Today, just this stretch of Broadway has four of them, not to mention the Japanese and Vietnamese eateries that have populated it in the decades since.

Wang attributes her own success to several factors.

“Working hard, quality, service, everything put together,” she said, noting her only child, Joe, paid his dues on the kitchen and wait staff.

“I think he got his people skills from the restaurant,” the mother said of the attorney, mayor and now candidate for municipal judge.

“During the outbreak of the Korean War, my As the 40th anniversary party also marked the family needed to flee south of the 38th parallel and matriarch’s 69th birthday with a cake far richer my grandfather and my family left everything behind, including their family farm,” Jefferson said. than a fortune cookie, Wang said she has no immediate plans to retire.

“My mother was an infant and had to be carried “I love this business. I love the people,” she in the middle of the night.” said.

Years later, after earning degrees in Taiwan and Japan, Wang came to the United States to continue her studies and landed a part-time job, BELOW: Brian Hayashi shares a laugh with Web. working nights and weekends, at a new, small com’s Cindy Novak and Frame de Art’s Brian Hart Chinese restaurant in Englewood called the Twin at the 40th anniversary party.

Opportunity knocks at the door only once From immigrant to institution, 40-year-old Twin Dragon finds ‘fortune’

Times have changed on the local restaurant scene since a 29-year-old Shiou Yun Wang took over the budding Twin Dragon in 1977.

“My mother, I believe, was the first person with crab-cheese wontons in the state of Colorado,” her son Joe Jefferson told a room of invited guests on Aug. 29. “In the early ‘80s, Chinese food was as exotic as it got in the Denver metro area. …

My mom used to have a line out the door in the ‘80s because there was no such thing as sushi or Thai food.”

Flash forward 40 years: Last week marked the ruby anniversary of an Englewood institution and a destination restaurant that has entertained rock stars—both literally and figuratively.

“You’re a rock star,” Randy Penn told the longtime restaurateur. “I hate to say it, but as someone who doesn’t eat chicken, she handles me really well.”

Penn, a former mayor and the director of the Greater Englewood Chamber of Commerce, was among the local civic and business leaders who attended last week’s anniversary party, along with Jerry Chang, Denver’s Taiwanese director general.

Jefferson, Englewood’s current mayor, describes his immigrant mother’s story as “the American dream on South Broadway.”

Wang was born in present-day North Korea.

Her father had fled communist China during World War II before political turmoil sent the family packing up everything and bolting again less than a decade later.

My mom used to have a line out the door in the ‘80s because there was no such thing as sushi or Thai food[in Denver].

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Do you like dogs, hiking and craft beer? If so, you’ll love the Dumb Friends League Wag `n Trail, a quintessentially Colorado event that combines all three to benefit homeless pets at its Buddy Center location in Castle Rock.

The dog-friendly hike takes place Saturday, Sept.

16, from 8 a.m. to noon at Glendale Farm Open Space (located near I- 25 and Surrey Ridge) in Douglas County. Hikers can enjoy the 1.6-mile hike with their pups and a beer garden sponsored

by Living the Dream Brewing Co., dozens of vendors, food trucks, music, adoptable dogs and access to a five-acre, off- leash dog park before or after the festivities.

“This event is a great way for people to enjoy a beautiful hike with their dogs while helping homeless pets,” said Matt Levien, Buddy Center director. “It’s one of our favorite events of the year, not only because it

supports the Buddy Center and the services we provide to the pets and people of Douglas County, it’s a fun opportunity to bring Coloradans together for a great cause.”

Adult registration is $50 and includes a downloadable event photo of you and your dog, a photo frame, a bag of Hill’s Science Diet treats, craft beer or root beer and ice cream for both you and your dog. Children 12 years old and younger can participate for free with a paid adult registration. Hikers can sign up as an individual or start a team with friends, family or co-workers.

All participants are encouraged to help even more pets in need by collecting donations and earning exclusive fundraising incentives, including a Wag ‘n Trail event T-shirt and dog bandana for anyone who raises $75, among other great incentives.

Already have plans on Sept. 16? Or do you want to hike a different trail, but still raise money for homeless pets? Register to be a “Virtual Hiker”! You can dedicate a hike of your choice to home-

less pets any time between June 29 and October 17. Virtual Hiker registration is $25 and includes a Wag `n Trail dog bandana. Participants can enter the virtual hiker photo contest by submitting a picture from their hike to win a doggie gift basket and a $100 gift card from PetSmart. Virtual hikers are also eligible to earn fundraising incentives.

Proceeds from Wag `n Trail help the Dumb Friends League provide shelter, medical care, behavior training, foster care and other services to homeless pets at the Buddy Center. The Buddy Center is the only animal shelter serving Douglas County and plays a vital role in reuniting owners with lost pets and finding loving homes for thousands of cats, dogs and small pets each year.

The 2017 Wag `n Trail is sponsored by Hill’s Pet Nutrition, HomeAgain, Frontline Plus and Heartgard Plus. For more information on how to register, start a team, collect donations or earn fundraising incentives, visit wagntrail.org or call (303) 751-5772.

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LPS reeling from backto-back suicides Littleton Public Schools Superintendent Bran Ewert has encouraged sympathy and unity in the wake of two suicides last week by district students.

“Our hearts are heavy as we continue to support all of our students and their families,” Ewert wrote in an Aug. 31 letter to parents.

“It is human nature to feel frustration, anger and fear and to look for rationale when people in our community are in crisis. Sometimes simple answers cannot be found. This is when it is most important for us to continue to partner with one another as parents, community and schools to find ways to better address the needs of our families.”

The first suicide by an Arapahoe High School junior occurred Aug. 29. The next day, a Powell Middle School eighth-grader shot himself at Mark Twain Elementary. Both had just

posted disturbing messages on social media.

A vigil was held Aug. 31 at Arapaho Park in Centennial.

Officials have not released the juveniles’ names.

Counselors were made available to students, district officials said.

“As you know, Littleton Public Schools has numerous programs, interventions and highly trained mental health professionals in place to address the needs of our students and staff, and we are always looking for ways to improve,” Ewert wrote in his letter. “We have many resources on the district’s website that might be helpful to you as you discuss these sensitive issues with your children in age-appropriate ways.”

Teen suicide in Colorado has increased during the last two years. Fifty people ages 10-18 died by suicide in 2014. The number jumped to 72 in 2015 and peaked at 68 last year, according to data from the state health department.

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Breed beats Kupcho by two, wins $50,000 at Women’s Open

Liz Breed of Waynesboro, Pa. held off the hard-charging and world No. 3-ranked amateur Jennifer Kupcho to win by two strokes and the $50,000 first prize at the CoBank Colorado Women’s Open at Green Valley Ranch Golf Club.

Paired together in the final group with Andrea Wong of San Francisco as the third, Breed and Kupcho wasted no time getting the shootout started with both players birdieing two of their first three.

But Kupcho’s subsequent bogey on the par-four 4th and only one more birdie on the day kept Breed at least a stroke ahead the rest of the round.

In a tie for third place, one stroke back of Kupcho at six-under 210 total, were second round leader Wong and Alexandra Kaui of Las Vegas.

In the amateur competition Kupcho (-7, 209) won by 11 strokes over 2016 low amateur champion Jessica Dreesbeimdieke of Juno Beach, Fla. (+4, 220), who plays for the University of Denver, and Ellen Secor of Phoenix (who plays for Colorado State).

In the pro-am division, Team Beck/Greenblatt set a scoring record 27-under 189 to win by four strokes over Team Fears/Kris.

Karlin Beck won $2,800 as the proam professional, and today’s win marks Greenblatt’s second proam victory (2012, 2017).

Final results

1 Liz Breed, Waynesboro, Pa., 67-67-73—207 -9 $50,000 2 Jennifer Kupcho*, Westminster, 69-67-73—209 -7 T3 Alexandra Kaui, Las Vegas, 69-70-71—210 -6 $9,342.50 T3 Andrea Wong, San Francisco, 66-68-76—210 -6 $9,342.50 5 Gabrielle Shipley, Hastings, Mich., 67-71-73—211 -5 $5,100 T6 Lauren Coughlin, Charlottesville, Va., 72-71-69—212

-4 $4,066.67 T6 Karlin Beck, Montgomery, Ala., 71-70-71—212 -4 $4,066.67 T6 Jessica Vasilic, Gothenberg, Sweden, 72-71-69—212 -4 $4,066.67 T9 Casey Danielson, Osceola, Wisc., 73-68-72—213 -3 $3,300 T9 Elise Bradley, Mandeville, La., 70-73-70—213 -3 $3,300 11 Kelly Grassel, Chesterton, Ind., 76-72-66—214 -2 $3,000 T12 Sirene Blair, South Jordan, Utah, 70-75-70—215 -1 $2,500 T12 Samantha Postillion, Burr Ridge, Ill., 74-73-68—215 -1 $2,500 T12 Sarah Hoffman, Saline, Mich., 74-71-70—215 -1 $2,500 T12 Lacey Fears, Bonaire, Ga., 69-71-75--215 -1 $2,500 T16 Ashli Bunch, Morristown, Tenn., 75-70-71—216 E $1,900 T16 Wendy Doolan, Lakeland, Fla, 68-73-75—216 E $1,900 T16 Kaitlin Park, Tustin, Calif., 73-68-75—216 E $1,900 19 Lisbeth Brooks, Waunakee, Wisc., 73-75-69—217 +1 $1,700 T20 Alexandra Braga, Englewood, 71-75-72—218 +2 $1,500 T20 Laura Restrepo, Panama City, 72-75-71—218 +2 $1,500 T20 Emily Flanigan Motta, Davenport, Fla., 76-72-70--218 +2 $1,500 T23 Yupaporn Kawinpakorn, Samutprakarn, Thailand, 7274-73—219 +3 $1,212.50 T23 Linnea Johansson, Bastad, Sweden, 74-72-73—219 +3 $1,212.50 T23 Ellie Givens, Darlington, U.K., 76-73-70—219 +3 $1,212.50 T23 Natalie Vivaldi, Oceanside, Calif., 76-68-75—219 +3 $1,212.50 T27 Juli Erekson, Eagle Mountain, Utah, 71-73-76—220 +4 $870.83 T27 Ellen Secor*, Phoenix, 74-73-73--220 +4 T27 Brogan Townend, England, 71-74-75—220 +4 $870.83 T27 Amira Alexander, Alpharetta, Ga., 70-77-73—220 +4 $870.83 T27 Kayla Sciupider, Etowah, N.C., 72-75-73—220 +4 $870.83 T27 Angela Buzminski, Ontario, Canada, 70-72-78—220 +4 $870.83 T27 Jessica Dreesbeimdieke*, Juno Beach, Fla., 72-7276—220 +4

T27 Tracy Stanford, Austin, Texas, 70-71-79—220 +4 $870.83 T35 Jenny Lee, Los Angeles, 72-75-74—221 +5 $700 T35 Mary Weinstein*, Highlands Ranch, 76-73-72—221 +5 T37 Moira Dunn-Bohls, Tulsa, Okla., 75-72-75—222 +6 $675 T37 Jaylee Tait*, Littleton, 75-74-73—222 +6 T39 Kirsty Hodgkins*, Brisbane, Australia, 72-73-78—223 +7 T39 Joy Trotter, Chino Hills, Calif., 74-73-76—223 +7 $650 T41 Ashley Tait, Littleton, 74-73-77--224 +8 $587.50 T41 Panitta Yusabai, Pattaya, Thailand, 76-71-77—224 +8 $587.50 T41 Kelsey Kipp, Tyler, Texas, 76-72-76--224 +8 $587.50 T41 Erin Houtsma*, Denver, 73-76-75—224 +8 T41 Rica Tse, Auckland, New Zealand, 71-78-75—224 +8 $587.50 46 Brenna Lervick, Chanhassen, Minn., 71-78-80—229 +13 $525 47 Jessica Sloot*, Fruit Heights, Utah, 74-73-85—232 +16

Pro-Am competition

1 Karlin Beck Montgomery, Ala., Molly Greenblatt* Denver, 65-61-63—189 -27 $2,800 2 Lacey Fears Bonaire, Ga., Steve Kris* Cherry Hills, 64-6366—193 -23 $1,900 3 Casey Danielson Osceola, Wisc., Jim Bender* Denver, 6561-68—194 -22 $1,200 4 Ashli Bunch Morristown, Tenn., Dick Myers* Greenwood Village, 68-63-64—195 -21 $900 T5 Kaitlin Park Tustin, Calif., Dave Simon* Cherry Hills Village, 65-63-68—196 -20 $750 T5 Lauren Coughlin Charlottesville, Va., Ed Mate* Denver, 62-69-65—196 -20 $750 T7 Kristin Walla Aspen, Kyle Craig* Denver, 67-62-68—197 -19 $550 T7 Angela Buzminski Ontario, Canada, Jason Blanchard* Littleton, 65-65-67—197 -19 $550 T9 Moira Dunn-Bohls Tulsa, Okla., Margie Kerr* Phoenix, 68-65-67—200 -16 $358.33 T9 Anna DePalma San Clemente, Calif., Jack Cummings* Arvada, 66-66-68—200 -16 $358.33 T9 Elena Robles Redondo Beach, Calif., Jay Small* Aurora, 70-63-67—200 -16 $358.33 T12 Juli Erekson Eagle Mountain, Utah Daniel Williams* Denver, 64-67-70—201 -15 $262.50 T12 Wendy Doolan Lakeland, Fla., Travis Rhuby* Aurora, 6466-71—201 -15 $262.50 *denotes amateur

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Don’t strive for perfection It isn’t possible to maintain a patient attitude and get everything done perfectly each and every day.

People are not perfect and mistakes will be made. Do not punish yourself if you lash out or simply need a break

Eat healthy

As anyone who has dealt with a hungry toddler can attest, failure to eat well and frequently can result in an emotional meltdown. Be sure to always make time for nutritious meals. This will help keep up energy stores and enable you to better cope with caregiver stress.

Pay attention to mood changes

Anxiety or depression can sneak up on you when you least expect it. Ask for help if you feel your tasks are becoming too overwhelming. Seek the help of a doctor if changes in mood, sleeping patterns, appetite, and the like become noticeable.

Take frequent breaks

Getting a break from caregiving and setting aside time for yourself can increase patience levels and the ability to bounce back from stress. Whenever possible, have a friend or another relative step in for you so you get a break.

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Dear Desperate, If, however, the police or Depending on where your sheriff’s department in your dad lives, there are check-in dad’s community doesn’t call services, volunteer visitprovide a daily check-in call ing programs and a variety of program, there are a number technology options you can of companies you can turn to turn to that can help you keep that offer similar services ditabs on him. Here are several rectly to consumers for under to check into. $15 per month. Some to check into include the CARE senior calling program (Call-ReasDaily check-in calls surance.com), CareCheckers To make sure your dad is (CareCheckers.com) and OK every day, consider signing him up with a daily check- IAmFine (Iamfine.com). in call-service program.

Volunteer visiting programs These are telephone reassurance programs run by police Another option you may or sheriff’s departments in also want to investigate is hundreds of counties across volunteer visiting programs, the country and are usually which are usually run by provided free of charge. churches, community groups Here’s how they work. A or social-service agencies. computer-automated phone These programs provide system would call your dad at volunteers who will visit an a designated time each day to older adult in their home check in. If he answers, the usually for an hour or two system would assume everyonce a week, providing comthing is OK. But if he didn’t panionship as well as the pick up or if the call goes to reassurance that someone is voicemail after repeated tries, checking in on a regular bayou (or whoever his designee sis. They can also alert you if is) would get a notification they notice your dad’s health call. If you are not reachable, or living conditions start to calls are then made to backup decline.

To find out if these services people who’ve also agreed to

SAVVYSENIOR

Individuals are born into the world requiring the care of their parents and other adult guardians to grow and thrive. These adult children, in turn, may end up providing care when their parents reach senior age or face an illness or disability.

Becoming a family caregiver frequently is a tough choice to make. It requires patience and time, and can be emotionally and physically taxing. An estimated 43.5 million adults in the United States have provided unpaid care to an adult or a child in the prior 12 months, according to the National Alliance for Caregiving and AARP Public Policy Institute.

It’s not uncommon for caregivers of any age to feel stressed and burned out by the demands of caregiving.

The Mayo Clinic says people who experience caregiver stress can be vulnerable to changes in their own health.

Some signs of caregiver stress include: • Feeling overwhelmed or constantly worried • Feeling tired most of the time • Gaining or losing a lot of weight • Becoming easily irritated or angry • Losing interest in activities you used to enjoy • Having frequent headaches, bodily pain or other physical problems Some caregivers even resort to drugs and alcohol to self-medicate, which can lead to further issues. To avoid the potential pitfalls of caregiver stress, individuals should always put their needs first and find ways to alleviate the added stress of caring for a loved one. These suggestions are just a start.

Check-in services can help seniors stay put

are available, check with local churches or the area agency on aging near your dad. Call the Eldercare Locator at 800677-1116 for contact information.

Technology solutions

Technology also offers a number of ways to help keep your dad safe at home and help you keep an eye on him from afar. For example, for safety and peace of mind, there are medical alert systems, which provide a wearable “help button” that would allow him to call for help anytime he needed it. Some of these systems (like Bay Alarm Medical, BayAlarmMedical. com) also offer wall-mounted buttons that can be placed near the floor in high fall-risk areas like the bathroom or kitchen, if he didn’t wear a help button.

And to help you keep daily tabs on your dad, there are wireless sensor-monitoring systems (like Silver Mother, Sen.se/silvermother) you could put in his home that will notify you if something out of the ordinary is happening, and video-monitoring cameras (like the Nest Cam, Nest.comv/camera) that have built-in motion and sound detection that will let you know when something is detected, and two-way audio that will let you talk and listen to him.

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.”

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To discover these things, we need to develop healthy relationships with those who perhaps appear different from us. Let’s make an intentional effort to break bread together, host people in our homes, worship together, discover, be curious, caring and kind.

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Signs of atrial fibrillation – and how to treat it

Palpitations of the heart or uncomfortable sensations in the chest can be distressing.

Thoughts of heart attack may come to mind, and that anxiety can only exacerbate the situation. While heart attack might be the first thing people think of when experiencing chest discomfort, atrial fibrillation may be to blame for such feelings.

Atrial fibrillation, also called AFib, is a quivering or irregular heartbeat that may lead to heart-related complications. The American Heart Association says that at least 2.7 million Americans are living with AFib. Although treatable, without proper diagnosis, AFib may lead to blood clots, stroke and even heart failure.

Many people with AFib experience no symptoms at all and are unaware they have it until it is discovered during a physical examination.

For those who experience symptoms, The Mayo Clinic lists these as some of the more common: Palpitations, which can be sensations of a flip-flopping in the chest or even a racing feeling.

• Fatigue • Reduced ability to exercise • Lightheadedness • Chest pain or shortness of breath • Dizziness and weakness When the heart is working normally, it contracts and relaxes in a beat. When a person has AFib, the upper chambers of the heart, called

the atria, beat irregularly. They quiver and do not move the blood into the ventricles in an effective manner. This irregularity can cause pooling or clotting of blood. Should a clot break off and enter the bloodstream, particularly in an artery leading to the brain, stroke may occur.

A proper diagnosis from a physician is needed before treatment can begin. An examination may include an EKG or ECG, which will show the heart’s electrical activity as line tracings on paper. The spikes and dips in the tracings are called waves. An EKG will determine if the heart is pumping correctly.

AFib is more common among people with clogged arteries or diabetes and may develop following valve surgery. AFib also is more common in people with coronary heart disease. As a person ages, his or her risk for AFib increases. Stress also can be a major factor in triggering AFib, according to StopAfib.org.

Once AFib is diagnosed, managing risk factors and restoring a heart to normal rhythm becomes the priority. Doctors use a variety of medications to control heart rate, which may include beta blockers and calcium channel blockers. Medications to prevent stroke also may be prescribed. Surgical intervention may be necessary if medications aren’t working.

Atrial fibrillation is a serious condition that requires treatment. Episodes can be managed and treated to help people live healthier lives.

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Visiting loved ones in assisted living-facilities For many seniors, a day arrives in their lives when it is no longer safe or practical to live at home alone. Assisted living facilities can help seniors adjust to their new situations. Such facilities typically offer comfortable surroundings, caring staff and all the amenities of home.

Although fellow residents can provide companionship and friendships can develop over the course of time, assisted living facility residents also enjoy regular visits from family and friends. Such visits keep seniors connected with their loved ones and break up routines that, over time, may become monotonous.

Some people may feel anxious or awkward visiting assisted living facilities because it may shed light on the frailties or specialized needs of loved ones. This may be especially true if a loved one has a physical, neurological or mental illness. Rather than avoiding visits, individuals can follow these guidelines.

Time visits right

Many residents have the most energy in the morning or early afternoon right after meals. Call ahead to find out if there are any medical appointments or outings planned. Visiting during meals or activities can be fun because you’ll be engaged and will have something to keep both of you busy.

Limit distractions

Find a quiet and comfortable place at the facility where you can spend time with your loved one. This way you can focus most of your attention on the person you are visiting, and he or she can do the same.

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A sitting room or an outdoor area can be a nice place to spend time away from television or other people’s conversations.

Plan an excursion

Brookdale offers a continuum of care for seniors and their families, such as:

If you are able to take the resident off of the property, arrange to take them somewhere that would interest them. Do not plan too much, because you want the excursion to be fun, not taxing.

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Bring along items

• Rehabilitation & Skilled Nursing

Gifts are not necessary, but photos, books, puzzles, or even keepsakes from home can serve as catalysts for wonderful conversations.

Help the conversation along

If a loved one has dementia, visits can be especially challenging. However, simply being present can be comforting for the person even if conversation is stilted.

Be patient and positive. Find topics that stimulate responses, and fill in if things get quiet.

Visiting someone in an assisted living facility can buoy residents’ spirits and make for an enjoyable afternoon.

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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

Longs Peak Scottish-Irish Highland Festival in Estes Park

Sept. 7-10. Tattoo Estes on Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights at 7:30 p.m. Musical acts nightly. Sept. 9, festival parade at 9:30 a.m. Tickets: 1-800-90-ESTES or at King Soopers or Walgreens.

Tesoro Cultural Center’s 20 Summer Weekends

Sept. 8-10, Flamenco with featured artists Catherine Robles Shaw, Roxanne Shaw Galindo and Jimmy Trujillo. Fri.-Sun. 11 a.m.-3 p.m. The Fort, 19192 Hwy. 8, Morrison

Denver Art Museum Friendship Powwow

Sept. 9, 10:30 p.m-4 p.m. Work alongside Native American artists to design your own skateboard deck and poster. Visit Native art collection on levels 2 and 3 of the North Bldg. Create beaded works. Free admission. On 13th Ave. between Broadway and Bannock.

Denver Public Art Summer Tours

Summer 2017, Sept. 10, 3 p.m. and Downtown Denver Public Art Bike Tour, 10 a.m. Info: 720865-5562.

Arapahoe Philharmonic’s T. Gordon Parks Concerto Competition

Sept. 10, Competition for orchestral string (violin, via, cello, bass) and harp players 18-25 years old.

Winner will be featured soloist in performance with the Arapahoe Philharmonic on Feb. 10. Cash awards to top three finalists. Application deadline Sept.

23 at arapaholephil.org/competitions/concerto -competition.

Tesoro’s 16th Annual 1830s Rendezvous

Ballet Ariel’s Season Opens

Sept. 16-17, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. The Fort in Morrison. $5. Children 12 and under, free. Tours of the Fort, Traders and Mountain Men demonstrate their crafts and skills, music and dancing, food, and much more.

Oct. 13, 7 p.m. Rikki-Tikki-Tavi, based on the beloved classic Jungle Book at Lone Tree Art Center.

Tickets: 720-509-1000.

CHARITIES

Cancer League of Colorado ‘Go Over the Edge’

Extreme Weather 3D sneak preview

Sept. 7-9. Rappel down a Denver skyscraper.

Participants must raise a minimum of $1,000. Info: ote@hackstafflaw.com or 303-534-4317.

Sept. 22, 6–9:30 p.m., With a changing climate comes changing weather that can be deadly and unpredictable. This fun and educational evening will include a sneak preview of Extreme Weather 3D on the giant screen. Includes a panel of experts discussing all things weather. Cost is $20, CU South Denver, 10035 S. Peoria St. Lone Tree. Information at southdenver.cu.edu/events/event/steam-poweredextreme-weather.

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EVENTS

Sept. 24, Meet and Greet. 5 p.m. at Bethany Lutheran Church. Concert dates: Oct. 27-29; Dec. 16 and 17; March 18; May 18 and 20. Major productions: Handel’s Messiah and Bach’s Mass in B minor. Tickets: coloradobach.org or at the door.

‘This is Colorado’ Art Show

Oct. 7, 5:30 p.m. Hyatt Regency DTC. Performances by Wash Park Funk Band. Black-tie optional.

Tickets: 303-328-2347.

Erinbird@botanicgardens.org or call 720-865-3552.

Free Cherry Arts Festival at Stanley Marketplace

The Western: Major survey of Western art

Sept. 8, 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Colorado Cancer Research Program by Andre van Hall, the Curiosity Instigator. Colorado Automobile Dealers Assn. building, 290 E. Speer Blvd. Denver. Cost $10. Register by Sept. 5 at lswitzer@co-cancerresearch.org

Sept. 10 and Oct. 1, 4:30 p.m. Galleria at DenSept. 15-Oct. 29. Friday and Saturday, 10 Household hazardous-material ver Performing Arts Complex. Bring a lawn chair. No a.m.-6 p.m. Fees. Free for children 2 and younger. drop-off

Sept. 15, 4-7 p.m., Sept. 16, 10-7 p.m. and Sept. 17, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Art Brunch ticketed event Sept. 17 from 10 a.m.-noon. Live music and culinary brunch. Create take-home art activities. Tickets for brunch at 2017artbrunch.eventbrite.com. Free events include juried art show with 100 exhibiting artists in 13 categories.

Arapahoe Philharmonic presents ‘Destiny Fulfilled’

Sept. 16, pre-concert talk at 6:45 p.m., Concert at 7:30 p.m. Johannes Brahms’s Symphony No. 1 and Richard Strauss’s Four Last Songs, Featuring local soprano Lauren Sawyer. Tickets: 303-781-1892. The concert has been moved to Aspen Academy.

Arapahoe Philharmonic 2017-2018 season: ‘Dramatic Convergences’

Sept. 16. Six-concert subscription series, Sept.May. Visit arapahoephil.org/events/buy-tickets.

Through Sept. 10, Denver Art Museum debuts its first major exhibition on visual legacy of “The Western” through fine art, film and popular culture.

160 paintings, photography, prose and film from mid-1800s to present. Call 720-865-5000.

‘Design and Build’ at MOA Indoor Galleries

Through Sept. 22, Sculptured buildings of Charles Deaton MOA indoor galleries, 1000 Englewood Pkwy., 2nd floor, Englewood. Info. 303-8060444.

Floral and Fowl: The Artwork of Michael Warren and Darryl Trott

Through Sept. 30. Old South Frame and Gallery, 1588 S. Pearl St., Denver. Original paintings from private collection. Info: 303-715-3828.

Earthen Vessel Dinner

Oct. 12, Photographer John Fielder will

Sept. 9 and 16, 8 a.m.-2 p.m. Open to residents of Englewood, Littleton, Sheridan and Columbine Valley. Proof of residency required. Englewood Service Center, 2800 S. Platte River Drive. Drop off common chemicals and electronics for small co-pay.

Historic Downtown Littleton Scavenger Hunt

Sept. 9, 11 p.m-3 p.m. Cash prizes include $400, $200, and four $100 winners. Look for historic artifacts and photos with clues throughout the historic district. Hunt begins and ends at Town Hall Arts Center. Purchase a $4 clue list any time after 11 p.m.

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Sept. 16, Barn Party, 6:30-10 p.m., Rady Barn.

RSVP: BarnParty.Gesture.com Sept. 17, 9:30 a.m.1 p.m. Trail walk. RSVP at TrailWalk.Gesture.com Interactive educational stations along a half-mile trail (near intersection of Quincy and Lafayette). Trail walk ends at barn for a country fair with pony rides, a pumpkin patch, petting zoo, paddle boats, raptors and more. Lunch served by Mountain Crust Pizza included in $25 price per family.

Vin Wine Festival

Sept. 17, featuring 100+ wines, artisan vendors, food trucks, local artists and live music,1 to 5 p.m. With dazzling views of the Front Range– sip, savor and swirl a variety of wines for every palette.

Stop by the Bubbles room for a fun atmosphere, champagne and dessert. Food trucks and artisan vendors and local artists and music. Tickets should be purchased in advance at Flyinghorsesteakhouse.com or Eventbrite/Vin.

Arapahoe County CSU Extension hosts free renewable-energy workshop

Sept. 20, 7-8:30 p.m. Bemis Library, 6014 S. Datura St., Littleton. RSVP: 303-738-7907.

Colorado Christian Business Alliance Conference

Sept. 9, Community volunteers will work on homes of Englewood residents. Info: info@beatool. org or call 720-373-9605.

Santa Claus Shop Charity Golf Tournament

Cancer League of Colorado Fall Membership Luncheon

Englewood Day of Service

Sept. 11, 9 a.m. shotgun start. Pinehurst Country Club. Benefit 15,000 local children in need.

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Sept. 28, 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Cherry Hills Country Club. Guest speaker Dr. Scott Cramer, chair of CLC’s Scientific Advisory Board. Members are to bring

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Calder: Monumental at Denver Botanic Gardens

Through Sept. 24, Alexander Calder’s bold sculptures on view at York St. location. Tickets: 720865-3552.

Women of Distinction Thin Mint Dinner

Oct. 19, Girl Scouts of Colorado honors top women leaders at Denver Marriott Tech Center, celebrating 20 years. Event chairs are Maria Garcia Berry, Jean Galloway and Arlene Hirschfeld. Will honor all 426 Women of Distinction recognized since the program began in 1997. Tickets: 303-607-4833.

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Clothes to Kids Blue Jean Bash

Sept. 23, 6-11 p.m. CU South Denver (formerly Wildlife Experience.) 10035 S. Peoria St., Lone Tree. Gourmet food stations, silent auction, music, program at 8 p.m.

Music for dancing by Stacey T. and The Big Difference.

Celebrating 40 Years Children’s Gala

Sept. 23, 5:30 p.m.-midnight. Hosts: The Freyers, Ginny and John and Andi and John Jr. Benefitting Children’s Hospital Colorado. Hyatt Regency Denver at Colorado Convention Center. Tickets: 720777-1783.

Slam Dunk Against Lupus Event

Sept. 23, 11-3 p.m. Partnering with Denver Nuggets forward Kenneth Faried at the University of Denver’s Magness Arena inside the Ritchie Center. A family event filled with sports, pro-athletes, entertainment, prizes, etc. Tickets: lupusresearch.org/slamdunk againstlupus.

Havern School’s annual golf event ‘Chip in Fore Havern’

Sept. 24, 2-5 p.m. at TopGolf, 10601 E. Easter Ave., Centennial. Register: 303-9864587;104 or kroxby@havernschool.org.

Sponsorships available or individual, $60.

Denver Botanic Gardens Fall Plant and Bulb Sale

Sept. 23-24, 9 p.m-5 p.m. Free admission. West end of the York St. greenhouse complex.

Audubon Society Summer Fundraiser

Connecting people with nature through education and conservation. Research funds needed.

Donate on Support Our Siding GoFundMe page. Info: 303-973-9530.

Lenny Kravitz at Carousel Ball

Oct. 7, Hyatt Regency Denver at Colorado Convention Center. Gala Chair Dana Davis and Honorary Chairwoman Barbara Davis.

High Hopes Tribute Award will be presented to Sharon Magness Blake and Ernie Blake.

Proceeds benefit Children’s Diabetes Foundation and Barbara Davis Center for Diabetes. Visit childrensdiabetesfoundation. org or 303-863-1200.

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Business meeting and election of treasurer-elect and acting treasurer-elect. Tickets $35. Info: Phillip at 303-519-9237.

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Sept. 14, Speaker Rick White, president of Atlantic League of Professional Baseball. 5-7 p.m. at WeWork, 1550 Wewatta St., 2nd Floor, Denver. $20.

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Sept. 22, 7 a.m.-3:15 p.m. Hyatt Regency – DTC. Featuring Paul Cuny, author of Nehemiah People and Secrets of the Kingdom Economy. Lori Windham, senior counsel for Hobby Lobby’s Supreme Court case will be luncheon speaker. Register: ccballiance.org/ conference/tickets

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Cherry Hills Village Family Fun Trail Walk and Country Fair.

Things I Bump Into: Notes from a Blind Cancer Survivor

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Sept. 13, 7 p.m. Goodson Recreation Center.

Third and final public Hearing, Nov. 8 at 7 p.m. for South Suburban Parks and Recreation

Used book sale at Koelbel Library

Gates Garden Court Gallery exhibition

Denver Brass free concerts

Second Public Hearing on South Suburban 2018 Budget

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Sept 7-10. Sept. 7, 9 a.m.-8:30 p.m; Sept. 8, 9 am-6:30 pm; Sept. 9, 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m.; Sept. 10, 12-5 p.m. Sept. 10, Bag Day: Fill a bag for $7. Friends of Arapahoe Libraries.

Chatfield Botanic Gardens Corn Maze

Sept. 12, 5:30 p.m. 14th St. Public Art Tour.

Sept. 10, Ellie Caulkins Opera House and Denver Performing Arts Complex Public Art Tour at 11 p.m.

RSVP: 720-865-5562. Sept. 21, Civic Center Public Art and History Tour 6 p.m.

Sept. 16, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Humane Society of South Platte Valley is participating charity. $30 ticket includes access to exclusive discounts at many brandname stores. $20 goes to HSSPV. Catered lunch and dessert bar, entertainment, live music and prize drawing. Must be present to win. Tickets by Sept. 15 online: OutletsatCatleRock.com

Oct. 10, Mon.-Fri., 9 a.m.-5 p.m. and Tue. 9 a.m.-7 p.m. Free event at Arapahoe Community College Gallery of the Art, 5000 S. Santa Fe Drive, Littleton, northeast side of the Campus.

Through Nov. 5, Works by Pattie Lee Becker at York St. Botanic Gardens. Fine-line drawings and curious soft sculptures.

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Fun ways to stay cool

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ummertime heat can affect energy levels and take their toll as heat waves overstay their welcome. Days upon days of rising mercury require enterprising individuals to find ways to stay cool.

Summer heat and humidity can be both daunting and dangerous. People who are unable to cool down and stay hydrated run the risk of heat stroke. Symptoms of heat stroke include a body temperature of 104° F or higher and feelings of confusion. The Mayo Clinic notes that heat stroke also may cause slurred speech, irritability and even seizures.

Heat stroke is often identifiable by an absence of sweat, a rapid pulse and headache.

Staying cool should be a top priority when temperatures become extremely hot.

Fortunately, there are fun ways to stay cool and beat the summer heat.

Get wet in creative ways. Water balloon fights can be fun, and there are many additional and clever ways to get wet and cool off. If you have a trampoline, set a sprinkler or hose to mist and let the kids jump while getting wet. Jumping, in turn, will cause extra splashing. Give little kids a regular spray bottle they can use to spray plants, outdoor furniture, toys and even themselves. They’ll have a

good time and stay cool in the process.

Transform your backyard into a waterpark. An old tarp coated with a little dish soap and water can make an impromptu water slide. Set up an obstacle course outdoors where kids must run through sprinklers, jump through hoops and dive into the pool.

The more variety you can create, the more likely kids will forget the heat and have fun.

Set up an ice-cream making adventure. Invest in an ice cream maker and spend a particularly hot day making your own flavors. When the ice cream is set, create a fixings bar with sprinkles and toppings.

Take a trip to the movies. Movie theaters often set their air conditioning systems to arctic levels, which can be just what the doctor ordered on a steamy day. Plan an excursion to the movies, taking advantage of matinee prices where available.

Visit an indoor ice rink. What better way to stay cool than to spend an afternoon ice skating? Channel winter temperatures during the heart of the summer heat. Remember to dress warmly as it will be cold indoors, and have a change of clothes ready when it’s time to head back into the summer heat.

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The trend toward making a garden as functional as it is pretty continues.

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Top 5 landscape trends for 2017 Associated Landscape Contractors of Colorado, the state’s largest landscape association, reveals the hottest trends for 2017.

These trends help homeowners elevate their yards to the next level.

Put your garden to work. The trend toward making a garden as functional as it is pretty continues with homesteading gardens springing up in urban areas. People continue to design and build gardens that attract pollinators, grow fruits and vegetables, and house chickens and bees.

Bump up the entertainment Wow factor.

Neighbor-friendly lighting and sound systems will now spread ambiance throughout your yard and keep the entertainment on your side of the fence. As the night wears on, you can change the color and hue of outdoor lighting and control the volume of music with a smartphone or tablet. A landscape pro can help you set up and program the systems.

Plant for climate change. Cooler springs, warmer summers and wetter falls impact what to plant. Pick plants that will not only survive, but also thrive in Colorado’s harsh growing conditions. Flowers, trees and shrubs that bloom later in the season will fare better with extended cold springs. Native

plants that require less water in hot summer months tend to do best and give your yard a Colorado vibe.

Put another log on the fire. Outdoor living rooms have been popular for years, and the trend to add a fire pit or outdoor fireplace is stronger than ever.

Customers are requesting outdoor “chat rooms” that include a fire element surrounded by built-in seating or furniture. The added warmth extends the Colo-

rado patio season to nearly 12 months.

Design with maintenance in mind. Designing a landscape with the level of maintenance you want to do on your own or hire out will keep you happier in the long run. Adding a deck or patio minimizes maintenance while maximizing outdoor living. Plants that are easy to grow and require less water will keep the maintenance down and the enjoyment up.

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FLEURISH

Fine Arts Foundation debutantes announced

The elegant BY SCOTTIE TAYLOR IVERSON Buell Mansion in Cherry Hills Village was the venue for the announcement of the 2018 class of Fine Arts Foundation debutantes. On June 16 on the University of Denver campus, 27 exceptional young women will be presented. Of those, 10 are legacies, including a set of twins.

They are: Haley Marie Aud, St. Mary’s Academy, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Aud of Littleton; Ansley Glenn Avis, Cherry Creek High School, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Avis of Englewood; Katelyn Anne Barney, St. Mary’s Academy, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Steven Barney of Greenwood Village; Lillie Bridgette Baxter, Sarasota High School, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Rill Baxter of Sarasota, Fla.; Anna Elizabeth Bonner, Regis Jesuit High School, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Bonner of Aurora; Sarah Rose Burkeholder, St. Mary’s Academy, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Burkeholder of Denver; Erin McKenzie Curley, St. Mary’s Academy, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Sean Curley of Highlands Ranch; Alexandra Carmen Davis, Kent Denver, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Davis of Denver; Jacqueline Marie Durnford, Arapahoe High School, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph

The legacies: Jillian Suzannah Murphy, Abigail Lauren Fisher, Dailey Jordan Solomon, Rachel Elizabeth Nufer, Kathleen Shaw Neff, Claire Ingram Rainey, Drew Kendall Granger, Halle Simone Granger and Audrey Lynn State.

Durnford of Cherry Hills Village; Abigail Lauren Fisher, Cherry Creek High School, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Fisher of Greenwood Village; Nicole Alexa Frederick, Kent Denver, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Brian Frederick of Greenwood Village; Crosby Hanlon Gaeta, Denver Academy, daughter of Dr. Ronald Gaeta and Ms. Whitney Hanlon Lowery of Denver; Drew Kendall Granger, Cherry Creek High School, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Granger of Englewood;

Halle Simone Granger, Denver Academy, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Granger of Englewood; Jillian Suzannah Murphy, Colorado Academy, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Terrence Murphy of Greenwood Village; Kathleen Shaw Neff, Lakewood High School, daughter of Dr. Philip Neff and Ms. Emily Bennett of Golden; Rachel Elizabeth Nufer, Glenbard West High School (Illinois), daughter of Mr. Quentin Nufer and Ms. Rebecca Bruton of Glen Ellyn, Ill.; Claire Ingram Rainey, Cherry Creek High

School, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Rainey of Centennial; Maia Louise Rocklin, Valor Christian High School, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Michael Rocklin of Highlands Ranch; Siena Patricia Rohan, St. Mary’s Academy, daughter of Mrs. Madelaine Rohan of Englewood; Julia Marie Joy Rudolph, Heritage High School, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Kevin Rudolph of Littleton; Francesca Isabella Scheitler, Regis Jesuit High School, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Scheitler of Denver; Camryn Slosky,

Kent Denver, daughter of Mr. Brent Slosky and Mrs. Terri Cohen of Denver; Allison Booth Smith, Arapahoe High School, daughter of Mr. And Mrs. Jeffrey Smith of Centennial; Dailey Jordan Solomon, Cherry Creek High School, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Solomon of Englewood; Audrey Lynn State, St. Mary’s Academy, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Scott State of Centennial; Abigail Rose Stevens, Regis Jesuit High School, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Stevens of Aurora.

Debutante Camryn Slosky is flanked by her mom Terri Cohen, her dad Brent Slosky FAF President Caroline Simpson, Debutante Ball Chairs Kathy Roberts and and grandparents Robert and Carole Slosky, who are the 2018 Citizens of the Arts. Lynn Wong and FAF immediate Past President Janet Granger.

Twin adebutantes Drew and Halle surround their mom Janet Granger.

Debutante Siena Rohan with her mom Madelaine.

Antonette and Jeff Smith with debutante daughter Allison.

FLEURISH

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A fond farewell

Keeping Snow White on her toes …

Snow White, to be presented by the Littleton Youth Ballet with the Littleton Ballet Academy Sept. 16-17 at Lone Tree Arts Center, will feature entry-level dancers, ages 8-18, with guest performers from the Colorado Ballet—a plumb of a production, even with a poisoned apple on hand. Primary rehearsals are taking place at Littleton Ballet Academy.

Photos by Stefan Krusze

Standing en pointe in toe shoes is Jena Armstrong

Snow White (aka Madeline Ryner of the Littleton Youth Ballet) takes a spin with Prince Charming of the Colorado Ballet.

A sleeping Snow White

Colorado Ballet dancer Bryce Lee and Littleton Youth Ballet’s Madeline Ryner and Lauren Vogel join Littleton Ballet Academy’s cofounder and Artistic Director Bobbi Jaramillo.

Snow White (aka Madeline Ryner) takes a stance.

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FORECLOSURES COMBINED NOTICE – PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0309-2017 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On June 16, 2017, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Arapahoe records.

Original Grantor(s) Tara Lynch Original Beneficiary(ies) Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for Cherry Creek Mortgage Co., Inc. Current Holder of Evidence of Debt Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. Date of Deed of Trust December 28, 2011 County of Recording Arapahoe Recording Date of Deed of Trust December 28, 2011 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) D1127817 Original Principal Amount $265,104.00 Outstanding Principal Balance $239,779.79 Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4) (i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the evidence of debt secured by the deed of trust and other violations thereof.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. THE NORTH 49 FEET OF LOT 11, AND THE SOUTH 50 FEET OF LOT 12, BLOCK 81, TOWN & COUNTRY SUBDIVISION, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO. Also known by street and number as: 4971 S Clarkson St, Englewood, CO 80113.

THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED

BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST. NOTICE OF SALE The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, described herein, has filed Notice of Election and Demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust.

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, 10/04/2017, at the East Hearing Room, County Administration Building, 5334 South Prince Street, Littleton, Colorado, 80120, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

First Publication 8/10/2017 Last Publication 9/7/2017 Name of Publication The Villager IF THE SALE DATE IS CONTINUED TO A LATER DATE, THE DEADLINE TO FILE A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE BY THOSE PARTIES ENTITLED TO CURE MAY ALSO BE EXTENDED; IF THE BORROWER BELIEVES THAT A LENDER OR SERVICER HAS VIOLATED THE REQUIREMENTS FOR A SINGLE POINT OF CONTACT IN SECTION 38-38-103.1 OR THE PROHIBITION ON DUAL TRACKING IN SECTION 38-38103.2, THE BORROWER MAY FILE A COMPLAINT WITH THE COLORADO ATTORNEY GENERAL, THE FEDERAL CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION BUREAU (CFPB), OR BOTH. THE FILING OF A COMPLAINT WILL NOT STOP THE FORECLOSURE PROCESS. Colorado Attorney General 1300 Broadway, 10th Floor Denver, Colorado 80203 (800) 222-4444 www.coloradoattorneygeneral.gov Federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau P.O. Box 4503 Iowa City, Iowa 52244 (855) 411-2372 www.consumerfinance.gov

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DATE: 06/16/2017 , Public Trustee in and for the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado By: Diana Springfield, Chief Deputy, for Public Trustee The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: Eve Grina #43658 Jennifer Cruseturner #44452 Holly Shilliday #24423 Courtney Wright #45482 Erin Robson #46557 Jennifer Rogers #34682 McCarthy & Holthus LLP 7700 E Arapahoe Road, Suite 230, Centennial, CO 80112 (877) 369-6122 Attorney File # CO-17-773388-LL The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose. ©Public Trustees’ Association of Colorado Revised 1/2015 Published in The Villager First Publication: August 10, 2017 Last Publication: September 7, 2017 Legal #0309-2017 ____________________________ COMBINED NOTICE – PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0322-2017 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On June 23, 2017, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Arapahoe records.

Original Grantor(s) Landon Nathan Rogers and Michelle E. Rogers Original Beneficiary(ies) Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for Accredited Home Lenders, Inc. Current Holder of Evidence of Debt The Bank of New York Mellon, as Trustee for CIT Mortgage Loan Trust 2007-1 Date of Deed of Trust December 26, 2006 County of Recording Arapahoe Recording Date of Deed of Trust January 09, 2007 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) B7003910 Original Principal Amount $248,000.00 Outstanding Principal Balance $228,457.70 Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the evidence of debt secured by the deed of trust and other violations thereof.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. Lot 25, Block 7, Ridgeview Hills North, Fourth Filing, County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado Also known by street and number as: 4536 E Maplewood Way, Centennial, CO 80121.

THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED

BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST. NOTICE OF SALE The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, described herein, has filed Notice of Election and Demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust.

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, 10/11/2017, at the East Hearing Room, County Administration Building, 5334 South Prince Street, Littleton, Colorado, 80120, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

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TITLED TO CURE MAY ALSO BE EXTENDED; IF THE BORROWER BELIEVES THAT A LENDER OR SERVICER HAS VIOLATED THE REQUIREMENTS FOR A SINGLE POINT OF CONTACT IN SECTION 38-38-103.1 OR THE PROHIBITION ON DUAL TRACKING IN SECTION 38-38103.2, THE BORROWER MAY FILE A COMPLAINT WITH THE COLORADO ATTORNEY GENERAL, THE FEDERAL CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION BUREAU (CFPB), OR BOTH. THE FILING OF A COMPLAINT WILL NOT STOP THE FORECLOSURE PROCESS. Colorado Attorney General 1300 Broadway, 10th Floor Denver, Colorado 80203 (800) 222-4444 www.coloradoattorneygeneral.gov Federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau P.O. Box 4503 Iowa City, Iowa 52244 (855) 411-2372 www.consumerfinance.gov DATE: 06/23/2017 , Public Trustee in and for the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado By: Susan K Ryden, Public Trustee The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: Karen J. Radakovich, Esq. #11649 Frascona Joiner Goodman and Greenstein PC 4750 Table Mesa Drive, Boulder, CO 80305-5500 (303) 494-3000 Attorney File # 7225.1970 The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose. ©Public Trustees’ Association of Colorado Revised 1/2015 Published in The Villager First Publication: August 17, 2017 Last Publication: September 14, 2017 Legal # 0322-2017 ____________________________ COMBINED NOTICE – PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0343-2017 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On July 5, 2017, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Arapahoe records.

Original Grantor(s) Phillip Ortiz Jr Original Beneficiary(ies) Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for Heartland Home Finance, Inc., an Illinois Corporation Current Holder of Evidence of Debt Bank of New York Mellon, FKA The Bank of New York, as Trustee (CWALT 2007-23CB) Date of Deed of Trust May 30, 2007 County of Recording Arapahoe Recording Date of Deed of Trust June 08, 2007 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) B7073129 Original Principal Amount $152,000.00 Outstanding Principal Balance $153,231.21 Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the evidence of debt secured by the deed of trust and other violations thereof.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. Lot 2, Block 1, a resubdivision of Lots 41 and 42, Block 93, Sheridan Heights, located in the Northwest 1/4 of Section 28, Township 4 South, Range 68 West of the 6th P.M., County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado.

Also known by street and number as: 2057 W Adriatic Pl, Englewood, CO 80110.

THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED

BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST. NOTICE OF SALE The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, described herein, has filed Notice of Election and Demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust.

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, 10/25/2017, at the East Hearing Room, County Administration Building, 5334 South Prince Street, Littleton, Colorado, 80120, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

First Publication 8/31/2017 Last Publication 9/28/2017

Name of Publication The Villager IF THE SALE DATE IS CONTINUED TO A LATER DATE, THE DEADLINE TO FILE A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE BY THOSE PARTIES ENTITLED TO CURE MAY ALSO BE EXTENDED; IF THE BORROWER BELIEVES THAT A LENDER OR SERVICER HAS VIOLATED THE REQUIREMENTS FOR A SINGLE POINT OF CONTACT IN SECTION 38-38-103.1 OR THE PROHIBITION ON DUAL TRACKING IN SECTION 38-38103.2, THE BORROWER MAY FILE A COMPLAINT WITH THE COLORADO ATTORNEY GENERAL, THE FEDERAL CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION BUREAU (CFPB), OR BOTH. THE FILING OF A COMPLAINT WILL NOT STOP THE FORECLOSURE PROCESS. Colorado Attorney General 1300 Broadway, 10th Floor Denver, Colorado 80203 (800) 222-4444 www.coloradoattorneygeneral.gov Federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau P.O. Box 4503 Iowa City, Iowa 52244 (855) 411-2372 www.consumerfinance.gov DATE: 07/05/2017 , Public Trustee in and for the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado By: Susan K Ryden, Public Trustee The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: Karen J. Radakovich, Esq. #11649 Frascona Joiner Goodman and Greenstein PC 4750 Table Mesa Drive, Boulder, CO 80305-5500 (303) 494-3000 Attorney File # 7192.10220 The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose. ©Public Trustees’ Association of Colorado Revised 1/2015 Published in The Villager First Publication: August 31, 2017 Last Publication: September 28, 2017 Legal # 0343-2017 ____________________________ COMBINED NOTICE – PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0354-2017 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On July 14, 2017, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Arapahoe records.

Original Grantor(s) Bridget F Bartelds and Robert B Allen Original Beneficiary(ies) Washington Mutual Bank FA Current Holder of Evidence of Debt JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association Date of Deed of Trust December 02, 2005 County of Recording Arapahoe Recording Date of Deed of Trust December 07, 2005 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) B5184059 Original Principal Amount $278,200.00 Outstanding Principal Balance $179,446.06 Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4) (i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the evidence of debt secured by the deed of trust and other violations thereof.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. LOT 17, THE BUELL MANSION SUBDIVISION, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO Also known by street and number as: Englewood, CO 80111.

THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED

BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST. If applicable, a description of any changes to the deed of trust described in the notice of election and demand pursuant to affidavit as allowed by statutes: C.R.S.§ 38-35-109(5) PURSUANT TO AFFIDAVIT OF SCRIVENER’S ERROR RECORDED ON 4/27/2017 AT RECEPTION NO. D7047176 TO CORRECT LEGAL DESCRIPTION NOTICE OF SALE The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, described herein, has filed Notice of Election and Demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust.

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, 11/01/2017, at the East Hearing Room, County Administration Building, 5334 South Prince Street, Littleton, Colorado, 80120, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’

fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

First Publication 9/7/2017 Last Publication 10/5/2017 Name of Publication The Villager IF THE SALE DATE IS CONTINUED TO A LATER DATE, THE DEADLINE TO FILE A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE BY THOSE PARTIES ENTITLED TO CURE MAY ALSO BE EXTENDED; IF THE BORROWER BELIEVES THAT A LENDER OR SERVICER HAS VIOLATED THE REQUIREMENTS FOR A SINGLE POINT OF CONTACT IN SECTION 38-38-103.1 OR THE PROHIBITION ON DUAL TRACKING IN SECTION 38-38103.2, THE BORROWER MAY FILE A COMPLAINT WITH THE COLORADO ATTORNEY GENERAL, THE FEDERAL CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION BUREAU (CFPB), OR BOTH. THE FILING OF A COMPLAINT WILL NOT STOP THE FORECLOSURE PROCESS. Colorado Attorney General 1300 Broadway, 10th Floor Denver, Colorado 80203 (800) 222-4444 www.coloradoattorneygeneral.gov Federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau P.O. Box 4503 Iowa City, Iowa 52244 (855) 411-2372 www.consumerfinance.gov DATE: 07/14/2017 Susan K Ryden, Public Trustee in and for the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado By: Susan K Ryden, Public Trustee The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: Eve Grina #43658 Jennifer Cruseturner #44452 Holly Shilliday #24423 Courtney Wright #45482 Erin Robson #46557 Jennifer Rogers #34682 McCarthy & Holthus LLP 7700 E Arapahoe Road, Suite 230, Centennial, CO 80112 (877) 369-6122 Attorney File # CO-17-765546-LL The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose. ©Public Trustees› Association of Colorado Revised 1/2015 Published in The Villager First Publication: September 7, 2017 Last Publication: October 5, 2017 Legal # 0354-2017 ____________________________ COMBINED NOTICE – PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0358-2017 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On July 14, 2017, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Arapahoe records.

Original Grantor(s) Lynne S Smith Original Beneficiary(ies) Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. as nominee for EquiFirst Corporation Current Holder of Evidence of Debt DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY, AS TRUSTEE FOR EQUIFIRST LOAN SECURITIZATION TRUST 2007-1, MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2007-1 Date of Deed of Trust February 01, 2007 County of Recording Arapahoe Recording Date of Deed of Trust February 27, 2007 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) B7025014 Original Principal Amount $134,500.00 Outstanding Principal Balance $135,847.69 Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the evidence of debt secured by the deed of trust and other violations thereof.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. LOT 15, BLOCK 5, RIDGEVIEW HILLS NORTH, FIRST FILING, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO Also known by street and number as: 4590 E Weaver Pl, Centennial, CO 80121.

THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED

BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST. NOTICE OF SALE The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, described herein, has filed Notice of Election and Demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust.

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, 11/01/2017, at the East Hearing Room, County Administration Building, 5334 South

Prince Street, Littleton, Colorado, 80120, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

First Publication 9/7/2017 Last Publication 10/5/2017 Name of Publication The Villager IF THE SALE DATE IS CONTINUED TO A LATER DATE, THE DEADLINE TO FILE A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE BY THOSE PARTIES ENTITLED TO CURE MAY ALSO BE EXTENDED; IF THE BORROWER BELIEVES THAT A LENDER OR SERVICER HAS VIOLATED THE REQUIREMENTS FOR A SINGLE POINT OF CONTACT IN SECTION 38-38-103.1 OR THE PROHIBITION ON DUAL TRACKING IN SECTION 38-38103.2, THE BORROWER MAY FILE A COMPLAINT WITH THE COLORADO ATTORNEY GENERAL, THE FEDERAL CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION BUREAU (CFPB), OR BOTH. THE FILING OF A COMPLAINT WILL NOT STOP THE FORECLOSURE PROCESS. Colorado Attorney General 1300 Broadway, 10th Floor Denver, Colorado 80203 (800) 222-4444 www.coloradoattorneygeneral.gov Federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau P.O. Box 4503 Iowa City, Iowa 52244 (855) 411-2372 www.consumerfinance.gov DATE: 07/14/2017 Susan K Ryden, Public Trustee in and for the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado By: Susan K Ryden, Public Trustee The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: David A. Shore #19973 Janice Hofmann Clark #7264 Martin H. Shore #1800 Stephen A Hall #38186 Hellerstein and Shore PC 5347 S. Valentia Way, Suite 100, Greenwood Village, CO 80111 (303) 573-1080 Attorney File # 17-00230SH The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose. ©Public Trustees› Association of Colorado Revised 1/2015 Published in The Villager First Publication: September 7, 2017 Last Publication: October 5, 2017 Legal # 0358-2017 ____________________________

ARAPAHOE COUNTY ARAPAHOE COUNTY REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL RFP-17-68 CONTRACT EMPLOYMENT SERVICES Notice is hereby given that the Arapahoe County Purchasing Division will be accepting proposals to obtain Contract Employment Services, on a temporary basis or a contract to hire basis, for the County’s Information Technology Department.

All Arapahoe County solicitations can be obtained from the County’s website. The Request For Proposal (RFP-17-68) document can be obtained by going to the Arapahoe County website www.arapahoegov.com, then go to the Finance Department, and under the Finance Department select Purchasing then go to the Quick Link for the Rocky Mountain ePurchasing website. Submittals must be received in the Purchasing Division, located at 5334 South Prince Street, 4th Floor, Littleton, CO 80120, no later than 2:00 p.m. local time on October 5, 2017.

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

Matt Crane, Clerk to the Board Published in The Villager Published: September 7, 2017 Legal # 7647 ____________________________

COURTS DISTRICT COURT COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE STATE OF COLORADO 7325 S. Potomac Street

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White Construction Group completes major renovations to the South Suburban Golf Course Clubhouse

White Construction Group, a Colorado-based commercial general construction firm, recently completed the 7,772-sq-ft clubhouse renovation, a new 4,500-sq-ft cart barn and site work at the South Suburban Golf Course. The clubhouse originally opened in 1973 with an addition completed in 1983 followed by another addition and remodel in 1989.

Teaming with Barker Rinker Seacat, the $3.5 million project included a total remodel along with a new layout for the restaurant, bar and patio offering an impressive view

of the golf course and mountains. The new expanded Pro Shop now welcomes visitors as they enter the clubhouse.

Golfers and staff will enjoy the new 4,500-sq-ft energy efficient cart barn and improved cart paths and pedestrian walkways providing an easier traffic flow for all.

In performing the South Suburban Golf Clubhouse remodel, one of White Construction Group’s priorities was minimizing impact to operations. This was achieved by routing golfers around the project and close coordination with the staff.

Centennial, Colorado 80112 PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF COLORADO, Petitioner, IN THE INTEREST OF: BROOKLYN DENNY, Child, and concerning CRYSTAL DENNY AND BRIAN WALKUP Respondents, and concerning ROBERT SANTY, Special Respondent.

Pax Moultrie, Esq., Registration No. 37945 Assistant County Attorney 14980 E. Alameda Drive Aurora, CO 80012 303-636-1895 (F) 303-636-1889 Case No: 17JV621 Division: 14 NOTICE OF ADJUDICATORY HEARING AND DEFAULT JUDGMENT PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that an Adjudicatory Hearing regarding Brian Walkup is set for September 19, 2017 at 2:00 p.m. in Division 14 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 (ren) dependent and neglected in accordance with the Colorado Children’s Code.

Date: August 30, 2017 Pax Moultrie, No. 37945 Assistant County Attorney Attorney for Petitioner 14980 E. Alameda Dr. Aurora, CO 80012 303-636-1895 (303) 636-1889 FAX Published in The Villager Published: September 7, 2017 Legal # 7651 ____________________________ DISTRICT COURT COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE STATE OF COLORADO 7325 S. Potomac Street Centennial, Colorado 80112 PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF COLORADO, Petitioner, IN THE INTEREST OF: JABRIL MARAJAN Child, and concerning LINA MARAJAN, ELUAH (last name unknown) and JOHN DOE Respondents.

Pax Moultrie, Esq., Registration No. 37945 Assistant County Attorney 14980 E. Alameda Drive Aurora, CO 80012 303-636-1895

(F) 303-636-1889 Case No: 17JV465 Division: 14 NOTICE OF ADJUDICATORY HEARING AND DEFAULT JUDGMENT To The Respondents: PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that an Adjudicatory Hearing regarding ELIJAH LAST NAME UNKNOWN AND JOHN DOE is set for October 6, 2017, at the hour of 9:00 a.m., in Division 14, 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 will request that the Court enter a default judgment against you and adjudicate the child(ren), dependent and neglected in accordance with the Colorado Children’s Code.

Date: August 31, 2017 Pax Moultrie, No. 37945 Assistant County Attorney Attorney for Petitioner 14980 E. Alameda Dr. Aurora, CO 80012 303-636-1895 (303) 636-1889 FAX Published in The Villager Published: September 7, 2017 Legal # 7652 ____________________________ 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, Petitioner In the Interest of: CORTELL POLASKE Child, and concerning REGINA POLASKE, JOHN DOE AND MARK JOHNSON Respondents, and concerning TIFFANI CHANDLER-BROWN Special Respondent.

Linda M. Arnold, Reg. #16764 Assistant County Attorney Attorney for Petitioner 14980 East Alameda Drive Aurora, CO 80012 303-636-1882 / Fax: (303) 6361889 Case No: 17 JV 471 Division: 14 NOTICE OF ADJUDICATORY HEARING AND DEFAULT JUDGMENT _______ PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that an Adjudicatory Hearing regarding MARCUS JOHNSON AND JOHN DOE, is set for September 20, 2017 at 9:00 A.M. in Division 14 at the Arapahoe County District Court, 7305 South Potomac Street, Cen-

Photos courtesy of WCG

In order to keep the Pro Shop operational, a temp trailer was added during construction.

“We are thrilled to provide a first-class Clubhouse for our Championship South Suburban Golf Course. The Clubhouse will not only serve golfers, but it will be a great gathering place for

Cart barn at South Suburban Golf Coursev

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Exterior of the renovated clubhouse.

tennial, 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” August 31, 2017 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: September 7, 2017 Legal # 7653 ____________________________ DISTRICT COURT COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO 7325 S. Potomac Street Centennial, Colorado 80112 (303) 649-6355 PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF COLORADO, Petitioner, IN THE INTEREST OF: SKYLER MILLER AKA SKYLER BACHICHA, SOPHIA MILLER, AND CARTER MILLER Children, and concerning KRISTINA BACHICHA, MATTHEW MILLER AND JOHN DOE, Respondents.

Pax Moultrie, Atty. Reg. #: 37945 Assistant County Attorney 14980 East Alameda Drive Aurora, CO 80012 Phone Number: (303) 636-1895 pmoultrie@arapahoegov.com Case No: 17JV735 Division: 14 NOTICE OF ADJUDICATORY HEARING AND DEFAULT JUDGMENT To The Respondents: PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that an Adjudicatory Hearing regarding KRISTINA BACHICHA and JOHN DOE is set for September 18, 2017, at the hour of 1:30 p.m., in Division 14, 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 will request that the Court enter a default judgment against you and adjudicate the child(ren), dependent and neglected in accordance with the Colorado Children’s Code.

Pax Moultrie, Reg. #37945 Assistant County Attorney 14980 East Alameda Drive Aurora, CO 80012 (303) 636-1895

residents, neighbors and others looking for an inviting place to relax, have a casual meal and socialize,” said Melissa Reese-Thacker, planning manager, South Suburban Parks and Rec Department.

As an innovative, fastgrowing, commercial, general construction company,

Published in The Villager Published: September 7, 2017 Legal # 7645 ____________________________

CENTENNIAL NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT Arapahoe Road Fence Installation Project No. 16-11-02 Notice is hereby given, pursuant to Section 38-26-107, C.R.S., that the City of Centennial, Colorado (the “City”) will make final payment at the hour of 10:00 a.m. on September 29, 2017 (the “Final Settlement Date”) to the following contractor: EARTH GREEN FENCE SOIL AMENITIES, INC. 408 SE 14th St. Loveland, Colorado 80537 (hereinafter, the “Contractor”) for and on account of all work completed by the Contractor on City Project No. 16-11-02, including for purposes of this Notice of Final Settlement on (the “Project”).

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

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

3. Failure on the part of any claimant to file such verified statement or claim prior to the Final Settlement Date will relieve the City from any and all liability for such claim.

Published in The Villager Published: September 7, 2017 Legal # 7650 ____________________________

White Construction Group has the expertise to manage, build, and deliver projects per our clients’ standards and expectations.

White CG specializes in commercial construction, design-build, historic preservation and adaptive re-use projects in the Rocky Mountain Region for 32 years.

for which the bid is provided. Bids will be opened publicly at 2:01 p.m.

Tuesday, September 19th, 2017, at the Public Works Department Maintenance Facility, and shall be tabulated by the City.

Any questions regarding the project should be directed to Henry Sliwinski, Public Works Manager – Fleet (303) 708-6126. /s/ John Sheldon, Director of Public Works Published in The Villager First Publication: September 7, 2017 Last Publication: September 14, 2017 Legal # 7649 ____________________________ CITY OF GREENWOOD VILLAGE NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING Notice is hereby given that the Greenwood Village City Council will hold a public hearing at 7:00 p.m. on Monday, October 2, 2017 at City Hall, 6060 South Quebec Street, Greenwood Village, Colorado to consider whether City Council should dissolve the 900 Belleview Local Improvement District since the LID project is complete and the debt has been paid.

The details of the dissolution of the 900 Belleview Local Improvement District are described as follows: 1.

Boundaries of the 900 Belleview Local Improvement District The district is generally described as the property with a street address: 900 East Belleview Avenue, Greenwood Village, CO. On the south side of Belleview Avenue with a legal description of Lot 1, EX the South 3 feet of the West 132 feet together with the East 13 feet of Lot 4, Harrison Subdivision, City of Greenwood Village, County of Arapahoe.

2.

Purpose of the 900 Belleview Local Improvement District The intent of the Local Improvement District was to address the construction of a noise attenuating structure for the property owner within the district.

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Estimated Costs There are no costs or pending financial obligations associated with dissolving the Local Improvement District.

ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS CITY OF GREENWOOD VILLAGE, COLORADO

Any owner of real property located in the Local Improvement District may appear at the public hearing and be heard on the matter.

Notice is hereby given that the City of Greenwood Village, Colorado (the “City”) will receive sealed bids at the Public Works Department, 10001 East Costilla Avenue, Greenwood Village, Colorado 80112-3730, until 2:00 p.m. on Tuesday, September 19th, 2017 for a Compact Mini Excavator.

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 bid shall be filed with the City of Greenwood Village, securely sealed, and endorsed on the outside with a brief statement as to the nature of the item or work

BY ORDER OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GREENWOOD VILLAGE SUSAN M. ORTIZ, MMC CITY CLERK Published in The Villager First Publication: September 7, 2017 Last Publication: September 21, 2017 Legal # 7654 ____________________________

MISCELLANOUS PUBLIC NOTICE This serves to provide public notice that, on August 7, 2017, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announced its determination

that the 2016 Existing Condition Noise Exposure Map and 2021 Future Condition Noise Exposure Map submitted by the Arapahoe County Public Airport Authority for Centennial Airport under the provisions of 49 USC 47503 and 14 CFR Part 150 were found to be in compliance with applicable requirements. The Noise Exposure Maps and supporting documentation are available for public inspection during normal business hours 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday at 7800 S. Peoria St. Englewood, CO 80112 and on the Airport’s website at http://bit.ly/FedRegAPA As indicated in 49 USC 47506, as of the date of this notice, no person who acquires property or an interest in property in an area surrounding the airport, having actual or constructive knowledge of the existence of the Noise Exposure Maps, will be entitled to recover damages with respect to the noise attributable to the airport unless such person can show that (1) after acquiring the interest in such property, there was a significant (a) change in the type or frequency of aircraft operations at the airport, (b) change in the airport layout, (c) change in flight patterns, or (d) increase in nighttime operations; and (2) that damages have resulted from any such change or increase.

Published in The Villager First Publication: August 24, 2017 Last Publication: September 7, 2017 Legal # 7632 ____________________________

SPECIAL DISTRICTS NOTICE AS TO AMENDMENT OF 2016 BUDGET MARVELLA METROPOLITAN DISTRICT ARAPAHOE COUNTY, COLORADO NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, pursuant to Sections 29-1-108 and 109, C.R.S., that a proposed 2016 amended budget has been submitted to the Board of Directors of the Marvella Metropolitan District (the “District”). Copies of the proposed 2016 amended budget (if appropriate) are on file in the office of the District’s Manager, CliftonLarsonAllen LLP, 8390 E. Crescent Pkwy., Suite 500, Greenwood Village, CO 80111, where same are available for public inspection.

Such proposed 2016 amended budget will be considered at a regular meeting to be held at 8390 E. Crescent Parkway, Suite 500, Greenwood Village, Colorado at 8:00 a.m. on Tuesday, September 12, 2017. Any interested elector within the District may, at any time prior to the final adoption of the 2016 amended budget, inspect the 2016 amended budget and file or register any objections thereto.

MARVELLA METROPOLITAN DISTRICT By: Kim Herman District Manager Published in The Villager Published: September 7, 2017 Legal # 7648

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2017 Mazda CX-9 is top performer

BY H. THROTTLE AUTO COLUMNIST I have driven my first Mazda and I hope that it will not be my last. The 2017 Mazda CX-9 Signature edition all-wheel drive is outstanding. I see many of them on the highway and there is a dealership on South Broadway.

Quality is the first thought that comes to mind driving this CX-9 from start to stop. The 20-inch wheels add to the comfortable ride on the attractive napa leather trimmed seats. Driver’s seat has lumbar controls to add to the already comfortable heated front seats.

This vehicle is entirely manufactured in Hiroshima, Japan and it is like a fine suit of tailored clothing.

The dashboard has sharp instrumentation and the interior is auburn with rosewood and aluminum trim, adding to the luxurious ap-

pearance. The exterior is metallic machine gray with sleek lines. There is a power roof and aluminum rails.

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formance of this Mazda is even better. A turbocharged four-cylinder engine produces 310 pounds of torque and 227 horsepower. The vehicle has two drive modes of standard and sport, with a noticeable difference. The more power, the less fuel consumption.

Mileage averaged 26 mpg highway and 20 on city streets.

The turbo-powered engine can spin the tires easily at a stoplight with no hesitation from the turbo boost.

The transmission has skyactive drive that provides six-speeds. I found the sport

drive mode most desirable with fast acceleration and control.

There are many safety features, including stability, traction and roll controls.

The vehicle is a new model that has not yet been given a safety rating, but has all of the major safety features, cameras and a nine-inch rear-seat color screen.

Mazda has put every feature into this model, from rear-power lift gate to the Bose 12-speaker sound system. The car features all of the high-tech items and navigation and phone systems.

Lighting is complete with

all LED running lights, fog lights and tail lights.

From the bright-finish exhaust pipes underneath, the Mazda has independent front and rear suspension and front and rear stabilization bars. A really strong frame package adds to the great ride and performance.

The suggested manufacturer’s retail price is $45,855, including a few options and the dealer handling fees.

This is really a treat to drive and worth a visit to a nearby Mazda dealer for a test drive yourself. I personally would buy this vehicle.

Heritage Fine Arts Guild workshop

The Heritage Fine Arts Guild of Arapahoe County will host an October 7 workshop emphasizing modern expressionism. Taught by Colorado artist Lance Green, the oneday session will enable participants to explore new avenues of color and self-expression.

Lance Green was born in Colorado and lived there until the age of 10. For several years he traveled about the Southwest with his mother and stepfather, living in the Colorado high country, the bayous of Lake Texarkana and the high deserts of New Mexico and Arizona where he was immersed in native art and culture.

As a teen, the family settled in east Los Angeles where he developed a love for Latin art and culture. While attending high school his art teacher, Linda Stevens, gave him the guidance that he needed to set his life course as an artist.

His work reflects the influence of the the late contemporary master Fritz Scholder with whom he did a series of one-on-one workshops in the late 1960s. Others whose works contributed to his unique style include Nathan Oliviera, Manual Neri, and Mexican masters Laura Hernandez and Rufino Tamayo.

Lance now makes his home in Manitou Springs where he paints in his studio.

His work is displayed in Copper Moon Gallery in Taos, N.M., Canyon Road Contemporary Art in Santa Fe, Darpino Gallery in Manitou Springs, and Wilde Meyer

Gallery in Scottsdale, Ariz.

Pre-registration is required for the workshop and artists aged 18 years and older may attend. A registration form is available at heritage-guild. com/current-workshops.html.

Participants should bring brushes, acrylic paint, canvas, a water can, an apron, and any other materials that you are accustomed to using.

The workshop is scheduled for October 7 from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. (doors unlocked at 8:30

a.m.) at the First Presbyterian Church, 1609 W. Littleton Blvd. in Littleton, at the northwest corner of Littleton Boulevard and Windermere Street.

Support is provided by the Scientific and Cultural Facilities District serving the sevencounty Denver, metropolitan area. Cost is $30 for Heritage Fine Arts Guild members, $50 for non-members. Membership is only $40 and sign-up forms are at heritage-guild. com/membership.html.

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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT Fox to premiere its new series ‘The Orville’ on Sunday, Sept. 10

Fox will premiere its new series The Orville on Sunday, Sept. 10.

From Emmy-winning executive producer and creator Seth MacFarlane, the series is a Cast of live-action, The Orville one-hour Photo by Noah space adSchultz/Fox venture set 400 years in the future that follows the exploits of the U.S.S. Orville, a mid-level exploratory spaceship.

It’s crew, both human and alien, face the wonders and dangers of outer space, while also dealing with the problems of everyday life. The series stars MacFarlane as Ed Mercer, the ship’s captain, and Adrianne Palicki as his ex-wife, Kelly Grayson, who’s assigned as his first officer.

The series also stars Penny Johnson Jerald as Claire Finn, Scott Grimes as Gordon Malloy, Peter Macon as Bortus, Halston Sage as Alara Kitan, J. Lee as John Lamarr, Mark Jackson as Isaac, Chad L. Coleman as Klyden and Norm Macdonald as Yaphit.

Music superstars Kelsea Ballerini, Vince Gill, Toby Keith, Little Big Town, Maren Morris, Brad Paisley, Thomas Rhett, Hillary Scott and George Strait will take the

stage to perform at the 11th annual ACM Honors, to be broadcast Friday, Sept. 15 on CBS. The show, dedicated to celebrating the special honorees and off-camera category winners from the 52nd Academy of Country Music Awards, was taped Aug. 23 at the historic Ryman Auditorium in Nashville.

Special Award recipients include Kelsea Ballerini (Gene Weed Milestone Award), Toby Keith (Poet’s Award), Bob Kingsley (Mae Boren Axton Service Award), Reba McEntire (Mae Boren Axton Service Award), Nashville (Tex Ritter Film Award), Dolly Parton (Gary Haber Lifting Lives Award), Shel Silverstein (Poet’s Award, awarded posthumously) and George Strait (Cliffie Stone Icon Award).

The evening will also honor winners of the Industry and Studio Recording Awards, along with the first female

Songwriter of the Year Lori McKenna.

NBC will premiere its new drama series The Brave on Monday, Sept. 25.

This fresh heartpounding journey into the complex world of America’s elite undercover military heroes watches Capt. Adam Dalton (Mike Vogel) and his heroic Special Ops squad of highly trained undercover specialists carry out each mission on the ground. His team is armed with incredible sniper Sgt Jasmine “Jaz” Khan (Natacha Karam), CPO Ezekiel “Preach” Carter (Demetrius Grosse), combat medic Sgt. Joseph “McG” McGuire (Noah Mills) and intelligence officer Agent Amir Al-Raisani (Hadi Tabbal).

This team works handin-hand with DIA Deputy Director Patricia Campbell (Anne Heche) and her team of analysts, including veterans Cultural Specialist Noah Morgenthau (Tate Ellington) and Mission Coordinator Hannah Archer (Sofia Pernas) as they wield the world’s most advanced surveillance technology from headquarters in D.C.

was killed in the building explosion. Sadly, the only thing that died was dramatic effect once a last-minute scene revealed that he was convalescing with some nuns.

Cheers to ‘The Bold Type’ for being a font of fashionable fun. Freeform’s soapy tale set at a Cosmo-like magazine has a Devil Wears Prada-ish vibe and the kind of fresh ensemble (including Aisha Dee, Katie Stevens and Meghann Fahy) that never goes out of style.

BY DAMIAN HOLBROOK Jeers to ‘Bachelor in Paradise’ for being an ab-solute bully. Raise your hand if you’ve ever felt personally victimized by Robby Hayes’s eight-pack while gorging on reality TV’s answer to empty calories.

Jeers to ‘The Defenders’ for not daring to leave us hanging. The finale of Netflix’s eight-episode Marvel mashup could have been epic if they’d let us think Daredevil (Charlie Cox, right)

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Cheers to Shay Mitchell for booking a hot new gig. Having conquered the YA scene, the Pretty Little Liars vet is moving into the adult mystery section with a role in You, Lifetime’s inproduction adaptation of Caroline Kepnes’s juicy novel about a bookstore clerk (Penn Badgley) with a killer crush. That is some A-plus casting!

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Will we ever see the little mermaid special?

Why was Disney’s ‘The Little Mermaid Live’ special that was supposed to be in October on ABC canceled?

-Jeremy Matt Roush: There are differing reports on whether this projected “live action/animation hybrid” special is canceled or merely postponed. ABC says the latter, but USA Today suggested it may be unlikely to move forward because of budget constraints. It seems that it may have been too ambitious to schedule an event for early fall that mashes up the animated classic with live musical performances. There may yet be a happily ever after for this project, but it’s too

Off the Rails

Seven of the most bizarre (and ridiculous) storylines on daytime soaps

BY ERIC KOHANIK REMIND MAGAZINE Soap-opera storylines hit highs and lows. And some have given new meanings to the term“ridiculous.”Here are seven of the most bizarre ones:

1. One Life to Live

A fixture on ABC from 1968 to 2012 (and briefly revived on Hulu in 2013), One Life to Live covered many typical themes. But it jumped into a weird sciencefiction mode in 1989, whenVictoria“Viki”Lord (Erika Slezak) ended up trapped in Eterna, a futuristic underground city where, it turned out,Viki’s high-school sweetheart, Roger Gordon (Larry Pine), had secretly been raised as a kid.

2. Port Charles

In 1997, ABC’s General Hospital gave birth to Port Charles, a dark spinoff that only survived until 2003.

Dominating its storyboard were zany encounters, often involving Lucy Coe (Lynn Herring) battling vampires.

3. Days of Our Lives

A longtime fixture on NBC’s Days of Our Lives, Marlena Evans (Deidre Hall) has certainly faced a lot of outrageous twists.The most ridiculous one surfaced in 1995 when Marlena ended up possessed by the devil, complete with hokey, glowing eyes. Unfortunately, the storyline raged on for several months.

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It is the longest-running soap on AmericanTV. But one of the dumbest storylines on ABC’s General Hospital emerged back in 1990, when an extraterrestrial named Casey Rogers (Bradley Lockerman) became friends with Robin Scorpio (Kimberly McCullough).

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Devastation resulting from natural disasters typically inspires charitable donations. But make those donations wisely to ensure they’re used as effectively as possible.

What to do when giving during a crisis In the wake of Hurricane Harvey in the Gulf Coast Devastation resulting from natural disasters typically inspires charitable donations.

But must make those donations wisely to ensure they’re used as effectively as possible.

When a crisis such as the tornado that tore through Joplin, Mo., in 2011 occurs, it’s not uncommon for men and women with no connection to the areas devastated by such disasters to donate money to help the communities rebound and rebuild. Donations sparked by tragedies such as the Joplin tornado are commonly referred to as “crisis giving,” which also occurred in the aftermath of other notable disasters, including the 2011 tsunami in Japan and Hurricane Katrina in 2005.

Crisis giving can bring out the best in donors, many of whom will donate as much as they possibly can in spite of the sacrifices their donation requires. But crisis giving isn’t as simple as generous men and women may think, and it’s good to follow a few guidelines when donating during a crisis.

• Be on the lookout for criminals. Crisis giving brings out many people’s generosity, but it also brings criminals out of the proverbial woodwork. Criminals may establish fake charities designed to entice donors who just want to

donate to a cause as quickly as possible. These charities may present themselves as another reputable charity, establishing Web sites that appear legitimate to the naked eye.

Thousands of such sites were discovered in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, so if donating online, be certain that the Web site you’re using really is the authorized site of the charity to which you plan to donate.

In addition, many criminals will solicit donations via e-mail. If you haven’t requested information from a charity, delete these e-mails before opening them. If you mistakenly open them, do not open any attachments, which may contain viruses.

• Investigate donations made via text message. Donating via text message may seem like a great way to ensure your donation makes an immediate impact. After all, such donations can be made in a matter of seconds. However, Charity Navigator, a nonprofit evaluator of charities, notes that it can take as many as 90 days for a charity to receive funds donated via text message. Your donation might prove more immediate if you donate in a traditional way.

• Designate your donation.

If you’re donating to a charity for a specific reason, such as Hurricane Isaac relief, then designate your donation when making it. Many charities allow donors to make this designation when they

donate via the organization’s Web site. If you choose not to designate your donation, then your money may very well go toward the charity’s operating costs, which benefits the charity but not the victims of the crisis whom you were intending to help.

• Value reputation when crisis giving. Choose a charitable organization with a proven track record of handling disaster relief. Such organizations have already proven their mettle and are likely to make the most out of your donation. This isn’t to say start-up charities born of specific tragedies aren’t wellintentioned or incapable, but more established charities might be in a better position to handle crisis situations than start-ups.

• Avoid sending care packages. Natural disasters tend to produce harrowing images of victims forced to go without basic needs like food, water and shelter. This tends to inspire men and women to send care packages consisting of food, water, blankets, and other items they feel will help in a time of crisis. Unfortunately, these goods are not likely to reach any victims, as established charities likely already have agreements and plans in place to distribute necessities provided by a host of companies. While donating care packages is well-intentioned, financial donations are more valuable during a time of crisis.

gram designed just for Arapahoe Libraries is adults. The struggle is real partnering with children, parents, caregivers and for parents raising kids the community by offering in today’s digital world. resources on how to safely From endless social-media navigate the internet. On channels and apps to more Tuesday, Sept. 12, Smoky serious dangers like cyHill Library, 5430 S. Bisberbullying and “sexting,” keeping our kids safe oncay Circle in Centennial, will host two digital safety line can feel beyond overwhelming. workshops, featuring Ka- Katie Greer Greer will help parents tie Greer, a nationally recognized expert on internet/digital navigate complicated digital waters, safety and technology. share trends and discuss what’s next on the horizon when it comes Digital safety for kids to children and technology. She will Greer’s first workshop, which empower parents with proactive will be held from 4-5 p.m., will cover strategies to keep online learning digital safety and is targeted to chil- safe and enjoyable. Due to mature dren ages 8-12. This program will program content and discussions, show kids how to be safe and smart this program is for adults only. before connecting with friends onDigital-safety expert Katie Greer, line, using apps or while playing on who has been featured on CNN and smartphones or other devices. in USA Today and Parent’s magaDuring this program, Greer will zine, shares her dynamic message empower children to make respon- with thousands of parents, teachsible choices as they become more ers, school administrators and law interested in online gaming, apps enforcement officials across the and social media. She will lead a country. Greer developed her edukid-friendly discussion about pro- cational program while working for tecting personal information, cyber- the Corruption, Fraud and Computbullying and much more. er Crime Division of the Attorney General’s Office in Massachusetts.

The challenge of parenting in the To learn more or to save space for either program, visit arapahoedigital age Later that same evening, from libraries.org/digital-safety or call 7-8:30 p.m., Greer will lead a pro- 303-LIBRARY (303-542-7279).

Arapahoe Philharmonic presents ‘Destiny Fulfilled’ Concert of works by Brahms and Strauss

The Arapahoe Philharmonic under the direction of Devin Patrick Hughes will present its opening concert of the 2017–2018 season on Saturday, Sept. 16 at Aspen Academy, 5859 S. University Blvd. in Greenwood Village. The program titled “Destiny Fulfilled” includes Johannes Brahms’s Symphony No. 1 and Richard Strauss’s Four Last Songs, featuring local soprano Lauren Sawyer. The concert begins at 7:30 p.m. Maestro Hughes will lead a pre-concert talk starting at 6:45 p.m.

(Note: This performance was originally scheduled to take place in Fisher Auditorium on the Englewood High School Campus. Due to a scheduling conflict, the concert has been moved to Aspen Academy.)

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phonic music was a voyage as long and arduous as that of any adventurer. Though he spent much of his life studying, idolizing and indeed writing such music, his first true symphonic piece, Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 68, was not completed and published until he was over 40 years old. By his own admission, this piece in particular took him 21 years to complete.

He always feared he was in the shadow of Beethoven and felt the pressure of creating a work on par with the monumental greatness of Beethoven’s symphonies.

Brahms’s Symphony No. 1 stands not only as a masterwork of symphonic craftsmanship, but also as a testament to the perseverance required to create such a work.

Inspired by the poems of Hermann Hesse, the overarching theme in Strauss’s Four Last Songs is death. But rather than being tinged by dread or melancholy, these tunes are permeated by a sense of acceptance and completeness. The listener may recognize a quotation from Strauss’s tone poem “Death and Transfiguration,” written much earlier in his career: A sevennote phrase written to symbolize the fulfillment of the soul through death.

This performance opens the new concert season, which includes performances of The Planets by Holst, the complete Nutcracker by Tchaikovsky and The Rite of Spring by Stravinsky. Season ticket packages offer discounted pricing and a number of additional benefits. Details are outlined on our website at arapahoe-phil.org/events/ buy-tickets. Single tickets are also available online or by calling 303-781-1892.

A new ticket package is available for young adults age 18 to 35 this season. This “Pay Your Age” package includes four tickets to be used at any of our concerts for the cost of the purchaser’s age. It is priced to entice and give maximum flexibility to young professional classical lovers in the region. Some restrictions, which are outlined on our website, apply.