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August 8, 2014VOLUME 12 | ISSUE 40

Business tax breaks approved Council OKs $550,000 for three new arrivals By Chris Michlewicz [email protected]

Parker Town Council granted nearly $550,000 in tax breaks to three new busi-nesses that will increase the size of the lo-cal labor force.

Council approved tax incentive pack-ages July 21 for Culver’s restaurant, Great-West Life and Annuity Insur-ance, and the Parker Ga-rage, all three of which will bring jobs to Parker.

Culver’s, a Wisconsin-based fast-casual restau-rant chain that’s wildly popular in the Midwest, plans to open its 10th Colorado location on

the northeast corner of Mainstreet and Twenty Mile Road in spring 2015. They were approved for a sales-tax shareback and building permit fee rebate agreement worth $97,500 over a three-year term.

The 3,750-square-foot restaurant rep-resents a future investment of approxi-mately $1 million and will add as many as 50 new jobs, according to the agreement.

Although Great-West Life and Annu-ity Insurance submitted a site plan for a 23-acre campus near Lincoln Avenue

Waid Woodturning artist spins magic Ron Ferreira to appear with works at Parker’s annual Art in the Park By Chris Michlewicz [email protected]

The notion that his art might one day become an heirloom, passed down through a family he’ll never meet, mo-tivates Ron Ferreira to achieve perfec-tion.

Though he descends from a line of stone masons, Ferreira’s chosen medi-um is woodturning. It’s a practice that requires skill with tools and dyes and, of course, his hands. Retired from com-mercial construction, Ferreira joined a woodworking club in 2000 and started out on typical projects, but was soon intrigued by the idea of carving out a bowl.

His pieces gradually became more intricate, and after handing out fin-ished platters, candlestick holders and serving bowls to surprised friends and neighbors, Ferreira decided to start a business, known simply as “Woodturn-ings by Ron.” He revealed his talents to the public during his first show last year, but left with a slight feeling of dis-

appointment.“It broke my heart because I sold my

two favorite pieces last year,” he said. “But you can’t store them, and I have to get them out there.”

The Parker Artists Guild member is scheduled to appear at six art shows this year, including Art in the Park Aug. 16-17 at O’Brien Park, 10795 Victorian Dr. in Parker. The price of his artwork ranges from $50 to $500 for the more

elaborate creations.In a distinct Rhode Island accent,

Ferreira talks excitedly about experi-menting with grain patterns and care-fully applying iridescent dyes and choosing the right chunk of wood with which to start. Many of his pieces are made from fruit trees, some knocked down by a hurricane and others re-moved because they were too close

Ron Ferreira, a woodturning artist from Parker, shows some of his creations. Ferreira will be among those selling their work at Art in the Park Aug. 16-17 at O’Brien Park. Photos by Chris Michlewicz

Ron Ferreira’s woodturning creations will be among those being sold at Art in the Park Aug. 16-17 at O’Brien Park. Ballot won’t address schools in November State funding plan portrayed as unfair by board members By Jane Reuter [email protected]

Douglas County School District staff proposed a way to fi x the district’s aging buildings without raising taxes, but the school board recently decided not to put the question on November’s ballot.

Board members unanimously adopted the resolution not to participate in the fall election, citing concerns with the state’s school funding formula, which they be-lieve already puts an unfair burden on Douglas County taxpayers.

But a member of DCSD’s fi scal over-sight committee said other factors are at play.

“I think there are bigger issues the board is facing they need to resolve,” Dave Usechek said. “There is no doubt in my mind there’s a need (for capital funding). But until there is positive support for the board, and no longer this bickering be-tween parents and the board, I am not willing to support giving additional funds. Both sides need to resolve their differenc-es and start working together for the best interests of kids.”

The board’s July 15 resolution said the

Fracking initiatives dropped Gov. Hickenlooper and Polis reach deal — task force created By Vic Vela [email protected]

Voters will not be weighing in on hydraulic fracturing this November after all.

Gov. John Hickenlooper and U.S. Rep. Jared Polis an-nounced an 11th hour deal on Aug. 4 to create a special task force to address issues surrounding fracking — the very day that signatures to put fracking on the November bal-lot were due for submission to the Secretary of State’s Offi ce.

The task force is part of a deal that the two Democrats reached in the days leading up to the announcement that will also end efforts by Polis to

place two anti-fracking ballot initiatives on the November ballot.

Later in the day, pro-frack-ing groups said they too will

drop their own ballot initiative efforts, suddenly ending what was gearing up to be a ballot box fi ght that was expected to be costly — both in terms of campaign advertising dol-lars and potentially in politi-cal price for other candidates seeking offi ce this fall.

The Polis-backed initia-tives sought to increase set-back requirements for wells and would have also given communities greater control over oil and gas drilling op-erations. Pro-fracking groups had sought initiatives that could have had economic impacts on communities that ban fracking — the process by

U.S. Rep. Jared Polis discusses the details of a deal reached Aug. 4 with Gov. John Hickenlooper concerning fracking and local control initiatives. Photo by Vic Vela

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‘Imagine no possessions, I wonder if you can’ Stuff.Most of us have lots of it.Cristin Bleess and her husband, Adrian

Horner, did.But by the time March 13 rolls around,

the day they leave for Albania with the Peace Corps, their possessions will amount to this:

• An antique pie cupboard refi nished by Adrian’s mother and given to them as a wedding gift

• A coffee table made from the win-dow of Cristin’s grandparents’ Minnesota farmhouse

• A cedar hope chest that belonged to Cristin’s aunt fi lled with items such as a childhood photo album and a few framed photographs

• Two fi ling drawers of tax returns, Social Security information and other documents

• Camping and backpacking gear• A couple of bicycles• Two suitcases each of clothing“It’s amazing how much stuff you have

that really isn’t sentimental or even used or even appreciated,” Adrian said as he considered what they have let go. “The thrill of discovery is almost better than the thrill of having.”

The journey to de-stuff began late last fall when Cristin, 41, a Spanish teacher, and Adrian, 38, a software tester, decided to change the course of their lives.

“We just wanted a new adventure,” Cristin said.

They contacted a Realtor with the intention of putting their three-bedroom home on the market in January, met with a fi nancial adviser and, after exploring op-tions, decided to apply to the Peace Corps, which requires a 27-month commitment.

Meanwhile, they began deconstruct-ing their belongings, much of it unique, original folk art collected from countries they’d visited in Latin America or antiques with personal connections or collections of one-time passions that refl ected eras of their lives.

“Our stuff wasn’t stuff you can buy at Pier 1 or Target,” Cristin said. “It’s stuff we had both collected through travels or through family or through interests. We

thought about it a lot.”They checked into storage costs — $200

a month. Too expensive.They considered disposing of some,

keeping some. But the storage cost issue remained, and family didn’t have enough space to offer.

Then Cristin saw this Facebook post: “Collect memories, not things.”

And that was it.She said to Adrian: “Let’s just get rid of

it all.”They began in the basement, with

holiday decorations and unopened boxes that had followed Adrian and Cristin from place to place.

High school yearbooks.Adrian’s ACT scores.The 1,500 to 2,000 comic books of

“Fantastic Four,” “Avengers,” “X-Men” and others that Adrian had collected in elementary and middle school.

The military memorabilia collection that started with Adrian’s grandfather’s WWII medals and included a Civil War bayonet and a WWI helmet.

Cristin’s beloved sticker collection, which she began in fi fth grade and contin-ued for several years, building it into what she called the best collection, even orga-nized by categories such as teddy bears, unicorns and hearts.

It all easily sold through postings on social media garage-sale sites or consign-ment to niche stores.

“I took my grandfather’s insignia out and sold all of it,” Adrian, a college history major, said of the military collection. “It went from a big box to a couple of med-als.”

Cristin became Facebook friends with the woman who bought her sticker collec-

tion, one of the possessions to which she was most attached.

“It’s probably the fi rst thing I ever was passionate about and that I did on my own,” she said. “I spent my own money on it and took care of it and was invested in it. Like I said, it was the best collection.”

Next came the kitchen. Dishes. Pans. The box of cake-making utensils given to Cristin by her mom, a baker of wedding cakes.

Books — avid readers, they donated boxes of books to the local library.

Clothing.For staging purposes, closets should

look empty to help sell the house, Adrian said. So “we got ruthless with our cloth-ing.”

“You have so many clothes you never wear,” Cristin added. “As a dual-income, no-kids couple, you just accumulate stuff and you don’t always think before you buy it…”

They took three to four lawn-size trash bags of clothing to fi ve different consign-ment stores from Castle Rock to Boulder, the rest to Goodwill.

On Jan. 1, they listed their home and moved in with Adrian’s mother. They also moved some furniture to her basement and all the folk art.

Adrian’s mother took the two-and-a-half-foot tall, colorful, ceramic church, a thrill-of-discovery fi nd by renowned Mexi-can potter Candelario Medrano chanced upon on the fl oor of a Santa Fe gallery, and a metal red heart that “spoke” to Cristin in San Miguel de Allende in Mexico.

Except for four other pieces, they delivered all to a consignment store near Tucson. The ones they held back include a smaller Medrano church, and a fruit bowl and clay fi gurines of a couple on a park bench made by the Mexican artist Josefi na Aguilar, whom Cristin met on the same trip during which she met Adrian.

“I wanted to take them with the other stuff to Arizona,” Cristin said, “but Adrian wanted to think about it more.”

“I probably fought harder on keeping things in the folk art collection,” Adrian said. “I have a lot of fond memories of the things we’d done together, and the stuff in

the house reminded me of that. I recog-nized the fact I couldn’t just go to Wal-Mart and buy them again.”

Travel has played a meaningful role in their lives and relationship.

A high school trip to Mexico ignited Cristin’s passion for Spanish, which became her career. An acclaimed teacher, she taught the language for 18 years until the school year ended in May.

She was traveling throughout Mexico in July 2003 when she met Adrian at a hostel in Oaxaca. He was three months into an 18-month bike trip he started in Cali-fornia and ended in Argentina. Until his return to the Denver area, they communi-cated through emails. Then, they visited between Denver and Minneapolis, where Cristin was teaching at the time, until she moved here in 2005. They married two years later and have journeyed together through 13 states and four countries. The anticipation is building for Albania, which is unlike any place they’ve been.

“It’s that thrill, the excitement,” Adrian said. “I think that’s why we both love to travel — we don’t know what we’re going to get.”

When the house sold in March, they moved most of the furniture to the base-ment of Adrian’s mother’s home and put it on Craigslist. Eventually, it all went.

The red couch with the two chairs, one green, one a patchwork of colors, and a geometric-design rug.

The queen bed, full bed and twin bed.The dining room table and chairs.Bookshelves.The antique wardrobe and dresser.Lamps.Patio furniture.The antique washstand.Cristin delivered the dresser her uncle

made in his high school shop class to her second cousin in Loveland.

Adrian also sold the ‘93 black Geotrack-er he had started driving his junior year in high school.

The fi nal piece of furniture, a TV cabi-net, sold three weeks ago.

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Third-party candidate works to sway votersWilliams challenges for seat in HD-44By Chris [email protected]

Lily Tang Williams has some very personal reasons for running as a Libertarian in her election bid for state House District 44.

Williams, a Chinese im-migrant who moved to the U.S. in 1988 for graduate studies, said she hopes to bring change to the House seat, which has long been held by Republicans. It is currently occupied by Chris Holbert, who is term-limited and is now running for Senate District 30.

For the first 23 years of her life, Williams said, she and her family were op-pressed by the regime of Mao Zedong, the longtime chairman of China’s Com-munist Party. This upbring-ing had a profound influ-ence on her decision to enter the political realm.

“We were very poor and, of course, we were very brainwashed,” said Wil-liams, who was raised in

the mountainous Sichuan province, which she calls the “wild west” of China.

Williams, of Parker, says the level of government corruption and fear-induc-ing oversight she witnessed

during her youth was a motivat-ing factor in mak-ing sure the same does not happen to her adop-tive home country.

Her mother and father did not receive a proper education, but they made sure that their daughter exercised her intelligence and had opportunities. Williams studied hard and graduated from a top-five law school in China before pursuing her master’s de-gree. She has since worked in corporate law, telecom-munications and real es-tate, but wants her next ca-reer to have an impact on the future.

In a wide-ranging in-terview July 24 that cov-ered topics from Second

Amendment rights to the legalization of marijuana (she’s for both), Williams said she believes America’s two major parties have run the country into the ground via “crony capitalism.” A former Republican who has had friends in both ma-jor parties, Williams said she saw enough to drive her to become a Libertar-ian, although she knows it’s an uphill battle in a histori-cally conservative district.

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Horse park for sale, owner set to retire Founder wants to focus on family, immigration reform By Chris Michlewicz [email protected]

For someone who has done so much for the Douglas County community, Helen Krieble certainly has a lot of humility.

Krieble, the founder and president of the Colorado Horse Park, has decided to sell the world-class equestrian venue south of Parker and is searching for a “like-minded” buyer with an interest in keeping the horse park open.

“A lot of people have put their life blood into creating (the venue), and to turn it into a housing development would be a tragedy,” Krieble said, referring to offers that have already come in.

The facility opened in 1990 as High Prairie Farms. Krieble took over in 2002 and doubled the number of stables and arenas. Colorado Horse Park has hosted numerous international competitions, and last season was particularly successful in terms of attendance and performances from elite riders.

Krieble, 71, is ready to pursue other en-deavors. “It’s very sad that I have to leave, but there comes a time when you can’t continue,” she said. “I’m very proud of what we did. We accomplished something very wonderful, and last year truly was our best year, so it’s a nice way to go out.”

Krieble plans to step down Jan. 1 to put a greater focus on her work in immigration reform on behalf of a public policy founda-tion named for her late husband, Vernon. She will continue delivering speeches on the topic and plans to embark on a na-tionwide campaign to establish a “sensible program” to secure the nation’s borders, she said.

Krieble noted that she has split her time between the horse park and her political

activities, but no longer has any desire to work two full-time jobs. She will instead move back to Connecticut, where she grew up, to spend time with her family, includ-ing 10 grandchildren.

Looking back, Krieble takes immense pride in her years of community involve-ment, and said she is thankful that the community has in turn reciprocated the

gesture by supporting the horse park. She was “fl ab-bergasted” when the Parker Chamber of Commerce chose her as its Corner-stone Award winner in 2012. In typical fashion, Krieble defl ected any ac-colades, insisting that the selection committee “could have found somebody bet-ter,” but she nonetheless

characterized the honor as “a wonderful thing.”

When asked whether she might stay on in some capacity if the horse park is kept open, Krieble said she would “love to play a role, but not a big one.”

“The new owner will have their own ideas,” she said. “I’m old-fashioned. I think it needs a fresh look. They don’t need an old lady’s point of view.”

Although there would be no require-ment for the new owner to keep the venue operating, Krieble said it’s important to preserve the county’s equestrian roots. She is even willing to lower the price tag if a horse enthusiast takes over.

“The history and the heritage in Doug-las County has always been associated with the horse and to close this major equestri-an facility that keeps that alive would be a tragedy,” said Krieble, who noted that the county had more horses per capita than any other in the nation when she bought the 150-acre park.

The facility was put up for sale in 2009 for $11.5 million. The current asking price is unknown.

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Calendar of EventsFor a complete calendar of South Metro Denver

Chamber events and for more information,

visit our web site at www.bestchamber.com

or call 303-795-0142.

Friday, August 1-Saturday, August 2Relay For Life of Littleton

6:00 pm – 6:00 am, deKoevend Park, 6301 S University Blvd, Centennial, CO

Saturday, August 2Join Goodwill Denver for the Grand Opening Celebration of the Home Store

8:30 am – 3:00 pm, Goodwill Home Store, 8260 S. Colorado Blvd.

(at County Line Rd.), Centennial, CO

Tuesday, August 5Become a Goodwill Denver Youth Mentor

8:00 am - 9:00 am, Hamilton Middle School, 8600 E Dartmouth Ave, Denver, CO

Thursday, August 7Douglas County’s 4TH Annual Chamber Night at the Fair

5:00 pm - 7:00 pm, Douglas County Fairgrounds Fairgrounds Indoor Arena,

500 Fairgrounds Drive, Castle Rock, Castle Rock, CO

Saturday, August 9 Englewood Funfest

10:00 am - 5:00 pm, Belleview Park, 5001 S. Inca Street, Littleton, CO

Thursday, August 14Congressional Debate with Congressman Mike Co�man and Andrew Romano� Open to Public

7:30 am – 9:00 am, Hilton Garden Inn-Highlands Ranch,

1050 Plaza Drive, Highlands Ranch, CO

On Wednesday, July 23, Adatto Custom Menswear hosted a launch party with the South Metro Denver Chamber. Several hundred people attended the event. �e company greeted attendees with small plates and specialty cocktails from the event’s host location Session Kitchen, and a specially constructed “Swag Bag” for all

attendees provided by Modern Gladiator Magazine. Several drawings for customs shirts and suits were also held, and free fittings were available. Adatto employees modeled the company’s various custom menswear offerings.

“Awesome launch, excellent products and employees,” said Todd McIntyre, owner of

National ComTel and South Metro Denver Chamber member.

Adatto is custom menswear company that sells custom suits with a focus on reflecting each customer’s personal style. �e company feels that “�e right suit makes every man feel confident, attractive, and successful. And the right suit is a custom suit — tailored to fit and designed with the individual in mind.”

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Richard Herrera, a South Metro Chamber member, poses with fellow Chamber attendees at the Adatto Launch Party

On �ursday, August 14, Congressman Mike Coffman and former Colorado Speaker of the House, Andrew Romanoff will take part in a congressional debate. �e event is open to the public from 7:30 am to 9:00 am at the Hilton Garden Inn-Highlands Ranch. “As the host for this debate we want to ensure our commu-nity learns the candidates’ positions on issues that will affect businesses in Colorado,” said Robert Golden, president/CEO of the South Metro Denver Chamber. �is race for CD6 is one of the top three Congressional races in the nation and will be closely contested. Topics to be debated include the Keystone XL Pipeline; immigration; national security; fix the debt; government’s role in business �e moderator for the event will be Aaron Harber, host of “�e Aaron Harber Show TM” and “�e Aaron Harber Show: Colorado Now TM.” For more information or to RSVP please visit www.bestchamber.com or call 303-795-0142. Please arrive early to secure a seat. Event hosted by business leaders from the South Metro Denver Chamber of Commerce and the Denver South Economic Development Partnership.

Congressman MikeCoffman and Andrew Romanoff DebateOpen to Public

Carbon-regulation debate hits DenverOpponents of proposed rules fear �scal impactBy Vic [email protected]

A national debate over pro-posed new clean-air rules swept through Denver last week, result-ing in a values clash of job securi-ty and environmental protection that attracted visitors from the around the country.

Denver was one of four cit-ies chosen by the Environmental Protection Agency to hold hear-ings July 28 and 29 on proposed power plant regulations that are aimed at combating global warm-ing. The two-day hearings were held inside the EPA’s Region 8 of-fice in lower downtown Denver.

Through implementation of the agency’s new plan, President Obama’s administration has stat-ed it hopes to cut carbon-dioxide emissions by 30 percent over the next 16 years. Supporters view the rules as a necessary step toward addressing the impact of global warming.

“This is the issue of our time,” said Chris Arend of Conservation Colorado. “If we don’t take action we’re going to see a much differ-ent Colorado in ways we don’t re-ally know.”

At the same time the confer-

ence was being held, several op-ponents of the proposed rules ral-lied in Denver’s Lincoln Park on July 29 to denounce the regula-tions. Many were coal advocates who said the EPA regulations would kill jobs and cause energy prices to skyrocket in an already heavily regulated industry.

“This is the way I make my living,” said Bill Jones of Craig, a mechanic at a coal mine. “We have a hard enough time as a society with energy costs as it is anyway and I don’t want to see prices go up — and I’m trying to protect my job.”

Colorado is one of the top coal-producing states in the country. However, coal produc-tion has dropped over the years along with demand.

Still, miners like John Simonet, also of Craig, say their communi-ties depend on the industry and that increased regulations would only hurt them more.

“If this goes through, unfor-tunately everyone will probably have to go elsewhere to find work and probably even, worst-case scenario, create another ghost town in our neck of the woods,” Simonet said.

The EPA considers the green-house gas that emits from power plants to be the country’s largest source of carbon pollution. The organization says the pollution is a significant contributor to global

warming and can have long-term impacts on the environment and public health, as supporters of the regulations tried to convey over two days of testimony here and in Atlanta, Pittsburgh and Washington.

State Rep. Max Tyler, D-Lake-wood, who is the chairman of the House Transportation and Energy Committee, testified on behalf of the regulations July 29. He said afterward that any industry job loss would pale in comparison to the economic impact that would continue to occur if climate change isn’t taken more seriously.

“As we change the climate, there’s going to be millions of jobs that disappear,” said Tyler. “There’s no comparison at all be-tween what’s going to happen in the next 30 years and the fact that the coal industry has to change.”

Tyler and Arend said that Col-orado has already taken the lead nationally in stemming carbon emissions. They point to recent legislation that has increased renewable energy mandates on utility companies and rural elec-tric cooperatives, as well as other state regulations that promote natural gas and that have helped to clean up coal plants.

States would have leeway in how they implement the admin-istration’s rules. Because of that, Arend said he doesn’t see much of a job impact at coal plants be-

cause Colorado has already put in place strong regulations.

“In Colorado, we’ve taken a lot of steps and we’re well on our way to meeting what the EPA is asking us to do,” he said. “If Colo-rado doesn’t have to do a whole lot more, I don’t see how that can impact those jobs.”

But Republican gubernatorial candidate Bob Beauprez doesn’t buy that argument. He said prior to speaking at the Lincoln Park rally that energy industry regu-lations are already having an adverse impact and that adding more rules is an “ill conceived” policy direction on the part of the Obama administration.

“All of us want clean air and

clean water,” Beauprez said. “The people that are closest to the in-dustry ought to be concerned about negative impacts more than anybody, and they’re the ones here saying, `Let us keep our jobs.’ We have never done en-ergy cleaner, safer, more efficient in the history of mankind. That’s something we ought to celebrate, not punish.”

But supporters of regulations say complacency is not an option.

“There is absolutely no doubt that humans are destroying the climate that allows us to have an economy at all,” Tyler said. “There is no doubt at all that humans are causing serious climate disrup-tion. It’s as certain as gravity.”

KNUS radio host Dan Caplis is joined by several children during a rally at Denver’s Lincoln Park on July 29. The rally served as a protest to new air-quality rules that are being proposed by the Environmental Protection Agency. Photo by Vic Vela


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RTD FARE STUDYAttend a public meeting

WestminsterWestminster City Park Rec Center, Common Room 10455 Sheridan Boulevard Wednesday, August 13, 6:30 p.m.

LakewoodClements Community Center 1580 Yarrow Street Thursday, August 14, 6:30 p.m.

Commerce CityAdams City High School, Cafeteria 7200 Quebec Parkway Thursday, August 21, 6:30 p.m.

AuroraAurora Municipal Center, City Café 15151 E Alameda Parkway Wednesday, August 27, 6:30 p.m.

Denver RTD Administrative Offices 1600 Blake Street, Rooms T&D Thursday, August 28, Noon

LongmontCivic Center, City Council Chambers 350 Kimbark Street Thursday, August 28, 6:30 p.m.

Regional Transportation District303.299.6000 rtd-denver.com

RTD is conducting a fare study to understand the impact of our fare structure on our passengers. Please attend a public meeting to learn more and give us your comments.

For details on the fare study, visit rtd-denver.com

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Attendance at public meetings is not required to comment. You may also comment online at rtd-denver.com no later than Friday, August 29, 2014.

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Cops say man drove drunk on three wheels Parker resident taken to hospital, then jail By Chris Michlewicz [email protected]

Jodi Arcese was stopped at the traffi c light at South Parker Road and Orchard Road when she heard a strange noise.

The Parker resident was returning from dinner July 19 with her daughter and her daughter’s friend. Arcese turned down the radio and the sound grew louder, like it was getting closer. Then she looked in her rear-view mirror.

“All I see is this truck coming from be-hind me like a bat out of hell on fi re,” she said.

A red Chevrolet Silverado 1500 pickup was barreling down the road at a high rate of speed — on three wheels.

The exposed right front axle scraped

the concrete and threw sparks into the air, and the truck swerved across the roadway as the driver tried to maintain control. The front passenger side was partially missing. A separate vehicle was driving behind the truck with its hazard lights fl ashing, trying to keep pace, Arcese said.

She began following at a safe distance while the truck continued south on Parker Road, running red lights.

“I was thinking he must have stolen this truck because no one in their right mind would do this to their own vehicle,” Arcese said.

She lost sight of the Chevrolet near the Arapahoe-Douglas county line, but soon came upon a small grass fi re in a fi eld be-hind the vacant King Soopers building in Cottonwood. Arcese said she was afraid the truck was going to hit another vehicle and was surprised that no police cars were fol-lowing. She eventually saw a Parker police patrol car turn onto Longs Way, and she followed.

Arcese pulled into the RTD park-n-Ride

lot, where she saw a man walking away from the truck. An offi cer, who reported seeing fl uid leaking from the vehicle and heavy smoke coming from the missing tire area, was approaching the man, later iden-tifi ed as Kurt Koniceck, 35, of Parker.

“I spoke with Kurt and asked him what had happened to his ve-hicle, and he shrugged his shoulders,” the Parker of-fi cer wrote in an incident report. “Kurt also shrugged his shoulders when I asked where he was coming from.”

When asked how much he had to drink

prior to driving, Koniceck allegedly said “too much,” but denied being behind the wheel. The offi cer said he observed signs of intoxication, including bloodshot eyes and the smell of alcohol. Koniceck declined to perform roadside sobriety maneuvers and refused a chemical blood test. He was ar-rested and taken to the hospital after com-

plaining of chest and rib pain, the police report said.

Koniceck was later booked into the Douglas County Detention Center in Cas-tle Rock, where an offi cer overheard Koni-ceck allegedly say, “I’m sorry guys. I really (messed) up tonight.” He faces charges of careless driving and driving under the in-fl uence of alcohol or drugs.

Numerous witnesses called 9-1-1 when they saw the truck driving erratically. One man who arrived at the scene said he made a video recording of the melee and saw the truck hit a guardrail near Interstate 25 and Hampden Avenue. The arresting offi cer later learned that debris from an accident was found near Interstate 25 and I-225, but no vehicle was located.

Arcese returned to the fi eld near King Soopers and saw several police and fi re personnel trying to extinguish the brush fi re, which had grown to a size of 10 feet by 3 feet, the report said. She said she was amazed no one got injured throughout the ordeal.

Missing teen found; man facing charges Oklahoma resident could receive life in prison By Christy Steadman [email protected]

An Oklahoma City man could face life in prison if convicted on a charge of taking a 13-year-old Doug-las County girl to Okla-homa with the intention of engaging in illicit sexual conduct with her.

Mark Sumpter, 43, was arrested July 17 in Okla-homa City on the charge of transportation of a mi-nor with intent to engage in criminal sexual activity, according to a news release

issued by the U.S. Depart-ment of Justice.

Sumpter’s case is being heard in federal court in Oklahoma City.

According to court doc-uments, the Oklahoma City police notifi ed the FBI “that they had recovered an en-dangered 13-year-old run-away girl” on June 27 from an apartment in the city.

The documents state that the parents of the 13-year-old girl fi led a missing persons report with the Douglas County Sheriff’s Offi ce on June 21. The DCSO reportedly con-ducted an investigation of the girl’s social media ac-counts, which led law en-forcement to the Oklahoma City apartment by obtain-ing Internet subscriber in-

formation for the IP address.

A c -cording to the docu-m e n t s , S u m p t e r and the girl

fi rst had contact with each other in November 2013, and “developed an online

relationship … that turned sexual” via the Internet-based messaging, video and chat sites of Kik, cha-thour.com and Skype.

Sumpter allegedly told his roommate that the girl was his daughter, and con-vinced him to drive him to Colorado to pick her up, according to court docu-ments. The men reportedly

picked her up at a location within walking distance of her home, “drove immedi-ately back to Oklahoma” and stayed at the Okla-homa City apartment from June 21 through June 27.

Sumpter is being held without bond. He appeared before a U.S. magistrate in Oklahoma City on July 18 for preliminary proceed-

ings. A spokesperson for the U.S. Attorney’s Offi ce, West District in Oklahoma, stated that Sumpter will next appear after the pros-ecution presents an indict-ment to a federal grand jury.

Sumpter may accrue additional charges, the spokesperson said.

Sumpter

Koniceck


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More than one `right’ answerThe slogan “red, right and blue” has ev-

erything to do with the reason our govern-ment can’t get anything done.

The implication is that there is only one “right” answer, opinion or way to be. What happened to the diversity that founded this nation?

What rights are being protected by the proponents of this position? They claim they stand behind the rights this country was founded on — the right to have our own opinions and to celebrate our differ-ences — but those are the exact rights they seem to be trying to squelch.

It is this expectation that there is only one “right” way that keeps our govern-ment from getting anything done. It cannot govern without the foundational skill of negotiation. It is, after all, intended (and invented) to be a government by the people for the people. We (the people) are not a homogenous, single-minded unit. We are, thankfully, diverse. Thus the need (and brilliance) of checks and balances built into our government process.

If they think they can avoid negotiating, they are dreaming. And it’s a nightmare.

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Life is a conveyor belt toward � nal checkout Pat Bowlen has Alzheimer’s. There is no

known cure.It is very diffi cult to watch a life in

descent. By now, most of us have probably been through it — or we are going through it right now.

My dear friend Ruth, 96, thought we were married.

My aunt thought I was my cousin Linn.I left Michigan on a Tuesday, I was in

Highlands Ranch on Wednesday, and I was back in Michigan on Thursday. My mother didn’t know I had left, and I was staying with her.

My father couldn’t eat, drink, walk or talk. It was nearly impossible for my sister and me to watch. He was in the hospital for the fi nal eight months of his life.

It was unfair.Our mother was in her kitchen one day,

in a hospice the next, and gone a few days after that, but our father took his time.

I guess it has been known for some time that Bowlen was experiencing short-term memory loss and other signs of Alzheim-er’s, but most of us didn’t fi nd out until July 23. The story dominated the Post, to the extent that there was no editorial page.

Amy Van Dyken was told to say her good-byes. After her recent ATV accident in Show Low, Ariz., she was told to say good-bye to her husband. She said good-bye, but she wasn’t going anywhere. It is one of the best stories of 2014.

There have been a lot of lousy stories this year, but when I get down on them, I

check in on Amy.She is going to compete in a 26.2-mile

marathon in her purple wheelchair with her brother by her side.

I am certain that Amy will be more ac-tive than I am, even though she is para-lyzed from the waist down, and I am fully ambulatory. It’s likely that years of athletic discipline prevented the accident’s out-come from being worse than it was.

Respecting life means something to me. And respecting death does too. They don’t seem to care in some parts of the world. In my least favorite part of the world, the Middle East, you get a number, not a name. It doesn’t seem to matter if you are a mother or a father or a child.

It doesn’t seem to matter if you are praying at the time, reading a good book or learning how to play the violin.

There will be a bomb. And the total that day will be on the news. The number of innocents who were killed. There are never any names.

But here we name every single one.

I read the obituaries. I don’t know any of them, but I want to fi nd out whatever I can.

I wrote my father’s obituary, knowing that nobody knew him. I thought maybe there was someone like me who would read it with an oblique interest, and realize that he was a good man.

I am 66 and some of my friends have died, and some of their mothers and fa-thers have died. That’s what happens when you get older. Death is no longer some-where way out there. It’s in the next email. It’s in the next phone call.

My mother and father died within three months of each other. There is an almost unexplainable emptiness that goes along with the deaths of both a mother and a father. Now what?

My sister and I carry the family history. I carry most of it in my memory. I have a few photographs and a few videos, and that’s all. There is no presence.

Death starts knocking when we are young. It may be a pet. I saw a dried-up lizard when I was 5 or 6, and didn’t under-stand what I was looking at. I do now.

Leonardo da Vinci said, “While I thought that I was learning how to live, I have been learning how to die.”

Craig Marshall Smith is an artist, educator and Highlands Ranch resident. He can be reached at [email protected].

Turn to teamwork for better outcome While I was facilitating a team meeting

recently, the people in the room had an “aha” moment that will change the course and culture of the company and also ac-celerate their success.

It wasn’t anything so profound, it was simply just a realization that they could accomplish more as a team than they ever could possibly do as individuals. An-other one of those common-sense things that are not always common practice.

This was a group of high-achieving and high-performing individuals. And since they were seen as the superstars of the company, they behaved in the same way. Egos were getting in the way of taking the team and the company to a higher level. I reminded them that even in the All Star games of professional sports, the players at the pinnacle of their game come together for one game and play for a common cause … a win.

This is not an uncommon situation, and as a matter of fact, I fi nd it to be true with small businesses and large com-panies alike. I see it in associations and organizations of all kinds. And I have wit-nessed it with families and in churches. You see, we can all benefi t from fi nding the resources and people in our lives that can help us achieve success. Even the

individual who struggles through diffi cult times or fi ghts their way through incred-ible opportunities presented to them could benefi t so much by leveraging the people in their lives that could absolutely lend a hand, give advice, or just listen to the ideas and goals.

Here’s the thing, sometimes some of us worry so much about perception that we are afraid to engage others for the fear of feeling like we are not smart enough or strong enough to handle the situation or opportunity on our own. So in the face of feeling embarrassed, we go it alone. If we would only learn to lean on our families, friends, and/or other people we already know or could be introduced to, we can truly accelerate our successes in life.

Take the time to think about an event

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“I felt like a weight was being lifted every time something went out the door,” Cristin said. “I felt lighter. … It was not even about the money. We haven’t gotten rich — we’ve lost money. It just feels good — freeing.”

Adrian agreed. “It feels like you have a lot of choices — you’re not weighted down by all the possessions.”

They might have thought differ-ently about the downsizing if they had children. But their belongings, they say, don’t hold the same sentimental value to nieces and nephews.

And being unencumbered by things, they say, gives them a freedom to pursue new passions wherever they take them.

“Whatever,” Adrian said, “we want to do.”

But nothing that requires having a lot of stuff.

Cristin mentions an old radio ad that described the Mile High Flea Market as a place where the under-stuffed come to get stuff and the over-stuffed go to sell stuff.

“I want to be the under-stuffed,” Cristin said. “I don’t ever want to be the over-stuffed again.”

A little place will be fi ne.Big enough to hold only basic neces-

sities.But with unlimited room for all the

memories.

Ann Macari Healey’s column about people, places and issues of everyday life appears every other week. Her column earned fi rst place in the 2013 Colo-rado Press Association Better Newspaper contest. She can be reached at [email protected] or 303-566-4110.

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or potential opportunity that has already taken place in your life where the out-come wasn’t exactly what you had hoped for. Now think about the people in your life that could have made a difference in that outcome. What if you had assembled a team or small group to help you, maybe even just one other individual that could have provided an assist, do you think that

the outcome could have been improved?How about you? Do you like to go it

alone or do you believe that teamwork could accelerate success? Either way I would love to hear all about it at [email protected]. And when we come together for the greater good or a com-mon cause, it really will be a better than good week.

Michael Norton is a resident of Highlands Ranch, the former president of the Zig Ziglar Corporation and the CEO/founder of www.candogo.com.


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Bill will help close ‘skills gap’ At a time when federal dollars are

stretched thin, we need to shift to models that pay for outcomes, rather than paying for services that may or may not be work-ing. This is the type of approach that can and should apply to a range of govern-ment services. It’s also the type of ap-proach Republican Sen. Rob Portman and I took when crafting the recently passed Pay-for-Success Act — which works to make federal job training programs more effective and responsive to what employ-ers want.

When I meet with business owners from all across the state, from the Western Slope to the San Luis Valley, from large manufacturers to small information tech-nology companies, there is one thing that they have in common: a challenge fi nding workers with skills that match their busi-ness needs.

At Western Slope Industries in Grand Junction they stressed how diffi cult it was to fi nd employees with the proper training. Diversifi ed Machine Systems in

Colorado Springs is rapidly expanding with high customer demand, yet they are not able to hire qualifi ed employees fast enough. In Loveland, Leed Fabrication’s need is so great, they had to build their own training facility.

It’s not that there aren’t enough work-ers, it’s that they aren’t trained in the fi elds that are hiring. This problem, commonly referred to as the “skills gap,” is driving unemployment and stifl ing economic growth in Colorado and across the nation.

A 2011 report found that 74 percent of manufacturers are experiencing work-

force shortages or skills defi ciencies that are signifi cantly hindering their abil-ity to expand operations and improve productivity. They aren’t alone. Employ-ers across the country — particularly in the information-technology sector and throughout other high-growth industries in this economy — are facing a lack of skilled workers, even as tens of thousands of Coloradans continue to look for work.

The Pay-for-Success Act creates a new model for workforce development that helps address this problem and close the skills gap by improving federal job train-ing programs. State and local workforce boards will now have the fl exibility to enter into contracts with job-training providers who will be reimbursed for their services only if they deliver on agreed-upon outcomes.

For instance, a Colorado job-training provider tasked with training a certain number of workers to fi ll high-need positions in a specifi c region or a rapidly growing industry would not be paid if the

jobs aren’t fi lled. The result is workforce development training that is more aligned to regional needs and employer demands.

In Colorado, roughly 10 percent of core federal job-training funds, or $3.24 mil-lion, will be available for workforce boards to steer toward these innovative types of “Pay-for Success” contracts. This will help state and local workforce boards better serve the roughly 9,000 Coloradans who use their services to gain new skills to get back to work.

The Pay-for-Success Act is the type of model that promotes innovation by rewarding results and penalizing com-placency. This common-sense reform ensures that job training programs are more responsive to the needs of employ-ers and are preparing more workers for a 21st-century economy.

Democrat Michael Bennet has repre-sented Colorado in the U.S. Senate since 2009.

AREA CLUBS EDITOR’S NOTE: To add or update a club listing, e-mail [email protected].

POLITICAL

DOUGLAS COUNTY Democrats executive committee meets at 7 p.m. every � rst Tuesday at various sites. Contact Ralph Jollensten at 303-663-1286 or e-mail [email protected]. Social discussion meetings are in Highlands Ranch, Castle Rock, Parker and Lone Tree. Visit douglasdemocrats.org and click on calendar for more information.

DOUGLAS COUNTY Republican Women meets at 11 a.m. the third Wednesday each month at the Lone Tree Golf and Hotel. Call Marsha Hae� ein at 303-841-4318 or visit www.dcgop.org or www.dcrw.org.

PROFESSIONAL

BUILD BUSINESS Today, a business networking group meets from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. every � rst and third Thursday at Johnny Carino’s in Parker. Visit www.buildbusinesstoday.com or call 720-840-5526.

DOUGLAS-ELBERT COUNTY Music Teachers’ Association meets at 9 a.m. every � rst Thursday at Parker Bible Church, between Jordan and Chambers on Main Street. All area music

teachers are welcome. Call Lucie Washburn, 303-814-3479.

LEADS CLUB Southeast Superstars meets at 7:30 a.m. Wednesdays at LePeep at Parker and Orchard roads. Call Linda Jones at 720-641-0056.

THE LEAGUE of Women Voters of Arapahoe County has two meetings per month. No unit meetings are in June through August, but the two unit meetings per month will begin again in September on second Monday evenings and second Thursday mornings. Call 303-798-2939. The group is open to residents of Douglas County.

PARKER LEADERS, a leads group with a networking attitude, meets from 10:30-11:45 a.m. the second and fourth Mondays of the month at Parker Heating & Air, 18436 Longs Way, Unit 101. Entrepreneurs are encouraged to visit the club, which is seeking new members, including a personal trainer, massage therapist, acupuncturist, lawyer, bookkeper, telecom consultant and computer repair technician. Contact [email protected].

PARKER LEADS meets from 4-5 p.m. every second and fourth Wednesdays. Call 303-524-9890.

THE PARKER Morning Mingle provides an opportunity for small businesses to gather, mingle, network and connect on

a business and personal level. Parker Morning Mingle meets every second Tuesday of the month from 9:30-11:30 a.m. at Panera Bread, 11290 Twenty Mile Road in Parker. Bring a stack of business cards, marketing material and calendar and get ready to mingle and win a ra� e. To RSVP and for information, e-mail [email protected] or call 303-250-4528.

PROJECT MEETINGS. Luxury living at a� ordable prices is the goal for an active adult condo community projected for downtown Parker. Community meetings are from 5-8 p.m. every Monday at the Vines Restaurant. Join us at any time. Call Marty Pickert 303-649-9125 for information.

SOUTH METRO Sales and Business Professionals, a network-ing group, meet from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. every Wednesday at August Moon, 18651 E. Mainstreet, in Parker. Call Tom Joseph at 303-840-5825 for information.

RECREATION

ALTITUDE MULTISPORT Club invites anyone interested in triathlon, running, biking, or swimming to join us for group workouts. Sunday morning swims at the Parker Rec Center and run and bike workouts throughout the week. Whether you’re an Ironman or have run a 5K, we welcome all abilities. Go to www.AltitudeMultisport.com for more information.

CASTLE ROCK Bridge Club plays a friendly ACBL-sanctioned duplicate game at 1 p.m. every Monday and Wednesday. For more information, a schedule of games and lessons, or direc-tions to the Lowell Ranch 4H location at 2330 South I-25 East Frontage Road, go the website at castlerockbridge.com. For assistance in � nding a bridge partner, call Georgiana Butler at 303-810-8504. Visit www.castlerockbridge.com.

CYCLE CLUB meets at 9 a.m. Saturdays in the parking lot of Southeast Christian Church. Tour the streets of Parker, Elizabeth and Castle Rock. Call John at 720-842-5520.

PARKER ARTISTS Guild presents free art classes for kids and teen on the second Saturday of each month at Hobby Lobby at Parker Road and Mainstreet. Lessons and Lemonade classes for ages 10-12 are at 9:30 or 11 a.m., and the Teen Art Studio for grades 7-9 are at 1 or 3 p.m. Reservations required by the Wednesday before class. Go to www.parkerartistsguild.com and click on Youth Programs. 20 students maximum.

THERAPEUTIC RIDING. Promise Ranch Therapeutic Riding in Parker o� ers free therapeutic riding for developmentally disabled adults and children. Scholarship money is available for Douglas County residents to provide 10 therapeutic riding

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Helpers honored for heroic actionsSouth Metro Fire honors citizens who stepped up to help out in times of needBy Chris [email protected]

When a bystander steps in to save a life, victim and rescuer are usually complete strangers.

Yet it turns out that Bob Marlin knew those who rushed to his aid on the first tee box at The Meadows Golf Club in south Jefferson County. In fact, he had trained them to use the automated external defibrillator that brought his heart back to a normal rhythm.

Marlin, believe it or not, had been a driv-ing force behind the installation of that very AED when he worked for the West Metro Fire Protection District — the department that serves the golf course.

Marlin is now with neighboring South Metro Fire Rescue, the agency that presented a lifesaving award to the employees of The Meadows and West Metro responders dur-ing a standing-room-only ceremony July 28 at the authority’s headquarters in Centennial.

His daughter, Cameron Marlin, made it a point to attend the awards ceremony, where she delivered an appreciative hug to each of the people who made sure her father survived his scare.

“It’s nice to meet them outside of a hospi-tal setting,” she said.

Coincidentally, Marlin also knew the doctor who was standing over him when he awoke at the hospital. He greeted the doc enthusiastically until Marlin realized why he was there.

The recognition for Marlin’s rescuers was far from the only feel-good moment of the night.

The other heroes recognized during South Metro Fire Rescue’s annual citizen awards event were each met with thunderous ap-plause for their actions. Fire Chief Dan Qual-man said they each went “over and above what’s reasonably expected.” That includes Castle Rock resident Brian Lindeman, a trained EMT who works for Lockheed Mar-

tin’s emergency services division.Lindeman was a few vehicles away from a

horrific crash in which a cement truck pulled in front of a woman on a motorcycle at U.S. 85 and Airport Road, just north of Sedalia. The victim was in bad condition; her throat had been punctured, and Lindeman held her in such a way that she could continue to breathe.

“There is no doubt about it,” said Marcos Mocine-McQueen, the South Metro para-medic who was among the first emergency personnel on scene, “maintaining her air-way was key to her survival.”

Lindeman provided an assessment of the woman’s injuries and detailed his life-saving measures to that point, the exact information Mocine-McQueen needed to keep her alive on the way to the hospital,

he said. Lindeman had also stabilized the victim’s cervical spine. Two months later, the woman is still recovering in the hospi-tal, but Lindeman’s selflessness gave her another chance.

“He stepped in because he cares about people,” said Mocine-McQueen, who pre-sented the award. “She has kids and grand-kids that she’s going to get to spend more time with.”

South Metro Fire Chief Dan Qualman talks about the irony of Bob Marlin, center, being saved by an AED he helped get installed at The Meadows Golf Club, where his heart went into an abnormal rhythm. Photos by Chris Michlewicz

South Metro Fire Chief Dan Qualman shakes hands with Art Cales, who was saved at Lifetime Fitness in Parker by Kate Jureller, center. Jureller and three others were honored July 28 for coming to the aid of Cales, who su�ered cardiac arrest.

Other citizen award recipients include:

• Kate Jureller, Kate Tillman and Mike Staheli, who all stepped in to save Parker resident Art Cales, 51, when he went into sudden cardiac arrest at Lifetime Fitness in January.

• Robert Rinne, a South Metro firefighter who was off duty when he administered CPR on a woman who was eating at Mag-giano’s. He also cleared her obstructed air-way before medics arrived.

• Joseph W. Ratcliff II, Bryan Schoff, Deborah Hall, David Tegtmeyer and Chris Sharp, who helped residents escape a burning apartment building in Centen-nial when the stairwell leading outside was blocked by flames. They pitched in by put-ting mattresses in the bed of a pickup truck so residents on higher floors could jump safely.

• Joseph Sprague, Jackson Bishop and Troy Seim, who attempted to save a Castle Pines boy who was run over in June by a vehicle he had been playing in. Qualman said not every attempt to save a life has a happy ending, but he noted that the men gave paramedics a fighting chance when there otherwise would not have been one.

• Mike Keefover, who administered CPR and used an AED to save a man who went into cardiac arrest at Centennial Airport.

• The team of Safety Shepherds at Lin-coln Meadows Senior Living, who are re-sponsible for assisting with emergency sit-uations, including nighttime evacuations.


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Lincoln Station moving full steam aheadDevelopment’s transit-oriented project picking up speed as economy reboundsBy Jane [email protected]

When the Clock Tower Grill opened in Lincoln Station in October 2009, its staff felt a bit lonely.

The southeast light rail extension had opened in late 2006, but a battered econ-omy delayed construction of many of the other buildings planned near the light rail stop that opened in November 2006.

“I think then it was more about the po-tential,” general manager Tyler Thompson said of the restaurant owner’s decision to open at Lincoln Station.

Five years later, that potential is coming to life, and the landscape looks strikingly different. A boutique salon, ballet fitness studio and other businesses share the Sta-tion Street building, which now is flanked by other buildings housing offices and medical suites.

Public art, including the iridescent glass piece “Sun Stream” erected on the side of Lincoln Station’s five-story parking garage and a plaza with a water feature, give visi-

tors and light rail riders reasons to linger a while.

Construction is under way on an apart-ment complex a stone’s throw from the res-taurant’s door along Park Meadows Drive, and another, larger complex is planned for construction this fall on the site’s west end.

Just across Park Meadows Drive, Kaiser Permanente’s six-story, 275,000-square-foot multi-specialty building opened in late 2013.

“Some of the plans have not come to fruition, but a lot of them have,” Thompson said. “Kaiser, the apartment buildings — it’s a great area.”

With existing apartment complexes like the Metropolitan already next door and two others soon to come, the Clock Tower staff no longer minds its once-isolated post.

“It’s nice we’re the only game in town for walking distance,” Thompson said.

The 35-acre property, while abutting the City of Lone Tree, is located in unincorpo-rated Douglas County.

Lincoln Station’s evolution follows the path of most transit-oriented develop-ments, which are designed as mixed-use, high-density residential and commercial areas focused on access to public transpor-tation.

The complex currently under construc-

tion on Station Street east of Park Meadows Drive will include 101 units. The Lofts at Lincoln Station, developed by Niebur De-velopment, is described as a Class-A, luxu-ry property. It will include a mix of one- and two-bedroom units, average 787-square-feet each. Niebur anticipates leasing units in early 2015.

Construction on a second apartment complex between Station Way and the Met-ropolitan apartments will begin late this

year, and wrap up in mid-2016. The Cam-den Property Trust project includes about 270 units. Rent for the units, which range in size from 570 to 1,250-square-feet, will average $1,400.

Camden operates several apartment complexes in the Denver area, including Camden Belleview Station. Like its planned Lone Tree complex, it is within walking dis-tance of the Belleview light rail station.

The complex developing around the Lincoln light rail station includes a water feature and public art. Two apartment complexes with a total of 371 units are planned there. Photo by Jane Reuter

Lengthy I-25 project to start this month‘Lane balancing’ project expected to take 2-plus years By Jane [email protected]

Two and a half years might sound like a long time to add two, three-mile-long lanes to Interstate 25, but state officials said the lengthy construction period was created in deference to the traveling public.

The $32 million to $35 million “lane-balancing” project, which will add a lane to I-25 in both directions between Lincoln Avenue and County Line Road, will begin by Aug 20. It’s set for completion in Decem-

ber 2016.Why so long?“Because it’s I-25,” Colorado Depart-

ment of Transportation spokeswoman Crystal Morgan said. “We can’t do a lot of work on I-25 during the day, so almost all of the work has to be done at night and on weekends.

“You’ll see a lot of work being done dur-ing the day, but we are required to maintain those lanes. We will have reduced speed limits, and that does cause backups. So you will see some disruption.”

The project will convert the six-lane section of highway to eight lanes, reduc-ing congestion created in large part by I-25 drivers exiting and merging from the C-470

southbound off-ramp and the northbound Lincoln on-ramp, and those merging and exiting southbound I-25 at its intersec-tions with County Line Road and Lincoln Avenue. The construction will also expand highway ramps. Off the highway, it will eliminate the frontage road just east of I-25 and north of Lincoln Avenue, creating a trail connection.

The work originally was planned as part of the massive metro Denver Transporta-tion Expansion Project, or T-REX, complet-ed in 2006. The five years of construction that began in 2001 widened major portions of the interstate and added 19 miles of light rail, including the southeast corridor light rail line to Lone Tree.

Crews will do most of the lane-balanc-ing construction between 10 p.m. and 5 a.m., but Morgan said about three hours of each night shift is consumed with closing and reopening portions of the highway.

“We really only have the availability to work for about six hours,” she said.

Winter construction is further ham-pered by cold temperatures that often pro-hibit concrete work.

“So we tend to lose a lot of construction time in the winter,” Morgan said.

The project, cut from T-REX due to bud-get restrictions, is jointly funded by CDOT, Douglas County, the City of Lone Tree and the Denver Regional Council of Govern-ments.


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and Twenty Mile Road and requested the tax incentives, the project has since been put on indefi nite hold while the company’s new chief executive offi cer reviews expan-sion plans. Joe Greene, a spokesman for Great-West, said he should know in late fall whether the project will move forward.

The insurance company, which is head-quartered in the Denver Tech Center, had a two-phase plan to build roughly 120,000 square feet of offi ce space and hire 350 new employees, with an average salary of $67,000. Approximately 50 employees would be transferred from the DTC offi ce, but any of the proposed numbers could change, Greene said.

Attracting companies that bring “high-

er-paid daytime employment” to Parker has been one of town council’s goals, said Mayor Mike Waid.

The town approved the requested tax break to remain competitive with other cit-ies that Great-West was considering for re-location. The incentive package would re-bate 100 percent of building fees and waive use taxes and fees, for a total of $260,000.

“Economic favorability” was one of the many factors Great-West took into account when deciding on Parker, said Greene, who noted that many existing employees com-mute from Parker.

“Parker just made a whole lot of sense for us,” he said.

Applicants must demonstrate a need for fi nancial assistance, which was the case with the owners of the Parker Garage, who are renovating the former Warhorse Inn and creating a concept that celebrates the history of the spot. Their investment will be roughly $900,000, and town council gave

the green light for $200,000 in tax incen-tives over a fi ve-year period. Approximately 35 employees will be hired.

Waid said applications are thoroughly reviewed and the incentive amount is de-termined on a case-by-case basis.

“They have to show that either the proj-ect wouldn’t happen or wouldn’t happen in a timely fashion,” he said. “We have denied some in the past where they have basically come in after the fact for free money.”

Waid clarifi ed that “the town is not out writing checks” but rather rebating a por-tion of sales tax revenue over several years. He said the subsidies enable the town to compete with neighboring jurisdictions, and pointed to a package that convinced Costco to locate at E-470 and South Parker Road instead of E-470 and Gartrell Road as a successful example. The move “paid off in spades” because Costco’s sales tax revenue helped keep Parker in positive fi gures in 2008 when the economy tanked.


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$3.4 million in budget changes get OK Nearly half goes to library/park site By Chris Michlewicz [email protected]

Town council has approved more than $3.4 million worth of appropriations to Parker’s 2014 budget.

The unanimous vote July 21 moved $2.4 million to the public improvement fund and included a $564,000 supplemental revision to the general fund budget. The town’s home rule charter allows council to make additional appropriations during the fi scal year for unanticipated expendi-tures.

Sometimes the changes are a matter of reallocating money from one fund to an-other, or placing money generated by the sale of bonds, of example, into the correct coffer. In other cases, the costs for a project will be reimbursed later by another agency or business, as is the case with the $300,000

being spent to improve the intersection at Parker Road and Woodman Drive. Those funds will be fully reimbursed by Loaf N Jug, which operates a convenience store on the southwest corner.

Douglas County and the Douglas Coun-ty School District will pay back $195,000 for a traffi c signal on Hilltop Road at the easternmost access point to Legend High School.

But appropriations are also the result of decisions made after offi cial approv-al of the annual budget. Council added $100,000 to the general fund budget for the Parker Arts, Culture and Events Center to “expand the performance market” through national acts, the ordinance said.

For the town to move its economic development offi ce to the former Parker Water and Sanitation District headquar-ters downtown, it will pay $30,000 for rent, $30,000 for professional and technical services from the real estate transaction, $10,000 for furniture, fi xtures and equip-ment, and $22,500 for “connectivity” asso-ciated with the building.

An appropriation of $12,000 will pay for a consultant to weigh in on Xcel Energy’s proposal to construct a new high-voltage transmission line. Another $32,300 will go toward costs associated with the Main-street Master Plan, a document that will specify visions and priorities for the down-town corridor.

Parker allocated $1.6 million for fi nal

design costs and the fi rst phase of con-struction at the East Mainstreet site across from town hall, where Douglas County Libraries will build a new library. Parker is planning to put a public park/plaza ad-jacent to the library. A tentative timeline calls for construction in 2015 and a grand opening in 2016, the Town of Parker’s web-site says.

OTHER APPROPRIATIONS

Other budget appropriations approved July 21 by the Parker Town Council include:

$240,000 for additional power line undergrounding at Parker Road and Pine Lane.

$100,000 to the stormwater fund for the construction of an 8 acre-foot regional detention pond on the east side of Pine Drive near Mainstreet, with 50 percent of the project being reimbursed in 2015 by urban drainage.

$75,000 for “core network replacements.”$75,000 for a pedestrian signal on Pine Lane east of Dew-

berry Drive, funded 100 percent by a contribution from the Solomon Foundation.

$50,000 for a new full-time administrative position in the

economic development department.$40,000 for website development.$35,000 for “criminal justice information service” security

upgrades.$24,000 for Xirrus Wireless equipment for town hall.$20,579 to the Parks & Recreation/Forestry & Open Space

fund for an open space seeder budgeted in 2013.$20,000 for police department CAD digital signature/

dashboard display.$20,000 for the implementation of the Urgent Home Re-

pair Grant Program, funded through community Develop-ment Block Grant funds from Douglas County.

$7,000 for conference room display systems at town hall.

NEWS IN A HURRY

Women’s group plans fundraiserAAUW (American Association of Uni-

versity Women) Douglas County will hold its sixth annual Tacos and Tunes fundraiser for WISE (Women Investing in Scholarships and Education) from 5:30-7:30 p.m. on Aug. 12 at Pegasus in Castle Rock.

Proceeds from ticket sales and the silent auction will go toward scholarships for local women returning to college as well as Douglas County high school girls who excel in the STEM (science, technology, engi-neering and math) programs.

For the admission price of $22.50 per person, there will be live music, a taco-burrito bar and door prizes. For more information or to purchase tickets, call Julie at 303-688-0754 or visit douglascounty-co.aauw.net.

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The RidgeGate community is thriving this season, with many fun, free events that will inspire you and your family to reconnect with nature, move your body, and meet your neighbors. Plan now to join us.

Friday, August 8, 4–5:30pm RidgeGate Walk Concert: Chuck Pyle Duo Location: Prairie Sky Park (just west of the Rec Center)

Enjoy a concert out on the grass with free live music, food trucks and activities. This month, enjoy contemporary folk musician Chuck Pyle and his band. Take a walk on the one-mile paved path around the park, grab something to eat at a food truck and enjoy the summer sounds.

Saturday, August 16, 7– 9pmThe Wildlife Experience: Nature Nights Campfire Series - Jeff Rucks Location: Schweiger Ranch

Gather around a fire for an evening of s’mores, stories and activities with The Wildlife Experience at RidgeGate’s historical Schweiger Ranch. Jeff Rucks will share stories from his long career with the Colorado Parks and Wildlife. Visit thewildlifeexperience.org to register.

Saturday, August 23, 6:30–8pmFree Nature Hike: Where the Buffalo Roam Location: Register online to receive detailsOur hike in RidgeGate’s buffalo country will lead us through a timeline of cultural connection to the bison.We’ll have touchable artifacts and great views of where the bison once dominated the landscape. Bring along your friends and family to this gentle 2-mile summer evening hike. Ages 5+. Register at ridgegate.com/events.

Tuesday, August 26, 6:30 –7:30pm Free Yoga in the Park Location: Belvedere Park (between RidgeGate Parkway and

RidgeGate Circle on Belvedere Lane) Show off your best tree pose at this free Yoga in the Park class in Belvedere Park. No experience or registration required. In case of rain or lightning, class will be held inside the Lone Tree Rec Center. Ages 8+. Saturday, August 30, 1–2:30pm Guided Tour of Historic Schweiger Ranch

Learn about the history of this longtime working homestead, founded by the Austrian Schweiger brothers in 1874. Today, the Ranch is protected as an historic landmark by Douglas County. See ongoing restorations and learn about its long history with Anne Walton, property caretaker. Register at ridgegate.com/events.

Sunday, August 31, 3–4:30pm

Free Hiking and Wildlife Safety Workshop Location: Lone Tree Recreation Center

Join the City of Lone Tree’s Animal Control Officer, Dennis Page, to learn about living safely and in harmony with the wildlife who also call our community home. How do you tell the difference between a harmless bull snake and a rattlesnake, and what should you do when you see a coyote? Volunteers from The Wildlife Experience will have hands-on materials to explore, too. Ages 8+. Register at ridgegate.com/events.

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“The board is convinced that, because Douglas County taxpayers believe they are paying top-dollar for statewide education in the form of substantial income, sales, property and other taxes, they are simply unlike-ly to approve any local ballot measure that will further increase their tax burden,” the resolution reads.

DCSD is among the lowest-funded districts in Colo-rado. If it received the average state per-pupil funding for 2014-15, it would boost its revenues by about $269 per student — a total of $17.2 million.

At that rate, it would take 16 years to cover the $275 million in unmet capital needs.

Members of DCSD’s Long Range Planning Commit-tee have for years warned the board about deteriorat-ing conditions in many of its aging buildings. DCSD has $275 million in unfunded capital needs over the next five years, according to the committee, a number that grows by $35 million each year the needs are not addressed.

DCSD chief financial officer Bonnie Betz recently proposed seeking voter approval to issue general obli-gation bonds without raising tax rates. Betz called the idea to leverage additional funds a “win-win.” Without such action, taxpayers eventually will see a decrease in their annual tax obligation to the schools.

Voters passed a similar refinancing mechanism in the Littleton Public Schools district last November.

Issues presented in the Long Range Planning Com-mittee’s 2014-15 Capital Master Plan include aging buses, boilers and roofs; outdated technology; cracked parking lots; unraveling carpet; safety and security needs; and new construction prompted by near-ca-pacity schools.

“This seems urgent to me,” DCSD chief operations officer Thomas Tsai told the board during a June pre-sentation to the board.

The resolution also states DCSD will continue studying fiscally responsible ways to address the dis-trict’s capital needs.

Long Range Planning Committee Chair Todd Warn-ke said the group will continue following the resolu-tion’s directive to educate the community on the issue, gather feedback and return to the board with alterna-tives. That could include putting the issue on the No-vember 2015 ballot, the last chance DCSD would have to continue the current tax rate.

Once tax rates begin to fall in 2016 and residents become adjusted to those lower assessments, Usechek said it would be tough to raise them back up.

“Until they get their ducks in a row, (passing any question) is not viable,” he said. “They’d better do it before 2015 because that’s the last window of opportu-nity there is for no tax increase.”


Ballot Union numbers declining Reasons behind decrease in teachers’ membership depend on who’s talking By Jane Reuter [email protected]

Membership in Douglas County’s teachers’ union has dropped from about 70 percent of the district’s teach-ers in 2012 to around 50 percent, its president said.

The 47-year collective bargaining agreement be-tween the Douglas County School District and the Douglas County Federation expired after negotiations failed in 2012.

School board member Doug Benevento said the decrease points to a failure of leadership, but union president Courtney Smith said it’s a combination of teacher attrition and district roadblocks.

“Teachers are fleeing that union as quickly as they can,” Benevento said. “The union leadership is in it for the union leadership, and not for the rank and file.”

Smith said many of the teachers who have recently left DCSD were union members who can’t continue their DCF affiliation outside Douglas County.

“That’s new for us because for years and years and years, teachers in Douglas County stayed their en-tire careers,” she said. “They’re not fleeing the union. They’re fleeing the district.

“Maybe the school board should worry less about my membership, and more about finding out why they lost 555 teachers.”

Recently released figures from the Colorado De-partment of Education show 17.3 percent — or 555 — of DCSD’s teachers left their positions in 2013-14.

The numbers are collected mid-year and do not re-flect turnover after Dec. 1 of any academic year, or in-district promotions or transfers.

Of those 555 teachers, DCSD said 85 were trans-ferred or promoted within the district.

The CDE shows the district had 3,361 teachers in

2013-14.In 2011-12, the year before the collective bargain-

ing agreement expired, DCSD teacher turnover was 11.24 percent, according to CDE records.

Benevento and school board president Kevin Lars-en wrote in a July 21 letter to Smith that the decrease in union membership shows, “it is clear that voters and teachers believe the leadership of the DCF is not in touch with the community.” They urged Smith to re-engage the community and “disavow the past prac-tice of attacks and untruths.”

The letter was delivered to Smith the night before her July 25 address to a Highlands Ranch Republican breakfast group.

The board members cited union involvement in school board elections, opposition to the pay-for-performance system introduced in 2012 and previous union leadership that “showed virtually no commit-ment to its members” among their ongoing concerns with the organization.

The union recently challenged the validity of the district’s teacher pay system, but the Colorado De-partment of Education concluded it complied with state law.

Smith said the DCF is working to rebuild its mem-bership numbers with new teachers. But that’s a chal-lenge because it no longer participates in new-teacher orientations and trainings.

“We have to reach the new teachers on our own,” she said.

Although DCSD has a Center for Professional De-velopment, the teachers’ union will reintroduce pro-fessional development classes to its members.

It also introduced a sliding scale on dues, offering a $31-per-month fee to teachers paid at the lowest end of DCSD’s market-based pay scale.

The regular DCF monthly dues payment is $48.98.“We want as many of them to be able to afford

membership as possible,” she said. The union “gives teachers and employees a collective voice, and a col-lective protection against the reforms and what’s hap-pening in the school district.”


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School bells ring for most Aug. 11Douglas County cites new features for academic yearBy Jane [email protected]

Alissa Oster and her mother are excited about the Aug. 11 start of school, but for very different reasons.

“I can get back into the routine I like,” said mom Suzanne Keilt, mother of four Douglas County School District students. “Summer can get kind of chaotic.”

“I’m really excited because I get to see one of my friends, and I’m going to be a junior so I’ll be an upperclassmen,” said 16-year-old Oster, who attends Highlands Ranch High School.

Oster is enthused about an interior de-sign class she plans to take, apprehensive about math, and intrigued by chemistry.

“I heard chemistry was fun,” she said. “But I’m getting a lot of the new teachers next year. That’s one thing I’m not real ex-cited for. So I’m on and off about it.”

Most Douglas County students return to school Aug. 11, though some charter schools and other schools have different starting dates. Check your school’s website or www.dcsdk12.org for calendars and oth-er information.

We asked the Douglas County School District what’s new for the 2014-15 aca-demic year. Here is the district’s response:

• DCSD Strategic Plan: The new 2014-17 DCSD Strategic Plan features four priori-ties: Safety, Choice, World Class Education and System Performance. We have long said that safety is our number one prior-ity. With the new Strategic Plan, we move safety forward as our first priority.

• SchoolMessenger: Launched in the spring of 2014, SchoolMessenger is a reli-able and robust messaging system used for emergency communication with parents and staff.

• Professional Development module for InspirED Innovation: This new module will support a focus on alignment, sustainabil-ity and continuous quality improvement. The PD module will help staff find the courses that best align to learning needs — such as an individual teacher searching

for a course aligned to their professional growth plan and their CITE evaluation, a principal looking for courses tied to school data, a classified staff member seeking to enhance their skills, or The Center for Pro-fessional Development using the informa-tion as a needs assessment. In turn, this data will be used to show growth in indi-vidual and system skills and performance.

• DCSD Mobile App: Stay tuned for the new and improved version of the DCSD mobile app. It will be available for free on iTunes and GooglePlay.

• DCSD Parent University: Parent Uni-versity will educate, empower and connect families with community resources needed to provide confidence, character devel-opment and life skills. A parent advisory group and district leaders have collabo-rated to create a robust list of courses and seminars. DCSD Parent University registra-tion will open on Sept. 9.

• DCSD Parent Liaison: In May 2014, DCSD added the Office of Parent Liaison to connect parents with district resources and leaders. The DCSD Parent Liaison will work closely with school accountability commit-tees, maintain a social media presence and serve as a liaison.

• DCSD Choice Fairs: DCSD will host three Choice Fairs to showcase schools and district programs. This is an opportu-nity for parents and students to learn more about what makes each school unique and choose a school that best fits their needs.

• Castle View High School: The Mosaic Collective is a pilot program being imple-mented this year for a group of ninth- and 10th-graders. The new program will ad-dress the personalized learning needs of each student in a transformational learn-ing environment. Teachers will collaborate with each student to develop curriculum aligned with that particular student’s pas-sion and interest. At the same time, the teacher will also ensure the individual stu-dent learns critical standards and skills.

“I’m convinced this is going to be our best year ever,” reads an emailed statement attributed to Superintendent Elizabeth Fa-gen. “Our work continued this summer and we are ready to welcome students back into the classroom. The energy and excitement from our students and staff is contagious.”

Highlands Ranch High School freshman Sarah Viders, left, hands out backpacks to Douglas County families Aug. 2 in Lone Tree. Several community agenices collaborated for the school supplies distribution. Photo by Jane Reuter

Local groups team up for kidsBy Jane [email protected]

Five Douglas County entities teamed up to make going back to school a lot more pleasant for about 640 area stu-dents.

The Douglas County Educational Foundation (DCEF), Douglas/Elbert Task Force, Douglas County Libraries, the Giv-ing Tree and Fresh Harvest Food Bank provided school supply kits to families during an Aug. 2 event at the food bank in Lone Tree.

Students received backpacks and

school supply kits provided through Staples’ Kits for Kidz that included cray-ons, paper, markers, scissors and other age-appropriate items. In addition to the Staples’ kits, Douglas County Libraries donated $1,000 worth of flash drives.

“It doesn’t meet every need, but we distilled it down to the essentials,” said Krista Zizzo, a program coordinator for the DCEF.

She estimated the value of the items each student received at between $30 and $50.

Surplus supplies from the event will be made available to teachers.


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Vote for lawsuit spurs another partisan splitGOP claim against Obama has Democrats shaking headsBy Vic [email protected]

Colorado congressional Republicans insist that last week’s vote to sue Presi-dent Obama was a necessary response to “overreach” on the part of his adminis-tration.

But their Democratic counterparts slammed Republicans for taking time just before leaving Washington for the summer recess to hold a purely parti-san vote to sue the president rather than address issues that actually matter to Americans.

“What they’re doing certainly doesn’t do anything to help the middle class of America,” said Democratic Rep. Ed Perl-mutter.

The Republican-led House voted 225-201 to approve a resolution to autho-rize House Speaker John Boehner to sue Obama on claims that the president has abused his power and has ignored the Constitution.

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Republican Rep. Cory Gardner said he voted for the lawsuit because “we have an obligation to uphold the Constitution and the Constitution requires a separa-tion of powers.”

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which water and chemicals are blasted into the ground to free up trapped oil and gas un-derneath.

Also as part of the agreement, Hicken-looper said that the state would work to end a lawsuit against Longmont over new oil and gas regulations the city adopted two years ago.

But the big news is the agreement to pull the ballot measures.

Hickenlooper and the oil and gas industry had opposed Polis’ efforts, concerned that the initiatives would be akin to a fracking ban in a state that relies on drilling to feed the economy.

And Democrats were concerned that an expensive fracking battle would hurt candi-dates this November, especially Sen. Mark Udall, who is locked in a tight re-election campaign against U.S. Rep. Cory Gardner.

But those fears for Democrats now appear to be over as Polis announced he is backing off of his efforts to continue to pursue the ini-tiatives, measures that he had been helping to finance.

Polis said during a hastily-called Capitol press conference that he considers the cre-ation of a task force to be “a victory for the people of Colorado.”

“For the first time, with the (oil and gas) commission that the governor mentioned, citizens will be on equal footing with the oil

and gas industry and will be able to directly negotiate to protect their property rights, home values, and air quality,” Polis said.

The 18-member task force would be charged with helping to “minimize land use conflicts that can occur when siting oil and gas facilities near homes, schools, businesses and recreational areas,” according to the gov-ernor’s office.

The task force would be made up a diverse group of members from across all business fields. Members would include representa-tives from the industries of oil and gas, con-servation, agriculture, homebuilders and lo-cal governments and civic leaders.

The task force would make recommenda-tions on fracking issues to the Legislature.

Fight over for nowAlthough the agreement had been an-

nounced by the governor and Polis, it was still unclear at the time of the press event whether pro-fracking groups would agree to drop their own measures.

That question was answered late that same evening by Rep. Frank McNulty, R-Highlands Ranch, who was behind an initia-tive that would have prohibited communities that ban fracking from collecting revenues that are a part of oil and gas revenue alloca-tion.

McNulty said through a press statement that he would suspend his efforts, calling the decision by Polis to drop his initiatives “an ex-citing turn of events.”

Another pro-fracking initiative, which would have dealt with financial disclosure is-sues of future ballot measures that deal with

energy development, was also dropped.Hickenlooper had cautioned for months

that the ballot initiatives could have “draco-nian” results on an industry that generates jobs and contributes billions of dollars to the Colorado economy.

For months, the governor held out hope of calling a special session to address local con-trol issues surrounding fracking, only to call off those efforts last month after a compro-mise had failed to materialize.

It now appears that the governor doesn’t have to worry about an expensive fight over fracking in November.

“The (task force) will provide an alterna-tive to ballot initiatives that, if successful, would have regulated the oil and gas industry through the rigidity of constitutional amend-ments and would have imposed a significant threat to Colorado’s economy,” Hickenlooper said.

As for the Longmont litigation, Hicken-looper said he would call on the Colorado Oil and Gas Commission to drop its lawsuit against the city. The city had created its own set of rules surrounding fracking, including a requirement that wells be placed at least 750 feet from an occupied dwelling.

The lawsuit marked the first time the state had sued a city over its own oil and gas rules.

Fracking politics play outThe politics of fracking played out almost

immediately after the press conference end-ed.

Former Congressman Bob Beauprez, who is running against Hickenlooper this fall, blasted the “backroom deal” reached by the

governor and Polis as having left “many un-answered questions.”

Colorado Republican Chairman Ryan Call was also critical of the announcement.

“Literally, the only thing that we know for certain after today’s press conference is that Gov. Hickenlooper, Jared Polis and Colorado Democrats want even more control over Colorado’s already heavily regulated energy industry,” Call said through an emailed state-ment.

As for Udall, he had been in a tough spot on the fracking issue, considering that a large number of environmentalists — a key Udall constituency — had been behind Polis’ ef-forts.

The senator issued a statement in favor of the agreement.

“This deal — which averts a divisive and counterproductive ballot fight over one-size-fits-all restrictions — is welcome news and underscores how all of Colorado benefits when we find common ground,” Udall said.

Polis, whose district includes some cities that have voted to ban fracking, told reporters that he had never been pressured by fellow Democrats worried about the political rami-fications to halt his efforts.

“I would say no,” Polis said. “The Demo-crats in my district were very excited about these initiatives and the chance to fight it out and protect their homes. Obviously this will be disappointing to some of my constituents, Republican and Democratic, but I would point out to them that there’s been progress made.”


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Gray, Phippen exhibit set for Town Hall gallery By Sonya Ellingboe [email protected]

Skilled paintings of cowboys, horses and the Western landscape will fi ll the Stanton Gallery at Littleton’s Town Hall Arts Cen-ter during the month of August, especially during Western Welcome Week, with the Western Heritage Art Show.

The exhibit opens Aug. 9 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Robert Gray of Highlands Ranch and Sarah Phippen of Sedalia will exhibit images of horses, cowboys and Western landscapes. An artists’ reception is planned from 5:30 to 8 p.m. Aug. 14, and the exhibit ends Aug. 25.

Robert Gray is a Colorado-born artist who paints in watercolor, oil and acryl-ics, showing lots of action, color and loose style. He will have 20 paintings in the West-ern Heritage exhibit and is excited about being in downtown Littleton, where he maintained a studio and taught for some years on West Alamo Avenue.

He conducts workshops all over Colora-do and paints almost every day in his home studio. “My house is just full of paintings,” he said with a laugh. “”I love to paint.”

He works from photographs and mem-ory and uses little plastic model horses. “Sometimes, I paint the horse, then just put the cowboy in the saddle,” he said. He doesn’t sketch in fi gures for oil or acrylic works, but may do a little pencil sketch of fi gure for his watercolors.

A recent painting of a cowboy on a horse in the middle of a stream — fl y fi shing — is called “It Beats Chasin’ Cattle.” It refl ects a new interest. His son got interested in fl y fi shing and they both signed up for a class in fl y tying. Gray hasn’t caught many fi sh yet, but loves “the beauty of the location.”

He said his brother was a better painter when they were young, but while Gray con-tinued painting, his brother quit. “I picked up publications and art books, attended workshops all over the country,” he said. “What’s neat when I teach is that I learn from my students.”

Whatever medium he’s using is his fa-vorite on that day, he said. He’s fi gured out his own way to use acrylics and paints fast, whatever he’s using — even oils, where he might spend a few days. Watercolors can get overworked if the artist doesn’t stop in time. (No more than two hours.)

Phippen to show oilsPhippen said all of her works in this

show will be oil paintings, although she also sculpts in bronze. Her formal training began at age 14, according to her website,

and she has since studied with Jim Norton, Daniel Sprick, Sandra Kaplan and Anthony J. Ryder.

Her grandfather was sculptor, painter and founder of Cowboy Artists of America George Phippen, and she was recognized in 2013 by the Phippen Museum Western Art Show in Prescott, Ariz.

“I grew up surrounded by livestock and wildlife,” Phippen writes. “Observing their personalities and expressions allowed me to experience their quiet moments or read trouble in their eyes. I see this heritage as part of our age-old relationship with ani-mals; it is part of being human, a privilege that surrounds us every day.”

As part of her training, Phippen worked as a wax chaser at the Joseph’s Art Works bronze foundry in Sheridan, operated by the late Bill Joseph’s son Patrick. She as-sisted with a 2004 retrospective for George Phippen, held at the Phippen Museum, and developed an art enrichment program for elementary students.

A true Western artist, Phippen’s web-site reads, she belongs to the Art Students

League of Denver and to the Colorado Farm Bureau.

“Communicating emotions in a visual language, either in painting or sculpture, requires a fl uency in light, color, form, as well as patient observations … Observe and observe again and look for the reasons behind expressions. How — and why — does a horse smile? That’s what I’m after.”

She thinks she will have about eight paintings: two large horses, a 16-by-20 landscape and some smaller studies. New for her: two light fi gures on a dark back-ground.

Local artists show Western works

IF YOU GOThe Western Heritage Art Show will open Aug. 9 and

run through Aug. 25 at Town Hall Arts Center, 2450 W. Main Street in downtown Littleton. Hours: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mondays through Fridays and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Aug. 9. Public reception is from 5:30 to 8 p.m. Aug. 14. 303-794-2787, townhallartscenter.com.

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“Cowboy Lore,” watercolor, by Robert Gray is included in the Western Welcome Week Western Heritage exhibit at Town Hall Arts Center in Littleton. Courtesy photos

“Fly Fishing Cowboy” by Robert Gray, acrylic, is also in the Western Welcome Week Western Heritage Arts Show.

LEFT: “Answering the Call” oil on linen by Sarah Phippen of Sedalia is in the Western Heritage Exhibit at Town Hall’s Stanton Gallery during August. RIGHT: “Scouting,” oil by Robert Gray, is also in the exhibit.

Chefs warm up here, then heat up East

New York Eater, the national website that has a Denver version (www.denver.eater.com), has tracked the culinary trek of Colo-rado chefs who have packed their knives and migrated to The Big Apple.

While writer Nick Solares highlights the Colorado kitchen careers of a number of chefs who practiced their craft at The Little Nell in Aspen and Frasca Food & Wine in Boulder in particular, the story had a glaring omission — my son, On the Town Junior.

Mackenzie Parker Harden moved to New York City more than a year ago to pursue a performing arts career, but fell back on the restaurant training he received at Elway’s, El Diablo and (as a sage) at TAG, and landed a server job at Maialino, a much-lauded jewel in the crown of the Union Square Hospitality Group, helmed by noted restaurateur Danny Meyer.

The story credits the culinary pro-gram of The Little Nell resort in Aspen and Frasca Food & Wine in Boulder for providing top New York restaurant whizzes. Among those former Coloradans are Dustin Wilson, the sommelier at Eleven Madison Park, Sabato Sagaria, chief restaurant offi cer for Union Square Hospitality Group and seemingly the entire staff of Charlie Bird, to name but a few.

The story notes: “Is Colorado turning into a farm system for NYC kitchens? Is this just a strange coincidence? Or is there, in fact, a Colorado connection? Eater talked with some of the state’s notable expats to fi nd out just why, exactly, so many talented hospitality professionals are migrating from Colorado to New York.”

It continues: “Colorado is in many ways the quintessential Western state, and the resourcefulness and spirit of independence that were such driving forces in the migration across the plains still manifest themselves there. `It’s hard to live in Colorado if you are not a motivated person,’ says Ryan Hardy, chef and owner of Charlie Bird in NYC. Origi-nally from Kentucky, Hardy spent a decade in Colorado before moving to New York and opening his own restaurant. He has played a role in the cross-pollination of restaurant cul-tures between the two places, bringing others from Colorado, such as Grant Reynolds, the wine director at Charlie Bird, with him.”

Teddy walks tallDenver Zoo, in partnership with Children’s

Colorado, unveiled its new costumed mascot character on July 27 at the zoo’s fi rst Teddy Bear Care Fair.

Elbert, a 6-foot-tall 300-pound bear, debuted by pulling a wagon full of plush ver-sions of himself at the Zoo’s Explore the Shore Play Area, presented by Children’s Colorado.

Taverns host football fantasiesAre you ready for some faux football?The eight Tavern restaurants throughout

the metro area rolled out their annual Fan-tasy Football Draft Party promotion on Aug. 25. At $120 per party for unlimited draft beer, the Draft Party provides a discount deal for groups planning their NFL draft picks.

Draft parties at each neighborhood Tavern restaurant will receive unlimited draft beer for a two-hour period for up to 12 people and is valid through Sept. 4 (not valid Fridays after 4 p.m.) and reservations must be made in advance.

For Fantasy Football Draft Party reserva-tions at any neighborhood Tavern location (Uptown, Downtown, Lowry, Tech Center, Wash Park, Littleton, Mile High or Ballpark), call 303-226-1555. For more information, visit www.tavernhg.com.


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Rollins coming to RanchNew York Times bestselling author James

Rollins will be in the area at 7 p.m. Aug. 22 at Tattered Cover Highlands Ranch (9315 Dorchester St.) to sign copies of his new book, “The 6th Extinction” ($27.99 Morrow, on sale Aug. 12.), the 10th book in the Sigma Force series that explores the possibility of a mass extinction and how that could actually be a good thing.

Rollins is the chair of the Authors United for Veterans program through USA Cares,

a nonprofit organization, which provides grants to military families. Rollins has part-nered with Barnes & Noble to donate books to troops and help raise funds for USA Cares. Through Aug. 12, Barnes & Noble customers nationwide who use voucher #11412806 can donate 20 percent of their purchase to the USA Cares.

Vail chef on ̀ The Talk’Celebrated chef Kelly Liken, owner of Res-

taurant Kelly Liken in Vail, appeared on “The Talk” on July 31 along with hosts Julie Chen, Sara Gilbert, Sharon Osbourne, Aisha Tyler and Sheryl Underwood for a “Summertime Family Backyard” themed cooking segment.

The chef demonstrated easy summer

dishes that can be re-created at home, including items such as grilled chicken wings with homemade buffalo sauce. Liken showcased a sweet corn summer salad emphasizing this quintessential summer dish that brings the flavors of Colorado and the summer season to the table. Finishing off the segment, Liken demonstrated her cucumber lime elixir cocktail.

A James Beard Award nominee, “Iron Chef” and “Top Chef” alum, Liken continues to raise awareness of eating and cooking seasonal food. She hosts Summer Harvest Sunday Suppers through Oct. 5 at her Vail eatery.

“A proper summer in Colorado is not com-plete without a backyard meal together with friends enjoying good cocktails or a beer, or

a Sunday Supper around the table with loved ones,” she said.

OverheardEavesdropping on a man in the purse de-

partment at Nordstrom: “This place smells like success.”

Penny Parker’s “Mile High Life” column gives insights into the best events, restaurants, businesses, parties and people throughout the metro area. Parker also writes for Blacktie-Colorado.com. You can subscribe and read her columns (Monday, Wednesday and Friday) at www.blacktie-colorado.com/pennyparker. She can be reached at [email protected] or at 303-619-5209.

Tip a glass at Art & Ale festVisitors to sample brews while viewing, creating artBy Chris [email protected]

An estimated 2,000 beer lovers will tip a glass during the Art & Ale Brew Festival.

Now in its 11th year at The Wildlife Experi-ence, on Peoria Street south of Lincoln Avenue near Parker, the festival will gather 50 brewer-ies and 20 restaurants eager to show off their latest concoctions from 6-10 p.m. Aug. 15. The event has doubled in size in the last decade, as interest in craft brews has swelled.

There are a few new additions to the menu in 2014, including a create-your-own-art sta-tion that will enable visitors to paint on a 6-by-6-inch canvas. Organizers also threw corn hole (a.k.a. bag toss) onto the outdoor activity list, and for the viewing pleasure of beer con-noisseurs, an ice sculpture demonstration.

The Art & Ale Brew Festival, which draws nearly four times as many attendees as the museum’s annual Art & Wine fest, has become so popular that organizers have to turn away some breweries and cap the number of tick-ets sold because of capacity constraints, said Christopher Goetz, events and promotions

coordinator for The Wildlife Experience.There is good reason for its growth.“It’s an all-around really fun event, and

kind of like the last big blowout of summer before the kids go back to school,” Goetz said. “(Attendees) should expect a really super-fun party atmosphere.”

Flock of Beagles, a well-known ‘80s cover band from Denver, will play in the museum’s Great Hall, and dancing is highly encouraged, although oftentimes it doesn’t take much en-couragement. Being an indoor and outdoor event helps spread the crowd and enables friends to step outside to enjoy a beautiful mid-August evening, Goetz said.

Non-drinkers and designated drivers get reduced admission and can grab a refreshing creation from a “mocktail” beverage station. Shirley Temples and Roy Rogers drinks will be available, as will coffee from Caribou Coffee. People who want to satisfy yet another craving can stop by the “sugar shack” area, which will feature Blue Bell Ice Cream and other treats, Goetz said.

Those who wish to attend should buy their tickets online at www.thewildlifeexperience.org as soon as possible, as the brew festival is expected to sell out. Tickets for non-members are $40 and members are $35. Door admis-sion will be $40 if any tickets are left. Desig-nated drivers can get in for $25.

Roughly 2,000 people are expected to attend the Art & Ale Brew Festival at The Wildlife Experience at Lincoln Avenue and Peoria Street. Courtesy photo

Local restaurants get big exposure at TasteEvent to feature food from more than 50 Douglas County vendors, along with cook-o� By Mike [email protected]

More than 50 different restaurants and food vendors will fill the Douglas County Events Center for the 12th annual Taste of Douglas County on Aug. 21.

Some names will be as big as Outback Steakhouse and Old Chicago Pizza. But it’s the little guys who really get the chance to shine.

“It’s a wonderful event. It’s really a celebra-tion of all the great food and restaurants that we have here in the county and it’s an oppor-tunity for the restaurant owners, especially the people who own the smaller, local places, to have people try their food and get their name out there,” said John Delay, owner of the Pega-sus Restaurant in downtown Castle Rock, 313 Jerry Street.

For smaller restaurants that don’t feel that they can support a booth at the event, there

will also be a food court where restaurants can send in food to be passed out by the event wait staff.

“Not everyone can be Outback Steakhouse or Maggiano’s,” said Taste of Douglas County organizer and radio personality Mike Boyle, who hosts a restaurant talk show on KNUS 710 AM. “We want to make sure that regard-less of the size of your restaurant, we have an opportunity for you to promote yourself and get the word out.”

New this year at the event will be a cooking competition that will pit five of the county’s restaurants against each other, including Old Stone Church, Crave Real Burgers, Manna Restaurant, LYFE Kitchen and Blue Nectar Mexican Grill.

Each competitor will submit any single dish of their choosing for a taste test by a panel of judges.

“We’re always looking for ways to improve the event and we got a lot of people coming to us and saying `how about a competition,’” said Boyle.

A judge’s award and a people’s choice award will be given out to winners of the event.

Taste-goers will also have the opportunity

to spin a prize wheel to win gift certificates from area restaurants like L & L Hawaiian Barbecue, Bonefish Grill, Brewery Bar III and LoDo’s Bar & Grill.

Restaurants will also offer menus, coupons and other incentives for you to visit their es-tablishments.

“I’ve been to every food festival in the state, and I’m not going to say this is better than that or who the best is, but the event is as good as any in Colorado,” Boyle said. “You could spend a couple thousand dollars and go to something like Aspen Food and Wine, but for $10 you’re going to have an equally great experience in Douglas County.”

This year’s restaurants will include Old Stone Church, John Holly’s Asian Bistro, LYFE Kitchen, Pegasus Restaurant, Black Eyed Pea, Dickey’s Barbecue Pit, B & B Cafe, India’s Castle, Casa Caliente Mexican Restaurant, Ali Baba Mediterranean Grill and Crave Real Burgers among others.

The Taste of Douglas County will be held from 5-8 p.m. Aug.21 at the Douglas County Events Center, 500 Fairgrounds Rd. in Castle Rock. Vendors will offer selections ranging from appetizers to main courses and desserts.

Tickets are $20 at the door and $10 if

bought in in advance. Children 4-years-old and under are free. To buy tickets and see the full list of restaurants, visit www.tasteofdoug-lascounty.com.

Admission includes a sampling of food from each of the different restaurants.

A variety of cuisine is available each year at the Taste of Douglas County. Cambozola cheese crostini with roasted garlic, fresh panzanella, basil and basalmic syrup was one option available from Castle Rock’s Siena in 2012. File photo


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Woodturning artist Ron Ferreira carves out a bowl in the garage of

his Parker home. Ferreira will be among those selling their work at Art in the Park Aug. 16-17 at

O’Brien Park. Photo by Chris Michlewicz


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Speaker shoots wildlife in the nicest way Camera club to host nature photographer By Sonya Ellingboe [email protected]

“Our Wonderful World of Wildlife” is Russ Burden’s title for his 20-minute program that features photos of mammals, birds, insects and more, photographed both locally and dur-ing the nature photography tours he conducts.

Slides are accompanied by music, offering a mini-escape from reality. He will present the program at 7 p.m. Aug. 12 for the Englewood Camera Club’s monthly meeting at Lutheran Church of the Holy Spirit in Centennial. Guests and new members are welcome to this longstanding club (60 years), according to member Steve Johnson.

Burden, a Parker resident, teaches locally and travels across the U.S. and around the world (Africa is a new destination), connecting photographers and nature. He replied to our in-quiry from Glacier National Park, where he is conducting two tours, photographing the spectacular scenery and wildlife.

His website offers a nice hint for those who can’t contem-plate a long journey to Africa right now: zoo photography. He offers suggestions for equipment to take on a “Safari to the Zoo” and wryly comments that it’s easier to get a close-up shot there.

He also offers “10 Ways To Become a Better Photographer” on his well-organized website: RussBurdenPhotography.com.

These silhouetted cranes were photographed by Russ Burden of Parker. He will speak to the Englewood Camera Club on Aug. 12. Courtesy photos

LEFT: This curious moose calf, left, and wading bird, right, were photographed by Parker resident Russ Burden.

IF YOU GOThe Englewood Camera Club meets at 7 p.m. on the second Tuesday of each month, except December, at the Lutheran Church of the Holy Spirit, 6400 S. University Blvd., Centennial (south entrance). Guests and new members are welcome. Information: englewoodcameraclub.net.

to power lines. Ferreira jokes that his actual favorite type of wood is “free.”

He sometimes wakes up at 3 or 4 a.m. with a project idea, puts on a pot of coffee, and disappears into the garage, where he keeps his lathe and most of his tools.

“Once I get going on it, I can’t

stop,” he says. “It’s very addictive.”The Parker resident is stead-

fast in his belief that woodturning is an art, not a craft, and should be treated as such, although it re-quires some explanation for casual observers.

A few of Ferreira’s bowls are tex-tured and pierced with a dental drill-like tool that carves out non-geometrical holes into wood that has been carved down to a width of one-sixteenth of an inch.

Patience and precision are cru-cial, just like in more known art

forms like acrylic painting and sculpturing.

As with most artists, the most gratifying feeling comes when an enthusiastic customer stops by Ferreira’s booth and expresses a deep appreciation for his work.

“That’s what I’m there for,” he said. “I want to see that, watch their face light up.”

For more information, stop by Ferreira’s booth at Art in the Park or visit his Facebook page by typ-ing “Woodturnings by Ron” into the search field.


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Lutheran choir to sing in Springs Parker students going to state conference By Sonya Ellingboe [email protected]

“Lutherans have a wonderful tradition of singing and music throughout our history. It is a privilege to carry that on in our schools and churches today,” said Christopher Loesel, choir director at Parker Lutheran High School.

He is elated because he has learned that the 14 members of his select Jubilate Choir will sing for the Colorado Music Educators Association at the annual January state conference — an exciting opportunity for the students, and for him. It is scheduled Jan. 28-31 at the Broadmoor in Colorado Springs.

“Choosing a program for a group of music educa-tors is exciting, but also challenging,” he replied to our query. “As I’m planning the repertoire, one thing that I look at is including a mix of timeless choral classics

with some newer pieces. I think it is important to in-clude some recently composed pieces to give the music educators some new ideas that they can consider for their choral programs.

“It is my goal to select a program that represents who we are as a school, while also representing a wide variety of musical styles and periods … At this point, the program is still a work in progress. I know that there will be several languages throughout the concert, some pieces from the sacred repertoire, some pieces utilizing well-known poetry and probably a spiritual or two.”

Loesel said the Jubilate Choir performs a diverse repertory in a variety of settings: at church services, schools, competitions, music showcases and tours in the spring. Members develop a family feeling among themselves as they create beautiful music together.

“While we are extremely honored to be a part of the conference, we want to stay focused on the reason that we sing and that is to bring glory and honor to our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ,” Loesel concluded.

Parker Lutheran High School’s Jubilate Choir will perform at the 2015 Colorado Music Educators Conference. Courtesy photo

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Sunday Worship9:00 a.m.

Sunday School Bible Study10:30am

Trinity Lutheran School & ELC(Ages 3-5, Grades K-8)

303-841-4660www.tlcas.org

Trinity Lutheran Church

& School

Abiding Word Lutheran Church

8391 S. Burnley Ct., Highlands Ranch

(Next to RTD lot @470 & University)

Worship ServicesSundays at 9:00am

303-791-3315 [email protected]

www.awlc.org

Sunday Worship8:00 AM Chapel Service

9:00 & 10:30 AM Sanctuary10:20 AM St. Andrew Wild�ower Sunday School 9:00 & 10:30 am

UNITED METHODIST CHURCH

www.st-andrew-umc.com303-794-2683

Preschool: 303-794-05109203 S. University Blvd.

Highlands Ranch, 80126

Open and A�rming

Sunday 8:30 a.m. 11:00 a.m.

First Presbyterian Church of Littleton

1609 W. Littleton Blvd.(303) 798-1389 • www.fpcl.org

Parker Community Churchof Religious Science

303.805.9890

Sunday 10:00 a.m. at the historicRuth Memorial Chapel on Mainstreet

www.ParkerCCRS.org

Castle Rock/Franktown Castle Rock/Franktown

Highlands Ranch

Highlands Ranch

Littleton

Littleton Parker Parker

Lone Tree

Greenwood Village

United Church Of ChristParker Hilltop

10926 E. Democrat Rd.Parker, CO • 10am Worshipwww.uccparkerhilltop.org

303-841-2808

Little Blessings Day Carewww.littleblessingspdo.com

First UnitedMethodist Church

1200 South StreetCastle Rock, CO 80104

303.688.3047www.fumccr.org

Services:Sunday 8am, 9:30am, 11am

Sunday School 9:15am

worship Time

Welcome Home!Weaving Truth

and Relevance into Relationships and Life

9:00am Spiritual Formation Classes for all Ages

90 east orchard roadlittleton, co

303 798 6387www.gracepointcc.us

10:30AM sundays

To advertise your place of worship in this section, call 303-566-4091 or email

[email protected].

GR AC E PR E S B Y T E R IA N

303-798-8485

w w w.gracecolorado.comAlongside One Another On Life’s Journey

Sundays at10:00 am

Grace is on the NE Corner of SantaFe Dr. & Highlands Ranch Pkwy.

(Across from Murdochs)

You are invitedto worship with us:

SATURDAY 5:30pm

SUNDAY 9:30am

Joyful Mission Preschool 303-841-37707051 East Parker Hills Ct. • Parker, CO

303-841-3739www.joylutheran-parker.org

S E R V I C E S :

Joy LutheranChurch

Sharing God’s Love

Parker evangelicalPresbyterian church

Connect – Grow – Serve

Sunday Worship8:45 am & 10:30 am

9030 MILLER ROADPARKER, CO 80138

3038412125www.pepc.org

Sunday Worship - 10:00amBible Study immediately followingThursday Bible Study - 7:30pm

Currently meeting at:Acres Green Elementary School

13524 Acres Green Drive303-688-9506

www.LoneTreeCoC.com

Lone TreeChurch of Christ

Serving the Southeast Denver areaCall or check our website for information on services and

social events!

www.cbsdenver.org303-794-6643

Congregation Beth Shalom

Serving the southeast Denver area

“The earth is but one country, and mankind its citizens.”Weekly children’s classes, devotions and [email protected]

303.947.7540

The Bahá’í Faith

Cowboy Churchwith Kevin Weatherby

Sundays 10 amCalf’s Lowell Ranch

2330 S. I-25 www.savethecowboy.com

Christ’s Episcopal Church615 4th Street

Castle Rock, CO 80104303.688.5185

www.ChristsEpiscopalChurch.orgTWITTER: @CECCastleRock

Sunday Services8:00 a.m.

& 10:30 a.m.

WORSHIPSunday · 8:00 am & 10:30 am

SUNDAY SCHOOL9:15 am · for children and adults

PRESCHOOLServing the community ages

21/2 – 6 years

www.faithcrco.org303-688-3476

303 N Ridge Rd. • Castle Rock • CO

“Love, Learn, Laugh”

9:00 AM SUNDAY WORSHIPPastor Paul Flannery

2121 Dad Clark Drive720.259.2390

www.HFCdenver.org

Non-Denominational

“It’s not about us... It’s about servingothers... T hen God gets the Glory!”

Bible Studies: 9:30AM

Sunday Worship: 10:45AM Evening Worship: 6PM

www.parkerbiblechurch.org

4391 E Mainstreet, Parker, CO 80134 Church Office – (303) 841-3836

Where people are excited about God’s Word.

Children, Young People & Adults

A Hillsong Network Church

10:30amat CastleView HSw/Kids &Youth Min

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Author o� ers toddler tips in presentation Dr. Tovah Klein, author of “How

Toddlers Thrive,” adviser for “Sesame Street” and director of the Barnard Cen-ter for Toddler Development, will speak and answer questions from parents and caregivers at Smoky Hill Library, 5430 Biscay Circle, Centennial, on Aug. 14.

From 5:30-6:30 p.m. there will be a free picnic and book purchases. Her presentation, book signing and a children’s program will be from 6:30 to 8 p.m. (A separate chil-dren’s program, limited to the first 40 to register, will be available for children

3-10 during the presentation portion.)

Registration for the picnic is also limited to the first 40 children. Free and open to the public, but registration is required: arapahoelibraries.org, 303-LI-BRARY.

Summer jazz“Jazz on the Green,” a free late-sum-

mer concert by Highlands Ranch Con-cert Band’s big-band group, Swing Shift, will be at 6:30 p.m. Aug. 16 at Civic Green Park, 9370 Ridgeline Blvd. in Highlands Ranch.

Bring a picnic and enjoy big-band arrangements and swing. Information about the concert or band membership: hrconcertband.org, Kelley Messall at 303-683-4102.

Writing for kids“Anatomy of a Children’s Book — Cov-

er to Cover” is Loretta Oakes’ topic when she speaks to the Parker Writers Group from 2-4 p.m. Aug. 10 at the Parker Li-brary, 10851 Crossroads Drive, Parker.

Oakes is an engineer turned mom, turned elementary teacher, who has published two board books.

No registration needed.

Reminder to artistsHeritage Fine Arts Guild has a state-

wide call for artists for its annual “This is Colorado” exhibit. It will be held Oct.

21-Nov. 14 at Arapahoe Community Col-lege’s Colorado Gallery of the Arts, 5900 S. Santa Fe Drive, Littleton.

Mary Allman Koernig is juror. Entry fee for three items: $15 ACC students; $30 HFAG members; $34 non-members. Deadline is Aug. 15.

Contact Mary Kay Jacobus for entry form, 303-741-5875 or [email protected].

Mail form, check, CD with images, SASE to Mary Kay Jacobus, 6080 Jamaica Circle, Englewood, CO 80111-5749.

Letterpress lessonsEnglewood Letterpress Depot will

host a Traveling Workshop, for those who want to learn this skill, on the third Sun-day of each month, August to November.

They will build a portfolio of hand-printed posters. Aug. 17, David Ashley Studio; Sept. 21, Metro State University Letterpress Lab; Oct. 19, Inter-Ocean Cu-riosity Studio; Nov. 16, Englewood Depot if possible (renovation is underway). Fee: $200. Sign up by Aug. 17: [email protected].

Exhibits at MOASeveral open exhibits are being held

at Museum Outdoor Arts, 1000 Engle-wood Parkway in Englewood. Design

and Build 2014: Elements and Isotopes; MOA Alumni Show: Maeve Eichelberger, Kai Mazurzcyk, Kelly M. Jones; “Short Circuit” by Michele Brower; “Jelly Mind Fields” by Lael Siler. 303-806-0444, moa-online.org.

Free day at Still MuseumLocal museums that benefit from the

Scientific and Cultural Facilities District offer occasional free days for area citi-zens.

The beautiful Clyfford Still Museum at 1250 Bannock St., Denver, which holds 95 percent of the artist’s work, will offer a free day to Douglas County residents on Aug. 13 and to Jefferson County residents on Aug. 27.

Architects from across the country come to admire the structure as well as the art. Clyffordstillmuseum.org.

Basket BazaarLife Care Center of Littleton kicks off

its annual Basket Bazaar fundraiser for Alzheimer’s Association research on Aug. 13 from 4-6 p.m., 1500 W. Mineral Ave, Littleton.

Bid on the options, and winners will be notified Aug. 29. Guests at the kickoff will be entered to win an HP TouchSmart laptop. 303-795-7300.

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Zip lines approved for Castle Rock parkPhilip S. Miller Park expected to open in fallBy Mike [email protected]

Zip lines will soon be swinging into Philip S. Miller Park.

On July 22, the Castle Rock Town Council unanimously approved a lease agreement with Royal Gorge Zip Lines out of Canon City that will bring a zip-line course to the new park.

The 10-year-lease agreement ensures that 5 percent of the total gross revenue collected will go to Castle Rock. The town estimates the revenue will be about $45,000 annually.

Royal Gorge Zip Lines will cover all costs of design, construction, fees, permits and busi-ness operations for the zip lines and aerial trekking, including staffing, insurance, and inspections. Monthly financial reports will be submitted to the town.

“What we were looking for was a family-friendly recreational opportunity that was financially solid and did not require any fund-ing from the town except for the use of the land itself,” said Town of Castle Rock Parks and Recreation Director Rob Hannah.

According to Hannah, research done by the town found that the demographics, tim-ing, location and visibility make Castle Rock

an attractive location for a zip-line course.Hannah said zip-line courses are laid out

very similar to golf courses.“You take off of a tower or tee box and zip

down to another landing tower or green,” he said.

A typical experience on the proposed course will take between three and three-and-

a-half hours and includes nine different zip lines up to 1,000-feet long, reaching speeds of 50 miles per hour.

In addition to the traditional course, there will also be an Aerial Trekking Timber Park and Dual Race Lines.

The Aerial Trekking Timber Park area will provide a family-style challenge course. This

is a self-paced tour designed for children be-tween the ages of 6 and 15, but is also appro-priate for adults.

The Timber Park will have both easy and difficult routes. Time spent in the Aerial Park could last between 30 minutes and 2 hours.

Dual race lines are designed with competi-tion as the goal.

Two people take off at the same time and it’s a race to the end. It is designed and located so that a participant can race several times in a row.

“If you’re playing soccer with the soccer team out at Philip S. Miller park and you want to come and compete on something and you don’t have three-and-a-half hours, you can do either one of these two in a reasonable amount of time,” Hannah said.

The proposed rate plan shows a significant discount for Castle Rock residents.

The non-resident cost for the zip-line course is anticipated to be $97.90 and the resi-dent rate will be $64.90. A 10 percent activity fee will be included in the price of each ticket. The Aerial Trekking Timber Park Course will cost $31.90 for residents and $53.90 for non-residents. Meanwhile, the dual racing course will cost $13.20 for residents and $22 for non-residents.

It is still unknown when construction of the course will begin.

Philip S. Miller Park is scheduled to open in late October or early November.

On July 22, Castle Rock Town Council unanimously approved a 10-year lease agreement with Royal Gorge Zip Lines of Canon City to build a zip line course in the soon-to-be-open Philip S. Miller Park. The course, highlighted by a three-and-a-half hour traditional course, will also feature a timber park and dual race lines. Stock photo

38 State celebrates 38th state with bashNew brewer throws party for Colorado’s big No. 138

By Jennifer [email protected]

Littleton had the most perfect place in the 38th state to celebrate its 138th birthday: 38 State Brewing Company.

“It was like the gods were smiling on us,” said Brett Blazek, an owner at the brewery.

Not only was it the new brewery’s first ob-servance of the birthday of its namesake, it happened to fall on a Friday, so the party was

in full swing on the afternoon of Aug. 1. It was dubbed the “Firkin Birthday Party” in refer-ence to a brewery measurement that equates to a quarter of a barrel of beer, and to kick off the party, they tapped two porters they had brewed up especially for the event.

There were plenty of ways to observe the occasion, including cornhole and giant Jenga tournamenta, Colorado Trivia and more — all with prizes and giveaways. Everyone came to-gether at 8:01 p.m. (on 8/1) for birthday cake decorated as the state flag and the ceremonial singing of “Happy Birthday.”

The owners themselves are reflective of the Western spirit Colorado has always been known for, blazing the trail for other brewers

opening in Littleton. Several manufacturers had expressed interest in the city, but 38 State was the first to actually get the barrel roll-ing. At the time, such companies were only allowed in industrial areas like the Santa Fe corridor, where Breckenridge Brewery will rise next year. The Old Mill brewery gets to be downtown because it has a full restaurant, so it’s classified as a brewpub.

But after dealing with 38 State, city staff rec-ommended last year that the law be changed to allow microbreweries, wine makers and mi-crodistilleries in certain commercial areas like

shopping centers and downtown. City council ultimately agreed, passing an ordinance that limits their size and requires 30 percent of the building to be dedicated to retail sales and a tasting room.

But the action actually came too late to help 38 State, which opened May 10 in a for-mer automotive shop at Broadway and Coun-ty Line Road.

“We are very excited and want to share that excitement with the all Coloradans, not only this Friday, but for many years to come,” said Blazek.

38 State manager Lael Callaway serves up the brewery’s custom brews during a 138th birthday party for the State of Colorado on Aug. 1. Photo by Jennifer Smith


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THINGS DO

BRING THE FAMILY TO THE FAIR

THE DOUGLAS County Fair and Rodeo continues to be a family tradition. Highlights include two entertain-ment stages, three professional rodeos, bull riding, expanded carnival, antique tractor-pull, mutton bustin’, stick-horse rodeo, pancake breakfast, and 4-H and FFA exhibits including livestock, general projects and the Junior Livestock Sale. The fair runs from Thursday, Aug. 7, to Sunday, Aug. 10. Events take place at the Douglas County Fairgrounds, 500 Fairgrounds Drive, Castle Rock. Call 720-733-6900 or go to http://www.douglascountyfairandrodeo.com/ for information and schedule.

CENTENNIAL UNDER THE STARS

THE 9TH annual Centennial Under the Stars welcomes DSB: America’s Favorite Tribute to Journey, along with return-ing local favorites Rachel and the Kings. The event

also includes great food, family activities and the Centennial Farmers and Artisans Market. A dazzling laser light show will wrap up the night. No alcohol may be brought to the park, but it will be sold. Blankets and chairs are encouraged. Centennial Under the Stars is from 6-10 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 9, at Centennial Center Park, 13050 E. Peakview Ave., Centennial. Admission to event is free. Go to http://www.centennialco.gov/Things-To-Do for details.

BICYCLISTS LIGHT UP TRAIL

BICYCLISTS ARE invited to the � fth annual Pedal the Moon bike ride Saturday, Aug. 9. Cyclists should meet at 8 p.m. at the Butter� eld Crossing Park picnic pavilion. At 8:30 p.m. participants will begin their ride, along East Plum Creek Trail to Festival Park in downtown Castle Rock. Register and get more information at CRgov.com/pedal.

COLORADO SCOTTISH FESTIVAL

THE 51ST anniversary of the Colorado Scottish Festival is Saturday, Aug. 9, and Sunday, Aug. 10, at Highland Heritage Park, 9651 S. Quebec St., Highlands Ranch. Free parking

available at Highlands Ranch and Rock Canyon high schools, with shuttle buses running both days. Festival hours are 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. Aug. 9, and 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Aug. 10. Go to http://www.scottishgames.org/ for information on tickets and a complete schedule of the event.

ROCKY MOUNTAIN MUSIC FESTIVAL

MARSHALL TUCKER Band, 10,000 Maniacs and more will perform at the fourth an-nual Rocky Mountain Music Festi-val, which is Sunday, Aug. 10 at Clem-ent Park, on Bowles Avenue, just east of Wadsworth Boulevard in south Je� erson County. Doors open at 11 a.m. Free parking at Clement Park. Information and tickets: http://therockymountainmusicfestival.com/ .

MUSIC/CONCERTSEVENING OF SONG WITH SKYLINE CHORUS

THE SKYLINE Chorus will perform at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 7, on the front lawn of Bemis Public Library, 6014 S. Datura St., Littleton. A Denver-based chapter of Sweet Adelines International, the chorus has a repertoire that includes pop, show tunes, gospel, old ballads and, of course, traditional barbershop melodies. A few of the songs included for this performance are “Somewhere Over the Rainbow,” “Locomotion,” “Bill Bailey” and “Be Our Guest.” Women of all ages and backgrounds make up the Skyline Chorus. Hot dogs, brats, burgers and beverages will be available for purchase beginning at 5:30 p.m. Call 303-795-3961.

SUMMER WALK CONCERT SERIES

PRAIRIE SKY Park Summer Walk Concert Series presents Chuck Pyle Duo, alternative country and contemporary folk, from 4-5:30 p.m. Friday, Aug. 8, at 9381 Crossington Way, Lone Tree. Contact Iris Gregg at [email protected], or call 303-708-3513.

HUDSON GARDENS SUMMER CONCERTS

THE HUDSON Gardens & Event Center presents its 16th summer concert season. Concerts begin at 6:30 p.m. For tickets, go to www.altitudetickets.com. Go to www.hudsongardens.org for details. The lineup: Sunday, Aug. 10, Peter Frampton; Sunday, Aug. 17, Little River Band (with 18-piece orchestra); Sunday, Aug. 24, Night Ranger; and Saturday, Aug. 30, Lynyrd Skynyrd.

VIOLINST STORYTELLING CONCERT

FEATURING VIOLINIST Elizabeth McKenna Greenberg, Arts in the Afternoon’s Once Upon a Time concert will featuring storytelling classical music. Concerts is at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 13, in the Event Hall at the Lone Tree Arts Center.

ARTS IN THE AFTERNOON

VIOLINIST MCKENNA Greenberg performs Once Upon a Time at the next Arts in the Afternoon program at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 13, at the Lone Tree Arts Center. The violin and piano concert will feature story-telling classical music including Peer Gynt, Anitra’s Dance by Edvard Grieg and Romance by Beethoven, among others.

FLUTIST TUDY PEEK TO PERFORM

FLUTIST TUDY Peek will perform at 11 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 13, at Cantril House, 221 Cantril St., Castle Rock. Event is free and open to the public, but space is limited. For more information or to RSVP, call 303-482-5552.

ACOUSTIC GUITARIST PERFORMS

ACOUSTIC GUITARIST Ted Hohenstein will perform at each of the Castle Country Assisted Liv-ing houses Thursday, Aug. 14. Performances are at 11 a.m. at Cantril House, 221 Cantril St., Castle Rock; at 1 p.m. at Valley House, 255 S. Valley Drive, Castle Rock; and at 3 p.m. at Victorian House, 19600 Victorian Drive, Parker. Hohenstein entertains audiences with inspirational music on his acoustic guitar and patterns his style after James Taylor. This event is free and open to the public. For more information or to RSVP, call 303-482-5552.

EVENTSFREE FILMS IN THE PARK

JOIN THE Highlands Ranch Community Association for free � lms in the park in August at Civic Green Park. Movies start at dusk. Admission is free. Movie schedule is Friday, Aug. 8, “Despicable Me 2,” and Friday, Aug. 15, “The Lego Movie.” Go to http://hrcaonline.org/hrcainfo/calendarhrca/tabid/275/ctl/viewdetail/mid/1302/itemid/6691/d/20140801/Film-in-the-Park.aspx.

EARLY EASTERN MIGRATION PROGRAM

PARKER GENEALOGICAL Society welcomes Diane Barbour, PLCGS, president of the Broom� eld Genealogical Society and vice president of the Boulder Genealogical Society. Program on “Early Eastern Migration: The Road to Expansion and First Roads East of the Appalation Mountains” is at 2 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 9 at the Stroh Ranch Fire Station, 19310 Stroh Road. Doors open at 1:30 p.m.

SNAKES ALIVE IN CASTLEWOOD CANYON

WISH TO know more about snakes? Join Castlewood Canyon park ranger Lisa Naughton for a fun and exciting introduction to snakes. Come and meet our resident bull snakes, Sid and Nancy, and watch them eat their weekly meal. Program is from 1:30-2:15 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 10, in the visitor center. Call 303-688-5242.

T̀URNING TO GOD IN A CRISIS’

INTERNATIONAL SPEAKER Bryan Talcott presents “Turning to God in a Crisis” at 7 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 10, at Sterne Park, 5800 S. Spotswood St., Littleton. Call 303-798-7771. Talcott’s ideas are based on the teachings of Jesus as recorded in the Bible, and as discussed in Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, by Mary Baker Eddy. He is a member of the Christian Science Board of Lectureship.

PFLAG POTLUCK PICNIC

PFLAG WILL have a potluck picnic in place of its regular monthly meeting from 6-8 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 12, in the Garden Shelter at Civic Green Park. Drinks and desserts will be provided. Bring a main, salad or side dish to share. Everyone is welcome. No glass and no dogs are allowed the park, which is south of the James LaRue Library in Highlands Ranch. Contact info@p� aghigh-landsranch.org.

GLOBAL LEADERSHIP SUMMIT

CHERRY HILLS Community Church presents the Global Leadership Summit on Thursday, Aug. 14, and Friday, Aug. 15, at 3900 Grace Blvd., Highlands Ranch. Live via simulcast from Willow Creek Community Church in Chicago, this year’s speaker lineup includes � lmmaker, actor and philanthropist Tyler Perry; Passion City Church pastor and Passion Movement founder Louie Giglio; and best-selling author Patrick Lencioni. Register at www.chcc.org (priority code LEAD14HS). Contact Roxanne Dennett, 303-325-8281 or [email protected].

POURING FOR A PURPOSE

AROUND THE World in 80 Wines, a wine tasting, dinner and program to bene� t Gateway Battered Women’s Services, is at 6 p.m. Friday, Aug. 15, at Wellshire Event Center, 3333 S. Colorado Blvd., Denver. The event also features a silent auction. For information and reservations, call 303-343-1856.

SHABBAT IN THE PARK SERVICE

B’NAI CHAIM, a Reform Jewish Congregation serving southwest metro Denver, will have its

annual Shabbat in the Park service at 6 p.m. Friday, Aug. 15, at Clement Park, Pavilion 5. New spiritual leader Cantor Kim Harris will lead the service. Attendees are invited to bring a non-dairy potluck dish. All are welcome. See www.bnaichaim.org for more information.

SENSORY GARDEN OPENS

STAR CENTER, a treatment center for children with sensory challenges, and the Sensory Processing Disorder Foundation plan Playground Rock, a fundraising event and grand opening of the center’s new Sensory Garden. The event is from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 16, at 5420 S. Quebec St., Greenwood Village. The Nacho Men will perform during the event. Register at www.regonline.com/playgroundrock.

TOUR OF 17-MILE HOUSE

ENJOY AN informal tour of the historic 1860s 17-Mile House just north of Parker. Tours are from 9-11 a.m. Saturday Aug. 16; and from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday, Sept. 20. Look for the big red barn on the west side at 8181 S. Parker Road. Learn about the history of the property and its signi� cance to the Old West. Courtesy of Cherry Creek Historical Society and Arapahoe County Open Spaces. Contact 720-874-6540.

BLENDED FAMILY WORKSHOP

GRACE PRESBYTERIAN Church would like to invite the children and youth of the community to a free workshop for those who have experienced death or divorce in the family. This is a positive, safe group experience for families seeking healing. Children will have the opportunity to share their feelings and learn skills to help manage their emotions. The free blended family work-shop is from 12:30-2:30 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 16, at Grace Presbyterian Church, 9720 U.S. Highway 85, Littleton. Contact Dawn at [email protected] to register or for more information.

TRAIL MAINTENANCE OUTINGS

RIDGELINE WRANGLERS host trail maintenance outings to help maintain and improve the soft surface trails at Ridgeline Open Space in the Meadows. Meet at 8:30 a.m. at the trailhead parking lot o� of Coachline Road. Outings are completed by 11:30 a.m. Bring gloves, sunscreen or hat, and water. Tools will be provided. Contact Lisa Sorbo at 303-814-7456 or [email protected]. Outings will be Saturdays, Aug. 16, Sept. 27 and Oct. 25.

HEALTH/FITNESSSELF-DEFENSE, FITNESS STUDIO OPEN HOUSE

ROCKY MOUNTAIN Self Defense and Fitness celebrates eight years with an open house and community event from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 9, at 780 Kinner St., Castle Rock. Free classes o� ered; just arrive a few minutes before class time. Contact Karen at 303-522-0381 or go to http://rmsdf.com/ for information. Free classes are yoga, 8 a.m.; cross � t, 9 a.m.; cross � t kids (5-14 years), 9:15 a.m.; women’s prevention/self-defense (14 and older), 10 a.m.; adult krav maga, 11:15 a.m.; kids krav maga (4-14 years), 12:15 p.m.

ALIGN YOURSELF IN NATURE

VOLUNTEER REGISTERED yoga teachers will lead late summer yoga sessions in Castlewood Canyon State Park. Meet at the Pikes Peak Amphitheater for 75 minutes of luxurious breathe and movement. You can’t beat the setting!! Bring a yoga mat, blanket, and plenty of water. A suggested $10 donation will bene� t the Friends of Castlewood Canyon (http://castlewoodfriends.org). E-mail [email protected]. Sessions are at 8:30 a.m. every Wednesday in August and September.

HELP SAVE A LIFE: LEARN CPR

FOUR OUT of � ve cardiac arrests happen at home. Would you be prepared to help? Learn CPR and how to use an automated external de� brillator (AED) with training classes from 8 a.m. to noon Saturdays, Aug. 16 and Nov. 8, at Castle Rock Fire Headquarters, 300 Perry St. Participants will earn certi� cation through the American Heart Association. Register at www.CRGov.com/registration or by calling 303-660-1066.

EDUCATION

LEARN ABOUT ORTHODOX CHRISTIANITY

THE ANCIENT Christian faith is alive and growing in America. Learn more about Orthodox Christianity in America from Archbishop Benjamin of San Francisco & the West (Orthodox Church in America). Program is from 6-8 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 7, at Ruth Memorial Chapel, 19650 E Mainstreet in Parker. Program is free. Details and contact info at www.sttikhonparker.org.

EXPLORE CHERRY CREEK AT MICROSCOPE HIKE

JOIN CASTLEWOOD Canyon State Park interpreter Warren Coker for an educational microscope hike. Take a much closer look at the plants and animals of Castle-wood Canyon. Hike along the Inner Canyon Trail and see the fascinating microscopic creatures from all � ve habitats in the park. Bring shoes that can get wet and plenty of water and sunscreen. Program is from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 9; meet at the Canyon Point Parking Lot.

SCIENCE EXTRAVAGANZA

A GUEST from the University of Colorado will join Douglas County Libraries for a science extravaganza exploring ocean creatures and their watery world. Program is at 5:15 p.m. Monday, Aug. 11 at the Philip S. Miller Library, 100 S. Wilcox St., Castle Rock. Call 303-791-7323 or visit DouglasCountyLibraries.org to register.

THE ROAD TO 1914

EXPLORE THE personalities, politics and military build-up leading to The Great War in com-memoration of the 100-year anniversary of WWI. These free events are presented by the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at the University of Denver, and Douglas County Libraries. Program schedule: 10 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 12, at the Philip S. Miller Library, 100 S. Wilcox St., Castle Rock; and 1 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 13, at the Lone Tree Library, 8827 Lone Tree Parkway. To register, call 303-791-7323 or visit DouglasCountyLibraries.org.

SAT VS. ACT

AN EXPERT from Kaplan will demystify each test, break down how they’re scored, and discuss how to determine which one is right for you or your student. Program begins at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 14, at the Philip S. Miller Library, 100 S. Wilcox St., Castle Rock. To register, call 303-791-7323 or visit DouglasCountyLibraries.org.

HUNTGATE MASSACRE PRESENTATION

CASTLE ROCK Historical Society welcomes Je� Broome of Arapahoe Community College speak-ing about the Huntgate Massacre. The presentation is free and begins at 7 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 14, at the Philip S. Miller Library, 100 S. Wilcox St., Castle Rock. Refreshments will be served at 6:30 p.m. Call 303-814-3164 or email [email protected].

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Valor senior heads to China to throw discusShowalter to compete with Team USA in Youth OlympicsBy Jim [email protected]

Haley Showalter’s first taste of Internation-al competition was bitter.

She hopes for a sweeter taste when she competes as a member of the USA Track and Field Youth Olympic team in the discus at the Youth Olympic Games for 16- and 17-year old athletes Aug. 16-28 in Nanjing, China.

Showalter, a senior-to-be at Valor Chris-tian who won the Class 4A State discus cham-pionship in May, was among the participants at the Junior World Championships, held July 22-27 in Eugene, Ore.

She enjoyed herself despite not faring well in the hammer throw, which ironically is her favorite event.

“I didn’t do very well,” said Showalter. “I scratched on all my throws in the qualifiers. That was a little disappointing but despite that I probably had the best time of my life out there with my teammates and watching everybody else compete.

“I had never competed internation-ally. It was a little intimidating so it’s good to have the experience. There was tons of good competition. There were a lot of European girls there and they have been throwing the hammer a lot longer than I have. They have a whole lot more experience. I’ve just got to practice more and get a few more years of ex-perience under my belt.”

Rhode Island is the only state that sanc-tions the hammer throw for high school ath-letes but Showalter’s heave of 193 feet, 4 inch-es is the country’s best prep throw this year.

Showalter qualified for the Youth Olym-pics with a personal best discus throw of 153.5 feet at the American Youth Olympic Tri-als earlier this summer in Miramar, Fla.

“I’m excited that I earned another chance to get another international competition ex-perience,” said Showalter. “I’ve got to train with the discus now and get ready.

“Hammer is my favorite event. Mostly my focus goes on the discus right now and we’ll probably start throwing the shot during the indoor season. I’m working on everything in my form. I have a lot to iron out. If I fix my form I could throw 20 feet further. I have a lot to straighten out in my form.”

Tom Menting is Showalter’s Dad and coach.

“I’ve been coaching her since she was 11-years-old,” said Menting. “My certification is in sports performance training. I started training her after school just to get her ac-climated to movement. She responded very well.

“She leaves for China Aug. 13. Every week we’ve been doing conference calls. They are telling the kids as much as it is for the com-petition and Olympic Games for kids under 18-years-old, they are trying to make it very cultural so they get to see some of China and meet people from other countries.’’

Showalter, who has also trained for seven years as a classical pianist, can’t wait.

“I’ve never been out of the country so it will be interesting to see the different culture in a different part of the world,” she said.

“I took piano lessons a few years back and I still play but I don’t do it as often. Classical is mostly what I practiced and played. It didn’t fit into my schedule with track and basketball though.”

Showalter abandoned basketball two years ago and now the world anticipates her gifts as a track and field competitor.

Valor Christian’s Haley Showalter, who won the state championship in discus, is headed to China Aug. 16-28 to throw the discus for the United States in the Youth Olympic Games. Photos by Jim Benton

A competitive community of CrossFittersTeam from Douglas County gym competes in world competition in CaliforniaBy Christy [email protected]

CrossFit is a community.“CrossFit is not easy,” said Steve Hartle,

owner of Backcountry CrossFit gym in High-lands Ranch. “It’s the motivation from the group that helps drive you. That sense of community that we’re all in this together.”

Recently, seven Highlands Ranch athletes from Backcountry CrossFit competed at the Reebok CrossFit Games, a worldwide compe-tition to “find the fittest on Earth,” which took place July 25-31 in Carson, Calif.

According to the CrossFit Games website, “the goal is to find the fittest athletes, not to produce an easily replicable workout pro-gram.”

Although only seven people affiliated with Backcountry CrossFit qualified to compete in the games, Hartle said it was a group effort that got them there. He said just qualifying for the games is a big deal, and over 45 ath-letes from the local gym went to spectate and cheer on their team.

“We’re (only) the second team in Colorado to ever qualify for the games,” he said, adding that the competition has been around since 2007.

Each CrossFit gym is independently owned, and there are about 10,000 in the world, Hartle said.

From those 10,000 gyms, 217,000 people began the process of qualifying for the Cross-Fit Games with the Open, a competition that took place at the end of February. Hartle said the Open consisted of five weeks of different judged workouts. Each week, the scores are compared to others from throughout the re-gion.

There are 17 regions around the world. Teams competing in Backcountry CrossFit’s region come from Colorado, Utah, Wyoming, Arizona, New Mexico and Nevada.

After scoring high enough in the Open, the

top 30 teams from the region went on to Re-gionals in May, which took place in Salt Lake City.

The Regional competition is a “three-day competition of head-to-head workouts,” Hartle said. Of the 30 teams that competed in Regionals, the top three qualified to compete in the CrossFit Games.

The Backcountry CrossFit team, called Backcountry Black, won second place at Re-gionals. The team consists of three women, Stephanie Brady and Meredith Smith of Highlands Ranch, and Becky Conzelman of Denver; and three men, Dalton Spanbauer of Highlands Ranch, Chris Dozois of Castle Rock and Dave Foster of Denver.

Backcountry CrossFit also had a master in the competition, Mike Egan of Highlands Ranch, who competed individually.

Backcountry Black competed in 13 differ-

ent scored workouts, Hartle said, eventually placing 15th out of 43 teams. Egan competed against 19 other athletes, and was required to do eight different workouts. He finished 12th in the men’s 45-49-year-old division.

“CrossFit, in general, is competitive,” Egan said. “You’re competing every day — either against yourself or others in the gym. But, ev-eryone is there, still encouraging you.”

A definition of CrossFit is “constantly var-ied, functional movements (that are) per-formed at high intensity over a broad time and modal domains.” Hartle said the work-outs have to encompass certain things, but can be anything from Olympic lifting, gym-nastics and cardio.

CrossFit is known as a general prepared-ness program because it “specializes in not specializing,” Hartle said.

“One of the beautiful things about Cross-

Fit is that anyone can do it (because) it can be scaled to people’s different abilities,” Hartle said. “You challenge yourself every day (and) the better you get, the harder it gets. The ap-peal is that you never plateau.”

Egan said the hardest part about getting involved with CrossFit is showing up.

“When you first walk in the door, it’s intim-idating — people doing strange workouts,” Egan said, “but it’s geared from entry-level to advanced. If you do the work, you see prog-ress.”

Hartle’s wife, Ashley, who is co-owner of Backcountry CrossFit, said there is no limi-tation with CrossFit because everything can be modified. She said people who do it gain a new outlook on what they can accomplish.

“CrossFit is core-centric,” she said. “It starts with the core and works out. It makes you stronger for everything you do in life.”

Chris Dozois of Castle Rock competes in the mens deadlift at the Reebok CrossFit Games in California. Dozois was one of seven members of Highlands Ranch’s Backcountry CrossFit that competed in the world championship competition. Photo by Robbie Wright

Marley uses summer success to his advantageArapahoe grad prepares to take golf game to next level at Northern ColoradoBy Jim [email protected]

Sam Marley usually spends a lot of time at South Suburban Golf Course tun-ing up his game.

The Arapahoe High School graduate will continue to polish his game this fall in Greeley for the University of Northern Colorado men’s golf team.

“I go to South Suburban almost every day,” he said. “I probably spend three or four hours a day there.”

Marley’s father, Todd, is the head pro-fessional at the Centennial course but his son has only been playing competitive golf for four years.

“I played baseball until my freshman year,” said Sam. “I played golf for fun with my family, but I didn’t start playing golf competitively until my freshman year.

“I used to get a lot of help from my Dad but now I’ve met a guy, Steve Beach, at Glenmoor Country Club. I’ve been taking lessons from him for a while now.”

The lessons have paid dividends this summer.

For starters, Marley went on a late birdie binge to win the Colorado Golf As-sociation Junior Match Play Champion-


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Marley uses summer success to his advantageArapahoe grad prepares to take golf game to next level at Northern ColoradoBy Jim [email protected]

Sam Marley usually spends a lot of time at South Suburban Golf Course tun-ing up his game.

The Arapahoe High School graduate will continue to polish his game this fall in Greeley for the University of Northern Colorado men’s golf team.

“I go to South Suburban almost every day,” he said. “I probably spend three or four hours a day there.”

Marley’s father, Todd, is the head pro-fessional at the Centennial course but his son has only been playing competitive golf for four years.

“I played baseball until my freshman year,” said Sam. “I played golf for fun with my family, but I didn’t start playing golf competitively until my freshman year.

“I used to get a lot of help from my Dad but now I’ve met a guy, Steve Beach, at Glenmoor Country Club. I’ve been taking lessons from him for a while now.”

The lessons have paid dividends this summer.

For starters, Marley went on a late birdie binge to win the Colorado Golf As-sociation Junior Match Play Champion-

ship at Bear Creek Golf Club July 18 with a 3 and 1 win over Trevor Glen.

“It was definitely the biggest tourna-ment that I’ve won,” said Marley who was seeded 46th. “I made a lot of birdies. I made a lot putts but I was also hitting my irons pretty close to hole so that made the putting a little easier.

“I have been playing well this summer. It is a little bit of everything but mostly I’ve been hitting to ball really well.”

Marley also qualified to play in the HealthOne Colorado Open with a qualify-

ing score of even-par 70 at Inverness Golf Club on July 9.

He shot a 2-under-par 69 on July 24 during the first round of the Colorado Open at Green Valley Golf Course. He finished with rounds of 77, 72 and 75 to finish with a 9-over-par 293 total that left him tied for 62nd place.

“It was awesome,” he said. “It was probably one of the favorite tournaments I’ve ever played in. I was pretty excited after the first day. I thought there was no way that I wouldn’t make the cut. But

I kind of struggled through the second day.”

Marley’s summer success should help him adjust to collegiate golf at UNC.

“A lot of it is I’m way more confident with my putting,” explained Marley. “I just putt a lot over at South Suburban. There are all sorts of drills I’ve gotten from my Dad and a couple of his buddies who are PGA guys as well.

“I definitely hope to travel my fresh-man year at UNC and play as many tour-naments as I can.”

Arapahoe High School graduate Sam Marley will take his golf game to the University of Northern Colorado this fall. Photos by Jim Benton

SPORTS ROUNDUP

Valor names new girls hoops coachJessika Caldwell, an assistant women’s

coach at Colorado Christian University for the past five seasons, is the new head girls basketball coach at Valor Christian.

She takes over for Sherryl Klosterman, who resigned with a 79-40 record after five years of coaching the Eagles.

Caldwell, a former player at Baylor, inherits a team that went 23-4 last season and advanced to the Class 4A Final Four. Ten players return from the 2013-14 team

including leading scorers Caroline Bryan and Kendall Bradbury.

Jewelry for cross country runnersThere will be no restrictions on the

jewelry that cross country runners will be allowed to wear this fall.

CHSAANow.com reported that the Colorado High School Activities Association has lifted the ban on jewelry in anticipation of a NFHS decision to allow track and field athletes to wear jewelry starting with the

2015 season.

Boys lacrosse title games movedBecause of a scheduling conflict with a

college lacrosse tournament, the Class 4A and 5A boys state lacrosse championships games will be contested a day earlier next spring at Sports Authority Field at Mile High.

CHSAANow.com stated that instead of the usual Saturday afternoon doubleheader, the title games will be played the evening of May 15, which is a Friday.

Kozan on watch listValor Christian graduate Alex Kozan, a

sophomore offensive guard at Auburn, is on the 2014 Outland Trophy watch list. The Outland Trophy goes to the nation’s top inte-rior lineman and is awarded by the Football Writers Association of America.

Kozan, 6-foot-4, 300 pounds, started all 14 games at left guard for the Tigers as a red-shirt freshman last season. He was a FWAA, Sporting News Freshman All-American.


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AARP PARKER meets at 1 p.m. every second Wednesday of the month at Parker United Methodist Church, 11805 S. Pine Drive, Parker. There are inter-esting and informative programs for seniors. For further information, contact Patsy at 303-905-1008.

AMERICAN LEGION Parker Post 1864 meets at 7 p.m. every first Wednesday of the month at South Metro Fire Station No. 46, 19310 Stroh Road, Parker. Go to www.post1864.org or call 720-542-3877.

AWANA CLUB at Parker Bible Church meets from 6:30-8:05 p.m. Wednesdays at 4391 E. Mainstreet. Call 303-841-3836.

BETA SIGMA Phi Preceptor Gamma Theta Chapter meets the second and fourth Mondays of each month at 7 p.m. Contact Sandy Pearl at 303-319-2392 for more information.

CHERRY CREEK Valley Rotary Club meets at 11:30 a.m. Wednesdays at The Conference Center, Parker Adventist Hospital, 9395 Crown Crest Blvd, Parker. Call President Don Willson at 720-314-6830 or e-mail [email protected].

CIVIL AIR Patrol-Parker Cadet Squadron meets from 6:30-9 p.m. on Thurs-days at St. Matthews Episcopal Church, Mainstreet and South Pikes Peak Drive. Call 303-841-5897.

COMMON THREAD Quilt Club meets the second Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. at the Parker Fire Department Headquarters building at 17250 Parkglenn. E-mail [email protected]. Visit www.ctqc.webs.com.

COMMUNIT Y BIBLE Study-Parker Day Class meets from 9:15-11:15 a.m. Thursdays from September to May at Parker Hills Bible Fellowship, 7137 E. Parker Hills Court. Go to http://parker.cbsclass.org or contact Charlene Roach at 720-851-1623 or [email protected].

DENVER AND New Orleans RR Club meets at 6:30 p.m. Tuesdays at the Parker Depot building, 11027 S. Pikes Peak Drive, No. 106. Call Bill Byers at 303-646-3256.

FIBROMYALGIA WOMEN’S group welcomes women wanting to make friendships and have positive discussions on a variety of fibro-related sub-jects. Group meets at 1:30 p.m. bi-weekly at the Parker Library, in the large conference room. Call Kathy at 303-840-2680 or 303-791-8814.

GREAT BOOKS. Great Books discussion group meets from 10:30 a.m. to noon the second and fourth Thursdays of each month at the Parker Library. Call Sara Gutknecht at 303-805-4306 for information. Other Great Books groups meet at Douglas County Libraries in Lone Tree, Highlands Ranch and Castle Rock (Philip S. Miller). Great Books is a forum for thoughtful adults to read and discuss significant works of fiction, philoso-phy, political science, poetry and drama. Afternoon and evening times are available; groups meet once every 2-4 weeks. No registration is required. For information, call 303-791-7323 or visit DouglasCountyLibraries.org.

Town entrance sign installedThose who have recently entered the Town of Parker

from the north via Parker Road have probably noticed a new sign welcoming visitors to the community.

The new gateway monument was completed in July and is located at Parker’s northern boundary near Preservation Park. This project was completed as part of the town-wide sign program, which is designed to enhance the commu-nity’s image and establish a consistent identity throughout Parker.

Castlewood Canyon hoppingCastlewood Canyon State Park’s next “Microscope Hike,”

from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Aug. 9, lets visitors join park interpret-er Warren Coker for an educational microscope hike. Take a much closer look at the plants and animals of Castlewood Canyon. Hike along the Inner Canyon Trail and see the mi-croscopic creatures from all five habitats in the park. Bring shoes that can get wet and plenty of water and sunscreen. Meet at the Canyon Point parking lot.

“What’s Blooming Now?” from 9:30 to 11 a.m. Aug. 9, al-lows people to accompany volunteer naturalist Linda Pohle for a meandering walk down the paved Canyon View Nature Trail. Learn to identify native plants and wildflowers, learn their common uses, and discover plant lore. Meet at the Visi-tor Center.

For “Snakes Alive,” from 1:30 to 2:15 p.m. Aug. 10, join park ranger Lisa Naughton for an introduction to snakes. Meet resident bull snakes, Sid and Nancy, and watch them eat their weekly meal.

School district gets awardThe Douglas County School District has been recognized

for excellent financial reporting for the second time in just more than a year.

It recently received a Certificate of Achievement for Ex-cellence in Financial Reporting, presented to school districts that meet or exceed the program’s standards for financial reporting and accountability.

The Association of School Business Officials Internation-al recognized DCSD for its comprehensive annual financial report for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2013. The Govern-ment Finance Officers Association recently granted DCSD the same recognition.

According to the association, the award recognizes indi-vidual governments that succeed in going beyond the mini-mum requirements with comprehensive annual financial reports that indicate transparency and full disclosure.


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PUBLIC NOTICE

ParkerNOTICE OF SALE

Public Trustee Sale No. 2014-0187

To Whom It May Concern: On 5/22/2014the undersigned Public Trustee causedthe Notice of Election and Demand relat-ing to the Deed of Trust described belowto be recorded in Douglas County.Original Grantor: KERRY B PIERCE ANDMICHELLE A PIERCEOriginal Beneficiary: MACQUARIE MORT-GAGES USA, INC.Current Holder of Evidence of Debt:MACQUARIE MORTGAGES USA INC.Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 4/23/2008Recording Date of DOT: 5/2/2008Reception No. of DOT: 2008031345DOT Recorded in Douglas County.Original Principal Amount of Evidence ofDebt: $1,000,000.00Outstanding Principal Amount as of thedate hereof: $999,985.63Pursuant to C.R.S. §38-38-101 (4) (i), youare hereby notified that the covenants ofthe deed of trust have been violated asfollows: Failure to pay principal and in-terest when due together with all otherpayments provided for in the Evidence ofDebt secured by the Deed of Trust andother violations of the terms thereof.THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BEA FIRST LIEN.The property described herein is all of theproperty encumbered by the lien of thedeed of trust.Legal Description of Real Property:LOT 36, PINERY WEST FILING NO. 1H,COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OFCOLORADO.Which has the address of: 5235 Moon-light Way, Parker, CO 80134

NOTICE OF SALE

The current holder of the Evidence of Debtsecured by the Deed of Trust describedherein, has filed written election and de-mand for sale as provided by law and insaid Deed of Trust.THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Giventhat on the first possible sale date (unlessthe sale is continued*) at 10:00 a.m. Wed-nesday, September 10, 2014, at the Pub-lic Trustee’s office, 402 Wilcox Street,Castle Rock, Colorado, I will sell at publicauction to the highest and best bidder forcash, the said real property and all in-terest of said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirsand assigns therein, for the purpose ofpaying the indebtedness provided in saidEvidence of Debt secured by the Deed ofTrust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expensesof sale and other items allowed by law,and will deliver to the purchaser a Certific-ate of Purchase, all as provided by law.First Publication: 7/17/2014Last Publication: 8/14/2014Publisher: Douglas County News PressDated: 5/22/2014ROBERT J. HUSSONDOUGLAS COUNTY Public TrusteeThe name, address and telephone num-bers of the attorney(s) representing thelegal holder of the indebtedness is:JOAN OLSONColorado Registration #: 280781199 BANNOCK STREET ,DENVER, COLORADO 80204Phone #: (303) 813-1177Fax #: (303) 813-1107Attorney File #: 4622.100075.F01*YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURESALE DATES on the Public Trustee web-site: http://www.douglas.co.us/publictrust-ee/

Legal Notice No.: 2014-0187First Publication: 7/17/2014Last Publication: 8/14/2014Publisher: Douglas County News Press

PUBLIC NOTICE



To Whom It May Concern: On 5/22/2014the undersigned Public Trustee causedthe Notice of Election and Demand relat-ing to the Deed of Trust described belowto be recorded in Douglas County.Original Grantor: DUSTIN MILLEROriginal Beneficiary: MORTGAGE ELEC-TRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS,INC., AS NOMINEE FOR 360 MORT-GAGE GROUP, LLC,Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: BANKOF AMERICA, N.A.Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 1/28/2011Recording Date of DOT: 2/3/2011Reception No. of DOT: 2011008714DOT Recorded in Douglas County.Original Principal Amount of Evidence ofDebt: $141,324.00Outstanding Principal Amount as of thedate hereof: $134,875.11Pursuant to C.R.S. §38-38-101 (4) (i), youare hereby notified that the covenants ofthe deed of trust have been violated asfollows: Failure to pay principal and in-terest when due together with all otherpayments provided for in the Evidence ofDebt secured by the Deed of Trust andother violations of the terms thereof.THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BEA FIRST LIEN.The property described herein is all of theproperty encumbered by the lien of thedeed of trust.Legal Description of Real Property:UNIT F, BUILDING A2-10,COTTON-WOOD SOUTH CONDOMINIUMS, MAPNO. 41, FOR PRAIRIE MEADOWS CON-DOMINIUMS ACCORDING TO THECONDOMINIUM MAP FOR COTTON-WOOD SOUTH CONDOMINIUM MAPNO. 41 RECORDED ON FEBRUARY 8,2008 AT RECEPTION NO. 2008009108,IN THE RECORDS OF THE OFFICE OFTHE CLERK AND RECORDER OFDOUGLAS COUNTY AND AS DEFINEDAND DESCRIBED IN THE CONDOMINI-UM DECLARATION FOR COTTON-WOOD SOUTH CONDOMINIUMS FORPRAIRIE MEADOWS CONDOMINIUMSRECORDED ON FEBRUARY 3, 2005 ATRECEPTION NO. 2005010456, IN SAIDRECORDS, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS,STATE OF COLORADO.Which has the address of: 9047 ApachePlume Dr Unit F, Parker, CO 80134

NOTICE OF SALE

The current holder of the Evidence of Debtsecured by the Deed of Trust describedherein, has filed written election and de-mand for sale as provided by law and insaid Deed of Trust.THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Giventhat on the first possible sale date (unlessthe sale is continued*) at 10:00 a.m. Wed-nesday, September 10, 2014, at the Pub-lic Trustee’s office, 402 Wilcox Street,Castle Rock, Colorado, I will sell at publicauction to the highest and best bidder forcash, the said real property and all in-terest of said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirsand assigns therein, for the purpose ofpaying the indebtedness provided in saidEvidence of Debt secured by the Deed ofTrust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expensesof sale and other items allowed by law,and will deliver to the purchaser a Certific-ate of Purchase, all as provided by law.First Publication: 7/17/2014Last Publication: 8/14/2014Publisher: Douglas County News PressDated: 5/22/2014ROBERT J. HUSSONDOUGLAS COUNTY Public TrusteeThe name, address and telephone num-bers of the attorney(s) representing thelegal holder of the indebtedness is:CYNTHIA LOWERY-GRABERColorado Registration #: 34145999 18TH STREET SUITE 2201,DENVER, COLORADO 80202Phone #: (303) 865-1400Fax #: (303) 865-1410Attorney File #: 14-01385*YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURESALE DATES on the Public Trustee web-site: http://www.douglas.co.us/publictrust-ee/


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To Whom It May Concern: On 5/22/2014the undersigned Public Trustee causedthe Notice of Election and Demand relat-ing to the Deed of Trust described belowto be recorded in Douglas County.Original Grantor: DUSTIN MILLEROriginal Beneficiary: MORTGAGE ELEC-TRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS,INC., AS NOMINEE FOR 360 MORT-GAGE GROUP, LLC,Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: BANKOF AMERICA, N.A.Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 1/28/2011Recording Date of DOT: 2/3/2011Reception No. of DOT: 2011008714DOT Recorded in Douglas County.Original Principal Amount of Evidence ofDebt: $141,324.00Outstanding Principal Amount as of thedate hereof: $134,875.11Pursuant to C.R.S. §38-38-101 (4) (i), youare hereby notified that the covenants ofthe deed of trust have been violated asfollows: Failure to pay principal and in-terest when due together with all otherpayments provided for in the Evidence ofDebt secured by the Deed of Trust andother violations of the terms thereof.THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BEA FIRST LIEN.The property described herein is all of theproperty encumbered by the lien of thedeed of trust.Legal Description of Real Property:UNIT F, BUILDING A2-10,COTTON-WOOD SOUTH CONDOMINIUMS, MAPNO. 41, FOR PRAIRIE MEADOWS CON-DOMINIUMS ACCORDING TO THECONDOMINIUM MAP FOR COTTON-WOOD SOUTH CONDOMINIUM MAPNO. 41 RECORDED ON FEBRUARY 8,2008 AT RECEPTION NO. 2008009108,IN THE RECORDS OF THE OFFICE OFTHE CLERK AND RECORDER OFDOUGLAS COUNTY AND AS DEFINEDAND DESCRIBED IN THE CONDOMINI-UM DECLARATION FOR COTTON-WOOD SOUTH CONDOMINIUMS FORPRAIRIE MEADOWS CONDOMINIUMSRECORDED ON FEBRUARY 3, 2005 ATRECEPTION NO. 2005010456, IN SAIDRECORDS, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS,STATE OF COLORADO.Which has the address of: 9047 ApachePlume Dr Unit F, Parker, CO 80134

NOTICE OF SALE

The current holder of the Evidence of Debtsecured by the Deed of Trust describedherein, has filed written election and de-mand for sale as provided by law and insaid Deed of Trust.THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Giventhat on the first possible sale date (unlessthe sale is continued*) at 10:00 a.m. Wed-nesday, September 10, 2014, at the Pub-lic Trustee’s office, 402 Wilcox Street,Castle Rock, Colorado, I will sell at publicauction to the highest and best bidder forcash, the said real property and all in-terest of said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirsand assigns therein, for the purpose ofpaying the indebtedness provided in saidEvidence of Debt secured by the Deed ofTrust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expensesof sale and other items allowed by law,and will deliver to the purchaser a Certific-ate of Purchase, all as provided by law.First Publication: 7/17/2014Last Publication: 8/14/2014Publisher: Douglas County News PressDated: 5/22/2014ROBERT J. HUSSONDOUGLAS COUNTY Public TrusteeThe name, address and telephone num-bers of the attorney(s) representing thelegal holder of the indebtedness is:CYNTHIA LOWERY-GRABERColorado Registration #: 34145999 18TH STREET SUITE 2201,DENVER, COLORADO 80202Phone #: (303) 865-1400Fax #: (303) 865-1410Attorney File #: 14-01385*YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURESALE DATES on the Public Trustee web-site: http://www.douglas.co.us/publictrust-ee/


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To Whom It May Concern: On 5/22/2014the undersigned Public Trustee causedthe Notice of Election and Demand relat-ing to the Deed of Trust described belowto be recorded in Douglas County.Original Grantor: RYAN M. SMITHOriginal Beneficiary: MORTGAGE ELEC-TRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS,INC. AS NOMINEE FOR GUILD MORT-GAGE COMPANYCurrent Holder of Evidence of Debt: COL-ORADO HOUSING AND FINANCE AU-THORITYDate of Deed of Trust (DOT): 6/11/2013Recording Date of DOT: 6/12/2013Reception No. of DOT: 2013048897DOT Recorded in Douglas County.Original Principal Amount of Evidence ofDebt: $225,834.00Outstanding Principal Amount as of thedate hereof: $224,854.58Pursuant to C.R.S. §38-38-101 (4) (i), youare hereby notified that the covenants ofthe deed of trust have been violated asfollows: the failure to timely make pay-ments as required under the Deed ofTrust.THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BEA FIRST LIEN.The property described herein is all of theproperty encumbered by the lien of thedeed of trust.Legal Description of Real Property:LOT 41, COTTONWOOD SUBDIVISIONFILING 1, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS,STATE OF COLORADOWhich has the address of: 8558 AngelaLane, Parker, CO 80134

NOTICE OF SALE

The current holder of the Evidence of Debtsecured by the Deed of Trust describedherein, has filed written election and de-mand for sale as provided by law and insaid Deed of Trust.THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Giventhat on the first possible sale date (unlessthe sale is continued*) at 10:00 a.m. Wed-nesday, September 10, 2014, at the Pub-lic Trustee’s office, 402 Wilcox Street,Castle Rock, Colorado, I will sell at publicauction to the highest and best bidder forcash, the said real property and all in-terest of said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirsand assigns therein, for the purpose ofpaying the indebtedness provided in saidEvidence of Debt secured by the Deed ofTrust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expensesof sale and other items allowed by law,and will deliver to the purchaser a Certific-ate of Purchase, all as provided by law.First Publication: 7/17/2014Last Publication: 8/14/2014Publisher: Douglas County News PressDated: 5/22/2014ROBERT J. HUSSONDOUGLAS COUNTY Public TrusteeThe name, address and telephone num-bers of the attorney(s) representing thelegal holder of the indebtedness is:EVE M GRINAColorado Registration #: 436589800 S. MERIDIAN BLVD. SUITE 400,ENGLEWOOD, COLORADO 80112Phone #: (303) 706-9990Fax #:Attorney File #: 14-001047*YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURESALE DATES on the Public Trustee web-site: http://www.douglas.co.us/publictrust-ee/


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To Whom It May Concern: On 5/22/2014the undersigned Public Trustee causedthe Notice of Election and Demand relat-ing to the Deed of Trust described belowto be recorded in Douglas County.Original Grantor: ANDREW P STOBBEAND DENISE L STOBBEOriginal Beneficiary: MORTGAGE ELEC-TRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS,INC. AS NOMINEE FOR MOUNTAINRANGE FUNDING, LLC.Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: THEBANK OF NEW YORK MELLON FKATHE BANK OF NEW YORK, AS TRUST-EE FOR THE CERTIFICATEHOLDERSOF THE CWABS, INC., ASSET-BACKEDCERTIFICATES, SERIES 2007-6Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 2/23/2007Recording Date of DOT: 3/1/2007Reception No. of DOT: 2007017929DOT Recorded in Douglas County.Original Principal Amount of Evidence ofDebt: $306,000.00Outstanding Principal Amount as of thedate hereof: $278,620.70Pursuant to C.R.S. §38-38-101 (4) (i), youare hereby notified that the covenants ofthe deed of trust have been violated asfollows: the failure to timely make pay-ments as required under the Deed ofTrust.THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BEA FIRST LIEN.The property described herein is all of theproperty encumbered by the lien of thedeed of trust.Legal Description of Real Property:LOT 36, BLOCK 3, BRADBURY RANCHFILING NO. 10, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS,STATE OF COLORADO.Which has the address of: 16571 PrairieFlower Place, Parker, CO 80134

NOTICE OF SALE

The current holder of the Evidence of Debtsecured by the Deed of Trust describedherein, has filed written election and de-mand for sale as provided by law and insaid Deed of Trust.THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Giventhat on the first possible sale date (unlessthe sale is continued*) at 10:00 a.m. Wed-nesday, September 10, 2014, at the Pub-lic Trustee’s office, 402 Wilcox Street,Castle Rock, Colorado, I will sell at publicauction to the highest and best bidder forcash, the said real property and all in-terest of said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirsand assigns therein, for the purpose ofpaying the indebtedness provided in saidEvidence of Debt secured by the Deed ofTrust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expensesof sale and other items allowed by law,and will deliver to the purchaser a Certific-ate of Purchase, all as provided by law.First Publication: 7/17/2014Last Publication: 8/14/2014Publisher: Douglas County News PressDated: 5/22/2014ROBERT J. HUSSONDOUGLAS COUNTY Public TrusteeThe name, address and telephone num-bers of the attorney(s) representing thelegal holder of the indebtedness is:DAVID R DOUGHTYColorado Registration #: 400429800 S. MERIDIAN BLVD. SUITE 400,ENGLEWOOD, COLORADO 80112Phone #: (303) 706-9990Fax #:Attorney File #: 14-001092*YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURESALE DATES on the Public Trustee web-site: http://www.douglas.co.us/publictrust-ee/


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To Whom It May Concern: On 5/22/2014the undersigned Public Trustee causedthe Notice of Election and Demand relat-ing to the Deed of Trust described belowto be recorded in Douglas County.Original Grantor: ANDREW P STOBBEAND DENISE L STOBBEOriginal Beneficiary: MORTGAGE ELEC-TRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS,INC. AS NOMINEE FOR MOUNTAINRANGE FUNDING, LLC.Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: THEBANK OF NEW YORK MELLON FKATHE BANK OF NEW YORK, AS TRUST-EE FOR THE CERTIFICATEHOLDERSOF THE CWABS, INC., ASSET-BACKEDCERTIFICATES, SERIES 2007-6Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 2/23/2007Recording Date of DOT: 3/1/2007Reception No. of DOT: 2007017929DOT Recorded in Douglas County.Original Principal Amount of Evidence ofDebt: $306,000.00Outstanding Principal Amount as of thedate hereof: $278,620.70Pursuant to C.R.S. §38-38-101 (4) (i), youare hereby notified that the covenants ofthe deed of trust have been violated asfollows: the failure to timely make pay-ments as required under the Deed ofTrust.THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BEA FIRST LIEN.The property described herein is all of theproperty encumbered by the lien of thedeed of trust.Legal Description of Real Property:LOT 36, BLOCK 3, BRADBURY RANCHFILING NO. 10, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS,STATE OF COLORADO.Which has the address of: 16571 PrairieFlower Place, Parker, CO 80134

NOTICE OF SALE

The current holder of the Evidence of Debtsecured by the Deed of Trust describedherein, has filed written election and de-mand for sale as provided by law and insaid Deed of Trust.THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Giventhat on the first possible sale date (unlessthe sale is continued*) at 10:00 a.m. Wed-nesday, September 10, 2014, at the Pub-lic Trustee’s office, 402 Wilcox Street,Castle Rock, Colorado, I will sell at publicauction to the highest and best bidder forcash, the said real property and all in-terest of said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirsand assigns therein, for the purpose ofpaying the indebtedness provided in saidEvidence of Debt secured by the Deed ofTrust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expensesof sale and other items allowed by law,and will deliver to the purchaser a Certific-ate of Purchase, all as provided by law.First Publication: 7/17/2014Last Publication: 8/14/2014Publisher: Douglas County News PressDated: 5/22/2014ROBERT J. HUSSONDOUGLAS COUNTY Public TrusteeThe name, address and telephone num-bers of the attorney(s) representing thelegal holder of the indebtedness is:DAVID R DOUGHTYColorado Registration #: 400429800 S. MERIDIAN BLVD. SUITE 400,ENGLEWOOD, COLORADO 80112Phone #: (303) 706-9990Fax #:Attorney File #: 14-001092*YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURESALE DATES on the Public Trustee web-site: http://www.douglas.co.us/publictrust-ee/


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To Whom It May Concern: On 5/29/2014the undersigned Public Trustee causedthe Notice of Election and Demand relat-ing to the Deed of Trust described belowto be recorded in Douglas County.Original Grantor: LESLIE K COTTLE ANDCAROL A COTTLEOriginal Beneficiary: MORTGAGE ELEC-TRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS,INC. ACTING SOLELY AS NOMINEEFOR WMC MORTGAGE CORP.Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: U.S.BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, ASTRUSTEE FOR SECURITIZED ASSETBACKED RECEIVABLES LLC TRUST2 0 0 6 - W M 1 , M O R T G A G E P A S S -THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES2006-WM1Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 9/29/2005Recording Date of DOT: 10/4/2005Reception No. of DOT: 2005094992DOT Recorded in Douglas County.Original Principal Amount of Evidence ofDebt: $168,000.00Outstanding Principal Amount as of thedate hereof: $159,575.51Pursuant to C.R.S. §38-38-101 (4) (i), youare hereby notified that the covenants ofthe deed of trust have been violated asfollows: Failure to pay principal and in-terest when due together with all otherpayments provided for in the Evidence ofDebt secured by the Deed of Trust andother violations of the terms thereof.THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BEA FIRST LIEN.The property described herein is all of theproperty encumbered by the lien of thedeed of trust.Legal Description of Real Property:LOT 7, COTTONWOOD SUBDIVISION,FILLING NO. 3, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS,STATE OF COLORADO.Which has the address of: 8459 SandreedCircle , Parker, CO 80134

NOTICE OF SALE

The current holder of the Evidence of Debtsecured by the Deed of Trust describedherein, has filed written election and de-mand for sale as provided by law and insaid Deed of Trust.THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Giventhat on the first possible sale date (unlessthe sale is continued*) at 10:00 a.m. Wed-nesday, October 1, 2014, at the PublicTrustee’s office, 402 Wilcox Street, CastleRock, Colorado, I will sell at public auc-tion to the highest and best bidder forcash, the said real property and all in-terest of said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirsand assigns therein, for the purpose ofpaying the indebtedness provided in saidEvidence of Debt secured by the Deed ofTrust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expensesof sale and other items allowed by law,and will deliver to the purchaser a Certific-ate of Purchase, all as provided by law.First Publication: 8/7/2014Last Publication: 9/4/2014Publisher: Douglas County News PressDated: 6/3/2014ROBERT J. HUSSONDOUGLAS COUNTY Public TrusteeThe name, address and telephone num-bers of the attorney(s) representing thelegal holder of the indebtedness is:MONICA KADRMASColorado Registration #: 349041199 BANNOCK STREET ,DENVER, COLORADO 80204Phone #: (303) 813-1177Fax #: (303) 813-1107Attorney File #: 9106.100042.F01*YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURESALE DATES on the Public Trustee web-site: http://www.douglas.co.us/publictrust-ee/

Legal Notice No.: 2014-0196First Publication: August 7, 2014Last Publication: September 4, 2014Publisher: Douglas County News-Press

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To Whom It May Concern: On 6/5/2014the undersigned Public Trustee causedthe Notice of Election and Demand relat-ing to the Deed of Trust described belowto be recorded in Douglas County.Original Grantor: MICHAEL FORDOriginal Beneficiary: MORTGAGE ELEC-TRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS,INC., ACTING SOLELY AS NOMINEEFOR AMERICAN MORTGAGE NET-WORK, INC.Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: U.S.BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, ASTRUSTEE FOR RESIDENTIAL FUND-ING MORTGAGE SECURITIES I, INC.,MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTI-FICATES, SERIES 2006-SA1Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 10/11/2005Recording Date of DOT: 10/19/2005Reception No. of DOT: 2005100583DOT Recorded in Douglas County.Original Principal Amount of Evidence ofDebt: $224,250.00Outstanding Principal Amount as of thedate hereof: $221,180.68Pursuant to C.R.S. §38-38-101 (4) (i), youare hereby notified that the covenants ofthe deed of trust have been violated asfollows: Failure to pay principal and in-terest when due together with all otherpayments provided for in the Evidence ofDebt secured by the Deed of Trust andother violations of the terms thereof.THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BEA FIRST LIEN.The property described herein is all of theproperty encumbered by the lien of thedeed of trust.Legal Description of Real Property:LOT 1, BLOCK 2, STROH RANCH FIL-ING NO. 3, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS,STATE OF COLORADO.Which has the address of: 12918 S MollyCt, Parker, CO 80134

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To Whom It May Concern: On 6/5/2014the undersigned Public Trustee causedthe Notice of Election and Demand relat-ing to the Deed of Trust described belowto be recorded in Douglas County.Original Grantor: MICHAEL FORDOriginal Beneficiary: MORTGAGE ELEC-TRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS,INC., ACTING SOLELY AS NOMINEEFOR AMERICAN MORTGAGE NET-WORK, INC.Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: U.S.BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, ASTRUSTEE FOR RESIDENTIAL FUND-ING MORTGAGE SECURITIES I, INC.,MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTI-FICATES, SERIES 2006-SA1Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 10/11/2005Recording Date of DOT: 10/19/2005Reception No. of DOT: 2005100583DOT Recorded in Douglas County.Original Principal Amount of Evidence ofDebt: $224,250.00Outstanding Principal Amount as of thedate hereof: $221,180.68Pursuant to C.R.S. §38-38-101 (4) (i), youare hereby notified that the covenants ofthe deed of trust have been violated asfollows: Failure to pay principal and in-terest when due together with all otherpayments provided for in the Evidence ofDebt secured by the Deed of Trust andother violations of the terms thereof.THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BEA FIRST LIEN.The property described herein is all of theproperty encumbered by the lien of thedeed of trust.Legal Description of Real Property:LOT 1, BLOCK 2, STROH RANCH FIL-ING NO. 3, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS,STATE OF COLORADO.Which has the address of: 12918 S MollyCt, Parker, CO 80134

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To Whom It May Concern: On 6/5/2014the undersigned Public Trustee causedthe Notice of Election and Demand relat-ing to the Deed of Trust described belowto be recorded in Douglas County.Original Grantor: DAVID C. OLSON ANDROBYN B. OLSONOriginal Beneficiary: WASHINGTON MU-TUAL BANK, FACurrent Holder of Evidence of Debt: JP-MORGAN CHASE BANK, NATIONAL AS-SOCIATIONDate of Deed of Trust (DOT): 9/12/2003Recording Date of DOT: 10/17/2003Reception No. of DOT: 2003151890DOT Recorded in Douglas County.Original Principal Amount of Evidence ofDebt: $841,550.00Outstanding Principal Amount as of thedate hereof: $810,924.27Pursuant to C.R.S. §38-38-101 (4) (i), youare hereby notified that the covenants ofthe deed of trust have been violated asfollows: Failure to pay principal and in-terest when due together with all otherpayments provided for in the Evidence ofDebt secured by the Deed of Trust andother violations of the terms thereof.THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BEA FIRST LIEN.The property described herein is all of theproperty encumbered by the lien of thedeed of trust.Legal Description of Real Property:LOT 1, CENTENNIAL RANCH, COUNTYOF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADOWhich has the address o f : 7405Sagebrush Drive, Parker, CO 80138

NOTICE OF SALE

The current holder of the Evidence of Debtsecured by the Deed of Trust describedherein, has filed written election and de-mand for sale as provided by law and insaid Deed of Trust.THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Giventhat on the first possible sale date (unlessthe sale is continued*) at 10:00 a.m. Wed-nesday, September 24, 2014, at the Pub-lic Trustee’s office, 402 Wilcox Street,Castle Rock, Colorado, I will sell at publicauction to the highest and best bidder forcash, the said real property and all in-terest of said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirsand assigns therein, for the purpose ofpaying the indebtedness provided in saidEvidence of Debt secured by the Deed ofTrust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expensesof sale and other items allowed by law,and will deliver to the purchaser a Certific-ate of Purchase, all as provided by law.First Publication: 7/31/2014Last Publication: 8/28/2014Publisher: Douglas County News PressDated: 6/9/2014ROBERT J. HUSSONDOUGLAS COUNTY Public TrusteeThe name, address and telephone num-bers of the attorney(s) representing thelegal holder of the indebtedness is:MONICA KADRMASColorado Registration #: 349041199 BANNOCK STREET ,DENVER, COLORADO 80204Phone #: (303) 813-1177Fax #: (303) 813-1107Attorney File #: 1068.100278.F01*YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURESALE DATES on the Public Trustee web-site: http://www.douglas.co.us/publictrust-ee/


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To Whom It May Concern: On 6/5/2014the undersigned Public Trustee causedthe Notice of Election and Demand relat-ing to the Deed of Trust described belowto be recorded in Douglas County.Original Grantor: SANDRA J. WIEGARDOriginal Beneficiary: MORTGAGE ELEC-TRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS,INC., AS NOMINEE FOR MEGASTARFINANCIAL CORP.Current Holder of Evidence of Debt:OCWEN LOAN SERVICING, LLCDate of Deed of Trust (DOT): 5/27/2011Recording Date of DOT: 6/14/2011Reception No. of DOT: 2011036148DOT Recorded in Douglas County.Original Principal Amount of Evidence ofDebt: $126,704.00Outstanding Principal Amount as of thedate hereof: $122,802.01Pursuant to C.R.S. §38-38-101 (4) (i), youare hereby notified that the covenants ofthe deed of trust have been violated asfollows: Failure to pay principal and in-terest when due together with all otherpayments provided for in the Evidence ofDebt secured by the Deed of Trust andother violations of the terms thereof.THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BEA FIRST LIEN.The property described herein is all of theproperty encumbered by the lien of thedeed of trust.Legal Description of Real Property:LOT 53, THE PINERY TOWNHOUSE DE-VELOPMENT AMENDED, COUNTY OFDOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADOWhich has the address of: 6533 N. Pine-wood Dr, Parker, CO 80134

NOTICE OF SALE

The current holder of the Evidence of Debtsecured by the Deed of Trust describedherein, has filed written election and de-mand for sale as provided by law and insaid Deed of Trust.THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Giventhat on the first possible sale date (unlessthe sale is continued*) at 10:00 a.m. Wed-nesday, September 24, 2014, at the Pub-lic Trustee’s office, 402 Wilcox Street,Castle Rock, Colorado, I will sell at publicauction to the highest and best bidder forcash, the said real property and all in-terest of said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirsand assigns therein, for the purpose ofpaying the indebtedness provided in saidEvidence of Debt secured by the Deed ofTrust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expensesof sale and other items allowed by law,and will deliver to the purchaser a Certific-ate of Purchase, all as provided by law.First Publication: 7/31/2014Last Publication: 8/28/2014Publisher: Douglas County News PressDated: 6/9/2014ROBERT J. HUSSONDOUGLAS COUNTY Public TrusteeThe name, address and telephone num-bers of the attorney(s) representing thelegal holder of the indebtedness is:JANICE HOFMANN CLARKColorado Registration #: 72645347 S VALENTIA WAY SUITE 100,GREENWOOD VILLAGE, COLORADO80111Phone #: (303) 573-1080Fax #:Attorney File #: 14-00420SH*YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURESALE DATES on the Public Trustee web-site: http://www.douglas.co.us/publictrust-ee/


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To Whom It May Concern: On 6/5/2014the undersigned Public Trustee causedthe Notice of Election and Demand relat-ing to the Deed of Trust described belowto be recorded in Douglas County.Original Grantor: SANDRA J. WIEGARDOriginal Beneficiary: MORTGAGE ELEC-TRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS,INC., AS NOMINEE FOR MEGASTARFINANCIAL CORP.Current Holder of Evidence of Debt:OCWEN LOAN SERVICING, LLCDate of Deed of Trust (DOT): 5/27/2011Recording Date of DOT: 6/14/2011Reception No. of DOT: 2011036148DOT Recorded in Douglas County.Original Principal Amount of Evidence ofDebt: $126,704.00Outstanding Principal Amount as of thedate hereof: $122,802.01Pursuant to C.R.S. §38-38-101 (4) (i), youare hereby notified that the covenants ofthe deed of trust have been violated asfollows: Failure to pay principal and in-terest when due together with all otherpayments provided for in the Evidence ofDebt secured by the Deed of Trust andother violations of the terms thereof.THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BEA FIRST LIEN.The property described herein is all of theproperty encumbered by the lien of thedeed of trust.Legal Description of Real Property:LOT 53, THE PINERY TOWNHOUSE DE-VELOPMENT AMENDED, COUNTY OFDOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADOWhich has the address of: 6533 N. Pine-wood Dr, Parker, CO 80134

NOTICE OF SALE

The current holder of the Evidence of Debtsecured by the Deed of Trust describedherein, has filed written election and de-mand for sale as provided by law and insaid Deed of Trust.THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Giventhat on the first possible sale date (unlessthe sale is continued*) at 10:00 a.m. Wed-nesday, September 24, 2014, at the Pub-lic Trustee’s office, 402 Wilcox Street,Castle Rock, Colorado, I will sell at publicauction to the highest and best bidder forcash, the said real property and all in-terest of said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirsand assigns therein, for the purpose ofpaying the indebtedness provided in saidEvidence of Debt secured by the Deed ofTrust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expensesof sale and other items allowed by law,and will deliver to the purchaser a Certific-ate of Purchase, all as provided by law.First Publication: 7/31/2014Last Publication: 8/28/2014Publisher: Douglas County News PressDated: 6/9/2014ROBERT J. HUSSONDOUGLAS COUNTY Public TrusteeThe name, address and telephone num-bers of the attorney(s) representing thelegal holder of the indebtedness is:JANICE HOFMANN CLARKColorado Registration #: 72645347 S VALENTIA WAY SUITE 100,GREENWOOD VILLAGE, COLORADO80111Phone #: (303) 573-1080Fax #:Attorney File #: 14-00420SH*YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURESALE DATES on the Public Trustee web-site: http://www.douglas.co.us/publictrust-ee/


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NOTICE OF PURCHASE OF REALESTATE AT TAX LIEN SALE ANDOF APPLICATION FOR ISSUANCE

OF TREASURER’S DEED

To Every Person in Actual Possession orOccupancy of the hereinafter DescribedLand, Lot or Premises, and to the Personin Whose Name the Same was Taxed orSpecially Assessed, and to all Personshaving an Interest or Title of Record in orto the said Premises and To Whom It MayConcern, and more especially to:

OCCUPANT - Paradise Villas CastlePines LLC aka Paradise Villas CastlePines LLC, a Colorado limited liabilitycompany - Paradise Villas Castle Pinesaka Paradise - Ethan Hsieh Trust - Lynn ABrandt - Mark D Terry & Nickolas Terry -American National Bank - Amfirst BankNA - Angela D Vencill - Aztec ConsultantsInc - Bill D Berkley, President c/o StateBank of Downs - Blanch Backo, Title Of-ficer c/o Land Title Guarantee Company -Board of County Commissioners c/oDouglas County - Board President, Vil-lage Lake Homeowners Association Inc.,a Colorado nonprofit corporation - Bryan RWhite, Vice President c/o American Na-tional Bank - Castle Pines Fidelity Asso-ciates Limited Partnership, its sole gener-al partner c/o Fidelity Castle Pines Ltd. AMaryland limited partnership - CastlePines Fidelity Realty, Inc. its sole generalpartner c/o Fidelity Castle Pines Ltd. AMaryland limited partnership - CastlePines Homes Association aka CastlePines Homes Association Inc aka Associ-ation - Castle Pines Metropolitan District,a Quasi-Municipal Corporation aka CastlePines Metropolitan District aka The Dis-trict - Castle Pines Sales Office c/o CastlePines Homes Association Inc - Castle-wood Fire Protection District - Cherry HillsBank c/o Guaranty Bank & Trust - Color-ado East Bank and Trust, ColoradoSprings - Commonwealth Land Title -Coscan Commercial Corporation - CPVInc., a Colorado Corporation - Craig Aus-tin, Manager c/o Wynn Homes LLC, a Col-orado limited liability company - Daniel BStubbs, Senior Vice President c/o VestinMortgage Inc - David Livingston, Presid-ent c/o Guaranty Bank & Trust - David Liv-ingston, President, Cherry Hills Bank c/oGuaranty Bank & Trust - Donald F Cum-mings, President c/o Forest Glen Inc. aColorado Corporation - Douglas Countyc/o Douglas County Commissioners - EdEhmann, Field Superintendent c/o CastlePines Metropolitan District - Fidelity CastlePines Ltd, a Maryland limited partnership -Forest Glen Inc., a Colorado Corporationaka Forest Glen Inc - Frank L Rober, Man-aging Member c/o KPRD Investments LLCa Colorado Limited Liability Company -Guaranty Bank and Trust - IntermountainRural Electric Association - Jack A Vick-ers III - Jack A Vickers III, Individual asPresident c/o CPV Inc., a Colorado Cor-poration - Jack A Vickers III, President c/oCPV Inc., a Colorado Corporation - JamesMcSwiggan, Executive Vice President c/oRoyal Bank America - Joe Leist, GeneralManager c/o Castle Pines Homes Associ-ation Inc - Joshua K Roach, Member c/oParadise Villas Castle Pines LLC, a Color-ado limited liability company - KatherineD Poague and Larry R Poague - KPRD In-vestments LLC a Colorado Limited Liabil-ity Company - Land Title Guarantee Com-pany - Lawrence Dale Taylor and MaryElizabeth Taylor - Lexi Development LLCaka Lexi Development LLC a ColoradoLimited Liability Co. - M Kathleen Siegist,Manager c/o Summit Chalet PropertiesLLC a Colorado Limited Liability Com-pany - Nancy M Schirm, Authorized Of-ficer c/o Colorado East Bank & Trust -Nancy M Schirm, President c/o ColoradoEast Bank & Trust - Nancy M Schirm, SrVice President c/o Peoples National Bank,Colorado - Nelda A Brandt - Norman Stu-ard, President c/o The Village LakesHomes Association Inc. - Norman Stuard,Vice President c/o The Village LakesHomes Association Inc - Norman Stuard,Vice President c/o Lexis DevelopmentLLC - Paradise Villas Castle Pines LLC &Steve Gage, an individual - Paradise Vil-las West LLC, a Colorado limited liabilitycompany - Peoples National Bank, Color-ado - Peter Italiano, Planning Director c/oDouglas County Planning Department -Philip Bucher and Susan Bucher - PlumCreek Waste Water Treatment Plant -Public Trustee of Douglas County - PublicTrustee of El Paso County - R Scott Ven-cill - Ramona H Ptacek c/o Robert Ptacek- Robert D Snodgrass, Registered LandSurveyor c/o Aztec Consultants Inc - Roy-al Bank America - Scott Vencill, Vice Pres-ident c/o Amfirst Bank NA - State Bank ofDowns - Stephen M Buck, Assistant VicePresident of Fidelity Castle Pines Ltd aMaryland limited partnership - Stephen MBuck, Assistant Vice President of CastlePines Fidelity Associates Limited Partner-ship, its sole general partner c/o FidelityCastle Pines Ltd. A Maryland limited part-nership - Stephen M Buck, Assistant Vice-President of Castle Pines Fidelity RealtyInc. its sole general partner c/o FidelityCastle Pines Ltd. A Maryland limited part-nership - Steve Gage, an individual c/oParadise Villas Castle Pines LLC - SteveGage, an individual as its Managing Mem-ber c/o Paradise Villas Castle Pines LLC,Limited Liability Company - Steve Gage,Manager c/o Paradise Villas Castle PinesLLC a Colorado Ltd Liab Co - SteveGage, President c/o Vision DevelopmentGroup Inc. a Colorado Corporation - SteveGage, President c/o Vision DevelopmentGroup Inc., Manager of Paradise VillasCastle Pines LLC, a Colorado Ltd Liab Co- Steve Gage, President c/o Vision AssetManagement Group Inc., a Colorado cor-poration - Steve Gage, President c/oParadise Villas West, LLC, a Coloradolimited liability company - Steve Gage,President c/o Vision Development GroupInc., A Colorado Corporation - StevenGage aka Steven W Gage c/o ParadiseVillas Castle Pines LLC a Colorado LtdLiab Co - Steven Gage, President c/o Vis-ion Development Group Inc - StevenGage, President c/o Vision Asset Manage-ment Group Inc., a Colorado corporation -Steven W Gage, Member of Paradise Vil-las Castle Pines LLC - Summit ChaletProperties LLC, a Colorado limited liabilitycompany - The Town of Castle Rock - TriCounty Health Department - US WestCommunications c/o CenturyLink - VestinMortgage Inc - Village Lake Homes Asso-ciation, Inc aka Sub Association aka Asso-ciation - Village Lake Homes Association,Inc a Colorado nonprofit corporation akaThe Village Lake Homes Association Inc -Vision Asset Management Group Inc, aColorado Corporation aka Vision AssetManagement Group Inc. - Vision Develop-ment Group Inc., Manager, c/o ParadiseVillas Castle Pines LLC A Colorado Lim-ited Liability Company - Vision Develop-ment Group Inc aka Vision DevelopmentGroup Inc et al - Vision DevelopmentGroup Inc., a Colorado Corporation akaVision Development - Walter M Maxwell,Chair, Board of County Commissionersc/o Douglas County Commissioners –Walter M Maxwell, Douglas County Com-missioner, c/o Douglas County Commis-sioners - Wynne Homes LLC a ColoradoLimited Liability Company aka WynneHomes LLC - Winzenburg, Leff, Purvis &Payne – Gina C Botti, Attorney in Fact forCastle Pines Homes Association Inc.

You and each of you are hereby notifiedthat on the 12th day of November 2009the then County Treasurer of the Countyof Douglas, in the State of Colorado, soldat public tax lien sale to Ethan Hsieh Trustthe following described real estate situatein the County of Douglas, State of Color-ado, to wit: LOT 5168A CASTLE PINESVILLAGE 32 J 1ST AMD 0.101 AM/L andsaid County Treasurer issued a certificateof purchase therefore to Ethan HsiehTrust. That said tax lien sale was made tosatisfy the delinquent* taxes assessedagainst said real estate for the year 2008.That said real estate was taxed or spe-cially assessed in the name(s) of Para-dise Villas Castle Pines LLC for said year2008.

That on the 21st day of May 2014 saidEthan Hsieh Trust assigned said certific-ate of purchase to Mark D Terry & Nick-olas Terry. That said Mark D Terry & Nick-olas Terry on the 2nd day of June 2014the present holder of said certificate, hasmade request upon the Treasurer of saidCounty for a deed to said real estate; Thata Treasurer’s Deed will be issued for saidreal estate to the said Mark D Terry &Nickolas Terry at 1:00 o’clock P.M., on the6th day of November 2014 unless thesame has been redeemed. Said propertymay be redeemed from said sale at anytime prior to the actual execution of saidTreasurer’s Deed. Witness my hand this15th day of July 2014

/s/ Diane A. HolbertCounty Treasurer of Douglas County

Legal Notice No.: 925703First Publication: July 24, 2014Last Publication: August 7, 2014Publisher: Douglas County News-Press

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OCCUPANT - Paradise Villas CastlePines LLC aka Paradise Villas CastlePines LLC, a Colorado limited liabilitycompany - Paradise Villas Castle Pinesaka Paradise - Ethan Hsieh Trust - Lynn ABrandt - Mark D Terry & Nickolas Terry -American National Bank - Amfirst BankNA - Angela D Vencill - Aztec ConsultantsInc - Bill D Berkley, President c/o StateBank of Downs - Blanch Backo, Title Of-ficer c/o Land Title Guarantee Company -Board of County Commissioners c/oDouglas County - Board President, Vil-lage Lake Homeowners Association Inc.,a Colorado nonprofit corporation - Bryan RWhite, Vice President c/o American Na-tional Bank - Castle Pines Fidelity Asso-ciates Limited Partnership, its sole gener-al partner c/o Fidelity Castle Pines Ltd. AMaryland limited partnership - CastlePines Fidelity Realty, Inc. its sole generalpartner c/o Fidelity Castle Pines Ltd. AMaryland limited partnership - CastlePines Homes Association aka CastlePines Homes Association Inc aka Associ-ation - Castle Pines Metropolitan District,a Quasi-Municipal Corporation aka CastlePines Metropolitan District aka The Dis-trict - Castle Pines Sales Office c/o CastlePines Homes Association Inc - Castle-wood Fire Protection District - Cherry HillsBank c/o Guaranty Bank & Trust - Color-ado East Bank and Trust, ColoradoSprings - Commonwealth Land Title -Coscan Commercial Corporation - CPVInc., a Colorado Corporation - Craig Aus-tin, Manager c/o Wynn Homes LLC, a Col-orado limited liability company - Daniel BStubbs, Senior Vice President c/o VestinMortgage Inc - David Livingston, Presid-ent c/o Guaranty Bank & Trust - David Liv-ingston, President, Cherry Hills Bank c/oGuaranty Bank & Trust - Donald F Cum-mings, President c/o Forest Glen Inc. aColorado Corporation - Douglas Countyc/o Douglas County Commissioners - EdEhmann, Field Superintendent c/o CastlePines Metropolitan District - Fidelity CastlePines Ltd, a Maryland limited partnership -Forest Glen Inc., a Colorado Corporationaka Forest Glen Inc - Frank L Rober, Man-aging Member c/o KPRD Investments LLCa Colorado Limited Liability Company -Guaranty Bank and Trust - IntermountainRural Electric Association - Jack A Vick-ers III - Jack A Vickers III, Individual asPresident c/o CPV Inc., a Colorado Cor-poration - Jack A Vickers III, President c/oCPV Inc., a Colorado Corporation - JamesMcSwiggan, Executive Vice President c/oRoyal Bank America - Joe Leist, GeneralManager c/o Castle Pines Homes Associ-ation Inc - Joshua K Roach, Member c/oParadise Villas Castle Pines LLC, a Color-ado limited liability company - KatherineD Poague and Larry R Poague - KPRD In-vestments LLC a Colorado Limited Liabil-ity Company - Land Title Guarantee Com-pany - Lawrence Dale Taylor and MaryElizabeth Taylor - Lexi Development LLCaka Lexi Development LLC a ColoradoLimited Liability Co. - M Kathleen Siegist,Manager c/o Summit Chalet PropertiesLLC a Colorado Limited Liability Com-pany - Nancy M Schirm, Authorized Of-ficer c/o Colorado East Bank & Trust -Nancy M Schirm, President c/o ColoradoEast Bank & Trust - Nancy M Schirm, SrVice President c/o Peoples National Bank,Colorado - Nelda A Brandt - Norman Stu-ard, President c/o The Village LakesHomes Association Inc. - Norman Stuard,Vice President c/o The Village LakesHomes Association Inc - Norman Stuard,Vice President c/o Lexis DevelopmentLLC - Paradise Villas Castle Pines LLC &Steve Gage, an individual - Paradise Vil-las West LLC, a Colorado limited liabilitycompany - Peoples National Bank, Color-ado - Peter Italiano, Planning Director c/oDouglas County Planning Department -Philip Bucher and Susan Bucher - PlumCreek Waste Water Treatment Plant -Public Trustee of Douglas County - PublicTrustee of El Paso County - R Scott Ven-cill - Ramona H Ptacek c/o Robert Ptacek- Robert D Snodgrass, Registered LandSurveyor c/o Aztec Consultants Inc - Roy-al Bank America - Scott Vencill, Vice Pres-ident c/o Amfirst Bank NA - State Bank ofDowns - Stephen M Buck, Assistant VicePresident of Fidelity Castle Pines Ltd aMaryland limited partnership - Stephen MBuck, Assistant Vice President of CastlePines Fidelity Associates Limited Partner-ship, its sole general partner c/o FidelityCastle Pines Ltd. A Maryland limited part-nership - Stephen M Buck, Assistant Vice-President of Castle Pines Fidelity RealtyInc. its sole general partner c/o FidelityCastle Pines Ltd. A Maryland limited part-nership - Steve Gage, an individual c/oParadise Villas Castle Pines LLC - SteveGage, an individual as its Managing Mem-ber c/o Paradise Villas Castle Pines LLC,Limited Liability Company - Steve Gage,Manager c/o Paradise Villas Castle PinesLLC a Colorado Ltd Liab Co - SteveGage, President c/o Vision DevelopmentGroup Inc. a Colorado Corporation - SteveGage, President c/o Vision DevelopmentGroup Inc., Manager of Paradise VillasCastle Pines LLC, a Colorado Ltd Liab Co- Steve Gage, President c/o Vision AssetManagement Group Inc., a Colorado cor-poration - Steve Gage, President c/oParadise Villas West, LLC, a Coloradolimited liability company - Steve Gage,President c/o Vision Development GroupInc., A Colorado Corporation - StevenGage aka Steven W Gage c/o ParadiseVillas Castle Pines LLC a Colorado LtdLiab Co - Steven Gage, President c/o Vis-ion Development Group Inc - StevenGage, President c/o Vision Asset Manage-ment Group Inc., a Colorado corporation -Steven W Gage, Member of Paradise Vil-las Castle Pines LLC - Summit ChaletProperties LLC, a Colorado limited liabilitycompany - The Town of Castle Rock - TriCounty Health Department - US WestCommunications c/o CenturyLink - VestinMortgage Inc - Village Lake Homes Asso-ciation, Inc aka Sub Association aka Asso-ciation - Village Lake Homes Association,Inc a Colorado nonprofit corporation akaThe Village Lake Homes Association Inc -Vision Asset Management Group Inc, aColorado Corporation aka Vision AssetManagement Group Inc. - Vision Develop-ment Group Inc., Manager, c/o ParadiseVillas Castle Pines LLC A Colorado Lim-ited Liability Company - Vision Develop-ment Group Inc aka Vision DevelopmentGroup Inc et al - Vision DevelopmentGroup Inc., a Colorado Corporation akaVision Development - Walter M Maxwell,Chair, Board of County Commissionersc/o Douglas County Commissioners –Walter M Maxwell, Douglas County Com-missioner, c/o Douglas County Commis-sioners - Wynne Homes LLC a ColoradoLimited Liability Company aka WynneHomes LLC - Winzenburg, Leff, Purvis &Payne – Gina C Botti, Attorney in Fact forCastle Pines Homes Association Inc.

You and each of you are hereby notifiedthat on the 12th day of November 2009the then County Treasurer of the Countyof Douglas, in the State of Colorado, soldat public tax lien sale to Ethan Hsieh Trustthe following described real estate situatein the County of Douglas, State of Color-ado, to wit: LOT 5168A CASTLE PINESVILLAGE 32 J 1ST AMD 0.101 AM/L andsaid County Treasurer issued a certificateof purchase therefore to Ethan HsiehTrust. That said tax lien sale was made tosatisfy the delinquent* taxes assessedagainst said real estate for the year 2008.That said real estate was taxed or spe-cially assessed in the name(s) of Para-dise Villas Castle Pines LLC for said year2008.

That on the 21st day of May 2014 saidEthan Hsieh Trust assigned said certific-ate of purchase to Mark D Terry & Nick-olas Terry. That said Mark D Terry & Nick-olas Terry on the 2nd day of June 2014the present holder of said certificate, hasmade request upon the Treasurer of saidCounty for a deed to said real estate; Thata Treasurer’s Deed will be issued for saidreal estate to the said Mark D Terry &Nickolas Terry at 1:00 o’clock P.M., on the6th day of November 2014 unless thesame has been redeemed. Said propertymay be redeemed from said sale at anytime prior to the actual execution of saidTreasurer’s Deed. Witness my hand this15th day of July 2014



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OCCUPANT - Paradise Villas CastlePines LLC aka Paradise Villas CastlePines LLC, a Colorado limited liabilitycompany - Paradise Villas Castle Pinesaka Paradise - Ethan Hsieh Trust - Lynn ABrandt - Mark D Terry & Nickolas Terry -American National Bank - Amfirst BankNA - Angela D Vencill - Aztec ConsultantsInc - Bill D Berkley, President c/o StateBank of Downs - Blanch Backo, Title Of-ficer c/o Land Title Guarantee Company -Board of County Commissioners c/oDouglas County - Board President, Vil-lage Lake Homeowners Association Inc.,a Colorado nonprofit corporation - Bryan RWhite, Vice President c/o American Na-tional Bank - Castle Pines Fidelity Asso-ciates Limited Partnership, its sole gener-al partner c/o Fidelity Castle Pines Ltd. AMaryland limited partnership - CastlePines Fidelity Realty, Inc. its sole generalpartner c/o Fidelity Castle Pines Ltd. AMaryland limited partnership - CastlePines Homes Association aka CastlePines Homes Association Inc aka Associ-ation - Castle Pines Metropolitan District,a Quasi-Municipal Corporation aka CastlePines Metropolitan District aka The Dis-trict - Castle Pines Sales Office c/o CastlePines Homes Association Inc - Castle-wood Fire Protection District - Cherry HillsBank c/o Guaranty Bank & Trust - Color-ado East Bank and Trust, ColoradoSprings - Commonwealth Land Title -Coscan Commercial Corporation - CPVInc., a Colorado Corporation - Craig Aus-tin, Manager c/o Wynn Homes LLC, a Col-orado limited liability company - Daniel BStubbs, Senior Vice President c/o VestinMortgage Inc - David Livingston, Presid-ent c/o Guaranty Bank & Trust - David Liv-ingston, President, Cherry Hills Bank c/oGuaranty Bank & Trust - Donald F Cum-mings, President c/o Forest Glen Inc. aColorado Corporation - Douglas Countyc/o Douglas County Commissioners - EdEhmann, Field Superintendent c/o CastlePines Metropolitan District - Fidelity CastlePines Ltd, a Maryland limited partnership -Forest Glen Inc., a Colorado Corporationaka Forest Glen Inc - Frank L Rober, Man-aging Member c/o KPRD Investments LLCa Colorado Limited Liability Company -Guaranty Bank and Trust - IntermountainRural Electric Association - Jack A Vick-ers III - Jack A Vickers III, Individual asPresident c/o CPV Inc., a Colorado Cor-poration - Jack A Vickers III, President c/oCPV Inc., a Colorado Corporation - JamesMcSwiggan, Executive Vice President c/oRoyal Bank America - Joe Leist, GeneralManager c/o Castle Pines Homes Associ-ation Inc - Joshua K Roach, Member c/oParadise Villas Castle Pines LLC, a Color-ado limited liability company - KatherineD Poague and Larry R Poague - KPRD In-vestments LLC a Colorado Limited Liabil-ity Company - Land Title Guarantee Com-pany - Lawrence Dale Taylor and MaryElizabeth Taylor - Lexi Development LLCaka Lexi Development LLC a ColoradoLimited Liability Co. - M Kathleen Siegist,Manager c/o Summit Chalet PropertiesLLC a Colorado Limited Liability Com-pany - Nancy M Schirm, Authorized Of-ficer c/o Colorado East Bank & Trust -Nancy M Schirm, President c/o ColoradoEast Bank & Trust - Nancy M Schirm, SrVice President c/o Peoples National Bank,Colorado - Nelda A Brandt - Norman Stu-ard, President c/o The Village LakesHomes Association Inc. - Norman Stuard,Vice President c/o The Village LakesHomes Association Inc - Norman Stuard,Vice President c/o Lexis DevelopmentLLC - Paradise Villas Castle Pines LLC &Steve Gage, an individual - Paradise Vil-las West LLC, a Colorado limited liabilitycompany - Peoples National Bank, Color-ado - Peter Italiano, Planning Director c/oDouglas County Planning Department -Philip Bucher and Susan Bucher - PlumCreek Waste Water Treatment Plant -Public Trustee of Douglas County - PublicTrustee of El Paso County - R Scott Ven-cill - Ramona H Ptacek c/o Robert Ptacek- Robert D Snodgrass, Registered LandSurveyor c/o Aztec Consultants Inc - Roy-al Bank America - Scott Vencill, Vice Pres-ident c/o Amfirst Bank NA - State Bank ofDowns - Stephen M Buck, Assistant VicePresident of Fidelity Castle Pines Ltd aMaryland limited partnership - Stephen MBuck, Assistant Vice President of CastlePines Fidelity Associates Limited Partner-ship, its sole general partner c/o FidelityCastle Pines Ltd. A Maryland limited part-nership - Stephen M Buck, Assistant Vice-President of Castle Pines Fidelity RealtyInc. its sole general partner c/o FidelityCastle Pines Ltd. A Maryland limited part-nership - Steve Gage, an individual c/oParadise Villas Castle Pines LLC - SteveGage, an individual as its Managing Mem-ber c/o Paradise Villas Castle Pines LLC,Limited Liability Company - Steve Gage,Manager c/o Paradise Villas Castle PinesLLC a Colorado Ltd Liab Co - SteveGage, President c/o Vision DevelopmentGroup Inc. a Colorado Corporation - SteveGage, President c/o Vision DevelopmentGroup Inc., Manager of Paradise VillasCastle Pines LLC, a Colorado Ltd Liab Co- Steve Gage, President c/o Vision AssetManagement Group Inc., a Colorado cor-poration - Steve Gage, President c/oParadise Villas West, LLC, a Coloradolimited liability company - Steve Gage,President c/o Vision Development GroupInc., A Colorado Corporation - StevenGage aka Steven W Gage c/o ParadiseVillas Castle Pines LLC a Colorado LtdLiab Co - Steven Gage, President c/o Vis-ion Development Group Inc - StevenGage, President c/o Vision Asset Manage-ment Group Inc., a Colorado corporation -Steven W Gage, Member of Paradise Vil-las Castle Pines LLC - Summit ChaletProperties LLC, a Colorado limited liabilitycompany - The Town of Castle Rock - TriCounty Health Department - US WestCommunications c/o CenturyLink - VestinMortgage Inc - Village Lake Homes Asso-ciation, Inc aka Sub Association aka Asso-ciation - Village Lake Homes Association,Inc a Colorado nonprofit corporation akaThe Village Lake Homes Association Inc -Vision Asset Management Group Inc, aColorado Corporation aka Vision AssetManagement Group Inc. - Vision Develop-ment Group Inc., Manager, c/o ParadiseVillas Castle Pines LLC A Colorado Lim-ited Liability Company - Vision Develop-ment Group Inc aka Vision DevelopmentGroup Inc et al - Vision DevelopmentGroup Inc., a Colorado Corporation akaVision Development - Walter M Maxwell,Chair, Board of County Commissionersc/o Douglas County Commissioners –Walter M Maxwell, Douglas County Com-missioner, c/o Douglas County Commis-sioners - Wynne Homes LLC a ColoradoLimited Liability Company aka WynneHomes LLC

You and each of you are hereby notifiedthat on the 12th day of November 2009the then County Treasurer of the Countyof Douglas, in the State of Colorado, soldat public tax lien sale to Ethan Hsieh Trustthe following described real estate situatein the County of Douglas, State of Color-ado, to wit: LOT 5169A CASTLE PINESVILLAGE 32 J 1ST AMD 0.101 AM/L andsaid County Treasurer issued a certificateof purchase therefore to Ethan HsiehTrust. That said tax lien sale was made tosatisfy the delinquent* taxes assessedagainst said real estate for the year 2008.That said real estate was taxed or spe-cially assessed in the name(s) of Para-dise Villas Castle Pines LLC for said year2008

That on the 21st day of May 2014 saidEthan Hsieh Trust assigned said certific-ate of purchase to Mark D Terry & Nick-olas Terry.That said Mark D Terry & Nick-olas Terry on the 2nd day of June 2014the present holder of said certificate, hasmade request upon the Treasurer of saidCounty for a deed to said real estate; Thata Treasurer’s Deed will be issued for saidreal estate to the said Mark D Terry &Nickolas Terry at 1:00 o’clock P.M., on the6th day of November 2014 unless thesame has been redeemed. Said propertymay be redeemed from said sale at anytime prior to the actual execution of saidTreasurer’s Deed. Witness my hand this15th day of July 2014




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COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, COLORADO TREASURER'S STATEMENT

Statement of Cash Receipts & Disbursements For the 6 months Ended June 30, 2014

ABATED AND TOTAL TOTAL TREASURERBEGINNING CURRENT DELINQUENT MISC. OTHER TRANSFERS RECEIPTS TRANSFERS DISBURSEMENTS ENDING FEES

CASH TAX TAX INTEREST RECEIPTS RECEIPTS IN AND TRANSFERS DISBURSEMENTS OUT AND TRANSFERS CASH WITHHELD

COUNTY FUNDS

CAPITAL EXPENDITURES $3,584,642.05 $0.00 ($1,359.44) $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 ($1,359.44) $255,276.82 $0.00 $255,276.82 $3,328,005.79CAPITAL REPLACEMENT $16,275,901.18 0.00 0.00 0.00 36,655.73 36,655.73 62,154.00 $98,809.73 0.00 0.00 $0.00 $16,374,710.91CISC FISCAL AGENT $493,804.33 0.00 0.00 0.00 61.56 61.56 0.00 $61.56 46,000.89 0.00 $46,000.89 $447,865.00CONSERVATION TRUST $1,681,893.29 0.00 0.00 0.00 574,301.20 574,301.20 0.00 $574,301.20 109,924.49 0.00 $109,924.49 $2,146,270.00COUNTY GENERAL $66,464,528.81 63,476,511.09 (148,831.29) 15,659.12 $55,358,570.75 55,358,570.75 3,727,128.30 $122,429,037.97 90,895,796.41 0.00 $90,895,796.41 $97,997,770.37 $952,161.35DEBT SERVICE $94,141.18 0.00 (195.41) 0.00 195.42 195.42 2,745,561.00 $2,745,561.01 458,192.50 0.00 $458,192.50 $2,381,509.69DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES $212,031.16 4,545,400.31 (9,899.85) 1,118.66 0.00 0.00 0.00 $4,536,619.12 3,326,607.72 0.00 $3,326,607.72 $1,422,042.56 $68,180.43HUMAN SERVICES $5,708,268.77 1,436,346.06 (3,235.94) 353.45 2,317,468.79 2,317,468.79 0.00 $3,750,932.36 2,755,200.01 0.00 $2,755,200.01 $6,704,001.12 $0.00INTERNAL SERVICES LIAB & PROP INSUR $1,395,217.54 0.00 0.00 0.00 643,735.50 643,735.50 0.00 $643,735.50 745,059.26 0.00 $745,059.26 $1,293,893.78INTERNAL SERVICES MEDICAL SELF INSUR $2,582,983.89 0.00 0.00 0.00 6,399,965.29 6,399,965.29 0.00 $6,399,965.29 5,697,805.09 0.00 $5,697,805.09 $3,285,144.09INTERNAL SERVICES-EMPLOYEE BENEFITS $2,675,004.59 0.00 0.00 0.00 729,621.36 729,621.36 0.00 $729,621.36 613,831.55 0.00 $613,831.55 $2,790,794.40JUSTICE CENTER SALES & USE TAX $29,590,330.16 0.00 0.00 0.00 11,332,675.73 11,332,675.73 0.00 $11,332,675.73 11,379,382.98 3,477,128.28 $14,856,511.26 $26,066,494.63L.I.D. CAPITAL CONSTRUCTION $397,161.78 11,685.68 0.00 1,355.64 0.00 0.00 0.00 $13,041.32 67.77 0.00 $67.77 $410,135.33 $67.77LAW ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITY $17,608,445.18 12,975,129.28 (16,780.44) 2,977.81 2,311,620.51 2,311,620.51 0.00 $15,272,947.16 9,257,859.74 0.00 $9,257,859.74 $23,623,532.60 $186,321.17LINCOLN STATION SALES TAX IMPROVEMENT $0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 7,719.94 7,719.94 0.00 $7,719.94 7,719.94 0.00 $7,719.94 $0.00OPEN SPACE - SALES & USE TAX $13,051,693.17 0.00 0.00 0.00 4,476,646.40 4,476,646.40 0.00 $4,476,646.40 2,320,835.24 2,257,473.75 $4,578,308.99 $12,950,030.58PARKS SALES & USE TAX $8,667,424.13 0.00 0.00 0.00 891,460.94 891,460.94 472,910.25 $1,364,371.19 390,710.14 62,154.00 $452,864.14 $9,578,931.18PUBLIC TRUSTEE ($783,586.12) 0.00 0.00 0.00 215,707.65 215,707.65 0.00 $215,707.65 184,358.95 0.00 $184,358.95 ($752,237.42)RMHIDTA ($238,527.79) 0.00 0.00 0.00 994,947.64 994,947.64 0.00 $994,947.64 893,793.08 0.00 $893,793.08 ($137,373.23)ROAD & BRIDGE $47,732,010.32 24,447,695.54 (46,122.43) 5,030.20 9,216,213.80 9,216,213.80 0.00 $33,622,817.11 22,490,382.69 0.00 $22,490,382.69 $58,864,444.74 $306,341.44ROAD SALES & USE TAX $36,357,426.16 0.00 0.00 0.00 10,409,294.72 10,409,294.72 0.00 $10,409,294.72 6,063,810.19 1,210,997.52 $7,274,807.71 $39,491,913.17SOLID WASTER DISPOSAL SITE $188,103.55 0.00 0.00 0.00 15,095.77 15,095.77 0.00 $15,095.77 5,226.13 0.00 $5,226.13 $197,973.19

TREASURER'S TAX COLLECTION DUE TO TAXING AUTHORITIES & IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS $2,574,901.03 391,550,471.45 (295,602.81) 37,830.23 38,370.39 38,370.39 0.00 $391,331,069.26 352,440,124.42 0.00 $352,440,124.42 $41,465,845.87 $2,744,907.43 MISCELLANEOUS RECEIVABLES $15,799.87 0.00 0.00 0.00 163,465.76 163,465.76 0.00 $163,465.76 147,905.61 0.00 $147,905.61 $31,360.02 MISCELLANEOUS PAYABLES $2,386,408.43 0.00 0.00 0.00 5,592,826.75 5,592,826.75 0.00 $5,592,826.75 7,826,888.11 0.00 $7,826,888.11 $152,347.07

TREASURER'S CASH & INVESTMENT MISCELLANEOUS RECEIVABLES ($130,616.18) 0.00 0.00 0.00 14,380,208.43 14,380,208.43 0.00 $14,380,208.43 14,254,421.51 0.00 $14,254,421.51 ($4,829.26) MISCELLANEOUS PAYABLES $1,567,879.19 0.00 0.00 0.00 848,192,903.14 848,192,903.14 0.00 $848,192,903.14 848,118,918.45 0.00 $848,118,918.45 $1,641,863.88

WOODMOOR MOUNTAIN GID $174.73 21,246.17 0.00 23.51 234.90 234.90 0.00 $21,504.58 17,392.85 0.00 $17,392.85 $4,286.46 $305.10

TOTAL COUNTY FUNDS $260,153,444.40 $498,464,485.58 ($522,027.61) $64,348.62 $974,299,968.07 $974,299,968.07 $7,007,753.55 $1,479,314,528.21 $1,380,703,492.54 $7,007,753.55 $1,387,711,246.09 $351,756,726.52 $4,258,284.69

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Legal Notice No.: 925777 * First Publication: August 7, 2014 * Last Publication: August 7, 2014 * Publisher: Douglas County News-Press

COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, COLORADO TREASURER'S STATEMENT

Statement of Cash Receipts & Disbursements For the 6 months Ended June 30, 2014

ABATED AND TOTAL TOTAL TREASURERBEGINNING CURRENT DELINQUENT MISC. OTHER TRANSFERS RECEIPTS TRANSFERS DISBURSEMENTS ENDING FEES

CASH TAX TAX INTEREST RECEIPTS RECEIPTS IN AND TRANSFERS DISBURSEMENTS OUT AND TRANSFERS CASH WITHHELD

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CAPITAL EXPENDITURES $3,584,642.05 $0.00 ($1,359.44) $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 ($1,359.44) $255,276.82 $0.00 $255,276.82 $3,328,005.79CAPITAL REPLACEMENT $16,275,901.18 0.00 0.00 0.00 36,655.73 36,655.73 62,154.00 $98,809.73 0.00 0.00 $0.00 $16,374,710.91CISC FISCAL AGENT $493,804.33 0.00 0.00 0.00 61.56 61.56 0.00 $61.56 46,000.89 0.00 $46,000.89 $447,865.00CONSERVATION TRUST $1,681,893.29 0.00 0.00 0.00 574,301.20 574,301.20 0.00 $574,301.20 109,924.49 0.00 $109,924.49 $2,146,270.00COUNTY GENERAL $66,464,528.81 63,476,511.09 (148,831.29) 15,659.12 $55,358,570.75 55,358,570.75 3,727,128.30 $122,429,037.97 90,895,796.41 0.00 $90,895,796.41 $97,997,770.37 $952,161.35DEBT SERVICE $94,141.18 0.00 (195.41) 0.00 195.42 195.42 2,745,561.00 $2,745,561.01 458,192.50 0.00 $458,192.50 $2,381,509.69DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES $212,031.16 4,545,400.31 (9,899.85) 1,118.66 0.00 0.00 0.00 $4,536,619.12 3,326,607.72 0.00 $3,326,607.72 $1,422,042.56 $68,180.43HUMAN SERVICES $5,708,268.77 1,436,346.06 (3,235.94) 353.45 2,317,468.79 2,317,468.79 0.00 $3,750,932.36 2,755,200.01 0.00 $2,755,200.01 $6,704,001.12 $0.00INTERNAL SERVICES LIAB & PROP INSUR $1,395,217.54 0.00 0.00 0.00 643,735.50 643,735.50 0.00 $643,735.50 745,059.26 0.00 $745,059.26 $1,293,893.78INTERNAL SERVICES MEDICAL SELF INSUR $2,582,983.89 0.00 0.00 0.00 6,399,965.29 6,399,965.29 0.00 $6,399,965.29 5,697,805.09 0.00 $5,697,805.09 $3,285,144.09INTERNAL SERVICES-EMPLOYEE BENEFITS $2,675,004.59 0.00 0.00 0.00 729,621.36 729,621.36 0.00 $729,621.36 613,831.55 0.00 $613,831.55 $2,790,794.40JUSTICE CENTER SALES & USE TAX $29,590,330.16 0.00 0.00 0.00 11,332,675.73 11,332,675.73 0.00 $11,332,675.73 11,379,382.98 3,477,128.28 $14,856,511.26 $26,066,494.63L.I.D. CAPITAL CONSTRUCTION $397,161.78 11,685.68 0.00 1,355.64 0.00 0.00 0.00 $13,041.32 67.77 0.00 $67.77 $410,135.33 $67.77LAW ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITY $17,608,445.18 12,975,129.28 (16,780.44) 2,977.81 2,311,620.51 2,311,620.51 0.00 $15,272,947.16 9,257,859.74 0.00 $9,257,859.74 $23,623,532.60 $186,321.17LINCOLN STATION SALES TAX IMPROVEMENT $0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 7,719.94 7,719.94 0.00 $7,719.94 7,719.94 0.00 $7,719.94 $0.00OPEN SPACE - SALES & USE TAX $13,051,693.17 0.00 0.00 0.00 4,476,646.40 4,476,646.40 0.00 $4,476,646.40 2,320,835.24 2,257,473.75 $4,578,308.99 $12,950,030.58PARKS SALES & USE TAX $8,667,424.13 0.00 0.00 0.00 891,460.94 891,460.94 472,910.25 $1,364,371.19 390,710.14 62,154.00 $452,864.14 $9,578,931.18PUBLIC TRUSTEE ($783,586.12) 0.00 0.00 0.00 215,707.65 215,707.65 0.00 $215,707.65 184,358.95 0.00 $184,358.95 ($752,237.42)RMHIDTA ($238,527.79) 0.00 0.00 0.00 994,947.64 994,947.64 0.00 $994,947.64 893,793.08 0.00 $893,793.08 ($137,373.23)ROAD & BRIDGE $47,732,010.32 24,447,695.54 (46,122.43) 5,030.20 9,216,213.80 9,216,213.80 0.00 $33,622,817.11 22,490,382.69 0.00 $22,490,382.69 $58,864,444.74 $306,341.44ROAD SALES & USE TAX $36,357,426.16 0.00 0.00 0.00 10,409,294.72 10,409,294.72 0.00 $10,409,294.72 6,063,810.19 1,210,997.52 $7,274,807.71 $39,491,913.17SOLID WASTER DISPOSAL SITE $188,103.55 0.00 0.00 0.00 15,095.77 15,095.77 0.00 $15,095.77 5,226.13 0.00 $5,226.13 $197,973.19

TREASURER'S TAX COLLECTION DUE TO TAXING AUTHORITIES & IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS $2,574,901.03 391,550,471.45 (295,602.81) 37,830.23 38,370.39 38,370.39 0.00 $391,331,069.26 352,440,124.42 0.00 $352,440,124.42 $41,465,845.87 $2,744,907.43 MISCELLANEOUS RECEIVABLES $15,799.87 0.00 0.00 0.00 163,465.76 163,465.76 0.00 $163,465.76 147,905.61 0.00 $147,905.61 $31,360.02 MISCELLANEOUS PAYABLES $2,386,408.43 0.00 0.00 0.00 5,592,826.75 5,592,826.75 0.00 $5,592,826.75 7,826,888.11 0.00 $7,826,888.11 $152,347.07

TREASURER'S CASH & INVESTMENT MISCELLANEOUS RECEIVABLES ($130,616.18) 0.00 0.00 0.00 14,380,208.43 14,380,208.43 0.00 $14,380,208.43 14,254,421.51 0.00 $14,254,421.51 ($4,829.26) MISCELLANEOUS PAYABLES $1,567,879.19 0.00 0.00 0.00 848,192,903.14 848,192,903.14 0.00 $848,192,903.14 848,118,918.45 0.00 $848,118,918.45 $1,641,863.88

WOODMOOR MOUNTAIN GID $174.73 21,246.17 0.00 23.51 234.90 234.90 0.00 $21,504.58 17,392.85 0.00 $17,392.85 $4,286.46 $305.10

TOTAL COUNTY FUNDS $260,153,444.40 $498,464,485.58 ($522,027.61) $64,348.62 $974,299,968.07 $974,299,968.07 $7,007,753.55 $1,479,314,528.21 $1,380,703,492.54 $7,007,753.55 $1,387,711,246.09 $351,756,726.52 $4,258,284.69

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OCCUPANT - Paradise Villas CastlePines LLC aka Paradise Villas CastlePines LLC, a Colorado limited liabilitycompany - Paradise Villas Castle Pinesaka Paradise - Ethan Hsieh Trust - Lynn ABrandt - Mark D Terry & Nickolas Terry -American National Bank - Amfirst BankNA - Angela D Vencill - Aztec ConsultantsInc - Bill D Berkley, President c/o StateBank of Downs - Blanch Backo, Title Of-ficer c/o Land Title Guarantee Company -Board of County Commissioners c/oDouglas County - Board President, Vil-lage Lake Homeowners Association Inc.,a Colorado nonprofit corporation - Bryan RWhite, Vice President c/o American Na-tional Bank - Castle Pines Fidelity Asso-ciates Limited Partnership, its sole gener-al partner c/o Fidelity Castle Pines Ltd. AMaryland limited partnership - CastlePines Fidelity Realty, Inc. its sole generalpartner c/o Fidelity Castle Pines Ltd. AMaryland limited partnership - CastlePines Homes Association aka CastlePines Homes Association Inc aka Associ-ation - Castle Pines Metropolitan District,a Quasi-Municipal Corporation aka CastlePines Metropolitan District aka The Dis-trict - Castle Pines Sales Office c/o CastlePines Homes Association Inc - Castle-wood Fire Protection District - Cherry HillsBank c/o Guaranty Bank & Trust - Color-ado East Bank and Trust, ColoradoSprings - Commonwealth Land Title -Coscan Commercial Corporation - CPVInc., a Colorado Corporation - Craig Aus-tin, Manager c/o Wynn Homes LLC, a Col-orado limited liability company - Daniel BStubbs, Senior Vice President c/o VestinMortgage Inc - David Livingston, Presid-ent c/o Guaranty Bank & Trust - David Liv-ingston, President, Cherry Hills Bank c/oGuaranty Bank & Trust - Donald F Cum-mings, President c/o Forest Glen Inc. aColorado Corporation - Douglas Countyc/o Douglas County Commissioners - EdEhmann, Field Superintendent c/o CastlePines Metropolitan District - Fidelity CastlePines Ltd, a Maryland limited partnership -Forest Glen Inc., a Colorado Corporationaka Forest Glen Inc - Frank L Rober, Man-aging Member c/o KPRD Investments LLCa Colorado Limited Liability Company -Guaranty Bank and Trust - IntermountainRural Electric Association - Jack A Vick-ers III - Jack A Vickers III, Individual asPresident c/o CPV Inc., a Colorado Cor-poration - Jack A Vickers III, President c/oCPV Inc., a Colorado Corporation - JamesMcSwiggan, Executive Vice President c/oRoyal Bank America - Joe Leist, GeneralManager c/o Castle Pines Homes Associ-ation Inc - Joshua K Roach, Member c/oParadise Villas Castle Pines LLC, a Color-ado limited liability company - KatherineD Poague and Larry R Poague - KPRD In-vestments LLC a Colorado Limited Liabil-ity Company - Land Title Guarantee Com-pany - Lawrence Dale Taylor and MaryElizabeth Taylor - Lexi Development LLCaka Lexi Development LLC a ColoradoLimited Liability Co. - M Kathleen Siegist,Manager c/o Summit Chalet PropertiesLLC a Colorado Limited Liability Com-pany - Nancy M Schirm, Authorized Of-ficer c/o Colorado East Bank & Trust -Nancy M Schirm, President c/o ColoradoEast Bank & Trust - Nancy M Schirm, SrVice President c/o Peoples National Bank,Colorado - Nelda A Brandt - Norman Stu-ard, President c/o The Village LakesHomes Association Inc. - Norman Stuard,Vice President c/o The Village LakesHomes Association Inc - Norman Stuard,Vice President c/o Lexis DevelopmentLLC - Paradise Villas Castle Pines LLC &Steve Gage, an individual - Paradise Vil-las West LLC, a Colorado limited liabilitycompany - Peoples National Bank, Color-ado - Peter Italiano, Planning Director c/oDouglas County Planning Department -Philip Bucher and Susan Bucher - PlumCreek Waste Water Treatment Plant -Public Trustee of Douglas County - PublicTrustee of El Paso County - R Scott Ven-cill - Ramona H Ptacek c/o Robert Ptacek- Robert D Snodgrass, Registered LandSurveyor c/o Aztec Consultants Inc - Roy-al Bank America - Scott Vencill, Vice Pres-ident c/o Amfirst Bank NA - State Bank ofDowns - Stephen M Buck, Assistant VicePresident of Fidelity Castle Pines Ltd aMaryland limited partnership - Stephen MBuck, Assistant Vice President of CastlePines Fidelity Associates Limited Partner-ship, its sole general partner c/o FidelityCastle Pines Ltd. A Maryland limited part-nership - Stephen M Buck, Assistant Vice-President of Castle Pines Fidelity RealtyInc. its sole general partner c/o FidelityCastle Pines Ltd. A Maryland limited part-nership - Steve Gage, an individual c/oParadise Villas Castle Pines LLC - SteveGage, an individual as its Managing Mem-ber c/o Paradise Villas Castle Pines LLC,Limited Liability Company - Steve Gage,Manager c/o Paradise Villas Castle PinesLLC a Colorado Ltd Liab Co - SteveGage, President c/o Vision DevelopmentGroup Inc. a Colorado Corporation - SteveGage, President c/o Vision DevelopmentGroup Inc., Manager of Paradise VillasCastle Pines LLC, a Colorado Ltd Liab Co- Steve Gage, President c/o Vision AssetManagement Group Inc., a Colorado cor-poration - Steve Gage, President c/oParadise Villas West, LLC, a Coloradolimited liability company - Steve Gage,President c/o Vision Development GroupInc., A Colorado Corporation - StevenGage aka Steven W Gage c/o ParadiseVillas Castle Pines LLC a Colorado LtdLiab Co - Steven Gage, President c/o Vis-ion Development Group Inc - StevenGage, President c/o Vision Asset Manage-ment Group Inc., a Colorado corporation -Steven W Gage, Member of Paradise Vil-las Castle Pines LLC - Summit ChaletProperties LLC, a Colorado limited liabilitycompany - The Town of Castle Rock - TriCounty Health Department - US WestCommunications c/o CenturyLink - VestinMortgage Inc - Village Lake Homes Asso-ciation, Inc aka Sub Association aka Asso-ciation - Village Lake Homes Association,Inc a Colorado nonprofit corporation akaThe Village Lake Homes Association Inc -Vision Asset Management Group Inc, aColorado Corporation aka Vision AssetManagement Group Inc. - Vision Develop-ment Group Inc., Manager, c/o ParadiseVillas Castle Pines LLC A Colorado Lim-ited Liability Company - Vision Develop-ment Group Inc aka Vision DevelopmentGroup Inc et al - Vision DevelopmentGroup Inc., a Colorado Corporation akaVision Development - Walter M Maxwell,Chair, Board of County Commissionersc/o Douglas County Commissioners –Walter M Maxwell, Douglas County Com-missioner, c/o Douglas County Commis-sioners - Wynne Homes LLC a ColoradoLimited Liability Company aka WynneHomes LLC – Winzenburg, Leff, Purvis &Payne – Kerry M Colburn, Attorney in Factfor Castle Pines Homes Association Inc.

You and each of you are hereby notifiedthat on the 12th day of November 2009the then County Treasurer of the Countyof Douglas, in the State of Colorado, soldat public tax lien sale to Ethan Hsieh Trustthe following described real estate situatein the County of Douglas, State of Color-ado, to wit: LOT 5171A CASTLE PINESVILLAGE 32 J 1ST AMD 0.101 AM/Land said County Treasurer issued a certi-ficate of purchase therefore to EthanHsieh Trust. That said tax lien sale wasmade to satisfy the delinquent* taxes as-sessed against said real estate for theyear 2008. That said real estate was taxedor specially assessed in the name(s) ofParadise Villas Castle Pines LLC for saidyear 2008.




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REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS(RFQ) NO. 029-14

LOCATION COMPETITIVENESSASSESSMENT

The Department of Community Develop-ment, Planning Services of DouglasCounty Government, hereinafter referredto as the County, respectfully requests in-formation from responsible, qualified firmsfor the provision of a Location Competit-iveness Assessment, as specified. It is theintention of the County to review all RFQresponses, short-list those responses, anddistribute an actual Request for Proposal(RFP). Only those companies, who havesubmitted a potentially acceptable re-sponse to this RFQ, will be allowed tosubmit a response during the formal RFPprocess. This RFQ process should beconsidered “Step One” of a multi-step soli-citation process. Pricing should be in-cluded.

The RFQ documents may be reviewedand/or printed from the Rocky Mountain E-Purchasing System website at www.rocky-mountainbidsystem.com. The RFQ docu-ments are not available for purchase fromDouglas County Government and canonly be accessed from the above-men-tioned website.

RFQ responses will be received until 4:00p.m. on Monday, August 25, 2014 byDouglas County Government, FinanceDepartment, Purchasing Division, 100Third Street, Suite 130, Castle Rock, Col-orado 80104. Six (6) copies of your RFQresponse shall be submitted in a sealedenvelope, plainly marked “RFQ No. 029-14, Location Competitiveness Assess-ment” and mailed or hand-carried to theaddress shown above prior to the duedate and time. Electronic/faxed re-sponses will not be accepted. RFQ re-sponses will not be considered which arereceived after the time stated, and any re-sponses so received will be returned un-opened.

Douglas County Government reserves theright to reject any and all responses, towaive formalities, informalities, or irregu-larities contained in a said response andfurthermore, to award a contract for itemsherein, either in whole or in part, if it isdeemed to be in the best interest of theCounty to do so. Additionally, we reservethe right to negotiate optional items and/orservices with the successful firm.

Please direct any questions concerningthis RFQ to Carolyn Riggs, PurchasingS u p e r v i s o r a t 3 0 3 - 6 6 0 - 7 4 3 4 o [email protected], 8:00 a.m. to 5:00p.m., Monday through Friday, excludingholidays.

Legal Notice No.: 925778First Publication: August 7, 2014Last Publication: August 7, 2014Publisher: Douglas County News-Press

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