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Highlands Ranch

Douglas County, Colorado • Volume 26, Issue 39

August 15, 2013

A Colorado Community Media Publication

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Students are back in class Rocky Heights Middle School among those that opened doors By Jane Reuter

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When whiskey is at stake, anything goes. These two were among a half dozen kilt-wearing warriors fighting for a bottle Aug. 10 at the 50th Annual Colorado Scottish Games at Highlands Heritage Park in Highlands Ranch.

Kilted tilt!

The Colorado Scottish Festival celebrated its 50th anniversary in style Aug. 10 and 11 as crowds flocked to Highlands Ranch with whiskey and music on the mind. Bagpipes filled the air, haggis filled the belly, and British Dogs, Funny Cars, and kilt-clad clansfolk took center stage. There were Highland Games, jewelers and a chance to learn about one’s Celtic Heritage at every stop and turn.

Photos by Ryan boldRey

Sixth-grader Kyra Camm arrived at Rocky Heights for her first day of middle school nervous, but prepared. “I was so scared for middle school that I bought a book about it,” she said. “It said you should have at least two groups of friends so if you get mad at one group, you have another.” Fellow sixth-grader Natalie Aston, who attended Wildcat Mountain Elementary with Camm, shared Camm’s feelings of excitement and nervousness. “It feels good but it’s kinda scary,” Aston said. “I’m just excited to be in a bigger school with better lunches.” “Sometimes you got tired of the elementary school, because you just want to get older,” Camm said. “I’m most excited to meet new people and new teachers.” Almost all DCSD schools opened for the 2013-14 academic year Aug. 12, with a few charter schools starting classes Aug. 5. Rocky Heights teachers were excited, too. Several of them gathered upstairs in the newly designed innovation lab. Last year, computers lined the walls. This year, they’re placed back-to-back in groups of three at pods that each allow three children to work together. “The innovation team is new,” teacher Sharon Majetich said. “We’re trying a slightly more collaborative approach. We’re trying to push (students) to think a little more outside the box.” Among the team’s units is a four-week study of Colorado’s wildfires. Students School continues on Page 11

No Scottish Festival would be a true Scottish Festival without bagpipes.

Rocky Heights Middle School Principal Mike Loitz gives students a rooftop welcome to their first day of the 2013-14 school year Aug. 12. Photo by Jane Reuter

The Parade of Clans brings out the Scottish in many of us, including the Mackays Aug. 10 during the Midday Ceremonies of the 50th Annual Colorado Scottish Games at Highlands Heritage Park.

The British Dogs, a staple of the annual event, were not the only animals to take a lap at the Midday Ceremonies during the Colorado Scottish Games at Highlands Heritage Park in Highlands Ranch. This Eagle also made the rounds.

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Former Secret Service agent to talk about JFK Englewood High School grad served three presidents By Ryan Boldrey

rboldrey@ourcoloradonews.com Jerry Blaine has been a lot of things in his life — a sailor, a student, and a Secret Service agent assigned to three U.S. presidents, including John F. Kennedy. It’s the three years he spent with Kennedy that were documented in his New York Times best-seller “The Kennedy Detail,” and in the upcoming film due out in 2014. The 1950 Englewood High School graduate and Korean War veteran has spent a lot of time discussing his book since it was released in 2010, but says he has just one presentation left in him. Because of his local roots, he will give that presentation to the Highlands Ranch Historical Society at 7 p.m. Aug. 19 at Southridge Recreation Center, 4800 McArthur Ranch Road in Highlands Ranch. The PowerPoint presentation will be followed with a question-and-answer period as well as a book signing. The talk, he said, will focus on the difference — from the Secret Service perspective — of the Eisenhower presidency and the Kennedy presidency, the Bay of Pigs, Cuban Missile Crisis, and the personal relationship he developed with the Kennedy family. He will also talk about the differences in the Secret Service between then and now. Blaine, who was hired by the service in 1959 after earning a business degree from the University of Colorado, was the first agent assigned to the Kennedy detail and joined the president-elect in Palm Beach, Fla., the day after the 1960 election. “Being the first agent on regular detail with him, I had quite a bit of interaction with him. I had a lot more after he hit me in the head with a golf ball,” he said. “If he wasn’t tied up in the affairs of state,

he would stop by the post and shoot the breeze. He was very personal that way.” And while Kennedy was extremely personal with Blaine and the other agents, one thing Blaine won’t discuss in the presentation and does not address in his book is the personal affairs of the president — something that has been heavily documented, and not all of which Blaine says is anywhere near close to the truth. “A lot of it is exaggerated, including the Marilyn Monroe thing, which is blown way out of proportion,” he said. “It didn’t define the Kennedy administration.” While some of what may be holding

Blaine back is an unwritten code between agents never to discuss First Family matters openly, he said he was compelled to write the book a few years back after “the conspiracy theorists began to kidnap history.” “It was time to put together the facts of what happened. That’s why I wrote the book,” he said. “We knew from the day after Kennedy was elected we were working under a different circumstance than we were working under with Eisenhower.” Blaine, who saw the president for the last time when he left Fort Worth for Dallas the day he was shot, will address the assassination, and said he is happy to answer ques-

tions surrounding all of the theories that have circled it for the last 50 years. “We were always concerned about a sniper, because he was so vulnerable,” Blaine said. “He was so unpredictable he was predictable as far as going into crowds, and he loved the open-top limousine in parade situations. ... It was very difficult to stomach.” To RSVP for the Aug. 19 event, please email hrhistoricalsociety@comcast.net. The event is free for members, but a suggested donation of $1 is requested for nonmembers. Light refreshments will be served beginning at 6:30 p.m.. The event is from 7 to 8:30 p.m.

SO MUCH INSIDE THE HERALD THIS WEEK

CORRECTION A recent article headlined “School project is for the birds” included an error about the number of Douglas County School District facilities with a chicken coop. Cherry Valley Elementary in Franktown recently built a coop and raises chickens as part of the school’s agriculturebased curriculum.

Jerry Blaine rides on the right rear foot of President John F. Kennedy’s limousine through the streets of Berlin in June 1963. Blaine, a 1950 Englewood High School graduate, served five years in the secret service from 1959-1964. The author of the book, “The Kennedy Detail,” he will talk about his experiences Aug. 19 with the Highlands Ranch Historical Society. Courtesy photo

Getting acquainted. Community, law officers mingle on the National Night Out. Page 4

Fall sports are here. This week, we bring you previews of softball, cross country and boys golf. Pages 18-21

Fun at the fair. Check out some photos from this year’s Douglas County Fair and Rodeo. Page 28

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Night brings community closer Law enforcement, citizens mingle for ideal of safety By Ryan Boldrey

rboldrey@ourcoloradonews. com National Night Out, an opportunity to bring community members together with one another as well as with law enforcement, was celebrated in Douglas County this year with 23 neighborhood parties, most of which were in Highlands Ranch. “When you know your neighbor, you are much more apt to look out for them,” said Douglas County Sheriff’s Sgt. Ron Hanavan, praising the Aug. 6 event. “National Night Out is all about bringing people together. When a community works together, we

can do anything together, we can solve crime.” Taking the time to get to know your neighbors, Hanavan said, not only makes a neighborhood stronger, but it also helps people realize when something may look suspicious or someone has left themselves vulnerable to potential crime. “The number of calls we get for open garages getting broken into, those types of crimes can really be prevented,” Hanavan said. “It’s real easy to pick up the phone and give your neighbor a call and remind them that they left their door open. But it’s easier when you know them first.” And while a major emphasis of National Night Out focuses on bringing people together and starting neighborhood watch organizations, it is also a treat for the officers who participate, Hanavan said. “For us, we aren’t taking calls,

Douglas County Sheriff’s Detective Mike Trindle goes over a variety of common explosives with kids in Highlands Ranch Aug. 6 during National Night Out. Trindle answered questions such as what to do if you come across an explosive at home or a friend’s house.

we are just being a part of the community,” he said. “You get to go and mingle with the people that you serve and get to know them in a different light. ... It’s a great opportunity to just meet these folks, without the urgency, the emotion, of the majority of calls we respond to.” Officers representing the sheriff’s office’s K-9 unit, SWAT team, bomb squad and explorer team, accompanied by Highlands Ranch Metro District park rangers and community safety volunteers, spent about 30 to 40 minutes each at about four to five different parties over the night, presenting more than 700 kids with bags containing coloring books on safety, sheriff’s stickers and more, while educating and thanking neighbors. A car featuring Undersheriff Tony Spurlock and District Attorney George Brauchler also made the rounds, as the two officials answered questions on crime trends and made small talk, joking about doughnuts, the weather and the Denver Broncos. For Highlands Ranch resident Jill Thomas, it was the fourth year her family hosted a National Night Out event, but a visit from a K-9 officer still drew an excited response. “Right after we moved in, we had some cars broken into, and my husband decided he wanted to put together a neighborhood watch,” she said. “We made fliers, put them on everyone’s door, the sheriff came out, and what started as six houses in each direction is now up to 30 houses.” Thomas said the benefits have been great, and that working together, her watch program has prevented a few crimes. By bringing everyone closer, she said,

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Douglas County Sheriff’s Deputy Steve Croushore puts a SWAT vest on 5-year-old Sam during an Aug. 6 National Night Out party in Highlands Ranch. The annual event resulted in 23 neighborhood parties around Douglas County, most of which occurred in Highlands Ranch. Photos by Ryan Boldrey people also watch each other’s pets and look after one another’s houses when they are away. Anyone interested in starting a

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Sheriff’S report Counterfeit cash spent in Ranch

A customer bought goods with a counterfeit $50 bill July 29 at the My Goods Modern Mart/Conoco station in the 6600 block of Timberline Road in Highlands Ranch. The bill was missing the reflective color shifting ink, the security strip and the watermark, and there were no colored fibers within the body of the paper, which was heavy in weight.

Mannequin stripped at Ren Fest

A black leather vest featuring gold buckles, valued at $165, was taken off a mannequin in broad daylight outside one of the vendor booths Aug. 3 at the Renaissance Festival in Larkspur. The manager of the booth had turned

Risky robbery in RTD lot

A 2000 Subaru Impreza was broken into sometime between 7:30 and 11 p.m. Aug. 4 at the RTD parking garage, located directly behind the Douglas County Sheriff’s Substation in Highlands Ranch. The passenger window, with an estimated value of $400, was shattered, and a $60 backpack in addition to an iHome speaker system, valued at $40, was stolen from the vehicle.

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Body found at fire scene Officials release little information after blaze By Virginia Grantier

v g r a n t i e r @ o u rc o l o r a donews.com An autopsy was to take place Aug. 7, to determine the identification and cause of death of an adult person found after an Aug. 6 Sedalia house fire, but there won’t be information available for some time. Douglas County Coroner Lora Thomas said today on Aug. 8 that there wouldn’t be anything to report for about two weeks. And Becky O’Guinn, South Metro Fire District spokeswoman, said investigators still didn’t know what caused the fire and that the investigation is continuing. The person who lived in the home, in the 2400 block of Colorado 67, hasn’t been located, “as far as I know,” said Sgt. Ron Hanavan, a Douglas County Sheriff’s Office spokesman. But Hanavan said at this point, the sheriff’s office wasn’t releasing the name of the home’s occupant.

The body was found after the early-morning fire — which destroyed the house — was extinguished and it was deemed safe for firefighters and investigators to enter, according to a Douglas County sheriff’s press release. The cause and origin of the fire was being investigated and “preliminary information does not indicate foul play,” according to a press release. A neighbor who is a volunteer firefighter reported the fire about 5 a.m. after that neighbor and others smelled smoke and went “to check it out,” said O’Guinn. The house, located about a mile up a one-lane dirt road off Colorado 67, was difficult to access and water wasn’t available. Tankers had to transport water from the Woodbine Ecology Center, which is about 1.5 miles away from the home, as well as getting water from other locations, O’Guinn said. Hanavan said fire departments that responded included West Douglas, Franktown, Castle Rock, Jackson 105 and South Metro.

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DouGlas CounTy Democrats executive committee meets at 7 p.m. every first Tuesday at various sites. Contact Ralph Jollensten at 303-663-1286 or e-mail ralphw@comcast.net. Social-discussion meetings are in Highlands Ranch, Castle Rock, Parker and Lone Tree. Visit douglasdemocrats.org and click on calendar for more information. REPuBliCans oF Highlands Ranch meet every last Friday of the month at the Cafe Mon Ami, 9579 S. University, Unit No. 150, at 7 a.m. Speakers of local, state and national political office address the group. Call Rick Murray at 303-9333292, or e-mail at rickmrry@yahoo.com. PRoFEssional BusinEss lEaDs Group meets at 7:15

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Five garages were reported to have been broken into in Douglas County between July 29 and 31, four of them in Highlands Ranch. Garage door openers were taken from vehicles at two of the residence. A $4,000 yellow Yeti bicycle was taken from a garage in the 11000 block of Valleybrook Circle in Highlands Ranch. And in Parker, a resident of the 10200 block of Mica Way had two lacrosse sticks, a yellow DeWalt cordless drill, an orange Black & Decker electric shrub trimmer and a black and white Never Summer longboard, with a combined value of $755, removed from a garage he thinks he left open overnight while he was sleeping.

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‘We’re not your traditional wine and cheese, chit-chat book club.’ Deb McLeod

By Ryan Boldrey

rboldrey@ourcoloradonews. com Feeling that her everyday job as a graphic designer was robbing her of creativity, Deb Mcleod returned to school about 10 years ago to pick up a master’s degree in creative writing. Since that day, McLeod has surrounded herself with writing, hers and others’. McLeod, who presently is working on an “Angel Thriller,” serves as a private writing coach for a dozen writers scattered around the United States, as well as another half dozen in Douglas County. Two years ago, she helped initiate the Writing Ranch at the Douglas County Library District. After a year of hosting events at all four major branches in the district, McLeod narrowed her focus to Highlands Ranch a little more than a year ago. “I’ve been living in Highlands Ranch for 20 years,” she said, “and

with the other communities all already having popular writing groups, the turnout was always better here so it made sense.” McLeod hosts free educational seminars and panel discussions every other month at the library on topics ranging from virtual books to e-publishing, to marketing in the past, to upcoming workshops on how to upload one’s book to Amazon in October. She will also give a $40 talk on how to use Scrivener at 6:30 p.m. Aug. 26 at the Highlands Ranch branch, 9292 S. Ridgeline Blvd. In addition to the every-othermonth seminars, she puts on a writer’s book club on the second Thursday of every month, with the next one coming up Sept. 12. “We’re not your traditional wine and cheese, chit-chat book club,” she said. “We spend our time together looking at the craft of the book. It’s

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less about `do you like the book and the characters’ and more `how did that writer do that.’ ” If those offerings aren’t enough, the author/coach also leads lowcost writing circles suited for the beginning writer to those who have been pecking at the keys for years. One thing McLeod doesn’t want people to get confused about is that these circles are not critique groups, but geared to giving six or seven writers the freedom to create. “It’s all about writing,” she said. “It’s a way for writers to produce pages, get support from other writers, and really put an emphasis on developing voice and imagery before bringing one’s story to the workshop table.” To learn more about the many offerings McLeod has through the Writing Ranch and Douglas County Libraries, visit www.debmcleod. com.

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Labor Day Office Closure Douglas County offices will be closed on Monday, September 2, 2013 in observance of Labor Day. Offices will resume normal business hours on Tuesday, September 3. Many county services are available online at www.douglas.co.us

Motor Vehicle Offices announce new hours of operation Attention Douglas County Residents aged 60 and older Through a countywide listening tour and an online survey, senior adults and their caregivers will now have the opportunity to share their vision for Douglas County communities. Please vist www. douglascountyseniorinitiative. com for the list of meetings throughout Douglas County, as well as a link to the online survey.

Veterans Affairs Office to relocate effective August 19 The Douglas County Office of Veterans Affairs will relocate to Douglas County’s Wilcox Building, 301 Wilcox Street, in Castle Rock. To prepare for and facilitate the move, the office will be closed on August 12-16 and reopen on the 19th at its new location. To learn more about the services of Douglas County Veterans Affairs please visit www.douglasveterans.org

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Hours of operation for all three Douglas County Motor Vehicle offices – Castle Rock, Highlands Ranch and the Park Meadows location – will change effective September 3. The new hours are 8 a.m. – 5:30 p.m., Monday through Friday. For more information please visit www. douglas.co.us/motorvehicle/

Celebrate Open Space Day at Prairie ! W NE Canyon Ranch Save the Date -- Saturday, August 24, from 9:30 a.m. – 2 p.m. Discover land that the County’s Open Space program has preserved while enjoying a free day at the Ranch. Hike the canyons with a naturalist; take a guided ride of the ranch by horseback (bring your own horse and pre-register at 303-6883280); enjoy historic displays, blacksmithing demonstrations, wagon rides, live music, live raptors, and more! Barbecue lunch will be available for purchase. Follow highway 83 6.5 miles south of Franktown. Sponsored by Douglas County Open Space and Natural Resources and Historic Douglas County, Inc. www.historicdouglascounty. org

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Prairie Canyon Ranch, south of Franktown, will be the site of an Open Space Day celebration from 9:30 a.m. until 2 p.m. Aug. 24. The free party will be an opportunity for people to hike canyons with a naturalist, take a guided ride of the ranch by horseback, and enjoy historic displays, blacksmithing demonstrations, wagon rides, live music, live raptors and more. There will also be barbeque lunches for purchase. For those who are interested in the guided horseback rides, it is “bring your own horse” and pre-registration is required by calling 303-688-3280. For more information, please visit www.historicdouglascounty.org. The event is sponsored by Douglas County Open Space and Natural Resources as well as Historic Douglas County Inc. To get to the ranch, follow Colorado 83 for 6.5 miles south of Franktown.

Time to `Touch a Truck’

The Highlands Ranch Community Association invites kids to put their imagination in gear and go as the second annual Touch-a-Truck event takes over the Cherry Hills Community Church parking lot at 3900 Grace Blvd. in Highlands Ranch from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m. Aug. 17. Kids will get the chance to get behind the wheel and rub elbows with all their hometown heroes as they climb and explore a variety of big rigs, fire engines, police cars, construction trucks, ambulances and more. The free event will feature monster truck rides, bounce houses, face painting

and games (at an additional cost), as well as gourmet food trucks to be enjoyed by kids and adults alike. There will be a hornfree hour from 9 to 10 a.m.

Wind Crest 99.1 percent full

After recording an increase of 19 in settlements of apartment homes for the first half of 2013, Wind Crest Retirement Community in northwest Highlands Ranch is at an all-time high of 99.1 percent occupancy. A total of 19 apartment homes were settled in the first half of 2013, and a total of 13 units had reservations placed on them as new residents moved into the community from California, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, and Missouri, as well as Colorado.

Setting the sun on summer

The Highlands Ranch Community Association and Metro District are joining together to bring local country band Buckstein to town for the Summer Sunset Concert, 6:30 to 8 p.m. Aug. 29 at Civic Green Park, 9370 Ridgeline Blvd. Buckstein, a top 40 contestant on “American Idol” in its sixth season, plays everything from classic country tunes to Top 40 hits and will be performing free of charge. To hear a sample of the band’s music, visit www.buckstein.net. A variety of food will be available for purchase, and attendees are encouraged to bring blankets and lawn chairs. No dogs are allowed in the park, however. For more information, please call 303-791-0430 or visit www.highlandsranch.org.

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FalCOn YOuTh Sports Association executive board meetings are at 7 p.m. every second Wednesday at the Highlands Ranch Community Association offices, 48 W. Springer Drive. Call 303-791-6244. highlanDS RanCh Cycling Club has weekly rides and a variety of cycling experiences for the cycling enthusiast. The club also meets regularly for club business. Visit www. highlandsranchcycling.com or call Bernie Greenberg, 303791-6792. highlanDS RanCh Garden Club. Whether you are an experienced gardener or a novice, you will always find something of interest at the Highlands Ranch Garden Club. For information, visit www.hrgc.org. Running Club meets at 7:30 a.m. every Saturday in the parking lot of Southeast Christian Church. Walkers, joggers and runners are welcome. Call John at 720-842-5520.

YOga ClaSS. Health Ministries at St. Andrew United Methodist Church welcomes the community to their health class: Yoga helps improve flexibility, balance, alignment, posture, toning, strengthening, relaxation and awareness. Class is offered from 9:45-10:45 a.m. Wednesdays. Sessions are 10 weeks, and drop-ins are welcome. Cost is $90 per 10 weeks or $15 per session. All levels are welcome. For information, contact the leader Martha who has taught yoga for many years, Call 720-480-2164, ihealing@msn.com. St. Andrew United Methodist Church, 9203 S. University Blvd., Highlands Ranch. Call 303-794-2683 for information or visit www. st-andrew-umc.com. SeRviCeS ManSiOn TOuRS. The Highlands Ranch Metro District invites the public to visit the Highlands Ranch Mansion for free during regular open hours from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. every Tuesday and Thursday. Visit www.HighlandsRanchMansion. com or call 303-791-0177.

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Catholic preschool to open doors Foundation set for first Catholic elementary in Highlands Ranch By Ryan Boldrey

rboldrey@ourcoloradonews. com St. Katharine Drexel Preschool is just weeks away from opening its doors on the campus of Pax Christi in Highlands Ranch, but what has Father Jim Baron even more excited is that the preschool is setting in place the foundation for the first Catholic elementary and middle schools in the community. Under the guidance of Pax Christi and St. Mark Catholic parishes, St. Katharine Drexel - set to open Sept. 3 - will offer a faithbased, classical education that focuses on technological as well as environmental components. Upon opening, the school will serve ages 3 to 5 at Pax Christi, but next year expects to offer kindergarten as well. “We’ll add on one grade at a time, each year,” Baron said.

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“And hopefully within two to three years we will have a standalone brick and mortar building either here at Pax Christi or at St. Mark’s.” The plan, he says, calls for either building a K-5 school on one campus and a middle school on the other, or building two K-8 school buildings, one on each campus. Parental input will be a big part of that decision as they move forward, he said. “Right now we are just excited to open our doors,” he said. “It’s going to be real shot in the arm for the Parish. Douglas County schools themselves are very good, and we were very pleased that it was the school district that proposed the voucher system. “The district realized they can provide a science and technology school, they can provide music programs, they can provide Montessori and charter schools, but they can’t provide anything to address parents that want to raise their kids with a faith-based education. We are excited that it seems to be moving forward. For all the great schools that are here, that is a big gap.” Baron said there are close to 2,500 families that attend St.

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Pax Christi Father Jim Baron is in good spirits as he talks about the future of having a Catholic school in Highlands Ranch. A preschool is scheduled to open this September at Pax Christi, and Baron says that within a couple years ground will be broken at St. Mark’s and Pax Christi on either two K-8 Catholic schools or one elementary and one middle school. Photo by Ryan Boldrey

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First United Methodist Church 1200 South Street Castle Rock, CO 80104 303.688.3047 www.fumccr.org

Services:

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Weaving Truth and Relevance into Relationships and Life

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Affiliated with United Church of Religious Science

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Castle Rock Recreation Center 2301 Woodlands Blvd, Castle Rock

9203 S. University Blvd. Highlands Ranch, 80126

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CENTER FOR SPIRITUAL LIVING Sunday Services 10 a.m.

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Abiding Word Lutheran Church 8391 S. Burnley Ct., Highlands Ranch

(Next to RTD lot @470 & University)

An Evangelical Presbyterian Church

Sunday Worship 10:30  4825 North Crowfoot Valley Rd. Castle Rock • canyonscc.org  303-663-5751

First Presbyterian Church of Littleton

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Trinity Lutheran Church & School

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Grace is on the NE Corner of Santa Fe Dr. & Highlands Ranch Pkwy. (Across from Murdochs)

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Joyful Mission Preschool 303-841-3770 7051 East Parker Hills Ct. • Parker, CO 303-841-3739 www.joylutheran-parker.org

Parker evangelical Presbyterian church Connect – Grow – Serve

Sunday Worship

8:45 am & 10:30 am 9030 Miller road Parker, Co 80138 303-841-2125 www.pepc.org

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Community Church of Religious Science Sunday services held in the historic Ruth Memorial Chapel at the Parker Mainstreet Center

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Visit our website for details of classes & upcoming events.

303.805.9890 P.O. Box 2945—Parker CO 80134-2945

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Mark’s and Pax Christi alone, and with only Ave Maria in Parker offering a K-8 Catholic education in Douglas County, they expect to draw families from all over the area. “We need to have the influence there from the time they are young to say `faith is important, it is part of everything you do and central to the decisions you make,’ ” said Holly Goodwin, superintendent of Catholic Schools for the Diocese of Colorado Springs that oversees Catholic Schools from Burlington to Leadville and Colorado Springs north to the Douglas/Arapahoe county line. “Students who attend Catholic school are four times more likely to remain Catholic and four times more likely to join a Parish and be actively engaged,” she said. “We don’t succeed until the students understand that their gifts are from God and that are to be used to serve Him and to serve others, to make a community better.” St. Katharine Drexel is located underneath the Parish Hall at Pax Christi, 5761 McArthur Ranch Road in Highlands Ranch. F or more information or to receive registration forms, contact Debbie Evans at 719-866-6456.

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Sunday School

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Morning Worship Service 10:30 am Evening Worship Service 6:30 pm

Greewood Village Saint Peter Lutheran Church and Rainbow Trail Lutheran Camp

Hilltop United Church Of Christ 10926 E. Democrat Rd. Parker, CO 10am Worship Service www.hilltopucc.org 303-841-2808

Pastor David Fisher Fellowship & Worship: 9:00 am Sunday School: 10:45 am 5755 Valley Hi Drive Parker, CO 303-941-0668

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Day Camp 2013 August 5 – 8 9300 E. Belleview Ave. Greenwood Village Colorado 80111 303-770-9301 or www.stplc.org

*ages 3 yrs to those entering 6th grade

Breakfast 8:15 am Prayer 6:00 pm

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S Circumstances change, but character shouldn’t Stuff happens, right? I mean, when we least expect change, it happens. Sometimes we are caught off-guard by awesome and wonderfully unexpected good news. And when that does happen, we never really have to worry about how we respond or react because in most cases we are smiling and enjoying the moment. And then there are those other times, when we least expect it, that our world gets turned upside-down in a flash. Have you ever been there, cruising along based on plans, commitments and expectations, and then all of sudden … WHAM … right between the eyes we get hit with a curve ball? Stuff happens, and it happens to all of us at some time or another. The difference is how we actually respond to the immediate shift in our course. Our character can be found in how we respond when faced with challenges or changes, especially when they come upon us out of the blue. If you have ever been faced with a sudden change or shift, or maybe even if you are

experiencing it right now, I want to share a simple philosophy with you that may help. I call this the “Cadence of Change,” and the “cadence” acronym stands for: Communication goes both ways, and in times of change we need to make sure we have expressed ourselves clearly and that we understand what is being shared; miscommunication often makes change worse. Authority means we have to stay in control; we are in charge of how we respond or react. If we allow other people or circum-

stances to dictate how the changes surrounding us impact our demeanor, we will never be in a position to maintain control. Decisions or lack of decisions often leave us paralyzed, and instead of taking action, we leave the decisions to others and again find ourselves being directed or driven by the motives of someone else. In times of change, it is critical to be in control of our own decisions. Expectations properly set are expectations that have a better chance of being realized. Many times our emotions and subsequent actions or reactions stem from misleading ourselves from the beginning. Stretching ourselves through dreams and goals are awesome, and realistic expectations are the foundation that ground us during times of change. New Paradigm — The definition of insanity is doing the same things over and over and expecting different results. All of us should be open and willing to think differently and see things through objec-

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What would improve your neighborhood?

On a weekend day at the Douglas County Fairgrounds in the leadup to this year’s fair, Colorado Community Media asked visitors: What’s the one thing that could really improve the neighborhood you live in?

“I wish they could up the number of chickens you could have.” — Jodie Nicholls, Littleton

“I can’t think of anything.” — Jameson Benson, Castle Pines North

“I wish people would keep their dogs on their property.” — Lisa Mycke, Sedalia

“Relaxation on the number of chickens you can have.” — Heber Lemmon, Roxborough

Hardball topics are mostly out of my league I have written some hardball columns, but invariably I throw them away. I have written about guns, politicians, Al Sharpton, abortion, same-sex marriages, and even about rodeos, but I am never satisfied afterward. Maybe it’s because I know there is nothing I can say that will make any difference. I might affect a handful of readers, but everyone else has made up their mind, or isn’t listening. When I heard that part of the state wanted to leave the state, I realized that I don’t really know Colorado. I know I live in a very sophisticated county. I now know that there are many very unsophisticated counties, and that the locals are perfectly happy with that, living partly in the 19th century. And they’re not perfectly happy with the rest of us. I don’t think they have our disparity in New Hampshire. The governor can give one-size-fits-all speeches. Hickenlooper has to be mindful of what goes on in Denver and Boulder, and Rico and Brush too. There’s another reason why I have thrown away hardball columns. Like I said, I am never satisfied afterward, and there’s more to it than that. I don’t feel good. I think I am intelligent and objective, but when I see what others believe and do, I grind my teeth and feel it’s best to keep some things to myself, and leave those topics to commentators who can sleep at night after what they have expressed dur-

Harvey dancing to Tea Party tune

So, state Sen. Ted Harvey has the dubious title of “honorary chairman” for a national super PAC set on stopping a run to the White house for Hillary Clinton. Really? This early in the game this elected state official is going to spend time doing the mean-spirited work of the Tea Party? With all the serious issues to be dealt with, one has to wonder who is Sen. Harvey really working for, ‘cause it isn’t the people of Colorado. However, this super PAC (can we say outside funding provided by the likes of the Koch brothers?) is in keeping with the U.S. House of Representatives. Shortly after President Obama’s healthcare plan passed, the Tea Party arose. Mitch McConnell declared the sole purpose of the Republican Party was to insure that President Obama was not re-elected. And so nothing has been accomplished by the worst House in U.S. history. Some believe this was another way of declaring there won’t be a black man in the White House. Well that didn’t work out quite the way they planned. And now there might be a woman in the White house! Quick, dig up Vince Foster and every other Clinton scandal. While there is no question that Eisenhower Republicans bemoan the loss of their party to the minority Tea Party, there is no doubt the money will pour in from Koch and company to besmirch a former president’s wife, a former U.S. senator and former secretary of state. One can only hope Harvey and company’s efforts will prove as futile as McConnell’s were. Denis Gessing Castle Rock

Don’t put GOP politics ahead of schools

The article “Republicans interview school candidates” blew me away. In a

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non-partisan election, the candidates should stand on their own, not because they support the ideology and principles of the Republican Party. The candidates should be out talking to the parents in the district they live in, not being endorsed by a political party. The candidates should have a clear commitment to serve our schools and understand the fiscal limitations imposed on the district. They should be committed to the students to provide the best education possible and not bend to the powers of Mr. Craig Steiner. I believe that Douglas County residents should look at and give careful consideration as to who was endorsed and who was not and become better acquainted with the candidates and vote their own conscience, not that of a political party. Tony Sarconi Highlands Ranch

Ousting union was right move

What a relief to read the letter written by Louie Lee of Castle Pines Village on the wonderful merits of our Douglas County Schools. Instead of the organized letter writing by the union thugs who organized anti-Douglas County Schools letters to the editor, it was a relief to read the truth on what the current administration is doing to encourage teachers to be rated on their results with our children’s education. In other words, the better the results the better the pay. That is the way it is in the real world. A good dedicated worker does not need a union crutch to determine their pay. Tenure does not cut the mustard. The DCSD needs to be congratulated on kicking the union out and keeping excellent teachers based on their talent. Keith Wanklyn Highlands Ranch

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CHrIS rOTar Editor ing the day. I acknowledge that most of the time I am a softball writer. And half of the time, I am up to no great good, writing about wordplay and coffee babies. If you drink Frappuccinos you are a coffee baby. There is one topic that I write about frequently that isn’t softball, and whenever I do, that’s when I receive the most responses. If I were to write that I was for or against guns, I would hear from both sides. You love them or you hate them. But no one — with very disturbing exceptions — doesn’t like animals, and especially our pets. I don’t know the first thing about moose, but I admire them. I always want to know the outcome of a bear that has wandered into town. I wrote about the Running of the Bulls, and my mailbox was full. That was a tough one to write, because it’s almost impossible

O gridl tive and productive eyes, instead of being for th anchored to the past. on fu Character means that whatever hapfor su pens, we handle ourselves in a respectful stude way, never yielding or compromising who perce we are to the circumstances that surround This us as the craziness of change happens. risin Excellence — In times of change and 10 ye growth, the watchword should be excelinfla lence. If we strive for perfection we will D often miss the mark, but when we pursue expe excellence we will impact change, truly perce impact change for the better. incre How is your cadence when it comes to has b change? The world is constantly changing, lege and I would love to hear all about how you avera handle it at gotonorton@gmail.com. And O when your “Cadence of Change” improves, Bipa it will really be a better than good week. 2013 H.R. Michael Norton, a resident of Highlands loans Ranch, is the former president of the Zig ing th Ziglar organization and CEO and founder How of www.candogo.com and w sena unre

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Student-loan plan shows bipartisan work On July 1 of this year, Congress’ partisan gridlock and inability to come together for the sake of the American people was on full display when it allowed the rates for subsidized Stafford loans for college students to double from 3.4 percent to 6.8 percent without any legislative remedy. This comes at a time when tuition rates are rising uncontrollably. In fact, over the last 10 years tuition rates have far outpaced inflation. During that time the economy has experienced an average inflation rate of 2.5 percent while the average annual tuition increase at a four-year public university has been double that at 5.2 percent. College seniors today are graduating with an average student loan of $27,000. On May 23, I supported H.R. 1911, the Bipartisan Student Loan Certainty Act of 2013, when it was passed in the House. H.R. 1911 added stability to educational loans in a fiscally responsible way by fixing the rate to the 10-year Treasury note. However, once the bill passed the House and was sent over to the Senate, certain senators on the other side of the aisle made unreasonable demands that not only went

contrary to the president’s stated objectives, but were fiscally irresponsible. After months of partisan wrangling within the Senate, last week the House of Representatives passed, with my support, the Senate amendment to H.R. 1911. I am pleased the Senate agreed with our approach that will give students the clarity and security they need while balancing the duty of Congress to be good stewards of taxpayer money. The final legislation, supported by the majority of the House and Senate, moves all new student loans (except Perkins loans) to a market-based interest rate while allowing interest rates to be reset once a year. Interest rates would be set using the

following formulas: Undergraduate Stafford Loans (both subsidized and unsubsidized) will be based on the 10-year Treasury note (which on August 1 was 2.74 percent) plus 2.05 percent, capped at 8.25 percent. Graduate unsubsidized Stafford loans will be based on the 10-year Treasury note plus 3.6 percent, capped at 9.5 percent, and PLUS loans (both parent and graduate student) will be based on 10-year Treasury note plus 4.6 percent, capped at 10.5 percent. These are commonsense formulas will provide students with affordable interest rates while maintaining the financial integrity of the federal student loan structure. As I alluded to earlier, this plan is similar to one supported by the president in his budget proposal. He agrees with the House that it is imperative Congress remove itself from the annual debate on interest rates so students can focus on getting an education rather than worrying about politicians in Washington, D.C. I hope President Obama acts quickly and approves the proposal that aids our students struggling in this economy.

Congress has been plagued with gridlock, so I am very pleased that Republicans and Democrats were able to come together to do something good for students while at the same time securing our future economic growth. However, we need to do more. When we subsidize student loan interest rates, we are investing in our future by sending highly trained and productive citizens out into the workforce and entrusting them with the levers of our economy. If we want to ensure a vibrant economic future, I hope that Republicans and Democrats can come together with the same spirit of bipartisanship that successfully addressed the loan rates and finally tackle the other national problems like debt, deficits, as well as entitlement and tax reform in the same cooperative manner. Republican Mike Coffman is the U.S. Representative for Colorado’s 6th District. He is a Marine Corps combat veteran and has a combined 21 years of military experience between the Army, the Army Reserve, the Marine Corps and the Marine Corps Reserve.

Average investors miss out on returns It is great when the stock market behaves … which means decent returns for the amount of risk an investor is willing to take. It can also mean that stocks are priced correctly based on fundamentals such as earnings, assets, and growth potential. But in reality, regardless of what the markets are returning or how appropriately stocks are priced, the average investor does not always benefit. The reason for this is known as behavioral investing. No one can really predict what the emotions of those willing to take or not take risk at any certain time will be. Therefore, sometimes emotions get in the way and cause people to make bad decisions. The U.S. equity markets have hit highwater marks in most of July. It was also the month of July that recognized record deposits from investors into stock mutual funds. Sometimes this can be called “chasing returns.” In reality, the average investor’s emotions change at some point from fear of losing principal to fear of missing out on gains. This causes a behavior that is less than optimum, such as buying high and selling low. This was brought to light again in a recent Dalbar ¹ study measuring investor returns compared to the stock market. The study shows that investors in U.S. stock mutual funds earned an average annualized return of 4.25 percent over the last 20 years. For that same time period, the Standard & Poor’s 500 stock index returned 8.21 percent annualized. While we know one cannot invest directly in the S&P 500, this is a common benchmark for domestic stock equities. The question is, what caused these investors to miss out on almost double the return? The answer lies in watching investor behavior when there is no formal portfolio strategy based on appropriate risk and time frame. Without an Investment

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to write anything worth reading when you are so angry you begin to preach, and I am against preaching, even by preachers. Whenever I write about my dog, Smitty, I get lots of emails from readers who have adopted pets. There is nothing better than adopting a pet that has been discarded. One reader was somehow in the right place when a middle-aged dog was left on a golf course in the middle of the night in another state. She was shy and emaciated and weak. And now she runs around the yard like a dervish and sleeps with her new mother. Listen, I am a grouch and that won’t change. But when it comes to the heart-

Policy Statement (IPS), investors tend to flounder and move in one of several wrong directions: with the crowd; based on fear; or following the wrong information, such as the media, an uninformed friend, or choosing single hot picks. The same study showed that more than 50 percent of the shortfall investors experience is due to physiological factors. This includes worrying more about short-term fluctuations than long-term results. This is one reason building a strategy based on the amount of time needed to reach your goal is so important. Another recent characteristic in investor behavior is searching for yield. Many folks are fed up with no interest being credited to their savings and money market accounts. This causes them to take on more risk in search of higher yields. The assumption is that savers deserve to earn something on their money. In reality, yields on short-term fixed-income accounts rarely pay more than current interest rates or inflation. Based on the current interest rate environment, income assets producing higher yields are likely invested in riskier bonds. Therefore a better strategy may be to see if you should add a diversification through other asset classes besides only those paying income. For immediate reserves, liquidity should be the main focus, not return. There are many emotional trends being explored in investor behavior. This is one factor that adds to market volatility when

beats at our feet, I am on high alert for their respect and love — or for disrespect. When I adopted Smitty, his face was a rich, solid auburn. Now it’s mostly gray. He no longer gets wellness examinations. He gets senior wellness exams. It’s a powerful feeling to know that he may have five good years remaining. I will leave Obamacare and immigration alone. I am in over my head. At least I know it, so you don’t have to put up with some clod’s attempt to explain things. Whenever I read Charles Krauthammer, I say to myself that I am very glad I have not taken that road. I don’t have that kind of stuff in me, and I don’t want to pretend that I do. Time to walk my dog. Craig Marshall Smith is an artist, educator and Highlands Ranch resident. He can be reached at craigmarshallsmith@comcast.net

there is no fundamental reason for markets to rise or fall on any given day. Often it is the perception of how markets will react that causes volatility, rather than fact. A recent example is the Federal Reserve announcement that drove both the bond and stock market down in June. There was no change in the commentary, but many investors perceived that it was time to pull out of bonds in case the Fed started tapering their easing program. Since no one can predict the stock market, much less the behaviors of emotional investors, it is even more imperative that serious investors build a strategy for prudent, diversified investing first.

1. Dalbar is an investment research firm in Boston, President Louis Harvey Patricia Kummer has been an independent Certified Financial Planner for 27 years and is President of Kummer Financial Strategies, Inc., a Registered Investment Advisor in Highlands Ranch. She welcomes your questions at www.kummerfinancial.com or call the economic hotline at 303-683-5800.Any material discussed is meant for informational purposes only and not a substitute for individual advice. Investing is subject to risks including loss of principal invested. Investors cannot purchase an index directly; these are used as a benchmark only.

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Ed tech director gets world spotlight McMonagle sees rapid changes in teaching, learning By Jane Reuter

jreuter@ourcoloradonews.com When Kim McMonagle talks about how technology is changing education, she exudes a contagious level of excitement. As the Douglas County School District’s director of educational technology, part of her job is to infuse teachers with some of that same enthusiasm. Her success in doing so recently earned her the international spotlight as a speaker at the largest online education conference. McMonagle was among 12 teachers worldwide who spoke during the Aug. 7 Edmodo. com conference. Edmodo, often called the Facebook of education, is a learning site that offers teachers and students a collaborative learn-

ing experience. McMonagle’s presentation focused on how teachers can use Edmodo and other online resources to prepare students for science, technology, engineering and math (STEM)-related careers. But Edmodo can be used with any subject. It’s the way of the future, McMonagle believes. “When I look back at what we were doing in 2005, it’s almost nothing compared to what we are doing in the world of education today,” she said. “All of these tools have gotten so much easier. Teachers are startMcMonagle ing to create online virtual learning experiences. It’s allowing them to differentiate and change the way we teach and learn.” Unlike Facebook, Edmodo and similar sites like Schoology are restricted to participants and parents, who can log in to check their students’ progress and communicate with teachers.

In 2010, DCSD set up its own Edmodo account. It’s an option particularly appealing to elementary school teachers, more and more of whom are using the site to supplement the classroom experience. “What’s really evolved since 2010 is having our students have an authentic voice in their learning and really sharing deeply what they think and understand about their learning,” McMonagle said. “We call it giving voice to all the participants in the classroom. When we think about what’s changed in education, if a teacher asked a question, you let two or three students respond and you move on. What happens to the voices of the other 25 students?” In a virtual Edmodo classroom, all students can chime in with responses and ask questions. It also allows teachers and students to connect to Edmodo participants around the world. McMonagle used ecosystems as a topic ripe for a broader debate. A teacher, she said, “can post, `I’m looking for another classroom somewhere in

the world that’s going to be posting about ecosystems. That (discussion) can get to economics, lifestyles, where are good places in the world to live. One topic can go cross-curricular.” The change in educational style “is coming at teachers fast and furious,” McMonagle said. “If you’re new to technology, it can feel overwhelming. How we support our teachers is huge right now.” And that’s where people like McMonagle and events like the Edmodo.com conference play vital roles. In 2012, 12,000 educators from 50 states and 117 countries registered for the conference. That worldwide link, reflected not only in the conference participants but in the program itself, delights McMonagle. “It’s the idea that we’re so globally connected,” she said. “The world is flat. It’s easy to connect. We’re neighbors.” McMonagle also recently earned state recognition as the 2013 winner of the Colorado Association of Leaders in Educational Technology’s Outstanding Technology Administrator Award.

Larkspur woman joins school board race Accountant cites concerns about schedules, finances By Jane Reuter

jreuter@ourcoloradonews.com Julie Keim’s passion for education grew out an almost-missed diagnosis of her oldest child. Teachers in another school district initially suspected the shy, socially awkward boy suffered from an autism spectrum condition. Keim and her husband rejected that idea, and teachers later realized their son was gifted and talented. Last spring,

he graduated a year early from Castle View High School. That experience showed Keim the power of the parent voice in education. Now she wants to take her years of involvement a step further, serving on the Douglas County School Board. Keim is the third candidate running for the District D seat, now occupied Keim by Carrie Mendoza. Kevin Leung and Stephen Boyd also seek the post; Mendoza has not yet indicated if she will seek re-election. A parent of three, Keim served on Larkspur Elementary’s Parent Teacher Organi-

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zation board after the family moved there in 2004. More recently, she helped launch parent involvement organizations at Castle Rock Middle and Castle View High schools. During the last two years of her work in schools, Keim noticed a shift in teachers’ attitudes. “Ours teachers and administrators were really struggling with how to absorb one budget cut after another,” she said. “The failure of the mill levy and bond issues was very demoralizing for our educators.” A certified professional accountant by trade with experience auditing school districts, Keim also recently started looking into the district’s financials. She doesn’t like what she found there. “I am concerned that the district does not have a sufficient grasp on its financial position and the impact that has on our students,” Keim said. Her concerns include a fund balance she believes is unnecessarily high and the accuracy of some financial statements, upon which she publicly commented in a July 2013 Denver Post guest column. DCSD leaders say their conservative budgeting approach is a safeguard against financial pitfalls endured by other districts and organizations. Keim also doesn’t support the district’s

current style of site-based budgeting that allows principals to decide how to spend money designated to their schools. Instead, she suggests a collaborative process that includes district leaders well-versed in finance. “They’re trying to create choice and innovation in our schools, and we’re asking them to also run a business,” Keim said. “Yet most of them don’t have any experience in business. If I were the CFO, I’d have budget staff sit down with those principals and ask, `How can we fund you so you can be the most successful school?’” Keim also believes the change to last year’s high school schedules could have been prevented. “I couldn’t believe that was the choice they made — to ask our students to go to school part-time, when they should be preparing for their future,” she said. An unaffiliated voter, Keim said she has no agenda. “What you see is what you get,” she said. “I’ve always known that I’d be good on a school board; I possess the administrative, accounting and consulting experience that would be helpful in addressing the financial issues of the district and bringing different perspective to a group of seven people tasked with representing all constituents in Douglas County.”

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It’s 5 p.m. Aug. 22 and you’re trying to figure out what restaurant to go to for dinner and you’re really hungry — hungry enough to eat at 50 restaurants. Well, there are 50 restaurants, in one room, ready to give you endless samples. At the 11th annual Taste of Douglas County, in the Douglas County Fairgrounds Events Center, the culinary experiences will range from treats brought from the tiny Yolanda’s Tacos on Wilcox Street to Sedalia’s longtime Gabriel’s Restaurant, a fine-dining Italian-fare experience. This is happening again because of Taste co-founders John DeLay, owner of Pegasus Restaurant in Castle Rock, and his longtime food friend, Mike Boyle, a former restaurant owner and current Denver radio and television personality. “We were a committee of two,” DeLay said. Boyle said when he first moved to Colorado, “you could pretty much starve to death out here … There were only a couple restaurants in town.” But Boyle said there is now a “nice variety” of restaurants that deserve some recognition. He and DeLay decided the county could support a nice food festival and he

thinks it has become a great one. “I think it’s the best food festival in Colorado,” he said. For $10, the price for advance tickets, and $5 for children ages 6-12, attendees can get samples from 50 restaurants, beverages included. And because it’s held on a Thursday instead of the busy weekend, chefs and owners are able to leave their restaurants and be at the event. Boyle said about 80 percent of the restaurants participating are independently owned, not chains. He said it’s a great way for new people moving into the county to learn about the restaurants around them. “If you live in Douglas County, you don’t need to go to travel to Arapahoe and Elbert counties … for good restaurants,” he said. There will also be live entertainment and the lineup of 2014 Harley-Davidson motorcycles will be on display. But it’s a night mainly about eating and eating some more. “Nobody goes away hungry from this,” Boyle said. The Douglas County Events Center, at 500 Fairgrounds Drive, is located off Interstate 25 at Exit 181. Head east on Plum Creek Parkway to the Douglas County Fairgrounds. Tickets are $20 at the door, but only $10 in advance — if bought by Aug. 18. For more information, go to www.tasteofdouglascounty.com.

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tates By Jane Reuter con- jreuter@ourcoloradonews.com d not ut in Douglas County School Board members e. listened in silence as teachers and parents con- berated them during their Aug. 6 meeting easy for their perceived role in recent teacher resignations and flagging staff morale. state A half-dozen people from among the Colo- standing-room-only crowd spoke in supional port of the board, while the board heard at y Ad- length from more than twice as many angry, sometimes tearful, critics. In a departure from standard procedure, the board allowed speakers to talk past the two-minute time limit and board members did not respond to the comments. Though Douglas County School District statistics still show teacher turnover in the normal range, speakers said teachers are leaving because of the board’s educationreform measures. Those include a pay-forperformance program based on a controversial teacher evaluation system, and a market-based pay scale. “Most teachers in Douglas County are looking for a way out of the mess you created,” said departing Rock Canyon High School teacher Suzi McKay, who said she received a “highly effective” rating during her recent evaluation. “For some, the promise of the elections is enough to keep them hanging. They are tired of being disparaged, mocked, demonized, lied about, sabotaged and ignored. While you manipulate the numbers … and tell the press there’s no morale problem, we all know teachers are leaving in droves. “A growing percentage of our community is smarter than you think, more organized than you realize and angrier than you know. November is coming. And this community has had enough.” Four seats on the seven-member board expire in November. Board member Doug Benevento, whose term is among those that expire, said after the meeting that facts don’t support the statements.

“The data all indicate something different,” he said. “A state-run survey indicates the vast majority of teachers are more satisfied with their work in Douglas County than any other district in the state. Their morale and satisfaction with the district has increased over two years. We know for a fact academic achievement is better than it was four years ago.” But, he said, “In an organization of this size, you’re not going to be able to make everybody happy.” Of the Douglas County educators who took the state-run Teaching, Empowering, Leading and Learning (TELL) survey, 84.7 percent agreed their school is a good place to work and learn. The survey also showed 22 percent of DCSD teachers — more than twice the state average — planned to leave the district or leave education entirely. Many teachers also say the TELL survey results only reflect conditions at the school level, and that satisfaction with the district and its leadership is poor. They expressed that dissatisfaction to cheers and applause at the meeting. Brian White, who left ThunderRidge High School to teach in Littleton Public Schools, said district leaders don’t appear to care why teachers are leaving. “The climate created by the board and central administration sucks the life out of teaching,” he said during the Aug. 6 meeting. “All of you are aware of the morale problem in Douglas County and not a single one of you have done anything to correct it.” Others said the board is moving forward with a corporate education-reform agenda that doesn’t put students’ interests first. “The voices of those closest to our students — the parents and teachers — are being ignored,” said former Saddle Ranch Elementary teacher Maria Lauer. “District leadership has decided that ideology and national attention are more important than what happens with our young minds.” Kelsey Alexander, former chair of the Douglas County Republicans, was among the smaller group that praised the board. “We just want the best curriculum and the best teachers,” she said. “So I want to thank you for giving an incentive system to encourage all teachers to be that great teacher … through your pay-for-performance program.”

Lone Tree preps for Cabela’s grand-opening weekend Overflow parking, shuttles, celebrities part of multi-day event for retailer By Jane Reuter

jreuter@ourcoloradonews.com Lone Tree residents who cheered news of Cabela’s decision to locate there may feel less enthusiastic this weekend. Anticipated grand-opening weekend traffic promises to congest the RidgeGate Parkway and Interstate 25 interchange from Aug. 14-18, before tapering off to a calmer level. The grand opening is at 11 a.m. Aug. 15 and Cabela’s cardholders were invited into the store a day early, on Aug. 14. Cabela’s, city police and several other local agencies are working together to minimize traffic impacts, supplying shuttle service to and from an overflow parking lot. Though the Cabela’s lot includes 538 parking spaces, company officials believe it will be full by 9 a.m. Aug. 15, its grand opening day. Based on previous Cabela’s grand openings, they anticipate the same situation on both weekend days. An overflow parking lot will be ready for those customers at Havana Street and RidgeGate Parkway, east of I-25. Three shuttles will transport people

from the lot to the store. Between 4,000 and 5,000 cars — or 10,000 to 12,000 people — are expected daily on Aug. 15, 17 and 18. Dense retail traffic is something with which Lone Tree cops have ample experience. “We consider it like a Black Friday or an IKEA opening, but on the right side of the city,” said Lone Tree’s business development coordinator Torie Brazitis. The traditional oversized pair of scissors won’t be required for Cabela’s grand opening. Instead, an archer will shoot an arrow through the ribbon. The Thornton store will open simultaneously. Speakers at the Lone Tree grand opening include location Cabela’s Chief Operations Officer Michael Copeland, Lone Tree Mayor Jim Gunning and the store’s general manager, Karen Koons. Cabela’s founders Mary and Dick Cabela will sign autographs in the afternoon. Celebrities from the “Swamp People” and “Bone Collector” television series and country music star Justin Moore also will appear at the Lone Tree store opening. Gift cards and merchandise will be awarded to the first customers through the doors Aug. 15, 16, 17 and 18. Lone Tree police advise local drivers to use alternate routes during the grand opening weekend.

Pom-pon-waving teachers welcome Rocky Heights Middle School to the new year Aug. 12. Photo by Jane Reuter

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will travel to the site of the 2002 Hayman fire as well as the Black Forest, where wildfire destroyed more than 500 homes in June. “We’ll talk about the science of fire, the health connection, the bigger picture of how it affects the environment, the economic impact, planning ahead for fire,” Majetich said. “It’s all connected in an inter-disciplinary unit that ends with a mock trial.” The mock trial will depict what may happen to someone charged for starting a wildfire. The role of attorneys, firefighters, the Red Cross, park rangers and reporters all will be included in the unit. The team plans to bring in professionals from many of all those industries to speak to the students. “We’d also like to do something proactive,” Majetich said. “Fire can happen here in Highlands

ends with a mock trial.’ Sharon Majetich, teacher Ranch as well.” The innovation team and its fire study, with an emphasis on collaboration, is an example of the shift in education underway in the Douglas County School District. Teachers are moving away from the traditional instructional approach to lessons that emphasize the four C’s of creativity, collaboration, communication and critical thinking. The goal is to provide students with what DCSD calls “a world-class education,” designed to make them competitive in a rapidly changing and global market.

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Racers round a corner in downtown Littleton on Aug. 11 during the Littleton Criterium Bicycle Race. The race was held on closed course with a duration of approximately one hour. The race was part of Littleton’s Western Welcome Week activities, celebrating the town’s deep-rooted western heritage.

Zack Allison of Fort Collins sports a salute as he crosses the finish line at the Littleton Criterium on Aug. 11 in downtown Littleton. Allison took top honors in the professional men’s category, completing the 100 mile ride in 1:08:52.

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Professional cyclists from across the state gathered in downtown Littleton on Aug. 11 for the city’s first ever Criterium Bicycle Race. The closed-course road challenge offered several races throughout the day to accommodate a variety of age groups and skill sets. The afternoon men’s and women’s race packed the streets with spectators that found the event almost as exciting as the racers. The Criterium was a new addition to the city’s annual Western Welcome Week activities, celebrating the community’s deep-rooted western heritage.

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Week 1 Softball • Cross Country • Golf Castle View catcher Morgan Trujillo snags a pitch on one bounce. She will be teaming up with Savannah Heebner as the battery for the Sabercats this season. Photo by Tom Munds

Teams running on battery power Pitcher-catcher tandems make the difference in high school softball By Jim Benton

jbenton@ourcoloradonews.com Most good high school softball teams are built around solid batteries. In other words, the combined effectiveness of a pitcher and catcher. You can’t have one without the other. “If your pitching and catching is solid, you have any kind of decent coaching, you should win more games than you lose, and with a little luck you should win much more than you lose,” said Ponderosa coach Toby Tabola. “It starts there,” he continued. “You can’t forget the catcher. You can’t have these great pitchers without a really good person to receive the ball. There have been times where I have not been able to allow a pitcher to throw a particular pitch because it’s too hard for the catcher to handle.” Tabola’s daughter, Caley Mitchell, is head coach at Castle View. “I absolutely believe in the importance of a great pitcher and catcher,” said Mitchell. “If you have a solid hitting team and good defense you may be still able to win games, but you won’t go further than that. The defense can only do so much if you don’t have a pitcher to keep girls off base. “Catchers are just as important. Your pitcher can be great, but if you don’t have a catcher that can handle her, you are going to have problems. The catcher commands the field, she needs to be heads-up on every play, as well as be a coach for the pitcher.” Castle View and Ponderosa have two of the league’s top pitchers in the Sabercats’ junior Savannah Heebner and the Mustangs’ Ally Power, also a junior. Heebner won 13 games with 145 strikeouts and a 1.49 earned run average. Power won 14 games last season with 208 strikeouts and a 1.69 ERA. Junior Sarah Carpenter will be Power’s battery-mate after taking over the starting catching duties late last season. Senior Morgan Trujillo will be behind the plate catching Heebner.

‘If your pitching and catching is solid, you have any kind of decent coaching, you should win more games than you lose.’ Toby Tabola, Ponderosa

Catchers are the team leaders, setting the tone for the team and often calling timeouts to visit with pitchers to avoid a visit to the mound by a coach. “I would say the catcher is the leader on the field,” said Power. “Yeah, you listen to her. It’s very important to have confidence in your catcher. “Talks between my catcher and I are really team decisions. We discuss it and normally agree with the changes. Sarah did her job well last season.” Trujillo admits it is sometime hard for a catcher to be a leader. “In the beginning it was a challenge,” said Trujillo. “Then I realized I was involved in every single play, I’ve really got to step up my leadership role. From that point on, I love doing it. “Sometimes girls on your team just hate being told what to do. In reality you are just trying to say `let’s get back on track and we need to come together as a team.’ “Savannah has always been a stud,” continued Trujillo. “She’s getting looked at a lot by big schools. I look at myself and say she couldn’t be where she is today if she didn’t have a catcher. I’m just not talking about me but every other catcher that’s she’s experienced along the way. Without that catcher, she would be pitching to the backstop.” Castle View and Ponderosa are expected to be two of the Continental League’s strongest teams this season. Defending league champion Rock Canyon returns seven starters and the Jaguars are the team to beat. Mountain Vista, Legend and Douglas County should have a say in which team wins the league title.

Softball Teams At a Glance HIGHLANDS RANCH

Coach — Joe Gleason 2012 highlights — 1-9 in Continental League, 3-16 overall Top players — Taylor Saul, Sr.; Maureen Morgan, Jr.; Taryn Calori, Sr. 2013 outlook — Saul, Morgan and Calori are expected to be back as Gleason takes over as the new Falcons coach.

Swartout has a fast glove at third base. Travis, Yanks and Blumberg have started at first base, second base and catcher the past three years and bring knowledge of the game as well as solid hitting. Say what — “The team has been conditioning all summer and is ready to take on the challenge of the 2013 season,” said Kortbawi.

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Coach — Bret Grammerstorf 2012 highlghts — 7-3 in Continental League, 16-7 overall, won Region 2 championship and lost in quarterfinals of state tournament. Top players — Rachel Johnson, 1B, Sr.; Kara Felske, IF, Sr.; Madi Garduno, CF, Jr.; Maggie Mitchell, OF, Sr.; Shelby Rank, C, Sr,; Kayla Lewis, SS, Soph.; Dani Klatt, P, Jr.; Annie Engler, P; Morgan Reid, P. 2013 outlook — Golden Eagles have qualified for the state tournament the past 10 seasons but it could be harder this season with an inexperienced varsity pitching staff. Johnson was an All-Continental League performer in 2012, hitting .457 with five home runs and a 1.000 fielding percentage. Say what — “This will be a different team than we have had in the past. We will be athletic and really untested in the circle. We are ready for the challenge,” said Grammerstorf.

ROCK CANYON

Coach — Debbie Kortbawi 2012 highlights — 9-1 in Continental League, 19-5 overall, Region 6 champions, lost in Class 5A state championship semifinals. Top players — Zayne Blumberg, C/OF, Sr.; Brooklyn Travis, 1B/C, Sr.; Lauren Paige, 1B/P, Sr.; Lauren Yanks, 2B, Sr.; Taylor Vagt, 2B, Sr.; Sydney Hairgrove, OF, Jr.; Hannah Clark, SS/OF, Jr.; Shen Lu Swartout, 3B/OF, Sr.; Carrie Corbetta, OF/SS, Sr.; Katie Didonna, P/SS, Soph.; Kayla Wing, 2B/OF, Soph. 2013 outlook — Jaguars return seven seniors who played on Final Four teams the past three seasons. Paige has one of the strongest bats in the state and

Coach — James Dollaghan 2012 highlights — 7-3 in Continental League, 13-9 overall. Top players — Molly Whitefoot, CF, Sr.; Katie Leiker, 3B, Jr.; Gabby Smith, SS, Jr.; Hannah Hatten, P, Jr. Lauren (Hope) Ballard, OF, Jr. 2013 outlook — Whitefoot is a returning All-Continental League player who hit .466 last season. Leiker was also All-Conference and led the league with 34 RBI. The team has good speed and softball intelligence but the pitching needs to hold up to be a contender. Grizzlies can build off a seven-game winning streak, which pushed them into the 2012 state playoffs. Say what — “The girls work extremely hard and are excited to get the season going. We look to challenge for a league championship this year,” said Dollaghan.

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Coach — Dave Atencio 2012 highlights — Eagles finished the season 9-12. Top players — Shelby Mann, 2B, Jr.; MaKenna Roth, CF, Jr.; Kendall Ohman, SS, Jr.; Morgan Petrone, 3B, Jr. 2013 outlook — Atencio assumes the coaching duties at Valor after 20 years coaching at Dakota Ridge. After reaching the state Class 5A finals with Dakota Ridge last season, he inherits an Eagle team with no seniors but a group of experienced underclass players. Say what — “We are going to be vastly improved over last year. We have a very experienced group of kids coming back and will be strongly pushing for a state berth,” said Atencio.

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Athletes urged to fuel up Cross country runners told to stay hydrated, get enough calories By Jim Benton

jbenton@ourcoloradonews. com Cherry Creek’s Jordyn Colter appeared to ready to capture her second consecutive Class 5A individual state cross country championship last October when she collapsed and didn’t finish the race. It was learned that Colter had low sodium and potassium and her white blood cell count was high, but seeing one of the state’s top runners break down scared many cross country runners to pay more attention to nutrition and hydration. Two months after her scare at the state cross country meet, Colter ran fourth in the national Foot Locker Cross Country Championships in San Diego. She won the 800- and 1,600-meter runs at the Class 5A state track meet last May and was third in the 3,200-meter run. “She looks strong and healthy,” Creek girls cross country coach Holly Lane said of Colter, who is a junior this season. Lane and boys coach Ethan Dusto view what their runners eat and drink. “Some of them sort of have a misconception,” said Lane.

“They don’t realize how many calories they’re burning off during training and they don’t realize how many calories they should be taking in. “During track season a few years ago, Ethan made them keep journals just so they could keep track of what they were eating so we could make sure they were eating enough. We had a nutritionist come speak to them during our summer running camp to emphasize how important proper nutrition is because you need that fuel for your body to go.” Sometimes, even with journals, it’s tough to monitor the food and water intake of runners. “We try to make sure they drink water during the day and are eating properly but when they are at school, depending what their schedule is like, they don’t always eat properly and then come out to practice and try to run hard, but they just run out of gas or they end up cramping up because of dehydration. We try to emphasize they should always have a water bottle with them.” Mountain Vista has a dominant cross country program in the Continental League. The Golden Eagles boys won the state championship last year and the girls were fourth. “We play up nutrition and hydration probably a couple times a week,” said coach Jonathan Dalby. “We try to educate as much as we can about that kind of stuff. We try to get them to carry a wa-

ter bottle around with them all day long or always have that with them. “We talk about eating fruits and vegetables. We want them to eat carbohydrates but what they always don’t think about is eating fats and protein. We try to educate them on eating the right kind of fats and protein. Those three things kind of fuel you up as an athlete and help better performances day in and day out.” Mountain Vista senior Connor Weaver, who was the first Golden Eagles runner to cross the finish line, in 12th place at the 2012 state meet, tries to eat healthy and watches his iron levels. “Every day I take a vitamin supplement and an iron supplement,” he said. “My sophomore year I found out I was anemic and that when I run, I sweat a lot. I lose iron more quickly than a lot of other people. Without iron, oxygen can’t be transported throughout the body as quickly. So that is a big thing for me, making sure my iron levels are good. “I know everybody on our team drinks two full 32-ounce bottles of water a day. I know Andrew Walton and I do protein shakes typically an hour after a hard workout. That seems to help the muscles recover.” Highlands Ranch also has their girls and boys runners keep journals on what they eat, and Clifford and head boys coach Nicky DeBolt harp on their athletes to

Mountain Vista Cross Country coach Jonathan Dalby talks to his boys and girls squads before practice Aug. 13 at MVHS. Dalby encourages his runners to carry around a water bottle during the day to help stay hydrated. Photo by Ryan Boldrey keep hydrated. “I play a lot of attention to my diet,” said Highlands Ranch senior Nick Meis. “My goal is to keep consumption of junk food to a minimum. I keep a water bottle with me at school. I make sure I sip water throughout the day when I know I’ll be running in the afternoon.”

Clifford has issued a warning to Highlands Ranch teachers. “We did tell the kids we were going to email their teachers,” related Clifford. “If they yell at you for having to go to the bathroom all the time, have them email us because you have to stay hydrated all the time.”

Cross Country Teams At a Glance HIGHLANDS RANCH

Coach — Katie Clifford (girls), Nicky DeBolt (boys). 2012 highlights — Falcons had only one runner qualify for the Class 5A state meet. Top girls runners — Macy Kreutz, Sr. Top boys runners — Nicholas Meis, Sr. 2013 outlook — Kreutz, who ran in the 2012 state meet, returns to lead the girls team and Meis will carry the hopes for an improved campaign for the boys. Say what? — “I think we will be a solid team. Our goal is to look at how to make the team better,” said Clifford.

MOUNTAIN VISTA

Coach — Jonathan Dalby (girls and boys). 2012 highlights — Girls finished fourth in the Class 5A state championship meet and the boys won the state championship after finishing second in 2012 and third in 2011. Mountain Vista won all six races (girls and boys) at the Continental League meet. Weaver was the first Mountain Vista runner to cross the finish line at the state meet and the other four Vista runners followed within 17.5 seconds. Top girl runners — Delaney Fitzsimmons, Sr.; Molly Reicher, Sr. Kenzie Haberkorn, Jr.; Abbie Suntken, Soph; Abby Hendren , Soph.; Courtney Goodrum, Jr.; Ashlee Johnson, Sr. Top boys runners — Connor Weaver, Sr.; Andrew Walton, Sr.; Blake Graf, Sr.; Carson Hart, Sr.; Tyler Matzke, Jr.; 2013 outlook — There were 135 girls and boys runners who showed up for the Golden Eagles’ summer conditioning camp so there will be a lot of competition

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ROCK CANYON

Coach — Dan Davies (girls and boys) 2012 highlights — Girls and boys both finished third in the Continental League. Boys were 11th at the 5A state meet. Top girl runners — Phoebe Schneider, Sr.; Gabby Alcala, Sr.; MacKenna Balman, Soph.; Nicole Jordan, Jr. Top boys runners — Jake Blackburn, Jr.; Conner Skoglund, Sr.; Paul Bisesi, Sr.; Andy Tinlin, Sr.; Gabe Tauber, Jr. 2013 outlook — Girls team has four strong varsity runners but newcomers will have to solve the lack of depth. Boys have plenty of depth but lack experience. Say what? — “Schneider, Alcala, Balman and Jordan are coming off strong track seasons but need support from younger girls. Blackburn will be supported by Skoglund, Tinlin and Tauber who look to be much improved,” said Davies.

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Top girls runners — Sierra Dinges, Sr.; Emily Waters, Jr.; Ashlee Fausz, Jr., Emma Atwell, Jr.; Morgan Aurich, Soph. Top boys runners — Paul Moore, Jr.; Chase Bigelow, Jr.; Joel Isakson, Sr.; Jack Lindauer, Sr.; Chandler Jenson, Jr.; Evan Stolk, Jr.; Reese Epper, Soph.; Brady Barker, Sr. 2013 outlook — Girls team is loaded with runners from last season’s deep junior varsity and incoming freshmen who are pushing for varsity spots. Boys team surprised people by qualifying for the state championship last season and could startle again this season. Say what? — “Providing things go well, I’m hopeful for our best-ever ThunderRidge cross country season,” said Paisley.

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Coach — Greg Coplen (girls and boys) 2012 highlights — Boys team made strides and advanced to Class 4A state championship meet. Girls team was young with two freshmen, three sophomores and a junior. Top girls runners — Lauren Ogg, Jr.; Taylor Spieker, Jr.; Grace Moore, Soph.; Caroline Fuschino, Jr.; Gabby Marchino, Sr.; Savannah Hunzicker, Soph. Top boys runners — Zac Petrie, Sr.; Ashton Grissom, Jr.; Aidan Cusick, Jr. 2013 outlook — Many of the boys and girls runners participated in track last spring and Coplen expects to witness improved performances this fall. Six of the top nine boys runners return from last season. Say what? — “Looking forward to seeing what they can do this year,” said Coplen.

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Players, coaches, parents and spectators have been complaining, grumbling, muttering and whining for years about the regional golf qualifying format. In the past, many of the state’s top teams and individuals were lumped in the same regions that were determined at the start of the season. That resulted in several good golfers not being able to qualify for the state tournament, while others with higher scores did make it into the state tourney because of playing in a region with fewer talented golfers. However, a significant change has been made to the Class 5A and 4A regional qualifying setup that will also apply to the girls spring season. Now, with the new CHSAA waterfall regional seeding system, league finishes will be submitted to the CHSAA on Sept. 9, and schools will be placed in one of four regions based on how they finished in their leagues. The idea behind the modification is that a couple conferences usually produce better golfers and often have to compete in a region for a certain number of spots in the state tournament, where another region might have schools that that don’t have as many good golfers. Last season, for example, after the predetermined number of teams qualifying in each region was set, the qualifying cutoff score in the MetroEast regional played at Common Ground Golf Club was 76. There were 38 golfers in the state tournament who played in last year’s state tournament with qualifying scores higher than 76, and there were six golfers in the Metro-East that fired a 76 and had a playoff, with only one advancing into the two-day state tournament. With this season’s seeding for the four regional tournaments, the No. 1, No. 5 and No. 9 teams in the Continental League will play in the Central Region along with the top Jefferson County League team. The Colorado Springs Metro and Front Range League champions will be in the Northern Region with the Continental’s No. 2, 6 and 10 schools. The Denver Prep and Southwestern League champions will be seeded in the Western Region with the Continental League’s third-, seventh- and 11th-place teams. The Continental League No. 4, No. 8 and No. 12 teams will tee it up in the Southern Region with the No. 1 teams from the Centennial and East Metro Leagues. Each Class 5A region will have two automatic teams qualify and roughly 15 individuals not on the top two teams. “The new format can make a huge difference,” said Douglas County coach Jeff Riley. “Historically the southern and eastern metro regions were very strong and the northern much stronger than metro west. In

Kyler Dunkle, who has committed to play golf next year at Colorado State University, is the defending Class 5A individual state champion. Photo by Jim Benton 2006, Douglas County won the league by 50 shots but finished fourth at regionals behind Air Academy, that had a career day, and Chaparral and ThunderRidge. “ThunderRidge and Chaparral finished 1-2 in the state tournament after Douglas County finished ahead of them throughout the regular season. Golf in the state of Colorado is basically a one-day season, the regionals. If you have a great season and have a bad day at regionals, you are out. The realignment hopefully will cut down the numbers of one-day wonders qualifying for the state tournament.” Mountain Vista coach Tim Taylor is another coach who lauds the CSHAA for taking a step in the right direction. “This is a step towards a better idea,” he said. “We always thought league should really mean something. Standings in the league were irrelevant. Now all of a sudden they mean something. The way you play in league will give you a chance to play well in the regional and get into the state tournament. “A lot of coaches for years have been saying that if you had a league like our league that was pretty deep

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and had kids go to a regional tournament that was a one-day shootout, which we never thought was right, you could have kids that shot 76, 77, 78 and not make it into the state tournament.” Littleton’s Joe Schroer was one of those golfers. He carded a 76 at the Metro-East regional and wasn’t the one golfer to survive a six-player playoff. He was eliminated from the state tournament. “It was kind of hard to look at the regional scores when they came out the next day, especially in the Jeffco League,” said Schroer. “I think it was 82 or 83 that was the cut. Hopefully it will be better this year.” Arapahoe coach Harry Buckner summed up the qualifying change in a few words. “Good golfers will get to state now,” he said. Highlands Ranch coach James Barker, however, doesn’t like the change. “To me a region is a geographic area, and you ought to know where your regional championship is going Golf continues on Page 21

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Solheim Cup: time to tee it up Americans, Europeans set for match play at course in Parker By Jim Benton

jbenton@ourcoloradonews.com Wandering around the Colorado Golf Club trying to find the best location to watch the Solheim Cup could be as difficult as successfully getting out of one of the course’s bunkers. The Solheim Cup, matching 12 of the top women professional golfers from the United States against a dozen of Europe’s top players, will be contested Aug. 16-18 in Parker. Fans want to be sure to be on the first hole to watch the players tee off in the match-play tournament. The first tee is a raucous place to be when players are teeing off because fans from both sides will be yelling, chanting and even singing songs to inspire the respective teams. The Solheim Cup is often called football golf because spectators can yell and scream. The par 4, 428-yard third hole is one that could be tough for the ladies. It is

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to be well ahead of time so you can get some practice rounds on the course,” said Barker. “Also, the season has to end on Sept. 9 to do this seeding for the regionals, so that means we’re only go-

downhill, which results in a forced carry on the second shot off a downhill lie. Holes 14, 15 and 16 could produce a bushel of birdies that might spark comebacks for trailing players. And, any match coming down to the 435-yard, par 4 18th hole could deliver some highlight-reel memories. “The course is going to be firm and fast, which means the ball is going to spend a lot of time on the ground and do a lot Wie of things,” said Colorado Golf Club head professional Graham Cliff. Holes on the course will have different setups from session-to-session. “The girls won’t know what to expect,” said Cliff. “They can’t go out and say `this morning I did this.’ The hole is going to be completely different that it was in the morning. They play a hole like No. 2, which is a par 3, it could play 150 yards in the morning and it could play 130 in the afternoon. “We’ve already discussed with the LPGA some setup things for Sunday and other days on some holes just to make them more exciting.” Golf Channel analyst Curt Byrum, who

ing to be playing a monthlong season. “I don’t like it at all. My argument against people who complain about shooting a good score and not getting into the state championship is they need to get better. I do think we shouldn’t have players who shoot 90 in the state championship, but I don’t think we’ve ever found a good formula. Maybe a two-day regional would be better.” Regis Jesuit and Cherry Creek will

played Colorado Golf Club during the 2010 Senior PGA, says the Parker course that is exposed to the wind is an ideal venue for the Solheim Cup. “Overall it’s going to be a tremendous venue,” said Byrum. “They can do so much with the setup to play to the match play part of this. “No. 14 is one of those holes that they can move the tees up to make that a drivable par 4. So that stretch of 14, 15 and 16 could be real volatile. There are eagle possibilities in that stretch of three holes.” The U.S. team with Brittany Lincicome, Lexi Thompson, Jessica Korda, Gerina Piller and Michele Wie has more long hitters than the Europeans. “If the girls are playing best ball or alternate shot on certain holes if you can have your longest player playing, it could make a difference,” said Cliff. “That’s the reason Michelle Wie was picked for the team is for her length. “Meg (U.S. captain Mallon) said it best, she can’t leave four or five birdies she thinks Michelle is going to make sitting at home on the couch.” Cliff warns spectators not to leave early and echoed the thoughts of many people that anything can happen in match play. “On 14, 15 and 16 there is no lead that

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is safe,” he said. “You are not going to be able to coast. People are going to birdie 14, 15 and 16 on a daily basis. A match coming down to 18 is going to be a fabulous hole for the gals playing up the hill with all the spectators. “At the end of the day, the team that putts the best is going to win. It’s the same for any tournament. The greens are really tough and the greens will be really fast.”

again be among the state’s top teams, and Douglas County returns the defending Class 5A individual champion in Kyler Dunkle. Valor Christian finished second in the 2012 Class 4A state tournament, losing a playoff to Pueblo South on the second hole. Four players on that team, Josh Seiple, Coby Welch, Jake Staiano and Ross Macdonald, were underclassmen.

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Coach — James Barker 2012 highlights — Finished eighth in Northern regional with senior Parker Cushing the lone state qualifier. Top players — Tyler Zhang, Fresh.; Kyle Pearson, Fresh,; Ryan Pearson, Fresh.; Charlie Schneider, Soph.; Anthony Mendez, Sr.; Brendan Harp, Jr.; Andrew Buckley, Jr. 2013 outlook — Falcons can go seven to eight players deep without a big drop in ability. Say what? — “ We’re going to have a good battle to see who will be on our regional and state teams. This year we’re probably be back to top 10 in state, top five at best,” said Barker.

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Coach — Tim Taylor 2012 highlights — Golden Eagles were 11th in the Northern regional and qualified only one golfer for state, and he has graduated. Top players — Austin Hardman, Soph.; Nolan Cox, Jr., Alex Mara, Sr.; Ryan Butler, Sr.; Chris Raap, Fresh. 2013 outlook — Golden Eagles will be young but the underclassmen are talented. Say what? — “We should do fairly well this season and I’m really looking forward to a couple years after that, after the young players get some more experience

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Coach — Jason Dunkle 2012 highlights — Jaguars were second in the Continental League, third in the Northern Regional and seventh at the Class 5A state tournament. Top players — Ryan Zetwick, Soph.; Josh Pusar, Fresh. 2013 outlook — This will be a rebuilding year after losing four seniors. Zetwick had a good summer and could develop into the team’s No. 1 player. Say what? — “Our weakness will be having so few players with varsity tournament experience,” said Dunkle.

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Coach — Jim McCord 2012 highlights - The Grizzlies were fourth in the Northern Regional tournament and came home in 11th place at the state tourney. Top players — Kevin McAdam, Sr.; Trevor McCord, Jr.; Jack Matchinski, Jr. 2013 outlook — McCord will be in his 18th season as a coach and he will have an experienced nucleus. Matchinski and McCord were two of the three players who qualified for the state tournament last season. Say what? — “ThunderRidge graduated only two senior golfers last year so we look forward to a strong year with some experienced players,” said McCord.

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Archivist gets ready to shelve career Woman leaves treasure trove at Castle Rock library By Virginia Grantier

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It might be to a 1930s-era map or an 1870s-era canvas of pressed flowers, some things that can only be touched by her and never checked out by you. Don’t even try. “There isn’t enough chocolate or ice cream,” she said, with a smiling mouth but eagle eyes. But Harden, who is retiring this month after 26 years of service, is no librarian — as many library patrons may have thought she was through the years. She started out a dreamer, wanted to be a geologist or archaeologist, went to college to study clothing and textiles, ended up a seamstress making dresses in Denver out of fine Thai silk and other materials. One dress she made in particular was a joy, for a woman who she remembers looked almost beyond lovely when greeting her husband in it at Denver’s old Stapleton Airport as he arrived from military duty in Vietnam. And then when she moved to Douglas County in the 1980s with her family, Harden was still sewing and

helping her husband with his business as a manufacturing representative — as well as living an outside life as a competitive horsewoman competing in trail events, riding up to 25 miles in a day. But that’s when library career started, too. But never as librarian: She was a volunteer, first, as a way to get to know her new community, at the little storefront that served as a Parker library. “I did story time, shelved books, did displays, helped people find things …,” she said. But she noticed books needed mending and she was a mender — but of clothes, not old books. “I taught myself to do it,” she said, about dealing with the chain stitching, cheese cloth, liner paper, end sheets and other parts of old roughly handled books. Through the years, taking care of old books would lead to learning to care for old things, historic things, and becoming eventually a trained archivist who will leave behind a large legacy, literally. With her efforts, and the essential help of others, she was on the ground floor of creating the Douglas County History Resource Center that started with eight donated boxes of items, Harden said. And it has grown to include, at Castle Rock’s library, a temperaturecontrolled 500-square-foot vault with its own fire-suppression system containing thousands of pictures,

Johanna Harden, Douglas County Library District’s first archivist, now retiring this month, is finishing up a final project -- cleaning and mounting a homesteader’s pressed-flower collection from the 1800s. Photo by Virginia Grantier books, maps that everyone uses — from land planners, to historians and authors, students and people in search of information about great-great-grandma. “Now, as Johanna’s retirement approaches, the Douglas County History and Research Center is roughly the size of a small branch (and could be the size of a bigger one),” said Jamie LaRue, director of

Douglas County Libraries. “Because of her always earnest stewardship of our past treasures, and the continued professionalism of the rest of the DCHRC staff, the library has earned a lot of respect for our stewardship of the Douglas County story …. For many years, she has been the face of our local history efforts, and I am very grateful to her for that.”

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Affordability is key at gathering of vendors By Sonya Ellingboe

sellingboe@ourcoloradonews. com Visitors to local outdoor art shows sometimes come away empty-handed and discouraged by high prices. A solution is at hand on Aug. 25 at Arapahoe Community College with the return of the Affordable Arts Festival, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on the West Lawn. More than 120 local and national artists will exhibit fine arts and crafts, with nothing costing more than $100. Organizer Jim De Lutes, who is director of the annual Memorial Day weekend Downtown Arts Festival, said many of these items would normally have a much higher price. It may be a piece of older inventory, some originally over $1,000, but may be new to customers who visit the very approachable and friendly

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If you go The Affordable Arts Festival will be held from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Aug. 25 on the West Lawn of Arapahoe Community College, 5900 S. Santa Fe Drive, Littleton. Free parking is available on campus. Admission: $5, which goes to the ACC Foundation Scholarship Fund. Information: AffordableArtsFestival.com. AAF. Included among Colorado artists who will have booths: Sean Brown, jewelry; JD Hillberry, realistic drawing; Rick Martin, metal work; Bil Buhler, clay; and Yelean Siderova, painting. National artists from more than a dozen states include: photographer John Charbonneau, New Mexico; ceramic artist Steve Cunningham, Iowa; Jennifer Homcy, Hawaii, wood; and Kanchana Nerato, Missouri, jewelry. Food and beverage will be available for purchase. Admission costs $5, which will support the ACC Foundation’s Scholarship Fund — including art students.

THINGS TO DO Through Aug. 31 WeATher moniTors. The Community Collaborative Rain, Hail and Snow Network based at the Colorado Climate Center at Colorado State University is looking to add a few hundred observers to its Denver area network during August. All it takes to be involved is the purchase of an official rain gauge ($30) and a commitment to help monitor the local climate by taking precipitation measurements as often as possible. The data is reported to the CoCoRaHS website and daily maps of local precipitation patterns are produced. Training is offered in person or online; a list of Denver area training classes can be found at http://www.cocorahs.org/State. aspx?state=CO. For information, or to sign up, contact Chris Spears at chris.spears@colostate. edu or go to www.cocorahs.org and click on the “Join Us” link. Aug. 15 JAzz AT the Mansion, 6:30-8 p.m. at the

Highlands Ranch Mansion, 9900 Ranch Road in Highlands Ranch. Come enjoy a casual, comfortable evening of jazz in the Carriage House. Advance tickets are $35, day-of, $40 if not sold out. A cash bar will be available and light hors d’oeuvres will be served. Doors open at 5:30. Tickets are available at www.hrcaonline.org or any HRCA rec center.

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rescue, will have a 5K fun run on Aug. 18. Registration starts at 8 a.m. and the racer start at 8:30. Event lasts until 11 a.m., with booths to peruse. All events take place at Redstone Park, 3280 Redstone Park Circle, Highlands Ranch (http://highlandsranch.org/2011/12/08/ redstone-park/). To participate, email constelation_gal@yahoo.com. To pay your registration fee, visit www.bigdogshugepaws.com and click on donate.

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Local woman helps Nicaraguan children Feist wants youths to have brighter future By Tom Munds

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Jean Feist was a guest speaker July 26 at the Casa Unida Foundation’s dinner for volunteers who spent two weeks helping build a school and other projects. Feist, who now lives in Nicaragua, talked about the projects she works with. Photo by Tom Munds “I try to help by those who come to us on mission trips by arranging accommodations and meals for them. I also help the group by identifying schools and churches that can use their help making repairs or painting the facility. The members on the mission trips also bring clothes and toys for the children and make up food baskets for needy families,” Feist said. “The visits accomplish a lot of work but it isn’t all work because we pick up children from orphanages and take them to places like a water park, the zoo or the museum. We end the day with a pizza feast.”

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a Greenwood Village-based organization supplying medical equipment to developing countries. She and her husband lived in the Columbine Country Club area until they moved to Highlands Ranch. She was active in the Littleton Rotary Club for about eight years and was the club treasurer for a couple years. She said volunteers, including a recent group from Virginia and one from Cherry Hills Community Church in Highlands Ranch, came to Nicaragua to assist with the projects helping the local residents.

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are sold on the local market to residents as well as to tourists. Another project supported by families from Highlands Ranch and the Christian Academy in Norfolk, Va., is the Suzie Syke Clinic in El Crucero. Feist said the clinic provides medical and dental care to the people of the poor village. The clinic also had a feeding program, providing meals for more than 60 children every Saturday. Helping others isn’t new to Feist, as she worked for many years with Project Cure,

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Three years ago, Jean Feist made the decision to move from Highlands Ranch to a neighborhood in Managua, Nicaragua, to work on projects designed to help young people in that country. “Things are difficult for young Nicaraguans,” she said in an interview in Managua. “Only a minority of children go to or beyond the sixth grade. I feel education is the only thing that will mean a brighter future for young Nicaraguans. The first challenge is having children develop a desire to learn because, for so long, so many Nicaraguans have not valued education.” She currently works with Fundacion Cristiana Cuenta Conmigo, an organization that has a mission to provide education projects that give young Nicaraguans the tools to build a better life. Feist currently is working with a number of people to establish an institute to offer secondary education to Nicaraguan students in areas like computer skills, accounting and English, to help them secure meaningful jobs that currently are unfilled because of a lack of qualified applicants. She said a successful example of what vocational education can do is the sewing project in the village of El Crucero that she worked on. The program was established to help single mothers with no job or skills develop a way to earn a living. “We provided day care for the children of the students who attended classes three days a week for three hours per day for eight weeks,” Feist said. “In class, the women learned to maintain the treadle sewing machines and operate them.” She said 12 students graduated from the program, and now those young women are earning incomes by making good quality baby clothes, handbags and aprons that

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Public Trustees PUBLIC NOTICE RENOTICED AND REPUBLISHED PURSUANT TO CRS 38-38-109(2)(b)(II) PUBLIC NOTICE Littleton NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2013-0012 To Whom It May Concern: On 5/20/2013 the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in Douglas County. Original Grantor: TROY D. RUTZ AND KRISTIN RUTZ Original Beneficiary: UNIVERSAL LENDING CORPORATION Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: COLORADO HOUSING AND FINANCE AUTHORITY Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 7/12/2006 Recording Date of DOT: 7/17/2006 Reception No. of DOT: 2006060587 DOT Recorded in Douglas County. Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $201,741.00 Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $185,815.96 Pursuant to C.R.S. §38-38-101 (4) (i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: Failure to timely make payments as required under the Deed of Trust. THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. The property described herein is all of the property encumbered by the lien of the deed of trust. Legal Description of Real Property: LOT 25, BLOCK 2, PARCEL 1 AT ROXBOROUGH VILLAGE FILING NO.2, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO. Which has the address of: 7557 Dusk Street, Littleton, CO 80125 NOTICE OF SALE The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust described herein, has filed written election and demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust. THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that on the first possible sale date (unless the sale is continued*) at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, September 18, 2013, at the Public Trustee’s office, 402 Wilcox Street, Castle Rock, Colorado, I will sell at public auction to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will deliver to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law. First Publication: 7/25/2013 Last Publication: 8/22/2013 Publisher: Douglas County News Press Dated: 5/20/2013 GEORGE J KENNEDY DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: DAVID R DOUGHTY Colorado Registration #: 40042 19201 E. MAINSTREET SUITE 205, PARKER, COLORADO 80134-9092 Phone #: (303) 706-9990 Fax #: Attorney File #: 15479 *YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE DATES on the Public Trustee website: http://www.douglas.co.us/publictrustee/ Legal Notice No.: 2013-0012 First Publication: 7/25/2013 Last Publication: 8/22/2013 Publisher: Douglas County News Press PUBLIC NOTICE AMENDED Highlands Ranch NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2013-0017 To Whom It May Concern: On 1/14/2013 the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in Douglas County. Original Grantor: SCOTT A HENLEY AND BARBARA A HENLEY Original Beneficiary: WELLS FARGO HOME MORTGAGE, INC. Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A. Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 3/11/2004 Recording Date of DOT: 3/18/2004 Reception No. of DOT: 2004027263 DOT Recorded in Douglas County. Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $184,491.00 Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $166,962.72 Pursuant to C.R.S. §38-38-101 (4) (i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: Failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust and other violations of the terms thereof. THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. The property described herein is all of the property encumbered by the lien of the deed of trust. Legal Description of Real Property: LOT 52, HIGHLANDS RANCH FILING NO. 102B, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO Which has the address of: 10023 S Deer Creek S, Highlands Ranch, CO 80129 NOTICE OF SALE The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust described herein, has filed written election and demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust. THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that on the first possible sale date (unless the sale is continued*) at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, September 11, 2013, at the Public Trustee’s office, 402 Wilcox Street, Castle Rock, Colorado, I will sell at public auction to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will deliver to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law. First Publication: 7/25/2013 Last Publication: 8/22/2013 Publisher: Douglas County News Press Dated: 7/17/2013 GEORGE J KENNEDY DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: CYNTHIA LOWERY-GRABER Colorado Registration #: 34145

herein, has filed written election and demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust. THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that on the first possible sale date (unless the sale is continued*) at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, September 11, 2013, at the Public Trustee’s office, 402 Wilcox Street, Castle Rock, Colorado, I will sell at public auction to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will deliver to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law. First Publication: 7/25/2013 Last Publication: 8/22/2013 Publisher: Douglas County News Press Dated: 7/17/2013 GEORGE J KENNEDY DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: CYNTHIA LOWERY-GRABER Colorado Registration #: 34145 999 18TH STREET SUITE 2201, DENVER, COLORADO 80202 Phone #: (303) 865-1400 Fax #: (303) 865-1410 Attorney File #: 12-14084 *YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE DATES on the Public Trustee website: http://www.douglas.co.us/publictrustee/

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Legal Notice No.: 2013-0017 First Publication: 7/25/2013 Last Publication: 8/22/2013 Publisher: Douglas County News Press PUBLIC NOTICE AMENDED Highlands Ranch NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2013-0148 To Whom It May Concern: On 2/26/2013 the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in Douglas County. Original Grantor: EVANGELIA MONSELL AND MARSHALL A. MONSELL Original Beneficiary: MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., ACTING SOLELY AS NOMINEE FOR BNC MORTGAGE, INC. Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE FOR STRUCTURED ASSET INVESTMENT LOAN TRUST, MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2006-BNC 1 Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 12/23/2005 Recording Date of DOT: 1/4/2006 Reception No. of DOT: 2006001056 DOT Recorded in Douglas County. Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $233,200.00 Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $215,270.32 Pursuant to C.R.S. §38-38-101 (4) (i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: Failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust and other violations of the terms thereof. THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. The property described herein is all of the property encumbered by the lien of the deed of trust. Legal Description of Real Property: LOT 53, HIGHLANDS RANCH FILING NO. 79-A, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO. Which has the address of: 1486 Hermosa Dr, Highlands Ranch, CO 80126 NOTICE OF SALE The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust described herein, has filed written election and demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust. THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that on the first possible sale date (unless the sale is continued*) at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, September 11, 2013, at the Public Trustee’s office, 402 Wilcox Street, Castle Rock, Colorado, I will sell at public auction to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will deliver to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law. First Publication: 7/25/2013 Last Publication: 8/22/2013 Publisher: Douglas County News Press Dated: 7/10/2013 GEORGE J KENNEDY DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: EMILY JENSIK Colorado Registration #: 31294 1199 BANNOCK STREET , DENVER, COLORADO 80204 Phone #: (303) 813-1177 Fax #: (303) 813-1107 Attorney File #: 1068.05962 *YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE DATES on the Public Trustee website: http://www.douglas.co.us/publictrustee/ Legal Notice No.: 2013-0148 First Publication: 7/25/2013 Last Publication: 8/22/2013 Publisher: Douglas County News Press PUBLIC NOTICE AMENDED Highlands Ranch NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2013-0160 To Whom It May Concern: On 3/1/2013 the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in Douglas County. Original Grantor: LEWIS L LANKER AND STEPHANIE L LANKER Original Beneficiary: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 3/10/2008 Recording Date of DOT: 4/15/2008 Reception No. of DOT: 2008026542 DOT Recorded in Douglas County. Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $416,000.00 Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $396,220.26 Pursuant to C.R.S. §38-38-101 (4) (i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: Failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust and other violations of the terms thereof. THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. The property described herein is all of the property encumbered by the lien of the deed of trust. Legal Description of Real Property: LOT 421, HIGHLANDS RANCH FILING NO. 112-A, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO. Which has the address of: 2023 Cactus Bluff Ave, Highlands Ranch, CO 80129 NOTICE OF SALE The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust described herein, has filed written election and demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust. THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that on the first possible sale date (unless the sale is continued*) at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, September 18, 2013, at the Pub-

date hereof: $396,220.26 Pursuant to C.R.S. §38-38-101 (4) (i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: Failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust and other violations of the terms thereof. THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. The property described herein is all of the property encumbered by the lien of the deed of trust. Legal Description of Real Property: LOT 421, HIGHLANDS RANCH FILING NO. 112-A, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO. Which has the address of: 2023 Cactus Bluff Ave, Highlands Ranch, CO 80129 NOTICE OF SALE The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust described herein, has filed written election and demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust. THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that on the first possible sale date (unless the sale is continued*) at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, September 18, 2013, at the Public Trustee’s office, 402 Wilcox Street, Castle Rock, Colorado, I will sell at public auction to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will deliver to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law. First Publication: 7/25/2013 Last Publication: 8/22/2013 Publisher: Douglas County News Press Dated: 7/15/2013 GEORGE J KENNEDY DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: KIMBERLY L. MARTINEZ Colorado Registration #: 40351 999 18TH STREET SUITE 2201, DENVER, COLORADO 80202 Phone #: (303) 865-1400 Fax #: (303) 865-1410 Attorney File #: 12-06603 *YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE DATES on the Public Trustee website: http://www.douglas.co.us/publictrustee/

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Legal Notice No.: 2013-0160 First Publication: 7/25/2013 Last Publication: 8/22/2013 Publisher: Douglas County News Press PUBLIC NOTICE AMENDED Highlands Ranch NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2013-0180 To Whom It May Concern: On 3/12/2013 the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in Douglas County. Original Grantor: PATRICIA L SIMPSON Original Beneficiary: ARGENT MORTGAGE COMPANY, LLC Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY, AS TRUSTEE FOR ARGENT SECURITIES INC., ASSETBACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2006-W4 Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 3/3/2006 Recording Date of DOT: 3/13/2006 Reception No. of DOT: 2006020210 DOT Recorded in Douglas County. Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $234,500.00 Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $230,385.71 Pursuant to C.R.S. §38-38-101 (4) (i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: Failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust and other violations of the terms thereof. THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. The property described herein is all of the property encumbered by the lien of the deed of trust. Legal Description of Real Property: LOT 35, HIGHLANDS RANCH FILING NO. 86-D, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO. Which has the address of: 9125 Sugarstone Cir, Highlands Ranch, CO 80130 NOTICE OF SALE The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust described herein, has filed written election and demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust. THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that on the first possible sale date (unless the sale is continued*) at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, October 2, 2013, at the Public Trustee’s office, 402 Wilcox Street, Castle Rock, Colorado, I will sell at public auction to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will deliver to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law. First Publication: 8/8/2013 Last Publication: 9/5/2013 Publisher: Douglas County News Press Dated: 7/29/2013 GEORGE J KENNEDY DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: MONICA L KADRMAS, ESQ. Colorado Registration #: 34904 1199 BANNOCK STREET , DENVER, COLORADO 80204 Phone #: (303) 813-1177 Fax #: (303) 813-1107 Attorney File #: 6662.28781 *YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE DATES on the Public Trustee website: http://www.douglas.co.us/publictrustee/ Legal Notice No.: 2013-0180 First Publication: 8/8/2013 Last Publication: 9/5/2013 Publisher: Douglas County News Press PUBLIC NOTICE Littleton NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2013-0367 To Whom It May Concern: On 5/23/2013 the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in Douglas County. Original Grantor: JENNIFER Z. MERGONI AND ALFONSO R. MERGONI Original Beneficiary: MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., ACTING SOLELY AS NOMINEE FOR FREEDOM MORTGAGE CORPORATION Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: FREEDOM MORTGAGE CORPORATION Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 12/19/2009 Recording Date of DOT: 1/4/2010 Reception No. of DOT: 2010000059 DOT Recorded in Douglas County. Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $275,532.00 Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $272,510.17 Pursuant to C.R.S. §38-38-101 (4) (i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: Failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust and other violations of the terms thereof. THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE

undersigned Public Trustee caused 25 the the Notice of Election and Demand relat-

ing to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in Douglas County. Original Grantor: JENNIFER Z. MERGONI AND ALFONSO R. MERGONI Original Beneficiary: MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., ACTING SOLELY AS NOMINEE FOR FREEDOM MORTGAGE CORPORATION Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: FREEDOM MORTGAGE CORPORATION Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 12/19/2009 Recording Date of DOT: 1/4/2010 Reception No. of DOT: 2010000059 DOT Recorded in Douglas County. Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $275,532.00 Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $272,510.17 Pursuant to C.R.S. §38-38-101 (4) (i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: Failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust and other violations of the terms thereof. THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. The property described herein is all of the property encumbered by the lien of the deed of trust. Legal Description of Real Property: LOT 34, BLOCK 4, HIGHLANDS RANCH FILING NO. 69-A, ACCORDING TO THE RECORDED PLAT THEREOF, AND ACCORDING TO AFFIDAVIT OF CORRECTION RECORDED AUGUST 6, 1987 IN BOOK 739 AT PAGE 458, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO. Which has the address of: 9603 Lameria Dr, Littleton, CO 80130 NOTICE OF SALE The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust described herein, has filed written election and demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust. THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that on the first possible sale date (unless the sale is continued*) at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, September 11, 2013, at the Public Trustee’s office, 402 Wilcox Street, Castle Rock, Colorado, I will sell at public auction to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will deliver to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law. First Publication: 7/18/2013 Last Publication: 8/15/2013 Publisher: Douglas County News Press Dated: 5/28/2013 GEORGE J KENNEDY DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: LISA CANCANON Colorado Registration #: 42043 1199 BANNOCK STREET , DENVER, COLORADO 80204 Phone #: (303) 813-1177 Fax #: (303) 813-1107 Attorney File #: 1164.00075 *YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE DATES on the Public Trustee website: http://www.douglas.co.us/publictrustee/

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Legal Notice No.: 2013-0367 First Publication: 7/18/2013 Last Publication: 8/15/2013 Publisher: Douglas County News Press PUBLIC NOTICE Highlands Ranch NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2013-0383 To Whom It May Concern: On 5/30/2013 the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in Douglas County. Original Grantor: CHARLES R. ERLE AND MARIANELLA M. ERLE Original Beneficiary: MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., AS NOMINEE FOR FREMONT INVESTMENT & LOAN Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY AS TRUSTEE FOR GSAMP TRUST 2006-FM3, MORTGAGE PASSTHROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2006-FM3 Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 8/25/2006 Recording Date of DOT: 9/6/2006 Reception No. of DOT: 2006076917 DOT Recorded in Douglas County. Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $246,400.00 Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $253,680.90 Pursuant to C.R.S. §38-38-101 (4) (i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: Failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust and other violations of the terms thereof.*AS MODIFIED PURSUANT TO THE LOAN MODIFICATION DATED ON JANUARY 1, 2012* THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. The property described herein is all of the property encumbered by the lien of the deed of trust. Legal Description of Real Property: LOT 458, HIGHLANDS RANCH-FILING NO. 112-A, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO. Which has the address of: 1954 Fox Fire Street, Highlands Ranch, CO 80129 NOTICE OF SALE The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust described herein, has filed written election and demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust. THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that on the first possible sale date (unless the sale is continued*) at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, September 18, 2013, at the Public Trustee’s office, 402 Wilcox Street, Castle Rock, Colorado, I will sell at public auction to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will deliver to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law. First Publication: 7/25/2013 Last Publication: 8/22/2013 Publisher: Douglas County News Press Dated: 6/6/2013 GEORGE J KENNEDY DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: WAYNE E VADEN Colorado Registration #: 21026 PO BOX 18997 , DENVER, COLORADO 80218 Phone #: (303) 377-2933 Fax #: (303) 377-2934 Attorney File #: 13-051-05022 *YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE DATES on the Public Trustee website: http://www.douglas.co.us/publictrustee/ Legal Notice No.: 2013-0383 First Publication: 7/25/2013 Last Publication: 8/22/2013 Publisher: Douglas County News Press PUBLIC NOTICE Littleton NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2013-0386

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that on the first possible sale date (unless the sale is continued*) at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, September 25, 2013, at the Public Trustee’s office, 402 Wilcox Street, Castle Rock, Colorado, I will sell at public auction to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will deliver to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law. First Publication: 8/1/2013 Last Publication: 8/29/2013 Publisher: Douglas County News Press Dated: 6/6/2013 GEORGE J KENNEDY DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: EMILY JENSIK Colorado Registration #: 31294 1199 BANNOCK STREET , DENVER, COLORADO 80204 Phone #: (303) 813-1177 Fax #: (303) 813-1107 Attorney File #: 1068.07967 *YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE DATES on the Public Trustee website: http://www.douglas.co.us/publictrustee/

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PUBLIC NOTICE Public Trustees

Littleton NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2013-0386 To Whom It May Concern: On 5/30/2013 the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in Douglas County. Original Grantor: ERICA J. ZINKE Original Beneficiary: MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., AS NOMINEE FOR MORTGAGEIT, INC Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS SUCCESSOR TO WACHOVIA BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FKA FIRST UNION NATIONAL BANK Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 5/4/2006 Recording Date of DOT: 5/17/2006 Reception No. of DOT: 2006041615 DOT Recorded in Douglas County. Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $188,000.00 Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $178,117.38 Pursuant to C.R.S. §38-38-101 (4) (i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: Failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust and other violations of the terms thereof. THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. The property described herein is all of the property encumbered by the lien of the deed of trust. Legal Description of Real Property: LOT 43, HIGHLANDS RANCH FILING NO. 121-A, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO. Which has the address of: 1387 Laurenwood Way, Littleton, CO 80129 NOTICE OF SALE The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust described herein, has filed written election and demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust. THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that on the first possible sale date (unless the sale is continued*) at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, September 18, 2013, at the Public Trustee’s office, 402 Wilcox Street, Castle Rock, Colorado, I will sell at public auction to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will deliver to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law. First Publication: 7/25/2013 Last Publication: 8/22/2013 Publisher: Douglas County News Press Dated: 6/6/2013 GEORGE J KENNEDY DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: CYNTHIA LOWERY-GRABER Colorado Registration #: 34145 999 18TH STREET SUITE 2201, DENVER, COLORADO 80202 Phone #: (303) 865-1400 Fax #: (303) 865-1410 Attorney File #: 11-07262R *YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE DATES on the Public Trustee website: http://www.douglas.co.us/publictrustee/ Legal Notice No.: 2013-0386 First Publication: 7/25/2013 Last Publication: 8/22/2013 Publisher: Douglas County News Press PUBLIC NOTICE Highlands Ranch NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2013-0394 To Whom It May Concern: On 6/5/2013 the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in Douglas County. Original Grantor: AYTAN TURGEMAN Original Beneficiary: WASHINGTON MUTUAL BANK, FA Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 5/15/2006 Recording Date of DOT: 5/23/2006 Reception No. of DOT: 2006043315 DOT Recorded in Douglas County. Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $247,920.00 Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $268,767.37 Pursuant to C.R.S. §38-38-101 (4) (i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: Failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust and other violations of the terms thereof. THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. The property described herein is all of the property encumbered by the lien of the deed of trust. Legal Description of Real Property: LOT 31, HIGHLANDS RANCH - FILING NO. 118-G, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO. Which has the address of: 645 Blue Heron Way, Highlands Ranch, CO 80129 NOTICE OF SALE The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust described herein, has filed written election and demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust. THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that on the first possible sale date (unless the sale is continued*) at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, September 25, 2013, at the Public Trustee’s office, 402 Wilcox Street, Castle Rock, Colorado, I will sell at public auction to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will deliver to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law. First Publication: 8/1/2013 Last Publication: 8/29/2013 Publisher: Douglas County News Press Dated: 6/6/2013 GEORGE J KENNEDY DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: EMILY JENSIK Colorado Registration #: 31294 1199 BANNOCK STREET , DENVER, COLORADO 80204 Phone #: (303) 813-1177

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Legal Notice No.: 2013-0394 First Publication: 8/1/2013 Last Publication: 8/29/2013 Publisher: Douglas County News Press PUBLIC NOTICE Littleton NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2013-0399 To Whom It May Concern: On 6/6/2013 the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in Douglas County. Original Grantor: STEVEN M. TUCKER AKA STEVE TUCKER AND LESLIE I. TUCKER Original Beneficiary: MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., ACTING SOLELY AS NOMINEE FOR LENDER, COMMUNITY MORTGAGE GROUP, INC. DBA ACCESS LENDING GROUP Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 12/22/2003 Recording Date of DOT: 12/30/2003 Reception No. of DOT: 2003182166 DOT Recorded in Douglas County. Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $198,500.00 Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $172,685.74 Pursuant to C.R.S. §38-38-101 (4) (i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: Failure to pay monthly installments due Note Holder. THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. The property described herein is all of the property encumbered by the lien of the deed of trust. Legal Description of Real Property: LOT 55, PROVINCE CENTER FILING NO. 1E, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO. Which has the address of: 8957 Copeland Street, Littleton, CO 80126 NOTICE OF SALE The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust described herein, has filed written election and demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust. THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that on the first possible sale date (unless the sale is continued*) at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, September 25, 2013, at the Public Trustee’s office, 402 Wilcox Street, Castle Rock, Colorado, I will sell at public auction to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will deliver to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law. First Publication: 8/1/2013 Last Publication: 8/29/2013 Publisher: Douglas County News Press Dated: 6/10/2013 GEORGE J KENNEDY DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: TONI DALE Colorado Registration #: 30580 355 UNION BOULEVARD SUITE 250, LAKEWOOD, COLORADO 80228 Phone #: (303) 274-0155 Fax #: (303) 274-0159 Attorney File #: 13-920-24631 *YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE DATES on the Public Trustee website: http://www.douglas.co.us/publictrustee/ Legal Notice No.: 2013-0399 First Publication: 8/1/2013 Last Publication: 8/29/2013 Publisher: Douglas County News Press PUBLIC NOTICE Highlands Ranch NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2013-0401 To Whom It May Concern: On 6/6/2013 the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in Douglas County. Original Grantor: JOSEPH W. MIERZWA AND ROLANA MIERZWA Original Beneficiary: MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., AS NOMINEE FOR FIRST MAGNUS FINANCIAL CORPORATION, AN ARIZONA CORPORATION Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS, AS TRUSTEE FOR RESIDENTIAL ACCREDIT LOANS, INC., MORTGAGE ASSET-BACKED PASSTHROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2006-QS13 Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 1/13/2006 Recording Date of DOT: 1/20/2006 Reception No. of DOT: 2006005946 DOT Recorded in Douglas County. Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $254,400.00 Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $232,109.26 Pursuant to C.R.S. §38-38-101 (4) (i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: Failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust and other violations of the terms thereof. THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. The property described herein is all of the property encumbered by the lien of the deed of trust. Legal Description of Real Property: LOT 21, HIGHLANDS RANCH FILING NO. 98C, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO. Which has the address of: 9889 Spring Hill Drive, Highlands Ranch, CO 80129 NOTICE OF SALE The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust described herein, has filed written election and demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust. THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that on the first possible sale date (unless the sale is continued*) at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, September 25, 2013, at the Public Trustee’s office, 402 Wilcox Street, Castle Rock, Colorado, I will sell at public

STATE OF COLORADO. Which has the address of: 9889 Spring Hill Drive, Highlands Ranch, CO 80129 NOTICE OF SALE The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust described herein, has filed written election and demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust. THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that on the first possible sale date (unless the sale is continued*) at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, September 25, 2013, at the Public Trustee’s office, 402 Wilcox Street, Castle Rock, Colorado, I will sell at public auction to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will deliver to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law. First Publication: 8/1/2013 Last Publication: 8/29/2013 Publisher: Douglas County News Press Dated: 6/10/2013 GEORGE J KENNEDY DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: ALISON L BERRY Colorado Registration #: 34531 999 18TH STREET SUITE 2201, DENVER, COLORADO 80202 Phone #: (303) 865-1400 Fax #: (303) 865-1410 Attorney File #: 13-03275 *YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE DATES on the Public Trustee website: http://www.douglas.co.us/publictrustee/

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the sale is continued*) at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, October 2, 2013, at the Public Trustee’s office, 402 Wilcox Street, Castle Rock, Colorado, I will sell at public auction to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will deliver to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law. First Publication: 8/8/2013 Last Publication: 9/5/2013 Publisher: Douglas County News Press Dated: 6/18/2013 GEORGE J KENNEDY DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: EMILY JENSIK Colorado Registration #: 31294 1199 BANNOCK STREET , DENVER, COLORADO 80204 Phone #: (303) 813-1177 Fax #: (303) 813-1107 Attorney File #: 1068.07867 *YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE DATES on the Public Trustee website: http://www.douglas.co.us/publictrustee/

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First Publication: 8/8/2013 Last Publication: 9/5/2013 Publisher: Douglas County News Press Dated: 6/18/2013 GEORGE J KENNEDY DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: ALISON L BERRY Colorado Registration #: 34531 999 18TH STREET SUITE 2201, DENVER, COLORADO 80202 Phone #: (303) 865-1400 Fax #: (303) 865-1410 Attorney File #: 13-04154 *YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE DATES on the Public Trustee website: http://www.douglas.co.us/publictrustee/

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PUBLIC NOTICE Public Trustees

Littleton NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2013-0426

HIGHLINE CANAL; THENCE S 49 DEG. 31 MIN. 01 SEC. W ALONG SAID SOUTH RIGHT OF WAY LINE A DISTANCE OF 129.19 FEET; THENCE S 0 DEG. 47 MIN. 32 SEC. W A DISTANCE OF 585.00 FEET TO THE SOUTH LINE OF SAID SE¼ SE¼ AND THE NORTH LINE OF SAID CARDER COURT; THENCE S 89 DEG. 19 MIN. 00 SEC. E A DISTANCE OF 97.09 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING, AND EXCEPT: THE LAND OWNED AND USED BY THE DENVER WATER BOARD FOR HIGHLINE CANAL. Which has the address of: 8177 W Carder Ct, Littleton, CO 80125 NOTICE OF SALE The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust described herein, has filed written election and demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust. THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that on the first possible sale date (unless the sale is continued*) at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, October 9, 2013, at the Public Trustee’s office, 402 Wilcox Street, Castle Rock, Colorado, I will sell at public auction to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will deliver to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law. First Publication: 8/15/2013 Last Publication: 9/12/2013 Publisher: Douglas County News Press Dated: 6/20/2013 GEORGE J KENNEDY DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: EMILY JENSIK Colorado Registration #: 31294 1199 BANNOCK STREET , DENVER, COLORADO 80204 Phone #: (303) 813-1177 Fax #: (303) 813-1107 Attorney File #: 1069.07719 *YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE DATES on the Public Trustee website: http://www.douglas.co.us/publictrustee/

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mand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust. THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that on the first possible sale date (unless the sale is continued*) at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, October 9, 2013, at the Public Trustee’s office, 402 Wilcox Street, Castle Rock, Colorado, I will sell at public auction to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will deliver to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law. First Publication: 8/15/2013 Last Publication: 9/12/2013 Publisher: Douglas County News Press Dated: 6/24/2013 GEORGE J KENNEDY DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: HOLLY DECKER Colorado Registration #: 32647 355 UNION BOULEVARD SUITE 250, LAKEWOOD, COLORADO 80228 Phone #: (303) 274-0155 Fax #: (303) 274-0159 Attorney File #: 13-049-24274 *YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE DATES on the Public Trustee website: http://www.douglas.co.us/publictrustee/

August 15, 2013

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To Whom It May Concern: On 6/20/2013 the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in Douglas County. Original Grantor: DAWN LAUREL JUMP AND GARY WILLIAM JUMP Original Beneficiary: BANK ONE, N.A. Legal Notice No.: 2013-0418 Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: JPFirst Publication: 8/8/2013 MORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. SUCLast Publication: 9/5/2013 CESSOR BY MERGER TO BANK ONE, Publisher: Douglas County News Press N.A. Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 8/12/2002 PUBLIC NOTICE Recording Date of DOT: 8/27/2002 Reception No. of DOT: 2002086162 Highlands Ranch DOT Recorded in Douglas County. NOTICE OF SALE Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Public Trustee Sale No. 2013-0420 Debt: $235,000.00 Outstanding Principal Amount as of the To Whom It May Concern: On 6/13/2013 date hereof: $202,612.51 the undersigned Public Trustee caused Pursuant to C.R.S. §38-38-101 (4) (i), you the Notice of Election and Demand relatare hereby notified that the covenants of Legal Notice No.: 2013-0417 ing to the Deed of Trust described below the deed of trust have been violated as First Publication: 8/8/2013 to be recorded in Douglas County. follows: Failure to pay principal and inLast Publication: 9/5/2013 Original Grantor: CHRISTIAN B. terest when due together with all other Publisher: Douglas County News Press PERSON AND SHARI J. PERSON Legal Notice No.: 2013-0435 payments provided for in the Evidence of Original Beneficiary: WASHINGTON MUFirst Publication: 8/15/2013 Debt secured by the Deed of Trust and TUAL BANK, FA PUBLIC NOTICE Last Publication: 9/12/2013 other violations of the terms thereof. Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: JPPublisher: Douglas County News Press THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE MORGAN CHASE BANK, NATIONAL ASLittleton A FIRST LIEN. SOCIATION NOTICE OF SALE The property described herein is all of the Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 10/10/2003 Public Trustee Sale No. 2013-0418 property encumbered by the lien of the Recording Date of DOT: 10/31/2003 Legal Notice No.: 2013-0401 deed of trust. Reception No. of DOT: 2003158042 To Whom It May Concern: On 6/13/2013 First Publication: 8/1/2013 Legal Description of Real Property: DOT Recorded in Douglas County. the undersigned Public Trustee caused Last Publication: 8/29/2013 A PART OF THE W ½, SE ¼, SE ¼, Original Principal Amount of Evidence of the Notice of Election and Demand relatPublisher: Douglas County News Press SECTION 6, T6S. R68W, 6TH P.M., EXPublic Notice Debt: $374,500.00 ing to the Deed of Trust described below CEPT: BEGINNING AT THE SOUTHWOutstanding Principal Amount as of the to be recorded in Douglas County. EST CORNER OF THE W½ SE ¼SE¼, INVITATION FOR BID (IFB) date hereof: $326,654.95 PUBLIC NOTICE Original Grantor: LISA A. MCGEE SECTION 6, T6S, R68W, 6TH P.M.; NO. 030-13 Pursuant to C.R.S. §38-38-101 (4) (i), you Original Beneficiary: MORTGAGE ELECTHENCE EAST ALONG THE SOUTH 2013 SYNTHETIC TURF are hereby notified that the covenants of TRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, Littleton LINE OF SAID W½ SE ¼SE¼, A DISREJUVENATION PROJECT the deed of trust have been violated as INC., AS NOMINEE FOR M&T MORTNOTICE OF SALE TANCE OF 285 FEET: THENCE NORTH follows: Failure to pay principal and inGAGE CORPORATION Public Trustee Sale No. 2013-0417 PARALLEL TO THE WEST LINE OF The Parks, Trails & Building Grounds Diviterest when due together with all other Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: HSSAID W½ SE¼, SE¼, A DISTANCE OF sion of Douglas County Government, payments provided for in the Evidence of BC BANK USA, NATIONAL ASSOCITo Whom It May Concern: On 6/13/2013 344 FEET; THENCE SOUTHWESTERLY hereinafter referred to as the County, reDebt secured by the Deed of Trust and ATION AS TRUSTEE FOR WELLS the undersigned Public Trustee caused AT AN ANGLE TO THE LEFT 130 DEG. Legal Notice No.: 2013-0426 spectfully requests bids from responsible other violations of the terms thereof. FARGO ASSET SECURITIES CORPORthe Notice of Election and Demand relat43 MIN., A DISTANCE OF 376.02 FEET First Publication: 8/15/2013 and qualified firms for the provision of serTHE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE ATION, MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH ing to the Deed of Trust described below TO A POINT ON THE WEST LINE OF Last Publication: 9/12/2013 vices related to Synthetic Turf RejuvenaA FIRST LIEN. CERTIFICATES SERIES 2006-AR11 to be recorded in Douglas County. SAID W½, SE¼,SE¼, WHICH POINT IS Publisher: Douglas County News Press tion at Bayou Gulch Regional Park, ChalThe property described herein is all of the Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 4/10/2006 Original Grantor: TROY L. NEWBERRY 98.06 FEET NORTH OF THE SOUTHWlenger Regional Park, and Fairgrounds property encumbered by the lien of the AND SANDRA L. NEWBERRY Recording Date of DOT: 4/18/2006 EST CORNER OF SAID W½ SE¼, SE¼, Regional Park within Douglas County. deed of trust. PUBLIC NOTICE Original Beneficiary: MORTGAGE ELECReception No. of DOT: 2006032104 THENCE SOUTH ALONG THE WEST Legal Description of Real Property: TRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, DOT Recorded in Douglas County. LINE OF SAID W½ SE¼, SE¼, A DISThe IFB documents may be reviewed LOT 61, HIGHLANDS RANCH FILING Highlands Ranch INC. ACTING SOLELY AS NOMINEE Original Principal Amount of Evidence of TANCE OF 98.06 FEET, MORE OR and/or printed from the Rocky Mountain ENO. 118-L, ACCORDING TO THE RENOTICE OF SALE FOR CAPITAL PACIFIC HOME LOANS, Debt: $870,000.00 LESS, TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING , Purchasing System website at www.rockyCORDED PLAT THEREOF, (THE Public Trustee Sale No. 2013-0435 L.P. Outstanding Principal Amount as of the CONTAINING 1.45 ACRES, MORE OR mountainbidsystem.com. IFB documents "PROPERTY") , ALSO KNOWN AS Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: U.S. date hereof: $864,665.73 LESS, AND EXCEPT: BEGINNING AT are not available for purchase from STREET AND NUMBER 683 RIDGETo Whom It May Concern: On 6/21/2013 BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS Pursuant to C.R.S. §38-38-101 (4) (i), you THE POINT OF INTERSECTION OF THE Douglas County Government and can MONT CIRCLE, HIGHLANDS RANCH, the undersigned Public Trustee caused TRUSTEE, SUCCESSOR IN INTEREST are hereby notified that the covenants of NORTH LINE OF THE HIGHLINE CANAL only be accessed from the above-menCO 80126 the Notice of Election and Demand relatTO BANK OF AMERICA, NATIONAL ASthe deed of trust have been violated as WITH THE WEST LINE OF THE SE¼, tioned website. While the IFB documents Which has the address of: 683 Ridgeing to the Deed of Trust described below SOCIATION AS TRUSTEE AS SUCfollows: Failure to pay principal and inSE¼ SECTION 6, T6S, R68W, 6TH P.M., are available electronically, Douglas mont Circle, Highlands Ranch, CO 80126 to be recorded in Douglas County. CESSOR BY MERGER TO LASALLE terest when due together with all other WHICH POINT IS 230 FEET, MORE OR County cannot accept electronic bid reNOTICE OF SALE Original Grantor: BRUCE R. PILEGGI BANK NA AS TRUSTEE FOR WASHINGpayments provided for in the Evidence of LESS, NORTH OF THE SOUTHWEST sponses. The current holder of the Evidence of Debt AND MARY K. PILEGGI TON MUTUAL MORTGAGE PASSDebt secured by the Deed of Trust and CORNER OF THE AFORESAID SE¼, secured by the Deed of Trust described Original Beneficiary: MORTGAGE ELECTHROUGH CERTIFICATES WMALT other violations of the terms thereof. SE¼, SECTION 6; THENCE NORTH Three (3) copies of your bid response herein, has filed written election and deTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, SERIES 2005-4 TRUST THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE ALONG THE WEST LINE OF SAID SE¼, shall be submitted in a sealed envelope mand for sale as provided by law and in INC., ACTING SOLELY AS NOMINEE Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 3/15/2005 A FIRST LIEN. SE¼, A DISTANCE OF 1090 FEET TO plainly marked “IFB No. 030-13, 2013 said Deed of Trust. FOR LENDER EMC HOLDINGS LLC Recording Date of DOT: 3/24/2005 The property described herein is all of the THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF SAID Synthetic Turf Rejuvenation Project” and THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given DBA ENGLEWOOD MORTGAGE COMReception No. of DOT: 2005025334 property encumbered by the lien of the SE¼, SE¼; THENCE EAST ALONG THE mailed or hand-carried to the address that on the first possible sale date (unless PANY DOT Recorded in Douglas County. deed of trust. NORTH LINE OF SAID SE¼, SE¼, A shown above prior to the due date and the sale is continued*) at 10:00 a.m. WedCurrent Holder of Evidence of Debt: Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Legal Description of Real Property: DISTANCE OF 660 FEET; THENCE time. Electronic and/or faxed bid renesday, October 2, 2013, at the Public CITIMORTGAGE, INC. LOT 3, DENVER POLO CLUB ESTATES Debt: $348,000.00 SOUTH ALONG THE EAST LINE OF sponses will not be accepted. Bids will be Trustee’s office, 402 Wilcox Street, Castle Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 11/29/2006 II, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF Outstanding Principal Amount as of the THE W½, SE¼, SE¼, SECTION 6, A DISreceived until 3:00 p.m. on Thursday, Rock, Colorado, I will sell at public aucRecording Date of DOT: 1/3/2007 COLORADO EXCEPT FOR ANY PORdate hereof: $348,000.00 TANCE OF 522.6 FEET TO THE INTERSeptember 5, 2013 by the Douglas tion to the highest and best bidder for Reception No. of DOT: 2007001025 TION LYING WITHIN THE RIGHT OF Pursuant to C.R.S. §38-38-101 (4) (i), you SECTION WITH THE NORTH LINE OF County Finance Department, 100 Third cash, the said real property and all inDOT Recorded in Douglas County. WAY FOR HIGHLINE CANAL ON THE are hereby notified that the covenants of THE HIGHLINE CANAL; THEN CE Street, Suite 130, Castle Rock, Colorado terest of said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs Original Principal Amount of Evidence of SOUTHERLY PORTION OF SUBJECT the deed of trust have been violated as SOUTHWESTERLY ALONG THE SAID 80104. Bids will not be considered which and assigns therein, for the purpose of Debt: $524,000.00 PROPERTY. follows: Failure to pay principal and inRIGHT OF WAY A DISTANCE OF 868.43 are received after the time stated, and any paying the indebtedness provided in said Outstanding Principal Amount as of the Which has the address of: 9531 Polo terest when due together with all other FEET, MORE OR LESS, TO THE POINT bids so received will be returned unEvidence of Debt secured by the Deed of date hereof: $520,902.57 Club Court , Littleton, CO 80125 payments provided for in the Evidence of OF BEGINNING, CONTAINING 12.205 opened. Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses Pursuant to C.R.S. §38-38-101 (4) (i), you NOTICE OF SALE Debt secured by the Deed of Trust and ACRES, MORE OR LESS, IN THE W½, of sale and other items allowed by law, are hereby notified that the covenants of The current holder of the Evidence of Debt other violations of the terms thereof. SE¼, SE¼, SECTION 6, T6S, R68W, Douglas County Government reserves the and will deliver to the purchaser a Certificthe deed of trust have been violated as THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE secured by the Deed of Trust described 6TH P.M., AND EXCEPT: A TRACT OF right to reject any and all bids, to waive ate of Purchase, all as provided by law. follows: Failure to pay monthly installA FIRST LIEN. herein, has filed written election and deLAND SITUATED IN THE SE¼, SE¼, formalities, informalities, or irregularities First Publication: 8/8/2013 ments due Note Holder. The property described herein is all of the mand for sale as provided by law and in SECTION 6, T6S, R68W, 6TH P.M., contained in a said bid and furthermore, to Last Publication: 9/5/2013 Said Deed of Trust was rerecorded on property encumbered by the lien of the said Deed of Trust. MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS award a contract for items herein, either in Publisher: Douglas County News Press 5/11/2007, under Reception No. deed of trust. THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given FOLLOWS: COMMENCING AT THE whole or in part, if it is deemed to be in the Dated: 6/18/2013 2007038678.THE LIEN FORECLOSED Legal Description of Real Property: that on the first possible sale date (unless SOUTHEAST CORNER OF SAID SE¼, best interest of the County to do so. AddiGEORGE J KENNEDY MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. LOT 17, ROXBOROUGH DOWNS FILthe sale is continued*) at 10:00 a.m. WedSE¼ AND CONSIDERING THE SOUTH tionally, we reserve the right to negotiate DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee The property described herein is all of the ING NO. 2, SECOND AMENDMENT, nesday, October 2, 2013, at the Public LINE OF SAID SE¼, SE¼ TO BEAR N 89 optional items/services with the successThe name, address and telephone numproperty encumbered by the lien of the COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF Trustee’s office, 402 Wilcox Street, Castle DEG. 19 MIN. 00 SEC. W WITH ALL ful bidder. bers of the attorney(s) representing the deed of trust. COLORADO. Rock, Colorado, I will sell at public aucBEARINGS CONTAINED HEREIN RELlegal holder of the indebtedness is: Legal Description of Real Property: Which has the address of: 6656 Bright tion to the highest and best bidder for ATIVE THERETO; THENCE N 89 DEG. Please direct any questions concerning EMILY JENSIK LOT 39, HIGHLANDS RANCH FILING Water Trail, Littleton, CO 80125 cash, the said real property and all in19 MIN. 00 SEC. W ALONG SAID this IFB to Carolyn Riggs, Purchasing SuColorado Registration #: 31294 NO. 118-J, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, NOTICE OF SALE terest of said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs SOUTH LINE A DISTANCE OF 655.50 pervisor, 303-660-7434, 1199 BANNOCK STREET , STATE OF COLORADO. The current holder of the Evidence of Debt and assigns therein, for the purpose of FEET TO THE TRUE POINT OF BEGINcriggs@douglas.co.us, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 DENVER, COLORADO 80204 Which has the address of: 921 Countrybrisecured by the Deed of Trust described paying the indebtedness provided in said NING, SAID POINT BEING ON THE p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding Phone #: (303) 813-1177 ar Lane, Highlands Ranch, CO 80129 herein, has filed written election and deEvidence of Debt secured by the Deed of NORTH LINE OF CARDER COURT; holidays. Fax #: (303) 813-1107 NOTICE OF SALE mand for sale as provided by law and in Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses THENCE N 0 DEG. 47 MIN. 32 SEC. E A Attorney File #: 1068.06266 The current holder of the Evidence of Debt said Deed of Trust. of sale and other items allowed by law, DISTANCE OF 670.64 FEET TO THE Legal Notice No.: 921911 *YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE secured by the Deed of Trust described THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given and will deliver to the purchaser a CertificSOUTH RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF THE First Publication: August 15, 2013 SALE DATES on the Public Trustee webherein, has filed written election and dethat on the first possible sale date (unless ate of Purchase, all as provided by law. HIGHLINE CANAL; THENCE S 49 DEG. Last Publication: August 15, 2013 site: http://www.douglas.co.us/publictrustmand for sale as provided by law and in the sale is continued*) at 10:00 a.m. WedFirst Publication: 8/8/2013 31 MIN. 01 SEC. W ALONG SAID Publisher: Douglas County News-Press ee/ said Deed of Trust. Last Publication: 9/5/2013 nesday, October 2, 2013, at the Public SOUTH RIGHT OF WAY LINE A DISTHEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given Publisher: Douglas County News Press Trustee’s office, 402 Wilcox Street, Castle TANCE OF 129.19 FEET; THENCE S 0 Legal Notice No.: 2013-0420 that on the first possible sale date (unless Dated: 6/18/2013 Public Notice Rock, Colorado, I will sell at public aucDEG. 47 MIN. 32 SEC. W A DISTANCE First Publication: 8/8/2013 the sale is continued*) at 10:00 a.m. WedGEORGE J KENNEDY tion to the highest and best bidder for OF 585.00 FEET TO THE SOUTH LINE Last Publication: 9/5/2013 nesday, October 9, 2013, at the Public DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING cash, the said real property and all inOF SAID SE¼ SE¼ AND THE NORTH Publisher: Douglas County News Press Trustee’s office, 402 Wilcox Street, Castle The name, address and telephone numBEFORE THE DOUGLAS COUNTY terest of said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs LINE OF SAID CARDER COURT; Rock, Colorado, I will sell at public aucbers of the attorney(s) representing the BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS and assigns therein, for the purpose of THENCE S 89 DEG. 19 MIN. 00 SEC. E A tion to the highest and best bidder for legal holder of the indebtedness is: PUBLIC NOTICE paying the indebtedness provided in said DISTANCE OF 97.09 FEET TO THE cash, the said real property and all inALISON L BERRY A public hearing will be held before the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of POINT OF BEGINNING, AND EXCEPT: terest of said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs Colorado Registration #: 34531 Littleton Board of County Commissioners to Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses THE LAND OWNED AND USED BY THE and assigns therein, for the purpose of 999 18TH STREET SUITE 2201, NOTICE OF SALE consider the approval of a lease agreeof sale and other items allowed by law, DENVER WATER BOARD FOR HIGHpaying the indebtedness provided in said and will deliver to the purchaser a CertificDENVER, COLORADO 80202 Public Trustee Sale No. 2013-0426 ment between Scott and Lisa McElLINE CANAL. Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of ate of Purchase, all as provided by law. Phone #: (303) 865-1400 downey, as lessees, and the Board of Which has the address of: 8177 W Carder Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses First Publication: 8/8/2013 Fax #: (303) 865-1410 To Whom It May Concern: On 6/20/2013 County Commissioners of the County of Ct, Littleton, CO 80125 of sale and other items allowed by law, Douglas, Colorado, as lessor, regarding Last Publication: 9/5/2013 Attorney File #: 13-04154 the undersigned Public Trustee caused NOTICE OF SALE and will deliver to the purchaser a Certificthe real property located at 6516 South InPublisher: Douglas County News Press *YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE the Notice of Election and Demand relatThe current holder of the Evidence of Debt ate of Purchase, all as provided by law. terstate 25 (aka Iron Horse Open Space). Dated: 6/18/2013 SALE DATES on the Public Trustee webing to the Deed of Trust described below secured by the Deed of Trust described First Publication: 8/15/2013 GEORGE J KENNEDY site: http://www.douglas.co.us/publictrustto be recorded in Douglas County. herein, has filed written election and deLast Publication: 9/12/2013 The public hearing will be held on TuesDOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee ee/ Original Grantor: DAWN LAUREL JUMP mand for sale as provided by law and in Publisher: Douglas County News Press AND GARY WILLIAM JUMP day, August 27, 2013 at 2:30 p.m. in the The name, address and telephone numsaid Deed of Trust. Public Notice Dated: 6/24/2013 Original Beneficiary: BANK ONE, N.A. Commissioners Hearing Room, 100 Third bers of the attorney(s) representing the Legal Notice No.: 2013-0418 THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given COLORADO COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, GEORGE J KENNEDY Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: JPStreet, Castle Rock, Colorado. For more legal holder of the indebtedness is: First Publication: 8/8/2013 that on the first possible sale date (unless COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, COLORADO TREASURER'S STATEMENT DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee MORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. SUCinformation please contact the Douglas EMILY JENSIK Last Publication: 9/5/2013 the sale is continued*) at 10:00 a.m. WedTREASURER'S STATEMENT The name, address and telephone numCESSOR BY MERGER TO BANK ONE, County office of Open Space and Natural Colorado Registration #: 31294 Publisher: Douglas County News Press Statement nesday, October 9, 2013,of Cash at theReceipts Public & Disbursements Statement of Cash Receipts & Disbursements bers of the attorney(s) representing the N.A. Resources at (303) 660-7495, 100 Third 1199 BANNOCK STREET , ForWilcox the 6 months Trustee’s office, 402 Street, Ended CastleJune 30, 2013 legal holder of the indebtedness is: Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 8/12/2002 Street, Castle Rock, Colorado 80104. DENVER, COLORADO 80204 For the 6 months Ended JuneColorado, 30, 2013 I will sell at public aucRock, HOLLY DECKER Recording Date of DOT: 8/27/2002 Phone #: (303) 813-1177 tion to the highest and best bidder for Colorado Registration #: 32647 Reception No. of DOT: 2002086162 Legal Notice No.: 921927 Fax #: (303) 813-1107 cash, the said real property ABATED TOTAL and all inTOTAL 355 UNION BOULEVARD SUITE 250, DOTAND Recorded in Douglas County. First Publication: AugustTREASURER 15, 2013 Attorney File #: 1068.07867 terest of said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs TOTAL ABATED AND TOTAL TREASURER BEGINNING CURRENT DELINQUENT OTHER of TRANSFERS RECEIPTS TRANSFERS DISBURSEMENTS ENDING August 15,FEES LAKEWOOD, COLORADO 80228 Original Principal Amount of Evidence Last Publication: 2013 *YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE and assigns therein, for the purpose of BEGINNING CURRENT DELINQUENT OTHER TRANSFERS RECEIPTS TRANSFERS DISBURSEMENTS ENDING FEES Phone #: (303) 274-0155 Debt: Douglas County News-Press SALE DATES on the Public Trustee webCASH TAX TAX $235,000.00 INTEREST RECEIPTS INthe indebtedness AND TRANSFERS OUT AND TRANSFERS Publisher: CASH WITHHELD paying provided inDISBURSEMENTS said CASH TAX TAX INTEREST RECEIPTS OutstandingINPrincipal AND TRANSFERS OUT AND TRANSFERS CASH WITHHELD Fax #: (303) 274-0159 Amount as of the DISBURSEMENTS site: http://www.douglas.co.us/publictrustEvidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Attorney File #: 13-049-24274 date hereof: $202,612.51 ee/ COUNTY FUNDS Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses *YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE Pursuant to C.R.S. §38-38-101 (4) (i), you of sale and other items allowed by law, SALE DATES on the Public Trustee webare hereby notified that the covenants of Legal Notice No.: 2013-0417 and will deliver to the purchaser a CertificEXPENDITURES $4,089,058.80 $0.00 ($591.89) $0.61 been violated $1,839.70 $0.00 $1,248.42 $409,067.31 $0.00 $409,067.31 $3,681,239.91 $0.01 site: http://www.douglas.co.us/publictrustthe deed of trust have as FirstCAPITAL Publication: 8/8/2013 ate of$409,067.31 Purchase, all as provided by law. $4,089,058.80 $0.00 ($591.89) $0.61 $0.000.00 $1,248.42 $0.00 $409,067.31 $3,681,239.91 $0.01 $14,640,350.09 REPLACEMENT $14,548,796.12 0.00 $1,839.70 0.00 Failure 57,440.40 8/15/2013 $127,545.16 35,991.19 0.00 $35,991.19 ee/ follows: to pay principal 70,104.76 and inLastCAPITAL Publication: 9/5/2013 First Publication: $14,548,796.12 0.00 0.00 0.00 70,104.76 57,440.40 $127,545.16 35,991.19 0.00 $35,991.19 $14,640,350.09 terest0.00 when due together with all other Publisher: Douglas County News Press CISC FISCAL AGENT $419,867.24 0.00 0.00 79.45 Last Publication: 0.00 9/12/2013 $79.45 2,931.70 0.00 $2,931.70 $417,014.99 $419,867.24 0.00 0.00 0.00 79.45 0.000.00 $79.45 2,931.70 0.00 $2,931.70 $417,014.99 Legal Notice No.: 2013-0435 payments for in the Evidence of CONSERVATION TRUST $1,017,291.08 0.00 0.00 provided 590,091.56 0.00 $590,091.56 179,240.01 0.00 $179,240.01 $1,428,142.63 Publisher: Douglas County News Press First Publication: 8/15/2013 $1,017,291.08 0.00 0.00 0.00 179,240.01 0.00 $179,240.01 $1,428,142.63 Debt secured 13,922.97 by0.00 the Deed of$590,091.56 Trust and Dated: 6/20/2013 $115,450,195.98 COUNTY GENERAL $70,505,840.70 61,005,987.85590,091.56 (380,653.68) 51,074,712.31 3,736,226.53 84,571,874.53 10,600,000.00 $95,171,874.53 $90,784,162.15 $914,502.50 Last Publication: 9/12/2013 other violations of the terms thereof. 61,005,987.85 (380,653.68) 51,074,712.31 3,736,226.53 84,571,874.53 10,600,000.00 $95,171,874.53 $90,784,162.15 $914,502.50 GEORGE J KENNEDY DEBT $70,505,840.70 SERVICE $94,340.1713,922.97 0.00 (224.91) 0.00 $115,450,195.98 2,694,825.24 $2,694,826.34 480,225.90 0.00 News Press $480,225.90 $2,308,940.61 Publisher: Douglas County THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT226.01 BE DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee $94,340.17 0.00 (224.91) 0.00 226.01 2,694,825.24 $2,694,826.34 480,225.90 0.00 $480,225.90 $2,308,940.61 DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES $232,651.56 4,368,492.40 (26,817.90) 994.60 0.00 0.00 $4,342,669.10 3,214,770.31 0.00 $3,214,770.31 $1,360,550.35 $65,484.78 A FIRST LIEN. 0.00 The name, address and telephone $232,651.56 4,368,492.40 (26,817.90) 0.00 0.00 $4,342,669.10 0.00 num- $3,214,770.31 $1,360,550.35 $65,484.78 GENERAL FIXED ASSET $5,100.58 994.60 0.00 0.00herein 0.00 bers3,214,770.31 0.00 $0.00 0.00 0.00 $0.00 $5,100.58 The property described is all of the of the attorney(s) representing the $5,100.58 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 $0.00 0.00 0.00 $0.00 $5,100.58 property of the HUMAN SERVICES $5,426,481.38 1,380,443.45 (8,742.77)encumbered 314.47by the lien 1,907,521.75 0.00 $3,279,536.90 2,589,643.38 0.00 $2,589,643.38 $6,116,374.90 legal holder of the indebtedness is: $5,426,481.38 (8,742.77) 1,907,521.75 $3,279,536.90 2,589,643.38 0.00 $2,589,643.38 $6,116,374.90 deed0.00 of trust. 0.000.00 INTERNAL SERVICES LIAB &1,380,443.45 PROP INSUR $1,378,730.79 314.47 0.00 471,570.22 EMILY 0.00 $471,570.22 658,532.45 0.00 $658,532.45 $1,191,768.56 JENSIK $1,378,730.79 0.00 $0.00 0.00 $471,570.22 658,532.45 $658,532.45 $1,191,768.56 Legal0.00 Description0.00 of 0.00 Real Property: Registration$6,810,067.45 #: 312940.00 INTERNAL SERVICES MEDICAL SELF0.00 INSUR 0.00471,570.22 6,310,067.45 Colorado 500,000.00 4,757,407.43 0.00 $4,757,407.43 $2,052,660.02 A PART OF THE W ½, SE ¼, SE ¼, UR INTERNAL SERVICES-EMPLOYEE $0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 6,310,067.45 500,000.00 $6,810,067.45 4,757,407.43 0.00 $4,757,407.43 $2,052,660.02 1199 BANNOCK STREET , BENEFITS $2,178,101.62 0.00 0.00 6, T6S. R68W, 0.00 6TH 1,081,685.79 0.00 $1,081,685.79 900,718.02 0.00 $900,718.02 $2,359,069.39 SECTION P.M., EXDENVER, COLORADO 80204 TS JUSTICE $2,178,101.62 0.00 0.00 0.00 1,081,685.79 0.00 $1,081,685.79 900,718.02 0.00 $900,718.02 $2,359,069.39 CENTER SALES & USE TAX $31,063,284.92 0.00 0.00 0.00 10,529,018.51 0.00 $10,529,018.51 1,898,170.79 3,286,226.51 $5,184,397.30 $36,407,906.13 CEPT: BEGINNING AT THE SOUTHWPhone #: (303) 813-1177 $31,063,284.92 0.00 0.00 0.00 14,387.92 10,529,018.51 0.00 0.00 $10,529,018.51 3,286,226.51 $5,184,397.30 $36,407,906.13 L.I.D. CAPITAL CONSTRUCTION $386,239.05 0.00 Fax 1,898,170.79 0.00 92.67 0.00 $92.67 $402,567.74 $92.67 EST CORNER 2,033.44 OF THE W½ SE ¼SE¼, #: (303) 813-1107 $16,421.36 $386,239.05 AUTHORITY 14,387.92 0.00 2,033.44 0.00 0.00 R68W, 6TH $16,421.36 92.67 0.00 $92.67 $402,567.74 $92.67 $23,577,467.36 SECTION 6, T6S, P.M.; LAW ENFORCEMENT $17,449,069.33 12,569,281.72 (57,697.19) 2,453.36 1,877,331.30 0.00 $14,391,369.19 8,262,971.16 0.00 $8,262,971.16 $180,927.70 Attorney File #: 1069.07719 $17,449,069.33 12,569,281.72 (57,697.19) 2,453.36 1,877,331.30 0.00 $14,391,369.19 8,262,971.16 0.00 $8,262,971.16 $23,577,467.36 $180,927.70 THENCE THE SOUTH LID PROJECTS $5,697.53 0.00 0.00 EAST ALONG 0.00 0.00 *YOU MAY 0.00TRACK FORECLOSURE $0.00 0.00 0.00 $0.00 $5,697.53 LINE0.00 OF SAID 0.00 W½0.00 SE ¼SE¼, A3,127.48 DIS$5,697.53 0.00 0.00$579.61 0.00 0.00 $0.00 0.00 0.00 web$0.00 $5,697.53 SALE DATES on the Public Trustee LINCOLN STATION SALES TAX IMPROVEMENT 0.00 0.00 $3,127.48 3,182.05 0.00 $3,182.05 $525.04 TANCE OF 285 0.00 FEET: THENCE$3,127.48 NORTH MENT $579.61 0.00 0.00 0.00 3,127.48 3,182.05 0.00 $3,182.05 $525.04 site: http://www.douglas.co.us/publictrustOPEN SPACE - SALES & USE TAX $13,817,774.32 0.00 0.00 0.00WEST 4,212,246.44 3,547.08 $4,215,793.52 3,696,583.50 2,265,358.92 $5,961,942.42 $12,071,625.42 PARALLEL TO THE LINE OF ee/ 3,696,583.50 $13,817,774.32 0.00 0.00 0.00 4,212,246.44 3,547.08 $4,215,793.52 2,265,358.92 $5,961,942.42 $12,071,625.42 PARKS SALES & USE TAX $8,357,918.70 0.00 0.00 0.00 499,845.11 535,311.18 $1,035,156.29 434,423.26 60,987.48 $495,410.74 $8,897,664.25 SAID W½ SE¼, SE¼, A DISTANCE OF 0.00 0.00 0.00 $1,035,156.29 60,987.48 $495,410.74 $8,897,664.25 PUBLIC$8,357,918.70 TRUSTEE ($782,474.06) 0.00499,845.11 0.00 535,311.18 235,978.88 Legal 434,423.26 0.00 $235,978.88 234,292.87 0.00 $234,292.87 ($780,788.05) 344 FEET; THENCE0.00 SOUTHWESTERLY Notice No.: 2013-0426 ($782,474.06) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.000.00 $235,978.88 234,292.87 0.00 $234,292.87 ($780,788.05) AT AN ANGLE TO THE LEFT 130 DEG. RMHIDTA ($224,072.87) 0.00235,978.88 0.00 755,954.09 0.00 8/15/2013 $755,954.09 792,481.57 0.00 $792,481.57 ($260,600.35) First Publication: ($224,072.87) 0.00 0.00 0.00 755,954.09 0.00 $755,954.09 792,481.57 0.00 $792,481.57 ($260,600.35) 43 MIN., A DISTANCE OF 376.02 FEET ROAD & BRIDGE $46,530,331.95 23,225,059.48 (122,692.22) 4,472.59 9,423,547.62 Last 4,500,000.00 $37,030,387.47 15,339,796.08 0.00 $15,339,796.08 $68,220,923.34 $294,225.48 Publication: 9/12/2013 TO A POINT ON THE WEST LINE OF $46,530,331.95 23,225,059.48 (122,692.22) 4,472.59 9,423,547.62 4,500,000.00 $37,030,387.47 15,339,796.08 0.00 $15,339,796.08 $68,220,923.34 $294,225.48 Douglas County News Press ROAD SALES & USE TAX $31,441,720.80 0.00 0.00 0.00 9,521,150.26 Publisher: 5,500,000.00 $15,021,150.26 7,798,821.84 1,214,777.52 $9,013,599.36 $37,449,271.70 SAID W½, SE¼,SE¼, WHICH POINT IS 0.00 0.00 0.00 9,521,150.26 5,500,000.00 $15,021,150.26 7,798,821.84 1,214,777.52 $9,013,599.36 $37,449,271.70 SOLID$31,441,720.80 WASTER DISPOSAL SITE $269,526.86 0.00 0.00 0.00 16,625.93 0.00 $16,625.93 2,173.11 100,000.00 $102,173.11 $183,979.68 98.06 FEET NORTH SOUTHW$269,526.86 0.00 0.00 0.00 16,625.93 0.00 OF THE $16,625.93 2,173.11 100,000.00 $102,173.11 $183,979.68 EST CORNER OF SAID W½ SE¼, SE¼, TREASURER'S TAX COLLECTION THENCE SOUTH ALONG THE WEST LINE OF SAID W½ SE¼, SE¼, A DISDUE TO TAXING AUTHORITIES TANCE OF (179,513.81) 98.06 FEET, MORE OR & IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS $1,861,699.98 377,352,032.21 (1,644,551.81) 80,131.11 0.00 $375,608,097.70 339,937,089.38 0.00 $339,937,089.38 $37,532,708.30 $2,617,868.36 $1,861,699.98 RECEIVABLES 377,352,032.21 (1,644,551.81) (179,513.81) 0.000.00OF $375,608,097.70 339,937,089.38 0.00 $339,937,089.38 $37,532,708.30 $2,617,868.36 LESS, TO THE POINT BEGINNING , MISCELLANEOUS $15,606.85 0.00 80,131.11 0.00 172,364.13 0.00 $172,364.13 185,955.80 0.00 $185,955.80 $2,015.18 CONTAINING 1.45 ACRES, MORE OR $15,606.85 0.00 0.00 0.000.00 $172,364.13 185,955.80 0.00 $185,955.80 $2,015.18 MISCELLANEOUS PAYABLES 0.00 $2,324,505.49 0.00172,364.13 0.00 8,987,326.36 0.00 $8,987,326.36 11,185,984.01 0.00 $11,185,984.01 $125,847.84 LESS, AND EXCEPT: BEGINNING AT $2,324,505.49 0.00 0.00 0.00 8,987,326.36 0.00 $8,987,326.36 11,185,984.01 0.00 $11,185,984.01 $125,847.84 THE POINT OF INTERSECTION OF THE TREASURER'S CASH & INVESTMENT NORTH LINE OF THE HIGHLINE CANAL WITH0.00 THE WEST 0.00 LINE OF 11,911,135.14 THE SE¼, MISCELLANEOUS RECEIVABLES $43,846.11 0.00 0.00 $11,911,135.14 12,245,864.15 0.00 $12,245,864.15 ($290,882.90) $43,846.11 0.00 0.00 11,911,135.14 0.00 $11,911,135.14 12,245,864.15 0.00 $12,245,864.15 ($290,882.90) SE¼ 0.00 SECTION 6, T6S, 6TH P.M., MISCELLANEOUS PAYABLES 0.00 $2,166,187.69 0.00 0.00 R68W, 818,573,533.99 0.00 $818,573,533.99 818,555,943.59 0.00 $818,555,943.59 $2,183,778.09 $2,166,187.69 0.00 0.00 0.00 818,573,533.99 0.00 $818,573,533.99 818,555,943.59 0.00 $818,555,943.59 $2,183,778.09 WHICH POINT IS 230 FEET, MORE OR LESS, NORTH OF THE SOUTHWEST WOODMOOR MOUNTAIN GID $137.75 19,964.30 0.00 11.29 0.00 0.00 $19,975.59 15,820.59 0.00 $15,820.59 $4,292.75 $287.45 CORNER OF THE SE¼, $137.75 19,964.30 0.00 11.29 0.00 0.00 AFORESAID $19,975.59 15,820.59 0.00 $15,820.59 $4,292.75 $287.45 SE¼, SECTION 6; THENCE NORTH TOTAL COUNTY FUNDS $254,623,840.05 $479,935,649.33 ($2,241,972.37) $938,307,215.35 $17,527,350.43 $1,433,372,932.26 $1,318,390,048.65 $17,527,350.43 $1,335,917,399.08 $352,079,373.23 $4,073,388.95 ALONG THE($155,310.48) WEST LINE OF SAID SE¼, $254,623,840.05 $479,935,649.33 ($2,241,972.37) ($155,310.48) $938,307,215.35 $17,527,350.43 $1,335,917,399.08 $352,079,373.23 $4,073,388.95 SE¼, $17,527,350.43 A DISTANCE OF$1,433,372,932.26 1090 FEET TO $1,318,390,048.65 Legal Notice No.: 921909 THE * FirstNORTHWEST Publication: August 15, 2013 * Last Publication: August 15, 2013 * Publisher: Douglas County News-Press CORNER OF SAID SE¼, SE¼; THENCE EAST ALONG THE NORTH LINE OF SAID SE¼, SE¼, A DISTANCE OF 660 FEET; THENCE

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August 15, 2013

He’s

down with the

BLUES Castle Pines official renowned for making Robert Johnson guitars

Retired airline pilot and software developer James Einolf spends his free time serving as a Castle Pines City Council member and making custom guitars meant to substantially replicate the circa-1926 Gibson L-0 that bluesman Robert Johnson used. Photos by Virginia Grantier

By Virginia Grantier

vgrantier@ourcoloradonews.com

f legendary Mississippi bluesman Robert Johnson, gone since 1938, somehow ended up in modern-day Castle Pines, there is a house containing something he knows intimately. It’s at Castle Pines City Councilmember James Einolf’s house — or rather, his basement. That’s where all the new-old guitars are — Einolf’s guitars, which take him about 200 hours each to make and are meant to be reproductions of the guitar Johnson played — the 1926 Gibson L-O, known as the “Robert Johnson guitar.” Einolf made his first guitar at age 14, but had several different careers before he decided to get serious about guitar-making when he retired about six years ago. There is now a two-year waiting list for his guitars. He makes about a dozen a year While his guitars are meant to replicate bluesman and they’ve sold worldwide. But he keeps Robert Johnson’s, James Einolf adds his own touches, trying to get better. “I’m still not making what I think is a including his trademark pearl-inlaid dragon on the top of the arm. good product,” he said. But that’s his opinion. The famous guitar maker Wayne Hen- endless tools. But it looks as orderly and clean as an derson — whose work is chronicled in the book “Clapton’s Guitar: Watching Wayne operating room, as if his dad, an IBM enHenderson Build the Perfect Instrument,” gineer and designer, were the maintenance about the making of a guitar for musician person. Einolf, raised on the East Coast and EngEric Clapton — has had Einolf go to North Carolina with him to help teach a guitar- land, and whose first aspiration was astronaut, put together his first guitar at age 14. making class. “I didn’t have a clue,” he said. He used And Einolf’s onetime teacher, guitarmaker Robbie O’Brien, who is based in in part a neck from a broken guitar and a Parker and attracts guitar-maker students cheap guitar pickup. The instrument was from around the world, says Einolf has serviceable until he smashed it onstage for theatrics’ sake when his band was opening done what he set out to do. “He has reproduced the 1926 Gibson in act for MC5, a Detroit. He left college for six all aspects — tone, sound quality, crafts- years of being on the road with “sleazy rock manship and finish,” said O’Brien, who and roll bands” where he played bass and studied guitar-making in Brazil. “He in es- sang lead vocals. Then, he left all of that for a longtime sence has reproduced the 1926 Gibson. career as a computer programmer, at one “He makes great guitars.” Einolf makes them in a full unfinished point working as a database designer in basement and takes all the space, big San Francisco. At another point he decided to try someenough for a small family to live in — and his wife, a classical musician and master thing else, moving to Hollywood and using his skills to produce and be a sound mixer gardener, is supportive. It’s full of various types of supplies and for such films as “Silence of the Hams” starequipment, some Einolf-made and some ring comedian Dom Deluise, and for televibought off of Craigslist — maple, spruce, sion, such as “Nash Bridges,” starring Don mahogany and ebony woods, saws and Johnson. He also was the designer for softmolds, a contraption with spidery arms ware to enhance the use of the Palm Pilot, that holds a new guitar’s wooden sup- precursor of the iPhone. Next chapter: He had always wanted to ports in place to be glued at precise angle, fly,of and promised himself when a heat blanket that helps force the wood to learn as lessees, and the to Board County Commissionershe of the County of got old he’d learn, and at age 50, which change shape, and shelves and drawers of Douglas, Colorado, as lessor, regarding Public Notice

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING BEFORE THE DOUGLAS COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS

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A public hearing will be held before the Board of County Commissioners to consider the approval of a lease agreement between Scott and Lisa McEldowney, as lessees, and the Board of County Commissioners of the County of Douglas, Colorado, as lessor, regarding the real property located at 6516 South Interstate 25 (aka Iron Horse Open Space). The public hearing will be held on Tuesday, August 27, 2013 at 2:30 p.m. in the Commissioners Hearing Room, 100 Third Street, Castle Rock, Colorado. For more information please contact the Douglas County office of Open Space and Natural Resources at (303) 660-7495, 100 Third Street, Castle Rock, Colorado 80104. Legal Notice No.: 921927 First Publication: August 15, 2013 Last Publication: August 15, 2013

the real property located at 6516 South Interstate 25 (aka Iron Horse Open Space).

The public hearing will be held on Tuesday, August 27, 2013 at 2:30 p.m. in the Commissioners Hearing Room, 100 Third Street, Castle Rock, Colorado. For more information please contact the Douglas County office of Open Space and Natural Resources at (303) 660-7495, 100 Third Street, Castle Rock, Colorado 80104.

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Legal Notice No.: 921927 First Publication: August 15, 2013 Last Publication: August 15, 2013 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press Public Notice INVITATION FOR BID (IFB) NO. 034-13 PUBLICATION OF DELINQUENT TAX NOTICES The Treasurer’s Office of Douglas County Government, hereinafter referred to as the County, respectfully requests bids from newspapers, qualified under Colorado Revised Statute (C.R.S.) 24-70-103 and 39-11-105, for the provision of the pub-

Public Notice INVITATION FOR BID (IFB) NO. 034-13 PUBLICATION OF DELINQUENT TAX NOTICES

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The Treasurer’s Office of Douglas County Government, hereinafter referred to as the County, respectfully requests bids from newspapers, qualified under Colorado Revised Statute (C.R.S.) 24-70-103 and 39-11-105, for the provision of the publishing of the County’s delinquent tax notices, on an as-needed basis, for the period of approximately sixteen (16) months, beginning in September 2013 to and including December 31, 2014. Douglas County reserves the right to enter into agreements with multiple newspapers for separate components of the County’s publishing needs but not others (less than all). The IFB documents may be reviewed and/or printed from the Rocky Mountain EPurchasing System website at www.rockymountainbidsystem.com. While the IFB

on an as-needed basis, for the period of approximately sixteen (16) months, beginning in September 2013 to and including December 31, 2014. Douglas County reserves the right to enter into agreements with multiple newspapers for separate components of the County’s publishing needs but not others he(less said. thanWith all). Lone Tree and

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he considered old, he did, and became a rado to live,” side, there are all the pilot taking tourists over the Grand Can- Castle Rock on either The IFB documents may be reviewed and/or printed the Rocky Mountain EAnd from there’s a guaranyon and delivering UPS packages from necessary amenities. Purchasing System website at www.rockySheridan, Wyo., to Billings, Mont. He got tee of beauty: mountainbidsystem.com. While the IFB documents are available electronically, “It’s like livingDouglas in theCounty mountains, but the enough hours in to get a job with Northcannot accept electronic on an as-needed basis, for the bid responses. period of approximately sixteendoor (16) doesn’t have a car sitting on west Airlines, did it for a year, and hated it. guy next months, beginning in September 2013 to blocks,” said, Bid and smiled. Everyone wants to be pilot for the responses will be received until 3:00 and airlines, including December 31, he 2014. p.m. on Friday, August 30, 2013 by Douglas County reserves the righthe to enter And found guitar making, again. the airlines know it, and the pilots aren’t Douglas County Government, Finance into agreements with multiple newspa“One of reason I never 100 became a really treated well, he said. Department, Third Street, Suite 130, pers for separate components the Rock, Colorado 80104. Two (2) County’s publishing needs but not others good musician isCastle I was always moreshall interEinolf retired. He and his wife, Harriette, copies of your bid response be sub(less than all). mitted a sealedand envelope, plainly myin guitar making moved to Colorado to be near grandchil- ested in tweaking marked “Invitation for Bid (IFB) #034-13, The IFB documents may be reviewed modifications instead of practicing,” he dren. And found Castle Pines. and/or printed from the Rocky Mountain E- Publication of Delinquent Tax Notices”. Electronic and/or faxed bid responses will Purchasing System website at www.rockysaid. “It’s the most wonderful place in Colonot be accepted. Bids will not be conmountainbidsystem.com. While the IFB on an as-needed basis, for the period of approximately sixteen (16) months, beginning in September 2013 to and including December 31, 2014. Douglas County reserves the right to enter into agreements with multiple newspapers for separate components of the County’s publishing needs but not others (less than all).

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The IFB documents may be reviewed and/or printed from the Rocky Mountain EPurchasing System website at www.rockymountainbidsystem.com. While the IFB documents are available electronically, Douglas County cannot accept electronic bid responses. Bid responses will be received until 3:00 p.m. on Friday, August 30, 2013 by Douglas County Government, Finance Department, 100 Third Street, Suite 130, Castle Rock, Colorado 80104. Two (2) copies of your bid response shall be submitted in a sealed envelope, plainly marked “Invitation for Bid (IFB) #034-13, Publication of Delinquent Tax Notices”. Electronic and/or faxed bid responses will not be accepted. Bids will not be con-

documents are available electronically, Douglas County cannot accept electronic bid responses.

sidered which are received after the time stated and any bids so received will be returned unopened.

Bid responses will be received until 3:00 p.m. on Friday, August 30, 2013 by Douglas County Government, Finance Department, 100 Third Street, Suite 130, Castle Rock, Colorado 80104. Two (2) copies of your bid response shall be submitted in a sealed envelope, plainly marked “Invitation for Bid (IFB) #034-13, Publication of Delinquent Tax Notices”. Electronic and/or faxed bid responses will not be accepted. Bids will not be considered which are received after the time stated and any bids so received will be returned unopened.

Douglas County Government reserves the right to reject any and all bids, to waive formalities, informalities, or irregularities contained in a said bid and furthermore, to award a contract for items herein, either in whole or in part, if it is deemed to be in the best interest of the County to do so. Additionally, we reserve the right to negotiate optional items and/or services with the successful bidder.

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Please direct any questions concerning this IFB to Carolyn Riggs, Purchasing Supervisor at 303-660-7434 or criggs@douglas.co.us, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding holidays. Legal Notice No.: 921929 First Publication: August 15, 2013 Last Publication: August 15, 2013 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press

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Store chain not your average Joe One Trader Joe’s coming to Colorado was fantastic news for this California girl. Two put me over the moon, especially since it was announced No. 2 would be located on Eighth and Colorado near my Capitol Hill abode. Now, the California-based specialty grocery store I grew up on is adding a third store in Greenwood Village. The Denver Post reported Trader Joe’s has signed a lease at the Cherry Hills Marketplace at 5901 S. University Blvd., at the intersection with East Orchard Road. The first two stores — in Denver and on Boulder’s Twenty Ninth Street mall — are scheduled to open in 2014, as will the Greenwood Village store.

Off the air

Garrett Greive of Baggs, WY eyes his target during the professional team roping event at the Douglas County Fair, Aug. 10 at the Douglas County Fairgrounds in Castle Rock. Photo by Deborah Grigsby

Rockin’ the

STOCK The Douglas County Fair wrapped up Aug. 11, but before the lights dimmed, professional cowboys from across the country mounted up to show ‘em how it’s done during the Partiot Rodeo on Aug 10. The Douglas County Fair and Rodeo continues to be a family tradition for area residents. Highlights included two entertainment stages, three professional rodeos, bull riding, carnival, and 4-H and FFA exhibits.

A young competitor hangs on tight as his sheep exits the chute Aug. 8 during the mutton bustin’ contest at the Douglas County Fair and Rodeo. Photo by Chris Michlewicz

Eva Palmer, 3, of Castle Rock, said she liked the “princesses” the best out of everything in the parade. Photo by Virginia Grantier Left, local military veterans received some of the loudest applause at the fair’s Aug. 10 parade, and many people sitting on the curb on Wilcox Street in Castle Rock got up and stood up while they passed. Photo by Virginia Grantier

Bertha Lynn has been one of my favorite on-air personalities since I arrived in Denver in 1993. She is the sweetest, most generous human being. Now that she’s leaving Denver’s 7, viewers from Golden to Highlands Ranch and Westminster to Littleton are losing a truly wonderful asset on the air. But good for her! She’s been able to reinvent herself in a new occupation. After reporting the news for more than 30 years for KMGH-Channel 7, Lynn is leaving the newsroom to become executive director of the Children’s Diabetes Foundation in Denver. “I’m writing a new chapter,” Lynn said via email. “I’m so grateful to my past and present colleagues. I’ve loved bringing home the news to the people of Colorado since 1976 and now I’m ready to apply, in a different arena, the skills I’ve learned as a communicator and in the boardrooms of the many nonprofit organizations I’ve served over the years. I’ll be working with a wonderful group of people at a respected organization. I’m thrilled!” In a 7News press release, Lynn said, “To be tapped by Barbara Davis and the Board of the Children’s Diabetes Foundation to carry on their work helping sick children is a dream come true — allowing me to meet new challenges while continuing to serve in Colorado. The people of Denver and Colorado have been very kind and generous to me as they watched me grow up. Colorado remains my home and I look forward to engaging with the community for even greater support in our battle against life-threatening diabetes.” 7News news director Jeff Harris said Lynn’s “career at 7News is an inspiration to so many. But, more than anything else, Bertha has worked tirelessly to improve our community. For this, we are grateful and not a bit surprised in her decision to lead this wonderful organization.” Lynn, one of Denver’s most recognized and honored broadcast journalists, has been reporting news to Coloradans since 1976 when she began with KBTV (now KUSA-Channel 9) as an anchor and reporter. In 1984, she moved to 7News where she has anchored and reported for nearly every station newscast. Lynn signed off Aug. 9 in her final 7News telecast. We’ll miss her and wish her much success.

Golden Fine Arts Festival coming

Downtown Golden is the place to be on Aug. 17-18, when art lovers attend the 23rd Parker continues on Page 29

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Tragedy, romance — and Colorado scenery Englewood author enjoys scouting Rocky Mountains By Sonya Ellingboe

sellingboe@ourcoloradonews.com The recently published “Journey to Sand Castle” by Leslee Breene of Englewood actually describes several journeys — that interweave three broken lives. First-grade teacher Tess Cameron, recovering from a difficult divorce, was teaching in New Orleans when Hurricane Katrina struck. As the book opens, she is helping out in her school, which has become a shelter. Breene, a member of Colorado Romance Writers, and active in the Women Writing the West (WWW) organization, is a Denver native. She also writes short

fiction, winning a WWW second place in 2012 for her story, “Pueblo Dancer.” She says she hopes to publish a collection of short stories in the future. She attended the University of Denver, received a Denver Fashion Group Scholarship and graduated from the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York. For several years, she worked in San Francisco as a newspaper fashion illustrator. Her new book follows “Leadville Lady” (2006); “Hearts on the Wind” (2008); and “Starlight Rescue” (2011). When she’s not writing, she enjoys scouting in the Rockies for book settings with her husband, and delving into area history. She enjoys meeting with book club groups to talk about her writing.

Her story continues as Tess Cameron, who had determined to be carefree, commits instead to caring for a beautiful little biracial orphan named Crystal, daughter of a fellow teacher who perished. She hopes to reunite the child with a grandfather in the San Luis Valley, in Sand Castle, who had been estranged from the child’s mother. He initially shows racial prejudice and wants nothing to do with her and his slow change is another journey. Breene develops an interesting character in the grandfather and includes nice details about that beautiful, historic part of Colorado — complete with the sounds of a flight of sandhill cranes one evening. Tess takes a cooking and

Leslee Breene, Linda Womack and Nancy Oswald at a book autographing session. Courtesy photo office job with a widowed outfitter, Grant Wilder, to support herself and Crystal — and the reader can predict where that will lead. But his and Tess’ emotional journeys are thoughtfully recorded en route, including details of day-today ranch life, local people, scenic landscapes, horses

Daytime concerts expand in Lone Tree Modestly priced shows are hit at arts center By Sonya Ellingboe

sellingboe@ourcoloradonews.com Lone Tree Arts Center experimented last season with offering modestly priced afternoon concerts for the growing number of seniors and retirees in the area. They were chamber music or jazz programs on the second Wednesday of each month and attendance increased from a couple dozen to a couple hundred as the season went on, according to marketing director Katie Maltais. This year, they have expanded to 10 events, ranging from opera and classical to jazz and bluegrass, each at 1:30 p.m. The first, “Opera on Tap,” is unfortunately past before press time — on Aug. 14 — but readers can mark calendars in advance for the rest. • Sept. 11 — “Dez Rubano and the Jazz Drum,” a look at the evolution of percussion in the ever-changing world of jazz. • Oct. 9 — International Masterworks for Violin and Piano with Colorado Springs Philharmonic Orchestra musicians Elizabeth McKenna Greenberg and Kelly Zuercher.

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annual Golden Fine Arts Festival. The festival, sponsored by the Golden Chamber of Commerce, features more than 130 artists in a variety of media, including ceramic arts, fiber arts, glass, jewelry, mixed media, painting, photography, sculpture and 2D. Artists will be awarded prizes in nine categories,and cash awards total more than $1,800. The festival is free and features live music and free horse-drawn carriage rides and Li’l Spike train rides through historic downtown Golden. For more information and updates about the Golden Fine Arts Festival, visit www.GoldenFineArtsFestival.org or Golden’s visitor website at www. VisitGolden.com.

Rocky Flats museum moves again

If you grew up during the Cold War era, you’ll remember — and probably appreciate — the history of that time.

IF YOU GO Arts in the Afternoon concerts are at 1:30 p.m. at Lone Tree Arts Center, 10075 Commons St., Lone Tree. Tickets cost $15 with a $3 service fee and include light refreshments with the musicians following concerts. 720-509-1000, lonetreeartscenter.org.

• Nov. 6 — Stephanie Bettman and Luke Halpin bring Americana and Folk music: songs and stories from six years on the road. • Dec. 11 — “Russian Souvenir.” Russian violin and piano pair, DuoClassica, debuts at LTAC with classic and contemporary Russian music. • Jan. 9 — “Opera on Tap: Opera’s Greatest Hits.” The most famous arias of all time—many will sound familiar. • Feb. 19 — “Guitars and Strings:” Alex Stephens, Colorado Symphony musician and Metro State University professor, will be joined by classical guitarist Alex Kommodore of DU for chamber music. • March 13 — TBA • April 9 — “Jazz 101 with the Colorado Repertory Jazz Orchestra” will provide background and color with master musicians.

Part of that is encapsulated in the Rocky Flats Cold War Museum in Arvada, which moved to a new space on July 1. The museum, which held its first exhibition in 2012, moved to the lobby space of the Jehn Center at 5690 Webster St. after being housed at the old Arvada Post Office building on Yukon Street. In 2001, a nonprofit foundation was dedicated to preserving the history of the former nuclear weapons plant. Rocky Flats produced more than 60,000 plutonium triggers for nuclear weapons from 1952-1989. A Superfund cleanup of the 6,200-acre site and 800 structures began in 1995. In 2007, most of the site became a national wildlife refuge. Rocky Flats Cold War Museum executive director Conny Bogaard says the museum hopes to find a permanent home near the Rocky Flats site off Highway 93 between Golden and Boulder. Fundraising efforts are in the works to build that facility. Just some of the artifacts on exhibit through mid-September include paintings by Doug Waterfield, an associate professor at the University

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Philip Stevens, string player with te Colorado Symphony Orchestra and professor at Metro State university, will perform chamber music at Lone Tree Arts Center’s afternoon programs. Photo by Dave Neligh • May 14 — “String Quartet Favorites” will feature three works with host Betsy Schwarm to tell their histories.

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Sulphur Gulch Blues Festival returns The PACE Center in Parker is built near the historic Sulphur Gulch location, so Sulphur Gulch Blues Festival is a fine event name and the second annual festival is scheduled from 3 to 10 p.m. Aug. 17. Bring blankets or lawn chairs to enjoy four different blues bands. Food trucks and a cash bar will be available onsite. The Colorado bands scheduled to play are: • 3rd Degree — traditional Memphisstyle blues and blues-rock. • Erik Boa and the Constrictors — Chicago blues, swing and boogie. • Joseph Barton Trio — traditional blues, jazz and swing. • Cedar Avenue Blues Band — fuses old school with a new vision for the blues. Featured food trucks: El Toro, SpanishAmerican; Manna from Heaven, Vietnamese street cuisine; Quiero Arepas, Venezuelan flatbreads stuffed with fresh local ingredients. Tickets cost $10, PACECenteronline.com or 303-805-6800, PACE Center box office, 20000 Pikes Peak Ave., Parker.

Concerts at the castle

• Hazel Miller will sing blues, pop and jazz starting at 6:30 p.m. on Aug. 16 in the veranda tent at Cherokee Ranch and Castle

here. Gallery hours: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesdays through Sundays. Admission: $5/$3. Foothillsartcenter.org.

and schedules are available at Highplainscomedyfestival.com.

Marquez workshops

Five performances of SCRIPTprov , by the Dishwater Blondes and the Legit Players, will return to the Avenue Theater, 417 E. 17th Ave., Denver, at 7:30 p.m. on Aug. 15, 16, 17, 23, 24. In Act I, well-rehearsed scenes from dramas are performed, unseen by the improvisers. In Act II, an improviser takes on one of the parts and the scene is replayed. Tickets: $15/$12. Scriptprov.net. 303-321-5925.

in Sedalia. Tickets at $80 include a castle tour, buffet supper, concert and dessert and coffee with the musicians. Cherokeeranch. org, 303-688-4600. • “Singers of the Big Band Era” is the concert title for the Rocky Mountain Jazz Repertoire Orchestra, led by Lynn Baker and starting at 6:30 p.m. on Aug. 24. Tickets: $70, include castle tour, buffet dinner, concert, dessert and coffee with musicians. Cherokeeranch.org, 303-688-4600.

Littleton photographer Andy Marquez, whose gallery is located at 2329 W. Main St. in downtown Littleton, is offering a series of workshops for photographers at various sites. (Each includes a one-on-one hour of instruction at the gallery.) Prices vary. Check his website. Offered: Aug. 19 — Moonrise and sunset from the summit of Mount Evans; Sept. 10 — Downtown Denver; Sept. 17 — Moonrise over Loveland Pass; Sept. 21, 22, 23 — Autumn in the San Juan Mountains; Oct. 7 — Wonders of New Mexico (doors and churches in Santa Fe, plus a visit to Bandelier National Monument; Oct. 12, 13, 14 — Chaco Canyon, New Mexico, with a Saturday sunset from Shiprock. 303-7976040.

Textiles on display

Comedy tonight!

“Threads of Change,” on exhibit through Sept. 1 at Foothills Arts Center, 809 15th St., Golden, is a beautiful selection of contemporary works by 16 of Colorado’s outstanding textile artists. Art and craft intersect

The High Plains Comedy Festival will take place Aug. 23-24 in the entertainment area on South Broadway. (3Kings, Hi-Dive, The Hornet, Gothic Theater, headquartered at Illegal Pete’s, 270 S. Broadway. Tickets

SCRIPTprov performances

Former agent to speak

Gerald Blaine, former U.S. Secret Service agent, will speak to the Highlands Ranch Historical Society at 7 p.m. Aug. 19 at Southridge Recreation Center, 4800 McArthur Ranch Road. His book, “The Kennedy Detail,” which will become a film in 2014, is the story of events leading up to and following the Kennedy assassination. The book will be available for sale. He is an Englewood High School graduate and Korean War veteran. Light refreshments at 6:30. HighlandsRanchHistoricalSociety.org.

`Steel Magnolias’ on stage at hotel Play examines lives of strong women in South By Sonya Ellingboe

sellingboe@ourcoloradonews.com “Steel Magnolias” a tale of strong Southern women in the ﬁctional town of Chiquapin, La., in the 1980s, was originally written as a short story by Robert Harling, who was grieving the death of a sister. The play came next. (Off-Broadway in 1987, movie in 1989, Broadway in 2005, with Dolly Parton in the Truvy role). Cast with strong characters, it has established a place as a favorite for local theater groups, has played around the world and is the 2013 selection for the annual summer fundraiser for Senior Housing Options, a nonprofit that provides housing for about 500 adults in Colorado. It is presented through Aug. 24 in the lobby at the historic Barth Hotel in LoDo, one of 14 SHO residences, with a group of all-star actors. Truvy’s beauty shop is the location for most of the action — a spot where women of many types gather for hair care, gos-

IF YOU GO “Steel Magnolias” by Robert Harling plays through Sept. 24 at the historic Barth Hotel, 1514 17th St., Denver. Performances are at 7:30 p.m. Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays. Tickets cost $25; $35 for preferred seating. (We suggest reservations since these performances tend to sell out.) Tickets: 303-595-4464 ext. 10; seniorhousingoptions.org. sip and wisecracking free advice from the proprietor. Owner Truvy will be played by Rhonda Brown, who recently starred solo as Molly Ivins in “Red Hot Patriot: the Kick Ass Wit of Molly Ivins.” Former Broadway actor Billie McBride will return to this stage as Ouiser, the town curmudgeon, and Devon James will play Truvy’s assistant, Annelle. Patty Figel will portray eccentric millionaire Miss Clairee and Rachel Fowler will be M’Lynn, whose daughter, Shelby, has just married as the play opens. Adrian Egolf plays Shelby, a diabetic who decides to risk a pregnancy. Ashlee Temple, who directed last summer’s excellent “Driving Miss Daisy” with McBride in the lead part, is again director for this production.

Billie McBride, Rachel Fowler, Devon James, Rhonda Brown, Adrian Egolf and Patty Figel are in the cast of “Steel Magnolias.” Photo by Michael Ensminger

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Jena Dickey, Founder and Artistic Director of Young Voices of Colorado, carries carpet, flooring and tile samples, paint swatches and engineering drawings in the trunk of her car as she oversees the remodeling project on the organization’s new home at Inverness. Photo by Sonya Ellingboe minster, Strasburg, Larkspur …) Closing was May 6 and construction is underway on what was once a welding school. Dickey very much hopes to be in by Labor Day. The group made a substantial down payment and arranged a loan for the balance. Dickey says she had hoped to do the necessary work for about $350,000, but with bathroom, ADA and fire issues, it will be

closer to $500,000 when completed. (Supporters can buy a square foot of space for $100 — “and we may sell piano keys too,” Dickey said.) There will be a 50-foot-by-30foot choral room plus a smaller 700-square-foot choral space. Three offices, reception space, copy room, storage, two bathrooms and a break room are included, designed by architect Earl Anderson.

Littleton Mayor Debbie Brinkman, who is an interior designer by trade, has been advising on decorating and as we write, Dickey carries a car trunk filled with the chosen color swatches, carpet, tile, flooring samples, cabinet doors and more. The large choir room will have a wall painted in YVA’s signature purple, the smaller one will have a red wall, and offices will have green, while the carpet reflects all

three, plus neutral tones. In the meantime, auditions for younger children were finalized recently and Dickey is excited to contemplate a return to her first love: music education. “We hope to develop world citizens,” she says, proud of the accomplishments of her graduates, who have learned focus and discipline through music. The choirs are called Treble Makers (second- to fourth-graders); Cantus; Signature; VoiceMale (boys with changed or changing voices); and Concert Choir. They give two concerts each year at the University of Denver’s Newman Center and collaborate with other musical organizations in additional performances, such as Littleton Symphony and Littleton Chorale. In the summer, YVC hosts other children’s choruses from across the country in the “Sing a Mile High Festival,” where kids work with a team of musical educators and present a concert where they sing separately and jointly. The staff members for the 501(c)(3) organization include Dickey, Chrys Harris, Margie Camp, Paul Smith, accompanists Jane MacQueen and Gretchen Timmer, Anna Larsen and Teddi Harring. Kathryn Ake is president of the board of directors. Dickey likes to share a quote from great conductor/composer Leonard Bernstein: “It will be the artists, the feelers and thinkers who will ultimately save us — those who can articulate, educate, defy, insist and shout the biggest of dreams.” Information about Young Voices of Colorado is found at: youngvoices.org, 303-797-7464.

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