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School funding all over the map Formula factors in size of district, student poverty By Jane Reuter [email protected]

The Douglas County School Board long has expressed dissatisfaction with the state’s education funding, saying county residents shoulder an unfair tax burden. It is not alone in concerns about K-12 funding.

A Colorado Department of Education official said the department’s complex formula for school districts has changed little in 20 years, but is designed to fac-

tor in changes within districts.“We’ve been using this formula since

1994. There have been some little tweaks around the edges, but there haven’t been significant changes,” said Leanne Emm, the CDE’s assistant commissioner for school finance. “I think it depends on what kind of district you live in whether you like the formula or not.

“But the formula does adjust, or at-tempts to adjust, for the demographics within individual districts.”

What has changed since 1994 — and angered school leaders statewide — is a recession-driven legislative cut to K-12 funding called the negative factor.

Since 2010, it has reduced K-12 fund-ing statewide by about $1 billion annu-ally.

Under Colorado’s formula, fund-ing for every district starts at the same amount. For 2014-15, that base per-pupil funding is $6,121. From there, district-specific calculations are made, based mostly on cost of living, size of the district and number of students living in poverty.

Douglas County has a relatively high cost of living and a low number of pov-

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WHAT THEY’RE GETTING Estimated 2014-15 per-pupil funding for a sampling of Colorado school districts (after the negative factor):District AmountBranson $6,557 (lowest in state)Lewis-Palmer $6,661Douglas $6,752Littleton $6,758Je� co $6,842Cherry Creek $6,947Pawnee $15,567 (highest in state)

E-470 tra� c grows at speedy pace O� cials planning for more motorists in next 5-10 years By Chris Michlewicz cmichlewicz @coloradocommunitymedia.com

An increasing number of motorists on E-470 has tolling-authority offi cials con-sidering ways to brace for the future.

E-470 has so far tallied a 12 percent jump in users over last year and consis-tently set daily records in July, including a single day in which 248,000 transactions were made. The fi gures are defying expec-tations and putting into motion initiatives aimed at getting a better look at what’s to come.

The tolling authority — run by board members representing the eight jurisdic-tions that the highway passes through — is launching its fi rst full traffi c and rev-enue study since 2008 to “get a baseline on where things are going,” said John McCus-key, executive director of E-470.

Research will focus on everything from highway effi ciency during peak traffi c

hours to the economic development tak-ing place along the corridor. The Park-er Road interchange, in particular, has caught the attention of those who oversee day-to-day operations on the highway.

In Cottonwood just to the north, King Soopers is coming back with its mar-ketplace concept, and there are plans to develop the land directly to the east for Vantage Point, which will contain 900 apartments and a handful of retail busi-nesses. A senior living facility and Boon-docks Family Fun Center will also open near E-470 and South Parker Road, and McCuskey expects all of the development to have a positive effect on the highway.

Likewise, the Compark area near E-470 and Chambers Road has seen the arrival of manufacturers, retail outlets and medi-cal companies in the last few years. The stretch of E-470 between Interstate 25 and South Parker Road is the most heavily trav-eled.

“The growth we’ve seen down there has just been tremendous,” McCuskey said.

National chains have taken a close look at repurposing the old toll plazas into gas

Tra� c volumes have grown by 12 percent in the past year on E-470, a toll way once referred to as “the road to no-where.” Photo by Chris Michlewicz

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Tantalizing smells fi lled the air in Parker during the three-day Smokin’ Brew BBQ contest over Labor Day Weekend. For the second year running, Kansas’ TrueBud BBQ emerged the grand champion with more than 50 participants taking part. Texas-based Johnny Trigg and the Smokin’ Triggers was named reserve grand champion. Crowds were large and consistent throughout the weekend at the sixth annual event, fl ocking for bar-becue, beer, live music, children’s entertainment, and cow pie bingo. The Kansas City Barbecue Society-sanctioned event is the largest annual fundraiser for the Cherry Creek Valley Rotary Club. It spends the funds on community events like Trick-or-Treat on Main-street, and helps nonprofi ts like the Parker Task Force and Project Sanctuary.

PHOTOS BY JANE REUTER

From left, Ken King and Cli� Louchrey of Golden Toad in Highlands Ranch cook shrimp and sausage skewers Aug. 30 at Parker’s Smokin’ Brew BBQ competition.

Bass player Rich Sallee and vocalist Larea Edwards of the Cat� sh Kray Blues Band entertain the crowd.

Denver’s Jasmine Hidalgo, 3, gets some air time on the bungee jump trampoline at Parker’s Smokin’ Brew BBQ.

SMOKIN’ GOOD TIME

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�e story of rest is the rest of the storyIt’s 7:20 p.m. and Sean is bent over

physics homework, graphs that show position and velocity in relation to time. Motion maps.

The work isn’t particularly diffi-cult for him. The challenge is staying focused.

“The more I think,” he says, “the more irritated I feel.”

Sean is my 17-year-old son. He’s a high school senior and a good student.

But he’s tired.If you ask him what he looks forward

to on weekends, he’ll give you the same answer many teens do: Sleeping.

No wonder.Instead of the eight-and-a-half to

nine-and-a-half hours of sleep research has found teens need to perform at their best, Sean averages six to seven each night. Even though he sometimes slips into bed at 9:30 or 10, he usually can’t fall asleep until 11, and he’s at school most mornings by 5:45 for weight ses-sions with his baseball team. Classes begin at 7:35.

We are a tired country.The Centers for Disease Control and

Prevention has called insufficient sleep a public health epidemic, noting in a 2009 study almost 38 percent of adults had unintentionally fallen asleep during the day at least once in the preceding month and nearly 5 percent had fallen asleep while driving at least once during the same time period.

Scary. But not surprising.Like the one-third of adults in the

study, I, too, consistently sleep less than the recommended seven hours a day and often find myself longing for just a few minutes in which to rest my eyes.

The real calamity, though, is the sleep deprivation of our teenage children, who as a generation are losing the op-portunity to achieve their highest poten-tial, simply because they don’t have the few more hours needed to recharge.

“Sleep is absolutely vital, not just from a physical standpoint, but from a

mental, emotional and cognitive stand-point,” says Steve Portenga, a perfor-mance psychologist who teaches at the University of Denver and helps athletes, surgeons and others in high-risk oc-cupations perform consistently at their highest levels.

A key element to that formula is sleep.

Sean would agree.On days when he’s tired, “it’s hard

to focus. I just catch myself spacing,” he says. But when he feels rested, “it’s easier to participate in class — you feel more in it. It’s easier to comprehend and retain information … I’m just more aware, in general.”

Portenga talks about two studies that directly link sleep to performance.

In the first, two groups of people were given 12 hours to solve a difficult prob-lem. One group received the problem in the morning, so didn’t sleep before re-solving it that evening. The other group received it in the evening, so had the opportunity to sleep before coming up with an answer.

“Both had the same amount of time to solve it …” Portenga said, “but the ones who had a chance to sleep per-formed significantly better.”

In the second study, electrodes were connected to the brains of mice as they figured out a way through a maze. As the mice slept, researchers noted the same series of connections firing as had occurred when they navigated the maze. The mice were replaying their route; the brain was moving information from

short-term to long-term memory, which makes retrieving information easier down the road.

The study showed, Portenga says, that “for consolidating learning, sleep is a really vital process.”

With that knowledge in mind, the American Academy of Pediatrics, saying the average American teen is “chroni-cally sleep deprived and pathologically sleepy,” last week declared middle- and high-schoolers should begin their day at 8:30 a.m. at the earliest — essentially an hour later than most do now. Such a change would align with teens’ natural sleep cycles, which make it difficult for them — like Sean — to fall asleep before 11 p.m. And it would be key to helping “adolescents get the sleep they need to grow and learn.”

According to a National Sleep Foundation poll, 87 percent of high school students and 59 percent of sixth- through eighth-graders were sleeping less than the recommended eight-and-a-half to nine-and-a-half hours a night. Reasons range from sports, after-school activities, jobs and homework to over-active technology use.

The academy’s policy statement noted lack of sleep in teens not only translates to a decrease in learning and poorer grades, but also to more physi-cal and mental health problems and an increased risk of car accidents.

Scary. But not surprising.Senior Craig Breuker can attest to the

positive impact of a later starting time.His first class this semester starts

with second period, which means he be-gins classes at 8:30. The difference from previous years is stark.

“When I wake up, I just feel re-freshed,” he says. “When I used to wake up at 6:30, I would always feel down and groggy. I haven’t had a morning where I feel like I want to go back to bed. When I get up, I’m ready for the day to start.”

He’s more focused. He has more energy later in the day. His eyes don’t get

heavy.An A and B student, Craig practices

soccer after school until 5:15, then mows lawns until dusk, then finally heads home to do homework. If there’s time, he’ll watch some TV until turning off the lights at about 10:30.

Going to bed, he says, “is like a re-start.”

But considering only 15 percent of our country’s high schools begin the day at 8:30 or later, Craig’s sense of rested well-being belongs to a minority of teens.

There is a long way to go.School district schedules are built

around a complexity of ingredients, from bus schedules to athletics to extra-curricular activities, and a realignment of all those pieces would need buy-in from not only school officials, but also from parents and teens, themselves.

Until the paradigm shifts, until we are willing to take on the challenge — if we ever are — days for many teens will begin somewhat like this:

5 a.m. The first alarm goes off. Music blares. Sean reaches over and turns it off.

5:10 a.m. Music blares again. Unwill-ing to leave the warmth of his bed, Sean reaches over and sets a third alarm for 10 minutes later.

5:20 a.m. More music. Five more min-utes tick by and his feet hit the floor. He throws on a T-shirt, some shorts, shoes. Brushes his teeth. Washes his face.

He grabs a water bottle and heads out the door.

It is still dark, the notion of sleep already forgotten. Ann Macari Healey’s column about people, places and issues of everyday life appears every other week. Her column earned first place in the 2013 Colorado Press Association Better Newspaper contest. She can be reached at [email protected] or 303-566-4110.

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Overall school funding grows under new law Two measures a� ect range of services, facilities By Vic Vela [email protected]

As school starts, lawmakers are touting an education law passed this year that many believe will help stu-dents achieve greater success.

Earlier this year, the Legislature passed a pair of

school funding measures that Gov. John Hickenlooper later signed into law to increase spending within the state’s school finance system by $500 million.

The money provides more funding for several areas of K-12 education, including school construction, pre-school, kindergarten and English language learner pro-grams.

The measures increase per-pupil spending by about 5 percent and allow schools across the state to open up 5,000 more seats for preschool and full-day kindergar-ten.

An additional $3 million will fund financial transpar-ency efforts that are aimed at allowing taxpayers to see how the new money is being reported and spent.

“It’s important to make sure we know where the money is going to these schools, and not seeing it go into a black hole somewhere,” said Rep. Frank McNulty, R-Highlands Ranch.

About $20 million goes into a program that helps third-graders read, while $53 million will be set aside for school construction — most of that coming in the form of Amendment 64-based retail marijuana revenue, which will help in the construction of schools in rural areas.

“These investments will not only pay dividends in individual lives, but will also help build a stronger eco-nomic foundation for Colorado,” said Sen. Andy Kerr, D-Lakewood, who is the chairman of the Senate Educa-

tion Committee.Lawmakers also restored $110 million in education

funding that had been stripped as a result of reces-sion-era budget cuts. Those “negative factor” cuts had slashed about $1 billion from the state’s K-12 budget.

Schools will also see an increase in the number of counselors at middle and high schools, in an effort to lower the current student-to-counselor ratio, which Senate Democrats say was at 400-1 prior to the legisla-tion being passed.

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The school funding pieces received the support of all Democrats and some Republicans, including outgoing Rep. Carole Murray, R-Castle Rock, who co-sponsored the Student Success Act, a major component of the school finance measures.

“It’s a tribute to the importance of education to the legislators in this state that we maximized our increase to (education) this year,” Murray said. “As we’re coming out of the recession, we had some tough decisions to make.”

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Two schools score high on global test Highlands Ranch, Ponderosa students exceed averages By Jane Reuter jreuter @coloradocommunitymedia.com

Students at two Douglas County high schools demon-strated their academic prowess on a global level. High-lands Ranch and Ponderosa’s test scores in the Programme for International Student Assessment were higher than na-tional and international averages.

The PISA tests the skills of 15-year-olds in math, science and reading. Initiated in 2000, it is repeated every three years. It has become a yardstick for measuring the quality of school systems.

Highlands Ranch and Ponderosa students outscored or kept pace with Finland, which is considered an inter-national academic leader. The handful of countries that outscored the DCSD schools all were Asian.

“Obviously, we’re very pleased about it,” said Highlands Ranch principal Jerry Goings. “I’m a public school advo-cate. I believe we’re doing a pretty darn good job. We need to always do better. But it defi nitely was reaffi rming to me about the American education system.”

Ponderosa principal Chuck Puga did not return calls re-questing comment.

About 50 Highlands Ranch sophomores, randomly cho-sen by PISA, took the two-hour test in 2012. Those students graduated last spring.

Overall, the United States ranked below average in math, and close to average in science and reading, but the Douglas County schools surpassed those rankings.

Goings is not surprised.“We thought we would do very, very well,” he said. “We

in public school keep saying, if you compare it apples to apples and take out schools in America that are below the average poverty rate of 10 percent, we (the United States) actually fare very well.

“I know we have a great school and a great community, and we’re fortunate because we have a lower poverty rate. I would argue any Douglas County high school would come in very similar in a true PISA test.”

The most recent census fi gures show about 4 percent of Douglas County residents live below the poverty level.

A report on the 2012 PISA, issued by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) that conducts it, notes the impact of poverty on scores.

“Socioeconomic background has a signifi cant impact on student performance in the United States, with some 15 percent of the variation in student performance explained by this, similar to the OECD average,” according to the re-port.

Former DCSD teacher and author Angela Engel, who writes on education issues, agrees.

“All the research indicates the number one correlating factor to test scores is socioeconomic status,” she said. “It is a known fact that when you account for poverty, Ameri-can schools that are in districts with high wealth are the top-performing in the country.

“Any reforms that don’t address poverty are going to yield the same failed results that we’ve seen.”

Goings said the high scores don’t negate the need for changes in education.

“I think education, just like any other business, needs to constantly look at how we get better,” he said. “We have

students going into a world that we can’t defi ne right now for them. We need to have these critical thinkers. So yes, we need to have some reform efforts. We need reform be-cause we need to continue to change and move on.

“But saying we need reform because we’re failing? I would have an argument with that.”

Douglas County School District Superintendent Eliza-beth Fagen also was pleased by the scores.

“We want to make sure students are really prepared on a world stage and that is why we like the PISA test,” she said. “If you look at DCSD scores against the rest of the country, we’ve done some really interesting things and may be per-forming better than Finland in some of our high schools — a country that is often regarded as one of the international leaders.”


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‘It’s important to make sure we know where the money is going to these schools, and not seeing it go

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Wednesday, September 3Verona Apartment Homes Ribbon Cutting5:00 pm – 7:00 pm, Verona Apartment Homes, 2691 W. Centennial Drive , Littleton, CO

Thursday, September 4Meet with Jack Tate, Candidate for Colorado House of Representatives9:00 am – 10:00 am, WhippleWood CPAs Conference Center at the Chamber2154 E. Commons Ave., Suite 342, Centennial, CO

Friday, September 5Stand Up To Cancer Viewing Party7:00 pm – 9:00 pm, Blake Street Tavern, 2301 Blake St, Denver, CO

Friday, September 5MOSAIC An Evening of Art, Cuisine & Entertainment Colorado Center for the Blind5:30 pm - 9:30 pm, Colorado Center for the Blind, 2233 W. Shepperd Avenue, Littleton, COCost: $30/person. Purchase tickets online at www.cocenter.org or call Dan Burke at (303) 778-1130 x213

Tuesday, September 9Business After Hours Hosted by ANB Bank5:00 pm – 7:00 pm, ANB Bank - Cherry Creek, 3033 East 1st Avenue #300, Denver, CO

Thursday, September 11MOD Pizza Grand Opening & Ribbon Cutting10:00 am – 12:00 pm, MOD Pizza, 8225 S. Chester St., Centennial, CO

Monday, September 15Save Lives, Sort Medical Supplies with Project C.U.R.E.7:00 pm, Project CURE, 10337 East Geddes Ave, Centennial, CO

Move over REI, there’s a new game in town. Approximately 600 people attended the grand opening and ribbon cutting held by Sierra Trading Post, an outlet store specializing in outdoor gear, on �ursday, August 28. �e event marked the Wyoming-based company’s first entry into the Colorado market; a Fort Collins location is expected to open shortly. Bargain hunters camped outside the facility with lines wrapping around the building,

hoping to win door prizes and purchase discounted outdoor gear. Prizes included gi� cards, discount cards, reusable bags, and a chance to win a trip to Jackson Hole, WY.

“[�ere were] flocks of people wrapped around the corner of the building, even some campers first in line with sleeping bags and a heater,” said attendee Aubrey Allmond.

�e ceremony began with remarks by Robert Golden, president/CEO of the South Metro

Denver Chamber, who welcomed the company to Colorado and the South Metro Denver Chamber, and introduced Gary Imig, president of Sierra Trading Post.

Imig said, “We’re thrilled to open our newest retail store in South Denver. We want shopping with us in the store to be as convenient as shopping with us online, and we’re leveraging some of the newest technology to make that happen for our South Denver customers.” Mayor of Greenwood Village Ron Rakowsky also shared a welcome on behalf of the city. �e ribbon cutting was followed by a $5,000 donation presentation by Sierra Trading Post to the �orne Nature Experience, whose mission is to build Earth stewardship by connecting youth to nature through joyful, hands-on, place-based environmental education experiences.

�e event’s attendees included several City of Greenwood Village councilmembers, as well as Sierra Trading Post executive staff. Following the ribbon cutting, eager shoppers filed into the outlet to capitalize on overstock, closeout, and minimally blemished name brand merchandise.

For more information about Sierra Trading Post, please visit www.sierratradingpost.com.

For more information about South Metro Denver Chamber membership and event opportunities, please visit www.bestchamber.com

Sierra Trading Post Opens First Colorado Location

HealthSouth Rehabilitation Hospital of Littleton Ice Bucket Challenge

HealthSouth Rehabilitation Hospital of Littleton challenged other local healthcare or-ganizations and accepted the challenge from sister hospital HealthSouth Rehabilitation Hospital of Colorado Springs to take the “Ice Bucket Challenge” to raise money and aware-ness for Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease. More than 100 HealthSouth Littleton staff mem-bers, patients and supporters gathered on the front lawn of the hospital, located at 1001 W. Mineral Ave., on Friday, Aug. 22 at 11:00 a.m. and doused themselves with ice cold water.

A barbecue lunch was provided to those who made a donation to the Rocky Mountain Chapter of the ALS Association which sup-ports local individuals who have ALS through

support, research and advocacy. Representa-tion from the organization was present at the event.

“�e Ice Bucket Challenge is a great way to highlight the care that is provided to those with neurological conditions, including ALS, at our hospital and in the community,” says David She�e, CEO of HealthSouth Littleton. “We hope our peers in the healthcare field will join us in raising awareness and have a little fun at the same time.”

ALS is a progressive neurodegenerative disease that affects nerve cells in the brain and the spinal cord. It causes muscle weakness especially in the arms and legs and affects one’s ability to speak, swallow and breathe. HealthSouth Littleton provides customized

therapy plans for those battling ALS which may include physical, occupational and speech therapies.

HealthSouth Rehabilitation Hospital of Littleton

HealthSouth Rehabilitation Hospital of Littleton is a 40-bed inpatient rehabilitation hospital that offers comprehensive inpatient rehabilitation services. Serving patients throughout the Denver metro area, the hospital is located at 1001 W. Mineral Ave. in Littleton and on the Web at www.healthsouth-littleton.com.

About HealthSouthHealthSouth is the nation’s largest owner

and operator of inpatient rehabilitation hospitals in terms of patients treated and

discharged, revenues and number of hospitals. Operating in 28 states across the country and in Puerto Rico, HealthSouth serves patients through its network of inpatient rehabilitation hospitals, outpatient rehabilita-tion satellite clinics and home health agencies. HealthSouth’s hospitals provide a higher level of rehabilitative care to patients who are recovering from conditions such as stroke and other neurological disorders, cardiac and pulmonary conditions, brain and spinal cord injuries, complex orthopedic conditions, and amputations. HealthSouth can be found on the Web at www.healthsouth.com.

Pictured from left: Mayor of Greenwood Village Ron Rakowsky; Brent Layton, assistant VP of retail opera-tions, store manager John Williams, and Gary Imig, president of Sierra Trading Post.

Parker Water replaces board memberPWSD uses rule to appoint new member a�er verbal resignationBy Chris [email protected]

The Parker Water and Sanitation District’s board of directors have filled a vacancy cre-ated by the resignation of Tracy Hutchins.

Out of three qualified candidates who en-tered their name for consideration, the board appointed Parker resident Dale Reiman, who has served on the water district’s audit and budget committees. He has regularly attend-ed PWSD board meetings since 2009 and was sworn in during a meeting Aug. 14.

Reiman replaces Hutchins, who abruptly resigned after the May election in which in-cumbents Darcy Beard and Merlin Klotz re-tained their seats.

Hutchins delivered only a verbal resigna-tion to the board May 22 and did not submit an official letter of resignation. As a result, PWSD officials ended up invoking a rule that enables special districts to appoint a replace-ment if a board member has three consecu-tive meeting absences.

Hutchins has since expressed displeasure at the move.

“I would never not just show up. I’m not that kind of person,” she said. “The fact that the water district and board decided to come up with this rule, allegation, it is completely unfounded and ridiculous. I resigned. That was it.”

Hutchins is upset that no board members or legal representatives from the PWSD con-

tacted her to inform her of the need to submit a letter of resignation.

Ron Redd, the water district’s manager, said he “would have done it differently” if giv-en another chance and acknowledged that he took the “easier, less awkward” route in filling the vacancy.

“I could have called and asked her to put it in writing, but I made a decision to let it go,” Redd said.

However, the Parker Water and Sanitation District’s five-member board was within its legal rights to pass a resolution to appoint Reiman, he said. Reiman will serve the re-

mainder of Hutchins’ term, which expires in May 2016.

Hutchins, who once served on Parker Town Council, said she resigned because “the flame of desire” to serve on a public board was no longer there. Without providing spe-cifics, she also “didn’t like how the board, as an entity, was going about its business.”

Hutchins said she would defend her-self against any insinuation that she simply walked away.

Redd agrees it was clear Hutchins resigned and said the board went forward with the res-olution “so our bases were covered.”

PWSD board president Darcy Beard swears in Dale Reiman, who was appoined to the board Aug. 14 following the departure of Tracy Hutchins. Courtesy photo

WHO IS DALE REIMAN?• Parker resident since 2000• has a Bachelor of Science in accounting from Northwest Missouri State• worked as an auditor for the State of Iowa• spent five years in the finance department at Samsonite Corporation• worked 10 years as controller of Larimer Press, a medium-size commercial printing company• worked as an independent businessman for five years• served on PWSD audit and budget committees


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NEWS IN A HURRYCastlewood Canyon programs abound

Castlewood Canyon State Park naturalists lead visitors on a journey of discovery through guided hikes and activities as the seasons prepare to change.

Programs are free, however, all ve-hicles entering the park must purchase a $7 daily pass or display an annual Colorado State Parks pass.

Park interpreter Warren Coker will give an introduction to the history of stone tools and the basics of flint knapping from noon to 2 p.m. Sept. 6 at the visitor center.

Attendees will learn how breaking and splitting stone into useful tools was a vital part of Native American life in and around Douglas and Elbert counties.

Coker will also lead a full moon hike and teach visitors about the park’s noc-turnal animals from 6 to 8 p.m. Sept. 6 starting at the Canyon Point parking lot.

Those who attend should bring a flashlight. Additional upcoming events include: “Snakes Alive” at 1:30 p.m. Sept. 7; “Align Yourself With/In Nature…Yoga In Castlewood Canyon” at 8:30 a.m. Sept. 10 (a $10 donation is suggested); “Medicinal Plants of Castlewood Canyon” at 10 a.m. Sept. 10 from the Canyon Point parking lot.

For program information, call 303-688-5242.

Fishing tournament setThe first annual Cabela’s char-

ity fishing tournament is slated from 6 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Sept. 6 at Aurora Reservoir, 5800 S. Powhaton Road in

Aurora. The entry is $35 per person. Prizes

will be awarded for the first-, second- and third-largest walleye, trout and bass.

All proceeds will benefit the Doug-las/Elbert Task Force. For more infor-mation, check the events tab at www.detaskforce.org.

Pinery West getting more homesKB Home, one of the nation’s larg-

est homebuilders, announced plans last month to build 86 new homes at Pinery West, its newest Denver-area community.

The new KB homes are designed in Craftsman style and located west of South Parker Road and North Pinery Parkway.

The gated community, the company says, is well suited for people with active lifestyles, and provides quick ac-cess to outdoor pursuits such as hiking or biking on the Cherry Creek Trail or golfing at the Pinery Country Club.

Homes at Pinery West are available in both one- and two-story floor plans, ranging in size from 1,747 to 3,044 square feet, with up to six bedrooms and four-and-a-half baths.

Priced from the $400,000s, all new KB homes in the community include open floor plans with customizable flex space, large kitchens and walk-in closets.

Modern, energy-efficient homes are now available at Pinery West.

For more information, visit www.kbhome.com.

Public works buildings taking shapeProject at Hess Road and Tammy Lane expects to be ready in May 2015By Chris [email protected]

A construction project that aims to ac-commodate the expanding Parker Public Works Department is right on schedule.

Residents driving along Hess Road be-tween Jordan and Motsenbocker roads in recent months might have noticed two massive buildings going up on the north side. It’s part of a yearlong, $15.6 million undertaking to house the growing streets, traffic and stormwater departments.

“The project is going well and it is on schedule for public works to move into the building in May of 2015,” said Chris Hud-son, project manager for the public works

department.The existing public works building, ad-

jacent to Salisbury Park on Motsenbocker Road, will remain open.

The additional space, at Hess Road and Tammy Lane, will enable public works to operate comfortably for at least the next 20 years.

Last year, town council approved the is-suance of $21 million in debt in the form of certificates of participation to fund the new facility and the expansion and reno-vation of the Parker Recreation Center. Roughly $13.5 million is that sum is going toward the public works building.

The facility will initially be 65-70 per-cent occupied and include space for future expansion. It will have room to store street sweepers and crack seal machines, as well as specialized turf equipment that has been kept outdoors. One building also will contain the town’s first welding and fabri-cation shop.

A 32,000 square-foot public works facility — under construction at Hess Road and Tammy Lane — will be ready for move-in in May 2015. Photo by Chris Michlewicz

Singer’s death puts Survivor show in questionIconic 80s rock band scheduled to perform at PACE CenterBy Chris [email protected]

A plan by the 1980s band Survivor to kick off its tour in Parker is up in the air following the sudden death of lead singer Jimi Jamison.

Jamison died of a heart attack at the age of 63 on Aug. 31, less than two weeks before a scheduled performance with the iconic rock group at the Parker Arts, Culture and Events Center. Organizers have not canceled the Sept. 12 show and are working with Survivor’s tour manager to determine a course of action during a delicate time, said Carrie Glassburn, marketing manager for the PACE Center.

Meanwhile, the venue is offering credit or refunds “to anyone who has asked,” she said. A handful of ticket-holders have contacted the PACE Center since hearing the news of Jamison’s death, including those who were planning to attend specifically to see the big-voiced front man.

Survivor is best known for hits like “Eye of the Tiger,” “Is This Love,” “Burning Heart” and the memorable song “The Moment of Truth” from the final climactic scene of “The Karate Kid.”

Glassburn said the band was supposed to leave for Europe shortly after performing in Parker.

According to an obituary published on-line by Rolling Stone, Jamison has shared lead

singing duties with David Bickler, the band’s original singer and the voice behind “Eye of the Tiger.” Glassburn expressed hope that Bickler might step in.

The band performed in California the night before Jamison died.

Glassburn said the news came as a shock, and if the concert goes forward at the PACE Center without Jamison, it will take on a “little bit different meaning.” As of Sept. 2, organiz-ers were still scrambling to figure out the plan.

Go to www.pacecenteronline.org or follow the PACE Center’s Facebook page for the lat-est information. The PACE Center is located at 20000 Pikes Peak Ave.

A scheduled concert by the 1980s band, Survivor, at the PACE Center is up in the air following the Aug. 31 death of lead singer Jimi Jamison. Survivor was planning to kick o� its next tour in Parker. Photo by Sally Irwin

Reservoir’s second function saves bigBy Chris [email protected]

Storing water for use in drought years is the primary function of Rueter-Hess Reser-voir, but an unintended second function is bringing tens of millions of dollars in cost-savings.

Rueter-Hess, a 72,000-acre-foot reservoir that was built in Newlin Gulch west of Parker, acts as a flood control mechanism, and be-cause of that, there is far less chance of a 100-year flood event downstream.

Structures within the 100-year flood plain are held to stricter standards. Bridges, for example, must be built to withstand the on-slaught of water, adding extra costs. Similarly, homes in the flood plain must have flood in-surance.

But a new assessment by the Federal

Emergency Management Agency is expected to show a much lower risk along gulches and streams that flow away from the reservoir.

The Parker Water and Sanitation District has the ability to control the outflow of water and send it downstream at a “slower, more reasonable rate,” said Ron Redd, district man-ager of the PWSD.

The result is, according to one estimate, a cost savings of $100 million over a 50-year period due to the anticipated relaxation of flood-mitigation measures.

Existing homes in the 100-year flood plain will likely be removed from the risk category, Redd said.

The PWSD board of directors is sched-uled to consider an “adequate assurance agreement” Sept. 4, which promises to in-form Parker and Douglas County of any fu-ture changes to the outflow configurations, which are “highly unlikely,” Redd said.


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Fire�ghters mark 60 years of Filling the BootSta� report

Fire chiefs from throughout the met-ro area came together in Centennial to mark 60 years of filling the boot for the Muscular Dystrophy Association.

Members of the South Metro Fire Res-cue Authority and the Colorado Profes-sional Fire Fighters, along with the Mus-cular Dystrophy Association, attended an event Aug. 29 at South Metro’s head-quarters, 9195 E. Mineral Ave., to cel-ebrate their 60-year partnership and kick off the fire fighters’ annual “Fill the Boot” fundraising campaign to benefit children and adults affected by muscle disease throughout Colorado.

“Firefighters do more for MDA and the families we serve than any other group,” said Sabrina Allen, executive director MDA Rocky Mountain District. “In Colo-rado, they spend countless hours every year participating in Fill the Boot drives and at MDA Summer Camp.

“We’re grateful for the support of these inspiring, selfless individuals who have made a profound impact on our families’ health, well-being and quality of life.”

More than 100 fire departments in Colorado were expected to fan out across the state with boots in hand over Labor Day weekend. Funds raised through the 2014 Fill the Boot events will help sup-

port MDA’s programs of worldwide re-search, specialized health care services, and day-to-day support — which in-cludes sending children affected by mus-cular dystrophy and related diseases to a weeklong, barrier-free MDA summer camp at Easter Seal’s Rocky Mountain Village in Empire, CO.

As the Muscular Dystrophy Associa-tion’s largest national sponsor, the In-ternational Association of Fire Fighters fuels MDA’s mission to find treatments and cures for life-threatening muscle diseases. In 2013, more than 100,000 firefighters participated in Fill the Boot events across the country and raised $26.2 million. To date the IAFF has raised $530 million for MDA.

Guests included Colorado Profession-al Fire Fighters President Mike Rogers, Colorado Professional Fire Fighters Leg-islative and Political Affairs Coordinator Dennis Eulberg, South Metro Fire Chief Dan Qualman, Adams County Fire Chief Pat Laurienti, Denver Fire Special Opera-tions Assistant Chief CJ Haberkorn, IAFF Local 2196 President Mark Dzengelews-ki, Arvada Fire MDA Coordinator Tim McChesney, Elk Creek Fire MDA Coordi-nator Vince Van Binsbergen, South Metro Fire MDA Coordinator Jeremy Cook and several families living with muscle dis-eases.

Fire chiefs from metro-area departments gathered at the South Metro Fire Rescue headquarters in Centennial Aug. 29 to kick o� another year of the Fill the Boot campaign, which bene�ts the Muscular Dystrophy Association. Courtesy photo

$55,000 raised by Cowboy After Hours eventSta� report

More than 70 Northwest Douglas County Economic Development Corp. members, local elected officials and business leaders learned about the 4-H Program Aug. 8 during the 4th annual Cowboy After Hours.

The event benefits the Douglas Coun-ty Fair Foundation and the 4-H Youth. This year, $55,000 was raised and all the funds went to the 4-H Youth.

The event took place at Schomp BMW in Highlands Ranch, and participants met with the youths who taught them about their animals and their experience as a 4-H member.

The Douglas County Sheriff’s Office then escorted the attendees to the Doug-

las County Fair in a VIP bus where they bid on the animals during the Junior Livestock Sale.

“The Junior Livestock Sale is a long-time tradition that holds a special place in the hearts of Douglas County resi-dents and business. The Douglas County Fair Foundation assists in implement-ing a positive learning environment for Douglas County youth by promoting sportsmanship, showmanship and work-manship,” a news release states.

Cowboy After Hours was sponsored by Aztec Consultants, Browstein Hyatt Far-ber Schreck LLC, Cardel Homes, Clough Cattle, Northwest Douglas County EDC, Outback Steakhouse, pcs group inc., Redland, Richmond American Homes, Schomp Automotive and Sterling Ranch.


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Proper peer pressure promotes performance Sometimes just the words “peer pres-

sure” spark anxious, judgmental, and negative feelings. Especially when we attach verbs such as “succumbing to” or “giving in to” peer pressure.

And many times we direct our guidance of avoiding peer pressure to the young adults, teenagers and children in our lives. No doubt there are more temptations and access to trouble now than in any previous generation. So our advice and steering to avoid peer pressure has never been more valuable, as long as it doesn’t fall on deaf ears or comes across as, “Well when I was your age …,” because that never goes well. Or if it sounds overplayed like, “If all of your friends jumped off of the top of the mountain would you follow too?” Yikes!

Avoiding peer pressure can be turned from a negative to a positive as we encour-age those that look up to us with confi -dence boosters and nurturing self-esteem building words and actions. You know how it goes, when we tell or ask someone not to do something, especially our youth, what do they do? Exactly what we told them or asked them not to do. Having open dia-logues can be revealing about previous er-rors in judgment or examples where peers may have misled us, or perhaps we were the peer misleading others. As my friend Bert reminded me last week, sometimes when we think we are following, we could actually also be in a position of leading all of those who are following us too.

Another awesome and positive side of peer pressure is playing itself out right now

before our very eyes, ears, and through our contributions. I am talking about the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge. If you haven’t seen this yet or heard of it, the challenge has gone absolutely viral. People have been challenged to fi ll a bucket with water and ice and then dump the bucket over their head or have a family member or friend participate and tip the ice-fi lled bucket onto their head. Then each participant that has accepted the challenge gets to challenge others in their circle of friends, associates, or family to take the same chal-lenge. Now if they don’t take the challenge and want to avoid the fl eeting moment of freezing water spilling over their head and body, they can elect to make a donation to ALS. And in some cases I know people that have done both, accepted the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge and also made a nice fi nancial contribution to ALS.

And it’s not just ALS, just look at all the fundraisers for breast cancer, pancreatic cancer, SMA, diabetes, and so many others and include events like 5K runs, walks, auctions, golf tournaments where we sign

up to sponsor runners, walkers, golfers, and place our names on those silent auc-tion sheets, all for the greater good. And you know how it goes, sometimes we are on the fence of whether or not we will participate or sponsor someone, and then one of our friends, one of our peers does it and before we know it we have jumped in as well. And that is just incredible.

Peer pressure in business is also ex-tremely positive. There is nothing better than some healthy and friendly competi-tion. As a salesman I was always interested in how well my peers were doing. I used their productivity as a motivator to try and beat them the next day, week, or month. And it went both ways, my lifelong friend and fellow salesman would always contact me just to see what I sold that day so we could compete the following day.

So the next time we feel like cringing when we hear the words “peer pressure,” just remember it can absolutely be lever-aged as a positive infl uence in our lives and not always a negative. How about you? Have you had a positive experience with peer pressure? I would love to hear all about it at [email protected], and when we focus on the positive peer pres-sure in our lives it really will be a better than good week.

Michael Norton is a resident of Castle Rock, the former president of the Zig Zi-glar Corporation, a strategic consultant and a business and personal coach.

Construction zone is no peaceful lane They are working on Quebec Street.I have some thoughts. I would aggres-

sively avoid the area if you have had more than one cup of coffee.

If you have spent a couple of hours at Lodo’s and go south on Quebec, prepare yourself for community service.

In all my born days — as my grand-mother used to say — I have never seen such a convolution of cones, barrels and arrows on a roadway.

You will start on the right and then you will be expected to move to the left, back to the right. Lanes disappear. The cones get closer and closer together. Do you know who M.C. Escher is? He would have loved all of this.

Take a look at “Rhythm of Illusion.” That’s exactly what Quebec is right now.

This fi gures: The name “Quebec” comes from an Algonquin word meaning “where the river narrows.”

I didn’t know that construction was go-ing on and I made the mistake of trying to get to King Soopers at midnight simply to

pick up a noodle salad. I still don’t know how I managed to get anywhere near the store.

I wanted to make a left and couldn’t. There was a guy using a jackhammer and right next to him was a worker who shouted something at me. I guess he thought I have some kind of metaphysical ability to hear something being said next to a jackham-mer.

And Smitty was barking his brains out. I eventually fi gured out that no left turn could be made, so I took a right on Park Meadows Drive and went through parts of

Lone Tree that I didn’t know existed.The good news is that I can avoid Que-

bec. Some of you can’t. It must be a night-mare on the way to work.

We experience virtual Quebecs through-out our lives. I had to take one last non-major class in order to graduate on time. Outside of my major I was a zombie in Chuck Taylors. I was lost, blocked and con-founded.

A good friend of mine went through a di-vorce and her updates sounded exactly like those cones, barrels and arrows — nothing but wickets and anxiety, mixed in with re-sidual anger and frustration.

In a month or two the cones will be gone and it might be hard to remember any of this. And that’s another thing that happens to us all of the time. Of course, some of the frustrations we experience in life do not go away, and the cones remain. A relationship goes bad and never improves.

I am not exactly sure what they are do-

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Some relationships go from bad to worse, and no one comes out in hard hats to make them better. I have burned more bridges than I can count, and most of them are irreparable.

I think to myself that they are better off without me, and I am better off without them. Friendships take work — and time. I am down to less than a handful, and I am accomplishing more than I ever have be-

fore.That’s what I tell myself: I am getting

more done, but it’s meant that I have dis-connected myself more and more from the human race. There won’t be many “great guy” quotes in my obituary.

There is roadway construction all over the place, in every town (have you ever been to Detroit?). And, sure, it’s a pain in the neck. But.

I thought about Amy Van Dyken. She might say, “It’s not that bad, Craig, and it won’t last forever, will it?”

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

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The 2015 Douglas County Fair and Rodeo court was crowned Aug. 10. From left, 2015 Princess Attendant Jameson Benson, 2015 Queen Attendant Allison Frank, 2015 Princess Emily Wormington and 2015 Queen Haley Jacobs. Courtesy photo

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Virus spreads among horses, livestock Vesicular stomatitis now con� rmed in eight counties By Mike DiFerdinando mdiferdinando @coloradocommunitymedia.com

When it comes to protecting animals from the vesicular stomatitis virus that is spreading across the state, cleanliness is key, offi cials say.

The virus, spread primarily by fl ies, causes oral blisters and painful sores that can lead to diffi culty eating and drinking.

VSV has affected horses and livestock in eight Colorado counties, including Douglas County, and 205 properties statewide are under quarantine. As of Aug. 27, there have been 222 properties quarantined, but 17 have been released, according to the Colo-rado Department of Agriculture’s State Vet-erinarian’s Offi ce.

The majority of cases have been located in Boulder and Jefferson counties. There has only been one confi rmed case in Douglas County, and there have been no reported

cases in Elbert County.“The most important thing people can do

to guard against it is to practice proper ma-nure management, proper cleanliness with water and feeding and to take precautions against the fl ies themselves,” Colorado State Veterinarian Dr. Keith Roehr said.

At Wood Run Farm, a horse training and boarding facility in Castle Rock, barn man-ager Jessica Maher is taking every precaution to protect the horses in her care.

Horses are kept in individual stalls and given their own water and food. There is a fl y-spray system in the barn, and horses wear protective capes and masks to guard against fl ies while they graze.

“Training and educating the staff is fi rst and foremost so that they know what to look for and they know what to do as well as the borders and clients,” Maher said. “I’ve done bulletin-board posts, Facebook posts and emails making them aware of what it is and what we can do to control it.”

Maher said she has received some calls from concerned clients.

“There’s always concern, especially since it’s been spreading so rapidly,” Maher said. “It

is a big concern, but knowing that we’re do-ing the best we can gives us a piece of mind.”

Colorado is the second state in the coun-try to have confi rmed cases of VSV this year. Previous cases in 2014 have been diagnosed in the southern area of Texas near the Mexico border and more recently in Bastrop and Tra-vis counties, just south of Austin.

Veterinarians and livestock owners who suspect an animal may be infected should immediately contact state or federal animal health authorities.

Livestock with clinical signs of VSV are iso-lated until they are healed and determined to be of no further threat for disease spread.

There are no USDA-approved vaccines for vesicular stomatitis.

While rare, human cases of VSV can occur, usually among those who handle infected animals. In humans, the virus can cause fl u-like symptoms and rarely includes lesions or blisters.

“I would tell people, don’t grow weary or complacent if you haven’t seen any symp-toms with your animals,” Roehr said. “Until we have a killing freeze, which is still probably 60 days away, there is going to be a threat.”

A horse at Wood Run Farm in Castle Rock wears a � y shield to protect against � ies that carry the vesicular stomatitis virus that has spread across Colorado. Photo by Mike DiFerdinando

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Mixed signals frustrate foes of death penalty Governor’s view on capital punishment was kept close to vest By Vic Vela [email protected]

Key Democratic lawmakers were frustrated with Gov. John Hickenlooper’s guidance last year on a death penalty repeal

bill and now feel that there was an opportunity lost, given that Hickenlooper’s stance against capital pun-ishment is now known.

At the same time, Democrats believe that the gov-ernor’s “wrestling” on the issue was sincere and hold no resentment toward him for his limited involvement during the legislative process.

A sponsor of a bill that sought to end capital punish-ment in Colorado believes that the repeal effort would have passed had Hickenlooper come around on his an-ti-death penalty position sooner.

Hickenlooper — who had campaigned as a support-er of the death penalty in 2010 — acknowledged in an interview with KDVR-TV in August that his position has evolved over the years and that he now opposes capital punishment.

But Hickenlooper wasn’t prepared to talk about those views in 2013, when Democrats were crafting a death penalty repeal bill.

Former Rep. Claire Levy, D-Boulder, a sponsor of the bill, said her effort was a “challenge” because of Hicken-looper’s lack of guidance on the legislation.

“It did it make it difficult for lawmakers who felt they may be vulnerable for repealing the death penalty; dif-ficult to make to make a commitment to me knowing the bill could be vetoed,” Levy said.

Levy said she had several conversations with Hick-enlooper about the bill, but it wasn’t until just before the legislation was up for a committee hearing that he suggested that might veto.

The bill died in the House Judiciary Committee on March 26, after the governor’s feelings on the legislation became known.

“If (Hickenlooper) had arrived at his position earlier, we would have all benefited because we would have known what to do,” said Rep. Daniel Kagan, D-Cherry Hills Village, the committee chairman who is against capital punishment. “He was wrestling, no question about it.”

The repeal bill had Republican support as well, with Adams County Rep. Kevin Priola’s name appearing on the legislation.

Priola had hoped the bill would also spark a conver-sation on abortion, which he opposes.

“I wanted to have a discussion on state policy on the sanctity of life,” he said. “The state of Colorado needs to have a discussion of being pro-life in every way.”

With Priola’s support and the support of religious groups, Levy said she was optimistic about the bill’s chances of clearing the General Assembly, had Hicken-looper provided his support.

“We really did have a unique opportunity,” she said.

CNN interview surfacesWhile there was frustration with Hickenlooper over

his role in the death penalty repeal bill, Democrats say they respected the governor’s decision-making process.

“While I really wanted a firm yes or no, I understand completely why he was not able to do that for us,” Levy said. “And I think the reason he couldn’t is really what he’s been saying publicly all along and that he’s really been wrestling with this issue.”

The death penalty issue made headlines again re-cently after a newly surfaced CNN interview from No-vember became public. In the interview, Hickenlooper told a reporter that clemency for death row inmate Na-than Dunlap could still be on the table. Hickenlooper granted Dunlap an indefinite reprieve in May 2013.

Hickenlooper’s campaign said that in the CNN in-terview, the governor was responding to a hypothetical question, and that Dunlap — who killed four people at an Aurora Chuck E. Cheese’s restaurant in 1993 — will die in prison.

Even though Kagan would have liked to have seen Hickenlooper support last year’s death penalty repeal, he was OK with how the governor handled the Dunlap situation.

“I respect the position he arrived at in the end,” Ka-gan said. “He said he’s not going to decide for an entire state on this issue, instead he said, `I cannot, in good conscience, be the one to sign the death warrant.’”

But Republicans have blasted Hickenlooper over his evolution on the death penalty and for his “indecision and weak leadership” on the issue.

“On my watch, justice will carried out, the laws of the state of Colorado will be enforced and I will never turn my back on the victims,” said former Congressman Bob Beauprez, who is running against Hickenlooper in this fall’s gubernatorial election.

Rep. Mark Waller, R-Colorado Springs, a former House minority leader, said the death penalty is just one example where Hickenlooper has been hesitant to “weigh in on legislation unless he absolutely has to.”

“He never lets you know what his position is,” Waller said. “It’s like he lets the issue lead him.”

But Democrats, for all their frustrations, say Hicken-looper’s “thoughtful” approach to painful, moral deci-sions on issues like the death penalty is better than the alternative.

“When somebody is so completely glib and saying, `Oh, I would put someone to death if I were in charge,’ that reflects to me a lack of depth, a lack of appreciation of the enormity of the decision you’re making,” Levy said.

Kagan agrees.“I will never knock a man who follows his conscience

before taking a politically expedient position,” he said.

Carjacking suspect deemed competent for trial Sta� report

Ryan Cole Stone was deemed competent to stand trial during an Aug. 28 status conference held at the Douglas County Justice Center in Castle Rock.

Stone is charged in connection with a multi-county, high-speed March 12 chase that ended at about 8:15 a.m. when Stone allegedly crashed a stolen silver sedan at Lin-coln Avenue and Peoria Street.

The morning rush-hour chase started in Longmont af-ter, police say, Stone stole an SUV with a 4-year-old boy in it, then carjacked two other vehicles before crashing in

Douglas County.During the chase, Stone struck and injured a Colorado

State Patrol trooper.Stone, who is in custody, appeared with council. Two competency evaluations were presented to the

court - one from the defense’s doctor and one from the state. The court accepted the recommendation of both, fi nding Stone competent to proceed. The defense did not object.

A preliminary hearing for Stone is set for 2 p.m. Oct. 2 at the justice center.

Masked men rob Parker bank Suspects � ee on foot, police still searching By Chris Michlewicz [email protected]

Parker police are searching for two masked men who robbed a bank in the middle of the day.

Officers responded to Credit Union of Colorado, near South Parker Road and Plaza Drive, at 11:20 a.m. Aug. 28 after the robbery report came in. Armed with high-powered guns, police fanned out and searched the area, but were unable to locate the suspects, who fled on foot.

One suspect is a white male with medium build, weighing between 190 and 215 pounds and standing 5 feet 10 inches to 6 feet tall. He was wearing a black base-ball-style hat, blue jeans, dark tennis shoes with white/partially white soles, and a green windbreaker jacket that had a white, horizontal stripe around the front and back of the jacket at chest level.

The other suspect is a white male with a “very thin build” with short, light-colored hair. He is between 5 feet 9 inches and 5 feet 11 inches tall and was wearing a black baseball-style hat that had an unknown yellow symbol on the front, dark shoes, black pants and a black jacket. He displayed a gun during the robbery.

Both suspects were wearing a mask and gloves.There were no reported injuries. It’s unclear whether

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Fundingerty-stricken students — determined by the number who are receiving free or re-duced-price school lunches. Because the district is larger, the CDE also considers the economies of scale that smaller dis-tricts don’t have.

That combination lands Douglas County as the 21st-lowest in funding among 178 Colorado school districts. Its estimated per-pupil funding for 2014-15 is $6,752.

The DCSD board in July reiterated its concern about state funding when it ad-opted a resolution to not put a tax question aimed at capital needs on the fall ballot. The resolution stated the board believed it could not ask taxpayers to “dig deeper and provide more local tax revenues” until the district could seek redress from the state concerning its funding inequities. It said DCSD has been “consistently underfund-ed by the state,” with a disproportionate share of its taxes going to other Colorado school districts.

Colorado’s per-pupil funding for 2014-15 ranges from $6,557 for the Branson School District in Las Animas County (with an estimated 472 students) to $15,567 for the Pawnee School District in Weld Coun-ty (with an estimated 83 students).

The average is $7,021.If the Douglas County district 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, according to the resolution.

Douglas’ “per-pupil funding is less than the state average,” Emm said. “How-ever, they are a large district… And they have a relatively small at-risk population.”

Among DCSD’s concerns, board presi-dent Kevin Larsen believes change is needed to create a more balanced distri-bution of at-risk student funds.

Eliminating the negative factor is the fi rst step in addressing funding issues, Larsen said, but not the ultimate solution. Without it, DCSD would have an added $74 million in annual revenues.

With state revenues on the rise, law-makers this year decreased the negative factor by $110 million. For DCSD, that meant an added $11 million. It’s an im-provement, Larsen said, but still leaves the district $63 million short of pre-nega-tive factor levels.

Additionally, the combined effect of Colorado’s Gallagher and TABOR amend-ments, passed in 1982 and 1992 respec-tively, shifted the burden of school fund-ing from local property taxes to the state. Larsen believes that also needs to change.

“Putting more money into the discre-tion of local hands is ultimately the better way to go,” he said. “We are trying to do things we think would be more equitable for all districts, and certainly for Douglas County.”

How other districts compareCherry Creek, which Emm said is com-

parable to the Douglas County district, is in line to receive about $195 more per student in state funds in 2014-15. Cherry Creek has a higher percentage of students receiving free and reduced lunches — about 30 percent, compared with DCSD’s 10.3 percent.

“I think it’s a funding formula that strives to be fair taking into account all the differing factors that school districts have in their communities,” Cherry Creek spokeswoman Tustin Amole said. “But it has not been fully funded for several years with the state Legislature withholding more than $1 billion … due to the negative factor. That has had a signifi cant impact on all school districts in Colorado.”

Neighboring Littleton Public Schools will receive an estimated $6.38 more per student than the Douglas County district in 2014-15 funding. LPS did not respond to requests for comment.

While Douglas County receives the lowest per-pupil funding in the Denver metro area, it isn’t at the bottom of the list in Colorado. Six El Paso County districts, including Academy in northern Colorado Springs, Lewis-Palmer in Monument, and Cheyenne Mountain in southern Colora-do Springs, are funded at lower levels than DCSD.

Lewis-Palmer assistant superinten-dent Cheryl Wangeman said the funding formula “makes some sense” in its con-sideration of larger districts’ economies of scale and percentage of disadvantaged students. In LPSD, 9.6 percent of students qualify for free or reduced lunch. The dis-trict has about 6,000 students, roughly 60,000 fewer than the Douglas County district.

Like leaders in Douglas County and Cherry Creek schools, Wangeman cites frustration with the negative factor. She also said funding for special education students falls short in Colorado, creating a constant fi scal challenge.

Echoing Larsen, she pointed to the burden put on the state by the TABOR and

Gallagher amendments.“That’s diffi cult for the state,” she said.

“I don’t think there are any short-term solutions. The state has fi scal imbalanc-es they have to deal with. Until that gets fi xed, I think we’re going to continue to see funding diffi culties.”

A lawsuit fi led in Denver District Court in June alleges the negative factor is un-constitutional and violates Amendment 23. The 2000 provision requires that annu-al education funding increase by the rate of infl ation and enrollment growth.

Dealing with budget constraintsWangeman said Lewis-Palmer has

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“This school district is known for hav-ing the lowest central offi ce administra-tor/student ratio probably in the state,” she said. “We cut way back on administra-tive staff. That means we have a lot of folks that work a lot of hours.”

LPSD has struggled to keep class sizes down and teachers available for students who need extra help.

“There are capital maintenance de-lays,” Wangeman said. “To make up for that, we make real good use of the state grants program. We put a new roof on Lewis-Palmer High School through the district and a grant. We did the same thing two years ago with Lewis-Palmer Middle School.

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The Douglas County commissioners took an important step in helping secure the county’s water future at their regular meeting on Aug. 26.

By joining in on the South Metro Wa-ter Infrastructure and Supply Efficiency (WISE) Authority’s agreement with Denver Water and Aurora Water, the county will be the recipient of 2,775 acre-feet of water per year for a 10-year period, starting in 2016.

On average, an acre-foot of water is enough to take care of the needs of about two to three families per year, according to multiple sources.

The South Metro WISE Authority is made up of 10 water providers that are all

part of the larger South Metro Water Sup-ply Authority. Nine of those water provid-ers — Centennial, Cottonwood, Dominion, Inverness, Meridian, Parker, Pinery, Stone-gate Village and Castle Rock — are located in Douglas County. The 10th, Rangeview Metropolitan District, is located in Aurora.

“This region has been working hard for a very long time to bring renewable water supplies into the area,” SMWSA Executive Director Eric Hecox said. “We have a legacy of developing non-renewable groundwa-ter and the effort for many years has been to transition our current population off of groundwater as well as to provide water for future economic development, and I think this project achieves that.”

The WISE project began in 2008 as a way for members to identify processes, cost, distribution, timing, storage and legal is-sues relating to distributing treated reus-able water return flows from Denver and Aurora for use by SMWSA water users.

The group tasked with utilizing this water is the South Metro WISE Authority.

The primary purpose of the authority is to reduce members’ dependence on non-renewable Denver Basin wells and provide reliable long-term water supply for resi-dents.

“While we often refer to the Denver Basin aquifers in a negative way, they do provide an extremely important drought reserve,” Douglas County Water Resource Planner Tim Murrell said. “By reducing Denver Basin well pumping to a secondary source rather than a sole supply, the basin can continue to be a valuable asset in times of drought.”

In 2013, Aurora, Denver and the South Metro WISE Authority finalized the water delivery agreement. As part of the deal, 100,000 acre-feet of water will go to the au-thority’s providers over a 10-year period.

At the time of the agreement, the au-thority members were only able to agree on 7,225 acre-feet per year. This left 2,775 acre-feet per year that would be lost if not claimed. Douglas County has been work-ing with the authority members over the

last year to reserve the 2,775 acre-feet per year supply for the county.

The WISE members are funding new in-frastructure that will move the water from Aurora’s Binney Water Purification Facil-ity to its end locations, beginning in 2016. Water purchased by the county, as well as by some of the other providers, will be stored at the Rueter-Hess Reservoir south of Parker.

The county will pay a $97,125 annual reservation fee through 2020; 2,000 acre-feet of water per year will be available for use and purchase by WISE members, and 775 acre-feet will be available for use and purchase by non-members.

“The difficulty and the cost of renew-able water projects is growing, and by be-ing able to come together as communities to spread those cost over a larger popula-tion and leverage the strengths of different partners, we are able to make these proj-ects successful,” Hecox said.

More water could be on way to county$15 million project would require voter approvalBy Mike DiFerdinandomdiferdinando @coloradocommunitymedia.com

A proposed $15 million unnamed proj-ect could bring another sustainable wa-ter source to three northwestern Douglas County subdivisions and an industrial park.

In 2012, work started on the project that includes the subdivisions of Plum Valley Heights, Chatfield East, Chatfield Acres and the Titan Road Industrial Park. Togeth-er, these four areas combine to produce the equivalent of 251 single-family water taps.

Currently these communities are reliant on individual wells for clean water, a hit-and-miss proposition complicated by the constant need to upgrade wells and com-bat droughts. Some residents at an Aug. 26

Douglas County commissioners meeting talked about having to ship in water from other places.

The project participants would receive treated water service from Roxborough Water. The water will be supplied by Aurora Water and served through Roxborough.

An intergovernmental agreement be-tween the two to supply 150 acre-feet of water a year for the project has been reached. The agreement has been signed by Roxborough and is currently moving through the Aurora City Council process.

The estimated cost of the project is $15 million.

The cost estimated to be paid by cus-tomers includes a tap fee of approxi-mately $22,200 per tap, a $100 flat fee on the customer’s monthly water bill and a 50-mill property tax increase. One mill is the equivalent to $1 per $1,000 of assessed value per home.

“In comparison, if a project partici-pant were to re-drill their domestic well, it would cost somewhere between $30,000

to 40,000, with little knowledge if the well would last two or 20 years,” said Douglas County water resources planner Tim Mur-rell. “While expensive, never again will it be any cheaper than it is today.”

Murrell points to reasonable water sup-ply costs and the willingness of Roxbor-ough Water to reduce its customer fees.

In order to reduce tap fees from what would normally be $55,000 to $22,000 per tap, financing assistance from Douglas County would be necessary.

Of the total $15 million cost for the proj-ect, $4.8 million will be Douglas County’s share. The county is expected to receive all but the project design and engineering costs back through tap fees collected by Roxborough.

Assuming the project moves forward, Roxborough Water will require participants to connect to the system and pay their tap fees within three years of its completion.

On Nov. 4, Roxborough Water will con-duct a vote from those living within the project boundaries to approve the needed

tax increases, rates and fees and tap fee amounts.

Larry Moore, the manager of Roxbor-ough Water and Sanitation District, said he and Murrell have already visited with residents to answer questions about the project.

“We had a tremendous turnout, about 150 people,” Moore said. “At the end, we asked for a straw vote, kind of `How do you guys feel about it? Do you want us to con-tinue on?’ and more than 90 percent raised their hands and said they liked what we were doing.”

Moore said these kinds of joint water efforts will become more prevalent as gov-ernments try to offset the cost of providing renewable water and look to secure the wa-ter future of their communities.

“We’re treading on new territory here,” Moore said. “We hope that rather than somebody being resentful or jealous it will give them hope to know that these projects can be duplicated. Their community might be next.”


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Take a load o� at new spot downtown

The 16th Street Mall has long been a thorn in the side of Denver dwellers who don’t shop at souvenir stores, don’t care to inhale second-hand smoke and don’t want to sign petitions.

But now the Downtown Denver Business Improvement District is installing Patio 16, an outdoor dining area in the median of the car-less street between California and Stout streets.

Patio 16 opened on Aug. 28 and will offer outdoor seating, enclosed patio railings, a vari-ety of menu options from six local vendors and an outdoor respite for the downtown Denver community to gather, dine and unwind. Patio 16 provides a family-friendly area staffed dur-ing hours of operation to ensure a safe, clean and friendly experience, which is open to all residents, employees and visitors.

For more information, visit www.down-towndenver.com/about-the-bid.

`Uncorked’ fall series opensStarted as a monthly event in 2010, “Fridays

Uncorked” has grown into a weekly wine and music series that continues year-around at Bonacquisiti Wine Company at 4640 Pecos St. in the Sunnyside neighborhood.

The fall series opens Sept. 4, and the Sept. 19 “Uncorked” event will feature the band My Old School — A Tribute to the Music of Steely Dan. My Old School is the culmination of the efforts of 12 professional Denver musicians who feel an affi nity to Steely Dan and the music that Walter Becker and Donald Fagen created by applying jazz to pop music.

In addition to the September music lineup, winemaker and namesake Paul Bonacquisi-ti will be featuring three new wine releases, in-cluding a bold spicy Petite Sirah, which last year sold out to wine club members upon release, as well as a Barbera and the [d] Red, a blend of 80 percent Merlot, 10 percent Syrah and 10 percent Zinfandel. The [d] Red is named after Delagua, the coal camp in southern Colorado where Bonacquisti’s father was born. The [d] Red and Barbera releases will be available by the bottle and on tap at the winery in one-liter refi llable growlers.

Each event runs from 5:30 to 8 p.m. Admis-sion is free and wine is available to purchase, as is food from a food truck that changes each week. Seating is limited, so guests are encour-aged to bring a chair. The live music line-up through September includes:• Sept. 4 - Knight Groove• Sept. 12 - Heavy, Timbo and Deb• Sept. 19 - My Old School• Sept. 26 - The Hip Replacements

For more information, visit www.bonacquis-tiwine.com.

Garlic by the tonThe kitchen at Saucy Noodle Ristorante

at 727 S. University Blvd. in the Bonnie Brae neighborhood cooks up more than 1,800 pounds of garlic every year, and it’s been serv-ing it for 50 years this month — that’s well over 75,000 pounds of garlic.

Erin Markham, the third generation of the Badis family who now operates the restau-rant with her husband, Nathan, held a 50th birthday celebration on Aug. 29. The party included menu specials and special prices that evoked the early days of The Noodle: Large one-topping pizzas for $3.95 and spaghetti and meatballs for $4.95.

Markham grew up at the restaurant, which her grandfather Sam bought in 1964 and re-named from Jim Sano’s to “The Saucy Noodle,” with the culinary warning out front on its dis-tinctive red and white canopy awning: “If you don’t like garlic, go home.”

A lot of garlic goes into the Noodle’s spa-ghetti marinara, which is vegetarian but has so

Oldest residential area in Denver dates to 1870s By Sonya Ellingboe [email protected]

Located just seven blocks from Den-ver’s 16th Street Mall, the historic Curtis Park neighborhood is Denver’s oldest. A Home and Community Tour on Sept. 13-14 will offer visits to 15 of the more than 500 historically signifi cant Curtis Park homes protected by Denver Landmark Preservation status and serve as a fund-raiser for Curtis Park Neighbors Inc.

When the railroad arrived in 1870, Denver’s population boomed and popu-lation increased 700 percent by 1880 — to 35,000. In 1871, the fi rst horse-drawn streetcar system started at Seventh and Larimer streets, turned on Champa Street at 16th Street and went out Cham-pa as far as 27th Street, then undevel-oped. Soon there was a mix of mansions and more modest middle-class homes in a variety of architectural styles, in-cluding Queen Anne, Italianate and Sec-ond Empire.

Residents included department store owner John Jay Joslin and Mayor Wolfe Londoner as well as clerks, bankers, teachers and blacksmiths.

In subsequent years, the neighbor-hood became one of the city’s poor-est, with most large homes carved up into small units and neglected until the area was rediscovered in the 1970s. This neighborhood now contains eight land-mark districts and has many residences on the National Register of Historic Plac-es.

Among the landmarked homes is the Italianate cottage at 2826 Curtis St., known as the West Residence — prob-ably designed by Orlando Scobey, listed as residing there in 1883-84. It shares an-other part of Denver’s history in that it housed two successive Japanese-Ameri-can owners in the period after Pearl Har-bor in 1941. Colorado Gov. Ralph Carr had expressed sympathy for these fami-lies displaced and ordered to relocation camps. Some moved to Denver hoping to be welcomed by local residents — which was not widely the case, at a time of widely spoken anti-Japanese rheto-ric. Five Points was a home for others not welcome elsewhere in Denver. (The present owner has designed the garden except for a large blue spruce.)

Also open for the tour is the Hayden-Pryor residence at 2418 Champa St., an example of Queen Anne style, dated 1886. It is said to parallel Curtis Park his-tory. It was built by Marks Amter, who borrowed $6,000 to build it and lost it to the bank in 1893, the year of the silver crash and ensuing depression, which af-fected the state. It was carved into nine units with only three bathrooms to serve many residents — perhaps as many as 27.

It was also included in 1956 B-8 (busi-ness) zoning by the Denver City Council, when 88 neighboring homes were torn down. This one survived and is now pro-tected by historic designation.

Other residences will be open and visitors can get a sense of the area’s colorful history. Advance tickets are available through Historic Denver, his-toricdenver.org, and at the Matthews-Gotthelf Mansion, 2601 Champa St., on Sept. 13 and 14.

The parlor of the West Residence at 2826 Curtis St. in Denver’s Curtis Park neighborhood, will be open during the Sept. 13 and 14 historic home tour. Photos by Tom Torgove

ABOVE: The Italianate West Residence at 2826 Curtis St. in the Curtis Park historic neighborhood is included in the Sept. 13 and 14 home tour. BELOW: The Queen Anne style Hayden-Pryor Residence at 2418 Champa is also included in the tour.

A stroll into history

IF YOU GO

The 2014 Historic Curtis Park Home and Community Tour is open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Sept. 13 and 14. Tickets cost $15/$12 Historic Denver members, and are available at historicdenver.org and on tour days at tour headquarters: the Matthews-Gotthelf Mansion, 2601 Champa St. (Information provided by resident/tour chairs Gerald Horner and Linda Dowlen.)

FREE LECTURES• Sept. 13: Tom Noel, “Dr. Colorado,” will give a slide presentation: “Curtis Park: Denver’s Pioneer Streetcar Suburb,” at 11 a.m. at RedLine Gallery, 2350 Arapahoe St.• Sept. 14: Phil Goodstein, author and historian, will speak on the Jewish history of Curtis Park and have his new book, “Curtis Park, Five Points and Beyond — The Heart of East Denver” available at 11 a.m. at RedLine Gallery, 2350 Arapahoe St.


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much garlic in it that it looks like ground beef. “The red sauce is grandmother Inez Badis’ recipe,” Markham said. “It’s been a menu staple throughout the de-cades, alongside the most popular dish, lasagna, as well as spaghetti and the restaurant’s baseball-sized homemade meatballs.”

The menu also features one appetizer that might not catch a younger person’s eye: Morey Amsterdam’s fried ravioli.

The dish is named after the late actor and comedian who is best remembered as part of the ensemble cast of the classic “The Dick Van Dyke Show” on television.

“It’s called that because in the ‘60s he came in and asked if we had such a dish, and we didn’t so he helped himself to the kitchen and made it himself,” Markham said.

New ViewHouse opensThe ‘burbs got their own version of

ViewHouse, the LoDo hot spot with an amazing rooftop patio, when the Cen-tennial restaurant at 7101 S. Clinton St. opened Aug. 28.

If you didn’t attend the grand-opening weekend, here’s what you missed: Top-notch Colorado band The Samples kicked off the summer band series, “Mu-sic on the Green.”

The Red Bull Motocross Extravaganza featured Red Bull’s professional moto-cross stunt team drivers and dancing afterward with DJ Squirt’s hot beats.

More information at www.viewhouse.com or call 303-790-8439.

OverheardEavesdropping on a woman talking

on the phone with a friend: “Nothing exciting going on, well, except for the new guy my daughter is dating right

now. He is a model and he is gorgeous. She needs to marry him just so we can look at him across the table at Thanks-giving. Even my husband says, `He’s purty.’” Penny Parker’s “Mile High Life” column gives insights into the best events, res-taurants, 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/pennyp-arker. She can be reached at [email protected] or at 303-619-5209.

PACE Center unveils 2014-15 seasonNational acts, local favorites on agendaBy Sonya [email protected]

With the Parker Arts, Culture and Events Center gearing up for another season, Elaine Mariner, Parker’s cultural direc-tor, said, “Our goal in booking this season was to bring at least one national act every month while also featuring our hometown favorites. In addition, we sought to create a mix of entertainment options — from country and classic rock to Celtic and sym-phonic, with plenty of theater and dance.”

Inspire Creative, a Parker-based theater company, will co-produce the theatrical events. Tickets to most shows are on sale and a new Family Circle membership pro-gram is offered.

While singer-songwriter Clint Black’s performance on Oct. 4 is said to be sold out, tickets to other performances are available online and through the box office.

On Sept. 8, Dr. Kaboom’s one-man sci-ence show blends theater and exploration. Wonderbound ballet company will include Colorado Symphony Orchestra musicians

in its program, “Enduring Grace,” on Oct. 18-19, and the Parker Symphony’s “Unseen World” concert on Oct. 24 will celebrate Halloween with music about a demon

witch and flying bats.Veteran entertainer Michael Martin

Murphy will use period costumes and traditional songs and old-time dances to

evoke the spirit of the 1934 Cowboy Christ-mas Ball on Nov. 28, followed by “A Classic Parker Holiday” with the Parker Chorale and Parker Symphony on Dec. 5-6. Inspire Creative will present Scrooge and “A Christ-mas Carol” on Dec. 11-14, while “A Parker Nutcracker” will wrap up the holiday sea-son Dec. 18-21.

Rosanne Cash, daughter of Johnny Cash, will start off 2015 with a Jan. 9 show and soon after, families can travel to Oz as ”The Wizard of Oz” plays Jan. 23-Feb. 8.

Dance prevails in February with Won-derbound’s “Marie,” about Marie Antoi-nette, on Feb. 14-15, and a performance of “Swan Lake” by the Russian National Ballet on Feb. 19.

Singer-songwriter Marc Cohn appears March 14, followed by Rocky Mountain Brassworks on March 15.

Based on the best-selling children’s book series by Annie Barrows, “Ivy + Bean, The Musical” is a story of unexpected sec-ond-grade friendship on April 23. Chris-topher O’Riley, crossover pianist, presents “Out of My Hands” on April 25.

The season finale brings Celtic stars Natalie McMaster and Donnely Leahy with “Visions from Cape Breton and Beyond: a Celtic Family Celebration” on May 13.

For information and tickets, visit PACE-centeronline.org.

The Russian National Ballet will bring a production of the classic “Swan Lake” to the PACE Center this season. Photo courtesy of Columbia Artists Management

Jazz orchestra gains new artistic directorLone Tree shows have grown in popularityBy Sonya [email protected]

The Colorado Jazz Repertory Orchestra starts its third season with changes. Di-rector Art Bouton, Lone Tree resident and professor of saxophone at the Univer-sity of Denver’s Lamont School of Music, started the orchestra by calling on an en-semble of Colorado’s top jazz musicians to perform at the Lone Tree Arts Center. In season two, it built to sold-out audiences for the last two concerts.

Bouton has formed Colorado Jazz Inc., a nonprofit corporation, to help bring the CJRO to national prominence and an-nounced a new position of artistic direc-tor.

He is “Grammy-nominated jazz artist

and educator Steve Weist, a cutting-edge composer and trombonist” who has re-cently joined the Lamont School as as-sociate professor of jazz studies and com-mercial music, Bouton announced.

Bouton said Weist “has spent seven years directing what is arguably one of the finest bands in the world, the University of North Texas One O’ Clock Lab Band. I just had to have him out front.”

The CJRO will start its new season on Oct. 10 with “A Night in New Orleans,” featuring internationally known jazz trumpeter Byron Stripling.

“Stripling is the artistic director of the Columbus Jazz Orchestra, leader of his own quartet and constantly in demand to play with pops orchestras around the world. An extroverted performer who brings the audience into his music, the happiness that he exudes through his trumpet, his vocals and his words is reminiscent of Louis Armstrong, yet very much his own,” Bouton said.

He continued to say that Peter Olstad,

the regular lead trumpet for CJRO, was not able to play in the October concert, and Weist said: “Let me call my buddy who plays lead for Count Basie. He’ll think this will be fun.” This is an example of the kind of change Weist can bring to the band.

“Holidays With the CJRO” is scheduled on Dec. 7 when the band will perform big-band holiday favorites, including Duke Ellington’s “Nutcracker.”

On Jan. 23, there will be a tribute to Woody Herman’s Thundering Herd, and on March 23, vocalist Kim Nazarian of the New York Voices will be featured.

Bouton said, “This band has been a dream come true for me. To see the Arts Center packed for a tribute to Maynard Ferguson concert, with people (who brought their own trumpets) playing along to `Hey Jude,’ was just amazing.”

Tickets are on sale for the new season at the Lone Tree Arts Center box office, 10075 Commons St. in Lone Tree, lone-treeartscenter.org.

Steve Weist, new artistic director, left; Art Bouton, executive director and saxophone player, center; and Al Hood (background) rehearse for a Colorado Jazz Repertory Orchestra concert. Courtesy photo


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Photographer puts focus on compositesPhotographer Joe Bonita will speak about

“Creation and Uses of Composite Images” when he addresses the Englewood Camera Club at 7 p.m. on Sept. 9. He said: “The pro-gram will explore the creation of composite images and their many uses. Topics covered will be: fixing problem photos; focus stacking; enhancing images; overlays; creating repeti-tion; making several photos from a single im-age; mirror dreamscapes and creating scenes that never existed …” The club meets month-ly at Lutheran Church of the Holy Spirit, 6400 S. University Blvd., Centennial. Visitors are welcome. In addition to a lecture, the club hosts a monthly contest of members’ photos. Guests and new members are welcome.

Colorado Artfest setCastle Rock Chamber of Commerce hosts

the annual Colorado Artfest on September 6 and 7 in the parking lots of Town Hall and the Philip S. Miller Library on Wilcox Street in Castle Rock. More than 175 artists will show their work. There will be music and the Big Eat restaurant showcase. Tickets: $5 adults; $3 seniors; children under 16 admitted free.

Garden club stages outingInstead of its usual first Wednesday eve-

ning meeting, the Littleton Garden Club will carpool to Kendrick Lake Park, 9351 W. Jewell Ave. in Lakewood, on Sept. 6 to see its xeric design, including handsome ornamental grasses. Arrival at 10:30 a.m. Bring a lunch and water and a chair, if needed. This long-time club welcomes new members.

Storytelling talk scheduled“More than Four: Choosing a Point of

View” is Susan Rocco-McKeel’s title for the Parker Writers Group meeting from 2-4 p.m. Sept. 14 at the Parker Library meeting room, 10851 Crossroads Drive, Parker. The author, whose work is in the new “Chronicles of Douglas County,” will discuss various pos-

sibilities for POV in telling your story. Guests are welcome — no reservation needed.

Depot holds new show“Location, Location, Location” is the title

of the most recent exhibit at the Depot Art Gallery, 2069 W. Powers Ave., Littleton. Juror Marsha Wooley selected Julia Grundmeier’s oil painting “On the Street Where You Live,” as Best of Show. Other winners included Fred Bikle, Pat Dall, Peggy Dietz, Brian Serff, Carol Broere, S. Williams and Cheryl Adams. The show runs through Nov. 9. Gallery hours: 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesdays through Sundays. Admission is free. 303-795-0781.

New library opens doorsThe new Sheridan Library at 3425 W. Ox-

ford Ave. opens with a ribbon cutting at 9 a.m. Sept. 13, with tours and festivities last-ing through the day. Arapahoelibraries.org, 303-LIBRARY.

Powwow at art museumThe 25th Annual Denver Art Museum

Friendship Powwow and American Indian Cultural Celebration will take place from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Sept. 6 on the Acoma Plaza, 13th Avenue between Broadway and Bannock in downtown Denver. Indian danc-ers, drum groups, artists, vendors, fry bread. Powwow and general museum admission are free. Grand entry is at noon. Dance competi-tions until 4 p.m.


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THINGS DO

ALFERD PACKER BACON PARTY

LITTLETON ROTARY’S second annual Alferd Packer Bacon, Bands & Beer party is from 3-10 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 6, in the parking lot at Reinke’s, 5663 S. Prince St., Littleton. Admission is a $5 donation for ages 12 and older. Money raised at the event goes to the Littleton Rotary Foundation and will be used to enhance community-wide programs and projects. Contact Jim Bisetti, 303-204-7246 or [email protected]. Go to www.clubrunner.ca/littleton/.

AREA 13.1 HALF MARATHON/5K

AREA 13.1 is a nationwide Half Marathon/5K series originated in Roswell, Georgia. This is a night race; seriously when have you ever heard of aliens invading during the day? And Castle Rock just seemed the perfect place for this event — come on, you really think that rock formed naturally like that? All runners should dress in bright colors and bring plenty of glow-in-the-dark tools to ward o� those pesky aliens that might be hiding along the course. After the run, enjoy an “out of this world” expo and after-party complete with food, hypnotic music, dancing, glow and strobe lights and more. Event starts at 6:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 6, at the Douglas County Fairgrounds, 500 Fairgrounds Road, Castle Rock. Contact [email protected] or go to http://www.alienhalf.com.

COLORADO ARTFEST AT CASTLE ROCK

ARTISTS ACROSS the country will bring their work to Colorado Artfest, the Castle Rock Chamber of Commerce’s juried � ne arts show. The event features more than 176 artists, continual live main stage entertainment, strolling entertainers, a silent auction and food and beverage vendors. Artfest is open from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 6, and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 7, in downtown Castle Rock. Go to http://www.castlerockculture.com/colorado-artfest-at-castle-rock/

LEARN ABOUT REVERSE MORTGAGES

THE LIVING and Aging Well in Lone Tree speaker series presents “Insight Into Reverse Mortgages,” by Artie Lyhl, with the Douglas County Housing Partnership. The lunch series is at 11:30 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 9. For information on costs, or to RSVP by Friday, Sept. 5, call 303-225-4930 or email [email protected]. Non-Lone Tree residents welcome. Program is at Lone Tree Golf Club & Hotel, 9808 Sunnindale Blvd., Lone Tree. Cost includes lunch.

HISTORY OF COLORADO AVIATION

PARKER AREA Historical Society presents the Colorado Aviation Historical Society and the Hall of Fame, and also welcomes Lance Barber, presenting Aviation Archaeology, at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 9, at Ruth Memorial Chapel, 19650 E. Mainstreet, Parker. The Colorado Aviation Historical Society and Hall of Fame was founded in 1966 and began operations in 1967. It preserves items con-nected to the history of aviation in Colorado. Barber was on the original B29 T-Square-54 restoration crew for the Lowry Heritage Museum in February 1987. He also is secretary of the Colorado General Aviation Alliance and an active � ight line lead for Rocky Mountain Airshows in Broom� eld.

THEATER/FILMHITCHCOCK CLASSIC

JOIN MOVIE host Matt Wigdahl for a screening of “Sabotage” (1936), based on Joseph Conrad’s novel, “The Secret Agent.” Program begins at 6:30 p.m. Monday, Sept. 8, at the Philip S. Miller Library, 100 S. Wilcox St., Castle Rock. Reserve your seat at 303-791-7323 or DouglasCountyLibraries.org.

SPOTLIGHT PRESENTS “TOY STORY,” “HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL”

SPOTLIGHT PERFORMING Arts Center presents “High School Musical” at 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Sept. 12-13, featuring cast members ages 5-17, at 6328 E. County Line Road, Unit 102, Highlands Ranch. Call 720-443-2623 for tickets and information.

MUSIC/CONCERTSBIG BAND DANCE NIGHT

PROFESSIONAL DANCES will show o� a few simple steps to teach the audience some basic dance moves, and that will be followed by big band music performed by the 19-piece Metropolitan Jazz Orchestra. Enjoy an evening of music and dance from 6:30-8:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 12, in the Carriage House at the Highlands Ranch Mansion. Tickets available at any Highlands Ranch recreation center or online at www.HRCAon-line.org/tickets. If the show it not sold out, tickets will be sold at the event.

TONIC SOL-FA

TONIC SOL-FA has carved out its niche as one of the nation’s top vocal groups. The quartet will perform at 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 14, on the Main Stage at the Lone Tree Arts Center, 10075 Commons St., Lone Tree. The group has been named one of the top � ve must-see groups in the country, and has been awarded numerous awards for original song and album in pop, gospel and holiday genres. The group has appeared on NBC’s Today Show and in Newsweek. Call

720-509-1000 or go to www.LoneTreeArtsCenter.org.

ARTLOCAL ARTISTS WORK DISPLAYED

SOUTH SUBURBAN Parks and Recreation’s centers feature temporary art exhibitions by local artists every month. From Sept. 1-30, Richard Long’s watercolor paintings will be displayed at Goodson Recreation Center, 6315 S. University Blvd., Centennial, 303-798-2476; Paint Box Guild’s varied array of artwork will be exhibited at Lone Tree Recreation Center, 10249 Ridgegate Circle, Lone Tree, 303-708-3500; Bill Utter presents his photography at the Douglas H. Buck Recreation Center, 2004 W. Powers Ave., Little-ton, 303-797-8787. Visit www.sspr.org or contact Darcie LaScala at 303-483-7072.

CAFECITO AMIGOS

CELEBRATE CRAFT and culture at a free event at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 9, at the Parker Library, 10851 S. Crossroads Drive. Explore the di� erent ways cultures express themselves through traditional and non-traditional crafts. To register, call 303-791-7323 or visit DouglasCountyLibraries.org.

ARTS IN THE AFTERNOON: VIVA ESPANA

WITH OPERA on Tap and Flamenco Underground, what happens when opera merges with � amenco danc-ing and music? An afternoon of sultry and � amboyant entertainment. The show promise excitement and drama with the same talent you’ve come to expect from Opera on Tap. Program is at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 10, on the Main Stage at Lone Tree Arts Center, 10075 Commons St., Lone Tree. Call 720-509-1000 or go to www.LoneTreeArtsCenter.org.

EVENTSSTARLIGHT MOVIE: ‘THE LEGO MOVIE’

THE STARLIGHT movie series and street fair concludes Saturday, Sept. 6, with “The Lego Movie” at Festival Park, 200 Perry St., Castle Rock. The street fair opens at 6 p.m. and the movie begins at dusk. Go to http://www.downtowncastlerock.com/events.

GRANDPARENTS DAY ICE CREAM SOCIAL

IN HONOR of Grandparents Day, Castle Country Assisted Living will host a free ice cream social at 12:30 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 7, at each of its three home - Cantril House, 221 Cantril St., Castle Rock; Valley House, 255 S. Valley Drive, Castle Rock; and Victorian House, 19600 Victorian Drive, Parker. To RSVP or for information, call 303-482-5552.

NATIONAL ASSISTED LIVING WEEK

CASTLE COUNTRY Assisted Living plans a series of events to celebrate National Assisted Living Week. The week’s events include: Brownie and Cookie Baking, 11 a.m. Monday, Sept. 8, at Victorian House, 19600 Victorian Drive, Parker; Ceramics Class, 1 p.m. Monday, Sept. 8, at Cantril House, 221 Cantril St., Castle Rock, at 1 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 9, at Victorian House, and 1 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 10, at Valley House, 255 S. Valley Drive, Castle Rock; an Elvis impersonator performs at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 9, at Cantril House; 1 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 11 at Valley House; and 3 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 11, at Victorian House; “The Unsinkable Molly Brown” on Friday, Sept. 12, at 11 a.m. at Cantril House; at 1 p.m. at Valley House, and at 3 p.m. at Victorian House. Events are free and open to the public (except for the ceramics class). For information or to RSVP, call 303-482-5552.

GIVING AWAY YOUR FAMILY TREE

COLUMBINE GENEALOGICAL and Historical Society meets at 1 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 9, at Lutheran Church of the Holy Spirit, 6400 S. University Blvd., Centennial. Program is “Giving Away Your Family Tree: A Treasure Trove of Family History Gifts,” by Dina Carson. Learn some clever ways to present your genealogical research in a way that family members will cherish. Contact CJ Backus, president, [email protected] or go to http://www.ColumbineGenealogy.com.

STRAIGHT FROM THE HEART

PFLAG HIGHLANDS Ranch Chapter (including the surrounding South Metro area) meets from 7-8:45 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 9, at the James H. LaRue Library, 9292 Ridgeline Blvd., Highlands Ranch. Everything is con� dential and all are welcome. This month’s program includes a � lm called “Straight from the Heart,” which was nominated for an Academy Award in 2004. The video explores parents’ journeys to a new understanding of their lesbian and gay children. It is especially recommended for parents struggling with acceptance due to religious objections or other reasons. Contact info@p� aghigh-landsranch.org for more details.

HISTORY PRESENTATION

CASTLE ROCK Historical Society welcomes Dennis Potter, who will speak about the 1960 murder of Adolph Coors III. Refreshments are served at 6:30 p.m. and the program starts at 7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 11, at the Philip S. Miller Library, 100 S. Wilcox St., Castle Rock.

RULER OF THE RAILZZ SKATEPARK COMPETITION

SKATEBOARDERS, BMX riders and scooter riders of all skill levels are invited to com-pete in the annual Ruler of the Railzz competition at noon Saturday, Sept. 13, at Redstone Skate Park, 3280 Redstone Park Circle, Highlands Ranch. Competition includes multiple divisions. Go to http://highlandsranch.org/2011/11/09/skate-park-programs/#Skate ParkCompetitions. Registra-

tion is recommended; same-day sign-ups will be taken from 11-11:45 a.m. Helmets are required.

COMMUNITY GARAGE SALE

IDYLLWILDE’S ANNUAL community garage sale is from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Friday, Sept. 12, and Saturday, Sept. 13, in the Idyllwilde community on both sides of Parker’s Canterberry Parkway, between Legend High School and Cimarron Middle School.

HEALTH/FITNESSSOUTH METRO OUT OF THE DARKNESS WALK

HELP CREATE a world without suicide by participating in the � fth South Metro Out of the Darkness Community Walk to bene� t the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention. The 2.9-mile walk is Saturday, Sept. 6, at Highlands Ranch High School, 9473 Cresthill Lane, Highlands Ranch. Registration begins and the Resource Fair opens at 9 a.m. and the opening ceremony and walk begin at 10 a.m. No admission required; donations are appreciated. Contact Laurie Freeman, [email protected]. Go to http://afsp.donordrive.com.

WALK TO FUND NEUROFIBROMATOSIS RESEARCH

TAKE STEPS toward a brighter future for children with neuro� bromatosis at the sixth annual Denver NF Walk on Sunday, Sept. 7, at Clement Park, 7306 W. Bowles Ave., Littleton. After the 1.5 mile walk, participants can enjoy games, prizes, food, music and more. On-leash dogs welcome. Check-in is at 9 a.m. and the walk begins at 11. The walk will raise money for the Children’s Tumor Foundation, whose mission is to end neuro� bromatosis through research. To register, go to www.nfwalk.org/denver. For details about the foundation, go to www.ctf.org.

SPECIAL NEEDS YOGA

COME EXPERIENCE a form of yoga that works to improve balance, focus, coordina-tion and strength. Learn poses to reduce fatigue, sti� ness and stress, and stimulate the motor and sensory areas of the brain. Class runs from 5:15-5:45 p.m. Mondays, from Sept. 8, to Dec. 29, at the Eastridge Recreation Center, Highlands Ranch. Go to http://HRCAonline.org/TR.

SPECIAL NEEDS HIP-HOP

FOCUS OF class is a fun dance environment for ages 8 and up. Registration required. Class runs from 5:30-6:30 p.m. Mondays from Sept. 8 to Dec. 15, at the Streetside South Dance Studio, Littleton. Go to http://HRCAonline.org/TR

RUN WILD

BRING THE kids and the dog for a fun-� lled morning in Castle Pines’ scenic Elk Ridge Park, 7005 Mira Vista Lane. The Castle Pines Run Wild has a race and distance for everyone. Run Wild is Sunday, Sept. 14, and check-in begins at 7 a.m. The 9-mile race starts at 8:30 a.m. and the 4-mile race starts at 8:40 a.m. Finish line festival begins at 9 a.m., and the awards ceremony starts at 10 a.m. The Color Me Wild Run starts at 10:30 a.m. Bring our own T-shirt (white is best) for the Color Me Wild Run. Dogs are welcome, and must be well behaved and on a leash (and their owners must have a bag or two for clean-up). Dogs are not allowed in the Color Run. Contact [email protected] or go to http://www.runwild.info.

EDUCATION HISTORY, FUTURE OF SCOTLAND

ACTIVE MINDS presents a program on the history of Scotland, the future of the country and what is happening there now from 3-4 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 10, at River-Pointe, 5225 S. Prince St., Littleton. Program is free; RSVP at 303-797-0600. The future of this country is somewhat uncertain given the national referendum on independence on Sept. 18, 2014. The lasting implications of this vote may not be clear for some time, but at a minimum, it highlights a segment of the population that is unhappy with the status quo and looking for change.

TOOLS FOR GENEALOGICAL RESEARCH

PARKER GENEALOGICAL Society welcomes Larry Dodge, presenting Tools, Search Engines and Favorite Sites, at 1:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 13, at Stroh Ranch Fire Station, 19310 Stroh Road, Parker. Program includes information on Internet and websites, how to ideas and getting to places you never knew about and what to do when you get there. Everyone is welcome.

EDITOR’S NOTE: Calendar submissions must be received by noon Wednesday for publication the following week. Send listings to [email protected]. No attachments, please. Listings are free and run on a space-available basis.


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SPORTSMustangs ride pitching to tourney winPonderosa takes Don McCall title over LegendBy Jim [email protected]

Ponderosa entered the Don McCall Soft-ball Tournament winless but left with the championship trophy.

The Mustangs, after season-opening, one-run losses to Vista Ridge and Discov-ery Canyon, clubbed six home runs and rode the pitching of senior Ally Power to notch McCall tournament wins over Vista Ridge, Adams City, Burlington and Ponca City, Okla., to advance to the finals.

In the championship game Aug. 30 at Douglas County High School, the Mus-tangs took advantage of Legend errors and used key hits, plus the pitching of Power to down the Titans, 6-2.

“I’m proud of the team,” said Ponder-osa coach Toby Tabola. “They are going to come around. Nobody is a superstar except for our pitcher. We have real good chem-istry, the best chemistry that I have had in a long time. I’m real excited about what this team will be able to do if we can stay healthy.

“It’s early and we have an inexperienced team. Our pitcher keeps us in every game and if we can get better as a team we can do things.”

Power, who struck out 54 batters in 27 innings during five tournament games, and Legend’s Janelle Gardner hooked up in a pitching duel for three innings, but the Titans went ahead 1-0 on an unearned run in the fourth inning when Kylie Hager de-livered a run-scoring double.

However, the Mustangs (5-2) used four Legend errors and got key hits from Sarah Coleman, Noraa Fort, Peyton Matejka and Kendal Boyum to score five runs in the fifth.

“One earned run is what they scored,” said Legend coach Shelly Boyd.

Peyton Matejka, who belted two home runs earlier in the tourney, had two hits

and scored twice. She had an RBI single in the fifth inning to plate the Mustangs’ sec-ond run of the frame.

“I was so nervous,” said Matejka. “It was a 3-2 count. I was like if it comes down the middle I’m just going to rip it. I came into this season in a slump from comp ball and I was kind of nervous how it was starting out but I knew my team needed me so I had to show up.”

Matejka, a sophomore, went 6-for-12 during the five tournament games. Sarah Carpenter also provided offensive punch with three homers in the tourney.

Power, who tossed a five-inning no-hitter against Adams City and struck out 12 batters, relaxed after the Mustangs’ fifth-inning uprising.

“It was really a key and it was really nice knowing we had such a big lead going into the next inning,” said Power, who pitched every inning of the tournament. “They pro-duced and did it. I was actually getting tired

at the end but I pushed through it. Every-thing felt really on.”

Power allowed four hits against Legend, fanned 12 batters and then was dunked along with the rest of the team after the game for accepting the Ice Bucket Chal-lenge from Legend.

“It was scoreless for four innings,” said Boyd. “Ally pitched a great game. It was a great battle. The problem was we didn’t see any fast pitching in this tournament until the championship game. It was slow, slow, slow and then a totally different speed and we couldn’t catch up.”

Legend (4-2) scored 64 runs in tourna-ment victories over Palmer Ridge, Pueblo Centennial, Elizabeth and Abraham Lin-coln, but was virtually powerless against Ponderosa.

Gardner gave up seven hits and fanned six Ponderosa batters. Brooke Doumer drove in the second Legend run against Ponderosa with a sixth-inning double that

scored Jesse Nunez, who opened the frame with a single.

In the third-place game, Douglas Coun-ty beat Mannford, Okla., 13-5, to avenge a 2-1 loss to Mannford in the first game of the tournament. Senior Ashley Kim was 3-for-5, scored three runs and had five RBIs. She was a triple shy of the cycle with a single, double and 3-run homer.

ABOVE: Ponderosa players and coaches celebrate their win in the Don McCall Softball Tournament on Aug. 30. RIGHT: Legend shortstop Brittney Russo prepares to throw out the Mustangs Kendra Dunham after �elding a grounder in the fourth inning of the Aug. 30 game against Ponderosa. Photos by Jim Benton

SPORTS ROUNDUPHigh school football results

Colorado’s top two Class 5A football teams, according to the CHSAANow.com preseason rankings, scored impressive victories in the first official week of the season.

Top-ranked Valor Christian improved its record to 2-0 on Aug. 28 with a 21-12 win over No. 4 Pomona, which stretched the Eagles’ winning streak over Colorado teams to 25 games. Senior backup quar-terback Parker Courier replaced injured Dylan McCaffrey and completed nine of 14 passes for 97 yards and a touchdown. McCaffrey suffered a possible concussion. The defending state champion Eagles opened the season with a zero week 61-20 romp over Bonneville, Idaho.

Cherry Creek, ranked second, faces Pomona on Sept. 5 after opening its cam-paign with a 21-14 win over No. 7 Regis Jesuit.

Lutheran, ranked No. 1 in Class 3A, journeyed to Houston and came home

with a 56-55 overtime victory over Luther-an South Academy. Quarterback James Willis passed for 238 yards, receiver Joshua Clausen had 214 receiving yards and running back Jamil Bond rushed for 184 yards and three touchdowns for the Lions, which stopped a 2-point South Academy overtime conversion to seal the win.

In other games, Mountain Vista ral-lied for 21 second-half points to earn a 21-6 season opening victory Aug. 28 over Mountain Range at Shea Stadium. Senior quarterback Brock Rubley connected on 14 of 21 passes for 176 yards and two touchdowns for the Golden Eagles. Senior Luke Nelson was in on 12 total tackles and recovered a fumble to spark the Vista defensive effort.

Chaparral’s new head coach Rod Dobbs will have to wait until Sept. 4 to attempt to get his first victory when the Wolverines play Bear Creek. Grandview rushed for 279 yards and averaged 6.5 yards per carry in handing Chaparral a 46-l3 loss in the Aug.

28 season opener.

Hockey coming to Castle RockMountain Vista will not be the only

Douglas County high school with a hockey team. Castle View will have a co-op team starting in the 2015-16 season.

Players from Douglas County, Castle View, Chaparral, Legend and Ponderosa will make up the new team, while Moun-tain Vista will draw potential players from ThunderRidge, Mountain Vista, Rock Canyon and Highlands Ranch.

The Colorado High School Activities Association also announced the semifinals and finals of the state hockey tournament will be held at the Budweiser Events Cen-ter in Loveland for the 2014-15 and 2015-16 seasons. Semifinals next spring will be held Thursday, March 5 with the champi-onship game set for Saturday, March 7.

Castle View opens with winSavannah Heebner struck out 10 bat-

ters in five innings as Castle View opened the season Aug. 27 with an 11-1 softball victory over Cherry Creek.

Sophomores Lexi Kagan and Ashlyn Dzialo each drove in three runs to spark the Sabercats’ offense.

Chaparral improved its record to 3-1 with victories over Arvada West, Rocky Mountain and Lewis Palmer. The Wolver-ines outscored those three opponents, 46-12. In four games this season, Jordan Smith has gone 10-for-13 with 11 runs bat-ted in.

New additionsAssistant coach Kathryn Ames has been

elevated to the head coaching position for the Cherry Creek girls lacrosse team as she assumes the duties from Brianne Tierney, who resigned.

Legend basketball coach Kevin Boley is the Titans’ new athletic director. He will continue to coach the boys basketball team.

PGA’s best to tee it up at Cherry HillsSta� report

With dozens of the world’s best profes-sional golfers set to tee it up at Cherry Hills Country Club this week, tickets are at a pre-mium.

No tickets will be sold at the gate for the Sept. 4-7 BMW Championship and fans are encouraged to check online at www.BMW-ChampionshipUSA.com for availability.

“We do expect to see maybe over 140,000 fans for the week,” said BMW Champion-ship General Chairman George Solich.

The BMW Championship is the third — and second to last — leg of the season-end-ing FedEx Cup playoffs. The top 70 players in the standings advance to Cherry Hills for the first Colorado PGA men’s event since the 2006 International at Castle Pines.

The top 125 players in the FedEx stand-ings, which didn’t include Tiger Woods, played Aug. 21-24 at The Barclays in Para-mus, N.J. to kick off the playoffs. Hunter Mahan won the event, and in turn moved from 62nd to first in the standings, dropping Rory McIlroy to second.

Playoff contenders were trimmed to 100 for the Deutsche Bank Championship Aug. 29-Sept. 1 in Norton, Mass., and the top 70 will then come to Cherry Hills.

Playoff points are added to those gar-nered during the regular season and points will determine the eventual champion fol-lowing the Tour Championship Sept. 11-14 in Atlanta. Only the leading 30 players in points after Cherry Hills will play in At-lanta.

In addition to Mahan and McIlroy, other celebrated players in the top 100 prior to

the Deutsche Bank Championship include Bubba Watson (fifth), 2010 FedEx cham-pion Jim Furyk (sixth), Rickie Fowler (11th), Sergio Garcia (15th), Kent Denver graduate Kevin Stadler (34th), Ernie Els (39th) and Phil Mickelson (57th).

The contenders who make the Cherry Hills field will compete on a 7,352-yard, par 70 course with 3-inch deep rough.

“With the rain we’ve had, the rough has got some teeth,” Solich said.


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Legend edges Araphoe in openerTitans rally from 13-0 de�cit in fourth quarterBy Jim [email protected]

Arapahoe looked like a winner for 36 min-utes in its game against Legend Aug. 29 at Sports Authority Stadium in Parker.

Legend, however, was the better team in the fourth quarter and came away with a 14-13 victory by scoring the winning touchdown with 1:16 remaining in the game.

It was a typical season opener as both teams made mistakes while trying to estab-lish an identity for the remainder of the sea-son.

“It was a good win for us because we are very inexperienced on offense, but our de-fense played lights out,” said Legend coach Rob Doyle. “We made too many mistakes. Just like they made a lot of mistakes late, we made a lot of mistakes early. It was just who was going to make the least mistakes at the end, and that’s where we got them.”

Arapahoe coach Mike Campbell con-curred.

“Our effort was definitely good enough to win,” he said. “The loss came down to us not being mentally tough enough in the critical moments.”

It was a defensive struggle for most of the game. Arapahoe, which had a 3-0 lead at half-time, had 111 yards in total offense in the first half while Legend managed just 97 yards. The Warriors finished with 282 yards in total of-fense compared to 212 for the Titans.

Arapahoe put constant pressure on Leg-end sophomore quarterback Marc Muma with three down linemen and five other de-fenders lined up and ready to blitz.

Muma said he wasn’t confused because the team had watched film on the Warriors, but it took time to adjust.

“They blitzed from everywhere and it took a while for our kids to figure that out,” explained Doyle. “They got a lot more com-fortable as we went along. Just to help him (Muma) out a little bit, we rolled out a little bit more because we didn’t know where their blitzes were coming. We were just trying to

get away from them.”Muma, who made his varsity debut and

said he learned a lot, completed six of his last 10 passes as the Titans rallied from a 13-point deficit.

“We had way too many penalties to win a game like that one,” said Campbell. “With two trips into the red zone producing field goals and missing that TD throw and catch right at the end of the half, that to me is where the game got away from us.”

Arapahoe took a 13-0 lead into the fourth quarter after 31- and 43-yard field goals by sophomore Nathan Waanders and a 69-yard touchdown pass from junior quarterback Pete Mitchell to Nick Thompson.

Legend’s comeback started with a 63-yard drive in which Muma completed two passes for 34 yards and scored on a 2-yard run. That pulled the Titans to within 13-7 after Josh Lyons’ extra point kick with 4:05 left in the

game.Arapahoe failed to get a first down on its

next possession and Legend took over at their own 48-yard line with 2:15 left in the game.

Legend, helped by a pass interference penalty, advanced to the Warriors’ 20-yard line and faced a fourth-and-10 situation with 1:53 to play when Muma was sacked. Howev-er, Arapahoe was called for a facemask penal-ty, which gave the Titans a fourth and 4 at the Arapahoe 13-yard line with 1:49 left to play.

“That’s one of those breaks,” said Doyle of the facemask infraction. “We didn’t get those in the first half and we needed that.”

Muma delivered a quick pass to Austin Gilbert that went to the 1-yard line and then Brayden Freeman concluded the drive with a plunge into the end zone with 1:16 still show-ing on the clock. Lyons converted the win-ning PAT.

“We had a play called and we thought it

was going to be a touchdown,” Doyle said of the fourth down call. “Then we were second guessing ourselves. We had too much time. It was a quick hitter because they were blitzing everybody.”

The Titans’ defense didn’t allow Arapahoe to get a first down in the final 76 seconds of the game.

Muma completed 11 of 27 passes for 139 yards. He was intercepted twice and lost 27 yards because of Arapahoe’s pressure. Free-man, a junior, gained 93 yards rushing on 22 carries.

Mitchell passed for 137 yards and rushed for 43 to spark the Warriors’ offense. Nick Thompson rushed for 55 yards and caught two passes for 70 yards.

Legend goes after its second win Sept. 4 against Rocky Mountain in Fort Collins, while Arapahoe travels to Colorado Springs to face Doherty that same day.

Legend’s Alex Ausmus (2) �ghts for every yard he can get as Arapahoe’s Charlie Leonard (33) drags him to the ground. Host Legend won 14-13 on Aug. 29. Photo by Paul DiSalvo


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The 2008 traffic and revenue study said the southern portion of the road would need to be widened by one lane in each direction by 2018, but the timeline for construc-tion remains fluid and will be determined by the results of the newest study.

“The widening will be expensive, but it will be needed,” McCuskey said.

However, users shouldn’t expect a sudden rise in toll-ing fees. The toll schedule will remain on a trajectory for annual increases totaling 25 cents every three years. The highway authority is planning to use existing funds for the widening.

The revenue portion of the study will get E-470 into a position where it can start to “level off” the $1.8 billion worth of debt remaining from the original construction of the tollway, McCuskey said.

“We need to make sure that our revenue profile fits that increasing debt profile, which is why we’ve had increases,” he said.


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AREA CLUBS

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

PoliticalDOUGLAS 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.

ProfessionalBUILD 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 techni-cian. 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.

RecreationALTITUDE 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.Altitude-Multisport.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 directions 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.

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Public Trustee Sale No. 2014-0246

To Whom It May Concern: On 7/9/2014the 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: GEORGE P TSAN-GARAKIS AND PAULA F TSANGARAKISOriginal Beneficiary: MORTGAGE ELEC-TRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS,INC., ACTING SOLELY AS NOMINEEFOR AURORA LOAN SERVICES INC.Current Holder of Evidence of Debt:CHRISTIANA TRUST, A DIVISION OFWILMINGTON SAVINGS FUND SOCI-ETY, FSB, AS TRUSTEE FOR NOR-MANDY MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST,SERIES 2013-17Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 2/24/2003Recording Date of DOT: 3/4/2003Reception No. of DOT: 2003028255DOT Recorded in Douglas County.Original Principal Amount of Evidence ofDebt: $153,564.00Outstanding Principal Amount as of thedate hereof: $121,443.62Pursuant 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 16, BLOCK 2, BRADBURY RANCHSUBDIVISION FILING 2D, COUNTY OFDOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO.Which has the address of: 16221 W Mar-tingale Dr , Parker, CO 80134The Deed of Trust was modified by a doc-ument recorded in Douglas County on9/5/2013, Reception number 2013074027.Reason modified and any other modifica-tions: Legal Description.

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 29, 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: 9/4/2014Last Publication: 10/2/2014Publisher: Douglas County News PressDated: 7/10/2014ROBERT 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 #: 9595.00059B*YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURESALE DATES on the Public Trustee web-site: http://www.douglas.co.us/publictrust-ee/

Legal Notice No.: 2014-0246First Publication: 9/4/2014Last Publication: 10/2/2014Publisher: Douglas County News Press

PUBLIC NOTICE



To Whom It May Concern: On 6/23/2014the 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: CLIFFORD D. JOLLYOriginal Beneficiary: U.S. BANKNATIONAL ASSOCIATIONCurrent Holder of Evidence of Debt: U.S.BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION ASSUCCESSOR BY MERGER TO U.S.BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION NDDate of Deed of Trust (DOT): 6/7/2006Recording Date of DOT: 7/25/2006Reception No. of DOT: 2006063219DOT Recorded in Douglas County.Original Principal Amount of Evidence ofDebt: $300,000.00Outstanding Principal Amount as of thedate hereof: $299,777.42Pursuant 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 make timely pay-ments required under said Deed of Trustand the Evidence of Debt securedthereby.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:A PARCEL OF LAND SITUATED IN THESTATE OF COLORADO, COUNTY OFDOUGLAS, WITH A STREET LOCATIONADDRESS OF 6600 E LOOKOUT DR;PARKER, CO 80138-8707 CURRENTLYOWNED BY CLIFFORD D JOLLY HAV-ING A TAX IDENTIFICATION NUMBEROF 0103253 AND BEING THE SAMEPROPERTY MORE FULLY DESCRIBEDIN BOOK/PAGE OR DOCUMENT NUM-BER 1714-2012 DATED 5/27/1999 ANDFURTHER DESCRIBED AS LOT 11 -5.105 AM/L SIERRA VISTA #1.Which has the address of: 6600 E.Lookout Dr, 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, October 15, 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: 8/21/2014Last Publication: 9/18/2014Publisher: Douglas County News PressDated: 6/24/2014ROBERT J. HUSSONDOUGLAS COUNTY Public TrusteeThe name, address and telephone num-bers of the attorney(s) representing thelegal holder of the indebtedness is:TORBEN M WELCHColorado Registration #: 342821430 WYNKOOP STREET SUITE 300,DENVER, COLORADO 80202Phone #:Fax #:Attorney File #: 6884.0285*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 6/23/2014the 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: CLIFFORD D. JOLLYOriginal Beneficiary: U.S. BANKNATIONAL ASSOCIATIONCurrent Holder of Evidence of Debt: U.S.BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION ASSUCCESSOR BY MERGER TO U.S.BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION NDDate of Deed of Trust (DOT): 6/7/2006Recording Date of DOT: 7/25/2006Reception No. of DOT: 2006063219DOT Recorded in Douglas County.Original Principal Amount of Evidence ofDebt: $300,000.00Outstanding Principal Amount as of thedate hereof: $299,777.42Pursuant 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 make timely pay-ments required under said Deed of Trustand the Evidence of Debt securedthereby.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:A PARCEL OF LAND SITUATED IN THESTATE OF COLORADO, COUNTY OFDOUGLAS, WITH A STREET LOCATIONADDRESS OF 6600 E LOOKOUT DR;PARKER, CO 80138-8707 CURRENTLYOWNED BY CLIFFORD D JOLLY HAV-ING A TAX IDENTIFICATION NUMBEROF 0103253 AND BEING THE SAMEPROPERTY MORE FULLY DESCRIBEDIN BOOK/PAGE OR DOCUMENT NUM-BER 1714-2012 DATED 5/27/1999 ANDFURTHER DESCRIBED AS LOT 11 -5.105 AM/L SIERRA VISTA #1.Which has the address of: 6600 E.Lookout Dr, 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, October 15, 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: 8/21/2014Last Publication: 9/18/2014Publisher: Douglas County News PressDated: 6/24/2014ROBERT J. HUSSONDOUGLAS COUNTY Public TrusteeThe name, address and telephone num-bers of the attorney(s) representing thelegal holder of the indebtedness is:TORBEN M WELCHColorado Registration #: 342821430 WYNKOOP STREET SUITE 300,DENVER, COLORADO 80202Phone #:Fax #:Attorney File #: 6884.0285*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 3/18/2014the undersigned Public Trustee causedthe Notice of Election and Demand relat-ing to the Deed of Trust described belowto be recorded in Douglas County.Or ig ina l Grantor : GUILLAUME A.HOUSSA AND BETH A. HOUSSAOriginal Beneficiary: MORTGAGE ELEC-TRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS,INC. AS NOMINEE FOR CHERRYCREEK MORTGAGE CO., INC.Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: COL-ORADO HOUSING AND FINANCE AU-THORITYDate of Deed of Trust (DOT): 9/21/2010Recording Date of DOT: 9/22/2010Reception No. of DOT: 2010060835DOT Recorded in Douglas County.Original Principal Amount of Evidence ofDebt: $218,802.00Outstanding Principal Amount as of thedate hereof: $208,541.50Pursuant 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 39, BLOCK 3, COUNTRY MEAD-OWS SUBDIVISION FILING NO. 1,COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OFCOLORADO.Which has the address of: 12662 Mead-ow Bridge 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, October 22, 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: 9/4/2014Last Publication: 10/2/2014Publisher: Douglas County News PressDated: 8/22/2014ROBERT J. HUSSONDOUGLAS COUNTY Public TrusteeThe name, address and telephone num-bers of the attorney(s) representing thelegal holder of the indebtedness is:SHEILA J FINNColorado Registration #: 366379800 S. MERIDIAN BLVD. SUITE 400,ENGLEWOOD, COLORADO 80112Phone #: (303) 706-9990Fax #:Attorney File #: 14-000758*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 5/14/2014the 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: JEFFREY DAVIDCHANDLEROriginal Beneficiary: MORTGAGE ELEC-TRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS,INC. AS NOMINEE FOR CHERRYCREEK MORTGAGE CO., INC.Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: COL-ORADO HOUSING AND FINANCE AU-THORITYDate of Deed of Trust (DOT): 8/27/2010Recording Date of DOT: 8/30/2010Reception No. of DOT: 2010054218DOT Recorded in Douglas County.Original Principal Amount of Evidence ofDebt: $226,943.00Outstanding Principal Amount as of thedate hereof: $216,361.83Pursuant 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 2, BLOCK 1, CLARKE FARMS SUB-DIVISION FILING NO. 3, COUNTY OFDOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO.Which has the address of: 17020 E CarrAve, 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 8, 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: 8/21/2014Last Publication: 9/18/2014Publisher: Douglas County News PressDated: 8/7/2014ROBERT 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 #: 14-001248*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 5/14/2014the 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: JEFFREY DAVIDCHANDLEROriginal Beneficiary: MORTGAGE ELEC-TRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS,INC. AS NOMINEE FOR CHERRYCREEK MORTGAGE CO., INC.Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: COL-ORADO HOUSING AND FINANCE AU-THORITYDate of Deed of Trust (DOT): 8/27/2010Recording Date of DOT: 8/30/2010Reception No. of DOT: 2010054218DOT Recorded in Douglas County.Original Principal Amount of Evidence ofDebt: $226,943.00Outstanding Principal Amount as of thedate hereof: $216,361.83Pursuant 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 2, BLOCK 1, CLARKE FARMS SUB-DIVISION FILING NO. 3, COUNTY OFDOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO.Which has the address of: 17020 E CarrAve, 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 8, 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: 8/21/2014Last Publication: 9/18/2014Publisher: Douglas County News PressDated: 8/7/2014ROBERT 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 #: 14-001248*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

PUBLIC NOTICE



To Whom It May Concern: On 6/16/2014the 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: HEATHER R KIMBER-LINGOriginal Beneficiary: MORTGAGE ELEC-TRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS,INC., ACTING SOLELY AS NOMINEEFOR CLARION MORTGAGE CAPITAL,INC.Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: THEBANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUSTCOMPANY, N.A.. AS TRUSTEE ON BE-HALF OF CWABS ASSET-BACKEDCERTIFICATES TRUST 2006-5Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 12/22/2005Recording Date of DOT: 1/6/2006Reception No. of DOT: 2006001885DOT Recorded in Douglas County.Original Principal Amount of Evidence ofDebt: $224,000.00Outstanding Principal Amount as of thedate hereof: $230,804.69Pursuant 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 ando t h e r v i o l a t i o n s o f t h e t e r m sthereof.***Loan Modification Agreementmade on June 5, 2009THE 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 27, WILLOW RIDGE FILING THREE,ACCORDING TO THE PLAT RECOR-DED JANUARY 15, 1998 UNDER RE-CEPTION NO. 9803039, COUNTY OFDOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO.Which has the address of: 10840 Cre-stone Needles 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, October 8, 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: 8/14/2014Last Publication: 9/11/2014Publisher: Douglas County News PressDated: 6/17/2014ROBERT 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 #: 1159.100191.F01*YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURESALE DATES on the Public Trustee web-site: http://www.douglas.co.us/publictrust-ee/


Public Trustees

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To Whom It May Concern: On 6/16/2014the 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: HEATHER R KIMBER-LINGOriginal Beneficiary: MORTGAGE ELEC-TRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS,INC., ACTING SOLELY AS NOMINEEFOR CLARION MORTGAGE CAPITAL,INC.Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: THEBANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUSTCOMPANY, N.A.. AS TRUSTEE ON BE-HALF OF CWABS ASSET-BACKEDCERTIFICATES TRUST 2006-5Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 12/22/2005Recording Date of DOT: 1/6/2006Reception No. of DOT: 2006001885DOT Recorded in Douglas County.Original Principal Amount of Evidence ofDebt: $224,000.00Outstanding Principal Amount as of thedate hereof: $230,804.69Pursuant 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 ando t h e r v i o l a t i o n s o f t h e t e r m sthereof.***Loan Modification Agreementmade on June 5, 2009THE 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 27, WILLOW RIDGE FILING THREE,ACCORDING TO THE PLAT RECOR-DED JANUARY 15, 1998 UNDER RE-CEPTION NO. 9803039, COUNTY OFDOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO.Which has the address of: 10840 Cre-stone Needles 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, October 8, 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: 8/14/2014Last Publication: 9/11/2014Publisher: Douglas County News PressDated: 6/17/2014ROBERT 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 #: 1159.100191.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 6/17/2014the 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: CHRISTOPHER MMEDINA AND SUNSHINE A MEDINAOriginal Beneficiary: MORTGAGE ELEC-TRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS,INC. AS NOMINEE FOR DHI MORT-GAGE COMPANY LTDCurrent Holder of Evidence of Debt: BANKOF AMERICA, N.A., SUCCESSOR BYMERGER TO BAC HOME LOANS SER-VICING, LP FKA COUNTRYWIDE HOMELOANS SERVICING, LPDate of Deed of Trust (DOT): 8/3/2006Recording Date of DOT: 8/9/2006Reception No. of DOT: 2006068317DOT Recorded in Douglas County.Original Principal Amount of Evidence ofDebt: $232,269.00Outstanding Principal Amount as of thedate hereof: $223,581.67Pursuant 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 23, BLOCK 2, BRADBURY RANCHFILING NO. 11, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS,STATE OF COLORADO.Which has the address of: 11888 TrailCourt, 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 8, 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: 8/14/2014Last Publication: 9/11/2014Publisher: Douglas County News PressDated: 6/17/2014ROBERT J. HUSSONDOUGLAS COUNTY Public TrusteeThe name, address and telephone num-bers of the attorney(s) representing thelegal holder of the indebtedness is:COURTNEY E. WRIGHTColorado Registration #: 454829800 S. MERIDIAN BLVD. SUITE 400,ENGLEWOOD, COLORADO 80112Phone #: (303) 706-9990Fax #:Attorney File #: 14-001612*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 6/17/2014the 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: CARLOS IBANEZOriginal Beneficiary: MORTGAGE ELEC-TRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS,INC. AS NOMINEE FOR SCME MORT-GAGE BANKERS, INC.Current Holder of Evidence of Debt:GREEN TREE SERVICING LLCDate of Deed of Trust (DOT): 6/26/2007Recording Date of DOT: 7/6/2007Reception No. of DOT: 2007053708DOT Recorded in Douglas County.Original Principal Amount of Evidence ofDebt: $162,500.00Outstanding Principal Amount as of thedate hereof: $149,866.39Pursuant 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 128, COTTONWOOD SUBDIVI-SION, FILING NO. 7, COUNTY OFDOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO.Which has the address of: 8622 BarberryPlace, Parker, CO 80134

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Public Trustees

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To Whom It May Concern: On 6/17/2014the 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: CARLOS IBANEZOriginal Beneficiary: MORTGAGE ELEC-TRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS,INC. AS NOMINEE FOR SCME MORT-GAGE BANKERS, INC.Current Holder of Evidence of Debt:GREEN TREE SERVICING LLCDate of Deed of Trust (DOT): 6/26/2007Recording Date of DOT: 7/6/2007Reception No. of DOT: 2007053708DOT Recorded in Douglas County.Original Principal Amount of Evidence ofDebt: $162,500.00Outstanding Principal Amount as of thedate hereof: $149,866.39Pursuant 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 128, COTTONWOOD SUBDIVI-SION, FILING NO. 7, COUNTY OFDOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO.Which has the address of: 8622 BarberryPlace, Parker, CO 80134

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To Whom It May Concern: On 6/26/2014the 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: WILLIAM J SCH-WEIZER AND PATRICIA SCHWEIZEROriginal Beneficiary: MORTGAGE ELEC-TRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS,INC., ACTING SOLELY AS NOMINEEFOR LENDER, FULL SPECTRUM LEND-ING, INC.Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: THEBANK OF NEW YORK MELLON FKATHE BANK OF NEW YORK, AS TRUST-EE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE CERTI-FICATEHOLDERS OF THE CWABS INC.,ASSET-BACKED CERTIF ICATES,SERIES 2004-6Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 5/25/2004Recording Date of DOT: 6/7/2004Reception No. of DOT: 2004058378DOT Recorded in Douglas County.Original Principal Amount of Evidence ofDebt: $216,500.00Outstanding Principal Amount as of thedate hereof: $200,174.08Pursuant 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 monthly install-ments due Note Holder.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 21, BLOCK 4, CLARKE FARMSSUBDIVISION, FILING NO. 1, COUNTYOF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO.Which has the address of: 17131 Campi-on Way, 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, October 15, 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: 8/21/2014Last Publication: 9/18/2014Publisher: Douglas County News PressDated: 6/27/2014ROBERT J. HUSSONDOUGLAS COUNTY Public TrusteeThe name, address and telephone num-bers of the attorney(s) representing thelegal holder of the indebtedness is:TONI DALEColorado Registration #: 30580355 UNION BOULEVARD SUITE 250,LAKEWOOD, COLORADO 80228Phone #: (303) 274-0155Fax #: (303) 274-0159Attorney File #: 14-910-26827*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 6/27/2014the 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: JAMES STANLEYKEITH AND DONNA B. KEITHOriginal Beneficiary: MORTGAGE ELEC-TRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS,INC., AS NOMINEE FOR FREMONT IN-VESTMENT & LOANCurrent Holder of Evidence of Debt: HS-BC BANK USA, NATIONAL ASSOCI-ATION, AS TRUSTEE, IN TRUST FORTHE REGISTERED HOLDERS OF ACESECURITIES CORP. HOME EQUITYLOAN TRUST, SERIES 2006-FM2, AS-SET BACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTI-FICATESDate of Deed of Trust (DOT): 5/24/2006Recording Date of DOT: 6/12/2006Reception No. of DOT: 2006049539DOT Recorded in Douglas County.Original Principal Amount of Evidence ofDebt: $772,000.00Outstanding Principal Amount as of thedate hereof: $755,111.67Pursuant 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 3, BLOCK 2, THE PINERY/HIGHPRAIRIE FARMS, FILING NO. 1A,COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OFCOLORADO.Which has the address of: 5646 SaddleCreek Trail, 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 15, 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: 8/21/2014Last Publication: 9/18/2014Publisher: Douglas County News PressDated: 6/27/2014ROBERT 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 #: 09-29909RRR*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 6/27/2014the 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: JAMES STANLEYKEITH AND DONNA B. KEITHOriginal Beneficiary: MORTGAGE ELEC-TRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS,INC., AS NOMINEE FOR FREMONT IN-VESTMENT & LOANCurrent Holder of Evidence of Debt: HS-BC BANK USA, NATIONAL ASSOCI-ATION, AS TRUSTEE, IN TRUST FORTHE REGISTERED HOLDERS OF ACESECURITIES CORP. HOME EQUITYLOAN TRUST, SERIES 2006-FM2, AS-SET BACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTI-FICATESDate of Deed of Trust (DOT): 5/24/2006Recording Date of DOT: 6/12/2006Reception No. of DOT: 2006049539DOT Recorded in Douglas County.Original Principal Amount of Evidence ofDebt: $772,000.00Outstanding Principal Amount as of thedate hereof: $755,111.67Pursuant 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 3, BLOCK 2, THE PINERY/HIGHPRAIRIE FARMS, FILING NO. 1A,COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OFCOLORADO.Which has the address of: 5646 SaddleCreek Trail, 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 15, 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: 8/21/2014Last Publication: 9/18/2014Publisher: Douglas County News PressDated: 6/27/2014ROBERT 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 #: 09-29909RRR*YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURESALE DATES on the Public Trustee web-site: http://www.douglas.co.us/publictrust-ee/


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NOTICE OFCONTRACTORS SETTLEMENT

COUNTY OF DOUGLASSTATE OF COLORADO

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, pursuant toSection 38-26-107, C.R.S., as amended,that on September 27, 2014, final settle-ment will be made by the County ofDouglas, State of Colorado, for and onaccount of a contract between DouglasCounty and HUDICK EXCAVATING,INC. for the Double Angel Road Exten-sion Project (Chambers Road to HessRoad), Douglas County Project NumberCI 2011-022 in Douglas County; and thatany person, co-partnership, association orcorporation that has an unpaid claimagainst said Hudick Excavating, Inc. for oron account of the furnishing of labor, ma-terials, team hire, sustenance, provisions,provender or other supplies used or con-sumed by such contractor or any of hissubcontractors in or about the perform-ance of said work, or that supplied rentalmachinery, tools, or equipment to the ex-tent used in the prosecution of said work,may at any time up to and including saidtime of such final settlement on saidSeptember 27, 2014, file a verified state-ment of the amount due and unpaid on ac-count of such claim with the Board ofCounty Commissioners, c/o Public WorksEngineering Director, with a copy to theProject Manager, Sean Owens, Depart-ment of Public Works Engineering, PhilipS. Miller Building, 100 Third Street, Suite220, Castle Rock, CO 80104.

Failure on the part of claimant to file suchstatement prior to such final settlement willrelieve said County of Douglas from alland any liability for such claimant's claim.

The Board of Douglas County Commis-sioners of the County of Douglas, Color-ado, By: Frederick H. Koch, P.E., PublicWorks Engineering Director.

Legal Notice No.: 925883First Publication: August 28, 2014Last Publication: September 4, 2014Publisher: Douglas County News-Press

PUBLIC NOTICE



NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, pursuant toSection 38-26-107, C.R.S., as amended,that on September 27, 2014, final settle-ment will be made by the County ofDouglas, State of Colorado, for and onaccount of a contract between DouglasCounty and AGGREGATE INDUS-TRIES-WCR, INC. for the 2014 AsphaltOverlay Project, Douglas CountyProject Number CI 2014-004 in DouglasCounty; and that any person, co-partner-ship, association or corporation that hasan unpaid claim against said AggregateIndustries-WCR, Inc. for or on account ofthe furnishing of labor, materials, teamhire, sustenance, provisions, provender orother supplies used or consumed by suchcontractor or any of his subcontractors inor about the performance of said work, orthat supplied rental machinery, tools, orequipment to the extent used in the pro-secution of said work, may at any time upto and including said time of such final set-tlement on said September 27, 2014, file averified statement of the amount due andunpaid on account of such claim with theBoard of County Commissioners, c/o Pub-lic Works Engineering Director, with acopy to the Project Engineer, TerryGruber, Department of Public Works En-gineering, Philip S. Miller Building, 100Third Street, Suite 220, Castle Rock, CO80104.





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SALOME’S STARSFOR THE WEEK OF SEPT. 1, 2014

ARIES (Mar 21 to Apr 19) Be careful not to allow the backers of a new financial “deal” to pull the wool over the Lamb’s eyes. It could hold fewer plusses and more negatives than you were first led to believe.

TAURUS (Apr 20 to May 20) It’s a good idea to fin-ish all incomplete tasks so that you can devote your attention to next week’s projects. The weekend could hold surprises for romantic Fernandas and Ferdinands.

GEMINI (May 21 to Jun 20) A workplace suggestion you made a while ago that you might have forgot-ten could come back with a request to turn it from idea to reality. Your social life picks up considerably this weekend.

CANCER (Jun 21 to Jul 22) Someone from the past could return with an intriguing opportunity for a future project. Check into it, by all means. But don’t neglect your current responsibilities in the meantime.

LEO (Jul 23 to Aug 22) Keeping your claws sheathed and using good humor instead to counter someone who’s bad-mouthing the Big Cat isn’t easy. But it’s the best way to avoid more problems down the line.

VIRGO (Aug 23 to Sept 22) A workplace situation could improve if you’re less critical and more support-ive of those who are, after all, trying to do their best. Let them know you’re there to help when necessary.

LIBRA (Sept 23 to Oct 22) A new job offer might not carry all the benefits you’re seeking. Make sure you know what you’re entitled to, what is off the table and what is negotiable before you make a decision.

SCORPIO (Oct 23 to Nov 21) A social obligation you would rather get out of could hold some surprisingly positive aspects. Why not go and see for yourself? A family member makes a curious request.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov 22 to Dec 21) Before tackling that new project awaiting you at home or on the job, take time out for some much-deserved pampering to help lift your spirits and restore your energy levels.

CAPRICORN (Dec 22 to Jan 19) Your social calen-dar begins to fill up more quickly than you expected. And that’s great. You deserve to enjoy some good fun after so much time spent on serious matters.

AQUARIUS (Jan 20 to Feb 18) A domestic situ-ation continues to improve, thanks to all the tender, loving concern you’ve shown. A colleague makes a questionable move that you might want to check out sooner rather than later.

PISCES (Feb 19 to Mar 20) A sudden turn in a ro-mantic relationship calls for both a rational and pas-sionate response. Keep the love level high, but also find out why the problem arose in the first place.

BORN THIS WEEK: You often set high standards for others. But to your credit, you set the same expec-tations for yourself.

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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, pursuantto Section 38-26-107, C.R.S., asamended, that on the 6th day of OCTO-BER 2014, final settlement will be madeby the County of Douglas, State of Col-orado, for and on account of a con-tract between Douglas County andCANTERBURY CONSTRUCTION MAN-AGEMENT SERVICES, INC. for INVITA-TION FOR BID (IFB) #003-14, BAYOUGULCH OPEN SPACE PEDESTRIANBRIDGE PROJECT (PO#34317), inDouglas County; and that any person, co-partnership, association or corporationthat has an unpaid claim against saidCANTERBURY CONSTRUCTION MAN-AGEMENT SERVICES, INC. for or on ac-count for the furnishing of labor, materials,team hire, sustenance, provisions,provender or other supplies used or con-sumed by such contractor or any subcon-tractors in or about the performance ofsaid work, or that supplied rental ma-chinery, tools, or equipment to the extentused in the prosecution of said work, mayat any time up to and including said timeof such final settlement on said 6th day ofOCTOBER 2014, to file a verified state-ment of the amount due and unpaid on ac-count of such claim with the DouglasCounty Government, Board of CountyCommissioners, c/o Open Space and Nat-ural Resources, 100 Third Street, CastleRock, Colorado 80104.

Failure on the part of the claimant to filesuch statement prior to such final settle-ment will relieve said County of Douglasfrom al l and any l iabi l i ty for suchclaimant’s claim. The Board of DouglasCounty Commissioners of the County ofDouglas, Colorado, By: Carolyn S. Riggs,CPPB, Purchasing Supervisor, DouglasCounty Government.

Legal Notice No.:925925First Publication: September 4, 2014Last Publication: September 11, 2014Publisher: Douglas County News-Press

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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 Thera-peutic Riding in Parker offers free therapeutic riding for developmentally disabled adults and children. Scholarship money is available for Douglas County residents to provide 10 therapeutic riding lessons. Call 303-841-5007 or visit www.promiseranchtherapeuticriding.com.

PARKER ARTS Council has youth open mic/karaoke nights on the first Thursday of each month. The event is open to all ages. Kids 12 and under eat free. Takes place at Clavin’s Bar and Grill, 17904 Cottonwood Drive, Parker.

SocialAARP PARKER meets at 1 p.m. every second Wednesday of the month at Parker United Methodist Church, 11805 S. Pine Drive, Parker. There are interesting and informative programs for seniors. For further informa-

tion, 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 Thursdays 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 Depart-ment Headquarters building at 17250 Parkglenn. E-mail [email protected]. Visit www.ctqc.webs.com.

COMMUNITY 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 subjects. 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, philosophy, political science, poetry and drama. Afternoon and evening times are available; groups meet once every 2-4 weeks. No reg-istration is required. For information, call 303-791-7323 or visit DouglasCountyLibraries.org.

THE HILLTOP Social Club has been an active women’s club in the Parker area since 1921. We meet the second Thursday of each month at noon at the Hilltop Schoolhouse at Flintwood and Democrat Roads. The ladies have maintained the schoolhouse since 1954 for community use, and the preservation of the history of the Hilltop area. For more information please call Be at 303-841-4581, or Fran at 303-841-9655.

KIWANIS CLUB of Parker meets at 7 a.m. Tuesdays at the International House of Pancakes, 11355 S. Parker Road. Call Jim Monahan at 303-841-1560.

LUNCH OUT Loud Toastmasters Harness those butterflies and make them fly in formation. Conquer your fear of speaking with the help of proven techniques practiced in a supportive group. Be our guest at “Lunch out Loud” Toastmasters, which meets from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. every Friday at Parker United Methodist Church, 11805 S. Pine Drive, Parker, in the fellowship hall, and learn more about how Toastmasters International can help you become a better speaker and leader. For more in-formation call Claudette Louise St Pierre at 303-475-0418.

MOMS CLUB of Parker East is a nonprofit club designed to support stay-at-home moms. We offer a va-riety of activities for moms and kids including playgroups and Mom’s Night Out. Contact [email protected] or visit www.Momsclubofparkerne.org for more information.


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